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Cornish borough of Newport, most of which he owned as proprietor of Werrington, and the returning officers of which (it was stated in a petition presented to the House of Commons on 23 February, 1701) he " solely governed." Entering Parliament himself for that borough at the general election of a year later, caused by the death of William III., he soon displayed the Tory colours at West- minster, for in "A List of the honourable house of Commons, that voted for and against the clause for the Hanoverian succession, in the year 1702," circulated by the Whigs at the historic dissolution of 1710, his name is given among the minority of 117, who were beaten by the Whigs by only a single vote. In later years he pursued the same course, for in Februarj 7, 1707, he is to be found as a teller in favour of a dilatory motion against the Bill for a Union between the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland (' Com- mons' Journals,' vol. xv. p. 305). And as he was in the time of Anne, so he was in that of George I. The Whig majority would not accept his excuse for absence from a call of the House on 7 December, 1719, and com- mitted him to the custody of the Serjeant- at-arms, in which he remained three days ; and at the general election of 1722 (the last at which he was returned, as he died during the existence of the resulting Parliament), when the passing of the Septennial Act was made a cry, he was included by a London Tory organ, the Weekly Journal, among

"those Honourable Members who voe against repealing the Triennial and con tinuing themselves." ALFRED F. BOBBINS.

A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DIBDIN.

(See 9 th S. viii. 39, 77, 197, 279 ; ix. 421 ;

x. 122, 243 ; xi. 2, 243, 443.)

1798. A Tour to the Land's End, a Table Enter- tainment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin, first performed 6th October, 1798.

m The songs were published in folio, price Is., signed or initialled by Dibdin, and in a few instances stamped " C. A. D.," on a sheet of 4 pp., the front blank, except where noted. In nearly every case there is an arrangement for two flutes on the last page. Headings of songs are similar to No. 1, unless noted.

1. The Temple of Fame, written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, and Sung by him in his New Entertain- ment, called A Tour to the Land's End. London. Printed & Sold by the author, at his Music Ware- house, Leicester Place, Leicester Square. 4 pp.

2. Smiles and Tears.

3. Strawberries. 4 pp.

4. Nancy.

5. Laughing Prohibited.

6. The Anchorsmiths, 4 pp. that Hogarth gives under the title ' The Inquest.'
 * 7. The Tea-Table. This was probably the song

8. Yo Heave Ho.

9. Magnanimity. 4 pp.

10. The Wig Gallery. 4pp.

11. Advice. 4 pp.

12. The Cornish Miner. 4pp.
 * 13. The Converted Rake.

14. Beauty's Banners.

15. The Barrel Organ. 4 pp.

16. True Courage. 4 pp.

17. The Lady's Diary.


 * 18. Cupid turned Music Master.
 * 19. The Christening.
 * 20. Finale.

The above formed the original programme of songs, in the order as advertised, for the opening night. Hogarth also includes the following songs :

21. The Italian Music Master. (This was first performed in ' The Sphinx,' 1797.)

22. Nelson and Warren.

This was probably the Finale (No. 20). It was first published with the title ' Nelson and the Navy,' and soon afterwards, with an additional stanza, as 'Nelson and Warren.| In both forms it extends to 4 pp.

The words of No. 8 appeared with an en- graved illustration (mezzotint, about 11| in. by 10 in.), "Published 24th April, 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.'" The style does not resemble that of the two illustrations mentioned under ' The Sphinx ' (1797), but it probably belongs to the same series. I have seen later issues from Dibdin's plates of No. 11, by Diether, and No. 16 by Bland & Weller (initialled by Dibdin). There are early editions by G. Walker, from new plates, of Nos. 4 and 16.

1799. The Lyric Remembrancer, in Two Volumes written & composed by Mr. Dibdin. Vol. 1st. Lon- don Printed & Published by the Author and Com- poser, at his Music Warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square, and sold by appointment by Messrs. Goulding and Co. No. 45, Pall Mall, Messrs. Muir, Wood, & Co. Edinburgh, and by all the music- sellers in England and Scotland 1799. 4to, pp. ii and 48 ; ii and 1 blank. Contains 21 pieces. This is the first volume; possibly no more was published. According to the advertise- ment on the cover of a single part which I have seen, a volume was to consist of seven monthly numbers, each containing seven songs ; and the collection was to be con- tinued beyond two volumes, being "partly of songs, &c., lately reverted to their author and composer, partly of popular Favourites, never before made public upon paper, and partly of original articles." The price of each number was 3s. The first part was published 1 October, 1799.

1799. Dibdin's Works for Two Flutes, in two volumes containing the Music of nearly Three