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Ig^ MjC R 6713.9.40
HARVARD COLLEGE
LIBRARY
FROM THE BEQUEST OF
MRS. ANNE E. P. SEVER
OF BOSTON
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W. G. ADAMS. T. ASHE.
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THE EAGLE
A MAGAZINE
SUPPORTED BY
MEMBERS OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE
VOL XXIX
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
Notes from the College Recx>rds — continued .1
Strada d'Allemagna ..... 33
Sketches .34
The Dromedary ..... 40
Alma Mater .41
Confessions from the Memoirs of Mr Primrose 45
A Lament .50
Corstopitum ...... 51
Sir Robert Calder .58
Obituary :
Professor Thomas Wilson Dougan M.A. 64
Rev Canon Charles Isaac Atherton, M.A. . .65
The Johnian Dinner 1907 .... 71
Our Chronicle .73
The Library ...... 120
List of Subscribers, 1907-8
Frontispiece —
Our Jubilee ..... 125
To The Eagle .128
Notes from the College Records — Continued 130
The Art of Poetry .162
After Seventy Years ..... 164
A Warning ...... 168
A Rowing Nightmare . 170
Ghost-Ballad .174
Allegory ...... 175
The Hill-Altar .195
iv. CONTENTS.
Obituary : PAGE
Rev Frank Dyson M.A. .... 199
Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson K.C.S.I. . .201
Rev WiUiam Taylor Newbold M.A. ... 205
Rev Edward Woodley Bowling .... 208
For the Year ..... 218
Our Chronicle .227
The Library ...... 265
Notes from the College Records — continued 269
To a Compositor ..... 300
Sonnet . . . .301
lihe Commemoration Sermon .... 302
The Vanguard .308
From Catullus 309
Rhodope . -310
The Contents of a Letter Box .... 318
The Tod 325
Toothache ...... 329
A Conservative Utopia ..... 334
Mr Stephens ..... 336
Thoughts on a Sense of Humour .... 339
Obituary :
Sir John EUot, K.C.I.E. .... 341
Rev Alfred James Poynder M.A. 349
The Very Rev William Hagger Barlow D.D. . 351
Thomas Darlington M.A. . 364
Our Chronicle ..... 373
The Library ,404
THE EAGLE.
October Term jgoy.
NOTES FROM THE COLLEGE RECORDS.
(Continued from Vol, xxviii., pa^e 27S)>
\E commence this instalment with a letter from
Robert Beaumont, Master of Trinity, to Sir
William Cecil. In it, it will be observed that
he recommends the appointment of Leonard Pilkington
to the Mastership of St John's in succession to James
Pilkington, who had been appointed the first protestant
Bishop of Durham. Leonard Pilkington was a son of
Richard Pilkington ; he took the B.A. degree in 1543-4,
and was admitted Fellow of the College 24 March
I544-5* He was appointed a College Preacher on the
feast of St Michael 1552, being then in Deacon's orders.
During the reign of Queen Mary he was ejected from
his fellowship, and, retiring beyond the seas, married
there. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth he returned,
and, his wife being dead, was re-admitted a Senior
Fellow of the College 27 December 1559. He made
the usual subscription before receiving Priest's orders
from the Bishop of Ely 24 November 1560.
VOL. XXIX. B
2 Notes from the College Records.
He compounded for First Fruits as Rector of
Middleton-in-Teasdale 4 March 1 560-1, and as Rector
of Whitburn 12 May 1563, both benefices being in the
County of Durham. He was admitted Master of St
John's 19 October 1561. It would appear from the
Bishop's letter that the change from Middleton to the
College must have been a pleasant one, but he did not
hold the office long, nor was his rule very successful,
and his brother probably gave him the Rectory of
Whitburn as a solatium^ collating him also to the
seventh prebendal stall in Durham Cathedral i August
1567. He held both livings and his prebend until his
death. His will is dated 16 November 1598 and was
proved 8 September 1599, between which dates he must
have died. He presented a few books to the College
Library, in each of which is a written slip with the
inscription: "Ex dono grauissimi viri Leonardi
Pilkington sacrae theologiae Doctoris, qui olim huius
Collegii Praefectus fuit."
The letters from James Pilkington to Cecil point to
an unsettled diocese, and we may suppose him to have
been sincere in his wish that he were back again as
a Sizar of St John's. .
My bownden dewtie with all humbleness premised. It
may like your honor to understande that I have sent here-
with, as ye required, a minister redie and glad to reade
commune prayers unto your familie, but also to do any
other thinge which your honor knoweth maye stande with
his vocation. He is a young Master of Arte, acquainted with
fewe, but well reported of the godly. I have knowne hinx
long and truste ye shall finde him faithfull and serviceable,
he committeth himself wholly to your honor to serve with or
without wages.
I beseche yo.ur honor continue your mindefulnes tovvardes
the Kinges College here, to the spedie comfort and refor-
mation of that worshipful howse: I wish with all my heart
Mr Daye to the Kinges College, Mr Leonard Pilkington to
S. John's, Mr Newton to Jesus College and Mr Robinson or
Notes from the College Records. 3
Mr Hutton to Pembroke Hall, then should licentious youthe
be kepte in awe, learninge floorishe and pure religion take
better roote to the confusion of our epicurers and carelesse
worldlinges. I doubte not but your honor will beare with
myne earnestnes, specially in a thinge so necessarie to this
erased nourcerie of so noble a Royalme.
If it maye please your honor to see the copies of the
Kinges and Queues College grauntes of their backsides,
I have sent them herewith beseeching your honor so to
move the Queues Majestie towarde this her grace's College,
that afore the Townes men enioye their privileges, our backe
grene on this and thother side of the river may be excepted,
or if them gotten with such reasonable conditions, as may be
agreed on before they have their lettres patentes, for elles
we shall never get it at their handes. I wolde be contented
to have never a peny in all the worlde so that I might see in
my tyme the College enioye so necessarie a commoditie for
so great a nombre.
I lately moved your honor concerninge the election of our
Almes men, x or xj commended by Queue Marie are registered,
but withowt the knowledge of the Master or any of the
Seniors, savinge only the Burser, which put them into the
Register; the which notwithstandinge, we thinke we may
chuse one for another, therefore I beseche your honor peruse
the Statute, sent by this bearer and tell him your advise.
The lorde Jesus longe preserve your honour to the main-
tenance of his true religion and the necessarie staye of this
Universite. From Cambridge the xxiiijth of September 1561.
Your most€ bounden at commandement,
Robert Beaumont.
Addressed: To the right honorable Sir William Cecill,
knight, principal Secretarie to the Queues highnes and
Chancelor of the Universite of Cambridge.
Endorsed: 24 September 1561, Mr Beaumont to my
Master, Cambridge.
Gratia et Pax. Paulus cum bestiis pugnavit Ephesi, ego
hie imperium habeo in belluas, vtinajn cum Paulo vincar-.
The more 1 trie the more grefes I finde. Godd be mercifuil
4 Notes from the College Records,
to us, here is a double jurisdiction and whither is more trouble
son I wel know not, onelie I wTastel sub spem coram spem as
Abraham did. Mr Fletewood surelie hais done gudd here
for the time, iff I might have such a helper I wolde not dowte
by God's help to conquer mani things. Iff it please your
honor to understand the state of the cuntr>'e he can certifie
you at fulle in writting, possible it were I shudd touche those
things which your honor wold not most gladU understand.
But in mi iudgement this I see, that here nedes rather
authoritie and power to be given, than taken awai. Thei
understand the taking awai of the bishop's li\ing, wherebi
his power is the lesse, and so lesse is he regardet. Therle of
Westmerland lies not here, the Lord Ewri is of no grete
power, the bishop is not able as he is wonte, who is there
than to be afraid off? I am afraid to think what may folow
iff it be not f oresene. The worshipful of the shire is few and
of smal power; the people rude and heddi, and bi these
occasions more bold. I can not finde 10 hable Justices of
Peace of wisdom and authorite off nather religion, the weake
state of this cuntre therfor bi this, your wisdom mai better
consider.
Iff Mr Menel and other, refusing the othe of their
allegeance, mai be on the counsel in authoritie still, and
have their doings for gudd, it will encorage other to the
like or wurs. I am not much skilled in politic myselfe and
am not able to kepe about me mani such as be, nauther
in peace nor warre, therfor gudd service must nedes faile
thogh my will were never so gudd. I beseche your honor
lett me have the favour in finding these offices off wardes that
mai be, for it shulde gett me more freinds in the cuntrye.
I understand that certain whiche felle afore mi predecessor's
death, bi law mai be turned to me bi your gudd gentil help
and fauor.
There is a bridge, called Crof te bridge, betwix this cuntr>'e
and Richmondshire, so decaied that it is not like to stande all
winter. Grete summes of monei were gethered long agoe for
the repairing off it. A litell was bestawed but the great part
remanes in mennes handes and the bridge not regardet. Iff
it fall there is no passage possible, what nede so ever be.
Bi commission it were sonne tried, what was bestawed and
Notes from the College Records. 5
what remanes. I beseeche you think on it. I cannot tell
whether menne mervail more to see a poore, or preaching,
bishop here; and the outward pompe and power taken
awaie make other much bolder.
I trust your honor hais disburdened me off S. Joannis afor
this, Godd grant theim a gudd one. Mi brother Leonard's
benefice here lies so nere to theves, having not a hedgg
betwix him and Tinedale that none dare lie there almost,
and in winter speciallie. It is pite to here the evill report
off mis-using the provision of victuals at Berwic for the
sowdiers if ye enquire of other that will trooli speke as they
doe here (for I wolde not utter that I here) ye will think all
is not well. I beseche your honour either stai thexchang of
Holden, or els that it mai be with lest losse possible. I am
willed once again to send up the processe that came from
your Court of Wardes unserved because the direction semet
to empeche some liberties, as they think, here, being directed
to the Shireff and not to me, thei trust your honor will not
be offendet, because the Shireff hais no attornei there and
three of the parties are come up to answer theimselves and
the ladie Hilton and BuUen her husband be and have bene
prisoners long in London and there mai be found at your
pleasure. I have hadd private conferens with therle of
Westmerland for his manage, he has declared his autors and
counsellors, I have said something to the contrari, butt I had
rather other menne shuld be iudges openlie lest he shuld
think me an evill neighbour, and where yet we agre wel
peraventure afterward he might change.
Ther, for this time, I bidde you farewell and daili in mi
praiers commend your estate to God's holi tuition, that ye
mai serve the reame to God's glorie. Iff I mai doe you
pleasure ye mai worthili command; 13 October.
Your assured in the lord
Ja: Duresme.
Addressed: To the honorable Sir William Cicil, Secretari
to the Queues Maiestie.
Endorsed: 13 October 156 L B, of Durham. Concerning
matters in the North.
6 Notes from the College Records,
Gratia et Pax. Most honorable, 1 received letters from
Mr Sacvile wherein he willes to know mi estate in Howden,
and the clere valor thereof, making mention of the sute of
Sir Francis Jopson. I have answered to the effect that
1 dyd afore to your Honor. 1 will not sai much in it,
bicause I will not seme to seke mine owne profet oneU, butt
for the state of the cuntri, that it mai be well governed,
1 shall sai ferther as I beganne in mi last letters unto your
Honor, and leave it ferther to your wisdom to consider.
For the nature of the people, I wolde not have thoght there
hadd bene so froward a generation in this reame. I doe
not see that thei will be ruled without a grete power and of
him whom thei feare. Thei see how small the Bishop's
power is, and therefor thei contemne it. I am growen into
such displeasure with theim, part for religion and part for
ministring the othe of the Queues Superiorite, that I know
not wither thei like me wurs, or I theim. So gret dissembling,
so poisonfull tonges and malicious mindes I have not sene.
Sergeant Memel (and others whose names be returned to my
Lord Keper), that refused to swere allegiance to the Quenes
Highnes, remaning on the Counsel at Yorke, and such grete
authorites, makes mani to think evil of mi doings, bicause
I will not suffer him to rule here as he hais done. I have
not herd wurs reports of a manne than of him, that toke
lesse paines for so grete profets, and yet thei that be like him
and his freinds, be sore offendet that he mai not bere out
theim and thei him, as thei be wonte. I am moch destitute
of gudd officers, and specialli a lawyer, and can get none,
bicause the fees are small. I am not able to encrese theim,
and the commodities that shudd otherwise help to recompense
their paines, are gone and delt among theim. I miselfe am
unskilful, and therefor must thinges be out of order. The
temporal juridiction is mi chefe trouble; the Chaunceller's
fee (that served both in ecclesiasticall and temporall causes)
is but 40 marcs. All thofficers fees of the Chaunceri be but
j£14. The Shireffes fee jG20. Yet all Chauncellors were
promoted to 5S400 at the lest. Sergent Memel with his £14
purchased £400 lande. The Shireffe now having no lande,
hais so many fermes of the Bishop that he is the welthiest in
the cuntre and rules all. Mi ecclesiastical Chaunceler is
Notes from the College Records. 7
a poore scholer. For the temporal Chaunceller 1 have en-
treated Mr Deane for a time. Mi attornie in the Chauncerie
Mr Laiton, one of Graies Inne, if your Honor remember him.
The Shirefe having all he lokes for, I think will not long
continue in it, and all commodities being gone I know none
that will of frendship doe ani thing in ani of these, the
troubles being so grete, the complaints so mani, the rude
importunite of the peple so incredible, mi experiens so
unhable to determine theim, that the grefes and cares of
theim, where I had a litell witte at my coming, now have
left me almost none. I speke these for this purpose, that the
cuntre, rather than I, shuld be considered. If the people
were well ruled, I wold I were a Siser in S. Johannis. The
Queue does not take awai so faste, but everi one here goes
about to encroche on me and make a hand for theimselves,
thinking all will awai, and I see no remedi but I must auther
trie the lawe with divers of the mightest, or else lose a grete
portion of mi right. Howsoever it will prove in the ende,
and sureli the law here is endet as a name is freindet.
I beseche your Honor consider the nakednes of this cuntre
of gudd governors, and put to your helping hande in time.
Mi dutie compels me to sai thus muche. I beseche your
Honor lett me have your favourable helpe for such Wardes
as be due unto me. If I might have the holle number of
theim, I wolde have a schole master for theim in my howse^
and teche theim some thing to know Godd. I am the
boulder to trouble your Honor with mani words bicause the
' mater is weightie, commen, and not private. The Lord for
his merci sake preserve you long in honor to the lucki
finishing of that ye have godli begunne, 14 November 1561.
Yours
}a. ^uveX/icv.
The last dai of my visitation a young preist being called
with his church wardens to take his othe, as the rest, to
present such fautes as were amisse according to the Queues
injunctions, refused to swere, bicause he said those injunctions,
hang on a farther authorite, which he could not alow. This
he spake openlie afore all the peple, rejoising much at his
owne doings. After in communication afore a grete number^
8 Notes from the College Records.
he said that he thought that nauther temporal! manne nor
woman could have power in spirituall maters, but oneli the
Pope of Rome. This boldnes the peple growe into, bicause
thei see that such as refuse to acknowlege their due allegians,
escape not oneli punishment, butt are hadd in autorite and
estimation. I can not tell whither the cuntre will indite him
or no that parte. In doing my dutie I forgete my dutie to
trouble your Honor so long, but surelie these thinges in mi
opinion wold not be lightli overpassed. Yet ones again
I take mi leave, and commend your Honor to the Almightie,
who ever blesse your doings
Yours assured in the Lord to command
Ja. ZvviKfiiv,
Addressed: To the Right Honorable Sir William Cicil,
these, Secretari to the Queues Majestic.
Gratia et Pax. With much adoe I have broght this
warrant for mie restitution thus farre, itt restes now thatt
as your honor haies well begune itt, so your gudnes wold
luckilie finish itt. Thei have mie bond to pai so much yereli
to the Queues Majestie and wold nott sett their hands to itt
afore ; the grete mater nowe restes for the Queues highnes
to assigne itt that itt mai passe the greate seale. I am now
licensed to walke and dare goe abroade in to gardins and
whan your honor comes to the towne again 1 trust to see you
and further to talke with you. In the meane time as your
honor sees occasion ye mai use this warrant and the soner
that itt is dispatched the soner I shall be able to satisfie your
request. Thus commending you and your doings to him
thatt rules all, I cease
Your honours most bounden
Ja: Duresme.
Addressed: To the right honorable Sir William Cecill
chefe Secretarie to the Quenes Majestie.
Endorsed: 23 May 1566. Bishop of Duresme to my
Master for the assignment of the bill for the lands deteyned.
The following document, without signature or date,
is clearly a memorial sent to Cecil by some Vice -Chan-
Notes from the College Records, 9
cellor ; this may very well have been Robert Beaumont,
Vice- Chancellor in 1564 and again for part of 1566.
An account of the University Chests will be found
in Mr J. W. Clark's Endormtnenls of the UniversUy of
Cambridge. There were at least seven such chests, the
object being to allow poor students to contract temporary
loans without interest, the donor giving a sum of money
and a box to keep it in. A Master of Arts could borrow
tos.y a Bachelor 20^., and a Scholar one mark; the
borrower depositing as pledge a book or object of value,
but this caution should always have been of greater
value than the amount of the loan. If the pledge was
not redeemed the University sold it, recouped itself, and
returned the balance to the debtor ; in fact the Chests
formed a kind of academical pawn shop.
We gather from the Memorandum that the rise in
prices was rendering official stipends (fixed by Statute)
inadequate. It is instructive to note that, although this
fact was well known, the Commissioners of Queen
Elizabeth paid no attention to it, and proceeded about
this time to frame fresh Statutes, fixing stipends and
prescribing duties in the most rigid manner.
A note of diverse disorders needful to be reformed.
In the beginning of Michelmas terme, when all lectures
sholde have begonne, three of the lecturers chosen in June
before, for Rhetoricke, Philosophye and Mathematikes, viz.
Mr Hammonde, Mr Bille, Mr Swale utterly refused to reade,
and neyther by any perswasion, intreaty or threateninge
wolde be broght to take uppon them their chardges, no nor
to substitute any for them. It was muche that they weare
content to suffer the Universitye to appoynt sustitutes in their
place. The stipend of each of these lectures is fower poundes
a yeare, for which they that be of any standinge and almost
of sufficiency disdayne to take paynes seeing they can have
as much for teaching of an ordinary Pupille, as some of them
have tolde us, and perhaps for being his Tutor and not
teaching him at all.
2. In the beginning of November, when I ertrede into
VOL. XXIX. C
10 Notes from the College Records,
myne office, I understood of the greate disorder in keapinge
of the Universities Chestes, in which are certaine sommes of
monyc geven of olde tyme to that ende that small portions
might be lent to poore studentes uppon sufficient cautiones.
The accomptes of these chestes sholde have bene finished
by statute hnef ore I came into office, but for these many yearcs
through the disorder erf many keepers, which make a common
bancke of these Chestes to their private proftttes, they have
bene deferred for halfe the yeare, and sometymes more ; Yea,
somet3maes perhappes no accompt taken at all. I my selfe have
been chosen Auditor of some of them, diverse years, but
never heard any accompt, neyther was I called to any, as
longe as I continewed in the Towne. Being desirous
therefore to reforme this greate abuse, I determined to heare
all the accomptes of those Chestes my selfe, but although
I used as great severitye as I colde, by thre itening imprison-
ment of the Keapers, yett colde I not dispatch scarce in twoe
monethes that which might well have bene done in twoe dayes.
In hearinge the accompts I founde that the monye for the
most parte (as apered by the cautiones) was lent out to
gentelmen of the cuntrye, or occupyers of the towne. Yea,
certeyne sommes not having the names of any schollers
entred in the booke for them, as is commonly used to coUor
the matter. I founde also that mony borowed by the
Universitye, and repayed to one of these Chestes, is nowe
Aowhere extant and, that which is directly contrary to the
Chest Keaper^s othe, instede of a caution of silver or golde,
I found an obligation of inke and parchment Besyde some
cautiones verye harde and some playnely defective for such
sommes as weare borowed uppon them. And in my con-
science, there was not one cautione so much better in valewe
then the money lent out uppon it, as it ought to be by the
Statute. And yett was ther^ amongst the Chestes fower or
five hundreth poundes lent out, which sommes of money it is
thought by wise men might be better imployed uppon
a purchase to increase the Lecturers stipendes, which
accordinge to these tymes are verye small. Or at leastwise
might be borrowed by the Universitye as it was in King
Edwarde*s tyme to the same intent, and repayed by some
small portions yearely untill the whole weare answered.
Kolcs ffom the Collegt Reconh, 11
3. Where it was thought convenient by all heades of
CoUedges for the better examinatione of such as sholde
procede Bachilers that the nomber of examiners sholde be
increased, seeing the nombre of Bachilers is almost tenne
tymes as many as used to proceade when twoe examyners were
thought sufficient, this matter propounded to the bodye of
the Universitye, it was utterly reiected, so we colde have but
twoe examiners for more then twoe hundreth Bachilers to
examine them in fow^ dayes.
4. These, twoe examiners, in their bill of reiectlon, gave
up the names of almost the one halfe of the examinates, and
afterwards for mony, allowed them all save one.
5. Where as of olde tyme, suche as weare forwarde in
leaminge made greate sute that they might be disputers la
the Commencements of Bachilers and Masters, nowe that
office is generally disdayned of all menne, so that the Proctors
neyther for frendshippe, nor for monye, colde procure any to
dispute, so that they were fayne to crave ayde of me ; And
I enforced to laye that chardge uppon the Lecturers of Logike,
Rhetorike and Philosophy, enioyning the Proctores to geve
them tenne shillinges apece for their paynes.
6. Whereas all the Bachilers (except up)on necessary
cause of sickness, or like urgent occasion) ought to stande in
the scholes all the Lent to be opposed untill the latter Acte,.
the Proctors use to dispense with them for mony, so that not
the one halfe of them that proceade doe stande as they ar&
bounde by StatuteSi.
7. Where the Proctores colde by no meanes procure any
one disputer in Philosophy for the Commencement of Mastersi
I was inforced to call before me and the heades of CoUedges
so many Masters of Arte of the wh.... (paper torn).. .University
as were thought able menne for those places and to suspend
tenne or twelve of them from their degrees and to committ
them to the Bedelles to be carryed to prison, before any one
wolde relent to take that chardge uppon them..
8. Beside all these, the excesse of apparell, the excesse of
banquetting and rioting of scholers, neglect of payment of
Commons, the neglect of preachinge of ordinary sermones
12 Notes from the College Records.
and diverse other abuses, for \ehicfa eyther there is no punish-
ment, or els to smalle mulct, by the Statutes of the Universitye
and of particuler Colledges.
Endorsed: Disorders to be reformed in the University
of Cambridge.
(The document has no signature, address, or date).
To my lovinge freindes D. Beaumont Vicechaunclor
and to the rest of the heades of Colleges in Cambridge.
After my very hartie comendacions £where for as much as
in the common opinion of the best] as the lightnes and
disorder of your youthe as well in apparell as other behaviour
is not onely a great hinderance to learninge and a token of
£reat negligence in ther overseers bothe publicke and private
but also a staye [at this daye] of manie mennes charities who
yf these thinges weere more moderatly used and reformed
wold deale muche more liberally with the poorest sort there
[as in many plaices sondry doe affirme and pronounce], these
may be to require youe, and onely in everye one of your
severall houses, but [you] also [that rest] publickly in
assistinge the Vicechaunceller to see all suche lightness and
disordered behaviour represed [presently, and good order
hereafter contynued] that learninge beinge joyned with
^odlines, modestie and the glad embracinges of good orders,
ye may reape [such fruites] and profitably serve to these
endes whereunto those godly foundations were first erected,
your diligence and conformities herein shall move me to be
[in my doynges] more carefuU for your matters abrode
although in minde I can be no more. And thus I byd you
hartely well to fayre this xjth of November 1566.
Endorsed: 12 November 1566. Copy of my master's
letter to the Vichancellor and reste of the heades in
Cambridge for reformation of disorders in apparrell.
Note. The words in square brackets are corrections in
Cecil's own handwriting.
The following letter from Matthew Parlcer, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, to Cecil, shews that the Warden
Notes from ilie College Records^ 13
of the Collegiate Church of Manchester was willing to
surrender the possessions of that body to the Queen,
and that, if the scheme had been carried out, the
endowments might have come to St John's.
Sir, I understand by the Warden of Manchester Colledge,
who being very wearie to continue that Colledge with such
incumbrance as he hath had therby, and hath no hope to be
releaved hereafter of his trowble except he betraieth that
Colledge with giving over a lease of the best landes yt hathj
and he being nowe desirous to relinquishe yt to her Majesties
disposicion to be converted to sum College in Cambrige,
who might hereafter send owte sum preachers to inhabite
that quarter and also by the rest of the revenue maintaine
sum students. If it please your honor to move her highnes
to this alteration, I think you shoulde doe a good dede, and
wheare yowe weare brought upp for the first beginninge of
your studies in St John's Colledge, I thinke yowe shoulde
showe yourselfe a good benefactor to torne this Lande
thereto, with what condicion of order as might seme best to
your wisdome. And thus wishinge yowe asmuch grace to
Godwarde as to myself, I committ you to his protection..
From my house at Cauntorberie this forth of Maye
Your loving frende in God
Matthue Cantuar.
Addressed: To the right honorable Sir William Cecil,
knight, principal Secretarie to the Queenes Majestie.
Endorsed: 4 May 1570. Archbishop of Canterbury to my
Master ; for the house of Manchester to be assigned to some
>Colledge.
The following letter from Andrew Perne, Master of
Peterhouse and Vice-Chancellor of the year, is interest-
ing from its reference to the fact that, owing to the
prevalence of the Plague at Cambridge, the members of
St John's were living at Hilton. This is a village in
Huntingdonshire! south of St Ives. The College had
then, and still has, a farm there. It will be observed
•that Perne connects the Plague with the State of the
14 ' Notes from the College Records.
King's Ditch. In a previous letter to Burghley (printed
in Cooper's Annals of Cambridge^ ii, 322-3, from the
Lansdowne MSS.) he refers to ** the corruption of the
King's Ditch." This ditch, dating from the time of
King John, was meant for the defence of the Town on
the south and east, the river being the defence on the
west. It began at the Mill Pool by the Silver Street
Bridge, ran up Mill Lane, crossed Trumpington Street
into Pembroke Street, leaving this at the corner of the
Chemical Laboratory, where the Spittal or Almshouses
stood, running across the site of the New Museums to
a point between St Andrew's Church and the Post
Office, thence along Hobson Street, across Jesus Lane,
down Park Street, and joining the river again opposite
Magdalene College. Towards the end of the sixteenth
century it had clearly become an open and offensive
sewer. Perne sent with his letter to Lord Burghley two
schemes for bringing running water into this ditch.
The first suggested bringing water from Trumpington
Ford, that being the point where the water course from
the Nine Wells at Shelford crosses the Trumpington
Road at the end of Brooklands Avenue. This plan was
ultimately carried out in 16 10. The other plan involved
taking the water at the Kings Mills, these being the
Mills above the pool by the Silver Street bridge. With
these two proposals are preserved plans, but these do not
lend themselves to reproduction in the pages of the Eagle.
By his will, Perne left ;^io towards the cost of
bringing water from the Trumpington Ford to the
King's Ditch.
There does not seem to be any entry in the College
Accounts distinctly pointing to a residence at Hilton,
so far as can be discovered they appear to have been
kept exactly as usual, though perhaps some unusual
entry may lurk in the mass.
My dutie in most humble wise remembred vnto your
honor. Theis shalbe to certefie the same that the vniuersitie
is returned againe to theire accustomed exercises of lerning
Notes from the College Records, 15
in the scholes, at the begginninge of this terme, which was
the xiijih. of this January, savinge the schollers of St John's
Colledge, the which continewe in their exercised at Hilton^
the which I wishe should remaine there still vntill the Towne
be more clere of the plage, for the which we have taken the
best order that we can to kepe the sicke from the whole.
And yet the porer sorte for the great desire that theie haue
to enjoye the contynewance of the relief that is charitably
made for such howshouldes as be visited, or that dwelleth
nere vnto them, that theie should not goe abroad, theie do
wickedly labour so much as theie can by goinge abroade in
the night tyme to contynewe the plage, wherefor we thinke
it good to put all those that be poore, that are or shalbe sicke,
into one place where theie shall haue all thinges necessary,
owte of the which theie shall not goe vntill it shalbe thought
convenyent. All the CoUedges, thankes be to God, are
hitherto free from the plage. There hath died in the Towne
of the plage sithence my last certeficates, which was the
xvj of December, vntill this daie, eleven, in Trinity parish
only. I trust in God that this froste will so purefye the
whole, and consume the infected, that T trust the wourst
is past, or elles we shalbe compelled to breke vpp againe, the
which will be a great decaye and hinderinge of lerninge in
the vniuersitie, and the vtter vndoinge of the Towne, whereof
I would be right sory.
I have accordinge'to your honors commaundment provided
a workeman from Lynn for the takinge of the leavell of the
grounde at Trumpington Forde to cdnveye that water into
the Kinges ditch, for the scowringe the same, whose advise
and iudgment I do send to your honour here inclosed. There
is one other in Cambridge who hath taken a leavell, from the
mylles in Cambridge, to conveye that water into the saide
Kinges ditch, the which beinge nerer adjoininge together
maie be done by lesser charge, whose iudgment I likewise
send vnto your honor, most humbly craving your Lordshippes
advise therein. I haue in most earnest wise and often tymes
called vppon Mr Mayor and others that hath partes chargable
with the scowringe of the said Kinges ditch, that theie should
nowe in this tyme of wynter and froste, set vppon the
scowring of the saide ditch, and allso for the renewinge
16 Notes from the College Records,
an old composition betwixt the vniuersity and the Towne for
the cleane and holsome kepinge of the streetes, the neglect-
inge whereof in tymes past hath been a great occasion of this
present infection, to the great hinderaunce and daunger to
the vniuersitie and Towne, as I haue often told Mr Maior and
his counsellors, the chief whereof is Mr Slegge. I have required
Mr Maior, in your honors name, to haue speciall regard to
the diligent accomplishinge of theis thinges, especially at this
tyme, whoe giveth faier wordes, but he doth nothinge in dede
hetherto. The last composition betwixt the vniuersitie and
the Towne, made when Sir Thomas Smyth was Vicechaun-
cellour, to contynewe for xxj yeres, was expired five yeres
agoe, sithence which tyme the Maior and his brethren hath
delayed hitherto to agree to any composition for good order,
and holsome kepinge of the Towne, wherein the Vicechaun-
cellour and the scollers haue been allowaies readie. But the
Maior hath proymsed me within this senyte that he will
accomplish the same, the which if he shall not I shalbe
compelled to crave your Lordshippes letters, and the rest
of the honorable counsell to commaund the same, or elles
shewe some lawfull cawse to the contrary, for that we are so
greatly greved daylie by the annoyaunce that cometh thereby.
And thus I praye allmightie God longe to preserve your
Lordship in most godly and honorable prosperitie. From
Cambridge the xviij\h of this January 1574
Your honors most bounden
daylie orator
Andrew Perne.
Addressed: To the right honorable the lorde Burghley,
lord high Tresorer of England and high Chauncellor of the
vnyuersitie of Cambridge.
Endorsed : 18 January 1574. Peam to my Lord,
First enclosure:
A description of the conveyaunce of the water from
Trumpington ford vnto the Kinges ditch, found owte
by Richard Browne, keper of the water mylles at
Lynne, the certentie hereof tryed by the levell the
;nY;th daie of January 1574.
First of all this Richard Browne saieth that there is m the
Koies from the College Records 17
length from the ix welles in Shelford commons vnto the
Kinges ditch^ which is abowte the space of a myle^ 17 fbte
fall, so that the water maye be brought very well, if so be
that the space betwixt the ix welles and the spittle howse be
brought to be a made ground, for that there beinge many
iFallies, these xallies must be made a levell ground with earth
and claie, that the water maie have his free course over it
The other space, from the spHttle howse vnto the Kings
ditch, is highe ground and therefor must haue a vaulte of
bricke for the water to runne through vnto the Kinges ditch^
and thus the water maie very well be conveyed this one
waye.
The charges hereof in bricke, morter and workmannshipjie^
as he saieth, will come vnto the some of thre hundarith
poundes.
Againe the ssjd Brown hath found that the water maie be
conveyed very well into the Kinges dich another viraie, that is
to saie from the small brigges into a pipe of lead ty ynches
hie, the length of it iiijC yardes. And at the end of this pipe
a myll must be made which must force the water to fall into
a cesterne of lead, and so to runne into the said pipe above
the levell of the ground xx foote. And thus allso the water
maie very well be brought into the Kinges ditch. The cost
and charges of the worke this waie, for the myll makinge, the
deuyse within the myll, and the pipe of lead, as he makith his
accompt, will arise to the sum of iij hundarith poundes.
And vppon the payment of these somms aforesaid, this
Richard Browne hath prom5rsed to haue him self bounde
with good and sufficient suerties for the performance hereof.
Memorandum that a thousand and a hallf of bricke will
be sufficient to make xxx foote of the vault, that should be
from the spittle house to the Kinges dich, which space is
thought to be abowte iiij hundarith yardes.
The said Richard Browne saieth that one foote of the
pipe of lead that should goe from the cistarne of lead at the
myll vnto the Kinges ditch will conteyn xx poundes of lead
in every foote. And that the space is iiij hundarith yardes
savinge tenn wherein the water must be conveyed in a pipe
from the said fourcinge myll vnto the Kinges ditch, so that
the pipe alone will cost six score poundes.
VOL. XXIX. D
18 Notes from the College Records,
Endorsed: Richard Brown^ keeper of the water milles at
Linn. A conveiance of water from Trumpington ford vnto
the Kinges ditche.
Second Enclosure:
A declaracion of the leavell of the ground for the
conveyaunce of the water to be taken from the mylles
called the Kinges mylles in Cambridge to the head
of the Kinges ditch against Pembroke Hall, the which
was taken by John Bryant of Cambridge, the xviijth of
January 1574
The saide Bryant, takinge the measure from the penn
of the water of the said Mylles to tlie head of the said
Kinges ditch, doth finde the rise to be nyne foote, and from
the taile and fall of the said water to the said head of the
Kinges ditch, he fyndeth the rise to be xi^j foote, and metinge
the levell of the heade of the said Kinges ditch to the foote
and lowest end of the same, runninge into the conunon
streame beneth the high bridge against Jhesus Colledg close,
he findeth the fall to be ;rjrtie foote. So that from the pen
of the water of the said myll to the lowest end of the skid
Kinges ditch there will be eleven foote fall, and from the
water of the lowest taile of the said myll, there will be
fower foote fall.
A great parte of the water that cometh to the said Kinges
myUe, cometh from Trumpington forde directly to the said
mylle, the which myll is distant from the head of the said
Kinges ditch three score and ten poole, after xvf foote to
the poole.
The conveyinge of this water from the myll to the head of
the Kinges ditch must be in a gutter or vaulte made of lyme
and bricke, the which will coste in the whole as he thinketh
a hundarith threescore seaventene poundes and ten shillinges.
And for this somme he will be bounde with good suerties to
performe the same.
Endorsed: Jhon Briant of Cambridge. A Declaracion of
the levell of the ground for the conveiance of the water from
the Kinges milles in Cambridge to the heade of the Kinges
ditche.
}foies from the College Reconh, 19
The letters which follow relate to the Mastership of
Dr Richard Howland, Master of St John's from 20 July
1577 to 1586. Howland was originally a Scholar of
Christ's College, B.A. 1560-1, M.A. 1564, B.D. 1570,
D.D. 1578. He was for a short time a Fellow of Christ's,
then in 1562 became a Fellow of Peterhouse, in 1576 he
became Master of Magdalene, from whence he removed
to St John's ; he became Bishop of Peterborough in
1585, and died 23 January i6oo-t.
The first letter shewing the opposition of the College
to the devotion of two Fellowships to the study of the
Law is rather curious. For some time there had been
two Fellowships in the College devoted to Medicine.
It is to be regretted that Howland did not commit to
writing the official objections of the College. In the
reign of Charles I the College obtained leave to have
two Law Fellows. The real privilege enjoyed by these
Fellows was that they could remain laymen, being
relieved from the condition, attached to all other
Fellowships, of taking Priest's orders within a certain
time. The grievance seems to have been that these
lay Fellows were relieved from m^ich College drudgery
which fell on clerical P^ellows, while they occasionally
took orders- rather laie in life, and then claimed
presentation to a College benefice in virtue of their
seniority on the roll.
My humble dutie in any wise vnto your honorable good
Lordshippe remembred. These maie be to signifie that as it
hath pleased her highnes to* difecte her letters vnto- vs her
Majesties Commissioners for St John^s in Cambridge for the
placinge of Mr Howland, your Lordships Chaplyn, Master of
the saide Colledge, in whose behalf e we likewise received
your honors favourable letters, so haue we allso, accordinge vnto
her Majesties pleasure therein, proceaded and have procured the
good likinge and consent of all the feliowes to her Majesties
request, and then 1 did in her Majesties name, and in the
visitors and all the feliowes names, pronounce him Master
of the saide Colledge, and then we the* visitors with all the
companie of Feliowes and Schollers of St Johannis did
20 Notes from the College Records,
accompanie him to the Vicechancellor, of whom he was
adm3rtted accordinge to the Statutes of the saide CoUedge.
1 doe assure your honour that if it be, or shalbe, in me at any
tyme, to pleasure him or to do him good by any kynde of
meanes, he shall vndoubtedlie, both for your honoris sake and
allso for the good will I beare towardes him fynde me very
ivillinge and readie to the vttermost of my small power. And
allthoughe we haue not as yet alltogither finished the Statutes
of that saide CoUedge, for that Mr Dr Ithell, beinge one in
Commission, as your Lordship dothe knowe, and of the
•quorum, hath had greate occasion not to be certenlie at home
of a longe tyme, yet are we nowe purposed by God*s grace
fourthwith to make an ende of the same. I do most humblie
•desire your good Lordshdpp, that as yt hath pleased you
oarefullie and favorabhe to helpe the said Mr Howlande
to that mastershippe of St Johannis, so yt would likewise
please your honor by your good means and friendshipp
to preferr Mr Nicolls another of your Lordship's chaplins
vnto the mastershippe of Magdalen CoUedge, nowe beinge
voyde, whome I do assure your honor of myne owne
knowledg, for that I have had better experience of him then
any other hath had, to be of very honest conversacion, well
Jerned, and a maynteyner of good order and statutes. So
•that in myne opinion your Lordship vndoubtedlie therein
:shall not only doe a godUe and good dede to the estate
of that saide CoUedge and to the whole societie there, whoe
dothe willingUe wishe the same, but also shall bynde the
said Mr NicoUs and me his frende contynewaUie to praie for
your honor's most godlie prosperitie. Thus not so bould at
this present as to troble your Lordship any further, I
oommytte the same into the most blessed tuycion of the
allmightie. From Cambridge the xxijth of this July 1577
Your honors dayUe orator
aUwaies to conunaunde
Andrew Perne
Addressed: To the right honorable and his singular goode
lorde, the Lorde Bourghley, Lorde high Treasorer of England
:and most wourthie highe Chauncellour of the Universiti« of
Cambridge.
Notes from the College Records. 21
Endorsed^ 21 July 1577. Mr Doctor Perne to my Lord.
Mr HowLind, Mr Nicolles.
The State of St Johannis (Right Honorable) is such at this
tyme, allthoughe quiett in it selfe, so open yet vnto extra-
ordinarie attemptes from abrode, that except your Honoure
doe stande still and wholie our good Lord and patrone, we
are like to receyve (even by that, from whence we loke to
receyve our quiett government, the Commission I meane) so
greate hurte, so that our foundation, and quiett estate wilbe
thereby, if not vtterlie over throwen, maruelously shaken and
e.npayred. It is geven out that the Commissioners, with your
Honour's consente, will establishe two fellowshippes for the
law^e in our CoUedge, and are determined forthwith to place
two of our fellows (if bothe be fellowes) in the same ; which
thinge is thought verie inconvenient not onely by the societie,
but by divers of the Commissioners also; as Dr Pearne,
D. Hawforde, D. Harvie and D. Binge, whoe say they neuer
harde, or at the least consented to, any such matter. Wher-
f or I am humbly to craue of your good Lordship (vpon whom
onely vnder God we rest for reUefe) that it would please you
herein alsoe (as in all other matters you haue most honorablie)
to cast a lovinge eye and care towarde this your poore
CoUedge, as in this to suspende your honorable consent, vntill
we may delyver vnto your Lordship the inconveniences like
therby to ensue, as we by experience of our phisicke places
.well can and wilbe readie (for my owne parte) to offer vnto
your honoure, when it shall please you to commande me to
attende. In the meane tyrae not onely the thinge it selfe, but
.the parties named thervnto doe more moue me to speake, and
feare that which is more then likely to fall out therby, as that
it wilbe the heade and springe of much dissention and the
breaknecke (if I may with your honoure vse that worde)
of diuinitie, and of all such as are well inclined that way.
The constante reporte, and the greate feare that the house is
n, as also my bturden and care, who (I take God to witnesse)
doe tender the good and quiett state of the howse more then
my place and profitt thereby. These all haue caused me thus
.vppon the hearinge therof to addresse these my letters and
22 Koles from the College Records.
man vnto your Lordship in greate hast, humblle beseechinge
your honoure to stande herin good Lord vnto vs, as to receaue
first our reasons, whie we doe mislike bothe the men and
matter moued, before that be laide vppon vs, the only
rumoure wherof dothe alreadie breede a faction; and that
noe one man (vppon a priuate respect) be soe preferred as
that therebie so godlie a societie should for euer in their
succession be soe greatly damnefied. Wherfor, if it please
your honoure to direct your letters, or worde vnto the
Commissioners to stay theim vntill further consultation after
Easter, or when it shall please your Lordship to appointe^
we shalbe, as we are notwithstandinge, wholie and for ever
bownde vnto your Lordship. Thus letting your Lordship
vnderstande, that the Earle of Essex and younge Mr William
Cecill are in good health, vnto whom I haue delyuered your
token, I commend your Lordship to the mercifuU protection
of the lyvinge God, longe to continue in health and increase
of greate honoure. From your CoUedge of St John's, in hast,
this present Sonday 5 Aprilis Anno 1579.
Your honours faithefull seruante
Richard Howlande
Addressed: To the Right Honorable the Lord Burghley,
Lord tresuror of Englande, my vearie good Lord and master
geue these.
Endorsed: 5 April 1579. Mr Doctor Rowland to my
Lord ; twoe Lawe roomes purposed by the Commissioners to
be established in St John's Colledge.
The Mr Billingsley, merchant in London, referred to
in the following letter, was Henry Billingsley, admitted
a scholar of the College in 155 1. He was afterwards
Lord Mayor of London in 1596, when he was knighted.
His kinsman, William Billingsley, on whose behalf this
letter was written, matriculated as a pensioner of
St John's I October 1579, and was admitted a Found-
ress' scholar 5 November 1579. The restriction that
there could not be more than two scholars at a time
from any county made this admission irregular. Sir
Notes from the College Records, 23
Henry Billingsley, who it will be observed had been
giving money for the support of exhibitioners, conveyed
some property in Tower Street and Mark Lane, London ,
to the College in 1390 to support three scholars.
William Billingsley took his B A. in 158 1-3, M.A. 1586.
He was admitted a Fellow of the College 23 March
1585-6; he was collated to the Vicarage of Madingley,
near Cambridge, 8 November 1594, ceding this on
becoming Rector of Gayton-le-Marsh, co. Lincoln, for
which he compounded 28 April 1599, this he seems
to have held for a very short time ; he compounded as
Rector of Glaston, in Rutland, 10 February 1605-6,
holding this until 1635.
The honorable goodwill which your Lordship beareth to
this our CoUedge of St John's, and the duetie which I owe
unto the same, draweth me att this present to be an humble
and earnest suter vnto your honoiu-e. That whereas one
Mr Billingslie, a marchant in London, havinge byn of longe
tyme a good benefactor vnto our CoUedge, was an earnest
suter at our late election for a poore kinsman of his (William
Billingslie by name) to be made schoUer ; it would please
your good Lordship booth to pardon our bold attempte
therin as also with your honorable dispencacion to ratefie
this our imperfitt election, whose countrie beinge full and
therefor by statute nott eligible without dispensacion (for that
he is a Londoner, whereof there are so many alreadie as our
statutes doe permitt), we presuminge of your Lordships good-
will and favour have chosen him, notwithstandinge, for that
countrie ; so that it please your honoure (with the rest of her
Majesties visitors, of whom we make no doubt) to like well
thereof and to dispense with our statutes in that part, other-
wise to stande as not elected. Wherein if we haue offended
I shall humbly desyre your honoure to understande that his
request was soe one a sodayne and his suitt so earnest that
neyther could we expect your Lordships mynde in deferringe
our election (which hath by statute a standing daye), nor
durst lightlie caste of so goode a frende in soe small a request
(as he thought it), but that he should perceyve our readie
goodwill and thankfulnesse for his greate and many benefites
24 Notes from the College Records.
bestowed vpon poore schoUers in our howse. Where for
these manie yeares he hath geven 12li yerlie exhibicion to be
bestowed vpon poore schollers at the discretion of the Master
and Seniors, which also he doth mynde to conferre yerlie
vpon the Colledge for euer. In consideration whereof if it
shall please your good Lordship to pardon this our faulte and
with your honorable subscription to dispence (in this scholler)
with that branche of our statutes (that notwithstandinge theare
be three of his countrie he may be scholler), we shalbe (as
always) herein greatlie bownde vnto your honoure, who
therbie shall binde that gentleman more sure vnto vs for
euer, wherein restinge vpon your honorable goodwill and
direction to doo as your Lordship shall think good and
commaunde.
I am once agayne to crave pardon for my boldnesse and
humblie to recommende vnto your good Lordship one
Mr Nevill, fellowe of Pembrooke Hall, for whome having
joyned in request with Mr Doctor Pearne and D. Binge in
other letters vnto your honoure I thought good to delyuer
vnto your Lordship in these brefelie the reasons that did
induce me herevnto, least I mightbe thought vnto your
Lordship vppon no cause to be ouer busie in an other
man*s charge, wheare besides the worthines of the person,
for whome I can take no shame to laboure, and the equitie of
his cause, being senior in the howse and in all respects most
fitt. The great care that we all have in procuringe so fitt
a man for the vniversitie to that place and the trebles like to
growe vnto the howse in preferringe his Junior, whereof
(yf I may be bold to say what I thinke) some, who are in dutie
more nerelie bownde will not (I feare) haue so great a care,
as they ought. These haue moued me (with the rest) thus
boldlie and earnestlie to request your honorable goodwill
and furtherance in the same by your letters vnto D. Fulke^
Master of the house, wherby the partie shalbe bounde to pray
for your honoure by whose onelie meanes he is to obteyne
that his right, and the Colledge with the whole vniversitie
shall reape great quiett and good.
Thus lettinge your good Lordship vnderstand that
perusinge our licenses of mortman accordinge vnto your
commawndment, I finde a license for 60// procured by
Notes from (he College Records. 25
Mr D. Longworthe in the 10th yeare of her Majestks raigne,
since which tyme we haue purchased and receyued little
aboue 2Qli of yerelie rent.
With humble dutie, although abruptlie I end, desyringe
the Lord God longe to preserve your good Lordship in
perfitt health and encrease of much honoure. From your
CoUedge of St Johnes the 9th of November 1579
Your honours servant at commawndment
Rich. Howlande.
Addressed: To the Right Honorable the Lord Burghley^
highe treasurer of Englande hjs verie good lord and master
geve these.
Endorsed: 9 Nov 1579. Mr D. Howlande to my Lord.
The election of one Billingsley of London to a schollership.
A lycence to purchase in mortmayn for 60/i per annum.
The two letters of Rowland and Perne which follow,
relate to Lord Burghley's gift of a rent charge of ;^30
a year to the College. The deed regulating the
foundation was printed in the EagUy Vol. XX., p. 370-376.
The * Mr Robert ' who is mentioned in Perne's letter as
making such progress in his studies was Lord Burghley's
second son, afterwards the first Marquis of Salisbury,
who was at St John's ; Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
was at Trinity, and was admitted to the M.A. degree,
6 July 158'-
I shoulde hardely have excused my great negligence
(Right honorable and my verie good Lord) in not answearinge
your Lordship's letters accordinge unto your commawndment
before this day, but that it pleased God to lodge me in the
countrie this Christmas (where I could not here of them) and
ther to lay his hande so uppon me, that I coulde not ha\e
written althoughe I would, but nowe uppon my retourne,
perusinge the same, I thought it my part and dutie with all
convenient spede to satisfie your Lordship's commawndemen^,
and therewith to render unto yoiu- honoure most heartie and
humble thankes in that it hath pleased your Lordship to
shewe this greate token and seale of your long continude
VOL. XXIX. E
26 Notes from the College Records.
goodwill to this Colledge in my tyme, wherein I acknowledge
myself more bownde unto your Lordship then if muche more
bad bine conferred uppon my selfe. Concerninge therefore
the nombre of the Lady Margarettes fowndatione, these are
to lett your Lordship understande that our Statutes have
limited her schoUers not to be above 24// (uppon which
nombre also our Commissioners are resolved), although
I coulde have wished tliem 30//, that she should not have
byn over wayed by the other fownders who have within one
of thirtie ; to the augmentacion of whose commons, if your
Lordship shall make their 7d. wekelie 12J., the which will
arise (as your honor knoweth) to the iust somme of 26/i
yerelie, which augmentacion wilbe (in my simple opinion)
a fact more honorable then if you should erect fower newe
fellowships. Considering especially that our nombre alreadie
is over great for the recept of our howse, and the lyving (for
these dayes) verie small. But leving to your honorable
consideration, I am humblie to desyre your good Lordship
to vouchsafe your hande and subscription to this dispensacion
for a poore schoUer, in whose cause I wrote unto your
Lordship longe since, and for whome (accordinge to your
Lordship's direction) I have drawen this draught and procured
the allowance of all our Commissioners here, as appeareth by
their subscription. Thus ceasing to troble your Lordship any
further, with dutie as I begane I end, des3rring God to blesse
your Lordship with longe life, perfiitt healthe and encrease of
muche honor. From your Colledge of St John's the thirde of
Februarie Anno D. 1579
Your honour's faithfull sen.'ant
RiCHARDE HOWLANDE.
Addressed: To the right honorable the Lord Burghley
Lord high Treasurer of England.
Endorsed: 3 February 1579. Mr D. Howlande. St
John's Coll.
There is a note in Burghley's own handwriting :
26// pro 24 scollers, V^. a weke.
XX5. to the principall scollar.
xxs. to the head lector.
xxs. (blank).
Notes from the College RjcorJs. 27
My humble dutie unto your Honour alwayes remembred.
I have sent backe agayne by Mr Vice Chancellor the articles
concerninge your honorable gifte unto our Colledge, which
were delyvered (as your Lordship willed) unto my Lorde the
bishoppe of Ely and the rest of the Commissioners, who hav«
sett downe their dispensacion for countries, and donne all
thinges accordinge to your Honour's letters. The seniors
likewise of our Colledgis doe so like of the whole in everie
condition that in greate thankefulnesS' they acknowledge
themselves bounde unto your Honour for ever. This onelie
they offer dutiefullie unto your honourable consideracion, that
where as your Lordship hath referred the proofe of your
schollers, in difference betwene your Lordship's heires and
the Colledge, to be determined by the Vicechancellor, or any
head of any Colledge, it would please your Honour that it
may rather be compounded within the CoUedge, by bindinge
us to choose him whom your Lordship's heire shall nominat,
or one of the two as you shall devise, he or they being of the
hyest forme in the saide schoole, wherein whatsoever your
Hoaour shall determine I knowe wilbe thankfuUie taken and
dutifullie observed. This I am bold in dutiefull manner to
offer unta your Lordships consideracion, the rather for that
I doubt not but that the privilege of your Lordships heires,
which as I am bownde dutiefullie, I would by all meanas
procure, may as well this way be thoroughlie provided
[the letter is here torn] ... Judge should come in to the
preiudice of our CoUedge and strange ex ... inconvenience
... -ringe ourselves whollie to your Honour with most ... for
your .... unto our CoUedge and cease to ... -ringe God to
blesse your Honour with longe life and good health and
... honoure. From your CoUedge of St John's the thirde
of Februarie Anno 1580
Your Honours servant at commandment
RiCHARDE HOWLANDE.
Addressed: To the Right honorable the Lord Burghley
Lord High Treasurer of England.
Endorsed: 3 Feb. 1581 {Sic). D. Howland to my Lord!
Statutes finished. 2 schollers to be chosen out of Stamford
and Westminster by your Lordship. St John's Coll.
•28 Notes from the CcJkgc Rcconk,
Aftre my humble commendations onto your honor
remembred, with my hartye prayer onto Allmightye God for
the long preservation of your honor in all godlye prosperite
with most dewtyfuU acknowledginge the singular benefite the
whiche your honor hathe at this tyme sent to the perpetuall
releve of the poore scholers of your Lordships College of
St John's, of the which I do thank God that I have been
a poore member bothe scholer and felowe, and also for the
honorable fatherly care that your Lordship doth most
tenderly beare to the hole estate of the gud and godly
prosperite of the hole Universite whereof we have particular
experience dayly, and emong other tokens of your Honor's
zeale to the Universite wee do greatly reioise in this, that it
pleasyed your Lordship to sende that yowr worthie and
godly moniment of your Lordship's gud will towards
thadvansement of Icrninge to St John's by your honor's
lovinge son Mr Robert. He hath shewed suche an example
€)' godly diligence, both at sermons and disputationes, in the
tyme of his beinge at Cambridge at the commensement that
he gave just occasion to allewer many other to the imitation
of his diligence in hering and cariing gud profit from the
same as djd well appeare in him after every .of the said
exercise at diner or supper, not only to me but also to others,
for the whiche I wolde liave wisshed him to liave bene made
a Master of Arte with my Lord of Essex, yf it had bene yovn
pleasure, withowt the knowledge wherof nayther he nor wee
durst attempt any thinge at this tyme. Hopinge that it will
please your honor to permitt him to returne to Cambridge
and to do summe exercise thare both for yoiu: Lordships
honor, for his commendation and incorradgement, and to the
gud example and provocation of other scholers, at your
honor's gud pleasure to the rejoisinge of many in Cambridge.
J have imparted certen notes to Mr Skynner of certen
matters conserninge the Universite, whereof I most humbly
pray your honor to have such consyderation as shalbe
thought most convenient to your honor's godly wisdome,
liose godly and honorable affayres we dayly pray that they may
he alweyes blessyd by Allmighty Godd's most gracious spirite.
Prom Cambridge the ix of July 1581
Your honor's dayly orator
Andrew Perne.
Notes from the College Records. 29
Addressed: To the right honorable and my singular gud
Lord, the Lorde Burley, Lord Treasurer of England and
Chancellor of the Universite of Cambridge.
Endorsed: 9 July 1581. Do. Peme, Vicechanceller of
Cambrige, by Robert Cecill.
The preceding documents have been taken from the
State Papers, Domestic, in the Record Office. The
document with which we conclude is copied from the
Petyt MSS. (Vol. 38) in the Library of the Inner
Temple. In the Petyt collection it has no heading,
but in the calendar prepared by the Historical MSS.
Commission it is described as "Answers by Nicholas
Shepherd, Master of St. John's, to 20 articles of enquiry
as to his orthodoxy and conformity." Some of the
documents in the Petyt collection seem to be originals,
this is apparently only a copy. The questions have
not been preserved, but the answers sufficiently indicate
that Shepherd was desirous of clearing himself from
some suspicion of sympathy with Thomas Cartwright
and Puritanism.
Shepherd took the following degrees: B.A. 1551-3
MA. 1559, B.D. 1568. He held the second prebendal
stall in Peterborough from about 1560 until his death.
He was Rector of Hartlebury, co. Worcester, from
1561 to 15^4; Archdeacon of Northampton 1570 — 1587;
Rector of Thorpe-on-the-Hill 1573 — 1576; Rector of
Welton-le-Wold 1573 — 1585 ; Rector of Hougham-with-
Marston 1575 — 1587, all these livings being in Lincoln-
shire; and he was Prebendary of Stow in Lincoln
Cathedral 1578 — 1587. His will was proved 10 July,
1587.
But little is known of him personally or of his rule
as Master; which office he held from 1569 to 1574.
Baker refers to the College tradition that Shepherd
was deprived of his Mastership for not being quite
hoaest in College business. This is based on the MS.
30 KjLs from iJij Colb^e Rxonh,
Latin history of the College preserved in the Muniment
]<oom, to which Baker more than once refers as "by
Mr M.," as «MS., D.M./' or "by D.M. a bursar."
This was David Morton, Senior Bursar from 14 February,
1667-8 to 16 February 1674-5. Morton thus lived about
a hundred years after Shepherd ; what authority he had
for his statement it is difficult to say. The only positive
evidence on the books is that Shepherd exercised his
authority as Master to cancel a lease which had been
granted by the Seniority. Morton's account of
Shepherd is as follows:
Nicolaus Sheppard, Westmeriensis, admissus CoUegii
discipulus (cum multis alijs) per Visitatores Regios (nempe
Thomam Goodrick, Episcopum Eliensem, Nicolaum Roffen-
sem, Johannem Checum, Collegii olim alumnum, Edvardi
6ti Tutorem in Graecis et Latinis, Equestri postea insignitum,
atque Collegii Regalis, ni male memini^ Praepositum,
Guilielmum Malum, S.T.D., et Paulini Ecclesiae Decanum,
atque Thomam Wendeium), July 4to 1549, Edvardi 6ti
tertio ; electus Socius Mart. 25, 1553, atque Religionis ergo
a Maria Regina privatus, a D. Elizabetha est restitutus ;
socius senior et Junior Thesaurarius 1560. Electus Magister
decemus tertius, Dec. 17, 1569. De quo nihil certi ulterius
occurrit. Neque enim mihi satis pro comperto est quod
vulgo perhibent Eum scilicet eo quod officiariorum singu-
lorum clavibus in ipsius custodiam fraude, et clam se invicem
traditis, sigillum commune syngraphis seu Indenturis (quas
vocant) firmarum quarandam a se solo elocaturum. Ipse
unicas suo solius commodo consulens apposuerit, Magistratu
(juxta tenorem Statuti in eo casu provisi) fuisse privatum.
1. As I have heretofore subscribed to the book of
Common Prayer publiquely aucthorized in this Realme and
by the like subscription allowed of theis articles sett down
by the charge in the Synode,
2. Soe doe I not as yet see any thinge, in either of the
said, bokes expressed, which is repugnant to the worde of
God, or which may not be allowed in the Church of God.
Notes from the College Records. 31
3. I confesse also that we are necessarilie tyed to that
vniforme doctrine which thapostells in the primitive church
preached. But for their orders they vsed I see no suche
necessitie that in sgme pointes great dangers and absurditie,
as at this tyme euery ignorant person should have his voice
in chosinge fytt persons into that ministerie.
4. 5. I doe nott finde in Godes worde that there be any
ceremonies appointed for all tyme to be kept of necessitie
and none others, but all to be conformed to this rule : Lett
all things be done to edification or otherwise to be receuyed
or reiected, yet not by any particular person at his will and
pleasure, but by the churche and whole state. But in this
myne assertion I doe not call the Sacraments by the name of
ceremonies, as Mr. Cartwright semeth to terme them, for
then I should say that none should be received in Christes
Churche, but such as he himself appointed. And as God
hath not set downe certeine ceremonies which must be
reteined and none other ; This doe not I fynde that he hath
sayed : Synne shalbe punished by this order and this kinde
of government and none other, by this magistrate and not
by that magistrate, by a seniorie only and not otherwise.
4. I doubt not but that we have a right ministerie in the
Church of England, and that by our ecclesiasticall govern-
ment synne may be rightly and duely punished.
6. Itt were to be wished that the realme were so well
furnished with lerned mynisters that euery particular parishe
might have one, and that the parishes were hable not only
to fynde the pastor, but the deacons and elders also. But
that there is no wayes or meanes lawfull to provide for the
pore, but by the deacon chosen by the people, or no lawfull
correction but by seniors chosen by the people also, I coulde
never vnderstand by any scripture. And to put the choice
of the pastors into the peoples hands were nothinge but to
make a blinde man iudge of colors.
7. In government and iurisdiccion I thinke there ought
sum mynisters to be above others, for avoydinge of contempt
and confusion, although all be in mynistracion equal.
8. ffor the patrimonie geven vnto the churches for the
mayntenance of learninge and Godds service, 1 am so farre
32 Notes from the College Records,
from thinkinge that by Goddes worde it ought to be taken
away that I vnfaynedly rather wishe that which is ahredie
with drawen to be restored againe to his former vse.
9. As I doubt not but that the mynisters of this realme,
euery one in their callinge, be lawfull mynisters, so can
I not thinke the mynesterie and ecclesiasticall accion to be
vnlawfulL
10. I never herd good reason either why there should
not be a communion at a mariage or why the newe maried
should not be exhorted to communicate, or why it were not
to be wished there were a sermon at euery buriall.
11. As no lerned man founde in the pointes of true
religion, and in outward conversation blamelesse, ought to be
denied to preache Jesus Christ, so, be he neuer so lerned or
godly, ought he not to thrust himselfe into that office without
licence. And againe, hauinge giftes and licence, in con>
science is bounde to preache whether he haue pastorall and
proper charge or no.
12. He that seeth his owne infirmitie and slacknes to
prayer often tymes, cannot doubt but that it is more
convenient for him and profitable to the churche of Christ
to have sum prescript order appointed for prayer, then to be
left to his own spirit.
13. Although the perfitt papists do farre differ from vs in
many pointes of the doctrine of Christ, yet because they
confesse Christ and in his name are baptized, I iudge that
their children are within the compasse of Godds covenant,
and so are to be baptized.
14. Consideringe the smaleness of our ecclesiasticall
Livings in England, and the greate bountifulnes which is
loked for at the ecclesiasticall persons handes I dout not birt
a man may have more then one l5rvinge.
15. I thinke a man may preache and mynister thoughe
he haue no peculier flock assigned vnto him. And that the
mynisterie and ciuill do not so disagree but that thei may be
ioyned in one person.
16. The 16 article I vnderstand not fully, but after my
vnderstandinge I say that Godd commanded nothinge in
vayene, neyther thappostells, being guided by the same
spirit.
Sirada d'Alkmagna, 33
17. I take the Quene her Majestic to have auctoritie over
all states ciuill or ecclesiastical.
18. And althoughe her majestic be but a membre of the
Church of Christ, yet in that parcell of Christ's churche
which is in England, she is to be reputed as the cheif and
supreme governor vnder Christ. The last point of this
article I vndcrstand not.
19. I iudgc that the quene of England, concerninge the
punishment and remittinge of criminall offences is not in all
pointes tyed to Moses lawc, but sumtymes excede Moses
sumtymes remitt of his scueritie as the state of the common-
wealth requireth.
20. I doubt not but that her majestic of her owne
auctoritie may appoint ciuill magistrates, that is havinge
all auctoritie in her selfc may impart sum part thereof vnto
others.
Nicholas Shepperd.
R. F. S.
(To be continued).
STRADA D* ALLEMAGNA.
The mountain-wall surrounds a sacred land;
The white road stretches forward to the north,
Where once went caravans of Venice forth
Unto the Danube and the Baltic strand.
The ruddy precipice on either hand
O'ershadows the dusk pinewoods and green earth ;
The belfry tells the hour, and life seems worth
Our living but to hear the sound expand
Through sunlit air. From river- pass to vale,
From loveliness to loveliness we gaze.
Fancy dwells by the rocks and down the glades.
Here ranged the Gods of poem and of tale ;
Here march'd the legions ; through the sultry ways
Rode Marcus, haply, to the Rhaetian shades.
C. W. P. o.
VOL. xxrx. F
SKETCHES.
The Havildar.
MET him at the foot of a hill, and we walked
along the track together for two or three
miles. He was a fine well-built man, looking
the thorough soldier that he was with his
neat puggari, his well-kept moustache, his swagger-
stick and his spotless white clothes. As we walked he
told me of his regiment and his service. He had
served in a Baluchi infantry battalion, and had just
retired, after twenty-one years with the colours, on a
pension of seven rupees a month and three rupees
extra for distinguished conduct. His little story ran
much as follows: — "Yes, sahib, Quetta is the best of
all places. There are many regiments there both red
and black (English and native). The country is good.
There is every kind of fruit, and the sheep are fat and
big. But it is very expensive for the officers, who have
an extra allowance for Quetta. The work is very hard
nowadays ; in the musketry course we had to work all
day, and there was no rest. My regiment went to
China with Major-General Gaselee. We went from
Karachi. For eight days no sepoy could eat. We
were all ill ; and many said, ' Never again will we take
Government service.* But afterwards we became
stronger, except two men, who were ill for twenty-four
days. These two were two months in hospital in
Tientsin, and the Colonel sahib used to go to see them
every day. They had a fowl each in the morning and
one in the evening, free. We went to Pekin. Soldiers
from all countries were there, Russians, French,
Sketches. 35
Germans, Americans, and Japanese. I could not
understand the Russian language, but after a time I
got to know a little Japanese. The Japanese were
good soldiers. I was wounded once. A bullet went
through my leg, and the officer told me to fall out. I
said, ' No, sahib ! it does not matter,' and I went on
fighting. The Sirkar gave me three rupees a month
special pension for bravery. See ! this is the scar. It
does not trouble me now unless I march for more than
three or four days ; then it hurts a little.
When we came back from China the sea was not so
rough, and we had not such illness. When I retired a
little while ago, I went to pay my respects to the
doctor sahib who had been a great friend to me.
I said to him, * Sahib, in my country there are no
doctors and no medicines, what am I to do?' He
replied, 'Have you a box?' I said, *Yes;' and he
told me to bring it to him. Then he filled it with every
kind of medicine in little bottles, and told me for what
illness each kind was good After this I came home."
" What are you going to do now ? " I asked.
" I have a little farm and| a house,' and I shall buy
some more land, and then call other men to work for
me. I have dogs, too, and I shall hunt and have rest.
Two or three days ago my dogs killed a wild boar over
against that ridge. One dog was wounded, and I put
some of the doctor sahib's vaseline in the wound. It
will be well quickly. Sahib, this is my way. Salaam !"
And with a salute he turned up a ^narrow path to go to
his little farm.
SiDDIQ.
He is an old, white-bearded man, with a keen face
and a bright eye, though his back is bent with the
weight of four-score years. He is quick at hearing and
understanding still ; even now his stride is firm and
longf, and he can travel up a mountain-path at a pace
not usual with the old. He is a picturesque figure with
his home-spun blanket wrapped round him like a pladi,
36 \ Sketches,
his cheerful voice and merry chuckle. But his day is
done. Long ago he was one of the most famous
shikaris and trackers of Kashmir. Every kind of
animal he knew, both its habits and its haunts. Every
quarter of the country has been trodden by him. Many
well-known big-game hunters of the sixties and the
seventies owe much to Siddiq.
He is full of anecdote. His tales are modestly told,
and you have to know him a little before he will tell
you how he got the mark in his ear and the hole in his
wrist. He was out with an Englishman, and they
came across a leopard, which got at Siddiq, and began
to maul him. The light was failing, and he called to
his master for help just before he fainted away. The
latter had to fire point blank ; the bullet went through
Siddiq's ear and his wrist, finally lodging in the
leopard, which then drew off and Siddiq was saved.
The old man likes to see and talk with Englishmen.
He is always independent, but respectful. His inquiries
after your health are amusing; every time he sees
you he wants to know whether you are happy and
contented. He is full of weatherlore. He seems to be
the great " consulting shikari " of the whole country-
side. Like many others he mourns for the good old
days, when markhor were shot by the half dozen, when
tehr were common as goats, and Kashmir stags always
to be had. I do not think he is sorry that his time is
over. Things have changed since he was in his prime.
But long may he enjoy his well-earned rest, for he is a
fine old man !
The Gujar.
A log cabin with its back to the hillside and its flat
roof of mud is his summer-home. In front is a little
clear space where his buffaloes and cows rest at night,
and his children play in the day. Sometimes there is
a little cluster of these huts, but more often they are
found alone, high up among the woods, to be located
Sketches, 37
only at night when the glimmer of the fire is seen even
from distant hills^ or in the dim light of dawn or
evening, when the thin wreath of smoke betrays them
as it curls above the tree tops. In the hottest
months the Gujar is to be found still higher, near the
snows and far above the trees. Then his dwelling is
not so pretentious; a dusky tent, not high enough
to allow him to stand, gives shelter to him, his family,
and his dogs.
He knows nothing of the rulers of the land. No
thought of politics ever comes into his head. His
problems are simple ; where is the best grass to be
found, how much cloth or tobacco, or what sort of
ornament for his wife, or how big a cooking pot will
the larder give him for his ghi (butter)? The sight
of an Englishman is a rare event, and his children will
run in fear from the wandering sahib to seek the shelter
of their home and their mother's arms. He is rarely
ill, and the catastrophes of his life can be traced to the
descent of a bear or a leopard on his beasts or on himself.
His animals are his main wealth. A man with fifty
buffaloes is well to do. It is their ghi that he barters
for his clothing and other necessaries. His garments
are simple — and I fancy he has only one suit— a waist-
cloth, if he be wealthy, drawers, a long homespun
blanket serving as a coat and a plaid. His desire for
distinction generally confines itself to a bright-coloured
skull cap. His wife wears almost the same kind of cap,
a loose smock and baggy trousers. Her long black
hair hangs down to her waist in one plait, and she
shows her husband's wealth by the number of her
ornaments — clumsy earrings of turquoise, a necklace
perhaps of the same, and sometimes anklets and
toe-rings. His children have one garment, only a shirt,
and the assumption of the blanket seems almost the
same thing as "going into tails" in England. l[is
food is milk and butter from his cows; with thick
chupatties made of coarse maize flour.
38 Sketches.
He and the stranger within his gates smoke from the
same' hookah in turn, as they squat in the smoky house
or on the mud roof if the weather be fine.
All the byways of the woods and hills are known to
him. He is the man with local knowledge, to whom
the shikari applies to know the haunts of game. Often
he acts as guide, finding a path in the most unlikely
spots. Specially pleased is he if he can give informa-
tion about a bear, his worst foe.
Of washing he knows nothing. His clothes, once
made and put on, seem to stay on him till they drop off
through old age. The only item of cleanliness some-
times observable makes one laugh. Occasionally a
little row of squatting persons is seen, the mother at
the end, then the eldest daughter and so on down to the
two year old, each industriously overhauling the hair of
the one in front. Thus there is economy of time and
labour. Metal implements are rare, an axe with
a rudely engraved head, a knife, and, if he be wealthy,
a brass cooking-pot or two. Usually the cooking things
are earthen. His maize is sometimes ground in the
hollow stump of a fallen tree with a heavy wooden club.
The flour for his chupatties he carries in a sheep skin
that has been taken off in some wondrous way so as to
leave it practically a bag. The skin is dried, then
softened by the simple process of treading on it.
If he moves from one place to another, his wife
carries the baby in a blanket on her back ; or if the
child is big enough it sits astride its mother's hip. He
carries his fire about with him, either as a smouldering
brand, or in an earthern pot inside a basket. The latter
method among Kashmiris often serves the purpose of
keeping the man warm, as the basket is carried under
the blanket next the body. He shows an easy indiffer-
ence as to the fate of the giants of the forest. A fine
old tree with hollows at its base makes a good fire-place,
sometimes so good that the tree itself catches fire and
burns for days till it crashes down, a melancholy
memorial of man's recklessness.
Sketches, 39
Such is he in his summer home. As the autumn
draws on he collects his few chattels and drives his
herds down to the warmer villages below, there to
await the return of spring and the melting of the
snows.
KoNSA Nag.
This is a sacred lake, about fifty miles south of
Srinagar, Kashmir, lying high among the northern
spurs of the hills that border the vale on its southern
side. The lake is said to be 15,000 feet above the sea-
level. It ],is about three miles long, and half a mile
wide. The word " Nag " means snake, and the spirit
of the lake is a great snake, which dwells in the green
silent depths of the waters. The Hindus worship this
spirit, and make pilgrimages to the lake at various
times to propitiate the snake and to seek its protection.
The surroundings of the lake are solemn and
majestic enough to invest it with holy fear. At its
eastern end two gray and jagged peaks stand out
against the blue sky, and the snowfield and glacier in
the dip between them feed the lake with water. Great
blocks of ice break oflF from time to time and dot the
surface of the water with their snowy tops. On the
north the bank rises steep, but grass covered for a few
hundred feet, and then begins a sheer wall of rock,
going almost perpendicularly to the summit of a
towering peak. The southern side is milder. There is
more grass, with little levels here and there, covered
with flowers of many kinds. On the west the lake is
closed in by a huge mass of earth and rock that looks
as if some mighty power had thrown it across the
gorge to stem the waters of the lake. But this dam
of nature's making has its sluice gate, for half way up
its side an ice-cold torrent rushes from a tunnel, giving
the water of the lake to the land beneath.
No sound is to be heard on the heights above the
lake, save occasionally in summer the distant whistle
40 The Dromedary.
of a shepherd or the bleat of a lamb. There seems no
life, and the lake looks eternally at rest ; no wind ever
ruffles Its surface, so deep it lies below the crags. Even
Mohammedans are not free from awe, for I have seen
them pray as they come near and again as they leave
the place.
J. H. T.
THE DROMEDARY.
In dreams I see the dromedary still
As once in a gay park I saw him stand:
A thousand eyes in vulgar wonder scanned
His humps and hairy neck, and gazed their fill
At his lank shanks, and mocked with laughter shrill.
He never moved : and if his Eastern land
Flashed on his eye with stretches of bright sand,
It wrung no mute appeal from his proud will.
He blinked upon the rabble lazily;
And still some trace of majesty forlorn
And a coarse grace remained; his head was high.
And his gaunt flanks with a great mange were worn :
There was not any yearning in his eye,
But on his lips and nostril infinite scorn.
Archibald Y. Campbell.
ALMA MATER.
In the far out back country, in lands forgotten of God,
My mate and I were wandering where scarce a man had trod.
The life was hard and lonely, life good for man to see,
Where hardest is the wage to earn true hearts will ever be.
One night I was sitting lonely, for on that day my mate
Had gone in quest of the horses and wouldn't be back till late,
The fire flickered gaily, and lost in the looming bush
A sicada chuTuped gaily and broke the evening's hush.
The billy boiled unheeded, for my thoughts were far away
And beyond the sombre mulga I saw the waters grey
Where hard seas beat on Island cliffs, I dreamed of youth
again
As faces known and loved of old came back in ghostly train.
Whilst I sat thus idly dreaming there came a cheery shout—
" Good day to you, say matey, is any tucker about ?
For my water bag's ' most empty, whew ! hasn't the day
been hot ?
My oath ! I never reckoned to strike a camp at this spot."
I gave the best in our ** humpie," such is the out-back law ;
The stranger's right to the best although his face ye never saw
Till the fire's glow revealed it, for in this sun-parched land
Rovers are all brothers sealed in the bond of sun and sand.
And when the meal was finished and our pipes were well
alight
We turned to look at each other across the firelight.
Talking of gold and its seeking, dearth of water and food.
The latest find, the newest rush and the price of sandal- wood.
VOL. XXIX- G
42 Aiwa Malcr.
Until some chafice word revealed it, whereat each gave his
hand
And we linked across the fire our lives in a far Home land.
Equals we by the bond of toil in Open Places free
But more than kin by the elder bond of School and 'Varsity.
Then arose on the instant, for at times the Gods are kind,
Gleams of the life that once we loved in days long left behind
Each heard the echoing feet ring down the old court's
smooth flagged way
And saw once more the racing eights and Ditton packed.
and gay.
Thus in a lonely country, by the camp-fire's flickering glow
Came to each the clear seen vision of days of long ago.
Old red courts by the river side, cloisters and mullioned pane,
The years rolled back a moment's space to live those years
again.
We hear once more the thundering shout, "You're going up,
up, up."
We saw the green spread tables and the circling loving cup.
The old, dead life came back again, from out this sun-baked
Hell,
We walked once more by old-time paths in days that each
loved well.
Oh, Springtide fair, as they are to-day, each saw his college
" backs,"
Forgotten life in a weary land where every green thing lacks,
Forgotten the work of the days to be, the thirst-parched
brow and tongue,
Our hearts were tuned a moment's space as when the world
was young.
Then after hours of talking over days now past and dead.
Aye time sped fast before we saw the Cross swing low
o'er head.
We silent drank in manner old, for drink we had but tea,
To Granta's stream, to England's schools, to College and
'Varsity.
Alma Mater, 43
He left again at day-break, he'd nigh on all-day tramp,
I went back prospecting in the gully behind the camp.
Each faced his toil with heart made light, for Fate in fleeting
grace
Wrested the past from out Time's grasp when we sat face
to face.
To you it may seem trivial, a thing of little worth.
But it means much to we who tread the utter fringe of earth.
Whose lives are cast in out-back lands, remote from Home
and friends.
Who only meet such fellow men as Fate in kindness sends.
Ye have not known the loneliness bred of the wide-flung veldt
When twilight deepens on the land and dims the amber belt
Late marked across the sky line, whereunto our road goes
And clear above the darkening East the evening planet glows.
Ye have not watched the sunset flush the pathless mulga
plains
E'er falls the gathered darkness from clouds that bring no
rains.
As ships on outer chartings rejoice to sight the land
So we rejoice to meet the men who know and understand.
How should you understand us, you who live the ordered
Hfe,
'Tis not learned of the cities nor taught of the kiss of a wife.
We are not of the cities who the frontier lands have known,
Others shall come hereafter and reap where we have sown.
We were even as you were, save only to us there came
The Call of Open Places that speaks in Nature's name.
Over the hum of cities and out of the midst of war
We heard the calling echo and saw the rover's Star.
To-day is the desert pathless and our's the newest track,
But others follow swiftly the path of the men out-back.
To-day is utter silence beneath the far-flung skies.
To-morrow's train shall whistle for brakes down yonder rise.
44 Alnta Mater,
So is our part allotted : this is our pride and pain,
First in the face of battle, last in the race for gain.
" Fools who have had their chances/' aye, fools to a hard
life's end —
But fools who fight in the vanguard, fools who stick to a
friend.
Gerard W. Williams.
Laverton, W.A.
15th May, 1907.
CONFESSIONS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF
MR PRIMROSE.
A SENSITIVE UNDERGRADUATE.
Sunday eve^nngy March 30.
|Y little life. I trust you will not disillusion
me by ever revealing that you have been
contaminated by the touch of the world.
It is a primal impulse of the human mind, I
fear, and I fear especially for you, to be ambitious, to
court vanity. Omnia vantias. Vanity is a seduction,
an adventitious self-respect, outwardly sleek as the
lamb, inwardly a ravening wolf. The men around us,
each listens for the resonance of his own voice : each
would repel the insinuation. As friends they are a
hierarchy of snobs. The fool is at heart the merchant
of his folly: the man of character the showman of his
character. Such is the trade of vanity. Everything is
hollow; so hollow that there is little satisfaction in
this world, and an appetite for insidious flattery that
will not die. We are self-consuming egoists. It is
always I. It is too much, too much. Though it may
be selfish in me, mea vila^ to abjure temptation, I can
no longer endure the flagellation of this first person so
continuously repeated ; and you will pardon me, if our
relations must become more distant, if^ what is but a
subterfuge in me, seem but little else than formal
etiquette to you; but notwithstanding henceforward I
must be Mr. Primrose, * he ... .'
46 Confessions from the Memoirs of Mr Primrose,
March 21, ii a.m.
Mr. Primrose attained his zenith in that hour, when
Day and Night were too equally balanced to claim him
for their own. Then he could, evading the conventions
both of this world and of that, appear to himself in the
freedom of his sentimental soul ; he could be a cherub,
a paladin, a passion, a force, a pathos, a scintillation,
a cynic, a child. He was passing through these
transcendental states this morning when the post
arrived. Illusions vanished, as at the sound of the
retreating steps he slipped on his dressing gown and
furtively outwitting the bedmaker stole the letter from
his table. It was an invitation to dinner on the 30th
from the Dean.
March 30,
The day had come, not without its anticipations.
So far as the fortunes of this world affected him, Mr.
Primrose was unfortunately placed. What he had,
and what he had not, is too delicate an apocalypse for
any but an ethereal court. His family was old — it had
all but outlived its annuities — and this, indeed, was the
one inconvenience to Mr. Primrose's aspirations to
become the St. George of Conventions. He had all
the lofty manner of the joust : his mental armour was
a work of Vulcan and a gift of Venus : but whenever he
essayed the dragon, his horse was, by the evil spells of
this world, transformed into a hobby; on which he
sank to earth with the confused sound of quips and
scoffs in his ears.
Walking through the courts sometimes, he would
be summoning to his inward fancy a tournament of
souls, whose communings would excel many a
Decameron, when he became conscious that his boots
were not on so solid a footing as they might be, and
were not as rich in colour as they had been. Then fear
gave speed to his heels. As with his boots, so it was
with his evening dress. It was, if one may shake the
i
Confessions from the Memoirs of Mr Primrose. 47
curtain and not raise it altogether, a heritage. A quick
eye might have seen that it shared their occasional
fault of diminution. Unhappily, no eye was so quick
as his own.
March 30, 7 p.m.
Mr. Primrose dressed. By a long, careful, and
studied adjustment of cuff and sleeve he at last hoped
that the sleeve would present a marginal appearance of
length ; and also he turned inwards the collet of his
ring to remind hira of his determination to stand erect,
or inclining, if at all, a little backward, that the coat
tails might fall, as nearly as human ingenuity could
attract them, to his knees. For the rest, he confirmed
himself morally to be witty, to withdraw attention from
his person to his elegance of mind ; above all not to be
self-conscious. He walked carefully and quietly to the
Deanery. Before going in to dinner he re-arranged
himself, and then, and not until then, was aware that
he had forgotten a handkerchief. As the door opened,
he arrested his wandering mind.
There were no ladies but the hostess present, next
to whom he had the honour to sit. The Dean took the
other end of the table, and there were three other
guests in siaiu pupillariy with whom he was indifferently
acquainted.
The conversation took a strong lead, fittingly
enough, with the Dean's pet bloodhound. Mr. Primrose
remembered the golden rule of these occasions — always
in conversing on animals to assign to them all the
superior qualities of human beings, and, as a variable,
to assign to human beings some of the superior
qualities of animals.
It was during this prelude that Mr. Primrose noticed
that, in the effort, smooth as he could contrive it, to
eat, his cuffs were slowly and remorselessly shrinking
from the table, and his hands were becoming too
unpleasantly prominent. This was a calamity he had
48 Confessiotis from the Memoirs of Mr Primrose.
not previously rehearsed. There was a lull; and,
feeling* his opportunity, he turned to his hostess and,
with all the gravity of a dialectic, inquired, what was
humour? his hostess thought humour was a queer
thing. There were a few comments, and then a relapse.
He was disappointed.
The first course had ended. The maids austerely
put the second before him. If Mr. Primrose had only
not been a St. George of Conventions, he would have
assumed that the second course was fish ; but he gave
the chef greater credit for ingenuity than was
necessary, and believed it was not fish, but a strange
dish that required a plain fork. He was served first,
and took up the plain fork ; only to see everyone else
differ from him, and with a growing colour to gauge
how many noticed the difference. Speech died in him ;
his dress clung to him, like a robe of Nessus. Moreover,
for the rest of the dinner, he was responsible for a fish
fork. It was impossible to conjecture what courses
were to follow. The courses followed. They were a
succession of chefs d'oeuvres ; but their identity was so
hidden that they would not conform to the canons of
any menu, and the fish fork found no opportunity. The
exercise of mind was no less intense than moving"
pawns under heavy stakes, with the fish fork as queen
and every course a move to avoid being check-mated.
Imperceptibly at first, he became conscious that his
hostess was also using an unusual order of knives and
forks, and with a shock he felt himself the miserable
object of another's charity. It was too much, too much.
Still, in silence, and with bated breath, he worked
through the game, and with the savoury the suspense
ended, and he was left a victor with a fish fork. At
last he was rid of the evil ; and his moral reservations
rose again and demanded a fluency of wit and epigram.
He also became aware that five other people around
him were maintaining a balanced conversation, which
it was his duty to share. Unfortunately, his nerve was
Confessions from the Memoirs of Mr Primrose. 49
gone. He could not interrupt his own silence : even
had he been able to, he could but think of one topic.
The conversation had risen again to the human
facilities and frailties of animals. He himself could
visualize no animal except a spider; and he would
have sold his soul to the devil to contrive the opening
for a comparison between it and the present topic, the
Dean's blood-hound. And yet so perturbed he was
that nothing could induce him to leave his grasp of the
spider; it was the only support to his sinking ship;
and with the spider he waited through the dessert, even
to the conclusion.
The party rose. He fled to a chair, from which
eventually, almost unnoticed, he rose to go ; and after
thanking his host for an evening most pleasantly
passed, he fled into the night.
« « • •
It was late before Day would consent to enter the
conflict with Night: but at length the moment of
emancipation came, by whose virtues Mr. Primrose
could again become a cherub, a paladin, a passion, a
force, a pathos, a scintillation, a cynic, a child.
And to " mea vita " until to- morrow.
VOL. XXIX.
A LAMENT.
I SING a song of ardour unreturned.
Of baulked desire, of passion unrequited ;
Of bosom sore by love's fierce furnace burned.
Of fond hopes blighted.
All day she lingers, where to reign she seems,
Her soft-hued beauty indolently flaunting.
In garden fair; all night, my broken dreams
Attest her haunting.
She speaks not, yet her fearful shrinking serves
Full well, when tenderly I would approach her,
To show that I'm, on worthier swains' preserves,
A base encroach er.
I know them well. One dares her veil to raise
And softly fanning, pays his bold adresses:
And on her cheek with kisses moist assays
And cool caresses.
But most I envy one, whose touch hath power
To warm her in to blushing; oft with dawning
Comes he, nor leaves her till the evening hour
For flight gives warning.
Men call him Phoebus — and his rivals twain,
Who takes at will those joys that I'm forbidden —
Zephyr, who fans her: last, the summer rain
Who flirts unchidden.
Her veil, of netting tarred, on south walls hig-h
By gardener's cunning parts me from my darling.
Oh, fate is hard : — for she's a peach, and I
A hungry Starling!
G. V. Y.
CORSTOPlTUAf.
IL
INOTHER season's work has been done on the
Corstopitum excavations, and the results con-
tinue to point in the same direction, while the
finds have been more numerous and more
important than last year : last year we caught, so to
speak, a momentary glimpse of something not very
definite, but now we have material for one or two little
pictures of episodes in the every day life of the Roman
city, and even of one or two events in its unrecorded
history.
In a former paper some description was given of the
bridge which once carried the Dere Street, the Great
North Road of Roman Britain, across the Tyne to
Corstopitum, and now we have some notion of the actual
roadway by which the traveller from Eburacum mounted
the hill towards the posting-house where his day's
journey was to come to an end^ A fine road it was in
the flourishing days of the Roman dominion, thirty, sevea
feet wide, with a continuous kerb of dressed stones on
either side and a surface of tightly packed cobble-stones
and gravel which must have been almost as haid as
solid rock. But her«, as elsewhere, the old tale of
decadence is repeated : at a later date, — possibly in the
fourth century, — the road was remade at a higher level,
and a poor piece of work that remaking was, ruder in
construction, scantier in material, and narrower in
breadth, except where the road widens sharply, as it
approaches the site of the bridge end, forming two-
nooks or angles, which may have been the resort of the.
I
52 Corslopilum.
loafers of the town and perhaps of its gamblers. Close
to one of them was found a dice, marked with two aces
and lacking a six, which seems to indicate that the
Corstopitan rook was a bird of some ingenuity ; even if
he himself threw with a dice marked in the ordinary
way, he would certainly win in th« long run, and the
pigeon would be less likely to detect th€ trick than if the
dice were loaded.
Let us visit Corstopitum somewhere about the middle
of the second century, and walk up this earlier road, till
we find a cobbled street branching off to the right.
Half a minute's walk brings us into the courtyard of a
large house, which occupies a considerable portion of
the southern slope of the hill and extends to the brow of
the steeper declivity above the marshy land beside the
river. On our left is a low terrace walk, which runs in
front of a long narrow building ; the latter is divided
into a series of chambers, the contents of which we
cannot see, but we venture a guess that they are work-
shops or storehouses. On our right is the house proper,
a long edifice with an open corridor on the side facing
us, and a small enclosed courtyard abutting- against it
This smaller courtyard takes our fancy immensely : in
the centre of it is a cistern of clear water, and above
the cistern stands a sculptured group, representing a
lion which has just struck down a deer. The latter is
in a state of collapse, and his tongue protrudes pathetic-
ally from the side of his mouth, but the lion is useful as
well as ornamental : he stands upon the back oi Vv\s
prey, and from his open mouth a jet of water issues and
falls into the cistern below.
The Lion of Corstopitum (we must fly back to the
twentieth century for a moment) has certainly proved
himself a lion in more senses than one, and the interest
which his [discovery excited may have given bim some
compensation for the indignity he suffered vrhen, at
some period later than our supposed visits be and his
stag were thrown down into the cistern and buried there
Corsiopitum, S3
in rubbish, a drain bein^ar run over the top of his resting
place as a crowning insult. Perhaps the most flattering
tribute he received came from a small fox-terrier, which
one day brought his mistress to visit the excavations,
•• burst into barkter" at the sight of the lion, and was with
difficulty restrained from a <x)mbat which would have
been quite one-sided. It is reported from the Elysian
Fields that the shade of the nameless sculptor of Corsto-
pitum has since spent much time in impressing on the
shade of Zeuxis the fact that a fox-terrier is a far more
intelligent creature than a bird. However, it is tolerably
certain that the nameless sculptor never made the
acquaintance of a lion in real life, and in consequence
be has given the beast unmistakeably human eyes.
However, we must return to the second century^and
examine the house, which need not detain us long : it
contains a number of rooms and another corridor, and it
is warmed by hypocausts; but if we visit the place
again in the fourth century, we shall find these hypocausts
filled up and disused. A doorway in the south wall
opens upon a cobbled path, from which a small square
terrace juts forward beyond the brow of the steeper
slope. Here we may pause to admire the view up, down,
and across the valley, and enjoy the sunshine in which
(clouds permitting) this little pleasance basks from dawn
to sunset.
We must now return to the larger courtyard and
climb by a stairway from the terrace walk to the higher
level beyond. Here we come upon an open space, and
a little further to the north is a dene or hollow running
down the slope towards the west, at the bottom and
along- the sides of which rubbish-pits are being dug, to
get rid of the broken pottery and other refuse of the
adjacent houses. Into one the fragments of several
. . broken amphorae are being thrown, and we pause to
^ J^ moralise on the benefits which mankind has derived from
'd ^ ^.J the invention of the barrel: one can burn a disused barrel,
,^^ ,4 but a broken amphora must have been a distinct
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54 Conlopiium.
nuisance in an orderly household. Broken Samian
bowls are going the same way ; into another pit goes a
bronze jug with a hole in the bottom, and some one else
has discarded a pretty little glass bottle, once suspended
by a now broken bronze chain.
We pass round the head of the dene and presently
come to a broad paved street, which runs east and west,
almost through the heart of the town, — an important
thoroughfare, to judge by its width of thirty-six feet
at the point which we are standing; and just in front
of us the building line on the southern side is for some
distance set back another five yards. On our right,
as we look eastwards, are substantial buildings: on our
left is a large structure, the nature of which we cannot
exactly determine, but evidently it is a Government
building; for a huge and beautifully carved tablet
informs us that it was erected by the Second (Augustan)
Legion under Quintus Tollius Urbicus, in the third
year of the Emperor Antoninus Pius, — the year
A.D. 140, that is to say; and we remember that at
that date Lollius Urbicus was on his way north for the
campaign which ended with the construction of the
turf wall between the Clyde and Forth.
There is another large slab fixed in another wall of
the same building, and on it is carved a representation
of a legionary standard, which for a moment almost
takes our breath away ; for the accompanying inscrip-
tion informs us that it is the VEXILLVS of the Second
Legion. There were days when, for us, the Latin word
for standard was a neuter substantive of the second
declension. Is it possible that the Romans could make
mistakes in their own language ? However, presently
we reflect that as Englishmen possess and exercise
the privilege of making mistakes in theirs, the Roman
legionary must be allowed equal latitude, especially
when, as was usually the case at the date of our visit,
he was made in Germany. But we do catch a glimpse
of Corstopitum as the base or depot from which
Corslopilunu 55
Lollius Urbicus, or at any rate part of his army,
inarched against the Caledonians, and we see the
customary disquiet of the busy town aggravated by the
presence of at least one legion : a detachment of the
Sixth may have been here at the same time, and the
Twentieth may have gone north or returned south by
this route. However, this does not make Corstopitum
a military station, though details may have been left
here when the army marched north, and these may
have included the official stonecarver of the Second
Legion, whose services would not be needed till the
completion of the campaign gave occasion for the
erection of other buildings.
Let us pass on and inspect the next building to the
east, beside which we shall perhaps find a livelier scene.
It is a public fountain, and in front of it is a large stone
tank, from which the inhabitants of this quarter of the
town draw supplies of water in their own jugs or other
vessels. The fountain itself is based on a platform of
massive masonry: in front is a low screen of carved
stone panels, through apertures in which the water jets
into the tank from a reservoir behind ; above this rises
a colonnade of four slender columns, supporting a
narrow frieze, carved with cpnventional laurel leaves
and berries, and above the central part of the frieze is
a pediment, with two winged Victories holding a
circular panel, enclosed in a wreath, and bearing an
inscription to the effect that the structure was built
by the Twentieth Legion. Over the pediment and the
ends ot the frieze runs an openwork interlaced cable
moulding, and at each side of the fountain is a tall stone
pedestal supporting a statue. It is an interesting
structure, — did the Twentieth Legion build it as they
marched south after a successful campaign? — but
perhaps the crowd in front of the tank is more
interesting still: it is a motley and to some extent a
cosmopolitan assembly, composed mostly of women and
phildren of the lower classes and household slaves of
56 Corsiopiliim.
those who stand a little higher on the social ladder, and
we hear the latest scandal of Corstopiturn told, repeated,
distorted, and exaggerated in Latin of various degrees
of uncouthness. Wells have been notorious gossiping
places from a date long before the time of Rebecca.
We must now make use of our magician's wand,
and transport ourselves to the closing years of the
fourth century. Corstopitum is still a Roman city,
but in worse repair than when last we saw it: the
broad street has been remade at a higher level and
with a rougher pavement ; the fine buildings have for
the most part disappeared, but here on the south
side of the street a little structure has been raised on
the foundations of an older edifice. The walls are of bad
masonry, and the roof seems to be of wattles and clay,
but we enter nevertheless, and to our astonishment find
ourselves in a Pottery Shop. There is a narrow space
between the front window and the counter, and behind
the counter are tiers of shelves. Here on the right are
the show pieces of the establishment, cups, bowls, and
dishes of red Samian ware, — plain vessels, with
straight sloping sides, most of them bearing the stamp
of some Gallic potter : they have no right to be here at
all in (let us say) a.d. 390, because modern authorities
have determined that their manufacture ceased almost
a century earlier ; but here they are nevertheless, and
of good quality too, standing ready to go through fire,
breakage, and burial, and to revolutionise the ideas of
experts when they are unearthed more than fifteen
hundred years afterwards.
On the other side of the shop are'shelves of British-
made ware, brown and grey, and right across the back
are tiers and stacks of huffish white food-vessels, such
as Corstopitum needs for the preparation of its every-
day meals; and just between the latter two classes
is the till in which the shopkeeper locks up his money,
but trade is not brisk at present, and the till contains no
more than nineteen bronze coins of small value.
Corstopitum. S7
There is one more scene for us to witness, before we
leave Corstopitum for the season. The Pottery Shop
has caught fire, whether by accident or malice of the
Emperor's enemies we cannot tell; but in a few
minutes the whole place is in a blaze : one by one the
burdened shelves bum away, and the pottery comes
crashing down to the clay floor, where it lies broken
into thousands of fragments among the wood ashes.
The wattled roof is alight also, and presently more
wood ashes and burnt clay come tumbling down to
cover the scorched and broken stock. That is the end
of the Pottery Shop, and perhaps it is only an episode
in the end of Corstopitum itself.
R. H. F.
iroL. XXIX.
f£
SIR ROBERT CALDEft.
AN ADMIRAL OF 1805 AND HIS REWARD.
|MONG the many skilfol and gallant Admirals
who served this country during the naval
wars of the French revolution, the subject of
this sketch may, fairly, both by the services he
rendered and the reward he received, claim a prominent
place in the grateful remembrance of his countrymen.
Robert Calder, the fourth son of Sir James Calder, Bart,
and his wife Alice, daughter of Admiral Robert Hughes,
was descended from the Calders of Muirtown in Moray-
shire, but was born in Kent, where his father had
established himself, on the 2nd July 1745. At the age of
fourteen he entered the navy and joined the Chesterfield,
Captain Sawyer, whom he followed to the Active, in
which vessel he shared in the capture of the Spanish
register ship Hermione on the 21st May 1762, probably
one of the richest prizes ever taken, the midshipman's
prize money amounting to ^1800. He was promoted
Lieutenant on the 31st August 1762, and on being
advanced to Post Captain on the 27 th August 1780 spent
three years on the Home, Station- His next active
service was in the revolutionary war, when he com-
manded the Theseus 74 in the Channel Fleet, and in
1796 we find him serving as Captain of the Fleet to Sir
John Jervis in the Mediterranean, and it was in this
capacity that he took part in the battle of Cape St
Vincent and was selected to carry home the Admiral's
despatches. That his services are appreciated is proved
by the fact that he received the honour of knighthood
in March 1797 and a Baronetcy in August 1798, while
Sir Robert Calder. 59
he was advanced to the rank of Rear Admiral on the
14th February 1 799. In the year 1 800 he hoisted his flag
on board the Prince of Wales 98 in the Channel Fleet
under Lord St Vincent, and on promotion to Vice
Admiral in April 1804, soon hoisted his flag, again on
the Prince of Wales, and joined Admiral Cornwallis off
Brest. On the 3rd February 1805 he received orders to
lay off Ferrol, with five sail of line, to watch ten Franco-
Spanish ships lying in that harbour, where two other
ships were also fitting out. The enemy, however,
declined to leave the shelter of their jforts, and on the
15th July Calder was joined by the squadron from off
Rochefort, giving him a total of 15 ships, with whom
he was ordered to stretch out west of Finisterre to
intercept the French and Spanish fleets returning from
the West Indies. At the same time he was warned by
the Admiralty and the Commanders-in-chief of the
Channel and Mediterranean fleets to be on his guard
against a junction of the Ferrol and Rochefort squadrons
with the West Indian fleet, which would give his
opponents 40 sail of the line.
To truly appreciate subsequent events it is necessary
to consider the circumstances under which this order
was given. On the morning of the 7th July the brig
Curieux, Captain GL E. R. Bettesworth, which had
been sent forward by Nelson from the West Indies
to warn the Admiralty of the return of AdmiraJ
Villeneuve to European waters, arrived at Plymouth.
Captain Bettesworth reached the Admiralty at 1 1 p.m«
on the 8th, but the despatches were not handed to the
First Lord until early on the morning of the gth. He
was very angry at the delay of seven or eight hours,
which had thus occurred, and without waiting to dress,
wrote at once to Admiral Cornwallis to detach Rear
Admiral Sterling from off Rochefort to join Admiral,
Calder. By 9 a.m. the messengers were on their way
to. Plymouth and Portsmouth, and on the nth Admiral
Corix^allis received his despatches, N.apoleon, oti
(50 Sir Robert Calder,
learning that the blockading fleet had left Rochefort,
was unable to believe that the Admiralty could have
issued orders with such promptness, and his own words
were **ce ne que \e to messidor (July 8th) que le brick
le Curieux est arriv6 en Angleterre. L'amiraut^ n'a pu
se decider dans les vingtquatre heures sur les mouvemens
de ses escadres : dans ce cas il n'est pas probable que
I'ordre k I'escadre devant Rochefort soit arrive en trois
jours. Je mets done en fait que cette escadre a lev6 sa
croisi&re par des ordres ant^rieure k I'arriviSe du Curieux
k Londres." Fully recognising himself the importance
of a delay even of a few hours on the approaching crisis,
he failed to recognise that the Admiralty had also
gfrasped the position and acted with the necessary
decision and promptitude.
Acting then on these orders, on the 22nd July Admiral
Calder fell in with Admiral Villeneuve's fleet, which
consisted of 20 ships, though he had understood that
there were only 16. In spite of this and of the fact that
the English fleet had the leeward position, Calder
forced an action, the weather at the time being thick,
which resulted in the cutting off and capture of two
Spanish ships, the Raphael 84 and the Firme 74, after
hard fighting, and serious damage to the Windsor Castle.
The next day was clear, but although Villeneuve had
the advantage of the wind, he thought that his orders
forbade him to fight except on compulsion, while Calder
was anxious to secure his prizes and to cover the
Windsor Castle, and at the same time to avoid being
caught by the* combination of the West Indian, Ferrol,
and Rochefort fleets. The opponents therefore lost
touch on the 24th, and Admiral Calder's precautions
against a combined attack were justified by the fact
that the Ferrol and Rochefort squadrons were on the
23rd at the spot on which his action was fought on the
22nd. Villeneuve now steered for Ferrol, but hindered
no doubt by damage received in action, and having
head wind and heavy sea, he went to Vigo and
Sir Robert Calder. 61
anchored there on the 26thy reaching Ferrol, where he
effected a junction with the two squadrons, on the
I St August.
We must now consider what Napoleon's plans for
Admiral Villeneuve had been, and to what extent
they were affected by the action of the aand of July.
Villeneuve had been despatched to the West Indies in
order to draw Nelson away from Europe, and he was
ordered to avoid giving battle to the English fleets,
while returning as speedily as possible to a friendly
European port, in order to effect a junction with the
other French and Spanish fleets, which would give him,
for a short time, an overwhelming superiority against
the scattered English ships, and permit him to protect
absolutely the transport of the French army across the
Channel.
Napoleon's own words in his letter of instruction
dated St Cloud on the 26th of July 1805 were: **Mon
intention est que vous ralliiez k Cadiz les vaisseaux
espagnols qui s'y trouvent, que vous d^barquiez vos
malades, et que sans sojourner k Cadiz plus de quatre
jours au plus, vous remettiez k la voille, vous vous
reportiez sur le Ferrol, vous vous joignniez aux 15
vaisseaux combines qui sont dans cette rade, et qu'avec
toutes ces forces r^unies vous vous portiez devant Brest,
et de lit devant Boulogne, oii, si vous me rendez maitre
pendent le seul espace de trois jours du Pas-de-Calais,
et avec I'aide Dieu, je mettrai un terme aux destins et
h I'existence de I'Angleterre. .• .votre seul passage
nous rend, sans chance, maitres de I'Angleterre." We
see, therefore, that had Admiral Calder not forced on
the action of the 22nd, Admiral Villeneuve would by
the 23rd or 24th have had under his command a fleet
of 40 efficient ships, which would have enabled him to
hold the entrance to the Channel during the time
that the English were collecting their squadrons to
attack him, and there seems no reason to doubt that
this time would have been sufficient for Napoleon to
62 Sir Robert Caldef.
have effected the transport of his army of invasion to
English shores. As a fact, however, we find that he
did not succeed in combining his] fleets until the ist of
August, and did not sail from Ferrol for the Channel
until the 9th, and then with only 29 sail of line. It can
hardly be doubted that the time thus gained to England
by the necessity. under which Villeneuve was placed to
repair his ships, and the hesitation produced in a
character at all times prone to vacillation, did actually
cause the ultimate abandonment of Napoleon's scheme
of invasion. Napoleon himself appears to have first
heard of the action on the 8th of August, and wrote to
Cambac^r^s on that day, after seeing the disappoint-
ment expressed in the English papers that the action
had not been renewed, that the account published in
the Montteur should make it appear that the French
had gained the victory, as their fleet had safely arrived
at Vigo. It was not until the nth August that,
hearing Villeneuve had put into Ferrol, he realized that
the delay had now ruined all his efforts, and he sent for
Count Daru, his secretary, who found him transported
with rage, and was bidden to sit down, listen, and
write. Then, without stopping to consider. Napoleon
dictated to him on the spot the whole of the plans, in
detail, for the campaign of Austerlitz, from the breaking
up of the camp before Boulogne to the date of arrival
and positions assigned to each of his army corps.
But we must now again follow the fortunes of this
Admiral, whose victory would thus appear to have
altered the course of the world's history. The news of
his victory was received in England with the greatest
joy, but the following paragraph of his despatch was
suppressed by the Admiralty : — " At the same time it
will behove me to be on my guard against the com-
bined squadrons in Ferrol, as I am led to believe they
have sent off one or two of their crippled ships last
night for that port ; therefore, possibly, I may find it
necessary to make a junction with you (Cornwallis)
Sir Robert Calder. 63
immediately off Ushant, with the whole squadron."
The nation was thus led to expect that a further
engagement would at once ensue, and when news
arrived that Calder had drawn off his fleet, there came
a re-action from joy to indignation, which was further
inflamed and led to a court martial being demanded
on the Admiral, when the French claims to victory
appeared in the Mantteur. On the 30th August, having
joined CoUingwood off Cadiz, Calder learnt that he was
blamed for his conduct on the 23rd and 24th July. He
himself at once applied for a court martial. The
Admiralty had, independently, ordered Nelson to send
him home, which he did, allowing him the honour of
sailing in his ship of 90 guns, even at that critical time
when such a ship could ill be spared. The court
martial assembled on the 23rd December, and found
that he had been guilty of an error of judgment,
sentencing him to be severely reprimanded. The result
of the trial brought to a close Sir Robert's active
service, although he became an Admiral by seniority
on the 31st July, 1810. Even during his life it appears
to have been admitted that the treatment he received
was unjust, for Dr Halloran, in his poem on the Battle
of Trafalgar, speaks of " the force by brave but injur'd
Calder led," and affixes a note supporting the epithet.
Admiral Calder had married in May 1779 Amelia,
daughter of John Michell, of Bayfield, in Norfolk, but
had no children. He died on the 31st August, 1818,
his portrait being placed in the Painted Hall at
Greenwich.
P. C. T.
Professor Thomas Wilson Dougan M.A.
Professor Dougan, who died suddenly on the 3rd erf July
last, at his residence, Salernum, Holywood, Belfast, was a son
of the Rev John Dougan, presb3rterian minister of Lough-
morne, co. Monaghan. He was born at Loughmorne 6 July
1852 ; his father died while he was still a boy, but it was
from him that he received his first impulse to the study of
Classics.
He was educated at the Royal Academical Institution,
Belfast, passing from there to Owens College, Manchester,
where he studied under the late Prof. A. S. Wilkins. He
entered St John's in October 1875 and took his degree as
third Classic in 1879. He was awarded one of Browne's
medals for a Latin epigram in 1878, and was highly dis-
tinguished in the examination for the Chancellor's Medals.
In 1878 he was elected Langton Fellow of Owens College,
and in 1881 he took the M.A. degree in the University of
London, with the gold medal. He was elected a Fellow
of St John's in 1879.
In 1882 he was appointed Professor of Latin in Queen's
College, Belfast, which post he held until his death. At
once a true scholar and a man of most retiring disposition,
he lived his own life of unwearied seeking after knowledge
in his favourite field of study. Never content with second-
hand imformation he went to the fountain head, and spent
much time in studying the manuscripts of classical authors in
many continental libraries, balancing authoritative opinion oh
the most delicate points. He edited ThucydideSy Book VI.,
published in 1884; and in 1905 brought out an edition of
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations^ Books I and II. These were
annotated with the greatest care and have been most favour-
ably received.
He was a kindly inspiriting teacher, ever ready to give
assistance to his students. A man of deep convictions oa
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all questions which he had thought out, he held his opinions
with courage and tenacity. Though he took no public part
in politics he was a Liberal and a follower of Mr Gladstone,
views which were not popular in the Ulster of later years.
He married in 1890, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the
Rev Dr Alexander Field of Dorrock, co. Antrim, who
survives him.
Rev Canon Charles Isaac Atherton, M.A.
The Rev Canon Atherton, who died in the Close, Exeter,
1st October 1907, was a son of Samuel Atherton and was
bom at Nottingham in 1841 ; he entered St John's in 1860
and took a degree, without honours in 1863.
We take the following notices of him from The Guardian
for 9th October 1907 :—
" In the passing away of Charles Isaac Atherton,
Treasurer and Canon of Exeter Cathedral, a remarkable
personality goes from us — one of those personalities that
seem made to give direction and force to religious movements.
His special power was shown in Home Mission work,
but he was far more than merely a participator in this
form of Church labour — he was born to inspire it and
make it stand out. He was great as an organiser, bringing
to this work, among other qualities, much business capacity,
which showed itself first when, at an unsually early age,
he w^as chosen as head cashier in a Midland bank. His
p>ower of dealing with figures followed him through life,
and was found of much service in those constant acts of
kindness towards individual cases of need to which he was
prompted by a thoughtful and affectionate nature. In
this position at the bank his power also of strenuous
endeavour began to be evident, and he made time for the
bard work which prepared him for the University. After
taking his degree from St John's College, Cambridge, he
was admitted to Holy Orders, and served his first curacy
at Pensnett, in Shropshire, of which place he was eventually
Vicar, on the nomination of Lord Ayard, afterwards Earl
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66 Obituary.
of Dudley. Here his work was among colliers, and here
his attachment to Mission-work was first developed. Here,
too, he was brought under the influence of Richard Twigg,
Vicar of Wednesbury, and here the lifelong friendship
with George Body,^ the famous Missioner of after-years,
who is still spared to us, was formed. It is said that the
immediate occasion of Charles Atherton*s first interest in
Mission-work was the sudden death from a stroke of
lightning of a godless parishioner, which made a great
impression on the collier nature. Mr Atherton seized
upon it and used it as the starting-point of a remarkable
spiritual revival in the parish. A great love of souls hence-
forth possessed his heart and he went forth on Mission
enterprises far and wide.
From Pensnett he removed to Nympsfield, among the
Cotswold Hills, leaving the colliers of his former parish
for a population of labourers and farmers, amongst whom he
worked no less successfully, bringing a whole parish to
Sunday worship, and wielding an influence which led many
back to the fellowship of the church. After a ministry of
fibout two years he was transferred to the important parish
of St. PauFs, Bedminster, in Bristol, and came into contact
with a population of fourteen thousand, largely consisting
of labourers and artisans. It was this wide acquaintance
in different parishes with different classes which made
him at home in after-years with all sorts and conditions
of men. At Bedminster he had full opportunity for the
exercise erf his organising power. The development of
Church life during the seven years of his ministry was
noteworthy. He had a wonderful power of leading on his
Confirmation candidates to Communion, and the roll of
commimicants numbered from 1,000 to 12,000. All the
time, while immersed in countless parochial activities,
he found it possible to sally forth on Mission work in many
directions. It is not surprising that after a strenuous
ministry of seven years his health gave way under the
strain, but a short rest enabled him to take the lighter
work of Snaith, in Yorkshire, where he was made Rural
Dean by Archbishop Thomson. Eventually Bishop Bicker-
steth, quick to recognise special aptitudes, sent him to
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Farringdon^ a Devonshire village, in 1887, and, after a short
period of service, found opportunity for conferring upon
him a Canonry in Exeter Cathedral, and set him over the
entire Mission-work of the Diocese. During the last
twenty years of his life he gave himself to the work
which he specially loved with a power and devotion which
were patent to all eyes, and won for him increasingly
the appreciation and respect of a Diocese which is not rash
or hasty in pronouncing its verdicts. His supporters were
amongst both High and Low Churchmen. Though he
was himself strongly attached to the Church, and found
on its wide platform full opportunity for all the work which
he loved, it would be impossible to identify him with any
one section of Churchmen ; special views were all merged
in one supreme desire to draw all through the power of
Christ. The large number of clergy which he gathered
round him as a band of Missioners, and the devotion
.for their chief which inspired them, was a remarkable
feature not often seen elsewhere, and it induced many
leading Chiurchmen of all ecclesiastical parties and from
all parts to accept the invitations which he freely sent out
to help in his annual meetings at Exeter. At such seasons
not a few of those who are most prominent in the Church
life of our times have impressed the Churchmen of the
West and have been themselves impressed by the notable
sight of a great diocesan assembly gathered under the
chairmanship of the Bishop to join in the work over which
Canon Atherton presided, and which he inspired with
something of his own fervent spirit. It is doubtful whether
anything of such a special character as these yearly gatherings
could be found elsewhere.
In days of abounding organisation Canon Atherton's.
genius in that direction, had it stood alone, might have
passed unnoticed ; but beneath it lay his passion for
winning souls. This embraced not only the many but the
individual. Thus, while he swayed great congregations, he
followed single lives with affection and constant care. It is
rare to find a man who was a truer friend to a greater
number of persons, whether in spiritual or bodily need.
All over the Diocese of Exeter, as doubtless elsewhere^
68 Obituary.
are those who owe to him their own souls, and the relief of
their troubles in times when the strain of life was hardest.
It was this personal thought which increasingly won for
him the confidence and affection of colleagues. Unlike some
other great organisers, he was always at pains to fit in his
work with that of fellow-workers in other departments. He
was quick to recognise their work, and gave it its due place.
Thus, they always found him an ally ; he took one of the
surest ways to convert a colleague into a personal friend.
Coming as a stranger, and one unused to Cathedral Ufe, into
Devonshire, he so lived and worked that, now that he has
died, after twenty years of service, he leaves personal
memories that will not die. There will, no doubt, t>e
need to learn new lessons and methods in Mission-
work as time goes by, but the principles on which
Canon Atherton built his work will remain, and among
the chiefest of them will stand his consideration for others
and the attraction of a loving heart. It was natural that
such a man should draw those who stood .nearest him in
human relationship into spiritual fellowship with his life and
work. The memory of Canon Atherton will always be
associated with that of the wife who shared and helped his
every effort.
E. G. S.
The death, on Tuesday in last week, of Canon Atherton,
well known throughout England as Diocesan Missioner of
Exeter, is an event of more than local interest and more than
diocesan importance. For nearly twenty years — slowly at first^
and then more and more quickly — he made room in the
sphere of his influence, which was always widening before
him, for the exercise of a great gift, and every year saw him
more firmly established in the use of it, more fully accepted,
more fraternally received. There are few tests of character
that do not try a man and his wc^k in the coarse of twenty
years, if the work is done in the light of day and the
workman holds a conspiciuous post. Such tests came to him,
and left him assured of the esteem and, in no small degree,
the admiration and the love of his episcopal chiefs, of his
Cathedral colleagues, and, as the remarkable demonstration
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at his faneral showed, the strong attachment of a great
body of clerical and lay workers, representing the best
influences of the Diocese at large. When the final test came,
somewhat suddenly, a fiery trial destined to last through
many months, till the last enemy was welcomed as a friend,
then in all the simplicity of a child, patient, humble, loving,
he committed the keeping of his soul to God and fell asleep.
Of him it may truly be said that in his patience he possessed
his soul. Unentangled in the machinery even of his own
work, free of all partial or party aims or hopes, he never
failed to listen to the comfortable words of which he had
been the minister to others, and never failed to hear them
in the deep of his own heart.
Twenty years ago, except to a few contemporaries, he was
unknown in Devonshire. He came to take a place where
eminent men had preceded him. He came at the call of a
new Bishop, himself not as yet fully established in authority
as before long he came to be. He came to a Diocese which,
if not insular, is at least peninsular. He came to try a great
experiment certain to arouse opposition, to kindle jealousies,
to stimulate passive resistance. That experiment is still in
part experimental, still tentative, but Canon Atherton's work
in some form will abide, and it will largely be due to his
character and administration that it is placed beyond cavil or
dispute that the forces of the Church can be organised and
directed, distributed and concentrated, without breach of
order or surrender of parochial responsibility, where the
Bishop is as happy in his choice of the Missioner as Bishop
Bickersteth was in his.
There was favouring circumstances at Exeter when Canon
Atherton went there which helped him greatly in carrying out
his plans, and went far to neutralise other influences less
helpful. The Bishop's support, unvaryingly given, carried
with it a large amount of lay co-operation such as is rarely
withheld from objects commanded by authority. The Cathe-
dral was the centre of the devotional activities of the Mission,
the Chapter-house was its place of conference. That was so,
and is still so, with other great balancing spiritual enterprises.
Each in its turn has its opportunity. None is cramped ;
there are overlappings of sympathy — one good custom is not
70 Obituary,
suffered to corrupt the world. The Diocesan Mission has
invented no catchwords or watchwords for esoteric use. As
far as possible, the aim kept steadily in view is the rousing of
dormant religious life, the awakening to spiritual responsi-
bilities and blessings of the aimless, the careless, the ungodly,
the general uplifting of the level of Church life.
To this work Canon Atherton gave himself with con-
spicuous success. In it he lived and moved. His next highest
ambition was to be a good colleague. He gave the pledge
of his love to his brethren when he came, they took it, and he
redeemed it. He has been the teacher of multitudes, the
friend and helper of other missioners of more conspicuous
names than his, but none on the whole more competent, few
experienced, as tactful, or as wise.
W. J. E.
v^.
THE JOHNIAN DINNER 1907.
(HE sixth of the dinners given by the Master
and Fellows, to Masters of Arts of the College
on the Boards, was held this year on June 20th.
On this occasion members of the College who
graduated in the following groups of year were invited :
1856-1863; 1876-1881; 1892-1897.
The following is a list of those present at the dinner,
with the dates of their first degrees. Those resident in
the University have an asterisk.
*Thb Master, 1862.
*The President, 1848.
Mr H. M. Adler, 1897.
Dr F. J. Allen, 1879.
Mr 6. R. Alston, 1881.
Mr W. F. Aston, 1895.
Dr F. Bagshawe, 1857.
Mr W. Baily, 1860.
•Dr H. F. Baker, 1887.
Dr W. H. Bansall, 1881.
•Mr W. Bateson, 1883.
Ven. Archdeacon Bevan, 1878.
•Mr F. F. Blackman, 1891.
•Mr V. C. Boddington.
Dr W. A. Bond, 1879.
•Dr T. G. Bonney, 1856.
Mr T. A. Brock, 1895.
Dr W. L. Brown, 1892.
Mr H. R. Browne, 1880.
Mr R. P. Burnett, 1876.
•Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox, 1885.
Mr W. D. Bushell, 1861.
Dr A. Caldecott, 1880.
Mr H. D. Catling, 1892.
Mr A. Chappie, 1897.
Sir E. Clarke, 1894.
Mr F. W. Clarke, 1880.
Mr J. Clay, 1880.
Mr A. Coore, 1894.
Canon G. Crossley, 1881.
•Mr E. Cunningham, 1902.
Mr J. B. Dale, 1893.
Mr H. N. Devenish, 1896.
Mr F. H. Dinnis, 1862.
Mr J. Dixon, 1878.
Mr W. H. M. Ellis, 1858.
Mr G. L. Farthing, 1859.
Mr J. Francis, 1861.
Mr A. Fuller, 1856.
Dr J. R. Garrood, 1895.
Mr F. G. Given-Wilson, 1892.
•Mr T. R. Glover, 1891.
Mr P. F. Gorst, 1862.
Sir W. J. Goulding, 1879.
•Mr C. E. Graves, 1862.
Mr C. G. Griffinhoofe, 1880.
Mr W. H. Gunston, 1879.
•Mr A. F. Hall.
Mr J. M. Hardwich, 1895.
•Mr G. 8. Hardy. 1905.
•Mr A. Harker, 1882.
•Mr T. H. Havelock, 1900.
Mr G. Hibbert-Ware, 1894.
Mr L. G. Horton-Smith, 1893.
Mr R. H. Horton-Smith, 1856
Prof. W. H. H. Hudson, 1861.
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The yohnian Dinner,
Mr A. L. Hunt, 1876.
Mr D. S. Ingram, 1862.
Mr A. Jackson, 1859.
Mr E. J. F. Johnson, 1879.
Mr W. K. Kefford, 1897.
Mr H. A. King, 1892.
Mr P. A. Kingsford, 1893.
•Mr H. C. H. Lane.
•Mr J. J. Lister, 1880.
•Prof. G. D. Liveing, 1850.
Mr W. S. F. Long, 1880.
Mr W. B. Lowe, 1877.
•Dr D. MacAlister, 1877.
Canon J. McCormick, 1857.
Mr J. H. MacFarland, 1876.
•Dr J. E. Marr, 1879.
Mr J. R. Marrack, 1860.
*Mr P. H. Mason, 1849.
•Mr E. H. P. Muncey.
Mr R. Nevill, 1878.
Mr F. C. Newbery. 1892.
♦Mr G. Northorp.
Mr W. NuUey, 1892.
Dr G. Parker, 1877.
Mr P. P. Pennant, 1857.
The Dean of Peterborough, 1857.
Mr R. D. Pierpoint, 1861.
Mr H. C. Pinsent, 1878.
Canon A. H. Prior, 1880.
Mr J. E. Purvis, 1893.
Mr G. H. Raynor, 1876.
Mr C. M. Rice, 1892.
•Mr W. H. R. Rivers, 1898f,
Mr J. Robinson, 1893.
•Mr C. B. Rootham, 1897.
•Dr J. E. Sandys, 1867.
♦Mr R. F. Scott, 1875.
Prebendary Selwyn, 1862.
Mr. H. J. Sharpe, 1861.
•Dr L. E. Shore, 1885.
•Mr E. E. Sikes, 1889.
Mr H. W. Simpkinson, C.B., 1876
Mr £. L. Simpson, 1892.
Mr J. B. Slight, 1859.
Mr J. Snowdon, 1863.
Mr J. H. Spokes, 1877.
•Mr H. F. Stewart, 1886.
Mr T. Stone, 1880.
Mr H. A. Swann, 1877.
•Dr J. R. Tanner, 1883.
Mr P. C. Taylor, 1896.
Dr H. H. Tooth, C.M.G., 1877.
Mr R. Viney, 1879.
Mr J. A. Voelcker, 1894.
Mr H. Wace, 1876.
•Mr J. T. Ward, 1876.
Mr E. J. Warmington, 1863.
Mr W. Warren, 1877.
Mr H. St J. Wilding 1878.
Mr A. Williams, 1880.
Mr H. A. Williams, 1878.
Canon J. M. Wilson, 1859.
Mr R B. Worthington. 1856.
Mr P. T. Wrigley, 1880.
The Toast list was as follows: **The King," pro-
posed by the Master ; " The Guests," proposed by
Dr. Sandys, responded to by The Dean of Peterborough
and Sir W. J. Goulding.
OUR CHRONICLE.
Michaelmas Term igoy.
The list of * Birthday Honours/ issued on June 28, on the
occasion of the official celebration of His Majesty's birthday,
contained the names of two members of the College.
A Peerage of the United Kingdom was conferred on Dr
Alexander Peckover. Dr Peckover is descended from the
Edmund Peckover who served under Cromwell, and who on
leaving the Army became a Quaker, the principles of which
body the family have ever since retained. Dr Peckover was
born 16 August 1830, and was for some 45 years managing
partner in the Wisbech Bank. He retired in 1893, when he
was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, an office
he resigned in November 1906. Dr Peckover takes the title
of Lord Peckover of Wisbech.
Vice-Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes, K.C.V.O.,
formerly a Fellow Commoner of the College, was appointed
an Ordinary Member or Knight Commander of the Military
Division of the Second Class of the Most Honourable Order
of the Bath (K.C.B.).
The list of honours issued on November 9 contain the
name of Mr Jeremiah Colman (B.A. 1882), on whom a
baronetcy of the United Kingdom was conferred.
On the 30th of July last it was announced that the King
had been pleased to approve of the appointment of the
Rev W. Page Roberts (B.A. 1862), Canon of Canterbury,
to the Deanery of SaUsbury. The Times in making the
announcement had the following paragraph :
" Canon Page Roberts D.D. has been long and eminently
known as an exponent of liberal Churchmanship to a con-
gregation which probably includes more men of intellectual,
especially scientific, attainments than any in London. He is
in his 72nd year, and married, in 1878, a daughter of the
fourth Lord Rivers, some of whose family reside in the
diocese of Salisbury. He was educated at Liverpool College,
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and, afier entertaining for a time the intention of entering (he
Wesleyan ministry, graduated at St John's College, Cambridge,
in 1862, and in the same year became curate of St Thomas,
Stockport, in his native diocese of Chester. As vicar of Eye,
Suffolk, from 1864 to 1878 he became known as an able and
cultivated preacher, and for the last 29 years he has worthily
filled the pulpit of St Peter's, Vere Street, which is associated
with the name of Frederick Denison Maurice. Lord Rose-
bery appointed him to a residentiary canonry at Canterbury
in 1895, and he has lately entered the Lower House of Con-
vocation as Proctor for the Dean and Chapter. His doctrinal
and ecclesiastical position is well expounded in a volume of
sermons (he has published three in all) entitled * Comformity
and Conscience.' '*
On July 2nd last it was announced that the King had been
pleased, on the nomination of the Prime Minister, to appoint
Dr Donald MacAlister (B.A. 1877), FeUow of the College
and Principal of the University of Glasgow, to be a Crown
member of the Governing Body of the Imperial College of
Science and Technology to be founded at South Kensington.
The new institution is sometimes spoken of as the ** British
Charlottenburg." The Chancellor of the Exchequer has
appointed Dr MacAlister to be a member of the Treasury
Committee on the work, equipment, and needs of the
University of Wales and its Colleges.
Tlie Rev A. J. Tait (B.A. 1894), Principal of St Aidan's
College, Birkenhead, has been appointed Principal of Ridley
Hall, Cambridge, in succession to the Rev Dr T. W. Drury,
Bishop designate of Sodor and Man. Mr Tait was a founda-
tion scholar and Naden Divinity student of the College and
was for sometime tutor at the Church Missionary College,
IsHngton. Mr Tait has also been appointed an examining
Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool.
Dr JR. C. Maclaurin (B.A. 1895), Professor of \Lithematics
in Victoria College, Wellington, New Zealand, was on
No\-ember 4th appointed Professor of Mathematical Physics
ia Columbia University, New York. Professor Maclaurin is
a former Fellow of the College ; he obtained a Smith's Prize
in 1897, and a Yorke Prize for Law in 1898.
Mr AbduUa ibn Yusuf-Ali (B.A. 1895), LC.S., was on the
15th of June last appointed to officiate as Secretary to the
Government of India in the Finance Department. The
Council of the Society of Arts awarded one of their medals to
Mr Yusuf-Ali for his paper : " The Indian Mohammedans,
thtir Past, Present, and Future.'*
Our Chronick. 75
The Bojurd of Treasury have appointed Mr W. Blain C.B.
fB,A. 1884) to be an Assistant Secretary to the Treasury,
The Lords Commissaoners of His Majesty's Treasury have
appointed Mr Blain to be Auditor of the Civil List
Sir Clement Kinloch Cooke (B.A. 1878) was in July last
appointed to serve as a representative of the London County
Council on the Central Unemployed Body for London. He
has also been appointed by the same authority to be a member
of the governing body of the Impeiial College of Science and
Technology.
On September 23 the Emperor of Japan promoted Baron
Suyematsu (B.A. 1884) to the rank of Viscount, on account of
his public services during the late war.
On the 29th of June last the University of Manchester
conferred the Honorary Degree of LL.D. on Baron Kikuchi
(B.A. 1877)» late Minister of Education in Japan.
Mr V. H. Blackman (B.A. 1895)", formerly Fellow of the
College, was in July last appointed Professor of Botany in
the University of Leeds. Mr Blackman has been for some-
time an assistant in the botanical department of the Natural
History Museum, South Kensington.
Professor A. E. H. Love (B.A. 1885), D.Sc, F.R.S., was
President of Section A (Mathematics and Physics) at the
meeting of the British Association at Leicester.
In the Eagle for June last mention was made of the
Parliamentary Jubilee of Sir Francis S. Powell (B.A. 1850).
The following letter, which appeared in The Yorkshire Post
for July 4, gives a full account of his parliamentary career.
SIR F. S. POWELL'S ELECTION RECORD.
To the Editor of The Yorkshire Post.
Sir, — In connection with the 80th birthday annives-
sary last Saturday (June 29) of Sir F. S. Powell, M.P.
for Wigan, and also with his Parliamentary ** Jubilee '*
some weeks ago, I have seen three times in different
newspapers the statement that he has fought " thirteen '*
contested Parliamentary elections, the correct number
being nineteen. This fine old Churchman and indefati-
gable Conservative fighter has, in fact, fought in
thirteen general elections, since and including that
of 1852, when he was 25 years old; and hence,
I presume, the origin of the mistake. But he has
also contested six by-elections, making nineteen con-
tests in all. He has never had the luxury of being
returned without a contest.
I am sure many politicians of all parties would like
to have in full a Parliamentary record in some respects
76
Our Chrohidc.
unique ; and hope you will be able to find space for it
as follows. I have indicated in each instance whether
the contest is a " by " or is in a general election : —
i852.--Wigan, Gen. Elec.
R. A. Thicknesse (L)... 366
Col. J. Lindsay (C) 356
F. S.Powell (C) 324
1854.— Wigan— By-Elec.
Joseph Acton (L) 339
F.S. Powell (C) 334
1857.~Wigan, Gen. Elec.
F.S. Powell (C) 493
Hy. Woods (L) 447
Col. J. Lindsay (C) 276
1859.— Wigan, Gen. Elec.
Col. J. Undsay (C) 503
Hy. Woods (L) 470
F. S. Powell (C) 276
1863.— Cambridge, By-Elec.
F. S. Powell (C) 708
Prof. H. Fawcett (L)... 627
1865.— Cambridge, Gen. Elec.
W. Forsyth (C) 762
F. S. Powell (C) 760
Lt.-Col. R. Torrens (L) 726
W. D. Christie (L) 725
1868.— Cambridge, Gen. Elec.
Col. R. Torrens (L) ... 1,879
W. Fowler (L) 1,857
F. S. Powell (C) 1,436
John E. Garst (C) 1,389
1871.— Stalybridge, By-EIec.
N. Buckley (L) 2,182
F. S. PoweU{C) 2,033
1872.— N.W. Rdg. Yks.,By-Elec.
F. S. Powell (C) 6,961
Issac Holden (L) 6,917
1874.— N.W. Rdg. Yks., Gn. EL
Ld.F.C. Cavendish (L) 8,681
Sir M. Wilson (L) 8,590
F. S. Powell (C) 7,820
W. FisonCQ 7,725
1875.— Manchester, By-Elec.
Jacob Bright (L) 22,535
F. S. Powell (C) 20,974
1880.— N.W. Rdg. Yks., Gn. El.
Ld. F. C. Cavendish (L) 10,873
Sir M. Wilson (L) 10,732
F. S. Powell (Q 7,140
S. C. Lister (C) 7,090
1881.— Wigan, By-Election.
F.S. Powell (C) 3,003
J. Lancaster (L) 2,245
Voided on petition.
1885.— Wigan, Gen. Elec.
F. S.PoweU(C) 3,637
G. H. Lea 2,721
1886.— Wigan, Gen. Elec.
F. S. PtowclMQ 3,371
C. McL. Percy (C) 2,780
1892.— Wigan, Gen. Elec.
Sir F. S. Powell (C) ... 3,422
T. Aspinwall (L. Lab.) 3,312
1895.— Wigan. Gen. Elec.
Sir F. S. Powell (C) ... 3,940
T. Aspinwall (L. Lab.) 3,075
1900.— Wigan, Gen. Elec.
Sir F. S. Powell (C) ... 3,772
Col. W. Woods (L) ... 3,130
1906.— Wigan, Gen. Elec
Sir F.S. Powell (C)... 3,572
Thorlev Smith (Lab.).. 2,205
Col. W. Woods (L) ... 1,900
As regards the 1863 Cambridge contest, I can
remember, though I was then rather a non-political
juvenile, the sensation (of a mild kind) among my
seniors at the defeat of the famous Radical Professor
Fawcett by a comparatively unknown Mr. F. S,
Powell, who had last previously been heard of at
Wigan.
Much better within any middle-aged memory, how-
ever, is the vastly greater sensation nine years later
that ensued on the same Mr. F. S Powell's defeat
of Mr. Isaac Holden (afterwards Sir Isaac) at the
by-election for the Northern Division of the West
Riding in 1872. The constituency was supposed to
be impregnably Radical, Sir Francis Crossley and
Lord F. C. Cavendish having been elected twice
Our Chronicle, 77
without a contest; and this startling result was
attributed to the double discontent of Churchmen
on the one hand and extreme Nonconformists on
the other with Mr. W. E. Forster's Education Act.
Two years later the satisfaction of Radicals in the
constituency was proportionately great when, although
the country as a whole went Conservative, Mr. Powell
and Mr. Wm. Fison were defeated by Lord F. C.
Cavendish and Sir M. Wilson.
Again, a year later, immense interest was taken all
over the country in Mr. F. S. Powell's Manchester
by-election tussle with Mr. Jacob Bright. The
Manchester poll on this occasion was in fact ten
per cent, heavier than it had been in, the previous
year's general election, when the Manchester Con-
servatives had shown a majority of 304 voters, but
(on the then minority method in three-member
constituencies, under which each voter could only
vote for two candidates) had carried only two seats
out of the three. Considering the much heavier poll
at the by-election, Mr. Powell was regarded as having
done remarkably well against the great prestige of the
Bright name.
During last week's debate in the House of Commons
on the House of Lords, Sir F. S. Powell spoke briefly,
touching upon the Labour attitude on the question.
In the polling record it will be noted that he himself
has had " Labour experience " in Wigan ; for his
narrowest contest there in modern times was against
the Liberal- Labour candidate in 1892 ; though his
victory over the same man three years afterwards was
decisive. Again, as regards the Wigan "triangular"
contest last year, it will be seen, if due allowance
be made for the increased poll as compared with
the year 1900, that the Labour candidate must have
secured some hundreds of normally Conservative votes
as well as those which he withdrew from the Liberal
side.
But the 1906 feather in Sir Francis' cap is seen on
looking round that year's results in the other Lanca-
shire boroughs. Leaving Liverpool aside, those
boroughs in 1900 elected twenty Conservatives. In
1906 they elected two. One is Sir F. S. Powell, the
other is Sir W. H. Hornby, at Blackburn ; and he has
as colleague the well-known Labour leader, Mr. Philip
Snowden. — ^Yours, etc.
Old Politician.
Bradford, July 2.
78 Our CkronicU,
If the title of * Father of the House of Commons * were
given to the member for the time being whose original
election dated back the furthest, Sir F. S. Powell would now
be regarded as the Father. The usual convention is, however,
to give the title to that member who has served for the
longest continuous period, a rule which excludes Sir F. S.
Powell, as it did Lord Palmerston in his day. During the
nineteenth century the College had two Fathers of the House.
Sir Charles Merrik Burrell (B.A. 1795), who was returned as
M.P. for New Shoreham in Sussex, 4 November 1806, and
sat for the same constituency (for which he was returned no
less than sixteen times) until his death, 4 January 1862. The
other was the Right Hon Charles Pelham Villiers (B.A. 1824),
who was returned for Wolverhampton, 10 January 1835, and
sat for the same constituency until his death on 16 January
1898.
The Right Hon Sir J. T. Hibbert (B.A. 1847) was installed
as Constable of Lancaster Castle on the 11th of October last;
he was appointed to the office by the King in succession to
the late Sir W. W. B. Hulton. Sir John occupies many
important public posts. He is chairman of the Lancashire
County Council, chairman of the Associated County Councils,
president of the North- Western Poor Law Conference,
and chairman of the Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster. He
also holds various other public offices, and has, indeed, spent
a lifetime in the public service. The office of Constable of
Lancaster Castle is honorary, but it is much coveted, because
it is always conferred directly by the reigning Sovereign.
The post is one of very great antiquity, and it is believed to
have existed before the Conquest. At the installation
ceremony there was a large assembly of notabilities, county
magnates, and magistrates, who met Sir John at the Judge's
lodgings, and went in procession to the ancient Castle. The
rendezvous was in the Constable's room, which is part of
the suite used by John O'Gaunt when he held his Court at
Lancaster, and here the installation ceremony took place,
the King's patent appointing Sir John being read. From
this part of the Castle there was another procession to the
Courts, where in the Shire-hall, or county-hall of the Palatine
of Lancaster, Sir John hung his shield. In this hall there is
a collection of 234 shields of Sovereigns, Constables of the
Castle, and High Sheriffs of the county. They are complete
from 1689 to the present time.
The issue of The Freemason for October 10, 1907, contains
an article on the Masonic Jubilee of V.W. Bro. and Ex.
Comp. Richard Horton Smith, K.C. (B.A. 1856), formerly
Our Chronicle. 79
Fellow of the College. Mr Horton Smith has been a member
of the craft for over half a century, having been initiated at
Cambridge in the Scientific Lodge on 11 November 1856.
In the Grand Lodge of England he was appointed Past
Grand Registrar 27 April 1898. He is President of the
Committee of General Purposes in the Supreme Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He has also held many
other ofHces in the Masonic body. The article has a portrait
of Mr Horton Smith.
At the annual Fellowship election, held on November 4th,
Mr Percy Cooper Sands (B.A. 1904) was elected Fellow of
the College. Mr Sands was placed in the first division of
the First Class of Part L of the Classical Tripos in 1904, and
in the First Class of Part II. (History Section) in 1905. He
was awarded a Thirlwall Prize in 1907. Mr Sands submitted
a dissertation entitled : The Client Princes of the Roman
Empire under the Republic,
Dr J. R Tanner, Fellow, Tutor, and Lecturer of the
College, has been elected a member of the Council of the
Senate of the University.
Mr W. H. R. Rivers, Fellow of the College, has been
appointed University Lecturer in the Physiology of the
Senses.
Mr R P. Gregory (B.A. 1901), Fellow of the College, has
been appointed University Lecturer in Botany.
Mr E. Cunningham (B.A. 1902), Fellow of the College,
has been appointed Assistant in the Department of Applied
Mathematics in University College, London.
Mr D. G. Taylor (B.A. 1904) has been appointed
Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at University College, Cardiff.
Mr F. Fletcher (B.A, 1900), late deputy Director of
Agriculture, Bombay, has been appointed Principal of the
Khedivial College of Agriculture, Ghizeh, Egypt.
Mr Sydney Buxton, Postmaster General, has appointed a
Committee to consider various accounts and returns pre-
sented to Parliament in connexion with the telegraph and
telephone services ; Mr W. Blain, C.B. (B.A. 1884), a
Principal Clerk in the Treasury, is one of the members of
the Committee.
The Electoral Roll of the University, for the current
academical year, contains 652 names ; of these 73 are
members of St John's,
80 Our Chronicle,
Sermons have been preached in the College Chapel
during the Term, as follows : October 13, The Master ;
October 27, Mr L. B. Radford, Rector of Holt ; November 10,
Mr H. F. Stewart, Dean; December 1, Mr J. H. B.
Masterman, Honorary Canon of Birmingham, Hulsean
Leeturer.
The Burleigh Preachers for the College this year were :
At Hatfield, the Rev St. J. B. Wynne Willson (B.A. 1890),
Headmaster of Haileybury College, and at Stamford the
Rev C. W. Bourne (B.A. 1868), Rector of Prating.
At the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society, held on
November 30, the following members of the College were
elected into the Council of the Society for the ensuing year :
Secretary^ Prof J. Larmor (B.A. 1886) ; Members of f he Council^
Dr H. F. Baker (B.A. 1887), Hon C. A. Parsons (B.A. 1877),
and Prof A. C. Seward (B.A. 1886).
At the Annual General Meeting of the Cambridge
Philosophical Society, held on Monday, October 28, the
following Fellows of the College were elected to serve on
the Council of the Society for the ensuing year : Mr F. F.
Blackman (B.A. 1891), Mr A. Harker (B.A. 1882), and
Professor Larmor (B.A. 1880).
At the Annual General Meeting of the London Mathe-
matical Society, held on November 16th, the following
members of the College were elected members of the
Council and officers of the Society for the ensuing year :
Treasurer, Prof J. Larmor (B.A, 1880) ; Secretary, Prof A. E. H.
Love (B.A. 1885) ; Members of the Council, Dr H. F. Baker
(B.A. 1887) and Mr T. J. TA. Bromwich (B.A. 1895). All
are Fellows of the Royal Society and past or present
Lecturers of the College.
Sir Edwin Durning- Lawrence has presented to the
Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery a portrait, by John
Russell, R.A., of the Rev Rowland Hill (B.A. 1769), the
eminent preacher.
Major J. R. Thomas (B.A. 1889), 2nd Middlesex Royal
Garrison Artillery (Vols.), has been awarded the Volunteer
Officers* Decoration. Part of the qualifying service for this
was performed in the St John*s (then B) Company, C.U.R.V.
(1886 — 8). The decoration is awarded for 20 years' service
as a commissioned officer, the half of any period served in a
lower rank being permitted to count as the equivalent of
commissioned service.
Ds T. B. Franklin (B.A. 1904) has been appointed to 3
mastership at Fettes College, Edinburgh.
Out Chronicle. 81
Mr T. A. Lawrenson (B.A, 1889), who has been Head-
master of the Runcorn Institute School since 1897, has been
appointed by the South Shields Education Committee to be
Headmaster of the Westoe Road Secondary School.
Mr Charles H. Tovey (B.A. 1891, LL.D. Dublin), Assistant
Master at the Grammar School, Wellingborough, has been
appointed Headmaster at Shaftesbury Grammar School.
Mr C. H. Ross (B.A. 1896), second master at Kingston
Grammar School, has been appointed Headmaster of Thorn-
bury Grammar School.
Ds F. A. R. Higgins (B.A. 1906) has been appointed to a
temporary Science mastership at Eton College.
Ds P. J. Lewis (B.A. 1906) has been appointed to a
mastership at Malvern College.
Ds C. L. Druce (B.A. 1907) has been appointed to a
mastership at the Cambridge County School.
Ds E. J. Mills (B.A. 1907) has been appointed Mathe-
matical master at the Sir William Turner Grammar School,
Coatham, Redcar.
T. B. Vinycomb, advanced Studeut of the College, Junior
Fellow in Experimental Physics of the Royal University of
Ireland, has been appointed Chief Assistant in the Physics
Department of the Woolwich Polytechnic.
From the Report of Local Lectures Syndicate for 1906-7
we take the following : Mr J. W. lUffe (B.A. 1884) has been
appointed Lecturer on the Art of Teaching. Sessional
courses of lectures were given by Mr E. E. Foxwell (B.A.
1875) at University College, Nottingham, on ** Japan of to-day
as interpreted by Study of her History," and by Mr A. H.
Thompson (B.A. 1895) at Southport on "The History of
Gothic Architecture in England."
Mr E. E. Foxwell gave a Terminal Course of Lectures
during the Lent Term on *• Japan " at Bishop Auckland and
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr A. H. Thompson gave similar
courses during the Michaelmas Term at Truro on " Victorian
Poets and Novellists ;" during the Lent Term, at Leicester,
on " The Beginning of Gothic Architecture in England ;"
at Lichfield, on " Chaucer and the Birth of the Renaissance ;"
at Market Drayton, on ** Shakespeare ;" at Shrewsbury, on
" Four 19th Century NoveUists ;" and at Grantham on ** The
History of Gothic Architecture in England."
Short courses were given by Mr A. H. Thompson on
"Victorian Poets and Novellists" at Penzance, St Austell,
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82 Our Chronicle,
and Ironbridge during the Michaelmas Term. Dr F. J.
Allen (B.A, 1879) gave a short course at Clare on "English
Mediaeval Architecture " during the Michaelmas Term.
The list of those who had obtained places in the Civil
Service Competition of 1907 was issued in October last. The
list contained 80 names ; the names of the members of St
John's, with their places, are as follows ;
3 A. R. Dalai (B.A. 1907),
18 E. J. G. Titterington (B.A. 1906).
22 D. D. Nanavati (B.A. 1907).
32 C. A. Jackson (B.A. 1906).
Mr Jackson obtains a post in the Home Civil Service, in the
General Post Office. Mr Dalai and Mr Nanavati, places in
the Civil Service of India. Mr Jackson was first in Elementary
Mathematics, and Mr Dalai iirst in Botany, Zoology, and
EngUsh Law.
Mr E. L. Levett, K.C. (B.A. 1870), was in June last
appointed Vice-chairman of the General Council of the Bar.
Mr T. F. R. Macdonell (B.A. 1898) was in May List
appointed Assistant Government Advocate, Rangoon.
Ds K. N. Majumdar (B.A. 1907) was called to the Bar at
Gray's Inn on the 12th of June last. And Ds Panna Lall
(B.A. 1906) was called to the Bar, also at Gray's Inn on the
18th of November last,
Mr A. K. Cama (B.A. 1895), I.C.S., has been appointed
Assistant Collector at Thana, Bombay.
Mr Alma Latifi (B.A. 1901), I.C.S., on his return to India
from language leave for the study of Arabic in Eg>'pt, passed
the Higher Proficiency examination in Arabic at Bombay on
July 3rd 1907, and assumed charge of the office of Deputy
Commisioner, Jhang, Punjab, on July 7th. On October 9th
Mr Latifi passed in Arabic by the degree of honour and was
awarded a prize of ^R&^5(XX), with a gold medal and diploma.
At the ordinary quarterly comitia of the Royal College of
Physicians of London held on Thursday, July 25, Dr H. D.
RoUeston (B.A. 1886), formerly Fellow of St John's, was
appointed a member of the Library Committee ; and Dr W.
Hunter, formerly John Lucas Walker student, one of (ho
Curators of the Museum. Dr H. H. Tooth, C.M.G. (B.A.
1877) was appointed an assessor to the examinations of the
London School of Tropical Medicine for the year ending
June 1908.
At the ordinary quarterly comitia of the Royal College of
Physicians of London, held on July 25, Mr. H. B. Carlyll
Onr Chronicle. 83
(B.A. 1903 ; Guy's Hospital) had a licence to practice physic
granted to him ; and at a meeting of the Royal College of •
Surgeons held on July 26, he was admitted a member of that
College.
At a meeting of the Council of the Royal College of
Surgeons of England, held on the 13th of June last, the
Diploma of Fellow was conferred on the following members
of St. John's ; F. A. Hepworth (B.A. 1900), F. W. Goyder
(B.A. 1899), and F. A. G. Jeans (B.A. 1899).
At the ordinary quarterly comitia of the Royal College of
Physicians of London, held on October 31, Dr S. E. Dore
(B.A. 1894) of St Mary's Hospital was admitted a Member of
the College ; and Mr R. McC. Linnell (B.A. 1904), of the
London Hospital, had a Hcence to practise physic granted
to him.
Mr H. C. Cameron (B.A. 1901) has been appointed
Medical Registrar ; Mr P. P. Laidlaw (B.A. 1903) Demon-
strator in Physiology, and Mr H. Chappie (B.A. 1904) Patho-
logical Assistant at Guy's Hospital, London.
Ds R. F. Jones (B.A. 1907) has been awarded an entrance
Scholarship at St George's Hospital.
The Rev. J. M. Wilson (B.A. 1859), Canon of Worcester
Cathedral, has been appointed Rural Dean of East Worcester.
The Rev J. S. Wilsden (B.A. 1853, as Pickles), Vicar of
Wooler, Northumberland and Honorary Canon of Newcastle-
on-Tyne, has been appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of
Newcastle.
The Rev D. W. Sitwell (B.A. 1861), Rector of Leamington,
Hastings, has been appointed Rural Dean of Southam.
The Rev A. K. Cherrill (B.A. 1862), headmaster of Upton
School, Adelaide Road, London, has been appointed Rector
of Trevalga, Boscastle.
The Rev Canon J. D. Evans (B.A. 1862), Vicar of
Walmersley, Lancashire, has been appointed Rural Dean of
Bury.
The Rev W. P. Sharrock (B.A. 1867), Vicar of Driffield,
has been appointed Canon or Prebendary of Husthwaite in
York Minster.
The Rev R. A. Squires (B.A. 1870), Vicar of St Peter's,
St Albans, has been appointed Rural Dean of St Albans.
The Rev R. A. -Storrs (B.A. 1882), who has since 1887
been an Army Chaplain in India, has been appointed to the
Vicarage of Camberley by the Bishop of Winchester.
84 Our Chronicle.
The Rev A. W. Callis (KA, 1877), Headmaster of King
Edward the VI. Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds, ha&
been presented by Lord Bristol to the Rectory of Sproughton^
near Ipswich.
The Rev T. H. Irving (B.A. 1879), Vicar of Lindale in
Cartmel, has been appointed Rural Dean of Cartmel.
The Rev A, C. Scott (B.A, 1883), Vicar of St. Albans,
Bordesley, Birmingham, has been appointed an Honorary
Canon of Birmingham Cathedral.
The Rev Henry Arthur Hall (B.A. 1884), of Trendle,
Redhill, has been appointed by the Bishop of Southwark to
the Vicarage of Holy Trinity, Eltliam, Kent
In July last the Bishop of St As»ph appointed the Rev
Daniel Davies (B.A. 1886), Rector of Denbigh, Rural Dean
of Denbigh, and Proctor in Convocation, to the Vicarage of
Wrexham.
In July last the Bishop of London appointed the Rev
J. A. Beaumont (B.A. 1887), minister of St John's Wood
Chapel, to be Vicar of the Church of the Annunciation,
Bryanston Street
The Rev W. H. Ainger (B.A. 1888), Vicar of AU Saints,
Gosforth, has been appointed Acting Chaplain to the Second
Volunteer Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
The Rev Canon J. H. B. Masterman (B.A, 1893), Professor
of History in Birmingham University, has been appointed by
the Bishop of Worcester to the Vicarage of St Michael's,
Coventry. It is understood that Canon Masterman retains
his professorship ; he has resigned the wardenship of
Queen's College, Birmingham.
The Rev G. A. Browning (B.A. 1900) has been appointed
Chaplain and Naval Instructor to H.M.S. Bulwark.
The following members of the College were ordained oq
May 26, Trinity Sunday :
Priests.
Kamc,
Degree.
Diocese.
Widdowson, T.
Varley, T.
Bennett, C. W.
Bell, R. E. T.
(1885)
(1887)
(1901)
(1905)
Deacons.
London
Winchester
Chester
St Albans
Name. Degree.
Diocese.
Parish.
Fleet, W. W. S. (1906)
Wilkinson, E. R, (1904)
Raven, C. O. (i892)
Winchester
Liverpool
St Albans
Woking
St Paul's, Princes Park
Bancrofts School,
Woodford
Our Chronicle.
85
The following were ordained on September 22 :
Deacons.
Sumner, C. C. W. (1899) Durham Hunwick
Clissold, W. J. (1906) Birmingham St Nicholas,
Priests. Birmingham
Lamplugh, A. A. F. (1904) Ripon
Long, G. H. (1905) St Albans
The following were ordained on September 29 :
Deacons.
Bentley, J. H. (1906) York St Mark's, Broomhall
Skene, C. M. B. (1906) York St Mary's, Walkley
Hay, W. K. (1907) Manchester Christ Ch., Patricroft
Stead, W. J. V. (1907) Manchester Christ Gh., Patricroft
The following ecclesiastical preferments are announced :
Name, Degree.
From
To be
Johnson, J.
(1863)
R. Tarleton, Preston
Chambers, W. H.
(1891)
V. Whitchurch,
Tavistock
V. S Luke's, Brighton
Hopton, C. E.
(18a3)
V. St Stephen's,
V. St Michael's,
Worcester
Bowes Park, N.
Beaumont, J. A.
(1887)
P.C. St John's Wood
V. Ch. of the Annun-
Chapel, Marylebone
ciation, Portman Sq.
Gibbings, W. T.
(1900)
C. Holy Trinity,
P.C. Holy Trinity,
Northampton
Northampton
Warren, W.
(1877)
V. Poslingford
R. Black Notley
Woodman, H.
(1873)
V. Holdenhurst,
V. Bunbury,
Christ Church
Tarporley
Lancaster, T. T.
(1887)
C. Heaton Mersey,
V. Lydgate, Lees,
Stockport
Oldham
Moxon, T. A.
(1899)
C. St Anne's, Soho
V. Alfreton, DerbyVe
Doherty, E. J.
(1877)
R. Burgh Castle,
Suffolk
R. Burston, Diss
Drake, H.
(1892)
C. Woodside,
R. Braiseworth,
S. Norwood
Suffolk
Stroud, F. R.
(1892)
C. St Andrew's,
V. Gt. Redisham,
Catford
Suffolk
Williamson, F. J.
(1882)
V. Lydgate, Oldham
R.Marehaven-le-Fen,
Lincolnshire
Tiarks, L. H.
(1893)
R. Haroldston West,
R. St Magnus,
Broadhaven
Lerwick, Shetland
Thompson, A. J. K.
(1894)
Chaplain to Warwick
Chaplain to Armley
Gaol
Prison, Leeds
Alexander, H. R.
(188&)
C. Checkley, Tean
V.Ch.CUpperTean,
Stoke-on-Trent
Earle,A.
(1893)
C. Naiferton
V. Wansford,
Driffield
Litchfield, V.
(1879)
P.C. Broughton
V.St Peter's, Brough-
ton, Stafford
Parker, F. W.
(1887)
C. St Saviour's,
R, Twyford, and V.
Paddington
Guist, Dereham
Walker, D. E.
(1890)
C. All Saints', Hamer,
R. St Paul's, New
Rochdale
Cross, Manchester
Hopton, C. E.
(1883)
V. St Stephen's,
V. St Mary's,
Worcester
Moseley
Sargent, D. H. G.
(1900)
C. St Mary,
Cheltenham
R. Cusop, Hay
Giles, A. L.
(1892)
V. Okehampton
V. Paignton
Ucs, H. C.
(1892)
V. St John's, Kcnil-
worth
V. Christ Church,
Beckenham
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purely that they might be the better able to
' suffering poor around them. They are supposed
cen m^ityred under Diocletian^ with all the usual
fices of horron At the buitom o( the central panel
: tvviRg inscription : ''To the Glor>^ of God and In
■ f John Hammerton Edwards, M,D.^ of Cambridge^
oii All Saints' Day, 1905, aged 45/'
R- S, Mead (B.A, 1884) has been delivering a course
t tures in the lecture room of the Theosophical
u Albemarle Street, London. The general title
rse was '^Tm^o Rituals from the Mysteries,** and the
■f the several lectures as follows: November 5,
u and Dance of Jesus; November 12, A Ritual
Jii from the eiuliest Christkn Mysteries ; November
Religion of Mithra the unconquerable ; November 26,
f tbriac Mysteries ; December J, The only known and
discovered Mithriac Ritual; December 10, The
the eagle or apotheosis.
Unx Rosenhain (of 68 Belsize Park Gardens, Hamp-
IMS, through Professor E.J. Rapson, presented to the
n electrotype copy of a very rare medal of Sir John
The original medal is thought to he the work of the
edallist Caviro of Padua. Cheke is represented in
the garb of a Roman philosopher, as is custoiuiiry
e of scholars in Italian medutUc portraits of the 16th
On the medal are the names loannes, Checus,
ther side of the head. The likeness is thought
to resemble the engraved portraits of Cheke^ but,
it the face is bearded, it requires the faith of the
identify it with the portrait of Cheke in Henry
Heroologia Anglica (opposite page 53). The
3 been deposited io the College Library-.
i lowing item occurs in a recent catalogue of old
TTFFOLK. An Idea of Arithmetick at first de-
ise of thfi Free-Schook at Thurlow in Suffolk. By K, B.
fhcrc. Sill. 8vo{l preUmiiiary Icai missingJt haU morocco,
tzs Golding botikplate, IT/i I'^SS
•,* An extremely rare School book.
1 to be almost certain that R B., the author^ was
of St John'^.
iShngsley, Master of the School at Thurlow, sent
11 of pupils to the College; the first to enter was
: Owen of Hundon, Suffolk, admitted 4 April 1656»
'IS William Soame of Little Thurlow, admitted
XT 1660. Mr Billingsley then began sending
iu liad been educated under him at Bradley^ and the
88 Our Chronicle,
last from him, and from Bradley, was Thomas Golding of
Poslingford, admitted 8 June 1675.
A Robert Billingsley was instituted Rector of Great
Bradley, in Suffolk, a parish adjacent to Little Thurlow,
8 September 1662, and his successor was appointed in 1675.
This seems to establish that the Master of Little Thurlow
School was Robert Billingsley.
Now Robert Billingsley, son of WilUam BiUingsley, of
Glaston, Rutland, educated at Shrewsbury School, was
admitted to the College 8 December 1646, matriculated
17 December 1646, and took the degrees of B.A. 1650-1 and
M.A. 1654. These dates would allow him to start as a young
schoolmaster at Little Thurlow after taking his degree, to
write the above book and to send N. Owen to the College.
William Billingsley, the father of Robert, was also a member
of the College (see anie^ p 23).
Among the contributors to the first volume of the Cambridge
History of English Literature recently published by the
University Press, we notice the names of two Fellows of
the College. Dr Sandys is the author of the Chapter on
* English Scholars of Paris and Franciscans of Oxford,' or
* Latin Literature of England from John of Salisbury to
Richard of Bury'; while Mr J. W. H. Atkins, Professor
of English at Aberystwyth, has written the Chapter on
* Early Transition English ' and the second of the two
Chapters on ' Metrical Romances, 1200—1500.'
Our readers may be interested in the remarkable rendering
of the words * St John ante portam Latinam * included in the
following extract from Dr Sandys' account of Giraldus
Cambrensis : —
" The Gemma Ecclesiastica was its author's favourite work. It
may, perhaps, be described as a lengthy archidiaconal charge of an
exceptionally learned and lively type. It certainly presents us with
a vivid picture of the state of morality and learning in Wales,
illuetrated by not a few stories of ignorance of Latin among the
inferior clergy. Thus a priest once interpreted *St John ante
portam Latinam ' to mean that St John, ante^ first, portam^ brought,
Latinam the Latin language (into England).
....The Book of his Acts and Deeds^ in the midst of much that is
purely personal, tells the story of the holy hermit who prayed that he
might attain the mystery of thei Latin language. He was granted
the gift of the Latin tongue, without that of the Latin syntax ; but
he successfully overcame all difficulties of moods and tenses by
always using the present infinitive."
Dr G. C. Moore Smith, Professor at the University of
Sheffield, has published through the University Press an
interesting volume from a MS. in the Library of the College,
It is entitled : *' Club Law, a Comedy acted in Clare Hall
Our ChronijL\ ^')
Cambridge, about 1599-1600." The following is an extract
from Professor Moore Smith's introduction :
1 Fuller in his History of the University of Cambridge
^1655) gives an amusing account of the production of a play
called Club Law at Clare Hall in one of the last years of the
J6th century. The play, we are told, which was writtten in
EngHsh, was *merry (but abusive)/ being intended by the
young scholars who composed it as a piece of revenge on the
townsmen of Cambridge by whom they considered them-
selves wronged. Individual members Of the corporation
were personated to the life with their characteristic gestures
and expressions, and, though many of the incidents of the play
were imaginary, some came * too near to truth ' to be pleasant
to the persons travestied, who had been invited to the
performance and were constrained by their hosts to see it
out,
2. In June, 1906, when examining manuscripts of Latin
academic plays in the Library of St John's College, Cambridge,
I asked to see one which had been described by the late
Dean Cowie in his catalogue of the manuscripts of the
College, printed about 60 years ago, in the following terms :
* S. 62. Translation of some Latin Play (I conjecture). MS,
Folio paper. The beginning is wanting.'
On examination it seemed clear that the play before me was
not a translation from the Latin, but an original English
play, and one that dealt with the relations of University men
to the corporation of a town. For the moment I had to
leave the matter there, but on reading soon afterwards
Fuller's account of the play Club Law it occurred to me that
the Cambridge manuscript was probably that comedy. In
August, 1906, I transcribed the manuscript, and it became at
once clear that the lost Club Law had come to light."
The following books by members of the College are
announced: Time and Clocks; A description of ancient and
modern methods of measuring time^ by H. H. Cunynghame
C.B., M.I.E.E. (Constables) ; Studies in Irish Epigraphy^ Part
IILy by R. A. S. Macalister (Nutt) ; Elementary Statics^ by
W. G. Borchardt (Rivingtons) ; Robbing God^ by Augustus
Jessopp D.D., Rector of Scarning (Fisher Unwin) ; Notes on
New Testament Criticism^ by Dr Edvdn A. Abbott (Blacks) ;
Memoir of Sir Henry Norman^ by Sir Wm. Lee- Warner (Smith,
Elder) ; A History of Classical Scholarship^ From the end of the
Middle Ages to the Present Day^ by Dr J. E. Sandys (University
Press) ; Spiritual Truths^ a volume of Sermons by the late
Prebendary Whitworth (Macmillans) ; Preventable Blindness^
by N. Bishop Harman, Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Belgrave
Hospital for children, etc. (Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox) ;
VOU XXIX. N
90 Our Chronicle,
Decursus Primus. A first Latin Grammar^ with exercises^ by
Prof T. G. Tucker Litt.D. (Macmillans) ; Greek Lives^ from
Plutarch, by C. E. Byles (Arnold) ; The Queen Bee, and other
nature Stories, translated from the Danish of Carl Ewald, by
G. C. Moore Smith (Nelsons) ; Algebraic Equations, by
G. B. Mathews F.RS. (University Press); An Introduction
to the theory of Multiply Periodic Functions, by H. F. Baker
F.R.S. (University Press); The Life of William Sterndale
Bennett, by his son J. R. Sterndale Bennett, Fellow of King's
College, London (University Press).
The following University appointments of members of the
College have been made since the issue of our last number : —
Mr E. Edwards to be a Member of the Court of Governors
of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; Canon
J. H. B. Masterman to be Hulsean Lecturer and also Lecturer
at Affiliated Local Lectures Centres ; Mr G. T. Bennett to be
an examiner for the Mathematical Tripos, Part L, in 1908 ;
Mr J. J. Lister to be Demonstrator of Comparative Anatomy ;
Professor E. J. Rapson to be one of the representatives of the
University at the International Congress of Orientalists to be
held at Copenhagen in August 1908 ; Mr T. R. Glover to be
a member of the Special Board for Classics ; Mr T, S. P.
Strangeways to be an examiner in General Pathology for the
Degree of M.B. ; Dr J. R. Tanner to be a member of the
Provision of Examination Rooms Syndicate ; Prof E. J.
Rapson to be an examiner in Sanscrit for the Previous
Examination ; Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox to be an examiner
for the Law Tripos ; Mr K. J. P. Orton to be an examiner in
Chemistry ; Mr. F. F. Blackman to be an examiner in Botany ;
Mr A. W. Flux to be an examiner for the Economics Tripos ;
Mr W. H. Gunston to be an examiner for the Previous
Examination.
The East Anglian Daily Times has a weekly column of
* Notes and Queries ' on subjects of local history. In its
issue for the 24th of August 1907 are some extracts from
the Account Books of Christ's Hospital, Ipswich, in which
the following entries appear:
Payments too the Master of the ffree
Schoole.
To Mr. Cave Becke ffor Twoe quar-
ters waiges as Master of the
ffree Schoole by two Recypts, A^
pere ."'. .' 05 16 08
To Mr. Becke ffor one quarters
waiges ffor the usher, ending
24th June, 1659, as by Recypt
A pere 00 15 00
Our Chronicle, 91
Cave Beck, son of John Beck of St James/ Clerkenwell,
was admitted a pensioner of the College 13 June 1638, aged
15; took the degrees of B.A. 1641 and M.A. 1643, and was
also created an M.A. at Oxford, from Christ Church, 17
October 1643. He was admitted a student of Gray's Inn
1 August 1642. He became Master of the Free Grammar
School at Ipswich about 1655. He was instituted Rector of
Witton in Droitwich 7 July 1660, Rector of St Helen's in
Ipswich 20 November 1662, and Rector of Monk Soham,
Suffolk, 30 October 1674. He held the latter living until his
death in 1706. The dates of his preferment would lead us to
infer that he was a Royalist. In Wordsworth's " Who wrote
Eikon Basilike ? " a letter of Cave Beck's is quoted in which
he says : " For my part I am apt to believe no person was
able to frame that book but a suffering King, and no suffering
King but King Charles the Martyr." Cave Beck is, however,
chiefly known for his work: *'The Universal Character, by
which all Nations of the World may understand one another's
conceptions, reading out of one common writing their own
mother tongues. An invention of general use, the Practice
whereof may be obtained in two hours space, observing the
grammatical directions. Which character is so contrived
that it may be spoken as well as written." The book was
published in London in 1657, octavo, 8 leaves not paged,
then pp. 35, followed by 69 leaves not paged; printed by
Thomas Maxey for William Weekley, and to be sold at his
shop in Ipswich. The work is dedicated to Nathaniel and
Francis Bacon, then the Representatives in Parliament for
the Borough of Ipswich.
Thus Cave Beck was an early Esperantist, but his name
does not seem to have been mentioned at the Esperanto
Congress, held in Cambridge last summer.
University Examinations, June 1907.
Mathematical Tripos, Part I.
Wrangler. Senior Optime. Junior Optime.
20 Bhide, M. V. 37 Mills, E. J. (6r.) 62 Ohm, D. McK. [br.)
Mathematical Tripos, Part II.
Class 1, Division 3.
Piaggio, H. T. H.
Mechanical Sciences Tripos, Part I.
Class 2. Class 3.
Rennie, D. W. Taylor, G. M. C.
Mechanical Sciences Tripos.
Quali/ying Examination in Ekmentary Mathematics and Mechanics^
- Bilsland, J. A. Penfold, H. L.
92
Our Chranklc.
Classical Tripos, Part X.
Class 1. Class 2,
Division 1. Division I,
Campbell, A. Y. Darwin, J. H.
dedstone, F. F. Division 2.
Twinn, F. C. G. Anderson, L. R. D.
Division 3. Laidlaw, H. A. L.
Gandy,.H. Stewart, D. M.
Stead, W.J. V. Divisions.
Stanford, H. C.
AfoRAL Sciences Tripos, Part I.
Class 2, Division 2.
Lewis, E. O.-
Natural Sciences Tripos, Part I.
Class 1,
Allott, C. B. S,
Dalai, A. R.
Lim, G. C.
Nanavati, D. D.
Parnell, F. R.
Sathe, J. L.
topley, w: W. C
Whiddington, R.
Class 2.
Ds Bfelgrave, A, C.
Dawson, R. T,
HiiTTie, P. J.
Ds Jackson, C. A.
Jones, R. F.
Patuck, R. S.'
Rose, F. G.
SiMy, T. M.
Class B.
Habich, L. S. M,
Jenkins, F.
Khong, K. T.
Philp, C. H. G.
Natural Sciences Tripos, Part If.
Class 1. Class 3.
Ds Bosworth, T. O. (Geology) Adams, F.
Lucas, E. C/
ITheological Tripos, Part L
Class 1.
Gripps, R. &
Theological Tripos, Part II.
Class 2. Class 3.
i>s Yming^ P. N. F. Ds Bentley, J. H.
Ds Johnston, A. B.
Law Tripos, Part I.
Class 2.
2 Wood, T. E. {6r)
Class 1.
2 Swords, W. F.
3 Ds Brown, A. E
Class 3.
Willett, E. W.
Hobbs, V. W. J,
Thorne Waite, A>
Class 1.
Cranford, L. G.
Ds LaH, P.
Law Tripos, Part IL
Class 2.
thomas, H. A.
Historical Tripos, Part I.
Class 1. Class 2.
Prcvite-Orton, C. W. Subbarao, N. S.
Class 3.
Johnston, F.
Class 3.
Jackson, J. E. N.
Our Chronicle,
93
Historical Tripos, Part II.
Class 2. Class 3.
bs Ellis, A. I. Geake, A,
Hay, W. K.
Jolly, E. H. P.
Wadia, N. J.
Yhe Gladstone Memorial Prize, for distinguished proficiency in History^
is awarded to C. W. Previte-Orton.
Medieval and Modern Languages Tripo».
Class 2. Class 3.
Bolderston, W. N. Druce, C. L.
Economics Tripos, Part I.
Class 2, Division 2.
Itichards, R.
College Awards at the Annual Election, June 1907.
PRIZEMEN.
Mathematics.
Third Year.
Second Year,
Third Year.
Tripos Part II,
Class 1,
Class 1.
Ds Piaggio
Dunkley
Clough
Barnes )
Lees )
Thompson, A. R.
Trifos Part I,
Weightman
Bhide
Jones, R. M.
Dalvi
Freke
Leonard
Fewings
Classics.
Third Year.
Second Year.
Third Year,
Tripos Part I. .
Class 1.
Class 1.
Campbell, A. Y.
♦Rose, H. A.
Barrett
Gledstone
Twinn
Kraus
Ireland \
Dodd
Morton, F. D.
Gandy
•Russell-Smith '
Stead
*TiUard
English Essay Prizes.
Third Year.
Second Year.
First Year,
Ds Brown, A. E.
Druce
Theology.
Dodd
Tripos Part I.
First Year.
Cripps
Natural Sciences.
Class 1.
Short
Second Year*
First Year,
Class J
1
Class 1.
Marrack
Gonehalli
Green
Tripos Part II. Ds Bosworth
Lister
Tripos Part /.
Sheppard,W. a
AUott
Parnell
Shore
Dalai
Sathe
Smith, O. C.
Lim
Topley
Wilmott
Nanavati
Whiddington
94
Our Chronicle,
History.
Tripos Part I.
First Year.
Previte-Orton
Class 1.
Cheshire ) ^^
Constable P^'
Fraser
Law.
Second Year,
First Year,
Tripos Part 11.
Tripos Part I.
Class 1.
Crauford
Swords
Arias
Ds Lall, P.
Ds Brown,
A. E.
Elected to Foundation Scholarships.
ns
Allott
ns
Marrack
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Bhide
tts
Parnell
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Crauford
h
Previte-Orton
ns
Green, N.
c
Stead
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Swords
tn
Lees
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Foundation Scholarships Continued.
ns
Adams
tn Ds Lall. P.
tn
Barnes
tn
Leonard
ns
Ds Bosworth
tts
Lister
I
Ds Brown, A.
E. h Ds Meldrum
c
Campbell, .
A. Y. m DsPiaggio
tn
Clough
tnech
Rennie
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Cripps
c
Rose, H. A.
c
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Fraser, D,
S. tnech
Taylor, G. M. C.
c
Gandy
ns
Topley
c
Gledstone
c
Twinn
tts
Hume
ec
Ward, D. W.
ns
Jolly, E. H
Jones, R. I
.P. m
Weightman
tn
A, tts
Wilmott
Elected to Exhibitions.
I
Arias
ns
Nanavati
h
Cheshire
ns
Sathe
h
Constable
ns
Sheppard, W. G.
tts
Dalai
ns
Shore, T. H. G.
tn
Dalve
th
Short
tts
Gonehalli
tts
Smith, O. C.
ns
Ireland
tn
Thompson, A. R.
ns
Lim
* Absent from part of th« Examination.
c classics; tn mathematics; h history; th theology; mech mechanical
scietices; I law; ns ttatural sciences; ec economics.
Mason Prize
{for Hebrew).
Not awarded.
Adams Memorial Prize.
Dunkley
Hebrew Prize..
Di Toone
Our ChAonide, 95
Hughes' Prizes. Reading Prizes. Hockin Prize
Third Year. 1. Dodd {for Physics),
Campbell, A. Y. ) 2. Muncey ) ^ Sathe
Gledstone [acq. Ross r^^'
Twinn J
Wright's Prizes. Newcome Prize
Second Year. First Year. [for Moral Philosophy),
Dunkley Lees Not awarded.
Rose, H. A. Barrett
AUott Green, N.
Previte-Orton Cheshire 1 Hutchinson Exhibitions
Swords Constable j ^* {for Research).
Arias Ds Bosworth
Ds Hill, J. R.
Cam A Prize. Hughes Exhibitjon
Nissim, J. (for Ecclesiastical History).
Cripps
Open Scholarships and Exhibitions, December 1906.
Foundation Scholarships of £8o :
(for Mathematics) Mordcll, L. J. (Central High School,
Philadelphia, U.S.A.)
(for Mathematics) Chasteney, H. E. (Nottingham High Sch.)
(for Mathematics) Tait, H. N. (Clifton College)
(for History) Marchand, G. I. C. (Aldenham School)
Foundation Scholarships of £6o :
(for Mathematics) Spargo, F. VV. (William Ellis
Endowed School)
(for Classics) Parker, H. (Nottingham High School)
Foundation Scholarships of £40 :
(for Classics) Hellings, G. S. (Christ's Hospital School,
West Horsham)
(for Classics) Fisher, F. B. (Marlborough College)
(for Natural Science) Morris, T. N. (Cambridge & County Sch.)
(for Natural Science) Stocks, A. V. (Manchester Grammar Sch.)
Minor Scholarships of £60 :
(for Classics) Green, S. M. (St Paul's School)
(for Natural Science) Dollman, H. C. (St Paul's School)
(for Natural Science) Laidlaw, C. G. P. (Perse School)
(for Modern Languages) Waterhouse, G. (Manchester Grammar
School)
Exhibitions of £jo :
(for Classics) Halsey, R. T. (Oundle School)
(for Classics) Patterson, R. F. (Oundle School)
(for Natural Science) Holtzapfell, J. G. H. (Merchant Taylors'
School)
(for History) Burton, H. P. W. (Hereford Cathedral
School)
(for Modern Languages) Irving, J. C. (Trent College)
96 Our Chronicle,
Close and Open Exhibitions, June 1907.
Open Exhibitions of £jo :
{for Mathematics) Allen, L. A. (Merchant Taylors' School)
(for Mathematics) Wellisch, E. M. (University of Sydney,
N.S.W.)
{for Classic^ Dale, F. (Woodbridge School)
{for Classics) Dutton, H. (Warrington Grammar School)
{for Classics) Guest-Williams, A. A. (Durham School)
{for Natural Science) Evans, P. E. (Newport Grammar School)
ifor Natural Science) Naunton, W. J. S. (Woodbridge School)
(for Natural Science) Paulley, H. (Framlingham College)
{for Natural Science) Spencer, G. W. (Preston Grammar School)
Dowman Sizarships :
Bentley, A. J. (St Bees' School)
Quick, E, K. (City of London School)
Smith, L. D. (Bedford)
School Exhibitions:
iDowmanf) Donovan, E. L, (Pocklington School)
{Dowman) Jackson, H. D. (Pocklington School)
.« « ] Stocks, A. V. (Manchester)
{Somerset) | Waterhouse, G. (Manchester)
Burton, H. P. W. (Hereford).
(Somerset) Donne, R. F. (Hereford)
JOHNIANA.
In Blackwood's Magazine for August 1907 is an article on ' The Alpine
Club' which celebrates its Jubilee this year. We make the following
extracts : —
The original suggestion for the formation of a club of climbers
was made on the 1st February 1857 by Mr William Mathews, of the
Leasowes, Worcestershire, and appears in the collected correspondence of
Professor Hort, which was published a few years ago. It ran as
follows : —
" I want you to consider whether it would not be possible to establish an
Alpine Club, the members of which might dine together once a year, say,
in London, and give each other what imformation they could. Each
member at the close of any tour in Switzerland, or elsewhere, should be
required to furnish to the President a short account of all the undescribed
excursions he had made, with a view to the publication of an annual
or biennial volume. We should thus get a great deal of useful information
in a form available to the members. "
[Mr William Mathews was a member of the College ; see a notice of
him in The Eagle, xxiii, 83-89].
Some of the most thrilling narratives of adventure in the whole range
of literature have been given to the Club at its monthly meetings. One
that happens to stand out among my old recollections must have been read
more than thirty years ago, and described the first ascent of Monte Rosa
from the Italian side. Everybody knows that the climb from the Gorner
Glacier presents no particular difficulty or danger. But from Macugnaga
the rosy peak is separated by huge cliffs of ice, which rise for a sheer
height not far short of nearly 10,000 feet from the valley, and are perhaps
the most imposing sight in the Alps. Some of the boldest guides in
Switzerland were asked to try the ascent, but when they saw that on each
summer afternoon the whole mountain-side was raked by discharges of
Our Chronicle. 97
hundreds of tons of snow and ice and rocks they declined to subject
themselves and their employers to the prospect, which in their opinion
almost amounted to a certainty, of being under fire as dangerous as that of
the most deadly artillery. However, a local guide named Imseng believed
he had thought out a route which would be fairly free from avalanches,
and three members of the Alpine Club (one of them a distinguished Senior
Wrangler) were ready to make the attempt On 26th July 1873 the party,
consisting of Messrs W. M. and R. Pendlebury and the Rev (X Taylor,
with Gaber, Imseng, and Oberto as guides, spent the night on some
precipitous rocks just below the great icefall, and start^ at 2 a.m«
From five o'clock onwards their course was eagerly scanned from the
balcony of the Macugnaga Hotel. Deviously and slowly they ascend ;
but their guide has chosen his track with consummate wisdom, and the
avalanches fall elsewhere. They are seen to stop for their morning meal,
and a shudder runs through the watchers below, who note where the halt
is made. For just above the party there is a huge scrac^ containing
perhaps 1000 tons of ice, which is being rapidly loosened by the summer
sun, and is evidently tottering to its fall. Will they be swept to swift
destruction ? It is a mere question of time, and with a feeling of relief the
spectators see them deliberately continue their course. It is not till they
are far out of the way of danger — so far, indeed, that they are not aware
of the escape which they have had — that the huge mass stowiy heels over,
detaches itself from the mountain, and plunges down, breaking into
countless fragments in its descent to the glacier t>elow. Along narrow
ledges of rock with little resting-place for foot or hand, over crags so
steep that the first man seems to wriggle up by enjoying a special
immunity from the ordinary laws of gravitation, although by judicious use
of the rope progress is made possible for his successors, up couloirs of
hard ice in which each step has to be laboriously hewn, across crevasses
thinly bridged, and along ridges of snow with a yawning gulf on each side,
they make their way, and at last their boldness is crowned with success.
They attain the topmost peak of Monte Rosa, make a tedious passage over
snowfields soft with the afternoon sun, and finally reach the Riffel Hotel
in the evening after one of the most risky expeditions on record.
[The Rev C. Taylor is our present Master, Mr R. Pendlebury was a
Fellow and Lecturer of the College, see The EagUy xxiii, 348-56. See also
an account of the ascent by the Master viii, 309-325].
In a volume, preserved in the Bishop of London's Registry, containing
Subscriptions before Ordination, or on being licensed to Curacies or
Schoolmasters places for the period 1663-1674, the following entry
occurs :
Ego Titus Oates in Artibus Baccalaureus jam licentiandus ad
instruendum pueros in East Smithfield infra parochiam Sti
Buttolphi Algate in Comit. Midd. tribus hisce praefixis articulis et
singulis in iisdem contentis (in quantum quod hie Spectant)^ lubens
et ex animo subscribo, Novembris 25*, 1669.
Titus Oates*
The entry is interesting in several ways. In the first place it gives us
a clue to the start in life of Titus Oates. , Again, as he was admitted to
Gonville and Caius College 29 June 1667 and to St John's 2 February
1668-9, we see that he could not be of standing before November 1669 to
be a Bachelor of Arts, so that he started on his career of " terminological
inexactitudes" at an early date. The words in brackets are an inter-
lineation in the original and do not occur in other subscriptions.
Died 13 September 1794, aged 48, respected by all for the mildness of
his disposition and the propriety of his conduct, Mr Jonathan Sharp,
organist of St John's College, Cambridge, and one of the singing-men of
King's and Trinity College. In his profession he was allowed to be a
VOL XXIX. O
98 Our Chronkh.
most useful performer, having acquired, with very little assistance from
instructors, a considerable degree of skill on several instruments, and a
facility of singing at sight even of intricate musick, and was frequently
admitted to the society of the musical part of the University, GentUman^s
Magazine, 1794, ii, 870,
The following passage is taken from a *• Turn Over * in the Globe.
Benlowes entered St John's at the age of 16. His portrait hangs in the
Library, to which he presented books which have a special lM>ok-plate in
them which was printed in The Eagle xi, 4,5.
Some ingenious triflers endeavoured to carry the semblance out in
sound as well as in shape. Edmund Benlowes, a minor poet of some
three centuries past, some of whose verses have appeared in recent
anthologies, with reviving effect upon his reputation, was one of them.
Butler, of Hudibrastic fame, wrote very caustically of him in the " Charac-
ter of a Small Poet," " As for altars and pyramids in poetry," he says,
" he has outdone all men that way ; for he has made a gridiron and
a frying-pan in verse, that besides the likeness in shape, the very tone and
sound of the words did perfectly represent the noise that is made by these
utensils, such as the old poet called sartago loquendi. When he was a
captain he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the orupper,
in beaten poetry, every verse t)eing fitted to the proportion of the thing
with a moral allusion of the sense to the thing : as the * bridle of
moderation,' the * saddle of content,' and the * crupper of constancy ' ; so
that the same thing was both epigram and emblem, even as a mule is both
horse and ass." Master Benlowes, on Butler's testimony, must clearly
have been a very remarkable man. His method may give a hint to the
competitors for the motor-car shaped poems prize. If, besides imitating
the shape of the car in verse, they can only convey some suggestion of
the sound and fragrance thereof, they will assuredly achieve lasting fame.
The following is the programme of a performance of
Sacred Music given in the College Chapel on Sunday
evening, December 1st. The Conductor was Mr C. B.
Rootham, the College Organist,
J. 150 Psalm for Chorus and Organ,.. Char Franck
[1822-1890]
At the Organ Mr. Ronald Hurry.
Hallelujah 1 O praise ye the Lord : Praise God in His
temple : Praise ye the Lord in the firmament of His |>ower.
Praise ye Him for His mighty acts : Praise ye Him according
to His majesty. Praise ye Him with the sound of the
trumpet : Praise ye Him with the psaltery and harp. Praise
ye Him with the timbrel : Praise ye Him with the dances.
Praise Him with the organ and stringed instruments. Praise
ye Him upon the loud cymbals : Praise ye Him upon the
High-sounding cymbals.
Let everything that hath breath : Praise the Lord.
Hallelujah !
[Cesar Franck was born at Liege, where he studied till the age of
fifteen. The greater part of the remainder of his life was spent
in Paris, where he was organist of St Clotilde for 32 years. In
1870 he was a^ppointed a professor at the Paris Conservatoire
Chir Chronicle. 99
from that time he devoted himself excludively to teaching and to
composition.
His style is quite "modem," and is characterised by a kind of
mysticism that is all his own. His compositions embrace every
branch of musical art. His best known works are ''Les
Beatitudes," for chorus, solo voices, and orchestra, the symphonic
poem "Le chasseur maudit," the quintette for pianoforte and
strings, and the sonata for pianoforte and violin.]
Concerto in D minor for Organ and Orchestra...
Handel (1685-1759)
{a) Adagio. (6) Allegro. ' (c) Allegro.
Soloist Dr Alan Gray.
This is No. 4 of the second set of Concertos, op. 7.
Mass in D Major '(op. 86) for Chorus, Semichorus,
Orchestra and Organ Dvorak (1841-1904)
At the Organ Mr. Ronald Hurry.
Semichorus • The Chapel Choir.
Kyrib Eleison
Chorus and Semichorus.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Chorus and Semichorus,
Credo in Unum Deum
Semichorus and Chorus.
Sanctus
Chorus.
Benedictus qui Venit
Chorus.
Agnus Dei
Semichorus and Chorus.
[Antonin Dvorak, one of the most famous of modern composers, was
the son of a butcher and innkeeper at Mlillhausen in Bohemia.
At the age of 16 he was sent to study music in Prague. For the
next 14 years he studied and composed, making a scanty
livelihood by playing the violin in town and theatre bands. By
1874 his works had become sufficiently well known to procure
him a pension of £50 a year from the Cultusministerium in
Vienna ; and in the following year he met Johannes Brahms,
whose encouragement and friendship were of the greatest value
to him in years to come. In 1891, he received the honorary
degree of Mus. Doc. at Cambridge University.
Dvorak's works, which number well over a hundred, embrace all
styles of composition, sacred and secular. The Mass in D is
very characteristic of the composer's style and methods.]
100
Our Chronicle.
Lady Margaret Boat Club.
Balance Sheet for
Receipts.
£ 5.
d.
Balance at the Bank
25 13 10
Junior Treasurer's Bal....
4
2
General Athletic Club ...
314
Entrance Fees, etc
17 14
6
Subscriptions towards a
New Eight •*.„.„..
27 18
6
£385 11
the year 1906—7.
Expenditure.
C.UJa.C Assessment..... 67
„ Entrance Fees 12
Horse Hire 11
Horses Standing 1
Boat House r
Rates 14
Taxes 2
I nsiu-ance 1
Water Rates 8
Gas Rates.....
I nsurance of Club Servants
Foister, Washing 14
Coal and Coke 1
Bills, Repairing & Main-
tenances 55
Ayling for Oars 36
Wages, Foister & Taylor -78
Blazers, etc.,'f or Boatmen 3
Sundries 3
Royston, Painting Names
Hire of Bicycles 5
Ferries and Locks , 3
Prizes 25
Cheque Book
Balance at the Bank 34
5.
</.
6
6
12
4
7
6
15
18
4
10
1
2
17
2
14
3
12
10
7
18
1
12
6
7
6
17
3
10
19
7
5
6
4
6
10
17
7
£385 11 O
Audited and found correct, R. F. ScoTT»
30th October, 1907,
J. J. Lister, Treasurer^
Amalgamated Athiletic Clubs.
Statement of accounts for the year ended October 1st, 1907.
Receipts.
£ s. d.
Balance in Hand at com-
mencement of Year 63 8 7
Subscriptions......^ 698 17 6
£762 6 1
Expenditure.
£ s.
To Lady Margaret Boat
Club .^. 314
„ Cricket Club 125
„ Football Clubs 58 3 10
„ Athletic Club 3110 O
„ Lawn Tennis Club... 71 17 1
„ Fives Club..... 15 16 O
„ Hockey Qub 17 6 11
„ I-acrosse Club 5 3 4
„ Collector's Fee 20 13 10
„ Painting Names :
Cricket & Foot. Clubs 1 10
„ Printing 16 O
„ Cheque-book & Stamps 15
Balance in Hand 99 14 1
£762 6 1
Audited and found correct, J. J. Lister,
Eth November, 1907,
R. P. Gregory, Hon. Treasurer.
Our Chronicle. 101
Long Vacation Cricket Club.
Results :— Played, 13. Won, 5. Lost,!3. Drawn, 5.
The season was a very successful one on the whole, and
the results hardly do justice to the strength of the team.
Apart from one inexplicable collapse the batting was good.
J. A. Fewings, R. P. Gregory, and A. C. Belgrave all scored
hea\'ily, and R. Brice-Smith was very consistent. A. M.
Dawson played in the latter part of the matches with
conspicuous success. The bowling was also fairly strong,
only one side scoring over 200 against us. The fielding was
poor at the beginning of the season, but steadily improved.
We had a most enjoyable game with the College Mission on
August Bank Holiday, the result being an even draw. The
College Servants' match was productive of plenty of good
batting on both sides, and was followed by a very successful
supper and smoking concert.
Batting Averages,
TimM Highest
Batimon. Inning, not oat. Rant. Score. Aver.
A. M. Dawson 7 ... 4 ... 201 ... 55* ... 67
J. A. Fewings 10 ... 2 ... 347 ... 107 -... 4335
R. P. Gregory 9 ... ... 357 ... 112 ... 39 66
A. C. Belgrave 7 ... ... 231 ... 72 ... 33
R. Brice-Smith 10 ... ... 214 ... 55 ... 21-4'
H. C. H. Lane 6 ... 2 ... 76 ... 37 ... 19
V. W.J.Hobbs 11 ... 2 ... 166 ... 58 ... 18*44
K, H. Scougal ., 9 ... 1 ... 140 ... 37 ... 175
A. E. Evans 9 ... 1 ... 117 ... 42 ... 1462
J. H. Arnold 9 ... 1 ... 80 ... 16 ... 10
F.D. Morton 9 ... 1 ... 62 ... 21 ... 7 75
V. C. Beddington 4 ... ... 10 ... 7 ... 25
Also batted : F. Northorp, 9, 4, 36* ; A. Thorne-Waite, 0, 10* ; D. M.
Stewart, 0, ; H. Whewell, 8* ; L. R. D. Anderson, 1* ; L. H. K. Bushe-
Fox, 0.
* Signifies not out.
Bowling Averages.
Bowlert. Overt. Maident. Rant. Wickett. Aver.
A. E. Evans 99 ... 15 ... 334 ... 24 ... 13-91
F.D.Morton 161 ...28 ... 598 ... 37 ... 1580
R, P. Gregory 75 ... 4 ... 319 ... 16 ... 19-93
R. Brice-Smith 37 ... 3 ... 162 ... 4 ... 40-5
V.W.J. Hobbs 35 ... 3 ... 190 ... 3 ... 63*33
Also bowled : A. C. Belgrave, 9-1-18-4 ; K. H. Scougal, 12-2-36-3 ;
I. A. Fewings, 2-0-16-1 ; A. Thome-Waite, 9-2-18-0 ; J. J. Uster, 2-0^17-0:
F. M. Cheshire, 4-0-14-0.
The following list of the Characters of the 1907 Cricket XI. was
intended for the Jtme number of The Eagle^ but was unfortunately
mislaid :
Characters.
P. N. F. Young.^ThG revered and keen captain of the side, who has used
much judgment during the bad season. He is a good wicket-keeper,
and has done some brilliant stumping. He is a fashion plate bat,
and is, of course, much more at home with good bowling than wit^
bad. In trying to hit lobs, he is inclined to remove the " air."
102 Our Chronicle,
V. W. I. Hobbs. — Has made an excellent secretary; developed into a
useful change bowler ; must persevere for a better length ; improved
his fielding, but, except on one brilliant occasion, has not come o£F
with the bat Has many attractions.
H. L. Gorringe. — As delightful as ever ; has played more in Trial matches
than for us. We condole with him in not capturing a blue. A showy
field.
R, BriceSmiih, — An artist j^ bat, who has played with much greater effect
this year ; ought to learn to cut. A useful change bowler, with few
opportunities this season. Fielding improved all round.
H. W. McCowan. — Has twice stopped a rot by excellent batting, but must
learn to bring his foot across to the ball. A really good bat on a fast
wicket, with an especially good cut. Field short slip with success.
/. M. Swift. — Has improved his batting materially, playing more freely all
round the wicket. Has bowled with more resource, but needs to
use his head a great deal more. Has not been blessed by fortune in
either branch* Throws in badly — less idiosyncratical.
I. A. R. Ihursficld, — Has been rescued from the river to become the t>cst
bowler on the side. Might vary his pace more, and guard against
underpitching. Has an excellent straight drive, but no other strokes.
/. A. Fewings. — Has batted well and consistently throughout, especially
when runs were badly needed ; wants a forcing stroke or two.
Ground fielding and catching brilliant, but should throw in more
smartly.
F. D, Morton. — Bowls good length, and with his head ; should take a lot
of wickets next year. His batting excellencies have been rather
overlooked. His length counts for much in the field ; a charming
cricketer.
C. L. Drucc. — A good unauthodox bat, especially on bad wickets. A most
energetic and improved field.
W. E. Hill. — Bats with resource, with a very good off-drive, but should
use his body and shoulders more, and not bend his knees. A useful
bowler, throws in well, but would do better to take the ball in more
usual fashion.
C. Gathorne. — Fields well at cover, and has made some useful scores— an
excellent raconteur.
Cricket Field Improvement Fund.
As is generally known, a proposal has been on foot for
months to level the College Cricket Field by raising the
south-east corner. If this were done the area on which it is
possible to play would be sufficiently enlarged to permit of
two football grounds being used at the same time, and thus
many more games would be possible. In addition, the
expense of hiring a ground for hockey would be saved, and
the field would be improved for purposes of cricket An
adequate space in the centre of the field would still be pre-
served from wear during the winter for the pitches of the
following summer. The raised portion would be carried
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103
down in a short slope to the avenue, which would thus not
be affected by the change. The total cost of this improve-
ment has been roughly estimated at £250; and a committee
has been formed to raise a fund and carry out the work as
the money is obtained. In May last the Committee issued an
appeal for financial support, in November the total sum at its
disposal was iS38 9s. As this seemed insufficient to justify
the starting of the levelling this winter, the Committee called
a meeting of the members of the cricket, football, and hockey
teams to discuss the question. The meeting expressed itself
strongly in favour of the immediate commencement of the
work, and on an appeal for subscriptions to the colours of the
four clubs mentioned an additional £24 135. 6d, was promised.
The Committee, feeling in consequence that the work, if put
in hand, will receive general support throughout the College,
have decided to make a beginning at once and to procure
a contractor's estimate. Only a part of the work can be
carried out during the coming winter ; but it is hoped, if the
weather prove favourable, to get a sufficient area levelled to
make possible the use of the two grounds next Michaelmas
Term. The work will be completed the following winter if
funds and opportunity permit. Subscriptions should be sent
to the Treasurer, Mr. E. A. Benians. An appeal will be made
to junior members of the College early in the Lent Term.
Appended is a list gf subscriptions and promises up to the
present date.
Concert per Mr L. H. K.
Busbe-Pox
Mr W. E. HeiUand
Prof G. D. Liveing
Kev A. J. Stevens
P. N. F. Young
Mr W. E. Heitland
Dr T. G. Bonney
Prof A. Marshall
Mr T. A. Brock
Rev J. Robinson
Rev T. Gwatkin
P. J. Lewis
Mr E. A. Benians
A. R. Higgins
>r L. E. Shore
R. V. J. S. Hogan
F.W. Hicks
F. A. James
F. D. Morton
J. A. Fewings ,
W. E. HiU
C. L. Druce
J. M. Swift
G. A. R.Thursfield
£ s. d.
\.
22 13
1 1
5
2 2
10
1 1
2
2 2
10
1 1
10
1 1
2 2
10
2 2
i 5. d.
C. D. D. Hogan 110
C. L. Holthouse 10 6
H. Whewell 10 6
H. C. MacCowan 110
F. M. Moseley 1 1
R. Brice-Smith ., 110
£, L. Donovan 110
V. W. J. Hobbs 110
C. H. Ritchie 110
A. J. Bentley 1 1
A. E. Evans 110
A. Thorne Waite 110
G. A. Beresford 110
J. W. G. Stokes 1 1
C. E. Averill 10 6
M. W. Paterson 10 6
W. Veevers 10 6
J. H. Bentley 1 1
H. R. Hasse 10 6
L. C. Levy 10 6
W. Treleaven 10 6
A. R. Thompson 110
£71 12
104 Oar Chronicle.
Association Football Club.
Captain— R, Brice-Smith. Secretary—], A. Fewings.
In spite of the fact that only three old colours have been
playing regularly we commenced the season in very promising
fashion, winning three of the first four League matches.
Unfortunately the crocking of two of the XI. necessitated
a re-arrangement of the side, and since then we have
consistently lost ground.
When at full strength the forward line is above the
average. The halves and backs are good individually, but
lack weight, and consequently are at a disadvantage on the
heavy grounds to which we are accustomed. Our own ground
is very bad when the weather is at all wet. We are pleased
to hear there is a good prospect of its being improved before
uext season.
Congratulations to A. R. Thompson on playing in the
Seniors* Match, and S. L. Thompson and C. Beale in the
Freshmen's Match. Colours have been given to H. Whewell,
£. L. Donovan, and C. Beale.
The following matches have been played :-^
Caius Won 5 3
King's Won 3 1
Trinity Rest Won 4 2
Newmarket Won S 3
♦Christ's Won 7 2
•Clare Lost 1 4
Emmanuel Won 1
Mr A. L. Gorringe's XI Lost 1 7
•Pembroke Won 3 2
Trinity Rest Drawn 3 3
Sidney Won 4 1
Queens' Won 5
Clare Won 1
King's Lost 3 S
•Christ's Won S 4
•Jesus Lost 3 7
•Trinity Rest Lost 2
Selwyn Drawn 2 2
•Queens' Lost 1 14
•Pembroke Lost 7
• League Matches.
Cricket Club.
At a Committee Meeting held on November 22nd the
following officers were elected :
President— Dv L. E. Shore. Treasurer—'^v E. A. Beniana. Captain —
V. \\\ J. Hobbs. Secretary— V. D. Morton.
Our Chronicle. 105
Lacrosse Club.
PresiHcnt—H. R. Hasse. Captain— M, W. Paterson.
Secretary — L. C. Levy,
There has not been much regular practice, except on the
part of a few, but two games were played towards the end of
the Term.
We have been fairly well represented in University matches.
M. W. Paterson has been shining as usual, and H. R. Hasse
has also played for the 1st XII., whilst, for the 2nd, C. B. S.
AUott, R. S. Jeffreys, L. C. Levy have been playing regularly,
and W. Veevers and C. G. Freke have also appeared.
We have enhsted several recruits, some of whom are very
promising and have every prospect of a successful season.
We hope to arrange a good many matches next term,
including a fixture with St John's College, Oxford.
The Chess Club.
President— Mr W. H. Gunston. Vice-Pn.sidcnt—'D. M. Stewart.
Committee— H. R. Hasse, R. F. Hurst. Secretary— Vf , H. Weightman.
Owing to the departure of the late Secretary with its funds,
and to the scattering of its property in many directions, the
Chess Club came nigh to extinction at the beginning of the
term, but it has been resuscitated and is now in a fairly
flourishing state, the number of members being an improve-
ment on last year.
Only two matches have been played so far (against
Pembroke and Trinity), both of which were lost. There is
a match of ten boards against Queens* before the end of the
present term.
Mr Gunston has kindly consented to play the members of
the Club simultaneously at the beginning of next Term.
The first eight boards have been played by the following : —
D. M. Stewart, H. C. H. Lane, R. P. Dodd, W. H. Weightman,
H. R. Hasse, R. F. Hurst, A. R. Thompson, and A. R Yorke.
Musical Society.
President — Mr H. S. Foxwell. Treasurer — Dr Shore. Librarian —
Mr Rootham. Secretary— A, F. Hall, Committee — Prof Rapson, Rev
H. F. Stewart, J. Fraser, A. Y. Campbell, E. H. P. Muncey, A. C.
Churchward, V. C. Boddington, A. Thorne Waite, J. K. Deane, C. L.
Holthouse, H. F. Russell-Smith, C. H. Ritchie and R. Hausfield.
The Society continues to flourish — though it has, so to
speak, * changed hands.' Dr Sandys, after holding the office
of President, and Rev A. J. Stevens the office of Treasurer,
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106 Our Chronicle.
for many years, have both resigned, and with them go our
sincere regrets at their departure and our very best thanks for
the splendid work they have done for the Society.
we welcome with much joy Mr Herbert Foxwell and
Dr Shore, who have very kindly consented to fill the posts of
President and Treasurer respectively.
The Chorus has been very busy throughout the Term
practicing for the performance of sacred music in the Chapel,
which was given on Sunday, December 1st, and was a great
success, a great many people being unable to obtain tickets.
A programme of the performance appears on page 98.
The Society is in great need of instrumentahsts. If only
freshmen (and members of other years too, alas I) would
overcome their shyness as to their instrumental powers, and
bring their treasures up with them and say so, the College
orchestra might cease to be hypothetical I
Three Smoking Concerts have been held this Term, on
Thursdays, October 24th, November I4th, and December 5th,
We are exceedingly grateful to Mr Gregory, Mr Lister, and
Dr Shore, who respectively so very kindly took the chair for
us on those three occasions.
The following are programmes of Smoking Concerts held
on October 24th and November I4th :•«
First Concert —
PART I.
1 Song ,., /♦The song of Hybrias the Cretan *'.., „„...£//f<j#
R. W, Hyde.
2 Pianoforte Solo... Prelude in C sharp minor Rachntaninoff
G. A. G. BONSER.
3 Song "A Birthday" C0ffcn
V. C, BODtMNGTON,
4 Violin Solo Sonatina ,„ , , ,.,Dvordk
H. H. H. LORENZ.
5 Duet..,,,..., " Is it the wind of the dawn?" Stanford
V. C. BoDDXNGTON and A. Thorne Waite.
PART 11.
6 Pianoforte Solo.,,. ..Nocturne in G minor) ^. .
Walze in D flat ] Chapsn
A. A. Guest Williams.
7 Song "Out on the deep" F. iV. Uhr
R. W. Hyde,
8 Violin Solo 2nd Concerto in G minor Wicniawiski
H. H. H. LoRENZ.
9 Devonshire Reading ,.,, Stewer
A. F. Hall.
JO Song " The sands of Dec " Clay
A. Thorne Waite.
GOD SAVE THE KING,
Chairman — Mr Gregory.
Our Chronicle, 107
Second Concert —
PART 1.
1 Pianoforte DuET...Vorspiel, "Meistersinger" Wagner
A. C. Churchward and J. L. Troubridge.
2 Song "Glorious Devon" German
A. E. J. iNGLis (King's).
3 Clarionet Solo Airs from "Faust" Gounod
H. A. Rose.
4 Vocal Quartette..." Love in my bosom
like a h^e" ,, .Cunningham Woods
E. H. Muncey. V. C. Boddington.
R. Stansfeld. a. F. Hall.
5 Song "A jolly old Cavalier" Dix
F. Northorp.
PART II.
6 Pianoforte Solo.. .5th Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt
J. L. Troubridge.
7 Song , "The Ballad of Kingslea Mere" Rootham
Mr Rootham.
8 Vocal Quartette "Absence" Hatha
E. H. Muncey. V. C. Boddington.
R. Stansfeld. A. F. Hall.
9 Song " I'll sing thee Songs of Araby " Clay
A. E. J. Ingus (King's).
10 Song "Myself when young" Lehmann
(from " A Persian Garden ")
A. F. Hall.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Accompanist—]. L. Troubridge.
Chairman — Mr Lister
Lady Margaret Boat Club.
President— ^v L. H. K. Bushe-Fox. Treasurer— Mr. J. J. Lister.
15/ Captain — H. A. L. Laidlaw. 2nd Captain — L. R. D. Anderson. Hon.
Sec. — C. J. W. Henslow. Junior Treasurer— T. M. Sibly. 1st Lent
Captain— V. C. Boddington. 2nd Lent Captain— C. L. Holthouse. 3rd
Lent Captain— H. F. Russell-Smith. Additional Captain— G. A. Allen.
There were two events which took place too late to appear
in our last issue — ^these were the Freshmen's Sculls and the
Bateman Pairs.
There were only two entries for the Freshmen's ScuUji
J. M. Short and H. L. Penfold. The race was rowed oa
June 11, Short having front station. Penfold was to have had
the back one, only the time fixed for the race being oarly
108 Our ChronicU.
Sethe proved more attractive than Cam, so Short paddled
over in great form. In the evening, however, he gave
Penfold the opportunity erf beating him, and he availed
himself of it Penfold led to Post Corner, but took a bad
Grassy, and short was " up " at Ditton ; in the Long, Penfold
came " up " again and beat Short by a length.
The Baieman Pairs proved a more popular event, there
being five entries. June 12 was the first day of the race, the
first heat being : —
First Station. Second Station,
bow H. F. Russell-Smith how L. R. D. Anderson
stroke C. J. W. Henslow stroke H. A. L. Laidlaw
As it was the second time the first of these two had been
out together they were naturally hot favourites. The race
soon promised to be exciting. Laidlaw's crew held their
opponents at the start, who made a diversion in the direction
of the Ditch, and after running on Post Corner found them-
selves many yards down at the Grind. At this point the
steering gear of the first pair broke, and matters began to
mend immediately. In the Long Reach Henslow quickened
the stroke, and, backed up well by the rest of the crew,
gradually drew off. Here an unlooked for event occurred,
intoxicated with the prospect of victory stroke caught a crab^
the craft overturned within 30 yards of the finish, and the
other crew got safely home.
Three Pairs had to be rowed in the second heat : — ^
First Station. bow J. Fraser
stroke P. J. Lewis
Second Station bow P. A. Irving
stroke J. E. C. Ross
Third Station. bow C. L. Holthouse
stroke H. L. Penfold
Had it not been the morning after the College Ball the
First Station pair would have been favourites ; as it was the
last couple were regarded as possible winners — the middle
couple being handicapped by not having practised together
previous to the race. This heat soon assumed a more serious
aspect when it was seen how the pair that should didn't, and
that which couldnH might ; ultimately it did, and an exciting
final took place the next day between : —
First Station. Second Station,
bow P. A. Irving boiv L. R. D. Anderson
stroke J. E. C. Ross stroke H. A. L. Laidlaw
In this heat the first pair led to Post Corner but no further,
for Laidlaw and Anderson coming steadily up won by about
20 seconds.
Our Chronicle, 109
Henley Regatta, 1907.
The performance of the May boat in the bumping races
at Cambridge made the problem of sending a crew to
Henley purely a financial one. As there is no established
" Henley" fund for sending a boat annually to represent the
College in the Regatta the inevitable subscription list was
started. Would that all financial problems which from time
to time confront a boat club were as readily settled I The
response that came from every direction showed that sporting
instinct was quite a reality among all members of the
College, and the compatibihty of this instinct with the more
serious walks of life was proved by the generous support
given by the senior members.
Headed by a handsome gift from the Master, the list
ultimately amounted to a sum sufficient to cover all expenses,
and, together with the rest of the about- to-be-fulfilled
promises, to leave a balance to be devoted to a Henley fund
for some future occasion.
The 17th of June was a great day for Henley. That
evening the Lady Margaret crew arrived in all its glory,
though most of the glory was not yet unpacked, for not until
the next morning did the happy band appear in full Henley
uniform.
Our days began at seven — at least most of them did — but
there were occasions when a certain enthusiastic member
would rise earlier than the rest, and armed with bell, whistle,
and purri alarm clock, would cry unto the house, "Sleep
no more." However, by dint of still more forcible arguments,
this early bird was brought to realise that it was better not
to anticipate the worm. At 7.30 Father Thames would hold
his reception ; he generally struck us as cold and somewhat
reserved. By 8.15 our hearts were well in our work, and by
noon all Henley had witnessed a profession of faith in the
dignity of labour.
Our progress to lunch was seldom a very rapid one.
Those who went by land found many obstacles in the form
of multicoloured Sibyls imploring them to exchange reason
for revelation. Those who ventured into the punt — ^generally
canying more than was good either for the punt or the
comfort of its passengers — ^had many risks to face ; not only
wtDuld the river suddenly become bottomless, and the punt
unmanageable at a moment when eights were bearing down
on us, and fractious scullers trying to do starts in our
direction, but the puntman himself would prove a source of
very great danger to clothes and tempers by virtue of his
incompetence ! Yet in spite of all delays few were unready
at the appointed hour for lunch. Having had lunch we
110 Our Chronicle.
crawl into the garden ; here, dotted about round the laWd,
might be seen various members of the crew asleep with open
books on their laps, or others — ^more wide awake — whiUng
away the time with " Bridge." The possibilities afforded by
this scene for the snap-shot photographer were duly appre-
ciated, but, alas, our periodical is not illustrated.
Sooner or later we were wending our way— or, rather,
our punt — over the river for our second outing. The outings
themselves were not often very eventful except in the fours
when the piles were rather de trop^ not to mention scullists
trying to do a course. On one occasion the Visitors Four —
after nearly upsetting an enthusiastic " Diamond " from the
sister University — sought to disarm slander by the confession
— ** I fear we ran into you this morning " — his reply, which
left us wondering, was — " Oh, very likely."
After more rowing more meals, and by 7,30 we were in
full appreciation of the inventive genius of Kirby. After this
once more unto the punt, and this time we could doze full
length — tolerably full length — confident of our safety with
the pilotage in the hands of Mr Bushe-Fox. By 10.30 any
visitor to "Tonfridas " would have found sleep in undisputed
possession.
The health of the crew throughout was, on the whole,
excellent, doing credit to Kirby's reputation as a " training "
expert.
The crews entered for the three events were as follows : —
Thames Challenge Cup.
L. R. D. Anderson (6our) 10 3
2 H. A. L. Laidlaw 10 13
3 C. L. Holthouse 11 2
4 H. F. Russell-Smith 11 13
5 C. J. W. Henslow 12 4
6 M. Henderson 11 11
7 J. Fraser 11 3
P. J. Lewis (stroke) 10 10
L. G. Crawford (axe) 8 9
Wyfold Challenge Cup, Visitors Challenge Cap.
•L. R. D. Anderson (bow) 10 3 *J. Fraser (bow) 11 3
2 F. A. R. Higgins 11 8 2 H. F. Russell-Smith 11 13
3 C. L. Holthouse 11 2 3 C. J. W. Henslow 12 4
M. Henderson (stroke) ... 11 11 P. J. Lewis (Urokc) 10 10
* Signifies steerer.
The first event on. the first day was our heat with Kingston
for the Wyfold Cup. At the start our Four certainly " put
them in," but Kingston drew away at once and had three-
quarters of a length at the quarter-mile, at the half-mile our
Four had got some of it back, and another quarter of a length
by Fawley. After a time, however, Kingston drew away
Our Chronicle, 111
again, and in spite of a hard spurt by our crew towards the
finish won by a length in 8 mins. 15 sees.
At 4 o'clock the same day came our first heat for the
Thames, against St John's, Oxford. We were not nearly
smart enough off the start, and at the quarter-mile the Oxford
crew had a quarter of a length's lead, but coming steadily up
we led at Fawley. Nearly half a length to the good at the
mile we held our own without much trouble, and won by
half a length in 7 mins. 23 sees.
At about 1 o'clock on the Wednesday we met Emmanuel
in our second heat for the Thames. This time we started
better and got a lead by the quarter mile ; at the mile we
had a length, and never in any real danger. We won by a
length and a half in 7 mins. 51 sees.
The same evening we had our heat for the Visitors' Four.
The start was not inspiring, the Jesus Four getting away very
quickly led by about two lengths at the quarter mile, and,
fully aware of their superiority, we did not press them to our
utmost— to say the least-^and they won easily.
At 3.15 on the Thursday we rowed our last heat ; it was
against Corpus. Our start was rather better than usual and
we got a lead by the top of the island ; at Fawley we were
still leading, but here we met the full force of the gale which
was blowing at the time, and rowing in what was undoubtedly
the worst station suffered far more than Corpus. From this
point Corpus went steadily ahead, rowing in comparatively
still water, and won by two and a half lengths in 8 mins.
42 sees.
In the races themselves the form shown was far less
disappointing than the results. It is an open secret that the
Fours were purely a matter of education, and as such were
a complete success. In the Thames Cup, had our crew had
the other station, the final would have been very different.
To Mr Bushe-Fox the thanks of the entire College are
due for the untiring energy and zeal which he showed in
doing everything that could be done towards bringing the
crews up to the highest standard possible.
While at Henley the entire party was invited to lunch at
Fawley Lodge by Captain Douglas Jones, an Old Johnian,
who rowed an effective blade in a May boat of '89 ; this visit
was most enjoyable, and his kindness was thoroughly
appreciated.
The shortcomings of this account would be greatly
enhanced by omitting congratulations to L. G. Crawford,
not only on his coxing but also on his excellent conception
of the whole duty of cox. It is to be hoped that circum-
stances will enable him to join us at Henley another year.
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The Long Vacation.
There was, unfortunately, no Cambridge Regatta this
year. But those members of the Club in residence during
the Long found outlet for their energies — which were not
small — in the Bedford Regatta, held on July 25th. Three
crews practised for over a fortnight on home waters, and
entered, in due course, for the three four-oared events. The
immediate results were, perhaps, disappointing, as the first
and second fours did not survive their first heats, although
the third four was only beaten in the final by a small margin.
The Senior Four scarcely did themselves justice, and
were unfortunate in the indisposition of the bow and three
two days before the race, and in obtaining ship with a
pecularly vicious form of sliding seat. They were drawn
against the Jesus College four, and, on the outside station,
succeeded in holding them as far as the Bridge ; their
opponents then drew away, and kept their lead to the finish.
They would doubtless have been more successful if they had
rowed in a coxswainless boat, as they had done fairly
creditable times in that form of craft during practice on the
Cam.
The Second Four met a strong crew in Bedford R.C.,
and, although they rowed very pluckily, and put up a good
race, they were unable to hold the slight lead they obtained
at the start, and were beaten.
The Third Crew were more fortunate, and easily defeated
the Bedford Modern crew. The cox is especially to be
congratulated on the remarkable feat of steering his crew to
victory with crossed rudder lines. In the final they met
Bedford Town, and after an exceedingly plucky race, the
result of which was in doubt to the last half minute, passed
the post half a length behind their opponents.
The day was rainy, but not unenjoyable despite the
results.
It is good to see so much keenness shown in Long
Vacation rowing ; for quite apart from material results much
can be learnt in rowing and racing, and those who rowed
this year certainly benefited by their experience.
The crews were : —
Grand Challenge Guy Pytn Challenge Walter Attcnborougk
Cup. Cup. Challenge Cup.
L. R. D. Anderson (bow) C. Dixon [bow) A. J. D. Torry {bow)
2 C. L. Holthouse 2 G. A. Allen 2 D. E. Cniickshank
3 K. S. Thomson 3 C. R. Allen 3 J. E. Cross
H. A. L. Laidlaw [stroke) H. L. Penfold {stroke) P. A. Irving {siroki)
X. Worrall {co.v) N. Worrall {cox) K. Khong {cat)
Our Chronicle. 113
Coxswainless Fours.
On Thursday, October 4, the Four came up to start
rowing. For the first week of practice Mr Bushe-Fox was
unable to coach. The weather was fairly good throughout,
but strong winds during the first fortnight entailed too
much rudder work, and the crew could not get together for
a long time. About four days before the race, however,
a marked improvement was shown, and, dropping together,
they began to show pace, but just too late to become a really
formidable crew over any stretch. They were drawn against
First Trinity, and, with front station, kept their distance
comfortably to the Grind; from this point First Trinity
came steadily up, and, in spite of a hard spurt at the railway
bridge by our crew, won pretty easily. The steering through-
out Uie race was good.
Crew, St. lbs.
how L. R. D. Anderson (steerer) 10 1
2 H. F. Russell-Smith 12
3 C. J. W. Henslow 12 5
stroke H. A. L. Laidlaw 10 13 '
Pearson and Wright Sculls.
The Pearson and Wright Sculls were rowed on Friday
and Saturday, November 8 and 9. The first day, J. E. C.
Ross, with front station, sculled against W. Montgomery;
leading almost at once Ross continued to draw away all over
the course and won easily.
In the second heat A. J. D. Torry had front station and
Lr. R. D. Anderson back station. Anderson held Torry for
about a minute, and then the latter began to draw off, and
ijras quite up at Grassy, but from here Anderson steadily
came up, and, in spite of a good spurt up the Long Reach by
Torry, won by 20 yards.
The final was between Ross and Anderson, the latter
ha\ing back station. Anderson held Ross at first, but was
soon down, and Ross, still gaining all the way, won without
much trouble by about 60 yards.
The Colquhoun Sculls.
An exceptionally large entry this year necessitated three
in the first two heats ; this proved unsatisfactory in the event.
Lr.M.B.C. were represented by T. M. Sibly, who was sculling
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far above his last year's form; he had front station in the
first heat, R. C. Martin (Clare) had second, and R S. Hooker
(Emmanuel) third station. Sibly sculled strongly all over
and well within himself, not knowing Hooker was up on him
at Ditton, Martin being right down ; but, realizing too late,
he was beaten by Hooker by a length in 8 mins. 11 sees.
An exceptionally fine race was witnessed in the final
between E. W. Powell (Third Trinity) and O. A. Car\er
(First Trinity). Powell had back station and gained at the
start ; by the Grind he had two lengths in hand, but Carver
kept going well, and Powell did not gain any more. In the
Long Reach Carver made a hard race for it, but was beaten
by about 25 yards in 7 mins, 25 sees.
The College Trial Eights.
The Trial Eights have been well up to the average this
year. Though lacking in weight the Freshmen have shown
enthusiasm, and good Lent Boats are probable, as several
men of the Second and Third year are rowing. Tho races
were rowed on Tuesday, November 26. Belgrave's crew
had front station, Short's the middle, and Jones' the back one.
Short's crew and Jones' both went up on Belgrave's at the
start, and at the grind Short's crew were about 6 feet up on
Jones', and both right upon Belgrave's ; the latter, however,
lost no more, but Jones' crew fell off a length in the Long
Reach and Short's crew won.
Considering the conditions, which were about as bad as
they could well be, the times done were good, especially by
the Senior boats.
Winning Senior Crew. Winning Junior Crew,
St. lb. St. lb.
S. E. Sewell, how 10 8 G. W. Spencer, bow 9 10
2 H. P. VST. Burton 10 2 2 A. C. Nicholls 9 12
3 J. C. Irving 10 7 3 H. S. Barrett 10 12
4 L. A. Allen 11 2 4 S. G. Askey 10 9
5 R. Meldrum 12 12 5 S. Lees 9 7
6 D. E. Cruickshank 11 11 6 J. R. Stoddart „I0 13
7 C. Dixon 10 10 7 B. T. Vine 8 12
J. M. Short, s^ro*« 11 7 A. J. D. Torry, s/rofaj 9
H. E. Chasteney, cov 8 1 O. Hughes Jones, cojp 8 3
Coach — M. Henderson. Coach — L. R. D. Anderson.
Among the Junior crews great keenness was shown. A
" Rugger boat," stroked by C. L. Holthouse, became so fast
Our Chronicle. 115
that on the day of the race it was handicapped two lengths.
Unfortunately the stroke of one of the Juniors was laid up a
few days before the race, and K. T. Khong stroked in the
race. The rugger boat did not come up very fast at first,
as it was not using quite all its oars, but when it got all eight
going the pace shown was considerable, and it came up on
Khong's boat fast. Torry's crew soon drew off from both
the others after Post Corner, and, going very nicely, won by
about a length and a half, having gained steadily all the way.
Khong's boat went very pluckily, but was soon outpaced by
both the others.
The University Trial Eights were rowed at Ely on
Thursday, November 28th. Several representatives of
L.M.B.C. were tried during the Term, and C. J. W. Henslow
represented the Club in the race, rowing at five in the crew
stroked by F. H. Jerwood (Jesus) ; this crew led all the way
after the first minute, and ultimately won by two and a half
lengths.
Two enthusiastic eights went down to Ely to see the race.
The weather being perfect they thoroughly enjoyed their
trip ; no casualties were reported, and fast times were done.
Lunch at the " Cutter " Inn was a great success, after which
the crews paddled down to the Adelaide Course, and got out
at the Bridge to see the race from the mud-path.
They returned by train in the evening in various costumes.
A most successful dessert and impromptu "smoker"
combined was held in Lecture Room VI, on the evening of
November 28th, with Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox in the chair.
Speeches, songs, and toasts, both suitable and varied, were
the order of the evening.
Classical Society.
President— R. P. Dodd. Secretary— H. S. Barrett. Committee— Mr
Gutch, A. Y. Campbell.
The following papers have been read this term i
Oct. 31st. " The Greek view of a future life," by H. S. Barrett,
Nov. 21st. " The Lydians," by W. K. Guest WiUiams.
The Society, after a temporary lapse at the end of last ycari
has re-asserted itself, and the attendance at meetings has been
better than usual.
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Natural Science Club.
President— Y. R. Parnell. Treasurer— Dv J. E. Marf.
Secretary — H. R. Hasse.
The following papers have been read this term : —
Oct. 21st, " Metabolisim and Food," by J.' R. Marrack.
Nov. 4th. •* The Conversion of Energy/' by G. A. Tomlinson.
Nov. 18th. " The Chemistry of Soils," by Mr Adie.
Dec. 2nd. " The Making of Weather Forecasts/' by Mr Gold.
Messrs T. H. G. Shore, P. A. Irving, C. G. Sharp, W. E.
Hill, and T. O. Bell have been elected members of the Club
during the Term.
The rules of the Club have been revised, and the printed
list of members and of the papers read has been brought
up to date.
The THEaLOGiCAL Society.
President— H. E. Stuart. Secretary—]. M. Swift. Treasurer^U, W.,
PatersoD. Cofmt$ittee—K. H. P. Muncey, J. E. W^dker..
The foilovring papers and addresses hgive been given this
term :
Oct. 25th. " The Need and Methods of Church Defence," by the Rev
H. B. Pim M.A,, Member of the Church Committe^jfor
Church defence and Church Instruction." In Mr G. A. R,
Thursfield's Rooms.
Nov. Xst.. "Penitential Discipline in the Early Church," by the Rev
G. A. Weefces M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Sidney Sussex^
In Mr F. A. A. W. Heaton's Rooms^
Nov.. 8th, "Missions," by Professor Mayor, President of St John^i
College. In Mr J. E. N. Jackson's Rooms.
Nov. 22nd.. "Prayer," by the Rev H. F. Stewart B.D., Fellow and Deac^
of St John's College. In Mr R. P. Dodd's Rooms.
Debating Society.
President— Vt. P. Dodd. Vice-President— \, D. AHen. Secretary —
W. Veevers. Committee— V. W. J. Hobbs, M. W. Patterson and
J. E. C. Ross.
The Society in the first place is to be congratulated on
a highly successful Term. Marked keenness has characterised
all the proceedings, and quite an air of enthusiasm has-per*
Our Chronicle, 117
vaded the debates. The Society has also with great satis-
faction welcomed the undoubted debating powers possessed
by some of this year's new members ; and it is pleasant to
• note that several of its members have been taking in the
Union Society's discussions, and have on the whole been
most favourably criticised. In this connection we would
most strongly urge members, and especially freshmen, to
speak as often as possible at this representative University
Debating Society, and so do their utmost to maintain the
prestige and reputation of the College in this sphere of
academic activity, which, from modern exigencies, has now
come to to be recognised a most important factor in the
equipment of any university education.
The Debates have been on the whole interesting and
educative, and this has been shown by the good attendances,
which have been above the average of previous Terms.
Our Visitors' Debate proved a great success in every way,
Mr H, L. Pass, a former President of the Society, was to have
l>een the opener in this Debate, but unfortunately, owing to
illness, was unable to be present. Mr Benians, at extremely
short notice, kindly consented to take his place, and the
Society's best thanks are due to him. The excellent speeches
made by our visitors were greatly appreciated. And, in
conclusion, we may be permitted to remark, there can be no
doubt that a visit of capable exponents of the vis oratoria
cannot fail to infuse new vigour and impetus into a Sogiety
whose aim is to develop the debating qualities of its members.
The following Debates havQ been held this term : —
Saturday^ October i^th. At the first Meeting A. D. Allen
(Vice-President) moved that " The Craze for Novelty is the
bane of Modern Existence." W. Veevers (Hon. Secretary)
opposed. For the motion there spoke M. W. Paterson, J. M,
Swift, T. Clough, P. A. Irving, C. R. Allen, J. E. C. Ross, and
H. C. Dollman ; against the motion, V. W. J. Hobbs, P. N. F.
Young (Ex-Pres.), G. A. G. Bonser, D. S. Fraser, C. J. W.
Henslow, W. S. Montgomerie, S. M. Green, and M. Kraus.
The motion was lost by 7 votes. Seventy-five members and
pthers were present during the evening.
Saturday, October 26th. C. R. Allen moved that " The life
of the Hermit is the highest attainment of Happiness." T^
Clough, in the unavoidable absence of J. E. C. Ross, opposed.
M. Henderson (Hon. Auditor), A. R. Tremearne, and A. C.
NichoUs spoke for the motion \ and against it R P. Dodd
118 Our Chronide.
(Pres.), W. S. Montgomerie, Z. N. Brooke (Ex-Pres.), J. M.
Swift, W. L. Shepherd, J. E. Walker, M. Kraus, G. W.
Spencer, T. H. G. Shore, and J. C. Irving. The motion was
lost by 20 votes. Fifty-three members were present during
the evening.
Saturday^ November 2nd, Freshmen's Debate. G. A. G.
Bonser moved that " This House disapproves of the killing of
Animals for Sport." S. M. Greed opposed. For the motion
there spoke H. P. W. Burton, S. G. Askey, C. W. Previte-
Orton, J. O. Whitlock, O. C. Nicholls, J. E. Walker, and
G. I. C. Marchand; against, J. C. Irving, H. C. Dollman,
A. D. Allen (Vice-Pres.), and R. M. Jones. The motion was
lost by 1 vote. Forty-three members were present during
the evening.
Saturday^ November gth, J. G. Dollman moved " That this
House approves of Vivisection." A. R. Tremearne opposed.
There also spoke for the motion, H. C. Dollman, M. W.
Paterson, Z. N. Brooke (Ex-Pres.), S. G. Askey, P. A. Irving,
and T. H. G. Shore. Against the motion, C. W. Previte-Orton,
R. S. Cripps, and J. E. C. Ross. The motion was carried by
31 votes. Sixty-five members and visitors were present.
Saturday^ November i6th. J. M. Swift moved "That this
House would view with dismay the Disestablishement of the
National Church." J. K. Deane opposed. For the motion
there spoke C. L. Druce, A. R. Tremearne, W. L. Shepherd,
and R. C. Cripps; against it C. J. W. Henslow, P. N. F.
Young (Ex-Pres.), J. E. N. Jackson, W. G. Constable,
T. Clough, H. N. Tait, and F. M. Cheshire. The motion
was lost by 4 votes. Forty-seven members were present
during the evening.
Saturday^ November 23rd. H. F. Russell-Smith moved
"That the House deplores the education of the masses."
W. G. Constable opposed. T. H. G. Shore, S. G. Askey,
A. D. Allen (Vice.Pres.), and E. W. Willett spoke in support
of the motion ; against it G. I. C. Marchand, W. F. Ireland,
M. W. Paterson, J. M. Swift, R. M. Jones, H. N. Tait, G. A. G.
Bonser, C. W. Previte-Orton, F. M. Cheshire, A. Hughes, P. A.
Irving, H. Leeser, S, M. Green, and J. C. Irving. The motion
was lost by 16 votes. Forty-nine members were present
Saturday^ November 30th. The Visitors' Debate. Mr E. A,
Benians (St John's College) moved that " Intellectual Activities
Our Chronicle. 119
should be the main factor in an Academic Education." Mr J. K.
Mozley (Pembroke College, Ex- President of the Union Society)
opposed. There also spoke for the motion E. H. J. N. Dalton
(King's College) ; against the motion, E. Evans (Trinity Hall)
and Z. M. Brooke (Ex-Pres.).
At the time of going to press we learn that the retiring
President will move at the last (change of officers') Debate
" That Beauty is not Truth, nor Truth Beauty." This will be
opposed by Z. N. Brooke (Ex-Pres.).
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Wesley Manse, Poole, Dorset
Bonney, Rev T. G. (Fellow, 9, Scroope Terrace, Cambiidge
Sc.D.) (E. 1909)
The College, Cheltenham
21, Amherst Avenue, Ealing, London, W.
Freshwater, Isle of Wight
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Brownbill, J.
Browning, K. C.
Brownson, R. D. D. D.
Bruton, F. A.
Bryan, Rev W. A.
Buchanan, G. B. (E. 1909)
Bumsted, H. J.
I, Parkside Gardens, Wimbledon Common, S.W.
Hart's, Woodford Green, Essex
Adelaide, Australia
70, Dallas Road, Lancaster
II, Barton Terrace, Dawlish, S. Devon
London Hospital, E.
Dursley, Gloucestershire
Lingfield Vicarage, Surrey
13, Buckingham Terrace, Glasgow
Alveley, Streatham, S.W.
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(E. 1910)
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The Ivies, St Julian Farm Road, W. Norwood^
S.E.
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Staplehurst Rectory, Kent
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Cradock, J. D.
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(M. 1911)
Dixon, C.
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Dodgshun, E. J.
DoUman, J. G.
tDouglas, S. M. (E. 1910)
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Drake, Rev H. 30, Woodside Road, S. Norwood, S.E.
Druce, C. L.
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Dyson, Rev F., late (E. 19 10)
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Evatt, Lieut G. R. K. (E.
1908)
Every, J. M.
Ewbank, Rev A. (E. 1909)
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The Clergy House, Aston, Birmingham
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I, Garden Court, Temple, E.C.
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Walworth, S.E.
Cairo, Egypt
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The Clergy House, Parish Church, Leeds
Middlesex Regiment, c/o Cox & Co, 16, Charing
Cross, London
62, Mount View Road, Crouch Hill, N.
Fayerman, A. G. P.
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Field, A. M. C.
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Finch, H. K.
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Flux, A. W. (E. 191 1)
Hillside, Kenil worth, Warwickshire
The Duke of Cambridge Own, ^ Wellington
Barracks, Dublin
The Hydro, Malvern
Kingsbridge House, West Marlands, South-
ampton
Ryther Rectory, near York
7, Mayfield Road, Gosforth, Newcastlc-on-Tyne
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McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Foxwell, E. E. (E. 1909)
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(E. 1911)
Francis, Rev J. (M. 191 1)
Fraser, D. S.
Fraser, J.
Frean, H. G. (E. 1910)
Freke, C. G.
Fryer, S. E.
Address,
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I, Harvey Road, Cambridge
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55, Childebert Road, Balham, S.W.
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Gamett, W. (D.C.L.)
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Gauvain, H. J.
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George, Rev J.
Gibbings. Rev W. T.
Gibson, J.
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Gill, R. G.
Gillespie, T.
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Gledstone, F. F.
Glover, F. B. (E. 19 10)
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Gold, E. (Fellow)
Godson, F. A.
Godwin, Rev C. H. S.
Gonehalli,V. H.
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Gorst, Rev P. F.
Grabbam, G. W.
Grant, F. H. S.
fGraves, Rev C. E. (Fellow)
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Green, E. W.
Green, N.
Grccnhill, Prof A. G. (E, '09)
Greenlees, J. R. C,
Brandon, Suffolk
1 16, St Martin's Lane, London, W.C.
Queen's College, Hong Kong
Dehra Dun,\U.P., India
57, Chancery Lane, London
c/o E. Balding, Esq., 9, Pemberton Gardens,
Upper HoUoway, N.
Lilley Rectory, Luton
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ampton
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Gruning, J. F. Dibrugarh, Assam, India
Guest- Williams, W. K.
Gumey, T. T. (E. 1908) Chesterton Hall, Cambridge
Gwatkin, Rev T. (E. 191 1) 3, St Paul's Road, Cambridge
Gwatkin, Rev Prof H. M. 8, Scroope Terrace, Cambridge
Gwatkin, Rev F. L. Oak Lodge, Crawley, Sussex
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Hall, A. F.
Hall, Rev T. Howard Sproatley Rectory, Hull
Hallack, W. C. 66, Tyrwhitt Road, Brockley, S.E.
Hallam, G. H. (M. 1907) The Park, Harrow on the Hill
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Harding, W. H.
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Harnett, Rev F. R. c/o Hongkong U Shangai Bank, Colombo,
Ceylon
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Harwood, S. F. D. BatUsford Hall, Needham Market
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Haslam, Rev A. B. (E. 1908) Royal Grammar School, Sheffield
Haslam, V. H.
Hass6, H. R.
Hathornthwaite, J. T. Raeburn, Boscombe, Bournemouth
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Hay, Rev W. K.
Hcaloii, F. A. A. W.
Heath, F. C.
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Henslow, C. J. W.
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Hunt, Rev A. G. L.
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Address,
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Great Snoring Rectory, Fakenham
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All Saints' Vicarage, Northfleet, Gravesend
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Kraus, M.
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Wellington College, Berkshire
I, Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C.
School Board for London, Victoria Embank-
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India
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Colony
War Office, Pall MaU, S.W.
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41, Inglis Road, Ealing, W.
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LaJl, P. (E. 1909)
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Lane, H. C. H.
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Lee, H.
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Lent Term Xgo8.
OUR JUBILEE.
|iTH the issue of the present number Th€ EagU
enters on the fifty-first year of its career. The
story of its "First Flight" was given by
Canon J. M. Wilson in our fifteenth volume
(PP- 325 — 3^7). From this we learn that The Eagle -wa,^
founded by a certain Shakespeare Society consisting of
five members, then all undergraduates of St. John's,
namely: W. G. Adams, T. Ashe, T. H. Bush, W. E-
Mullins and J. M. Wilson. These all took their degrees
in the Mathematical Tripos of 1839, Wilson being Senior
Wrangler.
The first prospectus closed with the words :
It is respectfully requested that those who are
disposed to become subscribers, or to contribute
articles for The Eagle^ will communicate before the
end of the month with the Secretary, Mr. W. H.
Barlow, B.A., St. John's College. February 23, 1858.
We may assume then that the first number was
issued at the end of the Lent Term of 1858. An
enthusiastically accurate bibliographer has recently
requested to be informed of the exact day of issue of the
first number ; of this there is no ofiicial record, though
it may perchance be recorded in the pages of some
private diary.
VOL. XXIX. S
126 Our Jubilee.
We give as the frontispiece of the present number a
reproduction of a photograph of our founders. With
the exception of T. Ashe, who died 18 December 1889,
all are still living.
W. G. Adams was for many years Professor of
Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in King's College,
London, and has been President both of the Physical
Society and of the Society of Electrical Engineers.
T. H. Bush is Vicar of Christ Church, Hants. W. E.
Mullins was a Master at Marlborough College from
1S60 to 1898 and is now an Alderman of the London
County Council. J M. Wilson, Headmaster of Clifton
College from 1879 to 1890, is now Canon of Worcester.
W. H. Barlow is the Dean of Peterborough.
With these younger members of the College was
associated Mr Joseph B. Mayor, to whose "influence and
wisdom" we owe it " that The Eagle was born with so
healthy a constitution as to have survived all the College
vicissitudes and successive generations " for fifty years.
The printers of The Eagle have throughout heen
Messrs Metcalfe of Trinity Street; they have kindly
inspected their books and from these we learn that of
No. 3, issued in November 1858, four hundred copies
were printed. By 1875 the number had risen to6oow
During the eighties the numbers printed varied from 50a
to 750. At the present time the number printed varies
between 900 and 950. Of Nos. 114 and 129 one
thousand copies were issued.
A glance back through the pages of past volumes
reveals the fact that the editors have had two sources
of anxiety; first the supply of literary matter, and
secondly the more prosaic but not less urgent necessity
for funds. The first difficulty is always with us, but of
the various improvements in management which have
been introduced from time to time none has been more
successful than the change introduced by Dr D-
MacAlister, when senior editor, whereby for the payment
of one guinea a subscriber secures the Magazine for five
Our Jubilee, " 127
years. This has greatly simplified fiaance, relieving
Editors from anxiety and the Subscribers from the worry
of constant requests for small sums.
Our Chronicle^ now perhaps the most popular feature
of successive issues, was started in the number for the
Michaelmas Term of i860. The Eagle may justly pride
itself on the fact that it has formed the model for the
magazines of other Colleges : The Caian^ The Christ's
College Magazine^ and The Emmanuel College Magazine
are flourishing contemporaries. We find in their pages
the features, now familiar to our readers, of a literary
section, notes from College history, an obituary and a
chronicle. Other Colleges have from? time to time
started similar ventures, but unless they have adopted
the characteristic feature of The Eagle of combining on
the editorial stafiFa senior and nK>re permanent element,
with the more changing but perhaps more enthusiastic
body of the junior members, these fade away with th^
departure of those who started them.
The editorial introduction to- our first numi)er con-
cludes with the words r
" Only let us all pull together in this concern, with
a strong pull and a steady swing, that The Eagle may
be a rallying point and a watchword among us ;
sanething. to foster College spirit on when here ;
something by which we can carry it down with us
when we go away ; the spirit of Old Brookes* ; the
spirit which cracks up its own as the best College*
in the best University in the best country in the
world."
This is an ideal which we dor not wish to alter;-
we adopt it for ourselves, and looking forward to^
the time when The Eagle will celebrate its centenary,.
we commend it to our successors*.
* The reference is to Tom Brown's School Days.-
TO r^^ EAGLE.
The Eaglets Fiftieth Birthday ! Near and far,
From every land where loyal Johnians are,
The same enthusiastic note is heard, —
** Congratulations to our noble bird \ "
Yes, here at home, and yonder over sea,
Let Johnians keep The Eagle's Jubilee;
Let each take down a volume from the shelf
And read some little record of himself
(Perhaps the first that ever saw the light
In the charmed guise of printer's black and white),
Or of the friends who in those golden years
Were his staunch comrades and his trusted peers.
Recall their looks, their voices, and their ways.
And all that happened in the good old days*
Upon the mind a thousand memories crowd, —
How A was senior, and how B was ploughed,
How well C rowed, how cunningly D steered.
While E and F ran on the bank and cheered.
How G brought off that most astounding catch,
How by a place-kick H just saved the match.
How I was lazy and how J was keen.
How K had trouble with the Senior Dean,
How many times L missed the Little Go,
How M and N once ragged the rooms of O,
How P was quite ' the Rupert of Debate,'
How Q's bad sliding spoilt the Second Eight,
How R and S played tennis in the Long,
How T would always sing one comic song.
How U and V went racing on the sly,
How W was picked instead of Y,
How Z beat record on the cinder-track.
Open The EagU^ and it all comes back.
To ''The Eagle:' 129
Yes, it comes back, the glamour and the strife,
And Johnian spirit leaps again to life.
Once more we feel the magic of the chain
Which draws our hearts back to St John's again :
Once more the Gateway comes before our eyes ;
Once more in thought we cross the Bridge of Sighs ;
Once more we dream of things we used to do.
And wake up wishing that the dream were true.
Fifty years oldl What changes have been rung
Since those far years in which our Bird was ypung!
In youth he saw the College Chapel rise,
And countless Dons have passed before his eyes,
New Syndicates and Triposes galore.
And sliding seats and the non-coxswain four.
But still, though Senior Wranglers know their doom.
Though dire constraint has scuttled Wordsworth's room,
True to the promise of his opening page,
754^ -ffo^/^ does not and he shall not age :
"A rallying point and watchword" still we see
For Johnians past and Johnians yet to be.
Congratulations to the Bird once more,
And a bright future, which shall hold in store
Centenaries, succeeding each to each,
Till a huge pile of scarlet volumes reach
High as the Chapel Tower, and the Hall
Be far too little to contain them all!
Also our gratitude] For you have kept
Alive a spirit which might else have slept.
Your pages tell us that through good and ill
The College claims us as its children still.
Bonds of pure gold St. John's and us unite,
But 'tis TA^ Eagle keeps the gold so bright.
R. H. F.
NOTES FROM THE COLLEGE RECORDS.
(Continued from page 33^.
The documents which follow are taken from the State
Papers, Domestic, of the reign of King James I, pre-
served in the Record Office.
In reading these one is at once conscious of a change
of attitude in the Sovereign and his advisers. During
the long reign of Elizabeth, William Cecil, Lord
Burghley, was for fifty years Chancellor of the Uni-
versity. The Earl of Essex was Chancellor from 1598
to 1 60 1, and Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, from
1601 to 1612.
Lord Burghley, in his letters to the University and
Colleges, spoke with the authority of the Sovereign,
but that authority was treated as a power in reserve,
one rather to be dreaded and avoided by those
subject to it, and only to be directly exercised in the
last resort.
The power of King James, and of the other Stuart
Kings, was exercised in a much more direct and
personal manner and that from a very early date.
King James succeeded to the throne on the 24th March
1602-3 ; the letters which follow show that within four
months he was intent on a scheme for restoring im-
propriate tithes to the parochial clergy. It seems
doubtful whether his letters to the Chancellors of the
Universities and to the Heads of Colleges were ever
sent ; the mere idea that such a scheme, as that fore-
shadowed in them, should be put forward clearly
alarmed Whitgift, who perceived that the practical
efiect of the change would be far-reaching. His
Notes from the College Records, 131
experience as Master of Trinity College (much of
whose revenues consist of impropriate tithe) and as
Archbishop bringing the matter very near to him.
Right trusty etc. The zeale we have that Religion might
be well planted in this Realme and in all other our domynions
hathe caused us to enter into consideracion of all meanes that
might best serve to the furtherance thereof. Wherein
fynding that no one thing is a greater ympedyment then
want of competent lyving to maintaine learned men in suche
places of our kingdome, where thordinarie benefit of the
vicarages doth not suffice, and the parsonages are impropriate
and in lay mens hands. We have found that there could not
be a readyer way to supply that defect then yf these impro-
priacions of ty thes might be converted again to the right use^
for which they were first instituted. Wherein we have by
God's grace a good purpose to do in such of them as are or
shall be in our owne handes whatsoever our estate may well
beare, by which example of ours we presume to induce all
others possessed of the like to ymitate us as farr as with their
abihtys they may. In the mean tyme wee have considered
that to give begynning of so good a work none were more
fitted then the CoUedges in our Universities, who being so
eminent members of our estate and having divers of them
many such Impropriacions and some of them also a desire, as
we are informed, to provyde for suche parsonages owte of
such livinges as they shall fall within their power to dispose^
their example would have great efficacy with all good men in
this sort to advance the glcMy of Christ his gospell. And
because there may occur in the performance hereof some such
particuler difficulties as are yet unknown unto us We have
thought good, before we entered further into it, to recommend
this matter to your consideracion, requiring you our Chan-
cellor, and in your absence the Vice-Chancellor, and Heads
of Houses to assemble yourselves in congregation, and such
other discreet men of all the Colledges as you shall thinke
meet for such a consultacion, and to propose that matter
amongst you, and to consider and sett downe some speedy
courses how upon thexpiracion of the yeares in beinge of any
lease of tythes or glebe impropriate the same may be after-
132 Notes from the College Records.
wards so demysed as Ecclesiastical persons bredde in the
howses to whome the same belonge respectively may be
maintained and enabled to execute their functions and yet the
Colledge provided of such things as are necessary for main-
taining the cause whereof we have no intention to wish any
preiudice knowing well how fitt it is that they be supported
by all good meanes whatsoever, of which your dehberation
and resolution we do require you to advertize us with as con-
venient speede as you may, both by writing under your
handes and by some discreet persons to be sent to us or our
Councell to make report of your doinges therein.
Endorsed : Touching Impropriacions, to the Universitiesi
8 July, 1603.
Note: This a draft, very much erased and corrected,
of a letter from King James to the Chancellors of the
Universities.
Whereas there hath beene a petition exhibited unto us by
suche as are well affected to relligion that we would be
pleased to take order for the sufficient maintenance of the
preaching ministers throughout our dominions. These are to
give you to understand that tenderinge the safety of the soules
of our subiects as also the advancement of learninge we are
resolved, so often as the leases of the Impropriacions within
our gifte shall expire, to plant in them learned and painful
preachers reservinge unto us the accustomed rentes. This we
thought good not to conceale from you, who beinge one of
the lights of the lande, we rest assured will not fayle to goe
before others by your example, so often as the lease of the
same nature shall determine, by placing in them sufficient
preachers of your owne CoUedges. Herein shall you shew
your forwardnes in discharging your duty which you owe
unto the churche of God and make us the more w^lHnge to
extend our favor towards you for the advancement of your
forwarde students, the honor of your Academy. We expect
your answer by the bearer hereof with the names of the
students of every Colledge already fitted for the ministry that
there may care be had for their placing accordinge to their
meritt.
Motes from the College Records. 133
Endorsed : A drawght of a lettre for the better maintenance
of preachers.
Note: This letter of King James was intended for the
Heads of Colleges.
tt may please your Majesty, I am informed that Mr
Gallawaye and some others altogether ignoraunt of this our
State have procured from your Highnesse some kynde of
warrant, or Lettres, to the Universities to forbeare the
lettinge of their Benefices Impropriate to any other then to
the Vicars or Curates, and that upon the old accustomed
rentes. I humbly beseeche your Majesty that you will be
pleased to make staye of any suche proceedinge untill oppor-
tunitie may serve mee to attend upon you and to make knowen
the inconveniences that may ensue thereof, not onelye to the
said Universities, but to other places also of lyke condition.
For sure I am that it will be in time the overthrowe of the
Universities and of learning, which I knowe is no part of your
Majestie's meaninge. And so cravinge pardon for this my
boldnesse, I beseeche Allmightie God long to preserve you to
his glorie and to the good of his Churche.
From Croyden the ixth of July 1603
Your Majesties most ilmble subiect
Jo. Cantuar.
Addressed : To the Kinges most excellent Maiestie.
Endorsed: 9 July 1603. To the King's Majesty from the
Archbishop of Canterbury, for stay of lettres about Impro-
priations.
With this is enclosed the following memorandum :
That Impropriations belonging to the Uni-
versities and other ecclesiasticall places and
persons cannot be altered without great in-
conveniencies.
It appeareth by the reasons following.
1. All Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches, all or the most
parte of Bishopricks in this land, all or the most of the
CoUedges in both Universities, and the state of many private
VOL. XXIX. T
134 Notes from the College Records.
persons doth consist of Impropriations. And therefore to
endevoure any alteration in them would breed great discon-
tentment, as tendinge to such an innovation, as hath not been
hearde of in this kingdome for long tyme.
2. Neither would it worke that effect which is presupposed
but rather the contrarie, for diminish the mayntenance
ordeyned for the studie erf Divinitie, or take away the reward
of the best learned and worthiest Divines in the land and then
consequentlie both learninge and Religion cannot but decay.
But the cheefest reward for learned Divines in this kingdome
are Bishopricks and Cathedrall and CoUegiat Churches, which
speciallic consist of ImpropriacionsL
3. Impropriations belonging to Bishopricks, Cathedrall
Churches aud Colledges in the Universities are imployed to
their right and lawful use, and therefore ought not to be
otherwise restored or altered.
For the originall use and end of Tithes was not onely to
maynteyne everie particular Minister of a parish, but allso to
provide for the general necessities of the whole church ;
Whereunto everie particular is by the rule of nature to yeeld
and give place.
The generall necessities /I. The Government of the Church,
of the diurch doe con- -12. The Doctrine of the Church,
cerne. ^3. The supplie of Church Ministers.
1. For the better government of the Church there is
reserved out of the tithes of everie parish, the first fruites, the
tenths, and Subsidie to the King, the procuracion and other
pencions, and the Impropriacions of some parishes to the
Bishoppe and other ecclesiasticall governors, wherein what-
soever benefite the particular Minister doth forgo is very
necessarilie and profitablie imployed for the good of the
Church in generall.
2. For the better preservacion of Doctrine in the Church
the greater Tithes of some parishes have been impropriated
unto Cathedrall Churches, to the end there might bee alwayes
men of learninge and wisdome about the Bishoppe, who
might confute and suppresse such heresies and schismes as
might arise in the Diocesse. And that such men as deserved
well might be well rewarded and others incouraged in their
}^ole$ from the College Rcconk. 135
studies. And therefore the Impropriacions belonging to
Cathedral Churches are rightlie and lawfullie imployed.
3. For the better supplie of Church Ministers diverse
Impropriations I havebeen assigned to the Universities and to
the CoUedges therein for the education and mayntenance of
students, who are to serve in the Church and in the Common-
wealth, the beneiite whereof is so great, both to the Church
in generall and to everie severall parishe, as that the
Impropriations and Church tithes cannot be better imployed.
Now the taking away or diminishing any one Impro-
priation belonging to the Universities, may help to maynteyne
some one man, who is peradventure of no great desert, but in
the mean time it decayth and hindreth manye (yea, ten for
one), that are students of great hope, whom it nourisheth
while the CoUedge and Universitie enjoyth it.
No CoUedge in either Universitie is able to maynteyne
itself upon the olde rents in respect of the dearnesse of all
thinges, which hath increased since the first foundacion, so
as diverse CoUedges at this present are growne to be very
poore and indebted. In consideracion whereof the ParUa-
ment of late made an Act for the increase of their Revenues,
by provision of Corne, leaving allso the fines to their owne
discretion. In what case should they then be, if either their
Impropriacions should be taken from them, or the beneiite
thereof in any sorte diminished by restrayneing them to their
old and accustomed rent ?
And where it is said, that Universities should begin to
give good example, etc. It seemeth greater reason to begin
with those Impropriations which are in the hands of meer
lay men, which are not at all imployed for the Government,
Doctrine, or Seminarie of the Church, or any other ecclesi-
asticaU use, then that Universities (who do rightlie use them
and do the Church great service by them) should adventure
or diminish their estates to give an example, not lykelie to be.
followed by other men.
Where allso it is alledged that some CoUedges are willing
of themselves, etc. It may be answered that the members of
such CoUedges are suche as seeke their owne particular and
are forgetfuU of their oathes, being sworne to be true to the
CoUedge, and by no meanes to consent, or to procure the
136 Notes from the College Records.
diminishing of the revenues thereof, or to any other thing
that may indammage them.
Where allso it is sayd that Impropriations do respectively
belong to the Ecclesiasticall persons bredd in the same
CoUedge. It may be answered that they do not belong unto
them ut singulis sed ut universis^ for CoUedges are Cor-
poracions. and their possessions do not belong to any one
particular person, but to a succession. And suerlie it
seemeth a very unreasonable thinge that those who have had
their breeding and bringing up in CoUedges by the benefit of
the Impropriacions should after their going abroad take the
Impropriation to belong to themselves or seeke to hinder the
students that succeed them of that benefite which they them-
selves have reaped and so to drie up the nurse that hath given
them, such that she shall never be able hereafter to nourish
any other. A thing odious to God and man, and argueth a
bad nature in such as seeke it.
This very letter, if it should be sent (what successe soe\'er
it hath) will have such an impression in the mynds of manye,
that (having before an opinion, that his Majesty would rather
increase their livinges in the University than diminish them,
and seeing now an intencion to the contrarie) they would
rather leave the Universitie and divert their studies from
Divinitie, or not come to the Universities at all, where they
cannot be maynteyned and where they see their state to
depend upon such Universities.
I doubt not, but there are as many sufficient Hvings not
impropriated as are able to maynteyne a competent number
of learned men, and as manye as the Universities can yeild if
order might be taken that whensoever such Uvinges shall fall
voyd they might be bestowed upon Universitie men according
to their degrees and worthinesse, before any others. This
would make the Universities to flourish, breed encouragement
and contentment in the students, and drawe manye to the
studie of Divinitie which now^e, for lack of sufficient reward
and seeing others their inferiors preferred before them,
followe other courses to live by.
Likewise if a generall order were taken that at the renewing
of the leases of all Impropriations as well in the hands
i)l lay men, as of others, some augmentation might be
Notes from the College Records. 137
yeelded to the mayntenance of the Vicar by the farmoure,
where the Vicaradge is but small (for in diverse places the
Vicaradge is of more value to the Vicar then the Parsonage is
to the Proprietarie) and that the Tithes belonging to the
Vicar might be duly answered without uniust molestacion, it
would satisfie any reasonable man and give contentment to
manye.
Jo. Cantuar.
Endorsed: My Lord of Canterburyes reasons for con-
tinewance of Impropriacions as they are.
The letter of King James which follows is an
example of the many efiforts made durinfj his reign to
secure uniformity of doctrine in the Universities.
James R.
Right trusty and right wellbeloved Councellor, we greet
you well. The two Universities in this our Kingdome of
England being the nurseries of good education and learning,
it specially behoveth us in our Princely care for the Peace of
the Church and consequently of our estate, to provide that
they be kept in order and remayne freed from all faccions,
novelties and schisms, the cankers and banes of all Christian
unytie. For the eschewing of which evills and that the
studentes in our saide Universities may be the better knitt
and ioyned togither in one profession of Christian Religion
and true worship of God, we have thought it our best course,
^nd (as the tymes are) most necessary, that we followe and
put in practice the example of our worthye predecessor King
Edward the sixt, who in the year 1553, when the Communyon
book had been carefully revewed and certain Articles of
Religion agreed upon, the same year in a Synod at London
did by the aduyce of his Counsell and authoritie given to
certain Commissioners assigned for such matters prescribe
and appointe that the said Booke and Articles should by the
Graduats in the saide Universityes be approved by an oath.
Accordingly therefore to this resolution upon so good a
President for as much as we have the like occasion uppon
;some froward opposition to the great preiudice of the Church
138 Notes jrom the College Records.
and of our very extraordynarie paynes taken for uniformitie
as well in hearing and decydinge of certaine controversies, as
also not only in our declaration and inlargement of some
thinges in the saide Booke by way of explanation, pursuing
therein the strength and power of our prerogative royall and
supreme authoritie in causes ecclesiasticall, and the true
direction and meaninge of certaine branches of some Statutes
in that behalfe, but lykewise in our perusal! and ratification of
the Articles of Religion agreed upon in a Synod in the
year 1562 differing nothing in effect from the said Articles
that were framed and estabhshed in King Edward's tyme.
We doe hereby straightly charge and command you the
Chancellor of that University and every your successors in
that office and, in your or their absence, the present Vice-
chancellor and all others who shall succeed him here after in
that office, and every deputie or deputies supplying at any
tyme that place in the absence of the Vicechancellor, as
you or they doe or shall tender our favour, or feare our
displeasure, that neither you nor any of them suffer here-
after any person to be admitted to take any degree of
schooles whatsoever except presently after he hath taken
the oath of our supremacie, as by the lawes of the Realme
is elsewhere prescribed, he shall likewise at the same time
in the same place and in the same presence willingley take
this oathe foUowinge the same being little discrepant from
the forme of that oath which was set downe and appointed
as is aforesaid and in King Edward's dayes was taken
accordingly by every such graduate as herein is specified.
Ego N. N. promitto et spondeo primum me veram
Christianam religionem iu Ecclesia Anglicana Legibus
huius Regni iam stabilitam omni animo complexurum
scriptura authoritatem Hominum iudiciis prepositurum,
Regulam vitae ac summam fidei ex vero Dei petiturum
caetera quae ex verbo Dei non probantur pro humanis et
non necessariis habiturum contrarias verbo Dei opiniones
omni voluntate ac mente refutaturum vera consuetis scripta
non scriptis ante habiturum deinde me credere ac tenere
formam Ecclesiastici regiminis quae apud nos est per
Archiepiscopos et Episcopos legitimam esse et sacris
Notes from the College Records, 139
scripturis consentaneam novamque illam ac popularem quae
praesbyterii nomine usurpatur (vtemque alicubi appro-
batam) Monarchiae tamen recte instituae minime con-
venientam Insuper iudicare me ac pro virili mea astructuram
librum seu libros publicae Liturgiae ac Episcopos Presby-
teros et Diaconos ordinandi et conservandi nihil in se
continere quod verbo Dei sit contrarium formamque precum
publicarum et administrationis sacramentorum in eodem
prescriptam pie et licite posse et debere observare neque
eandem vocatione mea id postulante et non aliam (quoties
ita res feret) observaturum Postremo me articulos Religionis
(qui triginta novem citra ratificationem numerantur) in quos
consensum est ab Archiepiscopis et Episcopis vtriusque
Provinciae ac reiiquo omni libero in Synodo Londinensi
Anno Domini 1562 ad toUendam omnem distensionem et
consensum verae Religionis firmandum pro veris et certis
habiturum et in omni loco tanquam consentientes cum
verbo Dei defensurum et contrarios articulos in scholis et
pulpitis vel alibi (pro vitae mea instituto) oppugnaturum
Haec omnia in me recipio meque sedulo facturum pro-
mitto ac spondeo ita me Deus adiuret per Christum
Jesum.
This oath we require you to be registered in a Book and
diligently kept by the Register of that our Universitie, and
likewise that every one who shall take it do testifie his willing
receiving of the same by subscribing his name with his owne
hand in the said booke.
Endorsed: Lord Cranborn. A warrant given for Graduats
to take their oath. King James.
Note : The above is copied from State Papers Domestic,
King James I. ; Vol. X., No. 68. The signature of the King
at the beginning of the letter is autograph. The document is
not dated, but in Vol. XIII., No. 63, there is another copy of
the same document with the date, 8 April 160S. It appears
to have been intended for the Chancellors of the Universities.
The documents which follow give us a glimpse of the
wish of King James to have Scotch students admitted
140 Notes from the College Records,
to the full privileges of the English Universities. Sir
Thomas Lake was Keeper of the records at Whitehall.
It is somewhat singular that no reference occurs in
these documents to the fact that at Sidney Sussex
College a change had recently been made in the
Statutes enabling that College to elect Scotchmen or
Irishmen to fellowships. Not only was the power
there, but it had been exercised in 1606, when John
Young, son of Sir Peter Young, tutor to King James,
was admitted a fellow of Sidney. Young was an M.A«
of a Scotch University and had been admitted ad
eufidem at Cambridge. He has been claimed as " the
first Scottish man who ever took a degree in the
University." Mr Mullinger in his History of the
University of Cambridge draws attention to the well-
known fact that Nathanael and Eleazar Knox, the
sons of John Knox, the Scottish Reformer, were both
scholars and fellows of St John's. They both matri-
culated on the same day, 2 December 1572; with
that pleasant variety of spelling in which our pre-
decessors indulged, the one appears in the Praelector's
matriculation list as Nathanael Knoks and the other as
Eleazar Knokys. Nathanael was B.A. 1576, M A. 1580 ;
Eleazar, B.A. 1577, M.A. 158 1, B.D. 1588. In the
College Register of admissions to scholarships and
fellowships they describe themselves as of " Richmond-
shire" and it is just possible that they owed their
eligibility to the accident of their birth in England.
The Statutes of the Colleges at this time were full of
County and other local restrictions, and for long after
this period St John's was much hampered in its choice
of Fellows.
King James, however, did his best for his fellow-
countrymen. He tried ineffectually to get a Scotchman
elected a Fellow of King's, that College appears to have
been unloyally stubborn. He succeeded in March
1619-20 in getting George Seaton, ScotuSy admitted a
Fellow of St John's mandato regie. The fellowship was
Koies from the College Rceonh, 141
A specially created one and for some years the College
had a good working grievance, culminating in Seaton
continuing to hold his fellowship after he was beneficed
and married and then trying to pass it on to a friend.
He is no doubt the Oeorge Seaton who compounded for
First Fruits as Vicarof Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey,
8 November 1626, ceding this on his institution as
Rector of Bushey, Herts, 19 December 1631, being
presented to the latter by Kin^ Charles I. ; Seaton
resigned Bushey in 1642.
My duty to your Lordship most humbly remembred.
This morning it pleased his Majestie to signe the lettre to the
Turke and the Commission for the ships, which I received
from Mr Levinus and have sent back to him. At the same
time his highness delivered me this lettre enclosed from the
lord Hotham with this direction to your lordship, that of the
matter he had not heard before from either syde, and was
not to believe a single lettre against a Deputy and Councell,
but did desire before he could give any direction in the case
to know whether your lordship had heard anything from the
lord Deputie or any of his Councell, or officers there, con-
cerning this matter, and if you had his Majestie wold compare
both informations togither before he iudged of it. But if
your lordship had not heard from them, or any of them, then
his Majestie thought fitt your lordship should send this lettre to
the lord Deputy, or to him and the Councell, and requyre their
answeare to it for his Majesties satisfaction. And in the
mean t3rme his Majestie wold suspend his iudgement.
After his Majestie was returned from the Sermon, he gave
me other commandments to writt to your lordship of these
two points. The one that he had been informed from the
lord Gerrard that his Majesties copier woods in Wichwood
forest were now in leasing, which his Maiesty sayth he
cannot beleave to be true and told my lord Gerrard so, for
that your lordship had promised that woods lying in any his
forests should not be leased, but that his highness should first
be acquainted with the conditions of the lease and he doth
assure himself it wilbe so, and the rather for that having
pressed my lord to know whether he knew in his own know*
VOL. XXIX. U
J 42 Notes from the College Records,
ledge that such leases were in making, his answeare was,
that only he had receaved the advertisement from his
Keepers. So that although his Majestie beleaves it is not so,
yet he would have your lordship know the report.
Another direction was this. That his Majesty doth finde
the CoUedges here at Cambridge, and heareth the like of
Oxford, to be backward in receaving of Scottishmen, which
troubleth him much. And the rather for that they ground
themselfes uppon some auncient statutes made heretofore
upon like occasions as the hostile lawes were made. And
seeing the parlament howse (though otherwise backward in
the Union) yet have thought it reasonable to retake those
lawes His Majesty mervayleth why the CoUedges, whose
statutes in that point were made uppon like ground should
not have so much discretion as to annull their private statutes
founded upon the same reason and being as great a marke of
hatred and hostility as the other. But because his Majesty
thinketh they may for ther parts pretend that they have no
power to vary from their statutes, to take that pretence away
his highness wold have your Lordship as Chancellor of this
University to conferre with my Lord of Canterburye as
Chancellor of Oxford how some visitation may be heald of
the University in which those locall statutes, where any be
against those of that nation, may be taken away for it is so
great a marke of indignity as his Majesty will not endure to
remain. And hopeth that the CoUedges in such a visitation
shall be found tractable for their parts, his Majesty having
been to them all so good and gracious a patron, but if it
shall appeare otherwise by the visitation and that they shall
show unwillingness, His Majesty shall have cause to make
them see he can be otherwise then he hath been if they
give him cause. This direction his Majesty was loth to
troble yoiu* lordship with in the terme tyme, but that being
past and your lordship having some more leasure, his
Majesty wold have some spead to be had between my
Lord of Canterbury and you before his coming that he
may find you prepared against his returne how to proceed
in it.
My Lord of Dunbar keepeth his chamber still troubled
with a swelling in his face. His Majesties returne is yet
vncertain.
spates from the College Records. 143
And so I most humbly take my leave. From the Court
at Newmarkett, this 10 December 1609.
your lordships most humbly to command
Tho. Lake.
Endorsed: December 10, 1609, Sir Thomas Lake to my
Lord, from Newmarkett.
That the CoUedges in Cambridge and Oxford be back-
ward to receave Scotishmen.
My duty to your Lordship most humbly remembered*
This morning his Majesty commanded me to writt to your lord-
ship to this effect. That seeinge it appeared that the sickness
in the City was now so farre abated as it might be accompted
in a manner overcome, it would be a shame to* him and to
your Lords of his Council, and to the City also, that by negli-
gence or want of provision it should revive again, having
especially so much shewed himself e and so earnestly as he hath
don. And therefore would desire your lordship either of
yourselfe or by my lords of the Councell ioyntly to lett the
lord Mayor understand what his Majesties conceipt thereof
is. And that if now it revive again it cannot but be imputed
to their imprudence and to require them to remember his
Majesties instructions and employ their endevors to the vtter
extinguishinge of it. For seeing it appeareth now that
wether and means may abate it and that it is no speciall
visitation from heaven, which cannot be resisted when it
cometh, it must needs be ascribed as a great fault to the state
if it be not carefully kept down.
His Majesty asked me also if I had not receaved aunswears
to such lettres as I had written to your lordship by his com-
mandment. I told him that not and that I did not remember
any thing that neded any present aunswers, but that his
directions were such as your lordship wold speake of with
him at his return, and that so I had written. I ghosse his
meaninge is about the CoUedges.
I thought it my duty to advertise your lordship that I
purpose to morrow, or on Friday, to depart from hence
homeward to wayt on your lordship, his Majesty removing on
144 Notes from the College Records.
Saturday. The match is ended yestei day and yelded by my
lord of Dunbar and your lordship will shortly hear of a byll
of charges about it
And so 1 most humbly fake my leave. From the Court at
Newmarket this 13 December 1609.
your lordships most humbly to command
Tho. Lake.
Addressed: To the right honorable the Earle of Salis-
bury etc.
Endorsed: 1609 December 13. Sir Thomas Lake to my
Lord. Concerning the sicknes.
My duty to your lordship most humbly remembred. I
have thought fitt to returne your lordship these byls which
his Majesty signed this evening after supper, although I pur-
pose to depart homew^ard to morow because my jorney will
not be with so much haste. His Majesty wold not give me
leave untill he had receaved your lordships aunsweare to
such tliinges as I had by his commandment written. He is
very well satisfied with your lordships lettre especially in that
point touchinge the CoUedges.
And so I most humbly take my leave. From the Court at
Newmarket this 13 December 1609.
your lordships most humbly to command
Tho. Lake.
Addressed: To the right honorable The Earle of Salis-
burye etc.
Endorsed : 13 December 1609. Sir Thomas Lake to my
Lord.
My most humble duty premised. Ther having ben (as 1
understand) heertofore a motion made unto both the Univer-
sityes for the enterteyning some sett number of Scottish
young men to be trayned up in our Academicall studyes and
inured to the discipline of this Church, the same being also
now by Mr Deane of Westminster, in your lordships name,
revived to be anew considered, and joyntly consulted by the
NoUs from the College Records, 145
heads of CoUedges in this University. I have according to
my duty made already some aitrance into that consultacion
and entend (God wiUing), when I can gett a more full meeting
of some heads now absent, to endeavor my best care and
readynes for the returne of some satisfactory awnser (if it be
in our power) to his highnes pleasure and your lordships
mocion herein.
In the mean time I cannot omitt our due and humble
thanks for your Lordships tender care of our Immunityes
upon the referring by his Majestie the request of the Towne
of Cambridge for the enlardgment of their Priviledges to the
Lord Chancellor and your Lordship, suspending your appro-
bation of that suite untill it might appeare from our body
whether it would not tend to our preiudice. We have heer-
upon received from that body a breif of the titles onely of
their desired augmentacion of dignity and have been soUcited
to testify to your Lordship our consent thereunto. But we
tbinke it more safe for the indempnity of our body that our
Counsaile may have the sight of their intended Charter, when
it is drawne at lardge, well knowinge that the stile and words
niay possibly extend farther to our preiudice then the puiport
of their proposed articles pretendeth, we having also iust
cause of important excepcion against some points already
{M-opounded tending (as we iudge) to some shortning our
Priviledges.
We are in like manner to yeild our thanks for your Lord-
ships late interposing for the maintenance of our Charter
impeached by writts lately sent out of the King's Bench. If
it be your Lordships pleasure the party heer imprisoned, upon
accion of debt confessed, must and shalbe sent upy upon a
new writt which we expect forthwith though wee have no
precedent of any sent up in such case, but on the contrary
that the awnser of the Vicechancellor hath ben that it is^
against his oath to send any up, though the cause and person
be by that court remanded hether againe.
Which remaundinge though perhappes the Judges of that
Court will now vouchsafe, yet in other causes hereafter they
may retaine them at their pleasure. And even now this
intended breach of our Privilege hath begott another in
another Court, namely in the Common Pleas, whither one of
146 Notes from the College Records/
our University is cyted to appeare in the beginning of this
next Terme. My duty and oath to the University and the
place I now (though unworthye) susteyne under your Lord-
ship make me thus bould to your Lordships trouble in such
matter of consequence for which I humbly crave pardon, and
wishing to your Lordship, as I am most bound, all encrease
of honour I take my leave. From the King's College in
Cambridge this xvijth of January 1610.
Your Lordships in all duty to
be commaunded.
FoGGE Newton, Procan :
Addressed: To the right honorable the Earle of SaHs-
bury etc.
Endorsed: 17 January 1610, Mr Fogge Newton to my
Lord.
Concerning Scottish students to be admitted
into Cambridge.
The Heads of Houses have answered*
First that they cannot admit them into their Societyes
either as scollers or fellowes, because it is contrary to the
local statutes of their severall houses, as appears by the
special branches of the same statutes sent up in writing
which forbid Eleccion to be made of any borne out of the
Realme of England.
Again they say they cannot otherwayes mainteine them
out of any allowance from their CoUedges, both because their
foundations are alrcdy full with fellowes and schollers, which
makes their expenses equal with their revenues, als also for
the distribution and ordering of such allowances and the
disposing of al remainders, if any such be, is not in the power
of the Maisters alone, but respectively referred by their
statutes to the consent of the major part of fellowes also, who
(they xcare), wilbe adverse and backward to any such good
purpose, because whatsoever is this way to be allowed must
be ot necessity defalked from them.
In some houses the woords are that none shalbe chosen
extra regnum Angliae,
In some they are to be chosen Infra limites Angliae,
Notes from the College Records, 147
In other houses the woords are that they may be chosen
in quibuscunque comitatibus Angliae.
Endorsed : University causes. Concerning the Admissions
of Scottish Students.
Note : The last three sentences are added in the hand-
writing of Lord Sahsbury.
The letters of John Chamberlain to Sir Dudley
Carleton, which follow, give us some account of the
Royal visits to Cambridge in the spring of i6i5>
and of the gaieties connected with the visits. Extracts
from these letters, especially from the second, will be
found printed in various authorities on University
history. They are here printed in their entirety ;
they are sometimes unconsciously amusing and at
least give an idea of the Court gossip of the day.
Chamberlain was a Trinity man, but did not graduate.
The John " Dun," whose D.D. degree seems to have
been granted by the University with so mugh reluc-
tance, was John Donne afterwards Dean of St Paul's.
Although the University authorities in the end sub-
mitted to Court pressure they appear to have fperhaps
purposely) neglected to record the fact in the University
Register.
My very good Lord, though I be nothing in tune to write
or do anything els yet I will force so much upon my lasie and
dull distemper as to geve you thanks for yours of the 18th of
the last. The truth is I have kept my chamber now almost
three weekes and dayly grow worse and weaker. I have
been purged four or five times within this fortnight, and
whereas when I entered into Phisick I complained only of
want of appetite and a kinde of heaviness all over, my heade
sounde, my sleepe goode. I am now come to that passe that
my stomack is quite gone and can receve nothing but buthes,
posset ale, or drinck. My head extremely distempered and
my sleep vtterly lost, ever since Saturday (that I tooke a very
vile piu-ge) I have suncke very fast, and yesterday I tooke
^another to correct that, so that I am now come to mine old
148 Notes from Ihc College Reconh.
opinion that phisick is a very casuall thing and doth ordinarilie
more harme then goode, and yet I have the advise of a man
well reputed of and one that studied five yeares at Padova,
but sure he has mistaken his marke and missed the cuishion
in my cure, so that now I am resolved to commit myselfe to
good order and government and let phisick alone, and if I
had done so from the beginning I make no doubt but I had
been a sound man by this time. Sir William Barnes was
with me on leusday and doth acknowledge your great favour
and kindness towards him with much thanckf ulness. Yester-
day he dehvered me a booke from you and then went to visit
Sir Henry Savile and his (ady, but could not have acces, for
she had taken phisick and Sir Henry was in his fit, an ague
having caught hold of him, as your sister Williams can tell
you, who hath been with him twise or thrise, so that he must
of necessitie be absent from the great funerall at Oxford on
Monday next. Which is the last act of Sir Thomas Bodley's
vanitie, which doth every day appeare so much that though
I never had any excellent conceit of him, yet I did not thincke
he had been so vainly ambitious as he discovers himself many
wayes.
Sir James Cromer lies at Sir Matthew Carewe's daun-
gerously sick and is thought will hardly escape. Mr Tollerbie
after a long languishing sickness ever since before Michaelmas
is lately dead and brought to towne from Canterburie two
dayes since, his wife died some two or three moneths before
him ; he left Sir Richard Smith and the Lady Bois his
executors and to his sonne a lOOli a yeare, but yi the
executors shall in truth and conscience find that he mends
his manners and reforme himselfe then he is to have 400/f
a yeare, land and lease, otherwise yt is to be disposed to
other children or other vses. Langley, our town clarke, is
lately dead of the home sicknes, for takeing his wife tardie
with one of his men, yt drove him into such a distemper of
melancholie and frensie that within foure or five daies made
an end of him. He was a limmer of the late Lord Treasurer's
and by him thrust upon the citie, and though he bore a high
sayle yet he died a pore man and in debt. The Kinge came
to towne on tuesday and by the way at Roiston drew his
sword to make foure or five knights ; young Smith was
hfotes from the College Records. 149
sent for by his agents to Knebworth but by mischance he
was out of the way. Yesterday was the great tilting at
Court, where there was more gallantrie, both for number
and braverie, then hath been since the King came in.
There were five Earles, Lennox, Arundell, Rutland, Pem»
broke, Dorset and Montgomerie ; five lords, Clifford,
Walden, Chandos, North, Haye and Dingwall ; sixe knights.
Sir Thomas Somerset, Sir Thomas and Harry Howard, Sir
Robert and Sir Henry Rich, and Sir John Harrington,
besides the two Alexanders. They all performed their
parts very well especially Sir Harry Rich with Sir Sigismund
Alexander.
The King is very angrie and Out of love with 6ur Ciskm-
bridge men for their questions at the Palsgrave's being
there, specially whether electio or successio were to be pre-
ferred in kingdomes and is out of patience that it shold be
so much as argued in dcholes.
Here is a flieing report (but I dare not beleeve yt) that
there is a Bull come from Rome against the King, and
clapt upon the court gate and that the Pope prepares
forces both in Italic and Spaine for Ireland, in the mean-
time we sleep isecurely. Here is a general! stay of all
shipping that none may go foorth till the Lady Elizabeth
be gon, which shewes a great penurie and decay of navi-
gation, they cannot provide 2500 mariners to furnish eight
or nine of the King's ships without all this ado and noise,
theyre departure holds firme for thursday in Easter week*
We heare the Duke of Savoy hath taken Easton, the
notable pirat, into protection, as the news came there was
one going to him with a pardon, which whether it proceed
now or no I know not.
The Lord Chancellor and the Barle of Salisburie were in
hand to make over theire farmes (the one of currens and
Venice gold, the other of silks) to the King, but the Master of
the Rolls (being appointed, among others, a Commissioner in
the business) firmly withstoode yt alleging that in the next
parliament these wold be specially complained of as principal!
grievances, so that yt wold be neither for the Kings honor nor
profit with redy monie to buy theyre envie and transfer yt
upon himself. I heare that Sir Edward Cecill is to be
VOL. XXIX. X
150 Notes from the College Records.
lieutenant of the ordinance, Sir Roger Dallison lieutenant of
the Tower and Sir William Wade to be put to his pension.
Here is whispering that the Count Henry of Nassau hath a
moneth's mind to my Lord of Northumberland's daughter,
which yf yt shold fall right might prove a great match
for her.
Soe with all due remembrance to my lady and Mris
Carleton, I commend you all to the protection of the
Almighty. From London this 25th of March 1613.
your Lordships to command
John Chamberlain.
Addressed : To the right honorable Sir Dudley Carleton,
Knight, Lord Ambassador for his Majestic at Venice.
Endorsed: 2S March 1613. Mr Chamberlain to my
Lord. Farmes of Currens and Venice gold, grievances in
parliament.
My very goode lorde
I am newly returned from Cambridge whether I went
some two dayes after I wrote you my last. The King made
his entrie there the 7th of this present with as much solemnitie
and concourse of gallants and great men as the hard weather
and extreme fowle wayes wold permit. The Princes came
along with him, but not the Queue, by reason (as yt is saide)
that she was not invited, which error is rather imputed to
theyre Chancellor than to the schollers that understand not
those courses. Another defect was that there was no am-
bassadors, which no doubt was upon the same reason, but the
absence of women may be the better excused for default of
language, there being few or none present, but of the
Howards or that alliance, as the Coimtesse of Arundell with
her sister the Lady Elizabeth Gray, the Countesse of Suffolk
with her daughters of Salisburie and Somerset, the Lady
Walden and Henry Howard's wife, which are all that I
remember. The Lord Treasurer kept there a very great port
and magnificent table with the expense of a thousand pound
a day, as is saide, but that seemes too large an allowance, but
sure his provisions were very great, besides plenty of presents,
Notes from the College Records, ISl
and may be in some sort estimated by his proportion of wine,
\i^hereof he spent 26 tunne in five days. He lodged and kept
his table at St John's College, but his lady and her retinue at
Magdalen College, whereof his grandfather, Audley, was
founder. The King and Prince lay at Trinitie College where
the playes were represented and the Hall so well ordered for
roome that above 2000 persons were conveniently placed, the
first nights entertainment was a comedie made and acted by
St John's men, the cheife part consisting of a counterfeit Sir
Edward Ratcliffe, a foolish Doctor of Phisick, which proved
but a leane argument and though yt were larded with pretty
shewes at the beginning and end, and with somewhat too
broade speach for such a presence, yet it was still drie. The
second night was a comedie of Clare Hall, with the helpe of
two or three good actors from the other houses wherein
David Drummond in a hobby-horse and Brakin, the recorder
of the town under the name of Ignoramus, a common-lawer
bare great parts. The thing was full of mirth and varietie
with many excellent actors (among whom the Lord Con^ton's^
Sonne, though least, yet was not worst), but more than half
marred with extreme length. The third night was an English
comedie called Albumazer, of Trinitie College's action and
invention, but there was no great matter in yt, more then one
good clownes part. The last night was a Latin pastorall o£
the same house excellently written and as well acted, which:
gave great contentment, as well to the King as to sdl the rest
Now this being the state of theyre playes, theyre acts and
disputations fall out much after the same manner. For the
Divinitie Act was performed reasonablie well, but not answer-
able to expectation ; the lawe and phisick acts starke naught,
but the philisophie act made amends and in deed was very
excellent, in so much that the same day the Bishop of Ely
sent the moderator, the awnserer, the varier or prevaricator,
and one of the repliers, that were all of his house, twenty
angells apeece. Now for orations and concios ad clerum^ I
heard not many, but those I did were extraordinarie good and
the better for that they were short. The Universitie Orator,
Nethersole, though he be a proper man and thincke well
of himselfe, yet he is taxed for calling the Prince Jacobissime
Carole^ and some will needs adde that he called him Jacohulus
152 Notes from the College Records,
toe, which neither pleased the King nor anybody els. But
sure the King was exceedingly pleased many times, both at
the playes and disputations, for I had the hap to be for the
most part within hearing, and qften at his meales he would
expres^e as much. He visited all the Colleges, save two or
three, and commends them beyond Oxford, yet I am not so
partiall, but therein I must crave pardon not to be of his
opinion. Though I endured a great deal pi pennance by the
way for this Ijttle pleasure, I wgld not have missed yt for that
I see therby the partialite qf both sides. The Cambridge
men pleasing and applauding themselves in all, and the
Oxford men as fast condemning and detracting all that was
done. Wherein yet I commend Corbet's modestje while
he was there, who being seriously dealt withall by some
frends to say what he thought, awnsered that he had left
his malice and iudgment at honie and come thither only
to commend.
Paul Tomson, the gold-clipper, hath his pardon and not
only so, but is absolved a poena et culpa whereby he kepes
his livings and never came to triall, and I heard he had
the face to appeare in the towne while the Kinge \vas
there
Sir Arthur Ingram is in a sort desarcommi fqr Sir
Marmaduke Darrell is appointed to keep the table and
discharge the business of the coferer, and he only tg
retaine the name till Michaelmas, that the accompt may be
made up and in the mean time order taken that he may
be reimbursed of such monies as he hath lawfully laid out
pr can challenge . . . this cause.
Old Sir John Cutts is lately dead, and here is such a speech
of I/)rd Rosse, but there is no great credit given to jrt, because
it comes only out of the Low Countries. Your nepheiy
Carleton is arrested by the small pockes, which hindered his
iourney to Cambridge. I had almost forgotten that almost
all the courtiers went forth Masters of Art at the King's
beeing there, but few or no Doctors, save only Younge,
w^hich was don by a mandat, being sonne to Sir Peter, the
King's Schoolmaster. The Vicechauncelor and Universitie
were exceeding strict in that point and refused many impor-
tuni'i^s of great men, among whom was Mr Secretarie, that
Notes from the College Records. 153
made great meanes for Mr Westfield, but yt wold not be,
neither the King^s intreatie for John Dun wold prevayle.
Yet they are threatened with a mandat which yi yt come yt
is like they will obey, but they are resolved to geve him such
a blow withall that he were better be without yt. Indeed
the Bishop of Chichester, Vicechauncellor, hath ben very
stiffe and caried himselfe very peremptory that way, wherein
he is not much to be blame4 being a matter of more conse-
quence then at first was ymagined; he did his part every
way, as wpU in moderating the Divinitie Act as in taking
great paines in all other things and keping exceedinge great
cheere. I have here sent you the questions in briefe for
otherwise they would beare to gr^t a bulk. And so I com-
mend you to the protection of the Almighty. From London
this 16th March 1614
your Lordships to command
John Chamberlaix.
Addressed : To the right honourable Sir Dudley Carleton,
Ambassador for his Majesty at Turin.
Endorsed: From Mr Chamberlain, the 16 of March 1614,
My very good lord
Here was litle or nothing to write the last weeke,
neither have we much more now, for this world goes plodding
on after the old sort without any sensible or remarquable
alteration. The King came to town this day sevenight to the
solemnisinge of his 24th of March, which passed in the
ordinarie course of prayers, preaching, shooting of ordinance,
ringing and running at tilt, which was but barely performed
every way. The number not exceeding fowreteen which
were the Lords Lennox, Arundell, Pembroke, Montgomerie,
Dorset, Walden with his two brethren Thomas and Henry,
Haye, Dingwell, Sir Thomas Somerset, Sir Robert Rich and
the two Alexanders. Hp made no longer stay here then till
Monday after dinner, for it seems the ayer or business of this
town do not agree with his constitution, but his iourney was
no further then Hampton Court, Oking, or some places there
about, whence he returns upon Saturday. During his abode
here he was troubled once or twise with Sir Arthur Ingram,
154 Notes from the College Records,
who is loth to dislodge, or leave his hold, being no doubt
animated vnder hand to wrangle and struggle against the
King's expresse wordes and meaninge, which were that he
should only retain the name and the fee till Michaelmas, when,
his monie being repayed, he shold leave the place. In the
meantime he should neither kepe the table, nor meddle with
the accounts. Now having furnished his lodging at Court
with rich hangings, bedding and silver vessels, on friday last
he sent for his diet, which being refused him by the officers,
complained and by the assistance of some great Lords
prevayled thus far that yt was to be allowed him till this day,
by the King's owne appointment, who saide he had deserved
better of him then to be sent away vtterly discountenanced.
The next week he is to go into Yorkshire about the allum
business for the King, and at his returne he pretends to go to
Span for his health, whither yt was saide likewise that the
Lady of Suffolk had a meaning to make a iourney this
summer, but I thincke yt will not holde. Yf this business of
Ingram's had not been I knowe not how we shold have
entertained ourselves, for this whole moneth together yt hath
filled both Court and Citie with dayly newes and discourses
wherein some proceed so far as to make the successe thereof
a matter of greater consequence and that concernes men of
higher ranck, though for mine owne part I can yet disceme
no turninge of the tide, but that the water runs still the same
way. Once Ingram himself is anatomised in every part and
so canvassed too and fro, that he had been a hundred times
better to have ben without this new honor, though they say
he be in possibilitie to be a Clarissimo^ yf (according to
articles) he should marrie Mris Clare, a faire gentle maide
that hath a fine boy of her owne. And now in matter of
boyes and wenches the Lord Cooke's eldest Sonne's wife
(sister to the younger Lord Barkley) brought him lately a
sonne which lasted but a few dayes. The lady of Mont-
gomerie, the Lady Haddington, and Sir Horace Vere's lady
lie in all at once of daughters. Here be two proclamations
come out this weeke, the one against sending of children or
reliefe to seminaries abrode, the other against exportations of
gold or silver plate or iewells. The Earl of Tomond, by the
King's consent, bath compounded with the Lord Danvers for
Notes from the College Records, 155
the Presidentship of Mounster in giving him 3200 ti^ which
comes yll to passe for Sir Richard Morrison who had long since
geven earnest upon that bargain. Mayern or Turquet the
french phisician is returned out of Fraunce and brought over
Moulins the minister with him, but I thinke not to remaine here.
Dr. Smith the Provost of King's College in Cambridge
is lately dead, and much canvassing for the place. Doctor
Melboum, deane of Rochester, hath his congi dcslire for St.
David's in Wales. John Dun and one Cheeke went out
Doctors at Cambridge, with much ado after our coming
away, by the Kinges expresse mandate ; though the Vice-
chauncellor and some other of the Heades called them
openly filios noctis and tenehriones that sought thus to come
in at the window when there was a fayre gate open, but the
worst is that Dun had gotten a reversion of the Deanerie of
Canterburie, yf such graunts could be lawfull, whereby he
hath purchased himselfe a great deale of envie, that a man
of his sort should seeke per saltum to intercept such a place
from so many more worthie and auncient divines. The
Kinge hath a meaning and speakes much of yt to go again
privatly to Cambrige to see two of the playes and hath
appointed the time about the 27th of the next moneth, but
yt is not likely he will continue in that mind, for of late he
hath made a motion to have the actors come hither, which
will be a difficult thing to perswade .... [letter torn] . . •
of them being preachers and bachelors of Divinity ... to
become players anywhere but in the University . . . which
was incongruitie enough, and whereto the Oxford men took
iust exception. They have offered ... at two or three
bold ballets which are such poore stuff that they be not
worth the looking after, but I heare they have hit it better
in a freshman's letter to his mother, wherein he relates
somewhat handsomely all that passed ; yf I can come by it
. . . that yt be worth the sending, you shall heare of yt.
And so I commend you to the protection of the Almighty,
1615
your Lordships to command
John Chamberlain
Addressed : To the right honorable Sir Dudley Carleton.
Endorsed : From Mr Chamberlain the 7 of April 1615.
156 Notes from the College Records.
My very good Lord
Upon notice of the present departure of a messengei'
towards Turin, I wrote yesterday to your sister upon very
short warninge, but vnderstandinge since that his despatch
was prolonged till this day I wold not omit to advertise that
litle we have here stirring, though I know you shall have a
more ample and perfect relation of all things by Mr. Wake's
letters and shortly by himseife, he beinge to come towards
you within five or six days at farthest. I doubt not but the
post despatcht to you above a fortnight since is arrived
before this time, by whose letters you may perceave we are
so inclined to peace ourselves that we wish all our friends to
be of the same minde and to refuse no conditions. And we
are so credulous in this point, that let the other side do
what they will, so they say they have a goode meaninge, we
are redy to beleeve them, for facile credimus quod volumus^
and indeed as the case stands yt is the best way for vana sine
nimbus irae^ and yt were to no purpose to show our teeth
unless we could bite. You may easilie ymagin how well we
are provided to'furnish our frends abrode when we have not
meanes to discharge ordinarie and necessarie expenses at
home and that continuall clamor and importunitie cannot
procure Ambassadors entertainments that are so far in
arrierages* Yet still there are promises that they shalbe
supplied and dayes appointed from weeke to weeke yet no
payments come, nor any appearance whence they should
come, but you must not be discouraged for delays will have
an end and when matters are at the worst they must amend.
This terme draws to a conclusion and hitherto hath brought
forth little noveltie, only young Owen, that I wrote of, was
arraigned at the King's Bench on Wensday and condemned
for divers most vile andtraiterous speeches, confessed and
subscribed with his owne hande. As, among others, that
yt was as lawfull for any man to kill a King excommunicated
as for the hangman to execute a condemned person. He
could say litle for himseife, or in maintenance of his desperat
positions, but only that he meant it not by the king and that
he holds him not excommunicate. He is not yet executed
nor I heare not when he shall. There was one Ogihie, a
Notes from the College Records, 157
Jesuite, lately executed at Glasgow in Scotland for the same,
or such like, opinions.
On Monday our new Knights of the Garter, Lord Fentoil
and Lord KnoUis, ride to Windsor with greate preparations
to revie one upon the other who shall make the best show.
And though I am of opinion that the latter will carrie yt by
many degrees by reason of his alliance with the houses of
the Howards, Somerset, Salisburie, Dorset, with many other
great families that will bring him their frends and most part
of the pensioners, yet most are perswaded that the other will
beare aWay the bill, as having the best part of the Court, all
the Bedchamber, all the Princes servants and followers,
with an hundred of the guard that have new rich coates
made of purpose, besides Sir George Villiers, the new
favourite and Mr Secretarie, whose presence had been better
forborn in my iudgment for nlany respects, but that every
ftian abounds in his owne house. The place of Lord
Warden of the cinq ports hath since the death of the Earl
of Northampton remained in the Lord Chamberlain's hands
as in deposaia^ of late there hath ben speech to bestow it on
the Lord Zouch, or rather as the voyce goes now on the
Lord of Montgomerie. But the Lord Chamberlain makes
profession to hold yt still, and whersoever the stop was his
patent was drawne above a m'oneth agon, and though perhaps
he make no great vse, nor account of yt, yet he would not
have yt seen that yt can be wrested from him, in which
regard he makes more shew now the world thinks him in
the maine than ever heretofore. His lady is geven out to be
with child, but most men (upon what ground I know not)
are of opinion yt will not prove so.
On Saturday last the King went again to Canjbrige to
see the play Ignoramus, which hath so netled the kiwers
that they are almost out of all patience, and the Lord Cheife
Justice, both openly at the King's Bench, and divers other
places, hath galled and glounered at schollers with much
bitterness. And there be divers Inns of Court men have
made rimes and ballades against them, which they have
awnswered sharply enough. And to say truth yt was a
scandall rather taken than geven, for what profession is
there wherein some particular person may not be iustly
VOL. XXIX. Y
I5S Koies from (he College Records.
taxed without imputation to the whole. But it is an old
saying conscius ipse sihi and they are too partiall to thincke
themselves sacrosancii^ that they may not be touched. The
King had a Latin sermon on Sonday and disputations on
Monday, before comming away. Dr Nevile, Dean of
Canterbury and Master of Trinitie College died three weekes
since. The Deanerie is given to one Fotherbie that was
Archdeacon there before. The mastership of Trinitie
College is not yet bestowed but lies betweene Dr Richardson
the Divinitie reader and Dr Pa . . . that was of the lower
house.
The Bishop of Salisbury is lately dead and great meanes
made that D ... of Oxford should succeed him. Sir William
Lowre died not long since in Wales, his lady after long
absence was come to him litle more than a moneth before
his decease. Sir Humfry May hath newly buried his lady
that was Sir William VdalFs sister, and died here in childbed.
I . hear Sir Henry Savile and his lady and daughter are in
town but I have not scene them. Young SuUey is gon into
Fraunce where Christofer the frenchman that served Sir
Thomas Bodley might have don him goode service, but he
parted with him before his going upon what occasion 1
know not.
Sa with all due remembrance to my lady I commend you
to God's holy protection. From London this 20th of May,
1615
your Lordships to command
John Chamberlain.
Addressed : ta the right honourable Sir Dudley Carleton.
The following letter from Henry Howard, first Earl
of Northampton and Chancellor of the University,
shews that the exercise of the Royal prerogative of
nominating to the Headship of a College was not
popular. The Prince, Northampton's young Master,
was Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I. At this
time he was not quite twelve years old, so that it
would appear that he took quite a precocious interest
in University promotions. The Dr Sharpe on whose
Koles from Ihe College Records. 159
behalf the Prince was working was probably Dr Leonel
Sharpe, of Eton and King's, who was at this time one
of the Royal Chaplains. His suit was not successful,
but, through the influence of King James, William
Smythe, another King's man, was appointed Provost,
It will be observed that the Earl claims to have
obtained for St. John's liberty of choice at their last
election, that of Dr Owen Gwyn to be Master,
For purpose of comparison we give a letter from the
State Papers, Domestic of Elizabeth, Vol. 2bi, No 72,
shewing that at the election of Dr Clayton to be Master
of St John's in 1595 a limited freedom of choice was
granted to the College.
The time being now come, worthy Sir Charles Cornwalleys
that the King's Colledge by vacancie is voide, accordinge to
the Prince's request, which is more than a commandment to me,
I have comended D. Sharpe to the King for the sufficiency of
his partes. If it please the Kinge to make choice of him, this
is all that I can doo and somewhat more for the Prince's sake
then I should doo, for though the Doctor for his quality maye
take his turn with other competitors, yet I knowe that the
King must break a statute before he thrust him in. For the
statute of the founder gives libertie of election, so long as the
fellowes are free they will die before they will elect him, and
1 for my part fearinge nowe in the twilight of my age an
eternal iudgment for a temporary tricke dai'e go no furder
then to say that Doctor Sharpe is worthy in my knowledge
for his learning and good conversation and other worthy
parts. To the last point which he requires that I should
presse the Kinge to put him in against the voices of the
Colledge, beside the bonde of conscience I dare not for fear
of damnation.
Beside I had my first enstruction in that Colledge, I holae
myself as much bounde to the Statute as if I wear sworne. I
am Chauncellor of the University. My example wold make
an entery upon all the howses of the towne and I was the
man that at the last election in St John's Colledge prevailed
with the Kinge so farre as that against the violence of many
importuninge suitors it pleased him at the laste to stand for
160 Notes from ihe College Records.
the statute against many precedents, and leave their election
at liberty. I conclude with the last instance besid those
before that in case I should oppose against the freedom of
electione in recompence of all their love and favour I should
returne ingratitude and make myself among them the most
hateful man ever was brought up in that body.
I denie not that Kinges have placed Provostes not de jure
but de facto^ and so have they granted many pardons for
wilful murder. But that awnser made to the Pharisees by
Christ, ah initio nan fuit sic, or, ab initio sic esse non debuit,
gives a quick despatch to all that maie be saide for the facto
out of i precedent against the right out of originall. And
therefore let me crave of you, worthy Sir Charles Corn-
walleys, out of my confidence ^nd love, that you will make
good this moderation to my gratious younge Master, for my
ppnscience at this present, and he perhaps hereafter wold
call me knave in case I should speak or write otherwise.
Thus putting my trust in you for improvinge what I
doo and excusinge what I dare not dpo I leavQ you to
the gratious protection of our Lord, and ever rest,
your affectionate and faythfull
frend till death
Northampton.
Addressed : To my dear and worthye freind Sir Charles
Cornwaleys, Thresorer to his highness.
Endorsed : 1612, 10 August. The Lord Privy Scale,
The course that was helde in the last
election of the Mastership of St Jhon'3
CoUedge in Cambridge.
1. The Statute of that Colledge appointeth the twelfth
daye after the vacation to be the daye of their election, and
noe othen
2. The greater part of the fellowes of that Colledge weare
made for Mr Alvey, a Senior fellowe of that house.
3. The Lord Treasurer, bejmge informed that Alvey was
an unfitte man, sent down an inhibition in the Queene*s name
to deferre tlie election, which inhibition was obeyed.
J^otcs from the College Records. 161
4. The twelfth day beynge past and no further poure left
the fellowes to chuse, the Lorde Treasurer sent letters the
seconth time in the Queene's name, nominating Dr Clayton
and Dr Stanton and commandinge the fellowes to chuse one
of them twoe, and noe other.
5. Bye authoritie of those letters they did chuse Dr
Clayton, who continueth nowe Master of that CoUedge.
Endorsed : (This is torn) M . . . M . . . the Dr Clayton,
the Mr of St John's CoUedge, 22nd December 1595.
Note.
Professor G. D. Liveing writes as follows :
In the last number of the Eagle in the account of the
diversion of the overflow from the conduit into the King's
ditch, you have, I think, made a mistake about the position of
the •* Spitalhouse." This house was standing until after I had
taken my M.A. degree, and was an isolated block in Trum-
pington Street, nearly opposite to the gate of Scroope House,
where Mr J. W. Clark lives.
You may still see some houses set back there from the
general building line. That was where the roadway passed
on the east side of the Spitalhouse, Two new houses were
built over part of that roadway up to the general building
line of the street when the old hospital was pulled down, so
that the fact that the roadway east of the hospital passed
there is pot so conspicuous as it used to be.
I think the houses which stood there before these two new
houses were built are still in the rear of the new houses.
In Brown's specification, p. 17, the spittle house is said to
be 400 yards from the King's ditch, which shews that it could
not have been near the Chemical Laboratory, of which the
wall next Pembroke Street is actually in the ditch. The brick
vault was probably to carry the water under Lensfield Road ;
/or the water used to flow in an open channel behind the
bouses.
R. F. S.
(To be continued).
THE ART OF POETRY.
Wiih apologies to the Heavy Dragoon.
Who is athirst to become Poet-Laureate,
Shine in the land as its mightiest bard?
It is a post you get honour and glory at.
Yet to acquire it is easy, not hard.
Take a few facts which are semi-historical,
Mix them all up in a haphazard way,
Add a few legends and tales allegorical.
They'll form a base for your poem or play.
Strew in some scraps from the poets preceding you,
Jumble them up till their meaning they lose ;
Never mind whither the language is leading you.
If you're obscure, 'tis the fault of the muse.
Mingle in snippets of phrase Tennyson ian.
Season with classics (from rendering Bohnian)
Stir in some Burns, the unparalleled song-fellow,
Add Hiawatha, as treated by Longfellow;
Finally pepper with Stephen and Praed,
This is the way my productions are made.
It is a miracle.
Yea it is magical,
Satires satirical.
Tragedies tragical,
All that is reckoned a blessing by men
Floweth with ease from my wonderful pen.
Pour in some Calderon, writer Iberian,
Seize from the dramas of Marlowe some sheets,
Add some old English — some ante-Chaucerian,
Cut out some lines from the poems of Keats.
The Art of Poetry. 163
Borrow from Browning (a man philanthropical),
Add some of Calverley's wonderful wit,
Make some sarcastic remarks that are topical,
Tickle the taste of the men in the pit.
Take from the writings of Shakespere a particle.
Season it down with a flavour Bret-Hartical
Lyrics from Gilbert, with jolly old jingle, o,
Congreve and Coleridge and Pope and Jean Ingelow,
Homer, Pinero, Ben Jonson and Poe,
That is the way that my versicles grow.
It is a miracle.
Yea, it is magical.
Satires satirical,
Tragedies tragical,
All that is reckoned a blessing by men
Floweth with ease from my wonderful pen.
R. F. P.
AFTER SEVENTY YEARS.
[E have pleasure in printing short accounts of
the boat races in the year 1837 between the
University and Leander, on the Thames, and
between the Lady Margaret and Queen's
College, Oxford, at Henley. These are from the pen of
Mr. Richard Hale Budd, a member of both crews, and
now resident near Melbourne, Australia.
The book to which Mr. Budd refers is The History of
the Lady Margaret Boat Club^ by Messrs. Forster and
Harris.
Recollections of the Boat Races.
•* In the year before I went to Cambridge the races
between Oxford and Cambridge were revived and in
1836 Cambridge won.
In the next year Cambridge challenged Oxford to
row on the London river. Oxford refused, so Cambridge
challenged the Leander, then the crack gentlemen's
club of England. The crew of the Cambridge boat
were: Stroke^ Grenville of Corpus; 7. Fletcher of St
John's; 6. Penrose of Trinity (an old Rugby school-
fellow) ; 5. Brett of Caius ; 4. Keane, also a Rugby
boy; 3. Budd of St John's; 2. Green; 1. Nicholson.
We went to London for the previous two or three weeks
and used to row the course, there and back six miles,
every day. The race was from Westminster Bridge to
Putney.
We took our place on the Middlesex side of the
middle of the river, and at a pistol shot we started.
I simply went to work without looking. When we got
Afier Seventy Years, 165
to Battersea Bridge I looked up for the first time
(no man would dare to look behind him, my eyes
would be fixed on the shoulders of the man in front
of me), and then I saw the bow of the Leander boat
just about on a level with my oar. The betting before
the race was all against the Cambridge crew. We were
considered a set of bumptious young fellows for daring
to challenge a London boat. We were told that if
once we got ahead of them that we should win, as they
would not have the grit in them to stick to it. After
that we had it all our own way. When we got to
Putney Bridge we eased oflF after the race was won.
The first thing I remember was having an orange,
ready peeled, stuffed into my mouth. A Cambridge
boat was waiting for us ; we were taken to an inn,
stripped, groomed and dressed* We were very glad to
get in I can tell you.
The crews dined together afterwards, and of course
there were speeches. I do not remember, but suppose
that the Captain of the Leander boat proposed the
health of the Cambridge crew. He said we must
remember that there were several bald heads in his
crew. They were men not past their prime. Our
Captain replied in his speech,. ' That if they had bald
heads we had beardless chin-s.'
We went up from Cambridge to London in a coacb
and four, in grand style, dining at Ware on the way."
The Race o^ Henley^
" In the book you have sent it is stated, * As the two*
Universities were net able to meet this year.' There
was nothing to prevent their meeting. Cambridge
challenged Oxford to row on the London river. Oxford
declined, but would have rowed at Henley, which
Cambridge would not do. Then the Lady Margaret
crew challenged Oxford. Oxford said they could not
row against a single College, but would send their
head boat to row against them.
VOL. XXIX, z
166 Ajter Seventy Years,
Again it is stated that two members did not
practise with the crew, * as they had promised.' We
made no such promise, we could not have practised
with them, as we were practising in London with the
crew which was to row against the Leander.
Mr Cooper not only lent his garden to keep the
Lady Margaret ship in, during her stay, but also his
game-keeper and dog to watch the ship all night lest
any tricks should be played with her.
The betting ran very high on this occasion."
Mr. Budd has also kindly sent the following outline
of his career in life : —
** Richard Hale Budd was born on March 6th, 1816.
Was educated partly at home, partly at Rugby under
Dr Arnold. Graduated in honours at Cambridge in
1838. He rowed in the St John's crew, which was
head of the Cambridge river, against the head crew of
the Oxford river at Henley in 1837, a^d in the
Cambridge crew against the Leander Club on the
Thames in the same year.
He arrived in Victoria in 1840, and engaged in
sheep-farming, and for many years had interest in
pastoral pursuits. In 1843 he went to Tasmania and
opened a school at Campbelltown. He returned to
Victoria in 1845, and opened a school in Melbourne.
On the arrival of Bishop Perry this school became the
Melbourne Diocesan Grammar School, the first Public
School established in Victoria. In 1854 he resigned
this and joined the Denominational School Board as
Inspector. Became Secretary in 1856, then Chief
Inspector. In 1859 he joined the two offices in his
own person. In 1862 he was appointed Inspector-
General of Schools under Mr Heales' Education Act
and retained this office until the passing of the
Education Act, now in force, in 1872. Having retired
on his pension in 1874, he opened a Classical School
for Girls on the principles of the English public schools
for boys, the first of its kind in Victoria.
After S^dHty Years, 167
He carried on this school until 1899, when advancing
years compelled him to close it. He still lives at
'Rooding,' Brighton, Victoria, in the enjoyment of all
his faculties except his hearing."
Mr R. H. Budd holds a double record; he is not
only the oldest of living Boating Blues, but also the
Blue of greatest length of years. The next to him is
an Oxonian, Frederick Luttrell Moysey, of Christ
Church, Oxford, who rowed in 1836; born 9 November
18 1 5, he died 13 August 1906, thus reaching 90 years
and 9 months.
Mr R. H. Budd is the son of a Johnian, the Rev
Henry Budd, who entered the College, from Winchester,
as a pensioner 27 July 1793 ; he was afterwards Rector
of White Rooding(or Roothing), Essex, where he died
27 June 1853. His father (the grandfather of R. H.
Budd], Richard Budd, son of Richard Budd, of New-
bury, Berks, matriculated at Oxford, from Balliol
College, 30 October 1764, aged 18; migrating to
Cambridge, he entered at Jesus College as a pensioner
7 October 1768 and took the degrees of M.B. 1770, and
M.D. 1775. He became physician to Christ's Hospital,
where he introduced potatoes as part of the school diet ;
he died 2 September 1821. It is worth noting as a
link with the past that Dr Richard Budd, whose life
overlaps that of Mr R. H. Budd, entered Jesus College
in the year in which Thomas Gray, the poet, was
appointed Regius Professor of History, and probably
saw him in the streets of Cambridge one hundred and
forty years ago.
R. F. S.
A WARNING.
When boon companions throng around
The board, and wine flows free:
When toasts begin, we see no sin
If maidens toasted be.
But while they drain the cup to Joan, •
Belinda — Belle — Marie,
I drink in silence and alone.
For there's no one girl for me.
The bee, they say, roust through her day
To one flower constant be :
The butterfly loves where he may^
A roving gallant he.
Then why can't I, like butterfly.
From galling chains be free.
And flit from pink and rose, and cry,
•*Ah! that's the flower for me!"
For here's a lass with cheeks like pinks,
And here the rose we see,
And this complexion blends, methinks,
The cream and strawberry.
From violet eyes I sip my fill
Of Cupid's honey-tea,
Then 'witching hazel gilds the pill
That waits on gluttony.
A Warning, 169
But goodly store of sweets put by
Rewards the drudging bee,
While butterfly lies down to die
In starving misery.
So, when you find **The fair, the chaste.
The inexpressive She" —
Don't waver, but proclaim in haste,
"Ah! you're the girl for me!"
G. V. Y.
A ROWING NIGHTMARE.
DON'T know whether it was the lobster
mayonnaise or over«-work, possibly it was a
combination of both. I had been grap-
pling all the evening with that elusive foe
Mechanics for the General. I rose from my littered desk
in an incorporeal condition. My head was teeming
with dancing formulae, but my feet had gone fast to
sleep. My fire had gone out, and being the middle of
May, it was naturally bitterly cold. I experienced the
pleasurable feeling of having been a martyr to duty for
at least one evening. In an ecstacy of self-pity I lit my
spirit stove, and soon my jolly little brass kettle was
purring in a manner "grateful and comforting."
Fumbling about tor the cocoa tin, I put my fingers
into something cold and juicy. It was the remains of
the lobster mayonnaise over which Robertson-Jones
and I, had made merry some hours ago. With a
smile of recognition I placed it on my table, being
suddenly stricken with the fact that I was famished.
The chimes were tumbling over each other in their
anxiety to be first out with the news that it was half-
an-hour past mid-night as I sat down to business.
By ten minutes to one the mayonnaise had gone the
way of all such perishable goods, together with two
cups of cocoa, a dozen chocolate biscuits, and half a
preserved pine-apple.
Then I went to bed.
Dreams are like bad oarsmen. They have no begin-
ning worth mentioning, and their finish is often jerky
to a degree. They are like bad dramas, paying no
attention to the Unities.
A Rowing Nightmare, 171
I don't know who was responsible for placing me on
the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in the scantiest attire.
It seemed to me to be a sorry sort of job without pro-
logue or apology. At any rate, there I was, and before
me stood one whom I instinctively loathed I recog-
nised in him the embodiment ^of everything offensive I
had ever found in the personalities of everyone I had ever
met. His laugh was the most hideous thing imaginable.
It was as if someone were whistling the " Cock o' the
North," while a dentist's drill played on an exposed
nerve in my tooth, and someone else made a piece of
chalk squeak on a blackboard. I cannot say more.
His face was never clearly defined. I only knew it was
very hideous and I longed to put my fist through it, but
my arms hung powerless at my side.
" Go away," I groaned.
•*Hal ha!" he snarled, " I am a better man than
thou."
" You are loathsome," I shrieked ; " I would not touch
you."
"Nevertheless," he replied, "I am a better man
than thou."
" It isn't possible," I murmured faintly, as an awful
dread came over me lest it should be so.
" We shall see," he said.
I felt my heart sink (I suppose it was the mayonnaise).
I knew there was a Titanic struggle in front of us and
I dreaded it.
" I will bump you before you get round Grassy," he
said.
An icy hand clutched at my heart. (This, I pre-
sume, was the preserved pine-apple).
" Your style will damn you," he chortled. " You will
never see the Glass Houses."
" I can't help my style," I groaned, " but I will row
till my muscles burst."
"Its no use doing that with a swing like yours.
Furthermore you will dig."
172 A Rowing Nightmare,
" No, No," I gurgled, burying my face in my hands.
*' Not that ! Not that !! I have cured myself of it with
bitter toil and sweat of my brow."
** There will be a return of the malady."
** Give me an oar," I shouted, with arms uplifted.
By this time I was seated in an eight — a wretched
decrepit thing with distorted riggers and gaping seams.
The water oozed up through the floor boards and
my stretcher consisted of a piece of brown paper pasted
on to a frame.
St Paul's Cathedral had disappeared, there being no
further use for it.
The fiend handed me an oar.
" This is a stroke-side oar," I said ; " I am a bow-side
man."
" You must row bow-side with it."
" Where is the rest of the crew r "
" You must row the boat yourself."
" Impossible," I gasped.
Someone started to play ^'La Matchiche" on a
harmonium.
"That's the gun," said he who was my enemy;
"shove her out."
I found myself in mid- stream ; someone on the bank
was counting.
" Louder ! Louder ! " I yelled.
" S = ut + i ft' " droned the voice.
" What's the use of that bally idiot," I roared, in a
frenzy.
" Find the cube root and you will know when this
gun is likely to go oflF," the voice replied.
Crash! (I discovered next morning that the wind
had got up and overturned my looking-glass).
I gathered myself up for a mighty shove and drove
against the stretchers with all my might. My feet shot
through the brown paper and I sat down heavily in the
bottom of the boat.
I cannot write what I said.
A Rowing Nightmare. 173
I only hope that, if I were talking in my sleep,
nobody heard me.
I could see the one whom I hated coming up on
me in a "funny." He had a beautiful start and
I could see his back swinging like a pendulum.
In agony I shoved my feet through the bottom of the
boat, which was filling rapidly, and I rowed and rowed.
Every other stroke my blade curled underneath the keel,
and I knew that I was digging.
I could see Grassy out of the corner of my eye. It
never altered. I was eternally rounding it, but never
getting round it, and he whom I hated was hard
on me.
" It's on a pivot," shouted someone from the bank.
" It's going round against you. You're rowing on the
tread wheel principle. You can't get round."
" I will, I will," I yelled, for already he whom I hated
was overlapping me,
I saw his bows one inch away from me ; with a yell
I stood up and leapt from the boat.
Then I woke up.
I met Robertson- Jones in the Courts that morning.
" I say old man," he said, as he took my arm, " I vote
we sign off lobster mayonnaise in future. I had a rotten
night."
"A rotten night?"
" Yes. I dream't my tutor vowed he would send me
down if I refused to take Oriental Languages Trip, in
a week. It was no use telling him it would interfere
with my Labs."
•* We mealed at six-thirty, didn't we ?" I asked.
"Yes," he said.
" Jones, old man," I whispered, " I had some more of
that mayonnaise at twelve-thirty last night. I'm ofif to
see if I can't go down for the week end."
"Poor old chap," said Robertson -Jones.
C. R. A.
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GHOST-BALLAD,
•'Who are you standing- there so white
Beside this drunken head of mine?"
**I am your ghost here in your sight;
I am come to you for a sign" —
" I will not speak with you this night :
Go to some other bed than mine.
Your body is all cold and white.
Your finger-tips with sulphur shine.
" I will not speak with you this night :
I've been where gay companions dine
With toping in the gaudy light
And the high clamours of the wrne."
" I am your ghost here in your sight :
I am come to you for a sign
That there shall never from this night
Be spoken any speech of thine."
"What will I do after this night?"
"Sleep in the mould that has been mine:
Your body shall be cold and white,
Your finger-tips with sulphur shine."
" What will you do after this night ? "
" Sit in your place when you should dine :
Sit moping in the gaudy light,
Mute in the clamours of the wine."
A. Y. Campbell.
ALLEGORY.
|IK£ much else of the more delicate and artificial
enjoyments of civilized life, the use of allegory
has perhaps its origin in the mental habits
of primitive man; habits transformed and
developed almost beyond recognition, but still con-
taining an element of permanence. Collective man can
no more escape his history than the individual his.
This relish for speaking of things by similitudes, this
desire to look at facts aside, perhaps arose from a want
of power to describe them objectively. Men spoke and
thought of external things in terms of man. It was that
same extreme anthropomorphism, which has produced
the mythologies of the world. In a more advanced stage
of thought the sense of the difference between man and
his surroundings becomes more acute, and the would-be
description becomes a similitude. Lastly it is the
conscious use of similitude which has given rise to
allegory and metaphor, that is, the sustained and the
momentary figurative expression.
Like the rest of European culture, as distinct from
material civilization, the Allegory of the West draws its
source from Homer; and it there appears in an
incidental form which has lasted down to our own day.
One may quote the passage (Iliad IX. 502-7) —
Koi yap T€ Atrai dat Aiog Kovpai /tieyaXo/o,
X(i>Xa£ T6 pvaal re Trapa^Xdnig r o^BaXfUo^
a? pa T€ Kol pEToiriaO^ "Arijc aXiyovai Ktovaai.
ri "Aril aOsvapri re koi apTiwogj ovvBKa iraaag
?roXXoy xjiriKirpoOhiy 00a yse ^i t€ Tratrav lir alav
pXanrovcr avOpdjTTovg' ai 8' i^aKiovrai oirlaau).
176 Allegory.
Here the characteristic merits and charm of Allegory
are already well-marked. The vivid picture called up
by the personification of Mischief and Prayer adds to
the stately melancholy of the thought. It is Western
too. Would an Oriental have personified Prayers ?
True it is not easy to distinguish very accurately from
metaphor this incidental usage of Allegory in an other-
wise direct narrative. But in later Latin literature
the sustained form is in full vigour. Vergil, as one
might expect, goes far beyond mere outline in his
description of Fame — (Aen. IV. 173-98).
**Monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui, quot sunt corpora
plumae,
Tot vigiles oculi subter (mirabile dictu),
Tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot surrigit aures.**
and the well-known lines that follow these.
Still the allegory here has a decorative value and
is not so much a chosen vehicle of thought as a sally
of the fancy. It gives variety more than it aids
expression. At the entrance of Hades, on the other
hand, the similitudes, so brief as to be almost metaphors,
have an essential place. The poet's meaning could
hardly come home to us without them. Nor are they
simply personifications: their dwelling makes them
allegoric. (Aen. VI. 273-81) —
^^Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus Orci
Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae ;
Pallentesque habitant Morbi, tristisque Senectus,
Et Metus, et malesuada Fames, ac turpis Bgestas,
Terribiles visu formae, Letumque Labosque ;
Turn consanguineus Leti Sopor, et mala mentis
Gaudia, mortiferumque adverso in limine Bellum,
Ferreique Eumenidum thalami et Discordia demens,
Vipereum crinem vittis innexa cruentis."
The whole effect of the passage depends on the
allegoric form. A kind of awe is aroused by these
ghostly figures who possess a dreadful reality.
Alhgory, 177
'^Tum consanguineus Leti Sopor, et mala mentis
Gaudia."
Vergil no longer uses the personification to attract the
eye by vivacious colouring, but to rouse the imagina-
tion and put in words an otherwise ineflfable emotion.
The classical civilization of the West, however,
cannot be said to have greatly tended to Allegory,
Even the Vestibule of Hell is an incident, though a
great one, in a direct narrative. The independent
Allegory, forming itself the main theme of a work,
reached its height in a non-classical literature of
antiquity. What in Greek or Latin can compare with
the allegories of Ezekiel, that of Assyria as the Cedar
in Lebanon, or that of the dry bones ? or with Israel
the vine in the 8olh Psalm ? The literary form was
more congenial, perhaps, to a trope-loving Oriental.
In these passages it is dominant, it is in the main current
of the thought, and we are not far from the point where
the whole structure of the composition depends on
allegory. In plastic art this last stage seems already
reached with "the oiled and curled Assyrian bulls."
In those composite figures, we have the bull's horns and
lions of strength, the eagle's wings of swiftness, the
mitred human head of wisdom and dominion. The genii
of Babylonia were in form allegorical. In literature the
same stage seems first apparent in the fable or parable,
where the Allegory is short and has one definite moral.
There can be no question that perfection here too was
attained in the East, though it appears to us in the
Greek of the Gospels. Turning aside from their sacred
aspect, the literary merit of the parables is hard to
overpraise. Their vividness, their simple outline, their
congruity, their unity, have never been equalled ; and
they fulfil the main purpose of Allegory by their
emotional and imaginative appeal.
There is a vast descent to the distant Western
kindred of the Parables, the fables of Esop, with their
bare and skinny narrative, uncoloured and unreal, and
178 Allegory,
their humdrum morals. Satiric humour is their best
quality, as in the fable of the dog and his reflection,
or in that of the fox who lost his tail. But after all it
is a barren kind of wit, which could be as well attained
by a simpler artifice, and it tends to degenerate into
a mere trick of hand. Animals replace men in some
simplified situation, and primeval beast-stories are
forced into moral apologues.
In contrast to these pedestrian compositions there
blossoms under the Antonines a poetic tale, which
we may either call the latest of the myths or the first
complete Allegory of the West. A peculiar charm
dwells around Psyche,
" Latest born and loveliest vision far
Of all Olympus' faded hierarchy."
Few creations of such delicacy have like it an universal
appeal. And the invention is most happy. Love, first
the unrecognized beloved, then the unseen sustainer,
and last the eternal possession, answers to something
in the human heart in any century. Like the classics
in general, the tale of Apuleius is curiously near to us,
for it is the work of an adult civilization like our own ;
and it is also far apart, for our civilization has grown up
from different beginnings.
There remains to notice another variety of Allegory
in the Ancient World. It is not a true variety indeed,
but a disease of taste and criticism, namely, the shadow
or fictitious Allegory, sought in a great work by its less
happy admirers. One may give it as a sign of a
decadent culture or of the inappreciative efforts of an
infant one, which has not depth enough to find
satisfaction in the direct, profound meaning or the
intelligible beauty of the objects of its admiration. As
we know it, shadow- allegory, perhaps, is again of
Eastern origin. In any case it received a great impetus
in Western literature from the early Christian expositors,
in particular from the great Origen with his pneumatic
sense of the Scriptures. The far fetched and arbitrary
Allegory, 179
allegories in the interpretation of the Bible, in which
he and some of the Fathers indulged, had their reaction
on their rivals, the Neo-Platonists. By the latter,
wonder-tales, like those of the Odyssey, were forced to
bear an allegoric interpretation. Circe became a type
of Vice, her enchantments its effects, even Hermes and
the plant Moly were transmogrified under this strange
light cast on them into the unwelcome guise of moral
Virtues. It is true that these interpretations did little
or no harm to the masterpieces they attacked : they
only gave bad reasons for liking them. But they did
injure contemporary and later literature, by proffering a
false model of excellence under a prestige not its own.
The East went sooner thus astray. It required an
infusion of barbarism to infect the soberer West.
The true path of Allegory lay in its appeal to the
imagination, in bringing home to the mind the reality,
the inwardness of the things figured, and in recalling
their true proportion and beauty rather than investing
them with any outside and alien attraction. Thus»
besides happy invention and the common graces of art,
there is an especial need of congruity in incident and
kinship in form to the ideas and actions, symbolized.
Peace must be placid, Modesty feminine. Then the
figures and personifications employed must be such as
to make the thought symbolized more real, more
impressive than would the bare literal statement,
should attempt to bring out their full value. And the
incidents of the tale should be congruous with the
nobility or baseness they represent. But the belief in
these shadow-allegories led and leads in exactly the
opposite direction. Arbitrary personification takes the
place of natural symbolism, and the better part will be
seen victorious in some sneaking or cruel action.
Scarcely less dangerous to good literature and even
duller intrinsically, is the straightforward statement
masquerading with a few properties of Allegory, as if
the figure were a mere adornment to be stuck here and
180 Allegory.
there about a reasoned argument. Such is the tale
of Melibee which Chaucer included in the Canterbury
Tales. Both perversions carry a partial antidote with
them. They tend to be intolerably lifeless and insipid.
Every one of the possible virtues and vices of Allegory
was exemplified in medieval literature, in the most
abundant and perhaps the Golden Age of symbolical
composition. It was natural that the new races, which
were reconstructing Europe after the downfall of the
ancient civilization, should be specially inclined to the
type of expression, which they utilized both in literature
and plastic art. The recent devolopment of the Teutonic
invaders from barbarism made figurative expression the
easiest in which to word and embody the new ideas
crowding in on them. They were still in a mythopoeic
and metaphoric stage of thought. The nine nights of
their week could become in their tales the eight times
multiplied ring of Odin. It was while they were still
under a quasi-Homeric dispensation, that they were
indoctrinated by the Christian Church with Allegory in
its full-blown form. The perfected instrument was
placed in hands whose delight it was to use it. No
doubts assailed the medieval writer of the great, almost
the supreme, beauty of his comparison.
As may be seen in the theories of the time, there
was an assumption of an easy symmetry in the created
world: its component parts all proceeded from the
thought of God, and must be in concinnity. In
consequence allegory and metaphor were handled
as conclusive arguments in religion and philosophy.
Was not the Pope, or occasionally the Emperor, the
head of the Body Christian, and therefore sometimes its
sovran guide, sometimes but one of its members?
"Caput meum doleo" could be employed as a text
to recommend a king's deposition. That money was a
metal and barren was held to prove that the taking of
interest was unnatural. Life itself almost had become
an allegory of the life to come.
Allegory, 18A
The naive intellect of the new European nations thas
had matter to its hand. Its passion for allegorizing
was mingled with a belief in its essential truth.
In Allegory we have the medieval reading of the
Universe. It is a reading of the Universe more than of
man, for man takes part in these figures, but is scarcely
their hero. He has, if he can, to move in unison with
the Sun and other stars. The passions and accidents of
life appear as greater than he. He enters their domain :
he does not contain it. The Dance of Death enchants
and mocks him ; Avarice, Lust and Pride meet him by
the way: but Sin came into being with the fall of
Lucifer, and Death was its wages. Even Fame, the
most purely human of abstractions, takes in Chaucer's
poem the role of an extra-human queen within whose
palace the mass of mankind come and go.
It is largely to its whole-heartedness that medieval
Allegory owes its remarkable beauty. Paradoxical as
the phrase is, it is real : it does in deed represent the
thoughts and feelings of the Middle Age. And it is
through the quality of genuineness that it contains the
charm and the highest aspirations of the time. The
inimitable freshness of the Middle Ages, that freshness
which is the prevailing note of Chaucer and of the
ballad*writers and sonneteers of Italy, is associated in
medieval Allegory with all the profundity of thought
and artistry of construction of w^'xh the then Europe
was capable.
The English Chaucer's House of Fame is an example
of the style. He is borne in vision to an aery castle
with fitly symbolic appurtenances. Within surrounded
by heralds sits allegoric Fame (how diflferent from
Vergil's Titaness!), many-eyed and eared and tongued.
Round the hall stand the great poets and historians.
And to her foot-stool come the desirous and undesirous
of Fame, false or true, to whom she gives her
capricious awards.
Hence the poet is conducted by a bystander out of
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182 Allegory.
the castle, to where in a valley stands, or rather revolves,
the labyrinth. This is the Home of Rumour, made
appropriately of wicker-work, ** ful of rouninges and of
jangles" and of a whispering, conjecturing throng*
messengers, pilgrims, hoc genus omne. Here — and it
is not unfitting perhaps — the poem breaks oflF abruptly ;
and we are left uncertain of what Chaucer learnt from
Rumour and what he begged of Fame.
Allied in conception to Chaucer's poem are the
allegoric pictures of Lorenzetti, displaying good and
bad government. Here too men are the vassals of the
Personification of their deeds; serving it with its
attendant Virtues, or Vices, as the case may be. There
is a further medieval characteristic in the painter's
preoccupation with the community, not the individual.
It would be an anachronism to say he treats of the State,
but he does of the Body Politic. Similarly the superb
allegories of Giotto on the Franciscan virtues depict
St Francis espousing them almost as the representative
of his Order.
Yet the medieval genius touched its highest point
not in direct and pure Allegory, but in the sidelong
and incidental Allegory of the Divine Comedy. That
quintessence of the Middle Age needed to have
Allegory as one of its more potent elements: but
symbolism could not be the sole or the most important
one ; it shared its dominion with reality. All through
the Comedy bears a double interpretation : it is a
Vision of the World to come ; it is an Allegory of this
life. Thus the punishments of the damned are the
physical representatives of the mental pangs, the soul-
agony of the sinner in this world. They are both
literal and symbolic. The rushing blasts of the First
Circle are a fitting accompanying torment for the wild
bursts of passion they requite. And if the physical
pain is superadded after death, the spiritual commences
with and is identical with the sin in this flesh. How
fearfully that Allegory and expressive embodying are
Allegory, 183
carried out needs no dwelling on. The leaden cope of
the hypocrites, the slow bubbles that exhale from the
sullen in the marsh, the frozen pain of the deepest pit
of hate and treachery congealed in immutable agony,
crowd upon the memory.
Allegory of a purer kind runs through other parts
of the poem. The opening canto is mainly of this type
when it describe the seiva selvaggia of life and the
three opponents to Dante's ascent towards the dileUoso
monU of holiness. He meets the panther of Luxury,
the lion of Pride, and the lean wolf of Avarice. In this
light Vergil, too, plays the part of Human Philosophy,
as Beatrice that of Heavenly Wisdom, St Lucy of
Illuminating Grace, and the Madonna of Divine Mercy.
Then a wholly figurative interpretation is needed for
the last Cantos of the Purgatorio, such as the Triumph
of the Church with its symbolic details and the
Allegoric history of Church and Empire.
Thus in the crown of medieval literature Allegory
is the chosen vehicle to express generalized and
systematic thought. But it is more than that. We
are constantly met with the difficulty of distinguishing
the literal and the allegoric interpretation. The
Allegory of the Rose of the Blessed was not a mere
figure to Dante in the way it is to us. It was rather
the material, visible side of the relation of the Elect
to God. Allegory was an aspect of the world, not
only a figure for it. Extremes had met. The imagi-
nation and the fact had a certain inner identity.
At the close of the Middle Age we find ourselves
at the dawn of the Renaissance, and if it is, so far as
Allegory goes, a fall to a rise, in some respects it is
a fall indeed. Perhaps it is unfair to take Boccaccio's
Ameto as a typical instance. It belongs to the border-
land, neither modern nor medieval, combining renais-
sance pedantry with the elder lack of perspective. One
would say its tasteless Allegory belonged solely to the
decline of a literature, were there not signs of a new
184 Allegory.
outlook on life. No longer have we the universe and
its workings symbolized : it is the growth of the human
spirit, of the individual mind of which Boccaccio treats.
The change is unconscious, perhaps, but it is there.
In his half-pastoral romance, prototype of so many
Pastorals and Allegories, the principal theme is the
conversion of the rustic Ameto, its hero, into a perfect
human being by the power of love. But his mistress is
also the quality of Faith. Now it is hard to think
seriously of a symbolism, where the operations of the
Seven Theological and Cardinal Virtues are repre-
sented with unsparing detail as the intrigues of married
women, as cicisbeism in fact, a strange notion surely of
combining edification and amusement. Possibly some
reality has crept into the tales and some of the Virtues
had earthly forerunners. All seven, it should be said,
Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude, Charity,
Hope, and Faith or Lia, recount their ancestry, lives,
and amours to Ameto on a summer-noon at Fiesole,
preluded by a contest, also allegoric, between the good
and bad pastor, and wound up by the completed
regeneration of Ameto by Venus Urania, who here
practically signifies with unintentional irreverence the
Holy Trinity or at least the Divine Love. It is easy to
laugh at this quaint medley, which revels in all the
faults of Allegory, the incongruity of the personages
and the qualities they are forced to represent, and the
still greater incongruity of their actions and what they
are meant to typify. Nevertheless, it belongs to some-
thing quite other than mere decay. Such a barren
nomenclature as that of the tale of Melibee or the
wearisome metaphors of the Boke of the Duchess in
Chaucer may show the decline of the Middle Age.
Boccaccio, though he much recalls it, yet in the main
heralds a new era and a new destiny for Allegory. He
begins the Renaissance and some idea of the Reforma-
tion is apparent. Man the individual now dominates
his worlds and it only remains for him to attain a new
Allegory, 185
reading of life and an organized system of ideas to
express it.
Towards this new development Italy continued to
progress during the Renaissance. Painting was as
important as literature for the new movement, and by
its necessary reduction of ideas to visible form was
naturally susceptible to allegoric influence. Boiardo,
in his fantastic epopee, tends towards a distinctly
conservative allegory at times, though he gives no
consistent fable even by the way. Ariosto, with his
accustomed irony, employs it at least once in the
episode of Alcina and Logistilla, Desire and Reason,
who sway one after another his quasi-hero Ruggier.
The human interest keeps increasing. In painting the
new tendencies appear markedly in the cinquecento.
We have Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, which,
whatever its literal meaning, contains surely an
Allegory of solely human significance. In Raphael's
Vision of a Knight, also, we see the individual between
the two alternatives of Toil and Pleasure :
" Choose well ; your choice is
Brief and yet endless."
Then, as we go further North, the note is struck more
severely. DUrer's Knight, with Death at his side and
the bestial Devil dogging his horse's steps, already
journeys on a kind of Pilgrim's Progress in the Valley
of the Shadow. The joyous world of Raphael has
disappeared.
But the acme of the new intent of Allegory was
reached in England. More akin to the Renaissance
than Germany, more earnest than Italy, and in the full
current of the Reformation, freer than either, if we lake
the whole period, in its individualism, England was the
very country to employ Allegory to express the
contending forces of the mind and the experiences of a
complete life. The new religious views — ^Justification
by Faith— supplied the necessary system ; national
185 Allegory,
patriotism and what one might call the individual cult
of virtue, the necessary fire.
The first great exemplar of this English Allegory is
the poet Spenser. The Faerie Queene lacks indeed its
final scene, which was to unify and link together the
rest. Magnanimity, the sum of the other virtues,
makes in the person of Arthur but sporadic appear-
ances, which have not always a very clear interpretation.
But the constituent Virtues, which form the subjects of
the several books left complete, are allegorized in a
manner surpassing praise. Godliness or piety holds
the .first place, and the adventures of its patron, St
George, typify in most happy unison both the history
of Christianity and that of the individual Christian from
the Protestant point of view. The separate episodes
have both colour and interest. The characters and their
adventures show the typified qualities in action with
exquisite congruity. What descriptive scene is better
than that of the Cave of Despair r And Despair's own
utterance is a living voice :
"What if some little payne the passage have,
That makes frayle flesh to feare the bitter wave,
Is not short payne well borne that bringes long ease,
And layes the soule to sleepe in quiet grave?
Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas,
Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please."
And the palace of Lucifera, the Pride of the Eyes, the
castle of Orgoglio, the Pride of the Spirit, with its
gaoler Ignorance, are not far behind in merit.
Sir Guyon follows as patron of Temperance. Here
we have the wonderful cave of Mammon, the confused
glories of this world, the siege of the Soul by its rebel
Passions, fleeting, routed, but immortal, and the
gardens of Voluptuousness, best of all translations,
where Tasso's fancies take a wider meaning. If of
Britomart's, Chaste Love's, emprises, we dwell more
on the glorious masque of Cupid :
^^ Be bolde^ be bolde^ and everywhere. Be bold;"
''Be not too bold:''
Allegory. 487
than on the rest; and if the cantos of Friendship are
confused and those of Justice rather barren, the idyll of
courteous Calidore makes amends by its consistent
plan, and the fragment of Mutability shows the poet at
his best. Not that it is all beauty and excellence even
in the finest books. The disciplining of the Red-cross
Knight under Faith and Hope and Charity, and the
unimaginative, unhumorous body-home of Alma, the
soul, in the book of Sir Guyon, are lapses not easy to
pardon. But they are at worst small deductions from
the greatness of the whole work.
One may note that this individualizing of man
himself was accompanied by the individualizing of
nations, of historic groups of men. Thus English
patriotism takes an apt and natural place in the Faerie
Queene, and we feel the same force even when it rather
inspires than forms the theme of the Allegory. Milton's
Comus, the next illustrious work on an allegoric plan,
breathes a spirit peculiarly English and Puritan. The
wild rout of Comus, deformed by what they are, the
curious rapture of their surroundings, where Nature
seems an accomplice and a partner in the trial of the
Lady, are a fit symbol of the intellectualized riot of
playhouse and court, through which the Puritan poet
made his way without contamination. It is the epic of
self-reliance and of single communion with God :
" And, if Virtue feeble were,
Heaven itself would stoop to her."
It is difficult to praise the greatest writers. So much is
contained in a personality hard to define. Style,
adventures, setting, all but the shadowy, unemotional
characters, are perfect.
Milton led the way to the greatest of English
Allegories, the Pilgrim's Progress, next to the Divine
Comedy, perhaps, the greatest achievement in allegoric
literature. Bunyan, indeed, by native genius, obeyed
the conditions, and perceived the true aims of Allegory.
And he was preserved from some pitfalls at least by
188 Allegory,
the deficiencies of his education. He could hardly be
pedantic or inappropriately learned. But he was a
born story-teller. Descriptive talent and a pithy style
were his. His fable is interesting throughout. Its
events are dramatically arranged. Its characters have
the rare merit of typifying qualities and yet being
complete persons. Their actions, battles, and failings
are congruent with the virtues and vices they represent :
they are not mere arbitrary acrostics to spell out some
word, like Boccaccio's and even Spenser's in his weak
moments. For all the inner meaning and the allegoric
veil, there is a real generalization of life in the incidents
as they stand, in Vanity Fair for instance, and the
colloquies of the City of Destruction. The plan, again,
of each part is sustained, and has no break in it.
Bunyan's power of delineating character in the briefest
speeches, a power worthy of the Decameron, his
humour and his grip of fact, enable him to give a true
picture of life in a continual similitude. Humour and
effective Allegory seem at first sight inconsistent
qualities : but Bunyan's plain-dealing simplicity sur-
mount that Hill of DiflSculty and frees him from the
suspicion of irony. His defect of overmuch preaching
of a rather narrow kind is actually a help in this
respect, though otherwise a drawback. There is
nothing, too, really recondite in him, as there is in
Dante. All his little congregation could have followed
every syllable. And one cannot help believing some
of them are in his book. Faithful and By-ends and
Ready-to-Halt, Mercy and Christiana, seem too alive
to be purely fictitious : but perhaps this is an unimagi-
native view. In any case they are living now and old
acquaintances, a strange fate for the figments of an
Allegory.
Thus by the vivid impression that it leaves, the
Pilgrim's Progress fulfils its purpose. Its allegory is
more effective in its appeal to the imagination than a
matter-of-fact tale would have been, the only adequate
Allegory, 189
defence for any artistic contrivance. One may wonder
whether its morality is the highest conceivable. Chris-
tian is very preoccupied with his own salvation ; but
who would blame a fiction of no interest ? The Valley
of the Shadow of Death and Doubting Castle become
real in his pages. We have before us the Puritan
version of Man's life.
Allegory, as an independent form of literature, con-
tinued to enjoy its vogue for the next century. Dryden
used it in the Hind and the Panther to describe a
religious controversy. But on the whole there was a
marked decline in excellence. Arbitrariness appeared,
as before, in the personification and the symbolism.
Addison's Allegory of the Public Credit in the Spec-
tator is a good example. The charm of imagination
and appropriateness was abandoned for facility of
invention. There is the steady tendency to a barren
play of names, to copious detail and an insipid fable.
Johnson's Voyage of Life is perhaps as good as any : yet
there is a fatal coldness in it. Too often there is the
belief that Allegory has purely decorative uses, and thus
the heart is taken out of it. Allegory, too, was in need
of the Revolution which was to revivify Europe.
The French Revolution took for its motto the words,
"Liberty, Equality and Fraternity," and the last of
these at any rate implied Internationalism. Though it
would be impossible to regard the nations of Europe as
leading an isolated existence in preceding times, never-
theless for the three hundred years since the Renais-
sance they had formed as much as possible self-sufficing
units. There was little or no comity of nations. Now
the new spirit, though by its enmity to mere dynastic
interests and class divisions it fostered national feeling
and solidarity, was cosmopolitan in its essence and in
its effects. It preached the brotherhood of nations ; and
the same doctrine is to be seen inspiring the literature
which accompanied it, and which its evolution intensi-
fied. While the Middle Age had regarded the world
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190 Allegory,
and man as the symbol of the divine idea and the post-
Renaissance had been intent on the spiritual life of the
individual, it is the universal destiny of man which now
engrosses thought. Diverse indeed are the schemes
and systems in which this preoccupation shows itself ;
but it is always to the fore even in materialism. It
is the Riddle of Life on which men have become
absorbed.
"Into this Universe and Wlty not knowing,
Nor Whence^ like Water willy-nilly flowing,
And out of it like Wind along the Waste,
I know not WhitJier^ willy-nilly blowing."
No longer is it the special qualities of men, or their
special paths of life, which seem of the highest import :
it is the general destiny of the thinking species and
even of their unthinking "companions and fellow-
mortals."
To this new development Allegory lent itself with
singular power ; and thence it took a new lease of life
as a supreme form of literature. Already in the years
just preceding the Revolution it appears in the First
Part of Faust, somewhat, it is true, as a side>issue in a
work which, though symbolic, is too direct in meaning
to be completely allegorical. Faust is rather an ideal
instance of a soul in its temptation and fall, accom-
panied by an interpretation of evil :
"The active spirit of man soon sleeps, and soon
He seeks unbroken quiet : therefore I
Have given him the Devil for a companion
Who may provoke him to some sort of work
And must create for ever."
The same prologue contains the summary of Goethe's
optimism.. The Lord again addresses Mephistopheles :
"And stand ashamed, when failure teaches thee
That a good man, even in his darkest longings,
Is well aware of the right way.''
Evil then is vanquished, because Good, because real
Allegory. 191
Life, IS indestructible Negation cannot touch the
eternal Positive.
But though Faust may be a symbol of the Human
Spirit, and Mephistopheles der Geist der stets verneint,
the tale is a tale for all that. Margaret is no type of
beauty or such like. We touch pure Allegory only in
the Walpurgisnacht, that wonderful witches' frolic, the
riot and tumult of the world, into which Faust plunges
in the vain hope to satisfy the spirit by the passions of
the flesh.
The Second Part of Faust is much more allegoric
than the First, and there it is the macrocosm of all the
society of men that fills the scene. The actors in
human life come forward and declare the import of
their being. The marriage of Faust and Helena, it is
said, actually symbolizes "the union of the classical
and romantic schools " of literature : their child
Euphorion is Byron. We may well ask —
" Is this the face that launched a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilion?"
Faust's regeneration is accomplished by his engaging
in "beneficent activity," thus fulfilling man's better
destiny. At the last he is blessed with fore-knowledge
of the continuance of his work. He has not lived in
vain. This interpretation has, to be sure, an incom-
plete appearance. But Goethe is hard to fathom : we
yet see only an arc of his circle.
Faust is the great exemplar, and even in the First
Part, the prototype of modern Allegory. Shelley faces
like problems of humanity in the Prometheus Unbound
and in his maturest work. The Triumph of Life, where
the Allegory, which Dante and his two successors
framed from the festival-processions of their time, is
turned to describe existence and to ask its unanswered
questions.
"Struck to the heart by this sad pageantry,
Half to myself I said, *And what is this?
Whose shape is that within the car ? And why — *
I would have added — *is all here amiss?'"
192 Allegory.
Later in the century, one of Tennyson's master-
pieces, The Palace of Art, deals also with the true
purposes of Life.
"I send you here a sort of Allegory
(For you will understand it) of a soul,
A sinful soul possessed of many gifts,
A spacious garden full of flowering weeds,
A glorious Devil, large in heart and brain.
That did love Beauty only, —
— or if Good,
Good only for its beauty."
The case, be it noted, is a general one. Any real
play of individual character disappears. It is the
sacrifice of the heart to the intellect. All the achieve*
ments of Europe are stored in the Palace, Poetry and
Art and Thought. All the memories, all the dreams,
the freedom, the insight and the imagination of the
Past, are there enjoyed by the Soul and enjoyed
alone.
"Yet not the less held she her solemn mirth,
And intellectual throne."
She does not realize her loss and cuts herself
willingly adrift from mankind. But, as time drives
on, her very possessions, her knowledge and under-
standing, having no object, slip from her. Isolation
becomes an Inaction which is torment. The unused
thoughts turn on the thinker.
Generalized as this Allegory of Tennyson's is, it
concerns a particular destiny, compared to some of
those in contemporary pictures of Watts. The famous
painting of " Love and Death " describes an universal
fate, and blinded "Hope" with her broken lyre is
peculiar to no walk of Life or special person. If one
may pass a criticism on many of Watts' pictures, it is
that the meaning is hard to read. But this is not the
fault of "Love and Death." He who runs may read;
and the two protagonists speak to us the primal forces
they figure-
Allegory, 193
Universal life, also, appears in Hilton's painting
" Nature blowing bubbles for her children," though the
thought is shallow compared to Watts'. Even in the
re-use of medieval legends universal cases predominate.
Is Tennyson's Holy Grail solely and distinctively
Christian in meaning ? And the curse of the Gold, to
which William Morris gives new meaning in the
Nibelungen Lied, belongs to no one community or
character.
A wholly modern character, however, belongs to a
modern Italian Allegory of Leopardi's. It is an
instance of the new solidarity of European literature
that his chef d'oeuvre in prose, the History of the
Human Race, should display much the same features
as the Palace of Art, should deal with the same
universal humanity as Goethe's Faust. The play of
character, indeed, wholly disappears. Individual destiny
is lost in that of all. Its power lies in the truth of its
psychology, one-sided truth to be sure, in its extra-
ordinary beauty of style and its profound irony. The
last of these is almost a new departure in serious
Allegory, happily compelled, it may be, by the
strictures of the Tuscan censorship. Contrived as it is
with a melancholy that never jeers, it redoubles the
pessimism of the thought. The classic beauty of the
style is unsurpassed. The melody of the sentences,
the clean-cut, simple phrase with no word too much,
the absence of strain after effect, the Greek harmony
and proportion, aad the exsict expression of the
thought, all go to make it a masterpiece of prose. And
Leopardi's imaginative power gives it a vivid, unlavish
colouring which brings the implied thought home.
The faults of his theory are obvious on the surface.
It is a jaundiced view of life he takes. But the faults
of his Allegory are few. Poignant in phrase, drawn
with a sure touch, his scenes of human existence are
.draped and blent with the history of the species. The
.allegoric form is used by an artist of the highest
194 Allegory.
rank. And one may doubt whether he will soon be
surpassed or even equalled. The typical Allegory of
an age, perhaps, cannot be reproduced indefinitely.
And the French Revolution is already a century old.
When and whence will the new inspiration come ? The
history of Allegory, like that, with wider scope, of
Literature, is the history of a department of human
thought. And real novelty, real originality come but
rarely. Doubtless there lies on the knees of the Gods
some new outlook on Life and the World, which will
seek its new expression : but to all appearance we are
descending into the trough of the wave. Perhaps the
predominantly critical character of the present time,
the very excellence of its judgments, is a symptom of
this. It is to the closing centuries of a dispensation
that the text belongs, " Let us now praise famous men."
C W. Previt^ Orton.
THE HILL-ALTAR.
O YE who pass in rushing cars,
Wild-whirling over sounding ways,
Who seek beyond the outer stars
Honour and wealth and length of days,
It profits much to muse alone
Upon an ancient altar-stone.
Though lost the race which wrought and reared
Trilithons 'gainst the summer moon,
With all they loved, and all they feared,
With their weird worship, rhyme and rune.
Sun-temples on the misty downs.
Long-laboured, hollow, earthen towns.
Grey granite boulders in the grass
Brought with vast labour from afar.
Strange hillocks crowned with herbage sparse^
The tombs of long-dead tribal war.
Primeval temples in decay.
Cold ashes of an ancient day.
Yet lives in these a spirit still.
Nor mean of mind are those who hold
The Shape expression of the Will,
And Matter but its form and mould.
That Thought in kind is constant ever,
The Works of Thought unchanging never.
Ere man had lured from underground,
In pride of strength and lust of gain.
The coal-black devil iron-crowned —
Lay in this land no happier plain
Than where, enriched by far-off showers.
The Trent its shining water pours.
196 The Hill-Altar.
A pleasant vale of summer leaves
And misty far- oflf hills of shade,
Rosy with fruit and crown'd with sheaves,
The many-curvfed river made,
And fretting ever southward wore
Incessantly its yielding shore.
No alien rock that crag which towers
Enormous o'er the dusty way,
Deep-rooted where dissolving powers
Of rain and tempest ground to clay,
Less stedfast stone from which its form
Sprang in a million years of storm.
Its barren clefts are dry and brown.
There lives nor herb nor moss save where,
Ill-nourished, round its naked crown.
The bramble clings like hoary hair,
Unchanging, savage, stark, and lone.
Called from of old the Himlack Stone.
In high Midsummer's fragrant nights,
Beneath the mild slow-mounting moon,
The clinging ghosts of nameless rites
Man's spirit to themselves attune,
"Which, standing in a charmed place,
Meets the Time-Spirit face to face.
Lo! oft upon this crag a bird
Descending, lights, none knoweth whence;
Though scarce relaxed, her wings are stirred
None knoweth whither, parting hence;
Some say the soul of man sublime
Thus pauseth on the crags of time.
Ten thousand times a thousand years
Erase, and still the world is old;
Not in her records e'er appears
Effortless time, an age of gold.
Perfection, and the soul's desire.
Like her, is born in fervent fire.
The HilUAliar. 197
Far-gleaming wastes of shining sand
The moon-drawn waters overspread,
And, gliding o'er the forming land,
The warring currents strew their bed
With waste of cliffs which endlessly
Pay tribute to the unresting sea.
Of shapeless sand the stone is born,
Compacted by the rolling years
To a rock-nature, but the worn
Storm-wasted covering disappears;
Strong in repose it standeth still
Gigantic, watching from its hill.
The ever-shifting scene reveals
Long ridges by a silent shore.
No print it bears of grounding keels,
It knows nor sail nor sound of oar ;
But the voice of the sea in a dumb creation
Moans for a mightier generation.
Spirit of man ! Elusive flame !
Bright meteor of the eternal dark!
Thou knowest not the source whence came
Thine own divine Promethean spark;
Should Earth ignited rend in twain.
To thee 'twere neither loss nor gain.
There floats a dream of baleful light
Round the hill-altar — many-scarred.
Strange figures hover robed in white,
Fantastic priests who straitly guard
The savage worship of their race.
Murmuring round their holy place.
One lies upon the altar-stone
Fast bound upon a fearful bed.
Falls on the ear a shuddering groan;
The knife descends and rises red,
A ghastly dew the altar dyes
From the completed sacrifice.
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198 The HilUAltar.
The gods have closed his sum of days.
He saw with wide and wistful eyes
Woods whispering in a silver haze.
Soft lustre of the midnight skies.
Then the last moment's awesome life, —
Darkness descending with the knife.
His ancient race was ground to dust
By armM years of ceaseless strife.
The warring nations which were thrust,
In wave on wave of surging life,
Over the land toward the west,
Have sunk like wandering fires to rest.
In curvfed mirrors as one views
His natural face in curious wise.
E'en so the mind of man construes
Eternal truth in varying guise,
A mocking image! None the less
Beyond the glass is loveliness.
P. A. I.
Rev Frank Dyson M.A,
The Rev F. Dyson, Fellow and for some time Dean of the
College, died on the 30th September 1907 at 30 Devonshire
Place, Eastbourne. We take the following notice of him
from The Cambridge Review of October 24:
Frank Dyson was born at Chesterton in 1855, and in due
course became a pupil of the Perse Grammar School, Cam^*
bridge, where he was one of the ablest among the band of
earnest students whom the then Headmaster, Frederic
Heppenstall, inspired with his love for the classics, and his
passion for accuracy. From school he went up to St John's
as Senior Classical Scholar, and, after three years of steady
work, varied by long walks with intimate friends, volunteering,
music, and studies in German, he graduated in 1877, as third
in the First Class of the Classical Tripos. He had early made
up his mind that he would be a schoolmaster, and a school-
master he became, almost immediately after taking his
Degree. In 1879, he was elected to a Fellowship, and in
the same year he took Holy Orders as chaplain and classical
master at Kelly College, Tavistock. Among his fellow-
ordinands was Canon J. M. Wilson, then Headmaster of
Clifton, who subsequently offered him a post under him.
After three years at Clifton, he was appointed to the Head-
mastership of the Godolphin School, Hammersmith, from
which he went to Liverpool in 1888, as Principal of the
College. His predecessors, Howson, Butler, and E. C.
Selwyn, had done great things for the College, and Dyson
worthily maintained its reputation : under him the numbers
steadily increased, and, in spite of difficulties and keen com-
petition, progress was made in all directions. In many
respects, Dyson was an ideal schoolmaster. He was inflexibly
just : he had a commanding presence, great teaching powers,
200 Obituary.
and a knowledge of, and a sympathy with, boy nature, which,
accompanied as it was by a keen sense of humour, made him
loved and respected by his boys. Many of his friends antici-
pated for him a still more important post in the world of
school ; and it is an open secret that he was one of the two
finally selected for the Headmastership of Tonbridge in 1898 ;
but he himself was beginning to feel the strain of school
work, and he gladly welcomed the opportunity of a return to
Cambridge, when in 1900 the authorities of his old College
re-elected him to a Fellowship, and appointed him Junior
Dean. The years of Cambridge work were probably the
happiest of his life. His duties were comparatively light.
He had leisure for Theological study and for Music, and he
had a pleasant circle of congenial friends. He found time to
become a University representative on the Town Council,
and did valuable work on the Education Committee, where
his sound judgment and conspicuous fairness were specially
useful. In 1904, he was pro-Proctor, and in October, 1905,
was admitted to the office of Senior Proctor, but the
mysterious malady, from which he was beginning to suffer,
grew suddenly worse. He was compelled to resign, and a
few months later to leave Cambridge, — ^for a time, as he and
his friends then hoped. But he was never to return to the
college he loved so well. It soon became plain that he could
not recover, though at first a partial restoration to health was
predicted by the specialist he consulted. After a time even
that hope was abandoned. He bore, with wonderful patience
and sweetness, the long illness with its pitiful weakness and
helplessness, which must have been peculiarly trying to an
active man who had scarcely known illness before. The end
came almost suddenly, just before the beginning of the
October Term. He passed from unconsciousness to death
without suffering. Thus Cambridge has lost a loyal and
devoted son. If his death seems premature, those who loved
him have the consolation of knowing that he had lived a full
life of usefulness and service to his fellows. Of him it may
be* most truly said : f After he had served his own generation
by the will of God, he fell asleep.'
Obituary 201
Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson K.C.S.I.
Sir Denzil Ibbetson, for a short time Lieutenant Governor
of the Punjab, died in London on the 21st February 1908.
We take the following account of him from The Times of
February 22 : —
We regret to announce the death, which occurred yester-
day, in his 61st year, in pathetic circumstances, of Sir Denzil
Charles Jelf Ibbetson, K.C.S.I., who less than a year ago
(March, 1907) succeeded to the Lieutenant-Governorship of
the Punjab. After stemming the tide of " unrest" which arose
in that province last spring, Sir Denzil was stricken with
cancer, and, in spite of an operation performed in London in
the summer, was compelled by the development of the
malady to resign his post in January last. So recently as
February 14 we recorded that Sir DenziFs departure from
Lahore was the occasion of general expressions of deep
regret that severe bodily affliction should necessitate his
premature relinquishment of the high office which was the
fitting consummation of his career, uniformly meritorious and
successful, in the Indian Civil Service. The earnest hopes
then expressed that return to this country might be followed
by recovery of health have been doomed to disappointment.
The few friends who saw Sir Denzil on his arrival were
distressed to notice the marked change for the worse since
he returned to India in the autumn. It was evident that the
mahgnant disease held him in its grasp, and that his end
must be near.
Born at Gainsborough in 1847, the son of a clergyman, Sir
Denzil Ibbetson passed his early years in South Australia, and
studied at St Peter's College, Adelaide. Subsequently enter-
ing at St John's, Cambridge, he sat in the Indian Civil
Service examination of 1868 and took first place. Going out
to India after the customary two years' probation, he was
posted to the Punjab. He first came into notice for the
painstaking thoroughness with which he carried out the
revenue settlement of the Karnal district. His graphic and
comprehensive report gave evidence of the keen interest he
maintained to the last in the ethnology, customs, and folklore
of his province ; and it earned for him selection to compile
202 Obiiuary.
the Punjab census report for 1881. His official chiefs hinted
to him that he was too voluminous and detailed in his
collection of data^ and unnecessarily precise in his verification
of facts. But all competent observers acknowledged his
census report to be an admirable and trustworthy account of
the origin, religion, and customs of the many interesting races
inhabiting the land of the Five Rivers. Though a census has
since been twice taken, the report has not been superseded ;
it remains, in conjunction with his separate ^^ Handbook of
Punjab Ethnography," the standard authority on the subject.
In the editorship of the Punjab Gazetteer^ which followed,
Ibbetson was hampered by the severe limitations of space and
treatment imposed ; but it goes without the saying that the
work was well done. After serving for a brief period as
Director of Public Instruction, he went back to ordinary
revenue work. If at times his subordinates thought him a
hard taskmaster, they knew him to be a just one, and
acknowledged that, though the standard of duty he enjoined
was high, he led the way in its observance.
By this time Mr Ibbetson, as he then was, had more than
a provincial reputation. He was president of a commission
which in 1893 investigated the vexed subject of cantonment
regulations regarding contagious diseases. His first impor-
tant work of this order, however, was a year or so earlier,
when he sat on the Commission to inquire into the working
of the Deccan Agriculturists' Relief Act The knowledge
thereby gained of the problems connected with agricultiu^
indebtedness was of value to him when, in 1894, he succeeded
Sir Edward Buck as Secretary to the Government of India in
the Agricultural and Revenue department. Here he had much
to do with shaping the policy and working out the details of
the epoch-marking Punjab Land Alienation Act, the first far-
reaching measure to stem the evil of peasant expropriation
and serfdom at the hands of the professional moneylender.
In July, 1898, he followed Sir Charles J. Lyall, in the Chief
Commissionership of the Central Provinces, but before the
end of the following year he was in Calcutta acting for six
months as a Member of the Executive Council. Service on
the important Irrigation Commission over which Sir Colin
Scott- Moncrieff presided was followed in March, 1902, by his
Obituary. 203
substantive nomination to the Executive Council, where he
held the Revenue and Agriculture portfolio. In the following
January he received his knighthood in the Order of the Star
of India. At this time Lord Curzon's reforming activity was
in full operation, and in Sir Denzil Ibbetson, with his well-
deserved reputation for solid worth and steadfast application,
the Viceroy found a colleague thoroughly to his liking, and
one on whose judgment and discretion he placed high value.
To the devoted co-operation of the Revenue Member Lord
Curzon owed no small measure of his success in effecting
many of the far-reaching agrarian reforms which are to be
placed to the credit of his Administration, including the new
and enlarged organization of agricultural education, experi-
ment, and research, and the measures to develop co-operative
credit for agrarian pmposes.
Sir Denzil Ibbetson had acted as Lieutenant-Governor of
his old province for six months in 1905, and his selection to
succeed to the post when Sir Charles Rivaz retired in March,
1907, accorded with general expectation. The times were
critical. The Colonization Bill, passed by the local Legis-
lature, just before Sir Charles Rivaz left, was being grossly
misrepresented to the ignorant cultivators by seditious
agitators, who also turned to political account the plague
epidemic afflicting the province. Sir Denzil, with his
intimate knowledge of the Punjab and its people, was soon
able to appraise the situation. It was too late to avert the
storm which broke almost immediately after his arrival in
Lahore, serious rioting occurring there and at Rawalpindi ;
but he dealt with the crisis decisively and firmly yet temper-
ately. It is probable that disastrous results would have
ensued if weakness or indecision had been shown by the new
Lieutenant-Governor. The measures he proposed and
effected had a prompt and salutary effect, and met with
the full, if reluctant, approval of Lord Mioto and Mr
Morley, the latter subsequently informing the House of
Commons that, notwithstanding bitter criticism from a small
section of Labour and Radical members, he intended to
offer no apology for sanctioning the temporary deportation
of two of the agitators. Unhappily at the very moment
when the dangers of the situation had been resolutely faced
204 Obituary,
and averted, Sir Denzil was compelled to take leave, and
come to this country to undergo an operation for cancer
on the lip. The operation was much more serious than
was publicly known at the time, and it was only uuder a
characteristic sense of duty that Sir Denzil returned to his
important charge in the autumn. There had been base
insinuations against him of timidity in the least reputable
section of the vernacular Press when illness compelled him
to come home, and it is quite possible that his resignation
before the expiry of his leave would have been wilfully
misconstrued as an indication that he had lost the confidence
of his official .chiefs. So he returned to Lahore, and, in
spite of grave physical disability, laboured for a few months
longer with fortitude and zeal, making the impress of his
strong personality felt on all branches of the Administration.
From the same sense of duty he resigned his charge when
no longer able to fulfil its obligations efficiently, and he
came home to certain early death, calm and courageous to
the last.
Though Sir Denzil Ibbetson's disposition was retiring, his
intimates knew him to be a brilliant and entertaining conver-
sationalist, and he was a pianist of exceptional merit. Lady
Ibbetson, whom he married before going out to India in
1870, was a daughter of the late Mr Samuel Coulden. There
are two daughters, one of whom is married to a Bombay
civilian.
Sir Denzil was the recipient of many public and private
expressions of regret at the premature termination of his
high office. The Punjab Chamber of Commerce passed a
resolution expressing profound sympathy with Sir Denzil and
Lady Ibbetson "in the circumstances which have thus inter-
rupted a brilliant, useful, and honourable career," and an
earnest hope that Sir DenziPs departure from India might
prove "the first step towards a complete recovery to his
wonted health and activity." At a great gathering of
Mahomedans at the Royal Mosque, Lahore, the Hon. Main
Shah Din made a short speech in which he expressed the
profound regret felt by the Mahomedan community at the
unfortunate circumstances which had compelled Sir Denzil
to resign. At his suggestion prayers were offered by the
Obituary. 205
assembly for the speedy recovery of the retiring Lieutenant-
Governor and for the stability of the British Raj, At a
special meeting of the executive committee of the Punjab
Anjuman-i-Islam, with Nawab Fateh Ali Khan in the chair,
a resolution was passed of concern and sincere regret that
Sir Denzil had been compelled by ill-health to retire, "at
a time when his long experience of the Punjab and its
people would have enabled him to do much for their
welfare."
Rev William Taylor Newbold, M.A,
Mr Newbold, who died at Aldridge Rectory, Staffordshire,
on the 7th of January 1908, was a son of Mr Joseph Newbold,
of Springs, Bury, Lancashire. He was born 20 May 1850
and was educated at Brewood School, Staffordshire, under
the Rev Richant Wall, a member of St John's, Newbold
was admitted a pensioner 7 June 1869, his College Tutor
being the late Dr Parkinson ; he was admitted a foundation
scholar 13 June 1871 ; he took his degree as fifth in the
Classical Tripos of 1873; he was admitted a Fellow of the
College 9 November 1875, remaining a Fellow until his
marriage. He entered on School work immediately after
taking his degree. He was presented by the College
to Aldridge Rectory 22 June 1903, and was instituted
6 September following. We take the following notice of
him from The Guardian of January 15 : —
On Saturday, at the Cemetery, Bury, Lancashire, were
laid to rest the mortal remains of the Rev W. T. Newbold,
M,A., Rector of Aldridge, Staffordshire, formerly Fellow of
St John's College, Cambridge, second master of Lancaster
Grammar School, and for about twenty-four years Head
Master of St Bees. He was only fifty-seven years of age.
The Rev C. J. Woodhouse, Vicar of St Peter's, took the first
part of the service in church. The Lesson was read by the;
Rev E. W. Newmarch, curate of Aldridge. The committal
was taken by myself. To Aldridge he was presented by his;
College in 1903, but in a short time his health broke down,,
and he had to undergo hospital treatment for a severe
internal trouble. Soon his friends realised sadly, and only
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too surely, that even his robust health and undaunted courage
were no match for so insidious and malignant a foe. Alas !
his parish folk were never able, much to their loss, to see
and know him at his best. Knowing him and loving him as
I did and do, he would not be in his proper sphere and setting
unless he, the picture of strength and vigour and freshness
and Englishness, was framed with a golden frame — of dutiful
masters, and well-disciplined, busy, and withal respectful and
affectionate boys.
His eager, almost brusque, manner at times seemed best to
suit us of the ways and temper of the sturdy North. St Bees
was his real mission and life work, and for it he did much
and hoped to do more. At Aldridge he did what he could,
and was thoroughly well liked and respected by those who
had time to get to know him. There was no mistaking that
those who shared the privilege of meeting there in September
and at his interment had clear eyes for a brave and patient,
a sterling and straightforward man when they saw him, and
that they meant not to give him up till the grave received
him. His young wife had nursed him for months, almost
night and day, with unceasing love and devotion. Latterly
two extra nurses had been required.
At St Bees Mr Newbold saw the Head Master's house
built, the swimming-bath built and paid for. The school
chapel was built and opened after his departure, but the
building had been one of the dreams of his hfe. He started
the idea, fanned it, and probably raised half the cost painfully
and patiently. He took a deep and real interest in matters
parochial — Priory Church, School Board, and Parish Council.
He served as Chairman of the Canon Knowles and the Rev
J. Smallpeice Testimonial Committee. About 1,200/. were
raised in a few weeks for these veteran educationists. He
did well for the Organ Fund from the beginning, and a most
successful bazaar was held at the school for it. Old masters,
old boys, and old friends found in him a charming host.
Mr Newbold was a great buyer of books and a ready
lender. He was most liberal, too, with his knowledge, and
he had great supplies over and above what would be taken
for granted in a Fifth Classic in a strong year. He once toJd
me that the greatest rest and recreation to him when played
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out would be for me or some one else he knew and liked to
come and read Homer with him. How fond, twenty years
ago, was he of a walk to Cleaton, or Sandwith, or Whitehaven
with a friend and his old setter, " Rab." Busy as he was,
and not likely to leave the school for many hours at a stretch,
he would always help a sick clergyman, preach a harvest or
Easter sermon, and walk three miles there and back to do it
And the country people at Sandwith, as well as his boys,
heard him gladly. His were no merely narrow views, and he
could look at things from a layman's point of view. In short,
I never met any one yet who brought nearer home to me, in
the best and truest way, the gist and value of Terence's
words : —
" Homo sum, homani nihil a me alienmn puto."
Few of the large numbers present from all parts will ever
forget what was, perhaps, one of his greatest achievements at
St Bees — ^the starting and the splendid carrying through of
the Tercentenary of Archbishop Grindall's famous foundation
in 1888, when William Thomson, Archbishop of York — him-
self a Whitehaven man — ^was the preacher in the Priory
Church. Canon Rawnsley, of Crosthwaite, Keswick, then
in an inaugural ode happily described him. One trait of his
character was a wonderful gift of writing letters in a delight-
ful style of English. We who knew him well and who loved
him dearly and now mourn him greatly shall miss him sorely
in advice, direction, help, encouragement. It breaks in upon
us that we need early to " repair our friendship " if we can.
His like will not soon again cross or rather join our way.
And yet he is not lost to his boys. For friendship is secured
and deepened by death, and the pleasant and holy memories
of old and fast friendships help to keep us always growing
in heart. We, who have the blessing of kindred and friends
increased so richly by that spiritual oneness of heart which
flows from a common faith and a common aim heavenwards,
can surely enter into the deep, sweet words of St Augus-
tine : — " He alone cannot lose any that are dear to him, to
whom they are all dear in Him Who cannot be lost."
Rees Keene.
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Rev Edward Woodley Bowling.
Edward Woodley Bowling, who died last December, was
born at Nice on Christmas Day, 1837. His father, Mr Thomas
R, Bowling, was an English medical man who was in practice
at Nice. The Bowling family, as I understand, originally
came from Yorkshire. Mr Thomas Bowling had married
a young French lady, the daughter of Captain le Jeune, who
had been an officer in Napoleon's army and a friend, it is
said, of Marshal Ney. Captain le Jeune's wife was a Miss
Masterson, a member of an Irish family.
Five sons, of whom Edward was the third, were the issue
of the marriage ; and soon after the birth of the youngest the
father died. Happily Mrs Bowling was not unequal to the
charge thus laid upon her. Never were boys more f(^timate
in their mother. She was a woman of sound clear sense and
very deep religious feeling. She had an unusual charm of
manner, a simple winning grace, which came from a
singularly refined and unselfish nature.
On her husband's death the widow with her five children
came to England \ and they made their first home at Hammer-
smithy where Edward was sent to a lady's school at Turnham
Green. Then the family went to Chester, where most of the
brothers went to the school of Mr Jonathan Elwell ; and when
Mr Elwell moved with part of his school to Weston-super-
Mare the boys and their mother followed him. From Weston
Mrs Bowling with her children went to Birmingham, where
she was fortunate in obtaining nominations for all her sons
to King Edward the Sixth's Grammar School, of which at
that time Dr Gifford, afterwards Archdeacon of London,
was Headmaster. With him Edward Bowling remained on
terms of intimate friendship till the time of Dr Gilford's
death. Bowling rose to be captain of the school and
gained the first Exhibition on leaving in 1856. Meanwhile
Mrs Bowling had married Mr George Whateley, a member
of an eminent and well-known firm of Birmingham solicitors ;
and her home was in Birmingham, or Edgbaston, till
Mr Whateley's death in 1878.
Bowling came into residence at St John's in October
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1856, and showed at once that he was a scholar of power
and promise. In those days the Port Latin Exhibition, of
the value of £50, was awarded annually to the best Classic
among the freshmen. Bowling divided this distinction with
R. W. Taylor, afterwards a Fellow of our College, and sub-
sequently Master of Kelly College, Tavistock. He was also
elected to a Foundation Scholarship ; and, from his unusual
facility and brilliance in Greek and Latin composition, was
generally looked on as the Johnian champion of his year.
He was essentially a good all-round man, good at cricket, at
rowing, and especially at racquets ; while his sociability, his
genial manners, his unfailing humour and ready wit made
him an universal favourite. In 1860 he took his B.A. degree,
obtaining a First-Class in the Classical Tripos, though owing
to a breakdown in health in the examination his place was not
so high as he might have fairly expected. Then he accepted
a mastership at Bromsgrove school, under Dr Collis, and was
away from Cambridge till 1862 ; when he came again into
residence in October, having been elected to a Fellowship in
the preceding May. For the next eleven years he resided in
College. He took pupils, and repeatedly acted as College
examiner, besides holding successively the posts of Steward
and Junior Bursar. But, though a College officer, he was
far removed from the typical don. He kept up most cordial
relations with the undergraduate world, taking a keen interest
in all manly sports and games ; he won the Newbery Chal-
lenge Racquet Cup on several occasions ; he was President
of the L.M.B.C. from 1862 to 1873 ; he was always to the
fore on the occasion of the annual cricket match with the
college servants.
In 1867 Bowling was ordained by the Bishop of Ely,
He was appointed curate of Newton, some six miles fro^i
Cambridge, and also gave assistance for some time to the
vicar of the neighbouring parish of Thriplow.
In 1873 he was presented by the College to the Rectory
of Houghton Conquest, near Bedford, and the consequent
resignation of his Fellowship brought his connexion with
Cambridge to an end. Succeeding in his Rectory an eminent
Johnian, Archdeacon Henry John Rose, Bowling devoted
himself henceforward to the duties of a country parson.
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I can testify to the manly, conscientious, and unsparing way
in which he threw himself into parish work. A sound
churchman, though not holding extreme views, he greeted
all his parishioners, churchmen or nonconformists, with a
frank and ready courtesy which disarmed rudeness or
opposition and made him everywhere welcome as a friend-
It was not that he shrunk from reproof when needed, or
winked at wrong-doing; on the contrary, he spoke out
fearlessly and plainly alike on matters of faith or conduct.
He was in truth a faithful steward; and so, in a parish
where many looked on the Church with suspicion or dislike,
he won respect and regard, increasing year by year ; so much
so that, when there seemed a prospect of his exchanging
the living for one in another county, there came an almost
universally signed petition to beg him to remain. Country
life suited him in many ways, for he was fond of exercise ;
he loved horses and dogs; nor did he scruple to appear
at times in the hunting field. Unfortunately the climate
of Houghton, or the soil, did not suit him ; and asthma,
which had been a long-standing enemy, became so severe
that, after a struggle of many years, he felt constrained to
resign his incumbency. This was in 1897, and Bowling
then went to live in Bedford, where he joined his only
surviving brother.
Freed from the anxiety of parish work, and on a more
congenial soil, he seemed for a while to gain re-estabhshed
health. Though relieved from the daily pressm-e of routine
duty, he led no idle life at Bedford, nor was he satisfied with
literary leisure. There were constant demands on his
counsels or his pen ; and he was ever ready to serve a
good cause on the platform or in the pulpit. Witness the
following paragraph from a notice in the Bedford Standard^
which appeared after his death.
"Since leaving Houghton Conquest Mr Bowling had
resided in Bedford with his brother, where he took the
greatest interest in all good works. Mr Bowling was one of
those clergymen whom the Church can ill afford to lose.
Although for some years past he had been obliged to limit
his clerical work to occasional duty, he had, even during this
period of his Ufe, afforded to all those whose privilege it
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was to know him personally, or hear him preach, a bright
example of quiet Christian goodness. His earnestness was
perhaps made more impressive by the delicacy of his health.
With a singular charm of manner, slow to take offence,
always kind, cheery, and with a keen sense of humour, no
wonder is it that he had a host of friends, and probably not
an unfriendly critic in the world. A keen supporter of all
manly games, he was often wont to look to the achievements
of the athletes of old for a simile on which to base his
reasoning in the pulpit. As a contributor to this journal we
shall miss him greatly, for our files for many years past con-
tain contributions — mostly in verse — ^from his able pen. In
a letter received within the last month he wrote, * I read the
Beds. Standard every week, and wish it and its staff and the
good cause all good things.' "
Though he derived some benefit from the change of
place, it became increasingly evident that he was not the
man he had been. Asthma and bronchial and rheumatic
troubles came at shorter and shorter intervals; his still
vigorous frame was gradually bent, and his walk grew
slower. An annual summer holiday at his favourite Capel
Curig seemed indeed to give fresh strength, but it was only
for a time ; it could not restore him to permanent health.
In the spring of last year the brothers left Bedford and
took a house at Ealing. There they found a more in-
vigorating air and bright surroundings, which gave promise
of a fresh lease of life. But it was not to be. In December
there came an attack of more than usual severity, complicated
by heart weakness, from which Bowling had not the strength
to rally. He was prepared to go and fully conscious to the
last He died on Wednesday, December the 18th. On
Christmas Day he would have completed seventy years.
In accordance with his own earnest wish he was buried
at Houghton Conquest, on the north side of the church
which he loved so much, on Monday, December 23rd. The
main part of the funeral service was conducted by the Rev
P. S. P. Jones, now vicar of Scraptoft, who was for many years
curate of Houghton. This is Mr Jones' testimony to his
friend. "He was never forgotten by his old friends and
parishioners. He was a good, faithful, generous, and liberal-
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minded pastor and friend, and the world is all the better for
his having lived — ^God bless his memory."
It always seemed to me that the principle of Bowling's
Lfe was an abiding sense of duty. It was an Englishman's
duty, he believed, to interest himself in public matters ; he
was not content to be a mere critic or a cynical spectator. He
had studied history, and he studied the questions of the day,
and spoke out his convictions. Thus he earnestly supported,
alike in the pulpit and in the local papers, the efforts of
Lord Roberts to enforce the obligation of national defence.
And any movement in Bedford which seemed to him right
found in him not merely a well-wisher, but an active helper.
In his parish too he had always at heart the material as well
as the spiritual welfare of his people. Whether they agreed
with him or not — and there were many who were ready to
cavil and suspect — they learned to know that they had an
honest and impartial friend, whose advice; would be sensible
and well-considered, who would speak without fear or
favour.
He had the same sense of duty in his social life. The ties
of kinship and the claims of friendship were in his eyes
a sacred bond. There was no caprice in his affection, no
danger of misunderstanding or offence, but a frank and
hearty comradeship, wherein one felt secure. He had
indeed a wonderful gift of friendship. Warm-hearted and
out-spoken — anything rather than reserved — he loved a man
or woman with whom he might talk at leisure and with
freedom. " Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the
countenance of his friend," was a text wfiich he realized in
his life. So he had friends everywhere — in England, with
high and low ; in Welsh homesteads ; amongst Swiss land-
lords and Swiss guides. And he never forgot or failed his
friends, but "kept his friendships in repair." He seemed
never to lose a discriminating sympathetic interest in their
likings and in their lives. Some appropriate token, a special
message, a photograph, a set of verses, something always
came to show that former days might be gone, but their
memory lived still.
My own debt to Bowling is indeed great. For more than
forty years he has been our intimate friend. He was my
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guide in many ways. On literature, classical or modern, his
talk was stimulating and suggestive, mostly original and
independent ; so was his outlook on public men and matters.
He led me to take an interest in athletics ; and was the first
to introduce me to the rocks and ice- world of Switzerland,
and the winter delights of Snowdon and the Glyders. Many
pleasant tours were due to his craft in planning routes and
finding little-known places of sojourn away from the
beaten track. Here often came in his quick linguistic
aptitude ; he could make folks understand him who talked
no language which we knew, and one often said that it
made little difference whether he knew their tongue or
not.
He had a great delight in natural scenery, ^ind a better eye
than most men for mountain contours and the topography of
districts. On the other hand, he cared little, so far as I could
judge, for architecture or pictures, except in a general sort of
way. He had a good ear, and appreciated music. He was an
enthusiastic member of the Alpine Club, and a successful
climber. Muscularly strong and active as he was, I cannot
but think that he drew too much on his capital of vitality by
.Jong and arduous " courses." The glorious air of a glacier ,
the animating light and the splendour of mountain scenery,
make a man feel capable of anything at the moment, but
over-taxed nature bides her time and must be reckoned wjth
in the end.
Readers of the Eagle need not be reminded of Bowling's
literary gifts. From his first contribution, on "Valentines
and Album Verses," which is in Vol. I., p. 159, he has
brightened our pages with verses grave and gay, all instinct
with his peculiar nimbleness of wit, and dexterity in the use
of words. He made fun of us all, but there was no malice
in his laugh, and nothing which sins against reverence or
purity. Boating, Alpine climbing, and girl graduates were
among his favourite themes. His lines often appeared in
Punchy The Globe^ and other papers ; and many are collected
in the little volume entitled SagUtulae^ published by Metcalfe
in 1885. It would be difficult to award the meed of excellence ;
but certainly the translation of " Don Fernando Gomersalez "
(Eagle^ VI. 57) into Greek hexameters is deserving of special
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mention. Nor was he less successful .in serious poetry ; he
was four times awarded the Seatonian Prize.
One and the same year has deprived us of two loyal sons
of Margareta, Bowling and Stanwell. They were nearly con-
temporaries, and they were alike in many ways ; in their love
of literature, and especially of poetry ; in their classical
enthusiasm, and in their attachment to Cambridge and St
John's. Both served their College during residence for a
considerable time, and then both undertook the duties of
a country parish. Both leave behind them a memory which
** smells sweet and blossoms in the dust.''
C. E. Graves.
It was m 1857 that I first made the acquaintance of
Edward Woodley Bowling. I found in him a man of very
definite ideals, possessing also a wholesome sense of humour^
and an exceptional facility in Composition, more especially
verse. For Mathematics and for Science he cared nothing.
I remember that in his examination for the Little-go two
simultaneous equations were propounded ; these he solved
separately, and independently of one another, to his entire
content ; nor could he be persuaded afterwards that the
examiners were blameless for not giving him a clearer
indication of their wishes. For Greek and Latin however he
had a very different aptitude, though even there his ideal was
strictly limited to scholarship. The geography of Greece or
the details of the Athenian constitution had but little charm
for him. It was in translation that he excelled ; there he
displayed a refined and delicate touch which placed him
very near to Stanwell, Arthur Holmes, and other eminent
composers of his day. His place however in the Tripos^
equal eighth, was no slight disappointment to us all, and
certainly did not fulfil his earlier promise ; he was however
far from well while sitting for his degree, and it was only at
the advice of his friends that he agreed to persevere in the
examination.
And the refinement he evinced in the domain of letters
found expresion also in his social estimates. Conservative by
nature, it was the country gentleman of the older school, the
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servant and the protector of the poor, unostentatious, self-
respecting, simple in his ways and dress, who most appealed
to his imagination. And amongst the men of our own time
his hero was George Paley, than whom possibly no member
of the College ever represented better that straightforward
manliness and wholesomeness of living, which we desire at
all times to associate with our public schools and Universities.
Designed himself for Holy Orders, he had also little love for
the modern type of seminary priest ; a clergjrman, to
meet with his approval, needed to be first of all an English
gentleman, and then a cleric. For all vulgarity and push
he had the greatest detestation. Not a rich man, he was but
little troubled by his somewhat scanty means ; what he most
cared for was the maintenance of all those little courtesies
and self-restraints which characterized for him the English
gentleman.
Perhaps an anecdote may illustrate this trait, which was
a very marked one in his character. The College hospitality at
Christmas-tide was, as we all know, somewhat lavish in
the olden time ; so, in a speech which he was called upon to
make as Junior Fellow on the last night of the feast, he took
occasion to remind us of the true idea of hospitality, by
quoting Denham*s invocation of the Thames :
"Ohl could I flow like thee and make thy stream
My great example, as it is my theme 1
Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ;
Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full."
But no appreciation of our friend would for a moment be
complete without full recognition of that sense of humour
which has found from time to time for the last forty
years such frequent and such admirable illustration in those
Arrows of a Bowling, Arcnli Sagittce^ which have adorned the
pages of our College Magazine. This characteristic, however,
I leave to others to deal with in detail.
The favourite weapons of our friend were four ; the oar,
the pen, the alpenstock, the racquet. Of these, although he
rowed in the second boat, he was, perhaps, least skilful with the
first ; yet, as is often the case, he loved it best. For my own
part however, when I look back upon our undergraduate days,
it pleases me to picture him not on the river or in the
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racquet court, but rather on some Alpine slope, or on the
frozen sides of Snovvdon. To the latter happy hunting
ground he loved to take me in the winter time, and from our
base of operations at Beddgelert or Pen-y-gwryd lead me to
the conquest of the giants of the Snowdon range, clothed in
their winter garb of white. Of an ascent of Monte Rosa also
in 1863 I have a singularly happy memory, my companions
being three Johnian Fellows — ^all of whom however are
now behind the veil — George Richardson, R. W. Taylor, and
Edward Woodley Bowling.
Such are my memories of early days. Of Bowling's later
life it will be given to others to write. Yet I am glad to think
that it was also mine to be with him, last of his College
friends, the day before he died, and so to be present at the close
of a life, not very widely known perhaps, yet characterized
by a fidelity to duty and by a religious spirit, unobtrusive but
sincere, which places him among the faithful who were never
famous, but who have done their Master's work and done it
well.
W. D. B.
I have been asked to write a few words about my old
friend, Edward Woodley BowUng. One difficulty presents
itself on the threshold. My relations with him were purely
personal. I was never able to accept his often-repeated
invitation to visit him in his Bedfordshire parish, and I know
nothing of his previous work as a schoolmaster except at
second-hand. He was my senior by four years, and I think
I did not even make his acquaintance until after I was elected
a Fellow of the College. But we were soon drawn together
by similarity of tastes ^nd because we had several common
friends, and our friendship grew stronger, as time went on.
Now and then we arranged to be together, in Switzerland or
Wales or in the English Lake-district, and our excursions
and conversations are among my most pleasant recollections.
He was always so kindly, so genial and so good-humoured, so
shrewd in his observations on men and things, and possessed
with such a genuine enthusiasm for literature, especially in its
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poetical form. He often spoke to me of the inspiration which
he drew as a school-boy from the teaching of a distinguished
old Salopian and old Johnian, the late Dr Gifford, and, no
doubt, it was to Dr Gifford's fine scholarship and stimulating
teaching that he owed his love (no weaker word is strong
enough) for the Greek and Latin languages. In his Greek
and, even more, I think, in his Latin verses he showed how
wide and exact was his acquaintance with ancient authors.
Eaiglish verses flowed with equal facility from his pen. The
Seatonian Prize wjis awarded to him four times. The readers
of The Eagle for many years enjoyed the graceful, and often
humorous, lines in which under the nom de plume of
"Arculus'^ he commemorated current events. And, if a
suitable occasion of a more private character prompted his
Muse, it was a delight to him to dash off a few appropriate
stanzas for the perusal of his friends. He was fond of little
children. A little girl of my acquaintance, whom he came to
know, while staying in her father^s house, received from him
from time to time a succession of poetical greetings, which
she, now no longer a little girl, treasures carefully. Strong and
active in his younger days, he suffered much from ill health
in the later stages of his life. But his cheerfulness never
deserted him. When we were staying together at Montana
a few years ago, he was confined to his bed from the day of
our arrival almost until the day of our departure. He
always revelled in the beautiful scenery of the Alps, and his
disappointment must have been keen, but I do not recall a
single word of complaint from his lips. On the contrary he
was full of gratitude for every attention which was paid to
him by those who were staying in the hotel, among them the
present Bishop of Lincoln, whose kindness to him was great.
Many Johnians have exhibited more commanding powers and
have filled a larger space in the public eye. I doubt whether
St John's has ever had a more loyal son than E. W. Bowling.
The College was always one of his favourite topics of con-
versation. He was always deeply interested in everything
that concerned its welfare. When he was a candidate
for a College Fellowship, it is said, instead of giving
proof of high mathematical attainments, which for obvious
reasons was impossible, he showed up some moving verses*
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in which he craved the privilege of becoming " a Johnian
Fellow."* He was elected, — ^whether because of his poem or
in spite of it, I do not know. Probably there was no event
in his life to which he looked back in after years with greater
satisfaction.
H. W. Moss.
The following members of the College have died during
the year 1907 ; the year in brackets is that of the B.A.
degree :
Rev Canon Charles Isaac Atherton (1863) ; died 1 October at The Close,
Exeter, aged 68. See p. 65.
Robert Adeane Barlow ; admitted pensioner 28 October 1844, commenced
residence October 1845, resided till the end of 1846 ; his name
removed from the boards 4 March 1847. Mr Barlow had a very
singular career ; he was born at Canterbury 12 February 1827, and
was admitted to Rugby School in 1840, at first in the School House
under Dr Arnold, then in Mayor's. His father, the Rev William
Barlow, was some time vicar of St Mary Bredin, Canterbury, after-
wards Rector of Coddington, Cheshire, and Canon of Chester. His
mother, Louisa, was a daughter of Robert Jones Adeane, esq, of
Babraham. Mr R. A. Barlow died 29 September in the Enfield Poor
Law Infirmary, aged 80; he had lived in and about Enfield for
some years. After his death a number of paragraphs appeared in
the newspapers purporting to give an account of his career, these
seem to have been compiled from recollections of his conversation
embellished from the fancy of the reporter. He claimed to have
been an officer in the English Army, to have been a Brigadier-
General in Burma in 1864, defeating dacoits in an attack on a
treasure-boat 10 June 1864, to have been Commissary of Transport
in Abyssinia in 1868, and Captain-General of Abyssinia in 1877. The
War Office curtly state that his name does not appear in the Army
Lists, nor in the Abyssinia Medal Rolls. He appears, after leaving
College, to have visited Pernambuco, Bahia, Ria Janeiro, and the
mining district of St John del Rey, and to have been connected in
1857 with the house of W. H. Hornby and Co. Later he visited
Upper Burma in search of concessions, and appears to have served
the King at Mandalay. In his later years he had first family troubles
and then monetary ones, and for the last twelve years of his life was
an inmate of the Workhouse Infirmary. He stated that he was the
father of the Princess Clovis Bonaparte, daughter-in-law of Prince
Jerome Bonaparte.
Edward Baron (1864), eldest son of Edward George Baron, surgeon, of
Ulceby, Lincolnshire, baptised there 12 January 1842. Admitted a
Student of Lincoln's Inn 1 June 1869, called to the Bar 7 June 1873.
He was for some time Professor of Mathematics in the Education
Department of the North West Provinces, India. Died 30 April at
his residence, Sackville House, Hove.
* The verses may be found in Vol. iv., p. 37, of the Eagle.
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Rev. John Fitzherbert Bateman (1851), died 2 April at 119, Fordwych
Road, N.W. (see vol. xxviii., 334). Mr Bateman married, first
21 November 1861, at Aston-on-Trent, Susan Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of E. A. Holden, esq., of Aston Hall ; secondly 23 January
1878, at Christ Church, Cheltenham, Georgina Caroline, youngest
daughter of the late William Ambrose Morehead, of the Madras Civil
Service. His only child, Susan Margaret, died 21 June, 1886, at
Lopham Rectory, aged 21.
Philip Baylis (1872), only son of Philip Baylis, of Homeend, Ledbury ;
baptised in the parish of Ledbury, co. Hereford, 21 June 1848 ;
educated at Hereford Cathedral School. Admitted a student of the
Inner Temple 15 November 1872, called to the Bar 7 June 1875 ; a
member of the Oxford Circuit. He was appointed Deputy Surveyor,
under the Crown, of the Forest of Dean about 1895. He died
suddenly near his residence, Parkend, 7 June, while walking up from
the Station. By his will, after certain specific legacies, he left the
residue of his real and personal estate to his sisters for life, and, after
the decease of the survivor, the whole of his estate is to go to the
Master, Fellows, and Scholars of St John's College, Cambridge, to
found a Mathematical Scholarship to be called the Philip Baylis
Scholarship, of the value of £100 per annum, to be held by the best
mathematical scholar of the year, aud to be held for three years.
During that term the holder must reside in the rooms in the Third
Court occupied by Mr Baylis while an undergraduate. Certain
carved and antique furniture is left to the College, to be placed in the
Library and Combination Room. His estate was valued for probate
at £11,179 gross, and £9,339 net.
Rev Thomas Wall Beckett (1874), son of Thomas Beckett, of Wellington,
Salop, baptised at Wellington, 25 December 1836. Second Master
of Burton-on-Trent Grammar School 1874 — 84 ; Headmaster 1884-
1900 ; Lecturer of Burton-on-Trent 1877-78 ; Curate of Tattenhill
1879-80 ; of RoUeston, Staffordshire, 1880-84. Vicar of Anslow, near
Burton-on-Trent, 1900-1907. Died 19 March.
Joseph Bell (1846), son of Joseph Bell, of Nottingham, born 4 January
1824 ; educated at Nottingham School. Sometime of Bishop Stort-
ford, Herts. Died 23 July at 29, Forest Road, East N^ottingham,
aged 83. Mr BeU married 26 July 1856, at St Paul's, Deptford, Mary
Anne, second daughter of T. Marchant, esq., of Deptford.
Rev John Blanch (1865), son of William Blanch, born at English Bicknor
Gloucestershire, baptised 15 January 1843 ; educated at Monmouth
Grammar School. Mr Bland was ninth wrangler in 1865, and was
elected a Fellow of the College. He was appointed an assistant
master at the King's School, Sherborne, in 1869, and remained there
until his death. He suffered latterly from ill-health and nervous
prostration ; he committed suicide 8 January. Throughout his
career he was most popular both with masters and boys at Sherborne.
In the Sherborne Pageant he played a prominent part, his role being
that of second master, or usher, in the scene in which was depicted
the presentation of the Charter to the School. With the public life
of Sherborne Mr Blanch was closely associated. He was a member
of the Council of the Sherborne Ladies College, and Governor of
Foster's and Digby's Schools. He was also on the Committee of the
Sherborne Technical School, and was one of the masters of St John's
Almshouses. Though bluff in outward manner, John Blanch was
known to Sherborne boys of many generations for the kindness of
his heart. Naturally most reticent, he did not often reveal to others
the depth of his own feeling, but sometimes it was shown in
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unmistakable force. Mr Blanch married 13 August 1879, at St
Mark's, Bishopwearmouth, Mary, second daughter of T. S. Tumbull,
of High Barns, Sunderland.
Rev Edward Woodley Bowling (1860), son i of Thomas Robinson Bowling,
born at Nice, Italy, 25 December 1837 ; educated at King Edward s
School, Birmingham. Fellow of the College 1862-73 ; Curate of
Newton, near Cambridge, 1867-73 ; Rector of Houghton Conquest,
Beds., 1873-97, when he retired. Died 17 December at his residence,
Amherst Avenue, Ealing.
Right Rev Charles Henry Bromby (1837), son of the Rev John Healey
Bromby, vicar of Trinity, Hull ; born in Hull 11 July 1814, educated
at Uppingham School. Curate of Chesterfield from 1838 to 1839,
vicar of St Paul's, Cheltenham, and joint founder of Cheltenham
Training College, from 1843 to 1864. He accepted the See of
Tasmania in 1864, being the last colonial Bishop nominated by the
Crown, and was consecrated in Canterbury Cathedral, together with
Bishop Jeune and Bishop Crowther, the three prelates representing
respectively the home, colonial, and missionary spheres of the
Church's work. Dr Bromby's episcopate was marked by the
consecration of St David's Cathedral, Hobart, in 1874. He resigned
in 1883, and, returning to England, was appointed by the late Lord
Powis Rector of Shrawardine with Montford, Salop, in 1882, where
he remained till 1887. Assistant Bishop to the Bishop of Lichfield
(Dr Maclagan) from 1882 to 1891 ; and warden of St John's Hospital,
Lichfield, from 1887 to 1891. In ISVl he was appointed Assistant
Bishop to the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Lord Arthur Hervey), and
his commission was continued by Bishop Kennion, but he resigned
in 1900. The Bishop was one of those Churchmen who, while
sympathising largely with the principles of the Liberal party, were
unable to support it on account of its attitude towards the Church,
He died 14 April at All Saints' Vicarage, Clifton, the residence of his
son, the Rev H. B. Bromby. Another son, Charles Henry Bromby,
called to the bar at the Inner Temple 18 November 1867, was a
well known barrister in Tasmania, and was Attorney-General of the
Colony for a short time during his father's episcopate. Dr Bromby
married in 1839 Mary Anne, daughter of Dr Bodley, of Brighton.
He published: Wordsworth* s Excursion with Notes; Pupil Teachers*
History and Grammar of the English Language; Church Students
Manual,
Dr Edward Calvert (1852), son of Edward Calvert, baptised at All Saints',
Derby, 11 October 1829; educated at Southwell Grammar School.
Mr Calvert became an assistant master at Shrewsbury Sthool in
August 1852, under the late Dr Kennedy ; in the year 1858 he went
to the West Indies to be Headmaster of the Government School at
Trinidad, but did not hold this post long. Returning to England he
was again appointed a master at Shrewsbury in 1860, resigning in
1863. For some time he had charge of a preparatory institution at
Coton Hill for Shrewsbury School. In 1886 he became School
Bailiff and Treasurer of Shrewsbury School, an office he held until
1897. As an antiquary he attained considerable distinction, and was
a valuable member of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. He
edited the ancient registers of Shrewsbury School, and, with the
assistance of others, he arranged and catalogued the Borough
Records, dating back to the reign of Henry I. He also laboured
unweariedly in arranging the School library. As a justice of the
peace and in other departments he did good public service, being one
of the Governors of Allnatt's School. He died at his residence.
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Kingsland, Shrewsbury, 27 May, aged 77. Mr Calvert married
17 February 1859, at St John's, Paddington, Emily Wissett, widow of
A. Middleton, esq., Surveyor, R.N.
Isaac Whiteley Clay (1886), son of Isaac Clay, born at Soothill, Hanging
Heaton, Yorks, in 1865 ; educated at Batley Grammar School.
Admitted a Solicitor in December 1889. Mr Clay was accidentally
killed by falling from an express train, at Sileby, near Leicester,
17 April. It appears that he left Leeds by the midnight express for
Londoo, beiBg alone in the compartment of a corridor train, and that,
opening the wrong door, he fell on to the line. He practiced at
Batley and Dewsbury ; he left a widow and two children.
Rev Edward Farrington Clayton (1853), son of William Clayton, banker,
baptised at Preston, Lancashire, 11 September 1830 ; educated at
Sedbergh School. Curate of Stapleton 1854-56 ; of Stoke with
Walsgrave, near Coventry 1856-58 ; of Winwick, Lancashire 1858-61 ;
of Sonning 1861-65; of Putney 1865-66; Rector of Ludlow, Salop
1867-1907 ; Rural Dean of Ludlow 1873-97 ; Prebendary of Putson
Major in Hereford Cathedral and Proctor for the diocese of Hereford
1880-1907. Died at Ludlow Rectory 24 November, aged 77.
Mr Cla>'ton married 9 April 1874 the Hon. Victoria Alexandrina
Clive, daughter of the Hon. Robert Henry Clive and the Baroness
Windsor, she was a godchild of Queen Victoria.
Dr Edwin John Crow (Mus. Bac. 1872, Mus. Doc. 1882), son of Richard
Crow of Sittingbourne, where he was baptised 17 October .1841.
Early in life Mr Crow displayed musical ability and was articled to
Dr J. L. Hopkins, organist at Rochester Cathedral. In 1874 he was
appointed organist of Ripon Cathedral ; there he was commissioned
by the Dean and Chapter to inspect the best English organs before
the construction of the present instrument was undertaken at the cost
of £4000. Dr Crow was a member of the Society of Musicians and
Organist of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masons of England. He died
at Harrogate 6 December, aged 66.
Rev Frank Dyson (1877), son of James Dyson, of Chesterton, born
17 February 1855 ; educated at the Perse School. Fellow of the
College. Chaplain and Assistant Master Kelly College, Tavistock
1879-81 ; Assistant Master at Clifton College 1881-84 ; Headmaster
of Godolphin School, Hammersmith 1884-88 ; Principal of Liverpool
College 1888-1900 ; Junior Dean of the College 1900-1903 ; Senior
Dean and Lecturer 1903-1907. Died, after a long illness, at
30 Devonshire Place, Eastbourne. Mr Dyson married 1 August 1882
at St Paul's Church, Cambridge, Sophia, only daughter of the late
B. Caulton Leeson, esq., formerly of St Catharine's College.
Thomas Wilson Dougan (1879) ; died 3 July at Salernum, Holywood,
CO Down. See p. 64.
Frank Stratton Ellen (1873), son of Fredeiick Ellen of Andover, born at
Andover 4 October 1850 ; educated at Shrewsbury School. Mr Ellen's
father was the founder of the firm of Ellen and Son, auctioneers to
the Crown for the New Forest. He served his articles with
Mr Thomas Lamb, Clerk to the County Magistrates for the Division
of Andover ; he was admitted a Solicitor in 1876, and in 1879 was
elected as assistant solicitor to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
This he resigned in 1883, and entered into partnership with Mr Holt,
solicitor, of Great Yarmouth. In 1885 he was appointed Clerk to the
Magistrates of the Borough of Lowestoft, and of the Mutford and
Lothingland Petty Sessional Division ; this he held for 21 years,
when, owing to failing health, he resigned in August 1906. On his
resignation the magistrates presented him with a massive silver
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salver. He was a prominent member of the Norfolk and Sufifolk
Yacht Club, honorary solicitor to the Gorleston Cottage Hospital and
a prominent Freemason, He died 6 March at St Anne's, Oulton
Broad, Lowestoft. Mr Ellen married about 1890 a daughter of
Mr Thomas Palgrave of North Wales, who, with two children,
survives him.
Rev Richard Francis Follett (1854), son of the Rev Richard Francis
Follett, of Bishops Hull, Somerset, baptised at Bishops HuU
17 August 1828. Curate of East Pennard, Somerset 1857-60; of
Hemyock 1860-63 ; Vicar of Winscombe, Somerset 1863-95. Latterly
resided at Winscombe Court, Weston-super-Mare, died there 13 June^
aged 79.
Rev James Francis (1863), Curate of St Mary, Leeds 1863-4 ; of AmcliflFe
1864-5 ; Assistant Chaplain of Wakefield Prison 1865-6 ; of Milbank
Prison 1866-7 ; Chaplain to Dartmoor Prison 1867-72 ; Curate of
Ross, Herefordshire 1872-3 ; of Neenton, Salop 1873-4 ; of St George's
Hulme 1874-5 ; Vicar of St Anne, Lancaster 1874-83 ; Vicar of
Dunham on Trent 1883-1906 ; Rector of Hawerby with Beesby
1906-7. Died 5 October at Grimsby, aged 72. Mr Francis married
2 July 1890 at St Mary's, Stanton, Emily, younger daughter of the
Rev John Mickeburgh, Vicar of St Mary's Piatt, Wrotham, Kent.
Rev George Frewer (1844), son of Isaac Frewer, born in London 23 April
1822 ; educated at the Mercers School, London. Assistant Mathe-
matical Master at Eton College 1844-73 ; Divinity Lecturer at St
George's, Windsor 1854-70; Rector of Hitcham, Bucks 1873-1905.
Latterly resided at Hillside, Brede, Sussex ; died there 26 May,
aged 85.
Rev Andrew Hollingworth Frost (1842), third son of Charles Frost,
solicitor of Hull, born there 26 April 1819 ; educated at Oakham
School. Mr A, H. Frost was a brother of the Rev Percival Frost,
Fellow first of St John's, afterwards of King's College, who died
5 June 1898. Their father, Mr Charles Frost, who died at Hull
5 September 1862, aged 81, was for 33 years Solicitor to the Hull
Dock Company. He was at one time Vice-President of the British
Association and several times President of the Hull Literary and
Philosophical Society. He was author of "Notices relative to the
early history of the Town and Port of Hull, 4to 1827 " ; there is a
portrait of him in the Hull Subscription Library, Mr A. H. Frost
was Curate of Holy Trinity, Burton on Trent 1848-50; Perpetual
Curate of Meltham Mills, Huddersfield 1850-53 ; Church Missionary
Society's missionary at Nasik, Bombay 1853-69 ; Secretary to the
Church Missionary Society 1869-70 ; Principal of the Church
M!->i' i?,u V Srivictv's Cullege, Islington, 1870-74 ; Rector of Thistleton,
RutUnd 1875-78 ; Cur.ite of Croxton, Lincolnshire 1878-82. Mr Frost
l^ided ?it 20} Chesterton Road, Cambridge, and was lecturer
atid GLsJLrati in the University ; he died at Cambridge
a^cd s7. He contributed papers to the Quarterly
ithanaiics on " Nasik Cubes " and other subjects.
rtopher Frost (1884). Curate of St Andrew the Less,
,1884-87 ; oi Farington, Lancashire 1887-89 ; Rector of
, MantliesltT 1889-1904 ; Rector of Marcham-le-Fen, near
incislnshire 1904-7 ; died at the Rectory 1 June, aged 60.
f (1*62 1, seventh son of Jonas Jones, Judge of the Court
Bftch, vijid afterwards Chief Justice, Toronto. Born in
' lohcr 1838, educated at Upper Canada College, and
1^55 at Trinity College, Toronto. He entered
185^^ and was 20th wrangler in 1869. He was popularly
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known during bis undergraduate career as "Choctaw Jones/ He
was an assistant master at Sedbergh School 1862-3 ; in 1863 he was
appointed Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Toronto, and
Dean of the College. In 1891 he was appointed Dean of the
University, having also acted as Registrar since 1875. He died at his
residence in Trinity College, Toronto, 7 October. By his will he left
legacies of jC20 to each of ten couples at whose marriage he had
officiated or assisted, and to one couple at whose marriage be was
prevented from so acting by illness.
Rev Canon Charles Nevill Keeling (1865). Died 10 March aged 64
(see Vol. xxviii, 331).
Rev Edwin Alfred Kempson (1852), son of the Rev Edwin Kempson,
incumbent of Castle Bromwich, baptised in the Chapelry of Castle
Bromwich, Aston juxta Birmingham 18 May 1830. Curate of Send,
Surrey 1853-56 ; of Hales Owen 1856-62 ; Vicar of Claverdon with
Norton Lindsey, Warwickshire 1862-87 ; Vicar of Merton, Surrey
1887-99. Latterly resided at The Briers, St Leonards on Sea ; died
there 11 January, aged 76. Mr Kempson married 3 January 1860,
at Hove Church, Ellen, daughter of C. Eley, esq., of Hove, Sussex ;
she died 16 January 1886, at Claverdon Vicarage.
Frederic Francis Leighton (1899), son of Robert Leighton Leigh ton,
Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School ; born 12 February 1877, at
Wakefield, Yorks. Studied medicine at Bristol ; admitted B.C. 1906.
Sometime assistant House Physician at the Leicester Inlirmary.
Resident Pathok)gifit at the Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool.
Died 1 July at that Hospital of typhoid fever.
Edward Dclanoy Little (1859), son of John Little of Eldernell, Whittlesey,
CO Cambridge, baptised at Whittlesey 1 November 1837 ; educated
at Uppingham, where he was captain of the School. He became an
Assistant Master at Uppingham in 1867 ; leaving Uppingham he
became Headmaster of a Preparatory School at Northallerton. Died
3 April at his residence, Rother Cottage, Midhurst, aged 69.
Richard Norman Lucas (1884), son of Robert Lucas, born 16 March 1861,
at Ardrishaig, Argylleshire. Engaged in journalism in London ;
committed suicide 9 April in the Kingsway Station of the Piccadilly
Tube Railway while temporarily insane.
Rev William Lutener (1847), son of William Lutener, of Sever nside, born
at Severnside, co Montgomery 22 March 1825 ; educated at Shrews-
bury School. Curate of Harthill, Cheshire 1849-50; Rector of
Harthill 1850-98. Latterly resided at 8 Curzon Park, Chester ; died
there 9 December, aged 82^
Rev Felix Augustus Marsh (1846), son of Richard Marsh, of Stratford,
surgeon, born 22 August 1820 ; educated at the Forest School,
Wsdthamstow. Curate of Gravesend 1846-55 ; Acting Chaplain to
the Forces at Milton Barracks 1855-1903 ; Vicar of Christ's Church,
Milton, next Gravesend 1855-1907. In 1906 he was present at a
double jubilee — ^that of his vicariate and of the dedication of the
church of which he alone had had sole charge. Mr Marsh's brother,
his eldest son, and two of his brothers-in-law have all been members
of the College. Died 17 July, aged 86.
Vt Joseph Marsh (1855), son of George Marsh, born at Stannington in the
parish of Bradfield, Yorks 12 July 1837. Dr Marsh had a somewhat
unusual career. About 50 years ago he went out to India and
engaged in educational work in the Independent States, not under the
InSan Government proper. He worked first at Kumbakonam, and
224 Obituary.
was afterwards Principal of St Peter's College, Tanjore, from 1866 to
1870 ; his work there is, we believe, commemorated by the " Marsh
Memorial Hall." Of late years he had been in the service of the
State of Jeypore and in the Northern Circars. In early youth he
formed the ambition of being a Doctor of Laws of Cambridge, and,
greatly to his satisfaction, he was able to carry out his intention. He
kept terms as an ordinary undergraduate during the years 1870-71
and 1884-5, utilising his leaves for the purpose. He lived, as far as
possible, the usual Ufe of the place, a life he confessed to be some-
what trying to a man of his years and experience. He made no
complaint, but used, with a sigh, to refer to the time " when I was
Mr Bultitude." He was admitted B.A. 16 December 1885 ; M.A. and
LL.M. 14 February 1889. In 1898 he submitted a thesis on "The
Laws of Ryotwari and Zemindari," and was admitted to the LL.D.
degeee 8 December 1898. He died at sea, 7 October, on board the
Golconda^ Calcutta to London.
Rev Henry Mitchell (1852), son of the Rev John Mitchell, t)orn at Langton
MalUavers, Dorset, 26 June 1829 ; educated at St Paul's School,
Southsea. Curate of Silverton, Devon 1855-58 ; of Winteringham,
Lincolnshire 1861-63 ; of Beaconsfield 1863-4 ; of Chessington
1864-66; of Longparish, Hants 1866-67; of Ampthill 1867-71; of
Westbury on Trym 1872-75 ; Vicar of Leighland, Somerset 1875-76 ;
Rector of Loxbeare, Devon 1876-92 ; Vicar of Stinsford, Dorset
1892-1902. Latterly resided at Wilby, Wellington Road, Bourne-
mouth ; died there 22 May, aged 77.
Frank Everitt Murray (1897), son of Walter Everitt Murray, of Roode
Bloem, Cape Colony ; born at Graaf Reinet, Cape Colony 27 March,
1873. After taking his degree in the Natural Sciences Tripos he
entered at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1901 he qualified M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P., and in the -same year took his M.B. and B.C. degrees.
During 1902 he acted as House Surgeon at St Bartholomew's
Hospital, and in the following year became a Fellow of the Royal
College of Surgeons of England. Returning to South Africa he
practised for a short time at Cape Town, but settled down to practice
at Graaf Reinet, where his abilities were soon recognised. About
August 1906 he had an accident in the hunting field, sustaining a
severe fracture of the thigh. This accident kept him in bed for four
months, and seriously weakened his constitution. Within a month
of returning to work he was attacked with a virulent form of enteric
fever, which proved fatal in ten days ; he died 1 February at Graaf
Reinet. He leaves a widow and two young children.
Thomas Henry Goodwin Newton (1858), eldest son of William Newton,
of Whately Hall, Warwickshire, born in Birmingham 29 March 1836.
Admitted a student of the Middle Temple 3 May 1858, called to the
Bar 26 January 1861, but never practised. He was a County
Magistrate, High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1887, and also one of
the original members of the Warwickshire County Council. Mr
Newton was one of the largest owners of freehold property in
Birmingham, deriving a large income from ground-rents. He was
Lord of the Manors of Ullenhall and Aspleigh in Warwickshire and
Oldberrow in Worcestershire. He also owned BarreU's Park, Henley
in Arden, where, in . onjuiiction with his brothers, he erected a
church as a memorial to their parents. He was also the owner of
Bryn Bras Castle, Carnarvonshire, and the adjoining estate, which
includes the slate quarry at Llanberis, worked by a company, of
which he was the largest shareholder. He also owned estates at
Glencripesdale and Landale in Argyllshire, and the island of Cama,
an estate of 25.000 acres, which afforded plenty of shooting and deer-
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stalking. He died 2T March at Barren's Park. The gross value of
his estate was sworn at £279,321. Mr Newton was three times
married : (i) 9 May 1861 to Mary Jane, daughter of William
Berrowes, of Milveiton, co Warwick, she died in 1862 ; (ii) 3 October
1865 Matilda, second daughter of the late William Thomas Mackrell,
esq, of Wandsworth, she died in 1894 ; (iii) in 1898 Alice Maude,
eldest daughter of the late John Eyre, esq, of Eyre Court, Galway,
and widow of Captain Blair Miller, of the 8th Hussars.
Rev William Herring Poulton (1856), eldest son of the Rev William
Poulton, of Highgate, afterwards Rector of Aylsham, Norfolk,
baptised at St Michael's, Highgate 6 October 1834 ; educated at
Fauconbergh School, Beccles. In 1857 he was appointed Mathe-
matical Tutor and Chaplain to Queen's College, Birmingham. Two
years later he became Senior Tutor, and continued in that office until
the passing of the Queens' College Act in 1867, when he was
appointed Sub- Warden and Chaplain of the College. In 1874 he
became Warden of the College, combining with that office the office
of Head of the Theological Faculty. On the theological side he was
instrumental in making it compulsory that the students should pass
the Cambridge Preliminary Examination for Candidates for Holy
Orders before obtaining the College certificate, and he also obtained
for the College the privilege of sending students who had obtained
the College certificates to Durham University for one year, at the end
of which they were permitted to sit for the B.A. examination. In
1876 he was elected a member of the Birmingham School Board, and
with one brief interval he was associated with the public educational
work of the town until 1888, when he retired from the Board. In
1901 he was presented to the Rectory of Arley, near Coventry, which
he held until his death on 20 July, aged 73. Mr Poulton married :
(i) 9 September 1861 at St James', W^eybridge, Surrey, Harriett Mary,
eldest daughter of Robert Harcourt, esq, of Weybridge ; (ii) 25 April
1889 at All Saints', King's Heath, Louisa, widow of W. Whitehouse,
esq, late of Hands worth.
Rev William Lowe Pownall (1840). Curate of Littlehampton 1842-44 ;
Vicar of Barnham, Sussex 1844-50 ; Curate of Swansea 1850-51 ;
Second Master of Derby Grammar School 1851-53 ; Curate of
Painestown, co Carlovv 1853-60 ; Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of
Leinster 1860-69; Curate of Shankhill, co Kilkenny, 1869-74;
Incumbent of Shankhill 1874-1905. Latterly resided at Shankhill,
Gowran, co Kilkenny ; died at Kilkenny 1 June, aged 89. He had
Hved in the reigns of five sovereigns ; there is a portrait of him in
Black and White 22 June 1907.
Rev John Prowde (1864, as Proud), died 3 January. See Vol. xxviii, 328.
Rev Walter James Scarlin (1867), son of James Matthew Scarling (the
name was afterwards altered to Scarlin), born at Horringer, Suffolk
26 November 1843 : educated at Bury St Edmunds School. Curate
ot Long Sutton 1867-73 ; of St Hilda, Leeds 1873-75 ; of Wilmslow
1875-78 ; of St John Baptist, Tue Brook, Liverpool 1878-80 ; of W^est
Derby, Liverpool 1880-86; Vicar of Stanley, Liverpool 1886-1907.
Died in October, aged 63.
George Henry Shepley (1900), eldest son of George Shepley, of Mytham
Bridge, Derbyshire, born at Sheffield 22 September 1878. Mr Shepley
served as an officer in the South African War ; died 18 January at
St Moritz, Switzerland, aged 28.
Rev David Simpson (1850), son of David Simpson, born 16 July 1826 at
Nelson Terrace, Stoke Newington, Middlesex. Curate of St
Bartholomew's, Grays Inn Road 1852-55 ; Chaplain to the Military
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Orphan Asylum, Madras 1855-65; Chaplain at Lyons 1862-82;
Summer Chaplain at Cannes 1882-1904; Chaplain at Antibes,
France 1884-1900 ; and at Golfe Juan 1900-1906. Died at AnUbes
2 April, aged 79.
Rev Charles Stanwell a859), died at Ipsden Vicarage 20 March, aged 70.
See VoL zz\iii, 317.
Rev Henry V>-vyan (1845, as Henry Vyvyan Robinson), third son of
Philip Vyx-yan Robinson, of the 69th and 88th Regiments ; bom at
Roundwood, Feock, Cornwall 12 December 1821 ; educated at
Helston Grammar School. Curate of Street, Devon 1847-50; of
Stokenham, Devon 1850-51 ; of Poughill, Cornwall 1851-56; Vicar
of St Giles* in the Wood 1856-59 ; of Seaton with Beer 1869-82 ; of
Chertsey 1882-87 ; of Dawlish 1887-95. Latterly resided at 44 Polsloe
Road, Exeter ; died there 24 March, aged 85.
Sir Arthur Townley Watson, K.C. (1852), only son of Sir Thomas Watson,
a President of the Royal College of Surgeons and one of Queen
Victoria's Phj'sicians in Ordinary, who w^as created a baronet in 1866.
Bom in Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square 13 September 1830;
educated at Eton. Admitted a student of Lincoln's Inn 2 March 1852,
called to the Bar 26 January 1856 ; Q.C. 1885 ; Bencher of the Inn
1888. Died 15 March at his residence 39 Lowndes Square, aged 76.
He married 3 October 1861, Rosamond, daughter of Charles Powlett
Rushworth, of London. Sir Thomas Watson, the father, was B.A.
1815, and a Fellow of the CoUege ; he died 11 December 1882. See
Vol. xii, 359.
Rev Austin West (1868), son of the Rev J. West; bom at Sunbury,
Middlesex, in 1838. Curate of Woodbridge 1869-70 ; of Hingham,
Norfolk 1870-72 ; of DigsweU 1872-74 ; Chaplain at Stockholm 1874
at Christiania 1875-80 ; Rector of St John, Buenos Ayres 1885-88
Vicar of Allestree 1889-1903. Died 25 May suddenly at Roslin,
Shortlands.
Rev John William Young (1847), son of Captain Young, of Lee Park,
Blackheath, born in Seymour Place, Marylebone, baptised 11 March
1825 ; educated at Harrow. Curate of Eltham 1853-55 ; of Christ
Church, Lee 1855-56; Chaplain iu Bengal 1857-80; Stationed at
Tounghoo, Burma 1857-62 ; at Nowgong 1865 ; Chunar 1866, 1874,
and 1877 ; Agra Cantonments 1866-68 ; Subathoo 1868 ; Nowshera
1870-72 ; Futteghur 1877 ; Moradabad 1878-80. Lattedy resided at
Glan Severn, 61 Burnt Ash Road, Lee, S.E. ; died 4 May, after a
severe operation, aged 85.
Richard Hodgson (1882), see Vol. xxvii, 272; died 20 December 1905.
In memoriam notices of Mr Hodgson, by Mrs Henry Sidgwick,
Mr J. G. Piddington, and Mr M. A. de Wolfe-Howe, appear in the
Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research^ Vol. xix, part 52 ;
where a portrait of Mr Hodgson is also given.
George Darby Haviland (1880), M.B. 1886. Son of the Rev George
Edward Haviland, Rector of Warbleton. Leave has l)een given by
the Court of Probate to assume the death of Mr G. D. Haviland. He
was living at Stievyre, Estcourt, Natal, and left at the beginning of
July 1900, presumably on an expedition to the Hill District of Colenso.
Nothing was ever afterward heard of him, though his bicycle was
found. Mr Haviland had a very interesting scientific career, of
which we hope to give an account in a future number.
OUR CHRONICLE.
Lent Term igo8.
On the 10th of December last it was announced that the
King had been pleased to approve of the appointment of
Vice-Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes K.C.B.,
K.C.V.O., to be Commander-in-Chief at Devonport from
March next. Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes, who is a former
Fellow Commoner of the College, relinquishes the command
on the Australian Station to which he was appointed in
December 1905, having before that commanded the Cruiser
Squadron. As a Captain he was chosen to act as Naval
Adviser to the Inspector General of Fortifications. For
many years he was Private Secretary to the First Lord of
the Admiralty. He was an A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, was
made K.C.V.O. in 1903 and K.C.B. in 1907.
The list of Indian Honours and Appointments, issued on
January 1, 1908, contained the name of Mr Francis Alexander
Slacke (B.A. 1875) I.C.S., Member of the Board of Revenue,
Bengal, and an Additional Member of the Council of the
Governor General for making laws and regulations, who was
appointed a Companion of Most Exalted Order of the Star
of India (C.S.I.).
The Rev W. E. Pryke (B.A. 1866), Vicar of Ottery
St Mary, Devon, has been appointed a residentiary Canon
of Exeter Cathedral, the duties of which will include the
continuance of the late Canon C. I. Atherton^s work as
Diocesan Missioner. The Illustrated Western Weekly News
for 30 November 1907 has a portrait of Canon Pryke and
some notes on his appointment, from which we extract the
following : —
" The appointment by the Bishop of the Rev W. E. Pryke,
one of his own diocesan clergy, will give great satisfaction
throughout the diocese, and more especially to Churchmen
of moderate views, for the new Canon is recognised as a man
of broad and liberal mind, and of much earnestness. He did
not come into the diocese until 1893, when he was presented
by his old College (St John^s, Cambridge) to the College
228 Our Chronicle,
Living of Marwood, North Devon. Here he set on foot
a plan for the restoration of the interesting parish Church,
which has been completed by his two successors, the late
Canon H. T. E. Barlow, and the present Rector, the Rev A. R.
Johnson. He showed marked ability and organizing power,
at the same time securing by his wise counsels, his scholar-
ship, and the special facility which he showed in adjusting
differences, a prominent position in the religious life of the
community. He was transfeiTed to the more important
Living of Ottery St Mary in 1900, and his work was soon
recognized by his brother clergy, and for some years he has
held the position of Rural Dean. As a member of the
Diocesan Council of Religious Education he showed a good
grasp of educational matters, as might have been expected
from his earlier work as Headmaster for 21 years (1872-93)
of the important Grammar School at Lancaster. Like his
church work, his educational work was marked by toleration
and breadth of view, and on the passing of the Education
Bill of 1902 he was co-opted a member of the Devon Educa-
tion Committee, on which he still serves. He also represents
the Diocesan Council on the Church Central Council of
Secondary Education in London.
" As testimony to his ability and sound judgment, it may
be mentioned that when the House of Convocation and
House of Laymen for the Province of Canterbury appointed
a joint committee to consider the question of *The moral
witness of the Church in social and commercial matters,*
Mr Pryke was one of the sub-committee selected to draw up
the report, which he subsequently presented to the Lower
House of Convocation, and afterwards to the Representative
Church Council, and the manner in which he performed
the important task produced considerable effect upon both
assemblies, which recognized in him a powerful speaker and
debater, and a man of active spirit in promoting the Christian
side of social service. It was by reason of his ha\ing taken
so prominent a part in the consideration of this subject in
the House of Convocation, that he was selected to bring
forward the question at the recent Diocesan Conference at
Exeter.
On the 7th of February last Mr E. A. Goulding (B.A. 1885)
was returned as (Unionist) M.P. for the city of Worcester.
Mr Goulding has already had ten years' experience of Parlia-
ment, having set for the Devizes Di\ision of Wiltshire from
1895 to 1906. At the General Election in 1906 he gave up
what was then regarded as a safe seat to contest Central
Finsbury, where he was defeated by 640 votes. Mr Goulding
was a member of the London County Council from 1895 to
Our Chronicle. 229
1901. He is Chairman of the Organization Committee of th«
Tariff Reform League, and Chairman of the Committee of
the Constitutional Club.
Upon the occasion of the installation of Lord Avebury as
Lord Rector of the University of St Andrew's, on the 16th of
January last, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon
Dr Donald MacAlister, Principal of the University of Glasgow
and Fellow of the College.
Mr W. Bateson (B.A. 1883) F.RS. has been appointed
University Reader in Zoology.
It is announced that the Rev Prebendary H. W. Moss will
retire from the Headmastership of Shrewsbury School during
the coming summer. Mr Moss was appointed Headmaster
of Shrewsbury by the College 5 June 1866. He had pre-
viously been appointed a College Lecturer in Classics, in the
place of the Rev Joseph B. Mayor, on 9 April 1864. The
appointment of the new Headmaster no longer rests with the
College, but with the Governors of the School. There have
been but three Headmasters during the last 110 years.
Samuel Butler, afterwards Bishop of Lichfield, was appointed
by St John's 7 July 1798; to him succeeded Dr B. H.
Kennedy, afterwards Regius Professor of Greek, appointed
in 1836, and lastly Mr Moss.
At the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of
London held on February 21 the following members of the
College were appointed officers of the Society for the ensuing
year: President, Professor W. J. SoUas (B.A. 1874); Vice-
Presidents, Dr Aubrey Strahan (B.A. 1875) and Mr J. J. H.
Teall (B.A. 1873). The Murchison Medal was awarded to
Professor A. C. Seward (B.A. 1886).
Mr G. T. Whiteley (B.A. 1895) has been appointed Clerk
to the Justices of the Croydon Division of the County of
Surrey, and Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for the
Wallington Division of the same County.
Baron Kikuchi (B.A. 1877) was in England last spring and
summer for the purpose of delivering a course of lectures in
the University of London on Japanese Education. On his
return to Japan he delivered a lecture, at a meeting of the
Yokohama Literary Society on 13 December 1907, on
** England and English Life." The lecture was printed in
the Japan Times ^ and from this report we take the following
passages : —
" Baron Kikuchi, who w^as given a very cordial welcome
on rising to address the members, expressed the pleasure it
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230 Our ChronUh,
gave him to accede to tlie invitation of the Committee to
lecture before the Yokohama Literary Society. As to the
subject of the paper, it was suggested that his impressions of
English Hfe would be very interesting. While he was in
England he was asked by the editor of a newspaper to write
a brief article giving his impressions of England as a repre-
sentative Japanese. He refused this offer, partly because he
thought that his time would be better spent in getting those
impressions rather than in writing them up. He had often
felt very glad that the English papers did not, like the
American and Japanese papers, send reporters to interview
people, whether they liked it or not — to ask for their impres-
sions of the country in which they had just landed, how they
liked the country and the people, and what they were going
to do, such interviews being very often reported not according
to what the victims actually said, but rather according to
what the reporters thought they ought to have said. One
evening during his recent stay in San Francisco, when he
returned from dinner with his Consul, and was preparing to
rest after a rather tiring day, a reporter came in to ask what
he thought of the exclusion of Japanese from the schools, and
iinally a man with a camera came into the room and took his
photograph by means of the magnesium light, and in con-
sequence of the fumes he was unable to sleep for some timeu
He must confess, however, that he preferred the English
methods of journsdism in such matters^ and hoped the English
papers would not take to imitating the American and Japanese
journals.
" Another reason, for his refusal io accede to the request
was that his impressions of England could scarcely be called
those of a representative Japanese, for without going back
to his grandfather, father, and uncles, who were pioneers of
the importation of Western knowledge into Japan, he himself
received more than half his education in England. He went
to England in the winter of 1 866, when eleven years of age,
in company with thirteen other young men, among whom
were Count Hayashi, the present Minister of Foreign Affair^
and the late Professor Toyama. They were sent by the
Shogun's Government, and came back in the Spring of 1868^
when the Shogunate was overthrown. He was sent to
England again in 1870 — this time by the Imperial Govern-
ment — and entered the same school as before, namely,
University College School in London, whence in 1873 he
went to Cambridge, where, at the age of twenty-two, he
graduated in the Mathematical Tripos in 1877. At the Uni-
versity College School there were one or two other Japanese
l>oys, but during the nine out of ten terms he spent at
Cambridge he was the only Japanese student. He thus had
O^r Chronicle.. 231
to associate almost entirely with English boys and young
men during seven years of his boyhood — at that period of
life when one's mind was most open to impressions. Before
he (the speaker) left Japan on this last visit, he felt almost as
though he was returning to a home he had not visited for
a long thne-^indeed, his friends here told him the same
thing; and when he arrived m England not only was he
welcomed by his old friends with a warmth beyond expecta-
tion, but wherever he went he met someone whom he knew
at Cambridge in the olden days. He greatly enjoyed visiting
old familiar scenes, or places whose names were at least
familiar to him; he went to his old school, and there the
boys of the school cheered him as only English schoolboys
can cheer : he did not feel at all that he was a stranger m
a foreign land. Such being the case, his impressions of
England would certainly not be those of a representative
Japanese."
The list of Select Preachers before the University for the
academical year 1907-8 contains the names of the following
members erf the College : 1907, December 1, the Rev J. H. B.
Masterman (B. A. 1893), Vicar of St Michael's Church, Coventry,,
Honorary Canon of Birmingham, Hulsean Lecturer; 1908,
January 19, the same ; February 23, the Very Rev W. Page
Roberts (B.A. 1862), Dean of Salisbury ; March 15, the Rev
St J. B. Wynne Willson (B.A. 1890), Headmaster of Haileybury
College.
Sermons have been preached in the College Chapel
during the Term as follows: January 26, Dr T. G. Bonney;
Febitiary 9, Mr A, R. Ingram, Senior Missioner at Walworth ;
February 16, Canon E. A. Stuart; and on February 23, the
Dean of Salisbury (Mr Page Roberts).
Mr W. A. Houston {BA, 1896), formerly Fellow of the
College, has been appointed Professor of Mathematics at
Queen's College, Galway, in succession to Mr Bromwich.
Mr Houston has been in the Egyptian Educational Service.
Mr W: A. D. Rudge (B.A. 1899) has been appointed
Professor of Physics in the Gray University College, Bloem-
fontein. Orange River Colony.
Mr T. A. Lawrenson (B.A. 1889), who has been Headmaster
of the Runcorn Institute County Secondary School, Cheshire,
since July 1897, has been appointed Headmaster of the South
Shields Municipal Secondary School.
Mr W. R. Lewis (B.A, 1893), of Dulwich College Pre-
paratory School, has become one of the joint Headmasters of
St John's House School, Rosslyn Hill, London, N.W,
232 Our Chronicle,
Mr Manohar Lai (B.A. 1902) has been appointed Lecturer
in Political Economy in the University of the Punjab; he
has also been nominated by the Chancellor to a Fellowship
in the University. *
Mr R F. Charles (BA. 1873) was on the 25th of January
last elected a Membei of the Council of the College of
Preceptors.
Mr T. F. R. MacDonnell (B.A. 1898), Barrister-at-Law,
Assistant Government Advocate, Burma, has been appointed
Secretary to the Burma Legislative Council, and Assistant
Secretary to the Government of Burma, as a temporary
appointment
Mr R Casson LC.S. (B.A. 1900), Assistant Commissioner,
Burma, was in the autumn transferred from Bassein to the
charge of the Kyauktan subdivision, Hanthawaddy district ;
and early in January appointed to o£&ciate as District Judge
of Bassein and Henzada.
Ds M. V. Bhide (BJV. 1907), recently appointed to the
£ndian Civil Service, has been stationed at Amritsar in the
Punjab as Assistant Commissioner.
At a meeting of the R)yal Ccilege of Surgeons of England
held on 12 December 1907, H. Hardwick-Smith (B.A. 1899)
M.B., L.RC.P., of St Bartholomew's Hospital, having passed
the required examinations and conformed to the bye-laws,
was admitted a Fellow of that College,
Mr H. C. Cameron (BA. 1901) M.A., M.B., L.RC.P., of
Guy's Hospkal was on Thursday, January 30, admitted a
Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Mr F. Worthington (B.A. 1901), B.C. 1906, obtained the
12th place in the list of successful candidates for Commissions
in the, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Dr C. F. Lillie (B.A. 1894) has been appointed House
Surgeon at the Albany General Hospital, Graiiamstown.
Mr B. L. T. Bamett (B.A. 1896) M.B. passed the
Intermediate Examination of the Law Society held on.
January 1,5 and. 16 last.
The Adjudicators for the Smith's Prizes state that they
are of opinion that the essays sent in by Ds H. R. Hasse
(B.A. 1906), "On some problems in the theory of metallic
reflection," and by Ds H. T. H. Piaggio (B.A. 1906), on
** Perpetuant syzygips of the wth kind," are deserving of
honourable mentipn..
Our Chronicle, 233
A. Y. Campbell, Scholar of the College and one of our
Editors, received honourable mention in the examination for
the Chancellor's Classical Medals.
The First Whewell Scholarship in International Law has
been awarded to Ds D. W. Ward (B.A. 1907), Scholar of the
College and one of our Eklitors.
On January 17 the following were elected to MacMahon
Law Studentships in the College of jGlSO for four years : —
(1) Ds A. E. Brown (B.A. 1906), First Class in Parts I
and II of the Historical Tripos and First Class in Part I of
the Law Tripos.
(2> Ds D. W. Ward (B.A. 1907), First Qass in Part I of
the Historical Tripos and First Whewell International Law
Scholar in 1907.
The Adams Memorial Prize for 1907 has been awarded to
S. Lees, Scholar of the College. Mr Lees chose for the
subject of his essay " Reciprocal Theorems in Physics."
Mr J. R. HUl (B.A. 1906), Hutchinson Student of the
College, has been appointed to a research post at the.
Imperial Institute in London.
The Bishop of St Albans has appointed the Rev R. A.
Squires (B.A. 1870), Vicar of St Peter's, St Albans, to be
Rural Dean of St Albans, in the place of Canon O. W. Davys
(B.A. 1851), resigned.
The Rev E. T. Burges (B.A. 1874), Superintendent of
Native Missions and Canon of Maritzburg Cathedral, has.
been appointed Archdeacon of Maritzburg.
The Rev C. P. Cory (B.A. 1S82), Chaplain at Maymyo, has-
been appointed Archdeacon of Rangoon, Burma.
The Rev W. R. Shepherd (B.A. 1883), Rector of Kirby
Underdale, Yorkshire, has been appointed Rural Dean of
Pocklington.
The Rev H. EL H. Coombes (RA. L889), Chaplain of the
Mission to. Seamen at Barry Docks, has been presented by
the College to the Vicarage of North Stoke with Ipsden, in
the County of Oxford, vacant by the death of the Rev C.
Stanwell.
The Rev W.. H. Harding (B:A. 1S92), Diocesan Curate,
Gloucester, has been appointed Vicar of Churcham with
Bulley, Gloucestershire.
The Rev E. J. H. Benwell (B.A. 1895) has been appointed
Rector of St Adamnan's, Duror, Argyllshire, by the Episcopal
Synod of Argyle and the Isles.
234
Our Chronicle.
The Rev S. N. Rostron (B,A. 1905), formerly Naden
Divinity Student of the College, and Curate of St George's,
Hulme, Manchester, has been appointed Lecturer at the
Scholae Episcopi, Manchester.
The following ecclesiastical preferments are announced :
Name Degree
From
To be
Bamber, J. (189(9
V. Crowle and
R. Broughton, Hackett
R. West Didsbur>%
Manchester.
Butler, F. C. B. (1880)
Ewbant, A. (1892)
Goulthard, E. N. (1881)
C. St Matthew,
Croydon..
C St Saviour,.
Islington.
V. St James,
Bermondsey.
V. Bramford,
Ipswich.
V. St Peter's,
Islington.
V, St Paul's,
Winchmore HiU.
The following Members of the College were ordained,
at the Advent Ordinations.
Name. Degree.
Diocese.
Parish.
Macaulay, D. (1^6)
Londoff
St John's, Notting Hill.
St Botolph, Lincoln.
Gathorne, C. (l^S)
Lincoln
Booker, E. (1903)
Norwich
Great Yarmouth.
Johnstone, A. B. (1906)
South wark
St Anne, Bermondsey.
Green, E. W. (1906)
Chichester
Priests.
H^ Trinity, Eastbourne.
Name.
Degree.
Diocese.
Edmonds, H.
(1905)
Birmingham.
Sleight, A. B.
(1903)
Chester.
Rostron, S.
(1905)
Mancliestef.
Clements, W. T.
(1897)
Newcastle.
Cheese, W. G.
(1905)
Peterborough.
Crole-Rees, H. S.
(1906)
South wark.
Clay, W. K.
(1902)
Worcester.
The Ordinations at Birmingham', Norwich, Peterborough,
and Worcester took place on December 21, in the other
Dioceses named on December 22.
The following books by members of the College are
announced : The supreme literary gift^ by T. G. Tucker LittD.
(Melbourne, Lothian) ; Society versus Socialism^ Three Fiscal
Essays^ by G. E. Manisty I.C.S. (Exeter, Besley and Dalgleish) ;
The Christian Life here and hereafter ^ being a selection from the
Sermons of the late Frederic Watson D.D.^ Edited by C. B.
Drake, Rector of Leverington (Skeffington) ; Indices to Diaics-
sarica^ with a specimen of Research^ by E. A. Abbott (Black) ;
A Jacobite Admiral^ by R. H. Forster (Long) ; The Theory of
Lights a Treatise on Physical Optics^ by R. C. Maclaurin, sometime
Professor of Mathematical Physics, Wellington, New Zealand,
Professor of Mathematical Physics in Columbia University,
Our Chronicle. 235
New York ; New Zealand revisited — recollections of the days of
my Youth^ by the Right Hon Sir John Eldon Gorst (J. Pitman) ;
Before and after Waterloo^ Letters from Edward Stanley^ sometime
Bishop of Norwich (Fisher Unwin),
The following University appointments of members of the
College have been made since the issue of our last number :
Mr R. F. Scott to be one of the Sex Viri ; Mr F. F. Blackman
to be a member of the Botanic Garden Syndicate ; Mr J. E.
Purvis to be a member of the Local Examinations and Lectures
Syndicate ; Professor A. C. Seward to be a member of the
Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate ; Mr H. F. Stewart
to be a member of the Highest Grade Schools Examination
Syndicate ; Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox to be a member of the
Proctorial Syndicate ; Dr L. E. Shore to be a member of the
State Medicine Syndicate ; Mr G. T. Bennett to be a member
of the Special Board for Music ; Dr J. E. Marr to be a member
of the Board of Geographical Studies ; Dr P. H or ton-Smith
Hartley to be an examiner for Part II of the Third Examina-
tion for M.B. degree ; Dr H. F. Baker to be Chairman of the
Examiners for the Mathematical Tripos, Part II ; Mr J. E.
Purvis to be an Examiner in State Medicine; Mr E. E,
Foxwell to be a Lecturer at Affiliated Local Lectures Centres ;
Mr R. F. Charles to be an Examiner at Affiliated Local
Lectures Centres ; Mr C. A. A. Scott to be a member of the
Special Board iot Divinity ; Professor Seward and Mr T. H.
Middleton to be members of a Syndicate for the erection of
a building for the Department of Agriculture; Mr H. F.
Stewart to be a member of the Special Board for Medieval
and Modern Languages, and also to be a member of the
Degree Committee of that Board ; Dr D. MacAlister to be
a member of the Board of Electors to the Professorship of
Anatomy ; Dr J. N. Langley to be a member of the Board of
Electors to the Professorship of Botany ; Mr W. H. Hudleston
to be a member of the Board of Electors to the Woodwardian
Professorship of Geology ; Mr T. H. Middleton to be a member
of the Board of Electors to the Drapers Professorship of
Agriculture ; Mr J. Gibson and G. F. Stout to be examiners
for the Moral Science Tripos; Mr J. H. A. Hart to be an
examiner f qr the Special Examinations in Theology ; Mr J.
Gibson to be an examiner ior the Special Examination in
Logic; Mr A. H. Peake to be an examiner for the Special
Examinations in Mechanism and Applied Science ; IVfr H. L.
Pass to be an examiner for the Stewart of Rannoch Scholar-
ships ; Mr T. R. Glover to be an Adjudicator of the Prince
Consort Prize; Dr J. E. Marr to be an examiner for the
Special Examinations in Agricultural Science, and for Part I
of the examination for the Diploma in Agriculture ; Dr L. E.
236 Our Chronicle.
Shore to be an examiner in Part II of the examination for the
Diploma in Agriculture ; Mr W. E. Heitland to be an examiner
for the Porson Prize.
Mr G. R. S. Mead (B.A. 1814) is delivering a course of
six lectures in the lecture room of the Theosophical Society,
in Albemarle Street, London, during the months of March
and April. The lectures are on " The Cross of Light *' and
** The Gnosis of the Fire " (The Chaldean Oracles).
Mr VL F. Russell-Smith has been elected an Editor of the
EagU in the room of Mr Roy Meldrum, resigned.
The following letter from Christopher Hull appeared in
The Sedberghian for July 1907. C. Hull was a son of John
Hull of Marton, Lancashire ; he was admitted to the College
22 January 1761. After serving some curacies he was
nominated by the College to be Headmaster of Sedbergh,
his old school. He died at Sedbergh 3 January 1799.
TO
Mr John HuU
at Great Marton
near Poulton in the File,
By Caxton)
LANCASHIRE.
L,
St John's College Cambridge Jan 1st 1762.
(a single sheet)
Dear father,
I have received Mr Abbots Bill which I send you
enclosed in this together with an account of what I have Laid
out which {unless you consider the place I am in) you'll be
apt to think is too much. Yet I can assure you there is scarce
anyones Bill so moderate as mine and what I have exp)ended
has been either on customs that must be complied with or
necessaries which I co'd not have done without I have been
put to some small expense by practices not very agreeable to
the character of an honest & reasonable man. I mean by
riott which are frequently made in or about my room for
which reason I shall be obliged to change it The first time
they rioted my I was terrably frighted for I co'd not persuade
myself that it was any of the College but that it was some-
body come to rob my and accordingly hid my money in the
Bedstraw another time they had broke my door to pieces
before I co'd get hold of my trusty poker which I had got
lay'd anew for a weapon of defence & after I had repuls'd
tliem they rally*d again with great fury, & I took them upon
the stairs which was the only time they were catch'd but if
J had informed they had been rusticated as I prophecy some
Our Chronicle. 237
of them will before winter be over but I am so fortifiy'd
against 'em now that unless they unlock my Door they cannot
get into my room. Hutton has suffer'd a good deal by 'em
for they throw everything down as soon as they get in & make
as big a noice as if all Bedlam was let lose« We are likewise
often imposed on by p)eople that do anything for us but if
Mr Abbott know it and he's very careful about our Bills he
immediately turns them of if they have any imployment in
Coll. My Laundress he turned away for charging me
2 shillings too much & my bedmaker I suspect of stealing
my coals & the first time I catch him I'le send him a packing.
I had a hare & a Barrel of Oisters given for making my
opponent a declamation on the opposite side of the subject
to my own which we read at l^v Cravens Lectures. The
Oisters I gave Mr Hutton and the Hare cost my 7 shillings to
get her eaten. The following is a full and particular account
of what I've spent since I took leave with you at Kirkham : —
Journey ..« ..«
Spent at the Red Lion before I went into CoU.
A pair of shoes
A pair of buckles
A pair of stockings
Caution money to Mr. Abbott
In the Hall to Butteryman Plate tablecloth
knife & fork
Customs to Laundress bedmaker & barber*..
Candle sticks snuffers & extinguisher
Inkstands ink wax & seal & paper
Saunderson & Euclid
Lexicon Greek Test. & Lockes Essays
Zenophon & pens in Mr. Abbotts Bill ...
Minute Books scale & compasses & lined books
Ben Johnson & Hutchs Philosophy
Milk butter oisters cream apples nuts .,.
China teaspoons & Kettle & pots &c. bel. ...
Bunch Bowl Ladle & straner *
1 & i oz. of tea & a lb. of sugar
Gotch Bason Statpot pint cup
Cap gown & surplice
8 bands
A Wig
3 Knifes & forks comb & plate
Key Tinder box Lock poker fireplace &
windows mending
Carriage of my box & saddle bridle whip &c.
Brushes soap & whitening
4 dusters .... & a Key piecing
Wigpins needles & thread
Gown & door mending gave to Cask & Xmas
Boxes
At Communion Table
2 Bottles of Rum 2 of wine ale lemons &c....
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Since I begun of writing this I received your Box which is a
very acceptable New Years Gift and have turned a Uttle of
the mince pie over my tongue & have the work of Peggy's
httle hands about my legs. I expect a pair of stockings of
her handywork by & by. I sought a good while for Nelly's
sixpence & at last it came tumbUng out of the garters to my
agreeable surprise.
I have sent Mr Abbott two pots who returns you his compli-
n>ents and thanks you for the favour and when I go to him he
seldom fot^ets to ask after your health the following is his
Bill which you'll please to return cash for or Bill.
Hull, Debt to Michaels.
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Hull, Debt at Christmas to W. Abbot.
Scholars f}^"*
Butter ll3.
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I dont doubt but you are surprised at what I have Ia5rd out
for I thought that thp money you gave me wo*d have been
Our Chronicln, 239
sufficient for the 1st quarter at least but if you substract the
income of my room i.e. the price ot the furniture & what
was due to Michaels together with what Ive laid on books,
Journey &c which I shall not want for the future you'll find
the necessary expense does not exceed eight pounds I hope
you are persuaded I shall be as careful as I can without
letting the world see I am over much so. I can live more
genteely for 40 than many can in our Coll for 70 pounds a
year & keep better Company out of all ray care & Study I
shall alway be most careful to deserve your love & am dear
Father your dutiful son
Chris. Hull
JOHNIANA,
The following letter appears in the GenUeman*s Magazine for 1797,
Vol. i, 102—3.
Feb, 6 [1797]
•Mr Urban,
From some authentic documents which I have lately seen, I am
'able to state that Anthony Wood was under a mistake when he supposed
that Robert Herrick, the poet, was either at St John's or All Souls at Oxford*
He speaks indeed with hesitation on the subject ; which implies that
he entertained some doubts.
There was a Robert Heyrick at St John's at Oxford, who was intended
for the law, but quitting that study for a more active life, died at Wesel,
a lieutenant in the army, in 1639.
Robert, the poet, was a fellow-commoner of St John's College, Cambridge^
from 1615 to 1617, in which last year the following " note nf hand " of his
occurs, now transcribed to shew the forms of that age^ and the absurdity
of some which have lately been published.
Be it known to all, that I Robert Heyrick, fellow commoner
of St John's Colledg in Cambridg, acknowledg myself to stand
indebted unto my uncle, Sir William Hearick of London, knight,
in the some of tenn poundes, for so much receaved of him ;
to be repayed unto him at all times. I saye receaved tenn
poundes, by me
Robert Hearick.
The early part of his personal history will also be illustrated by the two-
following, undated, letters to his unde..
(1) After my abundant thanks for your last great loue (worthie
Sir) proud of your fauoure and kindness shewne by my Ladie to
my vnworthie selfe, thus I laye open myself ; that, forasmuch*
as my continuance will not long consist inthe spheare where
I nowe move, I make known my thought, and modestly crave
your counsell Whether it were better for me to direct my study
towards the Lawe or not ;. which if I should (a&it will not be.
impertinent), I can with facilitie laboure myself into another
Colledg appointed for the like end and studye, where I assure:
myself the charge will not be so great as where I now exist ;
I make bold freely to acquaint you with my thoughts ; andi
I entreat you to answere me ; this being most which checks me,
that my time (I trust) being short it may be to a lesser end and
smaller purpose; but that shall be as you shall lend direction..
243 Our Chronicle,
Nothing now remaines but my perfect thankfulness and remem-
brance of your hopeful promises ; which when Heaven, working
with you, shall bring them to performance, I shall triumph in the
victorie of my wishes ; till then, my prayers shall inuocate
He wen to powre upon you and your posteritie the vtmost of all
essential! happiness, Yours eyer servcieable,
R. Hearick.
Sir,
Trinitic Hall, Cam.
(2) The confidence I have of your both virtuous and generous
disposition makes me (though with some honest reluctation)
the seldomer to sollcite you ; for I have so incorporated belief
into me, that I cannot chuse but perswade myself that (though
absent) I stand imprinted in your memor>' and the remembrance
of my last beeing at London served for an earnest motive (which
I trust lives yet unperisht) to the effectuating of my desire, which
is not but in modesty ambitious, and consequently virtuous ; but,
where freeness is evident, there needes no feere for forwardness ;
and I doubt not (because fa>'th gives boldness) but that Heaven,
togeither with yourself will bring my ebbing estate to an indiffer-
ent tyde ; meane while I hope I haue (as I presume you know)
changed my Colledg for one where the quantitie of expence wil
be shortened, by reason of the priuacje of the house, where
I purpose to Hue recluse till time contract me to some other
calling, striuing now with myself (retayn^ng vpright thoughts)
both sparingly to Hue, thereby to shun the current of expense.
This is my desire (which I entreat may be performed), that
Mr Adrian Marius, bookseller, of the Blackfryers, may be payd
ten pounds as heretofore, and to take his acquitance. Trusting
wherto, He terminate your sight and end ; hoping to see your
dayes many and good, and prosperitie to crown yourself and
issue : Euer Seru|ceable to your virtues,
R. Hearick.
May 1 request some Cambridge friend to state the dates of his admission
and degrees at St John's, and at Tf inity Ha^ ; the first beUeved to be abou(
1614, Uie other 1617 ?
LN,
So far as is known no direct answer was ever given to the request for
information as to Herrick's entry at St John's ; it would appear that
the only answer which can be given is that there is no evidence in the
College Records. Herrick appears in the list of graduates as Robert
Hearick, of Trinity Hall, B.A. 1616-7, M.A. 1620. The general Register
of Admissions' at St John's does not begin until January 1629-30, Priof
to that date we have a Register of the Admissions of Fellows and
Scholars commencing in 1545, and this also contains occasional lists
of persons admitted as Pensioners and Sizars, but not of Fellow Commoners.
There is however one source from which the names of some Fellow
Commoners can be gleaned. In the earlier volumes of Accounts we
find the names of Fellow Commoners occurring under the heading
Rccepta Forinseca; a heading which seems to include all payments to the
College from its members, and other receipts not derived from the rents
pf estates. Thus in the year 1559 we find the entries :
Imprimis of Mr Coortesse
for th admission of Mr
Higforthe and Mr Hennyage
in to ye felowes commons 26$. 8^,
Item of Mr Wiborne for
the admission of Mr Stafforde
in to ye felowes commons. 13s. 4d.
Our Chronicle. 241
That is to say, Coortessc and Wiborne, Fellows of the College and
acting as Tutors, paid these sums on the admission of their pupils
as Fellow Commoners. From the University Registers we find that
Edward Stafford and John Hickforthe matriculated as Fellow Commoners
of St John's on 10 November 1559 ; while Michael Henyage matriculated
as a pensioner 17 May 1559 and took the degrees B.A. 1562, M.A. 1566.
But after a time such entries disappear from the Accounts. Then about
the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century the
names of Fellow Commoners appear in the Accounts under the same
beading of Recepta Forinseca for another reason. The College had built
a Tennis Court for the use of its members and the names of Fellow^
Commoners appear as paying for the use of the Court. For example :
1621
First Quarter
Received for the tennis court
pro Mro Lucio et Lorenzo
Cary, pro singulis 5s.
105.
And this appears to be the only entry in the College books of the name
of Lucius Carey, afterwards Viscount Falkland, the famous cavalier ;
Lorenzo or Lawrence Carey was his younger brother.
Repeated search has failed to disclose the name of Robert Herrick as
making any such payment ; at the time when he entered St John's Fellow
Commoners did not matriculate, so that his name does not appear in the
University Register as of St John's. The documents printed above
however make it quite clear that he was a Fellow Commoner of the
College, but finding the expense too great migrated to Trinity Hall, where
he entered as a Pensioner or Sizar.
There is just a trace of another man of the same name in the accounts
for 1595, where in the third quarter we have the entry :
For the tennis court, of Mr Heigham,
Mr Heyrick, Mr Wagstaffe, and
Mr Carey 205.
English Essay Prizes. 1907.
Prizeman.,
No Candidate.
C. W. Previte-Orton.
R. P. Dodd.
W. G. Constable.
F. M. Cheshire.
Entrance Scholars and Exhibitioners.
Elected 13 December 1907.
Commencing residence October 1908.
Foundation Scholarships of £8o :
Wren, W. T. (Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith) for Mathematics,
Carter, W. H. (Liverpool College) /or Mathematics.
Rogerson, W. J. L. (St John's School, Leatherhead)/<7r Classics.
price, N. J. (King Edward's School, Birmingham) /or Natural Science.
Year.
Subject.
Third.
Autobiographies.
Second.
Allegory.
Proxime accessit
First.
Charles Lamb.
Proxime accessit
242 Our Chronicle.
Foundation Scholarships of £60 :
Davis, H. J. (King's School, Chester) ybr Mathematics,
Braunholtz, H. J. (Oundle School) /or Classics,
Minor Scholarships of £60 :
Ottley, W. H. T, (Malvern College) /or Classics.
Baynes, F, W. W. (Harrow School) /or Classics,
Conder, J. M. (Windermere Grammar School) /or Natural Scienu,
Jackson, G, E. (Denstone College) /or if 15/ory,
Foundation Scholarships of £40 :
Street, R O. (Bournemouth School) /or Mathematics.
Long, A. P. (Perse School) for Natural Science,
Wells, W. D. (Lycee Malherbe, Caen) for Modem Languages.
Denham, J. P. (Merchant Taylors' School, London) /or Hebrew,
Exhibitions of £30 :
Gillson, A. H. S. (Cambridge and County School) /or Mathematics,
Carpenter, C. G. (City of Ix)ndon School) /or Mathematics,
Williams, P. M. W. (City of London School) /or Mathematics,
Todd, H. W. (City of London School) /or Classics,
Moody, B. (Marlborough College) /or Classics,
Thompson, C. B. (Shrewsbury School) /or Classics,
Wilmore, A, N. (Manchester Grammar School) /or Natural Science,
Knox, R. U. E. (Dulwich School) /or Natural Science,
Fryers, J. L. (Merchant Taylors' School, London) /or if o<<. Languages.
Shore, L. R. (Dulwich College) /or Natural Science.
Mr C. B. Rootham, College Organist, gave a Recital in
the Chapel on the evening of Sunday, March 1st The
following is the programme : —
1. Chaconne in £ minor ••..•• Buxtehude
(Born in Denmark 1637 ; died 1707)
2. Chaconne in F major Henry Purccll
(? 1658—1695)
3. Passacaglia in C minor /. S. Bach
(1685—1750)
4. Chaconne in E minor C, V, Stanford
5. Basso Ostinato in D major A, S, Arensky
6. Introduction & Passacaglia in D minor. .Max Reger
The most obvious and easily realisable means of arriving at symmetry
and proportion in musical works is by repetition of subject-matter. The
Ground Bass (Italian basso ostinato) which consists of constant repetition
of a phrase in the Bass with varied figures and harmonies above it, is one
of the earliest " variation " forms used by composers. The Passacaglia
was originally an Italian or Spanish dance ; but by the 17th century it
had lost its purely secular character, being treated by composers in
somewhat the same way as a Ground Bass. It is written in triple time,
and usually consists of a melodic theme of eight bars, continually
repeated, each time with a varied accompaniment. The Chaconne,
probably also in its origin a Spanish dance, is again in triple time, but
the melodic theme begins in the Soprano part, and on the first beat of the
bar ; whereas the theme of the Passacaglia begins on the third beat and
is usually in the Bass.
Our ChronicU, 243
Examples of these three kindred variation-forms are to be found in
the works of the great composers from the 16th century onwards. Apart
from music written expressly for the organ, we find a great number of
instances in Purcell's Operas, notably Dido's death song, **When I am
laid in earth," from "Dido and Aeneas." The "Crucifixus" in Bach's
great B minor Mass, and several of the finest choruses from Handel's
oratorios can also be cited. More recently Johannes Brahms produced
two fine examples in the Finale to the Variations on a theme of Haydn,
and in the last movement of his fourth Symphony in E minor.
Athletic Club.
President— A. Thome Waite. Hon, Sec—F, R. Pamell. Committee--
T. M. Sibly, D. W. Ward, A. R. Thompson, A. Hughes, H. A. L.
Laidlaw (Capt. L.M.B.C.)
The Sports were held at Fenner's on Thursday, February 6,
and Friday, February 7.
The results were moderate on the whole, the 100 yards
and the 3 miles being the best times.
The events and winners were as follows : —
100 Yards—]. M. Swift 1, T. M. Sibly 2, S. U Thompson 3. Won by
2| yards ; one foot between 2nd and 3rd. Time, 11 4-5ths sees.
120 Yards Handicaf^—T, M. SiWy, 3 yards, 1 j J. M. Swift, scr., 2.
Time, 12 4-5ths sees. Won by 4 feet.
Quarter Mile^ OpenS, L. Thompson 1, T. M. Sibly 2. Time, 55 4-5ths
Won by half yard.
Quarter MiUy Handicap — S. L. Thompson, scr., 1 ; T. M. Sibly, 3 yards,
2. Time, 56 l-5th sees. Won by 3 yards.
Half Mile—T, M. Sibly 1, A. R. Thompson 2. Time, 2 mins. 10 sees.
Won by 10 yards.
Mile— A. Hughes 1, A. R. Thompson 2. Time, 4 mins. 55 sees. Won
by 90 yards.
Three Miles^ Handicap — ^A. Hughes, scr., 1 ; N. Green, 250 yards, 2 ;
H. P. W. Burton, 100 yards, 3. Time, 16 mins. 6 sees. Won by 350 yards.
High Jump—C. A. Barber and W. S. Soden tied for 1st, 4 ft. llfin. ;
T.M. Sibly,3,4ft. lOiin.
Long Jump—T, M. Sibly, 1, 18 ft. 2\ ia ; J. R. Marrack, 2, 17 ft 7\ in, ;
C. B. S. AUott,3, 17 ft. 7in.
Hurdles— C A. Baker 1, F. Dale 2. Time, 20 3-5ths sees. Won by
2 yards.
Puttifig the Weight— VJ. Veevcrs 1^ 28 ft. 7iins. ; C H. Ritchie 2,
25 ft li ins.
Fresbmcn'^s 200 Yards— S^ L. Thompson 1, A. J. Bentley 2, Time,
22 2-5ths sees. Won by 2 feet.
l,.M.B.C, 300 Yards Handicap— H, F. Russell-Smith, 15 yards, 1;
R, W. Hyde, Z
College Servants' 200 Yards Handicap— U. Randall, 20 yards, 1 ;
J. Sparrow, 30 yards, 2.
A fixture has been arranged with Keble College, Oxford,
to take place at Fenner's on Tuesday, March 10. The team
and results will be published in next term's Ea^e.
244 Our Chronicle,
Association Football Club.
Captain — R. Brice-Smith. Secretary — ^J. A. Fewings.
After a very encouraging start, the season has been a
disappointing one. The bad luck which commenced last
Term has been with us to the end. With a team disorganised
by the large number of * crockings/ we are rather reheved to
have played the last match.
Under the circumstances it is most satisfactory that we
have kept well above the bottom of the League. With
practically the whole of the present team available we
anticipate a better object next season than to escape relega-
tion to the second division.
The 2nd XI has played a large number of matches and
won a fair proportion. At the time of writing the * getting
on' matches for the third division of the League have not
been played. We have great hopes, and with good reason,
that our team will be the successful one.
1st XI colours have been given to H. C. H. Lane and
E. K. Quick.
The following 1st XI matches have been played this
Term :—
Goals
Opponents. Ground, Result. For. Agst.
♦Caius St John's Lost 1 ... 4
*Jesus „ Drawn... 3 ... 3
•Trinity Rest „ Drawn... 2 ... 2
Caius. Caius. Drawn... 2 ... 2
Clare Clare Lost 2 ... 3
•Queens' St John's Lost 2 ... 6
♦Clare Clare Lost 1 ... 4
Mr R. E. Newbery's XI St John's Won 4 ... 3
•Caius Caius Lost ... 7
• League Matches.
Characters :
W. E. Hill (goal). Not *' discovered " till near the end of the season. Had
plenty to do, and did it well.
E. L. Donovan (right back). Neat full back. Lacks pace, and is light,
but shows good judgment, and worked hard the whole season.
/. A. Fewings (left back). Started the season, as usual, at centre forward.
Later, in response to urgent entreaties, came to full back. A neat
and powerful kick, tackling and heading well. A great acquisition
to the defence.
E. K, Quick (right half). A very energetic half. Tackles hard and passes
accurately. Uses his head well.
R. BriceSmith (centre half). Has captained the team well, showing a
pleasant optimism during all our misfortunes. Tackles and passes
excellently, and works very hard in defence and attack.
C. Beale (left half). Has played a consistently good game the whole
season. Is fast, a strong tackier, and uses his weight well.
Our ChronicU. 245
P. A. Janus (outside right). A much inrtproved forward. Puts plenty of
life into his game. Has developed a fine cross shot
H, Whewcll (inside right). Has the makings of a really good forward.
Fast, clever, and an excellent shot. Very inclined to get out of his
place.
A. R, Thonipsort (inside left). A good, hard working forward. Feeds his
wing well, and combines neatly with his centre.
ii. C. H. Lane (outside left)i Has shown great pace on the wing. Com-
bines well with his inside, and centres with judgment A good shot.
Rugby Union Football ClUB.
The season, on the whole, has been rather disappointing,
the freshmen, With a few exceptions, not fulfilling expecta-
tions. The team did not do itself justice against weaker
opponents, but always rose to the occasion when opposed to
stronger teams, nevertheless the season was a distinct im-
provement on the last, and next season should see an even
greater improvement.
The second XV are to be congratulated upon their
marked success, being defeated only on three occasions.
Characters of the Team :
A^ Thorne-Waite (captain, three-quarter). Has been a most energetic
captain both on and off the field, brilliant tackier, and runs straight
when he gets the ball ; has done his hardest to get the team together,
and it is no fault of his that the season has not been as successful as
it might.
C. D. D. Mogan (hon. sec., half). Returned to his old position of half,
where he proved a great source of strength to the side, his tackling
and spoiling Work being particularly effective. An energetic secretary,
whose help both on and of( ,e field has been of the greatest value.
A. E. Evans, Only turned out once for the College, as his services were
always required for the 'Varsity. His advice to the forwards was
always extremely useful.
J. R. Hill (three-quarter). A sound and reliable inside three-quarter,
particularly useful in defence,
F. W. Hicks (forward). Led the forwards very well during the whole
season. Very consistent, and knows the game thoroughly. One of
the few forwards who helped the backs in their defence work. His
advice to the forward line has been extremely useful.
C. £. Averill (forward). A stout forward, good in the loose and out of
touch, but should not forget to work hard in the scrum.
W.H. Weightman (forward). A light but energetic forward, goes hard
all the time, and tackles keenly.
/. W, G. Stokes (forward). Works hard, but is apt to be erratic.
F. M. MoseUy (wing three-quarter). Very plucky in defence, especially in
falling on the ball. Must learn to run straight and hard.
VOL. XXXIX. KK
246 Our Chronicle.
A. J, Bcntley (wing three-quarter). Most useful in attack and defence.
Knows the game thoroughly, and was responsible for a large number
of tries.
C. L. Holthousc (forward). Useful forward, and hard worker.
C. H. Ritchie (forward). Good in the loose, and tries hard in the scrum,
but hardly knows the English game thoroughly. A good place kick
on his day.
//. F. Russell-Smith (forward). Good out of touch, and a conscientious
worker, but inclined to be clumsy in the scrum.
H. A. Rose (forward). Has played some good games, but should be more
consistent
The following have also played for the College on a few occasions : —
£. iV. Wilkinson (forward). Plays a good game in the loose, but must
learn to pack properly, even though in the back row. Too much
inclined to wing, but should prove useful next season.
£. Y. J. Brash (scrum and flying half). Has played some very good games,
but is very liable to be drawn, and is rather slow.
F, B, Fisher (scrum and flying half). Very useful kick with both feet, but
lacks enthusiasm.
/•. /?. Marrack (full back). An extremely plucky full back^ but must leara
to find touch, and keep his head.
Lady Margaret Boat Club.
Presidetrt— Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox. Treasurer— Mr J. J. Lister. First
Captain—H. A. L. Laidlaw. Second Captain — L. R. D. Anderson. Hon.
Scc.—C J. W. Henslow. Junior Treasttrer—T, M. Sibly. First Lent
Captain — V. C. Boddington. Second Lent Captain— C, L. Holthouse.
Third Lent Captainr-H. F. Russell-Smith. Additional Captain— G, A,
Allen.
The crews came up to start practice for the Lents on
January 9th, though about ten days later a short spell of
sharp frost put a stop to all rowing for a few days. The
most important event of the first fortnight was the visit of
P. J. Lewis and F. A. R. Higgins (whose names are still Boat
household words), who showed great interest and enthusiasm
in coaching during the early stages of practice. From tlie
very first it was obvious that the First Boat had great
possibilities, as there was a good deal of heavy material
eligible. A new boat was ordered at the end of the
Michaelmas Term, to be built by Messrs Pocock, for use
as a fixed-On sliding-seated eight ; it was taken out first in
the last week in January, and after some slight alterations had
been made, including the minor consideration of making it
water-tight, it was found thoroughly serviceable and very
easy to sit. Although some time elapsed before this heavy
crew showed any signs of life, yet as the races drew nearer
the stroke was quickened and the hard "shove" was
Our Chronick, 247
rendered the more effective by increasing smartness. The
Club had to forego the valuable services of Mr. Bushe-Fox,
as for the first part of the term he was busy with the
University boat, and then was laid up with influenza, so the
First Boat Captain sprang into the saddle.
The First and Second boats were exceptionally lucky in
escaping " flu." In the First Boat, at times, ** Five " found
his health rather a burden to him, and seemed to bear all the
ills of the crew, but who says it did not have a beneficial
effect on his blade ?
The First boat was certainly favoured by fortune on the
First Night ; getting off well from the start it gained steadily
on Emmanuel, who gained equally steadily on Trinity Hall,
and all the way up the Long Reach a remarkably fine race
was witnessed ; our boat was only a few inches from
Emmanuel, who were overlapping Hall for the last two
minutes, but we made our bump at the Bridge — thanks
(largely) to the fine race which Hall gave Emmanuel.
On the Second Night we did not go so well till Ditton,
where Hall had their distance. Coming into tha Long Reach
a stiffish head wind steadied our crew, and going up all the
way we caught Hall at the Glass Houses.
The Third Night provided the greatest surprise of all.
Getting off well our boat went very well up the Gut (where
it generally rather failed) and caught Caius at the beginning
of the Plough Reach after a smart piece of rowing.
On the Last Night a slight following wind somewhat
unsteadied us, and we did not go up on First Trinity very
fast at first, but at Ditton we were right up and fairly rowed
them down at the Long Reach Inn..
First Boat.
St. lbs:
V. C. Boddington {bow) 11 2
2 P. A. Irving ^ 11 6
3 K. S. Thomson 12 7
4 H. F. RusseU-Smith U 13
5 R. Meldrum « 13 2
6 C. J. W. Henslow 12 12
7 C. L. Holthouse 11 6
J. M. Short (s^ra*€) 11 10
H, E. Chasteney {cox) 8 9*
Coach — H. A. L. Laidlaw.
First Lent Boat Characters:
Bow — Did not row up to form in the early stages of practice. He
recovered his old form before the races, however, and rowed a hard
blade. He has not quite cured himself of " lugging " with the arms
at the beginning — a triok which tends to make his finish short.
248 Our Chronicle.
Two— Makes a speciality of Post Corner, He is a useful if not a pretty
oar ; but must remember always to hold his finish well back, and to
use both legs together.
Three — Rows well for a short distance. When getting tired his back
gives at the finish, aud his body falling away makes his blade leave
the water too soon. He gets a good hold of the l>eginning.
Four — Has loosened out this year ; his hands come away faster ; but he
is still at times inclined to get ** hung up " at the finish. His blade is
a little slow in covering itself, but consistently "moves mountains"
when in the water.
Five — Was a great asset to the crew. He has an easy action, and gives
one some idea of what fixed-seat rowing should be. He does not
always take the water with the full blade, but seems to have learnt
the joy of honest work,
Si;v— Took some little time to get used to fixed seats and to stroke side ;
but, once settled in, he did as well as any man in the boat. He does
not always finish the stroke firmly to his body, which is, perhaps,
the natural result of his exceptionally long reach forward*
Seven — Has a good idea of body rhythm, somewhat marred when paddling
by a queer trick of holding his hands still over the stretcher while his
body •* bobs " down ; when rowing he shows some tendency to
bucket. He made the most of himself in the races.
Stroke — Is a variable oar. During practice his slowness with his hands
at both ends of the stroke infected the rest of the crew. He does
much better when he has no leisure to be slow. During the races he
seemed to have his crew better in hand, and rowed with excellent
spirit.
Cox — Is in the fortunate position of knowing more about steering than his
coach. He takes corners very well, Iq the race? he kept his head,
and did nothing rash.
The Second Boat benefited by being left unchanged for
some time. In the earlier stages of practice it compared
very favourably with the First Boat, though did not come on
very much during the last week. It seemed rather as though
the rate of striking increased a little too soon, and at the
expense of length. The crew rowed with plenty of life, and
well deserved their two bumps. On the First Night our boat
was within half a length of Corpus when the latter caught
Third Trinity (who only rowed seven men) ; as there was
a " hold up " the Jesus Second boat had to chase our men the
next morning, Jesus got a very bad start, but came up
steadily the whole way and bumped our boat about 30 yards
above Ditton. ^ In the afternoon it rowed over comfortably,
as the boat immediately behind ran on the bank; this
necessitated another row for our men the next morning in
front of Hall II., in which they were not at all pressed, and
got over comfortably. On the Third Night our boat easily
s;aught Third Trinity, making their bump at the Ditch. The
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Fourth Night provided the easiest task of all When Sidney,
whose chances in the races had been ruined by " flu," fell
easy victims at the gravel-shoot.
Second Boat
St lbs.
C. Dixon [bow) 11 2
2 H. L. Penfold 11 12
3 J. C. Irving 10 12
4 J. G. H. Holtzapffel 11 8
5 C.H.Ritchie 12 1
6 D. E. Cruickshank 12 1
7 G. A. Allen 10 12
R. F. Donne (stroke) 10
R. W. Hyde {cox) 8 6
Coach — M. Henderson.
Second Lent Boat Characters,
Bow—Hais improved much since the beginning of the Term. Still rather
short in his swing and weak at the beginning of the stroke, but kept
the boat straight.
Two — Fails to use both his legs at the same time and bounces forward.
Rows a short stroke, but a good one. Never slack.
T^r^^— Is improving with practice. He is still short in his swing and
inclined to dig. Tries hard.
Four — Swings comparatively well. Works hard as a rule, but inclined to
go to sleep occasionally. Not always as heavy-handed as photographs '
would lead one to suppose.
Five — Still swings out of the boat, but now manages to keep his elbow
out of the water at the finish. When he manages to sit up and be
light with his hands he will become a really good oar.
Six — Always tries hard. Still short wiih his swing and unsteady over the
stretcher. Uses his legs well.
Seven — Is better than he looks. A tendency to bucket and rather short at
the finish. Works hard, but not absolutely with stroke.
Stroke — ^A better stroke than an oar. Must try and keep his blade covered
longer. Though short himself, he manages to give his crew time at
the finish. Rows hard and keeps it lively all over the course.
Cox — Has greatly improved in his comers and is fair, but not perfect, in
the straight. Kept his head and steered well in the races.
The Third Boat also started well ; it gradually acquired
a nice easy rhythm, with a good steady swing. As the Term
went on certain changes had to be made, and a vacancy
occurring in the Second boat this crew were somewhat
disturbed : then influenza came in, and all chances of
retaining its high position and reputation were practically
ruined. On the First Night they got a very bad start, and
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were severely pressed by 1st Trinity III., but held out well
into the Long Reach. On the Second Night our crew got
a good start, and finished up just their distance from " 1st III."
The race for the Third Night proved short but sweet (for
Magdalene I.). On the last night a bump being made in
front of them they had to content themselves with keeping
away from Selwyn I., which they easily did.
Third Boat.
St. lbs.
G. W. Spencer [bow] 9 11
2 F. A. A. W. Heaton 10 1
3 J. B. Ronaldson 10 13
4 H. P. W. Burton 10 5
5 T. Clough 12 1
6 L. A. Allen 11 1
7 S. E. Sewell 10 13
K. H. Scougal {stroke) 11 1
O. Hughes-Jones [cox) 8 9
Coach — L. R D. Anderson.
Third Lent Boat Characters.
B(np— Painstaking, but rather weak; his flop forward is changing to a
swing, but his weak back prevent him from having a finish.
7\i;o— Unsteady over the stretcher, and consequently slow over the begin-
ning. He can, but does not always, get his hands away.
Three — Very kindly came in a week before the races. His experience
made up for his finish.
Four — Has unfortunately never been allowed to stay on the same side for
more than a fortnight His swing is unsteady and his hands are slow,
but his legs are effective and should take him further.
Five — Is still monumental. Has many good points, notably a good length ;
but he is rather heavy.
Six — A hard worker with a good leg drive ; his back is weak and his finish
uncertain, but with practice and care he should improve.
Seven — An improved but variable oar, who rowed very well in the races.
He should think of his legs as a coupling between his shoulders and
the stretcher.
Stroke — On a week's practice at stroke did very well. He has hardly the
requisite verve (or finish) for a stroke ; as an oar he is rather superficiaL
Car— If he got few kicks at least did not get the ha'pence he deserved. In
the races he steered sound, if not brilliant, courses ; with practice and
more confidence he should turn out very useful.
A Non-Smoking "Smoker.^*
On the evening of Tuesday, February 25th, a "Non-
Smoking Smoker" was held in Lecture Room VI. In the
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absence of Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox, Mr R. P. Gregory kindly
took the chair. A carefully drawn up programme was found
most engrossing in the rendering, to the accompaniment of
pine-apple and port. As usual the evening closed with the
traditional rendering of "The Old Grey Fox" and the "Lady
Margaret Boat Song."
A " Getting-on " boat was started fairly early in the Term
with a crew of enthusiastic hght-weights, but was later
succeeded by an eight chiefly composed of superannuated
Lent colours, who had been unearthed from various pursuits
more congenial to their advancing years, who dropped in as
influenza claimed more victims. The first day they were
drawn against King's III., and although King's gained
a little at the start the experience of the veteran crew told
in the matter of avoiding crabs, and they drew away, winning
by over two lengths. On the second day they continued
their victorious career, having drawn a bye ; in great form
a start was effected for a paddle over ; at Grassy the
monotony of this phantom race proved so exasperating to
the cox that by way of a diversion he entangled the stroke
side oars with the legs of a camera.
The final was rowed against Magdalene in a hurricane,
when the veteran crew, with first station, kept in front the
whole way and then vanished from sight and have not been
heard of since.
Bump Supper, &c.
This event, especially the "&c.," was indeed a flaring
success, almost worthy of the occasion. The Bump Supper
was quite the largest on record. Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox
(President) took the chair, and many other senior members
of the College were present. Songs, speeches, loving-cup,
and laughter followed one another in rapid succession. The
healths of King, coxes, coaches, crews, and President having
been drunk with fitting honours, a move was made in the
direction of the second court, where rockets and bonfire
terminated a most successful " Lents."
L.M.B.C. Concert.
On Shrove Tuesday, March 3rd, the Annual L.M.B.C,
Concert was held in the College Hall, which had been nicely
decorated for the Occasion. We were glad to see repre-
sentatives from several other College Boat Clubs. The Hall
was very fairly full. A programme, arranged by a special
committee, was thoroughly enjpyed, the Boat Song at the
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end, sung by all the 1st May Colours, being most effective.
The following was the programme :—
PART h
1. Pianoforte Duet Overture " Egmont ** 4 ,... Beethoven
J. L. Troubridge & A. A. Guest- Williams.
2. Song "The Roadside Fiie" Vaughan Williams
H. G. Baynes.
3. Vocal Quartette..." The Long Day Closes" , Sullivan
E. H. Muncey, V. C. BoDDiNGTON, R. Stansfeld, A. F. Hall.
4. Song "The Little Irish Girl" L^ht
J. B. Ronaldson.
5. Violin Solo *• Souvenir " Drdta
H. LORENZ.
6. Song " Vilannelle" ^Dcl Acqua
V. C. Doddington.
7. Song " The Bell Ringing "
Mr Gregory.
PART II.
8. Piano Solo Andante & Rondo Capriccioso Mendctssokti
J. L. Troubridge.
9. Song "Ethiopia Saluting the Colours" Wood
H, G. Baynes.
10. Vocal Quartette..." The Franklyn's Dogge" Mackenzie
E. H. Muncey, V. C. Boddington, R. Stansfeld, A. F. Hall.
11. Song "The Two Magicians
Mr Gregory.
12. Song ."Two Elizabethan Lyrics" Lane Wilson
A. F. Hall.
13. Solo and Chorus..." Lady Margaret Boat Song " Garrett
Solo by First Boat Colours.
Natural Science Club.
President — H, R. Hasse. Treasurer— Dr J. E. Marr. Secretary —
R. Whiddington.
The following papers have been read this Term : —
Jan. 27. " Anaesthetics." By T. H. G. Shore.
Feb. 10. " Yeast." By Mr J. E. Purvis.
Feb.'24. " Recent Glaciation." By P. A. Irving.
Mar. 9* " Geology and the Exact Sciences." By Mr A, Harker.
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Lacrosse Club.
President— H, R. Hasse. Captain— -U, W. Palcrson. Eon, Scc,-^
L. C. Levy.
The season has been a very successful one on the whole,
and might have been still better had we not been handicapped
in nearly every match by losing the services of one or two of
the regular team. We have been able to run two teams as.
usual, but could have wished for a greater number of recruits
from among the Freshmen^
This season has been more prolix in matches than those
of the past few years, and we have had the satisfaction of
producing a fixture card. The match arranged with St John^s
College, Oxford, had unfortunately to be scratched, owing to
the inability of the Oxford College to raise a team.
The team as a whole reached a fairly high degree of
efficiency, but did not always play well together. The attack
require to pass more quickly and accurately, and the defence
should watch their men^s bodies more closely.
We congratulate L, C. Levy op getting his 2nd 'Varsity
Lacrosse colours.
The 2nd XI played with great dash, but should try to
forget hockey and cricket when playing lacrosse. They were
unfortunate in not getting more matche^K
Results are as follows : —
1st XI — Cup Matches, played 3, won 1, lost 2. Goals for, 8 ; agst., 16.
„ — Friendly Matches, played 8, won 5, lost 3. Goals for, 61 ; agst., 41. .
2nd XI— Played 3, won 1, lost 2. Goals for, 16 ; agst, 21.
Characters:
R. S. Jeffreys (1st home). Is much more at home with his *crosse thb
season, but a little weak in shooting and passing. Considering his
light weight, has done very well.
H. R'. Hass^ (2nd home). Has been a very sporting President to turn oat
for the team. We advise Plasmon.as a good generator of. energy.
W. C. Lcty (3rd home). Has made an excellent Secretary, and has played
a consistently good game throughout the season. Plays centre well
on occasion. Should move about more.
A. R. Thompson (right attack). Considering his versatility, has shown
good promise. Requires more experience of the game to become
efficient. Also plays a fair defence game.
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254 Our Chronicle.
C. B. S. Allott (left attack). A different man from bst season. His pace
and 'crosse handling have stood him in good stead. Apt to get
aurried, and trusts a little too much to individual effort.
AT. W. Paterson (capt., centre). His knowledge of the game and experience
make him an excellent captain. Rallies his team well when they are
inclined to give up,
r. M, Swift (left defence). Has at last learnt the principle of watching his
opponent's body, though he sometimes fails to put it into practice.
Should refer to last year's character, and remember that he has now
four years in which to become a lacrosse player,
H. Whewell (right defence). By far the best defence man on the side ;
with a little experience he should become a really fine player. Lacks
finish in " passing tactics " through want of practice.
C. E, Averill (cover point). Plays a sound and strenuous game anjrwherc
on the field, but requires practice in clearing, and picking up the ball.
W, Veevers (point). If words were deeds, Mr Veevers would have
represented England years ago. He is always ready to offer
advice, but we should prefer more substantial assistance. His passes
are wont to soar high and fall short. For lacrosse purposes it would
be difficult to choose between Mr Veevers 'crosse stick and a sparrow
net,
A. C. Belgrave (goal). His tennis has given him a remarkably auick eye
in goal. Has brought off some really fine saves considering his short
acquaintance witli I the game. Must learn to clear quickly and use
boUi hands.
Musical Society.
President — Mr H. S. Foxwell. Treasurer — Dr Shore, Librarian —
Mr Rootham. Secretary — ^A. F. Hall. Committee — Prof Rapson, Rev H. F.
Stewart, J. Fraser, A. Y. Campbell, E. H. P. Muncey, A. C. Churchward,
V. C. Boddington, A. Thorne Waite, J. K. Deane, C. L. Holthouse, H. F,
Russell-Smith, C. H. Ritchie, and R. Hausfield.
Practices for the May Concert have already started on
Monday evenings at 8 p.m. It is not too late to join the
Chorus even now, and we hope that all those who can sing
and have not joined before will do so at once, and that all the
members of last year's chorus who are up will continue to
help us. May we repeat our remark about instrumentahsts
that we made in last Term's Eagle.
Two Smoking Concerts have at present been held on
January 30 and on February 13. Our best thanks are due to
t'ae Dean for taking the chair at the first, and to Mr How for
fulfilling the double rSIe of chairman and performer at the
second.
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Appended are the programmes : — •
First Concert:—*
PART I.
1. PiANOFORTB DuBT *V. Rinisky Korsakaw, &l*
** Variations on the Moscow Belis "
J. L. Troubridge and A. F. Hall.
2. SoxG " Kathleen Ni Hoolhaun '* .,.arr. by Arthur Somervell
A. Thorne Waite.
3. Vocal Trio " Dame Durden " Harrington
V. C. BoDDiNGTON, R. Stansfbld, and A. F. Hall.
4. Violin Solo Allegro Brilliante, op. 19 W. Ten Have
C. R. Wright (Christ's).
5. SoXG " Corporal's Ditty" Squire
Mr A. C. H. Young.
PART li.
6. PiAN*OFOilTB SoLO......" Valse de la Reine" *...S. Coleridge Taylor
G. A. G. BONSER.
7. Song * " Pretty Polly Oliver *\,.arr, by Arthur Somervell
A. Thorns Waits.
8. Violin Solo « Spanishe Tanze No< 3 « Moszhowski
C. R. Wright (Christ's).
9. Vocal Trio " Peter Piper " * Jarvis
V. C. BoDDiNGTON, R. Stansfeld, and A. F. Hall<
10. Song * " Pipes of Pan " , Elgar
R. W. Hyde.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Accompanist J. L. Troubridge. .
Chairman — Mr Stewart.
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Second Concert: —
PART I.
1. Planoforte Solo^/' Staccato Study in C Major" Rubinstein
J. L. Troubridge.
2. Song "Where'er you walk" Handel
E. H. MUNCEY.
3. Vocal Quartette " The GosHngs '* Bridge
E. H. MuNXEY, V. C. BoDDiNGTON, R. Stansfeld, and A. F. Hall.
4. Song " Shepherd, see thy horse's foaming mane "•....jF. Korbay
V. S. Brown (Jesus).
5. SoNG^»... »..." Danny Deever " »..».....Co&6
Mr How.
PART IL
A D,.«r^>,^n.n» c^w r^o j Inter mczzo in E flat Brahms
6. Piawoforte Solos ...{capriccio D.Scarlatti
Mr ROOTHAM.
7. Song " When love is kind " Old Melody
E, H. MUNCBY.
8. Song " The Vagabond " R. V, Williams
A. F. Hall.
9. Song .,.. "The first Friend".... „ German
From "Ju3t So Stories" (Kipliog)
V. S. Brown (Jesus).
10. Song "Thou little tender flower ".....«.* T. del Riego
H. C. H. Lane.
Accompanists Mr Rootham and J. L. Troubridge.
Chairman — Mr How.
Cricket Field Improvement Fund.
The Committee are glad to report that considerable
progress has been made with the work of levelling the cricket
field. The appeal for subscriptions within the College has
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257
been so far successful that it has been possible to carry out
a larger part of the work this year than had originally been
expected. Much more, however, remains to be done if the
scheme is to be properly completed and the full benefits of
the improvement enjoyed. The amount received up to the
present date is j687 6s. IIJ., of which j676 175. 7d. has been
already expended, and another £2S will probably be required
to meet expenses before the work is stopped for this season.
The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the following subscrip-
tions received during the current term : —
£ s. d.
Balance (March 14, 1907) 23 12 11
Subscriptions previously
acknowledged 20 1 6
Mr Lister * 5
C. L. Dnice » 10 6
A.J. Bentley 1 1
C. G. Freke 2 6
J. A. Bilsland 1
A. R. Dalai 3
E. C. Dewick 5
J. H. Arnold 5
G. G. Barnes 6
T. O. BeU 5
T. Clough 5
W. Gaskell 110
F.W. Hicks 110
A. C. Belgravc 4
Z.N.Brooke 10
P. G. Alexander 5
R. C. Alexander 2 6
E. L. Adeney 2
H. S. Barrett 5
V.J.W. Hobbs 1 1
A. Lilley 3
R. Meldrum 10
T. M. Sibly 10
H. C. Stanford 10
F.D.Morton 1 1
E. L. Donovan 10 6
H. C. Dollman 10 6
W.E.Ferris 4
S. M. Green 6
F. B. Fisher 10 6
A. A. Guest-WiUiams ... 10 6
R. T. Halscy 10
S. L. Ho 10 6
LC. Irving 10
Eraser 10
. G. Constabie 5
D. E. Cruickshank 5
V. C. Boddington 10
]. A. Fewings 110
£ s. d.
W. F. Swords 10
A. R. Tremearne 5
J. L. Troubridge 10
C. V.Wooler 10 6
T. E. Wood 5
E. W. Willet 10 6
C. E. Averill 10 6
J. M. Short 10 6
L. B. Tillard 10 6
O. C. Smith 10
A. V. Stocks 7 6
T.H.O. Shore 5 6
O. Hughes Jones 5
J. B.Sterndale Bennett.. 5
C. H. Ritchie 110
W. I. Harding 2 2
Mr Brindley 10 6
A. E. Evans 110
C.S. Fleet 5
D. S. Eraser 5
N. Green 2
W. R. Guest-Williams... 10 6
V. K. Haslam 10 6
F. A. W. Heaton 5
P. A. Irving 10 6
L. J. Mordell 2
F. W. Mosely 110
Mr Sikes 1 10
L.C.Levy 10 6
H. C. H. Lane 10
W.H. Shepherd 5
H. T. Piaggio 10
F. F. Gledstone 5
Rev H. F. Stewart 10
G. Waterhouse 10
E. K. Quick 10
R. F. Patterson 10
J. R. Stoddart 5
H. H. Lorenz 2 6
L. D. Smith 5
J. C. Perry , 5
£87 6 11
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Our Chronicle.
Cricket Club.
Balance Sheet 1907.
Receipts.
£ s. d.
Grant from the Amalga-
mated AthleUc Clubs 142
Long Vacation Grant
from ditto 20
Deficit 12 3 9
£174 3 9
Expenditure.
£ s. d.
Deficit from 1906 10 8 6
Wages for Groundman.. 40
General Expenses, in-
cluding wages of
labour, payment of
umpires, rolling and
cutting, rates & taxes 75 18 7
University Cricket Club
Poll Tax 5 5
Bats, Balls, and Teas ... 13 4
Miscellaneous accounts:
Moyes 2 15
LiUey 2 1 3
Metcalfe 110
Pleasance, Repairs to
Pavilion, etc 13 1 5
Gibson 13 6
Gray 1 10 3
Macintosh 5 13 3
GenUe 10 6
Broom 14 6
Cash items 17
£174 3 9
Audited and found correct, L. E. Shore,
12 December 1907.
Historical Society*
The Historical Society, its life refreshed by a considerable
number of new members, has now almost completed its third
year of existence, and may claim to rank as one of the older
institutions of the College. Last Term, in addition to papers
by Mr Benians (" A Chapter in the Life of Cardinal Pole ")
and D. S. Eraser (" Hungary in the XIX^ Century), Prof Bury
was kind enough to speak to us on ** Ancient and Modem
Ideas of History," The meeting was naturally well attended
and followed by a discussion of somewhat animated nature.
This Term flights into new regions were attempted by the
Limelight Lecture of Prof Rapson on " Coins and Medals o£
Elizabeth," The lantern, after a somewhat skittish interlude,
settled down tosteady work, and helped to make the actors of
the Tudor period more living to those present than ever l>efore.
The traditional characters both of Elizabeth and Mary Tudor
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received renewed support from the extraordinarily vivid
contemporary portraits presented to us. We hope this may
prove a prelude to meetings of a similar kind. In addition
there have been papers by F. M. Cheshire (^' The Venerable
Bede ") and G. W. Constable (" Montesquieu and his Relation
to Later PoHtical Thought.").
Theological Society.
President — ^J. M. Swift. Ex-Presidents (in residence)—]. H. A. Hart,
E. C. Dewick, H. E. Stuart. Secretary— Pl. D. Allen. Treasurer —
F. A. A. W. Heaton. CommitUe—M. W. Paterson, W. H. Woollen.
The Society is in a very flourishing condition, and the
meetings have been marked by larger attendances than usual.
There are now 50 members and associates in residence.
The papers, both interesting and instructive in character,
which have been read during the Term are as follows : —
January 24th "The Church and Human Thought."
(Pan-Anglican Congress 1908 subject, section B.)
Rev S. C. Carpenter M.A., Caius College, Vice-Principal of
Wescott House.
In C. S. Fleet's rooms.
January 31st "The Site of the Crucifixion."
Rev J. Campbell M.A., St John's College.
In W. K. Guest- Williams' rooms.
February 7th..." The Evangelization of the World by the light of the Old
Testament."
Rev A. J. Tait M.A., St John's College, Principal of Ridley Hall.
In A. R. Tremearne's rooms.
February 14th "The Divine and the Human in Our Lord."
Rev J. F. Bethune-Baker B.D., Fellow and Lecturer of
Pembroke College.
In W. L. Shepherd's rooms.
February 21st " Baptism."
Rev J. C. H. How M.A., St John's College, and Precentor at
Trinity College.
In C. L. Holthousc's rooms.
260 Our Chronicle.
At a private business meeting held in Mr A. D. Allen's
rooms on March 4 (Ash Wednesday) the following members
were elected to serve as officers and on the committee during
the May Term 1908 :—
President— A. D, Allen. Secretary— F. A. A. W. Heaton. Treausrer —
W. H. WooUen. Cwnmittec—C. S. Fleet, J. E. N. Jackson.
The College Mission,
President — ^The Master. Vice-Presidents — The President, Mr Mason,
Vtr Graves, Dr Sandys, Mr Cox. Cammittee — Mr Bushe Fox, The Dean,
Mr Hart (Senior Secretary), Mr How, Mr Rootham, Dr Tanner, Mr Ward
(Senior Treasurer), J. Fraser, P. N, F. Young, L. R. D. Anderson, A. D.
Allen, R. Brice-Smith, G. M. Cruickshank (Junior Secretary), F. W. Hicks,
V. W. J. Hobbs, F. A. James, J. E. C. Ross, J. W. G. Stokes, J. E. Walker,
Y. K. Haslam, C. J, W. Henslow, C. L, Holthouse (Junior Treasurer),
E. H. G. Sargent, and W. H. Weightman,
On August Bank Holiday a party came up. They visited
the tower and then had lunch in Hall. After lunch they were
taken in * tubs ' on the river, and some went to watch the
great cricket match. After tea in Hall they went home, after
a very pleasant day. Thanks are recorded to those who
helped to entertain.
Now we come to last Term. The chief feature was the
meeting held in the Dean's rooms on Monday, October 21,
to which all freshmen were invited. After coffee, we listened
to Mr Ingram. He gave a brief account of the history of the
Mission and then went on to tell us what it was doing now.
He also gave us examples of the life down there, and invited
us to come down during the vacation and help.
We are sorry to say owing to circumstances the subscrip-
tions were not collected last Term.
This Term a large meeting was held in lecture room VI on
Sunday, February 9, the Master presiding most willingly, as
he always does on these occasions. We were glad to welcome
at the meeting two of our parishioners, Mr Poulton and Mr
Duffy, and also the Rev J. P. Milne, who was at the Mission
for a month while Mr Ingram was away in Palestine for
a holiday. Mr Ingram spoke first (as the head of the parish) :
Mr Poulton spoke next, and told us of the early history of the
Church in which he took part ; Mr Duffy spoke about many
things — the work of the Church (spiritual and social), Sunday
Schools, Mothers' Meeting, and Clubs ; they both spoke as
members of the parish : next came Mr Milne, who comes
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from Australia ; he spoke as one outside the parish, and was
able to compare it with the part of East London in which he
is now working.
Subscriptions are being collected and have nearly finished.
It is hoped that all who can will go and spend some of the
Vacation at the Mission. Any further information can be
obtained from G. M. Cruickshank or C. L. Holthouse.
The Debating Society.
President — A. D. Allen. Vice-President — W. Veevers. Secretary —
C. J. W. Henslow. CommitUe—P. A. Irving, H. P. W. Burton, W. G.
Constable; Ex-officio—Z. N. Brooke, P. N. F. Young, R. P. Dodd, R.
Meldrum, H. A. L. Laidlaw, J. Fraser, D. W. Ward. Hon. Auditor —
M. Henderson.
The Society has had quite a successful Term. The
members of the present year have shown continued interest
in the debates.
We all deplored the loss, through illness, of one of our
most promising members, C. R. Allen, who had been elected
secretary at the end of last Term.
An efficient though somewhat revolutionary successor was
found in C. J. W. Henslow, who kept the House alive during
the earlier part of the Term by appearing in a blazer ill-
befitting the Benjamin of the Society, this being condemned
by the more conservative section of the House ; his later
innovation, however, in the form of a Leander tie, could
hardly offend the most aesthetic taste, and on this we
heartily congratulate him.
The chief event of the Term has been the debate afforded
us by the visit of two ex-presidents, Mr H, W. Harris and
Mr M. F. J. McDonnell.
We hoped to have had a joint debate with the Queens'
College Society, as in previous years, but owing to the
limitation of our dates, and theirs of speakers, the event fell
through.
The following debates have been held this Term : —
Saturday^ January 2$. W. Veevers (vice-president) moved
'^ That, in the opinion of this House, the present Government
VOL. XXIX. M M
262 Our Chronicle,
is unworthy of the confidence of the country." Mr C, J. W.
Henslow (hon. sec.) opposed. For the motion there spoke
P. A. Irving, D. S. Fraser, J. C. Irving, H. C. Dollman,
W. K. Guest- Williams, A. C. Nicholls ; against the motion,
H. P. W. Burton, J. Forbes-Smith, R. P. Dodd (ex-president),
C. Beale. The motion was lost by 1 vote. Thirty-five
members were present during the evening.
Saturday^ February i, D. S. Fraser moved "That the
present tendency towards leniency in enforcing punishment
for criminal offences is greatly to be deplored." H. F. Russell-
Smith opposed. For the motion there spoke E. W. Willett,
G. A. G. Bonser, P. A. Irving, R. P. Dodd (ex-president),
C. J. W. Henslow (hon. sec), A. A. Guest- Williams, W. K.
Guest- Williams ; against the motion, H. N. Tait, V. K.
Haslam, M. Henderson (hon. auditor), H. C. Dollman,
H. T. H. Piaggio, S. M. Green. The motion was carried by
3 votes. Thirty-one members were present during the
evening.
Saturday^ February 8, A. Y. Campbell moved " That this
House supports the movement towards the political and
economic equality of the sexes." M. Henderson (Hon.
Auditor) opposed. For the motion there spoke S. M. Green,
G. S. C. Marchand, W. K. Guest- Williams, F. M. Cheshire,
D. W. Ward ; against the motion, H. C. Dollman, R. P. Dodd
(ex-president), J. C. Irving, P. A. Irving (neutral). The
motion was carried by 2 votes. Forty-five members were
present during the evening.
Saturday^ February 15. J. K. Deane moved "That this
House disapproves of compulsory military training." G. J. C.
Marchand opposed. For the motion there spoke G. A. G.
Bonser, W. G. Constable, P. O. Whitlock, S. M. Green,
T. Clough, W. Veevers ; against the motion, C. Beale, C. J. W.
Henslow (hon. secretary), C. P. G. Laidlaw. The motion
was carried by 4 votes. Twenty-nine members were present
during the evening.
Saturday^ February 22, Mr H. W. Harris (ex-president)
moved "That this House views with disquietude the increasing
lack of stability in the British character." Mr M. F. J.
McDonnell (ex-president) opposed. There spoke for the
Our Chronicle.
263
motion P. N. F. Young (ex-president), T. Clough; against
the motion, Z. N. Brooke (ex-president), G. S. C. Marchand,
R. Meldrum, W. G. Constable, D. S. Eraser, Mr J. H. A. Hart
(ex-secretary), A. Y. Campbell. The motion was lost by
5 votes. Forty-seven members were present during the
evening.
Saturday^ February 29. The last night of the Lent Races
is not a very good night to choose if one wishes to ensure
a full house, especially when the First Boat has just made
its fourth bump. The President came — the Vice-President
came — even one speaker came — but neither bell, book, nor
Secretary were there, yet the President was enabled to
excommunicate the House by the Vice-President demanding
a count out. The officers then joined the members in the
more congenial atmosphere of loving-cups and fireworks.
Saturday, March 7. J. M. Swift moved " That this House
disapproves of the Nationalisation of Railways." F.' M.
Cheshire opposed. There spoke for the motion F. B. Fisher,
G. A. G. Bonser, D. S. Fraser ; against the motion T. Clough.
The motion was carried by 3 votes. Twenty-three members
were present during the evening.
New Subscribers to Eagle Magazine^ commencing with No. 144.
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Burton, H. P. W.
Butt, S.
Cassels, J. S. O.
Chasteney, H. E.
Dale, F.
Doggart, W. E.
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Holtzapffel, J. G. H.
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Hyde, R. F.
Irving, J. C.
Jacquest, S. P.
Leeser, H.
Lorenz, H. H. H.
Marchand, J. I.
Mordell, L. J.
Morris, T. N.
Naunton, W. J. S.
Nicholls, A. C.
Niven, H.
Parker, H.
Paulley, H.
Patterson, R. F,
Quick, E. K.
Ritchie, C. H.
Smith, L. D.
Soden, W. S.
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Spencer, G. W.
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Thompson, S. L.
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264 Our Chronicle.
Classical Society.
President— R. P. Dodd. Secretary— H. S. Barrett.
The following papers have been read this Term : —
Jan. 23. " Philosophy in'the Early Empire." By R. P. Dodd.
Feb. 6. " Greek appreciation of Nature." By H. F. Russell-Smith.
Feb. 20. " Literature and Art at Athens in the Fifth Century." By
W. F. Ireland.
THE LIBRARY.
♦ The asterisk denotes past or present Members of the College.
Donations and Additions to the Library during Quarter
ending Christmas, 1907.
Donations,
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1889. Compiled and arranged by £. M.
Oakeley. With a historical Preface by
Rev. J. M. Wilson.* 8vo. Lond. 1890.
5.43.30 :....
Wordsworth (Chr.). The Precedence of Eng-
lish Bishops : and the Provincial Chapter.
8vo. Camb. 1906
Esperanto publications :
Bunyan (John). Progresado de la Pilgrimanto.
8vo. Lond. 1907
Shakespeare (W.) Hainleto. Tradukis L.
Zamenhof. 8vo. Paris 1907
La Tria Universala Kongreso de Esperanto.
Kembrigo, Augusto 10-17, 1907. 8vo.
Lond. 1907
The Third Esperanto Congress, with 32 photo-
graphic Illustrations by Ian Wilson. 8vo.
Lond. 1907
Ellis (R.). Catullus in the XlVth Century. 8vo.
Lond. 1905
The British Academy. Proceedings 1905-1906.
8vo. Lond. 1906. 4.28.2 y
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Tracts in Maths, and Math. Physics, No 6). [
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Club Law, a comedy acted in Clare Hall, Cam-^
bridge, about 1599-1600. From a MS. in
the Library of St. John's College, with an
Introduction and Notes by G. C. Moore
SmiUi.* 4to. Camb. 1907. 4.30.5
•Bennett (J. R. Sterndale). The Life of William
Stemdale Bennett.* 8vo. Camb. 1907.
11.44.1.4.
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Archives bi the Corporation of the City of
London at the Guildhall, Letter-Book H,
circa a.d. 1375-1399. 8vo. Lond. 1907.
5.40
Duckworth (W. L. H.). An Account of certain\
anomalous Conditions of the Cerebrum. I
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1905). roy.Svo. Lond. 1907. 3.43.19 /
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Camb. University Press.
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City of London.
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266
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John Rylands Library, Manchester. Catalogue v
of the Selection of Books and Broadsides
illustrating the early History of Printing,
exhibited in June, 1907. 8vo. Manchester*
1907
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illustrating the History of the English
Versions from WicUf to the present time.
8vo. Manchester, 1907
A brief historical Description of the
Library and its Contents. 8vo. Man-
chester, 1907
Shakespeare (W.), A new Variorum Edition.
Edited by H. H. Furness. The Tragedii
of Anthonie and Cleopatra. 8vo. Phil*. 1907
4.3.33
Physical Society of London. Abstracts of
Physical Papers from Foreign Sources. >
Vol. I.-HL 8vo. Lond. 1895-7. 13.21.20-22
Science Abstracts. Physics and Electrical
Engineering. Vol. L-X. 8vo. Lond. 1898-
1907. 13.21.23
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
Memoirs and Proceedings. Vol. XLVL-
LJ. 8vo. Manchester, 1901-7. 3.44.61-66
The Mathematical Gazette. Vol. I.-IH. 8vo.
Lond. 1896-1906, 3.49 76-78
{Also several volumes of the Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society and Pro-
ceedings of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences.)
Lloyd (H.). Elementary Treatise on the Wave-
Theory of Light. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Lond.
1857. 4.22.43
Airy (G. B.). Mathematical Tracts on the Lunar
and Planetary Theories, &c. 4th Edit.
8vo. Camb. 1858. 4.22.44
•Marshall (A.). Principles of Economics. Vol. I.
5th Edit. 8vo. Lond. 1907. 1.33.12
Ewald (Carl). The Queen Bee and other\
Nature Stories. Trans, from the Danish I
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1907. 4.9.22 )
♦Maitland (F. W.). The Life and Letters of )
Leslie Stephen. 8vo. Lond. 1906. 11.42.17 j
New Testament. Translated from the Latin'
in the Year 1380 by John Wiclif, to which
are prefixed, Memoirs of the Life, Opinions,
and Writings of Dr. Wiclif. By Rev. H. H
Baber. 4to. Lond. 1810. 9.1.47
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Whittaker (E. F.). The Theory of OpUcaH
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Apuleius. Opera quae supersunt. Vol. I. Recens R. Helm. Teuhner
Text. 8vo. Lipsiae, 1907.
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8vo. Lipsiae, 1907. Octagon Table.
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Cambridge Historical Essays. No. XII. The fallen Stuarts. By F. W.
Head. 8vo. Camb. 1901. 1.8.21.
No. XIII. The Second Athenian Confederacy. By F. H. Marshall.
8vo. Camb. 1905. 1.8.22.
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8vo. Camb. 1907. 1.8.23.
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N.D. 4.29.1,2.
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8vo. Lond. 1893. 11.26.75.
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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels. Translated from
the German by T.C. 8vo. Lond. N.D. 4.29.4.
Chadwick (H. M.). Studies on Anglo-Saxon Institutions. 8vo. Camb. 1905.
5.38.83.
* Clarke (G. R.). Images in the Windows of Churches. Protest against
them. 8vo. Lond. 1868.
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of Joshua examined, with Notes on the Book of Genesis. Privately
printed, 8vo. 9.10.31.
Crabbe (G.). Poems. Edited by A. W. Ward. 3 Vols. (Cambridge
English Classics). 8vo. Camb. 1905-7. 4.30.6-8.
Dictionary (New English) on historical Principles. Edited by Dr. J. A. H.
Murray. Niche-Nywe. 4to. Oxford, 1907.
•Griffinhoofe (C. G.). The unwritten Sayings of Christ. 8vo. Camb. 1903.
9.11.92.
Henry Bradshaw Society. Vol. XXXIII. Missale Romanum Mediolani,
1474. Vol. II. A Collation with other Editions printed before 1570,
by Robert Lippe. Indices by H. A. Wilson. 8vo. Lond. 1907.
11.16.70.
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Ancaster, preserved at Grimsthorpe. 8vo. Dublin, 1907. 6.8.
Report on MSS. in various Collections. Vol. IV. 8vo. Dublin, 1907. 6.8.
Report on the MSS. of the Duke of Portland, preserved at Welbeck
Abbey. Vol. VIII. 8vo. Lond. 1907. 6.8.
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Easkr Term igo8.
NOTES FROM THE COLLEGE RECORDS.
(Continued from page 161 j.
|E commence with an amusing account of an
Undergraduate hoax taken from the State
Papers, Domestic, of the reign of King
Charles II. The documents supply inci-
dentally an explanation of how a curious account of
some proceedings against the Nonconformists (printed
in TAe Eagle, xxvii, 341-2) came to be preserved in
College. This has been again printed to make the
story complete.
It is an account by one Stephen Perry of some
proceedings under the Conventicle Act against the
Nonconformists at Toft in Cambridgeshire. The
Conventicle Acts passed in the reign of Charles II.
were exceedingly severe, making it an oflFence for
any person over sixteen years of age to attend Non-
conformist worship; the only exception being in the
case of mere family prayers, at which not more than
five persons, not belonging to the actual household,
were present. The first Conventicle Act, passed in
1664, exposed offenders, on their third conviction, to
a penalty of ;^ 100, or of seven years' transportation if
they could not pay the fine. It expired in 1667, but
was renewed in 1670 by a less stringent Act. Under
VOL. XXIX. NN
270 Notes from the College Records,
this latter, if two witnesses appeared before a Justice
of the Peace, and swore to having seen anyone,
aged 1 6 or more, at Nonconformist worship, the
Justice might there and then fine that person, without
seeing him or hearing his defence, a sum of five
shillings, or for a second oflFence, ten shillings. It
was added, probably on account of the very summary
character of the proceedings, that every prosecution
must take place within three months after the offence.
Of the fines, which, in case of a numerous attendance
at the service, would amount to a substantial sum,
one-third was to be paid to the informers. We thus
get a clue to the motives of Stephen Perry and at
the same time see a reason for the contempt with
which he was evidently regarded.
Sir Thomas Slater, the Justice, is still remembered
as a benefactor to Trinity College, and lies buried in its
Chapel. He had been fellow there, but, as a Royalist,
was deprived of his fellowship under the Common-
wealth. He was made a baronet after the Restoration ;
he ultimately resided at Catley Park near Linton. To
him Perry applied for a warrant, this Sir Thomas
presumably could hardly refuse, and started on his
mission. He drew a blank at Waites' house, the
indispensable five persons not being present; later he
was more successful at Eversden's house. The next
step was to take his information to Sir Thomas Slater
and get a warrant to distrain on the goods of Eversden
and his fellow-worshippers for the amount of the fines.
Sir Thomas had a variety of reasons for putting Perry
off until the three months, the longest time allowed by
the Act, had expired. What happened then is a matter
of inference, but it seems as if Eversden had taken
proceedings against Perry, perhaps for malicious prose-
cution, and the penalty-hunting Informer was now the
Defendant In his difficulty he went to Dr Francis
Turner, then Master of St John's, afterwards as Bishop
of Ely one of the "Seven Bishops" sent to the Tower
by King James II.
Notes from the College Records. 271
One can picture the situation: the troubled Perry
pleading that his zeal should be brought to the notice
of the King and the Duke (no doubt George Villiers,
Duke of Buckingham, shortly afterwards elected Chan-
cellor of the University); the "slight and dilatory
answer" of Dr Turner, which Perry interpreted as in
his favour, and his bragging of this to the Under-
graduates.
Lewis Maidwell, who now comes on the scene as the
hero of the subsequent proceedings, was a son of
Godfrey Maidwell of Cranford, Northamptonshire; he
was admitted as sizar to the Master, Dr Gunning,
30 June 1668, from Westminster School; he was
admitted Scholar, on the Bishop of Lincoln's Founda-
tion, 8 November 1770. Undergraduate hoaxes at the
expense of their seniors are not unknown in our own
time, the visit of the Sultan of Zanzibar being the most
recent ; still to counterfeit the signatures of the King
and of a Secretary of State, and to direct that the bogus
letter should be shewn to the Mayor of Cambridge, was
a pretty bold step.
Joseph Williamson, to whom the Vice-Chancellor
and Dr Turner had recourse, was an old Westminster
boy and a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford. He was
probably tickled by the "Westminster trick," and as
nothing more appears about the matter in the State
Papers it was perhaps somehow hushed up. Maidwell
took his B.A. degree a year later. Up to the present
his career has not been traced, but a Mr Maidwell, who*
kept a private school in Hatton Garden, London,
appears in the College Register as sending Scholars to
the College, and this may be the same man.
These are to certifie that I, Stephen Perry, received a
warrant for Toft graunted to me the 25th of June 1670 by Sir
Thomas Slater. On the day following I went to Toft, and
hearing that there was a meeting in John Waites his house
there, Simon Priest being with me, takeing the cunstable with
us we went thither, and found onely fower persons there, by
272 Notes from the College Records,
and by while we were there, came in John Waites and the
speaker, but perceiving that we were there, they went to
William Eversden's house in the same towne. After that we
had parted with the cunstable (having charg'd him to search
the suspected places, which he did not) we went aside, and
after that return'd again towards night. Hearing that there
was a meeting in WiUiam Eversden's house, we sought for
the cunstable and church wardens but could not find any one
of them. We came to the house of the said WiUiam Eversdea
and knock't severall times, none answering ; after that we had
continued a long time knocking, he came to the door him-
selfe, whome we requiring to open his door (having seen
through a casement a companie rising up) he refused, sajdng
that we were a couple of rogues come to rob his house, and
then returned into his house, in the mean while we saw the
number of 15 persons conveyed out of a back-doore, afterward
he came and opened his door and bid us come in, then we
show'd him our authority, which while he read we charged
assistance of 3 neighbours, but they refused (their names wc
being strangers to the towne did not know). The day
following I alone went to Sir Thomas Slater who (I makeing
my complaint to him, relating to him all the passage at Toft)
tooke the warrant <rf me, and I requiring a conviction of the
persons, telling him that Simon Priest, who lives within 2 or
3 doors from his house would be ready. Then Sir Thomas
Slater said he was not at leisure. The next day I went io
him, then alsoe he made answer that he was busie, then the
next, being the 29th, I went to him again, takeing Edward
Walls and Richard Billops along with me to witnesse, and
then he bid us come in to the roome next to his office, and
when he understood what we came about, he said he was not
at leisure. Afterward I alone went to his house about 6 or 7
times, and his servants told me that he was gone to looke
after his harvest. Afterward I and Simon Priest went
together, and he bid us goe to Dr Ead's house and said he
would come to us, as he did, and swore us there in Dr Ead's
hall. When he had swore us, he bid us come to his house
and he would give us a warrant of distresse for the conviction.
Afterward I alone went to his house the next day and he (as
tiis servants said) was not within, but l^t word with his
Notes from the College Records. 273
servant to bid (if we should enquire for him) that we should
come to him on Munday after the Friday that I was there.
Then I went on Munday and spoke with him desiring a
warrant of distresse and he said it was too late, the three
months were expired. After this seeing the conviction did
not proceed, the aforesaid William Eversden went to Mr
Bryan Kitchinman, being an attourney (whose daughter
Dorothy Kitchinman hath been taken in a meeting, always a
neglecter of Divine Service) he himself an encourager of the
ffanaticks to trouble us. Who graunted him a writ to arrest
us. Hence Simon Priest and I were arrested and soe forced
to stand tryall. Hence alsoe we are like to be undone by it
unlesse we shall be back'd out from above. (Daniel Low,
Edward BuUein, Thomas Brand, Edward Richardson)
Whom and whose I serve
to the utmost of my endeavours
Cambridge. Stephen Perry.
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Feb. 28th, 1670
May it please your Lordship
My Lord
Here hath lately been an vnhappy mis-carriage in a
young schc^ar of which my duty requires me to give your
Lordship account. The framing of a letter in his Majesty's
name with a pretended Seal affixt and your Lordship's name
subscribed.
Vpon a diligent enquiry I find nothing but folly and
wantonnes at the bottom; the boy designing to abuse the
credulity of one Perry a buisy informer against the Fanatiqs,
but a very mean person, who gave out that he had written
letters against them to be showed to his Majestye. The
SchoUer is of St John College, of which Dr Tiu-ner is Master,
•by whose care and diligence he was discovered to be the
.author. Dr Turner will shortly wayt upon your Lordship
with such further information in all particulars of this affair
as your Lordship shall please to receive. In the mean time
Jbaving sent the letter and examination to your Lordship with
274 Notes from ihe College Records,
these and having secured the person of the writer of it, I
humbly desire to receive your Lordship's commands con-
cerning him in all humility and obedience to be observed by
My Lord
your Lordship's most humble servant
John Breton.
Addressed: To the right honorable My Lord Arhngton,
Principall Secretary of State to his Majesty, At Whitehall,
These.
First enclosure :
-Vniversity Town of Cambridge
The examinacion of Lewis Maidwell, Student
in St John's College in the Vniversity of Cam-
bridge, taken upon oath the 26th day of February
in the yeare of our Lord 1670 before me John
Breton, Doctor in Divinity, Vice Chancellor of
the Vniversity, and one of his Majesties Justices
of the Peace there.
The said Examinant saith that the writing to which this
his examinacion is annexed is all his proper hand writinge
and the superscription likewise and that he also fixt the seale
to the same and that he caused the same to be delivered to
Stephen Perry, not out of any ill intencion, but to make sport
with the saide Stephen Perry, haveinge heard that he had
sent a letter to the Kinge concerning Sir Thomas Slater and
the Fanaticks.
Lewis Maidwell.
Taken the daye and yeare
aboussaide before me
John Breton,
Vicecan,
Second enclosure :
Charles R.
Wee have received your letter from the hands of our
Secretary, wherein wee are informed of your complaints
against Sir Thomas Slater, Justice of our Peace, how he hath
not proceeded according to the order prescribed in our late
Act, ratifyed in our late Session of Parliament. Wee do will
Notes from the College Records, 275
and require you in our name forthwith to acquaint the said
Sir Thomas Slater to be more vigorous in his proceedings, or
he shall appeare before our Council Board to answer those
things objected against him. Wee do furthermore authorise
you to goe on in that part of a loyal subject as you have
begun and in our name to show these our letters patents to
our Maior of Cambridge, that he may uindicate you with his
authority in your office, delivered in the presence of our
Chief Secretary.
Arlington.
Given at our Court of Whitehall
February 17, in the year of our Lord
1670, in the three and twentieth yeare
of our reign.
Addressed : To our Trusty and wellbeloved Stephen Perry^
Brasier, Cambridge.
Sir
I am ashamed to thinke of my owne vnlettered rudeness
(as a friend of mine vsed to call it in himself e) that I writt you
no answer to your business about the Manuscript, which you
desired to have transcribed out of Bennet Library. The truth
must be my best apology. The Master of the College was
absent and so soon as he returned I procured the booke and
employed a young hand in our owne College to write it fair,
which will be finisht I hope this week, and on Munday next
my occasions will draw me to London and I purpose to bring
it with me (after I have compared it with the original). In
hope of waiting uppon you so suddenly I had not troubled
you now, but for an odd accident, which troubles me much
and I must freely and truly acquaint you with it. There is an
honest poore fellowe that serves our Colledge and is also an
Informer against the Conventicles (which have been impudent
enough in this towne of Cambridge). This fellow thinks
himselfe injured by one Sir Thomas Slater, a Justice of Peace,,
for not executing the Act uppon information against those
fanatique meetings so vigorously as it ought to have been^
and tother day he brought me a narrative of the wrongs done
276 Notes from the College Records.
him, ridiculously drawn up, to be presented (by all means) to
the King or to the Duke. I was loth the poore wretch
should be laught at for his loyalty and well meaning. There-
for I received his paper, gave him some slight and dilatory
answer and made no more of it. But he could not forbear
bragging among the boys that hee had acquainted his Majesty
with all his matters, for either Sir Thomas Chichley, to whom
he sed had sent such a narrative, or else I (no doubt) wottld
acquaint the King with it, from whom he assured himselfe of
a gracious and a speedy answer. Heeruppon that very boy,
whom I had employed to write out the transcript for you, and
whose hand was perfectly well knowne to me on that account,
to abuse the simplicity of the man, and make himselfe sporty
Hee drawes upp this enclosed answer, as if it had come from
the King, counterfeits his Majesty's hand, and claps a piece
of wax to it impresst with a crowne piece, and caused it to be
delivered to this Stephen Perry. He presently carrys it to
the Maior and one of the Aldermen, who both gave credit to
it. Then with a great deal of joy he brings it to me. I knew
it immediately to be a cheat and suspected the Knave that
acted it. With much adoe, I persuaded Mr Maior and our
Informer that they were both guU'd. I put a stopp to the
busines presently, so that little notice is taken of it. But Mr
Maior thought it his duty to bring the busines before Mr
Vice-Chancellor, Dr Breton. Wee then convented the boy
and he could not deny it. His impudence is inexcusable, but
we are all satisfied there was no malicious designe, but pure
roguery. This I must needs say for him: He has bin
studious and inoffensive in all his carriage, except this great
misdemeanor, and he is one of excellent facultys. He comes
to us from the top of Westminster Schools, and thought this
but a Westminster trick, not consideringe the consequence^
Mr Vice-Chancellor thought fitt to write to my Lord
Arlington, but sends you his letter open, that you may seale
and deliver it, or suspend it until I attend you on Munday
next (by God^s leave). I know not how much his Lordship
will thinke fitt to be forgiven to the inexperience of a raw
youth, but it would bee a very great favor to Mr Vice
Chancellor and my selfe, if you please but in two or three
words by the next post to let me know what measures wc
Notes from the College Records. 277
Ought to take in this scurvy business, which is so childish
and foolish that I am half ashamed to have importuned you
in it, and yet so bold and dangerous that we thought our-
selves bound to send you (at least, if not my Lord Arlington)
an immediate account of it, I am Sir
your most faithfuU humble servant
Francis Turner.
St John's Coll. Camb.
Febr. 28, 1670.
Note : This letter was sent to Joseph Williamson, after-
wards Clerk to the Council ; he was an old Westminster boy
and an Oxonian.
Turning back to the early days after the Restoration
we give a selection of documents from the State Papers
relating to the College or its members. The first is a
petition from certain of the Fellows against the Master,
Dr Anthony Tuckney. It was hardly to be expected
that Tuckney, who was a rigid Puritan, would adapt
himself to the new state of affairs. What further steps
were taken in his case do not appear to be recorded, but
he resigned his mastership on 22 June 1661.
May it Please your Maiesty,
Whereas your sacred Majestic following the example of
your noble and pious progenitors hath to the Glory of
Almighty God, your owne immortal praise and renowne, And
great contentment of your truly dutifull subjects, been in
nothing more evidently exercised of late, then in a just
vindication of God's holy Church, and your Vniversityes, and
because wee truly believe that your Majestic cherishing the
same zeal still, is alwaies ready to receive a just complaint
and likewise to redresse it. Wherefore it is that your
Majesties most dutifull subjects and Fellowes of your
Colledge of St John's in your Vniversity of Cambridge,
haveing according to our bounden duty, your majesties late
gratious declaracion, the Canons and holy Constitutions of our
Mother the Church, and locall Statutes of our said CoUedg, in
all awfull respect, and having no other direct meanes for
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278 Xotes from the College Records.
procming (according to your Majesties injunctions) an
vniversall obedience to the same amongst us, then by aa
humble address and intimacion to your Princely Wisdome,
Do humbly crave leave to acquaint your Majestie : That your
said Colledge of St John's, formerly of an early obedience to
the lawfull Commands of their King, and the Sacred Consti-
tutions of the Church of England, is become of late, especially
in that part which beares rule amongst us, notoriously remiss
and negligent in both. And that for want of due government,
as wee conceive in him whom it chiefly concerns, the Master
of your said Colledge. His withdrawing and absenting him-
selfe from your said Colledge Chappell, which has been of
very bad consequence amongst us, and which, till the intro-
duction of the Common Prayer, he was never obser\'ed to
doe. His not using such habetts (To the great incouragement
as wee dayly experience of both Fellowes and SchoUers in
the like Inconformity) as are wee conceive generally wome in-
your said University. His superseding to all manner either
of direction or command (contrary to his practice in the time
of the Directory) in things apperteyning to the worship and
searvice of God, which by his corporall oath and Statutes of
your said Colledge hee's mainly consemed in. So that wee
can truly averr to your Sacred Majestie, that there is nothing
either of Devine Service, the Rites or Ceremonies thereunto
apperteyning, now in use in your said Colledge Chappell,
which have found either countenance or direction from him.
But that whatever shew of God*s worship is at present
amongst us, it hath, either to the dishoner of Almighty God
been stolne into your said Chappell, during his absence, or
else through a resolution in some few, which should rather
have received direction then begun a Reformation in your
said Colledge, been brought in amongst us. Wee need not
acquaint your Majestie what the sequell is like to bee, if not
timely prevented by your gratious provision for your said
Colledge, it being never as yett observed amongst us, that
one in his place was ever found alone in any opinion or
matter of acting.
We doubt not your Majesties gratious provision and care
for your disconsolate Colledge, especially since so considerable
a part of your Vniversity as your said Colledge amounts to ia
Notes from the College Records. 279
involved in it. Which that your Majestie may condescend
to will be the happiness of your said CoUedge, And is
the humble request of your most dutifull Liegemen and
Subjects.
Ni. Bullingham, Dec. Sen.
William Hughes. Jonathan Brideoake. Mich. Adams.
Da. Morton. Lau. Ray. William Crouch.
Chr. Fulthorp. Tho. Thurlyn. Wm, Potten
James Pilkington. Tho. Wolsey, Sam. Leach.
Tho. Briggs. Tho. Davison. Humphry Gower.
Brian Turner. John Tomlinson. John Peck.
Sam. Fuller. Hen. Moreland. Martin Lister.
Peirce Brackenbury. John Boughton.
Endorsed : R. 6 Febr. 1660. Petition of Senior Dean and
Fellowes of St John's Colledge in Cambridge, against Dr
Tuckney.
Complaine of his Nonconformity to the Commands of his
Majesty and the Church, of his absenting himself from the
Chapel contrary expressly to the Statutes of the College, since
the Common PrSyer hath been there used. His nurseing in
some part of the Fellowes a Nonconformity, and neglect of
direction to his College in things of Divine Service, to which
he is especially by Statute bound.
To be referred to the Bishops of Ely, Durham and
Sarum, or any two of them.
With this is preserved the following : —
All the Court at Whitehall, February 14th 1660—1.
His Majesty is graciously pleased to referre this Petition
to the Right Reverend Fathers in God, John Lord Bishop of
Durham, [Matthew] Lord Bishop of Ely, and [Humphrey]
Lord Bishop of Sarum, or any two of them, who are to call
before them the partyes concerned in the Petition and
haveing heard and examined the truth of what is therein
alleadged to state the matter of fact and to certify tp his
Majesty what their Lords conceive fitt to be done therein for
the better ordering and government and the said Colledge
according to the Statutes and fundamental! Constitutions
of the same. And then his Majesty will declare his further
Pleasure.
280 Notes from the College Records.
The following petition from Dr John Barwick shews
that even the most enthusiastic Royalists had to look
after their own interests in the scramble for prefer-
ments. The Patent Rolls shew that King Charles
presented Barwick to Houghton le Spring "on the
death of Hamlett Marshall," the Common wealth
incumbent not being recognised, and he was instituted
13 July i6§o. Barwick became Dean of Durham
I November 1660; then Dean of St Paul's, London,
and Prebendary of Oxgate 16 October 1661, and he
was instituted Vicar of Therfield, Herts, 1 1 September
1662. He held his southern preferments until his
death in 1664.
Dr Barwick's Petition to preserve his title to Houghton
Rectory.
To the King's most Excellent Majestie The
humble petition of John Barwick, Doctor in
Divinity and one of your Majesties Chaplaines
in ordinarie.
Sheweth
That your petitioner upon the first day of May 1653
was collated, instituted and admitted into the Rectorie of
Houghton de le Spring in the Diocese of Duresme (then voyd
by the death of Hamlett Marshall, Doctor in Divinity), by the
late Bishop of Duresme, the true and legall Patron thereof,
and wanted nothing to complete his title thereunto but
induction or actuall possession, out of which he was then
kept by violence for his Loyaltie to your Majestie, and hath of
late obtained it as farr as the law requireth in such cases.
Yet nevertheless (as your Petitioner is informed) one Mr
Battersby (the present Intnider, putt in there by Oliver
Cromwell and John Blakiston) hath by false suggestion
surreptitiously obtained your Majesties presentation to the
said Rectorie, which your Petitioner humbly conceiveth
your Majestie would not have granted if you had been truly
informed of his loyall title to it.
May it therefore please your Majestie for the security and
further corroboration of your Petitioner's just title to the said
Rectorie to grant him your Majesties Presentation thereunto
Notes from the College Records, 281
under your great Seall of England, with such clauses for
a full and effectuall Revocation of the said surreptitious
presentation as are necessarie or convenient in such cases.
And your Petitioner shall pray etc.
William Kings, on whose behalf the following man-
date was sent, was, in obedience thereto, admitted a
Fellow of the College 19 March 1 660-1 ; it is to regretted
that the nature of his employment was not specified.
He was a son of William Kings of London and was
admitted to the College 8 June 1654, aged 16. He is
perhaps identical with the William King, of Harns-
worth, Middlesex, admitted to Gray's Inn 27 April 1653,
if so he was a lawyer and not a clergyman. William
Kings, of St Sepulchre's, London, bachelor, aged 24,
received on 19 August 1661 a licence to marry Rebecca
Nevill, of Lambeth, spinster, aged 18, daughter of
Thomas Nevill, of St Margaret, Westminster, gentle-
man ; the age it will be observed corresponds with that
of the member of the College.
Trusty and Wellbeloved Wee greet you well. As wee
cannot out of that tender affection wee have ever had for
Piety and Learninge but with griefe reflect on the sad in-
fluence the late disorders have had, more eminently upon our
two Vniversities, so have Wee since our Reestablishment in
our Kingdomes made it a particular part of our Royall care to
find out and improve all occasions of recovering Our said
Vniversityes and every particular Society therein of that
generall decay of Learninge and Good Order, wherein we
found them, into their ancient strength and beauty. Being
therefore (as well by sufficient testimonialls as the nature of
his present employment) persuaded of the hopefull parts and
good deseruing of William Kings, schollar of the Colledge,
Wee have thought good by these Our Letters effectually to
recommend him to your immediate choice into a fellowship
of your said Colledge, to which as he might reasonably
pretend from that his capacity of schollar of your House, so
Wee cannot thinke that you will any way suffer his present
employment to prejudice him in that preferment, which he
282 Notes from the College Records,
seemes to Vs thereby the better to desenie. And as we
cannot doubt of all due regard in you to this Our just
Recommendation so Wee assure you that such your com-
plyance with our pleasure herein shall find in Vs a ready and
kind acceptance.
And so Wee bid you farewell.
Given at our Court at Whitehall this — day of September
1660.
By His Majesty ^s Command.
Endorsed : Instructions, Master and Fellowes of St John's
CoUedge, Cambridge, for a fellowship.
The petition of Emmanual Utye which follows seems
to shew that mistakes were sometimes made and the
same benefice conferred on two persons: Utye matricu-
lated as a sizar of St John's ii December 1602, so that
he was a fairly old man at the Restoration. Two letters
from him to Dr Gwyn were printed in TAe EagUy xvi.,
138-9. He was admitted Fellow, 15 March 1607-8; and
was instituted Vicar of Chigwell, Essex, 31 January
1615-6. He either held this benefice all throngh the
Commonwealth, or, if ejected, recovered it at the
Restoration, for he died possessed of it. He was in-
stalled Prebendary of Barton David in Wells Cathedral
30 June 1660. It appears from the Bishop of London's
Registers that he was instituted Vicar of Stepney
8 September 1660, then this difficulty arose and he was
reinstated 8 April 1661 on the presentation of King
Charles, who revoked a former presentation to Francis
Horton. Utye became Prebendary of Henstridge in
Wells Cathedral 3 July 1661, but did not enjoy his
prosperity long for he was buried at Stepney i Sep-
tember 1 66 1.
To the Kings most sacred maiestie the humble
Petition of Emanuell Vtye, Doctor of Diviriit^'e,
Chaplaine to your Maiestyes late Father of ever
blessed memory and now Chaplaine in Ordimu-y to
your Majesty.
Notes from the College Records. 283
Humbly sheweth
That whereas for his great sufferings and Loyalty to the
King and Church, the Earle of Cleveland was pleased after
your Maiestyes happy restauration to your right and dignityes,
to conferre upon your Maiestyes petitioner the Vicaradge of
Stepney, which is now attempted to bee wrested from your
petitioner upon pretense of a grant from your Maiestye under
the great Seale to one Mr Horton, as a liveing lapst to your
maiestye. Your petitioner haveing received institution and
induction from the Bishop of London, hath for this six
months peaceably inioyed it. And should hee be now turned
out it would expose him to great want and penury. Most
humbly therefore prayeth your said Petitioner that he may
have a repeale of your Maiestyes grant, and a confirmation
from your Maiestye that hee may continue his possession of
the said vicaridge in peace
And your petitioner shall ever pray etc.
Two letters from Brian Turner, a Fellow of the
College follow. The first seems to shew that, in the
press of such matters, recommendations were sent to
the College without very clearly specifying the person
on whose behalf they were sent. Turner did not get
Willinghara, but his loyalty was rewarded with other
preferments: he was instituted Rector of St Faith's,
London, 29 August 1662 ; Rector of Chillesford, Suffolk,
13 October 1662. In July 1663 King Charles sent a
mandate to the College directing that Turner should
have all the advantages of his Fellowship during his
absence as Chaplain to the Earl of Carlisle, ambassador
to Russia; he also held the livings above mentioned
during this absence. In 1667 he was presented by the
College to the Rectory of Soulderne in Oxfordshire,
and v;as instituted 20 July 1667 ; he became Prebendary
of Ewithington, in Hereford Cathedral 25 March 1692,
and in 1697 was nominated Archdeacon of Hereford,
but he died 20 February 1697-8 before installation, and
was buried at Soulderne.
284 Notes from the College Records^
Honourable Sir
Wee were at a loss as to the name of your client till your
last letter informed us, whom we must needs give our Com-
mendamus with as a good scholler and person (by us judg'd)
deserueing, whom wee are so farr from hindring as wee
wish him success in his enterprize. Only our Byfoundacion
Fellowshipps wee would desire might not be dispose of in
that way, there being some that seem born to them with a
more peculiar right and title than can be pretended to the
Foundacions themselves.
Sir the ordinary familiarity in these things wee use with
you speakes our confidence of your readiness to pleasure us
and our sense of favors received, for all which if you will
not give our Society leave to esteem themselves singularly
obliged, you may indeed force them to judge themselves
ungratefull. Still they are resolved how they may most
according to desires acknowledge your curtesies, in the mean
tyme in the name of the rest (because not able myselfe to
beare such a weight of bonds) I subscribe myself, though
more particularly upon myne own account, Sir
your obliged to honor and seme you
Brian Turner,
St John's, Cambridge
Apr. IS, 1661.
Addressed: These, for his worthy freind Mr Joseph
Williamson, att the Principall Secretary's Office, Wliitehall,
Honoured Sir
You see the presumption your candor allowes mee
in my freedome to troble you. I hear there's an Act of
Parliament passing makeing void and lapsing to his Majesty
all Liveings wherein the old incumbent is dead and the new
one not inducted according to Episcopall order. There is
one place near Cambridge called Willingham, in the Isle of
Ely, properly appertaining to the Bishop of Elye as patron.
If such liveinge lapse to the King, I know the present
incumbent very culpable on many accounts, therefore if the
Act be passed and such a liveing fall to the King's Donacion
I entreate you to preferr a Peticion in my behalfe and upon
the first notice. I'le attend the thing myselfe, a litle tyme
lost I know is irrecoverable and therefore I entreat your
NoUs from the College Records, 285
continuance of that favour that has formerly deeply engaged
mee to acknowledge myselfe Sir
your thankful! and ready
serv^ant in what hee may
Bjiian Turner.
St John's, Camb :
July 8, 1661.
Addressed : These, For his honoured friend Mr Williamson
Bitt the Principal Secretary's Office in Whitehall.
The group of documents which follow relate chiefly
to Samuel Drake and John Lake, both members of the
College. John Lake, son of Thomas Lake of Halifax,
was baptised there 5 December 1624 ; he was educated
at Halifax School and admitted to St John's 4 December
1637. During the earlier part of the Civil wars he fought
in the King's army and was several times wounded in
battle. He was appointed Vicar of Leeds immediately
after the Restoration. He became Bishop of Sodor and
Man in 1^82, Bishop of Bristol in 1684, and Bishop of
Chichester in 1685. He was one of the Seven Bishops
sent to the Tower in 1688. Refusing to take the oaths
to King William and Queen Mary he was deprived of
his see; he died 30 August 1689.
Samuel Drake, son of Nathan Drake of Halifax, was
admitted to the College 26 June 1637, from Pocklington
School. His father took part in the sieges of Ponte-
fract during the Civil war and recorded his experiences
in a Diary which has been printed by the Surtces Society.
Samuel Drake became a Fellow of the College 20 March
1642-3 and was ejected during the Commonwealth.
After fighting in the Army he obtained holy orders and
settled in the parish of South Kirkby, where the baptism
of his son Francis is recorded. He was instituted Vicar
of Pontefract 6 April i63i and Rector of Handsworth
near Sheffield 18 July 1671. He was also a Prebendary
of Southwell; he died 28 December 1678 and was
buried at Pontefract.
VOL. XXIX. PP
286 Notes from the College Records.
Right honorable
As by reason of the multitude of your weightie
imployments, I have hitherto forborne to make anie addresse
of this nature to your Honour, so I had not assum'd the bold-
ness noMT, but that it is in behalf of one who hath ever
manifested himself most entirely affected to the person of the
Father of h^ most Sacred Majesty whilest liveing (in whose
cause he adventured his Hfe) and to the interests of Monarchic
and Church Government
The person I meane Is this bearer, Mr Lake, Vicar of
Leeds, my very much endeared friend, who himself will
impart his modest requests unto you. If it was a greater
matter that he had to sollicit his moat excellent Majesty in, I
know by your honour's mediacion it would be readily
obtained, if your honour will vouchsafe to interpose it here, it
will lay an obligacion unto perpetual! thankfuhiess upon both
him and also
your Honour's most humble Servant
Alexander Butterworth
Addressed : For the right honorable Sir Edward Nicola^,
principall Secretarie to his Majestic.
These are to certifye that Samvell Drake, clerke, Master
of Arts, is a pious and regular man, being ejected out of his
fellowship at St John's in Cambridge, hee attended the
service of his Majesty of blessed memory in the Marching
Army and. garrison of Pontefract and Newarke till the close
of the Warre, the estate of his father in tlie interim being
plundered by the enemy.
Richard Marshy
John Neflle.
Anth. Elcocke.
This is a true copy agreeing with the originally
examined by A^ Billop.
Endorsed : Certificate, Mr Drake from Yorke^
October the 28th 1661.
These are to certify that Samuel Drake, clerke, is
personally known by us to have been Master of Arts and
Notes jrom the College Records. 287
Fellow of St John's Colledge in Cambridge and to have been
thence eiected for his known loialty to his late Maiesty of
blessed memory,
Ed. Stoyte, Ro. Clarke,
Th, Fothergill, Isa. WorralL
October the 28th 1661.
These are to certify that John Lake, Vicar of Leeds, was
Senior Batchelor of St John's Colledge in Cambridge and
resided there till he was imprisoned for the expressions of
his loialty to his late Maiesty of blessed memory, and thence
escaped with some other prisoners of quality to Oxford.
Ed Stoyte. Rob. Clarke.
Th. Fothergill. Isa. Worrall.
November 6, 1661.
These are to certify all whome it may concerne, That Mr
Samuel Drake, Vicar of Pontefract, and Mr John Lake, Vicar
of Leedes, are two persons whom I knew very well in
Cambridge to be sober, studious and pious men. And that
they were both of them driven thence for their loyalty to his
Majestic. And (as I am informed) have served him faithfully
in his Armies since that time, And are knowen to be con-
formable men to the Doctrine of Discipline of the Church of
England. Ita testor
Jo. Barwick.
Cum antiquus et probatus Academiae nostrae mos sit qui
ad bonarum literarum studium morum probitatem adiunxerit
publico eruditionis et probitatis suae testimonio honestarentur.
Nos Johannes Pryse, Sacro Sanctae Theologiae Baccalaureus
et Collegii Divi Johannis Evangelistae in Academia Canta-
brigiensi Praeses ejusdemque Collegii socii seniores dilectum
nobis in Christo Johannem Lake in Artibus Baccalaureum
eiusdemque Collegii Scholarem qui per hos quatuor annos
turn in Academia praedicta turn in CoUegio hoc nostro
studiosum et modestum sese proebuit hisce nominibus omni-
bus commendatum esse volumus quamque nos de eo opinionenv
288 Noies from the College Records,
cx)ncepimus eandem apud omnes libere profitemur subscriptis
que nominibus nostris confirmamus.
Dat. e Collegio praedict: 20 die Aprilis 1642
Johes Pryse, Praeses. Ra. Coates.
Ro. Allot Joh. Thurston.
Tho. Thornton. Tho. FothergilL
Guil. Bodurda. Sam. Peachie.
October the 22nd 1661.
These are to certify that Samuel Drake, John Lake and
John Milner, clerks, are all personally known by us to bee
pious and regular. To have given very signal testimony of
their loyalty cleare through the time of the late Warres, both
by active service and Sad Sufferings. And therefore wc
conceave them persons deserving encouragement
Richd. Marshe. Chr. Stone
Antho. Elcocke. J. Wickham.
Robt Sersby. Robt Fitch.
Trusty and welbeloved Wee greet you well Whereas wee
have perused a Testimonial from the Fellas of St John's in
Cambridge purporting that S. Drake Master of Arts and once
Fellow there was eiected for his Loyalty to our Royal Father,
Together with a letter commendatory from our present Vice
Chancellor in the behalf of Mr John Lake directed to our
principall Secretary, As also a f ul testimonial from the Dean
of the Cathedrall of York concerning Jo : Miller and them all
ioyntly, that they are pious and regular persons, were very
active in the service of our Royal Father, and great sufferers
since upon that account. And whereas they have made
humble suit unto us for oin- Letters that they might receive
the degree of as by their standing in the University they
might have receaved if the Iniquity of the Times had not
forced them thence. Wee therefore being wel assured of
your ready complyance with our pleasvre are gratiously
pleased hereby to wil and command that upon the receipt of
these our Letters you conferr upon them the said Degree, any
Statute of the Vniversity, or clause of any Statute, to the
contrary not withstanding. And the larger Dispensation from
Notes from the College Records. 289
Acts you grant to them in regard of their remote northerly
residence the more satisfactory it wil be to us. Wee doubt
not of that readiness to give us contentment therein which
wee retain in our princely remembrance for your benefit as
occasion shall be offered.
Trusty etc. Whereas Samuell Drake, John Lake and John
Milner heretofore members of that our Vniversity, come
recommended to Vs by divers testimonialls of their piety and
learning so of their constant loyalty to our Royall father of
glorious memory and ourselfe during the late times, and this
approved both by active service in the warrs and by their sad
sufferings ever since, and having received a good caracter of
Robert Haslewood, clearke, Wee, gratiously considering the
iniquity of the late sad times, wherby the said persons were
debarred from taking their severall respective degrees in that
our Vniversity in due time, have beene moved, out of our
sense of their loyall affections to Vs and the Church and for
their just encouragements in their future services to both, to
recommend them to you for their severall degrees. Willing
you vpon receipt hereof to grant unto the said Samuel Drake
and John Lake the Degree of Doctor in Divinity and unto
John Milner and Robert Haslewood that of Batchelor in the
said faculty, any statute, custom, or constitution notwith-
standing, wherewith wee are gratiously pleased hereby to
dispense. And in regard of the remote residence of severall
of the said persons Wee desire you to be the fuller in your
dispensations to them from all subsequent exercises, etc. etc.
Given at Whitehall, November 8th, 1661.
To our Trusty and Wellbeloved, Our Vice-
Chancellor of University of Cambridge, to be
communicated to the Convocacion.
There was another side to all these proceedings. If
the friends of the King were being rewarded, those
who had taken a prominent part in the affairs of the
Commonwealth were having unpleasant experiences.
The papers which follow relate to Henry Jacie or
290 Notes from the College Records,
Jessey as he afterwards called himself. Jessey was bom
3 September 1601 at West Rounton near Northallerton,
where his father was incumbent ; he was admitted a
scholar of the College, on Constable's Foundation,
6 November 1622, when he signed his name Jacie; he
took the degrees of B.A. 1623-4 and M.A. 1626. He
was a prominent preacher among the Nonconformists
and though he does not seem to have been a Fifth -
monarchy man himself, he seems to have been associated
with Thomas Venner, who was executed in 1661, and
on that account suspected. He had a habit of noting
down 'prodigies' and 'providential' occurrences, which
for some reason excited suspicion. Jessey died 4 Sep^
tember 1663 and was buried in Bethlehem Churchyard,
London ; this now forms part of Liverpool Street,
opposite Broad Street Station.
The names of the persons who preached at
Great Allhallowes in London, August 24, at a Fast
(as they call it) there.
Knowles.
Jesse, lodgeth in Southwark near St Magdalene.
John Sympson, in Coleman Street.
Mr Bragg is the Rector of Great Allhallowes, who per-
mitts them.
The best way to take the 3 persons above mentioned is on
Wednesdayes or Thursdayes, when they fayle not to meete
either at Great Allhallowes or some other Conventicle.
Let the person employed to apprehend them come any of
these mornings to one Mr Hodgkinson, a printer, over against
Baynards Castle wall, and he will guide him to them.
The three persons, above named, doe constantly preach
on Mondayes, Wednesdayes and Thursdayes at the sayd
Church and if they fayle their places are supplyed by one
Carter, a hatter, living at Coleharbor, or by Palmer, a cooper,
liveinge near the custom house, or some such like person.
Those that do exercise there, they doe first breed them to
it, in a house at a Conventicle held in Anchor Lane every
Sunday, where there are two Pulpitts putt vp togither for
Notes from the College Records, 291
prophesying, where this last Sunday Palmer's kinsman
supplyed the place.
A Briefe was read this last Sunday at Great Allhallowes,
the title of the King was muttered over, and that directed to
the Archbishopps and Bishopps etc. was wholy omitted in
the reading. And the Clarke who was putt to read it, being
asked why he left them out sayd, he had speciall order soe
to doe.
This information is given by the above
named Mr Hodgkinson, a printer.
Endorsed ; R. 11 Septembris 1661 . Intelligence of Preachers
at Great Allhallowes, where one Mr. Bragg is Rector, who
permitts them.
Warrant to John Warbutton, bearing date 27 of November
to apprehend and bring before the Secretary one Mr Jesse
(Charles II, Entry Book, Vol. V. p. 59).
The Examination of Mr Jessey taken the 8th of
December 1661.
1. He saith that he observing that severall remarkeable
accidents had happened did for his own satisfaccion noate
and sett downe in writinge divers of these events as att sundry
times they had beene brought to him by reports of credible
persons, and that he had collected soe manye of them as did
fill a sheete of paper \_Note in the margin " according to what
is exprest 101 Psalm, v, 7, 3 ; 45 Psalm, v, 12, 3, 4, 5"].
Which sheate of paper at the instance and request of Mr
Stanbridge (smce deceased) but then livinge att his house in
the country, and lately a messenger to the usurped powers, he
did deliver to him. But being ask't where it was that he
delivered them, he saith that it was not att his owne house,
but att another place in the citty where he appointed him,
the said Stanbridge, to goe to receive them. This was about
November 1660, after which tyme he sayes he neither saw
nor heard of him, by letter or otherwise, till he heard of his
death which was about February next.
2. That besides those particulars collected in that sheete
of paper he had allsoe made another coUeccion of some other
remarkables, which weere taken from him (amongst other
292 Notes /ram the College Records.
papers) by soldiers, sent by order of his Excellency the Duke
of Albemarle to search his house and to apprehend him, about
the 28th December 1660, which paper was never returned.
3. That one of the remarkeables thus noted by him was
the strange and sudden death of Major Orde in the Bishop-
prick of Durham, which the Examinant saith he has heard is
in the book cald Annus Mirahilis and which he received from
the information of a cittizen then and now liveing att the
Angel and Starre in Laurence Lane, whose name the Ex-
aminant knowes not but supposed him to be partner with
Mr Willett. And that another remarkable was that of an
unusuall whirlewinde hapning in the County of Leicester,
about June 1660, about Springewood, which was inquired
into by one Mr Snaith who lived within 2 or 3 miles of
Leicester, att or neere a place cal'd Vnlepp, where he some-
times used to preache, being a member of Mr Sympson's
Congregacion, by letter from which Snaith this Examinant
received his informacion. And whether this particular be in
the book cald Annus Mirahilis^ or not, this examinant saith he
knoweth not.
4. That he has sometimes gone with Lieutenant Collonel
Danvers to his brother^s house in Soaper Lane and that he
has seen Francis Smith there in company with the said
Danvers as he remembers, but att what tyme and how long
it was since he this Examinant was last there, he does not
distinctly remember, but thinks it is about a yeere agoe.
5. That att the tyme of his meetinge there with the said
Danvers and the said Smith, att the place aforesaid, he this
Examinant hath discoursed with them about the prodigyes
that had hapened in severall places about that tyme, and did
heare them instance in severall accidents of that nature, but
does not remember that he heard them or either of them
speake anythinge concerninge any intendment in them or in
any others to their knowledge either to compile or print the
same.
6. That he hath divers tymes within this last yeere (as he
used to do for divers yeeres before) visited Mr Cockaine att
his own house in Soaper Lane and that he has some tymes
had discourse with him about these prodigies and has (att his
request) given to the said Cockaine severall particulars in
Notes Jrom the College Records. 293
writeinge which have come to his knowledge and that the
said Cockaine has related to him some more of the like
nature.
7. That before the time that the pamphlett entitled
Annus Mirahilis came forth, he this Examinant hath heard
that there was a book of prodigies likely to be printed, but
saith upon his conscience that he cannot call to mind from
whom he received that intimacion.
8. That after the booke was come forth one of them was
brought and given to him by one of his acquaintances but
where itt was this Examinant does refuse to discover.
Endorsed : Mr Jessey's Examinacion. December 8th 1661.
Honoured Sir
Having sent this day to that party of whom I verily
thought I had (upon my desire) obtained to get that book for
me, The answer of the party is to this effect : I know nothing
of this, He never had the book of me, or desired me to pro-
cure it, etc. The truth is I had thought I had obtained it by
this parties meanes, but now it appeares I was mistaken.
And now I cannot say from whom I had it.
Sir, it being thus, your best advise and furtherance of the
enlargement of one of known innocency in things charged,
until a day be set to hear him and accusers face to face (from
an Inne where by many noyses, till midnight and very early
hinder rest, have occasioned aches in head, eyes, teeth,
aguishnes, symptoms of piles, and if not helped may hasten
death) is humbly desired, By
Sir an ancient servant of
Jesus Christ, though an
uiiworthy one
H. JesseV
10 of December 1661, from the Lamb Inn by St Clements
Danes.
Addressed: For Mr William Howard, Esq. over against
St Dunstan's West.
The full title of the book to which Jessey refers as
Annus Mirabilis was : " Mirabilis Annus, or the year of
YOL, XXIX. QQ
294 Notes from the College Records.
Prodigies and Wonders, being a faithful and impartial
Collection of several Signs that have been seen in the
Heavens, in the Earth, and in the Waters, with many
remarkable Accidents and Judgments befalling divers
Persons, all of which have happened within the space
of one year last past, and are now made publick for a
seasonable Warning to the People of .these three King-
doms speedily to repent and turn to the Lord, whose
hand is lifted up amongst us." It was published in the
year 1661 and is a little quarto pamphlet of 80 pages
with 6 pages of preface. The author does not seem to
be known, but he was clearly a man ot very wide
reading and considerable scholarship. The Prodigies
seen in the heavens were, multiple suns, lunar rainbows,
meteors, armies fighting and so forth. Among the
Prodigies seen on the earth is the following :
"Upon the 5 of November 1660 two great Hoggs
came two severall and very strange unusuall wayes up
divers steps into the Cathedrall of Canterbury, and went
into the quire when the Prebends were in the midest of
their devotion, and there continued till they were driven
out by the Vergers. The generality of the inhabitants
of that city do very well remember that a little before
the downfall of the Hierarchy, in the year 1641, the
same thing happened in the same place. Malum Omen."
The account of the death of Major Orde is somewhat
longer. He had been in the army of King Charles I. ;
in the beginning of September 1660 he found fault with
Mr Rowell, the minister at Anwick, for "preaching as
he conceived it against the Common-prayer book/'
Orde closed the church and Rowell preached in the
churchyard ; then he indited Rowell at the Assizes at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, but the matter was put off. A
fresh application was made with more success at the
Assizes at Durham, and Orde "procures something
wherewith he purposes severely to scourge Mr Rowell."
Returning from Durham to Anwick on 24 September
1660, he fell off his horse and was found to be dead, the
jury could " find no hurt at all about him."
Notes from the College Records, 295
Although the presbyterian party are frequently
referred to as 'Nonconformists' or *Fanaticks' the book
was clearly written by a member, and in the interests,
of that form of faith.
Informacion
"That Leiftenant Coll. Kingslee had a warrant from my
Lord Cheife Justice Foster to apprehend Coll: Francis Buffett
for treason, as being in Venner's business, as doth appeare by
a letter intercepted and brought by Captain William Dale to
the Lord Generall Monke, who gave him a Warrant to
apprehend the said Buffett, which warrant the said Kingsley
kept in his hands and gave the partyes therein concerned
notice thereof, which persons compounded with him for
monyes, that he should not execute the said warrant. Further
Mr Jessee did affirme to Peter Crabb that Kingslee was a
good honest man and that they had ordered Mr Beniamin
Hewland to give the said Kingsley a some of money as a
reward for his good service towards them. And said that
Kingsley was the honestest man that was in all the Gaurd.
And att that time they did mete Kingsley at the Queene's
Head Taverne, on Snow Hill, London, to knowe of Kingsley
their accusers. And whereas my Lord Generall Monke was
pleased to pay to Kingsley five pounds for to give to the
informers, of the which five pounds he paid to them but 30s*
and the rest deteyned in his hands, and they at 3 severall
times came, at each time a letter from my Lord Generairs
hands, to demand their monys. Whereupon Kingsley did
say to these informers, Peter and John Crabb : What would
you have monys for ? ha, for betraying honest godly men, I
will make knowne what rooges you are, and then you, and
such roges as you are, shall lye and rotte in a gayle.
John Crabb, Peter Crabb.
Captain William Dale sayeth that to his knowledge they
came to Kingsley's Lodginge and asked for him, but hee
being not within, they said that they did wonder hee should
faile to meete them, according to his promise. And desired
that when Kingsley did come home that hee would come to
Praise God Barebones house, for there they did all waite and
296 Notes jrom the College Records.
tarry for him. And Captain Dale further sayeth that since Jesse
was lately taken vpp and secured, the said Kingsley hath bin
to vizett him att the messengers house ; as on Satturday 25th
of October last Kingsley was with Jessey att least an howers
space and better.
Endorsed : Accusation against W. Gerrad's Trooper.
Examinacion of Lieutenant Kingsley, aged about
58, taken before the Right Honourable Mr Secretary
Bennet, 3 November I662.
Have you acquaintance with Jesse ? Yes.
How came you to have that acquaintance? By having
taken him prisoner 2 yeares since by order of the Lord
Generall.
That Captain Dale a while agoe told the examinant that
Mr Jesse, then in a messenger's custody, asked to speake with
him, whereupon this examinant went to the messenger's house
and there spake with Kiffin, to knowe what he would with
the examinant. Kiffin told him it was only to thanke him for
his former civilityes.
Had you a warrant from the Lord Chief Justice to appre-
hend Coll: Buffett ? No, never.
Did Mr Howland ever give you any money ? No, never.
Did you ever meet with Hewland and Crabb at a Tavern
on Snowhill ? No, never. Did not they then ask who were
their accusers ? No.
Did you ever receive money from the Lord Generall for
intelligence ? Yes, 9 li at one time. Did you give it to
Crabb ? 3 li to them and 2 li to Mastin etc.
Did you never say upon contest with those you paid the
3 li mony for intelligence to, that you would give them but
3 //, what would they be paid for betraying honest men ?
Were you never at Praise God Barebones ? No, only once
when I called Jesse to goe to the Lord Chief Justice.
What discourse had you when you saw Jesse at the
messengers ? None at all that he remembers.
Endorsed : Examination of Lieutenant Kingsley.
Notes from the College Records, 297
Examinacion of . . . Wickham taken
November 3, 1662 before Mr Secretary
Bennet.
That captain Denton came to the examinants house and
asked if he had not one Jesse in his custody, he answered,
Yes. That captain Denton desired to see him, the examinant
then brought him to Jesse, to whom Denton said : Are you
Mr Jesse ? Yes. Said Denton, I know you not, but I will
doe you what kindnesse I can to get you off.
That Jesse hath been in Wickham's custody 9 weeks.
Endorsed : Examination of Wickham.
To the King's Most Excellent Majestic and
the Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privy
Councel.
The Humble Petition of Henrie Jessey an ancient
minister still in durance.
Humbly Sheweth
That your Majesties Petitioner peaceably in bed on
August 30th last, early, being seazed on by soldiers as sundry
others then were, they all generally except your Petitioner are
released as guiltless, though accused as guilty of a plot ; your
Petitioner being known to be of peaceable principles, practices
and expressions.
That your Petitioner soon after the 30th of August was
accused before the Noble Duke of Buckingham and the Right
Honourable Sir Henrie Bennet, for giving notice to one Mrs
Nickens of a plot for a Rising in London the night following.
Whereas (as he then declared) about a week before that
August 30th, your Petitioner, hearing there would be a Rising
in the night, but not hearing who the Risers were, your
Petitioner went instantly to the Lord Mayor, and after that to
the Major General Sir Richard Brown and acquainted them,
to prevent it, if any such thing were, and told of it to Mrs
Nickens that she might tell Mr Nickens, his neighbour being
constable, that he might performe his place therein. Yet
this course of your Majesties Petitioner was then as matter of
298 Notes from the College Records.
charge against him, and it onely was true of what he was
examined about.
That upon sundry petitions to Your Maj^stie in Councell
by your Petitioner sundry good Orders were made tending to
the releasing of your Majesties oppressed Petitioner, on
October 3, 15th and 17th last [Oct? 3. That all information
against your Petitioner be delivered to this most Honorable
Board by October 8 ;— October 15, That they be at the Board
by October 17, or else the Board will give order for the
release of your Petitioner. On October 17, Ordered that
they be forthwith given in to Mr Attorney Generall]. For
the performance whereof your Majesties Petitioner hath long
waited patiently, but none of which good orders were yet
followed, as your Majesties Petitioner humbly conceives.
Now to whom on earth should the oppressed innocent
Petitioner fly for succour but to your Majestie and this most
Honourable Board as appointed of God to releeve such.
Your Majesties Petitioner humbly implores your Royal
Majestie and this most Honourable Board.
That some of your Majesties foresaid good Orders in
Councell may be performed to the release of the harmless
oppressed, seeing that, By Mercy and Righteousness the
Throne is upholden and established, Proverbs^ xvi, 12
and 20-28.
And your Petitioner who is engaged to Fear God and
Honor the King, and all in authority and to pray for them
shalbe much encouraged in his duty and praise the Lord.
Sept. 22, 1663.
Right Honourable
Haveing this opportunity I embolden myselfe to
present your honour with their few lynes to acquaint your
honour. That the Fifth Monarchy men are now in the same
mind that they were in Vener's business. And as I am
informed by Mr Bellshaw who is a very eminent man
amongst them, that they are to meete in Dukes place, at one
Mr Stockdale's, a silkethroster (a man very well knowne), one
night this weeke, and so to conclude upon the tyme when to
finish the Lord's worke, as they so call it.
Notes from the College Records. 299
One word or two concerning Henry Jesse, deceased : that
there was about 4 or 5 thousand people to accomodate him
to the grave, and there had been as many more, but that it
was thought not convenient. Mr Knowles, one that is as
eminent as he was, stood by him at his departure to take his
dyeing words, and some other eminent men, but he the
chiefe. He said that the Lord would destroy the power that
now is being and did much encourage all the people to put
their helping hand to that great work, and that the Lord
would make the tyme knowne unto the Saints here when this
great worke should be brought to an end. I must let you
understand that this Knowles hath been in Jermany and
Holland and did solicitt the States of Holland to lett his
friends, that went over theither lately, have their freedome,
and that they would be assistance to the Hollanders upon
any occasion that they would require. Much rumers in the
North and much murmarin here amongst the generality,
wishing they would begin. Some Cavaliers have made solem
oathes to be assistants to them both here and at Plymouth
and Bristoll and elsewhere. Captain Gale is come from
Ireland and I find that they are ready there when opportunity
served. So no more at present, but that I am your faithful
servant to serve you in what I may whilst I am.
Peter Crabb.
When your honour comes to London I shall desire so
much favor, that you will be pleased to give me a quarter of
one houre's discourse.
Addressed : These, To the Right Honourable Sir Henry
Bennett, Secretary of State to the King's Majestie, at Bath or
elsewhere, present.
R. F. S.
(To be continued)^
TO A COMPOSITOR.
If e'er unhonoured genius lowly lies
Meet for reward of academic scarlet,
To thee we'll vote the palm, to thee the prize.
Thou printer's varlet!
O hath some Muse, from far Parnassus' mount.
Sent thee to earth, to check with artful blunder
The vernal poet's wild ebullient fount?
At times I wonder.
Now do I wot — in calm scholastic ways.
Where birch and tuck-shop limit youth's horizon. —
How Shakespeare's grammar nor do masters praise.
Nor youth relies on.
Thou, sure, it was didst guide with stern restraint
(Steeling thy heart his anguish to ignore, sir)
The pen so orthographically quaint
Of poor Dan Chaucer.
But oh, when genius burning to rebut
My polished numbers incorrect thou findestf
To quote the Bard (or thee?) "that was the cut
The most unkindesti '
Thee must a harmless poetaster see
(And brook the wrong), in fiendish joy repelling*
His timid Muse with faults of gramarye
And eke of spelynge.
SonncL 301
Kind sage, farewell! May gentle sleep atone
With happy dreams of thy most happy ending:
A special printer's devil of thine own
On thee attending;
An honoured guest, in halls of brimstone smell.
With sable host taking thy long-delayed ease.
And well-earned "smoke," in ingle-nook of^well,
Thou'd'st print it ''Hades!''
G. V Y,
SONNET.
Her beauty is inexorable form —
The bronzen gfrace of lamps in peopled rooms:
She is made up of shapely sheens and glooms
Cast by her keen gold fires that never warm.
She's crystal, whom the prism's pernicious charm
Of rainbow pity bitterly illumes:
She feigns a soul, and often those calm tombs,
Her eyes, have the rich semblance of a storm.
The man who sees her bids his heart be still:
"That's only passion's phantom in her smile:
Look not, or look but coldly": and meanwhile
Gazes, and yet can never gaze his filL
So she, too wilful to be timely wise.
Runs the voluptuous gauntlet of all eyes.
A. Y. C.
VOL. XXIX. RR
, THE COMMEMORATION SERMON.
BY
The Most Reverend The Lord Archbishop
OF Melbourne.
Psalm xlv. 17. Instead of thy fathers Thou shalt have children whom thou
may est make princes in all lands.
I HIS psalm has undoubtedly a local colouring
which makes it the product of the generation
in which it was written. The author's heart
is inditing of a good matter and he speaks
with the tongue of a ready writer. Its language is
joyous and triumphant, its imagery rich and varied, and
its illustrations are drawn from warfare and marriage
rites. When we sing it in Christian worship it becomes
a new song in our mouths even a thanksgiving unto our
God. The Bible version of the Psalms does not hesitate
to describe it as a picture of the Church of Christ, nor
can the truth of the application be denied. If the Church
was to be externally beautiful, standing in the world
like jx queen in a vesture of gold wrought about with
divers colours, in her internal purity and reverence she
was intended to be like the King's daughter, all glorious
within.
The Church's progress and expansion in the world
is fittingly symbolised in the picture of children entering
into the inheritance of their fathers who have been
leaders and saints of God and so becoming princes in
all lands. I think the image is especially fitted to set
forth the duties and fortunes, the continuous traditions
and the constantly expansive work of such a College
The Commemoration Sermon. 303
as this. The past generations of men belonging to us
who have been great in Church and State have passed
away. Their memory remains as our greatest inspira-
tion and we who now hold in our keeping the traditions
and services of the College can say with truth that we
have taken its name into all lands. I speak to you
to-day at your own bidding with mingled pleasure and
pride. With pleasure at visiting once more my father's
college, my own, and my son's. Since the time when I
first entered the gateway of St John's, filled with tremb-
ling hope and expectation, I have never forgotten the
encouragement to work I received in my undergraduate
days, and the friendships made at that time and continued
through the long years since. Other preachers in past
years have told you the names of the founders and bene-
factors. Some of them are as familiar in our mouths as
household words. On many an occasion in Australia
and elsewhere I have had the privilege of asking for the
prayers of all christian people for " the ancient and
religious foundation of St John's College." Bearing
fullest testimony to the services of the college for many
a long year to science and literature and scanning with
pride the list of honours which mark the names of
Fellows and Ex-Fellows, I could wish that you would
give us, as in the past, more men to the ministry of the
Church. Will you look with me for a moment or two
at some of the work done by members of this college in
the great and new countries of the Southern Seas ?
Surely the man who goes forth from these walls to
acquit himself with honour in any walk of life is as
truly a benefactor as he who founds scholarships and
gives of his wealth for the cause of education. That
prince of missionary Bishops, George Augustus Selwyn^
has written his name indelibly upon the Church in New
Zealand. The college of the province was named by
him St John's out of love for this home of learning^
The constitution of the Church was his, and it had to
be framed and commenced in days wh^n men had
304 The Catnmemoraiion Sermon,
forgotten or never known what it was for the Church
to wholly govern itself and to work as a separate
organisation within the State whilst owing allegiance
to it in matters touching property and civil rights.
William Tyrrel, who left England in 1847 for the
diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales, is another
noble name belonging to us. In an Episcopate which
extended over more than thirty years, he exhibited
every mark of apostolic greatness. The dream of his
life was to start his new diocese on such secure foun-
dations that his successors would have endowments for
men in the newly-formed districts. By great simplicity
of life and constant frugality he left behind him for his
diocese a sum of money estimated to produce ;^ 300,000.
This was invested in large estates and when the periodic
scourge of Australia came after his death and the long
droughts devastated the land, it seemed as if all were
lost. In 1880 Josiah Brown Pearson succeeded him.
Many of you knew him as Fellow of this College. His
intellectual force raised him at once into a foremost
position in Australia. You scarcely realise in England
the grave responsibility of a Bishop in Australia. The
clergy so largely depend for their sustenance upon his
leadership. If he fails he carries with him distress to
so many of his clergy.
In the diocese of Newcastle all the great hopes of
Bishop Tyrrell's endowments were dashed to the ground
by droughts, and through no fault of his own. Bishop
Pearson found himself in a position of intolerable re-
sponsibility. High-minded and intensely sensitive, he
broke down under the burden. Under brighter days all
is now well with these endowments and Tyrrell's fore-
sight is at last justified.
Need I tell you of James Moorhouse who became
Bishop of Melbourne in 1876. We rank him now
amongst the Honorary Fellows of the College and in
Melbourne a lectureship bearing his name will per-
petuate for all time the splendid success of his Australian
The Commemoration Sermon. 305
Episcopate. If my words reach him in his honoured
old age I crave his forgiveness, for I know his shrinking
from fame, but in Australia his is the greatest Church
name. His matchless gifts of oratory, his courage and
power as a leader of thought, his wit and humour, have
all left behind them a just reputation which Melbourne
treasures and the whole of Australia recognises.
In Melbourne we have our Church of England
Grammar School which is celebrating its jubilee this
month. It has 450 boys, and in equipment and buildings*
in tone and influence, it is a reproduction of our great
English Public Schools. Its first Headmaster, to whom
it owes almost everything, was Dr Bromby of this
College. I am only selecting a few Johnians who have
done great things in Australia. Members of the College
have taken part in every department of life and we
have had children who have become leaders in these
lands.
At the present moment there is one friend of mine
and yours, late Fellow of this College, who is rendering
untold benefit to the Commonwealth of Australia by his
persistent advocacy of classical learning at School and
the Universities. If it were not for Professor Tucker's
powerful pen and acknowledged intellectual force it
would fare ill with culture and classical learning in
a country where the ideals are so largely utilitarian,
and the hope of many of us is that he will keep burning
the torch of Athens and Rome until increasing leisure
and larger intellectual ideas raise up men to accept it
from his hands.
In this service we are commemorating the Benefactors
of the College. Many of us are prepared to acknowledge
that our education here was rendered possible by these
gifts from men of the past. We are living in an age of
boundless wealth and much public service. In olden
days the largest gifts went to the Abbeys, the Cathedrals
and the Parish Churches, and whilst large numbers of
people have satisfied themselves that the clergy ought
306 The Commemoration Sermon.
to be supported by the parishes there is a desire to be
generous and even lavish in the support of education.
Many new Universities have sprung up in our genera-
tion and are receiving every year great benefactions.
The older Colleges and Universities are supposed to be
wealthy. There is no wide- spread public knowledge of
their needs. Until the rulers of each College boldly
state these and ask for help they must expect to be
overlooked, I know of no College in this University
which can with greater confidence ask for help than
St John's. Our record of new enterprise in educational
expansion is honourable and universally acknowledged.
For many generations the intellectual boy without social
advantages or money has found here the kindest en-
couragement and the most liberal aid. It is not fitting
that Fellowships shall be reduced in value and Scholar-
ships and Exhibitions limited because the benefactions
of the past are unequal to the needs of the present.
There are many wealthy members of the College who
might be induced to become benefactors.
We ought not to sit still in admiring wonder at gifts
bestowed upon other Colleges and keep silent about the
wants of our own. I want to see the College prospering
in every branch of learning, and I care not for what
good purpose these gifts are bestowed, but I want also
to see St John's taking its old and honoured place in
preparing more men for the ministry of the Church.
Surely it is better for the Church that men should come
here to Cambridge than so large a proportion should be
prepared by a less liberal system of education. Cannot
we hope that some Churchmen will give scholarships
for preparing men for orders as well as for other
purposes ?
I am told that in the past many benefactions came
from the Fellows who at the close of their solitary lives
gave back their money to the one institution they had
loved, and that the Society of the Colleges which used
to consist of wealthy bachelors, is now composed of poor
The Commemoration Sermon. • 307
married men. This may serve very well as an epigram,
but it does not meet the argument I am using. There is
wealth enough in the country for every purpose, wealth
enough in the hands of members of the College. This
great College— I use the words advisedly — has educa-
tional claims unequalled by others. It has needs which
may justly be pleaded. It has a long and honoured
history which is the pride of its members. As we
thank God this day for the Benefactors of the past, as
we commemorate their services and rejoice in the use of
their gifts, we must be true to our great traditions and
do everything in our power to preserve the foremost
position of St John's in sending forth a supply of men
duly qualified to serve God in Church and State.
Our offerings are invited to-day for the work of the
College Mission in Walworth. This is the earliest of
such Missions connected with this University, as it has
been the model by which many others have been
shaped. It sprang out of an appeal made in a sermon
in this Chapel twenty-five years ago, in which the
preacher appealed to his College and its members, as
the stewards of learning, and wisdom, and wealth, to
use these for the benefit of the crowded populations in
London. The Mission has constant needs, and it will
never, I hope, cease to command the confidence and
support of every member of St John's.
THE VANGUARD,
By roads our fathers never knew,
In lands with none to trust.
We press one way, the lonely few
Who serve the wander-lust.
The veldt has heard our voices ring
Old songs to newer skies.
The Karoo knows our galloping.
The nights have made us wise.
From Table Bay to Tuli's Fort,
Durban to Kimberley,
We've lived and fought, we've roamed and wrought
From East to Western sea.
From Leeuwin's Point to Queensland's Plains,
Cape York to Sydney side.
Through mulga wastes or coastal rains
We spur before our pride.
The pride that drives us "further out"
Beyond the loneliest trails.
The pride that leaves no room for doubt
Till the last water fails.
Our pride it is no man to serve.
To earn no workers' wage.
But on the new land's savage verge
Herald the coming age.
From Catullus. 309
Our services no man may buy>
Our love no woman hold.
Blood-brothers we beneath the sky
With rivers bom of old.
The cities know not of our ways,
The old lands cast us out;
Nor fame is ours, nor crowning bays.
But strife and toil and doubt.
Gerard W. Williams.
*' Out at the back of Burked
FROM CATULLUS.
XLIX.
To Cicero.
Most eloquent of Romulus' stock
That is, that has been, or that is to be.
The worst of all the poetaster flock
Catullus, feels much gratitude to thee;
He is of poets all the very worst,
As thou of advocates the very first.
VOL. XXlX. SS
RHODOPE.
"Oh^ many are the fortunes of a kissf
Thus mock'd fair Rhodope of Naukratis,
"They may be snares, they may be bars of love^
Some bought and lost, and some are treasure-trove^
Nor in their natures can they live the same^
One kiss is fervid a$ volcanic flame,
And oft is thine — yet 'tis deHght to me —
As cold as moonlight falling on the sea.^
She laugl^'d ia silver echoes^ chiming near
The bracelet on her arm, the earring in her ear.
Sweet was her glance, her motion grace, — to trust
Tales long-ago of what so long is dust, —
Rosy her cheek, and such a mould her mouth
That falsehood spoken there were sweet as truth.
And pretty gestures had she to make known
The thought sheutter'd not, scarce thought perhaps alone:.
Near her Charaxos sat, then rose and paced
The little room with hands tight-interlaced,
With grave sardonic face, which, when he smfled.
Seemed haunted by the spectre of the child^
And then was quiet again, austere and sad.
But oh, a little makes a lover glad:
So when she laugh'd again, his laugh replied, —
Her mirth was his, — and bending by her side^
"O love, yet take my kiss, and let it be
Of moonlight or of sunlight unto thee,
Though in my breast there glow intenser fire
Than all the flaming host of heaven transpire^
My thoughts are thine^ my footfalls as I move
Beat out thy name, but adding that I love
And hate of oily, villain Xanthos tool"
She wrjred her mouth and answered " Learn anew,
Brother of Sappho, how to love and. woo I
Sweet- voiced art thou, let thy thoughts be sweet:
And gentle-natured, thereto words be meet:
Nor rage against inevitable things 1
Honour and infamy that profit brii\gs«
Why, 'tis all one to Xanthos, worthy manT'
Then he: "If there be wealth of mine which can
Free thee from loathed Xanthos, I would throw
All in the price and gladly see them go,
My gardens and my Mytilenian vines,
My galley and its freight of sealed wines,
Couldst thou but find content in liberty."
Then she with softer brow: "O dear to me,
Too dear for ruin, go, be rich and wise
And prudent ; for your headlong lover buys
The mockery of a lifetime and the jeers
Of Hellas for ever sounding in his ears,
Hooted a spendthrift at the fest and game,
Tongue-stabb'd by every mincing Lesbian dame,,
And winning, too, from men of baser fame,
Scorn for the wreath and chaplet of his days.
Beware of me I No spotless robe arrays
Her who has dwelt with Xanthos : — ^who can flee
Their dead lifei though 'twas lived unwillingly?''
She spoke, and watch'd Charaxos where he stood,,
'Twixt tears aud laughter wavering in her mood^
Over the brightness of her eyes appears
And slowly grows a glimmering mist of tears..
But, ere he could a new avow begin,
The curtain moved and Xanthos ambled in,^
Greeted Charaxos with a sidelong smile.
And loll'd upon a bench, and talk'd the while:
^ Good sir, what happiness is yours who wait
But the new winds to speed your heavy freight
To Lesbos and the port of Mytilene,
Who see once more yoxu- home and gardens greeny
Friends and your kindred and your native land I
Here live I smother'd up by desert-sand
512 khodope.
Or drown'd in river-floods: — you heard the cry?
The bridal of our father Nile is nigh;
Tis fourteen cubits and a fruitful year.
Sure that is Leon's step upon the stair/^
Charaxos frown'd, but Leon entered gay :
" Hail, dear Charaxos I Hail, fair Doricha f
And soon farewell: the winds are veering soon:
Now sail I homeward with the summer-moon^
To touch at many a fair Aegaean isle
With summer-purpling vines amid the smUe
Of the far-spreading waters south and north.
But when are you, Charaxos, sailing forth?
What I You delay? Til bear your missive home,
Tell Sappho that the gods forbid you come»
Like Menelaos, till the parting rites
Are done to Love with lingering deUghts^
And the strong winds blow contrary till then^
To hold you weather-bound with all yoiu: men ;
WhUe I ran back full-pursed and fancy-free."
*^ Ay, Leon, sail : Pluto's the god for thee,
For whom your hecatombs smoke night and mom
Of cozen'd fools and sheep full closely shorn."
So saying did Charaxos quit the room,
And Xanthos foUow'd through the passage-gloom.
" Indeed," quoth he, " I reckon Leon wise :
Little we gain here save what none would prize,
Beast-gods, barbaric gabble, and sore eyes.
Why, Sir, the money's all: I wish it were
Siunm'd up, and I at Samos wealthier
And in my summer-chambers safe and sound,
The sea before and pleasant gardens round
And books of choice — my love's Philosophy.
Most willingly would I yield Rhodope
For a poor price, even one talent, say,
A miserable price; and she would pay
The money ten times o'er; no fairer is
Or will be ever seen in Naukratis."
Away Charaxos hasted down the street
In angry mood ; he clcnch'd his staff and knit
Rhodope. 313
His brow in fierce desire to take and slay
The lover of Philosophy that day.
*^ Oh me 1 " he said *^ I can no more endure
To see her trammelled in such fate impure
And slave to him. The ransom will suck dry
My means, dismiss me from my patrimony,
Make me a byword, mark for all men's scorn.
Far better were it never to be born
Than be creator of my own disgrace,
Having the choice of honourable days
In Lesbos with a chaste and unsoil'd bride.
But I must free her: hard it is to guide
Oiu: wild-horse passions: surely 'tis not ill
To free her: alas, but all will say I fill
The cup of squandering folly to the brim."
And thus through Naukratis we follow him,
Who reach'd at length the Panhellenion :
There through the clustered throng his way he won
By booth and stall and heaps of corded wares.
Such as the Earth in all her realms prepares,
Corn, wine and oil, woods from the odorous East,
Greek cup and bowl, adorned for the feast.
Arid Babylonian broideries, robes for kings ;
And over all a clamour beats its wings
Of many voices asking, giving news,
Chaffering, urging flattery or abuse.
All things debated there in all tongues mortals use.
Unto a chamber in the northern wall
Charaxos came and fill'd the doorway small.
The usurer within raised his grey head
From muttering his gains ; and then was made
The barter, ship and freight, twelve minas told.
But for the land the usurer was cold.
" I cannot proffer on so far a pledge,"
He mumbled, ^^and yoiu: Lesbian statutes hedge
Mc from possession." The other would have brought
A further plea, when lightly someone caught
His arm, and Leon's voice was at his ear,
Pleasant and cool : "I thought to find you here.
314 Rhodop^.
Eros, what ghastly haven him awaits
Who once hath entered through your smiling straits !
A music he shall hear which none have heard
And come thenceforth unperill'd and unscarr'd.
But all Love drives not to extremity,
For many a time and oft he woundeth me,
And I am loser nor of life nor land
Nor my good name : — my bark hath dear'd the
treacherous strand.
Believe me, Doricha will love you more,
If you go proud and wealthy to her door,
And honoured : — ^whom the citizens despise,
She will contemn and hold averted eyes.
Or if she love you, love you half-ashamed.''
Charaxos shook his head : ^^ And who has named
Me proud or wealthy or for virtuous?
Little the reputation that I lose.
Well I believe my end is fair and good,
To free her from so vile a servitude.
And let the citizens condemn or spare.
My choice is taken." " So be it, if you dare I *'
Said Leon then, "Not harmless, you will find.
It is to strive against the common mind.
Care you for that : be governed by your will :
But truly here you sell your vineyards ill : —
I heard so much. Now hearken to my words.
I am a Lesbian : my credit here affords —
Amyntas too will join with me — to raise
A talent, a fair price as I appraise
The land, if you admit me purchaser.
Believe me, willingly I would not spur
You on to such a ruin, would restrain
Your passion, were it possible to rein :
But if you have determined, sell to me."
So Leon ended, nodding placidly ;
Nor did Charaxos falter, but the land
Soon knew another lord and served another hand.
Its ancient master back through Naukratis
Walked slowly j melancholy thoughts were his.
Rhodope. 315
He stared upon the pavement, thinking now
Of his lost home and Sappho's angry brow,
And now of Leon's words, that Doricha
Would in the general censure take her way,
Holding him faulty, though the deed was done
Only for her and 'twas her freedom won.
Scarce was he through the doorway when she laid
Her hand upon him ; eagerly she said,
Toying the while with bracelet or with braid :
^'Charaxos, say what has thine errand been.
Our Xanthos for this hour goes rapt between
His hope and fear, crying * 'twill come to naught 1 '
And fancying that his Samian house is bought:
Leon went hurrying after thee to buy,
A very passion of drachmas in his eye.
What is it? Ruin not thyself for me."
He answer'd : ^^ Ruin comes not suddenly.
Forewarned I am and something yet I have
Over the price, with what my genius gave.
Strength and power that dwells within the mind.
Hard though the labour be, I yet will find
The way to fortune, win the world again ;
And well it may be won through labour and
through pain."
Then came the shufHing sound of Xanthos' feet,
And volubly he spoke with random wit
Of Nile and inimdation, Median wars,
Phoenician biremes and the polar stars,
And souls, as saith Pythagoras, reborn
To read again the Book of Life outworn.
Cut short, he eyed his guest askance and drew
His lips together, stirr'd, was quiet anew.
Haggled a little at the offer'd price.
But fear'd he might too often cast the dice,
And came to terms : a talent was agreed,
Taken the oaths, and Rhodope was freed.
Charaxos went to seek where at the loom
She stood and with low singing fill'd the -room.
3516 Rhodope,
" Doricha," he said, " be glad, for thou art free."
The shuttle fell, her song luU'd suddenly,
She turned towards him eyes were full of tears
And saw strange hope and sad-divining fears.
Apart from fear and hope awhile were they:
Then she retook her wonted semblance gay:
" Now unto Aphrodite must I go
And pay thanks at her altar kneeling low.
Now best I can, for now Love best inspires
Fancies and hopes and longings and desires
And visions of new times that swiftly bear
Me to their wonder, visions thou wilt share
If Eros favoiu: thee and mocketh not my prayer.
Back will I come before the sunlight dies.
And teach thee for the future to be wise."
Thereat she drew herself away and left
Him of all thought, except of her, bereft.
And him still standing there old Xanthos found,
Who straight began : " Ha, Sir, what, are you bound
In meditation on the coming time?
Oft we regret at eve the deed at prime.
The city, true, will chatter for a space ;
But other stories cover up to-day's.
And I do not reprove you, for I doubt.
Were this great woof of custom ravell'd out,
That we should find its texture all divine.
Our virtues, now so golden, will they shine
With a true lustre hence five hundred years?
Now half-barbaric that old world appears
Which Homer sang : — 3. wise man's part is this,
In prudence to enjoy his utmost bliss
According to the fashion of his age.
Well, you have broken through its tutelage,
And * Spendthrift ' must be wedded to your name :
Perhaps a later time will give a gentler fame."
So Xanthos : afterward in Samos he
Lived dabbling still in his philosophy,
And by his fellows was accounted wise.
Rhodope, 317
And Leon )>t-osper'd in his merchandise,
Was archon, senator, an honoured head,
Followed his faction with a cautious tread.
Charaxos, Rhodope,— they lived and loved,
My author saith, until from life removed,
Though mighty Sappho scom'd them and let loose
Her wrath — such power is granted to the Muse.
Another tells that he, soon undeceived,
ReturnM to Lesbos and new wealth achieved.
A third — but you may read elsewhere the tale.
Not here ; for now the impulse 'gins to fail,
That led me singing through the summer-day.
Giver of freedom unto Doricha.
Hard is it in grave history to find
The truth, and proof of 't to another mind
Is near impossible ; but here's no need.
Who casts a doubt upon the wondrous brede
That Poesy doth figure o'er her scene?
There dwell the Gods in gardens ever green:
There evil shrinks before the purged sight :
Beauty is goodness there, and right is might:
There we may help the blind and heed the wise :
There words create a world, and fairest eyes
Drive grief from earth for us and open Paradise.
C. W. P. o.
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[HE delivery of His Majesty's mails is an
event of interest to most of us. We may
have been looking forward to receiving some
communication, pleasant or the reverse;
dreading, perhaps, some unpleasant intelligence, or
unwelcome summons to the performance of a duty
difficult to avoid. Or it may be that we simply turn
over the day's delivery in an idle spirit, throwing aside
one letter as of no interest, opening another the hand-
writing of which we recognise; puzzling over some
unusual packet, examining the post marks, making
futile guesses as to the identity of the sender, before
the extreme step is taken of opening the letter and
reading its contents.
These sensations are multiplied when, in addition
to any private communications, the receiver has a large
official correspondence to deal with ; correspondents of
all stations and degrees of intelligence, not a few
illiterate to a point hard to realise in these times of
universal education. There are persons who wish to
get into communication with the College without any
definite idea how it is to be accomplished ; others who
know whom to address without actually knowing how
to address him ; other possibilities present themselves
without number.
The Postmaster-General, in his annual Report, has
generally a section devoted to incorrectly or insuffi-
ciently addressed postal packets ; we are asked from
time to time to admire the almost superhuman skill
The Contents of a Letter Box. 319
and cunning of those in charge of the national post
bags, and to applaud the penetration of those who
solve the riddles of the mails. Still, it came as a
shock when one of these astute and liveried officials
walked in with an exultant air and deposited on the
table an envelope addressed in unmistakable characters :
To the Senior Boozer,
St. John's College,
Cambridge.
The gleam of triumph in his intelligent eye was hard
to bear.
The title Bursar may be unusual, but when it has
been borne for many years the holder becomes as used
to it as to his own name, and only realises by degrees
how many versions there may be of the simple word.
The Buzzar, the Bonsor, the Borons, the Bossor, the
Verser, and the Vesser are pleasing variations; The
Bercer, seems to suggest Berger^ with its rural and
idyllic associations.
So long as these variegated aliasses are confined to
the envelope, one can keep the knowledge to oneself,
but when they extend to the enclosures and a finicking
bank clerk insists that the endorsement on a cheque
shall correspond minutely with the name of the payee
on its face, some reluctance to acknowledge the identity
is perhaps excusable.
When once the postmen have thoroughly grasped
the maxim — In case of doubt try the Bursar — letters
addressed to : The Secretary, Superintendent, Account-
ant, Registrar, Clerk, Caretaker, Correspondent, Eccle-
siastical Commissioner, Purser, Governor, nay even
the Warden, or Warder, the Principal or the Provost,
seem to drift to one natural home. Some wonder is
perhaps excited as to the state of mind of a writer who
addresses one at " St Johnson's College," or, " St John's
Wood College." To be addressed as " The Chairman
of the Parish Meeting " causes one furiously to think ;
the letter did not refer, as some might suspect, to the
320 The Contents of a Letter Box.
College Mission, but was a communication from an
enterprising firm who wished to supply the College
with "a cheap and reliable line of stationery." To
be considered) even by a puzzled postman, as "The
Present Occupier," "The Proprietor," or even "The
Proprietress*' of our venerable house causes, let us
hope, the blush of modesty to rise on the hardened
cheek.
A letter^ addressed:
To the Reverend
St, John
Cambridge,
wobbled a little in its course before it reached its
destination. The postman seems to have faltered and
sought advice at the Buttery ; there it was considered
that it must refer rather to ecclesiastical than to secular
affairs, so it was endorsed "Try the Senior Dean."
The Dean, on opening the envelope, found the following
communication :—
Dear sir
would you kindly look in the record of your College for
the names of Metcalfe Between 1700-30 as i want to find
Bacon Metcalfe and william and John Edward Metcalfe as i
want to find out where they where Born
and kindly oblige
yours faithfully
Mr Metcalfe
One glance was'sufiicient for the Dean, he knew tho
natural home for this sort of thing, he took his pen and
wrote quickly : " Try the Senior Bursar,*' and felt that
he had scored a bull's eye.
Indeed the contents of these mysteriously addressed
communications are sometimes hardly less weird than
the superscriptions. Here is one addressed to "The
Head Versus,*' which sounds like part of the title of
one of Aesop's fables :
Poast Oflfice
White Thorpe
The Contents of a Letter Box. 321
To saint
John colage Cambridge
Jcntelmen I Feal it My Duty to enform that Tha Hould
House joinen Tha Parsigens farm at White Thorpe And tha
ground on Wich Tha Hould House stood Latly occepide By
Mary Black And Her son WiUiam Tha Hould Lady is Ded
And Tha son is in tha Vnion And tha Parish as Put it for sail
Witch Will Take Place Tha 23 if you Think Tha Colage as
Any Rite or Title to tha said •state you Will not Fail in
Loocking in to Tha saim Estate as early as Pasobel. Jentel-
men I Beg to Ramain yours Hombel servant James Bradstreet
Parish Clark at White Thorpe
The letter describes the last scene but one in a
curious little drama played in one of the southern
Counties of England. There is a little vale at some
distance from a town of any size; it winds between
ridges hardly to be dignified with the name of hills.
A stream or river meanders down the valley ; the
village and the homesteads cling to its banks. Local
tradition asserts, probably quite correctly, that the old
farms all had their bit of * low ' land and their tract of
•high' land. In the remote past the country folk
dwelt near the river, which supplied water for man and
beast, grew their crops on the fertile flat, and got their
timber for building and firewood from the forest
covered hills. The corn was ground at the little water-
mill, long since fallen to ruin and decay ; the women-
folk spun the wool and wove the cloth which clothed
the tillers of the soil, and the district was secluded and
self-contained. The College is the lay Rector of the
parish ; the parsonage farm, like the rest, stands close
to the stream, the house surrounded by an orchard, and
the farm-yard and other buildings lie between it and
the road. The old tithe barn stands next the road,
huge, massive, and imposing. Old men still tell you
how they have heard from their fathers, or grandfathers,
that the tithe com was stacked in " The tithe barn
piece " across the way ; all the stacks of the same size,
in stately rows. Throughout the winter work was
322 The Contents of a Letter Box.
always going on ; on a favourable day a stack would
be taken down, sheaf by sheaf, and carried into one
end of the barn. There men were constantly threshing
the corn with the flail and dressing it. Once a week,
on Thursday, two waggons went off during the night
laden with corn sacks to the local market town many
miles away. The yards are large in proportion to the
size of the farm, for tithe straw was abundant. Thus
the parsonage farm is noted for its fertility, after
something like eighty years it has " never forgotten "
the generous scale on which it was manured. In the
dim and distant past a youth offered his services to the
occupier of the parsonage farm, his origin was
unknown — "a stranger belike." He was a useful,
handy man, and he was allowed to put up some kind
of lean-to shanty against the barn in which to live ;
a humble affair nestling under the thatched eaves of its
cathedral-like neighbour. He married and had a son,
and in due course went to his rest by the church . The
son clung to the old home, and he, too, married and
had a child, a son of weak intellect. By this time the
inhabitants of the shanty claimed a freehold in their
tenement, and those who might at one time have turned
them out were estopped by their own laches from
disputing the title.
Then the second generation went to his rest leaving
his widow and child still in effective occupation, poor,
lonely and defiant. The cottage grew worse and worse,
its condition latterly was pitiable and such as to paralyse
any sanitary inspector. But the old lady clung to her
castle and lived to a prodigious age, sitting in her
doorway on a sunny day, knitting or peeling potatoes,
and scowling with fierce, black eyes at any passer-by
who looked too curiously at the bowed figure with
masses of white hair crowning a weather-beaten face.
The letter given above describes the last scene but
one ; the curtain falls on the parish authorities pulling
down the hovel and claiming its site as part of the
margin of the road.
The Contents of a Letter Box, 323
Here is another letter which has no explanation and
remains to this day " wrop up in a mistry."
The address is as follows : —
Directed For
Head Director
over Saint
Johns CoUedge
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
July 6, 1894, October 27
Sir I Now take The Pleasure of Writeing These Few
Lines To you Hopeing to find you quite Well As It Leaves
Me At Present Sir I Wrote A Letter to my Aunts an Cousins
And Never Wrote No Letter Sir Last Summer Time I Wrote
to W Lambert At Cambridge He sent me A Scample of
Divcrent prizes of jewellery W Lambert Legge Lane Bradford
Sir I wrote to We Black 10 Jenkinson Street Leeds Sir He
Sent me A Prize List to Cambridge Sir I Wrote to R R Burton
High Holborn London Sir He Sent me A Book of List of
Prizes He sent me it Last may Sir I hope you anser This
letter I shall be at Windsor next Tuesday
Robert Brown
If any reader of The Eagle can fathom what this
letter is about, or suggest a suitable reply, he has
accomplished something that its recipient has totally
failed to attain to.
A certain sense of guilt attaches to the possession of
the next letter, it is addressed :
The Governess
of St Margaret's College
Cambridge
Angleterre.
From the appearance of the envelope it would appear
that the postal authorities were somewhat puzzled. It
is endorsed "No such College at Cambridge, England,"
and many initials are attached, no doubt those of post-
men. . Some one in the office with a knowledge of
Cambridge history clearly had an inspiration, the steps
324 The Contents of a Letter Box.
can almost be traced : — St Margaret — Lady Margaret-^
St John's. The letter was soon speeding on its career ;
it reads as follows : —
Mistress
y have a yong girl of 14 years and y will send she in a
English school, because the governess are very sterns.
I have learn that in England the pupils will be punished
by the wheepping if she are not laborious. It is this system
that y will employed with my girl. Can you say me if y can
expect that this method wUl be employed in your school with
my daughter.
Thinks you will excuse me because I have writing English
very bad. You can reply in French or in Enghsh that I read
a httle if y not write.
Expecting your reply I ham Mistress yours truly
M.N.
poste restante
St Gerrans
Bouches du Rhone
France.
P.S. Here are plenty English women, I know some o^,
and she had said me, that in England I can have the pupils
tuition like I will have. Show me prospectus, please, with
your honorate reply.
This is clearly more of a tutorial than bursarial com-
munication, but the methods which stimulated Milton
in his studies at Christ's are no longer employed at
St John's; nor are We, as yet, afloat on the seas of
" co-education." Three possible alternatives presented
themselves : to send the letter to Glrton or Newnhami
or even better in a cy pris sense to Lady Margaret Hall^
Oxford. In the end the greed of the collector overcame
other considerations and the letter still adorns the
packet of misfits ; there it reposes, while its unscrupu-
lous possessor joyfully looks forward to further additions
to the collection.
THE TOD.
A Fragment. Part 1.
So thickly grew the mushrooms On the nerveless lip there
scarce was orifice for daily meat — ^nay drink —
Their growth So wondrous fleet, forbye he duly culled thcnl
as they sprang to Ufe, their number never lost*
Above, like to the scarlet maybce, rose the truncated cone, it*S
nostrils all agloW.
Under the crag<Uke brow, where sprouted reeds (in deep
diapason of bukush green)
Gleamed the twin emerald orbs, whence, o^er the fibrous
cheeks, the viper's venom ran ;
While the rich night mosses, nigh the nether ear, shone like
the mid-night diamond in the lurid sun.
Dependent from the chin (like to a beard) the deadly night-
shade hung, in rank luxuriance —
It's tangled tow-like tufts spread all adown the hirsute breast.
The skull was thatched, entire, with sea-kale of the Scot — the
brain —
One vast unmeaning blank*
Anent the varied torso — the wild straw held it's own, and —
As two dorsal fins glittered the scaly arms — their batswing
digits (membraned and hooked) dank with a clammy
dew.
Festoons of shelly bi-valves barred the outward movement of
the nether limbs, the pedal bones of which —
United with a close- wove web of some dark juicy fabric of an
olive green.
Behind, in amaranthine lengths, a gruesome tail wended it's
tortuous way — the which — in moments of emotion —
VOL. XXIX. UU
326 The Tod,
Sudden coiled it^s folds, and crept concealed, somewhile,
beneath the ruddy fur which clothed the creature's
back — then— ^
Startling all the echoes as it fell — 'tv^'ould clash to earth again
In telescopic joints I
What fell, dread crime the thing had done that thus it*s
hideous form Creation marred — no mortal knew, but,
ever and anon.
In the dull days of dying autumn, when, at dusky eve, across
the lone bleak moor —
(While BLOOD-RED MOONS hung low on either hand)
And, from the blasted pine, the night owl's screech outvies
the bittern's boom —
The passing pilgrim shudders, and lets fall the scalding tear,
As, o'er the arid waste, in cadence sad, and low, comes the
\v41d wail of dark mysterious woe —
'' Lost lo— o— s— t LO— S— T ! ! I !"
Part II.
Sprung from a scorpion-eating dam, and nurtured 'mid the
natterjacks.
The head scalene — each organ immature — the whole, at first,
in embryo-
It sweltered on. Thus then, it's youth.
And Father William, as he sat at meat, would brush the snow-
beads from his brow and tell —
How, when the moon was at the seventh edge, and time and
tide and place quite problematical.
He'd seen it sporting on the village green, and draining dry
the mudwort of it's dew.
Nor this alone. For, oft, when these foul duties were dis-
charged and done —
Distended and encumbered would it he — a thing obscene.
The Tod. 327
The clowns in fustian, all agape, the parent sought to urge a
plan of strict seclusion and a diet spare,
And she to Father William turned for aid — outspake fhe
Seer!
" And, first of all, abjure excessive fondness for roast flesh of
swine —
(Unless, indeed, that flesh be juvenile, and duly flanked with
hot decoctions formed from rum)
The oils, en bloc, repudiate ; save for the liquid grease yclept
"Castor"
All pastry cakes— excepting those light fancy puffs prepared
by Switzer and by Neapolitan.
The onion venerate ; nor less the Stubble Goose.
Avoid like Sathanas the Sausage with the Macaroon —
All brandied mash and binding condiments.
At scent of Entrees flee, nor sniff the wind of anything
"a la"
Hug close the bracing Nicotine, but sail close-reefed o'er seas
of alcohol.
Yet ever smile upon the gentle stimulant termed Rum I "
Down sat the Seer ; and, one by one, the clowns in fustian
sought the door —
All sleepily and nodding, like old men on the wane.
But, as they neared the portals, lo ! a form.
One lintel wedged the pedal bones, the other reared from
iliac to shoulder blade.
SafiFron the eye — the 'face a parchment soiled — the cone, the
lids, the ears, a jaded puce.
Protruding from the mouth a viscid tongue, in brimstone
furred —
The lips, a willow grey.
Fell from each lip the pipe of clay —
Fell, in a heap, the clowns away —
Fell, too, the Seer in trying to say —
" Bring lemons I "
The fulcrum failed I Projected into space — the bilious frame
encrowned the apex of the pyramid —
A mass enchoate.
The Seer, emerging from the heap at length, with garments
tattered and with visage stained-^
328 The Tod,
All helplessly, and groping as he stood, with palms out-
stretched, vociferated " Rum " !
And there were those among the fustianed clowns (and
mostly of the upper tier)
Who, sliding downwards, gained the outer air.
Nor long delayed, but with the gentle stimulant returned.
Uprose the Seer ; one orb upon the thing, the other closely
focussed on the flask, gave utterance —
"The Boluses of Holloway, the Pills of Parr,
The Woodcock Globule, and draught Saline,
The Pad of Holman, or Magnetic Bands,
The range entire of modern pharmacy
Are vain. There is one amulet and only one — "
And here the Seer applied the flagon to his lips, which
instantly became so morticed in his valves
That all the contents slid in one great bolt adown the
bronchial tubes.
With gentle parabolic curve, the spinal column swerved from
plumb to prone—
'Mid broken speech of " drums and guns and wounds '' he
peacefully lay down a muttering
These last intelligible words —
"The Beacon CALOMEL, the Bulwark RUM,"
Softly, the Seer, they bore away,
Softly they pitched him up on the hay,
Softly, as he was trying to say —
" Jamaica ! "
And, so, by easy stages (tavern-wise) to London.
TOOTHACHE.
(An AlUgoryJ.
|EING recently afflicted with violent and
incorrigible toothache, and having tried all
the usual remedies with little or no success,
I decided at last to seek a temporary respite
in narcotic sleep, with the following strange result: —
Passing imperceptibly into regions of sub-conscious-
ness I seemed translated into a wild and rocky country
which was traversed in all directions by lines of
circular hollows or craters, in appearance much like
those which are seen in lunar photographs. One large
and deep crater in my immediate vicinity seemed, as it
were, palpitating with volcanic unrest, the dull glow
of but partially-concealed lava was reflected on its
sides, and I concluded that it was in a state of suppressed
eruption. This, however, was by no means the most
curious feature which attracted my notice, for I soon
observed three small figures of most demoniacal form
and expression busily engaged in what seemed to
be quarrying operations in the hollow.
The first and most active of these was like nothing
in heaven or earth, being apparently composed of
incandescent augers. For legs, arms, tail, hair, and
fingers he had red-hot, constantly turning augers;
in the centre of his body was a toothed wheel,
ceaselessly rotating, and out of his eye-sockets sharp
gimlets grew.
As I watched, horrified, he inserted his spiral tail into
a crevice of the rock and spun furiously round, emitting
330 Toothache,
a squeaking noise and causing the lava beneath to hiss
and palpitate. The other two demons were scarcely
less remarkable though not so demonstrative. Address-
ing one who was solemnly poking a spear-shaped
implement into the crevices, I enquired if they would
kindly inform roe what they found in so barren a cavity
worth so much labour to extract. (For I should say
that all this time I was possessed by a spirit of ghastly
and incredible politeness, which would have been
ludicrous had it been less horrible.)
" Indeed it is but just," he replied, " that you should
know our calling. My two brethren here and I are
mining spirits and entirely beneficent."
"Oh," I said.
" This crater," he continued, " is one of many round
here, some of which are extinct, some perfect, and some,
alas, filled with concrete. You are our host and the
owner of this land, therefore I will be entirely frank
with you."
"But," said I, "if I am your host and own this land
you should have applied to me for permission to ex-
cavate. Hardly done, eh, to dig up a man's estate
behind his back, even with the best intentions."
Here the Jabber (for that name suits his occupation
as well as any) assumed a most injured expression, —
the acute pain of a just man wronged appeared to shake
him from head to foot, and it was with broken voice that
he spoke as follows : —
"Can it be, then, O most cruel! That we have been
deluded with false hopes and now must work out our
appointed task unwelcome, and denied thy favour?
Didst thou not invite us, and that most cordially, witb
a lavish present and extensive offerings of sugar upon
the hills and sweet things upon the mountains } For
know this! Once here we cannot go till our task is
finished, it is not in our power, who are industrious, nor
will earthquakes move us, and scarcely if this mountain
were torn from its roots should we depart."
Toothache. 331
Then I saw the force of his words and bitterly
repented me of much good living.
Then the Screw struck in (the demon with the
rotating ches.t). Very shrilly he spoke and with
a certain acerbity, as follows : —
" While entirely recognising the liberality of our host,
I must protest against his late attempt to fill this crater
with concrete. I do not hesitate to say that persons less
benevolent than ourselves would stigmatize his action
as a breach of contract. I have blunted two arras and
a leg in trying to get through it ; just when I was well
at work on the soft lava too."
At this point it occurred to me that, perhaps, we did
not see eye to eye in this matter, and that our points of
view were possibly somewhat different. I hinted that
if the three imps were really beneficent it was not their
fault, but the efiect of some freak of heredity and
the result of necessity, and that while I appreciated their
efforts I should be obliged if they would terminate their
job as soon as possible as I had important engagements
to fulfil.
Thereupon the third imp, who had hitherto confined
himself to digging in the superficial crust with a tool
which was something between a saw and an army spade,
leaning upon his implement, coolly said : —
"Forgive my seeming rudeness in not introducing
myself before — "
'* It was unnecessary," I said (for I was becoming
irritated).
"As I was about to say, I owe you an apology
for any apparent-er-gaucherie-on my part, but to tell
the truth I was so engrossed in my work that I did not
observe you."
" I felt as much," I remarked.
" Oh ! You are too complimentary ! But to come
to the point, — ^will it please you to afford me, who
am called the * Digger,' some small testimonial for
my services ; we are poor imps. Hard lives do we live
332 Toothache.
toiling incessantly night and day (well I knew it),
subject to all dangers, from earthquake, from heat and
cold, from suffocation with noxious drugs, from floods of
strange liquor, and many other calamities (here an
idea occurred to me), forced to labour by our benevolent
dispositions."
Seeing me unresponsive the three then resumed
work with renewed energy, chanting the while a hideous
stave : —
" We are three imps of Cocaine
Who sit at the fountains of pain.
The Jabber, the Digger, the Screw." —
I could stand no more. Furious at what I considered
their canting hppocrisy, I seized a syphon of anodyne,
pressed the trigger, and drenched the three from head
to foot, nor did I cease till the whole cavity was filled to
the brim.
They laid about in grotesque attitudes, the only sign
of animation being a feeble turning of the Screw's
wheel.
" Hooray," ! I said, " They are either dead or
hopelessly intoxicated."
But I was soon to be disappointed. In a short time
signs of returning consciousness appeared. First one
and then another feebly tried to rise, and fell back
again. Then the Digger struggled to his feet, and,
leaning on his spade, made the following remarks : —
" Ish thish way t' treat a guesht ? T' r' duce *m shtate
dishgrashfu' 'tox'cation ? 'Make 'm public shpect'cle ?
But I mush work ! Work ! ! Work ! ! ! "
*' Don't for Heaven's sake," said I hastily, ** Consider .
your condition."
** Condishun," said he, "Wha' for," and staggered
away. Then the Screw began, reproachfully wagging
a slowly turning finger : —
" Oh shameful ! Shameful ! ! Crater flooded I Work
imposs'ble! Mush wait'U flood goes down! Yesh^
Wait! Wait!!"
tobihache. 333
The last to recover his conciousness was the Jabber,
who was silent except for a few incoherent observations
about the " terr'ble thundershtorm," and a " 'mark'ble
sensashun/*
In a short time they resumed operations chanting
drunkenly : —
We are three imps of Coc-a-aine
Who sit at the foUntainsh of pa-a-ain|
The Jab
I awoke.
"Blow," said I, "At it again ! Little devils ! "
Beltishazzar,
VOL. XXIX. XX
A CONSERVATIVE UTOPIA.
Yester eve I sat a-seeming to be working, and feU dreaming
And my brain with thoughts was teeming, some were fan-
ciful, some not,
Notions airy as a vapour, hard to formulate on paper,
'Neath my cranium did caper ; Til attempt to tell you what.
I was brought {ducenle fato) to a sort of model state oh !
A la Thomas More or Plato, or Sir William Gilbert, Knight.
All was peace and all was plenty, all was dolcefar nienUy
All stopped growing old at twenty in tliat land of pure
delight.
Not a person placed rdiance hi the miracles of science^
Everywhere there was defiance to the modern stress and
strife ;
Telegraphs were all demolished, railways, motors, 'phones
abolished,
Lusitanias all were polished off ; all lived the Simple Life.
In this country dim and distant Radicals were non-existent^
Everybody was persistent in remaining in a groove,
And to add unto my story's almost superhuman glories
All the folk were rabid Tories whom no power on earth
could move.
All convictions. Socialistic, all religious theories mystic
Were considered anarchistic, and all agitators slain ;
No one ever preached a sermon 'gainst the purple and the
ermine,
Monarchs were not counted vermin, and, as such, put out
of pain..
A Conservative Utopia, 335
Girls did not for suffrage gruirible, womenkind were meek
and humble
Doing house- work like the bumble bee 4mproved each
shining hour/
I rejoiced nowhere discerning female prodigies of learning,
* Inexpressive shes^ a-burning to dissect each beast and
flower.
When a youth for occupation's sake inveighed against stag-
nation
Then his sire with this oration spake his progeny unto:
"Will your grumbling never cease, sir ? Won't you learn to
hold your peace, sir ?
What was good enough for me, sir^ will be good enough
for yoa"
Not a person could inveigle pain Into this country regal,
All exams, were made illegal by a parliamentary act ;
But alas I the dream that brought us to this place that so
distraught us
Fled ; I woke to find that Plautus was a melancholy fact
RRP.
l\^#^-^ ^^-^^
l,i^'L#^'
MR STEPHENS.
[The foHowing extract may appear in the issue of The Thanct Tim€Si
for June 13, 1908.— "The body of a well-dressed gentleman, identified as a
Mr Stepherxs of QJapham, was found at the foot oi the cliffs yesterday
evening. He was a visitor at Margate, The inquest will be held to-
morrow." It may not appear ^ but if it does, you may account for it as^
follow?.]
|R JOHN STEPHENS was quite a typical ia*
habitant of Clapham, being a business man,,
who had to go to th^ city every day^ He
took in the Daily Chronicle. Like many
other business men he was married and had three
children. His two daughters he caUed Mary and
Martha^ but his son Arcturus. He was himself
generally known as " Old Dick^" presumably because
his name was John. He was in most things an ordinary
man, and his character was above reproach — but he
had his son christened Arcturus. In the summer the
Stephen's family usually went to Margate. They liked
it. And it was at Margate that the tragedy which I
am about to relate was enacted.
Mr Stephens, having finished his [morning cigar and
seen his wife and offspring safe upon the sands, strolled
gently along the cliff. He began to let his little child-
like imagination wander. He often did so— ^.^. the name
Arcturus— and he had done it before that day during
his bathe. For he bathed every morning before break-
fast and was very proud to be able to swim. These
were the lines along which his imagination had been
Mr Stephens. 337
straying. "Supposing," he thought, ?*I was swimming
in the middle of the Atlantic five hundred miles from
anywhere — except the bottom — what would be my
feelings ? Would I have the courage to sink without a
struggle ? " And to make this more realistic, he closed
his eyes, so that he would not see the land. And now
as he walked along the cliffs — on an asphalte path with
iron railings — he got in the same mood again. " What
would be the thoughts of a suicide," he said, " when
hurling himself over the cliffs ?" And he pictured some
love-sick youth slighted by his mistress. His thoughts
wandered dreamily on — likewise his legs ; and he had
alteady passed the place, where the asphalte and railings
stopped, and the green grass began, going very well
with the blue of the sea. He stopped and chuckled.
" But how will other people know that it was because
of his slighted love that the youth committed suicide ?
They won't know, unless they find his love letters on
him — No! Stop! He might pin a little remark — an
epitaph — on his bosom.'" Mr Stephens loved to be
realistic and so he took out an envelope and on it
wrote : " She despises me ; I despise Death." He read
it over and saw that it was good. But surely a lover
would write poetry ? He pondered for a while and then
taking out another envelope wrote :
" Come death, for death's long icy chill is
Better than slights from Amaryllis."
And he saw that both his epitaphs were good, and
pinned both on his coat (to be realistic) and went to the
edge of the cliffs and began pretending.
The rain had been heavy during the spring, bringing
the cliffs into a crumbling state, and notices had been
put up at regular intervals by a fatherly corporation to
remind the public of the fact, and to warn them not to
approach too near the edge. No man knows or will
know if Mr. Stephens read these. He alone can tell,
but he will speak no more.
James Barnes, the sailor, found the body in the
338 Mr Stephens,
afternoon, and read the remarks pinned to his bosom.
" Well," says he, " she don't love I neither, and yet I
still breathe God's air — zounds," and he takes the body
to the police.
Mrs. Stephens is in due time informed of her
husband's sad death, and her mourning is genuine and
unsullied. For Barnes, the sailor, just crumpled up
those epitaphs and threw them into the sea, where the
waves carried them away to amaze the mermaids.
THOUGHTS ON A SENSE OF HUMOUR.
A sense of humour is the one characteristic which
no man ever considers himself without.
• • •
No great man of action ever had a sense of humour,
it is one of the essential features of his greatness that
he should be devoid of it.
• • •
Genuine humour never dies : Chaucer's laughter is
still infectious; Fielding's broad jests, though they
may shock a more squeamish age, still ring true ; to
this day we are perfectly ready to chuckle with
Aristophanes over the immemorial joke of woman's
rights.
• - • •
Every age has its own conventions, and every age
its own peculiar form of humour, and just as the
conventions which can justify their existence survive
the age which formed them so the humour which was
the outcome of the best in human nature at any one
time will live on to be appreciated by succeeding
generations.
» • •
Humour illustratejs in an extraordinary degree the*
character and thought of any particular time. A
hundred years ago a man in the stocks or pillory was.
considered an extremely humorous sight : it was the-
same generation which gratified the appetite for
sensation by taking seats for a public hanging.
340 thoughts on a Sense ofHtimonn
Nothing discloses the real person so much k^
humour, a man may disguise his inherent vulgarity
until he tries to be funny.
• • •
Amongst people whose taste is not particularly
educated there is a noticeable partiality for that kind
of harlequinade hUmoUt* which conisists in one buffoon
hitting another on the head with a formidable looking
weapon and being immediately knocked over himself.
• • •
Early and Mid-Victorian farces relied principally on
the continued repetition of " Confound you, sir, what
the devil do you mean ? "
• • •
American humour is of absolutely no value to
anyone except the owners.
• • •
It is fashionable to decry home products and really
impossible to decide such a question, but on the face of
it it would seem that except, perhaps, for the French,
English humour is the best in the market.
• • •
We grow out of humour as we grow out of clothes :
the jokes which we love as children now no longer
appeal to us.
• • •
The possession of the same sense of humour is the
true bond of friendship.
^bftuar^
Sir John Eliot, k.C.I.fi.
"Wfe take the following account of Sir John Eliot's c^reet
Irom Nature for 26 March 1908 :-^
The news of the death of Sir John Eliot, KC.I.E., F.R.S.,
in his sixty-ninth year, at his residence, BOn Porto, Cavalairc,
Var, France, will be received with great regret by a very
large circle erf friends. His death was extremely sudden,
'and took place in the early morning of Wednesday, March 18*
He was walking on a steep hill in his ow^n grounds, super-
intending the work of his men, when he suddenly sat down
iand passed away. The cause of death is said to have been
a|)oplexy.
Sir John Eliot was throughout his life a most indefatigable
worker, and since his retirement from the Indian Service
^bout five years ago he had continued to work with unabated
vigour. Indeed, the strenuous work which he undertook
taiay perhaps have undermined his health, and have caused
his premature death. He was one of the most genial
companions possible, having a most charming personality,
together with a keen sense of humour. He was most widely
read and well infortned in almost every subject, and at
the ^ine time he was one of the most modest of men. He
was a most accomplished musician, and played the organ
and piano with very great execution and feeling. He Was
also greatly loved and esteemed by his subordinates and
fellow-workers, and by his many friends.
Sir John Eliot had a most distinguished career, and
the major part of his life was devoted to India, at first
to educational work, and later on to Indian meteorological
problems. He was born at Lamesly, in Durham, on May 25,
1839. The details of his earlier education have not been
recorded, but he went up to Cambridge University about 1866
VOL. XXIX. YY
S42 Obituary.
and took his degree from St John's College in 1869, and was
second (bracketed) wrangler and Erst Smith's prizeman of his
year. He was then elected to a fellowship at St John*s
College, which he held from 1869 up to his marriage in 1877.
As a young man his health was not Very robust, and he was
advised to avoid the climate of England, so that after taking
his degree he accepted an appointment in the Indian Govern^
ment Service as professor of mathematics at the Roorkee
Engineering College. This he held from 1869 to 1872. He
was then transferred to the regular Indian Educational
Service as professar of mathematics at the Mutr Central
College at Allahabad, an appointment which he held from
1872 to 1874.
About this time he fumed his special attention io physics
rather than to pure mathematics, and also undertook certain
meteorological work at Allahabad. In 1874 he W2is appointed
professor of physical science at the Presidency College,
Calcutta, and combined this with the post of meteorological
reporter to the Government of Bengal, both of which he
held from 1874 to 1886. He was then appointed meteoro-
logical reporter to the Government of India and director
general of Indian observatories, an appointment which he
held until he retired in January, 1903. On his retirement
the Government of India published in the Gazette of India
a most complimentary resolution thanking him for ^* his long
and meritorious services."
As an educationist he has left his mark in the various
colleges in India in which he worked, and also in the
Calcutta University, of which he was for many years a most
distinguished Fellow. Many of the present generation
of educated Indian gentlemen who are holding very pro-
minent positions are largely indebted to Sir John Eliot,
not only for his actual teaching, which was of a particularly
high order, but also for his kindliness and sympathy towards
his students. The ei^mple shown by his work and character
had a great effect on all brought in contact with him, and he
was very greatly respected and loved by his students and
by all classes of Indian gentlemen, for it may be truly said of
him that his great abilities were more than equalled by
his extreme modesty and invariable kindness.
Obiiuary, 343
In his capacity as Fellow of the Calcutta University
he also did very notable work, and by his great influence and
marked powers of persuasion he was able to introduce many
considerable reforms into the courses of instruction in
mathematics and physical science, and in the latter case
he was specially successful in making the courses more
practical and more thorough than they had hitherto been.
As a meteorologist, India also owes htm a large debt
of gratitude. As meteorological reporter ta the Government
of Bengal, he largely extended the meteorological system^
and introduced daily weather reports with charts based
on telegraphic information, and he also instituted a very
cqmprehensive and effective system of storm warnings for
coast stations round the Bay of Bengal, and of flood warnings
for inland stations; One of his earliest meteorological papers
was a " History of the Backergunge Cyclone of 1876,"
in which storm about two hundred thousand people were
drow^ned in about half an hour by a huge storm wave, which
swept over the Island of Sandip.
In this monograph Sir John Eliot largely developed and
extended the theory of tlie formation of cyclones* This
publication indeed excited a good deal of attention both
in India and in England, and in both instances this was
unusuaL So much attention was directed to this memoir and
to the* cyclone which it described that a request was made in
the House of Commons for the report to be produced
and laid on the table, and it was then made available to those
interested in England*
The reputation as a meteorologist which Sir John Eliot
gained while occupying the post of meteorological reporter to
the Government of Bengal rendered it a foregone conclusion
that when the higher post of meteorological reporter to
the Government of India fell vacant it would be offered
to him. This post had been created about the year 1875
or 1876, and its first incumbent was the late Mr H. F. Blan*-
ford, F.RS. Up to about 1875 there had only been local
officers in charge of the meteorology of the different
provinces (such as Bengal, Madras, and Bombay) into which
India is divided, but it was felt that if Indian meteorology
was to make any real progress* it must be studied as a whole,
344 Obituary^
and not piecemeal. Hence tlie appointment of meteoro-
logical reporter under the Imperial or Indian Government
was created, and all the observations taken in the various
provinces were, after local uso, sent on to the India^
Meteorological Department. Much and most valuable work
was done by Mr, Blanford in the development of the
department on an Imperial basis, and ajso in the foundation
of systematic and organized investigation and in thQ prompt
diffusion of meteorological information thus obtained, but, as
in all great schemes, the progress of consolidation qf th^
work in its imperial aspects was rather difficult.
With Mr Blandford's work as a basis. Sir John (then, of
course, Mr) Eliot was able to make more rapid progress.
He largely increased the area from which observations were
received, and also the number of reporting stations in thQ
area already covered. Indeed, during his tenure of office he
almost doubled the number of stations which sent in reports,
and extended them so as to get observations from very high
altitudes (11,000 feet elevation), and also from outlying
places like Kashmir and the routes leading towards Central
Asia, and from such places as Leh, Ladakh, Dras, &c. He
made the work of the observatories more acute and more
systematic, and arranged that by telegraphic communication
the latest meteorological information from all parts of the
Indian Empire in the form of daily weather reports with
charts should be at once available at headquarters.
Indeed, it is not too much to say that from the time hQ
took over charge of the Indian Meteorological Department,
its efficiency and usefulness were very largely increased, and
that he brought it quite into line with the most modem
meteorological organisations. Under him the department
published many series of most valuable results and memoirs.
He also developed a complete system of storm warnings for
the whole of the coast-line of India and Burmab, extending
over some thousands of miles, and also establishing flood
warnings for the whole of India by which telegraphic
warnings are sent of expected floods to all engineers in
charge of irrigation and other large works, and in other
cases where similar damage may occur. Daily reports with
charts dealing with the sea areas of the Bay of Bengal and
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Indian Ocean were also established, and, further, he estab-
lished a most valuable system of seasonal forecasts, which
gradually became of very great value, though naturally ta
begin with they were rather tentative and experimental.
Those who navigate Indian seas are also especially
indebted tq Sir John Eliot for his work, " Handbook of
Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal," which has in all
human probability been the means of saving many vessels
and valuable property — possibly from destruction and
certainly from damage — by enabling such vessels, by the
rules laid down in that work, to avoid the more dangerous
parts of these cyclones, and also generally to escape from
them altogether by the knowledge thus given of the
indications of the approach of such storms and of the tracks
usually followed by them in the different months of the year.
Indeed, it would be an easy matter to prove that in many
instances the information and warnings conveyed from the
Indian Meteorological Department have been the means of
helping that Government and individuals in a most remark-
able manner, and that, even to put the matter on the lowest
ground, it has saved the State vast sums of money by giving
accurate information of the precise meteorological conditions
of the country, and timely warnings of possible famines, and
in some cases, when famine seemed looming in the immediate
future, of timely information of approaching rainfall, which
gt once would do away with the necessity of starting famine
relief operations on a large scale. The Indian Meteorological
Department has far more than justified its existence, for it
has really proved itself of far greater value than its relatively
small cost.
Sir John Eliot was also very greatly interested in the
subject of solar physics, and he was largely instrumental in
starting the solar physics observatory at Kodaikanal, in
southern India, and immediately on his retirement he was
appointed as a member of the Solar Physics Committee, and
.also on other scientific bodies, and he worked quite as hard
as he had always done in India. Indeed, he was at work up
to the last, for on the Monday before his death he was
.engaged on his new book, ^^ A Handbook of Indian Meteor-
ology," and said he was making great progress with it.
346 Ohilaary.
One who knows well the w^ork of Sir John Eliot after his
return to Europe writes as follows : —
" Sir John Eliot left India full of enthusiasm for the future
of his department. As a pubUc servant he had the rare
satisfaction of knowing that a scientific enterprise begun
with some doubt and misgiving, had, under his direction,
established its claim to a recognised position, and had
justified the anticipations of its promoters. His last official
step was to secure for his successor the increase of the
scientific staff of which he had himself felt the need.
"On his return to England he gave expression to his
experience and his aspirations in an address to the British
Association at Cambridge in 1904 as president of the
subsection for astronomy and cosmical physics. Reviewing
his own work and stimulated by his success, he looked
beyond the forecasts of to-morrow's weather to anticipating,
on strictly scientific grounds, the character of the seasons by
the correlation of meteorological phenomena over extended
regions of the earth and their possible relation with solar
changes. He became secretary of the Solar Commission,
originated ujion the proposition of Sir Norman Lockyer by
the International Meteorological Committee, which met at
Southport in 1903. The purpose of the Committee was to
collect comparable meteorological data from all parts of the
world and solar data for comparison with them. He spent a
considerable part of his last stay in England in planning new
arrangements for carrying out the objects of the Commission.
In the latter part of his address at Cambridge he advocated
the organisation of the British contribution to this side of
meteorological work upon an imperial basis. He realised
that an imperial combination would treat such questions
with a breadth of view that is not possible or permissible in
any single colony or dependency, guided, as it must be, by
the narrower consideration of its immediate needs.
" His plan was to provide for organised observations from
areas too wide to be within the control of any single Govern-
ment ; to place the material thus obtained at the service of
workers in all parts of the world by publishing it while it
was still of direct practical utility and to ensure its apphca-
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tion to the service of the Empire by a special staff of trained
workers.
** Anyone who reads the address cannot fail to catch
something of his enthusiasm. There is a ring of the * land
of hope and glory ' about this appeal for the extension of our
knowledge of the facts. * Wider still and wider be . thy
boundaries set' bespeaks the ideal of his meteorological
method, and it was to the various parts of the King's
dominions that he looked for its realisation. The task was
no light one. The British Association made a beginning,
but imperial wheels grind very slowly. It says much for
Eliot and for India that he carried with him the active
support of the Indian Government for the proposal. He
welcomed the idea of a meeting of British meteorologists in
Canada, because it gave him the opportunity of getting a
step forward, and although conscious of the personal sacrifice
which it iA\^lved, he undertook to make the journey to
Ottawa this year for the purpose. The intention cannot be
fulfilled.
"It is a bitter disappointment to all his fellow- workers
that death has brought his efforts to an untimely end. His
enthusiasm was entirely free from any suggestion of selfish-
ness or personal ambition ; he could speak from an unique
position with unrivalled experience. There is no ohe now
to take his place. But the idea remains, and this country
seldom wants for men when there is real work to be done.
Remembering Eliot's achievements we are emboldened to
fall back upon the refrain, and to add the second couplet
without misgiving."
Among the more prominent of Sir John Eliot's publications
are numerous accounts of cyclones and severe cyclonic
storms occurring within Indian seas ; also numerous meteoro-
logical discussions contiibuted to tlie Indian Meteorological
Memoirs, to the Indian Cyclone Memoirs, to the Journal of
the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and to the Quarterly Journal
of the Royal Meteorological Society ; his " Handbook of
Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal" (already mentioned),
and his last publication, which took the form of that most
valuable work, "The Climatological Atlas of India," pub-
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lished by the authority of the Government of India only
a few months ago ; while at the time of his death he was
engaged in writing a " Handbook of Indian Meteorology " to
accompany this, also to be pubhshed under the direction of
the Government of India.
A. P.
On Sir John Eliot's retirement the Government of India
appended a special resolution to the report of the Meteoro-
logical Department for the year 1902-3, which will be found
printed in Tlie Eagle^ vol. xxv., 211—13.
Sir John married 24 March 1877 at St Paul's Chufch,
Valetta, Malta, Mary, only daughter of the late W. Ne\'ill,
F.G.S., of Langham, Godalming.
A notice of Sir John Eliot appeared in The Times of
20 Marcfh, and a day or two afterwards the following letter
appeared in that paper :—
Professor W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S., writes from the Central
Technical College, South Kensington : — Will you allow me
to add to your somewhat long obituary notice of Sir John
Eliot, K.C.I.E., F.R.S., Director-General of Indian Observa-
tories and Meteorological Reporter to the Government of
India, a fact which proves, if any further proof be necessary,
how he loved to gain knowledge, and how modest he was
of his own powers ? This College was opened in 1885, and
my first post-graduate student was Sir John Eliot. With the
exception that his special ability, his previous training, and
his much greater experience gave him many advantages over
the remaining nine students that attended my first course,
there was nothing to show that Sir John Eliot had been first
Smith's prizeman at Cambridge, or that he ^had already been
professor at three famous colleges. He came with the
utmost regularity to every lecture I gave during the session,
and worked with that " zeal and thoroughness " (which you
refer to) every day in my laboratories, which at that date,
I fear, were sadly lacking in apparatus. With another of
my then ten students, Mr Watney, Sir John Eliot carried out
the first original research that was ever made in my depart-
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ment. During his whole life he was a student in its highest
sense, being not too proud to come in 1885 to a then almost
unknown college and to study with a professor much his
junior in age.
Rev- ALF'RfiD James Poynder M.A.
The Rev A. J. Poynder, Rector of Whitechapel, who died
on May 8, at Seaford, was a son of the Rev. Leopold Poyndef
(of Trinity College B.A. 1841) sometime a Chaplain in India,
he was born at Whiston, Northamptonshire, on February 11,
1860. We take the following account of his career from The
Guardian for May 13 : —
The Rev A. J. Poynder, Rector of Whitechapel, died on
Friday at Littlecouf t, Seaford, Sussex, after a long and painful
illness. In September last he underwent an operation, and
since then has lingered on, with no hope of recovery. It will
be remembered that during the Bishop of London's Mission
intercessions were offered for him on more than one occasion,
and he was greatly comforted by the visit which the Bishop
paid to him, and also by the number of kind messages he
continually received from all parts of the country. He wa^
the son of the Rev* Leopold Poynder, of Southsea, and was
educated at Brighton College and at St John's College,
Cambridge, taking his B.A. in 1882 arid his M.A. in 1889.
From 1882 to 1887 he studied and qualified as a solicitof,
during which time he acted as a voluntary worket in the
parish of All Saints', South Lambeth, superintending one of
the Sunday Schools in Canon Allen Edwards's parish, In
1888 he was ordained to the curacy of Holy Trinity, Rich-
mond, under the Rev Evan Hopkins ; in 1890 he moved to
the curacy of St Matthew's, Bayswater, and in 1893^4 he was
curate of St Marti n-in- the- Fields. In 1894 he was a{)pointed
Vicar of St Michael's, Burleigh Street, where he soon brought
together a large congregation and greatly improved the
services in the church, which is now pulled down. In 1902
he was presented by the Bishop of London to the rectory of
Whitechapel.
It would be difficult to measure in a short article the work
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350 Obituary.
which he has done in Whitechapel. After wiping oflf a big
d^t he redecorated the church, instalEfng' electrk: hgM^
From the first he made op his mmd to give the Jewish wDife
a proper place in the parish life, and encoctraged the variotW'
services introduced to meet their special needs. But the
gipezt problem of how funds were to be raised became a
serious factor ui his work, A parish of 25,000 gnidnaJly
becoming absorbed by an aliea peculation, a huge church
which he felt it his duty to keep in the best possible order, a
vast organisation for the social and spiritual efevafion of his
people — these, together with relief work, demanded an income
of as much as £3,000 a year. Mr Poynder set about in dead
earnest to get the money. It became apparent that the parish
could do little to raise such a sum, so he was continually at
work to gd money. To irnite the East with the West was
the prominent feature of his schemes. All parts of the West
End, Cannes, Nice, Biarritz, Honnburg, said c\'cn Rome, have
heard him plead for one of the most perplexing parishes in
England. Little by Httle, by his personality and tact, by his
energy and sincerity, he formed a chain of connections which
were worked together in the interests of Whitechape!. By
this means he was able to giwe his people of the besf, and her
could bind them very closely to the parish for whictr he was.
slaving. As a preacher, his wonderful voice and nrovhr^g^
eloquence attracted great crowds to the church. His harvest
festival services and watch-night services meant a dosely-
packed church. In addition to many other offices^ he was a
member of the Committee of the Colonial and Continental
Church Society, took an active interest in the Y.M.CJV., be
wa^ Chairman qf the Whitechapel Foundation School,
Chaplain to the Whitechapel Infirmary, and a member of
the East End Emigration Fund Committee.
His Churchmanship was always decided, though never
extreme, while thq services in his church had everything
which belongs to real dignity without being ornate. As a
man of business he had a remarkable grasp of detail, and he
combined thoroughness with dispatch in a way that is not
always connected with his profession. His legal training
left indelible traces upon his character and methods. Like
TertuUian of old, he felt that the Church of England was his
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client, for whom he must do his best. " Anything will do "
he knew to be the principle which controlled the detail of
much religious work. His reply was, ** God must have the
best ; " so he devoted his energies to see that in the service
of his Master everything was of the best And the success of
his pleadings can only be gauged by the wonderful response
to his appeal. In his private life he was known to be the
very emblem of kindness. There must be many as they read
these lines who will recall some of his kind actions, which
passing years will only bring into bolder relief. As a Kector
he was known to be a great trainer ; as a friend he was
always full of real affection. When the call came for him to
lay down his life's work, it was so sudden and so unexpected
that at first he seemed stunned; but, as he realised he was to
make perfect his life by suffering, his submission was beauti-
ful in its calm resignation. There will be many who will
stand at his grave and feel that the Church is poorer for his
early death. While his life is still fresh in our memories, we
thank God for his consecrated activity ; before his strong
personality is lost to our vision in the land beyond the grave,
we marvel at its force ; and as we think of his awful suffering
and his prolonged exile from the work which he so dearly
loved, we feel how God taught him not only the great lesson
of living, but also the more difficult lesson of how to die.
The Very Rev William Hagger Barlow, Dean of
Peterborough.
It is with regret that we record the death at the Deanery,
Peterborough, on May 10, of Dr Barlow. He was a man of
varied interests and many activities, among which to the
readers of the Eagle one of the most interesting is the fact
that he acted as the first secretary of our Editorial Committee.
He was always much interested in the College Magazine, and
quite recently wrote to express a wish that our jubilee should
be marked by a gathering of Editors. We take the following
account of his careeer from The Record for May 15 : —
The late Dean, the Very Rev William Hagger Barlow,
DiD., was a native of Sheffield, his father, the Rev. Henry
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Barlow, having been Vicar of Pitsmoor for many 3'ears. He
received his early education at the Sheffield Grammar and
Collegiate Schools, and afterwards went to Cambridge as a
Scholar and Exhibitioner at St John's. His University record
was remarkable. He took Honours in the Mathematical
(Jun. Op.), Classical (Second Class), and Moral Science (First
Class) Triposes, and (Second Class) in the Theological Exami-
nation, Such a feat was absolutely unprecedented, and it
has been pointed out that it has only since been surpassed by
the four " Firsts " of Professor H. M. Gwatkin. Dr Barlow
also won the Cams Greek Testament Prize. Ordained in
1858 to the curacy of St James's Bristol, he became in 1861
Vicar of St Bartholomew's, Bristol^ — a parish where his wx)rk
is still gratefully remembered by many — and remained there
till 1873, when he was appointed Rector of St Ebbe's, Oxford,
While at Oxford he was incorporated M.A, of that University,
and subsequently, in 1895, took his B,D. and D.D, In 187S
he entered upon his great work as Principal of the Church
Missionary College at Islington, which he held till 1882,
Then the call came to a very different sphere. An important
suburban benefice — St James's, Clapham Park — fell vacant in
circumstances which rendered the position one of great
difficulty and delicacy for any new Vicar. Mr Barlow was
invited to undertake the charge ; he accepted it, and succeeded
where many another man might have failed. The work at
St James's greatly prospered under his fostering care, and
when the call came to the vicarage of Islington his removal
was felt to be a loss, not merely to the parish, but to the
whole of South London. It will be remembered that on the
death of the Rev Daniel Wilson in 1887 there was a long
delay in filling up the vacancy at Islington ; but eventually the
trustees pressed the matter upon Dr. Barlow's consideration,
and reluctantly he agreed to accept the charge. What his
work was at Islington, both in the parish and in connection
with the Islington Clerical Meeting, is well known ; and
readers of the Record will read with keen interest the cordial
and sympathetic appreciation of it printed below from the
pen of his successor, the Rev C. J. Proctor. But, heavy aa
were his parochial cares, he never allowed them to absorb alt
his energies or to dwarf his interest in more central responsi-
\
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bilities. He was a prominent member of the Church Patronage
Trust ; he was closely associated with the foundation of
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge ; he
exercised a strong influence in the government of St John^s
Hall, Highbury ; and he was Chairman of the Home and
Colonial School Society. In the work of the C.M.S. he took
the keenest interest, and a few years since set himself to raise
£20,000 to clear off a deficit, accomplishing the task in an
incredibly short space of time. He was Chairman of the
Colonial and Continental Church Society, and the work of the
C.P.A.S., the London Jews' Society, and other Evangelical
organizations always found in him a warm friend.
His work was recognised by Bishop Creighton, who gave
him a Prebendal Stall at St Paul's, and in 1901 the Crown,
on the nomination of Lord Salisbury, presented him to the
deanery of Peterborough. His loss to London work was felt
to be great ; but such was his powers that he succeeded in
retaining many of his more central interests, while at the same
time developing and extending his work at Peterborough.
The completion of the restoration of the West Front and
transepts was successfully carried out by him, and the care of
the noble fabric was very dear to his heart,
PERSONAL TRIBUTES.
Mr F. A, Bevan,
It has been my privilege to be brought into contact with
the Dean for the last 25 years or so, and we have often ex-
changed two letters each in a day. As a personal friend I
can speak of him with the greatest regard and affection. He
had the most even temper and one of the best-balanced
minds I have ever met ; always very calm and deliberate in
his judgments, he always weighed most carefully the pros
and cons of any question he had to deal with, and his con-
clusions were always sound and reasonable.
It was particularly in connection with Church patronage
work that we were brought together, and this was the work
in which he took the greatest interest, and on which he
bestowed infinite labour, so as to secure the right man for the
particular parish in which he was to be called to minister.
He would nearly always pay a personal visit to each parish
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when vacant, so as to make himself thoroughly acquainted
with all its present conditions, and never was an appointment
recommended by him till he had satisfied himself by personal
communication or correspondence, that the clergyman to be
presented held firm the great principles associated with the
term " Evangelical," and was besides a diligent pastor and
faithful preacher of the Word. He was always most for-
bearing and gentle towards his colleagues on the Trusts, and
one and all they valued his opinion more highly than that of
anyone else, though he never forced it upon them, but was
always ready to listen to what others had to say.
His death is a great loss to the Church of England, of
which he was a devoted member, and in whose service he
spared neither time, nor health, nor life itself.
As a husband, as a father, and as a friend he was most
affectionate and tender, and as a Christian gentleman he was
always consistent, courageous, and courteous.
Mr R. W. Dibdin.
I should like to say a few words of regret at the great
loss which the Church has sustained by the death of the
Dean of Peterborough. There are many who can speak
with regard to the efficient manner in which he carried
out the duties of a parochial clergyman and in which he
occupied his high position as a dignitary of the Church ;
but I wish to speak particularly of his great ability as a man
of business, of his wide knowledge of all business matters
connected with the Church, and in particular of questions
connected with Chiu-ch patronage. None who had to do
with him could have failed to be greatly impressed with these
characteristics and struck with the unstinted manner in which
he gave his time and his great talents to the work of the
Church. There may be some who have thought that in
particular cases patronage might have been exercised in a
different way ; but no one acquainted with the facts could
deny the immense care and trouble which the Dean bestowed
in endeavouring to find the right man for the right place
when the responsible duty of filling up a hving had to be
discharged.
On many Committees he will be greatly missed, but not
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least at the Home and Colonial School Society, of ^Vh^ch he
was Chairman^ For many years the students attended St
Mary*», Islington ; and, though now removed to their fine
College at Wood Green, the Dean always retained his interest
in them and their work. He was to the last received at the
College with an enthusiastic welcome, due even more, I am
sure, to hh kindly nature and friendly words than to his
position as Chairman of the Institution.
It was a great disappointment that he was unable to
preside at the annual Meeting at the College on May 4 ; but
even then (and this must, I think, have been one of his last
services to the Church) he wrote the important letter on the
educational crisis which was read at the Meeting, and which
has since been published in the Recant
The Rev C. /. Procter,
I suppose the best way for learning the faithfulness ot
otherwise of any man's work in any particular office is to
succeed him in it ; and as it was my lot to succeed Dr
Barlow as Vicar of Islington when he was appointed to the
deanery of Peterborough, I am glad to have this opportunity
of paying a humble and sincere tribute of appreciation and
affection to the memory of a truly faithful servant of God.
Dr Barlow never aspired to the gifts and methods of what
is known as the popular preacher of the day. He was
essentially a teacher, a wise, thoughtful and helpful ex-
pounder of God's Holy Word, for which he has ever had the
profoundest reverence ; and the result of this was not mani-
fested in crowded congregations, but it was rather seen in
the strong, mature Christian experience of those who attended
his ministry, and it is seen in the grateful affection of many
old friends still resident among us who will never forget what
Dr Barlow was to them as a pastor and a friend. Truly he
was a man beloved of his people, the homely man of Ood
who made others feel at home with him. His kindliness of
heart was a leading characteristic of his saintly life. He
could not pass a little child in the parish without some re-
cognition or some little pleasantry, and they knew it and
always expected some kind word from the Vicar as he passed
them. He was himself the soul of generosity. No man ever
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did more good by stealth than he ; but it must be secret — he
could not tolerate any publishing abroad of his kindness and
thoughtful sympathy.
The material equipment of the parish will ever be asso-
ciated with the memory of Dr Barlow*s splendid services. In
the Bishop Wilson Memorial Hall we have parochial premises
of the greatest value. Large, airy buildings they are, ex-
cellently situated, substantially built, occupied night after
night by various forms of Christian activity. The splendid
vicarage, too, built by his unceasing endeavour, will stand, we
trust, through many generations to remind ourselves and
those who come after us of the devotion of Islington's fonner
Vicar.
In the wider parish of Islington, beyond his own eccle-
siastical district, Dr Barlow also wielded an untold influence
for good and earned to a wonderful degree the respect and
affection of men of all shades of opinion both in religion
and pontics. His broad-mindedness, his sanctified business
capacity, earned the profoundest regard of the members of
the Vestry over whose deliberations he presided for nearly
fourteen years ; whilst in the religious life of the borough,
men of all the Churches felt that in him they had a leader
who walked worthy of the vocation wherewith he was
called. He retained his interest in his old Islington parish
unabated to the end, and this very day there are posters on
our walls announcing that a sale of work will be opened on
Thursday next by the Dean of Peterborough and Miss
Barlow in aid of our day-schools. But God has ordained it
otherwise. The strenuous life, "always abounding in the
work of the Lord," has now ended its earthly activities, and
on Friday, at three o'clock, there will be a crowd of sorrowing
friends gathering round his last resting-place.
What Dr Barlow has done for the IsHngton Clerical
Meeting is known and recognised by EvangeHcal Church-
men everywhere. Its constant expansion year by year, from
the old Memorial Hall in Church Street to the new and
larger Bishop Wilson Memorial Hall, thence, when numbers
compelled it, to the Agricultural Hall, and thence again to
the Mildmay Conference Hall^ indicated the growing in-
fluence it exercised under his wise supervision and leadersbipi
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iand many of the papers read by the scholarly friends, he
gathered round him attracted the attention of the Church at
large. Our prayer is that loyalty to his memory may still
lead our Evangelical brethren to help forward this great
gathering in the years to com^^
The Rev Prebendary Fox.
It is very difficult to express the sense of loss experienced
when an old and trusted friend with whom we have been
associated closely in common sentiments and common en-
gagements passes away out of the many interests which we
havie shared togetherw
Such a loss has cDme to us in the death of Dr BarloWi
In the few lines which I have the privilege of offering to
his memory I can only indicate one or two of the features
of his character which impressed a personal friend who had
opportunities of close intercourse with him. Steadfast loyalty
to principles was conspicuous both in his preaching and in
his exaniplS, ad well as in the exercise of the very consider-
able Church patronage in which he was interested* Di^
Barlow never swervfed from What he believed to be right*
No private considerations would ever induce him to nominate
to a benefice one whom he was not convinced was the best
tiian for the post. No influence from high places moved
him from his allegiance to the standards which he had set
before him, but there were with this a breadth of view
and a commonsense attitude on many matters which Were
unexpected by those who did not know him. And through
it all there flowed a deep stream of earnest piety. None
who ever knelt by his side will forget the fervent but simple
prayer which came from a heart in touch with his Lord.
His influence at the C.M.S. College was admirable. He
and his charming wife made it more of a home than an
institution. He laid himself out to gain the confidence of
the students, while he fully maintained discipline by the
respect which he secured.
Quiet and reserved as he was in many ways, there was
a richness of information and a brightness which showed
itself freely in the family circle and among his intimate
friends. Elsewhere his influence was felt more than seen ;
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and it has been said of him that often his silence was more
effectual than other men's talk. His capacity for work was
enormous ; his unsparing devotion brought, in later years,
almost more than he could bear. It will be impossible for
any one man to take up the many responsibilities which in
the course of years he had gathered into his charge. Who-
ever they are who attempt it, may they be endowed with
like faitb, like judgment, and like industry to those of our
dear friend.
The Rev R. G. Powell
One cannot be brought into frequent contact with a
public man without forming a very definite opinion as to his
methods and motives and power of sympathy. During the
last ten years I have learned to respect Dr Barlow very
highly indeed, and to rely implicitly upon his judgment
Especially in the matter of patronage he has shown most
scrupulous care and made the most searching inquiries,
while his desire to secure augmentation for benefices in
which he was interested brought him repeatedly to Falcon
Court. The Society has lost a constant friend, who counted
no toil too arduous to promote its interests, and I have lost
an adviser who commanded my entire confidence. Leaders
such as he are not too numerous, and the sense of personal
loss lies heavy on my heart.
The Rev /. D. Mullins.
The late Dean of Peterborough had been for many years
a member of the Committee of the Colonial and Continental
Church Society, and shortly after I became Secretary he Vf3s
elected its Chairman, In this capacity he vras regularly to
be found in his place as long as his health lasted. Precise
and expeditious in business routine, imperturbable in temper,
ca^utious in judgment, he was most to be relied upon in those
crises which arise from time to time in the history of most
Committees. In one controversy in particular, where the
whole of the Society's work in an important diocese was
threatened, his iumness and counsel were of especial value.
About four year ago he made a journey to Canada, partly on
behalf of the Society. The insight he then gained into the
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needs of the Colony gave him the keenest interest In the
Society's Colonial work. When he came back he was willing
to go anywhere as a deputation for the Society, and under-
took journeys which^ for a man of his age, were remarkable.
To revert to the Committee room, it is pleasant to recall his
attitude with regard to appointments whicb had to be made
from time to time. He constantly asked, in discussing a
candidate, " Is he a man with a message ? " To the last
he retained an undiminished desire to appoint men who
preached and lived Christ.
The Rev D. J. Thomas.
The shadow of a great loss is now resting upon the Home
and Colonial Training College, for it is with no ordinary
feeling of regret that the staff and students have heard of the
death of the Dean of Peterborough. This sorrow will be
shared by many generations of former students.
His association with the College dates from the year 1887.
It was on May 2 of that year that he first spoke at the
annual Meeting of the Home and Colonial School Society^
aud for 21 years his connection with the College has been
unbroken. His appreciation of educational principles, his
unusual aptitude for business, and his disinterested zeal for
the work of the College rendered his services as Chairman
of the College Council peculiarly valuable. From first to
last he prosecuted it for God, and most firmly believed in the
saying o£ the founder of this Society " that so long as the
glory of God is promoted by the Society's existence He will
support it in answer to faith and prayer, and whenever
better means are found to supersede it, its supporters may
well efface themselves and retire content." It was the
feeling that the real value of a Christian education cannot be
over-rated, and that in these days it is more needed than
ever, that caused the Society's work to lay claim to so large
a share of his time. When the College was located in Gray's
Inn Road, Dr Barlow, then Vicar of Islington, preached
regularly on Sunday evenings in the College chapel ; and
it is well known that the service he thus rendered to the
College was one of his most delightful duties.
During the interregnum which took place after the death
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of the Principal (the Rev J, EL Armstrong), Dr Bartow was
appointed Acting- Principal of the College, and conducted
the management of the College until the present Principal
took ofi&ce. Even after his removal from Islington to Peter-
bkorough, his interest in the College never flagged. With
one exception — and that owing to the death of Mrs Barlow —
he was never absent from the annual Meetings of the
Society. It is touching to remember that his last visit to the
College was on May 5, 1907, when he addressed the students
in the College ch^)el, and in the. course of his address he
reminded his hearers that that day was his birthday, and that
he could not have wished to spend his birthday in more
agreeable surroundings and amongst warmer friends.
The letter which the late Dean wrote, and \rtiich vrzs
read at the annual Meeting held on May 4 and reported ia
your last issue, bears evidence oi his warm interest in the
Society's work, and particularly of his conviction that the
new Training C<^ege regulations are calculated to hamper
very materially the religious work of our Church Training
Colleges. The soundness of his suggestion must commend
itself to all who desire fairness and justice. It is to be hoped
that what was probably his last public statement may be prch
ductive of good.
A vacancy is left in our ranks which will not cease for a
long time to make itself felt. The maintenance of a sacred
trust will descend, under changed conditions it may be, upon
others. May it be their anxiety and prayer ever to uphold
the traditions of the Society and to determine, under Divine
grace, that no deterioration may be experienced in the teaching
or in the general spirit of the place I After a long period of
untiring labour Dean Barlow has been called to his rest, and
has left us the treasure of an almost unique example and thQ
inspiration of an honourable name«
The Rev J. C. EllioiL
The death of the Dean of " Peterborough has brought to
many of us a keen sense of personal loss. All who knew
him well loved and trusted him. His place as a scholar was
too well known to need any mention here. As an organizer
he occupied the very first rank. His knowledge of men was
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very wide, his judgment of character extremely accm-ate.
His work as patron was discharged with the greatest care,
and conscientiousness. As Vicar of Islington and Rural;
Dean of that great parish his work was of the most thorough
and abiding character. Many of the some forty Islingtoa
parishes have permanent memorials of his unceasing and far-
sighted care.
As Chairman of the Islington Vestry he will long be
remembered for his unfailing courte&y and fairness. As a
Vicar he inspired his curates with lofty ideals and noble
aimSf and to some of us it is one of the greatest honours of
our life to have served in that position. To the end the
thought of the happy days at the Parish Church of Islington
will be a sweet and blessed memory. His going from us is a
great loss to the Church, because he was a strong man^
holding firmly to the old Evangelical faith, but ever broad in
his sympathies, seeing the best in all men, however varied
their position might be from his own. With a large charity
he noted and spoke of only that which he saw to be good
and true in men.
His life was one of unceasing activity, giving himself
to God and his Church without reserve, with a rare and
complete unselfishness. The sphere of his influence was
wide ; at home, in our Colonial Empire, to the furthest
station of the Mission field, it was felt and left its mark.
We think of him in his parish work, in his training of
missionary students, in his responsible work as patron ; but,
above all, it was the character of the man himself that has
left a deep impression, by the kindness of his heart and his
tender, unfailing sympathy ; and we bless God Who has so
magnified His grace in him.
We take the following extract from a notice of the late
Dean, which deals more particularly with his work at
Peterborough, from The Peterborough and Huntingdonshire
Standard of May 16th : —
On the death of Dean Ingram in 1901, Lord Salisbury
nominated Dr Barlow to the Deanery, to the great satis-
faction of the Evangelical party in the Church. He was
a Churchman of the most pronoimced Evangelical type
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(though his nature was devoid of any trace of intolerance), -
and was the first of this school who had been appointed
to a Deanery or a Bishopric for some time. Not only did his
appointment gladden the hearts of so many of his own shade
of opinion, but many who did not exactly agree with the lines
which Dr Barlow took, heartily endorsed his appointment,
knowing it to be fitting and proper reward of a long
and useful career. Since his appointment to the Vicariate
of Islington, where he succeeded Daniel Wilson he had held
a front place amongst the leaders of his party, and had been
one of the strongest influences in the inner circles of the
Evangelicals. From the patronage in his own gift as Vicar,
and from his place on the Peache and other trusts, he
had almost the influence of a Bishop. An action like
Lord Salisbury's in appointing him as Dean could not be
expected to pass without criticism, but beneath the comments
there was an obvious appreciation of the work he had carried
out during his clerical career, and an admission of satisfaction
in that such a fairminded man as Dr Barlow had been found
to fill the vacancy. "The appointment," observed Truih^
** has met with general approval, as it is in accordance with
the EvangeUcal traditions of the Cathedral. Prebendary
Barlow has for many years been widely known as one of the
most popular, active and sensible leaders of the Low Church."
A writer in the Church Thnes remarked : " We do not grudge
him his promotion, but we would express the hope that his
influence upon the services in this Cathedral Church will not
be depressing." The dread was not justified by the facts,
for since his advent to the City the Dean has invariably
shown that though the devotion to Evangelical traditions
which is inevitably connected with his name, has in no wise
abated, at the same time his rule at St Peter's has ever been
characterised by most generous appreciation of the feelings
of those who differed from him, and no one who attends the
services to-day can complain that the dignity of worship
is lacking, or that " the beauty of holiness," instituted under
an earlier regime, has not been adequately maintained.
Since his appointment, many imposing ceremonies have taken
place in the Cathedral, into the spirit of which the Dean has
undoubtedly entered as thoroughly as anyone. Nor could
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tnj'One complain that in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter, in which, naturally, Dr Barlow bore a prominent
part, his influence was exercised in a one-sided manner.
Indeed his broad-mindedness and inherent fairness have
occasionally been the subjects of some criticism from some of
his less tolerant colleagues. But it is hardly necessary to say
that such comments bore little or no weight with a man
of Dr Barlow's stamp.
By the death of the Dean not only will the Cathedral
Body lose a valuable member, but the loss will be felt by all
classes in local Church life, indeed, one may almost say that
he will be equally lamented by the Nonconformist section
of the community. His was an unassuming, kindly dis-
position ; he always had a friendly word of greeting for
everyone. If upon any matters whatever with which he was
cognisant, advice was required, it was always given with
alacrity, and in a manner which left the seeker in no doubt
as to the wisdom and value of it. The Dean's homely
character made him greatly beloved by all with whom
he came in contact, and the phrase used by one gentleman
recently in reference to him as the " good, kind and gentle
Dean," was indeed applicable. Perhaps he could not
be called a brilliant preacher, according to modern ideas
of oratory, but he was a very agreeable one. His sermons
were, like the man, divested of all sensationalism or show.
Modestly earnest, the very simplicity of his utterances
compelled attention. The peculiar importance which he
laid upon the reading of the Scriptures could not have failed
to have impressed one. He had a remarkably clear voice,
and read with unusual deliberation and emphasis, so that,
even at the extreme west end of the Cathedral, every word
he uttered at the lecture could be distinctly heard. Following
long precedent, Dr Barlow was created a J. P. for the Liberty,
and, unlike some of his predecessors, he frequently sat upon
the bench. He was a member of the Ingram Lodge of
Oddfellows, and had preached at the annual Oddfellows'
service at the Cathedral,
Although of the Evangelical shade of opinion, Dr Barlow
was quite as zealous a guardian of the fabric of the great
Cathedral as any of his predecessors, and during his seven
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years oi office he v^as most assiduous in his efforts with regard
to this part of his duties. Whilst inspecting the triforium in
connection with the restoration, the Dean sustained a very
nasty fall, as a result of which he was seriously ill for some
time. He had the satisfaction of seeing the restoration work
of the West front and transepts completed, and to clear ofif
the debt he helped to raise about jS2,000. One of the most
memorable services held in the Cathedral during his tenure
of office was the thanksgiving service for the completion
of the restoration of the west front. The then Archbishop
of Canterbury (Dr Temple) was the preacher in the morning,
and the Bishop of Ripon (Dr Boyd Carpenter) in the evening«
Another great service in the church, in which he took
a prominent part, was that of the dedication of the beautiful
stained glass west window, erected to the memory of the men
of the county and neighbourhood who gave their lives
for their country during the Boer War. The Dean took over
the custody of the memorial on behalf of the Dean and
Chapter, from Lord Roberts.
Thomas Darlington M.A.
The first time I saw Thomas Darlington was wlien I sat
opposite to him at the Entrance Scholarship Examination ia
1882. I did not know his name or anything about him, but a
certain grave deliberation of manner impressed me, the love
and habit of learning were written in his face and I felt that,
if I succeeded in getting in at St John's, he would be among
my contemporaries. He was not only one of my contem-
poraries, he was one of my intimate friends, and, though after
College days were over we saw each other but little, we
never lost touch. "The best that we find in our travels,'*
says Robert Louis, "is an honest friend," and he is a fortunate
pilgrim who finds such a friend as Thomas Darlington, with
mind so well-stored, with principles so clear and decided, and
yet always ready to hear the other side and see the good in iti
always fresh in intellectual outlook and interest, always high-
minded and good-hearted. To know him was to come into
touch with what is best in human nature.
Ohiluar^ 36S
The events of his life are easily summarised. He was
born on February 22^ 1864, at a small village oh the borders
of Cheshire and Shropshire, called Burland. He came of a
Cheshire yeoman stock which had owned property in Burland
since the days Of the eighteenth century. Inheriting the
sturdy quaHties of this English country stock, he was un-
doubtedly influenced also by the Weldh spirit, if not through
his ancestry, at any rate through daily contact and assimi'*
lative sympathy.
His childhood Was spent in the part of Cheshire which
rubs shoulders with Wales, he learnt Welsh as a little lad
from an old barge man with whom he foregathered on his
way to and from school, and everyone who knew him re-
Cognised that over and above his command of the Welsh
language, he had much of the depth of feeling, the quick
intuition and originality of mind, the intellectual alertness,
the gift of utterance and the Wistful sense of the world
beyond the world, which are characteristic of the Welsh tem-
perament. His first schooling was at the Grammat Schools
of Acton and Whitchurch ; from Whitchurch he passed,
through the generosity of Mr Beckett of Whitchurch a pro-
minent Wesleyan layman, to the Leys School, Cambridge.
There he came rapidly to the front and quickly reached the
Sixth. Though not himself excelling in athletics, he learned
to take a keen part In school games and never lost his pride in
the athletic eminence of his School and the Old Leysians. Me
took a keen part also in the religious life of the School, he
donned the blue ribbon of temperance and persuaded many of
his schoolfellows to do the same, and he began then his work
as a Wesleyan local preacher which he never discontinued till
his appointment as Inspector made it no longer possible. The
most powerful influence on him at this time was that of
Dr Moulton ; of the * Doctor ' he always spoke with some-
thing approaching to reverence, as a scholar, as a man, and
as a leader of men.* At the University his career was
* School legend, well authenticated, narrates how he tried to utilise the
presence of a South African boy among his schoolmates in order to pick
up the Kaffir tongue, and how the said South African was soon prompted
by the other boys to supply the young linguist with highly imaginative
linguistic material.
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distinguished ; he took his First Part of the Classical Tripos
in his second year (1884)^ winning a place in the second
bracket of the first class: only one other man of his own year
was placed higher. He won the Members* University Prize
for Latin Essay in 1885. In the following year he took a
second class in the Classical Tripos, Part ii (History section).
Had he taken Philology, the result would have been difiFerent.
At the same time he was following up his London course.
He had matriculated with honours from School in 1881, he
took his Intermediate in Arts in the following year, being
placed second in the first class in Latin Honours and
qualifying for the Exhibition. In the BJV. Examination,
1884, he was first in the first class in Classical Honours and
obtained the University Scholarship. In 1887 he took his
M.A. and obtained the number of marks quahfying for the
gold medal. After taking his degree at Cambridge he spent
nine months in Germany, perfecting his German, studying
Teutonic philology, and picking up the Flemish language on
his way to and fro by way of whiling away the tedium of the
train journey. While in Germany he wrote a " Memoir of
Edwin Bainbridge" — a schoolfellow of singular tj:ans-t
parency of character, piety, and gaUantry, who lost his life i)i
the terrible eruption which overwhelmed the famous Terraces
of New Z^and in June 1886. At the same time he was
busy on a volume for the English Dialect Society on the
^^Folk Speech of South Cheshire," a substantial volume which
Dr Murray d^cribed in 1891 as "perhaps the most scholarly
work published by th^ Society — a model of what one would
wish all such works to be." It was on the strength of this
valuable piece of original woi^k that "he was elected to a
Fellowship at his old College In au^tumn 1888.
Before this Dr Percival had appointed him to a Modern
Form Mastership at Rugby and after less than a year at
Rugby he was appointed Headmaster of Queen's College,
Ts^unton. This school thi^ough a series of unfortunate cir-
cumstances had fallen on evil days. It needed no small
pluck to face all the c^ifficulties^ financial and other, that
confronted the new Headmasteir and nothing more clearly
demonstrated his capacity as an administrator and his tact as
a manager of men and affairs than the way in which he within
9, few years surmounted these diflicutties.
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In summer 1888 he married the sister of the school friend
whose memory he had enshrined in the little volume which
was the first thing he published, and his eldest child was
born at Taunton. The strain of a Headmaster's life left
him little leisure for study, but his appetite for acquiring
languages was insatiable and hardly a summer holiday
seemed to pass without adding to the store. Queen's College,
Taunton, was, I believe, the only school in England which
taught Dutch, both Dutch and Spanish were taught by the
Headmaster, and if Italian, Finnish, Polish, Norwegian,
Swedish, Danish, Welsh, or Romany had been asked for, the
Headmaster was qualified to teach them. At College we all
looked upon him as a second George Borrow. He had
picked up the Gipsy tongue in his teens, tramping for miles
after their nomad caravans, squatting with them round
their camp fire and making notes inside his coat-flap of any
words or idioms that were new to him. He used to entertain
us at the Scholars' table with many a story of liis adventures
with the Gipsies in the neighbourhood of Cambridge, and we
induced him, by way of a freak, to startle the staid and sober
pages of the Eagle with a Romany ballad under the name of
Biwan Kosh — ^which we had to take his word for it — is the
Romany for Thomas Darlington (Eagle^ xiv, 38-41). I suppose
it is no exaggeration to say that he was easily the best linguist
of his time at Cambridge and deserves to be put in the same
rank with that other Johnian, who passed too soon, Professor
Palmer.
In 1893 owing to his wife's ill-health he resigned
Taunton and lived a life of comparative quiet for three
years, acting as Secretary to the Court of the University
of Wales.
It was in this interval that he wrote two articles in The
Contemporary on the Disestablishment of the Welsh Church,
articles which evoked considerable interest at the time and
were quoted in Parhament. Then in 1896 he was appointed
one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Mid- Wales and
removed to Aberystwyth. Of his work as Inspector, work
which does not come much before the public eye but is most
essential to the efficiency of public education, his Chief, Mr
A. G. Legard writes as follows : —
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** His district comprised the counties Merioneth, Cardigan,
and Montgomery, and was almost entirely a rural one. Mr
Darlington was not unfamiliar with the country, as he had
served for some time on the staff of Mr Williams. More
responsible duties now devolved upon him and he threw
himself with great zeal and energy into his new work. One
of the first points that occupied his attention was the irregu-
larity of school attendance. By means of conferences and
other methods he strenuously endeavoured to remove what
was certainly a serious blot upon our elementary school
system in rural districts some twelve years ago. Mr Darlington
was perhaps seen at his best when he was addressing in the
vernacular some large conference of Welshmen upon an educa-
tional subject ; for apart from the matter of his argument the
form in which he clothed it appealed with double force to
Welshmen addressed by an EngUshman in their mother
tongue.
Another matter in which Mr Darlington took great interest
was the education of pupil teachers, which has always been a
problem of the utmost difficulty in the sparsely populated
districts of North Wales, The Principality owes a great deal
to him for the efforts that he made to improve the instruction
of the young persons out of whose ranks the teachers of the
future will come.
After the passing of the Education Act of 1902 a great
deal of work devolved upon the Education Committees of
the different counties, and here Mr Darlington proved himself
to be of the greatest use to the bodies who were now entrusted
for the first time with constructive work of the highest
importance. Much that they had to do was of a non-
contentious character and in this the advice of a sympathetic
Government official with expert knowledge was most helpful.
In this connection it should be noticed that though Mr
Darlington's political views were probably well known to the
managers and teachers among whom he worked, from the
time that he became a civil servant these views were kept
entirely in the background, and he most loyally discharged
his duties in accordance with the best traditions of the public
service. Again, although he was a Nonconformist he was
perfectly fair in his dealings with schools that were under the
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control of religious denominations which were different from
his own."
Of another .branch of his work in connection with the
Training Colleges, Mr P. A. Barnett writes : —
" My opportunities for enjoying the privilege of work with
Darlington were not very many, but they were as many as I
could make them. Whenever he was within range, he
accompanied me on visits of inspection to Training Colleges.
On these occasions it is an Inspector's duty, amongst other
things, to assess the quality of certain professional exercises,
such as teaching, on the things that he sees and the evidence
placed before him.
Darlington's judgment was always sound ; his just temper
prevented him from arriving at hasty conclusions or allowing
mere opinion to weigh unduly. At the same time, his
moderation and good humour gave confidence both to his
colleagues and to the young men and women whose measure
he was trying to take. Surely to no one could be ascribed
more truthfully the tnitis sapientia of the real philosopher.
On matters of general educational interest his views were
enlightened, clear, and refreshing. He was by no means
* orthodox' ; he knew too much, and he had seen too much
of the minds and ways of many men. But he was not
extravagant ; you could go and do what he advised without
completely upsetting institutions.
He was recognised as a real * expert ' both in the history
and in the practice of education by all sorts of people, from
the illustrious (if execrated) Pobiedonostseff to the humblest
teacher in a far-away Welsh village school. He could do
more than speak their languages ; he was in all languages and
at all times the kindest, the most genial, the most patient, and
the most courteous of men.
The branch of public education with which I am most
conversant, the preparation of teachers for their profession,
although Darlington was not directly concerned with it, has
suffered, in his death, the loss of a trustworthy and farseeing
counsellor j and those whose duty it is to face the heavy
perplexities of the administrative and pedagogic problems
involved will miss him greatly."
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But this work as Inspector did not absorb all the mental
activity of the last eleven years of his life, even though to it
were added in course of time an appointment as chief
examiner of the Board of Education in the Welsh language
and a place on one of the Standing Committees of the Board.
The most exacting piece of work that he ever undertook was
when Professor Sadler, then Director of Special Enquiries
and Reports, asked him to undertake a history of Russian
Education and an account of Russian Education as it exists
at the present day. "To put this in a form that a Depart-
ment of State could pubhsh was," as Dr Frank Heath says,
** extraordinarily difficult It was handled not only with
great tact but also with truthfulness. As the Editor of this
Report I had to discuss many difficult points with him and I
never found him anything but reasonable and open-minded,
though my knowledge of the subject was practically confined
to what I had learned from him/' Most men would have
shrunk from the labour of learning a language of special
difficulty with which they were previously unfamiliar, and
would have used an interpreter. Not so Thomas Darlington.
He rightly felt that his mission would be of little value unless
he could get his knowledge first hand ; hearsay evidence and
rosewater official phrases would not satisfy him. He
accordingly set to work to learn Russian and so successful
was he that on his first visit to St Petersburgh he was able to
converse with the Minister of Education in his own language
and was compHmented by the Minister on his proficiency.
Year after year he gave up his summer holiday to the prose-
cution of his researches. Of the obstacles which beset him
those will form the best idea who know most of Russian
officiahsm and Russian clericalism, but he was determined to
know the real truth for himself even though he should not be
able to set out in his report all that he knew. This report
has not yet been published. He WTOte to me about it in
1903, and in 1904 he sent me one of the only three copies
which ever got into circulation. The report is wonderfully
interesting and able ; it is a model, not only of careful and
accurate research but also of clear judicial statement. There
was much that he saw to be rotten in the state of matters
educational in Russia, and on theae points he had to speak
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guardedly and delicately. It was interesting, for instance, io
contrast Darlington's diplomatic expressions with the frank-
ness of such a book as Kropotkin's ^* Memoirs of a Revolu-
tionist." But even so the Foreign Office were afraid. Russia
was at the time sensitive. All cause of provocation or irritation
had to be scrupulously avoided and it is only in the last few
months that permission to publish has been given. Owing to
the delay in publication there were several minor alterations
to be made and in view of this the index had to be revised.
It will soon see the light now and Englishmen will be able
for the first time to learn what Russian Education is, and will
appraise at its true value the work of one of the most gifted
men in the public service of their own State.
This was not the only piece of enquiry which he carried
out for the Board, Last Autumn he visited Germany and
Switzerland to study the provision made for the care and
education of children under five in these countries. The
enquiry was made at the request of tlie Consultative Com-
mittee and the result, had he lived to complete it, was to
be incorporated with their Report on the subject. His
presence on the Continent enabled the Board to appoint him
one of their representatives at the International Congress
on Hygiene and Etemography held at Berlin last September,
and while in that city he also, in conjunction with the Board's
architect, Mr Felix Clay, inquired into and reported upon the
temporary school buildings used in certain of the Berlin
schools.
Such was his public work and in spite of the strain he was
happy in it, for he found and found at once the work for which
he was suited and into which he could throw his heart. There
were many collateral activities ; he made minute and laborious
searches into the history of the Darlington family ; he wrote
articles in various papers \ his favourite subject was Welsh
nationality, with regard to which he stoutly maintained that
the thesis which Matthew Arnold first stated and then rare
away from was the true one, namely, that instead of differen-
tiating the English and Welsh nationalities as Teutonic and
Celtic respectively, we should regard them really as two
variant types of a common British stock, and that the EInglish
race has " a vast obscure Cymric basis with a vast visible
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Teutonic superstructure, and is only Anglo-Saxon by virtue
of late admixtures."
He was a man of social and human ways, of genial gentle
mind, willing to suffer when Heaven so decreed, but willing
to rejoice also and taking cheerily the good that Heaven sent
him. In talking with him there was that combination of
liveliness and repose which constitutes ease, there was an
opulent fund of thoughtfulness, a serious drift and much play
of humour withal, there was width of sympathy, depth of
thought, height of feeling. I remember that he was secretary
of the Toynbee Hall Committee at Cambridge, for his demo-
cratic feeling was of the deeper, religious and not of the
blatant order, he was fond of Maurice and those writers and
statesmen whom we may call in Lord Rosebery's phrase
" practical mystics." There was in him the native unselfish
nobleness of heart which strives towards all nobleness. His
eye was single and his whole nature full of light ; he kept
throughout the crown of his spiritual manhood and never
more nobly than in the last months of his life.
" So he is past and gone,
No moanings holloW,
While we who are left in the storm and stresd
Fall in and follow.''
J. L* Paton-
OUR CHRONICLE.
Easier term I0o8s
On April 8th it was announced that the King had been
pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Thomas Gibson-
Carmichael (B.A. 1881) Bart, as Governor of Victoria in
succession to the Honourable Sir Reginald Talbot,. K.C.B.
Sir Thomas Gibson- Carmichael is the 14th Baronet t>£
Skirling, in Peebleshire. After acting as private secretary
to Lord Dalhousie and Sir George Trevelyan, when
Secretaries for Scotland, he was appointed Chairman of the
Scottish Board of Lunacy, and at the General Election of
1895 he succeeded Mr Gladstone as Liberal member for
Mid Lothian. He retired from Parliament at the dissolution
of 1900. He has been a Trustee of the National Gallery
since 1906.
At the graduation ceremony of the University of Liverpool,
the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws will be conferred on
Dr D. MacAlister (B.A. 1877) Principal of the University of
Glasgow ; and that of Doctor of Engineering on the Hon.
C. A. Parsons (B.A. 1877), Honorary Fellow of the College.
The Chancellor'^s list of Honorary Degrees, to be conferred
upon the occasion of his Installation on June 17, contains
the names of three members of the College : The Hon. C. A,
Parsons (B.A. 1877), Professor G. D. Liveing (B.A. 1850), and
Mr Alfred Marshall (BJV. 1865) who has just resigned the
Professorship of Political Economy. All are to receive the
degree of Doctor of Science.
Professor Alfred Marshall (B.A. 1865) has resigned the
Professorship of Political Economy in the University to
which he was elected in 1884. He thereby vacated the
Professorial Fellowship in the College, and has been elected
an Honorary Fellow.
At the Encaenia to be held at Oxford on June 24 the
honorary degree of D.C.L. is to be conferred on Mr J. J. H.
Teall (B.A. 1873), Director of H.M. Geological Survey, and
VOL. XXIX. CCC
374 Our Chronicle.
formerly Fellow of the College. At a Convocation to be
held on July 1, in connection with the Pan Anglian Con-
ference, the honorary degree of D.D. is to be conferred on
Dr H. Lowther Clarke (B.A. 1874) Archbishop of Melbourne.
On June 8, Mr W. Bateson, F.R.S., Fellow of the College,
was elected the first professor of a newly-founded Oiair for
BiolQigy^ The Professor is to teach and make researches in
that Branch of Biology now entitled Genetics (Heredity and
Variation).
Professor J. Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society, and
Fellow of the College, has been nominated in the Irish
Universities Bill, to be a member erf the first Senate for the
University to have its seat at Belfast
Lord Justice Fletcher Moulton, Honorary Fellow of -the
College, was at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Institution,
held on May 1, elected one of the Managers of the Institu«
tion for the ensuing year.
Professor J. N. Langley (B.A. 1875) has been elected a
foreign member of the Royal Danish Scientific Society.
Professor A. C. Seward (B.A. 1886) has been elected an
Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College.
Sir Lewis Tonna Dibdin (B.A. 1874), Dean of the Arches,
has been elected a Bencher of the Honourable Society of
Lincoln's Inn, in succession to the late Mr Vaughan Hawkins*
The Rev P. Clementi Smith (B.A. 1871) was on the 17th
of February last installed as Master of the Guardian Lodge
No 2625 ; this Lodge was established to provide a meeting
place for the Guardians of the City of London and others
associated with the work of the Corporation. Mr Clementi
Smith is a past Master of the Mercers' Company, past
President of Sion College and P.M. Middlesex Lodge No
143 ; he was the founder of the Guardian Lodge, and has
been Chaplain ever since its consecration.
The Ven. George Hodges (B.A. 1874), Archdeacon of
Sudbury, has been appointed Grand Chaplain of the Grand
Lodge of English Freemasons for next year.
Mr Ernest Bristow (B.A. 1897) has been appointed Vice
Consul at Tangier.
On May 1st, Professor J. Larmor delivered a Lecture at
the Royal Institution on "The Scientific Work of Lord
Kelvin." The Chair was taken by Lord Rayleigh, Chancellor
of the University.
Our Chronickx 375
Mr W. H. R. Rivers (M.A. 1898), Fellow of the College
and University Lecturer in Physiological and Experimental
Psychology, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The following statement gives an account of his scientific
work :
William Halse Rivers Rivers.
M.D., F.R.C.P., Lecturer on Physiological and Experi*
mental Psychology in the University of Cambridge.
Distinguished in Experimental Psychology. Joint Editor
of the British Journal of Psychology : has made numerous
valuable psychological and anthropological investigations,
notably in the Torres Straits Islands, in India, and in Egypt.
Among his contributions may be specially cited the following:
" Observations on the Senses of the Todas " (Brit. Journ. of
Psychology, 1905) ; " Report on the Psychology of the
Todas and of other Indian Tribes" (Proc. Roy. Soc. 77,
1905) ; *'The Todas" (Macmillan & Co., 1906) ; *^The Colour
Vision of the Natives of Upper Egypt" (Journ. Anthrop*
Inst., 1901); **the Colour Vision of the Eskimo" (Proc.
Camb. Phil. Soc, 1901); **A Genealogical Method of
Collecting Social and Vital Statistics " (Journ. Anthrop. Inst.,
1900); "On the Apparent Size of Objects" (Mind, 1896);
* The Photometry of Coloured Paper" (Jourii. of Physiol.,
1897); *'0n Erythropsia" (Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc, 1901).
Articles in the Reports of the Anthropological Expedition to
Torres Straits, 1901-1904; also contributed the article
" Vision " to Professor Schafer's Textbook of Physiology by
British Physiologists, vol. ii., 1900. Among papers published
by him in conjunction with other workers may be mentioned
" Ueber Ermiidung und Erholung" (with Professor Kraepelin,
Leipzig, 1896) ; and "The Afferent Nervous System from a
new Aspect " (with Dr Head, F.R.S., and Dr Sherren, Brain,
1905). Delivered, the Croonian Lectures of the Royal
College of Physicians in 1906, on the subject "The Influence
Of Drugs on Fatigue."
The Rev Canon J» Howard B. Masterman (B.A 1893)^
Professor of History in the University of Birmingham, has
been delivering during the month of May a series of lectures
in the Royal Gallery of the Palace at Westminster on : "The
House of Commons : its Place in National History." These
lectures are being given under the auspices of the University
of London Extension Board, in co-operation with the
Workers* Educational Association.
The Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery have
acquired, by purchase, a portrait of Margaret Beaufort,
Countess of Richmond and Derby, our Foundress ; tha
376 Our Chronicle.
portrait is described as an early one, probably ISth century,
before ^re adopted a reUgious habit. Mr A. E. Shipley, o£
Christ's College, has presented to St. John's a large photo-
graph of the jxjrtrait.
The College has appointed the Venerable Archdeacon
Bonsey (B.A. 1868), Vicar of Lancaster, to be a Governor of
Giggleswick School.
Lord Gwydyr (M.A. 1831), celebrated his 98th birthday
on Monday, April 27th at his residence. Stoke Park, Ipswich,
where he personally received many friends and was the
recipient of many letters and telegrams of congratulation.
He enjoys wonderful health, and can read without glasses*
He still acts as High Sheriff of Ipswich, and is greatly
interested in public affairs.
On May 14th a presentation was made to the Very Rev
W. Page Roberts, Dean of Salisbury, at Blyth House by
members of the Congregation of St Peter's, Vere Street, with
which he had been associated for thirty years. Lord Blyth
himself was to have taken the chair, but domestic bereave-
ment kept him away. Sir Joseph Dimsdale presided.
Viscount Midleton made the presentation, which consisted of
a cheque for a thousand guineas and a volume containing
views of St Peter's ; Mrs Page Roberts was also presented
with some etchings of the Church. Viscount Midleton said
that although they heartily congratulated the Dean upon the
dignity which the King had conferred upon him, still they
could not forget that that dignity brought with it the
prospect of a severance, which, however, would bring to the
Qean the compensating recollections of duty faithfully
l^erformed, of powers nobly exercised, of hopes inspired, of
faith vindicated, and of truth preached wtthout regard to
the effects it might have on his advancement in the profession
he adorned. The Dean, in expressing his thanks, gave a
review of his labours at St Peter's, and of the many close
friendships he had made in the congregation.
Mr C, Morgan Webb (B,A. 1894), I.C.S., Burma, has been
appointed to officiate as Deputy Comn>issioner, and is posted
to the charge of the Hanthawaddy district.
Mr J. H. Field (B.A. 1903) has been appointed to officiate
as Director General of Indian Observatories, during the
absence on leave of Dr G. T. Walker.
Mr G. Leathem (B.A. 1904), I.C.S., Assistant Collector in
the district of Dharwar, has been appointed a Magistrate of
Vhe First Class in that District^
Our Chronicle, 377
Mr K. R. S. Rau (B.A. 1906) has been appointed Assistant
Accountant General at Madras.
Mr M. F. J. McDonnell (B.A. 1904) was caUed to the Bar
at the Inner Temple on Wednesday, May 14th.
Mr Gilbert Beith (B.A. 1904) passed the Final Examina-
tion of the Law Society held in March last, entitling him to
be admitted a Solicitor.
Mr J. F. S. Croggon (B.A. 1902) has been appointed an
Assistant Auditor under the Local Government Board.
Ds E. J. G. Titterington (B.A. 1906), who was placed
17th in the Civil Service Examination 1907, has been
appointed to a Clerkship in the Department of the Local
Government Board.
E. H. P. Muncey, Choral Student of the College, was
bracketted equal with two others for the Second Winchester
Reading Prize.
Ds J. H. Bentley (B.A. 1906) has been bracketted with
Talbot, of Emmanuel College, for the Mason (University)
Prize for Biblical Hebrew.
E. H. P. Muncey has been re-elected to a Choral Student-
ship for a fourth year, and R. Stansfeld has been elected to
a Choral Studentship for one year.
P. Johnson-Saint was one of the University candidates
who -qualified at the examination held in Mcirch last with a
view to nomination to a commission in the Regular Forces.
Mr. S. D. Caddick (B.A. 1903) has been appointed to a
mastership at the Grammar School, Southampton.
Mr R. Sterndale Bennett (B.A. 1904), at present Music
Master at Fettes College, has been appointed Music Master
at Uppingham School in succession to M. Paul David.
Ds G. Wilson (B.A. 1904) has been appointed to a
Mastership at Loughborough Grammar School,
Ds T. O. Bosworth (B.A. 1906), Hutchinson Sttideiit, has
been appointed to a mastership at the Northampton and
County Technical School.
Dr H. R. Hasse (RA. 1906), Isaac Newton Student of the
University, has been appointed Assistant Lecturer in Mathe-
matics at the University of Liverpool, in succession to Mr E,
Cunningham, Fellow of the College.
Mr H. Williamson (B.A. 1893), M.B., B.C., M.R.C.P-, has
been appointed Physician to out-patients. City of London
Lying-in Hospital.
378 Ou¥ Chfouide.
Dr John Wharton (B.A. 1898) has been apf^oiilted
Honorary Assistant Surgeon to the Manchester Royal Eye
Hospital.
At the ordinary quarterly Comitia of the Royal College
of Physicians of England, held on Thursday, April 30th,
Dr W. L. Brown (B.A. 1892) was elected to the Fellowship.
And the following members of St John*s, having conformed
to the by laws and passed the required examinations, had
licences to practice Physic granted to them : — A. E. Cullen
(B.A. 1905), of St Bartholomew's Hospital ; H. G. Frean
(B.A. 1906), of the London Hospital ; G. E. C. Simpson
(B.A. 1902), of St Bartholomew's Hospital;. T. A. Weston
(B.A. 1905), of St Thomas's Hospital.
Messrs Cullen, Frean, and Weston were on Thursday,
May 14th, admitted Members of the Royal College of
Surgeons.
At the quarterly meeting of the Royal College of Sur-
geons, held on April 9th, Mr G. C. E. Simpson (B.A. 1902),
M.B., of St Bartholomew's Hospital, was admitted a Member
of the College.
The following members of the College were ordained on
Sunday, March IS :— Deacons, A. Geake (B.A. 1907), by the
Bishop of London in St Paul's Cathedral, licensed to a
curacy at St. Paul's, Onslow Square ; and R. J. Whitaker
(B.A. 1897), by the Bishop of Durham in the Chapel within
Auckland Castle, licensed to a curacy at Stockton-on-Tees-
Priest, W. C. H. Moreland (B.A. 1897), by the Bishop of
London.
In our Chronicle for last Term we omitted to record that
F. R. J. Easton (B.A. 1905) was ordained Deacon at Canter-
bury by the Archbishop, and licensed to the curacy of
St Peter's, Maidstone.
The following ecclesiastical appointments ai*e announced j
Name. Degree. From, To be.
Telford, J. A. (1891) C. Ramsey, Harwich V. St Nicholas, Harwich,
Burgess, H. N. (1899) C. St Cuthbert, V. St Anne,
Sheffield. Netherthorp, Sheffield,
Tarleton, J. F. (1888) R. Great Warley. R. Aldridgc*
Lester, I. H. (1868) R. Lexden, Colchester. V. Wembdon, Somerset.
Powning, J. F. (1883) V. Landkey, V. Cornwood,
Barnstaple. Ivybridgc.
Rammell, W. H. (1877) R. High Halden. V. Boughton Blean.
Scutt, A. O. (1887) C. Hythe. V. Appledore, Kent.
Bradley, H. W. (1885) V. Birtlcs, Cheshire. P. C. Wrenbury,
Nantwich.
Jones, G. J. (1871) R. Southfleet. R. Crayford
Hairies, G. H. (1893) C. St James', Grimsby. V. Burgh, w. Wintborpc.
Our Chronicle. 379
The Rev G. Trundle (B.A. 1872), Vicar of St Martin in
Coney Street, York, and Vicar Choral of York, has been
appointed Succentor Vicariorum of York Minster.
The Rev D. W. Sitwell (B.A. 1861), Vicar of Leamington,
Hastings, has been appointed an Honorary Canon of
Worcester Cathedral.
The following University appointments of members of the
College are announced since the issue of our last number :
Dr J. R. Tanner to be a member of a Syndicate to consider
the steps to be taken for the erection of a Building to
contain Lecture Rooms, Departmental Libraries and Com-
mon Rooms for Professors and University Teachers ;
Mr T. R. Glover to be a member of the Oldham Bequest
Syndicate ; Dr J. R. Tanner to be a member of a Syndicate
to consider alternatives for the General Examination ;
Mr J. E. Purvis to be one of the representatives of the
University at the Celebration of the Tercentenary of the
University of Oviedo ; Professor J. Larmor to be a Member
of the Board of Electors to the Professorship of Chemistry ;
Mr H. F. Stewart to be a member of the Board for Non-
Collegiate students ; Mr C. A. A. Scott to be an examiner for
Part L of the Theological Tripos ; Mr L. B. Radford to be
an examiner for Part IL of the Theological Tripos.
The following books by members of the College are
announced: An introduction to the theory of Infinite Scries, by
T. J. FA. Bromwich, F.R.S., Fellow and Lecturer of the College
(Macmillans) ; The Riddle of the Bacchae : The last stage of
Euripides' s Religious Views, by Gilbert Norwood, Fellow of the
College and assistant lecturer in Classics in the University of
Manchester (The University Press, Manchester) ; Morag the
Seal, a West Highland Romance, by J. W. Brodie-Innes
(Rebman) ; The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Norman,
by Sir William I^e- Warner, K.C.S.I. (Smith Elder) ; The
Influence of Alcohol and other drugs on fatigue, Croonian
Lectures, by W. H. R. Rivers, Fellow of the College (Arnold) ;
The Rights and Responsibilities of National Churches. The
Hulsean Lectures for igoj-S, by J. Howard Masterman, Pro-
fessor of History in the University of Birmingliam, Vicar of
St Michael's, Coventry (University Press) ; The Mysteries of
Mithra, 90 pp., A Mythriac Ritual, 77 pp., The Gnostic Cruci-
fixion, 83 pp., The Chaldean Oracles, 2 vols., and The World
Mystery, four comparative studies in general Thcosophy, all by
Mr G. R. S. Mead, are issued by the Theosophical Publishing
Society ; The Epistle to Diognetus by the Rev. L. B. Ridford
(S.P.C.K.); Three Teachers of Alexandria-, Theognostus, Picrius,
380 Our Chronich.
and Peter. A study in the early history of Origenism and
Anti-Origenism, by the Rev. L. B. Radford, Rector of Holt
(University Press) ; Physical Education ami School Hygiene in
Japan^ by Baron Dairoku Kikuchi, late Minister of Educa-
tion in Japan (The Manchester and Salford Sanitary
Association).
Dr H. F. Baker, Fellow and Lecturer of the College, is
editing for the University Press, the Collected Mathematical
papers of the late Professor J. J. Sylvester, Honorary Fellow
of the College and Savilian Professor at Oxford. The second
volume covering the period 1854 to 1873 has just appeared;
it contains 110 papers, some of which will always be famous
in the history of mathematical progress. Professor Sylvester
was one of the most brilliant and original mathematicians of
the 19th century, yet his powers have hardly received the
recognition they deserve. For this his own methods are
chieHy to blame ; he had not the unwearying industry and
steady concentration of his great contemporary Cayley, though
in fertility of imagination he probably surpassed him ; nor
had he the graces of style of Salmon, whose books and papers
are models of elegance and ingenuity. The following extract
from a letter of Salmon's to Sylvester himself is a humourous
and just criticism of Sylvester's ways. The letter is dated
from Trinity College, Dublin, May 1, 1861. After some
remarks on some properties of a cubic surface it proceeds :
" I should be very glad if there was any chance of
your preparing an edition of your opuscula. There
have been of course occasional little statements in
your papers requiring verification. Written as they
were in the very heat of discovery, they are rather
to be compared to the hurried bulletins written by
a general on a field of battle than to the cool details
of the historian. Honestly however I don't think
there is the least chance of your going back to these
former studies. I shall be content to let you off
some of these if you will do justice to what you
have done on the subject of partitions. I wish you
would seriously consider whether it is not a duty
everyone owes to Society, when one brings a child
into the world to look to the decent rearing of it. I
must say that you have to a reprehensible degree a
cuckoo-like fashion of dropping eggs and not seeming
to care what becomes of them. Your procreative
instincts ought to be more evenly balanced by such
instincts as would inspire greater care of your off-
spring and more attention in providing for them in
Our Chronicle, 38 f
life and producing them to the world in a present*
able form.
Hoping you will meditate on this homily and be
the better for it, I remain
Yours sincerely,
Geo. Salmon.'*
It would be difficult to put the case against Sylvester more
truly or effectively, the papers in the volume before us are
evidence for the prosecution.
Sylvester seldom worked out his discoveries, he dashed
hot-foot into print, often without the slightest hint of how he
had arrived at his results, or what they led up to. The
papers teem with slips of the pen and misprints, some of
which are corrected in subsequent notes ; he invented special
names for most of the mathematical forms he discovered, and
a vocabulary is almost a necessity. With all these drawbacks
the reader is often carried along in a whirlwind of enthusiasm
not usually associated with higher mathematics. Non-mathe-
matical readers who wish to learn something of Sylvester's
style could not do better than read the paper numbered 100
in this volume, the famous Address to Section A of the British
Association ; no one but Sylvester could have written it and
the tones of his voice can almost be heard through the dull
medium of the printed page.
In these days of Smith's Prize Essays and Fellowship
Dissertations the young mathematician in search of a subject
might dp much worse than read these volumes. Though
years have passed since Sylvester poured out his ideas in
reckless profusion, there must be many of the eggs to which
Salmon refers which still remain to be hatched.
During the present Term sermons have been preached in
the College Chapel, on April 26 by Mr Peter Green, Rector
of Sacred Trinity, Salford, on May 3 (Commemoration of
Benefactors) by the Archbishop of Melbourne, on May 17 by
Mr C. E. Graves and on May 31 by Mr Wynne Willson,
Master of Hafleybury College.
The annual dinner to members of the College who have
taken the M.A. degree and have retained their names on the
College Boards, is to be held this year on Thursday, June 25.
Members of the College who graduated in the following
groups of years are invited on the present occasion : 1864-
1868 ; 1882-1885 ; 1898-1901.
It may be convenient for candidates for Fellowships at
the election for 1908 to know that the following dates have
been fixed ; Candidates to inform the Master of the subjects
of their dissertations not later than May 21st ; dissertations to
VOL. XXIX. DDD
382 dur Chrdnicte,
be sent to the Master not Liter than Aup^ust 24 ; the exami-"
nation will be held in the Combination Room on Saturday,
October 17, The election will take place on Monday,
November 2.
The following note on the will of CJeorge Ruggle, the
author of the famous pLiy ' Ignoramus/ s^peared in the East
Anglian Daily Times for May 9,
George Ruggle matriculated as a pensioner of St John's,
June 26, 1589, and took the degrees of B.A. 1593, and M.A.
1596. He migrated from St John^s to Trinity and then
became a Fellow of Clare Hall : —
No. 2,510— WILL OF GEORGE RUGGLE, 1621.
(P.C.C. 101 SaviUe.)
"George Ruggle of the vniversity of Cambridge, Mr of
Arte, the sixte day of September 1621. Vnto the poore of
towne of Lavenham in Suffolke, where I was borne, twenty
markes. Vnto the Chappie of Clare hall twenty markes to
buy a silver bason to be vsed at the Communion for the
collection of the poore. Vnto Clare hall in Cambridge One
hundred pounds, to be titulated by the name of George
Ruggle's one hundred pounds for a perpetuall stocke. To
Clarehall Library all my bookes the Mr and fellowes shall
thincke fitting — the rest to the children of Mr Toby Pallyvicine.
Vnto my sisters Mary Dandes and Sarae Lymmall, both now
dwellinge in the Cittie of Westchester one hundred pounds
H peice. I give one hundred poundes towardes the bringinge
vp of the Infidells Children in Virginia in Christian Religion."
Mention is made of my lovinge Aimt Mrs Alice Vigoris, of
Ipswich, my worthy friend Mr Henry Coppinger. of Laven-
ham, my worthy friend Mr Nicholas fferrer of Clarehall, and
Mr William Parker, of Sproughton neare Ipswich. "The
reste of my goodes vnto my moste lovinge and especiall good
friend Mr Toby Pallavicine of Babram in the Countye
of Cambridge, Esquire. And I doe make him sole executor,
and if he happen to dye before my decease I ordaine Sr
Edmond Varney, Knight, Executor." Probatum tertio die
Novembre 1622 Juramento Tobie Palavincino executoris.
George Ruggle, son of Thomas Ruggle, was baptised at
Lavenham 13 Nov., 1575, and his aunt Alice Vigerons, was
doubtless the widow of George Ruggle, his father's brother,
who was also, as the Daundy pedigree (Harl. Mss. 1560) tells
us, of Lavenham, (or "Lanham" as it is often written.) He
was the author of "Ignoramus," a Latin comedy, which was
acted before King James I. in March and May, 1614. He
was a great benefactor to Clare Hall, money in those days
l^eing more valuable than now.
(From Da\7's notes, Add, MS, 19,147, fo. 296, etc.)
Our Chronicle. 383
Professor E. J. Rapson sends us the following note : —
Mr Benians has sent me for examination seven coins and
counters which were discovered by the workmen in levelling
the cricket field. Of these, four have no particular interest ;
but the other three may perhaps be thought worthy of a
short note in the Eagle, They include two English counters
of the fifteenth century, and a Dutch counter struck to c6m>
memorate the siege of Oran in 1563. The original use of
these * counters' is indicated by their name: they were first
employed as aids in the addition of sums of money by means
of the abacus or 'counting-board/ a mechanical contrivance
without the aid of which the simplest arithmetical operations
were almost impossible before the introduction of the Arabic
system of notation in the last quarter of the fifteenth century.
At a later date, counters continued to be used chiefly in
games as at present. The interest which they possess for us
depends chiefly on the fact that they were frequently used as
a simple and convenient means of commemorating events.
The two English counters in question have no historical
importance of this kind. They are simply poor copies of
types which were originally borrowed to a great extent from
the French coinage of the fifteenth century ; and the original
legend which was usually of a religious character — most
commonly the beginning of the prayer AVE MARIA GRATIA
PLENA — appears in such a perverted form on these two
specimens as to be quite illegible. The Dutch counter
(bronze), on the other hand, admits of being deciphered with
certainty. It is a variety of a type published by Van Loon,
Histoire Meiallique des xvii Provinces dcs Pays Bas (1732^
Vol I., p. 65.
Obv. Bust of Philip II to r. ; inscr. PH(ilippu)S
D(ei) G(ratia) HlSP(aniarum) REGIS. COMITIS
HOL(landiae). The name Philip ought, of course
to be in the genitive.
Rev. Arranged in the form of a cross, the arms of
the Provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Fries-
land and Overyssel with date 1563 : inscr. ORAN A.
TVRCARV(m). OBSIDIONE. LIBERATA.
Oran. and Mazarquivir in Algeria had been taken by the-
Spaniards from the Moors early in the sixteenth century in
accordance with the advice of Cardinal Ximenes; In 1562 a
large Spanish fleet which was carrying supplies to these
African colonies was completely wrecked ; and early in the
following year the Barbary Moors seized what was apparently
an opportunity of recovering their ancient possessions, while
still isolated and lacking provisions. The story of the siege
of Oran and Mazarquivir, of the valiant defence of the small
384 Our Chronicle,
Christian garrisons, the terrible straits to which they were
reduced, and of the raising of the siege on the appearance
of the Spanish fleet which had been sent to their aid by
Philip II, may be read in the picturesque pages of Prescott,
History of Philip 11^ Book IV, Chapter I. How a counter
which was struck in the Netherlands to commemorate this
event found its way to St John's cricket field can only be
surmised ; but the fact that it should have wandered so far
afield is in no way surprising, if we consider the intimate
relations which existed between this country and the Nether-
lands during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Adams Memorial Prize.
This prize is open to all undergraduates who have not
entered on their seventh Term of residence at the time whea
the essay is sent in.
For the present year the essay is to be on one of the
following subjects :
1. Vibration of an elastic medium as a theory of Light,
2. The theory of the oscillations of ponderable matter,
3. Invariants of Conies and Quadrics.
4. Ruled Surfaces.
The following authorities may be consulted on the essay
subjects :
1. Green's Papers.
2. Rayleigh's Sound ; Routh's Dynamics.
3. Salmon's Treatises ; Andoyer's Theorie des Formes.
4. Salmon's Geometry of Three Dimensions ; Darboux's
Theorie des Surfaces.
JOHNIANA.
The Rev Arthur Briarly Browne (B.A. 1878), Rector of Bradfield,
Yorkshire, has transcribed and edited the Parish Register of Bradfield
from 1559 to 1722. The Registers occupy 456 closely printed pages, and
there is in addition an admirable index of 140 pages. The impoilance of
printing Parish Registers is now generally recognised, and the public
spirit of men like Mr Browne, who give up time and expense to tlie task
of making these records accessible, and place their contents beyond the
risk of loss, cannot be too highly commended.
The Register contains the names of several members of the College
and by its aid we can glean some further biographical details. We take
these in order and add some notes from other sources.
Two sons of Christopher Wilson, of Bradfield, yeoman, were admitted
to St John's :
Thomas, admitted 11 May 1648, aged 20.
Charles, admitted 8 September 1648, in his 18th year.
Our Chronicle, 385
Turning now to the Bradfield Register we find the following entries ^
1626. Thomas, son of Xpo Wilson, bapt. the xiiith day of August.
1631. Charles, son of Xpo Wilson, of Bromhead, bapt. June the xv day.
Then we have the marriage of the parents :
1623. Christopher Wilson and Mary Ibotson, married, 29 October.
And the baptisms of the parents :
1594-5. Xpher Wilson, son of Xpher Wilsone, bapt. the i day of March.
1604. Mary, daughter of Mr John Ibotson, bapt. the xviii day of December.
And the marriage of the grandparents :
1591-2. Xpher Wilson and Ellen Bramall, maryed the iiird day of
February.
Of these two members of the College the career of Charles Wilson is
the best known. The following account of him is given in The Yorkshire
Archaeological and Topographical Journal^ V, 103-5 : " Charles Wilson
was the third son of Christopher Wilson ; his elder brother being in a
state of incapacity, he succeeded under a settlement of his father to the
family estates at Bromhead. On 29 August, 1658, he received presbyter ian
ordination to the work of the ministry at Kimbolton, to which living he
had been presented by Edward, Earl of Manchester ; the ceremony was
performed in the church of St Stephen, Wallbrook, by the third classical
Presbytery of London, to whom he exhibited a testimonial of his good
life and fair calling to Kimbolton. He conformed on the return of
Charles II, and took a second ordination from Thomas, Bishop of
Candida Casa, or the Orcades, at Westminster 8 January 1661. His
residence at Kimbolton was embittered by troublesome suits of law with
Robert, Earl of Manchester, the patron, son of Edward ; and though in
these he had the advantage, he at length relinquished the living, and, in
1675, was presented to the Rectory of Babworth, in Nottinghamshire, by
Ann Wortley, alias Newcomen. In 1681 he resigned this living in favour
of his nephew, Richard Wilson, and in the same year was presented by
Francis Jessop, of Broomhall, to the vicarage of Shefifield, to which he
was instituted 6 October 1681. In 1695 he resigned the living of Sheffield
and retired to his paternal inheritance at Bromhead. He was buried in
the chancel of the church at Bradfield. [The Parish Register has the
entry :— 1703. Mr Charles Willson, M.A., late Vicar of Sheffield, bur>'ed,
September 8.] He married, while at Kimbolton, Ann, one of four
daughters and co-heirs of John AUott, B.D., Rector of Little Thurlow and
Wratting, in Suffolk. They had fourteen children, of whom seven died
young." In one of Joseph Hunter's Manuscripts preserved in the
British Museum (Addl. MSS. 24,473, fol. 447, or f. 222) there are some
notes on Charles Wilson ; after giving his preferments he proceeds :
" He was a great advancer of the family ; I find his purchases thus
enumerated by his grandson. Two estates at Thurston of Tho. Beevor,
1690 and 1692. One in Sheffield of his brother, Zachariah Wilson, in
1685. Fox Hall, alias Bowerhill in FuUwood, of John Bromhead, 1687.
One at Grenowside of his brother, Zachariah Wilson, in 1685. One at
Turchell, in Derbyshire, of Joseph Ward, 1701. One at Longside of
Arthur Hinchcliffe in August 1701. He also built both at Bromhead and
Wightwick. During the absence of the family from Bromhead the house
wasted ; David and Abdiel Rich held it from 1679 to 1682, and John
Morton from 1682 to 1688." After giving some further details he adds
that Mrs WUson was buried in Bradfield Choir 22 February 1712-3.
The next Bradfield boy to come to the College was Thomas, son of
Francis Morton, admitted 21 May 1657, aged 17. The Bradfield Register
has the following entries:
386 Our Chronicle,
1638-9. Thomas, son of Francis Merton, bapt the Z3cvjth daye of
February.
1637-8. Francis Morton and Marye Revell, married, February the 1st
day.
1614. Ftanches, son of Franches Morton (of Spout House), bapt. the xxi
day of September.
1616-7. Maiye, daughter of William Revell, bapt the zxii day of January-
We find that Thomas Morton, son and heir of Francis Morton, of
Spout House, parish of Bradfield, co. York, gentleman, was admitted to
Gray's Inn 18 May 1658. And this is probably the Thomas Morton, of
Croydon, Surrey, gentleman, aged about 23, who was licensed 16 August
1662 to marry Anne Boyse, of Nuttfield, in the same county, spinster,
about 19, with the consent of her father, John Boyse, at Newington.
Surrey, or St Dunstan-in-the-West (Foster, London Marriage Uiunces).
George Shaw, son of Robert Shaw, yeoman, of Bradfiekl, was
admitted to the College 8 June 1650, aged 16. The Bradfield Register
has the entries :
1632-3. George, son of Robert Shawe, bapt. the zxth day ef January.
1618. Robert Shawe and Elizabeth Adamsonn, married the 22 of June.
Samuel Slack, son of Abraham Slack, of Bradfield, was admitted to
the College 5 July 1669, aged 17. The Bradfield Register has the entries :
1651. Samuell, son of Abraham Slacke, baptised 13 November.
1644. Abraham Slacke and Anne Tomson, married, September the 5th.
1619. Abraham, sonn of Thomas Slack, baptized, November 29.
1625. Ann, daughter of George Tomson, baptized, June the xvt^.
This Samuel Slack, of St John's, was ordained Priest by the Archr
bishop of York, 23 September 1677.
Lastly, Jeremy Waterhouse, bom at Bradfield^ and educated at
Sheffield School, was admitted to the College 9 May 1681, aged 19 ; his
parentage is not given in the College Register. We find in the Bradfield
Register the entry :
1658. Jeramiah, son of William Waterhouse, bom 2 December.
It will be observed that the age in the College Register does not quite
correspond with the date of birth in the Parish Register.
Open Exhibitions, Sizarships, and School Exhibitions.
Elected 8 June 1908.
Commencing residence October 1908.
Open Exhibitions of £30 for two years :
Watson, T. W. (King Edward VI. School, Stourbridge) (Mathematics).
Dodd, W. P. (University College, Aberystwith) (Classics).
Oakley, F. C. (Felsted School) (Classics).
Pittom, W. W. P. (Northampton and County School) (Natural Science).
Nicklin, G. N. (Birkbeck College) (Natural Science).
Goode, R. H. (Private Tuition) (Natural Science).
Dowman Sizarships :
Cullen, A. P., Bishop's Stortford College.
Lloyd, M. T., Aldenham School.
Winder, R. McD., Cranleigh School.
Our Chroiiiete. 387
School Exhibitiom:
Lupton and Hebblethwaite — Aubry, C. P. (Sedbergh).
Robins—Cotton, R. H. A. (Sutton Valence).
Dowman— -Hutton, R. J. (Pocklington).
Somerset— Watkins, S. (Hereford).
Somerset— Streeten, B. R. (Hereford).
Somerset— Woodall, F. E. (Manchester).
Baker— Guest- Williams, W. K. (Durham).
College English Essay Pri2!es.
The following are the subjects for the College Essay
Prizes :
For Students now in their Subject.
First Year Matthew Prior.
Second Year The Plays of Shakespeare as a mirror
of the social life of his time, its
different grades and activities.
Third Year The use and abu«e ctf allusion.
The Essays are to be sent to the Master on or before
Saturday, October 17th.
Organ Recital.
An Organ Recital was given in the College Chapel on
Sunday, June 14th, at 8.45 p.m., by Mr C. B. Rootham,
College Organist.
The following is the programme : —
1. Toccata and Fugue in F major /. S. Bach
'■ / {a) Gott des Himmels und\
I der Erden I
^ , Two Preludes on Chorales< yMax Reger
^•'' (Op 67.) (b) Ein feste Burg ist
\ unser Gott /
Allegretto in F major (Op. 101.) C. V. Stanford
3. Slow Movement, Scherzo and Finale, from
Sonata No. 5, in F sharp Josef Rheiubergcr
\ (a) Andantino in A flat \
4. Two STCDiM IN CANON I major \ Schumann
) (b) Adagio in B major )
5. Epixikion .......C. Bs Rootham
Cricket Club.
Captain— V. W, J, Hobbs. Hon. Secretary^F. D. Morton.
Hon. Secretary 2nd XL — A. R. Thompson.
Result of the Season :— Played, 17. Won, 5. Lost, 3. Drawn, 9,
Bad weather has caused a large number of this season's
matches to be scratched, and we have often had to play upon
wet wickets. On the whole we have had quite a good
388
Our Chronicle,
season. The batting of the side was not so strong as usual^
though better than would appear from the averages. Every
man was capable of making runs, but there was a certain
want of consistency. The bowling was fairly good, but
suffered from lack of variety : we needed a really good slow
bowler. The unfortunate illness of E, K. Quick robbed us
of the services of an exceptionally promising Freshman.
A pleasing feature of the season has been the readiness of
the older members of the College to assist us when necessary.
We should like to thank Messrs R. P. Gregory, A. L.
Gorringe, and P. N. F. Young for their kindness in filling
up gaps in the team on several occasions.
We congratulate S. L. Thompson on playing in the
Freshmen's Match and in a Trial Match, and hope to see
him go still farther.
Batting Averages.
Times Hicbeat
Batsmen Innings not out score Runs Aver,
S. L. Thompson 16 ... 3 ... 106 ... 482 ... 371
J. M. Swift 14 ... 2 ... 55 ... 272 ... 226
F. D. Morton 12 ... 3 ... 40 ... 181 ... 201
W. E. Hill 11 ... 4 ... 48 ... 138 ... 197
V. W. J. Hobbs 12 ... 1 ... 66 ... 216 ... 19*6
H. C. H. Lane 10 ... ... 49 ... 191 ... 19-1
G. A. R. Thursfield .12 ... 5 ... 30*... 132 ... 188
H. W. McCowan 14 ... 1 ... 45* ... 198 ... 152
A. R. Thompson 9 ... 5 ... 19* ... 60 ... 15
J. A. Fewings 15 ... 1 ... 50 ... 191 ... 13*6
R. Brice-Smith 6 ... 1 ... 31*' ... 46 ... 9*2
* Signifies net out.
Bowling Averages.
Bowlers Overs Maidens Buns WickeU Aver.
R. Brice-Smith 4 ... ... 28 ... 2 ... 14
J. M. Swift 133 ... 19 ... 498 ... 29 ... 1717
G. A. R. Thursfield 119 ... 17 ... 469 ... 26 ... 18-03
W.E.Hill 28 ... 5 ... 91 ... 5 ... 182
S. L. Thompson 156.1 ... 22 ... 511 ... 28 ... 18-25
F. D. Morton 160.5 ... 18 ... 616 ... 25 ... 24*64
V. W. J. Hobbs 32.3 ... ... 214 ... 5 ... 428
Matches.
V. Queens'. Won. St John's 123. Queens* 85 (G. A. R. Thursfield
6 wickets for 27).
V. Clare. Lost. Clare 154 Q. M, Swift 6 wickets for 52): St John's 123.
We had 1<X) on the board with only 4 men out, but broke down
lamentably.
V. Corpus. Won. Corpus 91 (F. D. Morton 5 wickets for 35). St John's
92 for 3 (R. Brice-Smith 31 not out).
V. Trinity Hall. Drawn. St John's 170 (J. A. Fewings 48). Trinity Hall
142 for 7 (S. L. Thompson 4 wickets for 36). Bad catching probably
robbed us of a victory.
V.King's. Lost. St John's 50. King's 51 for 3. We gave a wretched
display of batting on a tricky wicket.
Our Chronicle. 389
V. Jesus. Drawn. A two-day match. Jesus 213 for 7 and 101 for 3.
St John's 192 (S. L. Thompson 66) and 110 for 6 (V. W. J. Hobbs 66).
Jesus made a very sporting declaration, and we just failed to score
123 in 40 minutes, Hobbs hitting very hard.
V. Caitis. Won. Caius 46 (S. L. Thompson 8 wickets for 22), St John's
162 for 6. (S. L. Thompson 62 not out). We showed our best form
of the season, and won by 10 wickets. Thompson's all-round cricket
was magnificent
V. Queens'. Drawn. Queens' 306 for 3. St John's 81 for 6 (Hobbs 35
not out). On a perfect wicket we gave a poor display.
r. King's, Drawn. St John's 239 (R. P. Gregory 74, H. C. H. Lane 49)
and 67 for 5. King's 315.
V. Emmanuel. Won. St John's 149. Emmanuel 129 (S. L. Thompson
4 for 36). Our two last wickets put on 67, and some steady bowling
and good fielding gave us a victory.
V. Christ s. Won. Christ's 129 (Morton 5 for 40). St John's 132 for 6
(Lane 49, Morton 40). Lane played a really good innings.
V. Selwym^ Drawn. Selwyn 196 (Swift 5 for 49) St John's 120 for 6.
V. Pembroke. Drawn, Pembroke 267 for 4. St John's 135 for 7 (S. L.
Thompson 45 not out). We started badly, but the eighth pair added
64 without being separated. J. I. Piggott and G. L. Cole batted
brilliantly for Pembroke.
V. Downing. Drawn. St John's 219 for 8 (S. L. Thompson 106, W. E.
Hill 48). Downing 105 for 1. Thompson played a splendid innings.
V. Caius. Drawn. St John's 253 for 7 (Swift 55, Jewings 50, McCowan
46). Caius 209 for 3. We scored consistently, and A. F. Leighton
played a fine innings for Caius.
V. Sidney Susse.v. . Drawn. Sidney 207. St John's 150 for 2 (S. L.
Thompson 59 not out, H. W. McCowan 45 not out).
V. Jesus. Lost St John's 69 and 112 for 5. Jesus 195 (Swift 6 for 78).
Against some excellent bowling we fared badly, and were beaten
even more easily than the score indicates.
Characters of the XL :
V. W. J. Hobbs (Capt.)— A delightfully inspiring and optimistic captain.
Has generally made runs when they were wanted, and played one really
brilliant innings. While retaining most of his former dash, he has greatly
increased his repertoire of strokes. Bowls leg-breaks with undeniable
spin but eccentric length. Sets his team a splendid example at extra-
cover, possessing a safe pair of hands and a lightning pick-up and return.
F. D. Morton (Hon. Sec.) — Has been a very energetic and capable
Secretary. Throughout the season he bowled well, but dropped catches
on several occasions robbed him of wickets ; developed into a fast-scoring
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390 Our CItroniclc.
slashy bat, and thrice made good scopes when runs were needed. He
is ao excellent slip, with a splendid reach.
R. Br fceShritb.— ^Tripos work and cricket do not combine well,
unfortunately. When set he is an attractive bat to watch, with an
especially pretty leg-stroke. Has had few opportmiities as a bowler,
but twice broke up long partnerships.
H. W, McCowan,—W»s rather at sea on the slow wickets at the
beginning of the season, but did Ijetier later on. Has several good scoring
strokes on a fast wicket, but his defence has deteriorated. A safe slip.
/. Af . Swift, — Has batted consistently throughout the season, withont
doing anjihing brilliant. Would do better, probably, did he not bring
Theological study on to the cricket field. A greatly improyed bowler,
who tiuns both ways and keeps a good length. A safe catch, but
uncertain ground fielder. His admirable keenness might be tempered
with noore seifHrestraint
G,A.R. Thursfield. — Under perfect conditions a good bowler, but is
easily upset. He has played some useful innings and has a good ofJf-drive«
A sound fiekL His cricket all roimd lack» daslv
/. A. Fewings.— Is really a good bat, but has been hancHcapped by
illness. Might watch the ball more carefully, and is apt to get in front c«
hi« wickets. At mid-off he is safe, and covers a lot of ground.
W. E. Hill, — ^With somewhat restricted opportunities has batted weH
on occasions. Has an especially good shot past extra cover, but might
make better use of his height. A useful change bowler with a good ^dl
on the leg stump. He must learn to throw in.
S. L. Thompson.^k really good all-round cricketer. As a bat he scores
quickly both on the off and the on and watches the l>all well. An excellent
fast-medium bowler, who commands both a swerve from leg and an
off-break. A good iield, with occasional relapses into somnoletKe. He
should go farther than College cricket.
H. C. H. Lane. — A stylish bat, who played some valuable innings.
Has a good hook-stroke, but is inclined to be late owing to a flourish.
An energetic field.
A. R. Thompson, — Kept wicket with fair success. He stops leg-balls
well, but is too slow, and should make " taking ** rather than " stopping "•
each ball his object. A useful bat
Cricket Field Levelling Fund.
The work on the cricket field has now been completed.
Bad weather at Easter and the difficulty of procuring
the necessary earth dragged it out longer than had been
expected. The total cost has been^ roughly, jG137, towards
which not quite j&llO has up to the present date been
contributed. The Treasurer will be glad of further sub-
scriptions. Appended is a list of the amounts received sijice
March 7 last, and a provisional accouat of tlie expenditure.
Qur CJiroiiiclc
391
List of Subscriptions,
Amount previously ac-
knowledged
Dr J. R. Tanner
Mr R. F. Scott
G, A. Allen
L. K. D. Anderson ,....,
C. B. S. Allot
E. Calvert
F. A, James
K. S. Cripps «^ u.
C. E. H, Qampbell
R. F. Donne
H.. P. W. Burton
W. S. Montgomerie
A. J. D. Torry
G. A. R, Thursfield <^
H. WheweU
E. J. Y. Brash
S. Butt ...,
£ 5. d.
87 6 11
2 10
5
10
10
5
5
10
0. 5
5
2
2
2
2
10
10
10
5
£ 5.
F.Dale 5
P. E. Evans ...« 5
H.W. Woollen 2
W. H.R.Wright 5
A. J. Wilmot 2
R. W. Everitt 4
W. Montgomerie 10
A. D.Allen 5
H. S. BaiTett (2nd Don.) 5
Mr L..H.K. Bushe-Fox. 2 2
H. A. Rose 1 1
H. F. Russel-Smith 10
G. A. Beresford ......... 1 1
C. L. Holthouse 10
Mr T. J. I!A. Bromwich. 1 1
R: B. Brice-Smith 1 1
K. S. Thomson 10
6
6
6
109 13 5
Account of Expenditure.
Receipts.
To Subscriptions ,
PrgsQpt Deficit ...,
£ 5.
109 13
27 5
d.
5
9i
136 19 2^
Expenditure, £ s. d.
Cost of Labour 114 18 Hi
Hire of Planks and
Barrowsv^^ 1 S* Ot
1200 Turf 6
Rolling Ground 8 0^
321 Loads of earth ... 5 6
Grass Seed 11
Repairs and Sundries. 18 3.
136 19 2i,
The Lawn Tennis Club.
President— VLt R. F. Scott. Hon. Treasurer— Mr L. H; K. Bushc-tox-
Captain— A, E. Evans. Hon Secretary— A, C. Belgrave.-
The season this year has been a very disappointing One.
At the commenqement of the Term, we found ourselves in
the somewhat unfortunate position of having no Secretary
and only two old Colours. It was still hoped, however, that
we should obtain the help of some of our '> veterans." Even
these failed us, and only one, P. H. Winfield, to whom our
thanks are due, was able to turn out, and only on a very few
occasions.
As a result, our score stands : —
First VL : Played 13 ; Won 1 ; Lost 12.
Second VL : Played 5 ; Won 2 ; Lost 3.
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Our Chronicle.
The following have played for us : —
First VI. : A. E. Evans, A. C. Belgrave, H. C. Stanford,
C. G. Sharp, G. A. Allen, V. C. Boddington, P. H. Winiield,
E. H. P. Jolly, and J. S. Cassels.
Second VI. : J. L. Troubridge, E. W. Willett, F. James,
C. D. D. Hogan, H. PauUey, H. P. W. Burton, and U G.
Comey.
There was a fairly good entry for the Fresher's Tourna-
ment, which ended in a win for J. S. Cassels, who played
H. Paulley in the Final.
Our thanks are due to Mr Bushe Fox for so kindly
continuing to perform the duties of Honorary Treasurer to
the Club.
The full record of the matches is as follows :
First VI.
Opponents, Ground.
King's
Christ's
ns'
uwyn I
King's ,
Christ's <
Emmanuel ,
Dulwich Farm..
Queens'
Peterhouse
Caius
Trinity
Emmanuel
Clare
Trinity
Caius ..«•»
King's
St. John's..
Christ's ....
St. John's..
Queens' ,
St. John's...
Caius
Trinity
Emmanuel .
Clare
St John's...
Caius II ,
Emmanuel II..
Westminster ..,
King's II
Queens' II
Westminster...
Caius II
Queens' II
King's II
Second VL
Caius
Emmanuel...
, Westminster ,
St. John's
If
Queens',
King's,.
Result
For. Agst
5
3
3
1
1
3
1
3
3
3
5
6
6
5
5
6
8
9
9
6
5
6
Scratched
3 ... 6
Scratched
Lost
Lost
Won
Scratched
Lost
Won
Scratched
Scratched
Scratched
Lady Margaret Boat Club.
President—Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox. Treasurer— Mr J. J. Lister.
Ist Captain — H. A. L. Laidlaw. 2nd Captain — L. R. D. Anderson!
Hon. Sec.—C, J. W. Henslow. Junior Treasurer— T. M. Sibly. 1st Lent
Captain — ^V. C. Boddington. 2nd Lent Captain— C, L. Holthouse.
3rd Lent Captain— H. F. RusscU-Smith. , Additional Captain— G. a!
Allen.
Our Chronicle. 393
Positions of the Boats..
May Races.
First Boat Fourth on the River.
Second Boat Sixteenth on the River.
Lent Races.
First Boat Second on the River.
Second Boat Thirteenth on the River.
Third Boat Twenty-fifth on the River.
The excellent performance of the Lent boat led us to
venture an entry for the Clinker Fours. Unfortunately no
good racing ship was available, and we were perforce com-
pelled to row in a boat quite unsuitable for such a race.
We were unfortunate in drawing the winners for the first
heat — ^Jesus coming up on our boat the whole way and
winning easily. The crew were as follows: —
St. lbs.
V. C. Boddington {bow) 11 2
7 H. L. Penfold 11 12
3 K. S. Thomson 12 7
J. M. Short (stroke) 11 10
H. E. Chasteney (cox) 8 9
The crews came up for practice on April 21st and are
indebted to F. H. Jerwood of Jesus for his services as coach
during the first week or so.
The material throughout was heavy and promised well.
The loss of Lewis at stroke, however, was rather hard to
replace, and owing to the number of aspirants for the seat
a large amount ot valuable time was lost. Eventually J. M.
Short, who stroked the first Lent boat with such success, was
selected. It was soon evident that whatever the boat lacked it
had its complement of power, deficiency in form being made
up for by individual hard work. Not till about a week before
the races could the crew be finally made up, and, had this
been possible earlier, we might have looked for even better
results.
The second boat started off with a fair amount of old
material, but was considerably knocked out of time when
its stroke was carried off to take his seat in the first crew.
However, by the time the races came, owing to the untiring
energy of the first boat captain, it was hoped that they
were at least strong enough to retain their position of
sandwich boat.
First Night.
Our first boat started off fully aware of their superiority
over 3rd Trinity ; this confidence was somewhat shaken when
3rd Trinity was seen to leap up on our boat from the start,
394 Our Chronicle.
and a most exciting race was witnessed to Ditton, with only
a few feet separating the ball of their boat from our rudder,
but up the Long Reach our crew^ staying well, drew away
steadily, and at the post finished several lengths to th^ good.
The second boat was pressed almost from the start and
had a very hard race to keep away from Hall II., so much so
that in their second race in the first division a stately paddle
over was all they could accomplish.
Second Night,
The first boat got a good start and, rowing well, were
relieved of all further danger from 3rd Trinity by Pembroke
at the Willows. A change had taken place in front through
Jesus bumping 1st Trinity the previous night, and though our
men put out all their efforts to catch 1st Trinity, they failed
to maike any appreciable impression.
The second boat had a still harder race than on the first
night, with Hall II. overlapping, but, thanks to the geo-
metrical tendencies of their cox, our boat again escaped.
Third Night
Again the first boat had some uncomfortable moments,
Pembroke coming up steadily from the start to the Willows-,
but here our boat, keeping going very well, drew clean away
after shooting the railway bridge.
The second boat was quickly relieved of its pursuer by
Magdalene, but, in spite of this, in their second race as
sandwich boat were not able to make any impression on
King's I. ; perhaps this may be somewhat accounted for by
their remaining in their clinker boat and not risking them-
selves in a frailer bark.
Fourth Night.
As on the three previous nights our first boat was in little
danger from behind, but owing to a stiffish head wind First
Trinity drew away from them, putting our only hope of a
bump out of reach.
The second boat at last failed to get over the course,
being caught by Magdalene in the Plough Reach, and were
thus removed from that unenviable position of sandwich
boat.
Considering the high standard of the first three boats the
performance of our first boat may be considered satisfactory.
The second boat, however, we should have liked to have
seen relieved of its uncomfortable position by going up
instead of down.
We cannot close this short survey of the May races
without reference to the valuable and energetic services of
Our Chronicle, 395
our President (Mr L. H, K. Bushe-Fox). There Is no doubt
that the races of Wednesday and Friday bore witness to his
experienced handling of the crews during the weeks of
training.
The monotony of training w^as most agreeably relieved by
the kind entertainment of Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox, Mr Scott,
and Mr and Mrs Sikes to breakfast, and Mr and Mrs Collin
to dessert.
In conclusion, We heartily wish every success to those
whom the Lady Margaret Boat Club is about to lose. Would
that all our members would emulate their example and take
an active part in the doings of the Club at a time when the
novelty of rowing has begun to wear off !
First Boat.
st> lbs.
L. R. D. Anderson (b<yw),„ 10 3
2 H. A. L. Laidlavv 11 1
3 C. L. Holthouse 11 4
4 H. F. Russell-Smith 12 1
5 R. Meldrum 13 1
6 C. J. W. Henslow 12 11
7 J. Fraser 11 5
J. M. Short [stroke) 11 8
H. E, Chasteney [cox) ^... 8 9
Coach-^lj. H. K. Bushc-FoFX,
Characters :
Bouf, t)oes Hot show any very substantial improvement on last year's
form. He finds great difficulty in using his body, and has in
consequence a weak finish. Keeps going well.
Two. Does not manage his slide properly ; tho result is that he is slow'
into the water, and his finish is a lug* A very honest worker, and
has been an excellent captain ki every way.
Three. Does not seem to have gained much by his visit to stroke side ;
tends to hurry his slide, and dip on his front stop, but always work»
hard. He should endeavour not to be overcome by the excitement
of the races.
Four, Was " off form " for a while during practice, but improved in the
last fortnight. He has still old faults of letting the body fall away
as the hands come out, and of rowing the blade in instead of covering
it at once. When in^ his blade always moves water
Five. Cannot be called consistent in his rowing ; at times he omits to
swing, which throws the rest of the crew out a good deal. He rows
better than he did the last time he rowed in ihe May boat, and it
would have been very hard to do without him.
Six. Took some time to adapt himself to the methods of the rest, and
hardly rowed up to his best form duriirg practice r inclined to let hisr
slide go away, and rows his hands down at the finish } none the less
he is one of the mainstays of the boat.
Seven. Has suffered from the changes at the stroke thwart ; he is inclined
to " hunch " himself on his front stop, let his slide go, a-nd use his
arms too much at the finish. He has sustained his reputation for hard
396 Our ChronicU,
work. A touch of optimism might benefit his own as well as others'
rowing.
Stroke. Has come on a good deal during the term, but is still stiff and
a trifle awkward. It is difficult to preserve a sense of rhythm when
the button comes away from the thole at the finish. He had a difficult
position to fill and filled it well. His deliberation when racing is
remarkable.
Cox. Is inclined to take Grassy Comer rather late and wide, but on the
whole steers a sound course. Practice should make him a first-class
steersman.
Second Boat.
St. Ibs«
V. K. Haslam (haw) 10 1
2 R. F. Donne 9 10
3 C.Dixon 11
4 H, L. Penfold 11 7
5 D. E. Cruickshank 11 12
6 P. A. Irving 11 2
7 K. S.Thomson 12 6
L. A, Allen (stroke) 11 2
R. W. Hyde (cox) 8 6
Coach— H. A. UXaidlaw.
Characters :
Bow. An unconventional oar. He has improved considerably during the
Term ; works well for his weight ; but should realise that a finish,
to be effective, must be in the water.
THvo. Has suffered somewhat from his ability to row on both sides.
When finally settled at two, he came on quickly ; always tries hard.
Three. A somewhat variable quantity ; when he remembers to work his
shoulders back he is capable of putUng in good work.
Four. Has some trouble in getting his blade moving at the beginning,
and has still a jerky finish. Always a useful oar and races well.
Five. Does not look altogether happy on bow side. His slowness over
the stretcher makes it very difficult to get his weight on to the oar
when rowing anything more than 25. A little more nimbleness
would double his efficiency. He is an honest trier.
Six. Has too great a partiality for his back stops — get there too soon and
stays there too long ; this makes him quick forward and slow in.
When he learns to control his slide he should prove a great asset.
Seven. Paddles with ease and a certain nonchalance — ^when rowing
nonchalance more apparent than ease ; inclined to shy his blade and
let his finish wash out. When racing he should watch stroke more
closely.
Stroke. Has improved out of knowledge during the term ; has still
a tendency to hurry his finish, but in this respect he is not helped
much by the men behind him. He rowed piuckily and with
judgment when pursued over the course.
Cox. Has taken some good corners, but is rather erratic in the straight.
He can be relied ou to keep his head when racing, and when starting.
Our Chronicle, 397
The Musical Society.
The May Term Concert,
Presidcnt—li. S. Foxwell, UJl. Treasurer— Dr L. E. Shortf.-
Librarian— C. B. Rootham, M.A. Cof«m///t-e— Professor Rapson, Rev
H. F. Stewart, B.D;, A. Y. Camptjell, A, C. Churchward, J. Eraser.
V. C. Bckldihgtott, R. Brice-Smith, J. K. Deane, E. H. P. Muncey,
A. Thome Waite, J. L. Troubridge, C. L. Holthouse, H. F. Russell-Smith,
C. H. Ritchie, R. Stansfeld, J. B. Sterndale-Bennett. Hon. Sec^A. F. Hall,
Conductor— C B. Rootham, M.A., Mus. Bac.
The Cworv^,— Trebles— The Chapel Choristers. i4/tos— Messrs, Dunn
and Thompson* Tenors — Prof Rapson, V. C. Boddington, R. Brice-
Jhlith, J. W. Eastori, F. W. Hicks, H. C. H. Lane, E. H. P. Muncey,
R. Stansfeld. Basses— Dt F. J. Allert, O. O. Barnes, A. J. Bentleyi
C. Dixon, A. E. Evans, P. E. Evans, A. F. Hall, C. L. Holthouse,
J. G. H. HolUapffel, Mr Hunt, O. Hughes Jones, R. W. Hyde, G. J. C.
Marchaud, R. Meldrum, F. M. Moseley, F. Northorp, H. F. Russell-Smith,
C. H. Ritchie, K. H. Scougal, J. M. Short, T. M. Sibly, K. S. Thomson^
J, L. Troubridge, J. B, Walker, A. R. Ycfrke, Mr Young.
The programme was as follows :
PART I.
1. Enjlsf FOR TWO PIANOS../' Marche Heroique " * Saint-Sains
J. L. Troubridge and W. A. AschaffenbuRG/
2* Madrigals {a) "Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees" Johti Wilhye
(6) "Ught of my Soul" < ./?. L, de Pearsali
The Chorus.
J. B.iss Sk)ix> (With Choni9 for Men's Voices).. <
"Coronach" * *.... .C. B. Roothdni
A. F. Hall.
4. Vioui^ ^L6...Last movement from Sonata in A major......./. 5. Bach
H. H. H. Lorenz.
5. Vocal Quartets... <a) " Gifts ".......« ^ ..v^ ....E. T. Sweeting
(b) " It's oh r to be a Wild Wind"...............£/^r
E. H. P. Muncey, V. C. Boddington, R. Stansfeld, A. F. Hall.
6. Part Songs ^ (a) "Love's Fire" ....C. V.Stanford
(b) "Lullaby of Life" Henry UsHa
The Chorus.
interval of 20 minutes,
PART ir.
7. Part Songs.. .(a) " Since Thou, O Fondest"..^ * C. H. H. Parry
(ft) " O, my luve's like a red, red rose" Garrett
The Chorus.
VOL XXIX. FFF
30S Our Chronictt.
8. Song " There's a bower of roses " C. V, Stanford
V. C. BODDINOTON*
9. Pianoforte Solo Ballade in G minor ».....»»»• Chopin
J. L. Troubridge.
ra. Vocal Quartets "The Waking of the Fairies" Harvey Ldhr
H, H. P. Muncey' V. C. BoDDiNGTON, R. Stansfeld, a. F. Hall.
11. Song " Old Heidetberg" *. ^ Jensen
A. Thorne VVaite.
12. Chorus " Lady Margaret Boat Song** Garrett
Soloists : First Boat Captains.
Chorus.
The reader of The Eagle has here before his eyes the
programme of the May Concert in the order of performattce*
It only remains to collect the general impression made by
the music on his ear, and to estimate the value of the sevcnd
items, considered according to their kind.
First we note the prominence rightly given to Cambridge
musicians in general, and, as in private duty bound, to
St John's Organists m particular, and, secondly, the pre-
dominance of vocal over instrumental pieces — the relation
being that of 3 to 1. But what was lacking here in quantity
was made good by quality, for the two pianists and the one
violinist supported worthily the claims, if not of art against
nature, at least of strings against voices. Thus Messrs
Troubridge and Aschaffenburg were most happrly associated
in Saint-Saens' march for two pianos, marking well the
contrast between the flowing trio and the march proper,
and working up to a iine climax f while the first named
gentleman, besides discharging with taste and judgment the
duties of accompanyist, was heard alone, and heard with
much pleasure, in a ballade of Chopin's. He has good style
and a nice touch, and the difficulties of the piece, which are
considerable, were, no difficulty to him.
The violin part in the last movement of a Bach Sonata
was played by Mr Lorenz with care and delicacy. It is,
perhaps, not strictly correct to style the Sonata a violin solo,
for the piano has an equally important function to perform,
and it was safe in Mr Rootham's hands. But whatever the
piece be called it was good to hear. We are fortunately veiy
familiar with Bach in the College Chapel, whether on the
organ or through the medium of the choir, but we especially
welcome the appearance of the famous name in the
programme of a College concert, for we are well assured
that this great genius has something to say to every
Our Ch'omclc. 399
performer and every hearer in every branch of musical art.
Some years ago a German artist of renown was asked who,
in his opinion, was the greatest musical genius in history^
He answered, without hesitation, "John Sebastian Bach,
who turned everything he touched to music," and, we may
add, turned all he touched to gold. We trust his name will
often figure in our programmes, and always be atferrded with
like success.
The vocal solos were three in number, and were sung by
bass, tenor, and baritone respectively. Mr Hall had selected
Mr Rootham's noble setting of Scott*s " Coronach,'* and
acquitted himself very well. It is, indeed, a work that
deserves the best it can get on the part of soloist and chorus,
for not only is it extremely well written, but it is full of
imagination and poetic feeling. Mr Troubridge played the
accompaniment with good effect, but we should greatly enjoy
hearing it scored for a string band^ and trust that the com-
poser may see his way to gratify our wish. Mr Boddington's
pleasant voice was admirably suited to Stanford's ballad from
his early opera, " The Veiled Prophet," one of our Cambridge
Professor's happiest inspirations. A very welcome number
was Jensen*s ** Alt Heidelberg du feine," sung, alas I in
English, but very well sung, by Mr Thorne Waite. It
is to be hoped that the next time Mr Thorne Waite sings it
here (and may that time be soon) it will be in the original
tongue. There is a world of German songs waiting for him
to conquer, and he will not fail for want of voice or power
of sympathetic treatment:
So much for the solos. The part songs call for even,
higher praise if not for longer comment, for it is these that
give the concerts of the St John's Musical Society their
peculiar cachet
The size and character of the chorus is extremely
satisfactory, and shews what enthusiasm and energy can
do when properly directed upon responsive material. And
in saying this we have most in mind that noble army of
basses who followed so faithfully and zealously the conductor's
lead.
The selection of the part songs was admirable. The new
is good, but so is also the old, and of all the pieces.
16th century John Wilbye's dainty madrigal bore the pakn.
Old and new are cunningly blended in Pearsall's 6 part
Light of my Soul^ which was rendered most carefully and
reverently.
The strictly modern school was represented by Hubert
Parry's feeling version of an exquisite "shorter poem" cf
Robert Bridges, by Stanford's fine Love's Fire^ by Garrett's
familiar and beautiful 0, my Luve^s like a red) red rose^ and by
400 Our Chronicle,
a pretty but rather slight thing of Henry Leslie's which
was, we expect, inserted principally to please the chorus,
who sang it with evident gusto.
Besides the larger concerted efforts the College quartet
wng three pieces in the style to which they have accustomed
W3. The best, musically, was the Elgar ; we cared less for
the Sweeting, but this was in great measure due to the
somewhat commonplace words of James Thomson (not, be it
noted, the author of The Seasons but him of the City of
Dreadful Night), The balance of voices in these part songs
was most happy and the effect delicious.
The Concert ended, of course, with the Lady Margaret
Boat Song^ the best of a!u its class, and the fitting crown to an
evening's music in the College Hall. Now that we have
it, it is a wonder how they did without it before Mr Glover
^nd Dr Garrett wedded v§rse and musjc in praise of tlie
JL»ady Margaret, her foundation, and its possible or actual
achievement on the Cam. The Solo was supplied by
the members of the First Boat. They were better together
in their ship than in the third verse, the sixth line o{ which
betrayed to the attentive ear a various reading. But they
sang throughout with that sense of duty which is their
property, and they looked exceedingly imposing.
Our hearty thanks are due to the Secretary of the Musical
Society, Mr Hall, for all he did in the way of organisation
?ind arrangement, and to its Conductor lor all the good
that such a pleasant evening means. If music really cgn^es
back and makes her home in England from whose shores
a malign combination has tried to banish her, St John's
College and St John's Musical Society surely will be
renienjbered as having helped tp the Restoration,
The QohiEQn Ball,
By permission of the Master and Fellows the College
Ball was held in the Hall on Tuesday, June J 6th. Supper
was served in the Combination Room ; there was a Marquee
in the Chapel Court, and by permission of the Master the
garden of tlie Lodge was illuminated, Mr L. H. K. Bushe^
Fox and Mr V, C, Boddington were the Secretaries, and the
following acted as Stewards : Dr J. R. Tanner, Mr R. F,
Scott, Mr L. H, K. Bushe-Fox, Mr J, Fraser, Mr R. Meldrum,
Mr H. C. Stanford, Mr V. C. Boddington, Mr R. Brice-Smith,
Mr F. W, Hicks, Mr V. W. J, Hobbs, Mr F. D. Morton, and
Mr K. S. Thomson. The Ball was well attended, ancj
dancing kept up until an early hour pn Wednesday morning.
Our Chronicle, 401
Theowgical Society.
President— Pl. D. Allen. Ex-Presidents in residence—]. A. A. Hart,
E. C. Oewick, H. E. Stuart, J. M. Swift. Secretary— F. A. W. Heaton.
Treasurer— \\. H. Woollen. Committee—]. E. N. Jackson, C. S. Fleet.
The Term has been very successful, and the papers full
of interest. We ghould particularly like to record our
deepest gratitude to Professor Kennett for his paper on
" Isaiah," which will be long remembered by all those who
had the great privilege of listening to him. The discussion
which followed has created a record lasting till 11.45 p.m.,
and even then the time seemed too short.
May 1st. E. C. Dewick, B.A., St John's College and Ridley Hall.
"The Value of the Septuagint in Old Testament Study."
H. D. Jackson's Rooms, I First Court.
May 8th. Rev T. H. Hcnessy, Dean of Selwyn College. "The Old
Testament in the hands of the Jews," C. J. W. Henslow's
Rooms, B New Court,
May 15th, Rev J. P. Whitney, B.D., of King's College. " Bishop Fisher
and the Reformation in Cambridge." C. S. Fleet's Rooms,
H First Court.
May 22nd. Rev Professor R. H. Kennett, B.D., Chaplain of Queens'
College, " Isaiah lii. 13 and liii." R. F. Donne's Rooms,
'E, Second Court.
May 28th. The Festival of the Ascension. 8 a.m. : Corporate Com-
munion, 8.15 p.m. : Private Business Meeting.
At the Private Business Meeting the following were
elected to serve as officers and on the Committee diu ing the
Michaelmas Term, 1908 :—
President— F. A. W. Heaton. Sccretary—W. H. Woollen. Treasurer^
C. S. Fleet, Committee— \, C. Morton, R. F. Donne.
The College Mission.
President — ^The Master. Vice-Presidents — The President, Mr Mason,
Mr Graves, Dr Sandys, Mr Cox. Committee — Mr Bushe-Fox, The Dean,
Mr Hart (Senior Secretary), Mr Rootham, Dr Tanner, Mr Ward, Mr How
(Senior Treasurer), P. N. F. Young, L. R. D. Anderson, A. D. Allen,
t^. Brice-Smith, G. M. Cruickshank (Junior Secretary), F. W. Hicks,
V. W. J. Hobbs, F. A. James, J. E. C. Ross, J. W. G. Stokes, J. E. Walker,
V. K. Haslam, C. J. W. Henslow, C. L. Holthouse (Junior Treasurer), and
W. H. W^ightman,
402 Our Chronicta.
The most important piece of news concerning the College
Mission is the appointment of the Junior Missioner as an
Admiralty Chaplain. At the end of June he is to join
the Battleship H.A/.S. Ocean of the Mediterranean Squadron,
We wish Mr H. S. Crole Rees a most successful career in his
new sphere of duty. His loss will be felt very severely at the
Mission, where his work has been most valuable and very
highly appreciated, more particularly perhaps by the Mens'
Club in which he took so great an interest. So far no one
has been found to take his place, but we sincerely hope tliat
the Vicar will not be left single handed to do the work of
three for more than a very short time.
We also regret that Mr Ward found it necessary to resign
the post as Senior Treasurer which he has filled for some
years, but we are quite sure that he will continue to show
the same interest in the Mission as formerly in his official
capacity. We welcome Mr How as his successor, feeling
that the Mission finances will be in safe keeping in his
hands.
There has been a most welcome revival of interest in the
Mission this year throughout the College, which has shown
itself both in the number of visitors the Mission has
entertained, and in the increase of the yearly subscriptions.
These latter have reached a higher figure than they have for
some years past, and we should like to take this opportunity
of thanking the collectors for performing their arduous
and thankless duty in so satisfactory a manner. We
feel sure that the increase in the subscriptions is largely
due to their energy, and we hope that in future years
the collection will continue to increase until it reaches a sum
more worthy of the size and traditions of the College than it
is at present.
We are iglad to say that there has been at any rate
one tangible result of Mr Ingram's address at the Lent term
meeting, in the form of a collection on behalf of one of
the parishioners who has gone blind, but cannot yet be
operated on. Several members of the College have under-
taken to collect enough money to give this old parishioner
an allowance of five shillings a week for a year. A similar
collection is being made by members of the first year on
behalf of another old and deserving parishioner who has
fallen on bad days. Any one who has visited the Mission
lately will know how grateful they are for this help.
The usual collection of clothes is being made and we hope
to be able to include in it this year a few cricket necessaries
such as bats, pads and gloves.
Our Chronicle. 403
We hope that a larger number than ever will be able
lo come to Cambridge on the August bank holiday, and
we hope the weather will be as good for it this year as
it was last.
At a meeting of the Committee the following new officers
were elected :
Rev J. C. H. How {Senior Treasurer)^ C. L. Holthouse {Junior
Secretary)^ and C. H. Ritchie {Junior Treasurer).
The following were elected to the Committee :
A. R. Thompson, A. J. Bentley, H. P. W. Barton, R. F. Donne.
F. B. Fisher, G. I. C. Blarchand and S. L. Thompson.
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1907. 5.26.99.
Palaeontographical Society. Vol. LXI. Issued for 1907. 4to. Lond.
1907. 13.2.13.
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Tubingae, 1901.
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Notes from the College Records^'COHHtmed .1
Strada d'Allemagna ..... 33
Sketches . .34
The Dromedary ..... 40
Alma Mater .41
Confessions from the Memoirs of Mr Primrose . 45
A Lament .50
Corstopitum . . . . . . 51
Sir Robert Calder . .58
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Rev Canon Charles Isaac Atherton, M.A. . . .65
The Johnian Dinner 1907 .... 71
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To a Compositor ..... 300
Sonnet . . . .301
The Commemoration Sermon .... 302
The Vanguard .308
From Cahillus ..... 309
Rhodope . . -310
The Contents of a Letter Box . . . 318
The Tod . 325
Toothache ...... 329
A Conservative Utopia ..... 334
Mr Stephens ..... 336
Thoughts on a Sense of Humour .... 339
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Rev Alfred James Poynder M.A. 349
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