office she was assisted by his godmother, Mrs. Lloyd, who looked upon him with peculiar tenderness till her death, which happening in his tenth* year, was another of the misfortunes of his childhood; for, though she endeavoured to alleviate his loss, by a legacy of £300; yet, as he had none to prosecute his claim, her will was eluded by the executors, and no part of the money was ever paid.

The lady

He was not, however, wholly abandoned. Mason still continued her care; and directed him to be placed at the grammar-school at St. Alban's, where he was known by the name of his nurse, without the least intimation that he had a claim to any other. Here he was initiated in literature; passed through several of the classes, and as he always spoke of his master with respect, it is probable, that the mean rank, in which he then appeared, did not hinder his genius from being distinguished, or his industry from being rewarded; and if, in his peculiar situation, he obtained distinction and rewards, it is not likely that they were gained but by genius and industry.

While he was thus cultivating his talents, earl Rivers died. He had frequently inquired after his son, and was always amused with evasive answers; but being now on his death-bed, he thoughtit his duty to provide for him, and, therefore, demanded a positive account of him, with an importunity not to be diverted or denied.-His mother, who could no longer refuse an answer, declared that he was dead; which is, perhaps, the first instance of a lie invented by a mother to deprive her son of a provision, which was designed him by another, and which she could not expect herself, though he should lose it. The earl, therefore, bestowed -upon some other the £6000, which he had in his will bequeathed to Savage.

The next gradation of cruelty, on the part of this unnatural mother, was to send him secretly to the American plan† August 18th, 1712.

* June, 1707.

tations, but in this she was frustrated, most probably because she could not easily find accomplices wicked enough to concur in so cruel an action, and the design of a mother so to expose her child to slavery and want without interest and without provocation, being so far beyond the stretch of common depravity, might give Savage protectors and advovates among those who had long traded in crimes, and whom compassion had never touched before.

Being hindered from banishing him into another country she soon after formed a scheme for burying him in obscurity in his own, and ordered him to be placed with a shoemaker in Holborn*, where he was employed at the awl till the death of his nurse, whose effects, under the idea that they were now become his own, it was natural for him to take care of, and amongst whose papers he found some letters from the Lady Mason, that informed him who he was, and for what cause he was concealed, determined him to quit his occupation.

[To be continued.]

To the Editor of the Monthly Correspondent.
SIR,

I FEEL obliged by your attention to my request in forwarding to me the nativity of the immortal Nelson. The position of the heavens at this given period so remarkably accords with his extraordinary life, his various bodily accidents, his splendid and rapid advancement, the time and nature of his death, that there cannot be a doubt of the observed time being nearly correct; however, I have found occasion to alter it 13m. which may be accounted for by the difference of clocks, or by not being observed to minutes, as the hour given was 10 in the morning, but I have rectified it to 13m. past 10, when the heavenly bodies were posited as in the following scheme.

The planet Mars, the lord of the sign Scorpio, ascending the horizon in the genesis of this great and illustrious man, is his significator; we find him here exceedingly strong, being in his own house and triplicity, irradiated by the sextile beams of Venus, and nearly so aspected by the Moon, which position describes a middled-size person, prompt and determined, ambitous of glory, invincible in enterprize, and fearless of danger; but for the particular qualities of the mind, genius, and disposition, Ptolemy directs us to observe the position of the Moon and Mercury and their dispositors, and how they are afflicted or befriended, or are posited both as to the signs and houses. We find here the Moon is most excellently placed on the mid-heaven, nearly in conjunction with Venus,

and in mundane trine to Jupiter, Mercury is in his triplicity, in sextile to Jupiter, and in reception with Venus, which certainly are most excellent positions in respect to the qualities of the mind, indicating a quick perception, affability of manners, a friendly and generous disposition; though Mars, lord of the ascendant, in a fixed sign, casting his sextile to the Moon and Mercury, would denote him to be a strict disciplinarian; yet Mercury in sextile to Jupiter, from Libra and Sagittarius, and the Moon nearly joined with Venus, in mundane trine to Jupiter, manifesting his strict regard to justice, would make him universally beloved and respected by those under him, the Sun also being in a masculine sign, applying to the sextile of Jupiter, strongly dignified in his own house and triplicity, casting his mundane trine to the Moon and mid-heaven, become, according to Ptolemy's meaning (book iv. chap. 3d), a powerful satellite to both the Sun and Moon, and signifies extraordinary honours and advancements: in fact, the Moon and Venus in their triplicity, on the 10th, and fortunately beheld, more especially as Venus and Mercury are in reception, would make any person fortunate in their actions and pursuits, and give an ample share of popularity and fame. Here I may observe, that the nature of his profession is pointed out by the Moon and Venus on the mid-heaven in Virgo, an earthly sign, applying to the sextile of Mars, lord of the ascendant in the nativity; and Ptolemy says (book iv. chap. 5th), that if the significators of the profession are in earthly or watery signs, they relate to arts conversant about water or by water, &c.; add to this, the Moon declining from the mid-heaven into the 8th, the house of travelling would of itself denote distant travelling; but Mars, lord of the ascendant in a watery sign and cadent house; and nearly in mundane quartile to Saturn, in a cadent house, also greatly adds to the signification, and at the same time shews the dangers, toils, and bodily injuries and misfortunes he suffered in his eventful peregrinations.