Add MS 40836

VERNON PAPERS. Vol. LXVI (ff. 53). Quarto. Commonplace book of Edward Vernon. The chief contents are:-

(a) Memoranda of Vernon's service in the Baltic, 1726. f. 1;-(b) Reprimand by the Speaker of the House of Commons of Sir John Eyles for irregularities as a Commissioner for Sale of the Forfeited Estattes; 31 Mar. 1732. Printed in Journals of the House of Commons, xxi, p. 872. For Sir John Eyles's Case see Add. MS. 19038, f. 14. f. 19;-(c) Statement of the case of the dissentients in the House of Lords against the Act for continuing the Duties on Malt, etc.; 19 Apr. 1727. f. 20 b;-(d) "The Earl of Sunderland's Letter, to a freind in London 23d March 1689": the letter printed as The Earle of Sunderlands Letter to a Freind and dated 29 Jan. 168.8/9 (see Add. MS. 28053, f. 384). f. 22;-(e) Miscellaneous memoranda, among them an account of the mutilation of the obituary notice of James Vernon as sent in to the Gazette, Jan. 1727. f. 53 (reversed);-(f) Lists of Edward Vernon's pictures, books and plate. ff. 52-49 b (rev.);-(g) A collection of political and amatory verses made circ. 1723-1729. They reflect the attitude of the opposition to Walpole and seven of them occur also in Lansdowne MS. 852,

a collection made for Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, and corrected by him. The poems are: -(1) "I sing of a fine Cavalcade that of Late": on the promotion by [William Talbot], Bishop of Durham, of a bill empowering bishops to grant new mining leases without the consent. of chapters, Feb. 1723. Lansd.

852, f. 220 b. f. 48 (rev.);-(2) "Punches Petition," beg. "Fair ones to you who Hearts Command": appeal on behalf of the Dublin puppet show against a tax demanded by the Master of the Revels [Vander Hop = Edward Hopkins], 1723-4. Attributed to Swift and printed by Scott in his edition of the Works, x, p. 587, but probably not his, cf. Elrington Ball, Swift's Verse, pp. 178-207. f. 46 b (rev.);-(3) "From the Lady's of Drury to those of Rome upon the popes Edict for banishing them," beg. "To all our Sisters now at Rome." Lansd. 852, f. 243b. f.44b(rev.);-(4)"Upon the Report of the New Order": two epigrams upon Walpole's revival of the Order of the Bath in 1725. Beg. "Quoth King Robbin, our Ribbands I see are so few" and "Look out amongst those that has Acres Immense." Lansd. 852, f. 232 b. f. 43 b (rev.); -(5) "Upon my Lord Chancelour King['s] Motto-Labor Ipse Voluptas," beg. "It's not the Splendour of the Place," followed by another epigram "On the Same," beg. "On Crimes w^ch, scape the Vengeance of the Laws." Peter King, Baron King of Ockham, was made Lord Chancellor in 1725. f. 43 (rev.);-(6) "A translation of a Latin Ode, written by Mr. [Charles] Hedges in Germany to Dr. Broxholme, M.D. in London, August 1725," beg. "Kind Heaven! whose care my sires cou'd boast," with an answer, beg. Unskill'd in Greek, and Roman Tongue." For Hedges' Latin ode, cf. H. Walpole, Letters, ed. Paget Toynbee, i, p. 39, n. 6. f. 42 b (rev.);-(7) Two epigrams, "The Wish by Mrs. Bell Morton," beg. "I ask not Wit, nor Beauty do I crave," and "Found writ on a Card, in - Harrisons Room-at Bath," beg. "Here the stern Patriot and the Gentle Bride," this last dated 1726 in Add. MS. 32463, f. 93 b. f. 40 -(rev.);-(8) "An Epistle to Sir Robert Walpole," beg. "Tho' strength of Genius by Experience taught." f. 39 b (rev.);-(9) "Robin will be out at Last, or a health to King, and Queen. An Excellent new Court song, to the tune of you Commons & Peers &c.," beg. "Good people, draw near": the ballad dated by M. Percival, Political Ballads illustrating the Administration of Sir R. Walpole, 1916 (where it is printed, p. 15), in 1727. f. 36 b (rev.);-

(10) "On Miss Hervey [daughter of John, Lord Hervey] being a Day old in Imitation of Mr. P[hillip]s," beg. "Little Girl in Swadling Cloaths." Dated 1725 in Add, MS. 32463, f. 97. f. 35 b (rev.);-(11) "On Miss Fane," beg. "Lovely Babe of maid of honour." f . 35 (rev.) ;-(l2) "The poor Shepherd," beg. "The Sun was sunk beneath the Hill": love song. Also in Add. MSS. 31152, f. 54; 32463, f. 66 b. f. 34 b (rev.);-(13) "Few Happy Matches," beg. "Say mighty Love, and teach my Song": on marriage. f . 34 (rev.);-(l4) "A Song," beg. "In vain my Cloe you suggest." Dated 1729 in Add. 32463, f. 102. f. 33 (rev.);-

(15) "Hard fate. A Song," beg. "Observing Celia's Alterd Case." f. 32 b (rev.);-(16) "The Simile,"beg. "Have you not more than once, freind seen": a comparison of contemporary lovers to dogs, with key. f. 32 (rev.);-A17) "The Muses quite Jaded with

Rhyming": the crambo on Mary Lepell, wife of John Hervey, Lord Hervey, by Pulteney and Chesterfield; a parody on the song "Molly Mogg," which was first printed in Mist's Weekly Journal, 27 Aug. 1726. The parody was probably written soon afterwards as Arbuthnot mentions it in a letter to Swift, 8 Nov. 1726. Printed in the New Foundling Hospital for Wit, pt. v (1772), p.45. Also in Lansd. 852, f.270b; Add. 20095, f. 9. f. 31 (rev.);-

(18) "The Discontented Virgin," beg. "What tho I am a Courtly Lass." A reference to Faustina [Bordoni, wife of J. A. Hasse], the singer, dates the composition in 1726-7, when she was singing in London. Also in Lansd. 852, f. 270. f. 30 (rev.);-(19) Two epigrams against Walpole: "Bob & Harry," beg. "At Scriblers poor who Write to Eat," and "I cant conceive why in declining Life," the last also in Add. 5832, f. 147 b. f. 29 (rev.) ;-(20) "Fair Rosamond's Successour," beg. "When K- G-- did rule this Land on George II's mistress. Also in Harley MS. 7318, f. 36 b. f. 28 (rev.);-(21) "Duke of Nor-lk 'tis said": on a masquerade. f. 27 (rev.);-(22) "The Congress Scheme," beg. "Spain is the Cause of all": on the position of the European powers. f. 26 (rev.);-(23) "John & Kitty," beg. "Oh! John what ails my drooping heart": love song.f. 25 b (rev.).

Admiral Edward Vernon, MP: Commonplace-book: 1726-1727.

Commonplace Books: Adm. E. Vernon: 1726-1727.

includes:

• ff. 1-18 George I of England: Memoranda of Adm. E. Vernon's service in the Baltic,: 1726.
• f. 19 England; Parliament: Speaker's reprimand of Sir J. Eyles: 1732.
• f. 19 Sir John Eyles, MP: Reprimand of, by the Speaker: 1732.
• f. 20 b England; Parliament: Case in the Lords against Malt Duties Act: 1727.
• f.22 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: "The Earl of Sunderland's Letter to a Friend": 1689.: Copy.
• ff. 25-48 (rev.) Political and Satirical Poems: Collection of Adm. E. Vernon: [circ. 1727].
• f. 31 (rev.) Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: Crambo on " Molly Lepell " partly composed by: 18th cent.
• f. 31 (rev.) Mary Hervey, wife of John, Lord Hervey: Verses on, as Molly Lepell: 18th cent.
• f. 31 (rev.) William Pulteney, Earl of Bath 1742: Crambo on " Molly Lepell " partly composed by: 18th cent.
• f. 35 b (rev.) Hervey, daughter of John, Lord Hervey: Verses on: 18th cent.
• f. 39 b (rev.) Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Epistle to, beg. "Tho' strength of Genius, by Experience taught": 18th cent.
• f. 42 b Noel Broxholme, MD: Translation of Latin ode to: 1725.: Copy.
• f. 42 b (rev.) Charles Hedges: Translation of and answer to his Latin ode: 1725.
• f. 43 (reversed) Peter King, 1st Baron King; Lord Chancellor: Verses on his motto: 18th cent.
• f. 43 b (reversed) Orders Military. Bath: Verses on its revival: 1725.
• f. 46 b (rev.) Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; author: Poem attrib. to: 18th cent.
• f. 46 b (rev.) Drama: Appeal of the Dublin puppets against a tax: 1723-1724.
• f. 48 (rev.) William Talbot, Bishop successively of Oxford, Salisbury, and Durham: Verses on his promotion of a mining leases Bin: 1723.
• f. 48 (rev.) Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Poems written in opposition to: 1723-1729.
• ff. 48 b-25 b (rev.) Poetry ENGLISH: Political and amatory verses collected by Adm. E. Vernon: 1723-1729.
• ff. 52-49 b (reversed) Jewels and Plate: Plate of Adm. E. Vernon (d. 1757).
• ff. 52-49 b (reversed) ART. ILLUMINATIONS AND DRAWINGS ARTISTS: Adm. E. Vernon's pictures, etc.: 18th cent.
• ff. 52-49 b (reversed) Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Books of Adm. E. Vernon: 1723, 18th cent.
• f. 53 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: Note on the obituary notice of J. Vernon in the London Gazette: 1727.