not ambitious to be known." _Market_, Wednesday.--_Fairs_, March 26, and August 26, for cattle and toys. [Sidenote: John Philips the poet.] [Sidenote: Philips's poetical works.] [Sidenote: Character and death.] Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From | +--+--------------------+----------+------------+-----------+ 40|Bampton[A] to & pa|Westmorlnd|Orton 10|Penrith 9| 40|Bampton-Grange ham|Westmorlnd| 10| 9| 9|Bampton, Little to|Cumberland|Wigton 5|Carlisle 7| +--+--------------------+----------+------------+-----------+ |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. |Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+--------------------+-----------------------+-----+-----+ 40|Bampton[A] to & pa|Shap 4 | 282| 636| 40|Bampton-Grange ham| ... 4| 282| | 9|Bampton, Little to|Longtown 10| 311| 213| +--+--------------------+-----------------------+-----+-----+ [A] BAMPTON. The river Lowther runs through this parish. Here is a beautiful lake, called Haweswater, three miles long, and half a mile broad; it is environed by lofty mountains, conveying to the mind a grand and imposing appearance: its eastern side is sheltered by rocky eminences, plentifully clothed with verdure, while the western side displays the open fields, with all the sweet varieties of culture. A lead mine has lately been discovered in the neighbourhood. The free grammar-school was founded by Thomas Sutton, D.D., who vested in trustees the sum of L500., collected from estates out of the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, and other places. Here, also, three parochial libraries were established respectively, in the years 1710, 1750, 1752, comprising about 800 volumes. Thomas Gibson, M.D., who married the daughter of Richard Cromwell, Protector, was Physician-General of the army, and a native of this parish. He was the author of a system of anatomy. The learned doctor, having laid the foundation of his classical learning at a school in this county, he entered as scholar at Queen's College, Oxford, in 1686. The study of the northern languages about this period was particularly cultivated at the University, and Mr. Gibson rigidly applied himself to that branch of literature, in which he was assisted by Dr. Hicks. In a short time he translated into Latin the "Chronicon Saxonicum," and published it together with the Saxon original. Dr. Gibson had an early and strong inclination to search the antiquities of his own country, and being well versed in the knowledge of its original languages, he applied himself with great diligence, and in a few years produced his edition of "Camden's Britannica," and concluded this branch of learning with "Reliquae Spelmannianae," or the posthumous works of Sir Henry Spelman, relating to the laws and