and that of Henry the Seventh is communicated to this Work by my friend the Rev. John Homfray, F.S.A. from a Painting, in distemper, on pannel, formerly belonging to his Mother's Family (that is, to the Parrs,) and now in the possession of Lady Bedingfield. It was etched by Mr. Crowe; and represents the Monarch as young, and a white rose in his hand, with a red one in the centre; and was allowed to be an undoubted original by the late viscount Townshend and Horace Earl of Orford. November 1, 1813. J. N. TESTIMONIES. "No part of the English History, since the "Conquest, is so obscure and uncertain, as that "of the long-subsisting Quarrel between the "Houses of Lancaster and York-And it is the "more remarkable,' says Mr. Hume, that this "profound darkness falls upon us just on the eve " of the restoration of letters, and when the art "of printing was already known in Europe.' But "this latter circumstance, this recent and great "acquirement, and which, in the opinion of that "writer, might be expected to have diffused a "knowledge of the several occurrences at the pe❝riod in question, had a totally contrary effect; "which effect is thus judiciously accounted for by Sir John Fenn, who observes, that, the "art of printing being newly discovered, people neglected to multiply their manuscripts, and, 66 66 being anxious to preserve the history of past "times, forgot the present.' "Mr. " "Mr. Hutton, equally sensible of the defective ness of our Chronicles, in recording a particular "incident of the times, has zealously undertaken "to give it the clearness it manifestly wants. "That part of our Author's performance which "comprises the life of Richard, till he assumed "the regal power,' is intended to set his charac❝ter in a somewhat amiable point of view. It is "chiefly extracted from Buck, Rapin, Carte, "Walpole, and Fenn; and is preparatory to his 66 general vindication, or, at least, to an extenu"ation of the guilty proceedings of which he has "been accused by Lancastrian Historians, and "also by some others of a later date. The truly ingenious Mr. Walpole was the first who at"tempted, in a particular manner, to rescue the cr memory of Richard from the obloquy which "had been generally thrown on it. He knew, "that to palliate the crimes imputed to the King "were to lose the point for which he was con 66 tending, and he therefore laboured to prove his "innocence—and this in every accusation exhi"bited against him. Hence, in our opinion, his principal error; for, though he has certainly "cleared |