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Extract From The Will Of The Late Mr. Bowyer, Printer, Of London.
holds this Annuity , which may be for life , if he continues a Journeyman : He shall be able to read and construe Latin , and at least read Greek fluently with Accents ; of which he shall bring a testimonial from the Rector of St . Martin ' s , Ltulgate , for the time being : ! could wish that he shall have been brought up piously and virtuously , if it he possibleat Merchant Taylorsor some other public School , from
, , Seven Years of Age till he is full Seventeen , and then to serve Seven Years faithfully as a Compositor , and work Seven Years more as a Journeyman ; as I would not have this Annuity bestowed on any one . under Thirty-one Years of Age : If after he is chosen he should behave ill , let him be turned out , and another be chosen in his stead . AND WHEKEAS it may be many years before a Compositor may be
found that shall exactly answer ' the above description , aud it may at some times happen that such a one cannot be found ; I would have the Dividends in the mean time applied to such Person as the Master , Wardens , and Assistants shall think approaches nearest to what I have described . AND WHEREAS the above Trusts will occasion some trouble , 1 give to the said Company , in case they thinkproper to accept the Trusts , Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds . -
Curious Particulars Respecting The Last King Of Corsica.
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE LAST KING OF CORSICA .
T ' HEODORE , King of Corsica , Baron Niewhoff , Grandee of Spain , Peer of France , and Baron of the Holy Roman Empire , was a Prince whose claim to Royalty was ( as observed by an ingenious author ) " as indisputable as the most ancient titles to any Monarchy can pretend to be—that is , . the choice of his subjects ; the voluntary election of an injured people , who had the common riht of mankind to freedomand the uncommon resolution of
deterg , mining to be free . " About the middle of iVfarch 173 6 , whilst the Corsican mal-contents were deliberating on their situation , an English vessel from Tunis , with a passport from our Consul there , arrived at one of the ports of the Island , then in possession of the mal-contents . A stranger on board this vessel , who had the appearance of a of distinctionno sooner went on shore but he was received
person , with singular honours by the principal persons of the above party , who saluted him with the titles of Excellency and Viceroy of Corsica . His attendants consisted of two officers , a secretary , a chaplain , a few domestics , and Morocco slaves . He was conducted to the Bishop ' s palace , called himself Lord Theodore , whilst the Chiefs knew more about him than they thought proper to declare . From
the vessel that brought him were debarked ten pieces of cannon , 4000 muskets , 3000 pair of shoes , a great quantity of provisions , and coin to the amount of 200 , 000 ducats . Two pieces of artillery were placed before his door , and he had 400 soldiers for his guard . Pie created officers , formed twenty-four companies of soldiers , distil-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Extract From The Will Of The Late Mr. Bowyer, Printer, Of London.
holds this Annuity , which may be for life , if he continues a Journeyman : He shall be able to read and construe Latin , and at least read Greek fluently with Accents ; of which he shall bring a testimonial from the Rector of St . Martin ' s , Ltulgate , for the time being : ! could wish that he shall have been brought up piously and virtuously , if it he possibleat Merchant Taylorsor some other public School , from
, , Seven Years of Age till he is full Seventeen , and then to serve Seven Years faithfully as a Compositor , and work Seven Years more as a Journeyman ; as I would not have this Annuity bestowed on any one . under Thirty-one Years of Age : If after he is chosen he should behave ill , let him be turned out , and another be chosen in his stead . AND WHEKEAS it may be many years before a Compositor may be
found that shall exactly answer ' the above description , aud it may at some times happen that such a one cannot be found ; I would have the Dividends in the mean time applied to such Person as the Master , Wardens , and Assistants shall think approaches nearest to what I have described . AND WHEREAS the above Trusts will occasion some trouble , 1 give to the said Company , in case they thinkproper to accept the Trusts , Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds . -
Curious Particulars Respecting The Last King Of Corsica.
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE LAST KING OF CORSICA .
T ' HEODORE , King of Corsica , Baron Niewhoff , Grandee of Spain , Peer of France , and Baron of the Holy Roman Empire , was a Prince whose claim to Royalty was ( as observed by an ingenious author ) " as indisputable as the most ancient titles to any Monarchy can pretend to be—that is , . the choice of his subjects ; the voluntary election of an injured people , who had the common riht of mankind to freedomand the uncommon resolution of
deterg , mining to be free . " About the middle of iVfarch 173 6 , whilst the Corsican mal-contents were deliberating on their situation , an English vessel from Tunis , with a passport from our Consul there , arrived at one of the ports of the Island , then in possession of the mal-contents . A stranger on board this vessel , who had the appearance of a of distinctionno sooner went on shore but he was received
person , with singular honours by the principal persons of the above party , who saluted him with the titles of Excellency and Viceroy of Corsica . His attendants consisted of two officers , a secretary , a chaplain , a few domestics , and Morocco slaves . He was conducted to the Bishop ' s palace , called himself Lord Theodore , whilst the Chiefs knew more about him than they thought proper to declare . From
the vessel that brought him were debarked ten pieces of cannon , 4000 muskets , 3000 pair of shoes , a great quantity of provisions , and coin to the amount of 200 , 000 ducats . Two pieces of artillery were placed before his door , and he had 400 soldiers for his guard . Pie created officers , formed twenty-four companies of soldiers , distil-