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GENTLEMAN'S  .MAGAZINE: 

AND    ■ 

HISTORICAL  CHRONICLE. 

From  JANUARY  to  JUNE,  1836. 

VOLUME  XCVI. 

(BEING  THE  NINETEENTH  OF  A  NEW  SERIES.) 

PART  THE  FIRST. 


PHODESSE   &    DELECTARE.   i^SST^X^^        ^     PLURIBUS     UNUM. 


By   SYLVANUS  URBAN,   Gent. 


IINTED    BY   JOHN    NICHOLS    ASD   SON,   25,    PA  KLIA.MENT-STREET : 
AND  SOLD  BY  JOHN  HARRIS, 


FAREWELL  TO   ENGLAND. 


fVrillen  at  Sea,  May  18,  I82f).     By  Hbnry  J.  Bradfield,  Author  of 

•*  Waterloo,  or  the  British  MimtreL*' 


XpAREWELL  to  thee,  Albion  !  proud  land 
of  my  birth. 
To  the  land  of  the  brave !  and  of  Beauty, 
adieu ! 
1  leave  thee,  to  tread  other  dimes  of  this 
earth, 
Where  Tyranny  mocks  thee  with  Mussul- 
man crew. 

To  Fortune  I  yield  me,  let  Destiny  guide  ; 
llio'  Danger  await  me,  yet  still  will   1 
brave 
'  Her  perils  by  sea,  and  by  land ;    for  my 
pride 
Shall  be  triumph  in  Greece,  or  with  Gre- 
cians a  grave. 

A  cloud  hovers  o*er  ye  !   ye  Mussulmen, 
tremble ! 
The  true  sons  of  Freedom  are  up  and 
awake  ; 
For  Greece  is  their  glory,  nor  shall  they 
^ivsemble. 
Her  cause  is  a  just  one  they  ne'er  will  for- 
sake. 

A  c)oud  hovers  o'er  ye ;  for  Moslem's  the 
strife! 
Fly,  fly !  ere  the  moment  of  vengeance 
shall  come. 
For  the  dust  which  ye  scatter,  once  breathing 
with  life. 
Long    govern'd   an    empire    exalted    as 
Rome, 

A  day !  ere  the  Sun  through  this  region  of 
earth 
Shall  have  wing'd  his  fleet  course,  or  the 
night-cloud  come  o'er, — 
An  hour  I  and  deep  may  ye  rue  of  its  birth. 
For  the  Grecian  breathes  firee !  —  is  the 
Grecian  once  more. 

So  long  as  the  Crescent  shall  wave  o'er  her 
>       land. 

So  long  as  her  fetters  of  grief  shall  en- 
dure. 
Shall  vengeance  hang  o'er  the  Mahomedan 
hand. 
Tilt  the  Cross  hurl  defiance,  and  Greece  is 
secure. 


Ask  ye  if  valour  or  bravery  dwell 


In  the  breasts  of  her  sons  ?  if  their  bo- 
soms beat  free  ? 
One   name  is  enough, — Missolonghi  shall 
tell, 

That  Greece  boasts  of  warriors  heroic  as 

y*- 

While  yet  there  is  Hope  their  firm  valour  to 
cherish. 
While  her  heroes  display  such  true  love  in 
her  cause ; 
So  long  must  they  conquer,  or  conquering 
perish. 
And  shed  forth  their  hearts'  blood  for 
Greece  and  her  Laws. 

My  fond  one  farewell,  to  my  thoughts  ever 
dear, 
l^hy    teuder  regard   in  my  breast   shall 
reign  free ; 
Thro'  Life  s  changeful  visions,  thro'  Fate's 
wild  career, 
From  my  heart  will  I  pledge  long  remem- 
brance of  thee. 

We  have  parted !   methinks  that  the  tear  of 
affection 
I  see  from  thine  eye  o'er  the  pallid  cheek 
pour; 
We  have  parted  !  yet  still  shall  my  fond  re- 
collection 
Support  me  thro'  danger  or  death's  so- 
lemn hour. 

Farewell  to  thee,  England !   my  own  native 
home. 
Sweet  Liberty  deems  thee  her  temple  of 
rest; 
Tho*  from  thee  I  now  wander, — in  foreign 
climes  roam. 
Yet  still  will  I  love  thee  till  life  flees  my 
breast. 

While  my    pulses   shall  beat,  or  my  life- 
stream  shall  flow, 
While  my  heart  shall  awaken  at  Liberty's 
call, 
To   the  field  will  1  follow, — confront  the 
proud  foe. 
And  if  Heaven  ordain,  in  the  field  let  me 
fall! 


PREFACE. 


IN  the  Preface  to  our  last  Volume  we  had  to  expatiate  on  the  vast 
and  progressive  increase  of  Literature  and  Literary  aspirants ;  though 
not  without  apprehensions  that  over-production  would  eventually  lead 
to  some  lamentable  revulsion.  Unhappily  our  fears  have  been  realized. 
At  no  period  did  the  productions  of  the  pen  and  the  press  receive  so 
terrible  a  blow,  as  during  the  current  year.  The  <<  Man  of  Genius"  and 
the  <<  Scissars  and  Paste-man  " — the  Poet  and  the  Poetaster — have  been 
involved  in  one  ruinous  vortex.  Even  the  last  Waverley  novel  was 
hawked  about  for  a  purchaser,  when  two  years  ago  a  general  skirmish 
would  have  ensued  among  the  Booksellers,  to  obtain  the  copy-right, 
had  it  been  offered  for  public  sale.  The  shock  sustained  by  the  different 
Periodical  Publications  has  been,  as  it  were,  electric  ;  yet  we  have  for- 
tunately escaped  the  percussion,  and  been  as  powerfully  supported  as 
ever.  The  Scots  Magazincj  one  of  our  earliest  emulators,  could  not 
find  a  purchaser  at  50^.,  though  once  worth  as  many  hundreds.  The 
European  Magazincy  a  once  formidable  opponent,  has  quietly  retreated, 
like  another  Teucer,  behind  the  shield  of  the  Monthly  Magazine,  Thus 
the  two  Editors,  though  Rival  Warriors,  have  adopted  the  prudent 
axiom  of  the  old  man  in  the  fable — *^  separated  ye  fall — but  united  ye 
stand.**  Perhaps  the  premature  death  of  the  New  European  was  an  awful 
warning  to  the  enfeebled  parent. — As  to  the  crowd  of  twopenny  Publi- 
cations, some  of  which  we  noticed  in  our  last  volume,  under  the  an- 
ticipation of  their  certain  dissolution,  even  independently  of  the  ex- 
isting distresses — they  have  been  scattered  like  chaff  before  the  storm, 
or  as  dust  in  the  whirlwind  ;  *<  whilst  to  the  Public  the  Projectors  were 
never  known  or  heard  of,  and  were  generally  too  insignificant  to  ex- 
cite inquiry."  (See  vol.  xcv.  i.  4-84).  Meanwhile  not  a  few  of  the 
Brokers  in  Literature  have  ceased  to  "  drink  wine  out  of  the  skulls  of 
Authors."  Ad  their  vintage  has  failed,  their  "libations  to  the  Sacred 
Nine  *'  no  longer  flow ;  and  the  skulls  of  their  literary  scribes  are  con- 
sequently no  longer  in  demand — sine  vino  nullum  poculum. 

Though  Literature  and  its  numerous  dependencies  have  been  severely 
affected  by  the  late  critical  juncture,  we  lament  to  state  that  this  is  not 
the  only  portion  of  society  which  has  suffered.  The  Monied  and  Ma- 
nufacturing Interests  have  had  to  encounter  the  most  arduous  struggles ; 
and  the  distress  thence  arising  has  necessarily  extended  its  ramifications 
to  almost  every  class  of  the  community  :  hence  riots  and  disturbances 
have  arisen ;  yet  it  is  gratifying  to  observe,  amidst  these  national  but  we 


iv  PREFACE. 

hope  temporary  troubles,  the  noble  spirit  of  liberality  manifested  by  the 
British  Public.  That  generous  sympathy,  excited  by  the  lamentable  con- 
dition of  the  lower  orders^  has  been  powerfully  aided  by  the  measures 
of  his  Majesty's  government.  The  Corn  Laws  have  been  modified  in 
favour  of  the  working  classes ;  and  Branch  Banks,  connected  with  the 
Bank  of  England,  are  to  be  established,  .which  will  ensure  a  circulating 
medium,  without  the  risk  to  which  local  notes  have  been  always  liable. 
Thus  we  confidently  hope,  that  in  a  very  short  period  trade  and  credit, 
and  consequently  literature  and  the  press,  will  be  restored  to  their  for- 
mer footing.  As  we  attribute  these  distresses  to  the  rash  or  rather 
knavish  spirit  pf  speculation  lately  undertaken  by  adventurers  without 
substance,  as  well  as  to  unlimited  credit  and  boundless  extension  of 
trade  on  false  capital — so  ^e  entertain  s^Uiguine  anticipations  that  the 
present  effects  must  cease,  when  the  causes  just  stated  no  longer  exist. 

The  general  Elections  present  a  most  iinportant  feature  in  our  do- 
mestic  relations.  In  nearly  all  the  contested  places  the  Catholic  ques- 
tion has  formed  the  principal  object  of  contention  ;  and  we  are  inclined 
to  believe,  that  m  the  returns  an  accession  of  i^trength  has  been  gained 
by  the  supporters  of  the  Protestant  cause.  In  Ireland,  however,  we  la- 
ment to  say,  the  Popish  advocates,  through  the  machinations  of  Priest- 
craft and  the  outrageous  conduct  of  their  myrmidons,  have  been  numeri- 
cally strengthened.  **  Priestcraft  (says  our  Chronicler,  p.  635)  in  numer- 
ous instances  has  prevailed  over  common  sense,  and  regardless  of 
the  means,  has  effected  its  object,  even  at  the  cost  of  human  life  and 
destruction  of  private  property. — The  Priests  have  taken  the  whole  bu- 
siness of  nomination  and  election  into  their  own  hands,  with  a  facility 
which  no  man  could  imagine  who  had  not  seen  the  abject  prostration  of 
'  the  mind  and  will,  with  which  the  unhappy  peasantry  worship  these  re- 
verend despots." — We  trust  that  the  assassin-like  disposition  evinced  by 
a  Popish  rabble,  when  instigated  by  their  spiritual  rulers,  will  leave  an 
impression  on  the  public  mind  that  will  not  be  easily  eradicated.  If 
proofs  were  before  wanting,  these  transactions  alone  are  sufficient  to 
show  the  danger  and  impolicy  of  investing  the  eternal  enemies  of  Pro- 
testantism with  political  power  and  municipal  authority. 

June  30,  1826. 


tENTLEMAN'S  MAGAZINE. 


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By    SYLVANUS    URBAN.    Gbwt. 


[  «  ] 

MINOR    CORRESPONDENCE. 


St.  Saviour's  Church. 

We  are  happy  to  stete,  that  oq  the  9Gth 
of  Jaouarj  (since  the  letter  in  p.  81  was 
printed],  another  Vestry  Meeting  has  re«-. 
acinded  the  disgraceful  resolutions  before 
passed  for  the  destruction  of  this  admirable 
edifice.  A  Report  was  read»  in  which  Mr. 
Owilt  the  Architect,  and  Mr.  Hvauson  the 
Surreyor,  concurred  b  stating,  that  havine, 
at  the  request  of  the  Committee  for  ChurcQ 
Repairs,  examined  the  old  foundations,  they 
cave  it  as  their  opinion  that  thei/  would  last 
for  ages  to'  oomcy  and  Umger  than  any  founda- 
tions which  probalty  would  be  made  for  the 
construction  of  any  new  edifice.  Upon  this 
the  motion  for  rescinding  the  Vandalic  reso- 
lutions was  carried  by  a  large  majority,  sup- 
ported by  Mr.  Saunders,  Mr.  Barclay,  Mr. 
Potts,  and  the  roost  respectable  parishioners, 
as  was  also  a  resolution  in  jfavour  of  the 
strict  restoration  of  the  Church,  which  is 
therefore  safe  for  the  present,  if  the  friends 
of  ancient  architecture  are  on  the  alert 
against  surprize  or  reaction. 

N£POfl  remarks,  respecting  the  monu- 
mental stone  of  the  Countess  of  Athol  in 
Ashford  Church,  Kent  (mentioned  in  part  i. 
p.  9),  that  a  slight  drawing  of  it,  represent- 
ing it  in  the  state  it  was  aT)out  the  time  of 
James  the  First,  is  to  be  found  in  a  copy  of 
the  Vuitation  of  Kent,  1619,  in  the  HarL 
MSS.  1106. 

We  thank  Aw  ^anokymous  Correspon- 
dent at  Morpeth,  but  wish  to  hay  no  more 
than  what  we  cannot  avoid  on  the  subject  of 
nts  communication. 

A  Correspondent  inquires,  whether  a 
History  of  Ludlow  was  not  published  a  year 
or  two  ago,  and  if  so,  where  it  is  to  be  pro- 
cured ? 

The  information  respecting  Lysons's  En- 
virons, offered  by  a  Constant  Reader,  has 
been  published  with  equal  perspicuity  in 
Mr.  Upcott's  excellent  work  on  English 
Topography. 

S.  11.  M.  would  feel  much  obliged  to  any 
of  our  correspondents  acquainted  with  the 
genealogy  of  Norris,  to  inform  him  who 
of  that  family  married  about  the  time  of 
James  II.  the  daughter  of  Gelly  Meyrick, 
who  was  bom  in  1618,  and  was  a  Captain  in 
his  uncle  Sir  John  Meyrick's  regiment  in 
1646.  The  Norris  pedigree  in  the  Collese 
of  Arms  goes  no  lower  than  1634,  when  the 
eldest  son  of  the  natural  branch  of  that  &- 
mily  was  but  four  years  old. 

Mr.  H.  GwYN  obswvM,  *'  When  ia 
Buckiughamshin  ^hirbg  last  August,  I  ri* 
sited  the  Church  of  Hambleden,  and  was 
much  pleased  with  the  many  ancient  monu- 
ments which  abound  in  it  (see  Lysons's 
Magna  Britannia,  1. 569).  One  of  the  most 
flmailaible  is  a  fine  alabaster  tomb*  i4th 
IQgiety  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Cope  Doyl  ey. 


knt.  who  was  slatn  at  Mill-End  In  the  neigh- 
bourhood,  hj  the  Parliamentariansy  temp. 
Charles  1*1^  We  saw  the  remaining  part  of 
a  Gothic  Screen  of  carved  oak,  beautifully 
executed  (erroneously  reported,  as  I  under- 
stand, to  be  part  of  an  old  bedstead).     It  is 
divided  into  pannels,  each  containing  a  fine 
carved  escocheon  in  bold  relief,  being  the 
arms  of  various  Prelates,  Sees,  &e.  amoagst 
which  I  recognised  Cardinal  Wolsey  ;  Fox, 
Bishop  of  Winchester;  the  Bishops  of  Ox- 
ford, London,  &o.  besides  some  others  ;  and 
a  Diapered  Coat,  the  only  instance  of  my 
meeting    with    such  an    unusual  bearing. 
These  sort  of  bearings  are  hardly  to  be  con- 
sidered as  regular  ones,  and  this  fanciful 
coat  may  very  probably  have  been  intro- 
duced merely  to  occupy  a  vacancy.     In  the 
Chancel  of  the  Church  I   observed  an  okl 
shrine  without  date  or  inscription,  enclosed 
in  the  wall.     From  the  arms  I  do  not  hesi- 
tate to  affix   it  to  some  of  the  Bray   and 
Sandys  family.  Barons  temp.  Hen.  VIII. — 
An    interesting    account  of    this  Church, 
Manor,  Natural  History  of  the  Parish,  &e. 
may  be  found  in  the  Topographer  for  the 
year  1 78.9,  by  a  Correspondent  'M.  Green."* 

A  Constant  Reader  <<  requests  infor- 
mation as  to  the  correct  precedence  of  the 
Earl  of  Shrewsbury's  Irish  dignities  of  Eari 
of  Wexford  and  Waterford.  The  Peerages 
hitherto  have  given  precedence  from  1661 
only,  though  they  admit  the  original  cre- 
ation from  1446.  The  Court  Kalendar  has 
lately  adopted  the  earlier  date.  Lodge's 
Peerage  by  Archdall,  vol.  II.  138,  gives  the 
fbllowmg  acconnt,  viz. : — «  Earl  of  the  city 
of  Waterford  and  town  of  Wexford,  17  July, 
1446,  24  Hen.  VI.  which  titles  being  resumed 
by  the  Act  ■  of  Absentees,  were  re-granted, 
and  confirmed  in  1661,  19  Charles  11* — 
Lodge  places  these  Earldoms  under  the  last 
date,  viz.  1661. — In  another  part  of  the 
Talbot  Pedigree,  Lodge  gives  a  different 
account,  for  he  says,  that  the  Earl  of  Shrews- 
bury, in  1447  (being  then  aged  and  Earl  of 
IVexford  by  inheritaneej  was  created  Earl  of 
Waterford.  Can  these  jarring  accounts  be 
reconciled  ?  On  the  monument  of  this  No- 
bleman, he  is  styled  Eari  of  Shrewsbufy, 
Earl  of  Wexford,  Waterford,  and  Valence, 
thus  giving  precedence  to  Wexfoid  over 
Waterford — though  the  Peerages  now  usu- 
ally stvle  the  fiunilv  as  Earls  of  Waterford 
and  Wexford.  Did  the  mot  of  Charles  II. 
operate  as  a  revival  of  the  ancient  dignities 
or  1446,  or  merely ,  as  a  new  creation  of 
16611  and  how  was  the  first  Earl  of 
Shrewsbury  Earl  of  Wexford  by  inheritanee  f 

The  &voor  of  T.  N.  came  safe  to  hand. 

The  gratifjrinff  Poem  by  Mr.  Rawlins 
was  ^not  received  till  afier  the  space  it  was 
intended  to  fill,  was  oeonpied  by  a  previous 
oommoiucation. 


THB 

GENTLEMAN'S     MAGAZINE. 


JANUARY,   1826. 
ORZGXBTAIi   COMBKUNXCATIONS* 


ORIOIHAL   LBTTBR  OF  DBAW  SWUT;    AND  REMARKS    QH   ZRELAKD  BY  THB 

LATE  B.  MALONE,  ESQ.  , 

Mr.  Urban,  Jan.  3.    human  shape  $  one  insolent,  isnorant. 

AS  the     •       '            '• -  .-— -. -.'r    .           .     .      ^  . 
pres 
siderationi 

coarse  form  a  prominent  feature  in  the  in  comparison  of  which,  an  "English 

approaching  Parliamentary  discussions,  farmer's  barn  is  a  Cathedral ;  a  bog  15 

I  have  no  doubt  but  the  following  de-  miles  round ;  ever^  meadow,  a  slough, 

scription  of  that  extensive  nart  of  the  and  every  hill  a  mixture  of  rock,  heath, 

now  United  Empire,  will  oe  interest-  and  marsh ;  and  every  male  and  female, 

Sng  to  your  readers.    It  was  written  in  from  the  farmer  inclusive  to  the  day 

1732  by  Dean  Swift,  in  a  confidential  labourer,  infallibly  a  thief,  and  con-^ 

letter  to  his  friend.  Dr.  Henry  Jenny,  sequently  a    beggar,   which    in    this 

and  has  not,  I  believe,  appeared  in  any  Island  are    terms    convertible.     The 

Edition  of  S%^ft's  Works,  though  ano-  Shannon  is  rather  a  lake  than  a  river, 

th^r  letter,  which  the  Dean  addressed  and  has  not  the  sixth  part  of  the  stream 

to  the  same  Correspondent,  was  com-  that  runs  under  London-bridge.  There 

municated    by   Lord    Cremorne,     in  is  not  an  acre  of  land  in  Ireland  turned 

1808,  to  the  late  Mr.  Malone,  and  by  to  half  its  advantage,  yet  is  it  better 

him  to  Mr.  Nichols*.  improved   than  the  people,    and    all 

The  letter  now  sent    is   from  the  these  evils  are  effects  frof  English  ly- 

same  source,  and  was  intended  to  have  ranny,  so  your  sons  and  grand-children 

accompanied  the  former  one,  but  came  will  find  to  their  sorrow.     Cork,  in- 

too  late  for  insertion ;  it  has  since  re-  deed,  was  a   place   of  trade,  but  for 

mained   in  the  hands  of  your  present  some  years  past  is  gone  to  decay,  and 

Correspondent,  who  now  sends  it  with  instead    of     being     merchants,     the 

some  remarks  on  the  Dean's  Letter,  wretched  dealers  are  dwindled  to  ped- 

in  which  you  will  recognise  the  hand-  lars  and  cheats.     I  desire  you  will  not 

writing  of  the  elegant  Commentator  write  such  accounts  to  your  friends  in 

on  Shakspeare.                 M.  Green.  England.    Did  you  ever  see  one  cheer- 

-  ■  ful  countenance  among  our  City  vul- 

To  the  Reverend  Dr,  Henry  Jenny,  at  gar  ?    unless   once    a  year    at  a  fair, 

his  house f  in  Armagh,  or  on  a  holiday,  when  some  poor  rogue 

"  Sir,                         June  30,  1732.  happened  to  get  drunk,  and  starved  the 

If  you  are  not  an  excellent  philo-  whole  week  after.  You  will  give  a 
sopher,  I  allow  you  personate  one  per-  very  different  account  of  your  winter 
fectlywell.  And  if  you  believe  your-  campaign,  when  you  can't  walk  five 
self,  I  heartily  envy  you;  for  I  never  yards  from  your  door  without  being 
yet  saw  in  Ireland  a  spot  of  earth  two  mired  to  your  knees,  nor  ride  half  a 
feet  wide  that  had  not  in  it  something  ni''e  without  being  in  a  slough  to  your 
to  displease.  I  think  I  once  was  in  saddle-skirts ;  when  your  landlord  must 
iheCounty  of  Tipperary,  which  is  like  send  24  miles  for  yeast  before  he  can 
the  rest  of  the  whole  kmgdom,  a  bare  brew  or  bake,  and  the  neighbours  for 
face  of  Nature,  without  houses  or  plan-  six  miles  round  must  club  to  kill  a 
tations;  filthy  cabins,  i  iserblet-  mutton.  Pray  take  care  of  damps, 
tered  half-starved  creatures,  scarce  in  and  when  you  leave  your  bed-chamber, 
, let  a  fire  be  made  to  last  till  night; 

•  See   the  edition    of   Swift's  Works,  and,  after  all,  if  a  stocking  happens  at 

J808,  vol.  xM.  p.  352.  night  to  fall  off  a  chair,  you  may  wring 


4  Original  LeUer  of  Dean  Swift.  [Jan. 

h  next  niomlngy*^/  nunc,  tt  tecum  whom  I  ewe  tbe  happinees  of  yoor 
verm$  mtditark'canoros,  I  liave  uot  aoquaintanoe,  and  t>n  her  aceo«nt  I 
said  all  this  out  of  any  malicious  in-  expect  Tour  justice  to  believe  me  lo 
.  tention  to  put  you  out  of  conceit  with  be,  witn  true  esteem,  your  most  obc- 
the  scene  where  you  are,  but  merely    dient  humble  senrant,  J.  S." 

for  your  credit,  because  it  is  better* to  __^ 

know  you  are  miserable  than  to  betray     „        ,  . 

an  ill  taste.  I  consult  your  honour,  Remarks  on  the  preceding  LeUer,  hy 
which  is  dearer  than  life,  therefore  I  the  lote  Edmund  Mahne,  Esq. 
demand  that  you  shall  not  relish  one  ^ien  tn  t fie  year  1808. 
bit  of  victuals  or  drop  of  drink,  or  the  SwifVs  representation  of  the  state 
company  of  any  human  creature  within  and  country  of  Ireland  in  1732,  is 
30  miles  round  Knocktopher,  during    curious,    and  certainly    not    without 

rur  residence  in  those  parts,  and  then    ^unds;  but  on  a  minute  examination 
shall  begin  to  have  a  tolerable  opi-    U  will    be    fouud  over-charged,  and 
niou    of   j^our    understanding.      My    therefof«  calls  for  some  observations, 
lameness   is   very   slowly  reooverins.     With  respect  to  the  soil  itself,  Ireland 
and  if  it  be  well  when  the  year  is    certainly  was  then  very  ill  cultivated, 
out.  I  shall  gladl]^  compound;  yet  I    and  its  agriculture  is  yet  very  defective; 
Biake  a  shift  to  ride  about  10  miles    but  in  the  seven ty^ix  years  that  have 
a-day,  by  virtue  ofcertain  implements,    elapsed  since  the  date  of  this  letter,  it 
called  gambadoes,  where  my  feet  stand     has  been  very  considerably  improved, 
firm  as  on  a  floor;  and  I  generally  dine    hy  the  Institution  of  the  Agricultural 
alone  like  a  king  or  an  hermit,  and     Society  and  other  means,  though  it  is 
continue  alone  until  I  go  to  bed,  for    yet  very  far  behind  £ngland  in  this, 
even  my  wine  will  not  purchase  me     m  well  as  in  many  other  particulars, 
company,   and  I  begin  to  think  of  the     It  is  still  very  ill  furnished  with  trees; 
lame  or  forsaken  as  much  as  the  poor     but  for  this  defect  the  gentlemen  of  the 
and  blind.    Mr.  Jebb*  never  calls  at     country  are  not  answerable,  having  for 
the  Deanry  of  late ;  perhaps  he  hath     these  fifty  years    unceasingly    eudea- 
found  out  that  I  like  nim  as  a  modest     voured  to  adorn  their  domains  with 
man,  and  of  very  good  understanding,     plantations,  and  being  constantly  coud« 
This  town   is  neither  large  nor  full     teracted  by  the  lower  ranks,  who  are 
enough   to  furnish  events  for  enter-     •<>  far  from  being  friendly  to  this  kind 
taining  a  Country  Correspondent;   a    of  improvement,  that  no   plantation 
murder  now  and  then  is  all  we  have  to     ^er  succeeds  in   Ireland,  unless  the 
trust  to.   Oiir  fruit  is  all  destroyed  with     proprietor  devotes  his  whole  time,  both 
the  long  spring  and  east  winds,  and  I     nignt  and  day,  to  its  preservation.  When 
sliall  not  have  the  tenth  part  of  my    a  young  tree  is  a  year  old,  it  is  almost 
last  year's  fruit.    Miss  Hoediv  hatn     sure  to  be  cut  down  for  a  walking- 
been     nine  days  in    the    small-pox,     stick,  and  when  more  advanced,  it  is 
which  I  never  heard  of  till  this  minute;     carried  off  to  make  the  side  of  a  car, 
but  they  say  she  is  past  danger;  she    the  only  wheel  carriage  used  by  the 
would  have  been  a  terrible  loss  to  the    lower  people  in  that  country.     Nor 
Archbishop.    Dr.  Felton,  of  Oxford,    have  the  farmers  of    Ireland  at  all 
hath  written  an  octavo  about  Revela-     co-operated    with   their    landlords  in 
tion;  I  know  not  his  character;   he    improving  the  country,    by   planting 
sent  over  four  copies  to  me,  one  of    fruit-trees;    though    several    Acts   of 
which  was  for  Mr.  Tickell,  two  for  the     Parliament  were  made  to  induce  them 
Bishops  of  Cork  and  Waterford,  and     to  do  so,  by  advantages  iu  consequence 
one  to  myself,  by  way  of  pavment  for    held  out  to  them.    With  respect  to  the 
sending  the  rest,  I  suppose,  for  he  sent    roads,   they  were,  in  1732,  nearly  as 
me  no  letter,  and  I  know  him  not.     had  in  England  as  they  are  here  de- 
Whenever  you  are  in  this  town,  I  hope     scribed ;  it  being  not  uncommon  then 
you  will  mend  your  usage  of  me  by    in  this  country,  for  a  gentleman  in  his 
comingoften  to  aphilosophick  dinner     travelling  carriage  to  expend  four  or 
at  the  Deanry.    This  I  pretend  to  ex-     fivp  days  in  a  journey  of  one  hundred 
pect,    fijr  the  sake  of   our  common     miles.     Within    the   present    King's 
Princess     Lady    E.     Germaine,     to     reign,  the  roads  in  both  countries  have 

-T — I • — been  greatly  improved ;  and  iu  Ireland, 

»  This  was  the  Rev.  Dr.  Juha  Jebb^  (he     in  general,  they  are  now  as   good,  if 
vonerable  Dean  of  Cubel.^£i>iT.  not  better,  than  in  England.    The  de- 


1896.]                   Brnttria  on  Irekmd  iff  Mu  Makm.  $ 

scription  of  the  filth  i^iid  dirt  of  the  b  therefore  a  gtoss  niisr^priBsen.tation  to 
lower  classes,  and  of  their  cottages^'i^  say,  that  there   is    not  one  che^r/hl 
perfectly  just;  and  is  nearly,  though  countenance    among  themi    or   thai 
not  quite,  as  true  this  day>  as  it  was  they  are  miserable   and    half'Slarved, 
seventy-six  years  ago.    3ut  it  is  a  gross  Though  they  often  assume  a  whining 
misrepresentation,  though  it  has  been  or  complaining  note,  in  speaking  to 
made  not  only  by  Swift  here,  but  by  their    superiors,    they  are   eminently 
raan^  other  persons  in  this  country,  cheerful  ^mong  each  other.    The  mi* 
within  these  tew  years,  from  an  affec-^  sery,  tlierefore,  which  our  declaimeis 
tation  of  superior  feeling  for  the  dis*  In  rarliament  of\en  assign  ^o  the  lowe? 
uesses   of   the   poor,    and  some  for  Irish,  does  not  belong  to  them,  but  to 
paltry   part^    purposes,    to    represent  the  upper  classes,  who  are  forced  to  be 
tbem  as  miserable  and  half  starved*  daily    spectators   of  their   modes    of 
It  is  so  far  from  being  true,  that  It  may  life,  ana  of  the  wretched  dwellings  in 
be  safely  asserted,    that  they  are  in  virhich  the  labouring  poor  in  Irdaod 
general  jTu/Zer  fed,  though  not  better  choose  to    livej    in.  consequence   of. 
ted,  than  the  people  of  the  same  de^  which,  every  gentleman  of  that  coon« 
scription  in  £ngland.     In  almost  all  try,  how  highly  soever  hi$  own  grounds 
the  cottages,  every  creature  has  every  may  be  cultivated,    the  moment  hQ 
day  a  belly  full;    because,   unfortu<»  passesontof  them,, must  be  disgusted f 
nately,  in  some  respects,  for  the  coun->  and  if  he  has  any  delicacy  of  feelings 
try,  thev  are  perfectly  content  with  must  be  made  misernhh  by  the  uo- 
eating  tne  same  food  (potatoes)  three  sightly     and     ^hhy    appearance    of 
times  a-day.    Mr.  Arthur  Young  has  every  cabin,  and  of  all  its  inhabitanta^ 
shewn  that  the  price  of  labour  in  Ire*  A  hundred  instances  could  be  enu* 
land,  though  much  lower  than  here,  merated,  of  gentlemen  having,  in  vain, 
will  purchase  for  a  labouring  man  and  endeavoured  to  improve  the  face  of 
his   family,   much  more  of  that  sus-  their  country  in  this  respect,  by  build- 
tenance  to  which  he  is  accustomed,  ing  decent  cottages  for  the    inferior, 
than  all  the  money  which   an  £ng-  classes;   who  are  so  wedded  to  their 
lish  labourer  can  earn  wiir  purchase  old  habits,  that  .they  think  glass  win- 
of  wheat,    the  sustenance  to  which  dow9  and  chimnies  a  nuisance,    and. 
he  is  accustomed.    The  price  of  la-  prefer  a  building  without  either,   as. 
boar  in   Swift's  time  was  extremely  much  warmer  aud  more  comfortable, 
low ;  but  so  was  that  of  all  the  neces-  This  disposition  it  is  which  is  the  tj^ue 
sary  articles    of   food,    &:c. ;    but   it  cause  of  the  miserable  appearance  of 
has  been  since  raised   to  lOd.  and  in  the  people ;  for  as  to  the  people  them- 
some  places  to  a  shilling  a  day ;  which  selves,  most  assuredly  thay  are  not  mi- 
is  much  more  than  equal  to  Is.  6d.  serable,  having  in  general  good  Bres, 
the  general  price  of  labour  in  England ;  tolerable  cloatning,  and  plenty  of  food, 
and  though  the   necessary  aiticlts  of  which   is  not  always  the  case  in  the 
life  are  somewhat  raised  within  the  much  more  decent  and  cleanly  English 
last  thirty  years,    that  is,   since   Mr.  cottage.     Unfortunately  they  have  no 
Young's  book  on  Ireland  was  published,  dislike  of  dirt,    and  have  very  little 
his  observation  is  as  true  now  as  when  relish  (or  comfort :  accordingly,  when 
he  wrote.      The  assertion,   however,  they  have  a  little  money  to  spare,  they 
that  most  of  the  lower  classes  are  abun-  scarcely  ever  think  of  purchasing  any 
dantly  supplied  with   food,    has  one  one  useful  article  of  convenience  or 
exception  ;  the  case  of  a  widow,  with  cpmfort:  they  are  just  as  well  pleased 
several   young  children,    who,  unless  with  a  damp  and  filthy  earthen  floor, 
she  is  relieved  by  the  humanity  of  the  as  with  one  of  wood  or  tiles,  which  if 
rich,  which  she  often  is,  in  Ireland,  they  possessed  theywould certainly  never 
is  always  in  extreme  distress,  and  by  wash,  and  prefer  sitting  on  low  stools, 
DO    means    provided    with    sufficient  in  an   odious    atmosphere  of  smoke 
sustenance ;    but  persons  of  this  de-  rolling  over  their  heads,  and   issuing 
scription  are  distressed  in  every  part  of  out  of  the  cabin  door,    to    the   best 
the  world.     In  at  least  three  out  of  English  cottage  that  ever  was  built, 
four  parts  of  Ireland,  the  lower  orders  And  hence  throughout  the  whole  of 
have  plenty  of  fuel.   Hence  we  see  that  the  kingdom  (except  perhaps  in  the 
ia  two  articles,  therefore,  of  the  great-  North,  where  the  accommodations  are 
«t  necessity,   they  are  better  supplied  much   more   decent),    there  is   rarely 
than  the  same  class  is  in  England.     It  found  a   ruddy  healthful  girl  j    their 


^                         Sxpemei  of  the  laU  Addi^omii  AUte.  [ha. 

complcxloiis  and  eyes  being,  from  ^Mr.URBAif,  J(w.  1826. 
their  infancy,  injured  by  smoke  (to  \rOyR  Correspondent  R.H.  in  joor 
say  nothing  of  the  want  of  frequent  X  Number  for  Oct.  18«6,  p.  31 6,  m 
ablution) ;  msomuch  that  the  women,  enumeratmg  the  benefits  of  additional 
of  the  lower  order,  are  all  old  at  thirty.  Assizes,  states,  "  that  the  expences  of 
Ifthe  inferior  classes  of  the  people  of  holding  them,  generally,  would  be 
Ireland  were  more  fastidious,  if,  in-  nearly  defrayed  by  the  relief  which  the 
stead  of  being  satisfied  with  potatoes  counties  would  experience  m  |thc 
thrice  a-day,  they  wished  for  better  maintenance  of  prisoners,  by  the  di. 
food,  and  more  comforts  (as  we  call  mmution  of  the  period  of  imprison- 
them,  though  they  do  not  think  them  ment  before  trial,  or  afterwards,  of 
so),  they  would  eitert  themselves  to  those  under  sentence  either  of  impn- 
obtain  those  adranuges,  and  the  agri-  sonment  or  transportation.'  Now, 
cultuce,  and  the  appearance  of  the  Sir,  I  think  that  your  Correspondent, 
country,  would  be  necessarily  improved,  to  have  made  anything  of  his  area- 
la  consequence  of  consuming  wheat,  ment,  should  not  have  confined  his 
and  sometimes  barley,  and  other  grain,  calculations  to  the  expence  saved  to 
insteadofpoUtoes,  they  would  probably  the  counties,  but  have  extended  them 
relish  beer,  and  numerous  breweries  so  as  to  include  all  the  expences  that 
would  be  established  in  every  countv;  would  be  incurred  by  holding  the  td- 
thc  gentlemen  and  their  tenants  would,  ditiond  Assizes,  and  have  shewn  a 
to  mention  a  trifling  matter,  then  be  clear  saving  upon  the  whole  account 
furnished  with  yeast  for  the  making  of  I  have  attempted  to  make  such  a  cal- 
bread,  which  is  now  just  as  difficult  to  culaiion,  so  far  as  relates  to  hokling 
be  procured  as  it  was  in  Swift's  time ;  the  late  additional  Assize,  and  the  fol- 
and  hence  also  the  consumption  of  lowing  is  the  result : 
whiskey  would  be  diminished,  which  Two  Judges  and  their  officers 
is  nowoften  drunk  to  excess;  but  taken  and  servants,  seven  days  at 
moderately,    is  certainly  a   necessary  Chelmsford,  and  travelling  to    £.    s. 

correction  for  the  watery  and  flatulent      and  fro* 200    0 

diet,   potatoes    and  milk,    on  which  High  Sheriff,  with  his  officers, 

three-fourths  of  the  people  in  Ireland  javelib  -  men,  servants,    and 

live.  equipage  300    0 

In    addition  to    all   these  circum-  Twenty -three    Grand    Jury* 

stances,  which  have  retarded  the  im-.  men,  attending  three  days,  at 

provement  of  Ireland,    there    is    yet       ] /.  a  day  each 6g    0 

another  to  be  mentioned,  of  no  slight  Forty-eight  Petty  Jurymen,  at- 

importance;    that   of   the    labouring  tending  four  days, , at  lOs.  a 

poor,  for  the  most  part,  living  in  insu-      day  each 96    0 

lated  dwellings,  and  their  sustenance  The  expences  ta  parishes  of 

being  procured  by  their  own  labour;  the  constables  making  returns 

in  consequence  of  which,  they  have  no  to  the  high-constables  of  the 

occasion  to  go  to  market,  either  for  their  state  of  their  parishes,  380 

potatoes  br  milk  ;   and  have  no  oppor-      at  5* 95    0 

tunity  of  improving  in  civilization  by  Justices'  clerks'  and  high-con- 
social    intercourse,     and    occasionally  stables*  fees  on  ditto,  at  3$, 

conversing    with    persons    somewhat      each  parish 5?    0 

alK)ve  their  own  sphere.    If,  instead  Travelling    expences     of    33 

of  this  mode,  they  were  congregated  Chief- Constables  attending 

in    hamlets    and    villages,   and  were  the  Assizes,  155.  each  upon 

obliged  to  purchase  the  necessaries  of      an  average S4  15 

life,  the  number  of  markets  would  be  ........._ 

gready  increased,  and  probably  pro-  Total  expences  jg84l  15 
vided  with  butchers'  meat,  as  well  as  the  ■ 
inferior  articles ;  and  farmers  and  others  There  were  82  prisoners  on  the  ca-  . 
of  a  class  above  them,  instead  of  lendar,.  of  whom,  according  to  the 
being  obliged,  as  Swift  has  it,  '  to  Chelmsford  Chronicle,  about  30  re- 
club  fora  mutton,*  would  be  conve-  gained  their  liberty,  and  of  course  were 
niently  and  plentifully  supplied  in  discharged  about  thr^  months  earlier 
every  quarter.  than  they  would  have  been  if  there 
Yours,  &c.                          £.  M.  had   been  no  Assizes  till  March.    I 


1880.J 


Righit  of  the  Clergy. 


do  not  kiiow  what  it  costs  the  countj 
per  man  per  year  for  maintaining  pri- 
soners, but  I  should  think  30/.  (U.  7d. 
per  diem)  an  ample  allowance,  and 
that  would  give  a  saving  of  225/.  for 
the  30  prisoners  discharged,  which> 
being  deducted  from  the  total  expeuces, 
leaves  a  deficit  of  upwards  of  600/.  per 
tuumm  for  a  single  county. 

I  admit  there  are  some  benefits  re- 
suiting  from  the  additional  Assizes  in 
the  Home  Circuit,  and  that  these  be- 
nefits would  result  to  other  counues  if 
the  additional  Assizes  were  extended 
to  them ;  but  what  I  contend  for  is, 
that  these  benefits  would  be  conferred 
at  a  comparatively  enormous  expence ; 
and  afler  all  I  believe  that  the  major 
part  of  the  objects  deriving  the  benefit 
would  justly  deserve  the  three  months* 
additional  imprisonment,  inasmuch  as 
they  consist  of  persons  who  are  dis- 
charged upon  proclamation,  in  conse- 
quence of  their  having  bought  off  their 
prosecutors  ;  or  who  are  acquitted,  not 
m  consequence  of  their  apparent  inno- 
cence, but  of  its  being  impossible  to 
adduce  sufficient  legal  evidence  of  their 
guilL  Yours,  &c.  ''  J.  C. 

Mr.  Urban,  Jan.  12. 

I  HAVE  pemsed  with  attention  and 
satisfaction  two  Letters  in  the  late 
Numbers  of  your  Magazine  (])p.  399 
and  512),  one  signed  Verax,  and  the 
other  Pacificus,  respecting  the  op- 
pression too  commonly  saffe red  by  the 
oeneficed  Clergy  from  wealthy  Land- 
lords, in  withholding  and  resisting 
their  just  claims.  This  is  an  evil  which, 
as  Verax  truly  observes,  "calls  loudly, 
and  long  has  called,  for  some  remedy.*' 
He  seems  to  speak  feelingly  (perhaps 
from  experience)  of  the  formidable 
difficulties  and  overwhelming  expenses 
which  are  inevitable  when  an  incum- 
bent asserts  his  rights  by  the  only 
means  at  present  in  his  power,  that  of 
litigation.  Indeed,  these  discourage- 
ments are  so  great  as  almost  amount  to 
a  denial  of  justice.  Two  methods  are 
suggested  by  the  above  writers  of  re- 
dressing such  wrongs.  Verax  pro- 
poses the  plan  of  raising  a  fund  for  de- 
fraying the  law  expenses;  and  Paci- 
ficus prefers  the  mode  of  instituting 
inquiry  into  all  such  injustice  and 
grievances,  by  means  of  commissioners 
to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  in  the 
same  way  as  has  lately  been  adopted 
respecting  school  charities  and  some 


other  endowmen ts.  Of  these  proposals 
the  latter  appears  to  be  the  more  eli- 
gible and  practicable.    But  leaving  this 
discussion  to  the  judgment  of  ouiers, 
allow  me  to  sugsest  an  additional  mea- 
sure on  the  sutyect,  which,   at  the 
same  time  that  it  would  be  attended 
with  little  trouble  or  expense  to  any 
one,  would,  I  am  confident,  prevent 
the  further  increase  of  one  very  fre- 
quent and  vexatious  form  of  this  la- 
mented oppression,  which  is  the  setting 
up  and  maintaining  unfounded  mo- 
duses,  the  investigation  of  which  is 
peculiarly  difficult  and  expensive.    If, 
on  a  plan  similar  to  that  recommended 
by  Pacificus,  an  inquiry  were  only 
directed  to  be  made  in  every  parish  re>>^ 
latins  to  all  existing  moduses,  whether 
sound  or  otherwise,  and  an  account  of 
them,  as  certified  by  the  patron,  in- 
cumbent,  and   principal  inhabitants, 
were  transmitted  to  the  Bishops  of  the 
respective  dioceses,  to  be  deposited  in 
the  church  records,  an  effectual  stop 
would   necessarily  be    made    to  this 
species  of  encroachment.    Pacificus 
says,  "  At  present  a  terrier  of  all  the 
rights,  privileges,  &c.  of  each  indivi- 
dual benefice  is  usually  called  for  and 
returned  at  the  primary  visitation  of 
the  Bishop  of  the  diocese;  and  in  these 
returns  mention  is  usually  made  of  the 
encroachments  and  deprivations  which 
may  have  occurred ;   but  the  Bishop 
has  no  right  to  interfere  in  such  cases 
as  are  here  contemplated.**    The  fact, 
however,  is  certain,  as  my  own  know- 
ledge and  observation  enable   me   to 
testify,  that  every  year  new  moduses, 
which  are  not  mentioned  in  the  ter- 
riers, make  their  appearance,  and  are 
maintained    sometimes  with   success, 
notwithstanding  the  known  and  esta- 
blished point  of  law,  that  the  onus  pro- 
handi  rests  with  the  landholder;  such 
is  the  cotifidence  placed  in  the  inabi- 
lity of  the  Clergy  to  defend  themselves 
by  suits  at  law.    Now  it  appears  surely 
very  singular  and  improbable,  that  in 
any  document  relating  to  the  rights  of 
a  benefice,  so  material  a  circumstance 
as    a  known   modus  should  ever  be 
omitted ;  whence  I  think   it  may  be 
assumed,  as  a  reasonable  presumption 
and  rule  in  the  case,  liable  to  a  few 
exceptions,  that  the  silence  of  any  au- 
thentic terrier  respecting  a  contested 
modus,  or  indeed  any  other,  should  be 
a  conclusive  evidence  against  its  sound- 
ness.   If  I  am  mistaken  in  these  sen- 


8 


On  the  Rank  of  '  Gentleman.' 


[Jan. 


tiiiients,  I  shall  be  thankful  if  any  one 
will  point  out  to  me  the  fallacy  of  my 
inference. 

The  plan  saggested  by  Pacific  us 
has  my  entire  approbation,  as  beinz 
judicious  and  conciliatory;  and  I  should 
sincerely  rejoice  at  the  prospect  of  the 
above  evils  being  remedied  by  this  or 
any  other  means.  My  fears,  withal, 
are  many,  that  the  luke-warmness 
which  has  long  appeared  in  respect  to 
the  rights  of  the  Clergy,  must  for  a 
while  preclude  any  sanguine  hopes 
of  success. 

Yours,  &6.  Amicus. 

Mr.  Urban,  Jan.  20. 

IT  is  hardly  to  be  wondered  at,  that 
there  should  be  advocates  for  this 
or  that  mode  of  regulating  precedence : 
each  individual  wishes  to  have  the 
point  settled  in  a  manner  best  suited  to 
nis  own  interests ;  and  where  shall  we 
find  one  who  has  not  the  vanity  to 
fancy  himself  entitled  to  a  much  higher 
place  than  that  which  really  belongs 
to  him?  The  great  Judge  Hyde,  of 
Bengal,  used  to  say,  '*  Every  man  it 
seems  is  a  gentleman  now,  wno  wears 
shoes!*'  1  here  are  certain  rules  esta- 
blishedy  which  it  is  as  much  out  of  our 
power  to  alter,  as  to  create  Peers  : 
these  rules  assign  to  persons,  who  are 
gentlemen  by  birth,  a  priority  of  those 
members  of  the  three  learned  pro- 
fessions, who  may  not  happen  to  be 
so,  and  consequently  of  the  naval  and 
military  ones.  It  may  here  be  proper 
to  specify,  whom  we  deem  gentlemen 
by  uirth,  besides  the  sons  of  the  no- 
bility, &c. ;  they  are  the  sons  and 
grandsons,  nay,  even  the  near  descend- 
ants (provided  their  immediate  prede- 
cessors, or  themselves,  have  not  been 
tradesmen)  of  hereditary  esquires :  the 
esquire  hereditary  is  so<:alled,  because 
his  ancestors  have  possessed,  and  his 
posterity  will  possess,  a  landed  estate 
of  such  an  amount,  as  entitles  them 
to  the  denomination. 

With  the  vanity  of  individuals  or 
their  merits,  we  have  no  concern,  un- 
less, indeed,  his  Majesty  is  graciously  ' 
pleased  to  confer  on  them,  on  account 
of  such  merit,  a  mark  of  his  royal 
favour,  and  commands  that  that  mark  be 
duly  registered  in  his  College  of  Arms. 

A  man,  stating  as  a  reason  for  his 
being  entitled  to  rank  higher  than  a 
gentleman  by  birth,  that  he  commands 
one  of  his  Majesty's  ships,  or  that  he 
presides  in  a  military  capacity  over 
thousands  of  our  fellow  creatures^  is 


altogether  absurd,  and  not  to  the  point. 
If  we  were  to  establish  a  precedent  of 
this  nature,  we  should  daily  be  subject 
to  similar  appeals;  the  ivhole  united 
kingdqm  would  be  flocking  to  the 
respective  Heralds'  Offices  of  the  three 
countries,  in  order  to  represent  their 
excellent  qualities,  and  their  utility  to 
the  State:  and  to  pray  that  their  pre- 
cedence might  be  altered  in  considera- 
tion thereof!  for  instance,  the  county 
manufacturer  would  represent,  that  he 
employed  hundreds  of  men  in  hb 
looms,  or  his  potteries,  &c. ;  nay, 
tradesmen  themselves  would  lay  in 
their  claims,  from  likewise  giving  em- 
ployment and  support  to  thousands  of 
families  I 

Blackstone  was,  indeed,  an  orna- 
ment to  the  legal  profession,  but  I 
have  in  vain  searchea  for  hira  in  our 
college  as  a  herald:  and  as  to  Guillim 
(p.  308)  he  is  known  to  have  had  very 
imperfect  notions  about  precedence; 
Tis  true  he  wrote  and  published  a 
Table,  as  did  the  other :  and  so  may 
every  individual,  settling  rank  in  a 
manner,  as  I  before  hintecT,  best  suited 
to  themselves,  their  kinsmen,  and  con- 
nections. 

Before  I  conclude,  Mr.  Urban,  I 
must  beg  leave  to  add,  that  the  point 
must  be  indifferent  to  the  Heralds; 
they  have  no  personal  concern  in  it; 
they  would  be  very  glad  Jto  support 
the  claims  of  merit,  however  clouded 
by  obscurity  of  origin ;  but  I  believe  no 
authority  to  do  so  has  yet  been  vested 
in  them,  though  the  date  of  their  estab- 
lishment in  London  is  1340.  They 
are  the  guardians  of  hereditary  dis- 
tinctions, and  of  claims  to  those  dis- 
tinctions; they  are  the  supporters  of 
ance'storial  nobility  and  gentility.     N- 

(C.  of  Westminster  would  be  moeh 
obliged  to  any  of  our  Correspondents,  to  in- 
form him  where  a  drawing  or  print  of  tht 
Gatehouse  Prison,  at  Westminster  may  be 
seen.  Any  Correspondent  in  possession  ol 
either  would  confer  a  great  obligation  by  th» 
loan  of  it. 

The  Rajah  of  Vanneplysia  asks,  in  re- 
ference to  note  8,  in  p.  4 1 8,  «<  How  landed 
estates  could  have' devolved  from  William 
Longespee,  Eso.  of  Salisbury,  to  the 
Strangea,  since  he  has  ever  conceived  the 
present  Lord  Audley  to  be  the  heir  geoerd 
</  his  body  ?  "  We  refer  him  to  MiUs's  Ca»- 
talogue  of  Honour,  p.  1040,  Dmik.  Q^f.  ii 
253,  ■!>?•'•  William  de  Longespee  left 
two  daughters  and  coheirs,  one  married 
to  Lord  Strange,  Uie  other  to  Lord  Audley 
of  Healey- 


1* 
NEGRO  SLAVERY. 


ADDRESS    TO     THE   CLERGY   OF    THE   ESTABLISHED    CHURCH,    AND   TO 
CHRISTIAN    MINISTERS   OF    EVERY    DENOMINATION. 

The  subject  to  which  your  earnest  attention  is  solicited  is  that  of  Negro 
Slavery  as  it  subsists  in  the  Colonies  of  Great  Britain.  The  following  is 
a  concise  view  of  its  nature  and  efifcctSj  every  circumstance  in  which 
stands  fully  established  by  the  testimony  of  the  colonists  themselves. 

In  the  Colonies  of  Great  Britain  there  are,  at  this  moment,  upwards  of 
830,000  human  beings  in  a  state  of  degrading  |)ersonal  slavery  $  the  ab- 
solute property  of  their  master,  who  may  sell  or  transfer  them  at  his  plea- 
sure, and  who  may  brand  them,  if  he  pleases,  by  means  of  a  hot  iron,  as 
cattle  are  branded  in  this  country.  These  slaves,  whether  male  or  female, 
are  driven  to  labour  during  the  day  by  the  impulse  of  the  cart-whip,  for 
the  sole  benefit  of  their  owners,  from  whom  they  receive  no  wages ;  and 
in  the  season  of  crop,  which  lasts  for  four  or  five  months  of  the  year,  their 
labour  is  protracted  not  only  throughout  the  day,  as  at  other  times,  but 
during  half  the  night.  Besides  this,  they  are  usually  obliged  to  labour 
for  their  maintenance  on  the  Sunday ;  and  as  that  day  is  also  their  market 
day,  it  is  of  necessity  a  day  of  worldly  occupation,  and  much  exertion. 
The  colonial  laws  arm  the  master,  or  any  one  to  whom  he  may  delegate 
liis  authority,  with  a  power  to  punish  his  slaves  to  a  certain  extent  (gene- 
rally  that  of  thirty-nine  lashes),  for  any  offence,  or  for  no  ofience.  These 
discretionary  punishments  are  usually  inflicted  on  the  naked  body  with  a 
cart -whip,  which  cruelly  lacerates  the  flesh  of  the  8ufi*erer.  Even  the  un- 
ha|)py  females  are  equally  liable  with  the  men  to  have  their  persons  thus 
exposed  and  tortured  at  the  caprice  of  their  master  or  overseer.  The 
slaves,  being  in  the  eye  of  the  law  merely  chattels,  are  liable  to  be  seized 
and  sold  for  their  master's  debts,  without  any  regard  to  the  family  ties 
which  may  be  broken  by  this  oppressive  process.  Marriage  is  )irotecte(l, 
in  the  case  of  slaves,  by  no  legal  sanction,  and  cannoC  therefore  be  said  to 
exist  among  them ;  and  in  general  they  have  little  access  to  the  means  of 
Christian  instruction.  The  efiect  of  the  want  of  such  instruction,  as  well 
as  of  the  absence  of  the  marriage  tie,  is,  that  the  most  unrestrahied  licen- 
tiousness, (exhibited  in  a  degrading  and  de[>o])ulating  promiscuous  inter- 
course,) prevails  among  the  slaves  ;  which  is  too  much  encouraged  by  the 
example  of  their  superiors  the  Whites.  The  evidence  of  slaves  is  gene- 
rally not  admitted  by  the  Colonial  Courts,  in  any  civil  or  criminal  case 
affecting  a  person  of  free  condition.  If  a  White  or  fi'ee  man,  therefore, 
fierpetrates  the  most  atrocious  acts  of  barbarity,  in  the  ])rpsence  of  slaves 
only,  the  injured  pariy  is  left  without  means  of  legal  redress.  In  the 
Colonics  of  Great  Britain,  the  same  facilities  have  not  been  afforded  to 
the  slave  to  purchase  his  free:lom,  as  in  the  Colonial  possessions  of  Spain 
and  Portugal.  On  the  contrary,  in  many  of  our  colonies,  even  the  volun- 
tary manumission  of  slaves  by  their  masters  has  been  obstructed,  and  in 
some  loaded  with  large  fines.  Many  thousand  infants  are  annually  born, 
within  the  British  dominions,  to  no  inheritance  but  that  of  the  hopeless 
senitude  which  has  been  described  ;  and  the  general  oppressiveness  of 
which  may  be  inferred  from  this  fact  alone,  that  while,  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  the  slaves' increase  rapidly,  there  is,  even  iww,  in  the 
British  Colonies,  no  increase,  but  oa  the  contrary,  from  year  to  year,  a 
diminution  of  their  numbers. 

Such  are  some  of  the  more  prominent  features  of  Negro  Slavery,  as  it 
exists  in  the  Colonies  of  Great  Britain.     Revolting  as  they  are,  they  form 

GtkT.  Mao.  January,  IHiG, 


*i  Nigra  Slavery,  [JaD. 

only  a  part  of  those  circumfitaDces  of  wretchednefis  and  degradation  which 
might  be  |K)inted  out,  from  their  own  official  returns,  as  characterizing 
that  unhappy  state  of  being. 

It  is  by  no  means  intended  to  attribute  the  existence  and  continuance  of 
this  most  opprobrious  system  to  our  colonists  exclusively.  On  the  con- 
trary, the  guilt  and  shame  connected  with  it  belong  also  to  the  People 
and  Parliament  of  this  counti^.  Biit  on  that  very  account  are  we  the 
more  rigidly  bound  to  lose  no  time  in  adopting  such  measures  as  shall 
biing  it  to  the  earliest  termination  which  is  compatible  with  the  well- 
being  of  the  parties  who  sustain  the  grievous  yoke  of  colonial  bondage. 

In  May,  1823,  the  Government  and  Parliament  of  this  country  havii^ 
taken  these  evils  into  their  consideration,  resolved  that  the  degnided 
Negio  should  be  raised,  with  all  convenient  speed,  to  a  participation  of 
the  same  civil  rights  which  are  enjoyed  by  the  other  classes  of  his  Majesty's 
subjects.  In  this  resolution  all  parties,  even  the  West  Indians,  concurred. 
Ministers  proposed  to  carry  it  into  effect  by  a  recommendation  from  the 
Crown  to  the  Colonial  Legislatures.  Against  thb  course,  the  leaders  in 
the  cause  of  abolition  entered  their  protest.  The  Colonial  Legislatures, 
they  said,  were  themselves  the  cause  of  all  the  evil  that  was  to  be  re- 
dressed :  to  hope  for  effectual  reform  at  their  hands  was  valh  and  illusory: 
that  reform  could  be  brought  about  only  by  the  direct  and  authoritative 
interference  of  Parliament — a  point  which  experience  had  abundantly 
provec].  The  Ministers  of  the  Crown,  however,  thought  it  right  once 
more  to  try  the  experiment,  only  intimating,  that,  if  the  Colonies  contu- 
maciously resisted.  Parliament  would  be  called  upon  to  interfere.  Ac- 
cordingly they  lost  no  time  in  urging  the  Colonial  Legislatures  to  pass 
certain  laws  for  giving  effect  to  the  Resolutions  of  Parliament.  Those 
Legislatures  have,  however,  resisted  the  call.  Upwards  of  two  years  and 
a  half  have  passed,  and  no  effectual  steps  have  yet  been  taken  by  them 
with  a  view  either  to  the  mitigation  or  extinction  of  slavery.  On  the 
contrary;  the  documents  laid  before  Parliament,  in  the  last  session,  prove 
that  they  are  fully  resolved  not  to  comply  with  the  requisitions  of  Govern* 
ment.  What  now  remains,  therefore,  on  the  part  of  the  Public,  but  to 
in)p]ore  Parliament  at  length  to  take  upon  themselves  the  task  of  termi- 
nating the  evils  of  colonial  bondage,  and  to  proceed,  with  all  convenient 
speedy  to  the  accomplishment  of  their  own  resolutions  ? 

It  is  our  clear  and  indisputable  duty,  not  only  to  do  this,  but  to  strain 
every  nerve  to  effect,  by  all  other  lawful  means  in  our  power,  the  extinc-. 
tion  of  Slavery.  And  the  obligation  we  are  under  thus  to  act  will  be 
strengthened,  when  we  consider  the  large  sums  we  are  now  paying  an- 
nually— not  less  than  a  million  and  a  half— to  the  slave-holders,  in  the 
shape  of  bounties  and  protecting  duties  on  their  produce;  by  which  pay- 
ments we  are  made  the  great  and  efficient  upholders  of  that  slavery  which 
we  condemn.  We  ought  at  least  to  claim  to  be  freed  from  contributions, 
by  which  we  are  made  to  participate  directly  in  its  guilt.  And  if  this 
boon  should  not  be  granted  to  us,  we  have  it  still  in  our  power  to  abstain 
from  the  purchase  and  consumption  of  articles  which  tend  to  implicate  us 
Ml  the  maintenance  of  that  hi     ous  system. 

As  we  cannot  doubt  that  the  mce,  on  the  part  of  the  colonists,  to 

the  proposed  reforms,  will  be  pov  ml  and  persevering,  it  becomes  neces- 
aary  to  call  into  action  all  proper  i  both  of  diffusing  a  knowledge  of 
the  evils  of  colonial  bondage  m  luut  the  land,  and  of  exciting  in- 
creased e£fbrts  for  speedily  putiii  «  period  to  the  state  of  slavery  itself 
throughout  the  British  d 

In  taking  a  view  of  tht  sw     :h      ybeei  with  advantage 

to  bring  about  this  result,  ii  wo  ]  oie  \o  overlook  the  am- 

jbamdors  of  Him  who  came  tor  prm      u  ''  i       -  on  earth,  and  good  will 


1886.]  hegro  Slwsery.  3* 

to  men  J**  of  Him  who  daiins  it  aa  hb  peculiar  office  to  "  bind  up  the 
broken-hearted,*'  "  to  preach  deliverance  to  the  captives^  and  the  opening 
of  the  prison  to  them  that  are  bound.'* — ^To  the  conscientious  Christian 
Minister,  of  every  name,  we  look  with  con6dence  for  effective  aid  in 
behalf  of  the  wretched  Negro. 

Should  it  be  objected,  that  it  would  be  a  lowering  of  the  dignity,  or  a 
desecration  of  the  sacredness  of  the  Christian  pulpit,  to  employ  it  in  the 
discussion  of  secular  questions,  it  may  be  replied,  that  the  present  degraded 
and  oppressed  condition  of  830,000  of  our  fellow-creatures  and  fellow- 
subjects,  with  the  bnuish  ignorance  and  heathen  darkness  consequent 
upon  their  cruel  bondage,  is  by  no  means  a  mere  secular  consideration. 
If  it  be,  then  is  a  great  portion  of  the  instructions  of  our  gpreat  Lord  and 
Master  of  a  secular  kind  :  for  on  what  subjects  did  he  chiefly  discourse, 
in  his  divine  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  but  on  those  of  justice  and  mercy,  of 
com|)assion  and  kindness  ?  And  what  were  the  objects  of  his  severest 
maledictions,  but  ii^ustice,  oppression,  and  cruelty;  above  all,  h3rpocri8y, 
—the  combination  of  a  high  profession  of  religion  with  the  violation  of 
its  righteous  precepts ;  long  prayers,  and  sanctimonious  observances,  with 
the  **  devouring  of  widows*  houses,"  extortion,  and  oppression  ?  What 
was  the  chief  aim  of  his  instructive  parables— of  the  rich  voluptuary  and 
Lazarus  ;  of  the  good  Samaritan  ;  of  the  relentless  fellow-servant— -and 
of  his  awful  illustration  of  the  Day  of  Judgment,  but  to  inculcate  lessons 
of  compassion  and  sympathy,  and  to  incite  men  to  works  of  mercy  and 
labours  of  love  ? 

But  it  is  losing  time  to  attempt  to  obviate  objections  which  have  no 
real  existence.  The  Christian  pulpit  u  every  where  employed  in  pressing 
topics  of  an  exactly  similar  nature,  though  of  less  urgent  necessity  than 
that  in  question.  Is  not  a  great  proportion  of  the  Charity  Sermons  which 
issue  from  the  pulpit,  preached  for  the  establishment  and  support  of  infir- 
maries and  hospitals;  for  the  relief  of  temporal  want,  and  the  mitigation 
of  bodily  suffering  ? 

But  not  only  would  the  exposition  of  this  subject  from  the  Christian 
pulpit  be  in  strict  accordance  with  established  precedent,  but  the  consi- 
deration of  it  there  would  be  peculiarly  appropriate.    If  righteousness, 
justice,  and  mercy,  be  essential  parts  of  the  Christian  character;  if  all  the 
Law  and  the  Prophets  be  comprehended  in  the  two  commandments  of 
loving  God  with  all  the  heart,  soul,  and  strength,  and  our  neighbour  as 
ourselves ;  then  are  we  bound  to  manifest  those  qualities  by  the  sympathy 
we  feel  for  our  Negro  brethren,  and  by  the  exertions  we  make  for  their 
relief;  then  is  it  the  indispensable  duty  of  the  Christian  Minister  to  urge 
his  hearers  to  combine  their  efforts  for  that  purpose.    He  does  not  hesitate 
to  urge  upon  them  their  obligation  to  abound  in  every  good  work.     But 
is  it  |KMsibIe  to  conceive  a  work  more  consonant  to  the  Christian  cha- 
racter, than  that  of  administering  relief  to  the  most  wretched  and  helpless 
of  the  human  race,  whom  our  own  institutions  have  doomed  to  misery, 
barbarism,  and  bondage ;  and  whose  intense  sufferings  we  ourselves  are 
perpetuating  and  aggravating,  both  by  the  consumption  of  their  produce, 
and  by  the  additional  support  we  affonl  to  the  slave-system  by  bounties 
and  protecting  duties  ?     Unquestionably  the  guilt  of  its  enormous  and 
accumulated  evils  lies  on  every  individual  in  the  empire,  who  can  raise  his 
voice  against  it,  and  yet  is  silent.     And  more  especially  does  this  respon- 
sibility press  upon  every  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  who,  believing  such  things 
to  exist,  yet  shrinks  horn  denouncing  and  reprobating  them,  and  from 
urging  on  his  flock  their  solemn  obligations  with  respect  to  them. 

If  it  be  true,  that,  in  the  Last  Day,  those  who  have  not  sympathized 
with,  and  aided,  their  suflering  brethren,  will  be  classed  with  the  enemies 


#4  l^egro  Slavery,  [Jan. 

« 

of  Christ,  who  "  shall  go  into  everlasting  punishment;"  can  we  suppose 
that  those  shall  be  deemed  wholly  guiltless,  who,  having  had  it  in  Xh&x 
power  to  contribute  to  put  an  end  to  such  a  frightful  complication  of 
misery  and  crime,  have  refused  to  unite  in  that  vvoi-k  of  justice  and  mercy  ? 
When  ''  righteousness  shall"  at  length  "  be  laid  to  the  line,  and  judgment 
to  the  plummet ;"  and  when  actions,  which  too  many  are  apt  to  regard 
as  indifferent  or  innocent,  will  be  ranged,  their  motives  and  consequences 
being  taken  into  account,  in  the  column  of  crime ;  the  part  we  may  have 
acted  respecting  the  poor  Negro  will  assuredly  not  be  left  out  of  the  esti- 
mate. 

Had  the  Ministers  of  the  Gospel  been  always  alive  to  the  obligations 
which  lay  upon  them  as  the  preachers  of  truth  and  righteousness,  Negro 
Slavery,  that  compound  of  injustice,  impiety,  and  cruelty,  conld  never 
have  gained  that  footing  which  it  now  possesses  in  this  land  of  high 
Christian  profession  and  of  preeminent  benevolence  and  refinement. 
And  ifjhey  were  now  to  exert  themselves  with  becoming  zeal  and  energy, 
that  c^stemjt  comprising  every  calamity  and  outrage  which  man  has  power 
to  inflict  upon  his  fellow-men,  could  not  long  subsist  in  a  countiy  where 
Christianity  is  recognized  and  established  as  a  part  of  its  fundamental 
laws  \  where  temples  for  Christian  worship  are  profusely  scattered  in 
every  part  of  it ;  where  its  Ministers  have  free  access  to  all  ranks  of  the 
community ;  and  where  Religion  lifts  her  mitred  head  in  Courts  and 
Parliaments,  is  suffered  to  raise  her  voice  in  the  Palacc  as  well  as  the 
Church,  and  to  admonish  the  Legislature  and  the  Monarch,  as  well  as 
the  People. 

Why  this  deep  crime  and  foul  disgrace  of  our  countiy  should,  with  a 
few  noble  exceptions,  have  hitherto  escaped  the  reprobation,  and  been 
imagined  to  lie  out  of  the  sphere,  of  the  Christian  Pulpit,  it  were  useless 
to  inquire.  We  rejoice  in  the  hope  that  the  illusion  is  rapidly  dissipating, 
and  that  the  time  is  at  hand  when  the  cause  of  the  hapless  Negro  will  be 
advocated  in  the  right  place,  with  the  boldness  and  fidelity  becoming 
Christian  Pastors.  Some  distinguished  Ministers  of  the  Gospel  have  al- 
ready set  the  example,  and  we  anxiously  desire  that  all,  whether  of  the 
£stablishnient  or  belonging  to  the  various  religious  bodies,  may  follow 
the  noble  precedent — not  merely  by  adverting  briefly  and  cursorily  to  the 
subject  of  slavery  5  not  merely  by  describing  the  horrors  of  the  system, 
and  exciting  the  sympathy  of  their  hearers  for  its  unhappy  victims ;  but 
by  pointing  out  and  pressing  the  adoption  of  the  most  eflectual  means  of 
putting  an  end  to  it;  and  by  shewing  that  every  individual,  however 
obscure  his  station,  or  humble  his  talents,  may  render  important  assist- 
ance, may  do  much,  by  his  own  example  and  influence,  towards  its  final 
destruction. — He  may  at  least  unite  in  petitioning  Parliament  to  eman- 
cipate the  slaves  from  their  cruel  bondage.  He  may  testify  to  all  around 
him  his  detestation  of  that  bondage,  by  abstaining  as  much  as  possible 
from  the  use  of  those  articles  which  are  the  produce  of  the  tortures  and 
agonies  of  his  fellow-creatures.  And  he  may  at  least  address  his  earnest 
and  unceasing  prayer  to  the  God  of  mercy,  that  He  would  listen  to  the 
sorrowful  sighing  of  the  oppressed,  and  that  He  would  hear  and  answer 
the  cry  of  those  who  are  suffering  from  the  cruelty  and  rapacity  of  men 
calling  themselves  Christians. 

The  preacher  who  is  acquainted  with  the  enormiti^  of  Negro  Slavery 
will  find  it  a  subject  fruitful  of  instruction,  and  bearing  with  important 
weight  on  the  great  fundamental  truths  and  essential  duties  of  Chris- 
tianity. He  may  trace  in  its  history,  and  in  its  effects  especially  on  the 
masters,  on  the  free-bom  sons  of  Christian  Britain,  who  are  unfortunately  . 
engaged  in  administering  this  system,  the  stat^  of  hardness  and  insensi- 


182<S.]  Ne^ro  Slavery.  5* 

bility  at  which  the  human  leart  may  arrive,  under  the  petrifying  in- 
Quence  of  an  vmrestrained  passion  for  gain.  He  may  point  out  the  depths 
of  wickedness  into  which  men  may  plunge,  when  invested  with  untimited 
power ;  the  tremendous  mass  of  bodily  and  mental  anguish  to  which  they 
can  remorselessly  consign  their  fellows ;  the  monsters  of  cruelty  and  op- 
pression they  may  become,  when  abandoned  to  themselves,  when  emanci- 
pated from  the  fear  of  human  punbhment  and  from  the  restraints  of 
religion,  unawed  by  the  prospects  of  future  judgment,  and  unsoftened  by 
the  love  of  God.  In  the  developement  of  this  system  he  may  awfully 
illustrate  the  natural  tendency  of  human  propensities,  and  the  consequent 
necessity  and  infinite  value  of  a  Redeemer,  and  of  that  Divine  Influence 
which  can  alone  renovate  our  fallen  nature,  and  from  which  alone  pro- 
ceed all  the  virtues  and  graces  which  adorn  and  beautify  the  human  cha- 
racter, as  well  as  all  the  genuine  fruits  of  righteoi^sness  which  tend  to 
improve  and  to  bless  mankind. 

When  he  has  once  fairly  entered  on  the  subject,  he  will  not  find  it 
barren  and  circumscribed.  It  will  afford  ample  exemplifications  of  Chris- 
tian duty ;  strong  and  varied  appeals  to  the  hearts  and  consciences  of  his 
hearers,  especially  those  of  the  higher  and  more  infiuential  classes,  to 
whom  a  wide  field  of  interesting  labour  may  be  presented,  in  endea- 
vouring to  spread  and  to  keep  alive,  among  their  friends  and  neighbours, 
a  general  interest  and  sympathy  for  the  most  deeply  injured  of  the  human 
race,  and  in  shewing  by  what  means  relief  may  be  most  effectually  adnii- 
nbtered.  Thus  would  a  fresh  and  powerful  impulse  be  imparted  to  bene- 
volence, and  the  warm  glow  of  Christian  Charity  be  circulated  from 
bo6om  to  bosom.  Thus  would  the  rich,  according  to  Apostolic  injunc- 
tion, be  admonished  to  **  do  good,*'  to  be  **  rich  in  good  wofks.'*  New 
sources  of  pure  satisfaction  would  be  0|>ened  to  theui,  in  exciting  fellow- 
feeling  and  brotherly  kindness  in  all  around  them ;  in  tasting  the  luxury 
of  beneficence}  in  proving  that  the  pleasures  of  sympathy  fkr  surpass 
those  of  selfish  enjoyment  -,  that  their  own  happiness  is  augmented  in  pro-^ 
portion  as  they  are  earnestly  engaged  in  promoting  the  welfare  of  others, 
and  those  not  of  ihcir  own  nei^^chbourhood  and  countrv  alone,  but  of  the 
stranger,  the  poor  captive  in  a  distant  land,  of  him  who  seems  to  have  no 
human  helper;  and  in  thus  inheriting  "  the  blessing  of  those  who  are 
ready  to  perish,**  and  the  richer  blessing  of  Him  who  hath  declared  that  a 
cup  of  cold  water  alone,  imparted  in  Christian  charity,  shall  not  lose  its 
reward. 

The  preacher,  by  directing  the  moral  perceptions  and  religious  prin- 
ciples of  his  hearers  to  the  subject  of  Net^ro  Slavery,  will  shew  them  a 
great  work  of  righteousness,  of  justice  and  mercy,  in  which  all  may  en- 
gage, from  the  highest  to  the  lowest,  and  thereby  afford  substantial  proof 
chat  there  is  life  and  power  in  the  religion  they  profess ;  that  it  is  an 
active  vigorous  principle  ;  which  may  be  mighty,  even  in  feeble  hands,  to 
the  pulling  down  this  strong-hold  of  multiplied  evil,  and  setting  at  liberty 
830,000  immortal  beings,  the  wretched  victims  of  a  two-fold  bondage, 
bondage  of  soiU  as  well  as  body. 

We  are  aware  that  great  offence  may  be  taken  by  some  individuals  at 
such  an  employment  of  the  Christian  pulpit,  at  such  an  exposure,  in  such 
a  place,  of  a  system  in  which  many  persons  of  the  first  consequence,  and 
of  allowed  ivspect ability,  "  men  of  education  and  liberal  attainments,'* 
ire  concerned.  But  that  can  be  no  solid  ground  of  objection  with 
those  who  consider  the  great  offence  excited  by  the  preaching  of  their 
great  Lord  and  Master  on  a  similar  occasion, — that  of  detecting,  exposing 
and  reprobating  **  wickedness  in  high  places,** — the  injustice,  extortion, 
and  cruelty  of  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  persons  in  their  day  of  great 
eminenc-e  and  distinction. 


6*  Negro  Slavery.  [Jtn. 

Under  existiDg  drcumstances,  we  can  imagine  no  subject  which  can 
more  worthily  engage  the  constituted  guardians  of  the  public  virtue^  its 
.  morals  and  religion,  than  the  denunciation  of  that  anti-Christian  tyranny 
which  tends  to  obliterate  all  sense  of  natural  justice^  every  feeling  of 
humanity,  every  principle  of  religion ;  which  renders  the  hearts  of  its 
active  agents  and  abettors  inaccessible  to  Christian  reproof,  and  subjects 
them,  consequently,  to  a  more  hopeless  bondage  than  even  that  of  their 
poor  victims,  inasmuch  as  it  extends  beyond  the  period  of  their  present 
existence. 

We  can  imagine  nothing  more  truly  in  character  for  Ministers  of  that 
Gospel  which  lays  the  axe  to  the  root  of  every  corrupt  tree,  than  to  makie 
open  war  against  this  bold  and. malignant  "  enemy  of  all  righteousness;*' 
since  it  is  apparent  that  in  no  community,  where  it  reigns  as  in  the 
British  Colonies,  can  the  Gospel  have  *'  free  course,*'  so  as  to  produce 
those  extensive  moral  transformations  which  it  is  destined  to  accomplish. 
It  is  a  matter  of  heartfelt  rejoicing,  indeed,  that  the  preaching  of  the  Go- 
spel, even  in  the  land  of  slavery,  should  not  be  unaccompanied  with  its 
renovating  power;  but  we  consider  such  instances  of  its  success  as  no 
argument  against  the  general  hostility  which  the  system  of  slavery  bears 
to  Christianity.     Such,  indeed,  is  the  baneful  influence  of  that  system, 
and  the  contaminating  effect  which  a  familiarity  with  it  produces,  that 
even  zealous  Ministers  of  the  Gospel  are  led  to  imagine  themselves  under 
the  melancholy  necessity  of  administering  that  Gospel  partially.    They 
inculcate,  indeed,  upon  the  oppressed  slave,  its  gentleness,  meekness,  and 
long-sufiering ;  but  they  withhold  from  its  oppressors  the  exposition  of 
the  woes  which  it  denounces  against  injustice  and  oppression.    And  even 
those  othe^'  sins,  which  prevail  most  among  the  masters  of  slaves — the 
violation  of  the  Sabbath,  and  impurity  of  conduct — they  dare  not  con- 
demn, with  the  explicitness  which  becomes  the  Christian  Minister,  but  at 
the  hazard  of  persecution,  if  not  of  martyrdom.    The  truth,  instead  of 
being  preached  without  reserve,  and  impartially  to  all,  must,  in  this  part 
of  the  dominions  of  Christian  Britain,  be  garbled  and  mutilated.    To 
preach  the  pure  doctrines  of  the  Gospel  to  slave-holders ;  to  enforce  upon 
them  the  sanctity  of  the  Sabbath  ;  to  tell  them  that  fornication  is  one  of 
those  sins  for  which  the  wrath  of  God  will  come  upon  them  ;  to  remind 
them  of  the  absolute  right  of  their  fellow-men,  the  Negro  slaves,  to  re- 
ceive at  their  hands  compassion,  justice,  humanity,  brotherly  kindness, 
love,  would  be  to  rush  into  the  very  jaws  of  destruction.     We  may  ima- 
gine, from  the  example  of  the  Missionary  Smith,  what  would  be  the  fete 
of  the  Minister  or  Missionary  who,  in  the  land  of  slavery,  should  have  the 
boldness  to  tell  the  slave-holders,  "  It  is  not  lawful  for  thee  thus  to  de- 
grade and  oppress  thy  fellow-creature,  thy  brother  :  It  is  not  lawful  for 
thee  to  treat  immortal  intelligences  as  brute  animals ;  to  scourge  and 
chain  thy  over-worked  and  defenceless  slave  :  It  is  not  lawful  for  thee  to 
force  him  to  labour  on  the  Sabbath  for  the  subsistence  thou  art  bound  to 
give  him  :  thou  art  thereby  heaping  to  thyself  wrath  against  the  day  of 
wrath.**    And,  yet,  is  not  this  the  language  he  is  bound  to  use  ? 

But  *'  to  touch  on  such  topics,**  it  may  possibly  be  said,  "  would  be  the 
height  of  imprudence,  and  must  wholly  defeat  the  object  of  Missions,  and 
endanger  the  lives  of  the  Missionaries  :  the  fete  of  Smith  and  of  Shrews- 
bury are  sufficient  proofs  of  the  necessity  of  caution.**  We  admit  the  ex- 
istence of  the  danger  :  we  admit  that  fiersecution  more  fierce  and  cruel 
could  hardly  be  expected  in  China  or  Japan,  than  has  been  experienced  in 
the  Slave  Colonies  of  Christian  Britain.  But  without  censuring  those 
who  have  submitted  to  the  alleged  necessity  of  thus  abridging  their  com- 
mission to  preach  the  Gospel,  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God,  to 
every  creature;  we  would  ask,  whether  all  this  does  not  prove  the  incom- 


1896.1  Negro  Slavery,  7* 

patibiliry,  not  only  with  law  and  justice,  but  with.  Christianity  itself,  of  the 
slavery  Which  prevails  in  our  Slave  Colonies.  But  though  it  may  be  diffi- 
cult, and  even  perilous,  to  exhibit,  in  those  colonies,  any  other  than  an 
imperfect  and  mutilated  picture  of  Christianity ;  yet  here  at  least,  in  this 
happy  country,  the  Minister  of  the  Gospel  may  enforce  its  obligations 
without  concodment  or  reserve.  In  the  United  Kingdom,  at  leasts  an 
unmutilaled  Gospel  may  still  be  preached,  without  hazard,  to  the  highest 
as  well  as  to  the  lowest  of  the  community,  none  daring  to  make  the 
boldest  asseiior  of  its  uncompromising  doctrines  afraid.  Here,  Neguo 
Slavery,  the  most  daring  of  all  outrages  on  the  laws  both  of  God  'and 
man,  may  be  safely  and  successfully  attacked  from  the  Christian  pulpit ; 
and,  by  the  instrumentality  of  that  mighty  engine,  even  have  its  death- 
blow  speedily  administered. 

Thirty-eight  years  have  now  elapsed  since  the  wrongs  of  the  Negro 
Slave  have  occupied  the  anxious  attention  of  the  people  of  England. 
How  little  has  yet  been  done  for  his  vindication,  we  need  not  specify. 
But  we  may  ask,  how  much  longer  we  are  to  wait  in  the  expectation  that 
the  Colonists  will  themselves  achieve  the  work  of  reformation  ?  Or  shall 
we  leave  them  still  to  place  their  reliance,  for  the  perpetuation  of  their 
immoral  and  destructive  system,  on  our  carelessness,  or  timidity,  or  in- 
sincerity— a  feeling  which,  it  must  be  owned,  our  conduct  in  time  past 
has  been  too  well  odculated  to  engender  ?  Is  it  not  at  length  high  time 
to  resort  to  decisive  and  effectual  measures  ?  Is  it  not  high  time  that 
Christians  (those  to  whom  the  name  truly  belongs)  should  combine  all 
their  efforts,  should  concentrate  all  the  force  of  their  moral  and  religious 
principles,  in  the  strenuous  use  of  every  means  by  which  they  themselves 
and  their  country  may  be  soonest  purged  from  this  deep  pollution  ?  Is  it 
not,  most  especially,  high  time  for  "  the  Priests,  the  Ministers  of  the 
Lord,**  to  interpose,  that  this  moral  plague  may  be  stayed,  before  this 
highly  favoured  land  be  smitten  with  a  curse  ?  Let  the  worshippers  of 
Mammon  propose  a  league  with  this  "  enemy  of  all  righteousness;'*  but 
let  Christian  Ministers  give  it  no  quarter.  To  them  we  would  say,  in  the 
words  of  I  he  Prophet  of  old,  "  Cry  aloud  ;  spare  not  ;  lift  up  thy  voice 
like  a  trumpet ;  and  shew  my  people  their  transgression,  and  the  house 
of  Jacob  their  sin/*  After  the  example  of  the  same  Prophet,  let  them 
reprove  and  exhort  those  who,  while  they  frequent  the  courts  of  the 
Lord,  and  appear  to  "  delii^ht  in  approaching  to  God,**  yet  continue  to 
"  smite  with  the  fist  of  wickedness;*'  and,  on  the  very  day  appropriated 
to  His  service,  "  to  find  their  pleasure,  and  exact  all  their  labours  ;'*  re- 
minding them,  that  the  service  which  God  requires  at  their  hands,  in  the 
first  place,  is  *<  to  loose  the  bands  of  wickedness,  to  undo  the  heavy  bur- 
dens, to  let  the  oppressed  go  free,  and  to  break  every  yoke.'*  Nor  does 
Me  le9s  require,  at  the  hands  of  all  his  Ministers  and  all  his  People,  that 
they  should  combine  their  strenuous  and  unceasing  efforts  to  bring  about 
this  righteous  consummation. 

London,  January  1,  1826. 

The  following  publications  of  the  Anti-Slavery  Society  contain,  a  fiiU 

view  of  the  nature  and  effects  of  Negro  Slavery  : — 

SMpbco't  Derineation. WUberforce's  Appeal.— Clarlaon's  Thooghts. Nccto  Sla- 

rerj,  as  it  exUu  in  the  United  Sutes,  and  in  the  British  Colonies,  especially  in  Jamaica 
Debate  of  1 5th   May,  1883,  with  an  Appendix. First,  Second,  and  Third  Re- 
ports of  the  Anti-SUvery  Society. ^TracU,  No.  I.  to  XV.  on  Negro  Slarery,  of  which 

No.  XIU.  solves  the  question,  If  Negro  Slavery  sanctioned  by  Scripture  ? Anti-Sla- 

wnr  Reporter,  No.  I.  to  VI I«— ^Impolicy  of  Slavery.— —Stephen's  England  enslaved 
by  her  owb  Slave  Colosiaa. 


*8  Negro  Slavery.  fJan. 

Jan.  16. 

As  it  is  generally  underttood  that  the  subject  of  Negro-Slavery  in  the 
Colonies,  will  be  re-agitated  during  the  approaching  Session  of  Parlia- 
ment, a  few  suggestions  upon  that  important  topic  may  be  acceptable. 

It  will  not  be  denied,  by  those  who  may  be  at  the  pains  to  refer  to  the 
long  and  arduous  controversy,  relative  to  the  Slave-trade  and  Slavery, 
which  commenced  about  the  year  1768,  began  in  parliament  in  the  year 
1788,  and  terminated,  in  1807,  in  the  abolition  by  statute  of  the  traffic 
in  Slaves,  that  the  emancipation  of  the  Slaves  and  the  abolition  of 
Slavery,  were,  at  that  time,  considered  in  the  light  of  consecutive  measures, 
designed  to  follow  the  abolition  of  the  trade :  nor  will  it  be  disputed  that 
the  implied  and  expressed  reasons  for  not  then  enforcing  the  abolition 
of  Slavery  by  parliamentary  authority,  were,  on  the  one  hand,  a  tender- 
ness towards  colonial  prejudices  and  proprietory  claims,  and  on  the  other 
a  persuasion  that  the  West  Indians  would  perceive  their  own  true  interest 
to  be  in  the  progressive  accomplishment  of  that  which  was  the  declared 
wish  and  intention  of  the  parent  state. 

It  will  be  important  to  bear  in  mind  these  premises,  when  we  come  to 
the  inquiry  what  has  been  done  since  the  year  1807,  towards  the  accom- 
plishment of  this  great  and  needful  reform. 

Nineteen  years  have  passed,  in  the  course  of  which  a  generation 
of  negroes,  in  bondage,  may  be  said  to  have  disappeared,  and  another 
to  have  succeeded ;  so  that  the  Colonies  now  contain  a  race  of  young 
blacks,  rising  into  life,  of  all  ages,  from  the  youth  of  nineteen  years,  to 
the  child  of  an  hour  old,  who  have  all  been  born  to  this  wretched  inherit- 
ance since  it  was  virtually  proscribed,  by  the  British  Legislature,  as  that 
which  was  altogether  uncongenial  with  the  laws  and  constitution  of  our 
country.  And  what  have  the  West  Indians  done  to  mitigate  or  ameliorate 
the  system?  How  have  they  fulfilled  an  understood  pledge  to  reform 
it:  they  have  done  positively  nothing :  and  in  some  instances  worse  than 
nothing.  This  1  venture  to  affirm  on  the  authority  of  their  own  docu- 
ments, now  on  the  table  of  the  House  of  Commons :  And  this  I  con- 
ceive to  be  the  case  which  will  shortly  occupy  public  attention. 

Bnt  while  they  have  done  nothing  to  remedy  the  evils  of  Slavery,  they 
have  justified  the  anticipations  of  some  of  its  enemies,  and  among  others 
of  one  of  his  Mjyesty's  present  ministers  (Mr.  Canning),  whose  sentiments 
are  always  entitled  to  respect ;  and  who,  in  1799,  is  reported  to  have 
expressed  himself,  in  his  place  in  parliament,  as  follows. 

*'  Trust  not  the  Masters  of  Slaves  in  what  concerns  legislation  of 
Slavery.  However  specious  their  laws  may  appear,  depend  upon  it  they 
must  be  inefiectual  in  their  operation.  It  is  in  the  nature  of  things  that 
they  should  be  so.  Let  then  the  British  House  of  Commons  do  tiieir 
part  themselves.  Let  them  not  delegate  the  trust  of  doing  it 
TO  those  who  cannot  execute  that  trust  fairly.  Let  the  evil  be 
remedied  by  an  assembly  of  freemen,  by  the  government  of  a  free  people, 
and  not  by  the  Masters  of  Slaves*  Their  laws  can  never  reach,  could 
NEVfeR  cure  the  EVIL.  There  is  something  in  the  nature  of  absolute 
authority,  in  the  relations  between  Master  and  Slave,  which  makes  despo' 
iism  in  all  eases,  and  under  all  circumstances,  an  incompetent  and  unsure 
executory  even  of  its  own  provisions  in  favour  of  the  objects  of  its  power,** 

T,  Fisher. 


1936.]  St.  Kathar'me  Ducks.  9 

St.  Katharinv  Docka.  It  is  computed  that  the  Docks  and 

I^HK  accompanying  View  of  the  Basin  will  afibrd  accommodation,  an- 
proposed  Commercial  Docks  at  oually,  for  about  1400  Merchant  Ships, 
St.  Katharine's  will,  we  conceive,  be  including  private-trade  Indiamon  ;  he- 
acceptable  to  our  Readers,  (see  Plate  /. )  tides  crail  for  loading  and  discharging; ; 
This  important  work  was  undertaken  and  it  ap|)ears  that  advantages  will  be 
by  some  of  the  leading  Merchants,  afirirded  to  Shippintr  from  improved 
Shipowners,  and  Traders  of  London,  means  of  ingress  and  egress,  which  no 
to  meet  the  necessity  of  giving  addi-  other  Docks  in  the  United  Kingdom 
tional  ncconimodation  to  the  great  in*  possess,  as  Vessels  of  from  18  to  SO 
crease  *  of  business  in  the  Port  of  Lon-  feet  draft  of  water  may  be  locked  from 
don  ;  to  secure  a  reduction  in  the  rates  2  to  3  hours  after  high  water,  and 
and  charges,  (which  the  mercantile  small  vessels  and  lighters  at  all  periods 
and  shippniff  interests  conceived  were  of  the  tide. 

exorbitantly  ni;^h  at  the  London  Docks,  The  total  cost  of  the  site,  the  pur- 
no  other  Docks  conveniently  situated  chase  of  buildings,  leases,  and  the  va- 
affordin^  the  means  of  com|)etition ;)  rious  interests  concerned,  including 
and  to  bring  the  Port  of  London  nearer  com|)en8Stion  and  expenses  of  carry- 
to  a  level  in  point  of  expense  with  the  ing  the  Act  into  execution,  and  of 
other  Ports  ot  the  Empire,  where  Bond-  constructing  the  works,  it  is  estimated, 
in^  is  permitted,  but  more  |)articularly  will  be  about  1,350,000/.— but  an  out- 
with  tntr  principal  Ports  of  the  Con-  lay  of  1,500,000/.  has  been  provided 
tinent  of  Europe.  for,   to   as  to   cover  contingencies  — 

Tiic  situation  selected  is  thought  to  whilst  the  Capital  Stock  of  the  Lon- 

be  unparalk'llcd  in  jmint  of  conveni-  don  Dock  Company  amounts  to  up- 

ence,  being  as  near  as  may  be  to  the  wards  of  3,300^000/. 

scat  of  business ;  and  as  the  Docks  will  It  must  be  evident  therefore  to  the 

l)e  surrounded  with  walls,  they  will  be-  meanest  capacity,  that  as  the  London 

come  entitled  to  all  the  Privilms  of  Dock  Company^  (the  management  of 

the  Warehousing  System,  and  ofLegal  which  is  charged  with  an  expenditure 

(juays.    Thin,   goods  lodged   therein  of  60  per  eini.  uron  the  income,)  are, 

will  not,  upon  exportation,  be  chai]pe-  under  all  their  aisadvantaeet,  enabled 

able  with  the  duties  upon  defioiencicsy  todifide  4|  per  cent,  to  the  Propriet- 

a  most  important  advanugc   to  the  on,  that  the  St.  Katharine  Dock  Cknn* 

Mt-rchant.  pany  will,  with  an  equal  share  of  bu- 

Thc  room  afforded  for  warehousinff,  tiness,  vield  a  profit  of  full  10  per  cent, 
bondiii;;,  and  quay-room,  will  be  nearly  a  beoent  equal  in  amount  to  the  West 
equal  m  extent  to  the  LondoD  Doek^i  India  Docks,  notwithstandinf;  the  pro- 
and  tVom  an  improvctl  cogti faction  of  fit  derived  by  that  Public  Body,  the 
the  Warchoutety  which  will  be  erected  proprietort  have  within  thete  few  days 
M-ithin  a  few  feet  of  tbe  margin  of  the  com'cned  a  meeting  to  increase  their 
Docks  and  Basin,  a  eoasiderable  lat-  cstcs,  thus  proving  the  necessity  of  corn- 
in;;  will  be  eflected  in  the  CKpense  of  petition.  We  understand  from  the  of- 
labnur.  ticial  returns  of  the  Customs,  that  it 

*  Fmni  Accouats  priated  bv  order  of  the  Hoosc  of  Comioooi,  it  apptars  that 
la  17*M.  previous  to  Doeks  being  coattraaied  a  the  Port  of  London,  the 

%aliie  (if  (mpurU  and  Expotts  wm  ..., , i^30,99Q,ooo 

Id  I  '<i)ii,  afur  the  Docks  weie  totmed,  the  value  increased  to SGySfiTiOOO 

In  l^lfi,  the  value  increased  to , 46,0.35,000 

Anil  ill  1  "iib,  the  value  amounted  to 06,936,000 

\\e\ns  an  increase  of  6^^  millions,  aa  compared  with  1798. 

Ti.e  onmber  of  Oiasters  which  entered  this  Port  in  1814,  was lA^l.S.Q 

In  1«J1 : 18,915 

Kriri::  an  encrea«e  in  Seven  Years  of  .3,776  ahi]>9. 

The  nuni'jer  of  Shi|*i  mnnred  in  ike  River  dwMQ  1804,  after  the  West  India 

Duels  were  fipen,  waa 7,327 

lu  1>=i2.u  when  five  Dock*  and  three  Wet  Duck  Canals  were  open  and  fully 

employed,  notMitlivtandin;;  the  extciided  accommodation 13,1 1^2 

iWin:  ail  increase  of  6,ouu  ships  Ounrhj  tintfold)  in  addition  to  which  about 

l/MU  vo\agv«  hy  Steam-boats  annually,  will  in  future  obstruct  tlie  Navigation  ahove 

Ctieeuwich. 
(ftNT.  M^G.  J^#'*<ari/,  182'>. 

n 


10 


St,  Kaiktitkne  Dodts. 


[Jail 


appeenv  another  increase  in  the  nam- 
ber  of  vessels  which  have  arrived  in 
the  Port  of  London  from  foreign  parts 
has  taken  place,  durinz  the  last  year, 
of  upwards  of  600  sail,  and  that  the 
Dock  Establishments  on  the  North 
side  of  the  river  have  as  much  busi- 
ness, if  not  more,  than  they  can  pos- 
sibly attend  to.  Projects  like  this  de- 
serve every  eficourageihont,  and  prove 
that  the  Merchants  of  London  are 
willing  to  make  an  effort  to  prevent 
the  Port  of  Liveri)Ool,  and  the 
neighbouring  Continental  Ports,  from 
still  further  drawing  away  the  trade 
of  London.  Next  to  the  St.  Ka- 
tharine Docks,  we  think  the  Col- 
lier Dock  at  the  Isle,  of  Dogs  most 
deserving  of  attention,  as  calculated  to 
relieve  the  river  from  an  obstruction 
to  navigation,  which  in  course  of  time 
would  otherwise  prevent  ships  with 
general  cargoes  approaching  conve- 
nient places  of  discharge  near  the 
Custom-house,  and  has  indeed  been 
serious  matter  of  complaint  for  many 
years. 

Mr.URBA*,         '^'•^'fg!" 

TH£  writers  of  two  letters  in  your 
Magazine,  vol.  xcv.  ii.  p.  39 1, 
manifest  a  most  extraordinary  portion 
of  sensibility  at  the  demolition  of  the 


of  call  for  rogues  and  vagabonds,  of 
which  too  many  are  to  be  found  in  this 
district:  nor  ought  I  to  omit  to  no^ 
tice  the  number  of  Dealers  in  Ma- 
rine  Stores  who  reside  in  the  viftiuity, 
a  species  of  traffic  in  which  the  title 
to  property  is  not  usually  enauired  inta 
For  many  years  a  respectaole  female 
could  not  pass  or  repass  certain  parts 
of  Sl  Katharine*s,  without  being  ex- 
posed to  vulgar  and  indecent  abuse; 
on  that  account  the  Brothers  and  Sis- 
ters of  the  St.  Katharine*8  Hospital 
have  been  compelled  to  discontinue 
the  occupation  of  the  houses  set  apart 
for  their  residence.  Seamen  have  been 
repeatedly  robbed  and  plundered  by 
the  BLAC&>eyed  nuns  of  St.  Katha- 
rineVIane,  and  instances  have  occur- 
red in  which  sailors,  after  having  had 
their  hard  earning  subtracted  by  what 
are  technically  m  these  parts  called 
Conveyancers,  have  been  precipitated 
headlong  out  of  the  windows  ot  some 
of  the  receptacles  for  infamy,  into  the 
stre^. 

In  the  centre  of  the  precinct  is  a 
public  wharf,'  appropriated  principally 
for  the  deposit  of  breeze  and  night- 
soil,  which  at  times  emits  a  dreadful 
effluvia,  contaminating  the  atmosphere, 
and  rendering  the  air  highly  deleterioos. 
We  have  also  a  lime-kiln  in  the  centre 
of  the  precinct.  Heaps  of  dung,  filth, 
so  called  beautiful  Collegiate  Cbtirch  of  and  masses  of  corruption  have  been  prr- 
the  Hospital  of  St.  Katharine ;  and  ex-     mitted  to  accumulate  upon  some  ofthe 


hibit  much  puling  cant  at  the  removal 
from  the  graves  of  what  are  by  your 
Correspondent  curiously  designated  the 
tenantry  of  the  Churchyard. 

Parliament  having  thought  fit  to 
authorize  these  proceedings,  it  is  fo- 
reign to  my  purpose  to  discuss  whe- 
ther the  Act  ought  to  have  passed  or 
not,  but  as  an  old.  inhabitant  of  the  pre- 
cinct, I  beg  leave  to  offer  a  few  obser- 
vations. 

Although  I  am  obliged  to  change 


pieces  of  waste  ground ;  and  such  for- 
sooth are  the  fields  of  Elysium,  studded 
with  hot-beds  of  vice,  wnich  your  Cor- 
respondents are  anxious  should  be  pre- 
served. The  only  chance,  Mr.  Urban, 
of  correcting,  the  habits  of  the  unfor- 
tunate class  of  beings  alluded  to,  is  by 
destroying  this  concentration  of  vice 
and  debauchery,  and  thus  remove  the 
inhabitants  to  other  districts,  whereby 
an  opportunity  will  be  afforded  of  bet- 
_  _  _      teriiig  their  condition,  and  improving 

my  residence  under  the  operation  of  their  morals,  by  associating  with  per- 
that  Act,  I  confess  I  do  so  without  re-  sons  who  may  contribute,  through  in- 
gret.    I  have  for  many  years,  unfor-     dustry  and  example,   to  render  them 


tunately,  been  compelled  to  witness 
the  profligacy  and  vicious  habits  of  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  inhabi- 
tants and  casual  sojourners  of  this  and 
the  neighbouring  ))arish.  Sinks  of  in- 
famy, and  abominations  of  almost  every 
description,  are  here  to  be  met  with ; 
and  I  have  repeatedly  heard  it  declared 
by  the  Officers  of  the  Police,  that  per- 
sons guilty  of  offences  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  Metropolis,  are  usually  ap- 


useful  members  of  society. 

With  respect  to  the  late  Churchy  it  is 
really  farcical  to  hearjt  so  grossly  over- 
rated, by  describing  it  as  a  beatUtfsd 
Collegiate  Church,  &c. 

Whatever  may  be  its  age,  the  un- 
hallowed trowel  of  an  Irish  bricklayr*' 
removed,  within  the  last  seven  yean, 
all  its  beauties  from  the  eye,  the  out^ 
side  of  the  Church  having  been  daubed 
over  with  common  mortar  and  plaster. 


prehended  in  the  biothelt  and  houiet    The  interior  was  always  very  damp,  to 


18M]               Mr,  Wooktake  om  tk§  Sasan  Othu  qf  Kini.  11 

if  to  mtke  It  irahcalthyj  and  althon^  been  requested  to  arrange  and  connect 
capable   of  containing  between  two  tbo  fragnientt ;  and  although  I  am  sefi* 
ihoniand  and  3000  persons,  in  a  neigh*  sible  how  moch  they  stand  in  need  of 
bourbood  of  from  five  thousand  to  6000  the  master-band  that  framed  the  de- 
population,  seldom  were  more  than  sign,  and  bow  feebly  and*  imperfect 
rrom    30  to  M)  persons  coogreaated  .th«v  now  express  what  he  intended,  as 
therein  ;  in  addition  to  which  M  it  weli  as  how  great  are  the  deficiencies 
not  be  forgotten  that  it  was  not  a  Pt^  in  manv  portions  of  it,  yet  I  have 
rockiai  Church*    Whatever  there  was  cheerfully  rendered  this  tribute  of  re- 
worth  preservine  has»  under  the  di-  spect  to  the  memory  of  a  friend  I  es- 
rectton  of  the  Chapter,  been  removed,  teemed,  and  feel  satisfied  that  I  have 
it  being  intended  to  replace  the  same  also  been  instrumental  to  the  pleasure 
in  the  new  Church.  and  information  of  many  of  your  readers. 
With  respect  to  the  graves,  I  have  No  new  matter  has  been  added.   I 
personally  witnessed  the  delicate  and  have  chosen  rather  to  leave  the  subject 
scrupulous  attention  which  has  been  imperfect,  than  upon  aoj  occasion  to 
paid  to  the  wishes  and  feelings  of  the  introduce  my  own  opinions ;  and  in 
relatives  and  friends  of  the  deceased,  correcting,  arranging,  and  giving  some- 
1  have  also  seen  the  very  creditable  thing  like  an  uniformity  o7 appearance 
manner  in  which  the  pamful  opera-  to  the  materials  put  into  my  nands,  I 
tion  of  removal  has  been  executed,  the  have  faithfully  laid  before  your  readers 
expense  being  defrayed  by  the  Duck  the  sentiments  and  the  reasoning  of 
Company.    But  why  is  tne  attention  their  author.                   Thos.  Sharp. 
of  the  publick  to  be  thus  roused,  and  I.— >KENT. 
improper  attcropu  made  to  inflame  the  Intending  to  take  a  view  of  the  Pro- 
feelings,  m  tktt  particular  instance ;  gress  of  the  Saxon  Coinage,  coramenc- 
whilst  similar  proceedings,  under  the  fng  with  the  reign  of  Ethelbert  I.  and 
Bank   Act,   Mint  Act,  Commercial-  including  that  oT  Harold  II.  I  begin 
road  Act,  London  Bridge  Act,  Fleet-  with  the  kingdom  of  Kent. 
Market  Act.    Post-Officc  Act,  New  in  the  year  698  the  inhabitants  of 
Street  Act,  &c.  &c.  have  been  allowed  that  kingdom  are  recorded  to  have  em- 
to  uke  place  without  a  voice  having  braced  Christianity ;  but  that  a  much 
been  raised  asainst  them  ?  The  cloven  earlier  attempt  had  been  made  to  in- 
foot,  Mr.  Urban,  is  discoverable  in  the  (roduce  it,  is,  I  believe,  generally  al- 
repeated  attacks  which  have  been  made  lowed ;  and  there  is  reason  to  suppose 
upon  the  New  l>ocks;  the  real  truth  that  St.  Augustine  was  not  the  first 
is,  that  they  form  a  part  of  the  syste-  who  attempted  to  rescue  them  from 
matic  attempts  which  have  been  made  the  ignorance  and  barbarism  in  which 
by  some  of  ihe  London  Dock*  Propri-  they  were  immersed.     Certain,  how- 
eton«.  to  obitruct  the  progress  of  a  ever,  it  is,  that  soon  after  598  the  king- 
rival  Esublishment.  dom  of  Kent  was  wholly  converted  to 
Aw  Inhabitant  tlie  Christian  faith ;  and  an  ingenious 
OF  St.  Katharink's.  author  has  well  remarked,  that  most  of 
^  the  Skeattas  appear  from  their  symbols 

MTT                 A*        ^        r       .A  to  have  been  struck  in  Pasan  times, 

Yr.Ui.BAX.       G>ren/ry.  Jan.    2.  ,^j  consequently  previous  to  this  sera. 

OL  R  own  pue*  bear  ample  tes-  ^^    ^^^^^  ^^  ^^^          ^^  ^^^^^ 

tunony  to  the  extensive  nunm-  ^^^  (h";  First's  Skialla  hasten  disco- 

malic  intormaiion  of  the  late  Kev.  VV.  „^,^   .„,i  ^c  ,i,;«  u..»  ..™  r-„,  o~.«: 

Woolslone  of  Adderbury.    At  his  de-  "V^'  "f°l  '^"  *""  "^"^  '^''^  "P*^'- 

.     ,  -     •                /         f    .  .  .  mens  are  known, 

cease  he  left,  in  a  veryimperf«:t.tate.  j   ^^^^  ^^^^^^  .          remarkably 

.  «rr,e.  of  [»p«rs  mtended  to  embrace  g„^  ^^  ^^^^  ^^,  f^„^„  ^„j„  „     j^J^ 

•  eomplete  Survey  of  the  Saxon  Coin-  ^       j^     ^^j  j„  ^„  ^^^„^^^  engraving 

fKl-f.".  "j;::".^:?!'  r.li?."i..!!.l-  ofanother.  that  the,«  is  no  cro^  upon 


prcrred  by  some  of  the  best  informed  .^j,  ,^  ^jj),   ,f,^  Christian   faith^ 

collectors  and  numismatisti.     1  have  ^^^  ^j^  „f  Ethelbert  may  be  suppose/l 

•  Howner  this  irav  We  bwo  the  cut,  »?  •'?"«  b<enfabri<ated  before  the  ar- 

•,  think  «•  nay  MteitthM  our Cormpooil-  "«&>  o>  St.  Augusune  m  596.     It  is 

^f.  tmc  bMo  •ctuated  only  by  uitiqiiar'iaa  true  that  some  few  of  the  uninscribed 

s«l  (Dd  tMU  for  the  Aru.    Edit.  Skeattas  have  the  orots,  but  this  oc- 


If                  ^Mt:  WooUtanecn  the  Saxon  Qnm  0/  Kent.                £Jaa 

cars  80  seldom,  that  we  ou|;ht  not  (in  and  was  the  predecettor  of  EtlMlbeit 
my  opinion)  to  luppose  thii  circum->  li.  it  it  obvious  chat  the  Skeatta  in- 
stance gave  rise  to  the  use  of  that  sym-  scribed  Bthelbert^  must  belong  to  the 
bol  by  Christian  Monarchs^  and  4n-  first  Monarch  of  that  name.  Beoroa 
deed  the  invariable  introduction  of  it  is  the  last  of  all  the  Heptarchic  princes 
in  the  Coins  of  after-times^  shews  that  of  whom  we  have  Skeattas,  and  of  these 
something  more  than  fancy  led  to  its  two  only  are  known»  both  preserved 
adoption^  iu  the  Hunterian  Collection. 

On  the  death  of  Ethelbert  in  G46»  It  is  not  improbable  that  they  ceased 

the  Kentish  throne  was  filled  by  his  with  him,  as  Pennies  were  coined  io 

son  Edbald,  who  remained  possessed  the  Mercian  kingdom  prior  to  his  reigo 

of  it  until  640,  and  was  succeeded  by  by  Eadwald,  and  in  that  of  the  West 

Ercornbert,  but  as  no  Coins  of  either  Saxons  by  Athelward. 

of  tliese  Kings  ha\'e  been  discovered,  I  As,  therefore,  no  Skeattas  are  found 

proceed  to  Egbert,  whose  Coins  are  of  of  a  date  posterior  to  7^0,  and  Pennies, 

two  sorts,  some  few  having  his  name  as   I   have   shewn^  were   struck   pre- 

upon  them,  but  for  the  most  part  are  viously,  it  would  seem  that  from  that 

without  it,  that  of  the  Mint  Master  time  the^  were  disused,  and  the  Penny 

•only  being  given.  adopled  m  their  stead. 

As  the  Skenttns  without  the  name  Th<*re  are  certain  periods  when  the 
very  much  resemble  those  with  it,  and  Coinage  of  the  Saxons  attained  a  much 
the  same  Minter*s  name  usually  ap^  higher  degree  of  perfection  than  cha- 
pears  on  both  descriptions,  together  racterized  it  at  a  subsequent  time;  a 
with  the  fact  of  no  Skeattas  of  the  remarkable  instance  of  which  is  visi- 
Kentish  kingdom  of  a  later  period  be-  ble  in  the  Coins  of  Olfa,  and  there  ap- 
ing known,  there  is  little  doubt  hut  |>ears  to  be  no  doubt  of  the  fact  that 
that  both  varieties  belong  to  this  Mo-  the  Coins  of  the  later  Kentish  Kings 
narch.  They  are  found  with  several  were  wrought  by  workmen  who  had 
though  not  remarkable  differences,  so  been  previously  employed  by  the  Mer- 
that  there  is  reason  to  suppose  that  al-  cian  Princes.  Dudda  and*  Werheard 
though  some  attention  was  paid  to  the  worked  for  Cuthred  of  Kent,  and  also 
fabrication  of  the  coins,  the  genius  of  for  Coenwulf,  of  whom  there  is  a 
the  M inters  was  not  sufficiently  fertile  Penny,  reverse,  a  cross  prosslet  dior- 
for  the  invention  of  new  types.  The  moo  monbta;  and  Baldred  the  last 
cross  appearing  in  so  conspicuous  a  King  of  Kent  has  a  similar  reverse, 
place  as  the  centre  of  the  coin,  further  with  the  same  moneyer's  name.  The 
strengthens  luy  belief  thai  it  was  adopt-  former  of  these  Sovereigns  flourished 
ed  in  consequence  of  the  great  import-  A.  D.  798,  the  latter  8O7,  so  near  as  to 
ahce  attached  to  that  sacred  symbol  by  fairly  allow  of  a  conclusion  that  both 
the  first  proi)agators  of  the  Christian  pieces  came  from  the  hand  of  the  same 
ileligion.  artist. 

One  very  remarkable  peculiarity  at-  Oba  wrought  also  for  Coenwulf  and 
tached  to  the  Coins  of  this  King  bear-  Weldred  of  Kent ;  and  there  is  a  Coin 
ing  his  name,  is,  that  his  figure  is  given  of  Egbert  with  device  and  inscription 
at  lull  length  ;  a  practice  that  was  never  similar  to  that  of  Coenwulf  named 
again  repealed  until  the  reign  of  Ed-  above,  which,  as  he  flourisheil  from 
ward  the  Confessor,  the  obverse  of  801  to  837,  we  may  fairly  take  for 
whose  Pennies,  having  the  martlets,  granted  issued  from  the  same  Dior- 
exhibit  him  in  like  manner,  with  this  mod's  Mint. 

diiference,  that  Egbert  appears  sUnd-  It  is  remarkable  that  there  are  no 

ing,  and  the  Confessor  in  a  sittine;  pos-  Kentish  Coins  from  the  time  of  Eg- 

lure.    1  would  here  observe  that  Skeat-  bert,  A.  D.  6()4,  to  that  of  Eadberht, 

tas  and  Pennies  have  never  been  d is-  749,  a  f)eriod  of   almost  a   century, 

covered  of  the  same  King  {  indeed  the  which  singular  deficiency  would  al- 

Peuny  is  only  the  Skeatta  in  a  more  most  lead   to  a   conclusion    that  the 

improved  and  enlarged  form  ;  and  this  (wactice  of  coining  was  laid  aside,  and 

circumstance  accounts  for  the  non-ap-  that  the  previous   mode,  whatever  it 

pearance  of  both,  as  appertaining  to  might  have  been,  was  reverted  to;  for 

the  same  Monarch.   Skeattas  of  Ethel-  on  a  sudden  the  Pennies  of  Eadberht 

bert  and  Egbert  of  Kent,  and  Beorna,  appear  with  all  the  marks  of  advanced 

King  of  the  East  Aiiglps,  A.D.  749,  art,  and  are  no  doubt  the  fabrication 

are  the  only  ones  that  are  found,  aiid  of  Mercian   artists  employed  by  that 

as  l^dbecln  of  Kent  struck  ptnuies,  prince.    Some  of  these   Pennies  are. 


tvith  the  «3Ll:efttum  of  the  names  of  iai4  Eadgar,  it  produced  ooly  3/.  5<;; 
their  reipectwe  owners  aod  coiners^  and  sab»equently  at  Barber's  in  1803, 
exactly  Birailar  ta  certain  others  of  :ivhere  it  formed  a  lot,  and  was  knock* 
Ofia'8»  proving  ineontestibly  that  they  ed  down  at  28i.  Expunging  this  coin^ 
are  the  production  of  the  same  artists*  therefore,  from  the  genuine  Saxon  se^ 
1  would  also  further  observCf  that  the  ries,  we  shall  be  left  without  a  single 
Goina  of  Cuthred  and  Beldred  have  piece,  that  can  with  even  a  shadow  of 
the  name  of  their  kingdom  in  whole  probability  be  ascribed  to  the  second 
or  in  part  Latinized,  which  is  the  ge.  Ethilberht  of  Kent,  the  Coins  of  the 
neral  and  almost  universal  property  of  sole  Monarch  of  that  name  being  so 
the  Mercian  specie. — It  will  perhaps  exactly  copied  from  those  of  his  pre- 
be  recollected  that  Eadberht's  Pennies  decessor  Bihelwulf,  as  to  leave  no 
are  not  here  noted  as  having  the  Latin  doubt  of  the  correctness  of  their  aip- 
gentile  noun,  but  there  can  be  no  ob-  propriaiions.  It  may  be.  further  re- 
jection drawn  from  this  circumstance,  marked  of  the  fictitious  Coin  of  EthiU 
as  the  style  of  their  device  would  not  berht  II.  that  the  legend  of  the  ob* 
allow  of  its  being  made  rUse  of.  The  verse  wants  the  whole,  and  even  any 
want  of  portrait  to  the  money  of  Ead-  part,  of  the  abbreviated  word  JCANT, 
berht  is  to  be  regretted,  since  the  style  which  in  the  money  of  the  Kentish 
of  workmanship  is  of  a  superior  qua-  Kings  bearing  the  portrait  is  never 
lity.  omitted. 

Of  Ethelberht  II.  only  one  Penny  is  There  are  two  sorts  of  Pennies  in- 

4mown,  which  can  with  any  degree  of  scribed  Cuthred  Rex  ;  one  with  and 

probability  be  ascribed  to  hiui ;  and  one  without  the  head.  All  those  which 

this  I  have  strong  reason  to  think  is  are  found  with  the  portrait  have  CANT, 

spurious.     It  has  on  its  obverse   the  ^ind  are  therefore  unquestionably  the 

head  circumscribed   Ethilberht  Rex;  property  of  Cuthred  of  Kent, 

reverse,  a  wolf  with  2  infants  sucking  xhe    Cuihreds   without    the    head 

it:  the  design  copied,  as  Pegge,  who  have  been  hiiherto  thought  to. belong 

^rst  published  theCoin,  imagmts,  from  to  the  West  Saxon  Monarch  of  that 

a  posticofthe  Lower  Empire,  copper  of  name,  but  Dudda  <md  Wferheard  ap- 

ihe   smallest  size.     This   reverse  in-  pear  as  Minters  both  on  the  Coins  of 

siantly  awakened  my  suspicions,  and  Coelwulf  and  Girthred ;  and  the  type 

in  my  deliberate  opmion  renders  the  adopted  by  the  former  Mi nter  is  exactly 

piece   highly  questionable.      Its   first  the  same  in  the  Coins  of  both  Kings 

appearance  was  from  the  collection  of  (excepting    the   name),  and   as    they 

a  Mr.  Lindegreen,  an  intimate  friend  ^ere   contemporaries,   surely   no    one 

of  the  late  Mr.  White,  whose  culpa-  will   be    hardy  enough   to    deny   the 

ble  ingenuity  in  the  copying  of  ancient  claim  of  the  Kentish  Cuthred  to  the 

Saxon  and  English  corns  is  unfortu-  Pennies   without   the  portrait.     This 

naiely  too  well  known:  and   that  at  affords    another   and   an   indisputable 

times  he  was  not  backward  in  favour-  proof  that   the   Kentish   Money   was 

ing   his   friends  with    extremely  rare  under  its  latter  princes  struck  by  Mer- 

coinsof  a  certain  description,  has  been  cian  artists,  and  also  accounts  for  the 

made  fully  apparenL  vast  improvement  apparent    in    their 

Dr.  Pegge,   as   a  learned   frieud  of  Coins  in  so  short  a  period.     Let  me 

mine  justly  observes,  was,  in  regard  to  add  in  supj>ort  of  the  Kentish  Cuth- 

coins,  credulity  itself;  and  Mr.  While  rcd*s    claim    to   the   Pennies   without 

having    met  with      this    inestimable  the  head,  that  several  of  these  have  the 

piece    of    Ethilberht,    had     only    to  same    Mint-master's  name   as    those 

communicate  the  grand  discovery  to  with  L'VNT  on  their  obverse,  altoge- 

him,   in  order  to  have  it  immediately  iher  forming,  I  think,  an  irresistible 

announced  to  the  world  with  all  due  mass  of  evidence  in  favour  of  the  ap- 

form  and  circumstance,  and  with  a  la-  propriation  I  have  made, 

boured  attempt  to  account  for  every  Proceed   we  then  to  Beldred,   the 

the    minutest   particular  and  uncotn-  last  Kentish  Monarch,  of  whom  we 

mon  appearance  of  it.     That  the  pub-  have  Coins.     His   are  of  two  kinds, 

lick  entertained   no  very  high  opinion  with    and    without   the   portrait,   and 
of  the  Coin  is  clear,  from  the  prices  at    both    have    been    discovered    within 

which  it  has  been  since  sold  ;  viz.  at  these  four  years,  beinp;  also  at  present 

Linde^reen's  sale  in  17S5,  when  with  extremely  scarce.      All   that  1    have 

an  Oflfa,    Exlward   the   Martyr,  Eric,  -seen,   or  of    which    engravings    have 

Edward  the  elder,  Athelstan,  Eadred,  come    under     my    inspection,     have 


14 


Jocbnni  ofth$  Oteeh  DemHtiiadm,  at  Oxford. 


[Xaii, 


CANT,  and  are  executed  in  a  8ty1e 
equal  to  those  of  Cuthr^d.  As 'there 
vru  only  one  King  of  this  name,  no 
question  can  arise  as  to  the  right  ap- 
propriation of  these  Coins ;  and  there 
la  nothing  remarkable  in  them  save 
that  those  with  the  head  have  the 
place  of  mintage  expressed  on  the  re- 
verse, which  IS  the  first  instance  of 
this  kind. 

Mr.  Urbait,  Bristol,  Jan,  4. 

HAVING  lately  perused  n^ore  thaii 
one  account  ot  an  eccentric  be- 
ing well  known  at  the  far-famed  Uni- 
versity seated  on  the  classic  shores  of 
the  winding  I  sis,  by  the  title  of  Con- 
atantiue,  as  it  woula  appear  one  of  the 
progeny  of  the  Demetrius  dynasty  of 
the  *' olden  time,"  or  by  a  singular 
stretch  of  the  imagination,  probably 
like  the  bulk  of  maiikind,  simply  a  de- 
scendant of  Ceres,  who  was  the  Da- 
maier  or  mother  of  mortals,  and  the 
J«is  of  the  Egyptians, — I  have  ven- 
tured to  offer  a  few  brief  sketches  of 
the  life  and  conduct  of  this  remark- 
able individual,  having  had,  like  many 
others,  an  opportunity  of  forming  some 
sort  of  acquaintance  with  him  during 
my  college  career,  at  a  period  when 
this  quiet  inoffensive  specimen  of  the 
Romaic  pugnacious  breed  frequented 
most  of  tiie  halls  of  learning  and  the 
sciences,  in  his  quest  after  victuals,  and 
occasionally  that  admirable  succeda- 
neum  to  all  our  wants,  known  by  the 
blunt  name  of  English  sixpenny  and 
shilling  pieces. 

I  have  thus  clearly  demonstrated 
that  he  was  a  Peripatetic  philosopher, 
though  you  will  assert  he  oore  preten- 
sions to  the  school  of  the  Stoics,  from 
■  his  fondness  for  porches  and  porticos 
(sloa*s).  His  name  included  more  pa- 
tronymics than  vulgar  fame  allows, 
and  little  was  the  risk  of  his  identity 
being  mistaken,  when  he  bore  the 
names  of  Chrysa  n  th  us,  *  *  golden  flower,** 
and  of  Constant  in  ides  (notConstantine, 
but  son  ofConstantiue),and  of  a  pappa, 
or  priest  of  the  Greek  Church,  ^n  addi- 
tion to  bis  more  commonly  received 
appellation  of  Demetriades.  Query, 
whether  bis  tasteful  title  of  Golden 
Flower  (xpv^'cof  a»9of)  bore  any  allu- 
sion to  his  subsequent  appellation  con- 
nected with  the  worship  of  Ceres  or 
Isis  ?  At  Latopolis  (now  called  Esneh), 
,  in  E(^pt,  mentioned  by  the  geogra- 
pher btrabo,  and  of  which  the  ruinous 
remains  of  a  port  and  quav  are  still 
visible  on  the  seven-moothed  Nile, 


and  among  the  hieroglyphics  In  relief, 
a  zodiac  and  large  figurof  of  |i|ien  with 
crocodiles*  heads, — tlie  oflyx  of  a  flower 
above  a  bundle  of  its  itemi,  supplies 
the  form  of  a  column,  and  its  base  and 
capital  among  eighteen  pillan,  consti- 
tuting the  portico  of  its  well-preserved 
temple.  The  decoratioqp  of  these  broad 
capitals  are  taken  from  (he  prpductions 
of  the  country,  such  as  the  lo|U8,  vine, 
papyrus  or  reed  (papef  reeds  by  the 
brooks,  of  Scripture)|  pal(|i-tree  in 
branches,  leaves,  and  stages  Qf  its  fruit 
By  these  calyxes  of  the  flower  of  the 
lotus,  tufts,  and  palm-treep  in  bud, 
and  branches  of  the  vine  intermixed 
with  pim  to  Isis,  as  goddess  of  the 
earth,  the  children  of  Ham  dedicated 
all  its  productions,  and  made  it  a  part 
of  the  produce  of  their  temple,  as 
an  homage  of  theif  gratitiide  to  Isis, 
who  presided  over  that  grand  benefac- 
tion of  Nature,  th^i  entry  of  the  Nile 
into  their  canals. 

It  is  evident  from  these  observations, 
that  our  philosopher's  relations  reflect 
uo  small  credit  on  themselves  in  hav- 
ing preserved  so  striking  an  allusion  to 
his  two  learned  epithets,  thereby  cou- 
pling the  attributes  of  Isis  or  Damater 
m  the  most  anpropriate  manner.  But 
without  any  jfurther  digression,  it  is  to 
he  remarked  that  opr  friend  Chrysan- 
thus  Constantinides  Pappa  Deme- 
triades! according  to  the  epithets 
placed  under  an  efRgy  of  him  sold  in 
the  fruit-shoos  of  Oxford  (for  which 
piece  of  sacriiegjc,  it  is  well  known,  that, 
having  an  invmcible  dislike  to  any  fi- 
gure whatsoever  of  his  person,  he  ex- 
communicated the  engravers  and  print- 
sellers  in  the  name  of  all  the  saints, 
Byzantine  or  otherwise,  in  the  Greek 
Calendar),  was,  as  has  been  observed, 
not  only  a  walking  or  peripatetic  phi- 
losopher, but  even  a  stoic.  At  the 
present  day  it  is  hard  to  say  whether 
ne  claimed  alliance  with  the  fearful 
Demetrius,  son  of  Antigonus,  sur- 
named  Poliorcetes,  or  destroyer  of  ci- 
ties ;  with  that  grandson  of  Antiochus 
of  Syria,  surnamcd  Soter;  or,  waving 
the  distinctions  of  Monarchs,  whether 
he  was  not  in  some  particular  manner 
allied  to  a  cynical  ffiilosopher,  whose 
exalted  ^nius  could  live  uncorrupted 
by  the  vices  of  the  world. 

This  rare  genius  was  one  of  those 
modern  Hellenians,  who,  like  Procne 
in  the  fable,  roamed  round  the  palace, 
no  longer  his  own,  amongst  his  en- 
slavjcd  countrymen,  who  of  late  have 
made  such  vast  and  successful  efforts 


1996.3  Accomt  of  tha  (h$€k  Demetrkida,  <^  OssJ^  15 

in  the  caibt  of  tiberty,  and  of  resistance    says  Theocritus)^  had  but  few  scholars^ 
to  the  nnpriocipled  tyranny  of  the  Sub*    and  paid  three  halfpence  a  night  (sooie- 
lime  Port*.    This  heroism  of  the  «ux-    thin«  more  than  an  oholus)  for  his  lodg- 
nifMi^tq  'A^cuoi,    for  indeed  he  wore    »ngs  Jn  St.  Peter  Le  Bailey.    He  used 
half-boots,  and  had  an  old  brown  sur-     to  ask  for  C«Qor(beer);  and,,  "Have 
tout  to  cover  his  fecanty  wardrobe,  was    you  got  any  wine  or  tea  in  your  rooms? 
an  unfortubate  Oreek,  brought  origi-     When  shall  I  come  to  the  breakfast^ 
naUy  from  ,ii  village  near  Athens,  or     &c.  ?**  1  conducted  him  one  day  to  the 
as  has  lately  be^h   ascertained  from     buttery  of  Wore.  College,  when  he 
Lepanto  (the  antient  Naupactus,  re-     had  some  grub  given  him ;  and  then 
nowned  in  jtory,  vide  Strabo,  Ovid,    asked  for  some  carve  out  of  the  kit- 
Fast,  and  Pausaniils),  as  many  have    chen.    One  day  I  flung  him  a  six- 
supposed   by   Lord    Elgin.     He  was    pence  from  my  windows  in  the  High- 
thus  left  not  unlike  one  of  the  muti-    street,  and  he  then  asked  me  if  I  would 
lated  columns  or  reliefs  of  the  Parthe-    give  him  an  order  on  any  grocer  for 
non,  or  the  Arundelian  marbles  at  Ox-    some  $uto?  'ApajStxoj,    by   which  he 
ford,  to  support  himself  by  the  pretence     meant  cofiee,  and  explained  in  French 
of  teaching  the  men  of  tne  University    what  was  the  signification  of  those 
Romaic,  This  study,  however,  brought    mysterious  words, 
him  but  few  scholars,  niost  of  the  col-        He  said  to  a  student  of  Jesus  once» 
legians  findinjg  the  study  of  the  antient    that  in  the  course  of  his  travels  he  had 
language    quite    sudicietit  to   engross    the  misfortune  to  get  a  touch  of  syphi- 
their  mental  efforts.     He  had,  accord-     lis  in  Bearr^ockiot !  ,  I  saw  him  ascend 
ing  to  his  own  account,  studied   at     Headington-hill  one  Sunday  evening, 
Leipslc,  and   was  forced  to  fly  from     and  a  gownsman  struck  him  on  the 
it  when  Buonaparte's  troo))^  took  pos-     back,  and  called  him  bomhosa!    No- 
session  of  the  town.    Strange,  indeed,     thing  could  incense  him  more  than  to 
that  he  should  have  giv«n  Umbrage  to     call  him  so,  or  as  some  did,  the  hang- 
so  mighty  a  Conqueiorl    When  there,     man  at  Corsica.     He  was  highly  in- 
he  said,  the  students  used  lb  forward     censed  because  the  gownsman  haci  the 
his  views  at  the  University j,  lind  defray     presumption  to  strike  an  ancient  man 
the  expences  of  his  aci^uirements.     He     like  him,  and  immediately  inveiehed 
seemed  to  prefer  speaking  in  the  Italian     against  **  that  old  vagabond  "  the  vice 
dialect  to  that  of  the  Greek,   which     Can.  and  that  old  fool,  as  he  styled 
made  him  appear  in  the  character  of  a     him,  the  Mayor  of  Oxford.     He  said 
foreign  renegado.  He  generally  greeted     one  day,  on  being  asked  the  origin  of 
those  who  knew  him  with  tw?  Ix"^  ^     ^^^  term  Academus  (at  Athens),  that 
brought  him  for  curiosilv's  sake  to  my     *Axa  was  the  man,  and  Jw/xoj  was  his 
rooms,  and  tried  to  mate  him  drink     people  1     One  day  the  head  of  Baliol 
wine;  but  he  would  not  trespass  be-     College,  Dr.  J — ,  happening  to  touch 
yond  one  glass.    This  was  in  conse-     him  with  an  umbrella  as  he  passed,  he 
quence  of  his  having' been   formerly    became  very  angry,  and  threatened  to 
made  drunk   by  a  gentleman  of  the    call  on  all  the  M.  A.  in  the  University 
same  college,  who  invited  him  under    with  whom  he  was  acquainted,  and  to 
pretence  of  learning  Greek  from  him ;     make  a  public  speech  complaining  of 
he  ran  about  the^ttflrf,  calling  out,  "Oh!     the  injury  received.     He  was  a  con- 
Mr.  F ,  Mr.  F ,  you  make  me    stant  attendant  on  the  butteries  of  Bal- 

drunk,  you  make  me  drunk  I"  He  found    liol,  Wadham,   and  other    Colleges; 

great  fault  with  our  method  of  pro-    and  this  practice  might  almost  have 

nunciation   of  the   ancient  language,     procured  him  the  title  of  Stoic,  or  por- 

and  said,  wherever  the  acute  accent    tico  hunter.     One  day,  while  in  the 

appeared,  the  syllable  should  be  arti-    kitchen  of  Wadham  College,  some  of 

culated  as  a  long  one.    I  gave  him  a     the  members  having  given  him  a  pot 

passage  of  the  Medea  of  Euripides  to    of  beer,  the  old  savage  cocus  (cook)  of 

translate,  but  he  could  make  nothing     the  Society  took  occasion  to  inveigh 

of  it,  and  only  shewed  he  had  a  dis-     against  him,  and  said,  "  What  a  va- 

lant  idea  of  what  it  meant.     'Eff^SoOei*    grant  like  him  pretend  to  teach  Greek! 

J9»,  for  instance,  he  said,  meant  "go    1  can  teach  Greek  as  well  as  he  I''  and 

from  hence,*'  in  the. aforesaid  tragedy,     nuite  terrified  our 'AOjivcaoj.     Some  of 

He  was  fond  of  saying,  £2p(  ^aXouo;    the  men  were  waggish  enough  to  ask 

of^^wTo^,   the  «  pronounced  short,—    him  the  meaning  of  aiJoia,  and   he 

and  that  he  was  very  poor  (the  cause    told  him  in  plain  English  the  sisnifi. 

of  all  the  arts  was  poverty  nevertheless,    cation.    He  would  laugh  when  1  ob- 


16  DenitirlaMi'^CIerical  Vestmeitii.-^Shmidan^  Tablet.        [Jaii. 

ifitpnt  19,  that  the  ailments  it  coii«- 
tains  may  have  Bome  effect  on  those 
parishei  which  have  not  sufficiei^ily 
thought  on  the  subject.  JH* 


•ervedf  to  him  that  the  Greeks  were 
tlaves,  9\  *EXX«i*fi  Wo»  I 

The  following  is  a  liidicrous  anec* 
dole  of  an  enienainmeni  given  by  a 
Jesus  luan  to  four  strange  characters 
at  Oxford,  viz.  the  old  Greek  Deme- 


"  A  regard  for  the  decencies  of  Pub- 

to  the  usage  of 
has  prompted 

,  __ parish  of  •♦♦ 

Coansellor  Bickerton,  and  a  man  grown  ^^  ^jgj,  ^q  see  the  Clerk,  when  he  offi- 
music  mad,  and  an  Hebrew  Jew. —  ciates  in  the  church,  clothed  in  the 
These  strange  characters  being  thus  gown  appropriate  to  his  order.  The 
amalgamated,  became  exceedingly  ob-  Parish  Clerk  is  an  ecclesiastical  officer 
•treperous,  and  all  quarrelled  abom  ^f  the  highest  antiquity;  he  has  a 
their  respective  merits,  each  pretend-  freehold  in  his  office,  he  occupies  a 
•ing  that  the  other  knew  nothing  about  conspicuous  part  in  the  congregation, 
what  he  professed   to  disculis.     The     ^nd  performs  a  necessary  part  of  the 


•contest  began  between  the  Greek  and 
the  Jew.  The  gentleman  who  gave 
.the  entertainment  then  thought  pro- 

grr  to  anoint  the  head  of  Counsellor 
ickerton  with  a  quantity  of  grease, 
;and  then  powdered  it  with  the  addi- 


performs  a  necessary  part 

Divine  Service.  Upon  these  seasons 
is  founded  the  propriety  of  distinguish- 
ing him  by  a  particular  vestment :  and 
the  practice  of  doing  so  prevails,  not 
only  in  the  Metropolis,  but  in  roost 


,                        ith  the  addi-  of  the  larger  and  more  opulent  parishes 

lion  of  flour,  krcked.  him  out,  and  ahut  throughout  the   kingdom.     In  order, 

the  door*.    This  was  the  only  method  therefore,  that  the  parish  of  ••♦  may 

of  eudjiifl;  a  quarrel  which  lasted  with  j^q^  appear  to  be  backward  in  this  re- 

,  great  acrimony  till  a  late  hour,  and  it  gpect,  an  opportunity  is  now  offered  to 

maybe  easily,  imagined  what  a;  Babel  'those  who  may  be  desirous  of  it,  to 

.the  commotion  ot  four  such  choice  furnish,   by   private  contributions,   a 

•  tnirits  could  create.                               •  Clerk's  eown.  the  estimated  expence 


ipirits 

^  Let  the  above  suffice  for  a  sketch 
of  the  poor  native  of  Greece  at  Oxford, 
who,  as  Juvenal  Siays,  like  another 
Muse,  and  not  fitted  by  natuie  to  act 
the  part  of  the  Graeculus  in  the  house 

■  of  a  Roman  patrician, — • 
<*  Esurient  migraret  in  atria  Clio."— Sat.  7. 

.  yet     left     behind     him    a    thousan 
pounds,  after  living  so  long  in  penury, 
to    be    expended    by   the    pappas    in 
prayers  for  his  soul  tor  the  next  huii 
urcd  years.  ^ 


Clerk's  gown,  the  estimated  expence 
of  which  amouriis  to  — .  The  gown 
to  be  for  the  use  of  the'  officer  for  the 
time  being,  and  not  the  property  of 
the  individual.*' 


Mr.  Ukban, 


Jan,  12. 


A     CORRESPONDENT,  in  last 


.  vol.  Part  ii.  p.  487,  has  sent  you 

the  inscription  on  a  tablet,  erectecl  in 
St    Peter's  Church,   Thanet,   to  the 

-.-  — —      memory    of   the    father    of   Richard 

OxoNiENSis.     Brinsley  Sheridan,  and  which  inscrip- 

"  tion  he  states  to  have  been  written  by 

Jan.  7.    '  the  late  Dr.  Parr.     I  will  not  be  so 

that 
but 

;  ments  and  hoods  during  the  celebra-  '  put  up  at  the  cost  of  that  gentleman,  it 
lion  of  Divine  Ser\'ice.  In  a  certain  '  is  most  probable  ihiat  he  also  furnished 
parish  it  was  noticed  that  the  Clerk     the  inscription.    That  Dr.  Parr  was 


Mr.  Urban, 


appeared  io  his  desk  without  his  ap- 

{3ropriate  cost  nine  or  habit.    The  foU 
owing  Circular  soon  induced  the  pa- 

•  rlshioners  to  provide  him  with  the  ac- 
.  customed   clothing.      1   request    your 

kindness  in  giving  it  [lublicity.     My 

*  What  wonder  too  if  those  should  claim  a 
seat 
'  lii  thb  right  conclave  of  the  wisest  great, 

•  Too  gay  for  pomp,  too  lively  for  a  town, 
.  A^  tbce  they  Uoghy  unhappy  Biokertoa ! 

.  .....      .  (hfiirdSf^* 


not  the  author,  I  have  it  in  my  power 
to  assert  most  decidedly.  The  inscrip- 
tion which  he  prepared,  and  which 
was  intended  for  a  monument  to  be 
set  up  in  the  Church  of  St.  John, 
Margate,  in  which  parish  Mr.  Sheri- 

■'dan  died,  1  have  seen,  and  it  is  now  in 
the  possession  of  a  medical  gentleman 

.  at  Margate,  at  whose  request  Dr.  Parr 
wrote  it  ♦.  F,  B. 

•  To  whom  we  thonld  be   much     obliged 
S^  %  correct  copy  of  it.— Edit. 


leSS^  Jrmof  Thoaua  Duke  of  CTarmce  at  Bamilapk. 


.,     „  HoriBood,  near  Bam- 

Mr.URBAi..    „„p;e,^^.  ,,,8J5. 

IN  May,  I8I9,  some  workmen  em- 
ployM  in  forming  3  (an-yaid  on  ihe 
fill  of  the  Priorv  called  St.  Magdalen  In 
Barnstaple,  laid  open  the  foundations 
«f  many  extensive  walls,  thick  and 
htmeA  of  very  solid  masonry ;  the 
mortar  cementing  the  atones  being 
harder  even  than  the  stones  ihcmseiies. 
They  were  covered  by  immense  heaps 
of  slones,  slates,  and  rubbish,  appii- 
lenlly  thrown  over  them  at  the  demo- 
lition of  ihe  buildings.  Amongst  the 
wbbish  were  fraj^menls  of  cojiinms, 
tibsof  groins,  paving  tiles  glazed  willi 


in  high  pre- 
hich  I  send 


Tfty  perfect,  i 


.  ilie  Arn 


jon  an  exact  cnpy. 

The  whole  of  these  foundaiioiis  and 
rabbish  had  been  covered,  for  a^es, 
W  a  fine  green-sward,  and  now  being 
Mlrpardy  uncovered,  and  the  rubbish 
agiin  thrown  back,  as  suited  the  con- 

GiVT.  MxG.  January,  ISSR. 


of  the  workmen,  it  was  not 
possible  lo  form  a  correct. idea  either 
of  the  extent  or  form  of  these  build- 
ings. 

Two  skeletons  were  found,  one  was 
very  perfect,  and  a  man's.  Near  this 
skeleton  jay  a  small  bell,  such  as  is 
tinkled  in  the  Calholic  Churches  dur- 
ing the  celebration  of  mass ;  it  was  of 
bel!  metal,  and  not  in  the  slightest 
degree  corroded,  the  clapper,  being  of 
iron,  was  destroyed  by  rust.  Several 
coins  were  found,  and  some,  as  I 
heard,  of  silver;  but  of  the  latter  I 
could  not  obtain  a  sight.- 
.  A  souterrain  was  laid  open,  but 
whether  it  was  an  extended  passage, 
or  merely  the  cloaca,  it  neither  suited 
the  purse  nor  inclination  of  the  tanner 
to  ascertain.  There  is  a  tradiuon  that 
there  once  existed  a  subterranean  com- 
miuiicaiion  under  the  river  Yeo,  from 
this  place,  10  a  religious  establishment 
at  Bull  Hill,  near  Pilton  Church, 
where  the  Pope's  indulgences  were 
sold,     I  believe,  however,  there  are 


Thotmu  Dmk0(^^  CUwtnotr^SW  JEgffriiM  Bf^df^         [PM 


18 

e¥f-  pkcts  wher^mmilar  traditions  do 
not  exist.  The  Nuns  and  Friars  w«re 
b^ieved  to  have  secured  to  themselves 
the  means  of  frequent  and  secret  meet- 
ings. 

There  is  also  a  tradition  that  a  stone 
coffin  had  been  found  here,  containing 
the  body  of  a  man  in  complete  armour. 
A  Clergjrman  informs  me  he  had  seen 
it  mentioned  in  some  primed  book, 
but  does  not  recollect  the  author's 
name.  W. 

*^*  WE  consider  the  arms  on  the 
Barnstaple  stone  to  be  those  of  Thomas 
Duke  of  Clarence,  second  son  of  King 


vagance,  or- foolery,  orTteef  If  $M 
is  the  testy  then  HaMeite  WHmmi  m 
her  £ditor>  is  the  greatest  ganius  <tf 
the  age.  Here  is  a  proof  that  etthev 
vicious  anecdotes  of  brcaheb,  and 
scandal,  please  the  greatest  number,  of 
readers;  or  else  that  books  arebong^ 
for  some  other  reason  than  becaaae 
they  please, 

A  curious  anecdote  of  the  test  of 
merit  which  a  large  sal^  gf  a  book 
aflbrds,  is  told  by  Lord  Orford  in  his 
••  Memoirs  of  George  the  Seconc^" 
vol.  ii.  p.  418. 

"  Smollett's  next  work,"  ssys  he»  **  was 
Henry  the  Fourth,  by  Mary  one  of  the  Hwtory  o/'Eng/onrf,  a  work  in  which  he 
the  two  daughters  and  coheiresses  of    engaged  forbooksellers,  and  finished,  though 


Humphry  deBohun,  Earl  of  Hereford, 
Essex,  and  Northampton.  We  cannot, 
however,  account  for  their  being  found 
at  Barnstaple,  or  for  the  omission  of 
the  label  over  the  Royal  Arms,  as 
borne  by  him,  and  we  believe  still  to  be 
seen  on  his  plate  in  St.  George's  Chapel. 
The  crescent  seems  to  have  been  used 
instead,  as  a  difference ;  but  it  is  un- 
usual to  find  the  Duke's*arms  with 
that  distinction. 

The  second  coat  is  Bohun  Earl  of 
Hereford  ;  and  the  fourth,  Bohun  Earl 
of  Northampton :  both  were  united  in 
the  above  Humphry.  The  third  coat 
appears  to  be  Stafford ;  but  we  do  not  at 
present  See  how  it  was  introduced  into 
the  escocheon.  The  Duke  of  Clarence 
was  slain  at  the  Battle  of  Bangy,  142Sel, 
without  issue;  and  was  buried  at  Can- 
terbury. Edit. 

Mr.  U9.BAN,      Camhridge,  Jan.  9. 

THE  Critic  who  attacks  Sir  Eger-t 
ton   Brydges,  in  a  periodical  of 


four  volumes  4to.  in  two  years ;  yet  an 
easy  task,  as  being  pilfered  from  other  His- 
tories. Accordingly  it  was  little  noticed 
till  it  came  doiyn  to  the  present  times  1 
then,  though  compiled  from  the*  libels  of 
the  age,  and  the  most  paltry  materials,  yet 
being  heightened  by  personal  invectives^ 
strong  Jacobitism,  and  the  worst  represen- 
tation of  the  Duke  of  Cumberland's  conduct 
in  Scotland,  the  sale  was  prodigious.  £leveii 
thousand  copies  of  that  trash  were  instuitly 
sold,  while  at  the  same  time  theUiiiver^i^ 
of  Oxford  ventured  to  print  biit  two.thoat 
sand  of  that  inimitable  work  Lord  Ciareni&m*$ 
Life!  A  reflection  on  the  age,  sad. -to 
mention,  yet  too  true  to  be  suppreasedb 
Smollett's  work  was  again  printed  and  agaif 
tasted,"  &c.  1 

-  Though  the  greater  part  of  the  mul- 
titude follow  the  leader  in  books  as  in 
every  thing  else,  it  is  commonly  i 
leader  of  their  own,  and  the  press  does 
but  echo  their  cries.  But  whetheir 
each  individual  reads  by  his  own  taate,* 
or  by  the  taste  of  his  leader,  what  do^ 
this  prove  ?  Is  taste,  genius,  or  lepra-* 
ing,  to  be  measured  by  nnnibers?    The 


last  month,  says,  "  As  to  a  book  being    direct  reverse  is  true:  the  xlistinction 
only  saleable  through  fashion  and  in-     paid   to   these  qualities  results    from' 


trigue,  we  deny  it  altogether.  The 
book  which  sells  best,  that  is,  which 
pleases  the  greatest  number  of  readers, 
IS  the  fashionable  book." 
'  It  is  not  easy  to  fix  any  accurate 
meaning  to  this  loose  assertion.    If  it 


their  rarity.  If  the  Critic  had  choseQ» 
to  rely  on  a  derivati\'e  taste  for  the 
mass  of  readers,  his  argument  would 
not  have  been  quite  so  absurd :  foft 
then  the  value  ot  the  taste  would  not 
have  depended  on  numbers,  but  onthft 


means,  any  thing,  it  means  that  it  is  character  of  the  source  whence  it  w«» 

fashionable,    because    it    pleases    the  drawn.     But  this  would  put  the Critio 

greatest  number  of  readers.    But  this  into  a  dilemma,  for  it  would  be  an 

proves  nothing :— th6  question  is,  why  admission  that  Reviews  might  exeroia^ 

does  it  please  the  greatest  number  of  a  false  influenee  over  the  public  mind! 

readers?     Is   it    not, :  because    it    is  If  the  multitudecan/t^ea^acf  book; 

fashionable  ?     And    whence  •  comes  they  can  dislike  a  good  one.    And  how 

feshioB  i    Does    it    not   result  from  can  sl  Reviewer  hurt  his  own  interest 

caprice,  or  intrigue,  or  the  despotic  in*  by  abusing  what  they  dislike?    I  neves 

iluenett  cf  some  idol  of  oddity,  extra-  yet  heard  of  a  hunntn  being- who  ^- 


•I8tf.]           9m^rbMimis  at  St.  ^ohrC^  Gkutth^  W^mhi^t^.  H 

lentedf  a  cohcnrrcrice  With  his  oWft  These  repairs  1  will  now  ftidea^fotfr 

opfoion.     If  it  is  toeairt  that  readert  to  describie,  first  examining  the 

jurill  »ej€ct *n  opinioiii  because  it  does  Exterior.. 

not  aeree  with  theirs,  I-^dmit  it:  btA  Under  the  north  ahd  south  porticos, 

4his  admission  will  not-senre  the  Cniic*s  new  'square-headed    door-ways    have 

-purpose.     If  it  is  meant  tHiit  they  wmU  been  opened  to  thewestern  towers.  Their 

Teject  it,  if  it  be  false,  then  it  implies  uprights  have  but  three  itiembers  ii 

that  lli«y  are  already  in  so  advanced  d  the  capital:    in  this  respect  diflerin^ 

state  of  knowledge  that  they  do  not  from  the  uprights  of  the  door-wiijs  it 

Teqaire  to  be  taught!                     E.  the  centre,  which  are  capped  by  fouV 

%♦  We  *»te  received  a  Letter  from  Sir  mouldings;  and  again  differing  fro  A 

f^rton  Brydges,  dated  Paris,   Jan.  11,  the  door  to    the  corresponding  tOwer 

commentingt  in  indlgnaat  terms,  oti  thie  on   the  east  side,  which    is  destitule 

uticle  aDuded  to  hy  our  Cambridge  Corre-  of  either  capitals  or  plinths.     In  the 

tpondent.    Bafr  we  consider  it  would  be  former  towers,  open  newel  stair-ca8e.s 

•higWy  imprudeBt  to  embark  in  so  tempes-  ^f  purbeck  stone  have  been  erected, 

iuMu  a  coBteovewy.  up  to  the  level  of  the  floor  of  the  gat- 

^  lery.     Here  new  door-ways  are  ala^o 

^_     -.-                                   7       «  made,  forming  very  complete  entrances 

Mr.  Urbak»                       Jan.  i>.  ^^^^  ^^^  galleries,  instead  of  the  wood- 

SINCE  I  last  addressed  you  on  the  ^wreathed  stair-cases,  formerly  in  th'e 

subject  of  Westminster  Improve-  interior  of  the  Church, 

nents,   numerous  others  hsive  taken  The  towers,  previously,  not  beinjz 

place.  appropriated  to  any  particular  purpose. 

The  population  of  the  parish  of  St.  except  as  places  of  security   for  the 

John    the    Evanselist   having    mate-  fire-ladders,  and  as  containing  a  small 

lially  increased  of  late  years,  the  Church  bell  or  two,  the  windows  were  blank, 

becaine  insufficient  to    accommodate  but  have  now  been  opened  and  glazed, 

the  parishioners.     The  Select  Vestry  agreeably  to  the  original  design,  the 

«f  the  parish,  anticipating  that  they  metal  sashes    having   been   preserved 

shoutd  be  nnder  the  necessity  of  erect-  under  the  plaster, 

ing  a  New  Church,  or  of  re-modelling  Under  each  of  the    porticos  hav<B 

ind  repairing  the  presient  magnificent  been  erected  a  projecting  lobh^,  with 

one*   (the    most  expensive    built   in  three  pairs  of  lolding-doors,  so  placed, 

the  reign  of  Queen  Anne)  ;  and  con-  as  to  prevent  the  current  of  iVina  (from 

tidering  the  expence  that  would  attend  whatever  direction)  from  eOtering  the 

the  erection  of  a  New  Church  and  body  of  the  Church,  and  annoying  the 

establishment,   and    their    inadequate  congregation.     This  judicious  precau- 

means    of   sustaining    the   same,   re-  tion  is  seldom  attended  to  in  places  of 

solved     to     adopt    the    latter   course,  public  worship.     These  outer  lobbies 

Plans  and   specificaflions   were  accor-  are  met  by  similar  ones  in  the  interior, 

dJDgly  made  by  W.  Inwood,  Esq.  and  which  have  two  pair  of  folding-doors, 

potto  competition,  about  the  begin-  covered  with  crimson  baize,  and  taste- 

ninsof  June,  1825,  when  Mr.  James  fully  pannelled  with  brass  mouldings. 

Finn,    builder    to  his   Majesty,    was  From  the  celling  is  suspended  a  iieal 

chosen  to  perform  the  necessary  altera-  lamp,  lighting  both  the  outer  and  inner 

tions.                                                     ^  loboies. 

The  principal  objects  were  to  in-  In  order  to  give  additional  light  to 

erease  the  accommodation  for  the  poor,  the  body  of  the  Church,    part  of  the 

give  extra-light  to  the   body   ot   the  four  corner  windows  on  the  lower  tier 

Church,  properly  to  warm  the  same  in  (semi-circular  on    plane)     have   been 

the  winter,  and  to  admit  a  change  of  opened  and  glazed  with  ground  glass. 

air  in  the  summer  seasons.     Previous  The  upper  tier  of  semicircular  vvindows 

to  these  alterations,  the  Church  would  has  been  re-glazed,    the  disagreeable 

not   contain    more    than    1200    per-  casements   removed,    arid   small  iron 

tons,  including  about  50  free  sittings;  hoppers,    with   horiizontal  flaps,  suB- 

bot  at   present  accommodation  is  af-  stituted,  to  admit  a  proper  change  of 

ferded  for  about  1800,  including  about  ^ir. 

MX>free  sittings.  At  the  east  end  the  parallelogfam 
'■ — ^  windows,    collateral  witn    the  semi- 

•  An  elevation  of  this  Church  may  be  circular-headed    window,    have  been 

Kcaiavol.  xTii.  p.  S51.  hlocked  up  with  stone,  and  two  addi- 


Imfitimmmti'  in  St.  jDlm'$.  Chitrehi:  WtUmMter- 


ffc*f^ 


tional '  leiiiicircular-headed  windows 
have  been  introduced  on  the  north  and 
Koulh  sitles  of  the  chancel,  and  glazed 
with  ground  and  stained  glass.  The 
xnassy  key-stones,  with  their  accom- 
panying skus,  and  the  pendent  gutts 
at  the  base,  features  which  characterize 
tlie  other  windows  in  the  upper  tier, 
are,  however,  omitted ;  thus  ^ving  a 
liehter  appearance  to  the  architecture 
of  this  end  of  the  Church. 

The  alterations,  additions,  and  im- 
provements in  the 

Interior 

are  so  conspicuous^  that  many  parish- 
ioners can  scarcely  recognize  their  ori- 
ginal place  of  worship.  Th6  pews,  which 
were  formerly  of  different  lengths  and 
widths,  have  been  entirely  taken  down ; 
several  hundred  loads  of  rubbish, 
caused  by  the  6re  which  destroyed  the 
interior  of  the  Church  about  80  years 
ago,  removed  from  under  the  same,  to 
admit  a  free  circulation  of  air^  and 
four  double  rows  of  air-flues  built,  to 
heat  and  ventilate  the  Church.  New 
floor  and  joists  were  put  all  over  the 
ground  plan,  and  the  pews  refixed, 
leaving  a  spacious  nave,  and  the 
western  portion  of  the  aisles  for  free 
sittings.  All  the  projecting  seats  and 
bases  to  pilasters  are  cleared  ilway,  to 
widen  the  aisles. 

The  walls  are  coloured  with  light 
^  tea-ereen;  the  pilasters  still  liehter, 
while  the  capitals  and  entablature 
are  stone-colour,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  frieze,  which  is  cut 
off  from  the  architrave,  by  being 
coloured  with  a  light  green  also.  The 
ground  of  pannels  of  the  beautiful 
ceiling  are  coloured  sky-blue;  as  is 
also  the  coffers  of  the  roses,  between 
the  modillions  of  the  cornice;  but 
the  ribs  which  divide  the  ceiling 
into  pannels,  and  the  larce  flowering 
boss  in  the  centre  panneT,  are  stone- 
'  colour.  From  this  boss  (which  is 
superior  to  almost  any  other  of  the 
kind,  being  about  eighteen  feet  in 
diameter,  and  pendent  from  the  ceiling 
about  five  feet  in  the  centre)  was  for- 
merly suspended  a  brass  chandelier. 

There  is  now  no  entrance  to  the 
galleries  from  the  interior  of  the 
Church ;  the  places  where  they  stood 
being  converted,  the  one  on  the  north- 
west comer  to  the  christening-pew, 
and  the  other  on  the  opposite  angle 
into  free  sittings.'  The  font,  removed 
fxom  a  pew  (the  site  of  which  is  now 


occupied  by  that,  for  the  Chorchr 
wardens)  on/  the  udcth-west  corner 
of  the  nave,  is-  railed  ia  froiii  tbr 
sponsors-pew. 

The  furnaces,  to.  warm  the  Chorcb^ 
are  erected  in  the  crypt,  according  to 
Mr.  Silvester's  plan,  and  communi- 
cated by  hot  air-chambers  to  tbefluei 
before-mentioned,  passing  through  neat 
iron  ornamented  gratings  in  the  skirtr 
ing  round  Uie  pewing,  and. thereby 
distributing  the  neat  reeularly  all  over 
the  Churcn.  The  two  large  cast-iron 
gratings,  placed  in  the  floor  at  the 
west  end,  convey  the  air  to  the  fur' 
naces,.  which,  when  heated,  is  re- 
turned again  through  the  flues  into  the 
Church. 

The  moveable  free  seats  in  the  Nave 
are  very  commodious^  each  of  which 
will  contain  about  five  persons.  The 
present  arrangement  of^  the  pews,  as 
far  as  the  reading-desk,  is  the  same  as 
before,  but  from  tne  reading-desk  to  the 
east  end  tl)ey  are  so  arranged,  that  the 
congregation  sit  facing  the  nave.  The 
pulpit  and  reading-desK,  &c.  have  been 
cleaned  and  removed  about  four  feet 
nearer  the  altar:  the  heavy  sounding- 
board,  which  was  supported  by  a 
Corinthian  column,  nas  been  re- 
moved, and  the  door  of  the  pulpit 
altered  so  as  to  open  strait  with  the 
staircase,  the  balusters  of  which  have 
been  bronzed. 

The  Vestry-room  is  situated  at  the 
west-end  of  the  Church.  In  it  has 
been  erected  a  large  closet,  with  iron 
doors;  and  the  prison-looking  windows 
have  been  substituted  by  new  ones 
with  hopper  heads,  corresponding  with 
those  in  tne  other  parts  ot  the  Church. 
An  additional  door-way  has  been  also 
made  to  this  room^  corresponding  with 
the  old  one. 

The  glass  screen,  together  with  the 
pews  at  the  west  end  of  the  Aisles,  have 
been  removed,  and  their  4>laces  sup- 
plied by  about  twenty  free  seats,  which 
are  distinguished  from  the  pews  in  the 
nave  by  a  range  of  cast-iron  bronzed 
honeysuckle  ornaments.  These  are 
continued  also  upon  the  ^acks  of  the 
Rector's  and  Churchwardens'  pews, 
making  a  very  complete  finish  at  the 
west  end;  and  which,  had  they  been 
continued  along  the  whole  of  the  wain- 
scot, partitioning  the  aisles  from  the 
nave,  would  have  tended  greatly  to  im- 
prove the  appearance  of  the  Nave. 

The  alterations  in  the  Chancel,  or 
'  Sacrariumf  are  very  conspicuous.  jThe 


mo  pAfBlklo^ia  niado^  on  mA  «Ui^ndc4.oi!^  tbf  p|rt  fomqrhr  f^eea* 
wUh  of  the  pointed  wqiflow^  bare,  btef  ]^ed  by  t^  eotiaaott  from  tpc  old  itaii^* 
Uockcd  fnp,  aod  •  new  teoiicircalaf^  ywrt,  increaiiDg;  the  acoommodation 
lieadcd  window,  with  bandaome  arcbtr  fonsiderablj ;  and  tbeoiiain-loft  isoiA^e 
mteiy  oraamented  witb  roaet,  intnv  moreooropfict.  The  old  clock,  placed 
doced  on  each  letnrn  walL  To  for-  in  front  of  the  organ-loft.  wa%  rer 
niahi  room  for  these  wiodovt*  two  bean-  moved,  ^ind  a  new  one  |Haced'ip  f 
tifbl  mural  monomentt  were  removed  centre  pannel,  tastefally  tbrrooiided  by 
to  the  galleriet.  The  centre  window  carved  mouldinss.  in  frontof  the  west- 
lepreaepts  Qur  Saviour  bearing  the  em  nllery.  To  the  blank  windows 
Cross,  sopported  on  hb  right  ^  St.  oa  tne  easi  end  of  the  nllery  walU, 
John  the  Erangdist,  and  on  his  left  were  removed  the  moral  monuments 
by  St.  Ptol.  It  was  presented  to  the  firom  each  side  of  the  chancel ;  and 
parish  by  T.Green,  tM^  of  MiDbank«  the  compondiog  blanks  at  the  west 
row.  *rhe  upper  compartment  haiL '  end  havo  been  broken  into,  to  make 
been  replaced  bjr  dark  cloods»  with  .entrances  from  the  towers, 
the  desoendiog  aove»  surrounded  by  These  altentiottft  b*^>og  ^n  com« 
glory.  The  Sainta  have  received  new  |ilded,  the  Chmdl^ /was  opened  De- 
canopies  and  pedestal^  and  in  the  finre-  cember  IS,  with  a  sermon  preached  by 
ground  have  oeen  aoded  a  nago,  of  the  Very  Reverend  the  Dean  of  West- 
steoa  in  brown  |;lass«  The  beantifol  minster,  in  topport  of  the  fund  for 
aretiitrave  of  this  window  ia  oopied  re-buikling  the  Westminster  Hospital, 
from  one  in  the  Temple  of  Jupiter  A  som,  amounting  to  about  forty-five 
Suior,  at  Rome.  Ita  6eea  are  pounds,  was  cottected  after  the  sermon, 
▼ariovnly  and   .chastely  ornamented  |  .— - 

the  first,  with  mdletij  the  aecond|  The  icnovatioii  of  our  Collegiate 
with  rich  honeysncUe  ornaments  I  and  .Ch'oreli  proceeds  slowly;  but  the  re- 
the  outermost,  with  the  egg  and  purs  ar^  executed  with  such  taste,  as 
anchor,  or  lonio  ornament.  Around  sufficiently  compensates  for  the  delay, 
the  semicircular  head«  b  •  range  andwhich  must  silence  every  objection.  * 
of  chembin,  cast  fibm  the  beau-  One  buttress  on  the  west-side  of  the 
tifully  sculptured  ones  on  a  mo-  north  transept,  is  pompletely  fi^iUbed. 
Boment  in  the  neighbourinff  parish  On  the  site  of  the  Westminstef 
chareh  of  St.  Margaret.  The-  pedi-  Market,  a  Mews  u  being  erec^  (or. 
ment  of  the  alur-screen,  which  blocked  the  accommodation  of  Peers  and  Com- 
np  part  of  Uie  window,  has  been  re-  moners  during  the  Session  of  Par- 
-snoved,  and  a  more  modem  gjilt  carved  liament  It  is  well  known,  that  Lord 
ornament  substituted.  This  resem-  Colchester,  while  Speaker  of  the  House 
bles  a  small  pediment,  open  at  the  of  Commons,  greatlv  improved  that 
apex;  the  anglfs  are  finished  by  scroll-  part  of  the  City  of  Westminster  lying 
work.  The  tympanum  is  adorned  with  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  Abbey 
e  rich  honeysuckle  moulding.  The  Church,  by  removing  the  handsome 
whole  of  tnis  altar-piece,  includins  market  and  streets  adjacent,  &c.,  and 
the  antae,  is  now  painted  and  grained,  thus  forming  an  opening,  whereby  a 
to  imitate  black,  statuary,  sienna,  and  fine  north-west  vievv  of  this  archi« 
diflferent  descriptions  of  marble.  The  tectural  remain  was  obtained.  This 
I>ecalogoe  and  Creed  are  in  gjM,  on  spot  of  ground  subsequently  served  as 
-imitation  black-vein-marble  pannels,  a  nursery,  for  upwards  of  200  trees: 
surrounded  by  gilt  mouldings.  The  these  have  now  oeen  torn  up  by  the 
modillions  and  roses  in  the  cornice  of  roots,  and  thesroond  excavated  for  the 
ibb  recess  are  gilt,  and  in  the  centre  foundation  of  the  intended  Mews, 
of  the  ceiling  has  been  placed  a  gilt  When  Lord  Colchester  projected  this 
representation. of  Glory,  and  clouds,  improvement,  he  could  not  have  anti- 
.in  relief.  cipated  such  a  misapplication  of  the 

The  Oe/lmet,  .which  formerly  con-  spot ;  nor,  can  I  believe,  that  any  man 
anted  of  thirty-five  pews,  have  now  of  taste  will  approve  of  the  obstmc- 
cighty,  an  addition  accomplbhed  bj  tion  of  this  oeautifol  view  of  the 
.extending  the  same  to  the  east  waii  Abbey,  by  stabling;  but  what  wifl  be 
(ibcy  havmg  previously  ended  opposite  its  architectural  features,  I  know  not. 
the  pnlpit),  and  making  four  rows  of  Prospectuses  have  been  issued  for 
pews,  instead  of  two  and  three.  The  the  erection  of  a  handsome  casUiron 
lor  the  charity  chiUhenhtte  been    Bsidge,   of  seven  arches,   over    the 


Imftrovemenlt  in  Lieerpool. 


tJM 


Thames,  from  llie  Honefcny,  Wm- 
minsicr.  lo  Chorch-atreet,  Lupbelh. 
In  ihete  proiptciusei,  ihc  projcclon 
advance  numerous  plamible  miora 
for  its  erection;  but  upon  referenced 
iheir  plan,  ihc  distance  saved  is  found 
to  be  too  uiRIng  to  corapenwle  for  the 


I 


addilional  expence;  the  greatest  dii- 
tanee  beliij;  five  furlongs,  and  that 
taken  m  a  line  of  road  aelilom  Of  erei 
used.  I  hope,  howevcl,  that  the  bridge 
will  be  erected,  as  it  must  tend  pealij 
to  improietheioulh  pan  of  the  Ciljof 
Weilm-n-lef.  «■ 


tiiely  destroying  cveiy  vestige  of  olhei 
dayi-     Public  eoiticci,  balls,  and 


Mf.  Ui 

THE  iniprovemenls  carry 
this  town,  under  the 
I  pi  riled   Corporal 

humble  donieiiic  habitationi, 
and  whole  streets  ace  tram  formed  as 
if  by  magic.  The  absentee  of  a  few 
years  looks  in  vain  for  the  place  of  hti 
lonner  residence ;  for  instance,  about 
l.S  years  ago  I  wai  accosted  by  a  Ka- 
man  who  innuired  for  Frog-lane,  to 
which  I  replied,  there  was  no  such 
place  in  town,  as  I  was  ignorant  then 
that  the  street  we  stood  in  formerly 
bote  that  name,  owing  to  the  change 
it  hod  nndergone.  He  himself  could 
not  tecoBnize  it;  for  when  he  last  be- 
held it.  It  was  literally  a  laoe,  with 
hcJgei  on  each  kidc,  and  stepping' 
(tone)  lo  render  it  passable  aeroM  the 
quagoiire,  which  it  ihen  literally  waa. 
Thei-G  were  three  bridges  (as  appears 
by  an  antienl  MS.  in  mv  possession), 
one  of  which  had  been  broken  down 
in  the  year  16691  at  which  period  a 
law-auit  was  peniling  between  the 
Tatlucke,  plainiifl',  a* 
for  Caryl  Lord  Holyneux,  at 


B  law-auit  V 
^m  paitiet :  Ji 
■       mutee  for 


that  lime  Lord  of  ihe  manor  of  Liver- 
pool, Edw.ird  Marsh  ami  Jauies  VVbit- 
tield,  defcndnnls. 

This  lane  is  now  one  of  the  princi- 
pal thoroughfares  in  the  heart  of  the 
town  ;  where  the  hedgerows  reared 
their  heads,  interspersed  wiih  a  few 
cottages,  shops  of  every  description  «c- 

The  ancient  halls,  &c.  of  the  nobi- 
lity and  gentry,  who  resided  here  in 
the    sixteenth    century,    ate    levelled 
with   the   dust.     The  Tower,   which 
stood  at  ihe  N.  VV.  angle  of  the  ton 
was  occupied  by  the  noble  family  of 
Stanley.     The  Castle  at  ihc  S.  W.  an- 
gle, hy  Lhat  of  MoljneuK  Earls  of  Set  ■ ; 
ton.    Moore  Hall,  to  the  North  ef  the    ' 
Tower,  was  the  residence  of  the  family   ^ 
of  Moore,  which  gave  name   to   the    1 
present  Old  Hall  Street.     At  the  East-   j 
ern  exlremily  of  the  town  stood  CrOM    j 
Hall,   the  seat  of  the  Crosses,    o"  " 
Cross   Hall  Street.     A  short  disU< 
North  of  Ihe  Castle,  on  the  siic  of  the    1 
present   King's   Arms,   Castle  Street,    | 
was  New  Hall,  belonging  lo  the  May>  ^ 
hulls  of  Maybull.     The  last  remaining 
specimen  of  ihe  post  and  petrel  slyle  of   I 
building  in  town  was  laken  down  last    { 


ytw;  it  wat  occopieil  at  the  above  mm  Hercules,  Sesostris/  and   Semiramis* 

bj  the  Tarleloa  family,  and  was  called  whose  exploits  afe  not  only  doubtful^ 

the  Chufch-style  House,  being  situated  but  whose  names  are  suspected  to  be 

at  the  N.E.  corner  of  the  church-yard  merely  mythological  titles.    It  appears* 

of  St.  Nicholas.    At  the  time  of  the  that  Hinaostan  was  at  an  early  period 

demolition  of  this  edifice,  the  lastspe-  divided  into  three  great  monarchies* 

cimen    of    the  Elizabethan  style   of  situate  on  the  Indus,  on  the  Ganges,  and 

stone,  with  low  muUioned  windows,  in  the  Peninsula,  of  which  the  second 

&c.  (see  the  Vignette,  in  p.  28)  was  may  be  considered  paramountf.  Theit 

also  destroyed.  history,  however,  presents  no  connec* 

A   more  detailed  account  of  these  tion  with  their  western  neighbours* 

ancient  edifices,  and  of  the*  families  till  the  dissolution  of  the  first  Assyrian 

who  occupied    them,    may  probably  empire,  an  event  attended  with  im- 

hereafier  find  a  place  in  your  work.  portent  cosequences  to  central  Asia, 

Yours,  &c.         W.  J.  Roberts,  and  discernible  in  the  fortunes  of  every 

♦'  i  nation  from  Palestine  to  Bengal. 

Remarks  on  the  Introductory  Disserta^  The  monarch,  whom  later  accounts 

lion  prefixed  to  Dow*s  History  of  term  Sardanapalus,  is  called  Zohak  in 

Hindostan*.  the  traditions  of  the  East.    His  cruel- 

IN  examining  the  progress  of  society,  ties  haying  exasperated  the  people,  a 

it  will  be  found,  that  as  mild  and  revolution  was  effected  by  Fereedoon* 

fertile  districts  are  ^^re  favourable  to  who  took  the  tyrant  prisoner,  and  as- 

ciTiliaation,  and  unproductive  ones  to  cended  the  vacant  throne.     A  pretext 

enterprize  ;    so  the   original    settlers  ^f  anticipating  hostilities  on  the  In- 

in  India  made  rapid  advances  in  the  dian  frontier,  was  iifforded  by  a  fugi- 

one,  while  they  lost  every  inducement  ^▼e,  nephew  to  the  reigning  Maha«- 

to  the  other.    The  political  history  of  rajah,  or  great  printe,  for  wnom  he 

that  country  affords,  in  consec)uence,  a  embarked  in  a  tedious  war.    At  its 

long  series  of  successful  invasions,  op-  conclusion,  he  compelled  the  monarch 

posed  by  the  rulers  alone,  without  that  ^o  cede  a  ))ortion  of  his  dominions  to 

co-operation  on  the  part  of  the  people,  ^"s  nephew,  and  acknowledge  himself 

which  an  eminent  orator  terms  *  the  tributary  to  the  Persian  crown.    By 

cheap  defence  of   nations.*    Owing,  subsequent  menaces  he  extorted  thtf 

also,  to  the  facility  with  which  tradi-  surrender  of  the  provinces  situate  on 

tions    are    preserved    and    multiplied  the  Indus,  a  territory  which  varied  ita 

among  a  stationary  population,  the  In-  boundaries  with  the  fortunes  of  ita  re- 

dian  chronolo)ry  remounts  to  an  extra-  spective  masters,  and  which  appears  to 

vagant  antiqufty ;  nor  is  the  determin-  ^^ave  extended  at  one  time  to  Sirhind, 

iog  of  its  coincidences  with  European  or  «*  the  borders  of  Hisyd,''  in  the  mo- 

rccords  a  satisfactory  task,  as  the  sue-  dern  division  of  Delhi, 

cession  of   monarchs   is  ofien   inter-  The  recovery  of  the  liberty  of  the 

nipted  by  a  new  dynasty,  or  a  reign  of  Medes  under  Arbaces,corresi)onds  with 

exaggerated  length.     **  The  only  light  the  Caianian  dynasty  of  Persia.  Under 

(observes  Dow)  to  conduct  us  through  Cobad,  the  sixth  or  this  line,  and  the 

the  obscure  paths  of  their  antiquities,  Deioces  of  Herodotus,  Rustem,   the 

we  derive   from  an   historical  poem,  Hercules  of  Iran,  having  triumphed 

founded  on  real  facts,  translated  into  o^^r  the  Asiatic  Tartars,  invested  Ben- 

the  Persian  language  in  the  reign  of  ga^  which  had  eluded  its  subserviency 

Mahommed  Akban,  who  died  in  the  during  an   invasion  from  the  North* 

I(50^ih   year   of  the   Christian  aera.".  Having  subdued  the  whole  empire^  he 

From  the  Persian  Homer,  Firdusi,  the  ^^'sed  to  the  throne  a  new  family,  who 

identity  of  persons  may  often  be  in-  removed  the  capital,  from  motives  of 

ferred,  and  thus  we  shall  be  enabled  vanity  or  policy,  fromOude  toCanoge< 

slighily  to  connect  the  revolutions  of  Amon§  the  natives,  those  princes  are 

lodiawith  the  transactionsof  the  West,  denommated  Surajas,   or  Children  of 

In  the  aera  of  fable,  and  the  earliest  ^^e  Moon. 

prriod  of  history,  we  find  four  real  or  After  a  succession  of  several  princes, 

pTcicnded  invaders  of  India  ;  Bacchus,  ^^  different  families,  the  diadem  was 

*  The  History  of  Hindustan,  translated  f  Maurice,  Hist,  of  Hindoataa,  voL  iii* 

frtvti  tlie  Persian,  bj  Alexander  Dow,  Esq.  The  first  chiefly  appears  in  the  following 

lo  Ti  irols.  8vo.  1792.  discussion. 


Bemarks  on  the  HutdrpbfiHiwio9$ati 


usarped  by  Keidar,  a  Brahmin,  who 

EM  the  customary  tribute  to  Persia^ 
ut  was  dispossessed  by  Shangal*,  a 
native  of  Canoge.  His  Persian  co- 
temporary  was  Coos  (the  Cyaxares  of 
Herodotus f),  whose  dominions  had 
been  recently  overrun  by  AfrasiabJ, 
the  Scythian.  This  circumstance  seems 
to  have,  encouraged  a  revolt  on  the 
part  of  Shangal,  who  withheld  the  tri- 
DUte,  rejected  the  Ambassador,  and 
repulsed  the  army  of  Afrasiao,  on  the 
confines  of  Bengal.  The  Tartar  was 
then  on  the  borders  of  China,  but 
took  the  command  in  person,  defeated 
Shangal,  and  compelled  him  to  take 
refuge  among  the  mountains  of  Turat; 
whence,  after  beholding  the  ravages 
of  his  territory,  "  he  came,  in  the  cha- 
racter of  a  suppliant,  to  the  Persian 
camp,  with  a  sword  and^a  cofiin 
carried  before  him,  to  signify  that  his 
life  was  in  the  disposal  of  the  kin^," 
who  carried  him  away  prisoner,  leaving 
his  son  Rohata  upon  the  throne.  This 
prince  avoided  disputes  with  Persia, 
oy  punctually  remitting  the  tribute, 
which,  wi^h  the  support  afforded  to 
his  father,  consumed  a  third  of  tlie  re- 
venue. His  son  dying  without  issue, 
the  race  became  extinct;  ,and  during 
that  period  we  hear  of  no  transactions 
with* Persia,  but  the  support  afforded 
by  a  Shangal  to  the  lartars  against 
Ciosru,  or  Cyrus,  who  is  vaguely  said 
by  Xenophon  to  have  made  the  Indus 
his  eastern  boundary  §. 

The  sceptre  was  then  assumed  by  a 
chief  of  the  Raja-poot  tribe,  under  the 
title  of  Maha-rajah.  *'  The  first  act 
of  his  reign  was  the  reduction  of  .Guze- 
rat,  where  some  disturbances  had  hap- 

Sned  in  the  time  of  his  predecessor, 
e  built  a  port  in  that  country,  where 
he  constructed  vessels,  and  carried  on 
commerce  with  all  the  states  of  Asia. 
This  spirit  of  enterprize  appears  to 
have  excited  the  emulation  of  his  con- 
temporary, Darius  Hystaspes,  who 
sent  a  fleet  down  the  Indus,  under  the 
command  of  Scylax,  a  Greek  of  Cary- 
andra,  professedly  for  purposes  of  dis- 
covery; but,  according  to  Herodotus, 
he  extended  his  dominions   by  con- 

•  Or  King  ofSangaia,  Wilford,  As.  Res. 
▼.  888. 

'  t  This  arrmogement  will  hardly  agree 
with  the  invasion  in  Herodotus,  but  we  pre- 
fer the  opinion  of  Sir  John  Malcolm,  who 
omits  Phraortes  and  Astyages. 

X  A  general  name  for  the  Asiatic  Tartar. 

§  Cyrop.  Tiii. 


I5mw 


quest*.  An 'assdnineDt  of  the  enit- 
pi  re,  made  In  his  reign,  rates  the  In- 
dian provinces  at  sijt  hundred  talente 
of  gold  f. 

His  son,  Isfendian,  the  Xerxes  of 
Europeans,  is  said  in  general  terms  to 
have  conquered  India  J.  Indian  troops 
accompanied  him  in  his  western  ex- 

E edition,  who  are  particularized  as 
aving  dresses  of  cotton,  and  bows  of 
bamboo.  Its  disastroos  results  may  be 
traced  in  the  revolutions  of  the  border. 
Kedaraja,  nephew  by  a  sister 'to  the 
former  monarch,  reduced  the  pro- 
vinces on  the  Indus,  apparently  desti- 
tute of  garrisons,  of  which  he  was  in 
turn  deprived  by  the  mountaineers  of 
Candahar.  The  throne  was  usurped 
by  lei-chnnd,  his  general,  who  paid 
tribute  to  Bemin  and  Darab§,  the  co- 
temporary  kings  of  t'ersia. 

The  son  of  lei-chund  was  dispos- 
sessed by  Delu,  his  uncle,  who  founded 
the  city  of  Delhi.  He  was  dethroned 
by  Puar  or  Porus,  whose  son,  of  the 
same  naihe,  was  defeated  at  Sirhind 
by  Alexander  the  Great ;  and  the  Ra- 
jahs of  the  Deccan  submitted  to  the 
conqueror. 

Cotemporary  with  Puar,  was  Nauda, 
king  of  Magadhar,  or  the  Gansetic 
provinces,  who  being  murdered  by  a 
minister,  his  eight  sons  shared  t^e 
power  among  themselves,  to  the  ex- 
clusion of  Chandia-gupu,  their  half- 
brother.  Spurning  a  pension,  he 
quitted  the  court  for  AIexander*s  camp; 
but,  having  offended  that  monarch  by 
his  freedom,  he  fled  from  his  presence, 
and  returned  home,  where  be  seated 
himself  on  the  throne  by  the  rourder 
of  his  brothers.  He  drove  the  Greeks 
beyond  the  Indus,  and  fixed  the  seat 
of  his  empire  at  Palibothra,  a  central 
situation,  which  appears  to  have  com- 
manded the  whole  territory  between 
the  two  rivers.  Seleucus,  to  whom 
India  was  assessed  by  the  partition  of 

*  Maraja,  says  Dow,  is  said  to  have  been 
cotemporary  with  Gustasp,  the  fiitbei'of 
Darius. 

^  -  f  Major  Rennell,  however,  proposei^o 
read  360.     Herod,  iii.  94. 

X  Malcolm's  Hist,  of  Persia,  c.  iv. 

§  D^rab  b  probably  Darius  Nothos,  and 
Bemin,  Artaxerxes  I.  That  the  Persian  as- 
cendancy was  regained,  appears  from  the 
expression  used  by  the  author  of  Esther, 

who  says  that  Ahasuerus  reigned  from  1*in 
to  Ethiopia :  by  this  word  is  apparently  de- 
nominated Sirhind,  which  country  was  €of- 
merly  called  Hud,  Wilford.     As.  Ret.  ix. 


ISW.]                   iRem#fo  <m  the  Hiiiory  of  Hindostan.  - 15 

Alexander's    dominioos,   invaded    it,  B.C. 

bat,  being  pressed  hj  Antigonus,  con-  Commercial  enterprizes  of  Ma- 

cluded  a  peace,  which  was  cementcxl  ^^i^»  cir.   -----..      509 

by  a  mauiroonial  alliance.    Chaudra-  '"">?  recovered  from  Xerxes,  cir.  478 

gupta   is   said   to  have  maintained   a  Again  reduced      -----      464 

body  of  Greeks  (lavanas)  in  his  ser-  Accession    of  Darab   or  Darius 

vice,  and  to  have  reigned  24  years*.  Nothus>  to  the  throne  of  Persia    423 

His  son  and  successor  b  called  Vari-  Accession  of  Puar  I.  cir.      -    -      383 

sava  by  the  Indians,  and  Alliirochates  P"aJ*  !!•  (Porus)  defeated  by  Alex- 

by  the  Greeks.     An  embassy  from  ander  the  Great       -    -    -    -      327 

Svria  h  the  only  important  event  in  Accession  of  Chaudra-gupta,  or 

his  reign.  Sandracottus 3l6 

His  son,  ShivacapS^na,  is  probably  Invasion  of  Seleucus       -    -    -      302 

the  Sophagesimus,  with  whom  An-  ^Death  of  Chaudra-gupta,  and  ac- 

tiochiis  the  Great  concluded  a  treaiy.  cession  of  Varisara  -    -    -    -      292 

His  pacific  character  is  implied  in  his  Revolt  of  Bactria  from  the  Seleu- 

name,  which  denotes  *'  he  whose  armies  ^^*J®    --------      250 

are  merciful,  do  not  ravage  or  plunder  Alliance  of  Antiochus  the  Great 

ike  country  f;*'  and  he  was  early  de-  and  Shivaca-S^na    -    -    -    -      204 

throned  by  lona,  who  claimed  descent  Dethronement  of  Callian-chund, 

frocD  Ac  family  of  Puar,  and  whose  cir. ---       130 

Wnefiocnt  rei^  in  some  measure  jus-  Of  the  few  remaining  events  which 
liSed  his  forcible  accession.  It  was,  connecjt  India  with  the  West,  there  is 
however,  disturbed  by  the  Bactrian  no  occasion  to  take  any  notice:  they 
Gndkif  who  carried  their  victorious  ^^7®  been  collected  by  Cuvier,  in  his 
arms  farther  than  Alexander.  Of  History  of  the  Roman  Emperors,  and 
these,  Demetrius,  son  of  Euthydemus,  consist  only  of  a  few  embassies.  We» 
Mablished  himself  on  the  throne ;  but  here  close  our  humble  ten'tamen,  in 
his  cruelties  rendered  him  odious,  and  ^^e  hope  that  it  will  soon  be  super- 
after  being  dethroned  by  some  insurgent  seded.  To  use  the  words  of  an  emi- 
Rajahs,  ne  disappears  from  history,  nent  Celtic  antiquary,  "  we  can  see 
Among  the  Indians,  he  is  known  by  but  indifferently  here,  and  therefore 
the  name  of  Gallian-chund  X.  (uay  have    erred  t  may  others  prove 

The  dates  which  Dow  has  inter-  more  fortunate* !" 

sperKd  with  his  dissertation,  are  not  a 

such  as  to  detain  an  inquisitive  reader.  «>r     tt                                    r 

One  specimen    may  sulfice :  ignorant  ^^-  ^'^bah,                         Jan,  12. 

Of  careless  of  the  great  Assyrian  revo-  I    COULD  hardly  have  expected  to 

luiiouj  he  places  Fereedoon  nearly  two  M.  find  the  communication  of  the  Ge- 

thousand   years  before  the  Christian  nea-LOGIst  in  your  October  Number, 

sera.    The  following  sketch  is  probably  claimed  by  a  person  upon  whose  deli- 

eqaally  open   to   censure  j    but,   if  it  berate  declaration,  that  *' it  is  quite 

shoulo  chance  to  guide  any  student  to  impossible  any  Review  can  be  honest 

the  truth,  we  shall  receive  conviction  which  is  anonymous  f,**  the   printer's 

cheerfully.  ink  is  scarcely  dry.     My  present  busi^ 

„       '     -  .        .          ,           .        -B  c.  ness,   however,   is  not  to  expose  Sir 

Revolt  of  Assyria,  and  accession  of  s.  E.  Brydges's  inconsistencies,  but  to 

Fereedoon,  who  reduces  Western  defend  myself  from  his  heavy  charges. 

India   -     -     ---    -    -    -,     750  .   He  may,  perhaps,  consider  the  mere 

India  recovered  b;rRustem       -      700  assertion  that  Sir  John  Brownlow  of 

Invasi^onof  Afrasiale,  orthe^m-  Belton  was  descended  from  William 

ttc  Tartar,  cir.    -    -     -     -     -       630  Brownlow  of  Humby,  and  Margaret 

Lpper  Asia  reduced  by  Cyrus,  or  Brydges,  v^rhen  signed  by  his  name,-  is 

tosru  --------       542  sufficient  to  convince  your  readers,  and 

•  WiJford,  As.  Res.  «.     Chauara-gupta  overwhelm  me ;  but  I  own  1  should 

i.  the  Sandracottus  of  the  Greeks,    fhe  have  been   more  satishcd    if  he   had 

ittuMtxon  of  Pallbothia  is  Contested;  Sir  W.  ^^\^^  /"«  particulars  of  that  descent, 

Jones,   Rennell,    and  Gillies,  place  it  at  a"^  referred  to  some  proofs  in  support 

P*uia;  Robertson,  at  Alhallabad ;  Wilford,  of  it.     My  defence  is,  that  ihe  plain 

St  Raja-inahall. ■        

t  Wilford,  As.  Res.  v.  t86.  *  Cambrian  Biography,  art.  Arthur, 

I  Maurice,  Indian  Antiquities,  i.  89.  f  Brydges's  Note-book,  p.  1«. 

GMrtT.MAG.  January  f  1926, 

4 


S6 


Pedigree  of  the  Broumlow  Family* 


[Jan. 


and  simple  tale  which  is  to  put  me 
down,  the  tale  which  Sir  S.  E.  Bryd^s 
never  yet  met  any  one  conversant  with 
the  descents  of  our  nobility,  nut  fami- 
liar with, — that  tale  which  is  to  put 
my  confidence  to  shame,  and  triumph 
over  my  defiance,  wants  one  very  es- 
sential quality — truth.  I  was  per- 
fectly well  aware  that  William  Brown- 


the  ancestor  of  Sir  JohD  Brownlow, 
father  of  the  Ladies  Ancaster,  Exeter, 
and  Gruilford ;  and  that  the  present  re- 

f>resentative  of  that  William  Brown- 
ow  and  of  Margaret  Brydees  also  (if 
her  issue  by  her  2d  husband  Sir  Thos. 
Skipwith  be,  as  I  believe  it  is*  extinct) 
is  Miss  Doughty*.  The  genuine  Pe- 
digree of  the  Brownlow  family  is  sub- 


low  (not  of  Humby  but)  of  Snaresford  joined,  and  not  having  the  vanity  to 

in  Lincolnshire,  married  Margaret  the  think   that  any  name  I   might  siga 

daughter  and  coheir  of  George,  sixth  would  of  itself  support  my  assertions. 

Lord  Chandos  -,  but  I  also  knew  that  I   shall  take  care  to  give  dates  and 

William  to  have  been  the  uncle,  not  proofii  at  every  step. 

Richard  Brownlowjt  Chief  Pro-  Qrtj  Brydgety  Lor^pAnne,  eldest  daughter  lad 

thonotary    of    the     Common  Chandos,  died  10th  |  co-heiress    of   Ferdinando 


Pleas.  V.  L.^ 


Aug.  1631. 


I 

Sir  John  Brownlow  of 
Belton;  CO.  Line.  Bart, 
created  26  July,  1641, 
died  24  Nov.  1679, 
aged  89 ;  buried  at 
&Iton,  s.  p.  L.  N. 
M.I.  Will  proved  28 
June  1680. 


Sir  William  BrownlowcpEliz. 
ofHumby,co.Lincoln;  |  dau.  Sc 


I  CO 


Earl  of  Derby. 


created  a  Baronet  27 
July,  1641  ;  70  years 
old  1666.  V.L.  Died 
1667  or  8.  Will  prov- 
ed 16  June,  1668. 


coh.  of 
Wil- 
liam 
Dun- 
combe. 
V.L. 


George  BfydM>i 
Lord  Chandos, 
one  year  and  one 
day  old  at  his  &- 
Sher*8 death;  ma. 
atTotteridge,  co. 
HerU,  14  Deei 
1687. 


r 


danehter 
afHeniy 
Montar 
goe  £8tt 
wMaB- 


Sir  Richacd=p£liza-        Eliza-  e^WilltamBrownlow,2d  80nsp^aigarot,d,&oohs=SirThos. 


Brownlow, 
of  Huraby> 
Bart,  son 
and  heir. 
V.L  Died 
^  July, 
1668,  aged 
40.     M.  I. 
Bom  1628. 


both,  d. 

of John 

Preake. 

V.L. 

M.I.ad- 

minis^^ 

tratrix 

of  her 

husb. 


bethfd. 
of  Sir 
Eras- 
mus 
deU 
Foun- 
taine, 
1666. 
V.L. 


1666.  V.L  LN.  was  of    of  Geo.  Brydgea 


Snaiesford,co.  Line. :  aj 
pointed  executor  to 
will  of  bis  uncle  Sir  Joha^ 
but  died  before  him  intes-. 
tate ;  and  administration 
was  granted  Apr.  1 67  5,  to 
« the  hon'ble  Lady  Mar- 
garetBrownlow,  his  wid.*' 


Lord  Chandos.  8d 
wife;  mar^et.with 
W.B4]ated87^r. 
1674,  &  recited  in 
a  de^  to  which  she 
&  bier  Ad  husband 
Sir  Thomas  Skip- 
with, 1690.  L.N. 


Skipwith, 
ofMether. 


oo.IiBe. 
Bt.  Died 

1710. 
L.N. 


SirJohn  Brownlow  of^Alice,  dau.    Sir  William    Elizabeth,  only    SirGeoige    Jjoejt&d 


Belton  and  Humby, 
•Bt.  son  and  heir,  born 
about  1660,  died  at 
Bath,  16  July,  1697, 
aged  S8  ;  buried  at 
Belton.  M.I.  Will 
proved  2  Sept.  1797. 


I 

Jane  Duchess 

of  Ancaster. 


T 


of  Richard  Brownlow,  child  and  heiress  Brydges 

Sherardof  Bart,  sue-  of   William  B.  Skipwith, 

Lope"  ceeded  his  by    Margaret  Bart,  on^ 

thorpe,co.  brother.  Brydges,    mar.  son,  died 

Lsic.  Esq.  Died  1698.  Philip  Doughty  17&6,  s.p. 

M.  I.  ^  of  Westminster, 

I  Esq.      y|s 


onmar- 

Tied, 

176S. 


L 


Alice  Lady    ElizabethCoun-  SirJohnBrown]ow,cTeated    Anne,  mar.  Sir 

Guildford,      tess  of  Exeter.  ViscTyrconnel;  dieds.p.      RiehsidOvt. 

The  above  Pedigree  has  been  com-  Brownlow  and  Skipwith  pedigreci,  in 

piled  from  the  original  Visitation  of  such  a  way  as  to  leave  no  reasonable 

Lincolnshire,  in  i66(j;  from  the  pe-  doubt  of  his  having  himself  seen  it; 


digrees  of  Brownlow,  Skipwith,  and 
Sherard,  in  a  MS  collection  of  pedi- 

Cies  of  Baronets  collected  by  Peter 
Neve,  Norroy  King  of  Arms,  who 
refers  to  the  deed  of  169O  between 
Mar^ret  Brydges  and  her  2d  husband 
Sir  Thomas   Skipwith,   in  both    the 


and  who  says  in  the  Skipwith  pedi- 
gree, "  this  account  I  had  from  okl  Sir 
Thomas  S.  himself  ;'*^ — from  M6no- 
mental  Inscriptions  of  the  Brownlows 
in  Belton  Church,  printed  in  Tamor's 
History  of  Grantham^  and  from  the 
severafwiils  referred  to  in  it. 


^  William  Brownlow  had  by  Margaret  Brydges  an  only  daughter  and  heir,  Kliiihstlri 
who  married  Pliilip  Doughty,  of  Weitmioiter,  esq.  and  whose  great  grand-daogliler  end 
heir  the  present  Miss  Doughty  is. 


law,^ 


Difmce  of  Debretfs  Pierngem 


«7 


The   Visitation^    Le  Neve's   Pedi-  low,  who^    according    to   Sir  S.  £. 

greet,  and  the  Monumental  Inscrip-  Brydge8*s  account,  must  have  heen  his 

(iooa  are  cited  in  proof  of  the  several  grandson,  was  born  in  1628,  viz.  when 

&cts  they  establish,  by  the  capital  let-  his  maternal  grandfather  was  just  8 


ters  V.  L.  (Visitation  of  Lincoln), 
L  N.  (Le  Neve),  and  M.  I.  (Mou. 
loser.) 

Further,  Mr.  Urban,  I  assert,  and 
with  eodie  confidence  of  being  able 
latisfiictorily  to  prore,  that  Sir  S.  E. 
Biydges'  statement  of  the  BrownloW 
descent  is  not  onl]f  erroneous  but  tm- 
possibies  and  that  if  he  had  not  been 
quite  as  careless  as  he  charges  me 
vith  bein^,  he  ought  to  have  known 
its  impoesibility.  My  proof  will  be 
taken  from  no  recondite  MSS.  but 
two  printed  books  only.  One  of  them 
edited    by    Sir   S.  £.  Brydges  him- 


years  old,  and  9  years  before  his  said 
maternal  grandfather  was  married.  Sir 
S.  E*  Brydges  may  perhaps  say  he  had 
forgotten  or  did  not  advert  to  these 
dates ;  but  I  venture  to  tell  him  that  a 
Gbnealogist  must  assiduously  ascer« 
tain  and  compare  dates,  unless  he 
wishes  his  name  in  reality  to  be  an  in- 
dex of  incapacity  and  ignorance. 

When  I  first  read  the  Gbkbalo- 
gist's  attack  in  your  October  Maga- 
zine, I  suspected  the  error  he  had 
Mien  into ;  and  had  his  manner  been 
somewhat  less  assuming,  would  at 
once  have  set  him  right.    1  was  not 


self;    the    other  a   work    completely  a  little  astonished  to  find  the  blunder 

within  his   reach,  and   which   it    is  owned  by  one  who  has  the  reputation 

hardhr  intBible  to  conceive   so  cele-  of  having  studied  so  minutely  the  his- 

brated  an  Antiquary  and  Top<^raphef  tory  of  the  house  of  Chandos ;  and 

can  have  avoided  reading,  particularly  yet  on  reflection,  why  should  it  have 

if  he  felt  any  interest  respecting  the  surprised  me?  it  is  not  the  first  nor 


Bcown\ow  family,— -Tuhior*s  Hrstory 
of  Grantham,  wnich  includes  an  ac- 
count o£  the  parish  of  Belton,  where 
that  £unily.  was  seated,  and  a  pedigree 
of  the  family  itself. 

In  Sir  S.  £.  fii)rdges*s  edition  of  Col- 
lins's  Peerage,  it  is  stated  that  George 
Lord  Chandos  was  one  year  and  one 
day  old  on  the  10th  of  August,  16^1 
(vol.  VI.  pp.  724,  725),  and  that  he 
married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Henry 
Montagu,  Earl  of  Manchester,  14th 
Dec.  1637  (vol.  II.  p.  67). 

From  Monumental  Inscriptions, 
publisbed  in  Tumor's  Grantham,  I 
learn  that  Sir  John  Brownlow  (father 
of  the  Duchess  of  Ancaster,  &c.)  died 
16  July,  1697,  in  the  38th  year  of  his 
age,  and  that  consequently  he  was  bom 
in  1659  or  1660 ;  and  that  Sir  John's 
father.  Sir  Richard  Brownlow,  died 
3d  July,  1668,  aged  40  years,  and  was 
consequently  born  in  1028.  Sir  S.  £. 
Brydges  having  avoided  all  particulars 
of  the  descent  of  Brownlow  between 
William  and  Sir  John,  and  merely 
said,  "  from  whom  descended,"  it  is 
rather  difficult  to  grapple  with  his  ge- 
neral assertion;  but  I  will  take  his 
words  in  the  narrowest  sense  in  which 


the  greatest  mistake  he  has  made  in 
the  genealogy  of  the  noble  family 
whose  namesake  he  is.  In  this  in- 
stance, however,  I  fear  he  is  not  only 
in  error  himself,  but  the  original  cause 
of  error  in  others ;  at  least  the  earliest 
trace  I  have  yet  been  able  to  discover 
of  the  simple  tale,  is  a  note  in  his  own 
edition  of  Collins  (vol.  VI.  p.  726), 
which  is  not  to  be  found  in  any  of  the 
earlier  copies  of  that  work  *. 

I  have  now  done  with  the  matter  of 
Sir  S.  E.  Brydges's  Letter,  but  have 
still  a  few  words  to  say  upon  the  style 
of  it..  I  cannot  help  thinking  that 
his  mysterious  allusions  to  a  private 
knowledge  of  my  name  and  vocation ; 
and  his  laboured  disclaimer  of  a  per- 
sonality, which  but  for  that  very  dis- 

*  Since  writing  the  above  I  have  been 
directed  to  Lodge's  Pterage  of  Ireland,  edi- 
tion 1754,  which  contains  a  statement  of 
the  descent  of  Sir  John  Brownlow  from 
Margaret  Brydges.  But  it  d«es  not  make 
the  case  any  better  for  Sir  S.  £.  Brydges, 
inasinnch  as  it  sets  forth  at  lengtb  ths  very 
monumental  inscription  to  the  mem(Hry  <x 
Sir  Richard  Brownlow,  which,  compared 
with  the  ascertained  dates  in  the  Chando^ 


..  1        »_  „  1       .       .1  ^^  c:-     Pedigree,  renders  the  account  impossible. 

*^can  be  construed.  VIZ.   that  Sir    And  I  .i  inclined  to  doubt  whetheVSir  S. 
John  was  grandson,  and  Sir  Hicnard 
»n  of  William  Brownlow  and  Mar- 
^ret    Brydges.     Now    it    is    shewn 


abov^  that  Lord  Chandos,  Margaret's 
ilther^  was  born  in  1620,  and  married 
in  l()37,  and  that  Sir  Richard  Brown- 


£.  Brydges  can  hare  derived  his  error  from 
this  source,  inasmuch  as  Sir  S.  £.  Brydges 
calls  Margaret  Brydges's  husbaHd  William 
Brownlow,  esq. ;  and  Lodge  states  expressly, 
though  fsJsely,  that  she  was  wife  of  Sir 
William  Brownlow,  bart.  , 


38 


Dacent  of  Sir  E^Bry'dgei  from 


Mary  Tudor.        [J«n. 


daimer  no  one  would  ever  have  sus- 
pected, is  all  in  very  bad  taste.  The  er- 
rors of  every  published  work  are  indis* 
Sutably  open  to  public  criticism,  and 
ad  mine  (and  I  am  aware  they  are, 
and  from  tho  very  nature  of  the  work 
must  ineviubljr  oe,  numerous)  been 
pointed  out  with  truth,  chari^,  and 
temper,  my  only  feeling  woula  have 
been  thankfulness:  but  when  pub- 
licly accused,  of  partiality,  ignorance, 
and  carelessness,  I  repelled  the  charge, 
though  it  came  but  from  an  anony- 
mous Gbnbaloqist;  and  now  that 
I  know  my  accuser,  even  under  the 
imposing  signature  of  '*  Sir  S.  £. 
Bryogbi,"  I  do  not  retract  a  word ; 
but  again  advise  him  to  be  more  sure 
of  his  own  assertions  before  he  censures 
others.  His  future  criticisms  I  neither 
solicit  nor  deprecate;  if  they  are  like 
his  past,  I  shall  have  little  to  fear  irom 
them. 

Thb  Editor  op  Dbbrbtt's 

PESaAGB. 

P.  S.  Your  other  Correspondents, 
the  Rajah,  and  L.  N.  S.  are  of  course 
answered  in  the  above  Letter ;  but  to 
them  I  have  to  present  mv  thanks  for 
ofiering  me  what  no  douot  thev  con- 
siderea  correct  information.  To  the 
Rajah  I  have  to  add,  that  I  am  not 
aware  of  anv  descendants  from  the  7th 
Lord  Chandos.  Sir  S.  E.  Brydges  says 
in  his  Edition  of  Collinses  Peerage, 
that  his  third  daughter  Rebecca  mar- 
ri^  Thomas  Pride,  and  had  a  daughter 
Elizabeth  married  to  Thomas  Sher- 
win.  In  this^  instance  I  believe  his 
statement  (which  is  taken  from  Sand- 
ford's  Genealogical  History  of  the 
Kings  of  England)  may  be  relied  on. 
Whether  Sherwinhad  any  issue  I  have 
never  ascertained. 

Mr.  Urban,  Paris,  Jan,  I9. 

IN  my  communication  to  you,  which 
forms  the  first  article  of  your  Ma- 
gazine for  December,  regarding  the 
heirs  of  the  Princess  Mary  Tudor, 
speaking  of  Georce  3d  Earl  of  Guild- 
ford as  pareni  of  tne  present  Marchio- 
ness of  Bute,  the  word  **  mother'*  is 
by  a  slip  of  the  pen  used  for  father — 
an  crrcfr  which  will  give  great  delight 
to  word- catchers. 

I  take  the  opportunity,  while  others 
drc  80  minute  in  pointing  out  the  de- 
scendants of  this  royal  blood  from  the 
latc»t  branch  of  English  Sovereigns 
wliusc    posterity   have    fallen    among 


subjects,  not  to  omit  my  own  direct 
pretension. 

The  Honourable  Thomas  Egertoa 
of  Tatton  Park,  in  Cheshire,  was  3d 
son  of  John,  2d  Earl  of  Bridgwater, 
descendant  and  coheir  of  Lady  Eleanor 
Brandon,  daughter  and  coheiress  of  the 
Princess  Mary  Tudor.  The  baptism 
of  this  Thomas  is  recorded  in  Mal- 
colm's ^' Londinium  Redivivam.*' 
AAer  I  had  printed  the  article  Bridg- 
toatevy  in  vol.  iii.  of  Collinses  Peerage, 
1812,  I  discovered  in  a  memorandom- 
book  of  his  widow  the  date  of-  his 
death,  viz.  October  29th,  l685.  Mr. 
Clutterbuck  has  since  noticed  that  he 
was  buried  in  the  family  vaiilt  at  Lit- 
tle Gadsden,  co.  Herts.  His  widow, 
Hesther,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Busby, 
died  in  Stratton-street,  Piccadilly,  Oc- 
tober 7>  1724. 

His  yonneer  son,  William  Egerton, 
LL.D.  was  Prebendary  of  Canterbury, 
and  Rector  of  Penshurst  in  Kent,  bom 
Julv  6,  1 682,  died  Feb.  1738,  set.  56, 
ana  was  buried  at  Penshurst.  See  his 
epitaph  in  T^orpe'xRegistnim  Roflfense. 
His  widow,  Anne,  daushter  of  Sir 
Francis  Head,  Bart  was  nuried  there 
in  1778. 

Jemima  Egerton,  his  daughter  and 
coheiress,  was  bom  at  Penshurst  in 
Sept.  1728,  -and  married  in  March 
1747,  Edward  Brydges,  £s<i.  of  Woot- 
ton,  in  Kent.  She  died  his  widow  in 
Dec.  I8O9,  ®^  8S#  at  her  house  in  the 
Precincts,  Canterbury,  leaving  Sir 
Egerton  Brydges,  Bart,  her  surviving 
son  and  heir,  then  aged  47,  and  John- 
William-Head  Brvdges,  a  younger  sod, 
now  M.  P.  for  Coleraine. 


Yours,  &c. 


S.  E.  Brtdobs. 


ViBW  OP  Cuvibr*s  Histoeical 
Argumbvt. 

AMONG  the  difierent  ways  in 
which  humanity  prestimes  to 
measure  the  truth  of  Gamipotence, 
the  assertions  of  modem  geologists  are 
not  the  least  astonishing.  OT  these, 
Mr.  Brydone*s  hypothesis,  framed  on 
the  investigations  of  the  Canon  Re- 
cupero,  maintains  the  highest  preten- 
sions, hut  has  been  satisfactorily  re- 
futed, by  arguments  deduced  from 
iiself,  by  Mr.  Gisborae,  in  his  Survey 
of  Christianity,  and  Testimony  of  Na- 
tural Theology. 

As,  however,  the  antiquity  to  which 
Miany  nations  lay  claim,  ir  totally  at 


1896.'] 


VUw  ofCw9UT*t  Miitorical  Argument. 


129 


variance  with  the  receiTed  chionolcM^, 
new  fields  have  been  opened  for  dis- 
cussioo.  M.  Cuvier  (whose  name 
u  known  throughout  the  literary 
world)  has  accordingly,  in  a  sepa- 
rate chapter  of  his  geological  work^ 
examined  these  claims,  and  shewn, 
that  to  no  country  whatever  can  a  date 
be  allowed  teaching  beyond  the  De- 
luge*. His  arguments  are  so  inge« 
nioos,  and  at  the  same  time  so  novel, 
diat  we  cannot  present  our  readers 
with  better  principles  for  historical  in- 
Tcstigation,  than  a  short  summary  of 
this  remarkable  Chapterf. 

I.  **  The  chronology  of  none  of  the 
Western  nations  can  be  traced  in  &  conti- 
noous  line  fitfther  back  than  three  thousand 
yours.  .  .  .  the  North  of  Europe  has  no 
uthentic  record  till  after  its  conversion  to 
Christianity ;  the  History  of  Spain,  of  Gaul, 
of  £nglBiid!t>  commences  only  with  the 
Romans ;  thaet  of  Northern  Italy  is,  at  the 
present  day,  almost  unknown." 

Greece  only  received  the  art  of  wri- 
.  ting  fifteen  or  sixteen  centuries  before 
Christ,  and  its  history  is  for  a  long 
time  after  fabulous.  Of  Western  Asia, 
we  hare  only  a  few  contradictory  ex« 
tracts. 

When  the  earliest  historians  speak 
of  ancient  events,  wherever  occurring,, 
they  cite  nothing  but  traditions;  nor 
was  it  till  a  long  time  after,  that  pre- 
tended extracts  were  given  from  the 
Egyptian,  PhcBnician,  and  Babylonish 
annals.  Berosus,  Jerome  of  Candia, 
and  Manethon,  flourished  only  in  the 
third  century  before  Christ,  and  San- 
coniatho  was  not  heard  of  till  a  cen- 
tury later.  On  the  other  hand,  "  the 
Jews  are  the  only  people  with  whom 
we  find  annals  written  m  prose,  before 
the  time  of  Cyrus."  The  Pentateuch 
has  existed  in  that  form  at  least  since 
the  schism  of  Jeroboam ;  for  it  was 
received  as  authentic  and  obligatory, 
both  by  Judeans  aiid  Samaritans, 
which  circumstance  gives  it  an  anti- 
quity of  at  least  two  thousand  years§. 

*  BIayney*8  Chronology  places  this  event 
B,C.  2349.  MM.  Vanderhurch  and  Veimars, 
in  their  Histoire  du  Monde,  B.C.  3404. 

t  It  may  be  necessary  to  premise,  that 
our  citations  are  fi'om  the  translation  by 
Professor  Jamieson. 

t  This  is  not  true  of  the  Welsh  historical 
record,  called  the  TaiADS,  but  they  cannot 
be  placed,  as  a  composition,  higher  than  the 
uelfth  century. 

h  Sec  this  argument  treated  at  length  in 
Gi^%ei*s  Lectures  on  the  Pentateuch. 


The  poeticial  traditions  pf  the  Greeks, 
far  from  contradicting,  actually  corro- 
borate the  Hebrew  testimonies.  About 
the  time  of  the  departure  of  the  Isra- 
elites from  Egypt,  other  colonies  issued 
from  the  same  country,  *'  to  carry  into 
Greece  a  religion  less  pure,  at  least  in 
its  external  appearance,  whatevar  be* 
sides  might  have  been  the  secret  doc- 
trines, which  it  reserved  for  the  initi- 
ated ;"  while  others  introduced  writing 
and  commerce  from  Phoenicia.  Ac-  , 
cording  to  the  calculations  of  Arch- 
bishop Usher,  Cecrops  came  from 
Egypt  to  Athens  about  1 556  B.  C. ; 
Deucalion'^settled  on  Mount-Parnassus, 
about  1548;  Danaus  came  to  Argos 
about  1495 ;  Dardanus  established 
himself  in  the  Hellespont  albout  1449, 
— all  nearly  contemporary  with  Moses, 
who  migrated  in  1491.  Nor  are  ge- 
nealogies to  be  trusted,  for  when  we 
leam. those  of  the  Tartars  and  Arabs, 
and  the  Monkish  inventions,  "  we^ 
readily  comprehend,  that  the  Greek  > 
writers  have  done  for  the  early  periods 
of  their  nation,  what  has  been  done 
for  all  the  others  in  times  when  cri- 
ticism had  not  been  used  to  throw 
jnore  light  upon  history." 

As  mr  Deucalion,  his  Deluge  is 
evidently  nothing  but  a  tradition  of 
the  universal  one,  ascribed  to  his  epoch 
by  the  Helladians,  because  he  was  the 
founder  of  their  nation*.  :  Pindar 
(vol.  IX.)  mentions  him  first  of  Greek 
writers,  as  landing  in.  Parnassus, 
building  the  city  of  Protogenes,  and 
forming  a  new  race  of  men  from  stones. 
We  leave  'to  some  modern  Pezron  to 
determine  what  hidden  allusion  is 
contained  in  the  word  Xatoj. 

II .  Those  who  contend  for  the  re- 
mote antiquity  of  nations,  depend  on 
the  Indians,  Chaldaeans,  anct  Egyp- 
tians,— three  nations  who  were  pro- 
bably the  first  civilized;  each  of  these 
possessed  an  hereditary  caste,  to  which 
the  care  of  religion,  laws,  and  sciences, 
was  exclusively  delivered,  and  which 
reserved  to  itself  the  inspection  of  the 
sacred  books,  or  alleged  revelation 
from  the  Divinity.  Of  these,  the  In- 
dian books  alone  are  extant,  but 
nothing  historical  can  be  learnt  from 
them ;  the  Brahmins  **  even  pretend, 
that  their  religion  prohibits  them  from 
recording  the   events  of   the   present 

^  The  French  writers,  mentioned  in  a 
former  note,  place  Deucalion  in  the  age  of 
the  captivity  of  the  Hebrews  is  Egypt. 


30  yiem  of  Cuvier's  ^torical  Argument.  [Jan. 

time,  the  age  of  misfoitude."    And^it  Han  visited  Egvpt:    his  acconut  di£. 

may  be  added,  in  a  nation  divided  into  fers  altogether  trom  those  of  his  pre- 

castes,  acts  which  contribute  to  luxury  decessors.    Sesostris  had  formerly  been 

and  magnificence,  would  be  principally  styled  the  great  conqueror;    his   sue- 

encouraged ;   "  biit  histoiy,  which  in-  cesses  were  now  attributed  to  Osyman- 

fonhs  men  of  their  mutual  relations,  dias,  and  when   Germanicua  was  at 

would  be  regarded  by  them  with  dread."  Thebes,  A.D.  1 8,  they  had  been  trans^ 

In  Egypt,   the  Prints  of  Sais  in-  ferred  to  Rhampses.       The    natural 

formed. Solon  (who  risited  them  about  inference  is,  that  the  Egyptian  priests 

550  years  B.C.),  that  Athens  and  Saia  had   no  history,    properly  spealting; 

had  bee^  built  by  Minerva ;  the  for-  and,  that,  unlike  the  Hindoos,  they 

mer  about  QOOO,  the  latter  about  8000  bad  no  connected  fables,  but  such  in- 

years  before.    A  century  after  (about  terpretations  as  they  gave  of  the  hiero- 

450  B.C.)  the  Priests  of  Sais  gave  a  glvphics.    A  list  jo(  the  sacred  bookt 

different    account   to    Herodotus,    of  ot  Hermes  is  preserved  by  Clemens, 

Menes,    the   first   King,    who   built  and  not  one  of^  them  appean  to  be  of 

Memphis,  and  embanked  the  Nile  i  an  historical  nature, 
and  of  three  hundred  and  thirty  other        m,   »  The  whofo  uicleiit  mythologT  of 

Kings  anterior  to  Mcens,   who  flou-  theBrahmms  is  oonneoted  with  the  Mm 

ri8hed>  gOO  years  before  this  account  or  course  ofthcGMige8,Mid  it  wm  evidently 

was  communicated,  or  1350  years  B.C.  there  that  they  had  their  first  tettlementB. 

After  hearinj;  the  legend  of  Sesostris,  The  deseriptions  of  die  anctens  ClMldnMi 

wlvose  traditionary  conquests  extended  momunents  luM^e*  a  stroae  resemblaiics  to 

as  far  as  Colchis,  in  Asia,  **  Herodotus  those  of  the  Indians  end  lEgyntiMis ;  but 

thought  that  he  discovered  relations  of  ****•«  monuments  an  not  so  mJ  pnMrrved, 

figure  and  colour  between  the  Col-  $*.^"?^  *M  ^^^  ■"  coastnwtod  of  bricb 

chians  and  Egyptians;  but  it  is  much  dned  in  the  sun. 

more  probable  (observes  M.  Cuvier)  ,  IV.  Neither  Moses  nor  Homer  men- 

that  these  dark-coloured  Colchians,  of  ^op  &>  y^t  a  great  empire  ia  Upper 

which    he    speaks,    were   an  Indian  Asia.    Herodotus  assigns  to  the  supre- 

colony,    attracted  by    the    commerce  macy  of  the  Assyrians,  a  dunition  of 

anciently  established    between  India  Pn^X  ^^^  hundred  and  twenty  years, 

and  Europe,  by  the  Osus,  the  Caspian  originating  about  eight  hundred  belbre 

Sea,  and  the  Phasis.^'     In   fact,  the  bis  time  (i.  95.)    He  had  not  learnt 

learned  modern  is  disposed  to  question  ^^.  Babylon  the  name  of  Ninos,  as 

whether  Sesostris  ever  had  existence.  King  of  Assyria^  and  only  mentions 

The  following  observation  we  give,  in  bim  as  fether  of  Agron,  the  first  Lydtan 

his  own  words:—"  It  is  only  fhwn  Sovereign  of  the   Heracleid    famUy, 

Sethos,    that    Herodotus    commences  though  ne  makes  him  the  son  of  Beloi 

that  part  of  his  history,  which  is  some*  (ibid.  c.  7*).    Hellanicus,  his  contem* 

Yirhat  rational,  and  it  is  worthy  of  re*  poraij,  attributes  Babylon  to  Chaldmis, 

mark,  that   this  part   begins  with  an  the  fourteenth     in   saccession    from 

event,  which  agrees  well  with  the  ah-  Ninus.     Ctesias  allows  oonqiifiiti  in 

pals  of  the  Jews,  the  destruction  of  the  the  Wesjt,   incompatible  with  Jewish 

army  of  the  King  of  Assyria,  Senna-  history,    to    Ninus   and   Semtramis: 

cherib ;  and  this  agreement  continues  while  Berosus*  transfers  the  repatitioit 

under  Nccho,  and  under  Hophra  or  of  them  to  Nabuchodoooser,  in  the 

Apries."  time    of     Alexander. — Great  works, 

At  the  distance  of  two  centuries  after  bearing  the  name  of  Semiramii,  are 

Herodotus  (about  260  B.C.)  Ptolemy  mentioned  in  the  rnoce  remote  pro- 

Philadelphus,  a  Prince  of  foreign  ex-  vinces,  and  those  of  Sesostris,  in  Asia 

traction,    was   desirous   of  becoming  Minor :  as  at  the  present  day,  ia  Persia, 

acquainted    with   Egyptian    history :  ancient  monuments  bear  the  name  01 

ManethoQ,    a  priest,     undertook   ac-  Rustem,   in  Egypt  of  Joseph,   and  of 

cordingly  to  compile  one,   not  from  Solomon  in  Arabia.     This,  observes 

archives  or    registers,    but   from  the  M.  Cuvier,  is  the  effect  of  ignorance ; 

sacred  vplumes ;    and,  as  mieht    be  77"  the  peasants  of  our  own  coontiy 

expected,  the  narrative  is  totally  irre-  give  the  name  of  Caesar's  camp  to  aU 

concileable  with  what  had  been  de-  the  ancient  Roman  entrenchmeots." 
livered  before.  V.    The  Chinese  have  tew  mcmo- 

About   60  B.C.    in    the  reign   of . 

Ptolemy  Auletes,   Diodorus  the  Sici-  *  Plod.  Sie»  Ik  ii. 


18^6.]        Appeal  mi  behalf  of  St,  Saviours  Churbh,  Southwark.  31 

rials  in  common  with  their  western     II  la  retraite  des  eaux.    Les  astronomes,  k  la 
neighbours^  and  their  physiognomy  at     yue  des  zodiaques  Chald^ens  et  Egyptient, 
fim   appears    to    support  any  partial    «»*  pouss^  plus  loin  leurs  conjectures.    En 
hypothesis.— The  most  ancient  of  their     g^n^ral,    la  science    donne  aux  premieres 
books,  the  Chou-king,  is  said  to  have     f«^»  une  haute  antiqult^;  les  ancienspar- 
been   compiled  by  Confucius,  about     latent  ded^ugesantArieurs  I  celuide  Pfo^; 
two  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty 
years  since,  from  fragments  of  more 
ancient  works.     Two  hundred  years 
after,  a  general  persecution  of  literature 
took  place,  unoer  the  Emperor  Chi- 
hoangti,   when  the  books    were    de-     ann^  du  monde.''^ 
stroyed ;  but  a  portion  was  preserved, 
in  which  the  national  history  com- 
mences with  an  £mperor  named  Yao, 

"  whom  it  represents  as  occupied  in 

remonng  the  waters,  which,  having 

risen'  to-  the  skies,  still  bathed  the  feet 

of  the  highest  mountains,  covered  the 

less  derated  hills,   and  rendered   the 

plains  impassable."  According  to  some 

accounts,  this  monarch  reigned  four 


et  leurs  traditions  choquent  toutes  ceileis 
des  H^reux,  qui  s'^taient  form^  de  Tunivers 
une  id^e  coi^ornie  I.  leurs  moeurs  et  i  leura 
coanaissances.  I^e  Christi^aSsme  admet  les 
croyances  H^ralqueiB>;  et  la  pfemi^  Tigne 
de  la  Bible  doit  ^tre  pour  nous  la  premiere 


AJr.  Urban,  Jan,2(K 

AS  you  are  usually  foremost  among 
the  advocates  for  our  national  ar^ 
chitecture,  I  wish  ere  now  you  had 
given  your  powerful  aid  to  the  pro- 
tectors of  St.  Saviour's  Church,  who 
are  struggling  with  a  host  of  adver- 
saries for  the  restitution  of  that  noble 
edifice,  whose  destruction,  or  what  is 
thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty-eight    scarcely  less  deplorable,  whose  alterar 


yeart  before  the  present  time ;  accord- 
mg  to  others,  only  three  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  thirty-eight. 

We  have  gone  throush  M.  Cuvier*s 
ai;fi;ument  with  great  pleasure  to  our- 
uSfeSf  and  recommend  our  readers  to 
MGise  diligently  his  Entire  Work.  The 
mw>wing  extract  from  the  French 
Historical  Summary,  cited  in  the  notes, 
will  giie  them  a  concise  view  of  the 
e^jtravagancies  which  our  Author  has 
successfully  examined : — 


tion,  both  as  to  the  integrity  of  its  ve- 
nerable architecture,  and  the  arrange- 
ment of  its  interior,  has  been  boldly 
and  mischievously  suggested  by  some 
busy  members  of  the  V'l^try.  In  the 
absence  of  a  more  competent  advocate, 
1  step  forward  to  support  the  cause  of 
aatiquity  against  its  enemies,  who,  un- 
der shelter  of  the  precedent  just  esta- 
blished at  St.  Katnarine's,  are  eagerly 
intent  oh  overthrowing  the  system  of 
good    taste,   on    which    Mr.  George 


<<  Tons  les  peuples  s'accordent  k  donner     Gwilt  has  proceeded,  in  the  late  re- 
use or^ne  an  globe  terrestre.     Les  Brah-     pairs  of  the  suburban  Minster. 

Let  the  writer,  however,  premise 
that  he  is  totally  unconnected  with 
either  party,  and  not  an  inhabitant  of 
the  parish ;  it  is  to  him  a  matter  of  in- 
difference on  which  side  caprice  settles 
the  controversy,  so  that  the  Church,  I 
mean  the  fabric  of  St.  Saviour*sChurch, 
does  not  suffer  by  the  contest.  But  this 
is  more  than  can  be  expected,  and  it  is 
the  fear  of  what  may  happen  to  the 
beautiful  edifice, — a  fear  which  has 
been  too  well  founded  in  other  in- 
stances, that  has  led  to  tVie  present  no- 
tice of  the  subject  at  issue.  The  re- 
stored Choir  either  proves  the  accuracy 
of  the  taste  and  judgment  exercised  by 
the  Committee,  or  justifies   the  late 


miaet  font  remonter  la  creation  du  monde  a 
trois  milUons  d'ann^es  avant  Yhre  vulgaire. 
Selon  leurs  livres  sacrds,  traduits  par  la 
soci^  Anglaise  du  Bengali,  Tlnde  font 
gonvem^  par  Brahma^  et  successivement 
par  six  merums  ou  Emanations  incam^s, 
jnsqa'  aa  deluge  universel.  Neuf  mille 
ana  apr^  cette  inordination,  commence  le 
T^ne  du  septi^e  menou,  qu'ils  nomment 
fftge  d*or.  Les  Japonais  font  sortir  le 
monde  du  chaoa  k  la  voix  de  Tensio-dal- 
Isin,  leur  premier  dairi :  ce  fut  deux  mil- 
lioBs  d'ann^s  avant  I'^re  vulgaire.  Les 
Chinois  ont  ^t4  gouvem^s,  selon  leurs  an- 
nalet,  pendant  plusieors  millions  d'ann^s, 
depoM  roan-kou,  qui  fiit  le  premier  homme. 
Les  Tartares  Mogols  ont  des  traditions 
encore  plus  ancieones.     Les  Mages,  Us  Si- 


S^ir^ren  ^^XiJr^'irr  opposition  which  has  suspended   the 

cdk?,les«ivansEmettentrophiionquerinde  fo^^^e  of  improvements,  and  may  at 

s^lebcrceaudeshommes,etluias8.gnent  length  render   that  beautiful   part   of 

«M    prodigieuse    dur^.      Les   g^ologistes  the   Church,  on    which    many   thou- 

dfmoatrent,     par    Texamen    des   couches  sands  haye  been  expended,  no  longer 

aueoocel^ea  qui  constituent  le  globe,  qu'il  a     : 

&lla  cinquante  miUe  ans  environ  pour  la  *  R^sum^  de  i'liistoire  du  Monde  jusqu' 

formatioa  successive  des  croiites  de  la  terre,  a  nos  jours,  pp.  1,  2. 


n 


Appeal  on  behalf  of  St,  Saviour* s  Church,  Southwark,        [Jan. 


necessary^  for  the  performance  of  reli- 
gious services. 

Let  us  examine  its  architecture,  and 
then  see  how  far  the  new  work  has 
been  made  to  correspond.  The  Church 
was  nearly  re-edified  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  III.  but  the  remains  of  an  ear- 
lier, different,  and  more  enriched  style 
are  observable  in  the  nave ;  these, 
however,  we  shall  pass  over,  and  no- 
tice that  the  exquisite  design  which 
DOW  characterizes  the  building,  and 
which  (1  write  from  memoranda  taken 
long  previously  to  the  repairs)  is  more 
perfect  in  the  Eastern  than  in  the 
Western  half,  is  remarkable  for  its 
timplicity,  I  mean  the  absence  of 
sculptured  ornaments,  which  could 
have  imparted  neither  grace  to  the 
proportions,  nor  beauty  to  the  general 
design  of  an  edifice  already  perfect  in 
these  respects. 

To  secure  the  walls,  which  had  ex- 
hibited signs  of  decay  from  some  de- 
fect in  their  foundations,  the  large  and 
graceful  flying  buttresses  were  added 
to  the  exterior  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
J 5th  century;  and  at  thi  same  time 
the  altar  was  adorned,  ahd  its  wall 
strengthened  with  a  lofty  and  magni- 
ficent screen.  These  precautions  saved 
the  fabric  from  sudJen  ruin,  but  its 
gradual  decay  was  irresistible,  and  the 
scrupulous  accuracy  with  which  the 
dilapidated  arches  and  windows  have 
been  restore4^  merits  the  highest 
praise ;  and  in  the  new  features  ren- 
dered necessary,  since  the  hand  of 
time  had  scarcely  left  a  trace  of  the 
original  design,  the  architect  (Mr. 
Gwilt)  has  evinced  his  anxiety  to  imi- 
tate as  closely  as  possible  the  model 
left  him  in  the  existing  buildings.  A 
'  severe  cVitic  would  wish  that  some  of 
the  decorations  had  been  spared,  but 
the  closest  scrutiny  will  not  detect  the 
slightest  discordance  in  their  style. 

The  spacious  and  once  handsome 
Chapel  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  is  re- 
moved, and  tho  South  side  of  the 
choir,  which  lutterly  it  disBgured,  has 
resumed  its  ancient  appearance.  But 
the  Lady  Cha|)el,  or  to  use  its  modern 
designation,  the  Spiritual  Court,  is 
coeval  with  the  Church,  and  its  most 
interesting  apnendnge;  and  there  can 
be  no  doubt  that  the  architect  already 
alluded  to  would  restore  the  lost  beau- 
tics  of  its  exterior,  and  render  it  a  very 
interesting  ornament  to  the  new  street. 
Over  its  four  uniform  gables,  covering 
triple  lancet  windows,  whose  exquisite 


forms  may  still  be  traced  amid  the  inju- 
riesof  time  and  injudicious  repairs, would 
rise  in  bold  and  graceful  proportions  the 
broad  gable  of  the  choir,  fiaaked  with 
turrets,  and  surmounted  by  a  cross; 
and  beyond  this  the  majestic  tower 
with  its  lofty  and  elegant  pinnacles, 
presenting  a  groupe  of  architecture  un- 
commonly ^and  and  imposing.  •  This 
would  be  the  result  of  prosesuting  the 
repairs  as  they  have  been  commenced ; 
and  let  us  hope  that  nothing  will  in- 
terfere with  an  improvement  designed 
to  ennoble  the  Church,  and  reflect 
honour  on  the  parishioners.  Circum- 
stances combine  to  render  this  object 
practicable;  the  neglect  of  ages  may 
now  be  atoned  for ;  but  the  opportu- 
nity once  lost  can  never  be  r^atned. 

Such  being  the  case,  I  have  heard 
with  unfeigned  regret  that  the  repairs 
of  the  Choir  are  suspended,  after  ten 
thousand  pounds  have  been  expended 
on  them,  while  the  Committee  deli- 
berate on  the  expediency  of  rebuilding 
the  Nave;  and  making  it  hancefor- 
ward  the  place  for  the  performance  of 
Divine  Service,  the  former  structure 
being  retained  merely  as  a  receptacle 
for  the  dead  and  their  monuments. 
This  at  least  proves  that  the  original 
plan  has  not  been  abandoned  on  the 
score  of  expence:  I  wish  it  proved 
no  more; — but  not  to  dwell  on  the 
unpleasant  reflections  which  arise  in 
contemplating  such  an  alteration,  I 
will  observe,  that  the  walls  and  arches 
of  the  nave  are  mostly  substantial 
and  repairable,  and  that  any  enlarge- 
ment of  its  dimensions  woold  oe- 
stroy  the  uaity  of  the  entire  ftbric. 
However,  plan»  for  such  a  project 
have  been  demanded,  and  several 
young  architects  have  striven  Tor  the 

f>rize  of  100  guineas,  the  sum  ofiered 
or  the  design  best  calculated  to  an- 
swer the  scheme;  and  Mr. Gwilt,  jua. 
was  the  successful  candidate. 

It  can  excite  no  surprise  in  tliis  age 
of -intemperate  speculation,  that  a  pro- 
posal of  this  kind  should  -meet  with 
serious  encouragement*  The  Choir 
and  Transepts  furnish  sufficient  room  - 
for  the  congregation,  and  any  com- 
plaint of  inconvenience  in  other  re*  ' 
spects  would  now  be  idle.  Why,  Uien, 
in  a  Church  so  well  calculated  to  ac- 
commodate a  large  congregation,  is  it 
wished  to  crowd  more  than  9000  per- 
sons into  a  given  space,  in  imitation  of 
the  designers  of  modern  Charcbes? 
Why  elevate  more  than  half  the  ooo- 


1 


Caie  of  iome  of  the  Poorer  Clergy. 


f^n  in  cumbrous  galleries,  when 
oir  affords  ample  room  for  them 
I  floor  i  And  if  tKis  be  a  neces* 
nngement,  why  destroy  a  dura- 
d  elegant  fabric,  on  which  anti- 
bas  conferred  a  charm  not  to  be 
ed  by  the  ingenuity  of  contem- 
'  architects  f  Surely  repair  would 
!r  the  purpose  of  these  sturdy  in- 
on.  But  I  suspect  that  the  de- 
r  something  new,  something  to- 
Fifierent  from  the  sober  and  judi- 
piaos  already  adopted,  has  more 
tin  the  councils  of  these  schemers 
ither  taste  or  judgment.  It, -how* 
remains  to  be  seen,  whether  this 
ficent  Church  is  to  be  restored  to 
rmer  beauty,  under  its  present 
lanager,  or  resigned  to  the  ca- 
of  men  in  no  respect  qualified 
&  important  undertaking. 
tall  conclude  for  the  present  with 
net  from  Dr.  Whitaker  s  "  His- 
>f  Richmondshire."  This  able 
oary,  speaking  generally  of  the 
:hes,  says : 

■t  at  bt  grateful  for  such  works, — 
Munnitf  and  the  pride  of  our  country, 
ml  Church  which,  however  greaC  loay 
MactSt  or  rather  its  superfluities,  nei- 
ni4ged  expettce,  nor  toil,  nor  pri va- 
in providing  these  durable  and  roagni- 
InukiingB,  whith  eventually,  and  in 
my  histances,  have  fallen  into  hands 
narible  of  their  value  or  their  beauty. 
pe  are  bound  to  gratitude  on  another 
t.  An  ancient  Church  was  a  bene- 
which  exonerated  a  parish  from  ex- 
br  ages ;  a  modern  one  entails  dila** 
B  and  decay,  parochial  squabbles,  and 
mI  contributions  from  eveiry  succes- 
•ocfatlon,  to  the  unspeakable  injury 
pon  itself.  Sincerely  do  I  hope  that 
ly  generations  of  our  posterity  may 
1  aamire  the  Churches  of  Richmond- 
I  thoae  of  their  forefathers  have  done. 
Bve  them  to  themselves,  and  time  will 
m  to  prove  that  the  skilful  and  con- 
ma  bailders  have  secured  the  event." 


'oors,  &c. 


f.C^?. 


Urban,  Dee,  21. 

UJST  to  your  Impartiality  and 
own  attachment  to  the  real  in- 

of  the  Established  Church  for 
icrtion  of  a  few  remarks  on  a  re- 
egalation  which  is  peculiarly  op- 
■c  to  some  of  ihe  poorer  Clergy. 
•re  are  in  most  dioceses  a  consi- 
c  number  of  small  livings  in 
,  tbc  incumbents  for  time  imrae- 
I  hare  been  required  to  perform 
«T.  Mag.  January y  1 89G. 

5 


Divine  Service  only  once  a  fortnight, 
and  in  some  three  times  in  the  month. 
The  parishes  thus  circumstanced  being 
for  the  most  part  so  situated,  that  the 
parishioners  could  if  so  disposed  attend 
Divine  Service  the  other  oundays  at  a 
neighbouring  church.  The  small  Ta- 
iue  of  such  vicarage  or  perpetual  cur 
racy,  and  the  proximity  of  other 
churches,  having  in  all  probability 
been  the  cause  of  such  arrangement. 

Now  by  a  recent  regulation,  an  offi- 
cial call  nas  been  made  on  those  of 
the  poorer  Clergy  circumstanced  a^ 
above  stated,  requiring  them  hence^ 
forward  to  perform  Divine  Service 
every  Stmday,  without  any  referencfe 
to  the  value  of  the  preferment,  the  lo^- 
cality  of  the  parish,  or  the  age  and 
circumstances  of  the  incumbent. 

Of  the  importance  of  the  due  ob^ 
servance  of  tne  Sabbath,  and  of  a  re* 
gular  and  suitable  performance -of  Di- 
vine Service,  the  writer  is  as  sensible 
as  any  noble  Lord,  whether  lay  or  cle- 
rical. But  it  appeals  somewhat  strange 
that  those  in  high  stations,  who,  while 
they  abound  in  the  good  things  of  this 
world,  and  are  so  notoriously  ever  on 
the  watch  for  advancement,  should  be 
so  entirely  forgetful  of  the  real  situa- 
tion of  those  to  whom  they  thus  im- 
periously  dictate.  Had  the  prime 
movers  of  the  measure  had  any  right 
feeling  on  the  subject,  or  the  real  m- 
terests  of  the  Church  at  heart,  they 
would  first  have  devised  some  measure 
for  the  relief  of .  the  poorer  Clergy  in 
proportion  to  the  additional  duty  they 
sought  to  impose  on  them.  And  they 
are  the  more  inexcusable  for  not  hav- 
ing done  this,,  since  an  obvious,  ra- 
tional, and  equitable  mode  of  remu- 
neration, could  not  but  have  presented 
itself  to  every  impartial,  considerate 
mind ;  viz.  tnat  in  all  such  cases  the 
impropriator,  whether  lay  or  clerical, 
should  by  some  new  enactment  he 
called  upon  to  pay  to  the  poor  incum- 
bent such  annual  stipend  for  the  extra 
duty  as  the  Bishops  under  the  existing, 
regulations  are  authorized  to  require 
for  Curates. 

The  order,  without  such  propor- 
tionate compensation,  is  a  mere  act  of 
tyranny  and  oppression.  To  such  a 
principle  of  compensation  the  authors 
of  the  measure  felt  indisposed,  because 
they  would  have  power  and  influence 
to  contend  with,  and  because  it  might 
require  from  ihem  the  sacrifice  of  a  tew 


DentndanU  of  Sir  Christopher  Wren, 


S4 

pounds  a  year  out  of  their  thousands ; 
— while  from  the  poorer  Clergy  there 
was.  no  effectual  opposition  to  be  aj)- 
prehended ;  especially  as  the  measure, 
prima  facie,  was  likely  to  have  the  po- 
pular cry  in  its  favour ;  therefore  the 
work  01  reformation  was  piously  be- 
gun without  delay. 

A  volume  mient  be  written  on  the 
manner  in  whicn  Church  Preferment 
is  continually  disposed  of;  it  seems  to 
be  looked  upon  even  by  official  patrons 
as  private  properly, — family  interest 
and  connexion  being  the  chief  objects 
of  consideration  in  the  dis|K)sal  of  it, 
^individual  merit,  and  the  real  inte- 
rests of  the  Church,  mere  secondary 
objects.  But  1  will  add  no  more  for 
the  present. 

Trusting  that  others  of  my  brethren 
similarly  circumstanced  will  assist  in 
bringing  this  matter  fairly  before  the 

fublic,  who  will   duly  appreciate  it, 
will  subscribe  myself,   Mr.  Urban, 
Your  much  obliged  reader, 

A  Poor  Incumbent. 

P.  S.  Let  no  interested  Impro- 
priator presume  to  dispute  the  equity 
of  the  proposed  remuneration  to  the 
poorer  Clergy,  for  what  can  be  more 
inequitable  and  unjust,  foro  conscientiie, 
than  that  the  Clerical  labourer  should 
have  all  the  heat  and  burden  of  the 
day  to  support,  and  the  exercise  of 
daily  benehcence  to  maintain,  out  of 
an  income,  in  most  cases,  only  one 
fourth  of  the  impropriator's,  who  is 
subjected  to  none  of  these  claims,  but 
who  in  many  cases,  by  the  abuse  of 
his  rights,  excites  injurious  prejudices 
against  the  Church. 

Mr.  Urban,  Jan.  21. 

I  BEG  leave  to  point  out,  through 
the  means  of  your  valuable  Maga- 
zine, an  error,  which  Mr.  James 
Elmes  has  fallen  into  relative  to  the 
survivors  of  the  family  of  Sir  Christo- 
pher Wren.  In  the  introduction  to 
nis  Life  of  Sir  C.  Wren,  p.  10,  he  says, 
«*  Of  Sir  Christopher's  lineal  living  de- 
scendants, are  Miss  Wren,  the  daugh- 
ter of  his  grandson  Stephen,  who  has 
a  sister  residing  at  Bristol*  Hoiwells ; 
tt^  a  consin*s  son,  Christopher  Wren, 
esq.  of  Wroxhall  Abbey  in  Warwick- 
shire, formerly  a  seat  of  our  Architect's, 
and  where  his  only  son  Christopher 
lies  buried.'* — Now  it  so  happens  that 
the  lineal  descendants  of  Sir  Christo- 
pher Wren,  of  the  elder  branch,  be- 


tJan. 


sides  the  above  gentleman,  Christo- 
pher (Roberts)  Wren,  esq.  the  present 
possessor  of  the  family  seat  of  Wrox- 
nail  Abbey,  and  who  has  issue  living, 
are,  a  brother  of  his  father  (the  Rev. 
Philip  Wren,  Vicar  of  Tanworlh), 
also  a  sister  of  his  father's,  relict  of  the 
late  James  West  of  Alscot  in  War- 
wickshire, and  a  first  cousin  (Christo- 
pher Wren)  residing  at  Perry  Bar  in 
StaBbrdshire.  Nor  was  Christopher, 
above  mt:ntioned,  the  only  son  of  Sir 
C.  Wren,  as  he  left  a  son  William  by 
his  second  marriage  with  Jane,  dan,s;h- 
ter  of  Lord  Fitzwilliam,  but  who  died 
unmarried. 

The  ladies  alluded  to  by  Mr.  Elmes 
are  daughters  of  Stephen  Wren,  who 
was  born  1724,  and  who  was  a  much 
younger  son  of  Christopher  (Sir  Chris- 
topher's eldest  son),  by  his  second  mar- 
riage with  the  relict  of  Sir  Roger  Bur- 
goyne;  from  which  Sir  Roger  the  es- 
tate and  manor  of  Wroxhall  were  pur- 
chased by  Sir  Christopher  in  1713, 
and  settled  on  the  issue  of  his  eldest 
son'<3  6rst  marriage  with  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Philip  Musard,  esq.  and  which 
issue  Christopher,  the  elciest  and  only 
son  of  that  marriage,  born  17  U  (and 
elder  half-brother  of  Stephen),  was 
grandfather  of  the  present  representa- 
tive of  the  family,  Christopher  Ro- 
berts Wren,  esq.  The  ancestors  of 
the  family  were,  however,  settled  in 
Warwickshire  early  in  the  sixteenth 
century,  as  appeared  by  the  inscrip- 
tion on  a  monument  in  Withibrook 
Church,  copied  by  Sir  W.  Dugdale  in 
his  Antiquities  of  that  County. 

A  Constant  Reader. 


Observations  ^  on    'Mr.    CarrinsiorC s' 
Translation  in  Verse  of  the  Plutus 
of  Aristophanes,  conveyed  in  the  li» 
terary  History  of  an  old  fVykhamist. 

Mr.  Urban,  New  College,  Jan.  14. 

BEING  an  old  Wykhamist,  and  at 
an  early  age  devoted  to  idleness, 
by  the  enjoyment  of  a  New  Coll^ 
Fellowship,  my  life  has  been  spent  m 
a  lazy  literary  retirement,  sauntered 
and  dozed  away  in  the  cloisters  and 
shades  of  the  University  to  which  I 
belong.  Poetry  and  prose  have  divided 
my  hours  of  recreation,  and  having 
long  forgotten  what  little  Gieek  I 
picked  up  under  Dr.  Warion,  I  am 
glad  occasionally  to  renew  my  ac- 
quaintance with  the  Ckisfict,  thmgh 


I  *        Can^nitmCi  Tf9)i»Mll<^.  ^  PHtit»  iif^Mtiophanes.       M 


•dtttin  of  the  Quarterlj^  and 
tij^  Reriewsy  or  the  literaiy 
HODS  in  your  own  Magazine, 
ii  -my  constant  companion,  as 
of  my  father  and  grandfather 
me.  When  a  ^roath,  a  hope- 
■(ivftoyy  just  looking  forward  to 
f  Wincnester  School*  for  the 
B,  horn  .which  I  now  address 
Bj  taste  for  classical  literature 
iaeed  chiefly  in  a  predilection 
eofenic  stores;  and  many  and 
,  lime  have  I  been  reprimanded 
master^  on  account  of  my  defi- 
m'the  lesson  of  Homer,  Cicero, 
',  which  had  been  neglected  for 
mement  afforded  in  a  scene  of 
^  or  a  play  of  Terence,  in  the 
lid  translation  of  that  author  by 
ice  Echard.  In  fact,  Mr.  Ur- 
y.gmiiu  wa9  comic,  and  I  never 
»  Homer  without  sighing  over 
i  of  the  Margites,  a  production 
HMbd  Bard  whose  destruction 
flmed  equally  by  Aristotle  and 
toii  Scriblerus  (who  style  it  the 
id  of  antiquity) ;  nor  must  I 
I  liom  you  (though  I  declare  I 
If  ashamed  of  mysel^y  that  I 
^tniny  been  guilty  of  throwing 
be  tender  pathos  and  animated 
t  of  the  4th  book  of  the  iCneid 
barlesqae  in  which  Cotton  has 
ed  that  master- piece  of  Virgil's 
The  battle  of  the  Frogs  and 
and  a  Travestie  of  the  Iliad, 
ited'  all  the  Homer  that  I  stu- 
end  studied  too  with  a  perti- 
irhich  was  proof  against  tne  re- 
eastigation  conferred  on  nie  by 
'erend  Doctor  for  the  reforma- 
my  truant  taste. 
comedy  of  Greece  I  had  never 
iportunity  of  enjoying.  Alas  ! 
oaintance  with  Greek  literature 
i  been  sufficiently  extended  to 
of  iny  reading  Aristophanes  in 
^nal,  and  his  wit  and  humour 
easures  which  I  in  vain  longed 
ny  years  to  examine.  To  be 
[  possessed  the  translation  of 
itus  by  the  Author  of  Tom 
and  that  of  the  Clouds  by 
Hand ;  but  the  first  was  so  spi- 
ltd  insipid,  and  the  last,  to  my 
0  stiff  and  frigid  (though  often 
,  and  on  occasions  not  without 
r),  that  I  began  to  despair  of  ever 
Dg  the  enjoyment  1  aesired :  at 
Mr.  M  itchell's  *  Wasps,'  and 
mans,*  and  *  Knights,'  appeared 
iie  publick,  and  works  of  great 


mflHTit  hideed:an  th^,  but  they  did  not 
afford  me  that  whicn  1  wanted — a  free 
indulgence  in  playful  htimour,  con- 
veyed through  the  cbailnel  of  an  easy, 
lively,  and  familiar  dialogue.  I  felt 
throughout  the  perusal  of  them  thai  I 
had  nothing  more  in  my  hands  thaii 

clever  specimens  of  scholarship.  My 
desire  was,  to  be  able  to  loouge  upon 
a  bench,  or  under  a  tree,  in  tne  col- 
lege garden,  and  laugh  over  the  scenic 
drolleries  of  antiquity,«as  I  would  over 
the  comedy  or  tarce  of  the  modem* 
aera.  My  fellow  Wvkhamists  pro- 
nounced me  unreasonable,  as  you  will, 
perhaps,  Mr.  Editor,  in  expecting  to 

.  meet  with  what  1  wanted  in  liny 
translation  of  ancient  cometly,  since 
the  inconsistency  of  the  ancient  style, 
tonCjt  manner,  and  costume,*  with  that 
of  modern  times,  rendered  the  accom- 
plishment of  my  wishes,  as  they  said, 
impossible.  1  was  willing  to  admit 
the  truth  of  their  representations,  and 
concluded  that  the  gratificatibn  whicb 
1  d^ired  with  respect  to  ancient  co- 
medy was  indeed  to  be  despaired  of. 
In  this  conclusion  I  continued  stea- 
fast,  until  the  appearance  of  a  work 
on  which  I  shall  offer  a  few  observa- 
tions, convinced-  me,  that,  notwith- 
standing the  inconsistency  between 
the  ancient  and  modern  costume  and 
style,  a  specimen  of  an  old  Greek  co^ 
medy  could  nevertheless  be  produced, 
possessing  all  the  qualities  of  amuse- 
ment which  belong  to  any  modern 
comic  piece.  I  consider  then,  that  on 
account  of  this  peculiar  recommenda- 
tion, Mr.  Carrington's  translation  of 
the  Plutus  of  Aristophanes  is  rendered 
a  complete  literary  curiosity.  It  af- 
fords me  that  free  indulgence  in  play- 
ful humour,  and  familiar  Hvely  dia- 
logue, which  I  have  before  expressed 
myself  as  having  so  long  searched  for 
in  vain  in  any  translation  of  ancient 
comedy ;  and  I  am  confident  that  no 
one  who  takes  it  up,  **  from  schoolboy 
to  the  gouty  Justice,"  will  not  derive 
as  much  amusement  from  it  as  he 
would  from  any  French  or  English 
comic  production. 

Translations  of  either  ancient,  co- 
medy, or  tragedy  are  for  the  most  part 
shunned  by  modern  readers,  on  ac- 
count of  the  idea  generally  formed  of 
the  harshness  and  uncouthness  of  ail  • 
that  belongs  to  antiquity.  This  no- 
tion would,  however,  soon  vanish, 
could  they. see  that  antiquity  pjaced 
before  them  in  a  familiar  pomt  of 


36 


Carrlngtoni's  Translation  of  Pluiui  of  Aristophaneu         {Jao. 

6rau8. 

Welly  you  shall  hear.    There  was  a  certab 

youlh  frigksjf 
Poor  fomewhat,  but  be  always  lookM  genteel. 
As  pretty  a  fellow  as  you  ever  saw, 
^e,  aod  as  good  a  oue ;  if  ever  I 
Had  want  of  anv  thing,  he  flew  to  serve  me 
With  such  a  grace  and  air  as  eharm'd  me 

quite;-— 
And  sometimes  I  was  able  to  help  kim, 

Chrem. 
What  might  it  be  that  he  would  ask  for 
'  most? 

Graus. 

Oh  !  but  a  trifle,-— he  was  wondrous  shy ; 
He  sometimes  would  beg  twenty  drachms 

or  so. 
To  buy  a  coat  with,  and  eight  more  for  shoes* 
And  something  too  to  Airnish  him  a  scarf. 
To  treat  his  sisters  with,  or  else 
A  spencer  or  a  tippet  for  his  mother. — 
Yes,  and  would  ask  for  some  fo«r  sacks  of 

flour. 

Chrem, 
A  trifle  this,  upon  my  word,  to  ask! 
Tis  plain  enough  the  youth  was  very  shy. 

Graus. 
And  this  he  siud  he  ask'd,  not  for  the  sake 
Of  getting  things  out  of  me-<— no,  but  all 
For  love  and  fond  regard,  that  he  might  say 
It  was  my  coat  and  waistcoat  he  had  on,— 
A  little  keepsake  to  remind  him  of  me. 

Chrem. 
Oh !  why  the  man  was  over  head  and  tan 
In  lore  i  he  lov'd  you  to  distraction. 

Graus. 
But  now  the  base  deceiver  no  more  feels 
The  flame  he  oherish'd  for  his  Cbloe  once ! 
No,  barbarous  as  he  is,  he  leaves  me  quite : 
before f  as  sure  as  came  the  day. 


view.  This  U  the  secret  that  weans 
people  into  the  adoption  of  many  par- 
suits  in  science  and  literature,  from 
which  they  otherwise  would  irrecon- 
cileably  shrink.  This  secret  has  been 
fully  understood  by  Mr.  Carrin^tou, 
and  "  ladies  and  gentlemen/'  old  and 
young,  blue  or  not  blue,  learned  or 
unlearned,  may  through  the  medium 
of  his  production  pay  a  visit  to  the 
Athenian  theatre,  and  enjoy  its  co« 
H^edy  throughot4t  6ve  scenes  of  wit, 
humour,  banter,  and  jest,  conveyed  in 
familiar  vivacious  dialogue,  with  nearly 
i^s  much  zest  as  the  citizens  of  Athens 
themselves  would  have  done. 
.  As  1  recommended  elderly  ladies 
amongst  others  to  become  spectators 
of  the  piece  which  forms  the  subject 
of  these  reraaiks,  it  occurs  to  me  that 
one  of  the  most  humorous  parts  of  the 
translation  is  that  in  which  a  speci- 
men of  an  old  Athenian  lady  is  anbrd- 
cd.— I  do  not  mean  to  offena  that  most 
respected  body  of  matrons,  the  elderly 
ladies  of  my  country,  but  merely  parti- 
cuiariza  this  character  for  their  notice, 
considering  that  it  is  one  more  likely 
tp  excite  their  curiosity  than  any  other 
in  the  dramatis  persons :  as  it  carries 
with  it  so  much  of  the  ludicrous,  I 
sbali  make  no  apology  for  introducing 
an  extract  of  that  part  of  the  transla- 
tion which  it  occupies ;  in  doing  which 
I.  am  sure  I  shall  be  affording  an  ac- 
ceptable treat  to  the  reader,  and  at  the 
same  time  a  good  specimen  of  the  me- 
rits of  Mr.  C.*s  work. 

The  old  lady,  it  should  be  observed, 
is  a  creature  made  up  of  affectation  and 
ridiculous  airs.  She  is  introduced  as 
coming  to  complain  of  the  desertion 
of  a  young  man,  who,  while  he  was 
poor,  consented  to  let  her  have  his 
Jove  in  return  for  her  mon^y ;  but  be- 
ing suddenly  rendered  affluent  by  the 
bounty  of  the  God  of  riches,  takes  his 
leave  of  his  quondam  mistress.  The 
gentleman  to  whom  she  imparts  her 
grievance  of  course  amuses  himself 
with  quizzing  her  throughout  her  re- 
cital. 

Graus  (the  old  lady).    Chremylus. 

Graus. 
You're  pleas*d  to  jest,  Sir,  but  my  pangs 

have  been 
From  lote  ! — (Bursts  inlo  tears.) 

CvL'RiM^^-'CAsswming  a  pacifying  tone.) 

Ah !  tell  me  quickly  tU 
About  it  then. 


His  well-known  rap  would  sound  upon  jny 
door. 

Chrem  (bursting  out  a  laughingf  undbltto 

contain  himsey). 
What !  to  convey  you  out  to  burial  ?  ha !  ha! 

Graus  (drawing  herself  up  indignmUlyJ, 

No,  Sir  1  if  it  were 
But  to  hear  my  voice,— 
He  lov'd  me  so 


And  if  he  saw 


Me  sad,  would  call  me  in  the  fondest  tQ«e» 
His  little  duckling,  and  his  pretty  chiek  ! 

Chrem. 
And  then  would  ask  you  for  ^pair  iff  shoes  I 

Graus. 
And  he  would  tell  me-— <<  Oh  I 
What  ladylike  and  pretty  hands  youn  are !" 

Cbrem. 
I  dare  say,  when  they  readi'd  him  tKmUy 
drachms, 

Graus. 
**  And  your  whol^  person  toO|  iwott  tmi  ^ 
lightful  I" 


tBS5.] 


Oil  mitre  frequtnt  Gaol  Delieeriet. 


C^REM. 

Ekiremely  so,  whenyou  were  pouring,  out 
A  cap  of  your  best  ToAfiaa  *  for  him. 

Giuus. 
<*  Those  eyes  too  !  how  bewitching  is  their 
gUoice  V 

Chrem. 
The  fellow  WM  no  fool ;  he  well  knew  how 

To  feed  st  an  old  wanton  woman's  cost. 

•  •  »  #  • 


Mr.  Urban^  Jan,  17. 

THE  following  remarks  upon  the 
subject  of  more  frequent  ^aol 
deliveries,  are  extracted  from  a  little 
vrork  published  a  few  years  since,  en- 
titled, "  Th^  Law's  Delay,  and  its 
Remedy,*'  and  understood  to  be  the 
production  of  a  Lawyer  of  some  pro- 
vincial eminence  in  the  western  part 
of  the  kingdom,  especially  as  a  presid- 
ing Magistrate  at  Quarter  Sessions. 

"  The  manner  in  which  the  Assizes  are 
now  held,  will  perhaps  admit  of  very  consi- 
derable improvement.  A  greater  space  of 
time  may  be  devoted  to  the  purpose,  so  as 
in  every  case  to  dispose  of  the  Nisi  prius 
business,  and  have  no  remanets,  as  also  to 
enable  the  Judges  of  Assize  to  determine 
the  various  cases  which  are  directed  to  be 
referred  to  them,  or  to  the  Courts  at  West- 
minster, by  a  vast  number  of  statutes 
whidi  would  effect  a  considerable  saving  of 
expense  to  the  parties ;  as  also  to  examine 
man  fully  than  at  present  into  the  state  of 
the  different  prisons ;  and  generally  to  per- 
form those  important  services  which  a 
Judge,  firom  his  dignified  station,  erudition, 
and  extensive  powers,  is  so  peculiarly  quall> 
fied  to  render  ;  whilst  his  undoubted  ability 
and  impartiality  would  induce  even  tke  op- 
ponents of  his  opinions  and  orders  to  concede 
something  to  his  decision. 

"  But  though  some  alteration  in  this 
respect  would  perhaps  mitigate  some  of  the 
evils  of  the  present  mode,  there  appears  to 
be  no  way  more  likely  to  effect  any  great 
improvement  than  the  dividing  of  the  Civil 
firom  the  Criminal  busiuess  of  the  Assize, 
the  disunion  of  the  Nisi  Prius  list  from  the 
Gaol  Delivery  Calendar,  and  the  appointing 
of  the  Courts  for  each  of  these  purposes  to 
be  holden  at  different  periods  (and  even  dif- 
ferent places  where  public  accommodation 
would  be  consulted  by  so  doin^.)  Much  of 
the  hurry  and  confusion,  much  of  the  ex- 
pense and  anxiety  attending  the  present 
Assizes,  would  thus  be  removed,  and  a  certain 
tiuic  being  appointed  for  the  trial  of  each 
class  of  cases,  the  Judges  would  not  be 
compelled  by  the  imperious  necessity  of 
rWnring  the  gaol  to  postpone  the  trial  of 


*  The  choicest  wine   of  the   Athenian 
eeBw,  from  the  island  of  Thasos. 


87 

issues  on  the  Civil  aid*  to  the  next  Assize. 
To  some  persons  the  bustle  of  an  Assize, 
with  its  attendant  enjoyments  of  balls  and 
dinners,  is  an  object'  of  too  much  import- 
ance to  be  easily  relinquished,  and  therefore 
any  proposal  which  will  diminish  their 
amusements,  will  of  course  be  opposed; 
but  &s  the  accomniodation  of  suitors  is  the 
real  object  of  holding  the  Assizes  in  each 
County,  the  objections  of  any  other  class 
of  persons  are  entitled  to  very  little  consi- 
deration." 

Since  this  work  was  published.  As- 
sizes have  been  held  in  the  Home 
Circuit,  solely  for  the  purpose  of  a  Gaol 
delivery,  and  the  result  seems  to  evince 
the  accuracy  of  the  foregoing  observa- 
tions ;  for  with  little  comparative 
bustle  the  gaols  have  been  cleared  of 
their  inmates  at  the  third  Assize,  and 
an  opportunity  thus  allowed  of  trying 
all  the  issues  at  the  two  other  Assizes, 
But  it  appears  that  even  this  improve- 
ment has  been  effected  with  some  ditfi- 
culty.  The  Judges  are  reluctant  to 
undertake  the  additional  duty ;  the 
business  of  their  Courts,  ancf  other 
duties,  such  as  the  Sessions  at  the  Old 
Bailey  and  at  the  Admiralty  Sessions, 
already  occupy  so  much  of  their  time, 
that  even  to  delegate  two  Judses  to 
hold  the  Winter  Home  Circuit,  is 
perhnns  as  much  as  ought  to  be  ex- 
pected from  the  present  Courts  j  and 
therefore  if  the  holding  of  three  Assizes 
throuehout  the  country  be  determined, 
it  will  be  necessary  to  appoint  an  ad- 
ditional number  of  Judges  to  the 
Courts,  or  to  effect  some  great  altera- 
tion in  their  constitution,  to  both  of 
which  measures  so  strong  an  objection 
is  entertained  by  the  dommant  party  of 
the  Legislature,  that  some  time  must 
elapse  ere  the  conviction  of  the  great 
utility  of  either  of  the  measures  in 
question  can  be  expected  to  obtain  an 
entire  victory  over  feelings  in  them- 
selves undoubtedly  honourable  to  the 
parties,  but  misapplied  when  brought 
into  contact  with  real  improvements 
in  Laws  or  their  administration. 

But  a  proposal  has  recently  been 
made,  which  is  not  liable  to  most  of 
the  objections  urged  against  the 
adoption  of  the  other  projects,  namely, 
the  appointment  of  Judges  for  the  sole 
purpose  of  delivering  the  gaols  of  such 
of  their  inhabitants  as  are  accused  of 
crimes  not  punishable  with  death  so 
as  to  leave  only  persons  charged  with 
capital  offences  for  trial  at  the  two 
great  Assizes,  and  as  the  number  of 
prisoners  in  this  awful  situation  is  ge- 


3S 


On-morefrequeni  Gaol  Deliveries, 


[Jam 


nerally  not  rery  larf^e,  there  would  be 
no  occasion  for  the  postponement  of 
the  civil  causes  to  enable  both  Judges 
to  proceed  with  the  trial  of  Criminals  ; 
but  in  the  latter  part  of  the  Assize 
both  Judges  might  try  the  issues,  and 
thus  c^ery  case  be  aisjiosed  of.  It  is 
proposed  that  this  desirable  improve- 
ment be  effected  by  the  appointment 
of  a  President  or  Chairman  to  each 
Quarter  Sessions,  with  a  jiberal  salary, 
and  to  extend  the  powers  of  the  S<»- 
Bions  of  the  Peace  to  take  cognizance 
of  some  offences  which,  though  not 
punishable  with  death,  are  yet  at  pre- 
sent not  within  their  jurisdiction ;  but 
this  plan  seems  liable  to  some  objec- 
tions of  a  very  -powerful  nature,  objec- 
tions which  would  in  all  probability 
prevent  its  success ;  and  the  other 
modes  proposed  not  being  exposed  to 
these  objections,  has  of  course  a  greater 
chance  of  being  adopted ;  that  is,  the 
app()intment  of  »  sufficient  number  of 
Judees,  for  this  special  purpose,  inhi- 
bited from  any  professional  pursuits  or 
other  public  occupation  ;  and  let  these 
Judges  make  the  circuit  of  the  island 
four  or  at  least  three  times  a  year,  and 
deliver  the  gaols  of  every  culprit  ex- 
cept those  charged  with  capital  offences. 
It  would  be  advisable  that  two  Judges 
should  travel  each  Circuit  together, 
not  only  fur  mutual  advice  and  as- 
sistance, but  also  that  the  business  of 
the  Assize  might  be  disposed  of  with 
all  convenient  dispatch,  and  thus  the 
several  Counties  be  relieved  of  a  por- 
tion of  the  enormous  charge  of  detray- 
ing  the  expense  of  prosecutors  and 
witnesses  (a  charge  which  has  attained 
80  enormous  an  extent  as  to  cause  the 
eeneral  Government  to  be  applied  to 
tor  assistance),  and  avoid  as  far  as  pos- 
sible the  detention  of  the  persons  who 
have  to  appear,  in  these  characters  from 
their  homes,  families,  and  occupations. 
There  are  thirty-eight  counties  in 
England  in  which  Assizes  are  held, 
or  at  least  to  which  this  measure  would 
be  applicable.  With  two  Judges  solely 
occupied  with  the  trial  of  Criminal 
cases,  it  may  be  reasonably  expected 
that  the  Assize  would  not  upon  an 
average  exceed  three  days  in  each 
county,  or  114  days  for  the  whole 
kingdom.  If,  therefore,  four  Judges 
be  appointed,  the  whole  will  occupy 
but  67  days  for  each  circuit.  To  hold 
four  Circuits  annually  would  require 
228  days  from  each  Judge,  the  re- 
mainder of  the  year  beii^  allowed  for 


travelling  and  occasional  recreation,  a 
duty  not  exceeding  that  required  from 
manyof  the  present  Judges.  A  liberal 
salary  should  of  course  reward  their 
exertions  (say  3000/.),  and  they  should 
be  encouraged  to  a  faithful  discharge 
of  their  functions  by  an  expectation  of 
being  promoted  to  the  Bench  in  one 
of  the  Courts  of  Westminster  Hall. 

An  objection  which  is  frequently 
urged  with  great  success  against  any 
proposal  of  this  nature,  namely,  the  ex- 
pense, would  here  have  no  weight,  as 
the  diminished  charge  for  the  expenses 
of  witnteses,  both  at  the  minor  and 
principal  Assizes,  would,  much  more 
than  compensate  for  the  charge  attend- 
ing the  former ;  and,  indeed,  after 
deducting  every  expense,  a  considerable 
diminurion  in  the  County  rates  may  be 
feasonably  expected.  A  Committee  of 
the  House  of  Commons  has  lately  re- 
commended that  the  expense  of  the 
Assizes  should  be  borne  by  Govern- 
ment, an  expense  of  perhaps  6o,000/. 
annually ;  wny,  therefore,  not  prefer  a 
measure  by  which  this  expense  might 
not  only  be  reduced,  but  public  con- 
venience greatly  consulted,  the  ex- 
pense of  maintaming  the  prisoners  in 
gaol  diminished,  the  innocent  sooner 
discharged  from  unmerited  detention, 
and  even  the  young  criminal  earlier 
rescued  from  the  contagion  of  evil 
companions,  from  thesociety  of  veteran 
offenders ;  a  strong  inducement  held 
out  to  prosecute  culprits  by  the  short 
space  ot  time  which  would  be  required 
for  the  purpose ;  and  justice  more 
speedily,  and  perhaps  even  more  effec- 
tually administered.  R*  H. 


FLY  LEAVES.    No.  XXIX. 

THOMAS  CAREW  was  an  ele- 
gant, nervous,  and  inartificial 
Poet.  He  combined  with  the  fictitious 
adornment  of  the  muse,  the  votive 
thoughts  of  nature,  in  such  an  easy  and 
simple  dress,  as  to  appear  in  many 
instances  the  casual  effusion  of  a  let- 
tered and  energetic  mind,  and  that- 
Sucklings  Satire  was  little  better  than  . 
a  libel,  in  saying 

"  th'  issue  of 's  brain 
Was  seldom  brought  forth  but  with  trouble 

and  pain." 

He  certainly  cast  a  lustre  on  a  period,  - 
when  a  stern,    wild,   and  overbearing 
democracy    was     gathering  strength, 
with  such  hot  and  turbulent  fenueo-  / 


1626.} 


Flt  Lbates,  No,  &xix. — Carem*s  Poems. 


39 


taliion,  thaty  when  formed,  talent  be- 
came brovv-beaten,  genius  stultified, 
and  learning,  in  stu|)or  of  despair, 
gulped  oblivion's  cup  tb  drown  all 
genial  powers.  Times,  more  unfitted 
for  the  lettered  world,  are  no  where 
recorded  in  our  domestic  annals. 

With  the  cold  caution  of  impene- 
trable suspicion,  requiring  an  impri- 
matur, under  date  April  29th,  r()40 
(just  as  beggars  began  to  ride  post) 
appeared  the  first  edition  of  **  Poems, 
by  Thomas  Carew,  Esq.  one  of  the 
Gentlemen  of  the  Privie-Chambery^ 
and  Sewer  in  Ordinary  to  his  Majesty." 
Only  his  Masque,  and  a  few  of  his 
acknowledged  pieces^,  either  attached 
to  musick,  or  in  favour  of  contempo- 
raries, had  then  appeared  in  print,  and 
as  he  died  in  the  preceding  year,  the 
volume  may  be  received  as  posthumous. 
But  the  **  excellent  Carew,*'  **  Love's 
Oracle,"  between  whom  and  **  flou- 
rishing Suckling,'*  Robert  Baron  am- 
bitiontd  to  sit: 

**  strike  when  will  my  fute, 
"  ril  proudly  haste  to  such  a  priocely  seat." 

as  soon  as  his  '*  numerous  language*'  * 
was  published,  with  which 

*•  No  luWe,  or  lover  durst  contend  ;"1* 

it  proved  too  natural,  gaily  spirited,  and 
brilliant,  amidst  the  violent  Oscillations 
of  society,  not  to  find  a  rapid  demand, 
and,  consequently,  the  Poems  were 
again  published  in  l642. 

From  that  period  his,  in  common 
with  similar  productions,  had  to  en- 
counter the  spreading  effect  of  a  selfish 
bigoted  oligarchy,  of  proud  enthusi- 
astic puritanism,  unitecf  with  the  tu- 
mult of  civil  war;  combiningly  insuffi- 
cient to  smother  the  generous  fostering 
of  public  opinion,  and  amid  the  tur- 
moil of  anarchy,  a  third  impression 
was  needed  in  l6"31. 

The  Restoration  embodied  a  gay 
Court,  revived  elegant  pursuits,  while 
the  tranquillity  of  peace  afforded  pro- 
tection to  learned  ease  and  seductive- 
ness of  reading  ;  therefore,  with  such 
a  domestic  change,  to  find  at  the  end 
of  twenty  years  (1671)  another  edition 
of  the  Poems  required,  neither  pro- 
claims special  honour  to  the  author's 
memory,  nor  gives  to  his  bust  more 
vivid  laurels. 


♦  See  Shirley's  Poems. 

t  MS.  by  C.  P.  probably  Clement Paman. 


During  ihe  next  five  successive 
reigns,  fashion,  that  can  shadow  the 
streaming  ray  of  the  brightest  gem, 
becoming  the  infatuated  and  successive 
votary  of  the  Drydenic  and  Popean 
schools,  thrust  our  author,  with  a  crowd 
of  others,  into  unmerited  and  almost 
total  obscurity.  From  entire  neglect, 
his  Poems  were  rescued  in  1772,  by 
Mr.  Thomas  Davies,  an  honest  way- 
faring bookseller,  who,  having  a  smalt 
share  of  taste,  with  little  or  no  time 
for  research,  ventured,  amid  his  bib- 
liopogistical  speculations,  to  oversee^ 
or  do,  "  a  new  edition"  of  the  Poems. 
No  exertions  were  made  to  gather  ar- 
ticles hitherto  omitted, 'either  frortt 
print  of  easy  attainment,  or  such  as 
still  remain  scattered  amid  MSS.  pre- 
served in  our  public  libraries.  To  the 
prefixture  of  a  meagre  life  and  "  a 
short  character  of  his  writings,'*  the 
Editor  ventured,  unnecessarily,  to  ex- 
tend his  labour  by  ■  supplying  modern 
orthography,  a  task  always  hazardous 
in  the  attempt,  and  seldom  effected 
without  a  martyrdom  of  the  measure, 
and  weakening  the  conception  of  the 
Poet. 

With  no  better  text  than  the  re- 
print of  Davies,  in  1810  the  Poems 
of  Carew  were  collected  among  the 
**  English  Poets,"  in  21  vols. :  and 
much  to  the  censure  of  those  who  take 
lead  as  wealthy  publishers,  here  it  is 
found  an  efficient  Editor  to  prefix  lives, 
seems  all  that  is  considered  neces- 
sary for  supplying  a  standard  edition  of 
our  Poets ;  the  text  of  every  author  is 
left  to  the  care  of  a  nameless  autho- 
rity. Should  the  writings  of  all  our 
Poets  ever  obtain  critical  examination 
and  individual  research,  by  a  proper 
apportionment  of  the  labour  to  com- 
petent hands,  can  it  be  supposed  that  a 
new  edition  (like  a  standard  Shake- 
speare) would  not  obtain  a  similar 
liberal  recognition  and  remuneration 
from  the  public  ? 

In  the  same  year,  1810,  the  late  Mr. 
John  Fry,  of  Bristol,  attempted  to 
awaken  curiosity  by  printing  a  trite 
selection  from  Carew's  Poems,  and  in 
1814,  announced,  as  to  be  published 
in  that  year,  a  "  sixth  edition,  with 
several  Poems  from  MSS.  in  the 
Ashm.  Mus.  Oxford,  never  before  pub- 
lished;*' which  probably  did  not  ob- 
tain sufficient  encouragement  to  excite 
further  exertion.  Philips  declares  our 
Author    "  was  reckoned   among  thie 


40 


Innovations  on  the  EngUih  Language. 


[Jan, 


chi«fest  of  his  time  for  delicacy  of  wit 
and  poetic  fancy:*'  ami  a  contemporary 
pronounced  his  verses 

*'  M  smooth  and  high 
•*Ai  glory,  love,  or  wine,  from  wit  can  raise." 

Eu.  Hood. 


Mr.  U  RBAN,  Jan.  16. 

AFFECTATION  and  ignorance 
are  always  at  work  to  corrupt 
language;  and  even  when  it  has  been 
raised  to  a  good  standard  of  purity,  by 
the  writings  of  men  of  genius  and 
learning,  the  same  perverse  agents  are 
•till  at  work  to  introduce  innovations 
or  alterations.  These  spurious  addi- 
tions afford  the  first  symptom  of  the 
decline  of  any  language  from  purity, 
and  ought  to  be  watched  and  resisted. 
There  is  no  power  so  likely  to  eftect 
this  purpose,  as  the  influence  of  pe- 
riodical publications;  among  which, 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine  has  long, 
▼ery  long,  maintainett  a  most  respect- 
able situation. 

The  affected  term  isolated^  was  long 
ago  strenuously  opposed  by  a  writer  in 
the  British  Critic,  as  may  be  seen  in 
Todd's  Edition  of  John^on^s  Dic- 
tionary: but  the  critic,  whoever  he 
was,  did  not  recollect  that  Warburton 
had  introduce  it,  as  Todd  proves  by 
a  Quotation.  Warburton,  however, 
with  all  his  power  of  mind,  was  far 
from  writing  a  pure  style ;  nor  if  Lord 
Chesterfield  be  proved  also  to  have  used 
it,  can  that  sufficiently  defend  the  term, 
or  its  cognate  verb  to  isolate,  Mr. 
Todd,  therefore,  unites  with  the  ano- 
nymous critic  in  condemning  it  as  a 
inost  affected  word.  Nevertheless, 
though  the  British  Critic  pronounced 
that  tt  was  not  English,  and  hoped  that 
it  never  would  he,  it  is  much  to  be 
feared  that,  at  the  present  day  it  is 
nearly,  if  not  quite,  established.  So 
difficult  is  it  to  resist  injudicious  inno- 
vation. 

Against  another  spurious  word,  you, 
Mr.  Urban,  must  assist  in  defending 
ws.  This  is  the  word  compete;  which, 
though  it  is  not  defended  by  a  single 

3uotation,  in  the  latest  Edition  of' 
ohnson,  nor  even  admitted  at  all,  is 
now  thrusting  itself  into  notice  in 
almost  every  new  publication.  The 
writers,  I  presume,  consider  it  as  an 
improvement,  or  as  a  novel  elegance : 
but  as  the  language  flourished  to  our 
days  without  it,  we  surely  may  reject 


the  stranger.  I  think,  but  cannot 
prove,  that  it  was  first  introduced  from 
North  Britain.  I  have  remarked  the 
following  instances  in  very  modern 
works.  First,  in  the  Retrospective 
Review  (a  very  excellent  publication), 
vol.  vii.  p.  71.  **The  man  who  could 
make  a  brazen  head  speak,  might 
surely  compete  with  the  author  of  the 
milk  of  roses.'*  Again,  in  the  new 
Edition  of  Cihhers  Apology,  by  Mr. 
Bellchambers,  p.  272.  ♦'  This  Harper 
was  a  just  and  spirited  comedian,  who 
had  the  honour  to  compete  with  Quin, 
in  Falstnff.'*  Thirdly,  in  the  Classical 
Journal  for  June,  1825,  p.  255.  "In 
grace  and  polish  of  manner,  few  of  the 
later  Roman  writers  can  compete  with 
him  (Calphurnius)." 

Now  I  contend  that  all  these  pas- 
sages might  be  better  expressed  without 
this  unauthorised,  nnenglish  word. 

So  much  for  affectation.  But  it  re- 
quired the  aid  of  ignorance  so  to  mis- 
apply a  word,  as  the  substantive  avO' 
cation  is  now  continually  misused. 
**  An  avocation,  properly  speaking,  is 
that  which  calls  a  person  off  from  his 
regular  and  chief  occupation,  or  voca- 
tion/'' It  is  correctly  so  distinguished 
in  the  Letters  of  that  very  superior 
woman.  Lady  Hervey.  •*  But  my  oc- 
cupations and  avocations  have  lately 
been  so  many,  that  I  have  not  had. 
time,  &c.''  Letter  31,  p. 79. — In  the 
fragments  of  poor  R,  Btoomfield^s 
writings,  called  his  Remains,  we  have 
a  strong  instance  of  the  improper  use ; 
"  Man  neglects  his  proper  avocation, 
agriculture,  to  go  in  search  of  black 
eyes  and  bloody  noses,  commonly  called 
military  glory.**  Vol.  ii.  p.  62.  But 
Bloomneld  is  npt  answerable  for  this, 
as  he  quotes  it  from  an  obscure  Jour- 
nal, the  Publican* $  Newspaper.  But 
in  the  best  reputed  Journals  of  the 
present  day,  the  same  ignorant  mis- 
application of  the  term  may  continually 
be  seen.  Why  is  this?  Simply,  be*-: 
cause  avocation  is  a  fine-soundiDg  word, 
much  more  shewy  than  business,  em- 
ployment, &c.  But  if  a  manV  ri^lar 
calling  is  to  be  termed  his  avocaii^ni,  I 
would  ask,  from  what  it  calls  him  off? 
Yet  such  is  the  etymological  and  ne«- 
ccssary  meaning  of  the  word  (com<<^ 
posed  of  a  from,  and  voco  to  call)  that 
common  sense  requires  it  only  to  be 
used  when  there  is  a  calling  away, 
from  some  thing  that  would  otherwise 
he  done  PRififeiAK. " 


I    41    3 

REVIEW  OF  NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

a 

1,     Testamenta  yetusta;  being  Jliustratioru     for  raising;  gorgeous  mODumenU,  not 
' from  IViUn^  of  Manneri^  Customs^  i^c,  ;  as     from    oslentalion,    but   that   posterity 
wdi  as  if  the  Descents  and  Possessions  q/     might  not /orgei  to  pray  for  their  souls  ; 
many    distinguished   Families  from    the     f^r  finishiug  and  cofn|^tely  repftiling 
Reign  of  Henry  the  Second  to  the  Ac-    churches;  for  erecting  new  ailes  and 
cession  of  Queen  Etizateth.     By  Nicho-     chapels ;     for   putting    in     uew  win- 
las  HftrrU  Nicolas,  Esq.  Barrisierat'Law,    ^^       ^^^  adding  every  species  of  deoo- 
and  fellow  rf  the  S^i^ty  of  Antujuane,:     ^^^.^^  ^  ^^^  ^^    f^^^-^]^^ 
Urge  8it>.  <  w^     Nichob  and  Son.  ,j,^.^     .        thought  was  doe  to  the 

IT  is  a  gratifying  task  to  open  any    glory  of  God;  and  when  we  see  a  mere 
new   work    by  a  man  of  talent,    '^^^  f^n  of  sheep-folds,  a  theatrical 
taste,  and  learning,  (and  such  a  roan  is    gallery,    white-washed   ceilinga,  bare 
Mr.   Nicolas,)  because  we  arc  sure  to    trails,  and  a  clock  and' desk  the  sole 
be    instructed    and    pleased.    In    the    fo,„iiuJe ;  and  compare  it  with  West- 
work  before  us,  a  new  and  unexpected     „^\j^^xtT  Abbey,  and  King's    College 
delight    pervades,  at  least,   ourselves.    Chapel,  we  should  consider  it  iust  as 
We  allude  to  that  sentiment  of  filial     auxiliary  to  devotion  to  robe  the  Mi- 
love  and  veneration  for  our  ancestors,     ^\^i^f  jn  a  countryman's  smock-frock, 
which  has  bec«  excited  by  the  .""^^r-    jjig^ead  of  a  surplice,  as  to  prefer  the 
csting  volumes  before  ns.     Be  it  that     former  to  the  latter  I     The  piety  of 
the  proud  warrior  and  feudal  sovereign     ^^^  ancestors  (whatever  might  be  the 
and  his  lofty  dame,  were,  out  of  state,     ^^^^^  ^f  worship)   was    fUBLiiiB^— 
only  farmers  and   farmers'  wives ;  that    f^j^    ^jj  ^^  ^^^^  Churches  merely 
aeed-corn,   and  teams,   and    ploughs,  ^^  ^^  jj^^j,  prayers.    A  solemn  awe 
were   objecU  of   daily  concern,   and     impressed  their  souls  the  moment  they 
dying  btouests ;  and  that  on  high  days    crossed  the  sacred  threshold.      Before 
and  holidays,  finery,  which  had  de-     i^em,  on  the  tombs  and  in  the  win- 
flcrnded  from  n:rand-fathers  and  grand-    ^|^,^^  ^^^  ^^^  effigies  of  their  anccft- 
mothers,  iif  lushion  or  out  of  fashion,     ^^^^  ^j^j^    ^^^\^    hands    uplifted    in 
whether  it  fitted  or  did   not  fit,  was     prayer,  as  a    perpetual    memento  to 
gorgeously  exhibited ;— that  the  lady    ^j^  J^  descendants,  to  remember,  ever 
rode  behind  the  lord  on  a  double  horse ;     ^  remember,  their  dependence  upoo 
and  that  the  children  kneeled  on  forms     ^j^^j^    q^       Upon  the  walls  hung 
on  the  side  of  the  room ;— that  they     },e|n,ets,  corslets,  and  swords,  to  re- 
ro!ie  at  five,  and  dined  at  nine  off  beef-     ^^j^j   jjjp^,    ^^^^^    ^hg    deceased    had 
steaks  and  fat   ale;— that  their  jests     jjravely    defended    their    Kin^,   their 
were  coarse,    their   mirth    boisterous,     Country,     their     Wives,    atid     their 
their  compliments  awkward,  and  their     children.     All  around  were  the  glit- 
gestures  uncouth ;— yet  who  will  -call     ^^j      ornaments  of  Heraldry,  to  shew 
into  his  mind's  eye  the  mailed  hero  of     ^y^^^    ^^^    honours    and    the   estates 
Agtnrourt,  and  Lord    Chesterfield  in     ^i^j^j,  ^h^ir  wisdom  and  their  bravery 
full  Couit  Dress,  and  not  prefer  the     ^^^  acquired,  for  the  enjoyment  and 
Old  Englishman,  whose  brawny  fist    i^appjness  of  their  children.      Every 
and  battle  axe  knocked  down  a  Ircnch-     s^nj^n^cnt  of  what  God  is,  and  of  what 
man  and  an  ox  with  equal  ease;    and     ^^^  ^^^^  alj  come  to,  was  intensely 
would  have  deemed  the  slim  rapier  of    ^j^^ited  ;    and   "  the   pealing  anthem 
the  foreij^ner  Earl,  fit  only  for  a  toasting     g^gH^j  the  note  of  praise,"  to  minds 
fork,  or  a  lark-spit.     Hough    as  they     overpowered  with  the  **  religio  loci," 
were,  roojih  as  the  native  oaks  of  their     ^^  ^.^^  ^^  ^^e  elevation,  beyond  earth, 
isl  jnd,  these  were  the  men  who  laid  the     ^^  ^y^^  divine  principle  in  the  abstract, 
massv  foundations  of  our  liberty,  and     r^y^^^  charity,  too,  marshalled  the  fu- 
our  glory ;  and  sJn^iularly  enough,  of  a     ^^^^^1  procession.     Long  trains  of  poor 
taste  in  Architecture,  as  applied  to  dc-     ^ly^hed  and    fed  ;    gray-bearded  serv- 
votional  objccw,  not  to  be  surpassed. —     jng.,nen    provided    with    alms-houses 
The  wills  before  us  explain  the  cause     ^^j  annuities ;    poor  bed-ridden  peo- 
of  the  lalier  phcooint'niHi.    They  all,       .^  relieved,  orphan  maidens  portion- 
with  scarcely  an  excepiioo,  oonmacnce     ^j  .  indigent  children  aent  to  school ; 
with  provismi   for  the  testator's  mier-     ]^j\^^  built  and  repaired ;  and  various 
inent ;  wichtuwit  of  money  bequeathed     ^^^^^  benefactions  which  show,  that  if 
Gwft.  Mm.  Jmnmry,  »%f«. 


4t 


Hmyimw.^^NicoUu's  Teitamenta  Fettuta. 


[Jan. 


the  moderns  are,  u|>on  the  whole^  a 
great  deal  wiser  than  their 'forefathers, 
they  are  also  a  great  deal  meaner. 

But  these  were  the  days  of  Thomas- 
«-Beckety  and  the  modern  are  those  of 
Adam  Smith,  (another  Thomas-a- 
Becket,  whom  people  worship  in  a  dif- 
ferent mode,  with  better  prospects  of 
Boccess,)  and  therefore  we  shall  drop 
the  enthusiasm  of  the  antiquary  for  the 
-present,  because  we  have  just  as  strong 
a  desire  to  get  rich^  as  the  rest  of 
our  cohtemporaries. 

We  shall  now  proceed  to  the  work, 
ami  first  give  the  able  elucidation  of  it 
by  Mr.  Nicolas  himself. 

*'  It  has  been  sensibly  remarked,  th*t  in 
^ocumeuts  of  this  nature,  '  the  real  wishes 
of  the  heart  are  suffered  to  appear,  because 
we  shall  be  indifferent  to  th^  consequences 
of  them,  before  they  can  be  divulged.'  For 
«11  these  reasons,  testaments  of  celebrated 
Persons  possess  a  claim  on  the  attention  of 
Biographers,  which  they  have  very  rarely 
obtained.  But  it  is  to  the  Antiquary,  to 
him  who  sieks  for  information  on  the  man- 
ners and  habits  of  his  ancestors,  from  sources 
unpolluted  by  the  erroneous  constructions 
or  misrepresentations  of  others ;  and  who, 
jetting  aside  the  theories  of  a  fiivourite 
writer  on  past  times,  judges  firom  evidence 
alone,  that  eftrlv  wills  are  of  the  greatest 
importance.  Where,  but  in  such  instru- 
ments, can  we  possibly  obtain  an  accurate 
Icnowledge  of  the  articles  which  constituted 
the  furniture  of  the  houses,  or  the  wearing 
apparel  of  persons,  who  lived  several  cen- 
*  taries  ago ;  or  in  what  other  record  can  so 
satisfactory  an  account  of  the  property  of  an 
individual  be  discovered,  as  in  that  in  which 
he  bequeaths  it  to  his  child,  or  his  friend  ? 
The  great  value  of  chattels,  even  down  to 
the  period  with  which  this  collection  closes, 
caused  them  to  be  described  with  a  minute- 
ness in  wills,  not  only  by  persons  of  insig- 
nificance, but  even  by  the  children  of  the 
royal  family,  which  cannot  fail  to  excite  the 
smile  of  this  '  enlightened  age.'  If  the  va- 
lue of  this  sort  of  information  be  doubted, 
the  same  suspicion  must  apply  to  every  thing 
which  relates  to  former  tiroes.  It  is  not, 
however,  curiosity  only  which  is  gratified 
by  these  inquiries ;  for  by  marking  ttie  alte- 
rations in  manners  and  customs,  and  tracing 
the  gradual*  but  certain  progress  of  intel- 
lectual improvements — the  former  exhibited 
by  the  approach  to  existing  institutions; 
and  the  latter  by  the  removal  of  that  super- 
stitious bigotry,  which  is  so  fully  displayed 
in  this  work — we  receive  ample  objects  for 
ea^ercising  philosophical  reflections."  Pref. 
p.  9. 

In  the  Preface,  p.  13,  we  are  sorry 
to  see  complaints  or  difficulty  of  access 
for  literary  purposes  to  the  <*  Principal 


Registry  of  the  Kingdom— that  of 
Doctors'  Commons."  In  all  the  Re- 
cord Offices  in  the  Kingdom,  a  new 
arrangement  is  desirable.  We  mean 
nothing  offensive.  The  keepers  of 
those  records  (so  far  as  we  know 
them)  are  men  of  high  and  meritori- 
ous character,  and  it  is  not  reason- 
able to  desire,  that  they  should  devote 
their  valuable  time  and  attendance, 
and  employ  clerks  and  servants,  with- 
out adequate  remuneration.  Ail  we 
mean  is  that,  as  the  Records  are  Pub- 
lic Properly,  and  the  Offices  are  very 
few,  they  should  derive  their  emo- 
luments, like  the  Officers  of  thai  an- 
mirable  Institution,  the  British  Mu- 
seum, from  the  National  Purse ;  and 
that  every  Calendar  should  be  printed, 
and  every  record  accessible  for  the  sum 
of  one  shilling.  Many  gentlemen,  to 
whom  the  highest  attention  is  doe, 
think  that  there  ought  to  be  a  gratuit- 
ous liberty  of  inspection,  as  with  re- 
gard to  the  Cotton,  Harleian,  and  other 
manuscripts:  but  we  think  from  the 
direct  relation  which  the  records  bear 
to  property,  that,  unless  some  fee  was 
paid  for  the  purpose  of  impeding  mere 
idle  curiosity,  that  the  trouble  occa- 
sioned would  be  insufferable ;  to  men 
known  to  be  seriously  engaged  in  lite- 
rary objects,  a  gratuitous  permission 
might,  upon  proper  attestation  of  their 
characters,  be  very  pronerly  granted. 

After  the  Preface  follow  some  •'  pre- 
liminary observations,"  written,  as  ap- 
pears, by  the  arms  of  the  tail-piece, 
(p.  xi.)  by  Mr.  Dal  la  way.  It  is  need- 
less to  observe,  therefore,  that  these 
observations  are  very  luminous  and 
valuable.  We  shall  make  two  ex- 
tracts. 

'*  The  care  of  their  sepulture,  and  the 
erection  of  tombs,  by  which  not  only  their 
memory  should  be  preserved,  but  tome 
idea  given  of  their  persons,  by  effigies  and 
portraitures,  seems  to  have  occapied  the 
minds  of  most  testators.  It  is  needlett  to 
say,  how  magnificent  and  beantifol  many  of 
these  sepulchral  monuments  were ;  as  ocou- 
lar  demonstration  is  afforded  ua«  much  more 
frequently  than  in  any  other  instance,  of 
their  furmer  excessive  richness,  as  macb,  at 
least,  as  has  escaped  decay  by  time  itself,  or 
from  being  violently  mutilated  and  defined 
by  the  fimatic  Reformers.  In  the  ofders 
left  for  funeral  obsequies,  it  is  interestioff  to 
observe  the  extremes  of  ostentatioD  tad  nil- 
mility,  in  many  of  the  wills  from  whieh  ex« 
tracts  are  given,  and  the  desire  of  ui^ciuiMg 
the  greatest  number  of  masses  in  ibm  sbort^ 
•St  time,  and  for  the  Wast  moaey.  •  WeiMn^ 
a  greater  satis&ctioa  ui  obteniig»  ihsi^taa 


les^.] 


RxTiBW.— McoZot'i  Teitamehia  Vetusia/i 


4a 


of  the*  Heroes  of  Agineoiirt  remembered  the 

poor  foldiersy  whp  shared  and  sunrived  tUat 

memorable  Tictorjy  by  a  bequest*  to  satisfy 

their  wages  m  arrear ;  an  act  oi  honourable 

justice,  especially  as  he  acknowledges  that, 

*  peradventure  he  had  received  more  wages 

from  the  King  and  Realm,   than  he   was 

worthy  of.'    And,  in  the  bequests  to  poor 

maidens,  to  procure  their  marriage,  and '  to 

mend  foul  ways,'  we  contemplate  an  useful 

benero/ence." 

"  The  strict  injunction  of  future  celibacy 
given  by  husbands  to  their  widows*  for  the 
sake  of  children  by  the  first  marriage,  either 
by  request,  or  by  penalty  of  jointure ;  and 
the  bequeathing  the  marriage  of  their 
daughters  to  a  certain  individual,  under  for- 
feiture, was  consonant  with  the  spirit  of 
feudal  times. 

••ThewUl  of  Dame  Alice  Wyche  (the 
widow  of  a  Lord  Mayor  of  London)  is  replete 
with  good  sense  and  useful  charity.  We 
must  recollect  that  it  was  made  in  1474; 
and  we  shall  perceive  its  extent—dOOZ.  to 
poor  diligent  labourers  in  poor  villages;  to 
100  poor  housholders  a  cow,  and  135.  4d. 
each,  with  three  ewes;  for  the  marriage  of 

Eior  maidens  of  good  conversation,  1002. 
oes  modem  philanthrophy,  with  its  high 
pretensions,  go  beyond  this  bequest  ?  It  is 
worthy  observation,  how  great  a  dispropor- 
tion existed  between  the  fortunes  of  elder 
sons,  or  heirs  female,  and  the  youuger 
knneiies  of  noble  femilie8.-«Thoma8,  Mar- 
quis of  Dorset,  gives  his  daughters  1 ,000Z. 
each,  for  their  marriage  portion,  (in  'l  505,) 
and  a  few  years  after  Thomas,  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  3001.  only." 

<*  It  is  acertaioed  by  wills,  that  the  ladies 
of  quality,  who  borrowed  money  of  each 
other,  left  with  their  creditor  a  jewel  or 
gold  ornament  of  equal  value."     Pp.  vi. — 


VJU. 


Mr.  Dallaway  proceeds  to  observe, 
that  legal  prolixity  in  wills  ensued  in 
the  sixteenth  century.  Plate  was,  in 
the  greater  part,  settled  in  families,  as 
a  heir-Iocm,  and  beds  rarely  bequeatli- 
cd,  except  to  married  daughters.  But 
the  most  striking  feature  in  all  these 
wills  is,  we  say  again,  the  anxiety  to 
take  care  of  the  good  condition  of 
Churches.  It  was  not  until  the  devil 
reigned  in  England,  under  the  name 
of  Henry  VIII.  that  an  association  of 
fine  Architectural  Church-Embellish- 
ment with  Popery  was  inculcated  into 
the  minds  of  the  lower  orders.  It  was 
not  sufficient  to  destroy  the  Puppets 
and  the  machinery,  but  the  very  room 
in  which  the  show  was  exhibited  must 
be  knocked  to  pieces!  But  what  is 
there  more  grateful  to  the  eye  of  the 
roao  of  sentiment,  philanthropy,  and 
religion,  than  a  Church  ?  Travel  over 
the  couDtry,  every  tower  that  rises  be- 
tween the  trees  is  a  hieroglyphic  of  the 


word  God.    Look  idl  around.    He  im* 
here^  he  is  there,  he  is  every  where.— 
Humble  as  may  be  the  temple,  it  is  in 
harmony  with   the  nnpolished  man- 
ners of  the  peasantry.  It  is  venerable  ; 
it  is  a  Church;  not  an  unmeaning 
public  room,  with  |)ews  and  a  pulpit. 
Substitute  modern  Grecian  Architec-^ 
tecture:   it  is  too  gay.       Remember. 
God,  and  remember  death,  is  the  awe- 
ful  impression  which  every  man  ought 
to  feel  at  first  entrance  into  a  Church.  * 
It  is  the  best,  the  only  sound  prepara- 
tion   for   devotional  feeling,    for  that 
pure   and    holy  communication  with 
the  Almighty,   which   is  dictated  by; 
the  perfect  and  all-blessed  religion  of 
the  Cross.     Now,  it  is  merely  lookine 
up  to  the  dramatic  talents  or  enthusi- 
asm of  the  preacher.     A  display  of 
point  and  epigram ;  frothy  declamation 
about  the  merits  of  the  atonement; 
and  apostrophe  without  genius,  cha- 
racterize the  jargon   with  which  po- 
J)ular  preachers  endeavour  to  excite  re- 
igious  feeling.     Protestants  as  we  are, 
and  zealous  Protestants  too,  we  solemn** 
ly  believe  that  the  cross  over  the  altar 
(the  only  retention  of  the  figures  of 
Popery,  of  which  we  approve,)  had  a 
most  proper  and  congruous  effect  upon 
the  minds  of  our  ancestors.      Wnen 
kneeling    at  the    Holy  Communion, 
what  symbol  could  be  more  appropri- 
ate ?     We  think  that  it  was  a  serious 
misfortune  to  remove  it,  and  that  it 
had  more    effect  than   any   effort    of 
even  sublime  eloquence.     If  our  an- 
cestors were  Papists,  they  were  pious 
men  also,  and  woe  was  to  him  who 
n^utilated  the  mansions  of  theii-  God ! 
Talk  of   intellectual    refinement    for- 
sooth, and   treat  the   Temples  of  the 
Most  High  as  if  they  were  barns  and 
stables!      Contemptible  Philosophers, 
in    truth  :      such      pretended    oracles 
are  mere  puppets.      Is   there  a  sight 
under  Heaven    more  slorious  in  the 
view  of  reason  and  wisdom,  than  to 
behold  large  bodies  of  the  lords  of  the 
earth  kneeling  in  humble  submission, 
and  imploring  those   blessings,  which 
He  **  in  whom  they  live  and  move  and 
have  their  being,"  can  alone  bestow? 
Can  men  be  made  wiser   and  better 
without    Him?       Can    they  be  pa- 
tient  under    misery,  and  resigned  in 
death,  without  Him?     Our  ancestors 
thought  not;    and  erroneous  as  were 
the  modes,  they  glorified  God  in  their 
hearts,  without  the  excitement  of  ac- 
tors in  gowns  and  surplices,  perform* 
ing  in  large  naked  rooms. 

(  To  le  continued.) 


44                       BMYtkv^^^^BenM^^n  Skitchi$0fC9rmta.                  [Jan. 

t.     Aketchn   <f  (hrsiea,  ^c.  ftV. ;   cr  a  ttmaag  other  eurlositfoi  nWcU  thit  Nsi^oicr 

Journal   torUten  during  a  f^t  to  that  oosCaiiu  is  a  little  caimfm»  that  was  tbe  ^ 

JaUmd  in  IQiB,     f^t  an  Outline  of  its  v(write  plaything  of  Boonaqpane's  childhood. 

Hiitory,     and    Specimens   ^  the  Lan-  It  weight,  acc©rdiiigtoM.JoJydeVanfeigaon, 

SMUgc  and  Poetri/  qf  that    People,     By  thirty  French  pounds.     This   toy  oaBson 

obert  Benson,  M,A.  F,L.  S,  Longman  may  have  given  the  first  bias  to  his  disposi- 

«nd  Co.  1625.  ^oa.    As  Ajaccio  was  bis  bir^-ptaee,  to 

tras  it  the  sceae  of  his  first  military  exploit. 

CORSICA  has  given  birth  to  two  In  the  yearl798,  Bounaparte,    ttien  Chef 

men  who,  however  different  in  degrees  de  Bataiilon  of  National  Gtiefds,  was  seat 

of  military  talents,  and  widely  differ-  from  Bastia  to  surprise  Ajaccio,  at  that  time 

itift  in  the  application  of  them,  have  in  possession  of  the  Corsican  Rebels.  Leav- 

fixcd  a  celd)rity  on  a  country  other-  %  *^'«,^'^  i"*.'*^!^**  he  had  entered  the 

wiK  of  no  great  importance  in  Euro-  2.1?  *  ^  ^^I^'^''*^^  put  off  to 

pcan  History.     Of  Pascal  Paoli  it  has  ^«  possession  of  the  l^crre  A  Cap,ieIlo,  a 

t              'J    "^                                   .u  -:♦..  tower  on  the  opposite  side  wennr   facinr 

^en   said,    ati    no    mean    auihonty,  ^       .^     No  «iSer  w«  this  poini  cam^, 

**  that  he  wjis  one  of  those  men  wlio  ^^^  ^^^„^  ^^       ^  ^^/^  ^^i^^,  ^. 

are  no   longer  to  be  found  but  m  the  j^red  it  impossible  to  return  to  the  frigate. 

Mves  of  Plutarch  r    and  of  Napoleon  h.  ^ag  forced,  therefore,  to  fortify  himself 

BaOnaparte,  who  feels  himself  compc-  «^inst  the  insisr^nts,  Hfho  sssalled  him  on 

tetx:    to   speak  ?      The   attachment   of  oil  sides ;  a  state  of  great  danger  ensaed, 

Paoli  to  his  country  was  manifested,  emri  <he  was  ledueed  even  to  feed  on  horse 

W^en  living,  by  a  patriotic  devotion  to  Aosb ;  whilst  in  this  conditioo,  he  is  said  to 

hwr  interests ;  and  he  bequeathed  her  ^«ve  haraagxicd  the  Rebels  in  tSiat  strain  of 

a  proof  of  his  generous  affection  for  her  emphaticd  eloquence  which  prevails  among 

intellectual  advancement  at  his  death.  ^  Corsicans,  and  to  have  aueceeded  in  gain- 

Buonaparte,  on  the  contrary,  we  are  ^^J^T^^^L f '**?  ^P°«»*f  1*!*^:  ^"  ***• 

told,  seems  almost  to    have 'forgotten  £^±1*^..^  "^'^^^'^T*!^ 

*^      1          r  !-•     L'  .u        u       r        *r  I  he  sittemptcd  to  blow  It  wa.  without 

the  place  of  his  birth,  wherefore       he  The  fosilres,  stiN  appere^  1b  the  u 
wi^  never  popular  m  Corsica,  nor  is 
his  memory  cherished  there." 

.The  object  of  Mr.  Benson *-8  visit  to 
Corsica  was  of  a  public  nature ;  hav- 
ing been  appointed  one  of  the  Com- 

miseioners  tor  carrying  into  effect  the  good  translator  of  English^  was  in  t^e  corn- 
bequests  of  General  Paoli.  His  op-  pany  of  Bounaparte,  when  a  host  of  flatt^r- 
portunities  of  acquiring  information  ers  were  paying  him  the  most  fulsome  corn- 
Were  accordingly  great ;  and  he  has  pli'«»«nt».  <  How  is  it,  M.  Mercier,'  tiud 
availed  himself  of  them  in  a  way  most  N^polej»»  *  that  I  have  nothing  from  you.* 
creditable  to  his  good  sense,  and  which  *,^'J**'  answered  Mercier,  «  the  incense 
evinces  a  soundness  of  judgment  that  SJ^*"®"'  *V*  *^***  *^^*»'«  ^^<^1»  »'  ^«J":' 
haa  rarely  been  equalled.  ^^."  ^'^•"e  \?  *«•  '^^^^  ^  V^^  ^'"i^ 

The  work  is  divided  into  three  sec-  f'^»°^    comphmenu    to    the    Emptor. 

^1      £    ^    «        .,        ^t  Yours,  btr,  IS  not  even  Mieeaae:  It  urestm 

tions;    the  first  describes  the  scenery  Pa«e  38.                        *«v  «w,i. «,»■., 

of  the  Country,  with  the  manners  and 

customs  of  the  inhabitants;  the  second  We  are  favoured  with  an  Epitome 

treats  of  its  politk^al  history ;  and  the  of  Corsica,  which   contains   more  in 

third  is  devoted  to   the  language  and  two  well-written   pages,  than  an  ordi- 

Soetry  of  the  Island.      We  shall  en-  nary  Voyageur,  whose  ambition  is  to, 

eavour  to  give  a    few  extracts  from  write  a  book,  would  give  us  in  a  vo- 

each  section  of  the  volume.  lume. 

**  Oct.  25. — We  strolled  about  Ajaccio ; 
the  ceneral  plan  of  the  town  is  very  simple  ; 
one  broad  street  leads  from  the  sea  to  the 
Barracks  ;  an,other  nearly  as  wlde^  but  much 
shorter,  cuts  the  former  at  right  augles  ; — 
besides  these,  there  are  many  subordinate 
vtreets,  extremely  narrow  and  dirty." 

**  The  house  in  which  Napoleon  Buona* 
parta  was  bom,  is  amoo^  the  best  in  the 
town  ;  it  forms  one  side  of  a  miseraMe  little 
Court,  leading  oot  of  the  Rue  Charlea  :— 


success, 
fissures,  atiN  apparent  in  the  tower,  are 
attributable  to  lliat  attempt."      Pp.  8 — 5. 

The  following  aoecdofee,  we  believe, 
is  new. 

M.  Meroler,  a  Titerary  character,  and  a 


*'  Corsica,  with  the  exception  ofi2ie< 
em  coast,  reaching  from  Bastia  to  SoKnaan^ 
and  from  which  the  sea  is  gradoallj  reced- 
ing, consists  of  a  mass  of  moimtains.  In  the 
midst  of  these  are  two  conspicuova  ridges-; 
(me  traversing  the  country  from  Northto 
South,  and  the  other  Arom  East  to  West. 
The  loftiest  mountains  are  Monte  Rotoodo, 
Monte  de  Oro,  and  Monte-CintOy  sometimeM 
oaUed  Pic  di  Niolo.  According  to  IQ. 
Arago»  the  iint  of  thaee  m  9091.891  4bH 


ik»f«  tlw  Mft  *  i  mki  Mf^m  Pthfft  fi^ed  ^Hormiaed  (0  koMk  tt  ihe  boute  cfhis  •&.- 

655r.S^  feet  t.    The  fli«iQo»i|a  of  «tf  thes*  tipgODUt,,  Rocco,  tl>e  ehUf  of  the  funii^, 

mounuias  of  gnoitB  are  rqeky  Mui  ba^«inf  A  fierviuLt  yppearty  VGo,'  wd  be  t»  ber» 

whilst  the  pei|>eiidiciilar  fimure?  iQtQ  which  '  tell  yixir  master  tlint  Polo  wishe»  to  ypcdk 

thej  are  splH,  dii|>Ujr,  io  a  striking  manner,  with  him  !  *     At  this  n^roe,  so  dreaded  hj 

the  decooQ position  daj\j  taking  place  in  the  all   the  familvy  the  servant   trembled  wi(j^. 

hardest  substances  of  nature.     From  their  horror.     At  length  Rocco  presented  him- 

tides    \s8ue    numerous    beautiful    cascades,  self;  and  with  a  calm  look,  and  unfalteriiMr 

which  Tush  down  with  astonishing  velocity  voice,  asked  Polo  what  he  wanted  of  him  at 

among  the  wiJd  v^etation  with  which  the  such    an    hour.     *  Hospitality,'    Polo   aq- 

bases  of  the  mountains  are  clothed,  and  fer-  swered  %  addmg>  '  I  know  that  many  of  your 

lilize  the  vtttlies  below.    The  highest  moun-  household  are  concealed  in  my  road  home- 

taios  ^e  birth  to  the  chief  rivers,  or  rather  ward,  £Dr  the  purpose  of  taking  my  lifb ;  thp 

torrents.     Thus  the  Tavignano  and  Liamone  weather  is  ifrightAil ;  and  I  know  not  how 

low  firavn  t^e  Lake  Nino,  that  occurs  at  to  avoid  death,  unless  you  afford  me,  for 

about  two^ihirtls  of  the  Wight  of  Monte  this  night,  an  aeylocn.'    *  You  are  welcome,* 

Eotoodo,  and  the  Oolo  originates  in  a  simi-  replied  Ruoco  :  <  you  do  me  justice,  and  I 

Isr  maiiaer  firom  the  Lake    Creno.      Like  thaak  y«u/    Then,  taking  him  by  the  iHind, 

other  mottntataous  countt'ies,  Corsica  is  ex-  Roceo  presented  him   to  hie  family,    who 

ceedingly  picturesque ;  indeed,  man  has  left  gave  him  «  oold  aJthongh  a  courteous  recepi* 

10  few  traces  of  his  industry  in  the  Island,  tion.     After  supper  Polo  was  eondueted  to 

that  the  painter,  who  shrinks  at  the  sight  of  his  chamber.     *  Sleep  in  peace,'  said  his 

cultivated    Belds   and  £ower  gardens,  may  host,  '  vou  are  here  under  the  protection  iA 

here  revel  undisturbed  amidst  wild  and  ma-  honour.      On  the  following  nMNming,  iifter 

jestic  scenes.      To   the    agriculturist  who  break&st,   Roeoo,  inell  knowing  that   bis 

estimates  a  district  by  its  production,  to  the  emissaries  were  watching  f^r  Polo,  conducted 

man  who  looks  at  a  river  with  a  view  to  in-  his  guest  to  a  torre«it,   beyond  which  he 

kmd  navigation,  and  to  the  effeminate  tra-  might  securely  proceed*    They  here  paiit^$ 

▼eller,    who  judges  of   a    country  by  the  and  Rocco  added^  as  he. hadjB^ls  companion 

^oslftiesof  its  roads  and  hotels,  the  rugged  adieu ; — '  In  recelvii^A'ou  into  my  house,  \ 

mounUuns,  the  rich  hot  neglected  valleys,  have  done  my  duty.      Vou  would  ha^ve  sa^^ 

the  boisterons  tonrents,  and  the  trackless  my  life  under  similar  ciicumetances  ^    heiw 

forests  of  Corsica,  would  afford  no  gratifiea-  then  end  the  rights  of  hospitality.    jYou 

eation ; — but  to  him  who  can  associate  and  have  insulted  me,  and  my  ho&tUity  has  for  » 

slmoet  indentify  himself  with  nature,  tlie  time  been  suspended  j  .hut  it  revives  on  om 

Island  offers «  ueat  of  no  ordinary  kind.** —  parting ;  and  1  now  declare  to  you  agawi. 

Pp.  34,  36.  that  I  seek  for  revenge.    Escape  me  if  y«tt 

„       .     ,.^      ,        ,  ,        ,  can ;  as  I,  on  my  part,  shall  be  OB  my  watch 

Hospitality  has  been  asserted  to  be  against  you.'  *  Listen,'  replied  PoJo;  '  my 
peculiarly  ibe  virtue  of  savage  kfe.  Is  heart  is  overwhelmed,  and  my  anger  is  ex- 
Corsica  the  duly  of  hospital!  ly,  to  2^\  tinguished.  Follow  y  our  projects  of  .revenge^ 
who  may  require  it,  is  carried  to  a  ifyooi  choose;  hut,  for  me,  1  will  never 
romantic  extent ;  e.  g.  stain  my  hands  with  the  hlood  of  one  to 

whom  1  owe  my  life.      I  have  offended  you, 

<*  The  fiimilies  of  Polo  and  of  Rocco  had  you  say;  —  well,  forget  it,  and    let  us  be 

long  entertained  a  violent   hatred   towards  friends.'     Rocco  paused  for  a  moment,  ftm- 

each  other.     The  former  resided  in  the  vil»  braced  his  enemy,   and  a  reconciliation  en- 

Isge  of  Tosa  ;  the  latter  at  Orbellam.     Im-  sued,  which,  extending  itself  to  the  two  fa- 

porunt  business  called  the  chief  of  the  fa-  milieu,  they  lived    afterwards   on  the  beet 

milyofPolo  into  the  neighbourhood  of  Or-  terms  imaginable."     Pp.  47— 50. 
bellara ;    and,  as  he  left  his  house  suddenly,  ^  , 

he  conceived  his  rivals  would  not  be  aware         ^}^^\  anecdotes    of  equal  interest, 

of  his  journey.   When  about  to  return  home-  elucidating,  in  the  most  forcible  w.ay, 

ward,  he  learnt   that  emissaries  of  Rocco  ^\^^  national  characteristics  of  the  Cor- 

were  lying   in  ambuscade    to  attack  him.  sican,  are  given  with  the  same  power-Qf 

The  day  was  on  the  decline,  and  darkness  narrative  which  marks  the   preceding 

soon  surrounded  him ;  whilst  one  of  th(»se  sketch  ;    but  we  mikit  hasten  on  to  the 

dreadful  tempests  arose,  which  are  not  unfre-  second  section. 

<}nent  io  the  South  of  Europe.     Polo  knew  Here  again   we   have    the   political 

not  which  way  to  direct  his  steps  ;  each  mo-  history  of  Corsica  ably  condensed  :  e«- 

nenthe  expected  to  findhimselfm the  midst  hibiting  the  researches  of  the  scholar 

of  h..  enem.es,  to  whom    the  flashes   of  ^^j  the  fidelity  of  the  historian.     Mr! 

ngntmng  were   so  hkely  to  discover  him. —  ««..„^„  ««»:«r««*^,-i  .  •      • 

Ihnger  %hus  b«ietting  him  on ^11  sides,  he  ^^'^  «*^.f  ^^^^^[''y.^O'-'^cts  a  mistake 

_____^  ®  .  ^osvvell,    who   identifies    Corsica 

with     Callista,     but     his     rt-asoning 

•2762  metres.  +2000  metres.  is  too  long    for  extract.     After  some 


4C 


Rbtiiw.— Benson's  Sketchet  of  Corsica. 


£JaD. 


freliminary  remarks  on  the  ancient 
istory  of  the  place,  he  brings  us 
to  the  last  century,  pregnant  witn  the 
convulsions  that  have  agitated  Corsica. 
The  sanguinary  war  that  ensued  be- 
tween the  Genoese  and  the  Corsicans, 
are  detailed  in  animated  language,  ex- 
hibiting the  devotion  of  a  whole  Is- 
land to  the  cause  of  their  country.— 
But  the  sympathy  of  Europe  was  in 
favour  of  their  opponents  ;  and 

'*  The  CorsicaxiB  were  indulging  in  melan- 
choly reflections,  when  a  friendly  vessel  ar- 
rived on  their  shore  provided  with  all  that 
was  immediately  requisite  to  carry  on  the 
war.— A  personage  of  noble  and  war-like  ap- 
pearance landed,  possessing  all  those  out- 
ward qualificatioBS  that  command  the  re- 
spect of  mankind.  This  was  Theodore  de 
Neuhpfff  whose  life  partakes  more  of  the 
character  of  romance,  than  of  the  sober  te- 
alities  of  History."     P.  87. 

Theodore  was  received  with  super- 
stitious reverence ;  and  his  arrival  was 
considered  a  mark  of  the  interest  Hea- 
ven took  in  the  liberty  of  the  Corsi- 
cans ;  and  he  was  recognised  as  a  King. 
«  At  the  commencement  of  his  reign, 
Theodore  told  the  Corsicans,  that  he  had 
been  promised  succour  from  the  Continent, 
tad  condescended  to  employ  various  artifices 
to  keep  alive  that  expectation:  —  his  new 
subjects,  however,  were  too  penetratmg  a 
people  to  be  long  deceived)  and  titer  eight 
months  ungratified  anxiety,  the  Corsicans 
began  to  cool  in  their  attachment.  He, 
therefore,  left  the  Island  imder  the  pretext 
that  he  would  be  the  personal  bearer  of  as- 
sistance to  them.  The  departure  of  Theo- 
dore may,  in  hctt  be  considered  as  the  ter- 
mination of  his  reign,  and  the  close  of  his 
political  existence  *. '     Pp.  88,  89. 


We  are  carried  on  by  the  same  Mas- 
ter hand  through  the  various  unsuc- 
cessful struggles  of  this  brave  but  un- 
fortunate people  for  their  liberty,  to 
the  commencement  of  the  French  Re- 
volution, when  their  hopes  seemed  to 
revive  ;  and  the  virtuous  Paoli  emerg- 
ed from  his  retirement  in  England  for 
another  attempt  in  behalf  of  his  coun- 
trymen. 

*'  They  looked  forward  with  confidence  to 
times  of  great  prosperity  ;  and  little  thought 
that  the  beautiful  fabric  which  now  for  a 
moment  glittered  in  the  sun,  was  so  soon 
to  &11  by  the  might  of  the  tempest." 

After  various  fluctuations  of  fortune, 
and  a  prey  to  internal  divisions — in  mi- 
litary possession  of  the  English,  with  a 
powerful  French  faction  in  the  coun- 
try— Paoli  was  recalled  by  the  British 
Government ;  and  the  Viceroy,  Sir 
Gilbert  Elliot,  being  unequal  to  the 
management  of  a  people  whom  he  had 
made  no  attempt  to  conciliate,  the 
English  embarked  for  Porto  Ferrajo  ; 
leaving  the  Corsicans  once  more  a 
prey  to  French  invasion. 

**  Corsica  at  present  may  be  considered  to 
be  in  a  state  of  advancement.  For  the 
French  Government  has  lately  had  leisure  to 
direct  its  thoughts  tovrards  the  condition  of 
the  Islanders ;  and  its  efforts  to  instruct  them 
have  been  amply  repaid  by  their  visible  ge- 
neral improvement.  The  sun  and  sword 
system,  pursued  for  nearly  half  a  century, 
failed  in  every  instance;  for  the  Corsican 
can  be  led  to  obedience,  but  will  not  be 
driven  to  it ;  whilst  the  eagerness  displayed 
by  the  people  to  learn,  is  only  •quailed  by 
their  almost  religious?respect  for  those  who 
are  entrusted  with  the  holy  charge  of  their 
education.      Too  often  do  the  Corsicans  re- 


*  Boswell,  in  his  History  of  Corsica,  gives  the  following  account  of  the  last  daysof  this 
extraordinary  man. 

"  They,  indeed,  are  sensible,  that  his  wretched  fate  [has  thrown  a  sort  of  ridlcide  on 
the  nation,  since  their  King  was  confined  in  a  jail  at  London,  which  was  actually  the 
case  of  poor  Theodore,  who,  after  exi)eriencing  the  most  extraordinary  vicissitudes  of 
fortune,  chose  to  end  his  days  in  our  Island  of  ^liberty ;  but  was  reduced  to  the  wretched 
state  of  a  prisoner  for  debt. 

«  Walpole  generously  exerted  himself  for  Theodore.  He  wrote  a  paper.in  the  World, 
with  great  elegance  and  humour,  soliciting  a  contribution  fur^the^Monarch  in  distressi  to 
be  paid  to  Mr.  Robert  Dodsley,  bookseller,  as  Lord  High  Treasurer.  This  broiicbt  him 
a  very  handsome  sum.  He  was  allowed  to  get  out  of  prison.  Mr.  Walpole  has  the 
original  deed  bywhich  Theodore  made  over  the  Kingdom  of  .Corsica,  in  aecurity  to  his 
creditors.     He  has  also  the  great  seal  of  the  Kingdom. 

**  He  died  very  soon  after  he  got  out  of  prison,  and  was  buried^in  St.  Anne*8  Church- 
yard, Westminster;  where  a  simple  unadorned  monument  is  erected  to  him^.with 
the  following  inscription  :— 

<<  Near  this  place  is  interred  Theodore,  King  of  Corsica ;  who  died  in  this  'parish, 
Dec.  11,  1756;  immediately  after  leaving  the  King's  Bench  Prison,  by  the  benefit  of 
the  Act  of  Insolvency ;  in  consequence  of  which,  he  registered  his  Kingdom  of  t 
for  the  use  of  his  creditors. 

The  Grave,  great  tether !  to  a  level  brings  J 

Heroes  and  becgars,  galley-slaves  and  kings ; 

But  Theodore  this  moral  learn'd*ere*dead  ; 

Fate  pour'd  its  lesson' on  hb  living  head, 

Bestow'd  a  kingdom^  and  denied  him  bread." 


1886.] 


HiviBW.— Nichols's  Progresses  ofJitmes  L 


'47 


bel  agmiast  the  French  judicial  and  military 
aotboriliet  of  the  Island;  but  the  amiable 
director  of  public  instruction  traverses  the 
wiJdests  districto  of  Corsica  alone ;  because 
the  functions  of  his  office  clothe  him  with 
protection  against  every  injury.  On  the  mind 
then,  of  the  Corjican,  do  the  French  now 
begin  to  ground  their  plans  of  improvement." 
Pp.  145,  1«6. 

The  Corsican  language  is  stated  by 
Mr.  B.  to  be  a  corrupt  Italian.  Bos- 
welJ  has  ternaed  ii  remarkably  good 
Italian,  tinctured  a  little  with  some 
remains  oF  the  dialect  of  barbarous 
naiions,  and  with  a  few  Genoese  cor- 
niptions,  but  much  purer  than  in  many 
of  the  Italian  States :— this  latter  praise 
it  may  deserve,  without  meriting 
the  title  of  good  Italian.  Mr.  Benson's 
account  of  it,  we  have  no  doubt,  is  the 
correct  one.  Like  the  Italians  top,  the 
'Corsicans  are  great  improvisatori. 

We  shall  conclude  our  notice  of  this 
very  interesting  volume,  with  an  ex- 
tract from  an  imitation  of  the  lattei; 
lines  of  Lord  Byron's  Bride  of  Abydos 
from  the  pen  of  M.  Viale,  a  Corsican. 
<<  I^ce  a]  too  spirito  doloroso,  pace 
Alia  tua  tomba  verginal !     Felice, 
Che  degli  anni  sul  fior,  sola  una  stilla 
Al  calice  attingesti  atro  e  profondo 
Dell'  umane  miserie  !     II  prime  instante 
Del  too  penar,  fii  di  tua  vita  estremo. 

Ira  del  ciel  sopra  il  tuo  capo  piombiy 
Tu^nno,  infuria  in  tuo  dolor,  le  infami 
Regali  bende,  or  vano  fregio,  squarcla. 
Mordi  pur,  mordi  Tesecrata  destra 
Onde  cadeo  Selimo  e  Abdalla ;  strappa 
Del  crin,  del  mento  la  canizie  indigna  \ 
L'orgogVio  del  tuo  cor,  Teletta  sposa 
Del  tuo  signor,  raggio  di  sperae  ai  foschi 
Tnoj  di  cadenti,  la  tua  figlia  ^  spenta. 
L'astro  gentil,  che  perTodrisio  cielo 
Ridea  si  vago,  ahi !  tenebrossi  I  il  sangue 
Che  tu  vcrsasti,  o  rfe  furente,  estinse 
Nel  ftuo  mattin  quell'  amorosaluce." 

Pp.  142, 143. 

3.    Nichols's  Progresses  of  Jsunes  the  First, 

Fblume  I. 

(CorUinuedfrom  vol.  xcv.  part  il.  p.  523.) 

THE  following  curious  portrait  of 
James  is  drawn  by  Dalzel,  a  contem- 
porar)',  in  his  **  Fragments  of  Scottish 
History.''  **  He  was  of  a  middle  sta- 
ture, more  corpulent  through  his 
cloihcs,  than  in  his  body  ;  yett  fit 
enough,  his  clothing  being  made  large 
and  easie,  y«  doubleits  quilted  for 
iteUcU  (stillettoes),  his  breeches  in 
great  plaits,  and  fuH  stuffed.  He  was 
naturalie  of   a    timorous  disposition^ 


wich  wa3  ye  gretest  reason  of  his 
quilted  doubletts.  His  eyes  large>  and 
ever  roulling  after  any  stranger  that 
came  in  his  presence,  in  so  much  as 
many  for  shame  have  left  the  room, 
as  being  out  of  countenance.  His 
beard  was  very  thin;  his  tonsue  too 
large  for  his  mouth,  wich  maue  him 
drinke  very  uncomlie^  as  if  eating  his 
drinke,  wich  came  oute  into  the  q\x^ 
on  each  side  of  his  mouthe.  His  skin 
was  als  soft  as  tafta  sarsnet,  wich  felt 
so,  because  he  never  washt  his  hands, 
onlie  rubbed  his  fingers'  ends  slightly 
with  the  wett  end  of  a  napkin.  His 
legs  were  verey  weake,  having  had,  as 
was  thought,  sbme  foule  play  in  hit 
youthe,  or  rather  before  he  was  bon[ie^ 
[Mary's  fright,  when  Rezzio  was  mur- 
dered] y(  he  was  not  able  to  sfande 
at  seven  yeres  of  age.  This  weakness 
made  him  evir  leaning  on  other  men's 
shoulders." 

James  was  a  blue-stocking  of  the 
male  sex.  All  his  moral  and  intellec- 
tual qualities  were  of  feminine  cha- 
racter. His  tenacity  of  power  was 
that  of  a  Dame  Partlet;  — his  fear  of 
war,  that  of  ".not  meddling  with  guns> 
lest  they  should  go  off;" — his  obstinacy 
in  argumeillative  points,  the  "make 
me  believe  it,  if  you  can  ;*'  his  abso- 
lute requisitions,  "The  Matron  and 
her  Maids  ;*'  his  frolicks  with  his  fa- 
vourites, "  petting  lapdogs ;"  in  short, 
there  was  not  one  feature  of  manli- 
ness in  authority,  no  strength  of  cha- 
racter, and  no  dignity. 

But  James  was  not  a  fool,  under- 
standing by  the  term  imbecility  of 
mind.  Peclantry  was  the  vice  of  the 
age ;  and  the  work  before  us  abounds 
with  proofs  of  that  bad  taste.  On 
the  contrary,  there  was  a  great  shrewd- 
ness and  acumen  in  many  /of  his  re- 
marks. James  treated  the  Kingdom, 
as  a  wife  does  her  husband,  **I  must 
govern  him,  and  I  must  live  with 
him.  As  to  his  affairs,  if  they  are 
not  conducted  in  the  wisest  manner, 
what  is  that  to  the  two  grand  objects 
which  alone  compose  my  desires,  my 
own  way,  dnd  no  trouble." — The  in- 
tellect of  James  was,  however,  ably 
hot-bedded  by  Buchanan  ;  his  pedan- 
try was  in  character  with  the  age;  his 
elourderie  was  the  joint  result  of  the 
habits  in  which  he  had  been  educated 
and  had  lived. 

A  spoiled  child,  he  indulged  in 
ebullitions  of  petulance,  and  found 
his  crying -fitis  end  in  misery,  and  a 


Rtfvitw.-^Nicbdte'd  Pfagfe$9€s  afjamm  f. 


46 

Mfise  of  hii  deperK**nce.  A  feal  So- 
vefcigft  draws  cip  on  Mrimis  pomts, 
feels  hit  conseofience  Und  that  of  th« 
nation  \thoiii  ne  governs;  consults, 
i^s«yWe»,  and  commands ;  but  James's 
pnK:ti<re  was,  to  **  show  arifs,  kiss,  and 
make  it  up.^  A  wiaie  man  quarrels 
only  to  obtain  redress  j  in  fact,  never 
quarrels  at  all  but  when  hnportant  in- 
terests are  at  stake.  Enough,  liow« 
ever,  of  this.  James  was  a  Stuart : 
he  spoiled  all  the  wise  policy  of  EK- 
«abeth  ;  Charles  the  First  drew  on  a 
Civil  Wa*i  Charles  the  Second  de- 
tnoralized  the  nation  ;  James  the  Se- 
tfond  poperied  them ;  and  all  together, 
by  the  blessing  of  Providence,  blon- 
dercd  us  itito  a  dynasty,  under  which 
improvement,  constitutional  and  na^ 
tional,  has  made  the  most  rapid  pro^ 
gress. 

The  volumes  before  us  have,  how- 
ever, a  more  pleasant  and  philosophi- 
eal  aspect,  than  the  stranj^  drama  of 
••Government,  a  serious  farce,  com- 
posed by  his  Majesty,  and  performed 
Dy  his  Majesty's  servants,  Car,  Buck- 
ingham, &c.'*  Tht7  contain  curious 
illustrations  of  the  manners  of  the 
times;  they  show  the  last  days  of 
nature  and  simplicity ;  the  Grraces 
attired  in  hoop- petti  coats,  and  fardin- 
dales,  and  perukes;  they  show  Intel- 
lect always  walking  in  a  strutt;  and 
Learning  mimicking  the  ostentation 
of  writing-masters,  m  flourishes  and 
initials;  and  Loyalty,  mere  heartless 
flattery,  etiquette,  compliment,  and 
deremony. 

We  must,  hcnrever,  proceed  in  onr 
examination  of  the  contents  of  King 
James*s  Progresses. 

"The  Triie  Narration  of  the  En- 
tertainment of  his  Royal  Majestic  from 
the  time  of  his  Departure  from  Eden- 
brough  till  his  Receitinj  at  London,'' 
ii  a  scarce  tract,  the  original  of  which 
has  produced  at  a  sale  4/.  \0s.  Herein 
we  find  the  King,  when  on  the  walls 
ofBerwick,  notwithstanding  his  known 
cowardice,  making  a  shot  himself 
out  of  a  cannon ;  riding  37  miles, 
though,  **  according  to  the  Northern 
phrase,  a  wey-bit  longer  than  they  be 
in  the  South,  *  in  less  than  four  hours; 
and  the  same  day  at  Widdrington,  wKh 
his  u?ual  fondness  for  field  sports,  not- 
withstanding **  his  great  journey,  rrot 
able  to  forbear  pursuing  the  fine  deer 
be  saw  in  the  park,  of  which  he  slew 
i%vO."  Upon  his  arrivid  at  Durham  he 


[Jm. 


was  Irighly  deHgWted  wieh  "  the  tnerrie 
and  wefl-seasoned  jests  of  the  Bishop," 
Dr.  Toby  Matthew.  Pun  and  quibble 
were  then  in  high  vogue,  and  no  pre- 
ferment to  be  expected  by  those  who 
were  not  proficients  in  triat  kind  of 
wit.  The  best-approved  ^rmons  were 
a  tissue  of  quibble.  Bishop  Andrews 
was  James*s  favourite  preacher ;  and, 
in  the  Part  just  published,  under  the 
date  1 609- to,  we  perceive  an  excellent 
specimen  of  his  style.  Easter-day  hap- 
pening to  fall  on  what  was  commonly 
called  "the  King's  day,"  that  is,  the 
anniversary  of  his  Accession,  the  Bi- 
-shop  takes  the  opportunity  of  showing 
how,  "  in  the  third  sense,  his  Majes- 
tic" had  become  'Mhe  Head  of  the 
corner  1"    . 

On  his  route  to  W^^^^rth  the  King 
"sat  himself  down  on  the  high  grounds 
above  Houghton -le-side  on  a  spot 
which,'*  remarks  the  Historian  of  Dur- 
ham, "has  retained  from  the  Royal 
eniregambaison  the  name  of  Cross- 
legs  ;**  and  near  Blyth,  according  to 
the  old  author,  "he  sat  down  on  a 
hanke-side  to  eate  and  drinke  a  short 
repaste." 

When  his  Majesty  was  at  York,  he 
walked  after  dinner  into  the  garden  of 
the  Palace,  and  received  visits  from 
the  neighbouring  Gentlemen,  "'whose 
commendations  he  received  from  ho- 
nourable persons,  and  beheld  honour 
charactered  in  their  faces.  For  this 
is  one  especiall  note  in  hit  Majestie; 
any  man  that  hath  ought  with  him, 
let  him  be  sure  he  have  a  just  cause, 
for  he  beholdes  all  men's  (aces  with 
stedfasinesse,  and  comMonly  the  looke 
is  the  window  for  the  heart.''  P.  82. 
This  is  an  echo  to  what  Dabd  taiyt  in 
the  character  which  cofiatitmcm  tHir 
programme. 

At  Doncaster  his  Majesty  took  "up 
his  quarters  all  night  at  the  Bear  Inn, 
and  gave  the  host,  "  for  his  good  en- 
tertainment, a  lease  of  a  manor-house 
in  reversion  of  good  value."  At  Work- 
sop he  was  entertained  with  hooting 
and  "  soule-ravrshing  mnsique,**  and 
with  such  a  plemiful  breakfast,  that 
when  it  was  over,  "  there  was  soch  a 
store  of  provision  ltd,  of  foule,  fish, 
and  almost  every  thing,  besides  bread, 
beere,  and  wine,  that  it  was  left  open 
for  any  man  that  would  come  and 
take." 

At  Newark,  James  hmig  a  cot* 
parse  without  trial,  an  act  which,  at 


18t6.] 


Rbvibw.— 'NichoWa  Progrniet  cfJamei  I. 


4# 


Mr.  MicIm^  r^ixiai^s/  has  been  re- 
peatedly, censured.  Carte  fvol.  iii.  p. 
709)  explains  it  in  this  manner  1 

*'  As  CBloniet  committed  wlthiQ  the  verge 
«f  the  Court  are  cognbable  [see  StatutCi 
S3  Hen.  Vni.  c  I.]  in  the  Court  of  the 
JGng's  Himaehold,  and  the  processes  against 
.such  offenden  must  he  finished  before  his 
Ma|estj's  lemoval^  the  msn  was  convicted 
before  the  OfBeers  of  the  Household,  and 
execoted  immediatelj." 

In  the  sanie  manner  in  Julj,  t823> 
the  Coroner's  Jury,  on  a  sentinel  who 
committed  suicide  at  Windsor  Castle, 
was  composed  of  the  Royal  Houshold. 

When  the  Royal  Sportsman  was  on 
his  road  to  Burleigh,  train-scents,  live 
hares  in  baskets,  and  hounds  were  pro- 
vided, that  he  might  hunt  upon  the 
road.  Upon  the  heath  (supposed  to 
beEmpiogton  Heath),  a  hundred  men, 
I' all  ^oins  upon  high  stilts,"  and  look<i> 
ing  like  Fata^oues,  presented  a  peti« 
tioa  to  him  against  Lady  Hatton,  wliose 
second  husband  was  that  great  legal 
Luminary,  ^ir  Edward  Coke. 

At  Sir  Anthony  Mild  may's  the  ban- 
quet was  the  more  delicate  and  beau* 
teoos,  because  <'  the  Lady  of  the  House 
was  one  of  the  most  excellent  Con  fee- 
tionert  in  England,'^  though  in  those 
days,  adds  ihe  writer,  ''many  honour- 
able women  were  very  expert." 

At  Godmanchester,  James  was  pre- 
•eoted  "with  three-score  and  ten  teeme 
of  horse  all  traced,  and  two  faire  new 
ploughs,  in  shew  of  their  husbandries' 
the  reason  of  which  was,  partly  be- 
cause they  held  their  land  by  that 
tenure,  pertly  because  they  wished  to 
show  that  they  were  good  husband- 
men, and  partly  that  "his  Highnesse, 
when  he  knew  well  the  wrong,  might 
take  order  for  those,  as  her  Majestie 
[Elizabeth]  began,  that  turne  plough 
land  to  pasturage;  and  where  many 
good  husbandmen  dwelt,  left  nothing 
but  a  good  house,  without  fire ;  the 
Lord  commonly  at  sojourne  neere  Lon- 
don; and  for  the  husbandmen  and 
ploughs,  he  only  maintains  a  sheep»> 
heard  and  his  dog.'*  Pp.103,  104. 
The  Commons  rose  against  Inclo- 
mres,  i.e.  the  conversion  of  arable  into 
pasture,  in  the  reigh  of  Henry  VII. 
and  here  one  reason  appears  why  they 
rebelled,  viz.  because  it  occasioned  the 
Gentry  to  desert  their  coontry-seats. 

Upon  James's  arrival  at  the  Tower, 
we  hod  that  there  were  at  t))at  time 
••  ordinance  on  the  Whiie  Tower  (com- 

GtKT,  Mag, -Januctn/y  XS96. 


inonly  called  Julius  Ciftfar^s  Tovoreyi 
being  in  number  twenty  peice»,  is,  with 
the  great  ordinance  on  Towre-wharfe, 
being  in  number  100,  and  chalmers  to 
the  number  130,  discharged  and  shot 
off."  Thus  the  Tower  was  like  a  por- 
cupine. 

When  the  Lieutenant  presented  the 
Keys  to  the  King,  his  Majesty  "tak- 
ing him  about  the  necke,  re-delivered 
them  again.'*  » 

Further  in  the  volume  we  have  a 
Latin  "Oration  Gratulatory,  presented 
when  his  Majesty  entered  the  Tower 
of  London  to  performe  the  residue  of 
the  solemnities  of  his  C/oronation 
thfoup;h  the  Citie  of  London,  deferred 
by  reason  of  the  Plague."  This  was 
composed  by  the  Chaplain,  the  Rev. . 
William  Hubbocke.  The  language  is 
good,  the  matter  superior  to  that  of 
many  similar  productions,  and  it  is  ac- 
companied with  an  English  transla- 
tion by  the  author.  It  is  printed  from 
an  umque  original  in  the  Bodleian  Li« 
brary. 

(To  he  continued,) 

4*  The  Works  ^  James  Anainras,  D.D,' 
formerly  Professor  of  Divinity  in  the  Wit- 
versity  (f  Leyden,  Translated  from  the 
Latin: — to  which  are  added,  Brandt 9 
Life  qf  the  Author,  with  considerable  Aug* 

.  mentations  ;  numerous  Extracts  from  hit 
private  Letters;. a  copious  and  authentia 
Account  qf  the  Synod  of  Dort,  and  its  Pro*. 
ceedings;  and  several  interesting  Notices  qf 
the  Progress  of  his  Theological  Opinions  in 
Great  Britain,  and  on  the  Conlirieni,  By 
James  Nichols,  Author  qf  Calvinism 
and  Armirdanism  compared  in  their  Prinr 
ciples  and  Tendency.  FbL  J,  8w.  Pp,  70^, 

IT  is  reasonable   to  Suppose,   that 
when  men  were  imbued  with  the  sub- 
tle Spirit  of  tlie  scholastic  mode  of  dis- 
quisition,  and  the  Reformation    had 
thrown  the  field  of  Divinity  open,  that 
ecclesiastical  gladiators  would   engage 
in  Polemicks,  with  an  argumentative 
skill,  and  logical  precision,  not  to  be 
found  in  writings  of  the  present  day. 
But  this  disputatious  ability  would  na-' 
tnrally  lead  them  to  the  discussion  of 
topics,  concerning  which,  in  the  judg- 
ment of   unbiassed  Theologians    and" 
Philosophers,    it   is  far  better   to  be 
humble,  than  to  dogmatize.    However ' 
into  this  error  they  fell  j  for  what  is 
the  natural  end  of  argument,  but  a 
conclusion  deduced  from  it;  and  yet, 
such  may  be  the  subject,  the  conclu*  • 
sion  may  be  assuredly  unsound.    Ii^to 


7 


&0 


Rmnmw.^^Worki  of  Arminim. 


[Jan* 


thU  error  of  dogmatizing  too  far,  both 
Calvin  and  Arminius,  among  the  rest, 
appear  to  have  fallen.  Then  follows 
the  civil  evil.  Both  systems  are  main- 
tained with  pertinacity.  And  passion 
and  violence,  and  often  persecution 
follow.  Now  all  this  grows  out  of  one 
simple  fact;  that  men,  as  men,  will 
lay  down  the  law,  the  what,  the  why, 
and  the  wherefore,  of  thinss,  which 
men,  as  men,  were  never  formed  to 
comprehend. 

James  Herman,  (who  according  to 
the  fashion  of  the  day,  assumed  the 
Latin  name  of  Arminius,  as  nearest, 
in  sound,  to  his  own,)  was  the  son  of 
a  cutler,  at  Oudewater,  in  Holland,  and 
born  in  1560.  Losing  his  father 
while  an  infant  he  was  educated,  from 
respect  for  his  talents,  by  Theodore 
Emilius,  a  Clergyman,  resident  in  hit 
native  town,  and  a  conscientious  ab- 
horrent of  Popery.  He  impressed  on 
the  able  and  empassioned  boy  a  strong 
feeling  of  piety,  and  ardent  thirst  for 
theology.  When  Arminius  had  at- 
tained his  fifteenth  year,  this  patron 
died.  Another  patron,  Rodolph  Snel- 
lius,  also  a  native  of  Oudewater,  took 
the  destitute  youth  into  Hessia.— 
Scarcely  was  Arminius  comfortably 
settled,  when  he  received  the  horrid 
news,  that  the  Spaniards  had  taken 
Oudewater,  and  destroyed  the  town  ; 
and  that  in  the  storm,  '*  his  mother, 
sister,  brother,  and  other  relations,  had 
unfortunately  perished."  He  had  re- 
solved to  revisit  Oudewater;  but  saw 
only,  on  his  arrival,  the  ground  on 
which  it  had  stood.  With  mournful 
steps  he  travelled  back  from  Holland 
to  Hessia.  In  the  midst  of  these  oc- 
currences, the  building  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Leyden  was  commenced ;  and 
as  soon  as  Arminius  had  heard  that  it 
was  opened  for  the  reception  of  stu- 
dents, he  began  to  prepare  for  his  re- 
turn to  his  native  land.  Here  our  Bi- 
ographer shall  use  his  own  words,  be- 
cause two  singular  facts  are  communi- 
cated ;  one,  that  Dutch  Divines  knew 
nothing  in  youth  of  Latin ;  the  other, 
that  England  was  then  a  School  for 
Theological  learning. 

«  At  this  period,  my  excellent  father, 
Feter  Bertius,  discharged  the  duties  of  the 
pastoral  office  to  tKe  Church  of  Christ  ia 
Rotterdam,  and  John  Taffinus  was  at  the 
same. time  French  preacher  to  the  Prmce 
£bf  Orange]  and  one  of  his  Council.  Both 
oi  them  were  wonderfully  pleased  with  the 
Bait  <  disposition  of  young  Arminiusj  with 


hia  sprlghtlinessy  pvompi,  and  ready  wit, 
and  hia  great  geidut.  My  fiitber  had  not  en- 
tered upon  the  stody  of  the  Latin  Language, 
till  after  he  had  attained  the  age  of  thirty 
years.  Being  himself  a  student  firom  that 
advanced  period  of  life,  he  readily  acceded 
to  the  wishes  of  the  friends  of  Arminius, 
who  had  requested  that  the  vouth  might  be 
received  into  my  Other's  house.  Those 
who  had  prepared  for  him  that  temporary 
asylum,  intended  to  place  him  as  a  student 
in  this  New  Uuiversi^; — and  my  frther 
thinking  it.  an  opportunity  not  ta  be  neglect- 
ed, recalled  me  from  England,  where  1  then 
resided  for  the  purpose  of  pursuing  mj  stu- 
dies. We  were,  therefore,  sent  off  in  com- 
pany to  Leyden."  -  Pp.  30,  81. 

Arminius  distinguished  himself 
above  the  rest,  and  if  a  theme  or  an 
essay  was  wanted  by  his  companions, 
he  supplied  it.  In  1582  his  attain- 
ments so  recommended  him  to  the 
senate  of  Amsterdam,  that  they  resolv- 
ed to  send  him  to  Geneva,  for  further 
improvement.  He  there  became  a  great 
admirer  of  Beza;  but  from  adopting 
the  philosophy  of  Peter  Ramus  (a  great 
opponent  of  Aristotle,y  so  offended 
some  of  the  principal  men  of  Geneva, 
that  after  a  short  time  he  was  compelled 
to  repair  to  Basle.    P.  92. 

Here  we  shall  pause  a  moment  to 
notice  another  peculiarity.  To  place 
"  old  heads  on  young  sbookiers''  is  ge- 
nerally deemed  an  advisable  thing,  but, 
in  our  jfudgment,  by  no  maans  so  with 
regard  to  the  delivery  of  divinity  lec- 
tures in  Universities,  by  raw  youths. 
It  seems  that  it  was  the  custom  at 
Basle  for  some  of  the  Undergraduaief 
to  deliver  public  lectures  on  Theologi- 
cal subjects.  Arminius  undertook  tnb 
ofRce,  and  by  this,  and  other  tokens 
of  proficiency,  so  distinguished  himself, 
that  the  *'  Faculty  in  Theolocy"  wish- 
ed to  confer  noon  him,  at  thepublic 
expense,  the  title  of  Doctor.  This  he 
declined  ; 

*'  Alledging,  at  a  reason,, that  to  bestoir 
a  Doctor's  degree,  on  a  person  to  youthfol  in 
aopearance  as  he  was,  woaMtend  to  diminish 
tne  dignity  and  respeet  which  ahould  always 
attach  to  that  sacred  title." 

We  all  know,  that  no  terms  of  adu- 
lation upon  earth  are  commeiisorate 
with  the  vanity  of  Dutchmen,  and  if 
they  do  not  see  the  folly  of  being  called 
**  High  Mightinesses,^  withoat.  pos- 
sessing an  atom  of  political  ppwtt,  it  is 
not  to  be  admired,  that  those  of  inn. 
ferior  rank  were  denominated  **  noble 
and  honourable'  penonaget."     Up9A 


XB96^                      RMTiEWfr^Works  of  Arminiui.  51 

ibe  Jttarn  of  AnQlDias  to  Geneva,  lectures,  bat  chose  for  them  the  foK 

ipaoj  of  these  **  noble  and  honourable  lowing  more  appropriate  employ- 

personages''  resided  at  that  City,  and  ,  ^       ,  ,    , ,             ,  ,    »,  . 

sent  their  sons  to  Arminius  for  educa-  '*  Scarcely  had  he  entered  the  Umveraitjr, 

lion.     Some  of  these  young  people  de-  T    °  •  *  f  T'T    t*"'  ^}'\^'''r'^  **»" 

Darted  on  a  tour  through  ml v  and  it  <»®ot»  »»^olved  themselves  m  the  intncacies 

P«_       ^  g^                     *  ^rr    I--'*         ..  of  disputations  and  controversies,  and  that 

bemg  at  Geneva  a  sort  of  fashion  so  to  ^j      ^^  ^,„„^  ^^^  3,^^^,,  ^^  ^.rtaln 

do,  Armmius  and  a  friend  set  off  for  ^J^^    theorems,    and    difficalt  problems. 

that  country  also ;     carrying  about  with  » After  conferring  with  his  colleagues,  he  en- 

them,  for  their  exercise  in  godliness,  deavoured  to  correct  this  evil;  and  succeed- 

a    Greek    Testament,     and     Hebrew  ed  in  a  great  degree.    For  he  recalled  that 

Psalter.'*    Though   Arminius  had,  in  ancient,  masculine,  and  hardy  method  of 

fact,  the  greatest  abhorrence  of  "  the  study;  and,  as  far  as  possible,  ,he  withdrew 

beast,*'  (as  the  Romish  Church  is  cal-  these  erractic  candidates  for  holy  orders  from 

led,    p.  27,)  yet  he  was   slanderously  *^eir  wanderings,  and  brouglit  them  back  to 

represented  to  the  "most  honourable  the  fountains  of  salvation ;  those  pure  foun- 

the  senate  of  Amsterdam/'  as  having  taiM^hose  pellucid  streams  refuse  to  flow  m 

kissed    the    Pope's    toe,    become  ac!  T^^l  *^^"°?%   His  object  m  this  was, 

^^^i^^.^    -^*u   fu^   T      •»          A  tt    i^  *"**  the  search  for  religion  might  be  com- 

juainted  with  the  Jesuits,  and  «  ab-  ^^^^^^  .^  ^j^^  ScriptuTes  :-not  that  reli- 

mred  the  true  and  orthodox  rehgion.  ^^^  ^^nch  breathes  forth  charity,  which 

On  leaving  Ilaly  he  settled  in  Geneva ;  follows  after  the  truth,  that  U  according  to 

but  was  soon  afterwards  recalled   to  godUness,  by  which  young  men  learn  to  fUe 

Amsterdam.     A  petty  persecution  fol-  youthful  lustt ;  and  by  which,  after  they 

lowed,  because  he  had  been- so  impru-  have  completely  overcome  the  alluremenu  of 

dent  as  to  make  a  tour  into  Italy  ;  but  the  flesh,  they  are  taught  to  avoid  «  the 

was  soon  overpowered  by  the  populari"^  pollutions  that  are  in  the  tuorld;  and  to  da 

Sof  his  preaching,  and  his  erudition,  and  suffer  those  things  which  distinguish  a 

owever,  it  was  his  lot  soon  to  get  Christain  from  a  Heathen.-  He  repeatedly 

into    a  scrape,   which    has    befallen  "iculcated  on   their  minds,  that  docwine 

many  othersT    Nothing  can  be  more  ""^'f  °"'  ,^^^°"'  ^"  expressed  m  these 

self-evident,  than  that  communication  "^^'t'  T  '  ^ffP'  V^""  nghteo^ss  shall 

■            ^      '           '1    •       1    J'     •      .•  exceed  the  nght&msness  of  the  Scribes  aud 

does  not  necessarily  implv  diminution,  pj^risees,  ye  shall  in  no  wise  enter  iniothi 

stiU    less    rejection.      If  Providence,  ^ti^^^m  of  Heaven: "    P.  37. 
therefore,   chuses   to  select   particular 

agents  for  the  execution  of  its  own  Another  point  which  seriously  oc- 

especial   purposes,    and    yet    promises  cupied  the  attention  of  i\  rminius  was, ' 

eternal  happiness  to  those  who  do  good,  the    reconciliation     of    the    different 

it  is  plain,   that    Predestination    and  bodies  of  Christians,  as  if  it  was  not 

Election  are  easily  to  be  understood ;  just  as  easy  to  make  all  men  have  the 

and  that  there  is  nothing  unjust  or  un-  same  faces,  as  to  make  them  have  the 

philosophical  in  the  doctrine.     Some  same  minds.     All  he  got   by   it   was 

contemporaries  of   Arminius  thought  perpetual     misrepresentation,    alterca- 

proper,  it  seems,  to  promulgate   that  tion,  and  annoyances.     In  the  end,  his 

persons  were  predestinatied  before  they  adversaries  cried  down  his  reputation, 

were  born,  and  others  after  they  were  and  **  unremitted  labours,  continued 

bom.     The  latter  opinion  was  adopted  sitting,  perpetual   study,  and   contests' 

by  Arminius,  and  "  some  persons  in  which  occurred  without  intermission/' 

Amsterdam  would  have  brought  him  brought  on   a  disorder  that   confined 

into  trouble  on  the  occasion,'  but  the  him  10  his  bed.     Often  was  he  heard 

authority  of  the  Senate  of  Amsterdam  to  exclaim  with  the  Prophet,  *'  Woe 

protected    him.     For   fifteen  years  he  is  me,  my  mother,  that  thou  hast  home 

officiated  at  Amsterdam,  and  was  then  me;    a  man  of  strife,  and  a   man   of 

called  upon  to  undertake  the  professor-  contention  to  the  wholef  world  I    1  have 

ship  of  Divinity  at  Leyden.     After  he  neither  lent  on  usury,  nor  have  men  lent 

had  accepted  this  office,  though  with  to  me  on  usury ;  yet  every  one  of  them 

some  reluctance,  he  took  the  degree  of  doth  curse  me. — Jerem.  xv.  10.''           . 

Doctor  of  Divinity.  Upon  his  entrance  After  excursions  to  the  Hague,  where 

into  office,   lie  took  a  much  more  ra-  his   presence  had  been   required,  the 

tional  step  with  the  Undergraduates,  violence  of  his  disorder  increased.     He 

than  the  University  of   Basle.       He  was  assailed  at  once  with  feverish  af- 

did  not  put  ikem  to  deliver  Divinity  fections,  a  cough,  an  extension  of  ihe 


RBTUW.-rCi^eafey'i  Hiiioqf  tf  SUaford. 


n 

vUaU,  difficuUy  6f  breathing,  oupf«i- 
tion  after  taking  food,  dittorbed  and 
unrefreshing  sleep,  atrophy,  and  the 
nsut  Such  a  complication  of  disorders 
alfowed  the  sufferer  no  intermission  or 
repose.  These  complaints  were  soon 
succeeded  by  pains  in  the  intestines, 
fcth  the  ilion  and  colon,  with  an  ob- 
struction in  the  optic  nerve  of  the  left 
eye,  wh«ch  produced  great  dimness. 

Religious  ieiids,  say  Philosophers^ 
are  implacable;  and  Devils  dropped 
their  foam  into  his  cup  of  affliction. 

«<  During  this  aUtfining  progress  of  dis* 
orders,  the  rage  of  calumny  never  cetsed, 
and  relaxed  in  no  part  of  its  accustomed 
ktrocities.  When  it  was  genemlly  known  that 
his  left  eye  lud  become  dim«  there  were 
some  persons  who  had  the  audacity  to  reckon 
that  circumstance  among  cliose  punishments 
trbich  God  threatens  to  inflict  on  his  ene- 
mlefe,  and  on  the  impious  despisers  of  bis 
holy  name.  They  alao  affirmed,  that  Ar- 
«iinius  had  bce«i>  above  all  other  men,  sin- 
gularly wicked*  from  the  very  nature  of  his 
chastisement.  For  this  they  t|Uoted  Zecha' 
riah,  xll7.;  and  xiv.  19." 

In  the  present  day,  such  biitemesi 
can  only  belong  to  those  who  have 
their  hearts  from  Hell,  and  their  un- 
derstandings from  Bedlam ;  a  6end 
and  a  lunatic  would  only  utter  such 
8ht>cking  imprecations. 

Arminius;  however,  displayed  heroic 
firmness.  He  settled  his  woraly  af&irs ; 
he  made  his  humble  and  penitent  sup- 
plications to  the  Almighty,  and  on  the 
igthOct.  1606, 

«  With  his  eyes  lifted  up  to  Heaven, 
amidst  the  aaraest  prayers  of  thosa  who  were 
present ;  he  calmly  rendered  up  hia  spirit 
unto  God  the  Father,  his  Creator^  to  tha 
Son  his  Redeemer,  and  to  the  Holy  Ghost, 
has  Sanctificr,  while  each  of  the  spectators 
exclaimed ;  **  O,  my  soul,  let  me  die  tha 
death  of  the  righteous."    P.  46. 

Thus  lived  and  thus  died  one  of  the 
most  celebrated  Divines  ofanyageor 
country ;  and  it  is  no  comm6n  literary 
euriosity,  that  which  is  prefixed  to  this 
account  of  Bertius.  It  is  a  '*  dedica- 
tion to  the  Curators  of  the  University 
of  Leyden,  and  the  Magistrates  of  the 
City,  by  the  Nine  Orphan  Child- 
KEH  OF  Arminius,''  the  eldest  of 
them  not  eighteen  years  of  age. 

We  shall  not  enter  into  the  doctrines 
of  Arminius,  Let  the  enemies  of  Ar- 
ticles and  Creeds  well  weigh  the  M-^ 
lowing  paragraph  written,  (or  professed 
t»  Ve  tOi)  by  these  NmrOnPHAirs. 


IJaa. 


'*  U  H  not  proper  to  eaqutre,  Is  ciiai 
p^raotioa  a  correct  ooa^  irhieh  has  nearly 
proved  fatal  to  Theology,  and  by  which  that 
sacred  science  is  most  reluetantly  forced  to 
become  scholastic  and  contenUoos,  through 
the  disputation  of  the  Professors  of  Divinity, 
in  Universities  and  Schools  ?  For  in  such 
etercises  no  limits  are  placed  to  the  eager 
desire  implanted  in  all  men  to  know  every 
thing.  In  this  way.  Theology  is  made  to 
embrace  an  immense  number  of  most  per- 
plexing Conclusions  arising  from  each  otner, 
and  placed  in  a  ngular  concatenation  of  mu- 
toal  dependence*  In  what  state  then  must 
practical  religion  neceasarUy  be,  which  ought 
to  be  common  to  the  condition  of  all  those, 
whom,  by  means  of  it,  the  ever  blessed  and 
Almighty  God  has  been  pleased  to  save  V* 
Pp.  8,  9. 

What  effects  did  follow  such  a  prac- 
tice, the  history  of  the  reign  of  Charles 
the  First  sutficiently  shows. 

Here  we  must  leave  this  work.  We 
are  utterly  astonished  at  the  industry 
of  Mr.  Nichob.  He  promises  to  give 
us  a  complete  library  on  the  subject ; 
of  course,  a  work  very  useful  to  the 
studenu  of  Theology  and  Ecdeaiasitcal 
History. 


S.  Sketches,  iUustratwe  qf  (he  Topogrc^j^ 
and  History  of  fitw  and  Old  SleafonV 
and  of  several  Placet  in  the  surrounding 
Neigidmtrhoodi  embeltished  tDithEngrav- 
wgs»  8vo.  pp.  S78.  Sleaford,  James 
Creaaey.— London,  Nichob  and  Son. 

W£  are  trulv  glad  to  see  these  mi- 
nor works  on  Topography  become  »a 
vogue,  for,  although  thev  have  not 
that  body  of  record  whicn  alone  can 
furnish  tne  ancient  history  of  persons 
and  places,  yet  they  allow  room  to 
dilate,  and  often  preserve  the  figures  of 
fabricks,  in  a  state  of  dilapidation, 
which,  from  the  quanti^  of  such 
things,  cannot  be  included  in  those 

fraud  works,  the  Countj[  Histories, 
t  may,  and  often  is,  a  serious  literary 
evil,  to  be  obliged  to  abridge ;  for  so 
concise  are  many  ancient  accounts^ 
that  abridgement  cannot  be  limited  to 
the  structure  of  a  sentence,  but  be- 
comes absolute  omission.  Every  thin^, 
however,  relating  to  works  of  this 
kind,  as  to  the  modes  of  compilation* 
is  so  well  known,  that  it  is  better  to 
treat  of  the  conients«  where  they  are 
curious. 

«  la  tha  Church  of  Sleafoid,  are  two 
open  tabemaalet  (as  oar  Author  oUls  theas) 
over  the  north  and  south  windoan^  vhidii 
were  formerly  furnished  with  two  small  bells. 


MW.]  Rmyti#>"Qite>ityii  BWdiy^ahq^  ik  tt 


^imriwt^Mi*  t»  gIftttotiMM    ItfgHtofvbkiiftpMMMItlitliMibyliMriiig 

>ofliMti»0«lMilUyBrfghtMpa    la^  tUttdlBg  bMide  hi  tiM  lid^auflliM 

•**    P.  48.  hftvs   tin  Marittf   sad  othnr  appvopriM* 


0«r  A.tho(.peric.  tim  or  Uoekhig    feT .^''tS'SS  2lSl."Kl^ 


toaie  BidiM  have  rich  canopiw,  9nd  f 


op  tile  6b«*<^^<^/  ^53i!!!?'*^  iepMaed  Vr  UtttnMet  nd  rich  fiiAUt. 

opco  to  the  body  or  the  Cbiireh^  and  y^,^  ^  ^  ^^^^^  cowndhj  yvj  nek 

psrtof  the  porlpeeliTe  of  the  interior,  fofi^**    P.f44. 

««  TU  <«;^»^Jf«5f^»  V"?X  Gipttet  were  much  saqpeeted.    In 


W«d^  '^  ^???^?*  ^*^  •■^  S^  »oine  old  paruh  accoiinUy  of  the  dal* 

ir-lndtorf,  iHifadi  mightto  b>  optn  to^  of  J640.  WTha^e: 

iTtTli^^ilS^rf^^^^Jli  **  Paid  Air  l«,rf  .pd  tabMDQ,  ihittli^ 

•fcltl   Mb  biiiv  fonwrlj  nutf  hf  mm  ^^      ir.»H6. 

iHBitlng  OA  tht  frooid  floer/'    P.  4».  S|Nret»  equare  at  the  baae^  and  a>« 

The  Ylcaf^lxnse  of  Staford  hat  ^^  ctoacteriae  all  the  older  dais  of 

Qfiie  end  fortined  in  the  fashion  of  a  »          p  ^qo 

towtfr ;  and  oof  Anthor  has  the  follow.  ^^^  ^  ^^^^^  ,„  ^^^  ^  ^ 

mg  new  remarks,  concera  accountortheThofolds,of Harmston. 

jimage-houjcs.    ^Jit  wu  b^^  m  the  ^,    j„      3^    ^^  ^^  ^^  ^^  S^ 

latter  end  of  the  15th  century.  ^^^j  Thorold,  esq.  or  his  father^  was 

•*  A  ehomistiiiee  strOnt  as  here,  whieh  ^^^^^  son  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Thorold; 

'^*J!!LJ!?*?Si"^*^l?^.fe[  ^^^    Pr«*ably  theThoroWs  are  the 

:ZS::n:^l)^^  ystandent  family  m  tlieCouol, 

TMtBHdofityofeoehiS^ideneet,  be^gto-  S.^??^'"'    ^'°«    deswnded    from 

wttdTtLiD^s  sad  waled  to  te^t  for  ThoroW,  the  Saxon  Vijecoma.  broj 

thie  edesAm,  bf  the  ModdentioD,  that  ^  of  t^e  frflBpoa.  Laf^  Godiva,  ef 

thejoalhfroatiiifSafliehChBndisebeiac  Co^try  eelebrtlT^ 

geaoally  Oia  ams  ofaawaafedi  H  would  Here  we  sbsU  leave  thir  neat  and 

Mtaally  ofear  to  iha  baildcn^  thewofy  to  nsefol  work.    As  there  u  no  History 

leata  tbam  as  opaa  aad  uaiacvaibarad  widi  of  Linoolnshiie*  the  Author  has  great 

obstmelioM  as  poeaOda;   aad  H  wfll  ba  credit  for  having  accomulaled  so  ample 

marafiy  fimad,  that  tha  soaih  aids  of  the  a  stock  of  flaateriai^  and  so 'well  ar* 

Cbofch-jard  ae  booadad  by  a  tahlSe  atraat  j^Med  |hem.     The  pkles  and  wood4 

or  highway.  iHdle  the  •onh  hm.  in  nine  ^^^^  ^  ^^  In  general  5  some  are  of 

'^^'^ZJ^^^  ^'^"^^l^  ^^n"^^  «•    rMewla,c^^We«arfotowa«gPopa 

With  Laun,  and  we  specify  the  follow.  Alan.    (^Ktf«iriab,l^^ 

ing  iDstance,   not  for  the  biirposc  of  ^  EagliA  V  Pq*-    ^  ^^  Bkick- 

depreciating  the  book,  which  u  a  good  ^j^    i%mo.j^n. 

one,  hot  bv  way  of  warning.  ^pjg  g^^;^  g,^,  ^^  the  kgi. 

.  il  /*1r'°*-   .!.•       '""^  timatc  successois  of  the  Dniids,  ^ut 

John  Golden,  n  this  passage :  ^^^^  ^^ ^^^  remains  ate  extant  which 

«<  Eftfias  belktorit  jjastantie  siqpar  a^  c*n  be  dated  before  the  extinction  of 

—  atbaiinn,  vert.      P.  isi.  ^^  Keltic  mythology,  or  earlier  than 


We  6od,  from  p.  lg5,  that  where  the  fifth  century,    l^at  period,  only 

there  were  only  Chapels,  bells  were  known  to  roost  of  the  modems  by  iia 

sometimes  hong  in  oak  frames  in  the  political  troubles,  produced  many  ]>ue. 

TJlliyeSy  to  call  the  people  Id  worship,  tical  geniuses ;  and  though  an  obsolete 

Tne  most  curious  thing  in  the  to-  phraseology,  filled  with  allusions  to 

Uiine  is,  however,  a  Sepulchre  for  the  the   Diuidica]    tenets,   renders    their 

borial  of  Christ,  of  most  perfect  and  compositions  obscure,  there  are  some 

beaotiful  execution,  still  remaining  at  of  tnem  which  would  not  have  dis* 

Ueckington,  and  excellently  engraved  graced  a  more  enlightened  era. 

in  ilS44w  The  excitement  which  a  state  of 

The  following  is  the  letler-fiiess  ac*  war Gire,  in  a  divided  nation,  oflers  td 

ooont :  ambitioos  sinrits,  filled  the  petty  king- 

•*  TKaSafwIehra,  of  wMek  tbera  are  oot  doms'of  Sritain  wi^  Balds,  who  ex-* 

'of  alted  their  patrons  into   hecoes^and 


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RiTiBW^->Blackndl'«  MmtoA. 


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hostility  into  patriotism;  or  ttlmalated 
their  chiefs  into  alternate  qoarreb 
with  neighbours  and  invaders.  Desti- 
tute of  what  would  now  be  esteemed 
poetical  feeling,  or  only  entitled  to  it 
for  a  few  pathetic  touches,  they  seem 
to  have  known' no  topic  but  war,  and 
no  merit  but  valour;  while  their 
scanty  allusions  to  Christianity  only 
shew  their  ignorance  of  its  spirit,  they 
appear,  with  some  amiable  exceptions, 
to  have  been  little  better  than  privi- 
leged incendiaries.  Veracity  is  their 
pnncipal  merit,  and  as,  like  Pindar, 
they  glean  every  incident  relative  to 
their  neroes,  they  afh  acknowledged 
to  be  the  best,  and  almost  the  only 
historians  of  contemporary  events. 

Yet  as  these  men  were  the  lumina- 
\Ties  of  a  benighted  age,  they  have 
strong  claims  to  our  admiration.  It 
is  at  the  period  which  succeeded  the 
heresy  of  Pelagius,  and  the  visit  of 
Iltutus,  Lupus,  and  St.  Germain, 
when  the  Saxons  were  extending  along 
the  eastern  side  of  the  Island,  and  the 
natives  beginning  to  retire  westward, 
that  the  College  of  Cado^  flourished 
at  Llanfeithin ;  and  contamed  among 
its  inmates,  to  whom  it  offered  either 
society  or  refuge,  Talhaiarn,  Gildas, 
and  Taliesin.  Cado^  has  obtained  the 
title  of  Saint,  and  is  remembered  as 
having  made  the  first  collection  of 
British  proverbs^  an  ethical  work,  far 
superior  to  any  thin^  in  Epictetus  or 
Aristotle.  Of  his  disciples,  or  asso- 
ciates, the  first  is  the  reputed  author 
of  a  beautiful  prayer,  still  used  in  Gla- 
morganshire ;  the  second,  well-known 
for  his  epistolary  complaints,  is  sup- 
posed to  be  the  same  with  Aneurin, 
the  exiled  prince  and  poet;  of  the 
third,  many  productions  remain,  but 
those  on  Efphin  contain  all  that  is 
valuable  as  poetry :  their  topic  is  gra- 
titude, and  their  spirit  the  purest  piety. 

Merdhin,  a  native  of  Clydesdale,  is 
principally  known  by  his  **  Orchard," 
a  prophetical  monody,  replete  with 
tenderness.  The  elegies  of  Llywarch  . 
th«  Aged,  Prince  of  the  Cumbrian 
Britons,  are  eminently  pathetic,  and 
his  melancholy  detail  of  his  own  vi- 
cissitudes is  calculated  more  to  engage 
the  feelings,  than  the  most  elaborate 
fiction.  The  heroic  Arthur  was  am- 
bitious of  Literary  fame,  but  his  com- 
positions have  perished,  excepting  one 
triplet,  which  justifies  the  station  as- 
signed him  among  the  useless  (or  irre- 
gular; Bards. 


These  flourished  in  the  dkth  oen« 
tory.  The  principal. poet  in  the  se- 
venth is  Golyddan,  whose  "Great 
Armed  Confederacy  of  Britain"  is  a 
valuable  historical  relic.  The  religi- 
ous effusions  of  Meigant  are  also  en- 
titled to  praise. 

Of  the  eighth,  ninth,  tenths  an4 
eleventh  centuries,  few  specimens.re^ 
main.  At  the  commencement  of  the 
twelfth,  the  Welsh  genius  burst  forth, 
when  roused  by  the  triumphs  of.Owen 
Gwynnedd,  and  nourished  by  compe« 
tition.  The  names  of  Gwalchmai, 
the  two  Meilyrs,  Owen  Kyveilioff, 
Cyndhelu,  &c.  ar^  deservedly  fami- 
liar to  their  countrymen.  Of  the  first 
we  shall  venture  to  transgress  our  li* 
mits  by  turning  a  passage,  fiom  his 
"  Delight,"  pot  chosen  for  denseness^ 
but  buoyancy : 

*'  A  weapon  Bwlh  as  lightning  .  . 

To  guard  the  brave  I  wield,  , 

And  golden  streaks  are  bright'ning    . 

The  border  of  my  shield. 
All  cares  to-daj  deriding, 

I  listen  to  the  song 
Of  waters  sweetly  glidins, 

And  aether's  tuneful  throng. 

*<  The  thoughts  in  absence  growing 

Are  wandering  far  awaj  ; 
As,  tow'rds  Evymwy  going> 

Along  the  vale  I  stray. 
The  blossom'd  trees  are  shining. 

And  gay  's  the  mantled  grove» 
While  all  appear  inclining 

With  joy  to  those  they  love.'* 

But  we  love  the  memory  of ''  high-* 
born  Hoel,"  and  his  lyric  excellen- 
cies dispose  us  to  think  leniently  of 
his  political  vices.  His  *•  Choice**  is 
superior  to  any  thing  amatory  that  Eng- 
land had  hitherto  produced,  and  for 
simplicity  has  hardly  been  rivalled 
since.  All  doating  rhymers  inform  us 
that  their  mistresses  are  fair,  but  *  we 
merely  discover  in  such  eulogies  that 
they  are  women :  when  Hoel  tells  ns^ 
that  his  beloved  is  discreet,  and  that 
she  speaks  the  purest  Welsh,  we  per^ 
ceive  that  she  is  a  ladi/,  and  tacitly 
own  that  his  affections  were  not  mis-^ 
placed. 

The  conquest  of  Wales  deprived  her 
Bards  of  political  themes,  but  by  di- 
recting her  Literature  into  more  tran- 
quil channels,  conduced  unquestion- 
ably to  its  improvement.  The'  odes 
of  Casnodyn  on  Gwenlliant,  and  on 
the  Trinity,  are  superior  to  any  thing 
in  English  before  our  Chaucerj  who 
found  a  rivals  equal  in  genius,  wad 


1896.]  Riiirinw^'^Btiidf  9i  Varieikt  of  Literature.  55 

more  deganC  in  langa»sO;  in  hit  con-  Mr.  Black welFs  '*  Messiah  **  is  entitled 

temporary  David  ab  Grwilym.    Dur-  to  a  respectable  place.    Fidelity  is  its 

ing  this  sera,  the  Bards,  possessed  a  characteristic,  nor  is  expectation  ercr 

Maecenas  in  Sir  Griffith  ab  Nicholas,  disappointed.    As  an  original  poet,  he 

ancestor  to  the  noble  family  of  Di-  is  well-known  beyond  the  Severn,  and 

nevor.     Owen  Glendour,  also,  who  his  talents  have  introduced  him  to  the 

knew  their  influence,  was  particularly  University  of   Oxford,   which  he  is 

solicitous  to  engage  them  in  his  cause,  truly  calculated  to  adorn.    We  forbear 

Their  meetings,  however,  were  viewed  to  quote  any  passages  of  the  Messia,  be* 

with  a  suspicious  eye  by  the  govern-  cause  to  most  of  our  readers  they  would 

roent,  who  discerned  in  them  a  revo-  be  unintelligible,  and  the  rest  are  fully 

lutionary  character.    Under  Henry  the  acquainted  with  the  flattering  decision 

Seventh  (a  descendant  of  the  ancient  which  occasioned  its  publication. 

British  princes)  they  were  sanctioned  While   speaking    of  Bards,  let  ns 

by  royal  authority  ;  and  during  the  not  forget  the  names  of  Rowland,  Da- 

sixteenth  century  several  ^  were  held  vies,  Evans,  and  Jones  (better  known 

under  the  auspices  of  William  Earl  by  the    local   appellation  of  Tegid) . 

of  Pembroke,  and  Sir  Richard  Neville.  There  is  another  gentleman  whom  wo 

Among  the  changes  which  the  sub-  will   venture  to  admonish,  we  mean 

ordination  of  Wales  introduced,  must  Mr.  Jones  of  Bodedeyrn :  it  4s  to  be 

be  reckoned  the  disuse  of  elaborate  regretted  that  he  has  confined  his  ta- 

poetry.      Songs,  interludes,  and  epi-  lents    to  a  single  ode  of  David  ab 

grams,  now  Became  popular.    Hugh  Gwilym,    and    we    earnestly  remind 

Morris,  the  Butler  of  the  principality,  him,  that  abilities  and  taste  are  de« 

directed  the  shafts  of  satire,  with  con-  posits,  for  which  the  possessor  is  ac« 

siderahle  poignancy,  against  the  01i->  countable, 

verians.     In   168I,  under    the   presi-  ^ 

dency  of  Sir  Richard  Basset,   a  col-  7.     rarieUes  of  Literature ;  being  prmcipaffi/ 

lection  of  Bardic  rules  was  completed.  Selections  from  the  Parifolio  of  the  late  John 

which   is  still  appealed  to  for  aiitho-  Brady,  Esq,  Author  of  «  CUwis  Calendar 

rily.     From   that  time  a  remnant  only  rta."    Arranged  and  adapted  for  pubUea^ 

o(  the  Bards   existed,   holding   occa-  iion  by  John  Henry  Brudy,  his  Son.  18mo* 

sional    meetings    at   Glamorgan,    till  ;>p.  295.    Whittaker. 

the  close  of  the  last  century,  when  the  THE  high  estimation  in  which  Mr. 

spirit  began  to  revive*.  J.  H.  Brady's  father  was  held  is  suffi- 

But  it  is  to  the  exertions  of  an  cient  to  insure  a  favourable  reception 
Englishman  that  the  present  enthu-  of  these  selections  from  his  loose  and 
siasm  is  principally  owing.  A  few  unfinished  MSS.,  even  if  they  pos- 
years  since,  the  Bishop  of  St.  David's,  sessed  no -other  merit.  It  is  certain 
perceiving  that  sectarian  preachers,  that  these  notes  (with  all  of  which  the 
from  their  intimate  knowleage  of  the  Antiquary  is  familiar)  were  accumu- 
vemacular  tongue,  possessed  import*  lated  for  publication,  in  some  shape  or 
ant  advantages  over  the  regular  clergy,  other;  from  the  specimens  here  pre- 
proposed  to  revive  the  mrdic  con-  sented,  we  have  no  doubt  that  it  was 
gresses,  and  distribute  prizes  as  an  in-  Mr.  Brady's  intention  to  have  written 
centive  to  the  study  of  Welsh.  This  a  work  illustrative  of  peculiar  proverbs, 
measure  was  not  without  its  evils;  words,  &c.  shewing  the  probabilities 
but  they  were  greatly  obviated  by  the  or  improbabilities  of  their  supposed 
choice  of  English  compositions  for  origins ;  «nd  of  adding  new  ana  ori- 
transbtion.  Among  these  productions,  ginal  ideas  upon  the  subject.  If  the 
■        -  ■    — ■ —                —  ■■■■--■      _-  —  - 

*  The  remains  of  the  Bards  were  first  introduced  to  English  readers  by  the  Rev.  Evas 
Evans,  in  1764.  The  passages  versi^ed  by  Gray  are  from  his  paraphrase.  Their  valuo 
was  shewn  by  Mr.  Tomer  in  his'  History  of  the  Anglo' Saxons,  and  tneir  genuineness  vin- 
dicated in  ft  masterly  essay  from  the  same  pen.  Edward  Jones  (late  Bard  to  the  King) 
poblished  two  curious  volumes  of  Relif s,  and  others  were  brought  forward  by  Mr.  Edward 
Williams,  from  whom  an  enlarged  His^ry  of  Wales  Is  expected.  This  gentleman,  with 
Mr.  Owen  Jones,  and  Mr.  Willjam  Owen,  edited  the  Welsh  Archaiology,  which  embraces 
die  British  Remains.  The  latter  gentleman  (now  Dr.  Pughe),  has  rendered  great  services 
to  literature  by  his  Welsh  Dictionary,  and  his  Cambrian  Biography ;  and  will  soon  give 
an  edition  of  thie  Mabinogion  to  the  wprld.  Lik^  his  celebrated  namesake^  we  yenture  to 
him,  "  Gwynnedd's  shield  aqd  Britain's  gem." 


M                                    Rlivnw.-<-We8leyiim.  [Jaa. 

^rnent  Editor  had  undertaken  this,  RELIGIOUS  enthusiasm  we  be- 
ive  confess  laborious'  iask,  he  would  lieve  to  be  a  civil  and  political  etfil, 
have  conferred  a  great  benefit  on  the  and  religious  and  moral  education  a 
literary  world  ;  but  at  present  he  ap-  civil  and  political  good.  The  former 
pears  to  have  thrown  these  notices  to-  has  been  long  ponular  in  Wales,  and 
gether  without  taking  the  pains  to  cor-  without  the  smallest  disrespect  to  our 
jrect  their  faults  or  expose  their  absur-  fellow-countrymen,  it  cannot  be  said 
Hities.  It  is  the  duty  of  an  Editor  to  to  have  produced  pre-eminence  of  cha- 
detect  the  errors  in  those  things  which  racter,  while  the  superior  substitute  of 
lie  selects ;  so  as  to  prevent  the  public  education  has  done  wonders  in  Scot- 
from  being  imposed  upon  or  deluded,  land.  We  do  not  think,  therefore,  that 
It  cannot  be  any  proof  of  the  Editor's  Wesley  An^  discovered  the  philosopher's 
research  to  permit  a  **  whimsical  anec-  stone ;  or  that  the  conversion  of  our 
dote"  (he  may  truly  call  it  so)  respect-  fellow-countrymen  into  the  blind  de- 
ing  the  union  of  the  Bishoprics  of  votees  of  Spain,  Portugal,  and  Italy, 
JBath  and  Wells,  by  "  King  Charles  the  is  a  desirable  object.  Such  are  our  con- 
Sccond,**  to  be  inserted  (see  p.  138),  scientious  opinions.  Wesley  was  a  very 
without  a  comment.  Notwithstand-  ingenious,  and  we  trust  a  very  well* 
ing  he  denominates  it  a  *'  whimsical  intentioned  man,  though  we  think  him 
anecdote,*'  those  persons  unacquainted  philosophically  in  error,  when  he  sought 
with  the  true  origin  of  the  union  of  rather  to  found  principles  upon  feel- 
iheae  Bishoprics  would,  though  they  ings  than  upon  reason.  We  shall  ex- 
might  not  believe  the  **  whimsical  '  plain  oursehres.  Well  we  know,  that 
part  of  the  story,  naturally  place  faith  men  may  be  far  wiser,  and  better,  and 
in  the  assertion  that  they  were  united  happier  by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  than 
in  the  reign  of  the  Merry  Monarch,  they  are  likely  to  be  without  it ;  yet 
which  is  almost  six  hundred  years  after  we  would  rather  see  such  a  conviction 
the  union  bad  actually  taken  place.  the  result  of  high  reason,  than  of  mere 
,  It  is  a  mistake  to  ajpply  the  word  blind  and  ignorant  devotion.  We 
holi  peculiarly  to  arrows  shot  from  the  would  in  short  rather  see  the  seheme 
cross-bow,  as  in  p.  91.  The  Editor  of  the  Redemption,  philosophically  and 
night  have  consulted  with  advantage  unanswerably  elucidated,  (as  it  is  by 
the  valuable  Glossary  of  Archdeacon  Dr.  Wheeler  in  his  Theological  Lec- 
N^res  upon  this  and  other  points,  tures),  than  by  a  slrine  of  unexplained 
This  Glossary  would  afford  many  ad-  postulates  only,  though  deduced  from 
ditional  Proverbs,  &c.  for  the  next  scripture.  We  therefore  object  to  this 
Tolume.  work  being  called  "a  Body  of  Divi- 

The  Marchet,  or  Maid's  Fee  (see  nity,"  for  certainly  it  is  not  so ;  and 

p.  68)  as  formerly  customary  in  Scot-  very  unjust,  and  even  absurd,  are,  in 

land,  certainly  existed   in   England ;  our  Judgment,  the  opinions  given  of 

though  at  present  we  are  unable  to  the  future  state  of  the  wicked  and  the 

particularize  the  precise  Manor.    This  fallen  angels.    But  still  the  piety,  the 

unnatural  and  detestable  law  (the  ab-  benevolence,    the    motives   displayed 

rogation  of  which  did  honour  to  the  through  the  whole  book,  come  home 

Queen  of  Malcolm  the  Third),  was  to  the  heart,  and  give  to  the  mind  a 

made  by  Eu^nius  Kins  of  Scotland.  very  pleasing  picture  of  the  meek  and 

The  Origm  of  the  Names  of  Places  amiable  religion  of  Jesus,  the  Son  of 

is  decidedly  the  most  interesting  and  God. 

valuable  part  of  the  collection.    It  is  ^ 

interspersed  with  su^^^^^^  ^     ^^  ^^^,^  i^  Greece.   By  H.hjtioa 

and  entertaming  anecdotes  as  are  cal-  b„,         ^     .^     compr^    ^teSk« 

culated  to  render  it  Kenerally  amusmg.  ^f^^^  Character,  Cusia^ M  S<murrt  of 

We  sincerely  hope  the  Editor  will  con-  ,j^  Country  g  wiUi  a  Fiew  of  its 

tinue  these  derivations  m  his  next  vo-  crkiad  Stnu,      Ta  mhiek  is  mt 


critical  State.      To  which         .    . 

lume.  Greece  to  the  close  of  1895,  by  a 

♦  detU  rteenUy  arrined.    Ebtn. 

8.    Weslejana:  a  Selection  of  the  wtosHm^  ,_  .    . 

ftortant  Passages  in  the  fVritin^s  of  the  hue  1 1  is  impossible,  we  thmk,  to 

Aco.  John  Wesley,  A.M.  arranged tofarm  g^»««  tn«  «Ct8,  that  the  caose  of  ta«. 

aoompteteBodyi/Dimmiy.  JVithaPw  Greeks  becomes  daily  more  hopekssy' 

kraU  and  Biographical  Sketch,    FeUscap  and  that  the  public  sympathy  towafd»< 

8f9.  pp.457.  this  ill-fated  people grewsiiWinlijr  thatt 


!.] 


RiTiiw.-»Bulwer*s  Aulumn  m  GreecM* 


67 


It  is  DOW  nearly  twelve  niontht 
,  in  our  remarks  on  the  sensible 
ie  of  Mr.  Waddington,  we  vcn- 
to  say,  that  the  recurrence  of  the 
T  subjugation  oF  this  nation,  was 
it  impossible;  and  recent  events 
onfirni  this  opinion  :  but  that  any 
pt  and  effectual  resistance  (such 
aoce  as  can  place  tlie  Greeks  in 
imposing  aiiiiuclc,  to  which  by 
manifestoes  and  declaratiuns  they 

CO  aspire)  can  now  be  hoped  or 
ted  from  them,  we  dare  not  ven- 
o  assert.  The  curse  of  dissension 
their  councils,  the  sinews  of  war 
anting.  England  looks  coldly  on. 
i  things  are  against  them  ;  but 
tirit  of  resistance  has  been  awak- 

and  it  cannot  be  laid.  The 
:s  may  be  exterminated,  and  the 
le  of  that  ixUTminniion  maybe 

peace.  But  woe  to  that  country 
iich  this  oppression  shall  come, 
cloud  is  accumulating  that  fiery 
laticm  which  shall  burst  upon  the 
of  the  Ottoman  ;  and  Greece  will 
pnged. 

^be  moment,"  says  Mr.  Bnlwer, 
h  in  another  sense,  *'  the  moment 
ttdly  approaching  for  the  fulfil- 
orihe  dreaded  prophecy.  The 
-haired  Giaour  is  at  the  Gates  of 
antinople ;  and  the  crescent  only 
t  over  Its  walls  till  it  is  determined 
hall  erect  the  Cross.** 
e  publication  to  which  we  are 
to  direct  the  attention  of  our 
*»,  consists  of  a  S<'rie<  of  Letters 
j-nrd  to  Charles  Brinsley  .Sheridan, 
written  with  considerable  tnJent, 

conridciice,  and  great  enthusi- 

\Ve  cannot  [ye  mistaken  in  sup- 
r  the  Letters  to  be  the  produc- 
r  a  yourtf^  man  ;  and  that  though 
ontribute  but  little  to  the  general 
of  information  on  the  subject  of 
e,  they  may  be  read  with  plea- 
is  the  lively  effusions  of  an  ele- 
ind  hot  nnclassical  mind.     We 

the  eighth  Letter  as  referring 
direci'v  to  the  affairs  of  Greece. 

rrived  at  Napoli,  tou  may  expect 
ae  an  account  of  what  is  going  on 
lad  ftomc  oWrvatiuDS  cm  what  I  saw 
ray  thithrr. 

great  deal  ha<i  been  said  for  and  af;ainst 
opir  ;  the  accounts  "Ppear  to  me  ex- 
ed  mi  l>oth  sides.  Those  who  look 
*  the  classic  davs  of  Greece,  would  be 
disappointed  at  its  preseat  state. 
ko  regard  it  through  the  mist  of  past 
r.  MaO.  Jawiantt   \926. 

8 


■gWy  the  altemata  piej  of  conteodiag  mr 
tioiis — who  see  it  tramjAed  on  hj  tbe  adven- 
turer of  »U,  and  finally  subjected  to  the  worst 
of  despotism  -—  that  which  an  ignorant  con- 
queror inflicts  op  the  nobler  spirit  of  his 
captive,  would  be  astonished  to  find  that 
any  resemblance  still  exists  between  the 
Greek  who  fought  at  Marathon  and  Ther- 
mopylse,  and  the  one  who  is  at  present  con- 
tending on  the  same  field  as  his  ancestors.— 
That  part  of  the  nation  whieh  was  known 
previvus  to  the  present  war,  was  naturally 
the  most  debased  and  servile — the  Fanarioto 
prince,  who  prided  himself  on  licking  the 
dust  near  the  footstool  of  his  master ;  or 
the  wily  merchant,  who,  exercising  trade  at 
extravagant  risks*  calculated  necessarily  on 
extravagant  profits. 

«  No  observation  can  be  more  just  than 
Mr.  Burke's.  <  The  opinion  of  others  re- 
gulates that  which  we  form  of  ourselves  *  i\ 
and  those  Greeks  who  held  any  commerce 
with  their  masters,  finding  themselves  de- 
spised, became  as  contemptible  as  they  ««re 
thou;;ht. 

*'  It  is  from  these  men,  that  most,  who 
tail  without  mercy  against  Greek  depravity, 
have  formed  their  judgment.  SpesJung  of 
tbe  nation,  it  is  an  unfiur  one. 

<*  The  Moreot  peasantrv  appeared  to  me, 
like  the  peasantiy  of  other  roonntainous 
countries,  hardy,  honest,  and  independent. 
There  can  be  no  better  proof  of  their  good- 
ness than  the  safety  with  which  we  passed 
through  some  of  their  most  inaccessible  frst- 
nesses,  where  only  the  winds  could  bear  away 
the  news  of  our  assassination :  *  Omne  igno- 
tum  pro  magnifico;'  and  our  mules,  though 
loaded  with  things  of  little  i  value,  apfiear 
perhaps  to  carry  vast  and  precious  treasures, 
riiey  are  from  habit  active,  and  make  excel- 
lent guerillas.  From  the  state  in  which  they 
lived  prior  to  the  revolution,  retiring  with 
some  capitano  into  their  inaccessible  moun- 
tains, they  possess  that  love  for  peculiar  fit- 
roilies  which  we  denominate  clan-ship  ;  and 
some  care  should  be  taken  that  we  do  not 
aTienate  them  from  their  country,  when  we 
separate  them  from  their  chl^tains. 

**  The  Hydriotes  and  Spesziotes  also  are, 
from  all  that  I  can  hear,  collectively  a  good 
people.  The  merchants  of  Hydra  were 
forced  into  tbe  revolution  by  the  sailors, 
who  looked  fur  plunder  and  employment, 
and  have  frequently  been  oblij'ed  to  com- 
|>ensate  for  ill  success  out  of  their  own 
purses.  Not  having  experienced  the  evils 
of  war,  nor  even  those  of  slavery,  these  is- 
landers are  more  haughty  than  the  Moreot, 
and  have  succeeded  in  obtaining  the  chief 

*  **  The  degree  of  estimation  in  which 
any  profession  is  held,  becomes  the  standard 
of  the  estimation  in  which  the  profetaors 
hold  themselves." 


59 


Rbtikw.— -Balwer's  Autumn  in  Greece. 


[Jan. 


situations  in  the  present  Goremment*  Tlie 
Hydriotes  long  wished  for  a  settlement  on 
the  Continent,  and  NapoU  di  Romania  may 
be  called  theirs. 

'*  It  is  idle  to  expect  tliat  a  r<tce  long  bar- 
harized  and  enslaved,  can  start  at  once  into 
civilization  and  freedom.  Time  and  circum- 
stance, which  hammer  out  the  shape  of  all 
kingdoms,  roust  do  their  work  before  our 
democratic  dreams  can  be  realized  of  this 
people. 

*<  For  the  present  let  the  Greeks  ohoose 
their  own  form  of  Government  *. 

*<  I  do  not  see  who  is  more  'likely  than 
they  to  know,  whether  a  mobhish,  military, 
or  monarchical  one,  will  supply  their  wants 
or  fulfil  their  wishes  : — 
^'  Wise  men  have  aye  that  government  con- 
fest  [fjest : 

The  best  to  be,  which  suits  the  governor 
Csesar  may  laugh  when  godlike  Cato  frowns. 
And    constitutions    want    the    charms    of 

crowns." 
Yet  it  is  my  opinion,  that  a  strong  hand 
is  the  only  one  that  can  rescue  Greece  from 
her  present  difficulties,  and  finally  replace 
the  statue  of  Liberty  in  her  temple. 

**  If  this  country  is  to  rule  herself>  I  would 
give  her  a  powerful  government,  whether 
individual  or  oligarchic.  Htates  the  most 
jealous  of  supreme  authority  have  acknow- 
ledged its  utility  in  times  of  danger,  and  a 
•emibarbarous  people  was  never  ruled  without 
itf.  Let  order  be  established,  and  the 
Turks  subdued ;  knowledge  and  inquiry  suc- 
ceed of  course,  and  are  as  necessarily  follow- 
ed by  that  degree  of  freedom  they  inspire, 
*  Tantummod6  iocepto  opus  est,  cetera  res 
czpediet' 

"  It  is  grievous  to  look  "round  so  fair  a 
land,  and  sec  it  every  where  the  prey  to  dis- 
sention.  Fblitioal  opinion  is  a  harlequin 
jacket,  patched  and  exhibiting  all  sorts  of 
different  colours.  The  only  universal  senti- 
ment seems  that  of  self-conceit  and  capabi- 
lity. Men,  l)ecause  they  are  fit  for  nothing 
else,  couceive  that  they  would  make  excel- 
lent generals  and  statesmen ;  or  imagine 
themselves  like  the  block  of  stone  from 
which  a  statuary  can  make  either  a  beast  or 
a  god. 

**  I  wish  we  could  breathe  into  the  pre- 
sent Greek  some  particle  of  the  spirit  of 
KjNUcninunUas,  who  saw  no  disgrace  iu  being 

*  **  We  have  generally  busied  ourselves 
about  the  government  of  Greece,  which 
ically  was  no  business  of  ours ;  while  the 
nianagement  of  our  money,  in  which  we 
mi^ht  be  thouj;ht  concerned,  has  been  left 
entirely  to  the  Greeks." 

1*  *<  It  is  not  amiss  to  remark,  that  the  Se- 
csfia  ttf  the  Consul  was  never  separated 
from  tha  Fascis  till  Roman  liberty  was  no 
more." 


•scavenger  at  Thebes,  when  It  was  an  oflice 
bestowed  on  him  by  his  country.  Yet  is  it 
to  be  said,  that  if  we  destroy  Greek  vanity 
and  ambition,  we  should  destroy  also  the 
two  great  barriers  against  Mahommedan 
despotism.  The  same  feeling  which  draws 
the  sword  of  civil  discord,  inspires  horror 
and  detestation  of  the  Turk. 

*'  Paying  the  soldiers  has  for  the  moment 
withdrawn  them,  as  might  have  been  ima- 
gined,  from  the  chieftains,  whom  also  it 
would  be  wise  to  conciliate.  As  large  land- 
ed proprietors,  and  in  short  as  the  nobility 
of  the  land,  one  would  wish  them  to  have 
consideration  in  its  rule,  though  not  inde- 
pendent jurisdiction.  It  seems  injustice,  as 
well  as  impolicy,  to  institute  a  purely  Hydri- 
ote  or  Fanariote  Government  in  the  Morea. 
The  Capitan!  are  its  strength;  their  courago 
should  not  hi  extinguished,  but  controuled  ; 
nor  would  t  ey  regret  being  excluded  firom 
the  civil  administration,  for  which  they  are 
unfit,  if  they  were  obliged  by  military  com- 
mands, for  which  they  alone  are  fitting. 

'<  Besides,  their  local  influence  gives  them 
the  respect  and  love  of  their  soldiers,  who 
are  thus  raised  above  being  mere  merce- 
naries :  which  they  become,  led  for  a  paltry 
sum  by  people  of  whose  names  they  are 
ignorant,  and  to  whose  persons  they  are  un- 
allied  and  unattached.  My  only  fear  of  pay 
is,  that  they  who  before  it  fought  for  life» 
for  liberty,  for  their  wives,  for  their  child- 
ren, for  their  homes,  and  for  their  altars, 
who  felt  that  they  must  fight  to  preserve  all 
these,  may  at  last  consider  themselves  only 
obliged  to  do  so  for  a  few  paras  a  day  :  of 
which  should  circumstances  (an  event  not  un- 
likely) deprive  them,  they  would  repine, 
mutiny,  and  finally  throw  down  their 
arms,  from  disgust  at  such  imaginary  ill- 
tieatment. 

'<  A  hundred  ships  have  for  some  months 
been  employed,  each  ship  receiving  1000 
dollars  per  month ;  and  no  material  action 
has  taken  place.  The  sailors  v^U  no  longer 
serve  without  being  paid  in  advaikoe ;  and 
examples  were  not  wanting  of  captatna  hav- 
ing retired  from  the  fleet  at  the  very  moment 
when  their  services  were  most  reqiured,  to 
make  a  better  bargain  with  the  Government. 
Patriotism  has  ceased  to  operate^  eicept 
where  it  is  profitable. 

"In  addition  to  the  evils  of  a  merchant 
fleet,  which  is  very  injurious  to  the  Island- 
ers, the  Morea  has  none  at  all  but  thai 
which  it  hires  from  them,  and  is  coBteqtient- 
ly  dependant  on  the  bad  system  of  iti  atigh- 
bours. 

<*  The  only  manner  in  which  a  fornipinr 
can  be  useful  in  this  country,  is  in  unitiBg 
the  active  part  of  it  with  the  thinkiag.  -4f 
he  can  do  this,  he  does  a  great  deaL  At 
present  the  general  noise,  wimngfing,  aad 
contention,  on  the  approach  of  ^o  va&mjf 
remind  one  of  this  people's  inptrttitiotty  «f 


lSi6.J                 Rbtibw.— ^Bulwer*8  Autumn  in  Grteee^  h9 

firiog  is  ftn  Mithquake  %o  pWTent  its  pro^  cbmpanied  their  htubandt  to  ifib   breach, 

gress."    Pp.93 — 101.  Under   these   circuxnstaxusesy  aad  awaiting 

The  article    subjoined,    entitled-  »ith  anxiety  the  .uccour.  ,o  confidently  ex- 

..  t^             ^      .1       i**        r  ,o«i-  »»  •    i_  pected  from  their  xnends,  tiiey  received  an 

^ir'^u*°j^'!f5''''^2^  ^^?^    iS^y  Authentic  information  of  the  actions  of  Pett. 

another  hand,  dedicated  to  Mr.  Can-  ^^^  ^^  pj^^.^^  ^Yitx%  the  Generals  Normaun 

ninR,  and  fOTms  a  very  natural  appendix  and  Botzari  endeavouring  to  join,  or  to  assist 

to   the    foTuier  Letters.     It  is  a  well-  them,  were  successively  beaten  and  repulsed. 

written  narrative  of  scenes  in  which  In  such  condition,  after  a  resistance  as  ob-< 

the  Greeks  have  signalized  themselves,  stinate  as  prolonged,  their  provisions  were 

with  a  courage  worthy  of  their  ancient  finally  exhausted,  and  the  supply  of  water 

fame ;  and  is  ap  animated   appeal  to  irrecoverably  cut  off,  nor  could  a  single  drop 

the  Rulera  of  our  own  diUntry,  in  fa-  of  ^^^^  necessary  element  be  fouiid  in  the 

vour  of  this  interesting  people.     We  ^J^'^ence  or  limits  of  the  port, 

have  space  but  for  two  extracts  ;  the  "It  was  at  this  moment  of  resistance! 

fint  refers  to  the  conduct  so  nobly  dis-  ^^^en  the  anguish  of  th*»  scene  had  reached 

^tjed  by  one  of  the  most  unfortunate  »ts  height,  that  a  spring  was  recollected  to 

and  gallant  of  its  clans,  the  Suliotes :  J^"*  ^^  «°™f  little  distance  from  the  walls. 

^  It  lies  on   the  declivity  of  a  hill,  concealed 

"  On  the  death  of  Ali  Pacha,  the  cele-  almost  under  wood  and  rocks ;  and  the  ap- 

Wated  Vizier  of  Janina,  in  the  spring  of  proach  being  at  all  times  very  difficult,  it  ler 

I8t2,  the  Ottoman  forces,  being  disposable,  mained  either  unknown  or  neglected  by  the 

were  instructed  unexpectedly  to  march  and  Greeks,  nor  had  its  waters  at  any  time  been 

mennmeie  Uie  Suliotes.     ilifter  some  un-  used.     To  the  advances  of  the  enemy,  which 

ifliportaBt  encounter  of  ad\'anced  posts,  the  were  close  to  it,  this  place  was  unluckily  ex- 

Seiiotea  letired  ;  end  the  enemy,  conducted  posed;  and  being  a  matter  of  great  moment, 

Vj  Hoertchid  Pacha,  was  discovered,  from  their  attention    was  arrested   to  the  spot. 

iivael  <firections,   descending,    with   over-  Under  favour  of  the  darkness  it  was  occupied 

whelfliing     numbers,    an  amphitheatre    of  by  the  Turks;  but  at  sun-rise,  they  w§re 

MMBtatoi,  which  formed  the  bulwark,  and  daily  driven  from  it  by  the  fire  from  the  walls, 

jeurmtoed,  at  the  same  time,  the  boundary  To  this  spring,  at  every  instant  paying  the 

sf  their  vele.     To  hold  a  position  against  forfeit  of  their  rashness  with    their  lives^ 

the  IWiiet  was  evidently  impossible ;  and  to  were  seen  scrambling,  regardless  of  destruc- 


eaop  themselves,  with  their  &milies  and  tion,  the  wives  and  daughters  of  the  Suliotes, 
dependents  in  the  castle  *,  besides  being  ex-  mindful  only  of  administering  relief  to  the 
trmely  confined  and  insufficient  to  contain  wounded  and  combatants  within ;  and,  in 
them,  was  equally  a  measure  of  desperation,  this  manner,  for  a  considerable  time,  by  the 
vkidi  menaced  the  safety  of  the  whole.  heroism,  the  devotion,  and  hilarity  of  the 
*'  An  immediate  resolution  they  were  women,  the  resistance  of  the  castle  was  pro- 
forced  of  necessity  to  make ;  and  they  deter*  longed. 

Bsined  leloctantly  on  occuping  the  fortress         <•  The  Turkish  general  hesitated  to  renew 

or  easde  of  Kiafi&,  unprovided  with  a  single  the  attack  upon  breaches  which  opened  to 

piece  €^  ordnance  ;  having  very  little  food,  receive  him.     It  is  said,  tliat  exasperated  as 

sod  huddled  together  in  the  unsuitable  de-  he  was  at  the  opposition  to  his  arras,  he  felt 

fences  of  a  place  which  could  not,  at  any  and  acknowledged  like  a  warrior  the  merits 


,  iend  tne  most  distant  appearance  of  and  valour  of  his  foe.  The  gallantry  of  the 
In  this  situation  it  was  that  the  Suliotes  experienced  its  reward,  and  they 
yu<i^>tf»  arrested  the  progress  of  an  army  at  were  permitted  to  evacuate  the  castle,  pre- 
Isast  thirty  times  their  number,  victorious  serving  their  families,  their  property,  and 
sad  elated  with  success,  lliey  maintained  their  arms,  on  stipulation  to  embark  in  the  neigh- 
post  with  diaadvantages  perhaps  unprecedent-  bouring  port  of  Fenari,  from  whence  they 
ed  in  the  history  of  the  war,*  they  stood  out,  were  subsequently  conveyed  to  the  Ionian 
without  a  murmur,  against  battery,  famine.  Islands,  under  observance  of  a  British  mau'^ 
wd  assault ;    whilst  under  a  vertical   sun,  of-war." 

without  any  shelter  but  the  banner  of  the  . 

cfOM,  the  women  and  the  wounded,  collect-         The  author  adds  with  enthusiasm : 
e4  together  on  «  platform,  in  the  centre  of         ,,  ^^        ^     ^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^f  ^^^^^^ ._ 

tW  foftrejs,  were  not  less  .exposed  to  the  ^^^^  ^^^  ^j^^        ,^.^3  ,j^  ^^^^       Can 

smlkry  of  the  enemy  than  if  they  had  ac-  ^^^  ^^.^^  ^^^^  y^^,j  ^„  {^^^^  ancestors  of 

— ' old.     I  say  they  are  not  inferior  to  them. 

•  "The  castle  of  Kaifa  is  commandingly  Travellers  turn  now  to  Thermopylae  and  Ma* 

litaited  above  the  principal  village  of  Suli.  rathun.     The  day  may  come  when  they  will 

It  is  die  chief  place  of  a  district  containing  penetrate  to  cloudy   Suli.      Does  history 

feortecB  hamleu,  all  inhabited  by  the  Suli-  show  the  spot  more  worthy  admiration  than 

octs,  sad  scattered   in  different  direetious  the  little  spring  of  water  that  runs  ihroujb 

Uifoagh  the  vale."  beneath  its  walls  ? 


I" 


60                   Ksyi^w.^Af^nual  Biography  and  Obituary.  [Jan. 

.  We  dare  not  .hut  our  eyes  to  the  ^^^^^  ^  "^^t, 
melancholy  iransactions  now  passing  ^^^  !^f  "'^"^o.^'^^er,  that  the  gentle- 
it.  Greece  nor  -nceal  ou^a^^^^^^  Krcandora^^^^^  sound  juc^ment 
•ions  for  the  result :  may  we  be  mis  man  j^           ^                ^^^^  ^^^  ,^  ^^^ 

taken!     The  volume  coses  with  the    ^^^^^^^^^^  Obituary"  could 

followmg  manly  appeal:  J^^^  have  been   placed   in  more  able 

"Ooe  point  may  be  assumed,  amongst  ...       »- i.  _   ..  : . 

others,  as  certain  :  that  in  Greece,  the  Ma- 
hometan power  is  gone  down  j  that  the 
Greeks  have  means  and  spirit,  if  exercised 
under  a  fiivourable  influence,  for  liberating 

themselves,— in  a  shorter  time  too,  than  is  „  With  regard  to  certain   strictures  on 
commonly  imagined  bymany  of  her  advocates^    ^^^  ^^^  volume,    in  the    «   Gentleman's 

• J  e.:^^Jm  .   .ti#1  tVt^t  Rnnland.  la  adoDtiQE      «« !_>  *     ^U^;*  t-zina  AnA  l&ncniure  micrht 


hands ;  and  that  the  Editor  «*  is  not 
one  of  those  who,  when  they  become 
aware  of  an  error,  hesitate  to  correct 


It. 


imagined  ny  many  oiucrwivtM.—.^-^    ^y^^  ^^^  volume,    in  tne    •   wcniienwin  » 
and  friends  ;  aud  that  England,  in  adopting     i^j^gaaine,*    their  tone  and  language  might 
lionary  measures,  which  ere  fitting     ^^^  justify  him  in  abstaining  from  all  no- 
le  hidden  schemes  of  others,  antT 
,  at  the  same  /ime,  her  own  in- 
cause,  will  combine,  in  doing  so 
justice  and  of  mercy,  which  th< 

„w..«  ^«,.ects  with  anxiety  from  a  peopl       ^^^^  ^  ^ 

that  by  sentiment  and  conduct  is  prc-emi-         .^  ^j^^^  y^^  |,„  to  say  in  a  very  small 
-  nently  distinguished,  at  a  period  which  me-     ^.^mpass. 


the  precautionary  measures,  which  ere  fitting  ^^^  justify  him  in  abstaining  from  all  no- 
to  baffle  the  hidden  schemes  of  othera,  and  ^.^  of  them.  But  he  has  too  mueh  respect 
protecting,  at  the  same  fime,  her  own  m-  ^^^  ^^le  opinion  of  the  world,  too  much  re- 
Urest  and  cause,  will  combine,  in  doing  so,  ^  ^^^  ^^^^  £q,  ^y^^  publication  in  wbich 
an  act  of  justice  and  of  mercy,  which  the  ^^^^  strictures  appeared,  to  be  wholly  si- 
world  expects  with  anxiety  from  a  people  ^^^     althouffh  he  will  endeavour  to  com- 


nently  distinguished,  at  a  period  wnicn  me-  ^.^mpass. 

tiaces  so  generally  the  liberties  qf  man,  wid         tt  in  the  first  place,  he  fSrankly 

to  which  3ie  nation  of  fireemen  only,  proudly  ^y^^^  ^^  regrets  not  having,  in  every  iubixucc, 

and  fearlessly  pursuing  the  ground-work  of  ^j-^tinctly  specified,  in  the  only  two  volumes 

iU  envied  constitution  and  iU  laws,  can  be  ^f  4^,^  Annual  Biogrophy  and  Obituary  (be- 

expectcd  by  iU  example  to  put  a  final  and  ^^  ^y^^  present),  for  the  management  of 

a  salutary  stop.  which  he  is  responsible,  the  authority  for 

"  There  are  two  countries  in  the  universe  ^],g  memoirs,  or  for  the  component  parts  of 

J  the  name  of  England  is  particularly  ^jj^  roemoirs,  of  which  those  volumes  con- 

n*A<i    mnA   \idAt\vttA  t      the«fi    olacfis    are  .'...^j       'Q..*'    *UVk#\ii«rK    rMrticulsr    acknow- 


where  •«« o  . 

respected  and  beloved:  these  places  are 
Sicily  and  Greece.  In  either  one  or  the 
other,  should  the  circumstances  of  politics 
"admit,  the  people  wUl  turn  to  our  purpose, 
from  the  peasant  to  the  prince. 

"  Let  us  hope  that  the  most  taleqted  and 
popular  Minister  who  yet,  in  our  Island,  has 


^Aj^    aaa«/a«a«^aa  «r^    -w '^ —      

sisted.  But,  although  particular  acknow- 
ledgment might  be  wantmg,  in  general  ac- 
knowledgmenU  he  was  not  deficient.  For 
proof  of  this  allegation,  he  refers  to  the 
sentiment  in  the  Pi«eiace  to  the  last  volume, 
that  its  contents  had  been  derived  from  va- 


popular  Minister  who  yet,  in  our  Island,  has  fjQyj  sources  ; — **  principally  from  contem- 
directed  the  helm  of  affairs,  may  still  steer  a  porary  publications  of  every  respectable  de- 
course  in  this  interesting  question,  according  gcription ;  and  from  private  and  friendly 
with  the  wishes  of  the  world:  of  all  who  contributions  j'  and  to  the  subsequent  enu- 
nourish  in  their  bosoms  any  sentiment  that  aeration  of  the  memoirs  which  were  ori- 
ts  worthy  of  a  Christain  or  a  man !  And,  in  ginal,  and  of  those  which  are  not  so.  He, 
the  example  of  the  Greek  nation,  and  their  however,  repeate  his  regret  that  he  content- 
cause,  let  England  ever  proudly  have  the  ^  himself  with  this  general  acknowledg- 
boaat — that  history  is,  by  her  means,  eras-  ment;  and  the  present  volume,  in  which  his 
ing  the  melancholy  maxim  firom  its  page,  authorities  are  particularized>ith  scrupulous 
„v._v  j.-:^-  .^^  ^--f  ^^r^U  ««/.•  r.iu«  accuracy,  will  at  least  show  that  he  is  not 


which  denies  to  a  great  people,  once  fallen 
from  the  pinnacle  of  grandeur,  the  prospect 
of  rising  to  it  more.'      Pp.  847—^49. 


8.  The  Annual  Biography  and  Obituary  for 
the  Year  16^6.  FbLX.  pp.470.  Long- 
man and  Co. 

MANY  of  our  readers  will  probably 
recollect,  that  in  volume  xcv.  i.  p.  64, 
we  indulged  in  some  serious,  but  just, 
remarks  upon  the  Editor  of  the  Annual 
Biography  having  copied  innumerable 


one  of  those  who,  when  they  become  aware 
of  an  error,  hesitate  to  correct  it. 

•*  As  to  the  question  of  the  propriety  or 
impropriety  of  his  deriving  his  materials 
from  the  best  sources  that  may  present 
themselves,  he  begs  simply  to  advert  to  the 
conduct  of  his  censor  in  that  respect.  For 
some  years  past,  the  '  Gentlem«i'»  Maga- 
zine,* (a  publication,  indeed,  vcnenMe  by 
its  age,  by  iU  merits,  and  by  the  recollec- 
tion of  the  learned  men  who,  firom  time  to 
time,  have  *  recreated  their  travailed  spiritt' 
in  contributing  to  iU  psges,)  no  doubt  feel- 


Biography  having  copied  innumerable  j^g  ^y^^  competition  of  moreyouthful  peri- 

xnemoirs   from  our   pages.     This  has  o^^cal  miscellanies,  has  wisely  maintained  its 

been  noticed  in  a  very  courteous  man-  gnve  and  ancient  character,  by  meeting  fic- 

ner,  in  the  Editor's  Preface  to  the  pre-  tion  with  fact ;   andr  in    the  interettii^ 

sent  volume,  which  is   written  with  though  usually  brief  rektioa  of  th«  livw  « 

• 


1M0.] 


lliTiBW^— HMmmI  JNoftrdp^  tmdOiUmiff. 


11 


ml  Imma  bdagi*  bis  Ibwdl  a  powirfcl  «- 
owilgf  lor  iU  popoliritir  nid  ci>wiktina» 
Miwlth««Airliof  ilwii»  wlio  Wr«  raton^ 
4  lor  Um  oMut  of  pobfie  itlnetioo  chkAy, 
to  th«  faciooft  of  fiuinr.  But  hM  Sylvuitit 
Urbui  nluedt  is  tliit  cMfwrtoMBS  of  bis  Ma* 
niiao»  Mitirtlj  oa  tbo  oaamimiottioM  of 
Alt  Utonnr  frindt  whI  oorrMpondott  ?— 
For  lirooi  it.  With  bmut  or^iaol  omI  vs- 
ImMo  biogrnhinl  okoi^ot  from  thopom 
of  MMM  of  UM  BotI  aUo  owl  ioiriligMrt 
vriltn  IB  tbt  ooontryt  ho  hoi  miMlod  «i- 
wrnvm  MticM  of  o  aimikr  kind,  ooUoetod 
inm  ofory  oeroatiblo  qoortori  — from  tho 
doilj  mud  wookly  popen  of  tho  motropolio  i 
ftoa  tho  pfoviDOHU  JooTBok  of  EiyUimfy 
Scotfcod,  mud  IroUad;  from  cohmiol  priatty 
torn  otbor  monthly  fwhliootioooj  from  n- 
color  biognphicol  worts,  tuefa  ostho<*  Fob- 
So  Cboraotors,'  •  Morshall's  Royol  Nowol 
Bogmphy/  <  Tho  Royol  MilitanF  UloBdur/ 
Itc—  Dom  tho  Editor  of  tho  Ajuool  Bio- 
mphj  oad  Obitoonr  bhuno  this  pnotieo  ? 
Qoito  tho  rtvoTM.  To  him  it  appoon  to  bo 
OBOtodiacij  kadidilo.  Bot  ho  bopos.thok 
vhot  is  iSlowod  to  bo  proiio- worthy  in  aa- 
othoTy  BBMy  It  loott,  aoi  bo  pToaooBOod  ro* 
prthconblo  to  hioi« 

*<  It  is  eeitoialy  trao^  thot  his  hat  ▼ohimo 
WM  iadrbtod  to  tho  '  Goatlomaa's  Man- 
BiaOf'Ibra  ooasidtrablo  aad  valoablo  pnrwm 
of  its  coatoats.    It  b  oertotaly  trat,  thot  1% 


was  iadebted  to  othorpetioifical  pablioatioiM 
Ibr  mach  asofril  iaftwmatioa.  It  is  eortala* 
ly  trasy  that  tho  presoat  voloaM  is  libowiM 
iadobtad  to  the  saato  pobUeatioBS  in  oa- 
sssistaaos.  Weio  tho  Aaaaal  Bio- 
sad  Obituary  a  work,  tho  iotorasts 
of  widch  elathed  with  those  of  aoy  of  tho 
respodable  pablicatioos  to  which  it  thus  has 
reeoorM,  in  aid  of  its  owa  resources  ; — the 
onestioB  would  wear  aaother  aspect,  but 
tiiers  can  bo  no  oollisioa  betweea  them. 
Their  scope  aad  object  are  eatirely  different. 
If  a  bistoiy  were  to  bo  written  of  the  pro- 
gress or  retromssion  of  tlio  Cstnolio 
caase ;  and  if  Uie  historian  were  to  tran- 
scribe from  tho  present  volume  of  the  An- 
nual Biocraphy  and  Oliituary,  the  details 
of  the  ^urts  made  by  the  late  Lord  Do- 
aoughflBore  in  fiivour  of  that  cause,  (which 
it  cost  suoM  labour  to  trace  and  extract 
from  the  records  of  Parliament,)  would  the 
Editor  of  this  work  remonstrate  sgaiostsuch 
a  proceeding?  On  the  contrary,  he  should 
regard  it,  not  only  as  a  jostiuble,  bat  as 
eompliflMntary. 

'*  One  word  more.  If  thers  had  ever 
been  an  attempt  to  represent  the  Annual 
Bwgnphy  and  Obituary  as  any  thine  but 
that  wnich  it  always  has  been,  and  whidi, 
owing  to  its  very  natore,  and  to  the  peculiar 
ripnuBstaacee  under  which  it  is  prspared 
aad  produced,  it  always  roust  be ;  namelT, 
a  work  partly  original,  but  party  compiled ; 


piMo  fftpiaof  aaght*  to  fidl  apon  an  aa- 
samptioaso  aafeoadad.  No  saeh' pretoa- 
sioa,  however,  baa  bcea  advaaoad*  Varioas 
occarrences  amy  Iniaeace  tho  ohanctor  of 
its  oompositioa.  In  some  years  it  may  be 
enabled  to  boast  of  a  greater  anMmnt  of  ori- 
ginal, in  others  it  mast  be  satisfied  to  avail 
Itself  of  a  greater  amount  of  borrowed  mat- 
ter s  bot  a  compound  of  the  two  it  mual 
always  remain;  and  the  Editor  of* it  wriald 
leel  that  he  ill-discharged  hb  ^,  If  ho 
aegiecied  aay  tth  aieaas  of  rendering  thkt 
compound  as  copious,  iatawstii^  aad-eor- 
rect  as  pomiblo. 

For  the  honoarable  mention  of  the 
raerhs  of  the  renerable  Sylvanns  and 
hit  Correspondents,  the  Editor  will 
accept  oor  thanks. 

After  noticing  the  many  fmitleit 
applications  for  materials,  lo  the  near* 
est  connections  of  deceased  individuals, 
the  Editor,  with  a^truly  national  feel-f 
ing,  thus  remarks : ' 

**  Oa  this  sppaiaat  apathy,  regarded  m  a 
wivato  pomt  of  view,  it  would  be  improper 
lathe  Editor  to  make  a  single  oorament  ;-^ 
bat,  looking  eft  the  suli}eot  with  reftrenoe  to 
the  geoeru  gmttficatioa  and  iaterest,  ho 
must  be  permitted  to  laaieal!,  that,  at  a 
tlaio  whom  tho  pnblie  miad  b  aneemii^riy 
vitiated  by  nsrrattves  of  tho  prufligato  sdk 
ventorse  m  strumpets  and  swindlers,  evsiy. 
opportunity  is  not  anzioosly  embraced  of 
coimteraeting  tho  pemidoas  tendency  of 
thoeo  infrflsoas  detaik,  bv  describing  die 
honourable  and  saeeessfaf  eavser  of  per* 
sons  dbtingnished  by  their  moral  and  in- 
tellectual qualities ;  and  thereby,  in  some 
degree,  continuing^to  posterity  the  benefit 
which  the  bright  example  of  such  persons 
while  they  lived,  conlerred  on  their  oontess- 
poraries. 

Agreeing  with  these  sentiments,  we 
endeavOar,  what  is  in  our  power;  to 
render  oor  Biographical  Department 
accurate  in  erery  respect;  useful  to 
succeeding  Biographers;  and  worthy 
of  that  commendation,  which  we  are 
proud  to  say,  it  has  so  largely  received. 

We  shall  conclude  with  recom- 
mending the  work  to  the  well-merited 
patronage  of  the  public. 


U.  Literary  and  Mise^Uaneout  Memoin; 
by  J.  Cradock,  £19.  M.A.  F.SM.  8oe. 
pp.  894.    Nichols  and  Son. 

THE  Vofame  imw  before  us  con- 
tains many  pleasing  Reminiscences 
from  the  well-stored  mind  of  a  writer 


0S         R^ytBW.^^Todwik'B  Jsiterdry  and -Miscellaneous  Memoirs,    [Janr. 


who  blends  the  vivacity  of  yotithful 
imagination  with  the  solidity  of  an  ex- 
perienced veteran.  Early  initiated  in 
classic  Literature  in  his  native  town  of 
Leicester,  under  a  scholar  of  no  com- 
mon eminence,  Mr.  Andrewes,  father 
of  the  late  truly  amiable  Dean  of  Can- 
terbury, (with  whom  the  most  cordial 
Intimacy  subsisted  through  life,)  and 
further  improved  by  another  very  ex- 
perienced school-master,  Mr.  Picker- 
ing, at  Mackworth,  near  Derby,  Mr. 
Craidock  had  the  good  fortune  to  be 
placed  J,  by  the  patronage  of  Mr. 
Hnrd,'as  a  Gentleman  Commoner  at 
Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge,  under 
the  immediate  tuition  of  Mr.  Farmer, 
who  afterwards  addressed  to  his  intel- 
ligent pupil  his  admirable  '*  Essay  on 
the  Learning  of  Sliakspeare.*'  —  But 
we  thall  not  longer  detain  the  reader 
from  the  entertainment  to  be  derived 
from  these  Memoirs,  by  dwelling  on 
the  author's  personal  history,  farther  to 
observe  that  it  is  now  more  than  sixty 
ytara  since  he  was  honoured  with  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  per  Literas 
J?f fftflf  I—- that  he  was  High  Sheriff  of 
Leicestershire  in  17^7;  that  in  1768he 
wat  elected  Fellow  of  the  Society  of  An- 
tiquaries, of  which  h^  is  now  the  old- 
est member ;  and  that  from  his  en- 
trance into  life,  he  was  not  less  dis- 
tinguished in  the  Fashionable  Circles 
than  in  the  ranks  of  Literature,  where 
he  was  the  friend  and  associate  of 
Johnson,  Warburton,  Hurd,  Halifax, 
Parr,  Reynolds,  Burke,  Percy,  Gold- 
smith, Garrick,  Steevens,  and  the 
whole  of  the  Literary  Club. 

As  Mr.  Cradock*s  anecdotes  are  not 
oven  in  strict  chronological  order,  we 
snail  take  a  few  extracts  as  they  occur 
to  recollection,  after  more  than  one 
attentive  reading  of  these,  the  follow- 
ing one  is  not  the  least  interesting  : 

*'  Lord  Mansfield  WEI  justly  looked  up  to, 
aod  tdniircd,  at  the  Cicero  of  the  age,  yet 
he  was  never  much  relished  by  some  of  the 
old  lawyers,  who  boldly  asserted,  that  if  his 
inndvatioos  were  to  be  so  freely  adopted, 
they  might  shut  up  their  long  revered  Law 
Authorities,  and  in  compliment  to  bis  Lord- 
ship, merely  adhere  to  the  decisions  that 
were  recorded  in  Burrow's  Reports. 

**  I  stood  almost  four  hours  very  near  to 
Mr.  Home  Tooke,  whom  1  had  never  seen 
before,  when  in  thtr  year  1777»  he  was  tried 
for  a  libel  at  Guildhall^  and  conducted  his 


own  defence  ;  and  surely  no  humble  indivi- 
dual could  ever  stand  on  higher  ground. — 
Lord  Mansfield,  with  commanding  elo- 
quence, presided  on  the  Bench.  The  stem 
Thurlow  was  Attumey-General,  and  the 
subtle  insinuating  Wedderburne  the  Soltci- 
.tor  i  yet  unawed  by  such  authorities,  he 
proceeded  with  firmness,  and  remained  un- 
daunted against  this  constellation  of  talents, 
this  phalanx  of  abilities ;  and  firom  his  own 
deep  knowledge  of  the  Law,  was  able  to 
combat  all  its  subtleties,  and  convert  every 
circumstance  to  his  own  advantage,  to  the 
admiration  and  astonishment  of  the  most 
crowded  Court. 

"  The  Midland  Circuit  wa*  never  ho- 
noured but  once  by  the  presence  of  Lord 
Mansfield,  and  then  the  greatest  anxiety  to 
seo,  and  hear  him,  was  every  where  excited. 
1  he  second  JuHge  only  arrived  with  the  ca- 
valcade, and  the  superior  merely  stole  into 
Leicester  late  at  night,  on  a  saddle-horse. — 
Next  morning,  however,  he  appeared  in  all 
his  splendour,  and  might  justly  be  pro- 
nounced to  be,  Grace  and  Dignity  personi- 
fied ;  but  when  every  eye  was  strained,  and 
every  ear  attentive,  and  the  Crier  of  the 
Court,  in  due  form,  had  proclaimed  silence, 
his  Lordship  only  coldly  got  up,  and  said, 
that  as  he  was  certain  the  Grand  Jury  were 
so  well  informed  of  their  duties,  he  should 
give  no  Charge,  but  proceed  immediately  to 
the  trials ;  thut»  by  complimenting  a  few, 
he  disobliged  the  many ;  and  this  conduct 
was  the  more  reprehensible,  as  he  was  not 
restricted  for  time,  and  could  have  gratified 
all,  without  giving  himself  the  least  trouble. 

"  I  was  once  very  near  to  his  Lordship 
when  he  was  in  the  utmost  danger  of  his 
life ;  it  was  on  the  opening  of  Parliament, 
about  the  time  that  Wilkes  was  so  popu- 
lar, and  number  Forty-five  was  displayed  io 
every  street  i  a  long  debate  wAs  expected, 
after  his  Majesty's  Speech  had  been  deli- 
vered* in  consequence  of  (he  Middlesex 
Election  having  been  set  aside.  Confusion 
might  then  be  said  to  be  at  its  height,  for 
the  mob  had  broken  into  the  passage  that 
leads  to  the  Throne ;  his  Majesty  was  just 
robed,  and  was  proceeding  firom  the  closet* 
when  many  of  us  were  pressed  directly  for- 
wards ;  and  with  our  clothes  torn  were  ab- 
solutely thrown  into  the  House.  Lord 
Carlisle  seeing  my  distress,  most  kindly  re- 
cognized me,  and  made  room  for  me  between 
himself  and  another  nobleman;  but  no 
more  could  be  made  out  concerning  Lord 
Mansfield,  till  we  heard  tliat  he  had  safely 
escaped  at  the  opposite  entrance.  Afiter  his 
Majesty  had  finuhed  his  moat  gracious 
Speech,  he  retired,  and  intruders  oiade 
every  effort  to  follow,  but  found  it  impossi- 
ble I  and  as  candles  were  then  lighted*  I 


18^.^       RsviBW.-^Cradock's  Literary  and  Mitcelianeoui  Memoin.   63 

ter  of  Oakley  in  the  Jealous  Wife.  This 
Comedy  was  t.^co  liiglily  attractive,  as  everjr 
part  was  exactly  suited  to  the  Actor  or  Ac* 
tress  that  was  to  perforin  it.  I  never  net 
him  afterwards,  till  he  and  Mrs.  Garrick 
visited  the  Rev.  Mr.  Arden,  of  Brampton» 
in  Northamptonshire,  when  he  took  posses* 
sion  of  that  JUviag.  It  was  in  the  gift  of 
Lord  Spencer,  to  whom  Mr.  Arden  had 
formerly  been  Tutor,  and  a  great  intimacy 
had  commenced  between  all  the  parties^ 
from  the  time  that  they  had  encountered 
each  other  in  their  travels  on  the  Continent* 
The  place  was  particularly  pleasing,  and 
Lord  Spencer  had  Incurred  no  inconsiderable 
expense  in  the  decorations  of  it,  under  the 
care  of  his  own  gardener.  As  soon  as  t 
knew  of  their  arrival,  I  took  an  opportunity 
of  waiting  upon  ny  gOod  friend  Mr.  Arden  | 
and  there  I  found  his  Rectory  overflowing 
with  company;  amongst  the  rest  was  Dr. 
Caleb  Hardinge,  Physician  to  the  Tower^ 
who,  after  dinner,  was  eo  kind  as  to  engroM 
all  the  conversation.  He  stuttered  immode" 
rately,  and  in  a  most  ludicrous  manner  at^ 
tacked  Mr.  Garrick  for  his  recital  of  many 
passages  in  Shakspeare,  first  giving  them, 
as  he  Informed  us,  exactly  like  mr.  Garrick^ 
and  then  with  his  own  most  valuable  im- 
provements. Garrick  took  all  with  apparent 
good  humour,  and  some  of  the  party  seemed 
inclined  to  smile,  but  others  were  only  struck 
with  astonishment.  When  we  were  walking 
in  the  garden  in  the  evening,  Mr.  Garrick 
asked  me,  <  whether  I  had  ever  met  with* 
Dr.  Hardinge  before?* — *  Never,  Sir,*  wae 
the  reply  j — *  Then,*  said  he,  *  you  will  be 
greatly  entertained  ;  he  is  a  professed  wity 
a  roan  of  very  high  connections,  and  is  li- 
censed to  say  whatever  he  pleases  in  all 
companies.' — I  coldly  said, '  it  might  be  sOy 
but  to  me  he  appeared  exceedingly  intrusive 
and  presuming.*— Mrs.  Garrick  immediately 
looked  full  at  me,  and  seemed  not  to  be  en- 
tirely of  an  opposite  opinion. 

'*  As  soon  as  the  facetious  Doctor  had 
taken  his  leave,  I  found  that  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Garrick  and  Mr.  Arden  were  to  set  out  next 
morning  for  Litchfield ;  and  as  my  place  lay 
near  the  road,  and  Mr.  Arden  was  always 
partial  to  it,  I  asked  the  favour  of  them  to 
halt  during  the  middle  of  the  day ;  and  told 
them,  that,  as  I  had  but  one  large  room, 
and  was  between  two  houses,  I  could  only. 
ofrer  them  some  cold  entertainment.  They 
replied,  that  nothing  would  be  more  agree-* 
able ;  that  they  would  come  early,  as  thd 
weather  was  very  hot,  and  at  their  leisure 
examine  the  prospects,  and  in  the  evening 
would  proceed  to  Leicester.  When  I  reach- 
ed home,  my  gardener  informed  me,  that 
there  were  some  large  carps  in  a  small  pond, 
if  they  had  not  beeu  stolen,  and  accordingly 
I  ordered  the  bank  to  be  cut  through  in  the 
night,  {IS  it  was  full  of  weeds ;  and  we  found 


beeane  less  alarmed,  tad  was  assured  I 
m^ht  remain  quiet  till  the  commencement 
of  the  debates  ; — however,  through  favour 
or  necessity,  I  staid  in  the  House  to  hear 
the  whole  of  them.  I  felt  my  self  but  little 
interested  till  the  nobleman  that  sat  next  me 
eot  up  to  spttk,  and  then  I  perceived  that 
It  was  the  great  Lord  Chatham,  whom  I  had 
never  before  seen  but  as  Mr.  Pitt,  and  was 
not  in  the  least  aware  to  whom  I  was  in- 
debted for  much  civility  and  condescension. 
He  arose,  and  spoke ;  but  I  by  no  means  re- 
cognized the  complete  orator  I  had  former- 
ly so  greatly  admired,  and  indeed  was  never 
much  more  disappointed ;  he  spoke  only  for  a 
ihort  time,  was  confused,  and  seemed  great- 
ly disconcerted,  and  then  suddenly  turning 
to  me,  asked  me  whether  I  liad  ever  heard 
him  speak  before  ?  '  Not  in  this  House, 
my  Lord,'  was  my  direct  reply ;  <  In  no 
House,  Sir,'  says  he,  <  I  hope,  have  I  ever 
before  so  disgraced  myself;  I  feel  quite  ill, 
sad  have  been  alarmed  and  annoyed  this 
nominfi;  before  I  arrived ;  I  scarce  know 
what  I  have  been  talking  about.*  I  could 
ooly  bow  and  look  civil ;  for,  to  say  the 
truth,  I  could  not  sincerely  declare  that  I  wat 
of  an  f>ppoeite  opinion.  I  still  wished  only 
to  get  away  ;  but,  as  the  debates  grew  more 
interesting,  I  became  more  reconciled  to  my 
iotnistve  situation,  and  I  was  confidently  as-' 
sured,  that  no  notice  would  then  be  taken. 

**  One  nobleman  was  uncommonly  keen 
and  sarcastic,  and  directed  some  invective 
with  great  warmth  personally  against  Lord 
Chatham ;— when,  feeling  himself  stung  to 
the  quick,  he  suddenly  arose,  and  poured 
forth  a  torrent  of  eloquence  that  utterly  as- 
tonished ;  the  change  was  inconceivable, 
the  fire  had  kindled,  and  we  were  all  electri- 
fied with  his  energy  and  excellence.  At 
length  he  seemed  quite  exhausted,  and  as 
he  sat  down,  with  great  frankness  shook 
rae  by  the  hand,  and  seemed  personally  to 
recollect  me,  and  I  then  ventured  to  say,— ^ 

*  I  hope  now  your  Lordship  is  fully  satis- 
fied ?*     *  Yes,  Sir,*  re]>Iied  he,  with  asmile, 

*  I  think  I  have  now  redeemed  my  credit.' 
The  Duke  of  Grafton  that  night  was  par- 
ticularly animated ;  for,  as  Prime  Minister, 
he  was  attacked  with  fury.  The  House  sat 
very  late,  and  happy  was  1  to  get  home 
again ;  for  since  the  morning  before  I  had 
never  taken  any 'refreshment.**  Pp.  98 — 102. 

Tlie  following  anecdotes  are  of  a 
rery  diilerent  complexion  : 

*'  It  was  at  the  time  of  the  Coronation  of 
George  the  Third,  that  I  first  made  any  stay 
in  London.  Mr.  Garrick  then  frequently 
appeared  on  the  Stage ;  and  I  had  the  plea- 
sore  to  be  introduced  to  him  heliind  the 
vetoes,  when  he  was  dressed  for  the  charac- 


64        Kb viBWr— Crieuiock'«  Literary  and  MUeeUaneous  Memoirs.      [HA, 


ft  brace  very  large  indeed,  and  in  the  best 
possible  condition^  and  my  old  fashioned 
cook  engaged  to  stew  them  well)  and  they 
met  with  the  highest  approbation.  The 
party*  however,  rather  upbraided  me  for  not 
keeping  my  word  as  to  a  cold  repast ;  but  I 
assured  tbem^  with  truth,  that  I  was  as  much 
nut  of  the  secret  as  they  were.  Garrick  was 
all  life  and  spirits,  and  said,  <  Arden  shall 
give  us  some  of  FalstafF  after  our  refresh- 
ment,  in  which,  I  can  assure  you,  he  excels 
even  Quin  himself;  and  we  will  all  take 
some  other  parts,  and  without  a  change  of 
scenery  convert  our  apartment  here  into  a 
Spouting  Club.' 

<<  But  in  the  afternoon  they  all  walked  so 
£Eur,  and  staid  so  long,  that  the  proposal  was 
then  obliged  to  be  deferred.  After  supper  at 
Leicester,  however,  some  recitals  took  place,, 
and  several  of  the  inhabitants  of  my  native 
town  being  aware  that  the  great  Actor  was 
present,  placed  themselves  in  the  bed- 
chamber annexed  to  the  great  room  at  the 
Cranes  Inn,  and  kept  the  door  ajar,  in  t>opes 
of  getting  a  sight  of  him.  Whilst  we  were 
amusing  oursleves  with  the  humours  of  the 
fkt  Knight  tod  \uk  Companions,  from  the 
play  of  Henry  the  Fourth,  my  attending 
firlends  so  fkr  forgot  themselves,  that,  being 
exceedingly  diverted,  they  suddenly  burst 
into  a  violent  fit  of  laughter.  '  So,'  cried 
Garrick,  <  we  have  got  an  audience,  I  find ; 
but  if  they  are  at  all  entertained,  I  desire 
that  the  door  may  not  be  shut.'  This  civil 
conduct  of  his  iras  highly  commended,  and 
the  only  regret  next  day  was,  that  more  no- 
tice had  not  transpired  of  the  over -night 
performauce."     Pp.193 — 196. 

That  Mr.  Hurd's  friendship  for  our 
author  extended  far  beyond  the  limits 
of  the  College,  is  pleasingly  evident. 

"  Mr.  Hurd,  in  summer,  more  than  once 
fiivoured  me  with  a  day's  visit  to  Guraley, 
where  all  his  injunctions  "were  to  be  strictly 
obeyed.  <  I  ahall  bring  a  friend  with  me,' 
sud  he,  '  and  we  shall  come  early,  and  stay 
late.  •  We  must  only  have  a  plain  dinner  ; 
for  I  request  that  we  may  give  you  as  little 
trouble  as  possible.  It  is  alWays  a  treat  to 
me  to  walk  over  your  romantic  territory  ;— 
and  I  shall  minutely  examine  all  the  books 
that  you  have  lately  purchased.  I  do  not 
wish  to  meet  the  Rev.  Dr.  Parry.  He  is  a 
good  Hebraist ;  but  he  is  devoted  to  some 
Dignitaries,  who  are  the  avowed  antagonists 
of  Bishop  Warburton.  There  is  a  lady 
from  Harborough,  Mrs.  Allen,  who  1  find 
frequently  visits  at  your  bouse.  I  should 
be  happy  to  be  introduced  to  her. '  She  is 
daughter  of  the  late  Professor  Sanders  on.' 

<*  Oa' examining  my  alterations,  he  ob- 
served|  that  *  this  was  a  most  interesting 
spot.      From  hence/  said  he,  <  Qn  a  clear 


day,  both  Botworth  and  Nateby  imiy  be  dia^ 
tiuctly  seen.  My  young  friend,  there  must 
be  either  a  building  or  pillar  erfected,  to 
commemorate  the  great  events  that  have 
taken  place  there  ;  —  and  the  next  time  I 
come,  I  shall  require  one  or  two  specimeai 
of  good  inscriptions,  which  J  shall  very-firee- 
ly  criticise  as  usual.'  No  inscription,  how- 
ever, was  attempted  by  me.  A  short  poem 
on  the  subject  of  the  latter  has  lieen  print- 
ed by  Dr.  Bennet,  of  Emmanuel  College, 
late  Bishop  of  Cloyne,  and  has  been  render- 
ed conspicuous  in  Northamptonshire  ;^^and 
I  retain  an  elegant  elegy  by  a  learned  neigh- 
bour of  mine,  and  early  friend  of  the  late  ce- 
lebi  ft^.ed  Thomas  Warton,  who  possesses  the 
very  spot  at  Lubbenham,  where,  according 
to  Evelyn,  Charles  the  First  slept  the 
night  before  the  ever-memorable  battle  of 
Naseby. 

"  Bishop  Warburton  once  honoured  Mr. 
Hurd  by  staying  with  him  a  week  at  Thur-  ' 
caston  ;  and  though  they  were  ever  the  best 
friends,  yet  no  two  could  be  more  dissimilar 
in  disposition.     Hurd  was  cold,   cautious, 
and  grave ;  the  Bishop,  warm,  witty,  and- 
convivial ;  and  after  he  had  been  shut  up 
for  a  day  or  two  at  Thurcaston,'  he  began  to 
inquire  whether  'there  were  no  neighbours. 
<  None,  that  might  be  perfectly  agreeable 
to  your  Lordship,'  was  the  reply.  '  What,* 
said  the  Bishop,' '  are  all  the  good  houses 
that  I  see  around  me  here  utterly  uninha- 
bited ?     Let  us  take  our  horses  and  beat  up 
some  of  their  quarters.     I  have  no  doub^    . 
but  several  will  be  well  inclined  to  be  friend- ' 
ly  and  Sociable.' — <  I  certainly  cannot  refuse 
attending  on  your  Lordship  any  whefe.'— 
Accordingly  they  waited  upon  five  gentlemen 
whom  I  had  the  pleasure  to  know,  and  they 
all  kindly  accepted  an  invitation  to  take  a  &- 
mily  dinner  at  Thurcaston.     When  I  hefrd ' 
of  this  at  Leicester,  I  determined  to  call  cm- 
Mr.  Hurd,  who  received  me  with  great  cor- ' 
diality.     *  Why,  Sir,'  said  I,  *  wre  ia  no- : 
thing  talked  of  but  your  gaiety ;  it  has  even  ^ 
reached  your  friend  Dr.  Bickham  at  Lough- 
borough.'—' I  don't  doubt  it,'  replied  he, ' 
*  and,  if  you  will  pass  the  day  with  me,  I  * 
will  treat  you  with  some  of  the  remains  of 
the  festival,  and-  give  you  an  Account  of  all 
particulars.     I  can  assure  you,  I  was  at  first  * 
alarmed  as  to  the  provision  that  could  b^  ■ 
made  by  my  little  household;    but  all  thei 
company  were  disposed  to  be  pleased.     The 
Bishop  was  in  the  highest  spirits :  —  and 
when  the  gentlemen  took  leave  of  me  in  the 
hall,  they  went  so  far  as  to  declare,  *  that ' 
they  thought  they  had  never  passed  a  much 
pleasanter  day.* — ^  And  as  you  have  been  so 
successful,  Sir,'  I  ventured  to  add,  *  in  tkti  J 
first  effort,  I  have  no  donbt  but  the  exMFi<" 
ment  will  soon  be  repeated.'— Mr.  Hiflrd=  • 
was  silent. 


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Litfrary  Intelligence.' 


65 


^  Al  TbofM^tOftl  dbink  I  h|d  never  met  I  thought  it  my  duty  to  devote  as  much 

•■J  one  bat  Mr.  iBell/  the  Curate,  who  al-  time  as  possible  to  his  service.    I  was  then 

w^  teemed  diasatisfied  with  his  situation ;  rather  apprehensive  of  giving  him  offence,  by 

he  said,  <  1  do  not  pretend  to  be  very  learn-  bringing  out  a  Tragedy  at  Covent-Garden 

ed,  but  I  have  never  been  treated  with  such  Theatre,  as  taken  in  part  from  Voltaire ;  but 

dii^anee,  or  ntber  disdain.'    I  assured  him,  on  the  contrary,  he  mentioned  it  himelf  to 

that  it  waa  ibe  manner  of  Mr.   Hurd  to  me,  and  congratulated  me  on  my  success^ 

others  ;  ihat  I  was  certlun  he  had  a  favour-  but  added,  '  I  think  you  have  been  rather 

able  opinion-  of  him  ;  and  I  uiged  him  not  remiss  in  not  sending  to  me  a  copy  of  it.' — 

hastily  to  nve  no  his  situation,  for  I  was  Of  course  I  immediately  took  the  hint ;  and 

convinced  that  Mr.  Hurd  was  intrinsically  he  not  only  received  it  cordially,  but  afler- 

good.    Mr.  fiall,  however,  would  not  have  wards  spoke  handsomely  of  the  Tragedy." 


io^g  /bllowed  my  advice,  but  that  bis  Rec- 
tor had  been  appoint^  Preacher  at  XArx' 
coin's  Inn,  and  he  availed  himself  of  his 
absenee  to  be  more  eomfbrtable.    Mr.  Ball, 


Pp.  178—182. 

Then  follows  some  interesting  par- 
ticulars respecting  the  poets  Gray  and 
Mason ;  and  an  avowal,  by  Mr.  Cra- 


however,  was  at  laat  eonvinced  of  the  truth  of  dock,  of  his  having  been  the  author  of 

^  my  aaaeiticmai  for  as  •oon  as  eve,  his  pour  Sermons  published  anonymously 

Bactor  roae  to  be  Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  „„,,g,  ^j,^  ^i^,/^f  «  ^       Essays.'^ 

Corentry,  he  presented  the  first  livmg  he         tj^ „  ^,-, „  .     ,  ^  . 

h»l  iTSgift.'without  the  least  appHcSion,  ^r^?'"  1!,^"  K^f  •^''"r^?u'''S'  ^r% 

to  hi.  aatlniahed  Cumte,  the  iSissummg  ?[ '^.f.  ^^"^^^  habus  of  the  Earls  of 

JH,,  B^^  '  Denbieh  and  Sandwich  ;  and  the  nic- 

"  Almost  as  soon  as  Dr.  Hurd  was  fixed  lanchoTy  caUstcophe  of  Miss  Ray,  (re- 
st Ltnooln'a  Inn,  he  was  seized  with  rather  corded  in  our  volume  xWx.  p.  210,)  is 
a  dangerous  illness,  which  confined  him  to  authentically  detailed  *. 
hb  apartments  for  a  great  length  of  time  j  (To  be  continued.) 
Sid  aa  I  then  resided  in  Dean-street,  Soho, 


LITERARY    INTELLIGENCE. 


Cambbidob,  Jan,  tf.'  The  Hulsean  prize 
for  the  laat  year  has  been  adjudged  to  Mr. 
A.  T.  Rosaell,  of  St.  John's  College,  for 
Kit  diaaertBtton  on  the  following  subject :" 
**  In  what  respect  the  Law  u  a  schooj- 
mstter  to  bring  us  unto  Christ."  The  fol- 
lowing is  die  subject  of  the  Hulsean  prize 
essay  for  the  present  year: — *'  A  critical 
Examination  of  our  Saviour's  Discourses, 
with  regard  to  the  evidence  which  they  af- 
ford  of  his  Divine  Nature." 

Jan,  SO. — ^The  prize  for  the  Norrislan 
essay  for  the  year  1825  has  been  adjudged 
to  Jas.  Amiraux  Jeremie,  B.  A.  and  scholar 
of  Trinity  College.  The  subject—"  No 
nlid  argument  can  be  drawn  from  the  Incre- 
dulity of  the  Heathen  Philosophers  against 
the  truth  of  the  Christian  Religion." 

Ready  for  Publication, 
No.  I.  of  Specimens  of  Ancient  Arms  and 
Armour,  from  the  justly  admired  Collection 
of  Llewellyn  Meyrick,  Esq.  LL.  B.  and 
F3.A.  afier  the  Drawings,  and  with  the 
Descriptions,  of  Dr.  Meyrick.  Engraved 
bj  Joseph  Skclton,  F.S.A.  Author  of  the 
Aati<)uities  of  Oxfordshire,  &c. 


HoraB  Sabbaticse  t  or,  an  attempt  to  cor- 
rect certain  superstitious  and  vulgar  Errors 
respecting  the  Sabbath.  By  Godfrey  Hig- 
aiNS,  Esq.  of  Skelton  Grange,  near  Don- 
caster.  Also,  by  the  same  Author,  An 
Address  to  the  Houses  of  Lords  and  Com- 
mons in  Defence  of  the  Com  Laws. 

The  Naval  Sketch-Book,  or  the  Service 
afloat  and  ashore ;  with  characteristic  remi- 
niscences, fragmentSf  and  opinions  on  pro- 
fessional subjects,  with  copious  illustrative 
notes.     By  an  Officer  of  Rank. 

The  Adventures  of  a  Young  Rifleman,  in 
the  French  and  £ng1ish  Services,  during  the 
War  in  Spain  and  Portugal,  from  1 806  to 
1816;  written  by  himself. 

Sir  Jonah  Barrinoton's  Historic  Me- 
moirs of  Ireland,  during  his  own  times, 
with  Secret  Memoirs  of  the  Union. 

The  Spanish  Anthology,  being  a  transla- 
tion of  the  choicest  specimens  of  the  Spa- 
nish Poets,  with  their  Biographical  Notices, 
By  J.  H.  WiFPBN. 

The  Lives  of  the  Architects,  translated 
by  Mrs.  Edward  Cressy,  from  the  Italian 
of  Mili/ia,  with  considerable  additions  and 
many  notes. 


*  In  referring  to  an  account  of  the  History  of  Mr.  Hackman,  we  find  the  following  : — 
dist  be  was  a  native  of  Gosport,  born  in  the  year  1752  ;  purchased  a  commission  in  the 
99^  Regiment;  was  in  this  capacity  upon  a  recruiting  party  iu  Huntingaonshire,  and  first 
MvMiss  Ray  atHinbhinbrooke  in  the  summer  of  1774.  On  returning  from  Ireland,  ha 
^posed  of  his  commission,  and  took  orders,  having  obtained  the  living  of  Wiverton,  iu 
Noffolk.  llie  sequel  may  be  known  from  the  fial  at  the  Old  Bailey,  A|)ril  16th,  I779.— ^ 
EniT. 

Gvirr.  Mag.  «/anuar^,  1826. 


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Sketches  selected  from  the  Note  Book  of  Aid  in  the  noble  fiunUiei  of  Howvd  and 

the  late  Charles  Hamilton,  Esq.     By  T.  K.  Cecil. 

Hervey,  author  of  AastnJia.  Upwards  of  Pffly  Etekitigs  of  Antiquities 

The  Travellers)  or.  Adventures  on  the  in  Bristol     By  J.  Skelton,  F.S.A.    From 

Cnntineat.  Original  Sketches  by  the  late  Hugh  O'Neill, 

The   Prophets   and  Apostles   compared,  illustrative  of  Memoirs  of  t^at  City  by  the 

An  Essay  proving  the  ulterior  application  of  Rev.  Samuel  Seyer,  A.  M.  or  to  form  a  se* 

the  Prophetic  Writings ;  with  a  Table  an-  parate  voliune. 

nexed,  explaining  the  Two  Thousand  Three  The  Life  and  Hmes  of  Napoleon^  princi- 

Hundred  Days  of  Daniel.  pally  compiled  from  inedited  Documents  by 

■  Two  Sermons  preached  in  the  Chapel  In  nis  Companions  in  Arms.    By  Sir  John 

Lewiii's  Mead,  Bristol,  on  the  Morning  and  Byerley. 

Evening  of  Sunday,  Oct.  16,  1 825  : — Causes  A  Practical  Grammar  of  the  French  Lan- 

of  the  slow  progress  of  Christian  Truth ;  a  guage,  illustrated  by  copious  Examples  and 

Discourse    delivered    before    the   Western  Exercises.     By  J.  Rowbotham. 

Uuiurian  Society,  in  the  Conigre  Meeting  The  Book  of  Nature ;  being  a  Succession 

House,  Trowbricfee,  Wilts,  on  Wednesday,  of  Lectures  formerly  delivered  at  the  Surrey 

July  18,  1895.    Sy  Robert  AsPLAND.  Institution,  as  a  popular  Illustration  of  the 

Au  Inquiry  into  the  right  by  which  cer-  general  Laws  and  Phenomena  of  Creation, 

tain  individuals  assume  tfie  title  of  Doctor  Bj  Dr.  John  Mason  Gooob,  F.R.S. 

of  Laws,  explaining,  in  manr  cases,  the  The  Fifth  Part  of  Mr.  Blore's  Monu- 

manner  in  which  that  degree  has  been  ob-  mental  Antiquities  of  Great  Britain, 

tained,  and  the  sums  paid  for  the  same.     By  .    A  Metrical  Praxis  for  the  Schools,  Iwing 

William  Gillchrist  Smith,  LLD.  an  easy  Introduction  to  the  writing  all  kinds 

The  sUte  of  the  Protestant  Religion  in  of  Latin  Verse.     By  the  Rev.  John  Simp- 

Germany;  in  a  series  of  Discourses  preached  son,  LL.D.     A  Key  will  be  printed   for 

before  the   University  of  Cambridge.     By  the  use  of  Tutors. 

the  Rev.  Hugh  James  Rose,  M.A.  of  '  Memoirs  of  the  Court  of  Henry  the 
Trinity  College,  and  Vicar  of  Horsham,  Eighth,  including  an  Account  of  the  Mo- 
Sussex,  nastic  Institutions  in  England  at  that  period. 
The  Portable  Diorama,  consisting  of  Ra-  Memoirs  of  Henry  the  l^ourth  of  France, 
mantic.  Grand,  and  Picturesque  bcenery;  By  Miss  Benoer. 

with  the  necessary  Apparatus  for  producing  The  Fugitive  Pieces  of  the  late  Thomas 

the  various  ^ects  oif  Sunrise,  Moonlighij,  .Hinderwell,  Esq.  Author  of  the   History 

&c.  on  the  principle  of  the  Diorama  in  the  and  Antiquities  of  Scarborough ;  to  whicn 

Regent's  Park;  accompanied  with  a  new  will  be  pre6xed  a  Biographical  Sketch  of  the 

work,   entitled   the    Amateur's    Assistant.  Author.    By  John  Cole. 

By  J.  Clark.  ^ 

Preparing/or  Publication,  Russian  Literature. 

Sir  William  Dugdale's  Life,  Diary,  and  The  progress  of  civilization  in  Russia, 

Correspondence.     By   William   Hamper,  within  tnese  few  years,  has  been  so  nu>id  and 

Esq.  from  the  original  MSS.  in  the  posses-  extraordinary,  when  compared  with  the  bar- 

sion  of  the  present  representative  of  the  barism  of  the  early  part  of  last  century,  that 

fiunily,    D.   S.  Dugdale,  Esq.   M.  P.  fur  the  following  synoptical  view  of  her  litera- 

Warwickshire.  ture.  Arts,  and  'Sciences,  cannot  fiul  to  be 

A  Second  Series  of  Mr.  Ellis's  Collec*  interesting,  especially  at  a  time  when  the 

tion  of  Historical  Letters,  iirom  manuscripts  eyes  of  Europe  are  directed  to  her  present 

in  the  British  Museum,  of  which  Mr.  £.  political  chimges. 

possesses  the  official  custody.  At  Moscow  there  is  a  "  Society  of  Rus- 
Histury  of  King  Richard  the  Tlurd,  fi'om  sian  History  and  Antiquities,"  which  has 
the  original  manuscripts  of  Sir  George  Buck,  charged  M.  KaUidovitch  with  the  task  of 
By  Mr.  Singer.  publishing  the  most  ancient  Russian  Chro- 
Memoirs  of  the  Rival  Houses  of  York  nicle  extant,  beiug  that  which  is  commonly 
and  Lancaster.    By  Miss  Roberts.  called  the  Chronicle  of  Nestor,  from  the 
A  Picturesque  Tour  in  Spain,  Portugal,  name  of  the  transcriber.    This  Chronicle, 
and  along  the  Coast  of  Africa,  ^ou  Tan-  which  Is  also  called  the  Chrordde  rfPousch- 
giers  to  Tetuau.     By  J.  Taylor,  Knight  of  kin,   and  the    Chronicle  <^  Souxdalet  was 
the  Legion  of  Honour.  composed,  in  1377,  by  a  Monk  named  La- 
Mr.  Lodge,  whose  admirable  publication  vrenti,  for  the  Grand  Duke  Constantinovich. 
of  Portraits  and  Biography  forms  the  most  In  1811,  the  above' mentioned  socitigr  com* 
valuable,  at  the  same  time  that  it  is  the  missicmed  Professor  Timkovsky  to  publish 
most 'splendid  graphic  publication   of  the  this  work.     The  Professor  carefuUr  Defied 
a^e,  is  pieparing  a  new  edition  of  *<  Lodge's  the  whole»  and  had  proceeded  so  mr  aa  |o 
Illustrations  of  British  History,  Biograpliy,  print  thirteen  sheets,  when  (he  greater  part 
and  Manners,"  from    uri^Inal  Letters  and  of  the  impression,  together  with  the  So- 
Papers  preserved   in  the  College  of  Arms,  ciety's  library^  was  burnt  in  the  oonfl^gra- 


189^]  Ruttian  LUer4itur€*  6f 

tiom  oiMtmoow  in  1811.    M.  Kakidoritch  Jangui^e*    The  same  writer  Iwd,  in  1819, 

hM  |)cil>tislied  to  much  of  the  copy  as  comes  translated  Into  Russian  Franeceurs  Cours  des 

doira  to  A.  D.  1019>  and  ii  to  proceed  with  Mathematiques,  and  in  1830,  .an  elemen- 

the  rest.  tary  woric  on  Arithmetic.    The  only  origi- 

Nicolas  Chretch  has  written  an  abridged  nal  Russian  worlc  of  merit  on  Mathematical 

History  of  Russian  Literature  C'  Opite  krat-  subjects  previously  to  M.  PerevoztchikofiTs, 

koi  Tilaru^  Sec.),  published  in  Russian,  at  was  a  treatise  on  Algebra,  published  about 

St.  Petersburg,  in  18S2.    The  author  di-  twelve  years  ago,  by  M.  Piatof  Garaaley,  an 

videa  his  fitstonr  into  two  parts,  the  first  author  of  profound  erudition.    There  nave, 

reacbinf  from  the  middle  of  the  ninth  to  however,  been  several  Russian  translations 

the   end  of  the  seventeenth  century,   the  of  mathematical  works  from  the  French  and 

lecond  laachmg  to  the  present  time.    This  German;  but  the  number  of  persons  in  Rus- 

work  is  dedicated  to  Count  Romanzoff,  the  sia  who  devote  themselves  to  the  study  of 

eol^tened  and  zealous  patron  of  literature  mathematics  is  small. 
and  the'arta :  it  has  already  been  translated         Geography  has  been  rather  more  culti- 

bto  the  Polish  language,  and  is  about  to  be  yated.     In  1 823  was  published  in  Russian, 

translated  into  German  and  French.     Prince  at  Moscow,  Noveiskaia  guiographiichekaia 

Tzertelef  is  engaged  on  ^  work  of  a  similar  t  istorUcheskaia  Izvestia  o  Kavkaz^,  new  geo- 

kind,  of  which  some  portions  have  been  in*  graphical  and  historical  notices  on  Caucasus, 

lerted  in  a  periodical  Russian  publication.  by  Semen  Bronevsky,  who  having  accompa-  • 

Amone  toe  Russian  ^oets  of  the  present  nied  the  mission  to  Persia,  In  1796,  re-. 
hj  may  DC  mentioned  IzmalloflF  and  Krilof.  mained  in  Georgia  from  180(2  to  1804,  as 
A  Somth  edition  of  the  Russian  Fables  and  Director  of  the  Chancery  under  Prince  Tzit- 
Tales  of  Izmallof,  was  published  at  St.  Pe-  zianof.  M.  Bronevsky  has  consulted  the 
tersbarg  in  1831.  The  author  was  bom  works  of  all  preceding  authors,  both  on  thq 
in  1779»  and  began  to  compose  early.  He  natural  and  civil  history  of  Caucasus,  and 
has  written  in  different  literary  Journals,  has  corrected  tlieir  statements  by  his  own 
and  ia  President  of  the  Society  of  Friends  of  observations  on  the  spot,  so  that  his  work 
Literature,  Science,  and  the  Arts,  at  St.  presents  a  complete  statistical  and  historical 
Petersburg.  M.  Krilofs  Fables  are  well  description  of  a  country  little  known  in  £u- 
kaown  by  the  various  translations  of  many  rope,  but  extremely  interesting  on  many 
of  tbem  into  foreign  languages.  In  1822,  a  accounts.  The  mountaius,  rivers,  and  ua- . 
Selecti(m  from  his  Fables,  translated  into  tural  productions  of  the  coimtry,  ore  de- 
French  verse,  was  published  at  St.  Peters-  scribed  with  spirit  and  accuracy,  the  popu- 
boig.  It  is  said  that  M.  Krilof  means  lation,  revenue,  and  trade  of  the  inhabitants, 
ibortly  to  add  to  the  six  hooks  of  his  ori-  are  fully  stated,  as  are  their  customs,  man- 
gioal  Russian  Fables  a  seventh.  M.  De  ners,  laws,  and  religion.  It  is  remarkable 
Saint  Maure  has  inserted  in  his  Anlhologie  how  closely  the  j)icture  of  their  virtues, 
Russify  ten  of  Krilofs  Fables.  vices,  and  other  habits,  moral  and  physical. 

The  principal  physicians  of  St.  Petersburg  approaches  to  that  of  the  barbarians  whn  in- 
form a  Society,  which  publishes  essays  on  habited  Northern  Europe,  in  the  fourth  and 
medical  subjects  in  German  under  the  title  fifth  centuries. 

^  Fennischle  Abhandlungen  atis  dein  Gebiete         Pimteschestvne  vokrong  Svcta,  &c.  pub- 

der  Heilkunde.     The  two  last  volumes  of  lished  at  St.  Petersburg  in  ^822,  contains 

this  work,  published  in  1821  and  1823,  con-  the   voyage   of  Capt.  Golovnin   round    the 

tain  articles  by  Doctors  Blunif  Mulhausen,  world,   in  the  brig  of  war  Kamptchaka,  in 

Harder^  MulUr,  Buschy  Wolf,  Ranch  J  Smith  f  1817,    1818,   and    1819.     This  voyage,  is 

Lerehey  Mulius,  fVeisse,  Kranigsfeld,  Mayer,  already  well-known  to  the  English  reader. 

and  Reman.  The  Russian  work  is  divided  into  two  parts 

Zoology  has  been  recently  treated  by  Mi-  — one  containing  a  simple  narrative  of  the 

ckd  Maximcvich  in  a   Russian  work,  en-  voyage,  with  a  description  of  the  countries 

titled  Glcamia  Osnovania,  &c.  of  which  the  visited,  excluding,  as  much  as  possible,  all 

1st  volume  was  published  at  Moscow,    in  technical  expressions  ;  the  other  describing 

1824.    This   is  tne  first  original  work  on  those  things,    and  offering  those   observa- 

Zoology  composed  in  the  Russian  language,  tions  which  peculiarly  relate  to  seamen  and 

In  Entomology,  the  Baron  de  Manner-  maritime  matters, 
heim,  a  Member  of  the  Society  of  Natural  M.  Timkovsky,  a  person  holding  an  im- 

History  at  Moscow,  published  at  St.  Peters-  portant  post  in  the  Asiatic  department   of 

Wg,  in  1823,  a  treatise  in  Latin  on  the  the  Ministry  of  Foreign  Affairs,  published, 

chss  of  insects  called  Eacnemis. — The  au-  in  1824,  the  1st  volume  of  a  work,  called 

iW  is  employed  in  the  administration  of  PorttestcheslvU  v^KitaU  &c.  or  a  Journev  to 

the  civil  Government  of  Fmland,  but  devotes  China  by  way  of  Mogul  Tartary.     This  vo- 

kit  leisure  to  the  study  of  Natural  History,  lume  contains  the  traveller's  journal  from 

Demitri  Perevoztchikof,  Assistant  Profes-  the  time  of  his  leaving  Kiachta  till  his  airi- 

**»  ia  the  University  of  Moscow,  published  val  at  Pekio.     The  second  volume  is  to  coii- 

in   U22,  Glaimie  Osnrwmiie,  &c.  (Primary  tain  an  account  of  his  residence  in  the  Clii- 

fJeneots  of  Geometry)     in   the   Russian  ncsc  capital^  and  the  third    is   to   ^i\e  a 


es 


iluitittn  LUeraiure.'^ArU  and  Sdmca. 


tSm. 


sketch  of  tba  oocurrencet  on  hb  return, 
with  a  description  of  Mooffolia,  its  inhabi- 
tants, and  the  religion  of  Buddha  which 
they  profess.  Some  time  previously  M. 
r^uravieff  published  a  description  of  Turko- 
mama  and  Kchiva.  Baron  Meyendorf,  who 
accompanied  the  Russian  £mbassy  to  Buc- 
caria,  in  1820  and  1821,  has  drawn  up  an 
account  of  Ills  travels ;  and,  lastly^  another 
geographical  work,  in  Russian,  is  announced 
^r  publication,  containing  a  complete  de- 
scription of  the  Steppes  of  the  Kirguises, 

The  number  of  periodical  publications  in 
Russia  amounts  to  nearly  70,  and  they  may 
1)6  classed  as  follows: — Published  at  St. 
Petersbnrgh,  in  the  Russian  language — The 
Asiatic  Messenger;  the  .Well- meaner;  the 
Journal  of  Liberal  Arts  ;  the  Journal  of  the 
Imperial  Philanthropic  Society;  Notices 
relative  to  the  progress  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion ;  the  News  of  the  Russian  Academy ; 
the  News  of  Litftrnture  ;  the  National  In- 
telligencer ;  the  Technological  Journal ;  the 
Champion  of  Knowledge  and  Beneficence; 
the  Son  of  the  Country;  the  Archives  of 
the  North ;  the  Memoirs  of  the  Free  Eco- 
nomical Society  in  Russia;  the  Guide  for 
Physic,  Chemistry,  Natural  History,  and 
Technology;  the  Christian  Lectures;  the 
Seal  placed  upon  real  Estates  (a  kind  of  Ju- 
tlicial  Journalj  ;  the  Proceedings  of  the  Se- 
nate ;  the  Russian  Invalid  ;  the  Academical 
Gazette  of  St.  Petcrsburgh  ;  the  St.  Peters- 
^burgh  Price  Current;  the  Ga/ette  of  the 
Senate ;  the  Northern  Bee.  In  the  Ger- 
man language — ^The  St.  Pctersburgh  Jour- 
nal i  the  St.  Petcrsburgh  Academical  Ga- 
zette ;  the  Gazette  of  the  Senate  of  St. 
Petersburgh ;  the  St.  Petersburgh  Jourpal 
of  Commerce;  the  St.  Petersburgh  Price 
Current ;  the  Harp  of  the  North,  a  Musical 
Journal.     In    the  French    language — Me- 

ARTS   AND 

Steam  Vessels. 

There  is  now  a  contrivance  employed  on 
board  a  Scottish  steam  boat,  which  might 
be  generally  adopted  with  great  advantage 
in  other  vessels  of  a  similar  kind.  By  the 
simple  motion  of  a  small  handle  or  index, 

f>laced  on  a  table  upon  deck,  in  view  and  in 
learing  of  the  man  at  the  helm,  and  of  the 
master  of  the  vessel,  every  movement  which 
the  engine  is  capable  of  giving  to  the  paddle- 
wheel  may  be  at  once  commanded.  The 
vessel  may  be  moved  forwards  or  backwards, 
or  may  be  retarded,  or  entirely  stopped,  at 
auy  given  moment,  by  merely  turning  the 
handle  to  the  places  denoted  by  the  gradua- 
tions of  a  dial-plate.  No  skill  is  required 
for  this  purpose ;  so  that  the  master  him- 
self, or  a  sailor  under  his  directions,  can 
perform  the  office  as  well  as  the  ablest  en- 
|rineer.  Thus  the  confusion  which  frequently 
arises  at  night,  in  calling  to  the  engineer 
below,  is  avoided,  and  any  ambiguity  arismg 


moln  of  the  St.  PetflffilNif|^  ImptfAl  Am- 
demy  of  Sciences ;  the  Pohtical  tiid  litaraij 
Journal  of  St.  Petershnrgh.  The  Mnteui 
for  Children  is  also  published  M  St.  Peten- 
burgh,  in  the  French,  Gemutn,  and  Unatiuii 
— Published  at  Moscow,  in  the  Rtusian  In- 
guage,  the  European  Messenger;  Um  Li- 
dies  Journal;  Notices  for  HoraeFascien} 
the  Historical,  Statistical,  and  OeoghifAiieal 
Journal ;  the  Moscow  Telegraph ;  the  New 
Magazine  of  Natural  History,  Chetnistiir, 
&c. ;  the  Russian  Messenger ;  Essayi  m 
prose  and  verse ;  the  Moscow  Gazette.  At 
Dorpt,  in  the  German  language,  the  New 
Museum  of  the  German  Piroidncei  of  Rus- 
sia ;  the  Dorpt  Gazette.  At  Ldbau,  in  the 
German  language,  the  Weekly  Jonma]  of 
Libau.     At  Mittau,  in  the   German  bus- 

Eiage,  Memoires  of  the  Coorland  Socie^'of 
iterature  and  Art;  the  Mittau  News ;  the 
Universal  German  Gazette  of  Russia.  In 
the  Livonian  languace,  the  Mittau  livanian 
Gazette,  and  the  livonian  Journal.  At 
Pernau,  the  Weekly  Journal  of  Pemao.  In 
the  Esthonian  language,  the  Weeldy  Jour- 
nal for  the  inhabitants  of  the  country.  The 
Official  Journal,  Essays  intended  to  condnoe 
to  the  knowledge  of  the  Livonian  langnsge. 
At  Revel,  in  the  German  langw^,  Uie 
Revel  Weekly  Advertiser.  At  Riga,  in  the 
German  language,  the  Medico-Pharmaceutic 
Journal;  the  Journal  of  the  Baltic  Pro- 
vinces and  of  Riga  i  the  Spectator ;  the 
Riga  Gazette ;  the  Riga  Advertiser.  At 
Wjlna,.in  the  Polish  lang^iage,  the  Wilna 
Journal;  the  Journal  of  Benevolence;  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Wilna  Medical  Socie^ ; 
the  Lithuan*ian  Courier.  At  Odessa,  in  the 
French  language,  the  Journal  of  Odessa,  or 
Commercial  Courier  of  New  Russia.  At 
Cronstadt,  in  the  English  language,  the  St. 
Petersburgh  Price  Current. 

SCIENCES. 

from  the  word  of  command  being  tnuMDit- 
te<l  through  several  persons,  entirely  pre- 
vented. In  point  of  fiict,  it  places  the 
engine  as  much  under  command  as  the  rud- 
der is — an  undoubted  improvement  v^Mm 
the  clumsy  method  of  bawlipg  out  to  the 
engineer  below,  who  may  either  not  hear,  or 
may  be  chance  to  be  out  of  the  way— dr- 
cumstances  which  may  lead  to  the  most 
serious  accidents. 

Loco-MOTiTE  Carriage. 

A  new  species  of  self-impelling  carriage 
has  been  invented  by  a  M.  Barret,  of  Lyons, 
which  is  capable  of  performing  a  distance  of 
ISO  leagues  in  15  houn.  It  was  lately  ex- 
hibited at  Lyons  by  M.  Barret,  who  went 
in  it  firom  his  own  house,  in  the  Place  des 
Celcstins,  to  the  Porte  St.  Clair.  The  car- 
riage rests  upon  three  wheels ;  one  <^  these 
is  placed  in  front,  and  acts  as  a  sort  of  rud- 
der to  regulate  the  motions  of  ^  vehicle. 


ItM.]                                 drH  Mt  Scknۤ8.  69 

ApaimmtkiAagkkijtmhfifQiABQmkft  lepatate  .thvltle.     AU  the  aooessorlM  are 

M(i  the  two  greater  wheen  in  motion,  by  applicable  to  these  Ioobm,  and  are  set  in 

owaas  of  Kb  feet,  which  he  strikes  aher-  motion  bjr  the  hand  by  alternately  pushing 

ostely  ittainet  a  pieoe  of  mechanism  formed  the  clapper,  which  is  on  wheels,  and  works 

ia  the  mtflriotw      The  carriage    by   each  horizcmteUy.    It  receives  its  motion  from  % 

ttroVe  ia  waim  to  perform  a  distance  of  six-  pully,'  with  a  twisted  leather  strap,'  'arirf  Wto 

teen  fieetv  from  which  the  whole  distance  springs  placed  at  each  side  of  the  loom.    It 


can  easily  be  calculated.    The  person  who  is  capable  of  bemg  applied  to  ao  iafiaife 

Rgolatea  die  moveoients  of  the  directing-  variety  of  purposes. 

wheel,  or  mdder,  has  it  in  his  power  to  Matthbws'  Sapbty  Gio. 

tmij  omswHa  wwucto  ut  |>i«w».  oumeTous  ■ccidents  occauoDcd  by  the  trip- 

InrBOVSD  Udomitbr.  ping  or  fmlliDg  of  honei  •ttaohwl  to  two- 

n  shew  the  qutatUi/ rf' nan  fallen.  "heeled  Tchidei.     The   mod*    by  which 

A  einmkr  b«!B  b  mud*  of  tia  pktei,  or  '^t^  'f  *?*^  '»,  *°V  *^  ^f  "*  ^«>^ 

S>  «  to  form  .  aSl  fomid  it ,  about  *»  "f^IT^lu**"  T^'-  T"  f°l'" 

klf  «.  iBoh  &t>m  the  bottom  of  thi.  veuel  '"""  '""•''„*°  ***!»  '  f"*  "^^  «f  .*« 

m  epertun  U  >»d.,  in  otder  that  the  water  S^-^^-.Th'".  without  any  very  »«.bl., 

Ba7«mr  fill  thia  baain,  but  eKape  through  tfP'J^'f  VX  ''T*  ^'-  ^'PP'°6.<«>°*«,'* 

^fenm  into  a  cylindrical  receiver  6,-  '  !*  ^"J  »' ""*  '^'^^  »«»  a  .ledge,  that 

i^TL  thia  i»cei»er  a  verticJ  .lit  i.  made  •'«^'  °°  f*"  6™""^-  J^  ..^o"?  »  «>» 


Kale,  divided  into  inche.  Knd  part,,  filed  "  *»  P7*°'  ""  *"'»«•  .7?"  "  f ,»"  "^ 

doo^ide ,  a  tube  closed  by  a  iork  i.  fixed  j""*  ""y,  '"?',  ?'  J"'''  Z^/'^  In  »"  other 

«S  lower  part  of  the  vessel  for  emptying  t''""»'««'ed  «»"«•«»  *<»•><»  fo««  k.m  down- 

it  when  fhll  of  water.     This  basin  is  con-  ^^/'            rj*                      o 

.ected  by  mean,  of  a  tube  above  with  ano-  Mu.tard  Twie  o»  the  Scwptore.. 

tber  basin  of  less  dimensions,  which  Is  sur-  Mr,  J.  Frost,  F.  S.  A.  F.  L.  S.  has  com« 

mounted  by  a  cylindrical  reservoir,  provided  munlcated  to  the  *<  Journal  of  Science" 

SI  in  the  before-mentioned,  with  a  vertical  >ome  remarks  on  the  mustard  tree  of  the 

sfit  covered  with  glass ;  and  likewise  with  a  Scriptures,  Luke  xill.  19.    Mr.  F.  observes, 

Male  lengthened  in  the  ratio  of  the  differ-  "  That  a  grain,  of  mustard  seed  should  be- 

ence  of  the  diameter  of  the  two  basins,  come  a  tree,^  must  have  appeared  to  many 

This  reservoir  is  constructed  much  like  those  paradoxical."     «*  I  am  not  acqiiamted  with 

tt$ed  to  supply  oil  to  the  wick  of  an  argand  *°y  species  of  si?iapis  that  can  be  called  a 

lamp,  it  is  therefore  filled  with  water  on  shrub,   much  less  a  tree."     ««  The  ulant 

being  put  into  its  place,  and  by  means  of  "^os'  I'^ely  to  be  the  mustard  tree  of  the 

the  tube  of  communication  the  larger  basin  Scriptures  Is  a  species  of  Phytolacca,  which 

U  always  replenished  with  the  precise  quan-  grows  abundantly  In  Palestine :  it  has  the 

tity  of  water  that  escapes  from  it  by  evapo-  smallest  seed  «f  any  tree  in  that  country, 

ntion  when  no  rain  is  falling.     The  index  and  attains  as  great  an  altitude  as  any.   Two 

to  the  larger  vessel  shews,  therefore,  pretty  ^*cts  confirm  this  opinion.     The  Americans 

accurately,    the  quantity  of  rain   that  has  "se  the  fresh  sliced  root  of  Phytolacca  De- 

&llen  into  the  basin,  while^he  index  to  the  candra,  for  the  same  purpose  as  we  use  mus- 

tmaller    one    exhibits  in   like  manner  the  ^^^  seed,   viz.  that  of  a  Cataplasm.     The 

quantity  that  has  evaporated  from  it.  seed  of  a  species  of  Phytolacca  affords  what 

Weaviwo  Machine.  *^f  ^^^  °^  *''T'  ""'^"^  ^"^l  *°  abundance, 

.                                              ,  nitrogen}  an  element  not   found   m  many 

M.  Augustln  Coront,  of  Lyons,  has  m-  plants,  except  those  belonging  to  the  nattt- 

vented  an  admirable  machine,  by  which  a  ,^1  orders  Cniciatae  and  Fungi." 
tingle  workman  can    conduct    six  rotatory 

kxims,  and  weave  silk,  cotton  flax,  hemp,  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^W»- 
and  wool,  into  a  plain  or  figured  stuffs,  with  M.  Majendie  lately  read  a  case  of  deaf 
a  celerity  and  perfection  hitherto  unknown,  and  dumb  before  the  Royal  Institute  of 
This  skilful  mechanic  has  conceived  the  Idea  France.  It  was  that  of  a  boy  nine  years 
of  two  looms,  which,  by  their  combinations  of  age,  who  was  restored  to  hearing  and 
and  the  adaptation  of  two  pieces,  form  a  speech  by  Dr.  Deleau,  of  Paris.  Several 
third.  The  first  has  already  been  used  in  cases  of  the  same  description,  within  these 
the  &brication  of  crape,  of  seven-eighths  few  years,  have  come  under  the  care  of  Mr. 
tafetas,  of  three  quarters  calicoes ;  the  se-  Curtis,  the  surgeon  to  the  Royal  Dispen- 
coad  in  making  figured  stuffs ;  and  the  sary,  for  diseases  of  the  car,  which  have 
third,  set  up  as  a  five-fourth  machine,  two  yielded  to  his  judicious  and  attentive  treat- 
pieces  of  half- ell  wide,  each  divided  by  a  roent. 


C    TO    V 

SEI^ECT    POETRY. 


(4w. 


On   Elizabeth,    the    lametUed  Ihchesf    ^ 
Rotlpnd* 

£\H»  hiihei  oomei  'wttktearii  withiighty 

In  tender  sorrow  shun ; 
Here,  early  lort,  bright  Rutland  lice— 
The  mirror  of  thefitir ! 

Oaf,  beauty,  then,  no  winning  f)rce» 

iBferiouB  death  to  stay  ? 
Moat  even  virtue  meet  the  coitfw> 

That  hnrriea  ^feaw^y  ? 
Beautilea  are  floiweM,  in  vernal  state. 

On  which  theinom  has  shone.; 
SaHeet  is  their  tenure,  birief  their  dale,-^ 

They  bloom,  and  they  are  gone !, 

Virtues  surrive  the  fleeting  breath. 

In  pure,  in  holy  trust ; 
They  nold  a  victory  in  death. 

And  triumph  in  the  dust  \ 

Here,  as  the  virtues  found  new  birthy 

Firm  hope  to  grief  is  given  ; 
For  she,  tnat  bloom'd  a  rose  on  earth. 

May  shine  a  star  in  Heaven  I 

LuMLkV  St.  Oko.  SKiPPiiroTQib 

THE  DEPARTURE. 
My  the  Author  jo/**  Massenburg." 

"EORTH  the  yonng  soldier  went.  AmbitioUA 
flame 
Was  kindling  high  within  the  ardent  breast. 
And  ever  and  anon  bright  glances  cAme, 
Like  light'nmg  flasnes  o'er  that  troubled 
nest. 
The  sea's  deep  ilumber  ere  it  wakes  in  wrath. 
And  the  proud  thonghts  swell'd  'neath 
the  CThnson  vest,  [forth, 

like  the  rough  billows  when  its  rage  breaks 

The  loftv  plume  waved  vrith  a  martial  pride, 
Aud  the  broad  light  was  on  his  cuirass 
thrown. 
His  untried  sword  was  belted  by  his  side. 

And  forth  into  the  world  he  went  alone; 
What,  though  his  mother'9  anguished  tears 
yet  lay,  [shone. 

And  on  lus  cheek  undried  all  brightly 
Its  Bre  soon  scorched  the  holy  drops  away. 

Onward  he  press'd,  until  he  gun'd  the  brow 
Of  the  proud  steep  th»t  overhung  the  scene. 

Of  all  his  past  delights.    The  cottage  now. 
Half  hid  by  nature's  own  umbrageous 
screen. 

Reposed  in  shadow,  while  a  stream  of  light 
Between  the  hill  and  vale  did  intervene, 

Leaving  his  lost  house  in  a  gloom  like  night. 

And  here  he  paused,  and  turned  awhile  to 
look, 
On  the  fisir  valley  he  had  left  behind. 
Following,  with  anxious  eye,  the  wandering 
btbok. 
That  by  hb  own  forsaken  cot  did  wind. 


And  traced  in  memory  each  fitmiHar  thing. 
Until  they  seemed  apparent  to  his  mind. 
Realities  so  near  can  niicy  brings 

Again  he  seemed  to  hear  his  Asdther's  prayer 
Uiged  stronglt,  wildly — ill  hisr  agony. 

The  pleadings  of  h^r  fond  itoatdmal  bore. 
And  the  deep  bitterness  of  her  hopeless  cry; 

The  waiting  soaikd  still  I'ung  v^^&a  his  ear. 
Still,  stiQ..  he  aaw  the  wild  glare,  of  her  eye^ 

And  all  the  passion  of  her  woe  and  fear. 

And  other  eyes  were  blinded  in  their  grief, 
Tl\ough  the  fiur  lida  had  sought  their 
shame  to  hide^ 
No  hope  to  that  lone  heart  could  brti^reliel^ 
And  woman's  grief  was  ruled  by  woman's 
pride. 
Thus  is  it  ever  that  that  greatest  wpe. 

Which  woman's  do<Kn  ofmiserydoth  betide, 
Unpitied  still  she  bears^  but  may  not  show. 

Soft  stealing  thoughts — remembered  tender- 
ness. 

Came  like  soft  dew  upon  his  burning  soul } 
Were  it  not  better  still  to  stay  and  bless. 

Aye,  and  be  bUsiednthermn  dare  the  roll. 
The  headlong  furj  of  the  battle's  tide, 

Uift  in  Aer  arms,  and  own  her  soft  controul, 
Than  seek  fruition  of  liis  hopes  of  pride. 

He  turned  his  steps  towards  the  lowly  plain , 
Thought  of  the  hearta  he  sfaouM  with 
rapture  fill. 

When  anddenly  upon  hit  ettrt  a  strain 
Of  martial  melody  broke  o'er  the  hill ; 

He  turned  again  witn  headlong  haste  away. 
Nor  son,— nor  lover,—- but  a  soldier  still : 

Life,  fiune»  and  fortune*  all  before  him  lay. 


SONG. 

^Hwell!  ahwella-dayl 

And  is  mv  lover  then  untrue, 
And  all  the  hopes  my  fimcy  drew. 

Faded  away. 

I'd.read  that  man  but  sigh'd, 

And  proffered  fondness,  to  betray  ; 
But  laugh'd,  when  vroman  foil  a  prey 

To  hitf  arts,  and  died. 

But  he  I  lov'd,  did  breathe 
Such  a  soft  tale  into  my  ear. 
Such  oaths,  that  quite  subdued  all  foar, 

—Made  me  believe. 

And  I  gave  up  my  heart. 

And  joy  saw  never  noore,  for  soon 
His  eyes,  that  once  so  fond  had  shone. 

Did  coldness  dart. 

O,  cease  my  heart  to  ache — 

It  ne'er  will  cease  while  I  doth  live ; 
A  sigh,  a  groau>  it  just  would  give, 

Bre  it  doth  break.  L.  W.  W. 


UFE.  Wb«M  tht  Tlolat  Uda  IM  UqihlH  bnd  ? 

TirHENE'ER  ws  f^el  >fflic[)ciD'B  rod,  <^i»  wmxIbiiM  ih^k, 

Wa  <hei0  uoklod  oui  gncioas  God  j  •■Hi  oil  1  t«ll  iM--;^hm  alt  Ooa  Ud  >  . 

HUgoodneMwasmign!  Spihit. 

y«c«Jd-*.  d»<l^gh_cJLlm«uon'.«^,  Daring  Mmstr.l!  «<,uld'.I  thoa  l«*  .  .  ,■- 

C™p«o  the  goad  ii..lh  ill ;  i„  u.tura'i  hUden  in«lic  book  ■ 

Obi  blMUHgi  -ouid  oui  (sriisfi  outweigh,  Mortal  eye  Imth  ne'er  beheld 

And  their  Hiu  gncioua  still !  ImmottJicy  un.eil'd.                               ', 

Thui  tnnaimt  clumti  obicurg  (tie  tlij.  Where  1  am, — cliau  csa'it  not  knuwi    . 

(Emlihauof  huRunirae)  1  What  I  un,— 1  dace  doF  b1idW|—       .  ' 

Till  ihebrighlSuH  ihiDeifunh  on  high,  Liiteo  to  the  whlsp'ring  btcei*,— '   ''    '   ^, 

IVIih  undimlnuh'd  glow  1  Tii  my  breath  tliat  fani  ttie  Irpes ;    ' ','  j 

SiHrt.                                      E.  T.  PiLCRIM.  )L«ult  upon  the  bloomiiif  rmB.^- 

# "Hi  m;  bluih  with  Hhlcli  it  cUvn ;     "" 

KIBBY  MOOBSJDE".  Ip  the  violet'i  modest  In 


fTHROUGH  ihe  lot'd  haunW  of  thy  to-  J^""  "1)"^^  raj"?'  "fblus; 

Dear    KiRnV  Moon!  how  often   \J.e  1  Mj  »P°tl™  pu»tj  yo"  mee; 

O.  t.ki4   bUthotkrougK  e.'ryopVing  Emhkm  of  .ra«w^  might, 

gladi  "  '     fshade  The  talle.l  poplar',  graceful  .Wm,   ,      , 

Pricnroie  m.d   coirUJpj-or  beneath  thy  J' ."""",      "'l    '"'"''^™,= 

IUc1inio6carel™aear.™e  favourite  tree.  Mm.ttel,  >eek  do  more  tokn™,     . 

(Whiltt  nature  amiled  la  verdant  robes  ^S"™  '""  ™'  '  ''"f  "fl^^JT- 

Kou'd  1  Rlona!  ejre  liath  oe'er  beheld 

T-oed   n.y  yoi^s  ^"P  ><>  ■""«»  "fables.  I"""»r"lltJ  """ikd-  Mil* 

gle..    _  [mU„l«.l,y.  -  '  '  ♦  — 

And  tliui  pour'd  forth  thy  pralne  in   irildeet  -rn      

Haai    goddea.oflhLilonelyVale,  «r.   „  V  .  ,  ,.^ 

Spirit  o7light  «,d  beaut,,  taill  Qir^th.  a«rer.^.«rtljblw.- 

iC  l«e  ™t  dreaa-d,  '  Vf     Y«l  **-^W*  i«  W-t  d«r  to<, 

Ib  a  daMlioe  vest  *  "*•  ""*•  "•*  "'>'<*  "*"•  ff<"» 
And  icicle,  gemra'd  thy  loftj  erest.  *»1  ow«M">g U««i  Bk**.,,    ■ 

But  tbylobe  of  white,— it  nielted  sway,  'And  int  I  Icna  dte  Violet  MCofc,      ' 
H'heu  yoaag  Spring  shot  forth  her  reviving         Content  it  bloom),  tho'  Boa>  tamfm 

.  The  •pplaoMve =•  -'—'•  —  — <- 

Aod  the  dew-drupa  ftll  on  her  gentle  bosom.  But  hideii  id 


doth  not  BC 


BOW  n  Dioaaom.  lu  form  and  emhlemi  well  urea  ; 

And  aow  Aoa  art  leeo  Tbongh  thuply  clothed,  it  glads,  the  Mght ; 

Ina  ioIm  of  gnan, —  Hjaiigb  nnobtruuTo  cbanM  )lkB  tbait 

A>d  where  »  U»   eye  that  hath  loo^d  "f  WhW.  acorn.  «l»M.it,'.*ctee, 

I    J.   J      ^.^.         .1.        ■    w.*'^   '  WMeothtra  fly  the  Winter',  gloom, 

Inaeglawofhvjoath    or. n  Winter.  l,  >«  fci^y i  „»..  like  tj^. 

IW  hath  not  amiled  and  reioic  d  to  tea,  ,  ,         ,      ,       .    ,      , 

Tba  in  both  thou  art  lovolj  and  gi«»fcl  ^  ^.^  J""""  ^'  Ae  apol,    :  ^ 

,^  J                                                  .  Where  Ubour  re«t.  it  doth  not  ma, 

Thatapa«»r«M.«.,  But  gracM  oft  the  malic',  cot,              -^ 

Onbe^  of  nie^                               fpouM.  ADdteadjeaBontantniBntnBindliwtii**. 

And  Hon  hath   a«attw'd  her   fragrant  I  lore  the  WoodUne,  for  it  aindi 

Aod  whan  night  hath  mantled  the  londj  It.  tendril,  round  a  atron^r  tna. 

Vale,  Adorn,  the  abelcaihig  trunk  it  luDd., 

Aod  thamoon.hineaforthln  herlu.trepde,  And  claim,  a  kind  .npport  like  lhea> 

How  .weet  are  the  rtraina  of  the  nighUnglle  I  I  loie  the  Roa* — becMue  it.  cheek             . 

"'"      hla'.  •irein  beam  Qlowa  Sreah nth  health  and cheeifiilglef, 

icapeor  faifcr'aeene.  lU  tint,  the  toneh  of  beant;  apeak, 

Bttl  I  codileH  of  tha  loneU  Vale,  ~  Tit  baauty'a  far'iita — 'ti.  lila  thee. 

Vit^llghtaodhaautj.Wl!  To  number  more  wew  waate  of  tima,           ] . 

to-afrom  tbj  l™e  «qne.wred  grot, i„  .^^  ,[„„.„  ,i„.^  j,,,^         ,^ 

Aai  Ma..  wUh  th^  ro»  thi.  favour  d'y.t,  whaie'ar  Aair  hiia^  whata'er  Ihaii  sUm( 
-  IloAU^Mmotf  whenmeitUe  Ibaa.. 


.      C    72    ] 

HISTORICAL  CHRONICLE. 


U 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


SPAIN. 

The  spirit  of  revolt  in  Spein  is  every 
where  ripe:  the  people  are  starring,  and 
at  Madrid  the  price  of  oread  u  risen  so  much 
as  to  have  caused  a  general  commotion; 
the  troops  were  called  out»  when  the  King 
interfered,  and  promised  to  see  the  wrongs 
of  the  people  redressed.  The  roads  are 
swarming  with  banditti ;  m  the  early  part  of 
last  month  they  attacked  the  Cadiz  dili- 
gence, vid  killed  the  greater  part  of  the 
escort.  Five  Constitutional  soldiers  were 
lately  executed  at  Madrid,  merely  because 
they  had,  when  serving  the  Cortes,  levied 
military  contributions. 

A  tremendous  hurricane  at  Gibraltar,  on 
the  16th  ult.  caused  a  dreadful  destruction 
of  property  and  lives,  increased  by  the  in- 
ikmous  conduct  of  the  Spanuh  troops,  at  a 
time  when  the  rage  of  elements  oniinarily 
suspends  human  aniniosities.  Upwards  of 
800  vessels  were  driven  on  shore,  and  a 
great  many  small  craft  sunk  at  their  moor^ 
ings.  Amongst  the  former  was  the  Co- 
lumbian privateer  General  Soublette,  the 
crew  of  which,  in  swimming  towards  the 
English  lines,  were  fired  upon  in  the  water 
by  Spanish  soldiers,  and  many  of  them 
killed:  some  were  saved  by  the  English 
officers,  who,  at  the  risk  of  their  lives,  went 
in  a  boat  on  board  the  wreck,  and  were  fired 
at  by  the  dastardly  Spaniards.  About  70 
remained  on  board  uutil  the  evening,  when 
they  delivered  themselves  up  to  their  per- 
aecutcnrs,  oo  condition  that  they  should  be 
considered  as  Columbians,  and  their  lives 
saved. 

RUSSIA. 

Intelligence  from  St.  Petersburgh  details 
smne  serious  disturbances  in  consequence  of 
Constantino  having  renounced  the  throne 
in  favour  of  his  brother,  the  Grand  Duke 
Nicholas.  It  appears,  that  the  Grand  Duke 
Constantine,  at  the  period  of  his  marriage 
signed  an  act,  renouncing  his  right  of  sue- 
ceuion  to  the  tlurone,  in  nvour  of  the  Grand 
Duke  Nicholas,  three  copies  of  which  were 
secretly  deposited  with  the  Senate,  the 
Synod,  and  the  Supreme  Council  of  the 
Empire,  which  were  not  to  be  opened  but 
on  the  death  of  the  Emperor  Alexander. 
Immediately  on  the  news  being  received, 
the  packets  were  officially  opened ;  but,  from 
respect  for  the  hereditary  rights  of  his  elder 
brother,  the  Grand  Duke  Nicholas  declared, 
on  the  spot,  that  he  renounced  the  benefit 
of  the  act  in  question,  and  that  lie  would 
take  the  oath  of  fidelity  to  the  Emperor 
Constantine  I.  The  Senate,  the  great  Dig- 
nitaries of  the  Empire,  and  the  soldiers, 
ioXiowtd  his  example,  and,  from  that  mo- 


ment, they  were  only  oocupied  In  loQlang 
for  tlie  arrival  of  their  new  oovereigii.  But 
the  latter,  fiuthful  to  the  ■rnuwMMDta  to 
which  he  had  subeeribed,  mam  ao  pre- 
uarations  for  quitting  Wamw,  when  he 
held  himself  nwdv  to  aeknowle^ge  the  Em- 
peror Nicholas  toe  First.  Ho  wahod  fbr 
orders,  without  which  he  thought  lie  eodd 
not  leave  h'ls  resideiibe.  This  singular  state 
of  things  contimie^  till  the  mmwwl  of  nu- 
merous ^nriers  at  Warsaw,  bringing  with 
them  the  adhesion  of  the  Imperial  Family, 
and  the  great  bodies  of  the  Senate.  On  the 
95th  of  December,  however,  tlie  Qiaad 
Duke  Nicholas  reftd,  in  the  Senate,  die 
formal  renunciation  of  tke  .  crown  l^  bis 
brother,  and  declared  that  he  accepted  the 
throne.  He  wu  immediately  proclaimed 
Emperor  of  Russia.  On  the  S6tb  the  Ma- 
nifesto of  Nichoks  the  First  was  pobliilied. 
This  document  details,  with  mnen  perspii* 
cuity  and  historical  precision,  the  renun- 
ciation of  Constantine  j  and  the  diplomatic 
acts  by  which  it  u  attewted  are  tffiMd  to  It. 
The  same  day  the  regiments  of  the  Gvaids 
were  to  take  the  oath.  It  waa  known  that 
the  Moscow  itegiment  interposed  difBedtfes. 
Two  companies  of  grenadiers  of  thia  Kgi- 
menr  sallied  firom  their  barraokt,  with  their 
colours,  and  proclaimed  Constantine  the 
First*  These  men  proceeded  to  the  square 
of  Isaac,  where  they  were  soon  Joined  by 
great  numbers  of  the  people,'  bv  the  sol- 
diers of  the  Body  Grenadier  RegUMnt,  and 
the  Marines  of  the  Guard.  No  other  corps 
took  part  in  the  sedition,  and  it  appears  that 
the  numbers  of  the  &ctious  did  not  exceed 
9000.  Informed  of  these  disorders.  Ge- 
neral Miloradovitch  proceeded  to  the  sqoara 
to  address  the  rebels.  But  at  that  moment 
a  man  in  plain  clothes  fired  a  pistol  shot  at 
him,  of  which  he  died  some  hours  afWmurda. 
The  Emperor  himself  appeared  without  arms, 
and  attempted  to  reclaim  the  mutineers,  but 
without  success.  In  the  end,  after  hanring 
exhausted  all  gentle  means-rafter  having  in 
vain  explained  the  circumstance  of, the  re- 
nunciation of  Constantine — he  Was  fbreed 
to  order  his  troops  and  artillery  to  advance. 
The  rebels  having  formed  themselves  into 
a  square,  had  the  audacity  to  fire  first,  but 
were  soon  dispersed,  and  pursued  in  all 
,  directions.  The  number  killed  is  said  to 
amount  to  two  hundred.  At  six  o'oloek 
order  was  re-establbhed,  the  troops  remained 
fiiithfiil,  and  the  greater  portion  oi  tham 
bivouacked  all  night  round  the  Palace.  The 
Grand  Duke  Michael,  who  arrived  in  St. 
Petersburg  at  the  moment  of  the  tumult, 
succeeded  in  reclaiming  six  con^Nmies 
of  the  Moscow  Regiment,  who  took  no 
part  in  the  revolt,  but  who  xefuaed  to  tako 


1826.} 


Fin^i^n  N9^s. 


Sf 


Um  mik  of  fi4^IStj»^<l  hr bd  then;i  ta  t))e 
•Mistaaoe  of  his  brotlier.  Generals  Fre- 
derilcB  aad  Scheotcliin  were  wovmiiedi  The 
Emperors  whoa  tbronglM^ut  the  day,  dis- 
played the  most  noble  traits  of  charactejr, 
reviewed  tW  troops  oo  the  following  day 
io  garrtsoa.  The  Marmes  of  the^Gruards 
manifested  ih9  most  sincere  repentance,  and 
« obtained  their  pardon:  many  officers  have 
been  arretted.  Dnriog  four  hours,  whic)i 
were  ooonpied  in  parleying  with  the  troops 
before  it  was  determined  to  employ  force, 
the  Bomber  of  the  rebels  was  not  greatly 
u^mentedy  aad  it  is  very  probable  that  the 
greater  part  were.more  misled  than  guilty., 

SWEDEN. 
Tbe  ChrisUsna  Gazette,  of  December  8, 
contuns  the  official  news  of  a  treaty  con- 
doded  on  the  9th  of  November  last,  be- 
tween the  King  of  Sweden  and  Norway, 
isd  the  Kinf;  ofGreat  Britain.  The  King 
of  Sweden  engages  to  cause  penal  laws  to 
be  passed,  as  soon  as  possible,  against  the 
Slave  Trade.  The  vessels  suspected  are 
reciprocally  liable  to  be  visited  hy  the  ships 
of  war  of  the  contracting  parties,  and  suB- 
ject  to  confiscation  in  case  the  suspicion 
ibouid  prove  to  be  well  founded.  Twb 
tribnna}*  are  to  be  established,  one  in  the 
isbod  of  St.  Bartholomew,  the  other  at 
Sierra  Leone,  on  the  coast  of  Africa,  to 
decide  the  actions  which  shall  be  brought 
in  coBseqoence  of  the  capture  of  ships,  atid 
to  adjudge  tbe  Indemnities  to  be  given  in 
esses  of  detention  without  diie  greimds. 
AFRICA. 

SURVEY  OF  THE  SOUTH  EASTERN  COAST. 

Sometime  ago,  the  British  Government, 
excited  by  a  noble  spirit  of  enterprise,  sent 
oat  two  vessels  to  survey  the  hitherto  im- 
known  coast  of  Eastern  Africa,  and  the 
island  of  Madagascar.  Several  useful  dis- 
coveries have  been  made,  connected  with 
the  geogn^hy,  manners,  &c.  of  those  bar- 
barons  regions;  and  the  following  curious 
ptrticulars,  dated  October  18th,  frum  H.  M. 
Ship  BaracouiiL,  one  of  the  vessels  em- 
ployed on  tbe  expedition,  will  prove  inter- 
estiog. 

On  the  1 8th  July  last  we  sailed  from  the 
Isle  of  France,  (leaving  the  Leven,  which 
is  employed  in  the  same  way  as  ourselves, 
in  port,)  for  the  purpose  of  completing  the 
lorvey  of  the  coast  of  Madagascar.  In 
fimty-seven  hours  we  made  Table  or  Sandy 
Island,  a  low  sand  bank  in  the  vicinity  of  St. 
Mary's  Island.  Having  surveyed  it,  and 
given  it  its  proper  position,  we  proceeded 
to  tbe  French  settlement  at  St.  Mary's,  and 
hsd  an  opportunity  of  observing  the  rapid 
isiprovement  of  the  port  and  town  under 
.the  present  Commandant.  This  island  is 
^Mad  to  be  extremely  rich  and  luxuriant, 
capable  of  any  improvement;  but  being 
clothed  wUb  smpendous  vegetation,  refusing 

Gcrr.  Mao.  January^  IB99, 

10 


,adipittance  to,  heat,  imd  iJmosjb  U>  light, 
.  being  subjept,  also,  to  excessive  rains,  the 
gb^oaut  waters,  stamps,  and  marshes,  have 
'.hitherto,  rendered  it  fatally  noxious. 

Standing  clpse  into  Foule  Pointy  two  gups 
were  observed  fired  onshore,^  and  supposing 
them  intepded  as  signals  from  Mr.  Hasty, 
the  resident  British  a^ent  at.  Madagiscst', 
requesting  a  conference,  we  entered  a^d 
anchored  under  the  Ppint:  it  is  one  of  the 
best  known  ports  in  the  island,  and  has  lone 
been.freqiiented  by  .the  riee  and  buUocK 
traders  from  the  Isle  of  France  and  Bourbon. 
Hasty's  business  was  this: — A  rebeUious 
conspiracy  having  lately  occurred  amoiig 
some  powerful  Chie&  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  the  Point,  against  the  government  pf 
Radama,  a  division  of  whose  army  was  then 
encamped  there,  it  had  been  debated,  hy 
the  principal  men,  whether  or  not  they 
should  be  attacked  by  this  diviuon^tonce, 
without  waiting  for  the  sanction  of  the 
Sovereign.  As  the  merit  of  every  self- 
originating  enterprise  depends  very  largeW 
upon  its  success,  the  Prince  commanding 
the  t'oule  Point  detatchmeat  had  no  wish  to 
take  upon  him  this  responsibility,  especially 
^  the  enemy  outnuxpbered  him  in  an  over- 
whelming degree  s  but  the  majority  of  iiie 
council  being  in  favour  of  an  attack,  and 
Hasty  haying  used  all  his  influence  and 
argument  to  effect  it,  the  war  was  agreed 
upon,  and  an  immediate  movement  con- 
certed. Hasty,  having  thus  much  opencNl 
the  busii^ess,  wished  the  Barracouta  to  con- 
vey him  and  a  party  of  his  men  abou[t 
twen^-four  miles  to  leeward^  to  insure  the 
success  of  the  attack,  by  coming  une^ 
pectedly  upon  the  rear  of  the  insurgents, 
while  they  should  be  engaged  in  front  by 
the  force  from  Foule  Point.  His  wish  being 
acceded  to,  and  the  troops,  amounting  to 
one  hundred  and  seventy  two,  embarked, 
at  ten  in  the  evening  we  left  the  anchorage. 
About  two  p.  M.  next  day,  we  reached  an 
anchorage  under  the  Point,  and  landed 
the  party  in  safety.  Three  days  rice,  and 
his  arms,  (whether  musket  or  lance,  with 
thirty  rounds  of  ammunition  if  it  be  the  for- 
mer,) comprise  the  weight  each  soldier  has 
to  carry;  they  have  neither  baggage  nor 
artillery  to  delay  them,  and  though  the 
proportion  of  sick  is  generally  large,  yet 
they  are  no  hindrance,  being  invariably  left 
to  shift  for  themselves ;  and  in  a  country 
where  a  war  of  the  exterminating  kind  pre- 
vails, they  shortly  become  sufficiently  pro- 
vided for.  Free  from  these  incumbrances, 
their  movements  ore  as  rapid  as  can  well  be 
conceived.  Their  conduct  in  face  of  the 
enemy  is  steady  and  determined — uativd 
courage,  and  an  ardour  strongly  inspired  by 
a  great  devotion  to  Radama — a  firm  reliance 
on  the  superiority  of  their  arms  and  order-;- 
induce  their  attacks  upon  the  rebels,  incoii- 
siderate  of  numbers  or  situation.    As  Hasty 


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Foreign  Newi^ 


[Jan. 


informed  me,  tbetr  ttte^  oommenoet  with 
discharget  in  line  of  nratooetry :  bui  btyo* 
nets  are  easily  fixed,  the  cnaige  taket  place, 
and  is  followed  up  without  mercy,  unless  the 
enemy  be  routed  by  the  fire,  which  generally 
occurs.  A  small  village  stands  on  this 
point,  and  the  inhabitants  were  coming  o£F 
in  several  canoes,  when,  observing  the 
troo|is  in  the  boats,  they  instantly  returned, 
hauled  their  light  vessels  well  up  on  the 
beach,  and  took  to  the  woods.  The  de- 
tachment made  some  prisoners,  but  with 
little  delay  proceeded  on  their  march,  and 
Hasty  made  no  doubt  of  advancing  at  least 
twenty  miles  that  night.  The  Barracouta 
weighed,  and  run  out  to  sea  at  sunset,  the 
same  day,  since  when  we  have  heard  nothing 
of  the  result. 

Our  next  operation  was  surveying  the 
port  of  tamatave,  similar,  in  some  respects, 
'  to  Foule  Point,  but  affording  greater  and 
better  shelter;  from  hence  examined  the 
eoast  southward  to  Bay  S.  Luce,  end  stand- 
mg  in  for  this  little  opening  observed  a 
■mall  vessel  at  anchor  near  the  town  pre- 
aently  cut  or  slip  her  cable,  set  her  head* 
fails,  and  run  herself  upon  the  beach.  After 
anchoring  in  the  bay,  we  sent  a  boat  to  her, 
found  her  deserted,  equipped  for  the  slave 
trade,  and,  ais  £sr  as  some  papers  left  on 
board  proved,  belonging  to  Bourbon.  No 
colours  were  found  on  board  her,  nor  did 
she  shew  any  as  we  entered  the  bay.  In  the 
evening  we  hauled  her  off,  and  andiored 
her  for  the  night  close  to  us ;  the  next  day 
carried  her  out  and  fired  her. 

The  same  day  we  fell  in  with  the  Leven, 
on  her  way  from  Port  Louis  to  Port  Dauphin. 

The  14th  August  we  entered  Port  Dau' 
phint  and  found  it  in  possession  of  a  strong 
detachment  of  Radama's  force  i  it'was  for- 
merly the  chief  French  settlement  in  this 
grand  ivland,  but  now  onlv  two.  persons  of 
that  country  were  met  wkh ;  the  chief  in- 
ducement was,  doubtless,  the  slave  trade- 
that  being  abolished,  but  little  inducement 
remained  fur  any  adventurer  to  continue. 
The  garrison  consisted  of  fifteen  hundred 
men,  one  thousand  of  which  were  turned 
out  on  our  visiting  the  fort,  and  went 
through  the  customary  ceremonial  evolu- 
tions with  great  order  and  precision.  The 
inhabitants  of  this  part  of  the  island  hold 
themselves  quite  independent  of  Radama's 
aothprity ;  in  consequence,  here  also,  a  cruel 
war  exists.  The  garrison  is  quite  out  off 
firom  any  communication  with  their  friends^ 
for  any  small  party  detached,  is  certain  of 
beinc  destroyed  by  .the  natives  of  the 
sonthem  district.  Riu&ma  can  scarcely 
move  with  any  thing  less  than  an  army. 
The  present  d^ree  of  civilization  of  the 
central  and  northern,  parts  has  cofti,  him 
upwards  of  one  thousand  men,  of  that  de- 
tettpiimi  which  may  be  called  the  flower  of 
the  country;  diseases,  for  which  they  have 
no  remedy,  afflict  the  forces  at  every  sta- 
taoa,  and  the  Urrn,  ooomon  to  the  tea 


ooast  of  the  bland,  makes  Its  aoeostomed 
dreadful  ravaees  unreetrsined.  Without  the 
assutance  of  water  craft,  it  seems  totally 
impossible  thatRadama  can  subjugate  the 
country. 

At  the  fort  of  Port  Dauphin  the  troops 
have  built  neat,  convenient,  ud  well  ar- 
ranged huts  of  bamboo.  It  stands  on  a 
long,  narrow,  elevated  point  of  land ;  it  is 
surrounded  with  a  pallisade  of  cane-work, 
and  a  deep  trench  due  outside,  the  banks 
and  approaches  to  which .  have  been  in- 
dustriously planted  with  the  prickly  pear 
shrub ;  the  spines  of  that  plant  grow  here 
so  strong  and  sharp,  as  to  render  the 
ground,  without  great  caution,  impassable. 
The  country  in  the  vicinity  of  Port  Dauphin 
is  remarkably  picturesque;  the  south  end 
of  Madagascar  is  principijly  composed  of 
lofty  mountains.  A  bank  of'^  regular  sound- 
ina  lies  off  the  south  extremity,  on  which 
Snj  fathoms  mav  be  gained  four  or  five 
miles  firom  the  shore.  The  coast  is  bold, 
barren,  and  rugged. 

The  Star  Bank  surveyeci  by  us  was  found 
to  be  a  dangerous  reef,  partly  above  water, 
with  a  furious  sea  beating  on  its  south  and 
west  sides;  during  the  south-west  monsoon 
it  forms  a  fine  spacious  anchoring  place. 
Hereabout  the  Albatross  was  nearly  wrecked 
in  July ;  she  lost  her  anchors  and  boaU, 
and  received  other  damage.  Several  small 
islands  lie  on  the  S.  W.  end  of  Madagascar, 
hitherto  little  known. 

August  90,  we  reached  St,  Augustine  Bay, 
firom  whence,  last  year,  the  Barracouta  com- 
menced the  survey  of  the  west  side  of  this 
immense  Island,  while  the  Leven  was  em- 
ployed in  a  similar  way  upon  the  coast; 
from  that  period  the  vessels  have  twice 
(nearly)  circumnavigated  the  island,  visited 
every  port,  bay,  or  inlet,  determined  the 
extent  and  dangers  of  the  barrier  of  rock 
and  shoal  lying  along  the  east  side,  surveyed 
the  shoals  and  islets  in  the  Mozambique 
Channel,  Scychelle  Archipelago,  and  tho 
adjacent  groups,  the  coast  of  Africa,  from 
Zanzibar  to  the  entrance  of  the  Red  $ea, 
and  concluded  a  few  days  back  with  the 
Caffre  coast,  all  which  work,  connected 
with  that  of  the  two  preceding  years,  com- 

Slete  the  sviyef  of  the  east  side  of  Africa, 
ladagascar,  and  the  Mozambique  Channel, 
and  we  make  no  doubt  but  that  this  passage 
will,  in  future,  become  generally  used  during 
the  proper  monsoon,  xhe  latitude  of  every 
place  (bank  or  island)  in  this  Channel,  has 
been  determined  by  the  most  correct  me- 
thods, repeatedly,  under  everr  finrooiable 
circumstance,  and  their  longitadee  mea- 
sured by  good  chronometers,  after  vejy- 
short  and  direct  runs  firom  Mozambique, 
or  other  places  equally  well  fixed,  as  well 
as  firom  each  other.  Manv  of  these  obeer- 
vations  have  been  repeated  after  an  interval 
of  tome  months,  v^  we  feel  assured,  that 
the  geograpUeal  pe  a  of  eveiy  danger  is 
at  well  ■aoarlafaMd  as       piesMtptilMlMNi 


i8«e.] 


A^f%ii  iVnpf* 


76 


«f  iastndDtntt  p«niH.  Hm  wtr,  which 
Dov  kjt  wmU  to  Urgt  •  ponioa  of  Mftda- 
Moar,  haa  not  y«t  iMehed  Sd  Anguttfaia'ss 
Dot  iu  tflbctt  MT*.  Mnaketo  in  aow  the 
■rtaolM  in  grwtnt  reqoett.  In  June  kst 
A  hollodc  WM  told  for  frar  Spanish  doUart ; 
thay  now  damandad  ten»  or  a  mnakety  hot 
ara  tndiilarant  about  the  former.  Sheep 
are  plentifol*  and  cheap  enough,  but  of  an 
tnforior  kind.  St.  Augoatine's,  and  the  ad- 
jaeant  fiaji,  have  lonff  been  notorioua  for 
slave  trading.  When  before  here*  in  June* 
the  Laren,  which  reached  the  Bay  some 
fow  houn  before  us,  seized  a  large  schooner, 
belonging  to  Bourbon,  last  fiom  Mozam- 
bique I  one  hundred  and  serentj  slaves  were 
found  on  board  heri  she  wu  carried  into 
the  Isle  of  France,  and  condemned. 

From   St.  Augustine's,    taking   ^urotti 
idand  in  our  way,  which  we  found  to  be 
a  moch  larger  one  than  is  represented,  easy 
of  aoeesa,  uninhabited,  but  abounding  in 
turtle,  we  entered  Delagoa  Bay,  in  com- 
pany widi  the  Leren,  and  found  the  Alba- 
ifoaa  thera  before  us.     This  vesael  (the 
Leven's  tender)  had  entered  English  River, 
but  was  directed  to  leave  immediately  by  the 
Partugneae  Governor,  in  the  most  peremp- 
tory and  uncivil  manner.     Here  also  we 
found  the  brig  Eleanor,  of  London,  the 
roaster  of  which  and  most  of  the  crew  haviac 
died  or  left  htr,  the  Governor  had  seized, 
landed  her  stores,  and  the  small  quantity  of 
ivory  she  had  collected,  and  did  intend  to 
aeod  her  to  Mozambique.    The  delivery  of 
this  vessel,  with  her  property,  brought  about 
a  long  and  unpleasant  altercation,  which, 
for  some  days,  seemed  to  defy  any  thing* 
but  force  to  determine ;  nor  could  the  Go; 
vemor  be  induced  to  surrender  the   brig 
until  both  ships  had  hauled  close  under  hia 
fort,  and  prepared  every  thing  for  beating 
it  down.     He  also  appeared  on  his  works 
with  his  people,  making  every  preparation 
for  defonce.      As  many  guns  as  could  be 
brought   to  bear  (at  leaat  as  he  had  to 
bring)  were  run   over  the  psrapet;   large 
groups  of  the  natives,  provided  with  shields 
and  (ances,  were  siunmoned  to  strengthen 
the  garrison ;  and  up  to  the  last  moment, 
wlien  the  matches  were  lighted,  we  made  no 
doubt   (extraordiuary  as  it  appeared)    but 
that  the  Governor  would  hold  to  the  de-' 
termination  he  had  expressed.    The  result 
was,  that  tlie  vessel  was  delivered  up,  and 
as  now  loading  in  Table  Bay  for  London. 

As  the  chronometers  are  liable  to  be  af- 
fected by  the  firing  of  artillery,  we  aeldom 
discharge  anv  heavy  guns  from  the  vessel ; 
but  on  the  wregoiog  occasion  these  deli- 
cate machinea  had  been  removed  to  a  boat 
and  sent  away ;  and  as  the  opportunity  waa 
fevoumUe,  the  remainder  of  the  afternoon 
was  paaaad  in  exercising  the  ship's  company. 
In  the  coorse  of  which  practice  an  acctoental 
mnaket  ahot  Irom  the  Barracoota  struck 
oaa  ofthe  garrison,  in  a  reaaote  part  of  the 
fort,  oo  the  head,  and  killed  him  instantly. 


We  wern  all  tony  ac  the  dnransluioBy  m 
we  had  already  been  on  the  edjg^  of  becom- 
ing enemiea  from  necessity. 

The  Albatross,  with  a  large  party  from 
the  ships,  went  up  the  river  for  the  purpose 
of  shooting  some  hippopotami:  they  inc- 
ceeded  in  obtaining  and  bringing  down  two, 
but  nearly  with  some  loss ;  tor  two  or  three 
of  the  purty  straggling  from  the  rest  were 
attacked  by  an  elephant,  and  one  of  the 
gentlemen  was  somewhat  hurt  by  him. 

The  neople  of  Ddagoa  are  now  in  as 
wretcheo  a  condition  as  can  be  imagined ;' 
degraded  and  oppressed,  they  have  scarcely 
a  way  of  obtaining  sufficient  sustenance  to 
support  life.  The  Portuguese  have  lately 
destroyed  their  boats;  and  they  complain 
of  various  other  kinds  of  ill  usage. 

Having  completed  the  survey  of  this  in- 
teresting Bay,  three  days  after  we  reached 
Pert  Natal,  on  the  Craire  eoaat,  whne  a 
settlement  is  formed  by  Mr.  Farewell  of  the 
Navyi  who  has  had  a  Urge  tract  of  the 
country  ceded  to  him  by  Ki^  Charkee,  the 
preaent  Sovereign  of  the  northern  part  of 
Caffirarta.  His  principal  object  is  the  col- 
lecting of  hrorv,  and  of  which  he  haa  three 
tone  only.  A  destruoiive  war  now  raging  in 
the  country  cannot  hut  be  extremely  hurt- 
ful to  his  views  and  success.  He  has  about 
thirty  natives  and  two  Europeans  attached 
to  him )  and  u  about  commencing  forming. 
We  found  him  In  want  of  some  lund  of  pro- 
visions, with  which  he  was  supplied  nrum 
the  Leven.  The  Iom  of  a  small  vessel 
which  traded  between  him  and  the  Cape, 
has  been  a  severe  loss,  not  only  in  her  and 
her  cargo,  but  in  preventing  him  from  fol- 
fillinff  his  promises  to  the  Chiefs. 

We  are  now  ou  the  point  of  completing 
our  refit,  in  order  to  examine  the  west  side 
of  this  continent.  The  Leven  and  Barra- 
couta  will  proceed  in  company  to  the  river 
Congo,  where  they  will  separate  upon  their 
respective  emphm,  the  coast  between  the 
Zaire  and  the  Gambia  being  divided  be- 
tween them.  We  shall  leave  this  colony 
(after  having  surveyed  Table  Bay),^about 
80th  inat. 

JAVA. 
The  position  of  the  Dutch  authorities  In 
the  island  of  Java  has  long  been  a  subject  of 
much  alarm  to  the  mercbiants  wHo  carry  on 
the  trade  with  Batavia,  and  it  was  incrrased 
by  letters  received  from  that  port  of  the 
10th  September,  with  intelligence  of  an 
action  having  been  fought  on  the  3d  be- 
tween the  Dutch  and  the  native  forces  near 
Samarang,  in  which  the  latter  were  success- 
ful. They  had,  however,  an  immense  su- 
periority of  numbers,  the  accounts  esti- 
mating the  native  army  at  10,000  men,  hut 
the  Dutch  force  at  not  more  than  800. 
As  all  residents  have  been  compelled  by  the 
Dutch  authorities  to  bear  arms,  there  were, 
among  the  force  oppoeed  to  the  insurgents, 
a  considerable  nunher  of  Eogliah  mcrchaau* 
several  of  whom  have  been  killad. 


7^ 


Fbreign  N€w$^'^DQmetth  Occumncet, 


-tJan; 


WEST-INDIES. 

\  The  DeineTara  papen  contain  an  ordi- 
eance  of  the  Governor  foV  the  religions  in- 
struction of  the  slafes  of  the  colony,  and  for 
t)ie  improvement  of  their  cpndltion.  By. 
th&i,  it  is  ordained,  that  any  person  em- 
plo^g  a  slave  between  the  hours  of  sunset 
pn  oatnrday  and  sunrise  on  Monday,  shall 
forftit  600  gutlden  for  every  offence.  Au 
exception  is  made  in  favour  of  local  circum-. 
stances,  such  as  saving  or  tending  live  stock, 
&c.  The  uBag;e  of  holding  markets  on  Sun- 
days is  to  be  abolishsd,  and  slaves  when  de- 
serving punishment  are  not  to  Ije  diastlsed 
with  «  cruelty  or  passion."  After  January, 
i  8S6,  no  female  slave  is  to  be  punished  by. 
flogging,  under  a  penalty  of  1400  guilders. 
Several  other  excellent  regulations  are  point- 
ed ou&  la  the  Ordinance. 

AMERICA. 
The  population  of  the  chief  towns  in 
America  continues  to  increase  rapidly.  New 
York  now  contams  168,9d2  inhabitants. 
Boston  is  believed  to  contain  55,000.  The 
advance  in  the  arts  and  amusements  of  civi- 
lized life  keeps  pace  in  these  cities  with  the 
augmentation  of  numbers.  New  York  has. 
iu  Athenaeum,  and  iu  Italian  Opera,  and 
the  American  Editors  talk  as  currently  of 
ihe  GarciOf  and  her  warblings,  as  we  in 
Europe  dp  of  Catalani  or  paita.  In  the 
Athengeum,  too,  they  liave.  their  Profes- 
sors oi  PhratoUfgy- 


MEXICO. 


Official  aocQuntt  hav»  haeii  received  froa. 
Mexico^  of  the  capture,  by  the  P«triots,  o£ 
the  Castle  of  St.  Juan  d'Ulloa,  the  laekspot< 
which  Old  Spain  retained  hi  that  oitarter  of 
South  America.  The  mortality  umI  beeft 
very  great  in  the  Cutle  of  St.  JvtA  d'Ulka 
previous  to  its  capitulation.  Of  600  mea, 
soo  died  since  the  1  st  ^ptember,  SCO  were 
ill,  and  105  only  fit  for  dMty.  Thftebnm* 
dred  pieces  of  cannon,  abd  tiie  atorasy  went 
valued  at  two  nilliotas  of  dollars. 

Captain  Forest,  lately  ikvatided  firom  dM. 
squadron  at  Cirthagena,  has  brongfat  faodM 
with  him  tVo  rare  and  valuable  antiques^ 
which  were  bresented  tp  him  by  the  Gover-: 
nor  of  Sacrinciof  (nesrVera  Crux),  of  two. 
figures  of  humai^  appearance,  in  Imght 
about  ten  inches,  of  most  beautifbl  and  de-^ 
licately  white  trsokpartot  marble.  Tbey. 
were  dug  out  of  an  indent  fort  or  lortifica-i 
tipn,  where*  it  is  believed,  they  were  buried 
iq  the  l^th  century,  when  the  Spaniaidsy 
under  Cortex,  landed  in  Mexico.  CapCai» 
Forrest  has  also  an  earthen  pan,  of  a  ear- 
cular  form,  about  twelve  inches  high,  which 
was  dug  up  by  the  Indians;  and  an  arm. 
ehair  of  most  singular  Workmanship,  said  to- 
have  belonged  to  Montezuma.  [We  doubt 
not  these  discpveries  will  give  rise  to  fur-, 
ther  speculation  on  the  aiUiqnity  cf  the  New 
World.], 


DOMESTIC    OCCURRENCES. 


INTELLIGENCE  FROM  VARIOUS 
PARTS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

The  important  Act  for  effecting  an  Alter- 
ation in  toe  Weights  and  Measures  (as  no- 
ticed in  vol.  zcv.  ii.  p.  649)  came  into  ope- 
ration on  the  1st  of  January.  Under  this 
Act,  the  Ale,  Wine,  and  Com  Gallons  are 
assimilated;  the  new  gallon  is  to  contain 
977,274  cubic  inches.  The  old  ale  gallon 
contain#^  2839  the  wine  gallon  281,  and  the 
com  gallon  268,8  inches.  One  quart  must 
be  added  to  the  present  bushel,  to  constitute 
a  legal  bushel ;  and  of  course  one  gallon 
must  be  added  to  a  sack  of  wheat,  or  1^ 
bushel  to  a  load.  Tlie  present  gallon  will 
require  an  addition  of  a  quarter  of  a  pint ; 
and  every  measure  of  capacity  for  dry  goods 
will  be  deficient,  for  a  measture  of  the  same 
denominstion,  by  3^  per  cent.  The  new 
gfdloQ  is,  as  near  as  possible,  one  sixtieth 
part  less  than  the  old  beer  gallon :  the  ad-' 
vantage  will  consequently  bie  the  dealer's, 
unless  the  quality  be  improved,  the  akera* 
tion  being  too  smell  to  produce  any  altera-- 
tion  in  the  price.  The  new  gallon  will  mar^ 
terially  affect  the  wine  measure,  it  being 
%bout  one-fifth  greater  than  the  present  wine 
gallon.  By  sectioik  16  it  is  provided  that 
^1  contnots  for  work'  done,  or  {|oodt  deli* 


vered,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  made  aeeordiog 
to  the  new  standard,  where  no  speci&t  a^ree- 
meat  shall  he  made  to  the  amtrary  ;  and  in 
all  cases  where  any  special  agreement  shall 
be  made,  with  rererenoe  to  any  weight  or 
measure  established  by  local  custom^  the 
proportion  which  such  we^ht  or  neasore 
bears  to  the  standards  established  by  thif 
Act,  shall  be  specified,  or  the  agreement 
shall  be  void.  Section  16  provides  that  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  binr  and. 
sell  by  any  weights  or  measures  estaUished 
either  by  local  eustom,  or  founded  on  spe- 
cial agreement ;  but  in  order  that  the  ^tO" 
portion  which  such  weights  or  measures  bear- 
to  the  standards  established  by  this  Act, 
may  be  known,  such  proportion  shall  be 
marked  upon  dl  such  customary  weights 
and  measures.  Under  this  clause  all  ex- 
is'tiog  weights  and  measures  may  be  need, 
but  makers  of  weights  and  measures,  are  aot 
permitted,  after  this  Act  comes  intc^  opefa*^ 
tion,  to  make  other  weights  wad  measuret 
than  those  established  by  the  Act*  By 
Section  17  Com  Rents  and  Tolls  vtim  paid' 
by  customary  measure  shall  be  asoeftamed 
according  to  the  standard  of  this  Act  Igf  & 
Jury  lunmoned  at  the  Quarter  SesskHMTer, 
diat  purpese.  Section  21  eaaets  thel'tbe 
penalties  pronded  by  formaf  Acta,  shall  be 


ISVft] 


Domutie  Qecuffeacai. 


TT 


fat  ■  ID  aucattoo  kg^iut '  wTio»  hailng 
Huhu  uid  Di«uui«i  not  coofbinuble  to 
ihi  lEudwai  uf  tbis  A<:t.  TIib  object  of 
Ihc  Ute  BUI  «  to  suoplifj  tbc  ijttiin,  mad 
n  ennue  ■Difonoitf  br  affinding  nip^rior 
hoiUc;  of  Hi^cwiDB.  Sf  euurts  of  itpuity 
(t«  na  kai$«i  diinwl  bjr  cubicil  cODtenCi,' 
botbj  At  g«%ht  ofpui*  wKtr  vhioh  Uwy 
ihnuM  cMrtwB.  Tbu,  kn;  v>u«l  which 
roirdnuou  of  pins 

d  gdlon,  UK)  ■  TH- 


«Mdj  cnMtaa  lOlb.  ■' 


t^Ib-ofn 


&CtlUt^,  OB  I 

poaiu  lo  Sutny-itre 
latba  building,  nar  vu  bwinfg*  of  ujr  •ort' 
gbinj  oa  oheo  the  tn  tffttitA.  Aften 
lbs  bnlJung  out  of  tbs  fin  it  the  t«  ik: 
tbc  bulldiiig,  the  viodbaing  high,. rwilths 
leotilkdo&'fngn  AvbMtaoi  opMudi  \ctj 
iCrODg,  ths  firs  loan  dnnnded  from  on* 
floor  lo  ugthsr,  UDlU  (hs  who)s  pile,  mbout 
UOffct  bigli,  wuinoaegirMbUz*.  T)Ml 
"      -    iMuJpgfroi 


na  bwhil  is  M]r  thssI  which  ■ill  cuctlj'      ^ids  of  thii  grut  qUMJiUKuW  ■ 


t  It  miut     prodaced  *  gnnd  ud 


^■t  the  biubei  for  hoped     ■aff»t  tc 


liq, 


Bsnithnspdisf  the  Urge  ieji»lisii<l  ledac- 
iiau  of  duties  b>  different  Acu  oFibe  kit 
SwioD,  it  bu,  for  the  jesr  1885,  lirtinlly- 
euseded  tbu  for  1 BM,  enhncing  the  mux 
inportut  branches  of  the  Piiblic  Reieniie. 
The  Cuitomi  sod  Excite  combined  hive 
UKKuad  84,373/.)  the  Poit  OSce  exhi- 
bit! u  increueof  IB47[.i  vid  ibe  Mlscel- 

*0,000i.  irelsnd  i>  entirely  sn  eiportin| 
counUj,  the  imporu  of  gnin  from  BtH»ii 
being  ittj  trifling.  The  fftO.  lesU  of  ths 
cipurting  trsde  are  Wsterford,  Limerick, 
Siigo,  YougbeJI,  Cork,  Dublin,  uiA  Drog- 
bedb  tVaterford  ships  ibuultao.OUOqnu- 

f^usl  prop^rtli 

dwrick  ihips 


rrific  eflfect.  The 
ed,  fell  in  with  K- 
nd  the  teed  in  B 

sod  the  best  pmeeeding  from  the  msaiifBC- 
tur;  la  tnlenie,  ihit  nune  of  the  firemen 
could  eppruich  the  plsce  ;  iheir  efforts  mre 
therefore  directed  tn  the  sdjoining  (Vemiaet, 
sod  thej  fortunntely  succeeded  iu  sllsjiing 
sojr  spprebeniiana  fur  tbs  ssfcty  of  ths. 
neighbourhood. — By  permisalon  of  Mr. 
Allen,  we  liBTe  copied  the  followiDg  notice 
(acconipsnied  bjr  s  tiew  rif  the  msau&ctar7) 
from  hii  "  HitUtrr  of  Lambeth,"  iiow  in 
tbe  couiie  of  publicstion.     "  One  of  the 


lout    ISO.OOD   quarter),   ol 

_._ I  two-thirds  1  Sligo,  Vong- 

ball,  Dablio,  Cork,  sod  Drogheds,  &ddi 
» ,000  to  140,000  quartcneich.  Ths  eO' 
lite  tiporls  at  Ireland  to  Britain  smouot  tc 
(bvBt  1,800,000  qiiarlers  of  grain,  am: 
£00,000  cwtt.  of  meal  and  fluur. 

A  great  deal  of  intcreit  haa  Islclj  heei 
nciisd  bir  ■  paper  read  before  the  Roys 
S.«ietj  of  EdLoburgb,  bj  Sir  Williun  Hs 
millon,  Bsit.  un  the  subject  of  Pbrcou logy 
ihn«ing  that  It  can  haio  no  real  fuunHitiua 
He  hai  also  showed  that  iu  doctrines  le»< 
ineriubly  to  FaUllsm,  Mttetlalisi 
Atlieiim ;  and,  in  fact,  reduce  msn  tu  a 
Bffe  stste  of  moral  hrutatiim. 

LOPJDON  AND  ITS  VICINITY. 
Jta.  5. — About  half-past  four  o'clock 
AiasftemuuB,  agrest  part  ofthemstropolis 
waa  pus  inU  considsrsbls  siarm.bj  the  sui^ 
des  upesrvics  of  flames  st  a  great  height, 
which  wars  soun  aacsrtained  to  proceed  from 
|)m  well-knowa    msniilaetorj    of   Metin. 


ittibliahed  about  the  yea: 
Watti.  The  piinciple  of  making  the  ahot 
is  to  let  it  fall  froni  a  great  height,  (bat  it 
may  cool  and  hiidcu  in  iti  pauage  through 


of  the  tower  at  this  man 

and  the  shot  falls  1 23  !e 

The  frost  during  the  . 

hia  iieea  aitremely  sev 


liddleofiheminith 


7B                                   Domeitie  Ocatrrenoet.  [Jan. 

^  SeneDtine  ftiter,  the  Butn  la  the  powt  of  them  U  by  employteg  between  1 60 

Green  Park,  and  the  Canal  in  St.  Jamet't  and  SOO  men  and  women>  who  hawk  them 

Parky  were  completely  frozen  over,  and  in  through  the  ttreets. 
most  parts  the  ice  was  of  sofficient  strength 

to  admit  of  the  diversion  of  skaiting.  Though  ^^^  *  Common  Council,  held  on  the  19th 
a  number  of  persons  continued  on  the  Ser-  ^  January,  it  was  stated  by  Mr.  Jones,  that 
penttae  River  during  the  greater  part  of  the  '^  -Library  Committee  had  purchased  for 
day,  no  accident  luppened  ;  but  this  on-  ^^  gumeas,  a  complete  set  of  the  Gruette, 
hsippily  was  not  the  case  in  St.  Jamte's  ^^  ^^  ^^'S*^  "^  1<>65>  •xk^  supposed  to  be 
Park,  where  two  lives  were  lost.    The  ice  ^  ™®**  complete  •«*  in  existence.  A  great 
havine  given  way,  no  fewer  than  nine  per*  numher  of  valuable  works  relative  to  the  an- 
font  fell  in.    The  following  day  some  other  ^'(l^ities,  history,  laws,  manners,  and  ens- 
lives  were  lost.^ — On  the  18th  instant,  Mr.  ^ma  of  the  City  of  London,  and  Borough  of 
H.  Hunt,  jun.  betted  one  hundred  guineas  Southwark,  had  also  been  collected.    Mr. 
with  a  noble  Lord  that  he  would  drive  his  "^^  moved  that  a  room  should  be  provided 
Other's  blacking  van,  and  four  blood  horses,  ^^  *^  reception  of  such  antiquities  as  might 
across  the  Serpentine  river,  accompanied  by  ^  found  or  procured,  connected  with  these 
his  two  servants.    Young  Hunt  showed  the  P^^^ea.    He  said,  that  in  the  numerous  ex- 
greatest  coolness,  and  drove  the  horses  over  <^vations  which  had  recently  been  made  in 
the  river.    The  two  servants  played  *<  Rule  ^^^us  parU  of  the  City,  many  remains, 
Britannia,"  and  other  popular  tunes,  on  the  Suable  to  the  antiquary,  and  important  to 
k^  bugle.  *l^  historian,  had  been  discovered,  and  dis» 

Numerous  calculations  have  been  made  of  ^,  ^LTIl!  ItT;  *"  •  ^"^^  M  °'  °1  * 

tropdj. ,  but  this  »  not  easily  ascertsxncd,  ^,  J^^  ^^  wol  i^f^ 

"'J?      'IfK^'''  "^y  '"^::  '^^  «»«^'  ^i  Ji^-ted,  if  an  appropriate  plaSIwm^^^^^ 

^tde  and  sheep,  yet  we  have  no  means  of  for  their  recept^n"       ^                ^ 

Iciamiiig  the  weight.    Of  th6  quantitgr  o^  -n. 

cattle  sold  in  Smithfield  market,  we  have  . ^'^  Lonis  of  the  Admiralty  liave  given 

the  most  accurate  returns,  and  find,  that  in  <l'tnctions  for  building  another  class  of  ships 

the  year  18««,  the  uumbers  were  149,885  ®?  '^*  several  principles  of  Sir  Robert  Sep- 

beasta,  S4,609   calves,    1,507,098  sheep,  P*°8»    (*^e  Surveyor  of  the  Navy),    the 

and  80,0S0  pigs.    Thb  does  not,  however,  ^^ool  of  Naval  Architecture,  and  Capt. 

by  any  means,  form  the  total  consumed  in  ^7^*  R.N.    The  frigates,  o(  28  pms,  are 

London,  as  large  quantities  of  meat  in  car-  ^  ^  built  at  Portsmouth  and  Woolwich 

cases,  particularly  pork,  are  daily  brought  y^»  ''^  which  the  plans  of  these  scientific 

from  ttie  counties  round  the  metropolis,  projectors  are  to  be  worked  out,  and  their 

The  total  vahie  of  the  cattle  sold  in  Smith-  comparative  excellence  afterwards  put  to  the 

field  is  calculated  at  8,500,000^    It  is  sup-  *^^  ^y  experimental  cruising.     It  is  a  diffi- 

poped  that  a  million  a  your  is  expended  in  ^^*  *°^  ^^^  *^^  ^^e  knowledge  we  possess, 

truits  and  vegetables.    The  consumptioo  of  *  ^^  defective,  but  highly  importapt  sci- 

wheat  amounts  to  a  million  .of  quarters  an-  ence;  and  it  is  only  by  a  course  of  experi- 

nually;  of  this,  four-fifths  are  supposed  to  o^ents,  that  any  improvement  in  it  can  be 

be  made  into  bread,  being  a  consumption  of  ettamed.— It  ought  not  to  be  said,  with 

65  millions  of  quartern  loaves  every  year  in  ^^^9  by  any   other  power  on   the  &ce 

the  metropolis  alone.     Until  within  the  last  of  the  globe,  that  ther  build  better  ships 

tsw  years,  the  price  of  bread  was  regulated  ^'^  ^^  ^^    Their  Lordships  have  also 

bf  assize ;  and  it  may  aflfbrd  some  idea  of  ^^^^^  two  sloops  of  war  tQ  be  built  at 

the  vast  amount  of  money  paid  fbr  the  staff  Chatham,  on  the  phm  of  the  PyhMlet  (Sir 

of  life,  when  it  is  sUted,  that  an  advance  o£  ^hert  Seppings'j    enlaiged  and   altered; 

one  fiurthmg  in  the  quartern  loaf  formed  ao  ^^^^^  Pembroke,  on  the  plan  of  the  Orestes 

•{(gregate  increase  in  expense,  for  this  ar»  (^*  Inmao's^  ;   and  Captain  Hayes  Is  to 

tiefo  Jone,  of  upwards  of  1 8,000/.  per  week.  ^^^  ^'^^  ^^  Porumouth,  on  his  plan,  which 

Tlieanaualconsumptionof  butter  in  London  *^^  ^^el  the  Champion  m  every  quali^- 

amounts  to  about  11,000,  and  that  of  cheese  cation. 

to  18,000  tons.    The  money  paid  annually  Mr.  Peridas  has  mvented  a  staam-jnn,  to 

for  milk  is  supposed  to  amount  to  1,250,000/.  be  applied  to  the  purpo^  of  artilTeiy  or 

The  quantity  of  poultry  annually  consumed  musketry.     On  the  Cth  of  December,  a. 

m  London  b  supposed  to    cost  between  trial  wat  made  of  its  effect,  at  his  manufiu:- 

70,000i.  and  80,000/.    That  of  game  de-  tory    in   the  neighbourhood  o£  Regent's- 

pends  on   the  fhiitfubess  of  the  season,  nark.    There  were  present,   the  Duke  of 

TTiere  is  nothmg,  however,  more  surprising  Wellington,  and  several  other  officers  of  the 

than  the  sale  of  rabbits :  one  salesman  in  Ordnance  department  at  Woolwich.     The 

L«adenhall-market,   during   a  consklprable  destructiveness  of  the  weapon  was  equal  to 

portion  of  the  yrar,  b  said  to  sell  14,000  the  appaUing  impiesnon  cneed  by  th*  ex- 

rabbiu  weekly.    The  way  in  %hich  lie  dis-  plotion.    Tim  fbUowivg  If  a  caleolatiiMi  qf 


1S96.] 


ThmtrktA  Ji$ift$tar.»^Promoiiont,  8te. 


79 


the  adnuitagM  hi  point  of  •conomjy  eompa- 
rad  with  gunpowder :  sinppose  850  balls  are 
dbchaiged  in  a  minote  by  the  aiiiffle-barrel 
ttcam-gan,  or  IS^OOO  per  hour,  this  for  16 
houra  woold  reqaire  1 5,000  ounces  of  gun- 
powder per  hour,  or  15,000  pounds  weight 
f(»  the  16  houn.  The  expense  of  suopow- 
der  being  70*.  per  cwt.  or  35/.  per  thousand, 
is  5S5i.  Mr.  Perkins  says  that  ne  can  throw 
that  number  of  balls  in  succession  for  the 
price  of  fire  bushels  of  coal  per  hour,  or 
between  SL  and  4/.  only  for  16  nours. 

On  this  tremendous  machine  of  destruc- 
tion a  French  paper  obseaves,  "  When  a 
destnictiye  invention  was  proposed  tO  one 
of  oor  Kings,  which  went  to  effect  revolu- 
tion  in  the  art  of  war,  the  Monarch  purchas-' 
ed  the  secret  to  extinguish  It.  It  is  other- 
vise  in  £ng]and ;  and  we  see  by  the  experi- 
ments which  have  just  been  made  at  the 
house  of  Perkins,  the  engineer,  what  encou- 
ligement  the  Grand  Master  of  the  English 
Artillery,  and  the  Officers  of  the  British 
Army,  give  to  the  inventor  of  a  species  of 
infernal  machine,  which  has  for  its  object 
to  render  all  valour  useless,  and  to  reduce 
the  soence  of  war  to  the  employment,  more 
or  less  intelilgent,  of  some  moving  volcanoes, 
which  will  exterminate  entire  masses  in  the 
course  of  a  few  hours. 


THEATRICAL  REGISTER. 


Kino's  Thsatrx. 
Jan,  7*  This  theatre  opened  for  the 
season  with  a  serious  operatic  piece,  called 
Crociato  in  Egitto.  The  debutante,  was 
Mademoiselle  Bonini,  (who  has  sung  a  good 
deal  on  the  Continent  with  Velluti,)  in  the 
character  of  Palmide.  Madame  Comega  also 
made  hef  debut  on  this  evening,  but  with- 
out exciting  much  admiration  for  her  talent. 
Velluti  was  in  excellent  tune ;  but  in  some 
of  the  higher  notes  there  was  a  disagreeable 
harshness.  On  the  the  whole  the  piece  was 
well  received.  A  new  ballet  followed,  en- 
titled La  Cruche  Cass^e,  by  M.  D'%ville ; 
but  there  was  nothing  in  it  of  the  least 
attraction. 

Drury  Lane. 

Jan,  13  A  farce,  from  the  pen  of  Mr. 
Brayley,  called  ffbol  Gatherings  was  intro- 
duced ;  but  it  was  so  stupid  and  inconsist- 
ent, that  had  not  Mr.  Listen  played  the 
hero  of  the  piece,  Mr,  fVander,  the  audi- 
ence would  never  have  patiently  sat  to  the 
dose.  It  appeared  to  be  a  senseless  imita- 
tion of  The  Absent  Man,  played  a  few  years 
ago ;  and  made  up  of  stale  jokes — such  at 
putting  the  watch  instead  of  the  egg  into  the 
boiling  water,  &c.  &c. 


PROMOTIONS    AND    PREFERMENTS. 


GizxTTs  Promotions. 

Charies  Bankhead,  Esq.  to  be  Secretary 
to  his  Majesty's  Legation  to  the  United 
States. — Thomas  Tup))er,  Esq.  to  be  his 
Majesty's  Consul  in  the  Duchy  of  Courland, 
to  reside  at  Riga ;  Anthony  Lancaster  Mo- 
lineanx,  £lsq.  to  the  same  office  at  Georgia, 
to  reside  at  Savannah ;  and  George  Salkeld, 
Esq.  to  a  similar  office  at  New  Orleans. 

fTar  Office^  Jan.  10,  15th  Reg.  Drag. 
Captain  O'Donnell  to  be  Major.  —  1 8th 
Reg.  of  Foot,  Capt.  Doran  to  be  Major. — 
Brevet  Capt.  Michell,  Professor  of  Fortifica- 
tion at  the  Royal  Mil.  Acad,  at  Woolwich, 
to  be  Major. — Uuattached :  To  be  Lieut.- 
Cols.  of  Inf.  Major  Carmichael,  1 8  foot.— 
Major  Philips,  15th  Light  Dragoons. 


Ecclesiastical  Preferments. 

Rev.  Dr.  Bull,  to  the  Archd.  of  Cornwall. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Dixon,  Prebend,  of  York  Cath. 

Rev. Arnold,  Wakerly  V.  co.  North. 

Rev.  H.  AtUy,  Timwell  R.  RutUnd. 
Rev.  H.  Butterfield,  Brockdish  R.  Norfolk. 
Rev.  P.  Candler,  Letheringsett  R.  Norfolk* 
Rev.  W.  Carter,  Quarrington  N.  co.  Line. 
Rev.  C.  Child,  Orton  Longueville  and  Bol* 

tie  Bridge  R.  ca  HanU. 
Rev.  Dr.  Coppnrdf  Famborouch  R.  Hants. 
Rer.  W.  DiOby,  WwoiUiflter  V.  WUu. 


Rev.  A.  Duncan,  Church  and  parish  of 
Coyltnn  in  the  Presb.  and  co.  of  Ayr. 

Rev.  J,  Homer,  South  Preston  R.  co.  Line. 

Rev.  R.  Michell,  Fryerning  R.  and  East- 
wood V.  Essex. 

Rev.  R.  A.  Musgrave,  Compton-Bassett  R. 
WUts. 

Rev.  C.  J.  Ridley,  Larling  and  West-Hard- 
ing R.  Norfolk. 

Rev.  W.  J.  Rodber,  St.  Mary  at  Hill  R. 
London. 

Rev.  G.  Taunton,  Stratford  St.  Anthony  R. 
WUts. 

Rev.  W.  Thresher,  Tichfield  V.  Hants. 

Rev.  E.  J.  W.  Valpy,  Stanford  Dingley  R. 
Berks. 


Dispensations. 

Rev.  C.  B.  Rawbone,  to  hold  Coughton  V. 
CO.  Warwick,  with  Buckland  V.  Berks. 


Civil  Preferment. 

Rev.  J.  B&ilevy  Head  Master  of  Perse  Free 
Grammar-school,  Cambridge. 

Rev.  J.  EUerton,  Head  Master  of  Stafford 
Free  Grammar-school. 

J.  H.  Markland,  esq.  of  the  Temple  to  be 
Treasurer  and  Secretary  to  the  Stewards 
of  the  Feast  of  the  Sons  of  the  Clergy — 
vice  Charles.  Bicknellj  esq.  who  has  re- 
signed. 


B  I  R  T  H  S. 


tJ«p. 


Jwnjt  $8.    At  Kinson,  Donet,  Mrs.  J. 
'W.  Liikin,  a  dau. 

.  haUly*  At  Fifehead  Parsona^,  near 
fUwftesbury,  tbe  wife  of  Rev.JBd.  reacock, 
a  diu. — Mrs.  Monk,  lady  of  the  Very  Rev. 

.the  Dean  of  Peterborough,  a  dau.-^At  Not- 
folk  House,  the -Countess  of  Surrey,  a  son. 

^^The  wife  of  Rev.  Mr.  Worthington,  a 

.  daughter. 

D^e.  1 0.  The  wifs  of  C  R.  Pole,  Esq. 
of  Nottingham-olaoe,  a  dau.— 17.  At  East 
Sheen,  Surrey,  the  Hon.Mrs.  Pearhyn  (dau. 
of  Lord  Stanley)  a  dau. — 94.  at  Longcroft. 
Hall,  StafiFordshire,  the  wife  of  the  late  W. 
W.  Fell,  Esq.  harrister-at-law,  a  •on.'^^SO. 
The  wife  of  J.  H.  Markland,  Esq.  of  Gower- 
ttieat,  a  dau. — At  Wheatlev^  co.^  York,  the 
lady  of  Sir  W.  B.  Cooke^  Bart,  a  dau.— 30. 


Thib  wife  of  James  Jones,  Esq.  of  Cam]>er- 
well,  a  son. — 31.  The  wife  of  Lacy  Kuni- 
sey,  Esq.  of  Sluane-street,  a  son. 

J<m,  2.  At  Duffield,  near  Derby,  the  lady 
of  Sir  Charles  Colville,  a  dau. — 5.  Viscoun- 
tess Chetwynd,  a  dau. — 7*  At  her  house  in 
Albemarle-street,  Lady  Frances  Levison 
Gower,  a  son. — 8.  At  Beverley,  the  wife  of 
the  hon.  AIex.Macdonald,  son  of  Lord  Mac- 
donaldf  a  son.— 10.'  At  the  Vicarage,  Brad- 
ford, the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Heap,  a 
son.*— 11.  At  Teddincton,  the  wife  of  the 
Rev.  John  Harcourt  Skrine,  a  dau. — 1 1.  \\, 
South  Audley-street,  Lady  Frances  Bankes, 
a  son. — 13.  The  lady  of  Robert  Sayer,  Esq. 
of  Sibton  Parkf  a  son  and  heir. — ^^1 8.  At  the 
Vicarage^  Southwell,  Nottinghamshire,  the 
wife  of  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Fowler,  and  dau.  of 
Mr.  Bishy  of  London^  a  daughter. 


MARRIAGES. 


'  Lately,  At  St.  Keveme,  Philip  MelviHe, 
Esq.  of  Walthamstow,  to  Eliza,  dau.  of 
-Lieut.-Col.  Sandys,  of  Lanarth,  Cornwall. 
— At  Bishop's  Court,  Isle  of  Man,  W. 
'Leece,  Esq.  to  Margaret,  «lau.  of  the  late 
Mr.  James  Smithy  of  Liverpool.— At 
Guildford,  Surrey,  John  Burder,  Esq.  of 
Parliament-street,  Westminster,  to  Miss 
Taylor,  of  Guildford. 

Dec.  17.  In  London,  Baron  de  Kolli,  to 
Miss  Marion  Hammersley,  formerly  of  the 
Liverpool  Theatre. 20.  At  Chester,  Ro- 
ger Bamston,  Esq.  only  son  of  Col.  Bam- 
aton,  to  Selina,  dau.  of  Dr.  Wm.  Thackeray. 

27.    At  Bedford,  the  Rev.   Peter  La 

Trobe,  to  Mary  Louisa,  dau.  of  the  Rt.  Rev. 

F.W.  Foster.^ At  Woodstone,  Hunts. 

the  Rev.  T.  Garbett,  master  of  Peterborough 
school,  to  Sarah,   dau.  of  the  Rev  John 

Bringhurst,   rector  of  Woodstone. 28. 

At  Walthamstow,  Rev.  Robert  Ward,  of 
Thetford,  to  Ann,  dau.  of  the  late  Mr.  Jos. 

Umphelby,  merchant,  of  London. 29. 

At  Benenden,  Rev.  W.  Marriott  Smith  Mar- 
riott, of  Trinity  college,  Cambridge,  son  of 
Sir  John  Wlldbore  Smith,  of  Dorsetshire, 
rector  of  Horsemonden,  Kent,  to  Julia  Eliz. 
dau.  of  Tho.  L.  Hodges,  Esq.  of  Hemsted. 
Rev.  Rich.  Harvey,  to  Louisa,  dau.  of 
John  Rycroft  Best,  Esq.  of  Barbadoas. 

9/an,  3.  At  Doddington,  co.  Glonc.  the 
Hon.  Arthur  Tbellusson,  brother  of  Lord 
Rendlesham,  to  Caroline  Anna  Maria,  dau. 
of  Sir  C.  Bcthell  Codrington.— — 3.  At 
Great  Yarmouth,  Norfolk,  Capt.  Cha.  Feai^ 
iOD,  R.  N.  of  St.  James's-place,  London,  to 
Mariai,  dau.  of  the  late  John  Sayers,  Esq. 

4.    At   St.  James's  Church,  Col.  Sir 

Robert  Arbuthnot,  K.  C.  B.  Coldstream 
Ouards,  to  Hariiet,  dau.  and  co-heiress  of 
the  late  Tho.  Smithy  Esq.  of  Cattleton  Hall, 

Rochdale,  Lancath. 6,  At  St.  George's, 

Hanover-square,   Wm.  Henry,  son  of  the 


late  John  Soaadret  Harford,  Esq.  of  Blaize 
Castle,  Gloucestershiie,  to  Emily,  dau.  of 

John  King,  esq.  of  Grosvenor-place. 7. 

At  Swansea,  the  Rev.  Edward  Thomas,  of 
Briton  Ferry,  vicar  of  Baglan  and  Abravon, 
to  Eliza,  dau.  of  the  late  Lewis  Thomas, 

Esq.  of  Baglan,  Glamorganshire. 9.  At 

Christ  Chnrch,  Wuodhouse,  co.  York,  the 
Rev.  W.  C.  Maddeuy.  Incumbent  of  Christ 
Church,  to  Mary,  dau.  of  die  lata  John 

Whitacre,   Esq.  of  Woodhouse, 10.  At 

Clapham  Church,  Major  Geo.  Arnold,  2d 
Bengal  Light  Cavalry,  son  of  the  late  Gen. 
Arnold,  to  Ann  Martioz,  dau.  of  the  late 
Henry  i^rown,  Esq.  of  the  Madras  civil  ser- 
vice.— — >10.  At  St.  Andrew'f  Holbom, 
Geo.  Eraser,  Esq.  Lieut.  R.  N.  youngest 
son  of  the  late  (jren.  J.  H.  Fraser,  of  Ash- 
ling House  near  Chichester,  to  £rameline« 
dau.  of  Mr.  Bedford,  of  Bedford-row,  Lon- 
don.— —10.  Hon.  and  Rev.  W.  Tbellusson, 
of  Aldenham,  Herts,  (brother '  of  Lord 
Reodleabam,)  to  Lucy,  dau.  of  Edward 
R.  Pratt,  Esq.  of  Rvston  House*  Nor- 
folk.  11.  At  St.  Mary's,  Brfanstooc- 

square,  Coimt  Edward  de  Melfurt,  of  Pariiy 
to  Mary  Sabina,  dau.  of  the  late  Thos.  Nas- 

myth,  of  Jamaica. -19.  Charles  HagofS 

Moulsey,  Esq.  to  Margaret,  dau.  of  Roh. 

Taylor,  Esq.  of  Tohner  Hatfield. U. 

At  Upwoody  Huntingdoo,  Joseph  Hockley, 
Esq.  of  Guildford,  Surrey,  to  Jane,  dau.  of 
J.  jPooley,  Esq.  of  Upwood-place. — -17. 
Peter  Heywood,  Esq.  of  the  Inner  Temple, 
to  Sara  Hariette,  dau.  of  Thoa.  L.  Longue- 

ville,  Esq.  of  Oswestry. At  Preston,  W. 

St.  Clare,  Esq.  M.  D.  to  Sarah,  dan.  of  S. 

Horrocks,   Esq.  M.  P. 28,  at  Bedale, 

CO.  York,  Rev.  Thos.  Rich.  Rvder,  Vtear 
Ecelesfield,  to  Anne,  dau.  of  H  P.  PuK 
leine,  Esq.  of  Crakehai1.-^-«4.  At  Petwortb, 
Sussex,  the  Bev.  R.  C.  Willis,  only  sen  of 
Adm.  WyUs,  toFmofli,  da.  of  W.  Hate,  Bi|. 


lent.] 


r.  81  3 


OBITUARY. 


Emperor  op  Russia. 

/Viiv.  19.  At  Ttfpinrok,  tged  48,  his 
Imperial  Miijetty,  Alexander,  Autocmt 
of  all  the  Rusniai.  The  Emperor  and 
Empress  had  visited  tliat  spot  chiefly  on 
account  of  the  salubrity  of  its  climate, 
and  to  benefit  the  health  of  the  Em- 
press, who  had  derived  much  advantage 
from  her  residence  there  during  the  au- 
tumn. On  the  93d  of  October,  the  Em- 
peror set  off  on  an  excursion  to  Rostow, 
Nakitschevau,  and  Novo  Tcherkask, 
and  continued  his  jnurnej  to  the  Cri- 
mea, whence  he  returned  to  Taganrok, 
about  the  10th  or  12th  of  November, 
and  it  was  thought  he  would  Aview  the 
corps  forming  the  Russian  army  of  the 
South ;  but  the  Monarches  intention 
was  arrested  by  the  illness  which  termi* 
Dated  in  death. 

The  following  letters  respecting  his 
la«t  illness  and  death  were  written  by 
the  Empress  of  Russia  to  the  Empress 
Mother.  In  them  the  eloquence  of  truth 
is  beautiful  and  striking  : 

*'  Tagamrokt  Xov,  18,  (N.  s.)  1895. 
'*I>ear  Mothef, — I  was  not  in  a  state 
to  write  to  you  by  the  Courier  of  yester* 
day.  To-day,  a  thousand  and  a  thou- 
sand thanks  to  the  Supreme  Being, 
there  is  decidedly  a  very  great  improve- 
ment in  the  health  of  the  Emperor— of 
that  angel  of  benevolence  in  the  midst 
of  bis  sufferings.  For  whom  should  God 
manifest  his  infinite  mercy  if  not  for 
him  ?  Oh  !  my  God,  what  moments  of 
aflliction  have  I  passed ;  and  you,  dear 
Motber,— I  can  picture  to  myself  your 
ttnea«iness.  You  receive  the  bulletins. 
You  have,  therefore,  seen  to  what  a 
state  we  were  yesterday  reduced — and 
still  more  last  night;  but  Wylie  (an 
English  physician)  to-day,  says  himself, 
that  the  state  of  our  dear  patient  is  sa- 
tisfactory. He  is  exceedingly  weak. 
Dear  Mother— 1  confess  to  you  that  1 
am  not  niyt*'lf.  and  that  I  can  say  no 
more.  Pray  wiih  ui~-«^ith  fifty  millions 
of  men,  that  God  may  deign  to  complete 
the  cure  of  our  beloved  patient. 

Elizabeth." 

"  November  19. — Our  angel  is  gone  to 
Heaven,  and  I — 1  linger  siill  on  earth. 
Mr'bo  could  have  thought  that  I,  in  my 
weak  state  of  health,  could  ever  have 
survived  him  ?  I>o  not  you  abandon  roe, 
mother,  for  I  am  ab^lutely  alone  in 
this  world  of  care.    Our  dear  deceased 

Gsirr.  fAkG,  January^  1826. 


has  resumed  his  air  of  benevolenee :  his 
smile  proves  to  me  that  he  is  happy, 
and  that  he  gates  on  brighter  objects 
than  exist  here  below.  My  only  conso- 
lation under  this  irreparable  loss  is,  that 
I  shall  not  survive  him ;  I  hope  to  be 
soon  re-united  to  him.         Elizabeth." 

His  Imperial  Majesty  was  the  eldest 
son  of  Paul  I.  by  his  second  wife,  So- 
phia -  Dorothea-  Augusta  •  Maria- Fcedo- 
rowna  of  Wurtemberg  Stutgard.  He 
was  born  December  93,  1777,  and  the. 
care  of  his  education  was  committed  to 
M.  de  la  Harpe>  a  Swiss  Colonel,  who 
neglected  nothing  to  fit  his  pupil  for 
the  high  station  he  was  destined  to  fill. 

As  soon  as  Alexander  could  walk,  an 
Englishman,  Mr.  Pariand,  was  appoint- 
ed his  diat/ka,  a  term  which  may  be 
translated  run-after,  but  which  has  by 
some  been  interpreted  by  the  expression 
man-nurse»  This  gentleman  is  now  liv- 
ing at  Petersburg!),  after  having  expe- 
rienced the  Imperial  bounty  in  many 
ways;  and  is  placed,  not  only  in  com- 
fortable, but  affluent  circumstances.  At 
the  age  of  fifteen  Alexander  was  a  very 
imposing  youth,  and  had  become  a  uni- 
versal favourite  among  all  classes  of  so- 
ciety. He  was  early  placed  under  the 
guardianship  of  Count  Sultikoff,  an  en- 
lightened man,  who  was  well  fitted  for 
the  duties  of  that  high  and  important 
station;  and  the  future  Sovereign,  no 
doubt,  benefited  much  by  his  sage  coun- 
sels and  his  exemplary  conduct.  That 
the  Emperor  was  highly  pleased  with  his 
guardian,  was  proved  by  the  veneration 
in  which  he  held  the  Count  during  life, 
and  by  his  condescension  in  following 
his  corpse  to  the  grave  in  the  year  1816, 
on  foot,  and  bare-headed,  along  with 
the  other  chief  mourners. 

These  facts,  as  well  as  many  others, 
which  need  not  be  mentioned,  show 
that  gratitude  was  no  stranger  to  the 
breast  of  the  Autocrat  of  all  the  Russias. 
Under  able  tutors,  appointed  with  the 
consent  of  Count  Soltikuff,  the  then 
Grand  Duke  was  taught  Russian, 
French,  German,  Italian,  Latin,  Greek, 
and  also  a  little  English  ;  besides  the 
principles  of  the  Greek  religion,  geogra^ 
phy,  history,  political  ecoi:oniv,  military 
tactics,  the  duties  of  a  sovereign,  and 
some  of  the  sciences.  He  was  reared  at 
the  Russian  Court,  under  great  care  of, 
and  subordinate  to.  his  talented  grand- 
mother, Catherine  JI.;  under  much  filial 


11 


89 


Obituaat.— £m|)«raf  of  Russia, 


[Jan. 


retpect  tor  his  tender  and  careful  mo- 
ther ;  and  in  absolute  dread  of  his.  fa- 
ther, the  late  Emperor  Paul. 

In  the  days  of  youthful  and  impetu- 
oan  passion,  in  the  midst  of  a  voluptu- 
ous Court,  surrounded  by  almost  all  ibe 
beauty  and  fashion  of  Russia,  unawed 
by  examples  of  chastity  and  private  vir- 
tue in  the  hig^hest  Individuals  of  thd 
realm,  seduced  by  the  temptations  and 
facilities  of  gratification,  it  is  not  to  be 
wondered  that  the  youni;  and  blooming 
Alexander  should  have  bad  numerous 
love  intrigues  at  an  early  period  of  his 
life.  On  the  contrary,  it  may  seem  sur- 
prising, that  the  young  Prince,  placed 
In  the  midst  of  so  much  evil  example, 
so  much  depravity,  and  so  great  a  defi- 
ciency of  moral  principle,  should  have 
wandered  so  little  as  he  did  from  the 
path  of  virtue. 

The  above  circumstances  being  taken 
itito  view,  it  might  naturally  enough  be 
supposed  that  an  early  marriage  was  re- 
commended! and  accordingly  he  was 
inarried  when  16  years  of  age,  October 
9th,  1793,  to  the  Princess  Louisa  of  Ba- 
den Durlach,  two  years  younger  than 
bira«elf.  and  still  the  reigning  Empress. 
The  Princess,  on  becoming  of  the  Greek 
Tje)igion,  assumed  the  name  of  Elizabeth 
Aleziena.  The  marriage  was  a  political 
scheme  of  Catherine  II.  and  though  the 
young  bride  was  handsome,  beautiful, 
and  interesting,  there  was  a  coolness  in 
ber  manner  that  ill  accorded  with  the 
warmth  of  Alexander's  passion,  and 
which  rendered  her  not  exactly  the  ob- 
ject of  his  choice.  By  her  Majesty  the 
Autocrat    had   two    children,   both    of 

3 'bom  died  in  infancy.  Since  their 
,eatb,  to  the  regret  of  the  Imperial 
douple,  and  of  the  Russian  nation,  **  God 
&ai  given"  do  additional  oflbpring. 

In  the  palace  of  St.  Michael,  an  im- 
ioense  quadrangular  pile,  at  the  bottom 
of  the  summer  gardens,  jooated  round 
AndL.fortifted  with  bastions  of  granite, 
the  Emperor  Pkul  with  his  family  took 
•p  bis  residence.  His  Majesty  seems  to 
bftve  had  some  presentiment  of  his  ap- 
fNToaching  fate,  as  he  ordered  a  secret 
itaircase  to  be  constructed,  which  led 
from  his  own  chamber  to  the  terrace, 
but,  in  the  hour  of  danger,  he  was  una- 
ble to  take  advantage  of  this  exit.  Late 
on  the  evening  of  the  11th,  or  early  on 
the  morning  of  the  12th  of  March,  1801, 
Paul  was  assailed  by  a  band  of  cons))i- 
rators ;  and,  after  unavailing  threats, 
aucceeded  by  entreaties  and  promises, 
mud  a  noble  resistance,  bis  M^esty  was 
ttraogled  by  means  of  a  sash,  one  end  of 
which  was  held  by  Zobof,  while  a  young 
Hanoverian  drew  tbe  other,  till  their 
vleCim  ex|ilrcd..  At  4f  they  bad  been  at-. 


tending  a  banquet,  the  assassins  retired 
from  the  place  without  tbe  least  molest- 
ation, aiid  returned  to  their  respective 
homes.  Medical  aid  was  called,  in  the 
hope  of  restoring  suspended  animation, 
but  Paul  had  paid  the  debt  of  nature, 
and  a  few  days  afterwards  his  body  was 
embalmed  by  Sir  James  Wylie,  one  of 
the  lucky  individuals  whose  fortune  was 
made  by  his  Imperial  master's  whims. 

Whether  Alexander  was  aware  of  the 
intended  murder  of  bis  father,  or  whe- 
ther he  knew  of  the  time  fixed  for  its 
perpetration,  admits  of  discussion  ;  but 
it  is  certain  that  at  an  early  hour  of  the 
morning  of  the  13th  of  March,  bis 
friends  and  his  counsellors  rallied  round 
him ;  that  the  death  of  Paul,  and  the 
accession  of  Alexander^  were  announced 
to  tbe  capital  at  seven  o'clock,  and  that 
by  eight  the  principal  nobility  bad  paid 
their  homage  to  the  Grand  Duke,  un- 
der his  new  character,  in  the  chapel  of 
the  Winter  Palace.  The  great  officers 
of  State  being  assembled  there,  Alexan- 
der was  declared  Emperor  of  all  the 
Russias. 

As  soon  as  Alexander  had  ascended 
the  Imperial  Throne,  like  the  wily  Ca- 
therine, his  first  care  was  to  gain  the 
fidelity  of  the  soldiers.    Almost  at  the 
dawn  of  day,  mounted  on  a  charger,  he 
presented  himself  to  the  best  part  of  the 
troops  stationed  at  Petersburg,  who  were 
already  assembled  in  tbe  Grand  Place  in 
front  of  tbe  Winter  Palace.  Hb  Majesty 
naturally  bestowed  tbe   highest  enco« 
miums  upon  them,  and  in  his  turn  was 
delighted  with  their  nuiiy  testimonials 
of  satisfaction,  and  their  orn'ot, — Such 
conduct  Bight  appear  stiange  to  those 
who  wera  aware  of  the  fact^  that  Paul, 
notwithstanding  all  bis  aeverity  and  ca- 
price, was  beloved  by  tbe  amnr,  and  that 
tbe  soldiers  called  that  Aiad  Monarch 
their  tteio,  or  father.    But  tbe  indivi- 
duals who  formed  tbe  confederacy  for 
tbe  murder  of  Paul,  bad  also  taken  mea- 
sures to  gain  over  tbe  Guards,  and  other 
regiments  stationed  in  the  residence,  to 
the  cause  of  Alexander,  by  a  report  of 
their  own  fabrication,  of  thie  disease  and 
death  of  their  late  ruler  and  commander. 
While  august  and  solemn  affain  oe- 
cupied  the  new  Emperor,  bis  imperial 
Mother  was  suffering  the  utmost  an- 
guish, and  had  oftener  than  onoe  as- 
sumed tbe  appearance  of  death,  m  long 
continued  faintings.     Notwithstanding 
Paul's  open  infidelity,  tbe  Empress  bad 
steadily  maintained  her  affection  and  her 
endearing  deportment  tqwarHi  bar  im« 
perial  consort.    That  aba  was  ilfioef«» 
baa  been  proved  tgr  the  fact*  that  up  to 
this  hour  she  holds  taered  tbo  memoiy 
of  her  spOQie,  racoBairtf  him  with  tb* 


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"  In  that  capital.  and  refnlatlont,  all  tending  to  the  com- 


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tory,  that  the  ■nrderen  of  PMer  III.     habltanU  of  the  netropolii.    The  good- 


,^««.».  the  avowed  favovritee,  or  the  neia  of  hit  heart,  the  ■eUvhv  of  bis 

fv^Ugim^  of  Catherine  II.  1  and  It  It  mind,  the  excellence  of  hit  prindpW 

ttareeljr  less  rcttarkahlt»  that  the  BMrep  and  his  anzlonsirbh  fbr  the  improve- 

ef  Aktaiider  was  eitended  to  the  asstft-  ment  of  his  sobJecCs  and  his  ooontry. 

thM  of  hit  fhther.     Zabof,  the  chief  all  enabled  him  at  once  to  perceive  the 

eonspimtor»  and  the  asost  actbe  of  the  neeessitv  of  great  changes  and  improro- 

mnrdtfer^  band,  was  ordered  not  to  meott'throoghput  the  eihpirt. 
Mprtncfa  the  Imperial  retidenee;  and        He  wat  prochdmed  Emperor  March 

CStwit  nmtai»  the  fbrmer  Oovemor  of  94, 1801 1  and  his  corooaHon  in  the  an- 

thm  dCj,  was  translervsd  !•  Riga.    The  cieat  Capital  the  97th  of  the  fbUowlng 

other  conspirators  were  tiiated  as  if  n#  September,  was  signalised  by  the  release 

Uame  attached'  to  their  chbraeters.    It  of  the  Sute  prisoners  t  the  recall  of  so* 

It  tatpotsible  to  concave  whv  Akaander  veral  exiles  from  Siberia  \  the  paidon  of 

withheld  that  vengeance  which  Jottico  criminals ;  promotions  in  the  army,  the 

seemed  to  demand,  from  the  heads  of  navy,  and  tbe  civil  service,  and  among 

Ms  father^s  attamins.    It  has  been  at-  tbe  clerical  new  and  advantageous  regu- 

tribttted  by  one  of  hit  panegyrittt,  to  a  lationt  for  the  city  of  Moscow ;  and  tbe 

foriom  and  mebmcboly  conviction,  thai  better  definition  and  confirmation  of  the 

the  murderert  had  been  promiited  to  thies  of  some  of  tbe  lioble  funllics  cl 

commit  tbe  bloody  deed  solely  t^  a  re-  that  capiul. 

gard  to  tbe  salvation  of  the  empire*        His  first  care  wat  to  pot  an  end  to  thd 

8«ch  a  conviction  might  have  induced  war  which  then  raged  between  Russia 

the  young  Monarch  to   diminish  the  and  Engfatnd ;  and  he  for  some  length 

weight  of  that  punishment  wbidi  piety  of  time  preserved  peace  both  with  Eog* 

and  Juttice  called  on  him  to  infilct,  hut  land  and  France,  and  vaiidy  endeavoured 

can  eearcely  aeoount  for  hit  total  Ibr-  to  act  as  mediator  between  them,  after 

hearanee.  the  termlnatloa  of  tbe  short  peace  ol 

In  the  twenty^ourth  year  of  his  age,  Amiens,    in  1804,  however,  the  mur- 

Alexander  ascended  the  throne  of  bit  dor  of  the  Duke  IXEnghien  1^  Boon»: 

aoeettort,  having  previouslv  been  the  ptrte  excited  the  indignation  cf^the  Km^ 

fhvourlte  of  his  fathei^s  subjects.    Hit  peror,  who,  after  presenting  an  energetic 

mild  deportment,  his  suavity  of  man-  remonstrance  by  his  AmbaMador,against 

Mie,  his  astlable  disposition,  and  his  **  a  violation  of  tbe  law  of  nations  at  afw 

goodness  of  heart,  had  gained  him  the  bitrary  as  it  was  public,"  withdrew  hit 

iowe  and  the  respect  ol  all  classes  of  the  Minister  Ihnn  Pisris,  and  in  1805,  signed 

population  of  the  empire.    The  Tele-  t  Treaty  of  Alfiance,  oilrntive  and  de* 

atachus  of  the  North  was  not  then  Ine-  lentive,  with  England,  Auttria,  and  Swo- 

bri«ted  with  power,  but,  inttmeted  in  den:  acting  on  which  Alesander  has- 

his  duties  by  a  Mentor  endowed  with  in-  tcned  to  lead  his  troopt  into  Austria, 

telligence  and  virtue,  exercised  the  an-  where^  however,  be  arrived  only  in  timt- 

thority  of  a  despotic  Sovereign  to  esta-  to  see  the  capital  fall  into  the  bands  of 

bUth  philantbropj  as  the  basis  of  his  tbe  Frencb#    He  then  retreated,  toge- 

tbrone.    His  first  meaiores,  proclama  ther  with  tbe  remnant  of  tbe  Austrian 

tiotts,  and  imperial  orders,  tended  to  army,  to'  Beriin,  where  be  resolved  to 

confirm  the  good  opinion  and  the  confi-  await  tbe  French  army  1  but  on  the  dc- 

dence  of  tbe  people.    He  sincerely  pro-  feat  of  tbe  Austriant,  at  the  battle  of 

mited  to  tread  in  tbe  footsteps  of  Catlie-  Austeriits,  be  returned  to  St.  Peters- 

rine  II.  \  and  bit  first  acts  of  kindnem  burg,  leaving  tbe  greater  part  of  hit 

were  experienced  by  tbe  Prtertburgert,  army  on  the  frontiert  of  Germany.    In 

whose  lives  had  become  quite  miserable  1806,  being  called  upon  by  the  Court  of 

nnder  tbe    wbtmtical   reign   of   Paul.  Berlin,  he  again  took  up  arms,  but  wat 

Alexander  gave  orders  that  every  one  again  only  in  time  to  witness  tbe  triumph 

should  be  allowed  to  dress  according  to  of  Buonaparte.    In  tbe  spring  of  1807, 

his  own  taste.    He  exonerated  tbe  inha-  Alexander  Joined  bb  army,  which  htd 

Mtantt  from  the  trooble  and  degrada-  retreated  b^ond  the  Vistula,  and  witiN 

tlon  of  alighting  from  their  carriages  at  ttood  the  much  with  great  bravely  % 

th»  affmich  of  the  Iwpfriai  Family,  hot  having  boefi  dUtated  te  the  bacUn 

tpd^tfagkomagu  «t  thty  pwmtd,  whkh  of  FritdUnd,  ht  rttmHtf  btJroiMt  «^ 


84^ 


OBiTVAtiY.r^Emperor  of  jRustia. 


[Jan. 


Niemen,  wbere  he  agreed  to,  the  preli- 
Diinariet  of  the  peace  signed  at  Tilsit, 
July  8,  1807*     In  consequenpe,  as  is  be- 
lieved, of  a  secret  article  in  that  treaty, 
fie  declared  war  against  England,  and 
soon  afterwards  against  .Sweden,  which 
latter  war  lasted  two  years,  and  ended 
in  Sweden^s  ceding  Finland  to  Russia. 
During  the  hostilities  which  still  sub- 
sisted between  France  and  England,  he. 
continued  to  side  with  the  former  Power, 
and  dismissed  from  his  dominions  all 
tbe  German  Ministers  and  Agents.    But 
tbe  time  was  arrived  when  he  was  to  see 
bow  ill-judged  his  friendship  had  been  ; 
and  he  was  forced  to  defend  himself  in 
{lis  own  dominions,  with  no  other  Ally 
than  England,  against  Buonaparte,  who 
led  560,000  choice  troops  against  him, 
joined  with  those  Kings  who  had  for- 
merly been  his  Allies,  and  whom  he  had 
formerly  assisted.    The  Russians,  how- 
ever, on  their  evacuation  of  Moscow,  by 
burning  that  city,  destroyed  the  only 
means  of  .subsistence  the  French  could 
expect  during  the  winter ;  and  thence 
foUoifved  the  terrible  destruction  of  thai 
Vast  army.  The  Emperor  Alexander  now 
seemed  animated  with  a  spirit  of  ven- 
geance against  the  invader  of  the  Rus- 
sian dominions.    He  pursued  him  with 
unrelenting  vigour;  be  even  published 
m  description  of  his  person  as  if  he  bad 
been  a  common  felon.    However,  Buo- 
oaparte  escaped  in  a  single  sledge,  leav- 
ing his  gallant  army  to  perish  in  the 
snows }    and    so    infatuated    were    the 
l^rencb,  that  they  actually  suflFered  him 
to  levy  new  armies,  and  lead  tbem  into 
Geroorany  in  1813.    By  this  time,  how- 
ever, the   seene   had  wholly  changed. 
On  March  13,  Alexander  and  the  King 
of  Prussia  proclaimed  the  dissolution  of 
the  Confederacy  of  the  Rhine,  and  de- 
clared their  intention  of  assisting  the 
Austrians.    After  having  been  worsted 
at  the  battles  of  Lutzen  and  Bautzen, 
th^y  agreed    to  an   armistice ;  during 
which  the  Russians  were  joined  by  Gen. 
Moreau,  who,  however,  soon  fell  by  a 
random  shot  before  Dresden.    After  va- 
rious success  the  great  Battle  of  Leipsic 
was  fought  October  16tb,  17tb,  and  18th, 
which  completed  the  deliverance  of  Ger- 
many.   A  short  time  before  this  battle 
a  General,  who  commanded  a  corps  of 
artillery  stationed  at  the  Imperial  head- 
quarters, had  incurred,  on  some  trifling 
occasion,  the  serious  displeasure  of  the 
Emperor.     His  Majesty  very  unceremo- 
niously sent  one  of  bis  Aides-de-camp 
with  an  order,  that  this  officer  should 
give   up  his  command,  repair,  within 
twenty-four  hours,  to  a  village  the  dis- 
tance of  twenty  or  thirty  miles,  and  take 
charge  of  a  regiment  itationed  there. 


Surprise,    indignation^:  and  fiiry,  were 
successively  evinced  by  the  General,  but 
still  he  obeyed  the  mandate.     He  left 
head-quarters  without  a  moment's  loss 
of  time — arrived  at  his  new  designation 
•—examined  it — reviewed  the  regiment 
—and  immediately  drove   back  to  bis 
former  station.    At  a   review  of  some 
troops  the  following  morning,  the  Km- 
peror  soon  perceived  him  at  the  head  of 
his  corps.     Astonishment  and  rage  were 
depicted  in  the  Monarches  pbysiugiiomy, 
and  he  dispatched  an  Aid-de-camp  to 
know  what  the  General  was  doing  there, 
and  why  he  had  left  his  new.statlon,  and 
dared  to  disobey  his  Sovereign's  orders  ? 
—The  General,  who  is  a  man  of  talents, 
of  general  information,  and  of  uncon- 
querable and  sometimes  ferocious  spirit, 
with  energy  replied  to  the  Aid-de-eamp, 
**  Go  back,  and  tell  his  Imperial  Ma- 
jesty, that  the  present  time  is  highly  im- 
portant, ,and  that  I  feel  anxious  for  the 
fate  of  Russia  ;  tell  him  that  henceforth 
I  serve  not  Alexander,  but  my  country ; 
and  that  I  am  here,  where  I  ought  to  be, 
at  the  head  of  my  troops,  ready  to  sacri- 
fice my  life  in  her  cause.*^     Such  an  un- 
contemplated and  heroic  answer,  instead 
of  rousing  the  furious  passions  of  the 
mind,  as    might  have  been  expected, 
were  despot  ism  real  ly  absolute,  had  a  very 
opposite  effect.  The  Emperor  seemed  pal- 
sied, replied  not  a  word,  and  was  glad  to 
hush  the  affair  to  sleep,  lest  the  General's 
example  should  be  too  generally  known, 
and  biecome  a  precedent  for  the  future 
for  the  officers  of  the  Autocrat  army. 
Before  the  battle  of  Mont  Martre,  the 
General,  who  continued  in  bis  former 
command,  had  a  station  assigned  him  in 
the  midst  of  danger,  on  purpose,  it  was 
supposed  by  some,  that  his  bead  might 
be  carried  away  by  a  cannon-ball,  and 
thus  rid  the  Emperor  of  a  liberal-minded 
and  refractory  officer.    This  gentlemani 
who  fears  no  danger,  rejoiced  on  the  oc- 
casion, fought  and  conquered.    It  re- 
dounds to  the  credit  of  Alexander,  that 
he  called  for  the  General  on  the  field  of 
battle,  and  bestowed  upon  him  the  Cor- 
don of  St.  George.    Since  that  period  he 
has  been  employed  on  an  important  mis- 
sion, and  at  this  moment  holds  one  of 
the  highest  and  most  responsible  c^ces 
of  the  State. 

In  the  beginning  of  1814  the  Allied 
Monarchs  crossed  the  Rhine.  On  the 
30th  of  March  the  Allied  Army  besieged 
Parisy  and  forced  it  to  capitulate;  and 
on  the  31st  the  Emperor  Alexander  and 
the  King  of  Prussia  entered  it  amid  the 
cries  of  rive  le  Roi !  f^kfoU  lea  Bout- 
bans/  and  Buonaparte  aooa  aigned  hii 
first  abdication 4  On  <he  Uodiug  of 
Louis  XVIII.   Alexaodfr  hMtcnad  to 


1836] 


OAiT\iABrt,^^Empefor  bf  Runia. 


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meet  him,  and  eondacted  him  to  Paris, 
ivbich  he  entered  May  4.    A  Treaty  of 
Peace   was   signed   at    Paris,   May  30, 
1814,  and  Alexander  left  France  June  i, 
for  London,  where  he  wa»  magnificently 
entertained   by  the    Prince  Regent    at 
GuildhalK    He  returned  to  Sf.  Peters- 
burg July  25.    On  September  25,  he  en- 
tered Vienna,  where  he  remained  until 
the  end  uf  October.    The  ratification  of 
the  Acts  of  the  Congress  h^d  been  sign- 
ed February  9*  1815.    WUen  the  escape 
of  Buonaparte  from  Elba  changed  the 
apparent  security  of  Europe  into  confn" 
lion ;  great  preparations  had  been  made 
by  the  Russians,  when  the  news  of  the 
battle  of  Waterloo  put  a  stop  to  their 
motions.    Alexander  himself  set  out  fur 
Parisj  where  be  arrived  three  days  after 
the  entry  of  Louis  XVlil.    From  thence 
be  proceeded  to  Brussels  to  view  the 
field  of  Waterloo ;   and  after  a  short 
stay,  returned  to  St*  Petersburg,  which 
he  entered  amid  universal  acclamations. 
From  tbat  time  till  his  death,  his  policy 
was  purely  pacific :  he  attended  several 
Congresses,  and  was  almost  incessantly 
moving  from  one  part  of  the  Continent 
to  the  other ;  but  though  his  force  was 
large>.  aqd  there  were  not  wanting,  at 
different  times,  pretexts  which  a  warlike 
Prince  might  have  seized  for  hostilities^ 
particularly  against  Turkey,  yet  he  has 
terminated  his   mortal  career  without 
any  deviation  from  the  peaceful  princi- 
ples agreed  upon  by  all  the  great  Powers 
in  the  last  great  triumph  of  1815. 

The  personal   character  of  the  late 
Emperor   was   chiefly  distinguished  by 
l^reat  affability  and  condescension,  which 
was  carried  to  such  a  degree,  as  would 
have  been  wholly  incompatible  with  his 
situation,  if  the  Government  were  of  any 
other  form  than  that  of  an  absolute  mo- 
narchy.   Considering  the  disadvantages 
of  his  early  life,  he  must  be  regarded  as 
one  who  bad,  as  far  as  possible,  over-^ 
come  by*  natural  goodness  of  temper, 
those  evil   habits  which  circumstances 
seemed  to  form  for  him;  and  whatever 
blame  may  be  attached  to  his  caprice, 
bis  artfulness,  his  inflexibility,  his  va- 
nity, or  his   gallantry,  he   nevertheless 
bad  great  merit }  and,  indeed,  his  very 
faults  may  he  said  to   have  been  well 
suited  to  the  part  he  was  destined  to 
sustain,  and  to  the  nation  whom  be  go- 
verned.    An  enemy  to  the  costly  vani- 
ties of  some  of  his  predecessors,  he  re- 
gulated the  expenses  of  his  palaces  with 
economy,  and  applied  his  treasures  to 
the  foundation  of  useful  establishments, 
tbe  promotion  of  useful  public  works, 
t&e  equipment  of  his  arsenals,  and  the 
aogaientation  of  his  army.    Temperate^ 
active,  and  indefatigable,  he  transacted 


the  business  of  Government  through  di- 
rect correspondence  or  personal  super- 
intendence ;  and,  familiar  with  the  sta- 
tistics, topography,  and  interests  of  tbe 
various  people  inhabiting  his  extensive 
empire,  be  cherished  the  general  pros- 
perity by  a  polity  adapted  to  the  wants 
of  each  and  all.  Tbe  solicitude  which 
he  manifested  for  the'good  of  his  coun* 
try,  and  bis  humanity,  deserve  the 
highest  encomiums. 

During  the  campaign,  it  cannot  bet 
questioned  that  Alexander  was  an  exam-* 
pie  to  his  whole  army.  His  exemplary 
endurance  of  privations,  cold,  hunger, 
and  fatigue,  served  to  animate  his  troops. 
His  activity  and  solicitude  were  equally 
the  theme  of  praise,  while  his  affability 
and  conciliatory  manners  gained  him 
all  hearts. 

The  simplicity  of  manners  and  mode 
of  life  of  Alexander  were  very  exemplaly 
and  praiseworthy.  He  slept  upon  a  hard 
mattress,  whether  in  the  palace  or  in 
the  camp;  he  rose  early,  lived  very  roo-^ 
derately,  was  scarcely  ever  even  merry 
with  wine,  employed  much  time  in  pubN. 
lie  affairs,  and  was  indefatigable  in  hit 
labours.  His  {chief  amusement,  if  such 
it  may  be  called,  seemed  to  have  been 
the  organization  and  discipline  of  the 
army. 

Having  said  thus  much  of  the  early 
life  and^of  some  public  acts  of  Alexan- 
der's reign,  we  shall  now  notice  his  love 
affairs. 

Tbe  unfortunate  attachment  of  tbe 
Czar  to  Madame  N — .— ^  soon  after  his 
marriage,  gave  rise  to  the  most  serions 
differences  between  this  Monarch  and 
his  interesting  Consort.  Madame  N  ■■■■  * 
bore  the  Autocrat  several  children  ;  one 
of  thim,  a  female,  lately  died,  when 
about  to  be  married.  Being  tbe  Empe- 
ror's very  picture,  she  naturally  attract- 
ed the  notice  of  the  people  as  she  tra- 
versed the  streets,  or  the  promenades  of 
Petersburg.  Her  death  overwhelmed  the 
Emperor  with  grief. 

Madame  N was  spouse    of   Le 

Grand  Veiieur,  who  either  winked  at 
his  lady's  infidelity,  or  was  obliged  to 
wink  at  it ;  for  in  the  North,  notwith- 
standing all  the  advance  towards  refine- 
ment, despotism,  in  some  instances, 
maintains  its  ground,  and  acts  as  it 
wills,  contrary  to  law,  justice,  huma- 
nity, and  religion* 

The  lady  just  alluded  to  had  a  hand- 
some establishment  allowed  her  by  bis 
Imperial  Majesty,  and  besides  an  excel- 
lent town-house  near  the  residence,  she 
had  also  a  country-bouse  in  one  of  tbe 
islands  formed  by  the  branches  of  the 
'Neva,  and.not  far  distant  from  the  Em^ 
peror's  summer  palace.    There  she  and 


M    Obituary.— DacM^er  Marchionmi  of  Bath.'^Lady  Rotsmore.  [Jan. 

hwUlegitimateoflBipring  generally  spent  sort,  with  wbom  be  passed  maeh  time 

tlie  fine  season  of  the  year.  in  b|s  evenings. 

The  Empress  bad  oftea  in  rain  re-  The  next  beir  to  the  Throne  of  Ros- 

sonstrated  with  the  Kmperor  respeet-  sia  in  order  of  primogeniture,  was  the 

iog  his  connection  with  Madame  N— »  Grand  Duke  Constantine  Cesarovitch, 

and  she  had  frequently  threatened  to  who  was  bom  May  8,  1779>  and  mar- 

llbandoD  her  throne,  and  to  retire  to  her  ried  Feb'.  26,  1796,  Julia,  Princess  of 

Iflations  in  Germany.    But  the  Dowa-  Saxe  Cobourg,  sister  to  bis  Royal  High- 

Cr  Empress,  who  really  loved  and  pi-  nets  tbe  Prince  of  Saxe  Cobourg.    This 
d  her  Imperial  daughter-in-law,  partly  marriage  was  dissolved  by  an  Imperial 
Iqf  caresses  and  entreaties,  partly  by  Ukaae,  dated  April  9,  1820,  and  the 
ymdential  measures  and  persuasion,  and  Grand  Duke  married,  secondly,  May  S4, 
jMiflly  by  her  disapproval  of  Alexander'a  1890,  Jane,  bom-  Countess  of  Grud- 
«M|dttQt»  and  her  severe  remonstrancea  viiiska,  and  created  Princess  of  Lowics. 
X»  ber  Imperial  son,  succeeded  in  delay*  Constantine,    however,    after    being 
iBf  bcr  design.    Yet,  however  sincere  proclaimiKl,  resigned  his  right  to  the 
Wight  ba  his  vows  of  amendment  at  tbe  Throne  in  farour  of  the  Grand  Duke 
9MMDent»tbeAutoeratof  alltbeRussiaty  Nicholas,   who    has   accordingly   been 
like,  other  mortals,  found  that  tbe  chains  proclaimed, 
of  love  are  not  easily  ruptured,  and  af^^  ■ 
tttr  a  short  absence  and  repentance,  be  DewAGER  MARCBioNBSt  of  Bath. 
aelumed  to  sin  again.    Such  was  the  Dec,  IS.    At   her    house   in    Lower 
Eaiperor's  conduct  for  many  years  to*  Grosvenor-street,  in  her  93d  year,  Eliza- 
wards  Madame  N—   ■  i  and,  as  men-  beth.  Dowager  Marchioness  of  Bath, 
tieoed,  the  froU  of  the  intercourse  was  Slie  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  Wm.  3d 
i|  young  family.  Duke  of  Portland   (who  died  May  1« 
Tbe  Easperor  also  shewed  a  decided  1763),  by  Margaret  Cavendish  Harley, 
predilection  to  some  other  females,  and  only  daughter  and  sole  lieir  of  Edward; 
aiBong  the  rest  to  the  wives  ef  two  meiw  3d  Earl  of  Oxford  and  Mortimer,  and 
ckeqts,  wbom  tbe  author  of  this  sketch  was  born  June  37>  1735.    She  was  mar- 
ket seen  to  receive  marked  attention  at  ried^  to  Thomas,  first  Marquis  of  Batb» 
tbe  grand  annual  masquerade,  held  o»  K.G.  on  tbe  33d  of  May,  1759;  by  whom, 
tbe  1st  of  January,  to  which  all  grades  who  died  Nov.  I9>  1796,  she  bad  issae 
eitbe  Petersburghers  are  freely  admitted,  '  tbe  present  Marquis  of  Bath  and  eight 
piovided  they  be  \m  proper  dresses.  oth«r  children,  six  daughters  and  two 

From  the  open  manifestation  of  bif  ions.                    — — • 

piMion  for  a  few  females,  and  from  bis  Dowaobr  Lady  ReflSMORB. 

amorous  conatitution,  it  was  inferred  Latefy,    In  her  98d  yi^ar,  tbe  Dowa- 

tbat  -  Alexander  had   many  secret   In-  0ar  Lady  Reaamore,  widow  of  Robert 

trigues  besides  with  the  beautiea  of  the  CminiDghame,  first  Lord  Rossmore;— 

Court,  the  theatres,  and  of  tbe  metro*  Gifted  with  cfualities  of  a  superior  order, 

poUs ;  and  there  is  strong  reason  to  pre*  she  was  destined  te  add  dignity  to  the 

••me  that  the  inference  was  just.  station  in  wMcb  she  moved  }  and  for  a 

Ir  consequence  of  sock  conduct,  it  hmg  series  of  years  had  been  tbe  leader 

was  very  reasonable  for  the  Empress  to  ef  the  ton  in  the  metropolis  of  Ireland. 

be  highly  discontented.    In   the  year  Social  in  her  feelings,  hospitable  in  her 

1814-15  she  was  in  Germany  $  and  it  habits,  and  dfgnified  in  her  demeanour^ 

was  reported  that  she  had  refiised  to  re-  she  formed  the  nucleus  around  which 

turn  to  Russia  unless  tbe  Emperor  would  the  fashionables  gathered  $  and  her  loss 

kind  himself  under  a  solemn  oath,  that  will  be  long  felr,  and  her  departure  sin- 

ke  would  banish  Madame  N— —  from  cerely  deplored.    On  several  occasions 

the  Russian  Empire:  and  even  after  a  her  Ladyship  was  selected  to  preside 

deed  to  that  effect  was  obtained,  it  re^  over  the  Irish  Court  during  the  tempo* 

qniced  the  persuasions  and  the  cunning  rary  absence  of  many  ofi  the  Vice-Queens, 

of  the  Dowager  Empresa  to  get  her  Im-  and  theeaseandurbanity  of  her  manners, 

peiial  Migesty  ia  motioa  for  the  North-  were  peculiarly  distinguishable  ip  her 

ens  metropolis;.  discharge  of  tbe  duries  pertaining  to  so 

Madame  N—  was  accordingly  ne*  exalted  a  situation.    Kind  in  disposltiotif 

eessitated  to  leave  Russia  with  her  cbil-  warm  in  feeling,  unbounded  In  charity, 

dreR.    She  went  to  France,  and  at  pre*  her  reHgion  was  unostentatious  as  her 

eent  she  resides  at  Paris.    Since  tbat  bean  sincere.    She  Kved  tbe  dsHglit  of 
event,  it  Is   stated  that  tbe  Emperor    ber  own   circle,  and  possessed  the  es- 

Afexandcr  had  shown  his  regret  at  tbe  teem  of  all.    Fondly  attached  to  ber  na^ 
Irolies  ef  his  youth  faj  repentance,  and    ttve-land,  she  constantly  resided  In  Ire^ 

Ikfe^ksiidcst  eoiidiictt»kia Imperial  ton-  Jaod»a»d^er^eatk  bascanM^a.^ 


IMS.]  OuTUAftt.— OiHanfll  Ibf.  BT 

In  Dttblin  •othty  «bUb  It  wItt  be  difll-  hvm  tm^ti^i »   «id  Im  tMo  oppottd 

Mil  t9  ilL    Her  Liisrtbip  wnt  te  tM  Napotooii't  etovfltien  u  tli«  tttprtoM 

l«M  pMimioa  of  ftU  lier  facvltiet,  and  power.    It  It  related  of  tbegenertl  tli«C» 

up  to  ibe  BioBefit  of  ber  death  (wbieh  after  one  of  Booiuifarte't  vleforlety  be 


i|Qite  tadden),  tht  eootinaed  to  ex-  was  at  a  dinner  cif  the  ofBceni  wbiiit 

onslM  ber  tocial  and  botfiltable  qoaliitefc  upon  **  the  beaHb  of  the  EaipcNir" 

bavinf  been  Kiven,  be  alone  declined 

rm^mm^w  v^^  dHnkhig  It    In  vain  waa  be  preited  o« 

bBNREAL  roY.  ^^  ^^    ••  I  ttt  not  tbiitty/*  laid  b^ 

iir«o.S8.  Of  an  anenrlstti  of  tbe  beart^  Bf  Boonaparte*!  abdleaikm  be  lost  a 

MbiafetidfneelBtbeRoedelaCbauMde  oMnbaft  tefan;  bat  bb  nUltary  pro- 

d'Aatlsy  FwiSy  afod  W*  General  If «!•  noflon^  «bleb  tben  ecated^  wm  eoOT' 

mlKan  Seboettan  F«if •    For  eigbt  days  pentfirted  by  popular  bonoun  and  dl#* 

tbo  dleorder  bad  made  rapid  progrrtt.  tinctionf »  wbleb  be  eovld  not  bare  at- 

TWo  of  bia  nepbewty  of  tbo  aaae  name  tained  or  enjqycd  under  tbe  iaperlal 

m  bhnaelf,  tbe  one  bit  Aid-de^eampy  goiremment.    Sinee  bit  flrat  admittlon 

and  tbe  otber  an  Advoeate,  did  not  quit  to  tbe  Cbamber  of  Depotlet  In  10l9,  bo 

bit  bed  for  a  aMOMnt.    **  I  feel/*  taid  bad  been  one  of  itt  niott  prominent 

bOf  In  a  dying  tone»  **  a  ditorganiiinic  omtorti  and  In  tbo  latt  tettlon  he  trit, 

power  that  labourt  to  dettroy  me.    1  wlrbont  ezoeption,  tbe  moit  powerfhl 

flfbt  with  the  giant,  bot  cannot  eonquer  opponent  of  tbe  minittiy.    Being  one  ol 

bim."  He  scarcely  slent  at  all,  and  even  tbe  few  memben  gifted  with  tbe  talent 

tletp  fatigued  bim.    He  did  not  deceive  of  eztemporaneona  tpeaking,  be  wti 

biamelf  upon  bit  approaching  end«  but  enabled  to  make  or  to  tepid  attaebtf 

looknd  death  in  tbe  ftiee  at  be  did  tbe  with  promptitude  and  effect;    Tbe  gt- 

enemy  in  tbe  Held.  The  nrarer  tbe  fatal  neral  bat  left  a  widow  and  live  yoong 

mament  approached,  ihe  more  did  bit  ehildrtn ;  bot  to  airongly  baa  tbe  pobUo 

kindnett  manlfett  Ittelf  to  thote  around  ftelHig  been  eidf ed  In  their  livoor,  that 

bim.    Wbbing  again  to  breathe    tbe  a  tubtcription,  amounting  to  more  tba» 

pure  air,  and  tee  onoe  more  tbe  light  of  ftf.OOOi.  bat  been  raited  for  their  lup- 

tbo  tun,  bit  nephewt  earried  him  in  a  port    Fortrattt  of  tbe  general  have  be^n 

ebair  to  the  window,  wbleb  wat  open  |  engravedy  medab  have  been  ttmek  In 

bot  foehng  himtelf  linking,  ho  taid  to  bit  honour,  and  a  puUle  nMmnment  kl 

tbtm    ^*Mj  good  fk'iendtt'pot  ate  upon  to  ht  erected  to  bit  memory^ 
tbo  bod  {  Ood  win  do  tbe  rott."    Tbeto        Kit  Ibneral  wat  colebfaied  Dee.  6,  at 

ware  bit  latt  wordt.    Tww  minutet  after  Notre  Dame  de  Loretto.    Aa  immanto 

bit  body  rendered  up  to  tbe  Antbor  of  crowd,  eompnted  at  100,000  ptrtont^ 

all  thiogt  tbe  great  tool  that  it  bad  rt*  flocked  to  tbe  cemetery,    A  eontlder- 

oelved  from  him.  able  number  of  deputlet,  generalt^  and 

On  opening  tbe  body  after  death,  the  ofllcert  of  all  rankt,  thronged  the  apart- 

beart  wm  found  twice  ai^^luminoua  at  mentt    At  a  quarter  paat  one  tbe  body 

In  the  natural  ttate,  toft,  and  gorged  wm  breogfat  down  into  tbe  yard  of  tbn 

with  coagulated  blood,  which  it  bad  no  boteL    Eight  young  poffiont  pretentod 

longer  ttrength  to  put  into  circulation*  tbemtelvet  to  earry  It  on  their  thouMort 

llirabeau,  it  will  be  reeolleeted,  accord-  Into  tbe  oburcb.    Aftifr  divine  tervice» 

lug  to  the  report  of  Cabanit,  Kkewite  the  tame    pertont   again   carried   the 

tonk  under  a  ditcate  of  tbe  heart,  aog*-  eorpte.    Shortly  after,  tbe  erowd  made 

mented  by  tbe  fatigue  of  tbe  tribune  way  lo  allow  the  ehihirmi  of  tbe  general, 

and  tbe  carm  and  aaxietiet  inteparable  ooiiduoted  by  bit  domettlct,   to   paia 

from  butinetfl.  through  them.    Tbe  proeetthm  moved 

Tbit  Officer  wat  educated  fbr  the  Bar^  in  tbe  following  Order  t— A  datachment 

but  on  tbe  breaking  out  of  tbe  Revolu-  of  troopt  of  the  line  in  two  platoont ; 

tion,  be  eirtered  the  Artillery,  in  which  a  platoon  of  chatteurt  of  tbe  Nationri 

be  wm  rapidly  promoted.     From  tbe  Guard  ;  the  mourning  ooncb,  drawn  by 

firtt  carapofgnt  of  the  Revolution  to  the  two  bortet,  in  which  wat  an  oflcer; 

Battle  of  Waterloo,  he  wat  in  iacettant  afterwardt  IbUowed  nearly  6,000  per^ 

action,  and  freqoemhrdittinguished  bim-  tone  i  a  platoon  of  tfoopt  of  the  line  at 

ielf.    He  wat  wounded  in  Moreau't  r»-  tbe  bead  of  tbe  equipaget»      AH  tbe 

tinat,  at  tbe  battle  of  Orthet,  and  at  pupilt  of  thetcboolol  lawandmedieine, 

Waterloo.    Hit  activity  in  Spain   wat  witbont  eaetpiion.  Joined  the  procettlon. 

woll  known  to  many  olRcera  of  the  Eng*  Tbe  Duke  de  Cbolteul,  notwitbttandhig 

lith  army.    Though  bit  fate  wat  bound  bit  great  age,  went  to  tbe  grave,  and 

up  with  tbe  military  profetiion,  be  n-  would  have  delivered  an  addrmt,  bnt 

fnted,.  previoutly  to  tbe  expedition  to  wat  overpowered  by  hit  fcellngt,  and 

Bgvpt^tbe  appointment  of  Aide-de-camp  compelled   to   abandon  bit  Intention. 

coBnonapartr,  whote  viewt  be  teemt  to  M.  Royaf  CuUard,  ahbougfa  oil  the  pre- 


88 


Obituary. — W»Oive,  Eiq.'^Liettt.-treru  Bailliet  Urc        [Jan. 


ceding  day  de  had  witnessed  the  inter- 
ment of  bis  disting^uished  brother^  at* 
tended  the  funeral,  but  in  the  road  to 
Pere  Lacbaise  he  became  indisposed, 
and  was  conveyed  to  a  house  on  the 
Boukvard.  Among  the  followers  were 
the  Viscount  Chateaubriand,  M.  Lafitte, 
M.  Gohier,  formerly  President  of  the 
Directory,  Horace  Vemet,  Marshals  On* 
dinot  and  Marmont,  General  OTonnor, 
8ce.  The  grave  in  which  the  late  emi- 
nent individual  was  interred  is  near  that 
of  Camille  Jordan.  The  Minister  of 
War^s  carriage  was  among  those  which 
attended  the  procession.  Eloquent  and 
pathetic  addresses  were  delivered  at  the 
grave  by  Messrs.  Cassimer  Perrier,  Tor- 
naux,  Mecbin,  and  Lieutenant-General 
MioUis.  At  the  moment  when  the 
former  said,  '*  If  General  .Foy  died  without 
fortune,  the  nation  will  adopt  his  widow 
and  children,"  a  host  of  voices  exclaimed 
''Yes,  we  swear  it»  the  nation  will  adopt 
them."  AU  the  theatres  of  Paris,  and 
particularly  those  on  the  Boulevards, 
were  nearly  deserted  in  the  evening. 
The  National  Guards  on  duty  at  the  post 
of  their  staff  on  Thursday  appeared  with 
crape  on  the  arm. 

Baron  Mechin  proposes  to  give  the 
name  -of  Gallerie  de  Foy  to  a  passage 
which  he  iA  building  in  the  Rue  de  la 
Chauss^e  d'Antin,  and  which  he  had  at 
first  named  Passage  d'Antin.  He  has 
also  transferred  one  of  the  shares  of  the 
above  enterprise  to  the  sons  of  Gene- 
ral Foy. 

William  Clivb,  Esq, 

June  1&.  Aged  81,  William  Clive,e6q. 
of  Styche,  brother  to  the  celebrated 
Liord  Clive,  and  uncle  to  the  Earl  of 
Powys.  He  was  for  many  years  M.P. 
lor  Bishop's  Caitle,  Salop*  He  was  the 
sixth  son  of  Richard  Clive,  esq.  of  Styche, 
by  Rebecca,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Na- 
thaniel Gaskill,  of  Manchester,  esq.  and 
was  born  August  39,  1746.  He  first  sat 
for  Bishop's  Castle  in  that  Parliament 
which  met  October  31,  1780;  and  re- 
presented that  borough  in  ten  successive 
Parliaments.  In  1803  hia  election  was 
contested,  but  at  the  close  of  a  poll 
which  lasted  four  days*  he  possessed  a 
decisive  majority.  It  was  brought  into 
the  House  by  the  petitions  of  R.  B.  Rob- 
son  and  J.  C.  Kinchant.  It  was  tried 
May  12,  1803;  and  Sir  George  Corn- 
wall, President  of  the  Committee,  re- 
ported to  the  House,  May  13,  1803, 
that  the  sitting  Members  were  duly 
elected,  and  that  the  petitions  wei'e  fri- 
vilous  and  vexatious.  He  supported 
Mr.  Pitt's  administration  during  t  be  war. 


Libut.-Gbn.  M.  Baillib. 
IjoUly.  At  Nice,  Lteut.-Gen.  Mat- 
thew Baillie.  He  entered  the  army  as 
Cornet,  ]3lh  Light  Dragoons,  in  1779, 
and  after  serving  five  years  as  a  subal- 
tern, purchased  a  troop  in  Feb.  1785. 
In  1793  he  exchanged  into  the  38th  foot, 
with  a  view  of  obtaining  promotion  in 
the  new  levies.  In  1794  he  was  promoted 
to  a  Majority  104th  reg.  from  which  he 
purchased  the  Lieut.-Colonelcy  of  the 
2nd  battalion,  then  raised  for  the  83rd, 
which  he  joined  in  Dublin,  and  did  duty 
with  it  several  months,  when,  on  the 
Earl  of  Westmoreland's  leaving  Ireland, 
there  being  objections  made  to  the  83rd 
having  a  second  battalion,  it  became  the 
134th  regiment,  to  his  great  disappoint- 
ment. He  received  the  rank  of  Colonel 
Jan.  1,  1800;  Major-General,  April  25, 
1808 1  and  Lieut-General,  June  4,  1813. 

Capt.  Charles  Adams,  R.N. 
Jan,  8.     In  Everett-street,  Russell- 
square,  aged  43,  Capt.  Charles  Adams, 
R.N.     He  entered  the  navy  in  the  year 
1796,  and  the  Captains  with  whom  he 
served  as  Midshipman  all  bore  the  most 
honorable  testimony  to  his  unwearied 
bravery    and    good   conduct.       A  few 
months   before   he  had  completed   bis 
sixth  year  in  that  capacity,  he  particu- 
larly distinguished  himself  in   the  Jet- 
loutie,  commanded  by  Capt.  Stracbey, 
by  whom  he  was  employed  to  cut  out 
some  vessels  in  Calais  Harbour,  in  at* 
chieving  which  he  received  a  ball  in  the 
thigh,  which  lamed  hira  for  life.    His 
conduct  was  reported  in  such  strong 
terms  of  approbation  to  the  Admiralty, 
that  he  was  oraered  to  attend  as  soon  as 
possible  to  pass   for  Lieutenant.    He 
continued  to  serve  with  credit  and  dis* 
tinetion  during  the  whole  of  the  war ; 
and  fondly  hoped,  at  least  at  its  oonclu- 
sion,  that  he  should  retire  qq  the  half- 
pay  of. a  Commander;  but  in  ihxi  be 
was  disappointed.    Meantime  the  Ad- 
miralty Board  evinced  their  confidence 
in  him  by  keeping  him  constantly  em- 
ployed in  the  Sea  Fencibles,  Signal  Posts, 
and  Guard  Ships.    Having  been  three 
years   First  Lieutenant  of  the  jtHnon, 
which  be  quitted  with  the  highest  testi- 
monials from  Admiral  Raggett,  he  felt 
confident  that  he    should    obtain  the 
rank  he  had  so  long  desired,  but  it  was 
still  withheld.    At  length,  after  being 
16  years  a  Lieutenant,  and  34  in  His 
Majesty's    service,    by    the    kind    and 
earnest  remonstrance  of  Sir  George  Cock- 
burn,  bis  tardy  promotion  arrii^.     He 
was  made  Commander  in   Feb*  1834; 
soon   after  which   a   fatal. disease,  the 
consequence  of  his  wound    and    hard 


wrvirt,  twoMDOiippuMKf  and  to  Mr  iw  wni  >hOy  «»  a  mifce  waight 

MtftTtetia.  tkHi ftir  tbt  mifiMitiwi of  Botbal (#fefMi 

— ^-  wasconflNrredo»tke.tiitorof  thapmtent 

Yen.  Abchiniacoii  Hsttor.  I>ai»)»  to  the  vicataiee  c^  8c.  AofuidMri 

JbMSS.    In  NottinKbafli--|ilac«,  asad  in  Bristol,  the  prete^UtioB  to  wbklV  it 

87t  tba  RcT.  Luka  Heilopy  DJ>.  Areb«  that  tioM  chaneed  to  ba  in  the  Crv9m% 

dcaeon  of  Buekty  Rector  of  St.  Ifafy-la*  iba  Dean  of  Briftol,  thafanner  ineaai- 

bone.  If  iddletes,  Viear  of  St.  Aufotdno  beat,  bairing  been  railed  ta  tbe  Beavb. 

and  St.  Mark,  Bristol ;  tbe  okUtt  Seakir  In  Sc  itfafylebaaa.  Dr.  Hetlof  flaallf 

Wraa^er,  and  the  oldett  ArebdaaeoB  of  lettled.hiawelf  ia  Deeamber  1809,  wbaa 

all  bis  oonfeaporaries.  be  bad  alieady  pasted  tbe tbreeteoiaya^nr 

He  was  tbe  yooofest  af  a  oofaenNaa  and  tan  allotted  to  nwrtal  vigoor.  HU 
Hmily,  at  Middlebsni  in  tbe  nortb  of  advaneedage,  botperer,  bjno  aMani|M*« 
Yorksbiie,  and  was  born  and  baptised  rented  a  BMstaMiduoos  attention  avail 
on  St.  Lake's  day,  and  naoMd  after  tbat  tbe  varioos  concerns  of  ibat  tut-tmd 
Saint.  He  did  not  go  to  Caaftbridgo  overgrown  parif  b.  In  matters  of  pobllif 
ootU  be  bad  passed  tbe  nsoal  age  i  and  basinets,  wiioever  is  called  bv  bis  sttoo* 
took  tbe  degree  of  B.A.  in  1764,  as  Senior  tion  or  efiloe,  not  ooljto  do  bis  owtf 
Wrangler  of  Bene't  College,  wbara  ba  datyylmt  to  make  otheri  do  tlMiri,.maBt 
afterwards  became  Fellov.  Ha  pro*  eftan  find  many  to  oppoaa,  and  wiU  bofO 
aeaded  M.A.  1767»  BJ).  177i.  Id  1771  bat  a  tbanUem  and  an  irfcaoma  tnkf 
be  was  an  unsuecettful  eaadidata  for  soch  may,  in  tome  oases,  bate  baen  tbo 
tbe  Profcssorsbip  of  Chemistry,  ki  Jotof  tbevenerabloArdideaaooof  BoeU 
1778  and  1773  ba  filled  tbe  oilca  of  and^ged  minister  of  St.  Marylebaoe.  Td 
Moderator  in  the  poblic  schools.  The  bis  firmness  priacipaUy  is  owing  that  tho 
Matter  of  Bene't  wat  at  tbit  time  Dr.  enorraom  tpiritoal  erilr  in  the  paritb  af 
Grtene,  Bitbop  of  Lincoln.  Appreciating  Marylebooe,  that  of  aammittiog  mtmm 
the  active  talents  and  persevering  in-  than  one  handred  thowsand  toolt  to  tho 
dostnr  of  Mr.  Heslop,  be  first  appointed  charge  of  one  pattor,  was  not  .perpiMii- 
bim  bis  eaamining  Chaplain,  and  sooo  ated,.as  it  bad  lierotofora  been  palliated 
after,  in  1778,  Archdeaoon  of  Bocking-  for  tbe  moasentf  by  tiM  erection  of  ad- 
bun.  On  the  various  doties  of  this  ditional  proprie^nty  chapels,  instead  of 
latter  charge  Mr.  Heslop  imoMdiatcly  vha  only  efoetaal  reoMdy  beiag  applied, 
ootcred  with  oncompromising  firmnem  vis.  a  division  into  separate  pansbca. 
and  resolution  a  line  of  conduct  wfaicb  —This  veatMdy  bis  soggcstiow  obiete 
ba  laid  doww  to  bhnself,  and  pofsoed  pointed  out,  and  this  bis  nady  yioMlaf 
tbroogboat.  To  tbe  Arcbdeaaonry  was  up  bis  own  rights,  enabled  tbe  Crown  to 
attached  a  stall  at  Lincoln.  The  Bishop  begin  during  bis  ineumbeney.  Bjy  ono 
becoming  Dean  of  St.  Paort,  next  con-  of  tbe  latt  acts  of  tbe  last  session  of  par- 
ferred  on  him  tbe  prebeadial  stall  of  liament,  this  kmg-ealted-for  division  has 
Holbom  in  that  cathedral,  tof^ber  with  been  carried  into  eomplele  effset.  In 
tbe  vicarage  of  St.  Peter  le  Poor  in  the  the  ditcharga  of  tbe  ministerial  duties 
city  of  London.  Tbit  vicarage  wat  ro>  of  Marylebone,  Dr.  Heslop  wat  ever  ready 
signed  for  tbe  rectory  of  Adstock  in  to  do  more  than  could  be  looked  for, 
Badn,  tbe  last  pfcferateot  bestowed  on  either  from  hit  age  or  bis  station.  His 
him  by  bis  eariy  and  conttant  patron,  heart  wat  ever  kind,  and  hit  ear  ever 
On  tbit  living  Mr.  Hetlop  retidcd  up*  open,  to  the  calls  of  diUrott  whw 
wardt  vi  95  years  as  an  active  paritb  brought  before  him;  and  tbe  poor  who 
pattor  and  useful  magistrate}  during  the  went  to  bim  with  their  own  little  talea 
latter  part  of  this  period  be  held  alMthe  of  want  or  difficulty  will  bear  their  tet- 
tmall  reetory  of  Addington.  tiroony,  tbat  they  alwayt  found  bim  at- 
Hit  midence  in  Buckinghamtbire  in-  tenttve  to  their  complaintt,  and  ready 
troduoed  bim  to  the  acquaintance  of  tbe  both  himtelf  to  give  and  alto  to  procure 
late  Duke  of  Portland,  to  wlKMcinteretta  fur  tbem  proper  relief.  In  private  Ufi^ 
in  tbe  county  be  attached  bisBtelf,  and  whoever  knew  bim,  will  recollect  tho 
to  whom  be  wat  indebted  for  the  prefer-  perfect  urbanity  and  a&bility  of  bis 
BMnt  be  allterwards  attained.  In  1803  maiinert.  In  person  tall  and  command- 
be  wat  presented  1^  his  Grace  of  Port-  ing,  bit  appearance  wat  tbat  of  a  higliW 
land,  then  Prime  Minitter,  to  tbe  valua-  dignified  and  venerabla  clergyman.  Sod 
ble  reetory  of  Botbal,  co.  Northumber-  wat  tbe  eatraordinary  vigour  of  bia  co»* 
kad,  wUh  which  be  abo  held  the  unall  ttitotion,  that  for  tbe  firtt  eighty  yearn 
■tdory  of  Fulmer  in  Bocki.  Theto  ef  bis  life,  be  was  never  confined  a  aingia 
Kviags,  however,,  he  thoetly  afterwarda  day  by  ticknem,  nor  ever  had  recooiaa  to 
gave  up,  and  wat  appointad  1^  tbe  Duke  medical  remediet  or  advice  i  a  rare  oi^ 
of  P^ftlaod,  minuter  of  St.  Marylebooe,  emption  this  from  tbe  ilia  which  flab  is 
CBirr.  Mao.  Jmmmnh  1  ^^6. 

12 


90        OiiTUAET— fFaI<«r  TVojf,  Btq^^ChewlUr  0.  H.  Linquitu    [Jan- 


generally  heir  to  i  yet  tueb  an  unlnter* 
ranted  enjoyment  of  health,  throughout 
to  extended  a  period,  mutt  be  attributed, 
in  part  at  least,  to  his  own  proper  and 
temperate  uie  of  the  blessing  itself :  he 
nerer  knew  what  it  was  to  have  an  bead- 
adie.  During  this  long  Arcbdeaconsbip, 
he  published  several  charges  to  his  clergy, 
marked  by  sonnd  practical  advice ;  whilst 
ictident  in  his  living  in  Bucks,  two  short 
**  Exhortations  to  habitual  and  devout 
Communicants  ;'*  and  whilst  at  Bathall, 
two  sermons  preached  at  the  assises,  and 
mt  the  visitation  of  the  Bishop  of  Dur- 
liam.  He  published  "  Observations  on 
the  Statute  of  31  Geo.  111.  e.  29,  eon- 
eeming  the  assize  of  bread,"  8vo.  1798. 
**  Comparative  statement  of  the  Food  pro- 
duced from  Arable  and  Grass  Land,  and 
the  returns  from  each,"  4to.  1801.  (Re- 
viewed in  vol.  LXXii.  p.  755.)  *<  Observa- 
tions on  the  duty  on  Property,  &c*'  8vo. 
1805.  '*  Two  Sermons  and  a  Charge,'* 
SvO.  1807.  To  the  very  end  of  his  life 
be  continued  extremely  fond  of  mil  mat- 
ters relating  to  calculation,  and  was  con- 
stantly employing  himself  with  a  pen  in 
his  hand.  He  was  throughout  life  inde- 
fatigable. In  1773  Mr.  Heslop  mahrted 
Dorothy,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Reeve,  a 
physician  of  eminence  in  the  city.  This 
lady,  one  son,  and  a  daughter,  married  to 
Henry  Partridge,  Esq.  of  Hockham  Hall, 
Norfolk,  survive  him.  His  remains  were 
aceompanied  on  foot  (by  the  parochial 
clergy)  to  the  new  church  of  St.  Maryle- 
bone.  Few  men,  even  during  a  long  life, 
have  held  successively  more  church  pre- 
ferment than  Dr.  Heslop.  But  the  emo- 
luments of  all  of  them  together,  did  not 
altow  him  to  amass  wealth.  Instead  of 
having  to  record  of  Dr.  Heslop,  as  was 
once  said  of  a  certain  church  dignitary, 
and  may  perchance  be  said  of  another— 
that  he  died  '•  shamefully  rich,"— to  the 
surprise  of  all  who  misjudged  bis  public 
means,  and  knew  not  the  private  de- 
mands upon  it,  the  Ute  Rector  of  Mary- 
lebone  died  poor. 

Walter  Trov,  Esq. 
iitiUfy*  At  the  house  of  bis  son-in- 
law.  Dr.  Lee,  hi  Cavendisb-row,  Dublin, 
aged  83,  Walter  Troy,  esq.  brother  to 
the  late  Dr.  Troy,  Roman  Archbishop  of 
Dublin,  and  father  of  the  late  respected 
CoUector  of  Limerick.  Mr.  Troy  was  a 
gentleman  of  a  most  amiable,  cheerful, 
and  benevolent  disposition.  He  never 
thought  any  trouble  too  gveat,  or  any 
labour  too  severe  to  render  a  service  to 
a  friend ;  and  his  desire  to  do  good  to 
his  -  fellow-creatures  was  so  strong,  and 
formed  so  marked  a  trait  in  his  character, 
that  he  often  left  his  own  concerns  unre- 
guarded,  that  he  might  attend  to  the  af- 


fairs of  his  acquaintance.  The  late  Duke 
of  Leinster,  the  late  Earl  of  Cbarlemont, 
Henry  Grattan,  the  Right  Honourable 
T.  Conolly,  and  many  more  who  might 
be  enumerated,  knew  bis  worth,  and  es- 
timated and  rewarded  it  by  their  coun- 
tenance and  regard.  It  is  unnecessary 
to  add,  that  such  a  roan  fulfilled  all  rela- 
tions in  his  own  family  with  exemplary 
propriety,  and  that  his  descendants,  con- 
nexions, and  friends,  will  long  cherish  the 
memory  of  his  kindness  and  bis  virtues. 

Chbvalibr  G.  M.  Linquiti. 

Sept.n,  1825,  aged  51,  the  celebrated 
Chevalier  Giovanni  Maria  Linquiii,  Di- 
rector of  the  Royal  Asylum  for  the  In- 
sane at  A  versa,  whose  name  is  so  ho- 
nourably known  in  Europe.  He  was  born 
at- Muliltta,  at  1774;  was  very  early 
distinguished  by  his  learning,  and  at  first 
studied  the  law,  but  soun  left  it  for  a 
ddonastic  life>  in  the  convent  of  the  Su- 
viti.  Being  afterwards  obliged,  by  poli- 
tical events,  to  lay  aside  bis  religious 
habit,  and  assume  tbat  of  a  secular  priest, 
he  was  received  as  a  friend  in  tl^e  house 
of  the  illustrious  Berio,  Marquis  of  Galsa, 
in  whose  library  be  had  an  opportunity 
of  extending  the  sphere  of  his  knowledge, 
especially  in  what  relates  to  the  physical 
and  moral  nature  of  man,  of  which  an 
irrefragible  proof  was  given  by  the  first 
volume  of  bis  Recherche  tuif  Alsenzeone 
Menittle.  Bi|t  the  origin  of  his  great  re- 
putation is  to  be  dated  from  the  time  of 
his  being  appointed  to  direct  the  Royal 
Asylum  at  A  versa. 

Linquiti  was  one  of  the  first  who  per* 
ceived  that  insanity,  a  disease  peculiar 
to  the  reasoning  animal,  man,  having  its 
origin  in  reason,  never  entirely  departs 
from  that  origin  s  that  the  insane  are  not 
so  in  everything,  or  at  all  times }  that 
we  can  and  ought  to  try  to  restore  their 
reason  by  reason,  and  that  the  diief,  if 
not  the  only  medicine  in  an  hospital  for 
the  insane.  Is  the  luminous  intelligence 
of  the  person  who  directs  it. 

The  principle  which  guided  Linquiti 
in  the  treatment  of  lunatics  was  founded 
on  their  education  |  he  began  by  consi- 
dering ihem  as  sane,  took  care  that 
every  one  should  follow  the  usual  exer- 
cises of  his  heart  and  condition,  and  es- 
tablished his  new  system  of  cure  on  the 
basis  of  occupation  and  amusement ;  oc- 
cupation for  the  versatility  of  the  ideas 
of  the  maniac,  and  amusement  against 
the  fixed  ideas  of  the  melancholy.  The 
results  of  this  method  was  so  saecessful, 
that  the  new  establishmenti  of  this 
description  soon  became  celebrated 
throughout  Europe. 

The  heahb  of  ChevaHer  Linquiti  had 
been  on  the  Medina  from  1815  to  his 


iss^O 


Clergy  Deceased. 


91 


4Mth»vliich  WW  lionoiirtd  with ,  many 
tean,  k«t  nothiiif;  eould  be  more  affoct- 
iogthaB  the  funeral  ceremony,  in  the 
chapel  of  the  asylum.  Doctor  Vulpez» 
the  phyndan  of  the  establiihment,  re« 
cited»  in  a  molt  moving  eologium,  the' 
■keritaof  the  deceased ;  and  the  whole 
hcKly  of  the  -iosane  who  were  present, 
became  plun^d  in  borrow,  as  If  they 
had  lost  their  reason  a  second  time. 

NlTHANIfiL  AtCHESON,  EsQ. 

Dee.  88.  In  D^ke-street,  Westminster, 
^ed  54,  Nathaniel  Atcheson*  esq.  F.S.A. 
Bolicitar.  He  published  «  Report  of  the 
Case,  Havelock  against  Rookwood,  argued 
and  determined  in  the  Court  of  King's 
Bendi,  on^the  validity  of  a  senteuoe  of  con<-~ 
deianaUon  by  an  enemy's  Consul  in  a  ^eu* 
tnl  Port,"  8to.  1800.— ^«  A  Letter  on  the 
praaeat  stale  of  the  carrying  part  6f  the 
Coal  Trade,"  8vo.  1 808.— «  Report  of  the 
Case,  Fiaher  against  Ward,  respecting  the 
Bassiaa  Embargo  on  British  Ships,"  8vo. 
1808.^ — t*  American  Encroachments  on  Bri- 
tish Rights,"  9ro,  1808. 

Mr.  AuAneBOD,  by  assiduity,  knowledge, 
and  si^acity,  had  raised  himself  into  emi- 
aeaoe  as  a  solicitor,  and  enjoyed  the  respect 
and  confideace  of  some  of  the'  most  distin* 
guwhed  dttracters  of  the  country.  His 
koowle^e  was  1^  no  means  confined  to  his 
profiession.  He  was  well  acquainted  with  the 
world,  possessed  general  information,  and  a 
spood  knowledge  of  the  true  principles  of  the 
Bfitiah  Constitution  f  to  whicti  be  was  ardent- 
ly attached.  But  his  memory  has  a  claim  to 
the  respect  and  gratitude  of  the  country. 
Fully  convinced  of  the  wisdom  and  integrity 
of  our  great  departed  statesman,  and  that 
his  principles  were  pre-eminently  calculated 
to  su|^>ort  the  interests  and  honour  of  the 
empire,  Mr.  Atcheson  was  the  original 
firander  of  the  Pitt  Club,  an  institution 
which  has  been  zealously  adopted  in  the 
Bxjst  prominent  parts  of  the  British  Em- 
pife,  and  will  consequently  be  transmitted 
with  that  empire,  and  essentially  contribute 
to  perpetuate  its  honour,  its  importance, 
sad  its  security.  Mr.  Atcheson,  in  private, 
was  an  enlightened  counsellor,  a  firm  friend, 
and  a  social  companion.  He  was  ever  ready 
to  assist  unprotected  merit,  liberal  in  hos- 
pitality, and  benevolent  in  disposition. 

CLERGY  RECENTLY  PECEASED. 

SaL  3.  At  his  rectory-house,  Tiuwell, 
CO.  Rutland,  aged  87,  the  Rev.  Thomas 
fttteff  LL.B.  He  was  of  Queen's  College, 
Cambridge ;  ord«ned  priest,  1 2th  June,  1 763 ; 
iaatxtoted  to  the  Rectory  of  Dowsby,  co. 
liaeolB,  the  day  following  ;  and  to  the  Vica- 
rage of  Witham  on  the  Hill,.Sd  of  Nov.  of 
fav$  both  which  he  xesigned  m  UJ^9 


on  being  presented  to  the  Vicarage  of  Ryhall, 
CO.  Rutiuid^  and  to  the  Rectory  of  Carebv,  ~ 
CO.  Lincoln.  In  1798,  he  resigned  RyhaU, 
being  presented  to  the  Rectory  of  Tinwell. 
He  was  a  native  of  Bourn,  co.  Lincoln,  and 
was  coheir  of  Thos.  Burrell,  esq.  of  Ryhall 
and  Dowsby  (descended  from  Sir  John  Bor^ 
rell,  knt.  ot  the  latter  place,  who  was  living 
in  1634).  Mr.  Foster  married  Sarali,  dan. 
and  co-neir  of  the  Rev.  John  Baskett,  Rec- 
tor of  Punsby,  cq.  Lineoln,  by  whom  he  had 
twelve  children,  nine  of  whom  survive  him. 
Two  of  them  are  sons,  both  members  of 
the  Church,  and  seven  daughters,  all  res- 
pectably married.  He  was  an  active  Magis- 
rate  for  the  county  of  Rutland  upwards  of 
40  years,  and  Treasurer  for  the  same  co. 
33  years,  of  both  which  offices  he  faithfully 
discharged  the  duties  without  fee  or  emolu- 
ment ;  and  as  a  pastor,  father  and  husband, 
was  deservedly  and  universally  esteemed, 
and  respected. 

Nov*  6.  At  Bishara  Vicarage,  the  Rev. 
Rx^er  Manwaring,  He  was  the  third  son  of 
John  Robert  Parker,  esq.  of  Upper  Harley- 
street,  and  Kermincham  Hall,  Cheshire,  by 
Catharine,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Uniadce, 
esq.  of  Youghall,  co.  Cork }  was  bora  at 
Qreen  Park,  Youghall,  Feb.  3, 1 794  ;  and 
baptized  at  Youghall,  and  assumed  the  name 
of  Main  waring  by  sign-manual,  and  his  ma- 
ternal great-aunt  Jones's  desire,  Jan.  6, 1801). 

Nov,  1 9.  Aged  69,  the  Rev.  J*  AppM^ee, 
Prebendary  of  Lincoln,  and  Rector  of  East 
Thorpe,  in  Essex.  He  was  of  St.  John's 
College  Oxford,  where  he  proceeded,iM»/k« 
January,  19,  1780,  and  B.P.  April  14, 
1785.  In  1795,  he  was  elected  Prebendary 
of  Norton  Episcopi  in  Lincoln  Cathedral, 
and  in  the  following  year  instituted  to  the 
Rectory  of  Easthorpe. 

Nov.  SO.  At  the  house  of  Charles  Ing^e- 
by,  esq.  of  Austwick,  co.  York,  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Carr,  one  of  the  Senior  Fellows  of 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge ;  where  he  pro- 
ceeded B.  A.  1797,  M.A.  1800.  He  had  the 
honour  of  being  College  Tutor  to  the  pre- 
sent Puke  of  Pevoushire,  when  Marquis  of 
Harttngton. 

Dec.  4.  At  Merton,  Oxfordshire,  the 
Rev.  John  Lea  Heyes,  B.P.  Vicar  of  that 
parish.  Rector  of  Bushey,  Hertfordshire, 
Senior  Fellow  of  Exeter  College,  for  many 
years  one  of  his  Majesty's  Preachers  at  White- 
hall, firom  the  University  of  Oxford.  He 
took  his  degree  of  MA.  June  15,  1787,  at 
Pembroke  College ;  and  that  of  B.P.  Nov. 
7,  1798,  at  Exeter  College,  Oxford ;  which 
Society  in  1806,  presented  him  to  the  Vica- 
rage of  Merton,  and  but  few  months  since, 
on  the  death  of  the  Rev.  R.  Vivian,  to  the 
Rectory  of  Bushey. 

Rev.  H.  Kelly  f  Vicar  of  Bishop  Burton, 
CO.  York ;  to  which  he  was  presented  in  1 883^ 
(on  the  death  of  the  Rev.  K.  Rigby,)  by  thq. 
Pean  and  Chapter  of  York, 


M                                           Obiujaet.  ^  [JanL 

Rev.  J.  J2.  Pricty  B^A.  Cumto  of  Stone-  Jan,  1 1 .  At  Guttbenrell,  eged  8S,  Judith^ 

]>oiwe,  eo.-Glottcester.  zelkt  of  John  Reed»  ekq.  of  Peckham. 

.   At  Kibworth,  aged  85,  the  Rer.  Thxma*  Jan.  15.  In  Upper-st.  Islington,  aged  75, 

Thomas^  B.D.  Rector  of  laham,  co.  North-  John  Wilson,  esq. 

^mptonshire,  and  many  years  Curate  of  East  Jan,  1 7.  In  Jjonn  Belgzave-pl.  PimIico,> 

Fan^iam.    He  was  instituted  to  the  Rectory  aged  68,  Grervas  Wylde,  Esq. 

of  Isham  in  1774,  on  the  presentation  of  Jan  18.    At  Newington-green,  aged  77, 

Tkomas  Bokeby,  esq.  William  Coles,  esq.  formerly  of  Shoe-lane, 

^  Fleet-street. 

"  Jan.  18.  At  his  house  in  Ave  Maria  Lane, 

DEATHS.  ^'»  Wro.  Ellerby. 

iDetf.  <?.    At  his  sister's.  Lower  Orosrc'  Jan.  18.  At  her  son's,  Nottingham-place, 

aor-tt.  aged  91,  Capt.  Charles  Robinson,  a  aired  68,  Mrs.  Hutchinson,  widow  of  Bury 

Jfonng  omoer  who  had  only  returned  from  Hutchinson,  esq.  of  Bloomsbury-square. 

India  a  few  dsys.     He  was  unfortunately  ad-  fifiucs.— «/an.  8.  At  Clewer  House,  Berks, 

dieted  to  walking  in  his  sleep,  and  throwing  the  infiuit  son  of  James  Deane,  esq. 

himself  from  his  bedchamber  window  in  the  Jan.  IS.    A^d  54,  £dw.  Wells,  esq.  of 

•eoond  story,  was  killed  on  the  spot.  Wallingford.    He  was  long  an  active  Magis- 

Ihe.  29.    At  Mrs.  Slade  Baker's,  Berke-  trate  for  the  county,  and  also  for  the  Bo- 

ley-sq.  Eliza,  youngest  dau.  of  late  Rev.  John  rooeh  of  which  he  was  an  Alderman  ;  and 

Bannbter,  of  Wareham,  Dorset.  for  his  spirit,  integrity,  unremitted  exertions 

i>ee.S7..  In  Queen*  St.  Great  Surrey  road,  in  the  discharge  of  bis  Magisterial  duties, 

Mr*  Henry  Bengough.  and  the  uniform  kindness  of  lits  manners, 

isOtely,  Leaving  a  large  fiimily,  Charlotte,  was  universally  esteemed  by  the  town  and 

wifb  of  Chades  Charrih«|  esq.  of  Black-  neighbourhood.    He  is  succeeded  in  his  ex- 

beath.  tensive^  brewerr  by  Ids  eldest  son  and  partner, 

In  Seymour  st.  Portman-tq.  Anne,  widow  Mr.  Edward  Wells. 

ol  Adm.  Sir  Janes  Wallace.  Dec.  25.  At  Monk's  Risborough,  Eleanor 

At  his  residence  in  Southampton-build-  Brooke,  fourth  dau.  of  Rev.  Z.  Brooke,Vicar 

ings,  Chanoerr-lane,  univeraally  regretted,  of  Great  Uormead,  Herts. 

Med  74^  Rieh.  Gr^ths,  esq.  one  of  the  Cambridobshirk.'—Da:.24.  John  Buck- 

CMist  Solicitors  on  the  Rolls.    He  was  a  by,  esq.  student  of  Trinity  college. 

native  of  Shrewsbury,  where  he  passed  the  Dec  31.    In  St.  Andrew-st.  in  his  74  th 

Qirly  part  of  his  life  ;  but  for  tne  last  64  yev,  Eliz.  Burrows,  dau.  of  Thos.  Burrows, 

J  ears,  he  had  constantly  resided  in  London,  esq.  M.A.  formerly  Fellow  of  Trinity  Col- 
Its  widow,  the  partner  of  his  life  daring  50  le^e,  one  of  the  Esquire  Bedells  of  Cam- 
years,  survives  his  loss.  bridge  University. 

Jem.  2.    Aged  89,  EliAbeth,  widow  of  Derbyshire. — Dec 21.  In  her  70th  year, 

Paul  Barbot,  esq.  of  New-road,  Fitzroy-  Eliz.wifeof  the  Rev.  J  Jtf.  Ray,  of  Sudbury, 

sqilare.  Dec.  22.     Aged  96,  the  relict  of  Samuel 

Jan.  2.    The  Hon.  Wm.  Bacheler  Colt-  Morton,  esq.  late  of  Tideswell. 

aian,  late  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Audit  Jan.  13.    Aged  89,  Martha,  relict  of  Mr.- 

at  Quebec;  and  a  Member  of  the  Executive  Joseph  Hulse,  of  Amber,  and  daughter  of  W. 

and  Legislative  Councils  of  Lower  Canada.  Sykes,  esq.  of  Edgeley. 

Jan,  4.  At  Norwood,  aged  72,  James  H.  Jan.  1 7.  Miss  Frances  Clare  Bower, here- 
Short,  esq.  tofore  of  Stookport,  and  late  of  Buxton,  one 

Jan.  5.    At  South  Lambeth,  aged  58,  G.  of  the  daughters  and  co-heiresses  <^  the 

Phillips,  esq.  late  Buckley  Bower,  esq.  of  Aspinshaw. 

Jan.  6,    In  Northumberland-st.  aged  I£,  Devonshire. — Dec.  3l.    Aged  63,  Su- 

John  Stirlmg,  eldest  son  of  J.  C.  Burck-  sannah,  relict  of  Charles  Samways,  esq.  of 

hardt,  esq.  Fowey,  Cornwall. 

Jan.  7.  At  Walcot-plaoe,  Lambeth,  aged  Dorsetshire. — Dec.  l .    At  a  very  ad- 

C8f  Alex.  Fulton,  esq.  vanced  age,  Wm.  Toogood,-  esq.  of  Sher- 

Jan.  S,    In  Berners-st.  aged  59,  Richard  borne. 

Dtbary,  esq.  of  lincoln's-inn-fields.  Jan.  2.    Olivia  Harriet,  youngest  dau.  of 

Jan.  9.    In  Cannon-street,  Mary,  wife  of  L.E.  St.  Lo,  esq.  Fontmell  House. 

Tho.  Williams,  esq.  Deputy  of  Walbrook  Jan.  11.    At  Buckshaw  House,  the  lady 

Ward.  of  Rich.  Le  GroR,  esq. 

Jan.  9.    InDow«-it»Piccadilly,  aged  49,  Jan.  13.    At  Holt,  aged  73,  Lieut.  Isaac 


John  Porteus,  esq.  Banger,  an  offiter  in  the  Dorset  Militia  lor' 

Jan.  1 0.    In  her  79th  year,  at  the  house  50 jrears. 
of  her  son-in-law,  Charles  Baldwin,  esq.         £fssx«<— Jan.  2.     At  Great  Cbeaterford, 

throre-hill,  Cambei^ell,  Eliz.  relict  of  Rev.  John  Sampson,  esq. 
Hugh  LaurenU,  fbrmerU  of  Kingston,  B«c«        •Am*  8.  At  Debden  Hnll*  iged  (9».'ifnry» 

tor  of  Grafton  Flyford,  Worcestershire.  relict  of  Sir  Francis  Vincenty  eighth  Biirooet 


ifgiiMafcVcBicc.  ShewMdMbolRid^id  o£th»lpi»  — li«Mitn>,M»^ftMilpm>   . 

MwlflUB  TRnch  Chbwdl,  esq.  wm  OMiiMd  Jan.  1.     M  N«slom  ipd  jl,  *ntwn 

n  Jaly»1779,  wm  iBoih«r  to  Sir  Fnradt  QoMlbMilwof  tlMlMt|Uib.ClMyh»iiq. 

tba  btot  9bA  grawAnodur  to  Sir  Fnnds  «£M«|cJi«tor, 

th*  ptniit  BwoMt.  MiDDLBstz^ — JoR.  9.  At  Gbiilt(n»  mhI 

Jbklft.    A9Bd46»wliiltwdlBiv  mwl  7>,  PuMito  j  widpy  of  Opt.  Bfoidii,  ^a. 

hit  pooidt  IB  mnml  hoiJtli,  Wn.  ^nt-  Jmt,  IC.    At  ^oobaxy  Mnd  84,.  Gibi 

urn,  ctq.  ofStwiMttoney  Magittnte  fiv  cU  Croinpe>  esq.  Clerk  to  th«  OolIi-woitaiC 

opoBty.  OMipMi3rfi»^T"«i* 

J«ii.ta    AtLtjtoB,Wm.CopdaBd,M«.  Nowolk^— jD^Stf.  WUliui  PbUMom 

DoB«iM<— ^«i*  &     At  Watt  Lodgiy  ewi.ofTliof]My]MwNonneliy  molsof  Bin^ 

Steliagtoo*  ki  b«r  8td  jtor.  Am,  wifii  of  Htniy  JOwi^  Boikdej-iqMm. 

J4N»(lwi  BtokbouMy  Efq.  mb.  om  of  Uw  NoBnuafnoiiiBiRs.— >!)««.  95.  Ag«d  M!» 

SoiittyofFUMidt.  JoImi  BoitoB,  ttf|.  of  Hoii^faloB  Houm. 

QhWCMMTtfUUilBM^—Zkc.  19.  Aia^fkoBK  N0TTl]IOflAlf«n8l.--«MB.  91.  Agid  79, 

CBl.Yor]w9kls€ftlM38dicgt.BDdfivrBMrl7  JohB  BIobI,  gwrt.  of  K— ijntoBg. 

ofCbtbifiBt-pLBMli.  OuoRotHiBi^— Mpb.  91.  At  QxfiMd,  8k 

JDte.99.   Ib  SooMntt-oliBit,  KiantowB,  £dw.  Hitefam,  AldmMB  tad  tliroB  tiBMB 

■«48,4oiopliia^duLofJoMiihlfiU,«tq.  Major  of  ihat  Q^.    DariK  a  kw  lift  ho 

ofToworHiuHoaMyBeorBoawelL  wm  uBiCBrflil/ disttBgabliod  for  poffiMt  vp- 

JmLlO.    In  Prilohvd-^t.  of  oaoplou,  BgbtofBtofeliaactiraadtbtwBnBMt  bon»- 

■0id87»Fnaoes,ddMtdn.ofbto^Coloiiil  ToUcBof hwit    B«WMkB%|itid J«mI9, 

W^Mdp»BMiiigktorofndd-Mtf!iU  1819. 

Wodo.  Dec.94»    At  SoBBMr  Towb,  after  a  w- 

JmL  17.  At  theHolwdlB,  Med  9I9  Epi-  vera  iOaen  of  iftees  |«eit,  i||ed  98,  Mk 

«a  ChrMbaa,  yoBBceet  daa.  of  San.  BfiM!,  WimuBHeeweU^kfteBrririag  child  of  the 

eeq-Fiaadfeaj.  kteRor.  WOIm  JepeoailMwon,  oTSoothr 

UiMTi^-Jbi.  8.    At  the  Oeom  Ub,  Shieldi,  aad  Rector  of  St.  Joha,  JeBiaiea» 

Aadover,  ia  hie  59lh  year,  ioba  C^aiitoa.  great  freadMNi,  by  hb  BMther,  to  the  late 

OH*  «fBraheHo«ee,  Bear  Mere,  WUta.  &er.  Bob.  Twyeroaa,  Vtcar   of  Oakley,. 

Jkn.  18.    Aged  89,  Mr.  Vfm.  Make,  a  BfUl,  mad  Qceitall,  Boeki,  ead  of  Water- 

YaryoldasdreifeplediBhabitRatofSoBlli-  peny,  Ozfiml,  nephew  to  lato  Capt.  Rob. 

OBiptOB.  Twveroae,  R.  N.  and  oomiu  to  Capt.  Comfay, 

JhB.19.  AtLyBiqgtOB,iBhb76thyear,  B*N.of  Hei^iingtomDiirfaaBi. 

CharlM  St.  Barbe,  ee%  BBhreneUy  nmatod  Jan,  16,    Aged  68,  Jthn  Bowdea,  eaa. 

bythetowmndneigbboBrhood.  fWttialBBt  ofRadfionl. 

for^  yean,  he  had  been  the  priaeapal  pro-  Rutlaboshiib.— xloa.  19.  In  her  lOOdi 

prietorofUMtaltworki  there;  end  in  1788  he  year,  Mn.  Sharp,  of  Laagfaam. 

cetabliahed  the  firat  baakii^  hiwineaa  in  the  SoafsasETfiUBE^— /)«<:.  SI.     At  Welk, 

town.    In  hit  deelinp  he  wm  bonmirable  Thos.  Forch,eaq.  Captain  of  the  9d  Soraenet 

and  liberal  1  and  m  a  nagiatrate,  actire  aad  « Regiment  of  Militia. 

upright.  Dee,9B,    Aged  91,  Mary  Anne,  eldest 

HBBTt.— 5epl.l6.    In  hia  69th  year,  the  dan.  of  Robert  Shew,  omi.  Bladnd  baiidingt. 

Hob.  Robert  Baroa  Diaiadale,  of  Camfield-  Bath, 

place.  Dee,  99.    MiM  Simpson,  sister  of  Ute 

Jan.  19.  At  Norton  near  Baklock,  in  her  Rer.  Tho.  Simpaon,  of  Keysham-pL  KeyB^ 

100th  year,  Sarah  MaawelL    TV  aaaM  na-  sham. 

riah  in  which  she  wm  bom  now  contaiu  her  Jan,  7.  At  the  hooae  of  her  son.  Dr.  Da- 

remains.  She  wm  a  coMtant  attendaat  upon  vis,  in  the  Royal  Crescent,  Beth,  aged  80, 

the  ordinances  of  the  church,  with  the  ex-  the  relict  of  Riobert  Daris,  esq.  of  WooUey 

ceptioB  of  the  few  last  years  of  her  lifis,  when  Hill,  near  Bndford,  Wilts, 

her  si^  became  much  impaired.    She  wm  Jan,  11.     In  his  76th  year,  George  Lye, 

the  good  wooaan  of  the  parish,  aad  in  that  esq.  one  of  the  magistrates  for  Bath, 

capaei^,  probably  aasisted  into  the  world  the  Jan,  16.     At    Camerton    House,    neu 

greateet  part  of  her  neighbours  who  stood  Bath,  a|^  81,  the  widow  of  John  Jarrett, 

round  her  grate  at  her  iotermeat.  Her  piety  esq.  of  Jamaica,  and  of  Freemantle,  near, 

and  aaoAnding  disposition  procured  her  ma-  Southampton. 

ay  friends,  and  ner  mind  WM  unimpaired  eren  Jan.   19*    In  Milsom-st.  Bath,  Maiy, 

afow  minatM  prerious  to  her  dissolution.  wife  of  Samuel  Webb,  esq.  of  Henbnry. 

HoHTaiP-Jm.l7.Athishoose,Marihall's  Jan.  19.    At  Wincantoo,  aged  60,  Lucy, 

Wiek*  Geo.  Salliran  Martin,  esq.  wife  of  Mr.  Geo.  Messiter,  and  youngeat 

LiBCiaBiBB. — Dee,  95.    Suddenly  in  the  dau.  of  Ute  John  Newman,  esq.  oc  Berwick 

eauibBle  of.  the  townhall,  Liverpool,  aced  House. 

70,Mb.T1km.Rowc,  lbrd3yeaneoMtiaile  Sussbz.— Jon.    IS.    In   Wellii^tOB-w}. 

of  the  befaagb.  Haatiaga,  Harxiot,  wife  qf  Vioo-Adau  Geo. 

/)In;80.  At  Manchester,  Harriet,  wife|of    Pari»r. 


94                                     Q$mAmt.  [Jaiu 

STArT0iiDSBifii^*-srayi.7.  At  the  Dmii-  moiitlishira»  t^ged  B8,  Rebecety  rtHet  of  W. 

rjt  Ldtcbfield,  «ged  60,  Mrs.  Woodhouie»  Perrott  WUlioms,  esq.  of  Hermoni  Hill, 

vUSi  of  the  Very  Rev.  the  Deaa.  Haverfordwett. 

Suffolk —Jon.  83.    At  an  advanced  age,  Dec,  IS,    At  Stirling  Park,  Carmartbea- 

the  relict  of  Mr.  Green,  surgeon,  late  of  shire,  Jane,  wife  of  Dr.  Henry  Laurenee. 

Ixworth,  Suffolk.  Dec,  37.    At  Bangor,  by  the  ezplosioa 

Jan*  4,    At  MildenbaH,  aged  15,  Char-  of  a  gun,  J.  Royle,  esq.  brother  to  the  Rev, 

lotte  Augusta,  dau.  of  Sir.  Geo.  Denys,  John  Royle,  Rector  of  Corapton  Martin, 

3art.  Somersetshire. 

Aged  56,  Mr.  Chas.  Clarke,  SS  years  mas-  Scotland. — Jan,  l .     At  Glasgow,  aged 

ter  of  the  free  grammar  school,  at  Need-  82,  Mr.  John  Bell,  teacher  of  Umguagea. 

ham  Market.  He  was  a  man  who,  for  the  extent  of  his 

Jan,  5.  At  Farlinghay  Hall,  near  Wood-  knowledge  in  ancient,  modem,  and  especially 

bridge,  aged  80,  Mary,  relict  of  Major  Wm.  Eastern  literature,  was  an  ornament  to  the 

Webb.    She  was  eldest  dan.  of  Sir  Atwell  city  and  universtty.   He  was  acquainted  with 

Lake,  second  Baronet,  of  Edmonton,  Mid-  the  Latin,  Greek,    Hebrew,  French,  Ger- 

dlesex,  by  Mary,  only  dau.  of  Janes  Winter,  man,    Spanish,    Italian,     Dutch,    Saxon, 

esq.  of  Mile  End ;  aiMl  was  sister  to  the  late,  l^tonic,  Gothic,    Icelandic,   Portuguese, 

and  aunt  to. the  present  Baronets.  Arabic,   Persic,   Chaldaic,   Sanscrit,   Hln- 

Warwickshirb. — Jan,  6,  At  Honington  dostanee,  Bengalee,  and  several  other  Ian- 

Hall,  aged  73,  Gore  Townsend,  esq.  guages. 

Westmoreland. — Jan,l\,    At  Raven-  t^n.  13.    AtUnderiydePark,Roxburgh- 

etonedale,  i«ed  81,  Mr.  Edmund  Hodgson,  shire,  aged  70,  Geo.  Waldie,  esq.  of  Un&r- 

fbrmerly  of  Wimpole-st.  London.  !J^'  '^'^  of  Forth  House,  Newcastle-upon- 

WiLTS. — Lately,     Jane,   only  dau.    of  Tyne. 
Rev.  Chas.  Dewell,  of  Malraesbuiy.  Ireland. — Jan,  11.  At  hit  house,  Rath- 
Jon.  3.    Aged  63,  Mr.  E.  Edmonds,  of  mines.  Major  James  Allen,  late  of  the  5th 
the  firm  of  Yeobury,  Tugwell,  Edmonds,  and  Dragooni,  formerly  Port  Surveyor  of  Drog- 
Son,  Bradford.  heda,  a  Magistrate  of  the  county  of  Kildare, 

Jan,  10.     Suddenly,  of  apoplexy,  at  an  and  late  Treasurer  of  the  Ordnance.     He 

advanced  age,  Mr.  Gould,  of  i>alisbury,  an  entered  the  military  service  of  his  country 

extensive    stage-coach   proprietor   on   the  at  so  early  an  age  as  to  have  held  the  rank 

great  Western  road.  of  Lieutenant  in  1755,  and  was  distinguished 

•/on.  17.  At  the  Parsonage,  Maddington,  under  Generals   Braddock,  Amherst,  and 

Catherine,  wife  of  Rev.  Joseph  Legge,  oi  Wolfe,  in  the  first  American  war,  by  the 

Maddlngton  and  Shrewton.  command  of  several  dangerous  expeditions, 

Worcestershire. — At  Worcester,  aged  which  were  conducted  with  ability,  cou- 

70,  Rich.  Jones,  esq.    father  of  Mr.  R.  rage,  and  success.     He  was  present  at  the 

Jones,   of   Covent-gwrden    Theatre.     Mr.  storming  of  Ticonderoga,  where  his  father 

Jones  was  an  eminent  architetx  and  surveyor,  was  killed,  and  at  the  taking  of  Montreal, 

and  the  author  of  that  useful  work,  «  The  In  Ireland,   he  was  subsequently  Ajd-de- 

Builders'  Vade  Mecum."  Camp  to  Sir  John  Irwine,  while  0>mmander 

Yorkshire. — Dec.  94.     In  PortUnd-pl.  of  the  Forces,  and  also  to  thdree  Lords  Lieu- 
Hull,  aged  ff6,  the  relict  of  Thos.  Sherlock,  tenant, 
esq.  of  Redbum,  Lincolnshire.  Abroad.— ->#prtZ  9.    At  Hobart's  Town, 

Dec.  29.   At  Wakefield,  in  his  70th  year.  Van  Dieman's  Land,  John  MargetU,  M.D. 

John  Billaro,  esq.  M.B.  formerly  of  Tri-  July  I.     In  New  South  Wales,  John  Si- 

nity-college.  eismund  Gore,  esq.  Ensign  ft7th  Reg.  Inf. 

Jan,  5.     At  Thome,  aged  74,  Mrs.  Par-  fourth  son  of  Rev.  Chas.  Gore,  of  Banow 

kinson,  aunt  to  Mrs.  Graybum,  York  Pa-  Court,  Somerset, 

rade,  near  Hull.-  Sept,  %\,    Mr. Thoma^ Cope,  merchant, 

Jon.  II.    At  Malton,  in  hu  79th  year,  ofTesceira.    A  party,  consisting  of  eighteen 

Tliomas  Davye,  Esq.  Surgeon.  persons,  were  all  lost  in  going  mm  St. 

Jan,  11.    At  Doncaster,  aged  84,  the  Michael's  to  Terceira,  in  an  open  boat, 

widow  of  Gen.  Sowerby.  5iep<.  93.    At'Sea,   Henry  H.  Sanver, 

Jan,  1 1 .    Aged  30,  Thomas  Empsoo,  esq.  Commander  of  the  Elphinstone,  late  of 

esq.  of  Goole.  the  Hon.  E.  I.  C.'s  Naval  Service; 

Jan,  17.     At  Campsall  Grange,  near  Nao.  31.     In  St.  Mary's,  Jamaica,  in 

Doncaster,   in  his  58tn  year,    John  Fol-  her  S8th  year,  Eliza,  wife  of  Dr.  William 

jambe,  esq.  late  of  Wakefield.  Henry  Vidal,  and  niece  of  Jess^  Foot,  esq. 

Jan.  18.     Aged  79,  Thomas  Keld,  esq.  of  Ilfracombe,  Devonshire.    This  lady  is 

one  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Corpora-  much  and  deservedly  esteemed.  Her  Jangh- 

tion  of  Scarbro'.  ter*  Emma  Sarah  Vidal,  a  promising  child 

Jan.  26.    At  Shibden  Hall,  aged  77,  of  7  years  old,  was  unfortonatelv  drowned 

James  Lister,  esq.  on  the  5th  of  August  last,  at  Ilfiracombe» 

•  WALsa»*-Vai.  84t  At  Newport,  M<m-  whilst  oo  a  vi^it  to  her  ^^real-Qiidfl^'Mr*' 


me:] 


Bill  c/  MoTtaXUyr-^MwrheUj  9fe.^^Can<d  Shares. 


Foot,  owlog  to  the  want  of  proper  batliiog 
nacbines. 

JVov,  9S.  In  Jamaica,  Henry  P.  Mais, 
^etq.  of  the  firm  of  John  and  Henry  Mab, 
Kingston. 

Nov,  28.  At  Shrewsbury,  New  Jersey, 
in  bis  7Sd  year,  Mr.  £dw.  Butler  Thos. 
Grant,  many  years  a  resident,  formerly  a 
narchant  in  Manebester,  England* 

Nov.  Near  Mexico,  in  bis  Sdd  year, 
the  Hon.  Augustus  Waldegrave,  third  and 
youngest  son  of  the  late  Adre.  Lord  Rad- 
atock,  G.  C.  B.  While  shooting,  in  com- 
pany with  Mr.  Ward  and  Mr.  luring,  the 
gun  of  the  latter  accidentally  exploded,  and 
lulled  him  on  the  spot.  He  was  educated 
St  Brasenose  College,  Oxford,  and  took  the 
degree  of  B.  A.  May,  1833,  with  distinction 
in  Uteris  humanioribus.  His  mathematical 
Imowledge  was  also  considerable,  while  the 


95 

aeeomplishments  of  his  mind,  the  ratrity  of 
hb  manners,  and  the  goodness  of  liia  hearty 
endeared  him  to  all. 

Dee.  8,  At  Lisbon,  Gamett  Gould,  esq. 
for  many  years  an  eminent  firitbh  merehaat 
ih  that  city.    . 

Dec,  11.  At  Avignon,  the  Hon.  Mfis* 
Long,  wife  of  O^t.  Long,  second  dau.  <^ 
Lord  Stanley,  and  grand-(ku.  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby. 

.  Dec.  16.  At  Jersey,  at  his  brother's^ 
Col.  Touzel,  Richard  rercival,  son  of  lata 
Thomas  Moulson,  esq.  of  Chester,  and 
nephew  of  the  late  Dr.  Perclval,  of  Man- 
Chester. 

Dec,  28.  In  Hamburgh,  aged  40,  Lieut. 
James  Heselden,  R«N.  of  Bartou-upon- 
Humber. 

Jan.  S.  At  Brussels,  Eleanor^  wife  ol 
John  Thos.  Newbolt,  M.  D. 


BILL  OF  MORTALITY,  from  December  3 1>  1835,  to  January  84,  1836. 


Christened. 
Males      -  1037 
Females  -  1018 


} 


3045 


Buried. 
Males    -     844 1 
Females  -     803  J 


Whereof  have  died  under  two  years  old 
Salt  55.  per  bushel;  l^d,  per  pound. 


8  and    5  176 

50  and    60  157 

5  and  10    73 

60  and    70  144 

10  and  30    61 

70  and    80  181 

80  and  30    84 

80  and    90    57 

SO  and  40  118 

90  and  100     7 

40  and  SO  134 

103                  1 

Wheat. 

Barley. 

Oats. 

Rye. 

Beans. 

s.     d. 

s,     d. 

s.     d. 

s.     d. 

s.     d. 

59     5 

86     7 

84  11 

45     6 

40     4 

AGGREGATE  AVERAGE  of  BRITISH  CORN  which  governs  Importation. 

from  the  Returns  ending  January  14. 

Peas. 

8,       ^ 

44     8 

PRICE  OF  FLOUR,  per  Sack,  Jan.  S3,  50j.  to  60*. 
AVERAGE  PRICE  of  SUGAR,  Jan.  18,  365.  ll^c^.  per  cwt. 

PRICE  OF  HAY  AND  STRAW. 

St.  James's,  Hay  52.  55.    Straw  3Z.  6s,    Clover  6L  05. — ^Whitechapel,  Hay  4l,  16s.  Straw 

3/.  05.    Clover  5/.  155. 

SMITHFIELD,  Jan.  33.    To  sink  the  Offal— per  stone  of  8lb8. 

Lamb 05.  Od,  to  05.  Od» 

Head  of  Cattle  at  Market  Jan.  33  : 

Beasts 3,193       Calves  133 

Sheep  ...u.. 15,950      Pigs        90 

COAL  MARKET,  Jan.  33,  835.  Od.  to  415. 6d. 

TALLOW,  per  Cwt.  Town  Tallow  485.  Od.    Yellow  Russia  395.  Od. 

SOAP,  Yellow745.  Mottled  835.  Od.  Curd  865. — CANDLES,  95.  per  Doz.  Moukb  105. 6</. 


Beef 

45. 

6d.  to  55. 
5d.  to  55. 
6d.  to  6s, 
4d,  to  6s. 

Od, 

Mutton 

Veal 

45. 

45. 

Od, 
Od, 

Pork 

45. 

Od, 

THE  PRICES  of  Canal  Shares,  &c.  in  January  1836,  at  the  Office  of  Mr.  M. 
Rainv,  Auctioneer,  Canal  and  Dock  Share,  and  Estate  Broker,  No.  3,  Great  Winchester- 
street,  Old  Broad-street,  London. — ^Trent  and  Mersey  Canal,  3,000Z. — Leeds  and  Liver- 
pool, 460/. — Grand  Junction,  390/. — Birmingham,  330/. — Worcester  and  Birmingham, 
55/. — ^Ellesmere,  1 1 5/.  —  Stratford-upon-Avon,  40/.  —  Monmouthshire,  3 1 5/. — Breck- 
nock and  Abergavenny,  170/. — Neath,  360/. — Shropshire,  150/. — ^Rochdale,  105/. — Old 
Unioa,  96/.— Laacaster,  43/.— .Regent's,  46/. — Wilts  and  Berks,  61, — West  India  Dock, 
300/.— London  Dock,  87/. — Globe  Insurance,  153/. — Imperial  Fire,  105/. — Guardian, 
181. — ^AtUs,  8/. — Hope,  41.  155. — Eagle,  4/. — East  London  Water  Works,  134/. — Grand 
Jimcdon,  80/.— West  Middlesex,  7 3/.*- Westminster  Gas,  57/.— New  ditto^  10/.  paidf 


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GENTLEMAN'S  MAGAZINE. 


CONTAINING 


I  in  Itth 


On  SbUiitin]  Inq 

ChnnuAoKJ  of  ihe  AHjrlan  Emui 

On  tii«  RighU  of  Church  Benefia 

On  the  Phcenomtn.  of  Ssl(-de- 

St.  KuthM^me'i  Church,  near  (he  To«r  .  .„: 
ChtncUi  o(  the  lue  Rev.  Thonn  Cul}un  : 

1y  orSiydge)  Lordi  Chudoi.... I 

Rojtl  Deicent  of  ihc  M|in)^uii  of  Hud 


ofBiihop'  _ 

On  the  Cniaige  of  the  But  Aof;lM 114 

Od  Innmsiioni  in  tlie  Ldbcnl  Sciescet 1 18 

Altentioni  in  the  Scriptiira  deprHnUd .  ...190 

Origin  nf  the  Office  of  P*ri>h  Clerk 131 

Almuokcjc  printed  iu  156S  deMsribed 19a 

On  the  Knins  of  fonthill  Ablie; liS 

in  St.  Stenhea'i  Chapel,  Wettin'—ii. 
f  lJ.e  Fariih  of  Withkl,  Coni-iil  li4 

Ivantageaof  lltui  Riiuli 13V 

of  the  term  "  Genliainsn" isa 

Extncti  fmn)  the  Ciiv  uf  London  Recordi  1!9 
Aratf  ud  Pedigrw  of  the  £>r1  of  WUohire  130 
EiiracU  from  the  JdurnnI  of  A.Du]iel...,_13l 
Am*  ud  Motto  of  dig  Countj  of  Kent .  ...133 


Account  rj 


Od  StoDchenfie;  IM. — On  I  JdlB,  *.  7....U 
King  CUrlM'a  Emu*  iTom  VfaniMtr II 

ntUitn  sf  ffttm  VublliaNtiW, 
FoUhde'lTndiUoiu,  IST.-Tonriu'tOraiq'-l' 
Im  proTtmU  in  Londnn,  I  ll.-Soibara'AlbDmli 
DeStiel'iLetc«n,l44.-Bp.o(Cllaaa*>StnDan  t' 

Addie»  on  proptgUii^  th«  Goipal .'..,.14 

Foilvaka'iiCbelteDhmm,149.-OsSUraTnilall 
Kendall <m Ireiiud,  ISl.— IUimaDN!^...ll 

Defence  dea  Rcsnm^  Hiatoriquea   .IJ 

Brit  ill]  EatoDol^,  IGS. — PhantununnaK 
Kitchineron  tho^ei,  IGS.  QeiKraphicdTminJ 
Boyd-i  Poemi— -iWiit  on  War— EB^iali  in 
Ital; — GnA  E^gna» — jBDiu,&&...ie6-l( 
LiTERanvlNTELUo  iHCt — New  PublioatioBal  ( 
ANTlfiUJIIliaH  RuuscHii 1( 

SiLECT  POIMY n..l( 

^iAanc«l  4rtn:anictt. 

FrnceeilJDgi  in  preient  Shiwd  of  ParlluMnl  1  ( 
Foreign  Newt,  178.— DomBilicOccurr«dOMlJ 
Promotiona,  &c.  ITS— BittbiudManrianall 
OaiTUARVi  xitliMemoinoftbeEulof  Ad- 
nealovi  Lord  Ptnti  Sir  D.  DondHi  V[. 
NonheT,  Eia.;  J.  Adam,  Eiq.t  Admiral 
Munanura;  Oen.  Johnslooe;  &c  &a.  ...n 
lill  of  MortalilT_Pricaa  of  Canal  Sluna^.lG 


Meceorologleal  Diary. — Prin 


afS»g^...il 


By    SYLVANUS    URBAN,    GeKt. 

Priotcd  bj  John  Nic[ioi4«)dSoi(,Clci>o't  Hiaq,  ifi,  Parliament  Stm.,  ... 
whare  all  Lettan  to  (he  Editor  an  re<|nnted  to  b«  Hot,  ten-ftm. 


[     98     ] 

MINOlR    t;ORRESP01«)ENCE, 

p^^*'"*?.'*""*^  f  '!"*'  ^™"  ®"'f  ^*  '•">'*«»»»S  to  Stnmgert  and  Re.id.nt.." 

EOERTOK  Brydom,  clewAj  explaiomg  how  h  1.  .  smiU  ismo  volSme,  price  4,.    Th» 

^^^  ^    rl^Mr*  'T  "•?*""'§  »Jj*  "^-  •«•?«"  I  J»*'iev«  U  Mr.  Thonus  Wright, 

•cendanto  of  William  Brownlow  and  Marga-  of  that  town." 

ret  Brydges,  having  Uk«i  for  granted  for  A.  Z  observes,  « It  is  worth  noting  that 

forty  years  the  descent  as  deduced  in  Lodge  s  when  King  George  I.  came  over  to  takl  pos- 

Irish  Peerage      Sir  Egerton  mention,  as  .e..ion  of  the  British  Crown,  having  proba- 

error,  m  the  last  edition  of  Debwtt,  tUt  Uy  some  of  the  Noblesse  of  his  Electorate 

the  arms  of  Lord  GrenviUc  stand  as  the  Court  In  his  train,  it  was  suo-^rested  b  th 

*rms  of  Vi^ount  Granville,  and  that  the  who  were  no  friends  to  the  Succession,  thlt 

quartering  of  Clmton  remams  m  the  coat  of  »«  were  thenceforth  to  be  govlrned  by  Ha- 

Fortescue.     He  concludes  with  this  post-  nover  Ratz;  or  Counsels.~The  illitemtc  of 

■cnpt :  **  I  wally  ask  for  mformation.  and     diffemnfi  nmirc  k»»:»»  « i.»  .u 

.hi  be  oblige!  to  Mr.  To.n.end  to  i^orm  ZZt^eoU^ha^^^l^e"^""'^' 

me  how  Lord  F«rte.cue  or  Lord  Pow,.,  or  «,„^  ^  y^  ,^  ^^/         broTRTt; 

the  fate  Urd  C.rh.le,  «e  or  were  de.cended  «hich  .«  fi„t  brought  into  Englwd  .bout 

front  the  rrincess  Mary  Tudor?     I  am     thoi- ♦•«««»»« tJt  u« 

,w«.  of  the  de.cent  7  their  CoonfMe.  L  ^.IX^J  ™L"  1:^^:''^'  """  •"" 

^        ^i.*    D  •           >*          ■  '^  ***^  Ivojal  suite  J  and  it  has  ever  since 
fromthuPrinceM.                    _...»»«   e^led  by  people  of  that  cIm,,  th. 

L.  «y.  :  "  Allowm.  to  «quert,  tkr^gh  Hapover.  thoj/h  i.  m  reJity  the  Nor- 

your  medium,    that  Sir  Egerton  Brydget  way  rat 

(who,  I  observe,  U  a  liberal  contributor  to  •  ^\  pi„,«i  ^^^  oerm.  Counsel,  a  Couucil. 
your  valuable  Miscellany)  will  have  the  good-  Couqactlur,  ^.  from  Maten,  to  govern,  preside, 
ness  to  state  how  he  is  entitled  to  bear,  »<ivise,  &c.— Vide  German  Glossaries, 
amongst  hi.  quarterings,  '  the  arms  of  an  Clionas  will  feel  obliged  if  any  of  our 
elder  brother  of  Lord  Byron's  ancestor,'  as  Correspondents  canjnform  him  of  the  ex- 
mentioned  at  p.  78  of  his  learned  *  Note*  istcnce  of  any  other  copy  of  the  Roll  of 
lately  publi&hed  at  Paris  ?  I  would  net  Karlaverock  than  the  one  in  MS.  in  the 
willingly  4i^inish  the  lustre  of  any  noble  Cottonian  Collection ;  the  illustrated  copy 
house,  or  depreciate  the  labours  of  so  inge-  in  the  College  of  Arms ;  and  the  imperfect 
niou)  a  gentleman  as  Sir  Egerton  :  but  one  printed  in  both  editions  of  the  Anti- 
when,  ip  his  zeal  for  his  friend  Lord  By-  quarian  Repertory, 
ron,  he  A  Correspondent  asks  what  were  the 

'Allot,  the  prince  of  his  celestial  line  Arms  borne  by  the  ancestors  of  Sir  Thomas 
~Axr  apotheosis  and  rites  divine,'  Hooke  [mentioned  in  our  August  Magazine, 
and  atserts,  that  his  Lordship  *  was  of  one  p.  98.}  and  also  the  Arms  borne  by  Sir 
of  those  few  &milies  whose  male  ancestors  Thomas  Hooke,  himself?  and  at  what  time 
held  the  rank  of  peerage  before  the  close  of  tlie  title  became  extinct? 
Henry  the  Third  s  reign,*  I  would  humbly  In  the  Review  of'**  the  Works  of  Armi- 
ask  how  the  correct  re-editor  of  Collins,  uius,  in  <i\xt  last  number,  (p.  51.)  a  typo- 
who  boasts  of  having  *  cast  the  truth  and  graphical  omission  has  been  pointed  out  to 
the  interest  of  history  on  the  peerage,'  us,  which  most  unjustly  renders  the  doc- 
came  to  omit  the  Utile  circumstance  that  trinal  system  of  the  Dutch  Professor  a  very 
Lord  Byron  was  descended  from  an  iHegiii-  uiicharitahle  crndfahe  one.  It  occurs  in  the 
mate  son  of  Sir  John  Byron,  the  grantee  of  form  of  an  extract  from  the  Funeral  Oration 
Nfhvstead  priory  in  )541  ?  The  lands  were  by  Bertius,  in  which,  as  it  now  stands,  Ar- 
conveyed  by  deed  from  the  putative  fiither  to  minius  is  said  to  have  taught  the  Divinity 
4ohn  Byron,  on  whom  Queen  Elizabeth  students  at  Ley deu,  **7io^  ^Ao/reZigiont/'/ric/i 
conferred  knighthood  in  1579,  and  from  breathes  forth  charity,  which  JoUows  after 
whom  Lord  Byrun  was  lineally  descended."  the  truth  that  it  according  to  godlijiess"  &c. 

In  answer  to  the  inquiry  of  a  Corre-  This  error  has  arisen  from  the  suppression 
spondent  in  p.  2,  a  Constant  Reader  oftwo  lines  ofthe  paragraph  in  Mr. Nichols's 
states,  **  that  there  is  a  small  Uistonr  of  translation,  in  which  we  are  told,  that  Ar- 
Ludlow  extant,  published  in  1829,  which  ninius  taught,  **not  that  religion  which  is 
reflects  great  credit  on  its  compiler,  and  de-  contained  in  altercation  and  naked  specula- 
serves  to  be  much  more  generally  known  tions,  and  Is  only  calculated  to  feed  their 
than  it  is.  It  is  entitled,  **  The  History  nnderstapdings ;  hut  that  religion  which 
and  Antiquities  of  fhe  Town  of  Ludlow,  ai>d  breathes  firth  charity,  which  follows  ajier 
its  ancient  Caitle,  •'with  Lives  of  i^e  Lords  the  truth,"  &c. 

Presidents ;  Descriptive  and  Historical  Ac-  The  Memoir  of  Dr.  WoHa^n  shall  ap- 

oounts  of  Gentlemen's  Seats,  Villages,  &c.  pear  in  our  next  number,  as  slu41  the  com- 

ia  tlif  Neighbourhood  ;  with  other  Piarticu-  monicfition  of  G.  W.  L. 


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THE 


GENTLEMAN'S    MAGAZtl^Mw 


FEBRUARY,    1826. 


ORZaXN AX.  COBnCUZffXCATIOXiS. 


ON  THB  ORIGIN,  PROGRESS,   AND    RESULTS   OF  STATISTICAL   INQtrilllBa  - !« 

IRELAND.'      BY  THE   REV.   JOHN   GRAHAM,   A.M^ 


THE  natural  history  and  topogra- 
phy of  Ireland,  before  the  reign 
of  James  the  First,  were  but  little 
known. — Ptolemy's  Talblcs,  artd  Ma»- 
ginus*s  Commentaries,  threw  little 
more  light  on  this  dark  subject  than 
the  reveries  of  their  predecessors  S^ra- 
bo.  Soli  n  us,  and  Mela ;  who,  accrbrdr 
ing  to  the  learned  and  ingenious  au- 
thor of  the  Irish  Historical  Library, 
had  but  some  imperfect  scraps  of  tales 
of  the  barbarous  customs  and  mah- 
ners  of  the  old  Irish,  brought  to  them 
from  afar;  and  they  di'ew  up  the  re- 
presentation at  full  length,  in  a  niore 
repulsive  dress  than  they  had  receivoil 
it.— ^Giraldiis     Cambrensis,     indeed, 


to  its  subsequent  iiiiprovemeut:  Vfiii 
among  these  ehauirei-s,  were  £diaiui|4 
Spenser  and  Mr.  James  Usher,  tt* 
former  chief  secretary  to '  A rth ur  tjati 
Grey  of  Wilton,  Lord-Depuiy  of  Ira- 
land,  and  the  latter  afterwards  Arefak 
bishop  of  Arninagh,  a  poet  and  divtinie 
whose  names  will  descend  to  ppstcirity 
as  bright  and  shining  oroaaients  oftlie 
Irish  Dation>  ^  '  .  .. 

Spenser  published  his  '  Fiet^  qfjrf*' 
land,''  in  a  dialogue  between  Hudoi|[vt 
and  Irenaeus,  in  iCkiO  ^  a ncl  dedicated  U 
to  King  James  the  First,  0*FlaT]«rty» 
author  of  the  work  called  ••  Og^gin*' 
(par.  3.  cap.  770*-  occupied  a  cppai^ 
derable  part  of  that  work  in  refuting 


who  was  sent  into  this  island  by  King     the  errors  of.  Spenser;  and,  after sooie 
Henry  the  Second,  in  attendance   of    viruleat  reflections  on  the  poet's  pre*  » 


his  son  John,  collected  materials  for 
his  Topography  and  Itinerary  of  Ire- 
land, which  he  sometimes  called  '  De 
Mirahilihus  Hibemice.*  This  wdrk  was 
originally  written  in  Latin ;  and  the 
author  of  it  tells  us,  in  the  catalogue 
of  his  works,  Uhat  it  was  read  out  at 
Oxford  for  three  whole  days,  in  pub- 
Fic  assembly  of  the  Clergy.*— It  was 
translated  into  English  by  one  James 
Walsh,an  Irishfnan,  (Vid.Alhen.Oxon, 
torn.  L  col.  157)  who  studied  in  Hart- 
Hall  at  Oxford,  in  the  year  1672; 
about  which  time  another  translation 
was  made  of  it  by  R.  Hooker.  In  the 
Irish  Historical  Library,  we  also  learn, 
that  a  very  learned  person,  Mr.  John 
Lynch,  titular  Archdeacon  of  Tuain, 
wrote  a  refutation  of  this  work,  which 
he  published  under  the  title  of  Cam- 
brensis  Eversus,  in  which  he  accuses 
the  author  of  maliciously  destroying 
many  of  the  old  Irish  anuals,  of  which 
he  had  the  perusal.  Towards  the  end 
of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  land  on  the 
accession  of  King  James  the  First, 
some  very  diligent  inquiries  were  made 
into  the  state  of  Irelatid,  with  a  view 


sumption  in  attempting  to  trace  the 
origin  of  some  olcl  Irish  families  in 
England  and  Wales,  concludes  with 
the  following  exclamation^. 

'*  Ed  poetse  indomesticis  peritiiin !  .  • 
En  politici  In  historiis  pneritisin ! 
Ut  cum  Cicerooe  ad  pueros  relegsA 
Anteactls  gentis  sdae  temppribiis 
Adeo  pecegrintim." 

Father  Walsh  inakes  this  obsenraf 
tion  on  Spenser's  View  of  Irelandi 
'He  pursues  in  this  work  his  politi- 
cal main  design,  which  was  to  pfe^ 
scribe  ways  and  means  to  reduce  Ire^ 
latid;  a  design  well  becoming  him.  as 
Secretary  to  Queen  Elizabeth's  de* 
puty.     In  thi^  w6rk  none  could  8ttr^ 

f>ass  him ;  none  could  except  againit 
lim,  save  only  those  who  would  not 
be  reduced.'  So  jealous  have  been 
the  Irish  people  of  all  enquiries  into 
their  condition — so  hostile  to  evenr  at^* 
tempt  to  improve  it — that  they  ha^ 
uniformly  opposed  all  the  eiTorts  which 
have  been  made  in  this  way;  and  ner 
ver  failed  to  misinterpret  tne  motiyeai 
and  condemn  the  opinions,  ofthoiN 
wise  and  benevolent  persons,  whether 


100 


I 

On  Stdiistkal  Inquirii$  in  Ireland. 


CFeb 


Englishmen  of  natives  of  their  own 
toilj  who  have  endeavoured  to  point 
ou^  their  errors,  and  lead  them  into  a 
state  of  civilization,  industry,  and 
wealth.  One  of  the  fathers  of  this  old 
school  was  Con  Baccagh  O'Neil,  who 
(as  we  are  told  by  Speed,)  '  cursed  all 
his  posterity  that  would  learn  the  Eng- 
lish language,  sow  wheat,  or  build 
stonewall  houses.* 

In  this  spirit,  Richard  Stanihurst, 
who  was  tlie  uncle  of  the  celebrated 
Archbishop  Usher,  and  son  of  the 
Speaker  ot  the  Irish  House  of  Com- 
mons, had  lapsed  into  the  popular  re- 
ligion and  party  of  the  country ;  and 
attached  to  the  work  of  Cambrensis, 


This  description  of  Ireland  consists 
of  forty-four  folio  pages ;  the  matter 
being  arranged  under  the  following 
heads,  viz.  British  Ocean. — Ireland. — 
Government. — Division. 

Provinces. — Mononia. — Desmonia. 
— Lagenia. — Conacia. — Ultonia. 
Ancient  and  Modern  Customs. 
We  have  here  all  the  ancient  names 
of  places  and  people  which  occur  iu 
Ptolemy,  and  other  ancient  geogra- 
phers explained  to  us,  as  the  author  of 
the  Irish  Historical  Library  observes, 
with  a  masterly  judgment ;  the  mo- 
dern state  of  the  five  pt-ovinces  (Meath 
being  reckoned  one)  drawn  in  lively 
colours,  though  in  miniature;  the  most 


is  an  Appendix  to  his  four  books  of    ancient  customs  of  the  country,  as  re- 


Irish  history,  which  has  been  called 
Cambrensis  Vapuians,  as  Lynchers 
book  had  been  called  '  Cambrensis 
Eversus*  He  published  this  work 
with  severe  notes  annexed  to  it.  Bi- 
shop Nicolson  says  that  it  must  be 
confessed,  th^,  with  some  exceptions, 
Stanihurst  has  left  us  valuable  docu- 
ments concerning  the  manners  and 
language  of  the  inhabitants  of  Ireland, 


presented  byStraboand'Solinus;  those 
of  the  middle  age; as  represented  byGi- 
raldus  Cambrensis ;  and  of  Camden's 
own  time,  as  brousht  in  to  him  by  his 
contemporaries.  In  this  last  particu- 
lar, he  acknowledges  his  obligations  to 
John  Good,  a  Roman  Catholic  Priest, 
who,  after  receiving  his  education  in 
Oxford,  taught  a  school  at  Limerick 
in  the  year  1566,  whose  contribution. 


the  strength  and  traffic  of  their  chief  like  that  of  Archbishop  Usher,  he 
cities,  the  anti()uity  and  achievements  transcribed  verbatim  into  his  work, 
of  their  nobility,  &c.  One  of  the  The  whole  of  this  performance,  how- 
controversies  of  Stanihurst  with  Cam-  ever,  is  reflected  on  by  O'Flaherty  in 
brensis,  was  on~  the  question  of  the  his  "  Ojygia,'*  who  makes  this  bitter 
nature  of  the  barnacle,  whether  it  be  * 
fish  or  flesh.  He  concludes  it  to  be 
neither,  but  of  the  same  tribe  of  ani- 
mals witli  butterflies  and  caterpillars. 

In  the  year  1606,  Mr.  Camden  being 
about  to  publish  a  new  edition  of  his 
Britannia,  requested  Mr.  Jas.  Usher 
(afterwards  Lord  Primate  of  Ireland) 


observation  on  it : 

**  Perlustras  Anglos  oculis,  Camdene,  duobot, 
Uno  ocolo  Scotos,  Cascus  Hibemigeoas." 

The  author  of  this  epigram,  however, 
follows  Camden,  in  givine  his  native 
country  Plutarch's  name  of  Ogygia,  in 
opposition  to  the  Swedish  antiquary. 


to  furnish  him  with  a  description  of  J.  Peringskiold  (Annot.  in  vit.Tneod. 
the  City  of  Dublin,  which  in  these  R.  p.  311,  312)  who  had  undertaken 
times  would  have  been  called  a  Sta-  to  demonstrate  that  Sweden  is  the  true 
tistical  Survey  of  it.    Mr.  Usher  com-     Ogygia. 

plied  with  ibis  request ;  and  his  com-  Mr.  O'Flaherty  pretends  to  ascertain 
mnnication  was  inserted  verbatim  in  the  age  of  all  the  chief  lakes  and  rivers, 
Camden's  work,  with  a  just  acknow- 
ledgment of  the  benefaction.  Thus 
do  we  find,  that  one  of  the  earliest 
publications  of  this  eminent  divine, 
was  an  eflfort  to  throw  light  on  the 
history  of  his  native  country. 

In  subsequent  edition^  of  Camden's 
work,  published  in  the  year  1695  and,    tfieir  use  of  Coraghs  or  leathern  boats, 
1791,  we  find,  in  the  form  of  an  Ap-     their  ancient  arms  and  way  of  fight- 


as  well  as  the  succession  of  Kings  in 
Ireland — and  points  oat  the  several  re- 
mains of  the  Damnani,  Belgse,  Picts, 
&c. — the  idolatry  of  the  Gentile  na- 
tives in  their  worshipof  KermandKel- 
stach  at  Clogher,  (Jromderibb— ^heir 
opinions  on   the  Sedhe   or  Fairi< 


pendix,  an  interesting  Topographical 
description  of  Ireland,  especially  in 
the  last  of  these  editions,  which  is  en- 
riched by  the  notes  of  Sir  Richard 
Cok,  author  of  the  *'  Hibernia  Angli- 


in 
at 


etna. 


^.  This  work  was  published  in  4to, 
London,  in  l6S5 — and  has  been  no- 
ticed here,  contrary  to  Chronological 
order,  on  account  of  the  observations 
on  Camden*s  work,  to  bo  found  in  it. 
When  the  first  edition  of  Camden's 


a 


On  ikKMkMl  JiifttJriH  in  Ir^UmA. 


101 


work  appaircd.  IreUnd  wm  io  a 
wretched  iUte  indeed— iMrawe^  by  re- 
belliont.  Agriculture  wat  at  the  very 
lowest  ebb ;  and  the  miterable  popu- 
lation tobtitted  chieBy  on  animal  lood 
and  milk.  The  country  abounded  in 
woodt,  lakety  and  nuirmet*  which  ren- 
dered it  peculiarly  unwholesome  to 
Enslish  toldien  and  tettlen.  And 
Mien  was  the  obstinacy  of  the  Irish, 
that  in  the  last  ten  years  of  Queen 
Elizabeth's  rei^,  the  reduction  of 
this  island  is  said  to  have  cost  the  Bri- 
tish nation  near  three  millions  and  a 
half;  an  enormous  snm  of^  money, 
when  it  is  taken  into  consideration 
that  in  those  days  the  ordinary  reve- 
nue of  the  English  crown  fell  snort  of 
half  a  million  yearly. 

On  the  accession  of  Kin;  James  the 
First,  great  attention  was  paid  by  the 
English  government  to  the  ameliora- 
lion  of  the  condition  of  the  Irish  peo- 
ple*   Instructed  by  the  compilations 
of  Spenser  and  Camden,  and  the  few 
other  writers  who  called  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Brit'ish  public  to  a  consi- 
deration of  the  existing  sute  of  this 
country,  with  a  view  to  itt  future  tin- 
provement.  Sir  George  Carew  and  Sir 
Arthur  Chichester  luA  appointed  She- 
rift  to  the  several  counties;  and  iti- 
nerant Judges,  performing  their  cir- 
cuits  with     regularity,    administered 
strict  and  impartial  justice  to  all  de- 
scriptions of  people  in   the  country. 
We  are  informed,  however,  by  Mr. 
Gordon,  the  Rector  of  Killegny,  in 
his  *'  History  of  Ireland,"  that  these 
wise  and  benevolent   measures  were 
nearly  frustrated  by  the  restless  spi- 
rit of  the  Romish  Clergy,  who  '  ar- 
raigned the  civil  administration,   re- 
viewed   causes    determined     in    the 
King's  Courts,  and   commanded  the 
people,  under  the  pain  of  eternal  per- 
dition, to  obey  the  decisions  of  their 
spiritual  courts,  and  not  those  of  the 
civil   law.'    Spenser  tells  us,   in   his 
View  of  Ireland,  p.  76 — that  Sir  John 
Perrot  had,  in  his  government,  in  vain 
endeavoured  to  sufklue  this  spirit  in 
the  Irish,  not  only  by  mildness  and 
concession,  but  even  by  treading  down 
and  disgracing  all  the  English,  and  set- 
ting up  the  Irish  all  that  he  could — 
thereby  thinking  to  make  them  more 
tractable. 

In  the  year  16O8,  the  rebellion  of 
CDoherty  threw  the  barony  of  Ennis- 
o«<ren,  in  the  county  of  Donegal,  into 
the  hands  of  King  James  tlie  First, 


tnd  by  the  conapiiaein  and  rebellions 
in  the  latter  end  of  his.  predeoessoi^s 
'ftign,  and  the  commencement  of  his 
own,  tracts  of  land,  oontaioing  about 
fives  hundred  tboosand  Irish  acres, 
were  forfeited  to  the  crown,  in  the 
woL  northern  counties  of  Cavan,  Fer- 
managh, Tyrone,  Deny,  Armagh,  and 
Donegal. 

Instructed  by  the  errors  of  former 
colonisers,  tad  advised  by  men  of  in- 
tegrity and  judgment,  the  King  pro- 
ceeded in  a  scheme  of  plantation, 
which  happily  for  Ireland  was  his  fa- 
vourite object— in  which  he  proceed- 
ed with  such  caution  and  activity,  that 
though  failures  and  mistakes  occuned 
in  many  instances,  (particularly  in  the 
lands  granted  to  the  London  Compa- 
nies,) the  effects  of  it  on  the  prospe- 
rity of  Ulster  have  been  great  and  per- 
manent. 

Seldom  had  such  an  opportunity  of 
coloniaiuff  any  country  occurred,  as 
that  which  this  Monarch  seemed  so 
capable  of  managing  with  the  happiest 
efiects.— -The  lands  at  his  dispbsu  on 
this  occasion  were  not  oonnned  to 
Ubter — sixty  thousand  acres  bad  also 
been  forfeited  to  the  Crown,  between 
the  rivers  Ovoca  and  Slaney,  of  which 
sixteen  thousand  five  hundred  were 
destined  for  an  English  colony,  and 
the  rest  for  the  natives,  on  the  same 
terms  as  such  persons  held  their  lands 
in  Ulster. 

In  like  manner  385  thousand  acres 
in  the  King's  and  Queen's  Counties, 
Leitrim,  Longford,  and  Westmeath, 
were  allotted  for  distribution.  This 
golden  opportunity  of  introducing  agri- 
culture, trade,  religion,  and  industry 
into  this  island,  was  embraced  witn 
avidity  by  James,  who,  notwithstand- 
ing his  errors  and  faults,  possessed 
more  sagacity  than  Historians  are  wil- 
ling to  ^rant  him,  and  whose  plans  of 
colonizing  and  civilizing  Ireland  at 
this  time,  were  rendered  abortive  only 
by  the  weakness  and  misfortunes  of 
his  unhappy  successor. 

(To  be  continued*) 

Mr.  Ukban,  Feb.  10. 

A  S  I  have  proposed  to  myself  the 
1\.  study  of  Chronology,  as  an  obi- 
ject  of  very  great  importance,  I  spare 
no  pains  to  render  myself  master  or  the 
science.  With  this  view,  I  have  dili- 
gently perused  your  remarks  on  Cu- 
vier's  Historical  Argument  in  your  last 
Number ;  and  hope  that  the  following 


'IQ2              Chronolbgf  of  the  jUsjfriem  and  LydUtn  Empires.  [Feb. 

obtervadoiu  ma^  ooc  be  vnaloceptabk  frcmi  Egypt  into  Asia,  and  establishecl 

to  yoo.                 '  himself  at  fiabylon;  that  bis  son  Ni- 

I  am  particularly  struck  with  the  nus  founded  another  city  which    he 

Synchromsm  betwceo  the  founders  of  called  after  himself;  and  having  con- 

the  Lydian;  and  Assyrian  monarchies,  siderably  enlarged   his  father's  domi- 

according  to  the  Father  of  history.     It  nions,  divided   them  (as  the  custom 

is  clear  that  Dejoces  and  Gyges  were  then  was)  amongst  his  children  ;   to 

conteipoMDraries;  the  fornner  established  one  of  whom,  r.e.  Agron,  he  allotted 

the  Meaian  monarchy;  the  latter  over*  the  province  of  Lydia. 

threw  the  Hcracleid  family  in  Lvdia.  According  to  some  Chronologcrs, 

Herodotua  tells  us  that  when  the  Medes  Gyges  ascended  the  Throne  of  Lydia, 

revolted  from,  them,  the  Assyrian  Em-  B.C.  7 1 6,  orrather,  according  to  others, 

pire  had  subsisted  520  years  (L.  95),  719.     Reckon  back  from  this  last  aera 

and  (hat  the  dynasty  of  the  Heraclidae  505  years,  and  we  have  the  year  1224, 

had  reigned  in  Lydia  during  505  (ibid,  the  date  of  Agron's  accession  to  the 

c.  7.)  Throne.     If  we  suppose  that  Ninus 

Nor  is  this  all  ;-*Agron,  the  first  of  his  father  was  in  the  height  of  his 
the  Heracleid  family  who  reigned  in  glory  10  years  before,  the  Assyrians 
Lydia,  was  ihesonofNinus,  and  grand-  may  be  said  to  have  begun  their  Em- 
•on  of  Belus<ibid).  Now  not  only  Dio-  pire  in  the  year  1234  B.  C. 
dorus>  Justin,  and  other  writers  of  their  But  520  years  after  that  event,  the 
class,  but  also  the  well-mformed^trabo,  jyfedes  revolted,  i,e.  714  B.C.  It  is 
tell  us.  that  Nineveh  was  built  by  one  impossible  to  fix  this  epoch  with  accu- 
Ninu^.Herodotusalsomentionsagate  racy,  as  it  has  given  rise  to  innumer- 
of  Babylon  (lU.  155),  called  the  Ni-  Me  controversies  amongst  the  learned ; 
map  gate.  It  is  generally  agreed  that  ^ut  from  the  Apocryphal  Book  of  To- 
tbia.Ninus  was  the  son  of  Bdus.  It  is  ^it,  we  learn  that  "  When  Enemessar 
oertain  (Hercd.  I.  181)  that  Belos  waa  (^^q  i^  other  parts  of  Scripture  is  call- 
worshipped  at  Babylon,  ed  Shalmaneser)  was  dead,  Senacherib 

Again,  Larcher  ^lh  us  that  this  Be-  ^ig  ^^  reigned  in  his  stead,  whose  es- 

loacome.  originally  from  Egypt,  and  ^^^  ^j^,  troubled  so  that  I  could  not 

bis  opimottin  this  case^seemsincontro-  ^  jn^o  Media."    It  is  quite  certain 

Tertible.    Herodotus  (I.  7.)  represents  j^^m  the  Scriptures  that  this  Senache- 

this  Belos.  as  the  grandson  of  Hercu-  ^j^  jij  ^^^  y^-  „  jq    ^„  ^^  most  (I 

lea,  who,. according  to  Sir  Isaac  New-  ,  ^j^  ^^^^  memory)^  and  that  he  was 

ton,  was  the  same  as  Scsostns,  or  Sesac  n,urdered  71 1  B.C.— Media  probably 

J?5     .7^^^  ^.                .  revolted  during  his  unsuccesslul  ex  pe* 

Svncellus  (m  Chronograph,  p.  133,  jitions  against  Egypt  and  Jud«a,  as 

ed.  Ven.)  quotes  Cephalion  a»  saying  from  the  warlikelharacter  of  the  next 

that  Cteaiua  mentions  the  names  of  King  of  Assyria,  i.  e.  Asserhaddon,  it 

about  33  Assyrian  monarchs ;  rtf?  it  ]^  morally  ceruin  that  the  revolt  did 

0a<n\ui  TWff  it,  tt7mlifi<Tai,Pov\trouj  not  take  place  in  his  reign,  and  from 

Ktna-i^i  limif  t  xiytov  iiofxetra  avriv  xai  the  length  of  it,  it  is  certain  it  must 

oT/xo*  xal  y.  —  Herodotus  (1.  7.)  says  have  occurred  before  his  death, 

that  the  family  of  the  Heracleids  reign-  I  f  therefore  Herodotus's  numbers  are 

ed  in  Ljdia  during  22  generations  ^.  correct  (I.  cap.  7.  95)  we  may  reason- 

Curtius  says  that  many  believed  that  ably  conclude  that  Ninus  began  his 

Babylon  baa  been  founded  by  Belus,  reign,  and  founded  Nineveh  about  1255 

though  others  ascribed  that  action  to  B.C. ;  that  Belus  laid  the  Jbundaiions 

Semiramis.  qf  Babylon  about  1280,  and  that  his 

From  all  these  circumstances,  I  con-  grandfather,   the    Egyptian  Hercules, 

elude  it  certain  that  Belus  led  a  colony  died  about  1325  BXJ. — It  remains  to 


*  It  mnetoot,  however,  be  forgotten,  that  the  dnration  ascribed  to  the  Atsjriaii  mo- 
narchy by  different  authors,  varies  amazingly.  Dtodurus  in  three  passages  (Lib.  8.  c.  9 1 . 
<3.  9a)  reckons  80  nonarcbs.     Velleius  Sd.    Synoellns  (P.  133.  Ed.  \^et*  1799)  41. 

Diodorus».Juiitin,  and  Syncellus  (P.  986)  following  the  authority  of  Ctesias, say  that 
tbiaSxApire:  lasted  jlSOO,  or  1360  years.  Patercwlos  says  1070.  Syncellus  (P.  189)  1460. 
Cephalion  about  1000  (io  the  passage  above-mentioned).  We  cannot,  thcreibfe,  bat  re* 
gret  that  Herodotus's  History  of  Assyria,  which  he  mentions  in  his  first  Book,  Cliap.  106» 


has  not  been  preserved. 


^^nqulied  yrho  that  Seqpixamts  was,.  tk^JMit  mp^^.-of  MM^m;  lht:fi^l(lt 

^  .whom  #0  iaw  ^W^rlOtt8  aptioM  or  Church  Prefenpe^t.    J  Bhall««iflk 

ijinre  hepjo  ascribed.    'I  will  not  pre-  (UjdLy  preiace  ipy  fenarka  with?tifia||. 

some  io  denj.that  there^were  mofe.  that  I  aiiiJatevefted»"ia»d<iVieiy  «iato-- 

than  one  of  this  oame,  iiat  (doiv>^  think ..  ri|Jjy  ao»  ia  the  diieiiwion :  add  there-- 

it  pliolial>le.;  and  am  perBuadea  that,  fore  any  remarks  of  mine  aftuat  naMK 

the  works  ascribed  to  ner,  were  .per-  rally  be.ihQught!  to  be,  as  they-  !»•»' 

formed  by  several  jMrioces  of  the  same  doiiblfdly  ^n^ . . iqAuenoed  by . .private- 

luie^  but  not  all  t>y  the  same.    The.  views^.    jL  am  ft  fierson  of  slender  jwi-' 

Seiniraniis   meotiooed   by.  Herodotus  vate  fo^une»  and:  inenmbeat  of  a  bir* 

(L  184)    Bs    having  lived  about  five.  ing»  which  lu^  suffered  ami  ia  unpo^- 

C aerations    before    the    mother    of,  vertsbed»  to..a  great  dc^^ree^- ffom  the 

bynetus,  or  Belshazzar,  (who  was  causes  sp  tfi^ly  and.  jiisuy  r^resealfd' 

^  overthrown  5Q5  B.C.)  and  as  having  by  Vcrax,  from  the  nonnreaideDce^' 

adorned  Babylon,  is  in  my  opinion  the  distresses*  and  ■  negligence  of.  my-  pre-' 

dnly  princess  of  that  name  who  ever,  decessors.    And  .-at  present  I  oannoi 

reigned  there,  and  she  probably  lived,  see .  an^^  probability  of  its   prospects 

about  713  B.C.  according  to  Bryant,  brightening.    I  bate  taken  the  opi- 

Hence  arose  the  tradition  or  story  that  niod    of*  able    tithe-Iawyen  on   Itie- 

ihe  was  the  founder  of  the  City.  case*  .who. -whilst  rth^  assure  me'  ttelt 

I   cannot  entirely  approve  of  Sir  my.causie  isj^^  my  ri^^  clearly  imi 

Isaac  Newton's  opinions  respecting  the  satisfactorily,  made  out*,  yet  disailade 

antiquity  of  the.  Assyrian  Empire.  Ba«  me  from  seeking  ledreH  by  klw^  'oa- 

,  hylon  muat  have  been  tlie  work  of  account  of  its  4ncalc«lable  expenses,* 

many  years,  if  the  descriptions  the  an*  the  uoceirtainty.  of  .the  tssoe,  tne  di»» 

cients  give  of  it  are  authentic.    The  lays  whicb  may:be.  Axiended  beyond- 

lame  remark  applies  to  Nineveh.    No  my  li(e»  the  .io^itable  vexations  and« 

doubt  Pul*  whom  he  places  about  790  trouble  of  all  lui^lioa,  and  the  life 

B.C.  was  the  first  mighty  coiKjueror  of  interest  alone  which  I  have  in  the  he* 

that  nation,  yet. his  family  may  have  nefice.    I  believe  lam  well  warmOMKl 

been  reigning  (here  for  many  genera-  in  saying  that  the  pvobable  expenses  of 

tions  preceding.    I  am  inclined  to  be-  a  suit  in  my  case*,  which  is  that  of  te^ 

lieve  that  the  practice  which  prevailed  veraiyana  ^todtifes,  supposing  it  to  have 

in  the  middle  ages,  of  the  father's  di-  two  or  more  hearini^y  and  afterwaAb* 

riding  his  {latrimpny  amongst  all  his  to.  be.  removed  to  the  House  of  Lards* 

children,  was  not  unknown  in  those  would  be  to  a  greater  amount  than  the 

early  ages,  and  that  Ninus  may  have  value  of  the  advowson  !     I  must  add,- 

been  a  very  powerful  monarch  in  1250  that  I  am  not  much  encouraged  to  the 

B.C.,  and  yet  his  successors  have  be-  attempt  by  reading  lately  a  tithe-caose- 

come  very  contemptible  by  this  prac-  tried    before    Mr.  Justice  Burroueh, 

tice.    Those  who  are  acquainted  with  wherein  he  declared  the  verdict,  which 

the  history  of  the  middle  ages,  cannot  was-  given  against  the  Clergyman,  to 

be  ignorant  of  the  weakness  of  those  be  contrary  to  all  evidence,  andrecpm- 

ties,  which  connected  the  nobles  with  mended  from  the  Bench  a  naotion  for 

the  Sovereign ;  the  very  great  autho-  a  new  trial.    Such  a  report,  in  addi* 

rity  these  nobles  possessed,  and  the  lit-  tioii  to  others  which  my  legal  advisers 

tie  deference  they  paid  to  their  supe-  have  cited  in  order  to  dissuade  me, 

riors.     May  not  this  practice  have  pre-  methinks  somewhat  resembles  one  of 

Tailed  in  the  earlj  ages  of  the.  world?  ^ob*s.  comforters.     In  the  decline  fiC 

aod  how  otherwise  can  we  account  for  ufe,  a  litigation  of  so  forlorn  an  aspect, 

the  infinite  number  of  petty  principa-  whatever  be  its  real  merits  is  such 

lilies,  each  governed  by  its  own  prince,,  surely  as  every  one  in  his  sober  sensea 

dignified  by  the  title  of  Kin^,  men-  would  shun  like  fire  and  sword.    Se- 

tioned  in  every  age  of  die  Jewish  His-  veral  of  my  antagonists  have  avowed 

lory?  A.Z.  that  their  nopes  are  founded  entirely 

^  9n  what  may  oe  styled  superior  weighi 

Mr.  Urban,  Feb.  4,  qf  metal,  or  in  otiier  words,  my  ina« 

THE  beneficed  Clergy  at  large  are  bility  to  contend  with  them   in  ex*. 

much  Tudebted  to  your  Corre-.  pense ;  and  have  used  repeated  threata 

spoodents   Vbrax,    Pacificus,   aiid  to   this  eifect.   .  « They  shake  their 

Aificus,   for  their  letters  respectii)^  poiies  saying,"  9sc. 


HH 


-C^urc/i  Benefice$.^Sak''De». 


[ir^b. 


When  I  add  that  my  hest  wishes 
attend  whatever  measures  may  be 
adopted  toward  the  end  in  view,  lam 
not  without  the  hope  that  ray  lan- 
goage,  thougli  professedly  interested, 
will  not  be  deemed  wholly  sel6sh. 
The  consequences,  if  they  should  ope- 
rate to  my  advantage,  will  extend  be- 
yond my  case  to  others,  who,  if  not 
greater  suflerers  from  this  species  of  op- 
pression, feel  it  more  severely,  and  of 
course  stand  in  greater  need  of  relief 
from  it:  as  must  evidently  be  the  case 
where  there  are  more  numerous  mem- 
bers of  an  household  to  participate  in 
its  good  or  ill  fortune.     Clericus. 

Mr.  Urban,  Feb,  11. 

BEING  situated  on  the  eastern  coast 
ofSuflFoIk,  it  has  frequently  fal- 
len in  my  way  to  observe  a  phenome- 
non, which  1  have  never  yet  seen  no- 
ticed in  print.  This  is  a  deposit  of  a 
salt-dew  on  the  trees  and  hedges  dur- 
ing the  winter  months.  The  occasion 
of  my  first  observing  it  was  as  follows. 
About  25  years  ago,  1  walked  out  with 
my  gun  in  a  very  severe  wind  frost  in 
the  latter  end  of  November.  The  wind 
was  at  East,  and  very  high,  and  the 
cold  so  intense,  that  the  muscles  of  the 
face  and  throat  became  rigid,  and  I  was 
obliged  to  tie  a  silk  handkerchief  round 
my  neck  to  enable  me  to  face  the  wind. 
I  had  walked  about  a  mile,  when  I 
shot  a  partridge,  which  fell  over  a  hedge 
in  the  next  neld,  and  I  sent  my  ser- 
vant to  fetch  it.  Whilst  he  was  gone, 
I  turned  my  back  to  the  wind  to  load 
my  gun  ;  and  whilst  I  was  doing  it,  I 
happened  to  look  down  the  mnd,  and 
saw,  to  my  great  surprize,  that  the 
bushes  in  the  hed^  appeared  loei,  and 
stood  a-drop.  This  unexpected  appear- 
ance in  so  snarpa  frost^induced  me  to  go 
to  the  hedge,  and  examine  if  the  drops, 
which  hung  on  every  spray,  were  really 
liquid ;  and,  when  I  found  they  were, 
I  was  led  to  taste  them.  To  my  still 
greater  surprise,  1  found  the  liquid  ex- 
tremely salt ,  much  more  so  than  sea- 
water;  and,  I  should  think,  as  salt  as 
any  brine  could  be  made  by  art.  I 
mude  my  servant  taste  it  also;  and 
then,  not  being  able  to  bear  the  cold, 
returned  home.  In  my  way  home,  I 
observed  the  trees  and  bushes  quite  wet 
on  the  side  that  was  exposed  to  the 
wind,  but  perfectly  dry  on  the  other. 
When  I  got  to  my  own  house,  I  col- 


lected from  the  trees  and  ahrubs  In  the 
garden  a  table-spoonful  of  this  brine, 
which  all  my  family  tasted  also.  From 
that  time  to  the  present,  I  have  fre- 
quently observed  the  same  phenome- 
non>  and  have  pointed  it  out  to  many 
of  my  friends;  and  in  particular,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  late  frost,  as  I  was 
walking  with  a  gentleman,  to  whom  I 
I  had  often  mentioned  the  circum- 
stance, but  who  was  rather  sceptical 
on  the  subject,  I  had  the  satisfaction 
of  shewing  it  to  him,  and  of  convinc- 
ing him  completely :  and,  as  he  is  a 
frequent  contnbutor  to  your  columns, 
he  persuaded  me  to  draw  up  an  account 
of  tne  matter,  and  to  transmit  it  to  you. 
Wuh  regard  to  the  cause  of  this  phe- 
nomenon, I  will  now  mention  what 
appears  to  me  to  be  the  most  probable 
way  of  accounting  for  it.  But  in  the 
first  place  I  must  observe,  that  1  never 
noticed  it,  except  when  the  wind  was 
strong  at  E.  or  N.  E.  and  generally  (I 
think  always)  when  the  air  was  frosty. 
My  solution  of  the  question  is,  that  it 
is'tne  spray  of  the  sea  (which  always  runs 
high  on  this  coast  with  a  strong  wind 
at  E.  or  N.E.)  taken  up  by  the  wind, 
and  deposited  by  it  in  us  progress  on 
the  windwardude  of  the  object  it  meets 
with.  To  account  for  its  extreme  salt- 
ness,  I  suppose  that  a  good  deal  of  the 
aqueous  part  of  the  sea  water  is  ex- 
haled by  the  dryness  of  the  wind.  The 
Erincipal  objection  that  I  see  to  this 
ypothesis  is,  the  distance  to  which 
the  spray  is  supposed  to  be  carried, 
which  is  certainly  little  less  than  12 
miles  in  a  straight  line.  Yet  I  know 
not  in  what  other  way  to  accouht  for 
it.  That  it  cannot  be  a  fog  from  the 
sea  is  ei'ident,  because  fogs  from  the 
sea  are  always  fresh ;  and  because  this 
salt  dew  never  appears  but  when  the 
air  is  clear ;  and  then  only  on  the  wind^ 
ward  side  of  objects. — Why  it  should 
generally  be  seen  in  frosty  weather  I 
cannot  tell;  perhaps  it  may  occur  at 
other  times,  but  b  not  so  much  no- 
ticed as  in  frost,  when  every  thing  is 
dry.  Be  this  as  it  may,  I  am  con- 
vinced that  it  is  sometimes  very  be- 
neficial in  its  effects,  by  preserving 
vegetables  from  injury  by  frost.  I  par- 
ticularly noticed  a  field  of  turnips  some 
years  aso,  which  was  thoroughly  wet- 
ted with  this  salt  dew  at  the  beginning 
of  as  severe  a  frost  as  I  remember,  and 
which  were  little,  if  at  all,  injured  by 

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ST.  KATHARINE*S  CHURCH.       Exeter  are  at  last  to  find  a  resting 

WITH  A  VIEW.  place,  at  least  if  this  "  magnificent 

Mr.  Urban,  Feh,  6.         edifice"  is  ever  built,  a  point  upon 

THE  ill-fated  St.Katharine*8  Church     which  I  am  rather  sceptical, 
has,  since  my  last  communica-         It  is  a  consolatory  thought  to  reflect 
tion»  been  brought  to  the  hammer,  on  one*s  bones  being  knocked  aboql 
Thus  has  perished  one  of  the  few^pc-  by  rnde  mechanic  hands,  some  two  or 
cimeoa  of  Pointed  Architeeture  iu  tfaic  three  hundred  years  after  they  have 
Metropolis.   .  -^  ■                   "•  ^  ^quietly  been  laid  in  "consecrated? 
The  "a^rocioua  design/*  as  it  was  earth;  an  humble  individual  perhaps 
justly  stykd  in  a  morninig  paper,  of  may  be  greatly  the  gainer  by  the  cii- 
destroying  St.  Mary  Overy's  Church,  cumstance.    Who  know?,  ifsncbez- 
has  fallen  to  the  ground  for  the  present,  amples  as  this  were  to  be  followed. 
The  Temple  fs  now' under  the  hands  what  vile  mechanic  relics  may  be  the 
of  ithe  *'  restefer,''  and  like  Westmin-  habitants  of  the  tombs  of  toyalty  or 
8ter   Hall,   will  soon  display  all  the  nobility,  while  the  real  possessor  is,  in 
richness   of  tnodfm    Gothic,     How  the  jumble,  kicked  out,  and  his  skull 
paiYiful  is  it^  in  a  short  paragraph,  to  shewn  for  a  penny  by  a  labouring  ear- 
enumerate  so  many  structure  which  penter  or  mason.    A  fas  I  some  plebeian 
are  either  sufifering  under  ibe  hand  of  iMnles  may  now  fill  up  the.  chest  which 
the  innovator,  or  are  doomed  to  total  it  is^  said  contains  the  relics  of  the 
destruction  by  the  fiat  of  some  inte-  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Exeter.    What 
rested     individuals.     The     b^iuifol  h^aristocracycometo?  The  sumptuous 
pointed  style,  which  is  worthy  to  hold  moniiment  will  perhaps  be  made  to 
an  eqwtl  rank  with  the  purest  Grecian  cover  the  remains  of  some  cobler  or 
works,  will  5oon,  I  fear,  i>e  banished  .sailor,  or  other  equally  hnmble  iuha- 
frojn  th6  Metropolis,  and  a  spurious  bitantofthe  precinct  ot  Si.  Katharine's, 
imitation  supply  its  place,  of  a  charac-        To  give  a  description  of  this  Church 
tet  with  some  -specimens  of  architec-  would  oe  only  to  repeat  what  has  been 
tuTe  mis^called  *'  Grecian,"  which,  before  said  in  your  pages.    Taken  in 
in  defiance  of  all  the  advantages  lately  .the  whole,  when  the  stalls  remained 
derived  to  science,  are  sufiered  tod^-  .in  their  places,  and  the  edifice  was 
grade  the  very  centre  of  the  metropolis,  perfect,  it  contained  much  to  interest 
At  St.  Katharine's,  the  hancfs   of  -the  Architect,  much  to  gratify  the An- 
successive  innovators,  before  the  Chap-  tiquary.    To  those  who  recollect  the 
ter  disposed  of  the  Church,  had  con-  remains  of  the  rood  loft  gallery,  and 
(rived  to  give  a  new  face  to  the  struc-  the  vestiges  of  fine  carved  work  which 
ture.   The  mouldingSt  which  the  coat-  remained  there,   and  whose  pleasure 
ing  of  plaster  applied  to  the  interior  was  only  alloyed  by  the  consideration 
had   not  concealed,   were   altered   in  of  the  disgraceful  state  in  which  th^ 
their  forms  by  the  hands  of  the  clever  interesting  collection  of  antiquities  in 
Architects  who  have  at  various  times  the  chancel  were  kept  by  those  whose 
defaced  the  Church.    Thus  where  a  d»ity  it  was  to   have  preserved  them 
hollow  wa^  found  in  the  original  work,  better,  to  such  the  loss  is  severely  felt, 
a  torus  has  been  stuck  on  by  way  of  No  modern  building  (if  ever  erected) 
improvement    in    the   modern.     The  can  compensate  for  the  destruction. 
<lesign  of  the  new  capitals  applied  to         By  the  removal  of  the  wainscotting, 
many  upright  toruses  was  taken  from  three  doorways  have  been  brought  to 
an  oki  geoUeman*s  walking-stick,  and  light,  two  at  the  westeru  ends  of  the 
many  small  pinnacles  were  introduced  ailes,    the  third   beneath   the  second 
of  a  design  exceedingly  novel,     it  is  window  from  the  west,  on  the  north 
greatly  to  be  lamented  I  have  it  not  in  side  of  the  Church.     In  the  latter  the 
my  power  to  hand  down  to  posterity  interior  spandrils  are   enriched   with 
the  name  of  the  designer  j  at  least  it  is  shields ;   on  the  left  hand  the  shield 
to   be  hoped  the  Chapter  possess  the  has    a    mutilated    inscription,  which 
working  drawings  from  which  these  form  the  remaining   letters,  and  the 
repairs  were  executed ;  such  examples  lilly   beneath,    1    read   jRlSaria.     The 
ot  genius  may  be  exceedingly  service-  shield  on  the  risht   has  jj^c.    These 
able  to  them  in  the  construction  of  particulars  are  well  preserved.    At  pre- 
the   '^splendid   Gothic  Church*'    in  sent  there  does  not  appear  any  carving 
which  the  old  bones  of  the  Duke  of  attached  to  either  of  the  western  doors. 
Gent.  Mag.  February,  1826*.  As  the  back  of  the  old  altar  screen 

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Character  of  the  late  Rev.  Thomas  Carlyon. 


tFeb. 


it  a  range  of  uprights  nvhich  arc  sub- 
stantial canopies,  in  the  style  of  the 
Westminster  ahar  screen.  The  lower 
range  of  mullions  of  the  side  windows 
in  the  chancel,  just  shew  the  rase  Ives 
through  the  broken  brick-work,  and  it 
is  probable  one  at  least  of  these  win- 
dows may  be  made  out  before  the  final 
destniction.  They  appear  to  have  been 
very  splendid,  and  were  most  injudi- 
ciously closed  up  at  an  earl^r  repair. 

As  the  Church  is  accessible  to  the 
publick  during  the  demolition,  few  of 
your  antiouarian  friends  will  suffer 
that  perioa  to  pass  without  a  visitr«  to 
the  building,  and  no  opportunity  will 
be  avoided  of  bringing  to  light  any 
hidden  object  of  veneration.  The 
stone  coffins  of  some  of  the  early  mem- 
bers of  the  fraternity  will,  I  have  little 
doubt,  form  some  curious  subjects  of 
investigation  at  a  future  period. 
Yours,  &c.  E.  I.  C. 

-KM    rr  ^  Newlyn  Ficarage, 

Mr.URBAK,       near  Truro,  Fee.  U 

I  HAVE  no  doubt  that  you  will  be 
furnished,  foryour  Obituary,  from 
several  of  your  Correspondents,  with 
the  intelligence  of  the  death  of  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Carlyon,  Rector  of  St. 
Mary's,  Truro,  Vicar  of  Probns.  But, 
though  I  can  say  little  more  than  others 
who  may  address  you,  it  would  gratify 
my  feelings  to  be  permitted  to  devote 
to  your  pages,  in  the  form  of  a  letter,  a 
tribute  of  kind  remembrance  and  re- 
gret ;  which,  however  unavailing,  is 
justly  due  to  unpretending  worth — to 
Yirtoes  unambitious  of  applause,  yet 
alwajTS  deserving  it. 

From  my  intimateacquaintance  with 
the  deceased,  I  am  certainly  well  qua- 
lified to  delineate  his  character :  and  I 
have  no  suspicion  that  the  partiality  of 
friendship  will  colour  the  portrait  too 
Tividly,  when  I  consider  with  what 
•orrow  and  apprehension  the  town  and 
neighbourhood  of  his  residence,  sus- 
pending public  amusements  and  even 
private  parties,  have  awaited,  for  the 
last  fortnight,  the  aweful  Agnal  that 

8ut  a  period  to  all  hope — when  I  re- 
ect  on  the  gloom  that  saddened  every 
countenance  in  the  crowded  congre^- 
tions  of  St.  Mary's,  as  if  doubtful  how 
to  bear  a  stroke  of  Providence  which 
should  deprive  them  of  their  spiritual 
Pastor,  who  had  so  long  watched  over 
them,  and  loved  them,  hot  whose  face 
they  should  see  no  more ! 
Perhaps,  there  never  lived  a  man 


mora  esteemed  and  beloved  in  the 
circle^  wherein  he  was  called  to  move. 
As  a  representative  of  an  ancient  fa- 
mily, as  supported  by  relations  of  un- 
blemished cnaracter,  and  as  connected 
with  several  houses  in  Cornwall  of  the 
first  respectability,  he  found  the  way 
to  honour  ^'prepared  and  made  ready. ' 
And,  notwithstanding  the  prevaihng^ 
opinion,  quee  nonjeamus,  &c.  this  is 
a  sort  of  inheritance  of  incalculable 
advantage  to  those  who  do  not  discredit 
or  despise  it. 

Independent,  however,  of  extraneous 
assistance,  Mr.  Carlyon  was  able  to 
command  respect  and  conciliate  esteem. 
And  feeble,  mdeed,  were  any  language 
I  could  use  in  expressing  my  senti- 
ments—  whilst  1  contemplate  that 
soundness  of  intellect,  and  that  inte- 
grity, that  godly  sincerity,  that  steadi- 
ness yet  unoffending  gentleness,  which 
I  have  ever  viewed  with  pleasure  in 
my  departed  friend. 

In  illustrating  these  several  talents 
and  good  qualities,  I  would  first  ob- 
serve, that  from  the  days  of  his  early 
youth  to  the  close  of  his  earthly  ex- 
istence, he  discovered  "  a  right  under- 
standing in  all  things."  And,  whether 
we  advert  to  his  academical  acquire- 
ments and  honours,  or  to  his  conduct 
in  after-life,  in  the  transactions  of 
daily  occurrence,  we  may  recognize  a 
clearness  of  conception,  a  judiciousness 
in  decision,  a  discretion  and  a  candour 
which  were  evidently  the  results  of 
natural  good  talent  improved  by  liberal 
cultivation. 

As  a  Clergyman,  he  was  every  way 
exemplary.  From  a  conviction  of  the 
truth  of  those  momentous  doctrines 
which  he  professed  to  believe,  and 
from  a  sense  of  the  high  responsibility 
of  his  sacred  office,  he  discharged  his 
ministerial  duties  with  uniform  regu- 
larity. And  we  might  ever  perceive 
in  him  a  cordial  regard  for  the  welfare 
of  his  flock,  and  a  fidelity  almost  un- 
exampled ;  whether  his  immediate  ob- 
ject were  to  teach  them,  or  to  exhort 
them,  or  to  «*  stir  up  their  pure  minds 
by  way  of  remembrance.*'  As  in  every 
other  instance,  so  in  his  preaching,  his 
manner  was  plain  and  unaffected.  It 
was  a  truly  (Christian  simplicity.  He 
was  preaching  **  not  himself,  but  Christ 
crucified."  For  he  was  not  •*  ashamed 
of  that  Gospel,  which  is  able  to  make 
us  wise  unto  salvation."  I  have  men- 
tioned also,  his  "  steadiness,  yet  un- 
offending gentleness/'   And  these  were 


M.] 


ijittiiigiiiihed  traits  ip  hii  chaniclcr. 
For,  wtiiUi  he  ulways  adhered  to  what 
hc,dmncd  tiuht  aiitfdecoToui,  lie  Cerer 
Kav«  oflcncc  by  iiiiempcrance  of  zta!, 
by  pauionaic  opposition,  or  by  imna- 
Ucnce  of  contradiction.  Pencvenns 
in  good  work<,  never  "  weaiy  in  vidi- 
duiiie,"  he  ahewed  (at  Si-  Paal  ex- 
picui'S  h)  "  all  meekness  lo  all  men.'' 
And  ready  as  he  was  on  ei-ery  eraer- 
gCDCV  to  uerlGce  all  selfish  considera- 
tjons'  10  the  common  Teelin^,  his  atten- 
tion la  ihose  charitable  institutions 
Ithai  ocnc  wilbin  his  reach,  tbongli 
•uSetcDlly  regulated  bj  prudence,  was 
ucited,  we  are  well  osuired,  by  the 
warmnl  brncToIeace. 

ir  we  look,  for  a  moment,  to  the 
ncrsses  of  liis  private  life,  we  m^y 
cni|uirr,  with  the  full  conftdcnce  uf  a 
latisracior;  answer,  who  hulh  heard  of 

««ery  «t  of  duty  lo  his  vunerabte  pa- 
Knit  i  when  in  declining  years,  the 
filmot  slay,  the  sweetest  consolation 
moM  arise  from  filial  aflecilon  i  They, 
of  the  old  inhaliiunia  of  Truro  who 
have  K«u  more  llian  a  scneraiion  pata 
■way,  will  inttanlljr  acknowledge  the 
Ituin  of  luy  anettions — many  with 
■yuipilliy  froni  similarity  of  circum- 
stancA^maajrwIlh  gratitude  from  the 
feeling  orhtsinfltience.  Not  will  they 
hare  Um  delist  in  reflecting  on  the 
iu^DUoua  brother^  the  ancctionate 
hu^bund,  the  anxious  father,  the  kind, 
cantiderale  luaslerl  In  the  [icrfotni- 
auce,  in  fad,  ol*  ibe  reLtive  duiicsai 
ptoiiiuletl  by  Nature,  and  saucliuned 
hy  Chriuianily,  all  he  did,  was  con- 
scifnlioutlydfme — allhedid,  wasdoiie 
as  if  tpaniaucnusly.  And,  in  the  uicuu 
lime,  hts  habitual  checrrulncss  was  a 
■unsliinc  %o  enlivening  lo  our  spirits, 
that  sensible  of  its  source,  how  well 
inight  wcHy  lo  Religion,  "Thy  «ays 
an  ways  of^plentantucis,  aud  all  lliy 
luklhawc  peace  I" 

Such  was  ibe  life  of  my  lamented 
fneud  1  And  perfectly  conformable 
wilh  llial  life,  wjs  the  rcsipnaiion  of  a 
irjni)iiil  death.  After  a  cmiliiieiiiciil 
in  his  bed  for  fourteen  days,  almost 
unjllended  by  sul?ering  of  any  kind, 
he  breathed  his  lail,  this  luoriiing: 
and  hi)  de>lh  was  without  a  pane! 
He  died,  indeed,  "  the  death  of  ilie 
tiflhieoiu !"  Nor  lives  there  one,  but 
mighi  pray  njlfa  an  implorius  ^iKh, 
MM  iviui  eye*  full  of  tears,  and  lificd 
up  lomrd*  heaven :  "  Oh !  inoy  mv  l.nsi 
cwl  be  like  his!"    This  is  a  liasiy 


Famitg  of  Bry/lget,  LorAt  Chandut,  iffj 

(Tusion.    But  who  woidd  doc  escuM 
I,   if  witnessing  in  me  that  "  Mf^" 


Yours,  arc.         R.  Polwhili. 

Mr.  Urban,  Von.  SO. 

IN  October  IStg  (vol.  Lxxsix.  pt. i. 
p.  3^S),  the  atteution  of  yonr 
readers  was  called  by  "  DunelmensisV 
to  a  point  in  the  genealogy  of  the  nobb 
family  uf  lliydges  Batons  Chaodos, 
apparently  involved  In  Moie  obscurity, 
andarisingoniofan  aaaenton  in  the  in- 
scription upon  a  slone  (ia  a  Chapel  of 
Winchester  Cathedral),  lo  the  memory 
of  Mary  wife  of  James  Young,  Esq.  a 
gentleman  nf  the  Privy  Chamber  ia 
the  rci|tn  of  King  Charle*  the  FJnt, 
and  a  Colonel  in  the  service  of  that 
monarch*.  Mrs.  Young  died  In  1{>87, 
and  is  described  in  the  inicription.aa 
"  [laughter  of  W>"  Bridget,  the  sodq 
of  Thomas  Bridges  Baron  Cluuidrii, 
of  Sudley."  In  "May  1830  (vol.  xc. 
pi.  i.  p.  41S),  a  comoiunication  under 
ihe  signature  of  "  Tudor,"  preaented 
you  with  ihe  copy  of  another  iiucrip- 
tlon  upon  a  mnnument  erected  in 
the  Church  of  Huwley  near  Win- 
chester, to  the  memory  of  Sir  Cbariet 
Wyndham  and  Uanie  James  his  wife, 
who  is  therein  described  as  daiighler 
of  "  Major  Generul  James  YouBgr 
and  granddau^hii-r  lo  my  Lord  Chan- 
das  ;'■  and  in  Turiher  evidence  of 
the  c 


I  hat   I 


the 


Charles  and  Lady 
Wyndhdm  had  a  son  culled  Brydgn 
Wyndham.  bapiiied  at  Huraley,  May 
8,  (679,  antf  btiricd  there  May  I?, 
lliRg.  In  July  \9.-2i>,  it  was  slated  by 
a.CorrcJiioiideiU  (vol-  sc.  pt.  ii,  p.  S) 
thai  Mrs.  Fian:-!'  While,  the  daughter 
of  Sir  Charlta  WMi.lham  (and  whose 
will   was   ihcii   ilif   sulijeci   of  great 


to  her  property),  nod  in  her  possession 
"  two  full  length  portraits  of  Sir 
Charles  Wyndham,  and  one  of  a  Ladt) 
T'xclrr,  who  was  said  to  be  anni  u* 
Mri.  Francti  White." 

The  dilficuliy  felt  by  your  Corre- 
spondents in  relying  enlirely  upon  the 
MonuRicnul  Inscriptions,  appears  to 
have  arisen  from  the  clrcunisiancei  of 
being  unable  lo  find  that  there  ever 
was  any  Baron  Chandos  of  llie  family 

*  He  wu  the  MO  of  Dr.  J'<hD  Youdk, 
D»norWiDcli»Mr,«b<M«frt)wr  was  Tutor 
to  King  James  lX\e  Pnt, 


of  Bridges,  wboM  Chrii^an  name  was 
TAomas,  and  the  total  silence  of  all  the 
pedigrees  they  had  connoted  upon  the 
subject  of  such  a  coanexion.  Your 
ji^ges  were  referred  to  in  the  hope  of 
elieiiing  a  solution  of  the  difficulty, 
when  a  •*  Thirty-five  years  Corre- 
spondent/' in  the  month  of  Septem- 
ber 1830  (vol.  xc.  pu  ii.  p.  231)> 
expressed  his  surprize  that  any  intel- 
ligent genealogist  should  puzzle  him* 
self  *'  By  an  error  which  was  so  easily 
capable  of  being  proved  as  such ; ' 
and  observes,  that  the  Writs  of  Sum- 
mons to  Parliament  would  shew  that 
there  was  no  Tkomast  Baron  Chandos, 
and  after  adverting  to  a  variation  in 
the  description  of  James  Youn^,  Esq. 
m  two  ot  the  inscriptions  (a  circum- 
stance perfectly  immaterial  to  the  point 
«nder  discussion),  misjjuotes  the  de- 
•criptionof  Mrs.  Youngin  the  Winches- 
ter inscription,  and  then  remarking 
that  the  Borony  was  one  by  patent, 
and  limited  to  heirs  male,  asks,  as  if 
somewhat  alarmed,  what  these  female 
heirs  could  have  to  do  with  it  ?  Most 
asBUFcdly  they  could  have  nothing  to 
do  with  the  Barony,  nor  were  their 
pfetenstons  to  it  ever  under  considera- 
tion, and  r  confess  myself  at  a  loss  to 
conceive  why  that  veteran  friend  of 
Mr.  Urban's  should  have  inuoduced 
the  subject  of  the  Barony,  which  hav- 
ing been  long  since  extinct,  could  not 
much  interest  any;  person.  He  con- 
cUi^  his  letter  without  affording  an^ 
explanation  upon  the  subject,  and  his 
communication  would  have  been  much 
more  satisfactory  had  he  stated  where  the 
error  lies,  which  was  in  his  estimation 
•o  easily  capable  of  being  proved  'as 
inch,  instead  of  pulling  an  imaginary 


of  Brifdfpet,  Lofd9  Chandoi. 


[Feb 


xc.  pt.  ii.  p.  323),  who  very  aptly 
notices  the  "  morbid  acuiencss"  of 
your  Correspondent's  perception  in  con- 
juring up  a  phantom  vvhicli  existed 
only  m  his  own  imagination. 

In  January  1821  (vol.  xci.  pt.  i.  p. 
38),  the  copy  of  a  third  inscription 
was  also  through  your  pages  offered  by 
"  Dunelmensis*'  in  corroboration  of 
the  repeated  assertion  of  ihc  descent 
from  the  noble  house  of  Chandos;  vii. 
from  a  monument,  in  St.  JamesV 
Church,  Taunton,  erected  to  the  me- 
mory of  Maria,  daughter  of  the  said 
Sir  Charles  Wyndbamand  Dame  James 
''his  wife,  who  died  19th  Jan.  17^: 


where  again  her  mother  is  described  as 
the  daughter  of  Major-General  Young, 
and  granddaughter  of  the  Lord  Chan- 
dus." 

The  question  as  relating  to  a  noble 
family  of  ancient  descent  and  honour- 
ably allied,  has  certainly  some  interest, 
and  it  appears  strange  that  the  precise 
connexion  of  a  Lady,  undoubtedly  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Br}'dges, 
should  be  involved  in  any  such  mys- 
tery. That  there  is  an  error  in  this 
inscription,  is  pretty  clear,  and  to  me 
it  appears  to  exist  in  the  substitution  of 
Thomas  for  William  ;  the  Christian 
name  of  Mrs.  Young's  father  and 
grandfather  being  William,  for  the 
inscription  is  less  likely  to  be  wrong 
in  the  name  of  her  father  than  in  that 
of  her  grandfather:  that  William  had 
issue  will  hereafter  be  decidedly  shewn. 

As  the  Peerages  and  other  genealo- 
gical writers  do  not  give  any  particular 
account  of  the  younger  sons*  of  Wil- 
liam the  4th  Lord  Chandos,  it  may  be 
as  well  briefly  to  state,  that  the  said 
William,  4th  Lord,  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sir  Owen  Hopton,  Lieu- 
tenant of  the  Tower,  which  lady  was 
living  at  Stepney  in  April  1624,  and 
dying  in  October*  in  tne  same  year, 
was  buried  at  Stepney  ;  there  was 
issue  of  this  marriage  as  follows:  Grey, 
Giles,  Thomas,  and  William ;  Frances, 
Joan,  and  Beatrice. 

The  fact  of  the  4lh  I^rd  Chandos 
having  had  several  children,  appears 
by  a  collection  of  Baronial  Peaigrccs 
amongst  the  vast  collections  of  the 
laborious  and  indefatigable  Augustine 
Vincent,  Windsor  Herald,  deposited 
in  the  College  of  Arms,  and  which 
appear  to  have  been  compiled  in  or 
aoout  the  year  1696,  as  William  4th 
Lord  Chandos  is  there  described  "  do- 
minus  hodiernus  1596,"  and  under  the 
line  of  issue  drawn  from  him  is  written, 
*•  liberi  r>ermulti.''  The  words  **  ho- 
diernus and  **  liberi  permulti,'*  have 
been  afterwards  struck  through  with  a 
pen;  and  in  a  more  recent,  but  still 
an  ancient  hand,  the  pedigree  is 
brought  down  to  a  later  period;  and 
from  a  pedigree  in  the  hand -writing 
of  Robert  Dale,  Blanch   Lion   Pur- 

*  Gollins's  Peerage,  vol.  ii.  p.  138.  ed. 
1789>  meatious  a  Sir  Giles,  who  died  with- 
out issue;  and  id  Brydges'  edition  of  that 
work,  vol.  vi.  p.  724,  the  Editor  says,  in  a 
note,  "  probably  the  same  who  was  knight-t 
ed,  and  died  about  1638,  and  bad  a  brother 
William." 


'■WM.3 


Pamilf  of  Biydga,  Lorii  Chandot, 


Itt 


aulvaot,  and  now  In  b  private  coUeo-  of  Exeter,   »iiU.T   a*  befoM  imtaii  at 

tion,  1  have  obiained  their  namei  (as  William,  in  her  will  dated  l66s,  airi 

brfore  given),  the  accuracy  of  which  proved  1663,  appoinis  her  niece  Maiy 

i*   nuppotied    hy  documenia   hereafier  Yoong  her  execmrix,  and  llwCoBnIcaa 

rtrene^  to,  aud  as  far  a>  ihcy  extend,  hein"  clearlf  a   dauj^hier  of  the  4<rti 

amouul   lo   a  correbotBlian   by   legiil  LoruChandos,  ihe  term  niectf  confe- 

evidence^  quently  proves  the  fact  of  Mn.  YouneV 


wai  r.tthe(  of  George  6<h  Lord,  well         Hence  it  appears  lo  me  that  there  h 

known  from  hh  bravery  ut  the  battle  left  but  little  rooai  for  douht  at  t»  the 

of  Newbury,  who  died   |(J64,  and  of  error  being  in  the  inscription  at  Win- 

\t'illiaiii  the  7t]i  Lord  Chandoi,  whu  Chester,  where  Loid  Chando*  of  Sutl- 

bnif)  however  died  without  male  isaue.  leyiscalled  T'Aanai  instead  of  ^Miam. 
Of  lite  younger  tons.   Sir  Giles  was         Should  this  satisfy  your  icaden  thu 

knifchicd   nt    Theobalds,    17th    Sept.  i -J- "'—Ji '- J . :.  _^i.i:-i. 


Lady  Wyndhain's  d'ejcent  i»  cttaUiih* 
ed,  and  to  which  her  funiily  evidently 
attached  some  imjiortancie,  it  follow* 


l6lti,  and  by  his  will, dated  6th  April, 
t684,    ind    ptoted    13lh   Otot.    1629 

(wherein  he  speaks  of  hi«  "  Cliaiiiber  that  granddaa^hler  ia  the  other  ii 
at  hi>  Mothers  at  Siepuey"),  he  left  inscriptions  should  hnvc  been  grtaf- 
an  annuity  to  his  brother  William  ^anddaughler ;  the  repetition  of  thb 
Btydges,  with  reversloD  to  his  sons,  in  inaccuracy  is  certainly  singmUr. 
ibcse  words:  "  I  make  my  Coysen  1  must  add,  that  a  veiy  inle1l)Eent 
Gillet  Brideei  of  Willtone,  my  Solle  friend  of  mine,  and  a  Gorreapondent 
•ycre  and  Ycxcckrelarie.  I  doe  yene  of  yours,  sueRcsted  to  me  the  potsibH 
Koine  hiem  that  hea  shall  gef  10  my  lity  of  Mrs.  Youiifc's  being  the  daugh- 
brothrr  Wiellism  ooe  Annuity  of  icr  of  Thmnas  son  of  William  4tlt 
fouerecore  pounds  a  Yer  deuirclnge  !,ord  Chandos,  instead  of  William; 
hies  lief,  ai>d  after  that  10  bee  payed  and  the  error  in  the  Winchetter  in- 
to hies  Moa  deuereingc  thayer  liefci  scripiion  would  in  that  case  be  in  the 
orii  pound  a  Yeie  a  pcie."  ten  os  posit  ion    of   the    two    Christian 


Thomas,  at  the  period  of  the  conti- 
nuation of  the  pcoigtee  in  Vincent's 
CollMtion,  is  staieil  to  be  "  oceiius  ;'* 
and  in  DJc's  Pedigree,  slain  in  Flan- 
den,  without  any  mention  of  dying  with 
ur  wii!im>i  issue.  William  is  shewn  xieni 
1.-,  t,  ,v.  h.A  v--~uc  Ihiag  in  le-M,  as  his  lii.m, 
>.i!  ■  .he  rcvctiioM  of  the     Thoi 

jr  .   '     .nil,  and  frmn  the     vciiin 

words  ef  ih^  bequest,  viz.  "  Forii 
p««ad  a  yere  a  pese,"  it  may  be  con- 
chided  ibefc  were  two. 

Of  the  daii^hten  of  the  4th  Lord, 
Frances  married,  first.  Sir  Thoinaa 
Smith  of  Parsons  Green,  co,  Middle- 
sex, and  Secietary  to  Janiei  the  First ; 
and  Sdiy,  Thomas  Earl  of  Exeler. 
Jo»  Burricd  Sir  Thomas  Tnivile, 
Cupbearer  lo  Queen  Aiine ;  and  Bea- 
tria,  !nr  Henry  Poole  of  Saperion,  co. 
Glnocnter,  and  died  in  IGOS. 

ThoDgh  the  will  of  Sir  Giles  BtydfEcs 
is  silent  as  10  female  issue  of  his  bro- 


at  Win. 
;  hut  I  confess  this  does  not,  under 
!  circumstances  related,  appear   to 
so  |)robable  a  wlnticin  of  the  enigma 
the  other.     The  will  of  Sit  Gitet 
ntions  children  of  his  hroiher  Wil- 
li,   but    is    perfectly  silent    as    to 
is.orD.iyoniUi..i,e.    Whenthe 
^  r  son  ol'  ihe  4ih  Lord  Chandos 
died,  or  what  became  of  the  male 
issue  of  William  Brytlges,  I  know  notj 
but  that   there  was  a  total  failure  of 
male  issue  from  the  body  nf  the  said 
4lh  Lord  Chandos,  is  to  be  presumed 
from   the   iveil-knowu   fact  of  a 


...       yJ"' 

Bcydge*  hsviiiK  issue  is  luflicient  to 
JMstify  OUT  benef  in  the  declaration 
eoataiDcd  in  the  inscription  at  Win- 
cheatM',  which  itatet  Mrs.  Young  to 
hen  been  daD^hler  of  HVUaiw.  In 
addtiiaa  to  which,  Frascca  CountcM 


scendant  of  the  second  son  of  the  first 
I^Jrd  succeeding  10  the  dignity  upon 
thedeathnfWilliam7ihLordChandot; 
and  the  House  of  Lords,  when  hearing 
the  claim  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brydgea, 
seems  to  have  considered  the  succession 
of  a  junior  branch  of  the  family  a* 
proof  of  the  eutinction  of  the  male 
issue  of  the  elder;  Ibr  the  only  evidence 
relating  to  the  point  to  be  found  in  the 

C'nled  minutes,  is  the  entry  from  the 
rds'  Journal,  when  James,  Btb 
Lord,  look  hii  seat  in  Parliament  in. 
1676.  Under  such  ctrcumstancet,  that 
august  tribunal  was,  therefore,  probably 
content  with  less  explicit  evidence  than 


110       Brydge$  Family, — Royal  Descem  of  Marquis  of  Hastings.      [Feb. 


it  would  otherwise  have  required  on 
that  head ;  and  perhaps  also  further 
evidence  might  have  been  called  for, 
had  not  the  case  very  early  taken  an 
unexpected  turn,  and  rested,  as  it 
finally  did,  not  on  any  point  connected 
with  the  succession  of  the  earlier  Lords 
Chandos,  but  on  the  simple  question 
whether  the  then  claimant  was  in 
truth  descended  from  the  noble  family 
of  Brydges  at  all,  or  from  a  much 
humbler  stock  of  the  same  name. 

Having  obtained,  and  accurately  ex- 
amined copies  of  the  inscriptions  which 
have  caused  this  discussion,  I  transmit 
them  to  you  herewith.  F.  £. 

Inscripiions  referred  to. 
On  a  black  marble  stone,  in  a  Chapel 
in  the  South  aite  of  Winchester  Ca- 
thedral. 

Arms:  Three  piles  in  pale,  points 
downwards,  each  charged  with  an  an- 
nulet, for  Young,  impaling  a  cross 
charged  with  a  leopard's  head,  Brydges : 

**  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Young,  the  wife  of  James  Young,  Esq. 
who  was  a  Gentleman  of  the  Prlvie  Cham- 
ber unto  King  Charles  the  First :  And  dyed 
a  Collonell  in  his  sayd  Maties  service.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Wm.  Bridges,  the  sonn 
of  Thomas  Bridges,  Baron  Chandris,  of 
Sudley.  She  dyed  the  14th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1687)  aged  80.*' 

From* a  monument  in  the  Church  of 
Hursley,  near  Winchester. 

Arms  :  Young,  impaling  Brydges, 
as  before  described : 

<'  Here  lyeth  th6  body  of  Sir  Charles 
Wyndham,  Knt.  and  Dame  James  his  wife, 
late  of  Craubury.  He  was  the  son  of  Sir 
Edmond  Wyndham,  Knt.  Knight  Marshal 
of  England.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Major 
General  James  Young,  and  granddaughter 
to  my  Lord  Chandos.  The  said  Sir  Charles 
and  his  wife  had  ten  sons  and  seven  daugh- 
ters* He  departed  this  life  July  22,  1706; 
she  departed  this  life  theSlst  of  May,  1720. 
This  monument  was  erected  by  two  of  their 
daughters,  Frances  White  and  Beata  Hall." 

From  a  monument  in  St.  James's 
Church,  Taunton,  co.  Somerset. 

Arms  :  In  a  lozenge  Azure,  a  chev- 
ron between  three  lions*  heads,  erased 
Or: 

"In  memory  of  Maria  Wyndham,  the 
daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Wyndham  and 
Dame  James  his  wife,  who  departed  this  life 
the  1 9th  of  January,  1759.  Her  fittther 
was  the  son  of  Sir  Edmund  Wyndham, 
Knight  Marslial  of  England.  Her  Mother 
was  the  daughter  of  Major-General  Young, 
and  granddaughter  of  the  Lord  Chandus. 


Awake  my  soul. 
Awake  and  sing 
Eternal  praise 
To  Heaven's  King. 
This  monument  was  erected  by  two  of  her 
sisters,  Frances  White  and  Beata  Hall." 

Mr.  Urban,  Feb.  8. 

I  SHOULD  deem  myself  wanting  in 
common  candour,  did  I  not  avow 
that  the  Editor  of  Debretl's  Peerage  (p. 
27),  has  most  satisfactorily  disproved  the 
Royal  descent  from  Henry  the  Seventh, 
which  I  had  claimed  for  the  houses  of 
Ancasier  and  Guilford. 

I  have  been  favoured  with  a  sight 
of  Le  Neve*s  valuable  and  accurate 
manuscript,  which  completely  decides 
the  contest  in  the  Editor's  favour. 

My  error  I  might  have  avoided  had 
I  stopped  to  collate  the  dates  given  by 
Lod^e  (who  led  me  astray)  in  his 
article  of  Brownlow  Viscount  Tyr- 
connel,  with  the  dates  given  in  the 
older  editions  of  Collins,  under  the 
head  of  Brydges  Duke  of  Chandos.  I 
should  moreover  have  found,  that  Ed- 
mondson,  in  his  engraving  ofihe  quar- 
tering^ belonging  to  Cust,  Lord  Brown- 
low,  decidedly  negatives  my  late  hypo- 
thesis, and  inserts  Dunconibc,  in  right 
of  the  real  wife  of  Sir  William  Brown- 
low,  created  Baronet. 

Sir  S.  E.  Brydges,  in  his  enumeration 
in  your  Supplement  of  the  heads  of 
families  intitled  to  quarter  the  French 
Queen's  arms  (by  him  styled  her  re- 
prebentatives),  omits  two,  who  ought 
to  follow  the  Earl  of  Dunmore,  to 
wit.  Lord  Nairne,  and  Lady  Keith. 
These  I  maintain  have  as  indisputable 
a  right  to  special  mention  as  any  one 
of  the  Egerton  line,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  Earl  of  Jersey  and  the 
Marquis  of  Staflbrdsliire. 

^s  bearing  upon  the  topic  of  Quar- 
tering the  Royal  atchievement,  allow 
me  to  point  out  to  your  heraldic,  genea- 
logical, and  historical  Correspondents 
and  Readers  the  singularly  proud  pre- 
tensions of  the  present  Marquis  of 
Hustings.  He  is  intitled  to  the  arms 
of  a  son  of  Edward  I.,  a  son  of  Edward 
IlL,  the  brother  of  Edward  IV.,  and 
a  daughter  of  Henry  VII.  He  more- 
over quarters  David  Earl  of  Strathern,  a 
son  of  Robert  II.  King  of  Scotland. 
Whilst  thus  depicting  a  shield  as  highly 
to  be  prized  in  the  estimation  ot  an 
Antiquary,  as  those  of  Achilles  and 
^neas  in  the  eyes  of  a  Poet,  my  me- 
mory fondly  and  sadly  turns  to  the  re* 


IS36.] 


EtigSth  Language  mottfy  Saxon. — CSieltea. 


collMlioD  of  ihe  energelic  entcrpriie  words  out  of  20,  and  i 
diiplamt  by  iis  hctoic  bearer  in  liiDu  14  ouLof  15,  are  of  true  I 
Diiw  dittanl  on  a  fat  distant  shore.  Before  I  conclutic.  lei 
when  and  where,  had  others  been  a< 
Iiulcd  by  cf|ml  talent,  and  eijtial  zea 
Ttt^aijua    nunc    itam,  Priunique  an  at 


The  Bajai 


?  Vannei 


milled  to  lugpesl  "a  ne 
Dr.  Injjram  for  his  ni 
Ihe  Saxon  Chronicle. 

"A.D.  785.  There' 
■inod  at  Cealc-hythe." 
render)  the  last  word, 
ters,  Chalk-hyihe 


Fas  geflitfollic 
Mr.  Ingnm 

□  modern  let- 
ihc  prelixcil 


•yHEHE   are    few   modern    work*     ''  P'^c'd  in  LancasKire.  '  BLshop"6ib^ 


X  Rhich  have  produced  a  j^reater 
cbuiftc  in  the  punails  of  the  .Aniiqiury, 
than  Mr.Tumer;!  *•  Hitlory  of  the  An- 


nin^  to  itudy  and 

fie,  to  whom  we 
n  our  tawi  and  i 


We  are  at  length  begin 
"  ■       ipreciate  thepeo- 
chieHy  indebted 
utions,  and  from 
slmoit  exdu^vcly. 


n,  and  all  the  Conimentato: 
passoge,  have  hitherto  concurred  in 
fixb"  upon  "Kilcheth,  a  village  on 
the  borders  of  Cheshire,"  aa  theipol 
where  this  important  synod  waiheld. 
Mr.  Clarke.  In  his  Connection  of 
Coins,  has  introduced  a  long  note  in 
r, Qf   (fiij  conjecture,  and   Mia; 


the  full  and  emphatic  language,  which     Gurney  has  adopted  it  in  her  elegant 

bids  fair  in  s  few  years  to  become  the     iranslation  ;    but   their   reasoning  ap- 

nication     P''""   '"  "":  very  inconclusive.     The 

cene    of     this    memorable    council, 

'where  the  glorious  King  Offa,  with 

lis   Archbishop    and   Bishop*,"    mel 


genenl    mediu 

throiiKhoui  the  cifiliied  world. 

"The  present  ianguage  of  English- 
men,*' uys  Mr.  Bosworth  in  his  Ele- 
menu  of  Anglo-Saxon  Grammar,  "Is 
not  that  heteroKcncoai  compound 
which  aotnc  imifginc,  compiled  from 
the  jarrins  and  corrnptrd  elcnienls  of 
Hebrew,  Grrek.Ulin,  French,  Spa- 
niih,  and  Italian,  but  completely 
Anglo-Saxon  io  its  whole  idiom  and 
consirocticm.'* 

A»  the  examples  cited  by  Mr.  Dos- 
worih  and  by  Dr.  Ingram  are  by  no 
means  the  mott  facourable  that  could 
b«  brought  forward,  with  your  pcr- 
rolasioa,  Mr.  Urban,  I  will  point  out 
»  fen  oihert  lo  their  notice. 

The  pvable  of  the  Goo«l  Shepherd, 
SLjoho,  cbtp.x.  Tene  11—18,  con- 
taiui  150  word* ;  with  the  exception 
wf  three  cmly,  ihey  are  all  of  Teutonic 
ofidn;  and  in  the  14th,  15th,  i6th, 
and  ]7tb  Chapten  of  Si.  John's  Gos- 
pel, the  proportion  of  Anglo-Saxon 
wordt  ii  coDiidcrably  moic  than  nine 
ont^of  ten. 

1  poetry  that  the  powi 


of  oar  mother 


:r  lonKoe  are  n 


it  appa- 


■  lingular  fad,  lliai 
>  a  greater  degree  in 
'e  than  in  the  writings 
oftheiytband  IRth  centuriei.  "Ten 
yeati  ago,"  by  Mr.  Watts,  and  the 
"Farewell''  of  Miss  Landon,  have 
been  rcneatcdly  quoted  as  the  moil 
bcmtifDl  eompoailioni  of  their  respec- 
tire  •othon  *.      In   the   former,    1p 

*  SMOtHkH^-Jolj  ie34,[ip.S9,63. 


the  Roman  delegates, 
apprehend,  an  obscure  hamlet'  in 
Lancashire,  but  Cuelsba,  on  the 
biinks  of  the  Thamea,  the  soulhen) 
boundary  of  the  KinRdom  of  Mercia. 

I  am  iirepared  to  support  my  opi- 
nirin  by  many  cogent  arguments,  if^it 
should  be  controverted  j  but  the  iden- 
tity appears  »o  evident,  that  I  shall 
cdolent  myself  for  the  present  with 
one  corroborative  proof  only.  The 
King  of  Mercia  had  recently  added 
Middloex  lo  his  hereditary  domi- 
nions ;  and  there  is  still  extant  a  char- 
ter, given  by  bim  in  the  very  same 
year,  to  the  neighbouring  Monasterr 
ofThorney,  now  Westminster. 

The  Parish  retained  the  name  of 
Chelchethe  in  the  Taxation  of  Pope 
Nicholas,  A.D.  ISgl,  and  this  was  the 
common  way  of  apelling  it  for  several 
centuries.  Mr.  Faulkner  in  his  "His- 
tory of  Chelsea''  observes,  that  the 
earliest  mention  he  finds  of  this  place 
occirs  in  a  charter  of  Edward  the 
Confessor  J  and  he  adds  that  the  ety- 
mology of  the  name  haa  not  hitherto 
*         sal  is  fact  orily  explained.     I  think 


he  will  n 


.  hesitate  t< 


issign  a 


t  dale  lo  his  parish,  as  the  abode 
of  Rovaliy,  and  he  will  probably  con- 
sider Cheal's  Hyihe  as  plausible  a  de- 
rivation as  any  that  have  been  offered 
by  Leiand,  Skinner,  Norden,  New- 
courl,  or  Lorsons.  Stebenhjihe,  now 
Stepney,   Rotherhylhe,    Queenbylhe, 


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Pauag^  df  Hannibal  ooer  th^  Alpi, 


[Feb. 


Gailickfaythe,  .  Lsmbhythe,  Patten- 
hethy  DOW  I^itney,  and  several  other 
creeks  on  the  Thames,  where  the 
ierminattoas  have  been  modernized 
in  a  similar  manner,  will  readily  oc- 
cur to  the  Antiquary.  M.  H. 

Ov  THs  Passagb  op  Hannibal  over 

THE  Alps. 

Mr.  Ur  BAV,  Slourhead. 

HAVING  lately  read  a  disserta- 
tion on  this  subject  in  No.  85 
«f  the  Edinburgh  Review,  p.  l63,  in 
which  the  various  opinions  respecting 
tins  event  are  discussed,  and  that  ojf 
the  learned  Whitaker  attempted  to 
be  refuted,  I  am  induced  to  brine 
forward  some  very  strong  circumstantial 
evidence  to  prove  that  ne  was  right  in 
his  assertions,  *'  that  the  Greai  St, 
Bernard  was  the  passage  selected  by 
the  Carthaginian  Grenbral,  and  not  the 
LiUle  St  Bernard:* 
'  I  shall  not  enter  into  a  discussion 
on  the  different  names  of  places,  dis- 
tances, &c.  which  have  been  adduced 
in  favour  of  the  LiUle  St.  Bernard; 
but  endeavoar  to  bring  into  court  a 
thort,  clear,  and  conclusive  evidence 
ID  favour  of  the  Great  St,  Bernard. 
'  When  the  Antiquary  is  desirous  of 
fioding  the  site  of  any  ancient  city,  he 
oaturaily  inquires  for  coins,  ancient 
|)ottery,  and  inscriptions;  and  when 
the  Historian  wishes  to  ascertain  the 
•eene  of  any  great  battle  or  military 
exploit,  he  as  naturally  inquires  for 
camps,  earthen  works,  armour,  and 
niliury  weapons. 

On  the  Great  St,  Bernard  the  An- 
tiquary will  6nd  all  his  inquiries  an- 
«wered,  and  his  wishes  most  fully  sa- 
tisfied--4br  on  this  Alpine  spot,  now 
become  the  seat  of  the  hospitable 
Monks,  he  will  see  the  founaations 
i>f  the  once  celebrated  Temple  of  Ju- 
pitbr  pBifViifUS,  a  most  extensive 
collection  of  medals  found  on  the 
spot,  as  well  as  numerous  inscriptions 
to  the  deity  and  patron  of  the  place. 

These  evidences  seem  to  have  es- 
caped the  BOtice  of  the  generality  of 
travellers  who  have  passed  over  these 
heights;  but  a  friend  of  mine  who  has 
latdy  spent  some  time  at  this  convent, 
has  procured  a  perfect  list  of  all  these 
coins  and  inscriptions,  which,  I  hope, 
at  some  future  time  he  will  publish. 

It  must  be  noticed  that  the  inscrip- 
tions vary  in  the  title  of  the  god  to 
whom  tney  were  dedicated ;  some 
beiD(g  inscnbed  Jovi  P^nivo  Jon 


PaKiHO*— the  former  alluding  to  the 
Jupiter  of  the  Alpt — the  other  per- 
haps to  JuPiTBR  the  Cartliaginian, 
from  PcEHUS*  the  Carthaginian. 

The  custom  that  prevailed  amongst 
the  ancients  of  making  votive  offerings 
to  a  favourite  deity,  in  order  to  pro- 
cure them  a  safe  journey  by  sea  or 
land,  or  to  heal  them  from  any  bodily 
infirmities,  still  prevails,  as  the  nu- 
merous Churches  and  Chapels  in  Italy 
will  testify :  and  amongst  those  at  St, 
Bernard,  there  is  an  inscription  dedi- 
cated to  Jupiter,  pro  ilu  et  reditu — 
of  the  traveller  who  encountered  this 
ru2ged  passage. 

I  have  heard  of  no  such  strong  evi- 
dence in  support  of  the  passage  over 
any  other  {Kirt  of  the  Alps ;  but  in  the 
aforesaid  d  issertation ,  the  clashing  seem- 
ed to  be  hard  between  the  Great  and 
Little  St,  Bernard,  and  I  hope  I  have 
proved  that  the  greater  claim  is  justly 
due  to  the  former, 

Cluverius,  in  his  Italia  Anlujuaria, 
vol.  I.  p.  28,  in  describing  the  Alps, 
says,  "  Apenninus  mons  appellatus 
quasi  Alpes  Panina,  quia  Hannibal, 
veniens  ad  Italiam,  easdem  Alpes 
aperuit." — And  a^in,  **  Alpes  Penni- 
ms,  sive  ut  alii  scrips^re,  Pcenintt,  quas 
Hannibal  rum  Punico  suo  exercitu 
rupisse  traditur,  nempe,  qui  nunc  vo- 
catur  Mons  Jovis,  sive,  alio  nomine, 
Mons  Dtvi  Bemardi." — By  this  pas- 
sage we  find  the  Mons  Jowis,  on  which 
was  the  Temple  of  Jupiter,  i&entified 
with  the  Great  St.  Bernard, — whereas 
the  Little  St.  Bernard  was  on  the  Alpes 
Graias,  which  were  situated  between 
the  Alpes  Cottice  and  Pennince,  and 
the  origin  of  the  latter  name  was  de- 
rived probably  from  the  Celtic  root  of 
Pen  head,  or  summit,  and  perhaps 
at  a  later  period  attributed  to  Hanni- 
bal— the  Carthaginian.         II.  C.  H. 

S.  N.  Mys,  "  While,  genemlly  spesking, 
I  agree  with  Dr.  Carey  respecting  Patents 
(tee  Mag.  for  November),  I  believe  he  is 
greatly  mistaken  in  the  main  point.  He 
seems  to  think,  that  the  money  paid  for 
them  is  an  addition  to  the  Revenue :  but  I 
have  always  understood,  that  little,  if  any 
of  it,  goes  into  the  public  purse.  Is  there 
not  a  large  fee  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  ?  and 
is  not  the  remainder  of  the  cost  incurred  by 
the  charges  of  the  Solicitor  employed,  and 
incidental  expences  ?*' 

*  Lempriere,  in  hu  Classical  Dietionaiy, 
says  that  a  deity  styled  Pamna  was  wor- 
shipped on  the  AanA  Bernard. 


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T, 


int.]                        BM^'i  Polaet  M  XteUk  IIS 

Mr.  Vmbav,                    Ftb.  1.  tvorin  of  afehtlaetiinl  dull,  it  hag, 

THE  E|ntco|Nl  Pdace  tt  Linoola  howcrcr,  been  obliged  to  sabrnk  to 

k  titnate  on  the  South  tide  of  the  Time't  unfeeling  |mp»  and'  the  place 

hill,  near  the  ■oramity  and  poMenca  a  ivheie  once  the  coakq^  banquet  tiaod 

coomanding  view  over  the  whole  of  arrayed  in  all  the  oilaitatiQiis  kmuiy 

^ifr  lower  part  of  the  Citj,.at  well  ai  of  oocletiattie  neatncft,  hai  now>  iu 

oCtiieTUIagatootfaooppoiitthUlk  «ibaldarn«  laaSl:  MNWii  with  frait- 

*     This  once  magnifietnt  ttflKtiife  ivai  '  Ittm,  and  te-|mnl  iqppfDpriated  «a 

begun  bf  Bishop  Chainry,  to  whoea  Ibe  poiyiicof  alowattointcn.  Bishop 

the  site  waagcanted  by  KingHeniy  II.  Hv^ likewise  buihthmniooafcitcliiaa 

being  the  wnoleof  the  land»  indndiBg  in  which  wen  seven  ohimneys. 

theta,  from  the  wall  of  the  Brfl  of  Bishop  La  Bcc  oontriboiad  sane. 

Lisaoln,  by  Sc  Nicholas  ChMd^  to  thug  towMs  fabproving  this  pidaes^ 

that  of  St.  Andrew,  and  fiom  theaoe  but  no  memorials  exist  to  poini  tmt 

East  la  the  City  wall,  free  and  ooit  of  what  these  improvements  were.         > 

landgaffd,  portage,  and  all  other  niflfi,  William^.  Alnwick,  Qishop  of  Ngr* 

with  fieelicensem  break  a  gate  thfoteh  Wieh.  Ma-tiandaled  lo  the  sea  dT 

Uw  bail  svall  fer  hii  passa«i>t|ft^«^  fJnNifcinAr>:34ae^  ani  ^mmfoM 

Iran  thaObniuk^                  '3^  '  addbyi-bai&Btor  to  liMt  iCaihe^ 

.  H^i^  jeosMMM^  called  ALiBiBb  dm^|?loilisnoiiifieeDeeabdttotc  the 

dk  OreMUay'jwte'waa  coiistprated  palaoc-%h*iiiMiSed  £v  the  great  an^ 

8^  8,  Ufl^  itelaqpd  this  inamion  tiance;  tower,  «Bd   curious  -  chapdi 

with  seveaalapaniMnts,  some  of  which  The  tower»  which  is  yet  toleimbly 

were  of  great  magnilieeoea.    Ha  b^gan  mtire,  u  a  specimen  of  excellent  stone 

the  mod  hall,  whidk  measuiiea.'ti  work;  it  is  a  sooare  building,  with  a 

feet  m  lofdi  from  Novtb  «« JbiMh,  laige  turret  at  tJie  North-west  comer, 

and  6#'  bgdi  fcaifa  E<il  to  We4 '  The  in  which  ia  the  temoant  of  a  very  fine 

roof  wm*^MeaAf  snpported  by  tfbo  winding  stona  staircase  leading  to  the 

rows aifilUiaofKlbeek marble iftol  roaois above faw Pio/e UJ   Atmme 

of  Uml  filasters,  aapported  by  egiM  pttotops  pano4  these  were  eleBant 

ubles,  an  yet  remainiBf  at  ctoheolt  MMlriiMnts,  bat  the-cdlinn  have  h»g 
these  baisig  of  octMansrsliipc,  c—Piy  -  amoo  gonf  «4aeay,  and  tba  kmcr 

the  opialen  that  me  other  pillnir*m  ahatobcr  irnpw  Stlcd  with  ftagmeou 

weQ  a»the  materials,  wcieof  thmaae  tf tXdlm  baMmUn^  interfliixad  vrith 

sort.  The  middleaile,  miasm ii(|giii  wald>%Halhii<,- ;  -   • 

centre  to  centre  of  each  piaHaQ^WM  -^Tftf  ^MtoUMii^af  this'lower  has 

feet,  and  each  side  one  tweh«feiiiiU  aoawenid  tbb ^ipow  of  a.  pfvch,  or 

a    half*    Four  double  wuidoway'tNi  vestibule^  and  formed  a  commnnica* 

each  stdo  lighted  this  sumptuous  retoa,  tioa  "with  several  apartmenta^  thoprin- 

and  an  degant  acrcen  at  the  Soith  citoalenfraiiiDeiiin*lhejniddle  or  the 

end,   of  three  pointod  arehes^  tew  Hortb  side.,  .pn.t^«  So^tli.apd  near 

walled  lip  with  bricks,  opened  a4top«  the  East  cdnm'ls  another,'  (eading  at 

monicatioii  with  the  pnncipal  apM>  ptesratlntoiteiliiebebtiiV  Wit  probably 

ments  and  kitchen,  by  meana  of'sr  at  some  period  to  diftrent:  parts  of  fife 

bridge  of  one  pointed  aroh*  Tbcgidad  buOdtng;  that  ontha  Wtatled  totha^ 

entrance  was  atthe  South-wcatoMiyarJ  ^nd  hall,  and  aitdther  on  tba  Eart 

through  «  beautiful  recnlar  lAipitoB  side  into  a  roost  elc^uit  faulted  pas- 

doorway^     supported     by    cioawred  sage,  which  appears  to  have  opened' 

columns,-  with  detached  snaftt;aiid>fo-  into  the  Chapel.    This  Mpch  has  plain 

liatcd  capitals  ;   two  otbar-  veeasses,'  walls,  but  tne  roof  it  Bnaly  (^ined; 

with  very  bigh  pointed  archea,  onroli:  the  ribs  spring  front  tlMB  -  middle  of 

each  side,  gwe  {peculiar  spirit  and  doiu  each  side,  and  liom  v  smalt  clustered 

gance  to  tbediesign.    Attached  to  tfant  pilbr,  in  each  ecfmf''  The  arms  of 

entrance  was  once  a  poroh^  «  vaa-  Bishop  Alnwidk,  «•€«»  moNiiey  are 

tibule,  the  present  remains  ii  which'  on  the  spndrils  of  the  entrance  areh, 

bespeak  it  to  have  been  a  ainlctore  of  and   also   upon  the  ancient  wooden 

superior    taste    and    eleeanca^     Thia  door ;  they  hkewise  arirve  lo  omameat 

princely  hall  was  finished  by  Hu^  II.  the  bow  window,  which  has  been  a 

hit  successor,  aud  doubtless  furnished  piece  of  exquisite  workmanship:  : 

with  all  the  pomp  and  magnificence  The  conous  Chapel  ba3t  bv  the 

peculiar  to  th«  age.    Like  many  otha  same  inunifieentpaslatey  and  dedicated 

GsHT.  Mao.  PttruMr^  IM«.                *  to  the  Blessed  Viigin,  had  in  one  of 

3 


114 


Mr.  WooUioM  on  Saxon  Coinage-^East  Angles, 


[Feb 


the  windows  lines  commemorating  the 
saint  and  the  fonnder.  The  walls  and 
roof  were  almost  entire  in  1727 ;  but 
since  that  period  it  has  been  destroyed, 
and  all  the  materials  removed ;  su(H- 
cienty  however,  has  escaped  the  ruth- 
less mallet  to  shew  that  it  once  exhi- 
bited a  beautiful  specimen  of  pointed 
architecture.  On  March  31,  l6l7. 
King  James  the  First,  during  his  nine 
days  stay  at  Lincoln,  having  heard  Bi- 
shop Neile  preach  in  the  Cathedral, 
dined  with  him  in  this  noble  palace*. 

Those  parts  of  the  ruins  next  the 
city  shew  three  ponderous  buttresses, 
supposed  to  have  oeen  built  by  Bishop 
M' illiams.  Dean  of  Westminster,  and 
Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  who  was 
consecrated  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  Nov. 
17,  1621.  Few  years  however  elapsed, 
before  the  palace  of  Lincoln,  dur- 
ing the  unhappy  civil  contest,  was 
plundered  of  its  riches,  its  beauty  de- 
stroyed, and  many  of  its  exulting  towers 
levelled  with  the  ground,  never  more 
to  raise  their  humbled  heads. 

The  venerable  ruins  of  the  palace, 
overhung  with  ivy,  forms  one  of  the 
most  picturesque  subjects  that  this  an- 
cient city  can  boast.  The  gloomy 
vaults,  broken  arches,  and  ruined 
towers,  decorated  with  creeping  ever- 
greens, .commanding  a  prospect  over 
the  lower  town  and  five  neighbouring 
counties,  render  the  palace  garden  one 
of  the  most  delightful  as  well  as  pictu- 
resque spots  that  can  be  fognd  in  the 
whole  extensive  county  of  Lincoln. 
Yours,  &c.  J.  E. 

On  Saxon  Coinage. 
I L— EAST  ANGLES. 

BEORNA,  who  in  conjunction 
with  Ethelbert  ascended  the  East 
Anglian  throne  in  749,  is  the  first  mo- 
narch of  this  kinsdom  of  whom  coins 
have  been  found,  and  of  these,  two 
only  are  known,  both  Skeattas,  and 
preser\'ed  in  the  Hunterian  cabinet. 
As'  there  is  no  mention  of  any  other 
royal. name  upon  them,  they  may  very 
reasbnably  be  supposed  to  have  been 
minted  subsequently  to  the  death  of 
Ethelbert,  his  co-partner  in  the  regal 
administration.  No  portrait  appears 
on  these  coins,  but  simply  a  cross  in 
the  centre,  both  of  the  obverse  and  re- 
verse ;  the  legend  on  the  former  being 
the  name  and  tide,  and  on  the  latter 
that  of  the   m inter,    E.  F.  E.  conse- 


•  See  the  '*  Progresses  of  James  1." 


quently  they  afford  little  matter  for 
illustration.  Some  of  these  are  of  fair 
workmanship,  others  rude,  and  the 
letters  in  many  cases  of  a  singularly 
formed  and  antique  appearance.  It 
may  however  be  remarked,  that  as 
Beorna  begun  to  reign  solely  in  75d, 
and  pennies  had  for  many  years  before 
been  struck  both  in  the  Mercian  and 
West  Saxon  kingdoms,  he  does  not 
appear  to  have  been  solicitous  to  adopt 
the  penny  form,  notwithstanding  its 
superior  advantages  for  the  exercise  of 
the  minter's  ability. 

Whether  the  Skeatta  was  of  strictly 
ecjuivalenc  value  with  the  penny,  and 
differins  only  in  size,  I  am  somewhat 
inclinea  to  doubt,  though  I  am  not 
aware  of  any  means  of  arriving  at  a 
certainty  on  the  point,  and  it  assuredly 
was  the  precursor  of  the  penny.  About 
this  period  there  is  a  defect  in  the  East 
Anglian  history,  and  I  know  not  how 
I  can  do  better  than  give  the  opinion 
and  elucidation  of  Mr.  Tyrrell,  which 
is  as  follows. 

*•  Sub  anno  749,  Sim.  Dunelmensis 
etChronicon  de  Mailross  Hunbearum, 
Hunbeanum,  et  Albertuqfi  successisse 
referunt,  et  regnum  divisisse.  Sed 
quum  Matthaeus  Westmonast.  illos  Be- 
ornam  et  Ethelbertum  nominari  voluit, 
nunc  Hunbeanum  non  alium  arbitror 
ouum  Beornam  nuper  dictum  nee 
Ethelbertum  quam^thelredumEthel- 
waldi  filium.'* 

That  such  a  kin^  as  Beorna  actually 
existed,  the  two  corns  above  mentioned 
indisputably  prove,  and  the  correction 
and  amendment  from  Hickes  cannot 
but  be  satisfactory  on  this  doubtful 
point. 

I  am  now  about  to  notice  one  of 
the  most  rare  coins  in  the  Saxon  series, 
and  supposed  to  be  the  only  one  of  this 
king  (Ethelred)  which  has  yet  been 
discovered.  Its  curiosity  and  value  will 
in  the  discussion  of  its  right  appropria- 
tion, be  found  equal  to  its  rarity. 
There  arc  only  four  Kings  of  whom 
Skeattas  are  known,  namely,  Ethelbert 
and  Egbert  of  Kent,  Beorna  of  the 
East  Angles,  and  Ethelred,  the  un- 
doubted proprietor  of  the  coin  under 
discussion. 

The  Skeatta  of  Egbert  has  a  whole- 
length  figure,  and  is  the  only  one 
whereon  a  portrait  of  any  kind  occurs, 
in  which  respect  it  has  a  superiority  of 
interest  over  the  others,  notwithstand- 
ing it  is  inferior  to  them  all  in  scarcity. 
The  obverse  of  the  Skeatta  I  have  al- 
ready designated  as  belonging  toEthel-; 


1S26.]  Mr,  Wdoltione  on  Saxon  €oinag4-^EaMi  AngUr. 


red  of  die  East  Angles,  has  a  small 
cross  in  the  centre,  and  is  inscribed 
Ethel  red ;  for  the  cross  which  comes 
between  the  D  and  the  L  must,  it  is 
presumed,  be  rea.d  for  an  I,  and  seems 
to  have  been  converted  into  a  cross  by 
the  ignorance  or  blunder  of  the  minter, 
or  possibly  it  may  have  been  designed 
for  an  £.  Should  it  however  be  con- 
tended that  it  was  strictly  intended  for 
a  cross,  wc  must  consider  the  vowel  to 
be  absorbed  after  the  Saxon  manner, 
in  the  subsequent  L,  as  is  frequently 
the  case  in  the  coins  of  Ethelwulf  and 
Athelstan.  The  minter's  name  on  the 
reverse  is  CVDCILZ,  but  whether  it 
occurs  on  the  coins  of  any  dther  king^ 
I  am  unable  to  say. 

Proceeding,  therefore,  to  give  my 
reasons  for  the  appropriation  of  this 
singular  piece,  it  must  nrst  be  remarked 
that  there  are  coins  of  three  kings  of 
the  name,  with  which  we  are  ac* 
quainted ;  namely,  l£thelred  of  the. 
iNorthumbrians,  Ethelred  the  elder 
brother  of  the  immortal  Alfred,  and 
Ethelred  second  son  of  Edward  the 
Martyr. 

To  the  first  of  these  it  cannot  be- 
long, as  no^.Skeattas  of  the  Northum- 
brian kingdom  have  ever  been  found, 
whilst  the  Stycas  are  far  from  being  ' 
scarce,  and  it  is  needless  to  inform 
those  who  are  adepts  in  the  numis- 
matic science,  that  these  form  no  aliquot 
part  of  the   Skeatta  ;    nor  are   there 
Skeattas   known  of  any  king  whose 
pennies  are  in  being,  as  the  Skeatta  is 
in   reality   the   penny    in    its  ancient 
form,    a   fact   which   in  con  trove  rtibly 
deprives  the  two    latter  monarchs  of 
any  claim  to  it.    We  must  of  necessity 
therefore  turn  our  attention  to  some 
other  sovereign  of  this  name,  and  there 
are  several  such  during  the  Heptarchy, 
the  earliest  being  Ethelred  of  Mercia, 
who  ascended  the  throne  in  675,  and 
after  a  reign  of  30  years  retired  to  a 
monastic  life :  to  him  the  coin  cannot 
belong,  for  no  Skeattas  of  the  Mercian 
kingdom   are  known,    though  I  will 
not  go  so  far  as  to  say  that  this,  and 
perhaps  some  few  others  of  the  early 
Mercian  princes  might  not  strike  them ; 
for   this   Ethelred   was   contemporary 
with  Egbert  of  Kent,  many  of  whose 
Skeattas  are  now  preserved  in  the  col- 
lections of  the  curious. 

However,  as  coins  of  this  deaomi- 
nation  belonging  to  the  Mercian  king- 
dom have  never  yet  been  found,  we 
ttiust  cooclude  that  noae  were  coined 


.    lis 

by  them;    Proceeding  in  chronological 
order,   the  next  Ethelred,  I  find,  U 
Ethelred  the  First»  of  Northumbrian 
A.  D.  774,  who  filled  that  throne  fbr 
the  short  space  of  four  years  only ;  ai^l 
as  I  have  already,  observed  that,  no 
Skeattaa  of  that  kingdom  appear^  the 
coin  in  question  cannot  be  appropriated 
to  him.    The  same  reasoning  a»o  ex- 
cludes the  claim  of  Ethelred  the  Se- 
cond, who  assumed  the  regal  dignity 
oyer  the  Northumbrians  in  7^4,  and 
died  soon  afterwards.     Having  thus 
shewn  thatt  the  coin  is  not  the  property 
of  either  of  the  foregoing  sovereigiis,  1 
will  now  gtve  my  reasons  for  asngn- 
ing  it  to  Ethelred  Kin^  of  the  &8t 
Angles.    Beorna,  notwithstanding  he 
'  held  the  government  of  this  kini^om 
for  the  very  short  space  of  one  year, 
thought  the  coinage  of  money  for  h» 
subjects  a  matter  worthy  of  his  9Ltten<* 
tion  and  regard,  and  issued  Skeatta^ 
two  of  which,  as  above  noticed,  are v 
known.    That  this  es^mple  was  fol- 
lowed  by  his  relative  and  successor 
Ethelred,  I  deduce  from  the  valuable 
coin  under  consideration,  for  to  him  it 
must  undoubtedly  be  ascribed ;  and  it  * 
may  also  be  bbsenred,  that  as  Beorna 
durins  his  brief  reign  introduced  the 
art  of  coinage  into  his  'kingdom,  it 
can  hardly  be  thoueht  possible  that  his; 
successor  Ethelred,  who  swayed  the 
sceptre  for  the  long  period  of  30  years, 
would  discontinue  the  practice. 

Proceed  we  now  to  tne  reign  of  Ed- 
mund,  who  in  857  was  murdered  by 
the  Danes,  and  afterwards  canonized 
with  the  appellation    of   Saint    and 
Martyr.    But  here  I  must]  first  digress 
for  the  purpose  of  correcting  what  I 
conceive  to  be  a  fundamental  error  in 
a  performance  much  read  and  deserv- 
edly esteemed  ;  I- mean  Pegge's  '*  As- 
semblage of  Coins,  fabricated  by  au- 
thority of  the  Archbishops  of  Canter- 
bury. *    In  page  20  of  this  work,  the 
Doctor  roundly  asserts  that  we  have 
no  coins  of  the  East  Angles.     Speak- 
ing of  a  blundered  coin  of  Plegmund 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  which  had 
been   by   some  antiquaries  attributed 
to  Edmund  the  Martyr,  he  says, 

"  Edmund  the  Martyr  can  have  on  claim 
to  this  coin,  because  there  are  no  pieces  at 
all  of  the  Ea^t  Anglian  kinedom  come  down 
to  us,  for  that  penny  which  Sir  And.  Fouu- 
taine  ascribes  to  Eric,  belongs  to  Eric  of 
Northumberland ;  and  as  to  that  which  hs 
attributes  to  King  Aldulf,  who  ascended 
that  i^brone  6S4,  I  shall  take  upon  me  t» 


116 


Mr,  WooUtwie  on  Saxon  Coknage-^Emt  Angles, 


[Feb. 


My  that  tbe  piece    is    no    Anglo   Saxon 


•_ »» 
com. 


In  both  these  assertions  he  is  per- 
fectly right,  but  he  proceeds  to  say 
that  **  there  is  no  Saxon  coin  ex- 
tant, I  mean  that  has  been  published, 
that  rises  to  so  high  a  date.*'  In  using 
the  word  coin  in  this  place,  he  cer- 
tainly falls  into  an  error,  as  two 
Skeattas  of  the  Kentish  Egbert,  who 
was  exactly  cotemnorary  with  Aldulf, 
are  published  by  Sir  And.  Fountaine. 
Had  he  adopted  the  word  penny,  his 
assertion  would  have  been  irrefragable, 
the  earliest  known  being  that  of  £ad- 
wald  of  Mercia,  more  than  fifty  years 
later  than  the  time  of  Aldulf. 

Returning  to  the  assertion  that  **  no 
pieces  of  the  East  Anglian  kingdom 
are  come  down  to  us,"  I  have  in  my 
own  collection  a  penny,  whose  obverse 
has  a  cross  in  each  quarter,  and  is  in- 
scribed Eadmund  Hex.  An.  (see  Sir 
And.  Fountaine^  Plate  5,  No.  22,  but  I 
choose  to  quote  from  the  coin  itself). 
It  is  in  good  condition,  and  therefore 
I  am  less  liable  to  fall  into  a  mistake, 
and  I  would  ask  what  can  be  the 
meaning  of  An.  ?  why  palpably  it  is 
an  abbreviation  of  Anglorum.  fiut  it 
may  be  asked  whether  it  is  not  ascrib- 
able  to  Edmund  the  Successor  of  Athel- 
stan,  or  Eadmund  Ironside. 

In  regard  to  the  first,  I  answer, 
that  neither  the  workmanship  nor  type 
is  at  all  correspondent  to  any  of  tne 
pennies  usually  ascribed  to  him,  nor 
yet  to  any  of  his  immediate  predeces- 
sors ;  and  as  resj^ects  the  last,  we  have 
no  coins  at  all  of  him. 

No  portion  of  the  wol^d  Anglorum 
is  seen  on  any  coins  prior  to  Eadgar, 
except  the  Eadmund  and  Athclstan, 
consequently  it  cannot  be  attributed  to 
Eadmund  the  sole  monarch,  and  as 
no  coins  of  Ironside's  are  known,  it 
cannot  of  course  belong  to  him.  Thus 
both  by  negative  and  positive  argu- 
ments, it  belongs  to  neither  of  them, 
and  must  consequently  be  assigned  to 
the  martyr  of  that  name.  Besides  the 
coin  I  have  just  been  treating  of,  one 
other  of  this  king  is  given  by  Sir  A. 
Fountaine,  and  many  more  varieties 
have  since  been  brought  to  light  I 
shall  therefore  proceed  to  offer  a  few 
remarks  upon  two  or  three  belonging 
to  this  famous  King  and  Martyr;  the 
first  of  which  is  a  beautifully  preserved 
penny,  in  my  own  cabinet,  hitherto 
unpublished.  The  obverse  is  inscribed 
Eadmund  Rex,  and  in  the  centre  is- 


the  letter  M.  as  found  on  many  of  the 
coins  of  the  Mercian  princes,  particu- 
larly those  of  Co^nwulf  without  the 
head.     I  am  at  a  loss  to  account  for 
the  presence  of  this  letter,  unless  it 
may  be  considered  as  a  device  copied 
in  a  servile  and  tasteless  manner  from 
the  Mercian  money.     And  here  it  was 
my  intention  to  have  closed   for  the 
present  every  thing   of  a  speculative 
character  J  but  I  cannot,  as  a  subject 
so  closely  connected  with  the  Martyr's 
pennies,  omit  the  mention  of  certain 
curious  ones  which  have  hitherto  been 
supposed  to  have  proceeded  from   the 
St.  Edmundsbury  mint.     I  shall  first 
examine  the  opmion  of  a  celebrated 
writer  on  the  Saxon  coinage,  and  after- 
wards introduce  some  observations  of 
my  own  upon  them.     Four  coins  of 
this  kind  are  engraven  by  Sir  A.  Foun- 
taine, who  imagines  they  were  struck 
by  the  direction  of  some  of  our  Kings, 
**  qui  erat  ejusdem  sive  nominis  sive 
prosopiae."    To  those  who  are  versed 
in  the  subject  of  the  Saxon  coinage, 
it  will  be  unnecessary  to  attempt  a  re- 
futation of  so  improbable  a  suggestion. 
Dr.  Pegge,  with  all  his  defects,  was 
a  far  better  judge  in  these  matters  than 
Sir  Andrew,  and  gave  bis  opinion  that 
they  were  properlv  minted  in  (he  Con- 
fessor's reign,  who  did    not  descend 
from   Edmund,  and    that  they  were 
struck  according  to  the  mere  fancy  of 
the  abbot  or  workmen.     We  will  now 
consider  whether  they  were  of  con- 
temporary production,  or  struck  in  the 
Confessor's  reign ;  and  here  I  cannot 
but  wonder  how  the  Doctor  could  for  a 
moment  conceive   they  were  of  the 
late  date,  since  they  bear  not  the  least 
resemblance  to  any  coins  issued  pos- 
terior to  the  time  of  Edmund,  far  less 
to  those  of  the  Confessor's  period.  Ed- 
gar was  the  last  Saxon  King  of  whom 
we  have  coins  without  the  portrait, 
and  where  this  was  the  case,  a  small 
cross  was  uniformljrplaced  in  the  cen- 
tre of  the  coin.    The  four  coins  in 
question  have  no  bust,  and  the  cross  is 
so  large  as  to  extend  to  the  inner  cir- 
cle.    Most  of  the  coins  of  Edward  the 
Martyr,  successor  of  Edgar,  (except  a 
few  with  the  maker's  name  on  the  re- 
verse, and  which  are  yet  very  different 
from  these  coins)  and  all  afterwards, 
present  us  with  the  place  of  minta^ 
ih   the  postic,  whereas  here  it  is  in 
every  instance  wanting,  which  really 
is  an  important  deficiency,  and  of  it- 
self goes  far  towards  proving  that  they 


ISSO.]          Mr.  W^chUmt  on  Saxon  Coinage-^Bak  Angki.             .  llf 

cannot  be  coins  of  the  Confessor*!  woold  not  have  been  reqairad  miless 
time.  to  denote  the  coins  to  be  of  the  real 
Observe  also  that  the  inscription  of  specie ;  and  then  proceed  to  ezaimne 
one  reads  Sc.  Eadmund,  and  of  the  an  obscarity   which   remains  to    be 
three  others  Sc.  Eadmund  Rex,  «and  cleared  up,  and  this  is  to  accoant  for 
all   have  a  larse  A  on  their  obverse,  stile  of  Sc.  or  Sanctus,  a  title  unknown 
as  on  the  coin  1  have  above  proved  to  to  the  Saxon  mintage^  either  in  its  ear- 
belong  to  the  Martyr.    Can  a  single  Her  or  later  periods, 
instance  be  produced  of  placing  a  large  I  am  of  opinion  that  there  is  neither 
letter^  or  indeed  any  other  device  what*  absurdity  or  improbability  in  supposing 
ever  except  the  portrait,  on  the  obverse  that  these  coins  were  struck  (as  I  have 
of  any  corns  of  a  date  posterior  to  Ed-  before  hinted  in  regard  to  Edmund's 
gar  ?     And  again,  what  are  we  to  un-  penny  with  the  M)  daring  the  intjer- 
derstand  by  the  A  ?    Why  doubtless  regnum  that  took  place  in  the  succies- 
the  initial  of  Anglorum,  as  m  the  Mar«  sion  of   that  Kingdom  between  the 
tyr's  penny,  just  quoted ;  and  admitting  years  870  and  878,  and  as  the  recently 
(which  1  think  must  perforce  be  ad*  martyred  sovereign  was  held  in  such ' 
mitted)  that  it  was  so  intended,  the  esteem  and  veneration,  the  stile  Sane- 
whole  legend  will  be  Sanctus  Ead-  tus  was  used  in  respect  to  his  memory, 
mund  Rex   Anglorum ;  and   need  a  and  perhaps  with  a  view  of  procuring 
more  explicit  one  be  desired  from  •  a  more  ready  acceptance  and  currency 
Saxon  coin ;  nay  is  it  not  so  full,  that  for  a  coinage  that  might  be  construed 
few  of  this  series  can  be  exhibited  into  an  illegal  usurpation  of  the  re^il 
more  so  ?      ^  authority.    Whatever  may  be  thought 
Having  given  my  reasons  for  ap-  of  some  positions  I  have  advanced,  I 
propriating  these  coins  to  Edmund  the  am  most  decidedly  of  opinion  that  the 
Martyr,  King  of  the  East  Angles,  let  coins  in  question  are  of  a  rqgai  nature, 
as  now  investigate  the  claim  of  the  and  were  never  issued  from  the  mint 
Bury  mint  to  them.    Dr.  Batteley,  in  of  any  abbot  whatever. 
.  hisAntiquiute8SciEdmundiBui^i,iiK'  [A  deficiency  in  Mr.  Woolstone^a 
forms  us,  that  at  the  time  when  Athel-  Mb.  which  I  am  unwilling  to  supply 
stan*s  memorable  regulation  relative  to  by  any  additions  of  my  own,  causes 
the  coinage  took  place,  it  was*  no*  the  regular  notice  of  the  coins  of  Ed- 
ticed  therein  as  a  place,  since  it  was  mund  the  Martyr,  to  commence  im*^ 
then  but  an  inconsiderable  though  an-  perfectly  and  abruptly.    T..  S.] 
cient  village  t;  the  Monastery  there.  And  this  I  conceive  to  be  very  likely, 
and  the  town  which  depended  upon  as  the  same  character  M  is  found  on 
the   Monastery,   not  arriving  at  any  an  East  Anglian  Ethelstan,  reading  on 
great  degree  of^opulence  till  the  reign  of  the  obverse,  Ethelstan,   and  on  the 
Cnut,  Ao.  1020.  reverse  Rex.  Ang. ;  consequently  it  can 
I  have  already  shewn  the  fabric  of  have  no  reference  to  the  name  of  the 
these  coins  to  be  by  no  means  so  mo-  Kingdom,  whence  it  may  be  safely  in- 
dem  as  the  time  of  the  Confessor:  and  ferred  to  be  merely  a  device  copied 
how  will  it  appear  at  all  likely  that  they  from  the  Mercian  coins,  in  order  to 
had  their  origin  with  the  Abbot,  when  avoid  further  trouble  in  the  invention 
Batteiey  says  distinctly  that  he  had  not  of  a  new  one.     This  letter  likewise 
the  privilege  of  working  a  mint   till  appears  on    a    Northumbrian    Styca, 
the  Confesaor*s  reign,  who  "concessit  where  also  it  cannot  refer  to  the  name 
etiam    dicto    Edmundo    monetarium  of  the  Kingdom,  any  more  than  in 
sive  cuneum,  infra  Bury."    As  there-  the  present  instance,  and  is  a  further 
ibre  the  Abbot's  privilege  is  of  so  late  confirmation  of  my  suggestion  of  its 
a  date,  and  the  coins  themselves  pal-  being  copied  from  the  monc^  of  the 
pably  much  more  ancient,  the  claim  Mercians.    The  other  principal  and 
of  Bury  must  be  surrendered  to  the  far  most  conspicuous  types  of  this  Kins 
more  probable    appropriation   I   have  are  those  with  the  singularly  formed 
made  of  them  to  Edmund  King  of  the  A  on  the  obverse,  reverse  a  cross  and 
East  Angles.   One  remark  more  I  will  pellets   in  each  <]oarter ;    those  with 
add,   which  is,    that   the  word  Rex  the   before  -  mentioned    character   on 

• — — ^ both  sides  of  the  coin,  a  third  desCrip- 

•  The  word  not  is  here  assuredly  wanting,  tion  with  a  cross  having  a  crescent  in 

t  Qu.  whether  Mr.  W.  has  rightly  trans-  each  quarter,  another  sort  with  a  cross 

itted  the  word  he  renders  viilage  f  intersected  by  a  semicircle,  the  points 


119  On  Innwaiiont  in  Ike  Liberal  Sciences.  [Feb. 

downwards,  and  a  fifth  variety  with  degree,  to  lessen  the  labours,  as  wdl  as 
an  obverse  like  the  last,  save  that  the  to  ameliorate  the  conditions  of  the 
ends  of  the  semicircle  are  crossed :  the  lower  orders  of  society  in  general.  But 
reverses  of  all  these  have  a  cross,  with  still  it  may  be  doubted,  Mr.  Urban, 
an  annulet  in  each  qiiarter.  whether  several  of  the  more   refined 

The  pennies  of  Edmund  the  Mar-  speculations  of  the  present  age  have 
tyr,  though  sufficiently  numerous,  have  not  only  not  been  productive  of  real 
little  variety  in  their  types,  nor  do  they  good  to  the  interests  of  mankind,  but 
furnish  many  names  of  minters:  the  whether  many  of  them  may  not  justly 
workmanship  of  the  rare  specimen  in  be  esteemed  worse  than  useless. 
my  own  collection  with  the  M.  is  fine  In  Mathematics,  which  may  be  pro- 
for  the  period,  and  unequalled  by  many  perly  reckoned  the  foundation  ot  all 
of  a  far  later  date.  ^  purely    human    knowledge,    and    ihe 

I  would  add,  in  confirmation  of  my  study  of  which  was  introduced  into 
assertion,  that  we  have  several  pennies  our  Universities  to  supersede  the  use 
really  belonging  to  the  Martyr,  that  of  Aristotelian  logic ;  the  great  design 
on  the  reverse  of  most  of  those  I  con-  was  to  form  the.  young  minds  of  the 
sider  as  such,  is  an  abbreviation  of  the  students  to  a  strict  and  more  accurate 
word  monetarius,  which  if  I  am  not  manner  of  deducing  the  effect  from 
mistaken,  is  never  used  so  late  as  the  its  cause.  This  is,  |)erhaps,  their  first 
time  of  Edmund  the  sole  monarch,  and  greatest  use.  But,  when  in  place 
and  consequently  not  at  so  recent  a  of  the  simplicity  and ,  elegance  of 
period  as  that  of  Edmund  Ironside.  the  Grecian  Geometricians — when  iii 

Ethelstan  is  the  next  sovereign  of  place  of  the  principia  of  the  immortal 
this  Kingdom  whose  coins  have  reach-  Newton,  the  originality  and  sublimity 
ed  us,  and  like  those  of  Edmund,  are  of  which  has  not  been  yet  openly, 
found  without  the  portrait  only.  All  though  secretly  disputed  —  when  m 
of  these,  excepting  two  types,  have  on  place  of  these  we  see  substituted  the 
their  obverse  H,  t.  e,  A.  with  the  line  jargon  of  a  new  Notation,  the  Doc- 
over  it,  forN,  which  it  is  needless  per-  trine  of  Variations,  and  the  Calculus 
haps  to  remark,  is  the  abbreviation  of  of  the  Series,  as  paramount  to  all  that 
Anglorum.  these  illustrious  predecessors  have  fur- 

No  coins  of  the  East  Anglian  King*  nished  their  modern  improvers  with 
dom  have  yet  been  found  with  the  por-  ihecapability  of  producing.  FormuL-c, 
trait,  but  as  a  recently  discovered  and  no  doubt,  are  of  the  utmost  use  in  fa- 
unique  penny  of  Eanred  of  North-  cilitating  arithmetical  calculation,  but 
umbria  presents  ns  with  the  bust,  they  cannot  properly  be  included  among 
being  the  only  one  in  that  series,  it  is  the  real  improvements  of  mathematical 
not  improbable  but  that  future  re-  science.  It  may  truly  be  said  of  this 
searches  may  make  up  this  deficiency  branch  of  science,  in  the  present  day, 
in  the  coins  of  East  Anglia.  that,     **  Muiti  Mathematica    sciunt, 

^  pauci  Malhesin,** 

Mr.  Urban,     Kellinglon,  Jan.  24.  In  Natural  Philosophy  and  Chemis- 

MONG  the  numerous  innovations  try,  we  have  several  what  are  called 
of  this  innovating  age,  whether  new  improvements.  We  have  im- 
in  Science,  in  Natural  and  Mechanical  proved  Barometers  and  Thermometers, 
Philosophy,  in  Theolopr,  in  Meta-  &c.  ;  we  have  Gas-lights,  &c.  In 
physics,  or  in  Criticism,  it  must  neces-  Mechanical  Philosophy  we  have  Me- 
lanly  strike  the  thinking  and  foresee-  chanic^s  Institutes;  we  have  Steam- 
ing mind  to  reflect  how  comparatively  boats,  or  rather  Ships ;  we  have  Canals 
few  of  the  lately  discoverea  systems  and  Rail-ways  in  every  part  of  the 
have  either  actually  improved,  or  can  kingdom.  Some  of  these  have  been, 
be  expected  to  be  ultimately  con-'  and  many  may  perhaps  be  found  to  be, 
elusive  to  promote  the  real  interests  of  conducive  to  the  interests  of  a  Com- 
the  several  branches  of  knowledge,  to  mercial  Nation  like  this :  but  whether 
the  advancement  of  which  their  origi-  they  will  all  be  so,  or  whether  some 
nal  projectors,  without  doubt,  imagi^n-  of  them  may  not  eventually  fail,  time 
ed  they  would  eventually  tend.  Far  alone  must  determine.  We  have  popu- 
be  it  from  me,  in  any  way,  to  depre-  lar  treatises  on  almost  every  branch  of 
ciate  modern  improvements.  Many  science,  combined  with  no  solid  in- 
of  them  no  doubt  have  been  found,  struction  whatever.  These  are  read, 
by  experience,  conducive,  in  the  first    or  compelled  to  be  read  at  school,  and» 


A 


aase.]                 On  Iimoo<Ukm$  Im  ih§  l^irai  Sclmm,  119 

'm  miglit  natnrally  be  expected,  are  no  inrbiteh  has  to  long  been  admired,  read, 

.toooer  read  than  forgot,  and'  leave  no  and  quoted  bj  all  oar  ancestor!  of 

lastins    toiprestion    on     the     mind,  whatever  degree,  and  diiat  innoTatioa 

Treatises  on  Mechanics,  Astronomy,  introduced  solely  to  gratify  a  festidious 

2rc.  ought  always  to  be  accompanied  criticism.    Much  as  I  feel  averse  to 

with  some  solid  illustrations  and  rea-  introduce  a  new  transIatioQ  of  the 

aonings  to  confirm  and  establish  the  Holy  Scriptures  into  common  use,  I 

truth  of  the  propositions  which  they  do  not  say  that  I  entirely  disapprove  of 

contain.     Gunnery,  it  is  perhaps  im-  it  for  other  purposes,  yet  I  am  totally 

possible  to  obtain  any  adequate  know-  jeloctant  to  allow  the  least  degree  of 

ledge  of,  without  a  profound  skill  in  merit  to  many  publications  which  have 


cation  and  Architecture  may  be  incul-  expurgated  editions  of  the  Bible,  in 

cated  with  less  of  scientific  knowledge:  which  we  are  told  that  some  of  those 

^ut  let  it  never  be  forgot  that  the  Ca-  details  ^hich   might  possibly  offend 

thedral  of  St.  Paul,  the  boasted  oma-  the  modesty  of  the  youthful  and  uncor* 

ment  of  this  country  in  point  of  Archi-  rupted  mind,   are  carefully  omitted  ; 

tecture,  perhaps,  had  never  arisen  in  but  fastidious  must  that  refinement  be 

its    present    stupendous    and   elegant  which  would  expunge  the  plain  speak- 

form,  under  the  nands  of  Sir  C.  Wren,  ing  language  of  Scripture  in  descnbing 

had  he  only  been  a  practical  designer  the  existing  vices  of  mankind,  or  de« 

and  architect,   without  being  at  the  daring  theur  consequent  punishment, 

same  time  one  of  the  most  consum-  and  wnich  wishes  to  convey  in  milder 

mate  mathematicians  of  the  age  in  terms,    and    more  suited  perhaps  to 

which  he  lived.  courtlv  ears,  these  horrid  exhibitions 

In  Meiaphtfiics,  we  have  also,  in  and  denunciations.  Insecure  must 
modem  times,  met  with  new  disco-  thatinnocence  be,  which  depends  upon 
veries.  We  have  been  told  by  some  ignorance  as  itt  safeguard, 
of  our  Northern  Literati,  that  since  the  In  the  present  day  we  also  abound 
time  of  Locke  a  new  source  or  inlet  to  with  Abridgments  of  Locke,  of  Paley, 
our  ideas  has  been  experienced,  mate-  and  almost  every  standard  work  of 
f iaUy  different  from  sensation  or  reflec-  eminence.  These,  it  must  be  owned, 
tion.  If  such  there  be,  let  those  who  have  their  use.  They  certainly  en- 
experience,  enjoy  them :  and  in  grati-  able  a  yonn^  Student  with  less  trouble^ 
tuae  for  such  benefits,  let  them  en-  and  application  in  himself  to  obtain  an 
deavourtoimpress  upon  those,  if  human  Academical  degree,  or  pass  with  more 
powers  will  allow  it,  whose  sensations  seeming  credit  the  ordeal  of  an  Arch- 
and  reasonings  are  certainly  more  obtuse  deacons  examination:  but  do  they 
than  theirs.  really  tend  to  improve  the  mind  ?   Do 

In  Theology t  certainly  a  subject  of  they  make  the  person  who  solely  trusts 
the  last  and  most  vital  consequences  to  to  them  for  information,  more  of  a 
mankind,  as  far  as  regards  their  tern-  true  Divine,  or  Moralist,  than  if  he 
poral  and  eternal  welfare,  many  dis-  had  never  heard  of  the  Authors,  from 
putes  have  arisen  concerning  the  pro-  whose  more  elaborate  labours  and  re- 
priety  or  impropriety  of  a  new  version  searches  they  were  abridged  ?  An  in- 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures.  This  cjuestion  stance  once  fell  under  my  own  imme- 
has  been  more  particularly  agitated  in  diate  observation  to  fully  shew  the  fu- 
the  present  day.  It  has  been  sup-  tility  of  such  superficial  reading.  A 
ported  and  opposed  by  men  equally  man  highly  eraauated  in  one  of  our 
famous  for  their  learning,  their  assi-  Univenities,  neing  asked  upon  a  sub- 
duity,  their  religion,  ana  their  piety,  sequent  but  immediately  following  ex- 
But  when  no  material  advantage  is  to  amination  to  explain  a  proposition  in 
be  gained,  when  the  real  meaning  of  the  Principia  of  Newton,  did  it  so  in 
the  sacred  Text  is  still  to  remain  un-  his  way,  but  upon  it  again  being  en- 
altered,  as  confessedly  upon  the  whole  quired  from  whence  he  had  that  il- 
it  must  be,  I  should  feel  exceedingly  lustration,  innocently  answered  from  a 
scrupulous,  Mr.  Urban,  in  sanctioning  Manuscript  (a  species  of  Compendium 
the  introduction  of  a  new  translation,  in  frecjuent  use  in  the  University  at 
however  conducted  by  integrity  and  that  time),  knowing  as  little  of  the 
ulent,  in   opposition  to  the  venion  real  principles  of  the  Newtonian  Phi- 


190  JUiBr4Uion9  in  the  Hofy  Scriphtrei  deprecated.  [Feb. 

kwopby,  or  the  accurate  xeasony  upon  mary  way.  I  trow  not  Benrtley,  tho' 
•Which  it  was  foundedj  as  if  that  il-  mostly  considered  as  a  slashing  Critic, 
Jiustrious  Author  had  never  existed.  has  not  generally  dared  to  do  it.  This 
We  have  expuraated  editions  of  edition  of  the  Grreek  Testament  is 
Horace,  of  Juvenal,  and  Persius,— -  good  in  itself.  The  notes  are  instruc- 
and,  I  dare  say,  several,  upon  the  same  tive  and  valuable :  and  it  is,  more- 
plan,  of  Lucretius; — ^wenave  Family  over,  particularly  recommended  by  a 
-dhakspeares,  —  we  have  abridgments  learned  Prelate  to  the  notice  of  those 
of  Lord  Chesterfield's  Letters  to  his  who  are  Candidates  for  Holy  Orders 
•Son.  Some  of  these  may,  perhaps,  within  his  Diocese.  Every  one  knows 
be  deserving  of  less  censure.  They  that  in  Hebrew,  upon  which  the  Greek 
were  compiled  and  published,  I  make  of  the  New  Testament  is  chiefly  form- 
no  doubt,  with  the  best  design.  They  ed,  there  are  expletives,  or  superfluous 
were  meant  to  enable  us  to  submit,  particles,  which  in  that  tongue  may 
and  even  recommend,  to  the  perusal  of  possibly  have  their  graces,  or  at  least 
the  young,  these  lasting  monuments  of  may  possibly  not  be  so  disagreeable 
human  genius,  —  these  incomparably  as  in  ours.  The  Treatise  of  the  late 
interesting  pictures  of  the  human  Granville  Sharp,  on  the  *'  Uses  of 
mind,  and  the  effects  of  human  pas-  the  Definitive  Article  in  the  Greek 
sion.  Unproductive  must  that  vo-  Text  of  the  New  Testament,'*  and 
lume  indeed  be,  from  which  nothing  the  additional  confirmations  of  that 
good  can  possibly  be  culled.  But  doctrine  by  quotations  from  the  an- 
still  I  cannot  discover  in  abrid^ents  cient  Fathers  of  the  Church,  as  well 
that  momentous  use,  which  their  com-  as  from  Greek  authors  of  that  time, 
pliers  pretend  on  many  occasions,  that  by  Dr.  Wordsworth,  the  present  wor- 
they  are  adapted  to  produce.  When  thy  master  of  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
they  are  proposed  to  prevent  the  ju-  bridge,  sufRciently  shew  how  guard- 
venile  mind  trom  being  infected  with  ed  we  ought  to  be  of  the  least  change 
^proper  impressions,  1  am  afraid  in  the  Sacred  Text.  These  last  warn 
that  but  too  often  they  tend  only  to  us  to  be  careful  in  matters  of  the  most 
direct  the  inquisitive  how  to  find  them  vital  importance.  The  innovations  in 
with  the  greater  facility.  the  late  edition  of  the  Greek  Testa- 
'  Whatever  opinion,  Mr.  Urban,  may  roent  are,  perhaps,  more  the  subject 
be  formed  upon  the  justness  or  im-  of  Criticism,  than  objects  of  any  real 

fropriety  of  these  propositions  which  import  in  explaining  the  passages  of 

have  dared  to  submit  to  your  read-  Sacred  Writ.     Innocent  and   unim- 

ere ;    there  is    one,    in  the  truth  of  portant  as    they  are,  however,   with 

which  1  feel  fully  convinced :  that  no  respect  to  the   real   interpretation  of 

alteration  whatever  should  be  allowed  Scripture,  they  might,  witn  more  pro- 

in  the  authorised  Text  of  the  Old  and  priety,  have  been  confined  to  marginal 

New  Testament  (I  mean  in  their  ori-  readings. 

sinal  languages)  without  the  most  so-  Averse  as  I  may  be  to  the  intro- 
Ud  ground  of  change.  Various  read-  duction  of  emendations,  or  interpo- 
ings,  we  know,  abound :  but  let  them  lations  introduced  into  the  Text  of  the 
not,  by  any  means,  be  substituted  in  Holy  Scriptures :  and  reluctant  as  1 
the  Text.  In  a  lately  revived  edition  may  feel  to  sanction  any  Abridgments, 
gf  the  Greek  Testament,  accompanied  or  expurgated  copies  of  them,  except 
with  classical  and  explanatory  notes,  for  the  more  easy  comprehension  of 
t  was  very  much  surprised  to  find  the  them  by  very  juvenile  minds:  yet  there 
marginal  reading  so  often  introduced  is  one  alteration  which  I  would  vcn- 
into  the  Text,  to  which  a  Latin  note  ture  to  suggest  as  a  real  improvement, 
was  subjoined  at  the  bottom  of  the  as  well  to  the  more  accurate  and  im- 
page,  —  lectio  vulgata  certe  est  delen»  pressive  reading  in  public,  as  to  the 
da,  without  the  addition  of  any  au-  contributing  materially  to  facilitate  the 
thority.  Would  BerUley,  would  Por^  understanding  of  the  Sacred  Volume; 
jpn,  whose  scrupulosity  in  this  J^rti-  I  mean,  Mr.  Urban,  a  change  in  the 
cular,  especially  in  the  sacred  Text,  usual  divisions  into  chapters  and  verses, 
was  passing  strange ; — would  the  for-  The  ancients  were  accustomed  to  write 
mer  nave  published  his  corrected  edi-  or  indite  their  composures  without  a 
lion  of  Horace,  or  the  latter  his  edi-  breaking  off  between  every  word  :  nei- 
tions  of  the  Plays  of  Euripedes,  and  ther  did  they  divide  them  into  sec- 
made  emendations  in  the  same  sum-  tions»  chapters,  or  verses.    Tbes^  per- 


1896.] 


OrigU:dfiheOfi^df.»M9h'43»l. 


itt 


hapi,.  to  «f  may  hM  tbeir  fM^  iat  deh.    Tliete  ilikkj  lUeUt^t  dP'#«M% 

ibe  purpose  of  easier  fefetetice  in  quo*  might  chbte  «> .  kii  bvtm  4ii^rbtbfiv 

tation.    Witiiout  liiem^  men  would  without  ejtpfcm'  Iccfte  ifofn  UieAB^ 

sot  so  easily  be  led  into  auy  mistakes  sliop  $   and  t^wy  wcfe  '  to  ■  bei^mAtl*- 

by  a  wrong' punctuation.    It: is  no^  taiiied  by  th«  Incumbeoti/ iii4o«gife 

weU-known  who  was  the  author  of  them  their  title,  if  they  weie  .Bo|v«j|^ 

the  dtstinctLons  into.  cAap<^f.  It  seems  dained  before;  4nd  these-  wele  oaitttd 

to  have  taken  place  sometime  in  the  Chaplains,  Parith  Viean*  md  l^ysiijjk 

13th  century.    The  distribution  intQ  Pmiftf  (for  it  does  not?amAr'tMat:it^, 

tjerses  was  introduced  in  the  l6th  cetif-  ^ombents  erer  were  soiilaUed).  '.IhifA 

Vary  by  B.  Stephens,  asjv^e  sire  told' by  were  many  altars  iik  most  Ci>iii,Hw|^ 


H,  Stephens  his  son.  The  confusion 
arising  from  the  common  puntstoation, 
occurs" very  forcibly  in  the  beginning 
of  the  9th  chapter  of  the  Gospel  ac- 
cording to  St.  Matthew.  Jesus  said  to 
a  certam  paralytic :  "  Son,  be  of  goo<l 
courage,  thy  sins  be  forgiven  thee/^ 
Upon  which  speech  the  Scribes  and 
Pharisees  accused  him  of  blasphemy, 
in  professing  to  forgive  sins  on  earth. 
In  answer  to  which,  Jesus  replies: 
"  whether  is  it  easier  to  say,  thy  sins 
be  forgiven  thee,  or  to  say,  arise  and 
walk  ?'*  (which  latter  mode  of  expres- 
sion they,  perhaps,  would  not  nave 
objected  to,  having  so  often  seen  him 
exert  it  in  the  same  miraculous  way)  ^ 

-"  but  (continues  he)  that  ye  may  know    time,  of  gwtn^  ClieM  oertatkt<Y6«l-'ititlji# 
that  the  Son  of  Man  hath  pow^r  on:    Snndayrand  «iipcdiaUy;  aet  ihd  ymjf 


end  the  bosiness  of  these  CIciriCB  Wtt 
to^nymadstp  for  the  sdeadi  snldftojalil: 
with  the  Incumbent  ;iti  'leheaiiifli^ 
iht  hifuts  of  tk9  Brm»y' m:  khit 
Church,  especially  on  Festivfds;.)' Ant 
it  seems  necessary  that  tlviire  should 
have  been  as  many  in  iaferiot  t>rMl 
to  attend  those  in  the  joperiliry  whiii 
they  were  celcbmtiog;  'Aod'ter^ 
one  wonder  how  tlwse  wete.<aMkH 
tained,  since  it'  appetrt  ..that  Im^M 
had  only  the  office  of  emylngKliit 
Ad/y*ffa/«r>  was  thereby  pnoiriaedifte 
good  livelihood  by.the  altMKdf^Jflli 
people^  whtcfa  if  thqr  witbhlAdyiAwf 
were  censwed^-'Andjift  80tii»«>MM 
tom  was  growing'  Mp-'in  'lHfHis0MHi 


earth  to  forgive  sins."    The  meaning    festivaus^and  socnie'sUeo^  of;46NpM 
of  Christ's  reply  clearly  ends  here/  U^     harvests    it  wa$  anffiofeol  ilbit ^  Aty 


the  middle  ot  the  6tti  verse,  andnolj  who  thps  attfn/ked  the  .J^lKsMnallad 

at  the  end  of  the  5th,  as  in  every  Edi«  taken  any  of  the  M^jeripr  orders,  or  if 

tion,    Translation,  and   Commentary  they  were  but  JPfa/bM^f,  and .  |pad,  the 

which  I  have  seen.    This  is  one  out  0/  prima  tctnsura,  ctf  whom  the  C&ni^Hnts 

the  numerous  instances  which  might  sometinies  dispute  whether  thi^  rtiimt 

be  produced,  both  in  the  Old  and  ^^w  be  called  Clerks  or  not.'   Ifioth  w%«l 

Testament,  to  shew  the  intricacy  which  has  been  said,  it  seemd  evident^  thai 

is    thus    introduced   into  the  Sacred  before,  and  at  th^  be^n^tfg  Of'^e 

Text  by  this  injudicious  division  of  it  Reformation,  there  were  setre^  pttA 

into  chapters  and  verses.    The  chief  sons  to  attend  the  In<$nmbeikt  in  {^N 

difficulty  in  understanding  St.  Paul's  forming  Divine  ofiiees— ^peciaHV  ijRt 

IH'  In 


inimitable  Epistle  to  the  Romans,  per- 
haps originates  in  this  source. 
Yours,  &c.  Omicroit. 

Mr.IJRBAir,  Fel),  1^. 

TH£  following  observations  on  the 
origin  of  the  oflfice  of  Parish 
Clerk,  have  been  collected  in  the  course 
of  my  lucubrations. 

There  were  of  old,  several  Clergy- 
men belonging  to  all  Churches  (that 
were  not  extremely  poor)  besides  the 
Incumbent,  and  all  of  them  were  un- 


larger  parishes,  as  there  are^  stil 
Cathedral  and  .  Collegiate  Chureh^/ 
and  these  were  all  called  Cl^rl;#^ 
though  they  were  nor  in  ordeM,  al 
least  not  all  of  them ;.  of  these,  lihail 
Rubric  is,  I  suppose,  to  ht  ondeff- 
stood  in  the  Burial  offices,  yit.  iM 
Priest  and  Clerk  meeting  the  edtpiif,^ 
Wc,  In  some  choirs  those  siogiqg- 
men  who  read  the  first  Lesjsbn  ajre^ 
called  Lay-Clerks  (a  coutradictocy, 
name);  it  is  not  to  be  doubtef!,  buCt, 
before  the  BefornuUioB  iliey  were*  in. 


der  the  inspection  and  care  of  the  In*    some  of  the  inferior  orders,.  PsakiitUi 


cumbent,  or  his  representative,  who 
on  this^'  account  was  stiled  a  Pre-- 
late.  Greater  Rectories  were  to  have 
three,  or  two  at  least,  in  Priest*s  Or- 
Gamp.  Mao.  February,  1836. 


or  Lectors  at  least;  of  this  sort  pnM 
bably  wese  those,,  who^  »fe^  and  ksito^ 
long  since  been  C9\kd  Parish  €iei^' 
whereof  now  there  is^  b«rt  6A€.iA  ti' 
parish.    By  the  IQth  Canon>  the  Iir>:' 


129                           Earl^  prinled  Almanaek,  1559.  [Feb. 

.atmbent  haa  the  choice  of  the  Pa-  bable  that  many  of  yoor  readers  have 

risk  Cltrky  as  he  formerly  had  of  the  seen  this  Old  Almanack^  I  presame» 

JlquabqjiUMs.    Biit  as  the  people   of  Mr.  Urban,  a  concise  description  c^* 

oldy  in  some  places,  disputed  this  rieht  it  may  not  he  unwelcome.     It  com- 

•with  their  Rectors  and  Vicars,  so  tney  prises  sixteen  pages  in  middling  size 

bave  of  late  years ;  and  it  has  been  qaarto,  and  is  printed  with  very  neat 

aeveral  tiroes  adjudged,  that  where  the  roman  long  primer  type :  the  title  is 

^^l  ^7V  ?k'T  ""^  ''^"""^. '\f  Calendar  Historical. 

JPantk  Clerk,  the  Canon  cannot  alter  _,-.                         .      .             .    ,    , 

it,  add  that  the  Ordinary  cannot  de-  Wherein  is  contained  an  easie  decla- 

pthe  the  Parish  Clerk,    though    he  "^^o^  of  the  golden  nombre.     Of 

may  censure  and  excommunicate  him  ^**e  Epacte.    Of  the  indiction  Ro- 

lor  any  foult  j  but  they  only  who  put  ?^»»«-    Also  of  the  Cycle  of  the 

him  in  can  deprive  him.  P^n^^'  and  the  cause  why  U  was 

Parish  Clerks,  after  having  been  cho-  mventcd.    By  John  Crispin,  IbCg. 

tea  or  approved  of  by  the  Minister,  It    begins  with  a  Preface  to  the 

ihould  be  licensed  by  the  Ordinary,  and  R^der,  after  which  are  nine  distinct 

then  sue  for  their  dues  in  the  Eccle-  articles,  viz. 

•iftsttcal  Courts.    To  have  served  the  i.  Pronostrcation  m  general, 

place  a  jcompetent  time  without  ob*  2,  Peace  and  Plentie. 

jcotion,  b  suflScicnt  without  a  licence.  3.  Warr,  Plague,  and  Famine. 

When  a  Parish  Clark  is  licenced,  he  is  4.  The  Goklen  Nombre. 

•worn  to  obey  the  Minister.    So  that  5.  To  Finde  the  Epacte. 

that  all  the  old  Parish  Priests  and  Clerks  g.  Th'  indecation  Romaine. 

took  an  oath  of  obedience  to  the  Rec-  7.  The  Cycle  of  the  Sunne. 

tof  And  Vicar  of  the  Church.    So  they  s.  Rule  Perpetual. 

that  officiate  in  any  Chapel  of  Ease,  do  g.  Latter  Days. 

(Or  at  leatt  should)  s^vear  obedience  to  Th«.w»  r^iu„..    a  «».....  ^^r^^  «f  *u 

U^coa.bent  of  ^th.  Mother  Church.  vSrwlirTfro'm'r^Sioi:  a 

Oubw.  Whrt  arc  th«  le^l  requisites  ^  ;,  „„„„,^  .     Dr.  M.  Luther;  Lnd 

tS^^  ^*^  ^fe'H^"  '?e''^  *°  n«t  a  Table  0^85  years,  from  1570  to 

»ote  for  Members  of  ParhamentI  ,934,    Afterwards  follows  the  Alma- 

Yours,  See.           Father  Paul.  nack  at  large,  in  the  which  are  intro- 

^     .1  duced  interesting  anecdotes,  but    no 

Mr.  Urbak,           Exeter,  Jan.  6.  fault's  days,  and  oi|ly  one  Holiday,  vis. 

XX    of  the  present  times,  are  the  ele-  i?««k  .«^«*k  u                      •*   n- 

gant  and  anaS»l  Pocket  Ifeoks  and  Al-  .„„  ±I!3'^'^f  '.".'CfT'.f  ^"" 

manacks  which  at  this  season  of  the  i^^.^^S  J^.il  '  •"'"''?**"  '^'  "** 

^                  ..*     I    1        !_•■•     1  .  son:  and  wUicn  IS  described.  VIZ. 

year  are  particularly  exhibited  to  our  aa  *.i.aviiw«,«,  c/»*. 

ootice;  and  many  of  them  embellish-  (Names  of  the  Pictures), 

ed   with    most  splendid    engraving.  Januarib.  This  moneth  figureth  the 

This  decorating  of  Almanacks  with  death  of  the  bodie. 

pictures  has  been  very  common  for  Februarib.  This  moneth  hedges  are 

the  last 85  years*,  thoueh  by  no  means  closed. 

•  modem  invention,  tor  I  have  one  Marche.  Sowe  barly  and  podware. 

BOW  before  me,  S57  years  old,  printed  April.  Leade  the  flockes  to  field. 

for  the  use  of  the  English  people  at  Ma  ye.  Walke  the  living  fieldes, 

Geneva^  1569,  illustrated  with  supe-  June.  Sheare  the  shepe. 

rior  wood-cuts ;  and  as  it  is  not  pro-  Julie.  Make  haye. 

— T-- 7; r— — 7— — ;; — ^  AuGUSTB.  Reape  come. 

•A  ratpectablc  wholesale  bookseUer  of  Sbftbmber.  Time  of  vindage. 

London,  about  a  yesr  .go,  ventured  to  «n*.  October.  Tille  the  ground?, 

nuncture   stxty    tkousand   annnal   Pocket  vr^„_»,„„„     rpi      /-Sj            1      u 

Book.  »>d  AlmwMKik.,  which  he  got  done  Novbmbrb.   The  fieldes  make  hevy 

np  in  vitrion.  binding.,  Md  wnt%  com-  ^«*^«'^-          ^. 

niMion  in  every  direction  in  the  United  t)?CEMBRE.  Thismoncthkeepethmca 

Kingdom  j  liowever,  it  turned  out,  that  he  '"  house. 

over*.bot  bis  mark  in  the  speculation,  a.  '^^  last  page  is  occupied   with   a 

to  thouMuul  were  returned,  and  the  pie-  general  List  ot  Fairs,  with  a  title  of 

tursfl  were  ultimately  taken  out  and  sold  for  **  Fairea  in  Fraunce  and  elswherc.*' 

•erap  boob.  Yours,  &c.    Shirlbt  Woolmbr. 


ISW.]        rbntbiU  JUMa^St.  SUphm't  Chaptl,  H'uUiiintIa: 

Tim: 


in 

FonxaiLL  AB8»t  IN  RuiHB.  Tlmi,  afier  a  ihorl  duralion  of  30 

JLACES,   n»  well  ■>  men,  cipc-     vcars,  tills  cojily  fitrjck,  which  had lo 
rieucc    ihc    Ticiuiiudc*   of   toe-     '°°g  oxciied  ihe  alleotion  and  curio- 
at,   and   a   pariiculnrlv   sad  faialiij     "''y  o(  ihs  public,  became  one  liuga 
em*  tohaie»llendcil  FoKTHiLLj  for     miiwof  ruinu  but  the  recollection  of 
will   be   for  ever  |ire«crved  bv  ihe 


of  the  MGRvrifaiid  Cottikgi 
millet,  wt(c  coiuumed  by  fire: 
•  liird  aroie  from  their  aahes,  iat  ex- 
cocdJDg    in    ipkodoui    and    comroil 


:   this  all 
niplcic  dilapida- 


ciilici  of  tlic  fatract 

(loomed  to  sufTei  a  cc 

lion  i   for  only   one  i 

taclied  oHicn  now  tenuina. 

At  tbit  period,  ao  170.  the  foun- 
dation! of  (he  far-famed  Abbey  were 
laid  on  an  elevated  and  commanding 
situaiion,  far  distant  fioni  the  former 
uuiiiiioni;  and  about  the  year  1807 
it  wai  inhabited  by  Mr.  Bcckford, 
when  the  raalerialiollbe  splendid  mnu- 
lion  erected  by  hii  fjthcr.  Alderman 
Brckford,  were  contigned  to  the  haiu- 
mer.  The  esleniive  demesnes  around 
ibc  Abbey  were  enclosed  by  a  wall, 
and  for  mauv  years  ail  entrance  to 
tiiem  was  tor  bidden  most  ■tricilj. 
But  in  the  year  18S2  the  gates  were 
at  length  ihiown  open,  and  publl 
carinwiy  '        -■'■■■- 

one  returned 
nperknced  thi 

Vet  long  before  the  sad  event  of  the 
downfall  of  the  lofty  turret  (wh: 
happened  on  the  Silt  of  December 
1«»),  ill  ultimate  fdte  was  freiguenlly 
predicted;  for  the  foundation  was  not 
lufficieuily  strong  fill  the  hei  ''     ''  ~ 


y  WM  eompeienilv  ul.sfied  by  chaplain  of  ihe  HouU  of  Co, 

of  th.."  fairy  palace; 'for  no  „nd    by  one  of  the    BishoiB 

umed  from  it  wiihoot  having  »/,„«■  of  t^r.l..   dnr,   nm  m 
iighesi  gi 


being  fuHy  aware  of  ii 
fate,  had  (cmovcd 


I  habitant*, 

impending 

the  northern 


worLs  of  BocKLER  *, 
TOM,  and  RuTTBB,  when  in  its  days  of 
glory :  and  we  shall  very  shortly  ha»e 
3  correct  view  of  it,  in  its  present  rui- 
nous suie,  by  Mr.  Buckler,  to  cor- 
respond in  size  wilb  his  two  former 
large  views. 

•'  Sic  Inuiit  glorU  fbnlhia," 
Vours,  &C.         ^  H. 

Mr.UniiAi.,  ExctcT,  Feb.3. 

YOUR  Correspondent  ColoMbl 
MArt)OH*LD,  in  reply  to  my 
communication  in  your  Magazine  of 
December,  p.  bOb,  has  thought  fit  to 
address  a  Idler  to  the  Editor  of 
"The  Exeter  and  Plymouth  Gazette," 
(which  ought  lather  to  have  appeared 
in  your  Miscellany,)  wherein  he  de- 
nies ihat  the  Chapel  of  St.  Stephen  In 
Westminsier  is  a  ProteilanI  Ctiapel ! 

If,  however,  the  service  of  the 
Church  of  EngUnil,  performed  by  the 
"  Commons, 
,  .1  the 
of  Lords,  docs  i 
a  pToleslant  Chapel,  1  should  be  glad 
to  know,  and  it  is  incumbent  on  the 
Colonel  lo  explain,  what  it  is  itiat 
rfa/i!^  d  >  s  (in  gui  she  s  a  Prot  es  tan  I  Ch  u  reh 
from  oihcr  places  of  public  worthip  I 
If  the  Chapel  of  Si.  Stephen  is  not  a 
Prolettant  Vhapcl,  o  '  " 
the  Cathed  "  '  " 
Church t 

even  allowing  that  your  Cor- 


•■«.,  ■•_•  ».uiu'^i.  low  ...-  ..-.™-.-  respondenl  were  able  to  prove  that  bL 
■jputOMnU,  which  escaped  without  Stephen',  is  «  Catholic  dhapel,  he  will 
"•SIS''-  ,   ,  .         .  then  have  incurred  the  task  of  explain- 


Tbe  fignre  of  the  patron 
tony,  over  the  western  portal,  as  well 
>•  the  auiite  of  Alderman  Beckford, 
which  was  placed  in  a  recess  on  the 
nonbcrn  wall,  escaped  unhurt.  I'he 
painted  windows  are   all   laki 


ing  the  aaomaly  of  ■  Protestant  Bishop 
in  the  Upper  Houm,  and  a  regular 
Clergyman  of  the  Established  Church 
in  the  Lower  House,  performing  the 
service  of  the  Lilui^,  and  ofTeriaa  uu 
ihe  prayers  and  thaukwivings  o 


and  the  organ,   Stc.  ic.  are  removing  RepU,„talive,^  a   ^oUtlanl  Na- 

"•iv     I     j_i              .     k      t™      I-  '•™'   "•   t^«  Throne  of  Grace,   in  . 

The  landed   properly  has  been  d-  Catholic  Chap-  ' 

Tided.     Mr.   Benell.    W.P.  has    pur-  ^h      suppoMd 


chased  the  Abbey  and  ils  walled  in' 
clware,  &c.  i  Mr.  Mortlmei  the  lowei 

grounds,  wheie  he  is  building  a  cloib-  f^^  ,  ^^  [^  (■„,  (;^^^„  dj^u„i 

null.  Tillage,  and   mansion.      Others     L 

lim  bo^Bnt  pam  of  the  landed  pro-  «  S«  ■ 


DeiecTotioit''   of 

this  Chapel  by  the  Members  of  par- 

"  totaring  their  Aoit,"  might 


4-F>30l. 


«  of  FoaduU  Abbey,  ia  val. 


M4                            d^couniof9l^jliUel,C(MmwalL'  [Feb. 

but  oi>  thi  preatot  tttbject  pf  tho  al-  been  eridently    more   r^ntly  built 

Icgci  ''Impropriety  in  the  Exeter  Ca-  than  the  North  aile,  has  a  window  in 

tiiadrel^  as  also  in  that  of  "  the  Crea-  the  eastern  end,  producing  a  fine  light: 

tMm  of  the  Stars;*'  and  of  the  true  in  the  middle  of  its  arch  are  the  arms 

meanine  of  the  terra  "  Void,"  in  Gre-  of  Prior  Vyvyan,  the  last  Prior  of  Bod- 

nesis^  I  consider  myself  truly  un for-  min  but  one;  in  the  present  Church 

tanatc  in  my  Correspondence  with  the  of  that  place,  his  tomb^  inclosing  his 

Colonel, — never  coming  to  ar^oindre  J  bones,  stands  on  the  North  side  of  the 

Yours,  &c.                ExoNiENSis.  ^l^^^-    The  shield  of  his  arms  is  orle 

i                         ^  rurpure,    mclosmg    Or    three    lions 

^  naissant,  chevron    with  three  annu- 

•  Mr.  Urbak,    •  -^«»^^ry-*«^^  ^<>^-  lets,   and   three  hirundines  in  chief, 

wall,  Jan,  18.  and  a  splendid  mitre  Yor  a  crest,  beau- 

THE  Parish  of  Withiel,  in  the  tifully  painted  on  glass. 
Deanery  of  Pydar,  in  the  County  He  was  a  mitred  Prior,  and  on  his 
of  Cornwall,  is^ftiluate  five  miles  to  the  death  gave  this  Rectory,  with  a  very 
West  of  Bodmin,  in  a  very  delightful  fine  manor  of  land  of  the  same  name, 
T^Ie,  on  the  northern  side  of  the  great  to  the  antient  family  of  the  Vyvyans 
western  road;  contains  2517  acres  of  of  Trelowarren  in  this  county,  of 
]ao4,  63  houses,  and  about  300  inha-  which  family  he  was  a  branch.  The 
bitants.  It  is  one  of  those  favoured  jurisdiction  of  this  Priory  had  ex* 
spots  frequently  found  ia  Cornwall  be-  tensive  powers,  those  of  returning  the 
tween  its  hills,  fertile  and  abounding  Representatives  of  the  Borough  of 
in  wood  and  brooks;  the  latter  af-  Bodmin  to  Parliament,  of  putting of- 
fordipg  the  most  delightful  trout  and  fenders  into  the  pillory,  and  of  life 
pealy  and  form  a  retreat  to  salmon  to  and  death.  It  was  richly  endowed,  and 
shed  their  spawn >  which  in  proper  enabled  its  possessors  to  live  in  great 
^ason  seek  the  Ocean,  and  there  at-  dignity  and  splendour.  Exclusive  of 
tain  maturity.  the  Withiel  Parsonage,  which  was 
The  Tower  is  built  of  Cornish  gra-  private  property.  Prior  Vyvyan  had 
6ite,  and  stands  prominent  in  the  the  handsome  seat  of  Rialton,  the 
scene^  and  is  a  very  fine  structure,  property  of  the  Priory,  with  an  an- 
100  feet  high,  turfeted  with  four  nexed  manor  of  the  same  name ; 
pinnacles  of  18  feet,*  each  bearing  which  at  the  dissolution  of  the  House 
on  the  top  a  crown,  surmounted  fell  to  the  Crown.  There  is  much 
by  the  cross ;  there  is  a  ring  of  fire  reason  to  presume  that  the  Prior 
bells  in  it,  hung  upon  a  large  cross-  spent  much  of  his  time  at  both  re- 
beam  of  oak,  bearing  the  date  of  1518,  sidences,  to  enjoy  the  country  air,  to 
which  denotes  the  time  of  its  erection,  dismiss  care,  and  the  incumbent  du- 
The  Church,  which  is  comparatively  ties  of  his  cloister.  A  room  in  the 
low,  and  appears  diminutive  by  it,  is  old  Parsonaze  at  Withiel  was  always 
entered  by  a  descending  flight  of  steps,  denominated  the  Prior*s  room  ;  it  was 
and  consists  of  two  ailes ;  to  which  a  ornamented  with  fluted  wainscoat ; 
pent-house  ailc  is  attached  on  the  each  wiurlow  of  the  apartment  bore 
North,  running  half  the  length  of  the  his  arms,  which  on  the  pulling  down 
liave  down  the  chancel ;  formerly  rail-  the  old  Parsonage  to  erect  a  new  one, 
i^  off,  and  formed,  as  I  conceive,  the  (which  was  built  five  years  ago  by  the 
confessional.  This  being  a  style  of  late  Sir  Vyeil  Vyvyan,  hart,  a  gentlo- 
Chnrch  architecture  very  antient,  and  man  of  smgular  worth,  honour,  and 
unique  in  this  county.  The  Church  probity,  whose  son,  the  present  Sir 
itself  has  lately  undergone  com-  K.  R.  Vyvyan,  has  lately  been  elected, 
plete  repair,  uuder  the  superintend-  on  the  cleath  of  Sir  William  Lemon, 
ance  of  the  present  Rector,  who  found  hart,  to  be  one  of  the  Representatives 
it  a  ruin,  but  will  leave  it  an  edifice  of  Cornwall,)  were  put  into  the  win- 
neat  and  commodious.  There  are  dows  of  the  elegant  chapel  at  Tre- 
only  two  monuments  in  this  Church,  lowarren,  which  has  likewise  been  re- 
which  are  placed  on  each  side  of  the  paired,  but  received  a  high  finish  from 
altar,  the  one  in  memory  of  a  Rector  the  same  liberal  hand, 
of  the  name  of  Truveo^  the  other  of  The  land  immediately  in  the  vici- 
tbe  iniant  daughter  of  the  present  In-  nity  of  the  Parsonage  is  very  hilly,  and 
cumbent.    Tne  South  ailc,  which  has  evidently  exhibits  signs  of  the  force  •{ 


^s^.^ 


'\ 


Aectfim^  ef  Wfihkl;  OrnwaiU. 


\ih 


the  subsidence  df  the  waters  &t  the 
flood,  which  formed  several  deep  ra* 
vines  at  ri^ht  angles  to  the  main  vale, 
which  carried  .the  water  to  the  sea. 
In  several  stages  of  its  fall  it  deposited 
large  masses  of  the  red  and  black  bas- 
tard porphyry,  some  three  or  four  tons 
in  a  mass;  which  were  dropped  in 
some  of  the  angles  of  the  current,  and 
there  left,  polished  as  stones  of  hard 
texture  exposed  t6  a  heavy  current  of 
water  in  our  rivers.  They  are  so  ex- 
cessively hard  that  the  best  tempered 
,  mason's  tools  will  scarcely  work  them: 
they  receive,  nevertheless,  a  fine  |)0- 
lish,  and  make  very  handsome  chimney 
jambs.  Stream  tin  abounds  in  this  pa- 
rish, and  there  is  great  probability  the 
Phoeniceans  or  Jews  streamed  many 
of  our  \niles  in  pursuit  of  this  metal. 
What  renders  this  highly  probable  is, 
the  places  where  they  smelted  these 
ores  are  still  discoverable,  being  near 
woods,  for  the  convenience  of  char- 
coal ;  where  were  constructed  rude 
kilns,  something,  it  is  probable,  re- 
sembling the  blast  furnaces,  for  fusing 
iron  ore,  now  used  in  Wales.  Being 
destitute  of  machinery,  or  any  thing 
at  all  resembling  stamping-mills  iu 
modern  use,  tinners  in  those  days 
were  reduced  to  use  a  mortar,  which 
was  no  other  than  a  post  of  red  jsas- 
tard  porphyry  of  the  above  description, 
of  three  feet  Ions,  iu  its  rude  state, 
with  three  conical  perforations,  which 
will  hold  about  a  quart  or  two  of 
water  each ;  the  trituration  was  per- 
formed with  a  pebble,  it  is  likely  of 
the  same  hard  material,  which  re- 
duced it  to  a  proper  consistence  for 
burning;  in  this  state  it  was  roasted, 
to  rid  It  of  its  mineral  combinations, 
and  afterwards  it  was  smelted. 

There  exists  the  remains  of  a  Jew's 
house,  to  use  its  popular  designation, 
formerly  used  in  this  process,  on  a 
I  farm  in  this  parish,  called  Landjew, 
or  the  Land  of  the  Jew,  such  desig- 
nations bein^  by  no  means  arbitrary; 
names  of  mmes  at  the  present  day 
arising  from  such  circumstances.  We 
have  one  called  BuUen  Garden,  Bullen 
in  Cornish  signifying  plum,  where 
the  same  mine  stands  on  a  spot,  where 
there  was  once  a  plum  garden.  Another 
called  Cook's  kitchen,  from  the  cir- 
cumstance of  a  man  of  the  name  of 
Cook  living  on  the  spot  where  this 
ininc    commenced.    Nay,    the   great 


mart  of  our  traiSe  in  (^omwatl  i(i,  those 
days  received  its  detngQatidn  from 
being  the  pkce  where  wc  disposed  of 
our  tin  to  the  Phoenicians 'or  Jews, 
being  called  Marazion,  the  Af  arket  of 
Zion,  or  its  more  popular  desig^ittioii 
of  the  Market  Jew,  or  Jew's  Market, 
&o.  &c.  ^  • 

The  soil  of  this  parish  is  very  rich, 
producing  fine  corn,  apd  excellent  pas- 
turage, and  good  cider.  The  manners 
of  the  people  are  very  primitive  and 
shtiple,  their  habtts  jndastrioiis.  Tbcr 
man  of  the  greatest  codseqoence  i» 
the  Clergyman ;  in  the  next  degree 
are  substantial  yeomen ;  the  remainder 
being  labourers  who  are  too  wise  to 
be  idle,  and  where  there  is  no  idfe- 
ness,  there  is  no  poverty  nor  crime, 
and  consequently  little  or '  no  poot'i 
rate,  which  constitutes  the  main  hap- 
piness of  this  little  parish. 

The  Register  of  this  Parish  is  well 
kept ;  it  is  dated  as  far  back  as  1567* 
I  subioin  the  entry  of  the  baptism  of 
the  eldest  of  son  of  our  Combh  pa- 
triot Sir  Beville  Granville : 

**  Richardtts, .  Beville  Graavile  armigeri 
prlmogenttus,  apud  Tremeer  in  parcecia  de 
Lanteglos  juxta  Foye  [Fowey]  natus  191^. 
Martii,  anno  Dom.  l6*30,  pr  marum  Ni- 
cholaum  Hares  *,  tunc  ibi  Vieaiium,  95t» 
Martii  sequente  ana.  1621  stilo  veteri  in- 
eipiente  baptizatos  fuit,  anno  regni  iteis 
.  Jacobi  Ang.  Francin  et  Hiber.  18^0;— >noe 
testator  avus  Bemandus  Grenvile, '  Eqnes 
Auratust^" 

The  annexed  is  supposed  to  b^  a 
correct  list  of  the  Rectors  from  the 
year  l6l5. 

John  Glanville,  lCl5. 

John  Edgecombe,  A.M.  l639. 

Will.  WTshart.  A.M.  1639. 

The  Rector  of  Withiel  was  super- 
seded during  the  Commonwealth,  and 
Thomas  Williams  appointed  R^tstrar 
for  this  Parish  for  Marriages,  Births, 
and  Burials,  according  to  the  Act  of 
Parliament  of  the  4th  of  Aug.  Id52, 
by  Richard  Carter,  one  of  the  Justices 
at  St.  Columb,  which  sequestration 
continued  till  the  year  1660,  when  it 
is  supposed  Henry  Fronock  was  Rec- 
tor in  1667* 


*  Or  Hatch.  The  simame  is  dlffieuls 
to  be  read,  being  in  part  obliterated. 

i*  Bernard  Grenvile  lived,  it  is  supposed, 
at  Brina  in  Withiel  at  that  time,  as  the 
above  estate  belonged  then  to  that  fiuBily. 


IM 


iiu 


on  Rail  Roods. 


[Feb. 


Will.  Wood,  17  IS,  Rector. 
JohnTruren,  17S3. 
Will.  Robinson,  1742. 
Chas.  Vyvyan,  1761. 
Henry  Vyvyan,  1 765. 
Will.  Robinson,  1795. 
The  present  Incumbent,  1818.. 
Yours,  &c.  W. 

Gray  or  RAiL-wAVf. 

fContmuedfrom  to!,  zcy.  li.  p.  818.) 

Mr.  Urbav,     Noitingham,  Feb.  I. 

UNLESS  the  Nation,  generally, 
take  the  same  interest  in  this 
scheme  as  myself,  it  cannot  be  expect- 
ed that  any  tning  will  be  done  towards 
Its  adoption  on  proper  principles. 
However  much  individuals  may  exert 
themselves,  little  can  be  accomplished 
by  them  in  national  improvements; 
the  stimulating  power  and  influence 
of  Governments  are  necessarily  required 
to  give  effect  to  all  works  of  public 
utility,  but  we  have  to  deplore  the 
want  of  this  energy  on  the  part  of  Mi- 
nisters, to  promote  the  praiseworthy 
exertions  of  individuals. 

The  centuries  which  have  rolled 
away  "  amid  the  din  of  wars  and  clash 
of  arms,"  have  left  but  slight  marks  of 
any  approach  to  civilization.  The 
spoils  and  conquests  of  warriors,  the 
toys  of  African  as  well  as  European 
x>nnces,  are  disgraceful  monuments  of 
buman  folly  at  the  expence  of  all  in- 
ternal improvements  at  home.  Wit- 
i^ess  Spain  with  South  America,  Por- 
tugal with  the  Brazils.  History  affords 
but  too  many  melancholy  proofs  of  the 
ignorance  ot  statesmen  in  all  countries 
and  in  all  ages.  Ambition  and  mis- 
rule have  worked  their  national  as  well  as 
natural  consequences,  wretchedness  and 
poverty,  in  every  kingdom  of  Europe. 

A  wise  cultivation  of  national  great- 
ness should  have  its  source  in  the 
impartial  protection  and  encourage- 
ment of  individual  prosperity  and  secu- 
rity ;  and  in  proportion  as  these  have 
been  promoted,  so  is  the  relative  posi- 
tion of  each  country. 

Let  those  who  hesitate  at  the  sum  of 
money  required  for  the  establishment 
of  my  plan,  consider  what  we  are  now 
annualijf  pay  ins  for  our  boasted  con- 
veyances, and  tney  will  then  find  that 
one  single  year*s  expenditure  on  the 
present  multiplied  modes  of  communi- 
cation would  defray  the  total  expence 
4»f  the  construction  of  a  General  Iron 


Rail-way.  Through  ignorance  or  de- 
sign, our  civil  Engineers  are  following 
a  course,  which,  although  unprofitable 
to  the  community,  cannot  fail  to  answer 
their  interest,  as  from  every  palpable 
error  they  commit,  theystilliiraw  upon 
the  credulity  and  folly  of  the publick, 
who  praise  and  pay  them  for  their 
bungling  works.  I  woncjer  whai 
canal  shareholders  now  think  of  these 
gentlemen,  and  the  holders  of  Rail- 
way shares  will  shortly  be  in  the  same 
predicament,  if  they  do  not  insist  upon 
having  their  roads  laid  out  in  direct 
lines  and  perfect  levels;  surely  they 
cannot  remain  long  ignorant  that  this 
is  the  only  method  to  render  them 
secure  from  competition,  and  also  to 
zive  them  much  quicker  returns  day 
by  day.  The  Companies  should  direct 
tneir  Engineers  to  follow  this  course ; 
all  that  can  be  required  or  even  ex- 
pected of  an  Engineer  or  Surveyor,  is 
merely  to  draw  up  the  lines  and  super- 
intend the  construction  of  the  work ;— • 
if  each  Company  should  follow  the 
whims  and  fancies  of  their  respective 
Engineers,  what  a  delightful  variety  of 
railways  we  shall  have !  what  a  display 
of  science  and  skill ! ! 

As  there  appears  a  disposition  to 
establish  inclined  planes  with  stuiionary 
steam-engines,  rather  than  incur  the 
expence  of  levelling  the  whole  line,  it 
becomes  my  duty  to  offer  a  few  remarks 
for  public  consiaeration,  in  opposition 
to  this  course,  which  would  multiply 
the  number  of  Steam-engines  in  an 
excessive  degree.  The  Steam-engines 
likely  to  be  required  by  the  adoption 
of  inclined  planes,  would,  if  converted 
into  Locomotive  Engines,  very  shortly 
defray  the  expence  of  levelling  the 
roads  in  every  direction.  The  question 
is  not  what  the  Sutionary  Engine  may 
do  as  an  auxiliary,  but  how  much 
more  effective  the  power  when  em- 
ployed as  a  Locomotive  Engine? 
Moreover,  the  number  of  Stationary 
Engines  required,  should  inclined  planes 
be  resorted  to,  would  perhaps  be  suffi- 
cient, if  converted  into  Locomotive 
Engines,  for  the  commerce  of  the 
country.  My  incessant  application  to 
this  subject  for  a  series  ot  years  (and 
after  consulting  almost  every  work 
written  upon  it),  gives  me  confidence 
to  forewarn  the  Companies  aeainst 
every  deviation  from  the  perfectly  direct 
and  level  line.  I  am  persuaded^  in 
my  own  mind,  that  no  Engineer  who 


1896.]  Mr.  Gray  ihi  SaU  Soadb^  1^ 

understands  the  subject,  would  recom*-  f«flcettoii  of  my  ocmiltryiffeny  wlior«m 

mend  any  other  coufse,  on  lines  of  unbiassed  by  party  feeling,  in  order  to 

communication  where  the  business  or  carry  coDTictioti  dome  to  every  maii*« 

intercourse  demands  at  all  the  adoption  Jtre-tidt*   Ignorant  persons  in  the  Me^ 

of  a  Rail-way.  tropolis  suppose  thtt  coals  aYe  imcm* 

By  the  association  of  the  "  I^ndon  iorthf  dearer  there  than  in  othe^  lam 
and  Northern,"  and  ''Grand  June-  towns.  The  veiy  reirerso  would  £• 
tion  RaiUroad  Companies,"  to  form  the  case;  were  truth  allowed  to  luMro 
one  united  Company,  under  the  title  its  proper  influence ;  for  then  ererf 
of  "  London  and  Edinburgh  Grand  encouragement  would  be  giyen  to  free 
Trunk  Rail-way  Company,"  the  in*  competition  in  every  trade,  and  coel 
terest  of  the  shareholders  in  the  aboye-  would  be  sold  generally  under  twenty 
mentioned  Companies  would  be  greatly  shillings  per  chaldron  m  the  City  of 
promoted.  This  Grand  Trunk  should  London,  where  most  likelj  it  is  now 
run  in  a  perfectly  level  and  direct  line,  fetching  nearly  sixty  shilhn^s  I  The 
The  vast  traffic  which  might  be  drawn  parade  of  Charitable  institutions  Will 
into  thischannel,  throughout  the  whole  appear  in  their  proper  li^ht  when 
extent,  is  so  obvious,  as  to  render  a  contrasted  with  the  impositions  levied 
deuil  thereof  quite  unnecessary.  The  upon  the  poor  inhabitants  of  the 
whole  of  the  Scotch  trade,  the  coal  Metropolis  on  every  article  of  do- 
trade  of  the  Nerth,  and  all  the  inland  mestic  consumption;  but  in  none  ii 
collieries,  the  corn  trade,  the  manu-  it  more  apparent  than  that  of  coal. 
factures  from  the  numerous  districts  Nothing  shews  more  plainly  the  total 
through  which  the  Grand  Trunk  might  disregard  to  economy  than  the  ctr-» 
either  pass  or  be  immediately  connected  cuitous  routes  adopted  for  supplying 
by  branches,  could  not  fail  to  render  the  capital  with  daily  food— it  draw* 
the  undertaking  nationally  important,  its  supply  of  coal  also  from  a  distance 
and  far  more  lucrative  to  the  sub*  of  four  hundred  miles,  rather  than  ea* 
scribers  than  the  plans  now  in  contem-  courage  the  mines  within  one  hundred  I 
plation.  £very  shareholder  is  so  im-  The  Collier  may,  perhaps,  average  o 
mediately  concerned  in  the  proper  con-  voyage  a  month,  whilst  tne  Locomo- 
struction  and  direction  of  Rail-ways,  tive  Engine  would  perform  the  same 
on  the  first  introduction  of  this  plan,  in  one  week  with  the  same  cargo  f 
thac  these  remarks  ought  to  rouse  his  making  an  annual  return  of  5S  jour* 
attention  to  the  most  impartial  scrutiny  neys  in  lieu  of  12  voyages, 
into  every  branch  connected  with  it.  if  the  publick  could  be  persnadied 

The  Corporation  of  London  has  long  to  think  seriously,  and  it  is  both  their 

drawn  an  immense  revenue  from  the  interest  and  duty  to  do  so,  they  must ' 

Colliers  which  enter  the  Thames,  and  allow  that  one  system  embracing  every 

consequently,  it  must  be  expected  that  convenience,  is  far  more  likely  to  be 

every  exertion  will  be  made  to  retain  beneficial  to  Shareholders,  than  the 

their    local   customs;    but   now   that  diffusion  of  capital  on  different  systems, 

the  population  is  so  greatly  increased,  as  the  annual  revenue  is  consequently 

the  mterest  of  those  who  have  no  feel-  divided  amongst  several  establishment^ 

ing  in  the  Corporation  is  at  least  para-  instead  of  being  collected  by  one  onUf. 

mount,    and    as    the    question    must  Were  the  Canal  proprietors,  and  those 

shortly  be  discussed,  the  general   in-  who  have  invested  money  in  our  road- 

terest  of  the  inhabitants  will  no  doubt  trusts,  alive  to  their  own  interests  and 

weigh  considerably  in   favour  of  my  that  of  their    children,    they  would 

plan,  it  is  only  on  the  broad  principle  hasten   to  secure   shares   in  Railway 

of  truth  and  justice  that  I  wish  to  see  Companies ;  for  as  the  best  system  of 

this  matter  fairly  and  publicly  argued,  conveyance    must    inevitably  prevail. 

If  any  individuals  can  be  found,  who  the  opposition  of  any  class,  however 

have  the  hardihood  to  support  the  ex-  weighty  or  considerable,  will  of  coarse 

elusive  customs  of  Corporations  at  the  eventually  fall  to  the  ground, 
expence  of  the  whole  population  of  a        Those  who  have  done  well  with  Co* 

country,  then  indeed  will  it  be  useless  nals,  may  still  continue  to  do  well 

to  proceed  on  this  subject ;  but  if  the  with  Rail-roads ;   and  those  who  do 

inhabitants  of  London  can  be  supplied  not  take  this  timely  advice,  must  not 

with  coal  and  all  the  necessaries  of  life  fret  against  the  publick,  but  censiice 

at  a  considerably  diminished  price,  it  their  own  stupiaity.    If  the  several 

is  only  requisite  to  appeal  to  the  sober  modes  of  conveyance  were  united  under 


138                      DefinUhn  of  theSerm  **  Gmlkman:  '  ^             [Fel?. 

ooe  head,  iIm  ReYeatie  wtmld  Ve  Ibt  blood  Co  be  the  grii]vison.>— Every  |)err 
creased  threefold;  whereas  if  they  son  bearing  his  Majesty's  Commi5sion» 
each  obstioatelj  persist  in  supporting  has  thereby  participated  in  his  royal 
only  their  own  system,  they  of  course  lavpur«  and  whether  he  be  in  or  out 
injure  all.  The  Revenue  from  Canals  of  trade,  is  entitled  to  all  the  privileges 
and  Roads  will  continue  the  same^  of  a  Gentleman. — It  is  to  be  regreued 
nay,  perhaps,  it  may  be  considerably  that  the  y  jus  scuti,*'  although  origi. 
augmented  by  the  conveyance  of  ma^*  nally  an  indispensible  jfgn  of  geotility, 
terials  for .  the  construction  of  Rail-  should  of  late  years  have  been  so'  ex- 
ways,  but  when  these  shall  once  begin  tensively  disregarded.  As  a  register  of 
to  be  worked  regularly,  the  revenue  merit  and  distinction,  it  was  a  whole- 
will  undoubtedly  be  reaped  by  the  some  regulation,  and  like  the  "jus 
roost  perfect  system.  I  should  hope  imaginum*'  of  the  Romans,  was  tlie 
the  Canal  proprietors  and  those  inte-  means  of  distinguishing  the  "  Gentilis 
rested  in  the  Road  trusts,  will  perceive  homo."  The  boundaries,  however,  of 
that  when  their  present  sources  of  gentility,  personally  considered^  are 
wealth  shall  he  dried  up,  they  may  very  extended,  as  may  be  seen  by  the 
derive  increased  benefit  from  the  one  following  definition  of  Smith  de  Re- 
now  offered  to  their  impartial-  cons!-*  publ.  Angl.  in  which  we  find  the 
deration.  ''jus  scuti*' omitted. 

Could  a  correct  return  be  obtained  u  Whoso  studieth  the  laws  of  the  realm. 

0»  our  present  modes  of  conveyances,  who  stadicth  at  the  ^Diversities,  who  pro- 

1  have  little  doubt,  in  my  own  mind,  fesseth  the   liberal  sciences,    and   (to  be 

that  there  would  be  found  an  unneces-  short)  who  ean  live  idly  i^nd  witliout  manual 

9ary  annual  waste  in  our  internal  com-  labour,  and  will  bear  the  part,  charge,  and 

munication,  nearly  equal  to  the  interest  countenance  of  a  Gentleman,  shall  be  called 

of  our   National  debt,   about  which  *  Master,*  and  shall  be  taken  for  a  Gentle- 


man." 


there  has  always  been  so  much  grum- 
bling, when  at  the  same  time  the  pub-  With  reference  to  another  part  of 
lick  are  patiently  labouring  under  bur-  your  Correspondent's  letter,  I  think 
dens  still  more  oppressive^  althougb*  we  may  fairly  draw  this  conclusion  : — 
«nder  their  immediate  controul,  and  "  That  a  Gentleman,  whether  distin- 
whiehmight,  therefore,  soon  be  brush-  guished  by  high  ancestrjor  not,  will 
ed  away.  Thomas  Gray.  suffer  in  the  person  of  himself  and  de- 
■  '  ^  scendants,  in  consequence  of  being,  or 
'  Mr.  Urban,                       Feb.  9.  having  been,  engaged  in  the  trading 

YOUR  correspondent  N.  (p.  8)  in  interests    of   his   country.'*    To  this 

his  disquisition  on  "  Gentlemen  opinion  I  cannot  subscribe.  Although! 

by  birth,"  has  s|X)ken  of  "certain  rules  the  business  of  the  merchant,  the  ma- 

by  which  the  precedence  of  this  part  nufacturer,  or  the   banker,  may  not 

of  the  community  may  be  ascertained  ;*'  create,  they  are  certainly  no  abatement 

but  it  appears  to  me  that  he  will  expe-  of  Gentility, 

rience  considerable  difficulty  in  sug-.  Your  Correspondent  objects  to  the 

f lotting  some  part  of  his  statement  by  authority    of  Guillim  ;    perhaps    the 

egitimate  authorities.    The  following  learned  Camden  may  be  equally  unfor- 

remarks  are  submitted  with  deference,  tunate. 

in  the  hope  of  eliciting  additional  in-  Michael  de  la  Pole,  created  in  the 

formation  on  the  subject.  reign  of  Rich.  II.  Earl  of  Suffolk, 

Very  slight  is  the  Qualification  of  a  Chancellor  of  England,  and  Knight  of 

Geatlenian    by  blood,    according    to  the  Garter,  was  the  son  and  grandson 

Camden :  he  considers  it  to  consist  in  of  a  merchant,  as  well  as  a  merchant 

bjearing  .arms   from    the  grandfather  himself,  and  yet  he  was  esteemed  a 

only,  and  I  believe  the  law  of  prece-  Gentleman   of   blood,^  as   is    evident 

denee.does  not  enforce  any  higher  re-  from  the  StatuteS'Of  the  Garter.    Cam- 

ouisite.     We  therefore  may  simply  de*  den  observes,  **  his  being  a  merchant 

nne  a  Gentleman  by  birth,  to  oe  the  did  no  how  detract  from  his  honour ; 

son  of  a  Gentleman*;  a  Gentleman  by  for  who  knows  nOt  that  even  noble- 

,   ■                    —  men*s  sous  have  been  merchan  ts  ?  N  or 

♦  It  is  evident  in  this  case  that  the  Gen-  will  I  deny  he  was  nobly  descended 

Vdity  of  the  parent  must  be  established  be-  though  a  merchant."  "  Whence  (says 

fai»oFatthebirthofthe»hild,andnots«b-  also  Vincent  on  Brooke,   p.  7^X)),   it 

seqaeafely  to  that  event.  follows   that  Mercatura  non   derogai ; 


•MMifdfi,   Indc  1*  DO  ^leowot  of  and  the  mttmer  In  whtdt  iba  tamr* 

hoitouT."  or  Mnc  at  the  tnAet  t*  LMinitMl,  it 

Your   CoitOfiMUlciM,    *pe*ki«g   mt  woMbf  bf  aMciuioB.     Thut,  "  Pan- 

herediuqr  Ei^irei,   kcim  to   fbr^  daaaivr"  vat^  pcrhtpt  la  tle-brewcT, 

liial  no  iDcotDc,  howev«r  Urge,  ww-  ZanMim  •  bttlt-makcr. 

of  ,ueir  c«™i,.«te  .R  fc«,mtr^    f  will,  ,;„  j„,,.„^,I  „;  j.^  L«»d.,n,  p.„j:«;o,'. 

thcTcrore,  clow  thn  fwper  with  an  eo«-  qui  fuii  »ppr'n[ic'  Thome  WLawr,  Cmt  e( 

■wration  of  ihotc  lo  wboai  thn  thfc  ii  Co"p«,  London,  *(  qui  ma'  terminti'  o.i' 

du«,  in  which  I  heliere  1  am  anjiport-  i|i'a  Thoim  Adcli'  »plciit,  iit  litem  Ttiomu 

ed  b;  Camden  and  Sprlman.  in  mi',  in  p'scit  gard',  ittfiutui  rn,  ul- 

ATler  the  "  Armigeri  Nataliiii,*' or  miuui  Tuit  in  liliiinBtem  p'd',  n  juntu 

eUeK  WIM  of  younger  aans  of  noble-  oonun  C»m'«ria,  diccii  die  «t  umo  untie  ia- 

mm,  and  the  eldest  son>  of  Knighia,  gn^"",  nod«cioiodi*M»rtii,«nuoKpniRe- 

both   coniinueJ    in  pcrriclual    auccet-  giiJirahi.S":  dei;iino.«to,«d.i-,&c.iiiti. 
aion    we  have  "  truodanExiri  iLn.iid. — LraatiuEd- 

1 .'  Ea<|Dit«i  b7  Creation,  letter*  p.-  "•"".'  ^' '"',";"'■ "'  ^^J'"*'.'  ^.S»""f  J^" 

lent,  or^iherio/cliiure.  and  ihcfrek  ™    ^'l'':^^'  e"."'-  3"'  'V.",'PP,  °^ 

«t   lon.j   """"Igrt   theae    r-nie    place  oo„o  die  >?bn>.rii,  anno  RegU  J«obi,  &c 

ihoae  who  have  been  bheriSs  of  Coin-  ^j^o   „    •  fi„(.„  .Ltem  aooor'    qu*m  ter- 

tiea,whoalwayareiain  the  title  forlife,  minu' cu'  in'oDuilrfo  me  SMpiio' Tiikwr 

in  reapect  of  the  great  tniil  ihcf  have  fine   cum'  Adrliier   npletil,   ut  Jcremlu 

born*  in  the  Com mun wealth.  Malpu,   IcthenellEr,   ei   p'u    Duiieli,   u 

2.   Eiqiiirea  bjp  lepiitallon.  Sergeant*  Idviu  Si#uii'ua  p"  juo  p'[«,  in  cur',  in  p'ncit 

U  Law,  Jtuiicea  oftlw  Peace,  Mayon  Muhei  Qoodfi!tlii>e,  kihT,  ittertuui  ni. 

of  lownn,  Councelloti  at  Law,  Licute-  £' ''"  <)Mmvii,  &c.    Tanum  i^'  cor,'  8>e. 

nant  Cokineli,  Majon,  and  Caplaiot.  »dioiHU«  fuit  la  lib'utem  p'd',  et  Jumui 

All  dilriDg  the  time  of  their  rcapectire  "o""  t»ai'»riu  d'eii  die  a  upo,  et  dtt", 

comminioni  only.  *«'-  '''i'-  '"'■  f  '"'■•  '^*«"  """"^  '!•■ ' 

3     Eaquirci  bj  preactiplioD.     Ilie  One  circumstance  relative  lo  iheie 

hudiofa  few  anci«)I  familiea.  damaged  mafses,  (k  shrunk  together  b; 

Uow  the  precedence  of  aome  of  the  the  lire  iliai  it  U  nimi  dillicult  to  lera- 
•bore  gCBlleinen  ahould  be  regulated  rate  them,]  worihf  of  atieniion  is,  that 
with  reapect  to  each  other,  I  confna  ihenriling  is  dimiaiihed  byihe  power 
tnyieir  unaualified  lo  determine.  I,  of  ilie  elrii>eni  lo  at  least  ■  fifih  of  ill 
therefore,  leave  ii  to  those  of  «>ur  original  liiej  still  preserving  the  clear- 
friends  who  are  better  able  10  do  jus-  ncM  oflhe  Ittiera  in  lh%  most  beauiifiil 
tice  to  tlic  tubject.  ^  A.  inoi)iier+.  Singular  lo  say,  ihii  fact 
'  ^      ■  illuittatM  very  forcibly  ■  paaiage  of 

Mr.  Urb'H.  Feb.  p.  Shakijieare,  ivhote  otMctvaat  eye  thf 

A     LAlKiE  quantity  of  records,  be-  effect  of  fire  on  character*  written  on 

J\.  iijg  chiefly  entries  of  the  name*  parchment  had  not  escaped : 

of   Apprentiera    wfto    had     uktn    out  ■<  1  ana  icriUilFd  form,  drawn  with  ■  pea 

their  freedom    in   (he   Chamber  I  tin')  ITpon  a  parctuDCDC, 

Office  of  the  C'ty  of  London,  and  uf  De  I  thrtnk  up." 
the  fee*  paid,  has  been  <fi»covered  in  'Yours,  ice.  A.  J.  K. 

that  division  of  the  City  archives  ap-  ^ 

nroprialed   to  matttn  concernine  the  .,     ,,  ^  _, 

Irl  U,.  .nd  eonxnonl;  e.ll.3  lh<  "'"«""•,,       .  '''»■ '"■ 

lri.li  Cli.mbrr.  I  N  jroit    l..l.Nu[lll«r.   p.  17,    !«■ 

ThcK  R.conI,  brain  In  ihc  rtigtl  of  .•     iJ'V"''    '    "?    ""«""   '"'"'" 

Hcnt,  iht  Eijliih,  ind  mighi  »=ll  fe  '"8  "'.  *™'  'oiind  on  .  .loj j  mong 

.nppoicd  rclin  •  ol  Lh<  t,^ir  Undon.  Hie™™  of  ih,  Pm.jof  M.  M.gd.lm 

bjl  fo,  Ih.  d..r  1717,   whith   ont  of  of  B.in,l.pl.,  jnd  w  ,|th  yoo  cn,.,.d„ 

,h.  .ni™  on  .  f,«™.nt  bear,.  "  l""  1"™  '.''?;  °'  ^'"T',      '°\ 

Tlie  i«o  .on..&  .,UKI.,  from  .  ff""  "uK       u    "S''  '  *' 

oi™  of  lb.  ill.  of  J.n.=  iht  Fir...  H.niy  lb.  Foot*.     1  bi.  mi.imii.  „ 

•  •«  given,  »  a  specimen  of  tbc  form  of  ^o,"e"r  erron.o™.  for  Itwy  were  pro- 

enli^    Thrabbre^alionsarenuiiieroua  *"*'*'?  '''e  arm.  of  Jobn  Suflbrd  L«tl 

—  ^ '-  nfWilifhire,2ndionofHomphi«y  let 

•■nnjmar  bo  d«ibt  i.JMd  b^  tfa*  fir.  Yh>Vr  of  Buckingham  ]  and  ltt«  (ol- 

which  dattroynl   the   (JhunbarUa  i  oUca,  • 1 i  i   i     

Feb.  7.  1786.     Edit. 

OiiiT.  Mio.  Fe^ary,  lISG. 


l» 


Jrm»qfEarl0j 


[Feb. 


lowing  slight  pedigree  will  prove  that    the  quarteringi  on  the  shield  in  ques- 
that  nobleman  was  entitled  lo  each  of     tion. 

HaapliRj  di  Bobuiy  £srl  of  Hereford  and  Etiex,  &c.  ob.  18tl.^ 

1.  Jshn  Eari  of  Heremd  and  EaseXt  &e.  ob.  t.  p.  1835.     S.  Willuiin  de  Bobna,  eremted 
t.  HomphivT,  brother  and  heir,  £arl  of  Hereford  and    Earl  ofNorthampton,  17  March, 
Essex,  &c  K.G.  ob.  s.p.  1861.  1387,  K.G.  ob.  (d60.y 

I _— ^1— -^— 

H^f«phr»>y  de  Bohun  Earl  of  Northampton  s  succeeded  his  uncle  in  the  Earldoms  of 

Hereford  and  Essex  m  1361,  ob.  s.  p.  m.  lS79.=p 

I 1 ' 

Henry  theFoarth,=pMar]r  de  Bohun,     Eleanor  de=^Thomas  Plautagenet,  sumamed  <<  of 
King  of  England,     dau.   and  coheir,     Bohun.da.     Woodstock /'younger  son  of  King  Ed- 


^^Queen  of  England,    and  coheir. 


ward  III. 


ob.  s.  p.  m.  1898. 


Edmund  Earl  of  Stafford,  K.  G.^Anne  Plautagenet,  dau.  and^William  Bourchier,  Earl  of 
ob.  1408„  9nd  husband.        I     eventuallj  aole  heiress.    xfvEwe,  K.  G.  3rd  husband. 

r 

Humphrey  Earl  of  Sufford ;  created  Duke  of  Buckingham  1444,  K.  G.  ob.  1460.  =p 

\ 1 ' 

Humphrey  de  Stafford,  son=p  John  Stappord,  3d  son,  created  Earl  of  Wiltshire, 

and  heir,  ob.  vitdpatris.    I  Jan.  6, 1470,  K.  G.  ob.  1478. 

Henry  de  Stafford,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  8cc.   ^|s 

I  have. not  ascertained  the  cause  of 
the  arms  of  John  Earl  of  Wiltshire 
having  been  affis^ed  to  the  Priory  at 


To  this  pedigree  I  need  only  add, 
that  after  the  alliance  with  Anne  Flan- 


tagenet,  the  family  of  Stafford  placed 
her  arms  in  the/f ri/,  the  coat  of  Bohun 
Earls  of  Hereford  in  the  second,  that 
of  Bohun  EaiJs  of  Northampton  in 
the  third,  and  that  of  Sufford  in  the 
fourth  quarters.  The  arms  on  the 
stone  are  therefore  peculiar  from  hav- 
ing the  coats  of  Stafford  and  Bohun 
Earls  of  Northampton  transposed.  But 
the  quartering  of  Sufford,  the  bordure 
round  the  royal  arms,  and  the  crescent, 
prove  the  impossibility  of  iu  having 
Dcen  intended  for  the  arms  of  Thomas 
Duke  of  Clarence. 

,  Mr.  URBAif,  Feb,Q. 

THE  accompanying  extracu  from 
a  Memorandum-book  or  Journal 
of  Alexander  Daniel,  of  Penzance, 
in  Cornwall,  in  the  reign  of  James  I. 
for  which  I  am  indebted  to  my  friend 
and  kinsman  Geor^  John,  Esq.  jun. 
of  Pensance,  contaming  an  account  of 
his  family,  with  notes  of  some  public 
events,  with  which  he  was  contempo- 
rary, are,  I  think,  sufRcientlycurious  to 
merit  a  place  in  your  pages.  The  family 
of  Daniel  was,  it  appears,  of  foreien 
origin,  and  the  first  member  of  it  who 
came  to  this  country,  Richard  Daniel, 
the  father  of  the  said  Alexander,  re- 
presented Truro  in  Parliament  in 
l6S3*  and  l6S7,  from  which  fact,  as 

^  Mr.  Gilbert  in  hia  Sitrveu  qf  ComwaUf 
f«l.  n.  p.909  erroMouslj  ooneulMrsthe  Rieh* 


Barnstaple.     He  was  probably  a  bene- 
factor to  it.  Clionas. 

*4i*  We  have  since  been  favoured  with  n 
letter  from  an  intelligent  Correspondent,  who 
suggests  that  the  arms  in  question  belonged 
either  to  John  Earl  of  Wiltshire  above-men- 
tioned, or  to  his  sreat  nephew  Henry  Staf- 
ford, also  Earl  of  Wiluhire,  and  K.  G.  tha 
second  son  of  Henry  tnd  Duke  of  Buck- 
ingham, who  died  16  April  15S8 ;  and  from 
the  arrangement  of  the  quarterines  preciiely 
agreeing  with  the  Garter  plate  of  tne  latter 
in  St.  George's  Chapel,  be  is  mclined  to  as- 
sign them  to  that  EarL 

well  as  from  some  of  the  following 
extracts,  it  is  manifest  that  they 
were  of  considerable  importance.  No 
other  account  of  them  than  a  very  im- 
perfect notice  in  Gilbert's  **  Survey  of 
Cornwall  f  ,'*  is  to  be  found ;  hence  the 
genealogical  information  afforded  by 
ili^se  memoranda  may  be  accepuble  to 
tome  of  your  reailers. 

Alexander  Daniel,  the  writer  of  the 

ard  Daniel  who  represented  Truro  in  1698 
to  have  been  the  son  of  Jenkin  Daniel,  who 
was  Mayor  of  that  town  in  1615,  and  who 
erected  a  stone  iu  the  markeC-place  of  that 
borough,  with  this  inaeriptioa : 

«  T.  B.  Jenkbit  Danibl  MiiORf 

Who  sek  to  find  eternal  tceasvfa 
Must  vse  no  goile  in  waighl  ur 
1615." 
t  Vol.JI.  ]^91. 


EMiTMUfrvm  Om  Jtmma  iifJ.  DmM.  tSl 

j»"id.DfRein.Cop«ot,IS9a, 
d.Y. 

La.  M.ri  Whltmon, 


1«M.} 

J««nl.  4IM  in  lOSa,  and  od  hia 
toab  in  the  Chnrch-jinl  of  Maiide» 
i*  ihii  imeripUoa : 

"  Hn*  Vjti^  (lu  bo^  of  AWuDdw  Df 
■ial,  Bot-  *ho  dtpuM  7*  life  U  itw  jmr 
dfoutLori  ISflt. 

B«%)a  nw  Binb,  BrluiD  m*  Bracdinf  |;m, 
Coramitl  ■  wib,  Ira  oIuUnB.  Hd  ■  («»•. 

*'  A  gTHcful  poMari^  wuMt  ia  iMMbbb 
nvtabnoe*  J  Otuip*  Dutol,  gral.  ik* 

MB  of  lb*  kbdTt-BCBtMMll  AJtiUHlcr.  The 
•^(oiaiBg  Ffi*  Sohool,  lod  iu  litnnl  •«• 
imwminl;  witoau  hi*  chwitj  wid  mntrd. 

■*  Ua  *M  bnritd  omt  (Iu>  toab.  Hay ' 
4.  I7I«.  Uriah  TomkiB,  Oaorg* Traviek, 
Sai>.  B«laM,  Tboa.  fUbjni,  Wm.  Botbia, 
~  ,  1780." 


ith^ingTh'"     . 

F<:b.  ta.  M7  •;. 


The  aebool  allixied  10  wu  founded 
at  Maddcrn  in  1704  brGcornDan!d, 
tot  the  indruclion  of  poot  children  of 
that  pariih,  and  iu  chapclrinorMorra 
•nd  Pcniauce,  in  reading,  wriiins,  and 
■riihmeiic.  HeendoweditwithaboitM 
■od  garden  for  ihe  mailer,  and  ccriain 
tandi  and  premlKa  now  let  Tor  138/. 
MrmwM*.  The  Diniel  famllr  are. 
1  am  inrormed.eilinctinihe  male  line; 
tbcir  armi,  a*  deacribed  bj  Gilbert, 
ibongh  it  doea  not  appear  on  whai  atu 
"'"""""',  are,  Art^U,  tii  lotmgei  eo»- 
Cr  S^le.  Cliov^s. 

Jaa,lfl.  "Eliai^.nfftlliHia.waibatn 
M  ■---— t-  ta  lau  Cvloa'a  kuoH,  9  aocM, 
Itsa,  Hb*>ThiirMla]>. 

Ju.  IB.  DM,  Riah'd  Daaiel,  nv  be.  I7 
nj  bdui'i  and  wiJa  at  Budm  BrUga,  in 
l»h,  1660. 

Ju.aO.  I  *u  marifd  toOr*e«,n  dugh- 
twofJuhnBliHt,  gnl.  of  Lille  Cnfu,  ISIS. 
'  B.8a.  M7  bUwr,  fLD.  with  T.  B.f 
HafPliuMBtafTr 


buriod  Marc,  ad,  IBS 

¥tb.ti.  Prince  Muirica  fro  TchiddTt 
<Mi,t  K.  St.  Micbatl'i  MouDt,  whence  l>« 
deu'ied  the  mortuii  AJIoo'^,  lb~43. 

Mat.  8.  My  bihci'i  Sd  tojuge  wu  tn 
Znland,  1 5Sfi. 

Mar.  IS.  My  btlisr  mada  hi>  fint  iDvige 
10  EmbiliD,  m  East  FrHUland,  1&B4.  ' 

Mat.«3.  Dcji'Md  fm.  TrnUiui,  having 
dwell  (here  7  7.  aad  |  v'lhlll  niyfinini,  add 
neil  daj  came  to  Ptnianca  lo  dwel,  Is's!. 

Mar.  }7.  Eod.  dia  Richard,  017  j  br.  ■•• 
bora  at  Midleburough,  my  &ther  being  De- 
putlc  Gut'Dur  there,  IS13. 

A|i[.  6.  Richard,  mf  eldan  iod.  »u  ma- 
riedlo  EliiabethDallerj,  au  LoniloD,  li;40. 

Apr.  19.    M7  7ih  ion,  Jehoiba|ihac,  iraa 

1636,  it  ba'n;  TiuikUt. 


M.J 


iiEdi 


iiabeth,  mj  ^nd-daughler. 


iborilT,  I 


Fra.  Godaliihln,  uf  G,x)arp. 
7-  impow.  »  Oxford,  and  Ftt.  Baael  7* 
e..cl.  I  p'd  SO/.  Pri.7  Seal.  1644. 

M>7  9.  Riclurd,  ni7  ddeil  loo,  wai  bora 
■I  Treiilian  in  N  ulyne  it  beg  TuBileJ,  1  Bi6. 

May  16.  Y<  baluii  att  Stratt'  between 
Corn,  aod  Dexn,  ohereln  yt  Comiih  for 
J*  K'g  had  J'  Tictotie,  IMS. 

JaoB  S.  Eiiaiaph  1117  ton  mi  pmi  in 
Com'DD-ellhi  Knice,  ulld  la  7e  JaiialUi|- 
in  S'  Getng*  Aiicuei  fleet,  ■<>&«  (. 

J.IDHO.  Grace,  in7ii.n  Rich 'd'lSJdaugh- 
ler,  vai  bora  al  KdmuQlD*  baptiied  y  I4i<> 

(ficL  issa. 

June  1 7.  Ateuoder,  nj  aaoond  iob,  ma 
bom  at  Treailiaii  in  Nul7t]e,  a*  i'  day,  ]  6^7. 
June  14.  1  (old  ny   inberitaoee  in  Bra- 
bant, dtaceoded  on  me  fro'  Grandmere  na 
winecfaoHD  ItorgaaaM  omianMnt  at  1  m-      Maghaa  for  1  fiof.  to  Jutlg.  Coliiinor,  ISS4  i 
in,  frid  vith  bim  EO  Londo',  wbertwaitaid      vortb  IDOOi.  and  more. 
lU  6lh  Maj,  1634.  June  37.  Oear^  Whitmore,  j«  Sd  um  of 

Feb.ll.  Abaiitinidnif[h(Biy(lu))*r,Rich-      S^  Qeorga  Whitmon,  and  mj  tiiter  Mart, 
•id  Danirh,  departed  yi  life  at  Truro,  1630.      died  1618. 

Feb.  18.  Alex,  ye  aoa  of  El lai  Daniel  1  waa  Aug.  I.     Qeorn  duim  8th  eon,  vat  bon 

bora  at  FenntM,  and  Xtoad  ye  am*  daya,     B(  Paonoce;  in  Nojtm  home,  al  1  a  clock 
■G68.  aftinidniglit.TiwHla7,  16.17. 

Fab.  1 8.  My  father  naa  maried  to  ny  a«>  Aug.  7.     Waa  bom  my  ion  Rioh'nli'i  3d 

•  I^eoni'i  Conxrall,  p.  (10.  f  Thomai  Burgeik 

I  Tba  MM  of  the  ancient  buuily  of  BuMtt,  aow  lepreaenled  by  the  Riebt  Hon.  Lord  it 

Dmutaooilla  and  BaueU.     Prince  Maurice,  Count  Palatine  of  the  Rluse,  diitineuiihed 

hiiBKir  tn  bii  terricei  in   the  Rojal  cauia  againit  the  Parliament,  bul  il  i(  preiumed 

that  no  Hialoiian  of  CorDiratl  baa  noticed  the  fact  Lhat  the  Prince  came  into  that  cDuntT. 

le  of  the  iiHHt  flitlifid  of 


Sir  Franctl  Bauetl,  irho  at  tbal  time  poeieued  Teh: 

Charlca'i  adbcrenli.  Some  rrrr  curium  Icttert  fium  Sir  Krancii  to  hit  wifb  during  ibe 
yaan  I6«8  and  1644,  and  vhich  fully  diiplaj  hit  ardent  demiiuii  tii  bii  Sovereixi),  aill  |i« 
bund  in  the  intereitins  TradiiioTu  and  Rrcollcctuaa  of  ttut  beaudful  ttut  neglactad  poai, 
the  Hci.  K.  Pol<rhe)e,  Juat  puhlitbed,  *ol.  L  p.  17—10. 

1  Sk  Goom  Ayaeaugh,  Adminl  of  the  PariiuMatan  fiact,  appaand  befcra  Scillj  in 
N^  IMI1  aM  look  all  tha  Uaoda  eieaptisg  St.  Haij  i,  whiib  did  dm  nniBdai  ontil 


}Z% 


On  ike  AfvuM  and  Moilo  p/  th%  Omnif  of  Kent. 


[Feb. 


dav.  bj  hb  9d  wiff,  MnrgMr  Chabrljn^  7* 
child  was  named  EVu^\  1668. 

Aug.  15.  Jacob,  m^  4th  fonyWM  bornatt 
Tr0sUiaA,  in  NuliQe^  it  being  ^atardaj  about 
sun  sett,  1629.  ... 

Aug.  16.  Sr.Geo.  Aiscue'  *  w'th45  ships, 
foMgbt  4  hours  w'th  70  Dutch  ships,  not 
a  man  slain  in  the  ship  wherein  £Ila8aph  was. 
Vi  Deo,  1653. 

Aug.  30.  Alex,  my  son  RichM's  first  son 
was  born  between  5  and  6  of  y^  clock,  mane, 
on  a  Fry  day,  1659,  )'  L.  bless*  him. 

Sept.  7.  John>  my  6th  son,  was  born  in 
ti^ye  8  house,  at  Pensaoce,  about  sunnsing* 
being  the  L*d's  day,  1634. 

Sept.  13.  My  son,  Jehosap,  that  died  at 
Lafegan,  aced  10  y.  5  months,  buried  at  y* 
entrance  of  Madr  Chur.  1646. 
.  Sept.  SO.  Alexander)  my  son  Richard's 
eldest  son,  was  bom,  circa  5  or  6  o'clock 
mimei  at  1659* 

Oct.  16.  J(i  Keate,  Vicar  of  Maddem, 
dyde,  supposed  of  the  plague  aC  Naaseglaf , 

1647. 

Oct.  24.  Jaqitelioa,  my  first  daughter,  was 
bom  at  Tresilian,  in  Newlyne,  (I  so  named 
her  aft'r  my  moth*),  horft  7  mane,  1630,  it 
b*g  a  L's  day. 

Oct.  95.  Grace  Daniel,  Elias*  first  daughr. 
wet  born  at  Laregan,  about  2  a  clock  afl'rr 
MMWy  1667>  being  Fnrday. 

Opt.  •••  Richard  JDaniell,  my  Esther,  was 
bom  y«  first  Sunday  aftr  St.  Michael's  di^^ 
AthOctobeft  1661. 

Oct  ...  In  y*  month  (as  I  guessed]  died 
my  grandmother,  M^ria  Vaa  Meghen,  my 
niotbrs  mothr,  aged  eirc.  96  years,  1626. 

Nor.  5.  My  SOB  Jacob  died  at  Feasance 
tfi  R.  Colan*s  house,  aged  3  y.  and  about  a 
4,buri*d  in  Madr.  Chuf.  1632. 

Nov.  8.  John  Daniel)  my  son  Richard's 
td  ion,  was  bom  about  1 1  at  night,  Satur- 
day, baptix'd  30th  1662. 

,  Nov.  9.  My  father  maried  Margaret  j* 
daughter  of  Pat*  van  Ganeghan  at  Dordrecht^ 
Holla'd,  1608,  hinc  mihi  Lachrymse. 
.  Nov.  17.  Mr  daughter,  Jaquelioa*  was 
married  to  Wm.  Paynter  ye  ion  of  Rich,  aud 
Hottor  P.  his  wife,  1649. 

Nov.  19*  George,  my  souf  aftr  3  y.  and 
about  a  niontKs  absence,  came  to  Laregan, 
fto'  Loddo*  hav*g  learnt  Uie  ball  trade,  1659. 

Nov.  21 .  My  dear  mother,  Jaquelina,  died 
of  a  burning  fever,  was  buried  in  y*  old  Chu. 
•tMidlbor',  1601. 

Dec  5.  My  be  in  law,  Sir  George  Whit- 
more,  dep'ted  y*  life  at  Balmes,  neer  Lon- 
don, it  beinff  'Tuesday,  1654. 

I>ec.7t  Mjr  son,  Eliasaph,  was  married 


to  4aM  Penrose^  y*  daugbf.  of  J.  Penr4>s«, 
esq.  1665,  at  Maddera. 

Dec.  12.  1  A  [lex.].  D[aniel}  was  bom  at 
Midleburough,  in  Walcheren,  pr*seDtly  after 
1 1  in  y*  forenoon,  a  Wedy.  1599. 


'    Mr.  Urban,     Lake-house,  Wilts, 

YOUR  Correipondent,  "J  D."  is 
pleased  to  express  his  satisfac* 
tion  in  your  Magazine  for  December 
(p.  517),  with  my  reply  on  the  ques- 
tion raised  by  him,  as  to  whether  this 
countrv  was  conquered  by  William  the 
First,  m  the  usual  and  modern  accep- 
tation of  that  word  ;  but  he  adds,  *'  On 
the  subject,  however,  of  Kent  bearing 
the  arms  of  the  rampant  white  horse, 
with  the  motto  Jnmcia  attached,  which 
your  Correspondent  does  not  appeztr  to 
nave  directly  noticed,  I  confess  my- 
self hardiv  satisfied.'*  The  fact  is,  that 
I  omitted  a  more  full  discussion  on 
this  part  of  the  subject,  from  the  f«>e1- 
ing  tn;  t  it  bore  slightly,  if  at  all,  on 
the  main  question. 

I  must  again  repeat,  that  the  histo- 
rical truth  of  the  meeting  between 
William  aud  the  men  of  Kent,  with 
boughs  in  their  hands,  demanding  the 

f)r^rvation  of  their  laws  and  privi- 
eges,  is  strongly,  and  with  much  rea- 
son, doubted ;  tt  is  very  unlikely  that 
concession  would  be  rashly  sought  by 
any  number  of  unarmed  men  from  an 
Invader  marching  at  the  head  of  an 
army  so  recently  victorious,  and  the 
relation  is  well  confuted  by  Sumner, 
in  his  ''Treatise  on  the  Custom  of 
Gavelkind." 

As  to  whether  the  arms  of  ''the 
rampant  white  horse,  with  the  motto 
Invicta  attached,'*  be  claimed  by  the 
E)astern  district  of  Kent,  or  by  the 
County  at  large,  I  can  give  no  informa- 
tion to  "  J.  D.*'  but  I  would  suggest  to 
him,  that  neither  the  one,  nor  the  other, 
possesses  any  abstract  right  to  such 
heraldic  honours,  jince  (if  I  am  cor- 
rect) no  county,  or  portion  of  a  county, 
can  bear  arms.  We  often  find  that  a 
chartered  City,  or  a  Borough,  is  by 
^rant,  intiiled  to  peculiar  insignia,  but 
in  that  instance  there  is  a  Corporate 


*  This  action  was  fought  off  Plymouth,  between  the  squadron  under  the  command  of 
Sir  George  Ayscough,  am)  the  Dutch  under  that  of  De  Ruyter.  fiaker  in  his  Chronicle 
states  the  force  of  the  former  at  about  40  sail,  and  the  latter  to  hav«  eonsbted  of  fifty  men 
ttf  war,  but  it  is  most  likely  that  Daniers  account^  wluck  was  prcM>1y  taken  from  his  son^ 


IMS.] 


OntluJnmmdMkao^lk^Comtlfi^Ktnt. 


Bodf,  ACo^sij,orittdi*iMOB,lM«H 
not  Ht  incorporanoa,  and  whrocnr 
inch  ■  diiinet  nut  hcratdic  diitino- 
tioai,  I  ootKxitt,  h  i*  mcrel;  b;  w> 
Mimplion.  I  am  wsll  aware,  however, 
that  many  Countk*  have  attached  IS 
Uieimrlm  iheii  pMuliar  leali  with 
armorial  braring*,  and  it  it  (tnitting 
at  lea*t  lo  obterre,  that  ihit  County 
(Wilu)  has  borrowed  (or  htrMtr  the 
armt  of  the  Ciiy  or  Salitbury,  atMl  hat 
•oirounded  ihem,  shorn  of  their  Biip^ 
pontn,  with  the  moiioof  "  The  eoumy 
ot  Wilu."  ]i  ii  well,  Mr.  Urban,  that 
we  do  not  live  in  a  more  fMtidiom 
m,  or  we  shonid  bear  of  the  City  of 
Saliibfiry  iaitimt-ng  a  prosccuiion  in 
(he  Coort  of  Honour  agaitnt  th« 
CotimyofWilti. 

Doobted,  indeed  ditcredited,  m  t* 
the  hittarical  relation  adverted  10  by 
*'J.  D."  I  do  not  think  that  either 
"  the  armi  of  the  rampani  white 
ttorae,'*  or  the  mono  "  Invicta,''  ha« 
the  lean  reference  in  iti  origin  or  nte 
to  William  the  Conqueror. 

Speetl,  in  hi>  "History  of  England,*' 
■ppropriatet,  IJtnow  not  on  what  an- 
Inority,  particular  bearings  to  eech 
Kingdom  of  the  Hei>urch<r,  and  to  the 
Kingdom  of  Kent  ne  assigns  (hst  of 
"  the  rampant  while  hone."  It  may 
be  objected,  and  with  imih,  that  thit 
Kra  was  100  early  for  the  use  of  armi; 
but  Speed  may  be,  nerenhelew,  cor- 
rect in  giving  dislincti*e  bearings  to 
the  national  standarits,  and  as  the 
white  horae  i)  acknowledged  to  hare 
been  (he  heraldic  disiinction  of  the 
invading  Saxon,  ivho  landed  on  the 
coatis  of  Kent,  it  ni»y  be  eaaily  pre- 
sumed, that  that  portion  of  the  Hep- 
tarchy wai  primarily  entitled  lo  the 
national  cogniiancc,  and,  if  really 
then  adopted,  its  contlnunnce  in  mo- 
dern times  may  easily  be  accounted 
(or  in  the  veneration  due  to  antiquity. 
Atsuming.  however,  ihii  as  a  fact,  nc 
muii  seek  a  diflerent  orijiin  for  tht 
motto  "Invicta."  The  early  Saxons 
wcie  not  Laiinist!,  and  wc  must  truly 
assign  the  adoption  of  I  hit  motio  to 

""      iroverb  of  "  the 

allu- 
0  the  hravcrv  of  the  inhabitants 
of  that  county  1  but  it  cannot  liow 
well  be  sKciiainttl  from  whence  this 
proTcrb  arose.  Their  prowess  certainly 
exhibited  iisflf  to  great  adtaniaEc  in 
thm  rtaiitance  lo  Caesar,  and,  ]  think, 
in  his  first  invasion  he  may  be  fairly 
taid  to  have  been  reprllej  by  them. 


Fuller,  in  his  "Worthies  of  Eng- 
lanii,"  in  descanting  on  this  proverb 
tavi,  some  ■'  refer  it  lo  their  aturage, 
which  from  the  time  of  King  Caoth- 
lus  haih  piiichasfd  unto  them  llie  pre- 
cedency of  matching  in  our  Engliiti 
armies  to  Itad  ihc  ran."  On  what 
precise  ground  Fuller  refers  ibis  claim 
tu  the  Jays  of  Canute,  1  know  nolj 
ills,  however,  recorded  in  hiMory,lliat 
iliat  monarch  luok  over  to  Denmark 
ilic  flower  of  our  l^n^ltsh  forces,  under 
(he  cnmmiind  of  burl  Goodwin,  lo 
curb  the  invasion  of  the  Vandals,  and 
on  Kis  return,  after  signal  servicei, 
created  him  Earl  of  Kent,  he  being  a 
t.iT^e  landed  proprietor  in  that  dislricL 
We  iiisy  naiiiially  presume  that  he 
bore  in  his  train  a  numetmu  body  of 
bit  immediate  dependanti,  ind  fiom 
their  experienced  bravery  (if  Fuller's 
rematk  hath  any  foundation)  may  that 
eniiabic  di^iiociion  be  deriTcd.  Jo- 
hannes Salisburieniii,  in  hli  "  Dc  Nil- 
gii  Cuiialium  et  Vettigies  Philoao- 
phnrum,"  Lib.  6,  Cap.  8,  tays  thua, 
"  Ob  regegiK  virtuiu  meritum,  quam 
ibidem  potenter  et  paiicnier  exerculer 
Cinlta  nostra  prime  Cohortis  hoo»- 
rfni,  el  ptimot  congresiut  hotlium 
ut<|iie  in  hoHiernutn  diem  in  omiiibut 
pFUL'liis  obiinet.'' — It  is  then,  I  think, 
Mr.  Urban,  in  rrbtion  solely  to  this 
loiij-established  honour,  that  the  mo- 
dern inhabitants  of  Kent  hate  added 
ilii-  nioltu  "  Inrina  "  to  tlieir  atsumed 
arms  of  the  Saxon  whit*  honef  and 
in  further  elucidation  of  this  remark. 
Ton  will  permit  me  to  add,  that  the 
Latin  pauirc  participle  in  uj,  though 
generally  considered  to  bear  relation, 
to  pati  lime,  jetaometimei  unite*  with 
it  a  prospective  tense,  and  that  [he 
motto  may  thus  be  rendered—"  ub- 
conqtiered "     and     "  oneonquerBble," 

Under  this  iolerpietation  we  have 
iheu  a  fair  clue  to  its  origin,  and  inay 
rationally  infer,  that  Cantia  "mviela^ 
can  have  reference  alone  to  this  an- 
cient claim,  and  its  subsequent  proverb. 
1  hnpe,  Mr.  Urban,  that  1  have  thua 
satisfactorily  elucidated  also  ibis  por- 
tion of  the  lubjecl,  and  demonstrated 
to  the  mind  of  your  Correspondent, 
"  J.  D."  that  neither  the  assumed  arms 
of  the  County  of  Kent,  nor  iu  aonexed 
motto,  has  any  connexion  whatevcf 
with  the  question  of  the  conquest  by, 
nlon  of  this 
r  First. 
EnwAXD  OuKB. 


134 


Mr.  Brownt  on  Stonehenge* 


[Feb, 


Mr.  Urban^        Ameshury,  Fel.  7- 

IN  vQur  December  Magazine,  p. 5 10, 
Mr.  Britton  took  occasion  to  ani- 
madvert upon  what  he  calls  my  "  dar- 
ing and  very  eccentric  hypothesis  '*  re- 
specting the  origin  of  Stonehenge  and 
Abury.      Admitting  the  propriety   of 
the  epithets  which  are  here  used,  does 
it  necessarily  follow  that  the  position 
to  which   they  apply  is  incorrect? — 
Were  not  the  present  authorized  prin- 
ciples of  astronomy  subject  to  censure 
much  more  formidable  than  Mr.  Brit- 
ton's,  when  they  first  made  their  ap- 
pearance?    Had  I  sent  forth  my  posi- 
tion, asserting  the  antediluvian  origin 
of  Stonehenge  and  Abury,  unsupport- 
ed by  any  reasonable  consideration,  it 
would  then  have  been  deserving  only 
of  disregard;  on   the  contrary,  when 
lie  one  whosoever  has  attempted   to 
4eny  the  facts  which  I  have  pointed 
out  in  my  "Illustration**  of  these  an- 
tient  structures,  or  to  dissent  from  the 
propriety  of  the  remarks  which  I  have 
maoe  upon  them,  to  condemn  this  my 
position  without  an;^  reference  to  these 
tacts  and  remarks,  is  a  proceeding  the 
most  unjust  and  illiberal  possible. 

*' I  am  surprised,**  &c.  Why  should 
Mr.  Britton  be  surprised,  if  my  pamph- 
lets are  in  reality  "  humble,'*  as  he  mi- 
raediately  declares  them  to  be, — can 
he  consistenlltf  be  surprised  that  no 
writer  has  animadverted  on  my  posi- 
tion, when,  as  he  himself  says,  my 
Productions  on  the  subject  are  humbler 
'his  is  fully  sufficient  to  betray  the 
wolf  in  sheep's  clothing,  and  render 
every  one  aware  of  the  delusive  cha-> 
racier  of  Mr.  Britton*s  attack. 

*'  Mr.  Browne  is  a  man  of  strong 
natural  capacity  and  talent ;  has  read 
much,  and  thought  deeply."  I  hope 
there  is  some  better  criterion  both  of 
my  natural  and  acquired  abilities  than 
Mr»  Britton*s  judgment,  or  I  should 
be  justified  in  having  only  the  most 
bumble  opinion  of  them. 

"  He  (Mr.  Browne)  has  formed 
theories  in  his  closet,  and  gone  abroad 
to  confirm  them  by  looking  at,  and  re- 
flecting on,  the  appearances  of  nature.*' 
The  closet  in  which  I  have  formed  my 
theories,  that  is,  my.  '*  daring  and  very 
eccentric  hypothesis  respecting  the 
origin  of  Stonehenge  and  Abury,"  is 
these  structures  themselves,  and  the 
extended  track  of  country  which  is 
necessarily  connected  with  an  investi- 
gation into  their  origin, — things  with 
whibb  Mr.  Britton  should  make  him- 


self much  better  acquainted  than  he 
really  is,  before  he  attempts  to  give 
any  opinion  on  the  inference  or  posi- 
tion which  they  may  be  reasonably 
said  to  authorize.  I  would  answer  Mr. 
Britton*s  remarks  on  Geology,  were 
they  nut  so  unconnected  and  irrelevent 
as  to  evade  all  reasonable  reply. 

*•  He  (Mr.  Browne)  has  also  studied 
the  Sacred   Writings;  and   with   the 
hopes  of  o.btaining  a  clearer  insight 
into  their  literal  meaning,   has  made 
himself  acquainted  with  the  original 
language  in  which  they  were  written. 
No  pursuit,  no  species   of  writing  is 
so  likely  to  seduce  the  mind  from  all 
.  the  principles  of  sound  philosophy  and 
demonstrative  evidence.**    This,  on  a 
principle  of  common  civility,  is  a  very 
curious  observation  to  be  made  by  a 
person,  who,  with  a  view  to  pecuniary 
advantage,  has  devoted  so  considerable 
a  portion  of  his  time  to  the  investiga- 
tion of  Cathedral  Antiquities.    On  the 
yet  more  important  principle  of  truth, 
It  bears  a  most  serious  aspect,  in  di- 
rectly ascribing  either  folly  or  wicked- 
ness to  that  concurring  effort  which 
now  characterizes  our  country  for  the 
promotion  of  the  Christian  faith.    It 
tells  us,  that  God  himself  has  given  us 
a  guide  injurious  to  the  attainment  of 
sound  wisdom ;  and  in  its  natural  con- 
sequences, reduces  human  nature  to  a 
state  of  the  most  terrific  desperation. 
I  sincerely  hope  that  time  will  produce 
a  recollection  in  the  judgment  of  Mr. 
Britton,  as,   in  reference  to  the  pre- 
ceding consideration,  it  is  in  no  light 
whatever  entitled  to  respect. 

To  my  countrymen  1  owe  it  as  my 
duty  openly  to  applaud  their  concur- 
ing  exertions  for  the  cultivation  of  the 
human  mind,  on  the  principles  of  the 
Christian  faith ;  and  to  assure  them 
that  all  the  efforts  which  the  Almighty 
may  enable  me  to  make,  will  have,  I 
trust,  an  especial  tendenc]^  to  uphold 
the  inestimable  value  of  His  Revealed 
will.  Henry  Browne. 

Mr.  Urban,  Feb.  8. 

THE  following  fact  is  too  singular 
and  important  not  to  merit  a 
place  in  your  monthly  publication. 

Bp.  Burgess  has  been  exerting  him- 
self, and  that  with  great  effect,  to  revive 
the  Controversy  respecting  the  text  of 
the  Three  Heavenly  Witnesses,  1  John 
ch.  V.  verse  7,  though  it  was  supposed 
it  had  been  put  to  rest  by  Griesbach, 
Person,  Marshy  and  the  Quarterly  Re* 


•pptnd  md„  ,l,„  till,  of  Bm  ul     ih«  ,»o  J™!,'        *r"IVB"'»<' 


_     ______     .who,  uonMH 

■bop of  Si.  Davitl'i,  i>  ihc  learned  ai 
raiLhrnl  ion  of  the  luiclur  Saini.  Hoi 
eTcr  thi*in*y  be,  I 
mfoldol'     ' 


let.  Perliiig  iniemted  in  th'e'ditcW 
■ion,  tail  havinganopporiunil;  lo  cod- 
•ult  ihe  FeneToble  Bede,  I  hare  ditco- 
veicd  a  faci,  which  caunot  but  redound 
to  the  disgrace  and  cNJitfiuion  of  the 
advcrtariei  of  the  terie  in  qimtion. 

Grieibaeh,  in  hii  note  on  the  place, 
M^  {wtiiivelj  that  Bedc  had  Dot  that 
leit  in  hit  copin  of  the  New  Tetta- 
HKDt.  Profeuot  Porton  ii  iiill  more 
potitLTe.     "If  any   perton,  ' 


Bui  farther,  ihe  cNuie  a 
IKt  ;ar/A,  of  the  eighth  »er«-  poini*  to 
i»  *•  ou'jiiii;,  ,„  AcoBen,  of  the  Betenib, 
and  by  coniequtnce  «uppoir»  (he  ge- 

conTcrt  to  the     """""""  of  'he  whole  Kvcnih  vcrie. 

•iliary  pamuh-  '^""'^jnglj,  the  adversarie*  of  the  ae- 
'""'■  't'w  impugn  Ihe  aulhenlicily 
-  -  in  Ihe  eighth ;  and  Gries- 
it  acrupled  lo  put  it  out  of 
im  text.  "The  trulli  is,-  says  the 
Qujrierly,  "ihat  not  a  single  Maiio- 
sctipt  can  be  produced  waniing  ihc  se- 
venth, and  also  rcailing  i>  t«  yj  of  the 
eiehih."  t(ihit  be  (rue,  tlie  convene 
of  it  aiusi  be  Ime,  osinely,  ihai  what- 
ever manoKript  contained  thi>  claute 
of  the  eighih  verse,  contaiued  also  the 


b^ich  has  I 


ill  read  ihrougnBede'iCommentary     whole  of  the  serenih.    It  then  fotlowi 


on  (he  Fifth  Chapter,  be  will  kc,  an- 
leuhebe  woefully  hhnd,  that  Bede  wm 
totally  ignorant  of  the  seventh  vene." 
The  Quarterly   Reriewer  speaki 
Im  <£:isi     ■       '■       '-  -- 


the  III  ._ 

Bedc  had  ihe  disputed 
pies ;    for  he  Ihui  quotes  the 
«,„.    ■■Q.o„i.,„  ,„.,.„,„ 
inontuniilant  i»  tiiira,  ipiriiua,  aqua. 


ptiuciples,  that 

'      '  iico- 

ighih 


ritively.   No.  65,   p.  8fi.     "If 
^        e  fact  may  be  asiuied  as  cer- 
laiiily  established  in  this  controversy, 

it  i>  that  Bede  wai  unacquainted  with     "u<u>,  >>:iuii»  lo  ine  levenin   verse; 
Ihe  seventh  verse."    Now  Ihese  declo-     and  having  quoted  it  in  lubalance,  he 


com  me  HI  I  ng   < 


I   these 


e  luit  nialteT  of  opinion,  bui 
■u  appeal  lo  fact.  And  what  man 
would  refute  writer*  like  these  the 
fullcit  credence  ?  Yet  it  !■  niost  cer- 
tain that  neither  Grieabach,  nor  Por- 
ton, Dor  the  Reviewer,  ever  perused 
the  Commentary  of  Bede,  to  which 
th^  virtually  appeal!  For  Bede  hat 
the  dispuied  verie,  and  comments  upon 
it.  ll  is  true  indeed,  that  he  hat  not 
the  verse  in  its  place,  but  at  a  hitle 
disunce  in  the  context.  In  some  of 
the  best  MSS.  the  seventh  and 
Tcrsea  have  changed  places ;  a 
Professor  allows 


■Trei 


his 


comment  i  _ 
qui  lesiimonium  perhibeot 
ilati;  el  irei  (inquil  scil.  Jahannti) 
m  sunt.  Indivjdua  namque  ma- 
:,  nihilque  eorum  a  sui  cuDDexj- 
■ejungiiut;  nee  tine  verabumant' 
crcdenda  eat  divinilw,  nee  tine 
'  Now  this  is  the 


siibtlance  of   tlie   dijpoied    l_ „ 

Bede'g  Commentary  upon  it;  and  hi* 
words,  connected  with  what  he  ha*  in. 
terted  in  the  place  of  the  terenth  vene, 
hth  Bte  10  this  effect;  "John  wrote  the 
the  seventh  verse  against  thoie  whodein 
our  Lord's  real  Jivinity ;  and  the  eighth 


arrangement  of  the  verses.  SeehisLet-  againit  thote  who  deny  hii 

ten,  p.  394.     In  the  very  place  of  the  nny:  but  these  verses  aiteit  that  there 

seventh  verse  Bede  hat  theie  words,  are  three  who  bear  testimony  to  die 

"Taceanibla<phrmiquihuac(Jeaum)  true  naiure  of  Christ,  at  God  and  man; 

phantatma  esse  dognuitizanl.     Pereat  for  neither  of  the  two  it  lo  be  scpa- 

— '  _  _        ■      _  .  jjupj  fjmji  ,^1,^^  jj  eonijjjt^  „;,j]  j[. 

self;  not  are  we  to  believe  in  his  di- 
vinity without  his  real  humanity,  nor 
in  his  humanity  withont  hit  real  divi- 
nity." 

I  conclude  with  the  two  following 
observations.  Fini,  if  the  opponenta 
of  the  verse  are  mistaken — if  they  suf> 
feted  theiniclvea  lo  be  misled  in  regard 
to  what  tliey  deemed  the  ttroogcn  and 
but  that  be  tlraoght  it,  with  the    the  mottinaiBpuUbleugtiineDt  against 


Deum  vel  hominum  esie  verum  de- 
negant."  Thii  pious  wish  is  that  the 
memory  of  the  Gnoilici,  who  denied 
Ihe  real  humanity  of  Christ  on  one 
hand,  and  of  the  Vmlariani,  who  on 
the  other  denied  hit  real  Divinity, 
ihoald  perish  from  the  earth  :  and  ihe 
words  supply  •  deciiivc  jMtiof  not  only 
ede   was  acquainted   with  the 


136    King  Ckarkt'i  Escape  from  ffbrcesier? — English  Language.    [Feb. 


itf  it  if  likely  that  they  are  mistaken 
altogether  in  supposing  it  spnrioiu; 
and  this  mistake,  1  doubt  not,  will,  in 
th«  end,  be  fully  proved  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  whole  Christian  world. 
Secondly,  we  have  here  a  glorious  ad- 
ditional proof  not  only  that  Christ  is 
truly  God,  but  that  John  wrote  the 
disputed  te^t  against  those^eretics  who 
denied  his  divinity,  that  is,  against  the 
Unitarians,  who  exult  in  the  exclu- 
sion of  this  text  from  the  sacred  ca- 
non. I  call  the  Venerable  Bede's  au- 
thority an  additional  proof  of  Christ's 
divinity,  and  by  consequence  of  the 
Trinity ;  at  least  it  greatly  corroborates 
the  authority  of  Athanasius,  whose 
cited  we  implicitly  follow. 
Yours,  Sec.  Bewgelius. 

Mr.  Secretary  Pepyt's  Relation  of  his 
Majesty*t  Escape  from  Worcester 
inquired  after, 

Mr.  Urban,  Feb.  9. 

IN  the  correspondence  appended  to 
that  very  instructive  and  entertain- 
ing publication,  *'  Pepys's  Diary,*'  the 
Duke  of  York  writes  to  Mr.  Pepys 
thus :— "  Pray  send  me  a  copy  of  the 
relation  of  his  Majesty's  escape  from 
Worcester ;  'tis  only  for  my  own  satis* 
tion,  and  I  shall  let  no  copies  be  taken 
of  it*'  This  alone  is  sumcient  to  ex- 
cite curiosity ;  but  Mr.  Pepys's  answer 
to  his  Royal  Highness  stamps  a  value 
on  the  narrative,  and  makes  it  at  once 
a  literary  desideratum.    He  says, 

''For  wbat  your  R.  H.  b  pleased  to 
O0iDiii«ii<I  from  me  touching  the  Worceftter 
paper,  mj  coveteousneu  of  rendering  it  m 
perfect  •■  the  memory  of  any  of  the  tur- 
vivoTi  (interested  in  any  part  of  that  memo- 
rable story)  can  enable  me  to  make  it,  hat 
led  me  into  so  manv  distant  inquiries  relat- 
ing thereto,  as  have  kept  me  out  of  a  capa- 
ci^  of  putting  it  together  as  1  would,  and 
k  ought  and  shall  be,  as  soon  as  ever  I  can 
|NMsess  myself  of  all  the  memorials  I  am  in 
expectation  of  towards  it,  which  I  shall  also 
Ibr  your  R.  H.'s  satisfisction  use  my  utmost 
endeavours  in  the  hastening;  begging  your 
R.  H.  in  the  mean  time  to  receive  thb 
Snuascript  of  what  1  took  from  his  Mijes^'s 
own  mouth,  with  a  considerable  addition  I 
have  sinee  obtained  to  it  In  writing  from 
CoL  Philips,  suitable  to  what  I  am  pro- 
mised and  daily  look  for  from  Father  Hud- 
dlestone.  (June  4,  1681.)  Correspondence, 
JL  50. 

Should  this  memoir  on  the  Worces- 
ter fight  be  found  amongst  the  Pe- 
pysian  MSS.  the  noble  Editor  of  the 
*'  Diary  "  would  perhaps  lay  the  pub* 


lie  under  another  obligation,  by  giv- 
ing  it  tOtthe  world.  Lord  firaybroke 
has  already  announced  a  projected  Ca- 
talogue of  the  Pepysian  Library,  which 
cannot  but  be  extremely  curious  and 
interesting,  inasmuch  as  it  will  shew 
the  best  editions  of  the  best  authors  of 
the  day,  and  what  formed  the  library 
of  a  scientific  and  literary  man,  well 
Oualified  for  President  of  the  Ruyal 
Society  in  l684,  when  he  held  that 
office.  X.  Y.  Z. 

Mr.  Urban,  Feb.  10. 

I  FULLY  agree  with  your  Corres- 
pondent Prisciak,  that  'affec- 
tation and  ignorance  are  always  at 
work  to  corrupt  language,'  and  am 
not  a  less  strenuous  enemy  to  inno- 
vation without  improTement ;  yet  he 
himself  will  probably  admit,  that  the 
occasional  introduction  of  a  word,  ex- 

f)ressive  of  an  idea  for  which  the 
an^unge  has  no  appropriate  term,  is 
an  improvement  instead  of  a  corrup- 
tion. 

'  'To  place  in  a  detached  situation, 
to  separate  from  every  thing  around,* 
is  an  idea  writers  may  often  have  oc- 
casion to  express  ;  yet  I  am  not  aware 
that,  we  had  any  term  for  it  previous 
to  the  introduction  of  the  verb  isolate, 
borrowed  from  the  French.  I  have 
seen  insulate  em.ployed  for  the  pur- 
pose ;  but  as  this  word  has  been  used 
ty  electricians  in  a  peculiar  technical 
sense,  I  conceive  It  would  be  better 
to  leave  it  to  them.  • 

The  ignorance,  as  Priscian  pro<- 
perly  terms  it,  that  has  confounded 
avocation  with  vocation,  has  been  re- 
probated in  the  case  of  a  much  more 
frequent  abuse,  that  of  ameliorate  and 
amelioration,  by  the  author  of  a  '  Nevir 
Grammar  of  the  English  Language/ 
published  some  time  aeo ;  which  you 
nave  noticed  with  no  Tittle  commen- 
dation, but  which  I  have  not  observed 
to  be  mentioned  by  any  of  the  profess- 
ed Reviewers,  except  tne  *  Monthly.' 

Yours,  &c.  S.  N. 

The  recent  feat  of  the  son  of  Mr.  Hunt, 
of  whit^-hatting  and  boei-blaeking  noto- 
riety, in  driving  his  father's  van  wish  four- 
in-hand  across  the  Serpentine^  oomes  be- 
hind what  was  done  at  York  in  -1G07»  when 
not  only  were  various  sports  practised  on 
the  river  Ouse,  but,  says  Pr.  I>rake  in  his 
History  of  that  City,  .  a  Aone-mce  was 
run  on  the  frozen  elameat  from  the  tower 
at  the  end  of  Marygate,  under  the  gr^it 
arch  of  the  bridge^  to  the  crane  at  okel- 
deigata  Foitem. 


■**»]  t  Or  J 

HEVIEW  0*  N]EW  HrtLKiATttMfS. 


IB.  TVaAriofU  Old  AmdUMmoi,  OsmMfie, 
CterusI,  enJ  LUrrtry  ,-  in  U'AiVA  on  tn- 
ttiukd  Lnini  qff:biu\al\.  Cn>Bi<r«ll, 
Fwrfiu.  Ed^Kuinbr,  Muculry.  WoIhM, 
Opie,  WhiakFt.  Gibbon.  Uullrr,  CowM* 
Mj,  Muoto,  UcDHMD,  DMn,  Smitl, 
Dvvia,  Cowpn-.  Ha^ls)-,  Hnidtogf,  Sir 
Wattrr  Srixt,  and  MAn-  dulmguuhti 
CSane/tn.     By  Ihe  Itev.  R.  fulwbeli. 

"  IN  recoDMimg  ihe  yMrs  (fial  art 
pMSCTt,"  tayg  Mr.  P.  "I  haTC  endc»- 
voufcil  10  (lisiriboie  my  mneriali  in 
lucid  order )  and  my  cnildren'i  chit- 
drcR  will  be  gralificd  wiih  clear  ind 
inlcrtsiing  views  of  charactrra  and 
tniiitactions.  The  work  consiiU  of 
eleven  ChapKia  and  an  Appendix, 
Ercry  Chsplri  ia  divided  idio  two 
Srciiofi)]  the  fir^t  Section  exiiibiiing 
rtoiien,  bioftrapli leal  and  critical;  ihc 
second  Seel  inn,  lamiliar  lellcra  and 
poetic  fpiiiica.  The  two  Hecliona  »nn 
fiatallel  in  poJoI  of  lime  j  (lie  Mcond 
iHuurative  of  the  lint.'' 

Thui  &r  we  liave  pcrmilLcd  the  au- 
thor to  expbin  the  meihod  be  ha* 
choMn  Tm  the  gelling-up  o(  hia  malc- 
liali,  »nd  it  ii  now  out  duty  to  cdd, 
that  in  treading  that  peiiloiu  pith  of 
Literature  whidi  Km  of  recent  years 
become  to  fuihionable,  iheic  are  few 
who  have  aleered  lo  cleat  of  the  iFrapla- 
tiona  which  [lumie  the  footslenj  of  ihe 
auto- biographer  m  Mr.  Polwhclc.  It 
may  he  ■■xneeicd,  indeed,  that  in  the 
gleunings  of  »  long  literary  life  spent 
much  in  retiremcni,  mmiy  things  may 
have  betn  recorded  which  a  fuilldioui 
leader  mny  reject  u  ItiRing,  and  much 
amber  may  have  been  expended  in  tui- 
baloiing  tlicii  but  for  onrselves  we 
confcti,  that  we  have  perused  these 
volame*  with  lingular  pleasure,  anct 
wc  consider  the  Ltliets  in  general  aa  a 
vrry  m!ii  I'.li    .ii't!il..;i    in    ihls  denart- 

wer  be  ii  retDctnbered,  that  the»e  ra- 
tonei  wer«  armged  (olely  (br  the  att 
of  the  aatbor'i  own  family.  We  are 
4]nile  aware  that  Mr.  PoVwhele  does 
not  offer  this  in  abatement  of  fait  and 
caivnd  criticism;  yet  ftill  thli  circum- 
itMiee  ought  to  have  ita  weight  with 
tbote  who  would  ouarrel  with  the  rai- 
BUMiKM  with  which  tome  cUciun- 
OtvT.Mia.  fVbruory,  IMS. 


■tmoM  of  minor  imporriim  are  de- 
tailed, were  not  the  honest  Tindicathm 
of  chataetor  involved  in  the  itiscaiaton. 
OfMr.  Polwhele,  in  hii  triple  charac- 
ter of  Poet,  Historian,  and  Antiquary, 
our  pages  have  made  frequent  tn*n- 
liofl  i  and  there  are  no  odmirera  of  ge- 
nuine poetry  to  whom  the  nuihor  of 
the  "  InflueDce  or  Local  Atlncbmem'' 
is  unknown.  Ai  a  Divine,  he  has  la- 
boured long  and  ardently  in  the  spi. 
ritual  vineyard,  both  as  an  exemplary 
pariih  pricit  and  at  an  accomphsheit 
con  trovers  ialijl.  Of  his  diligence  and 
nieriis  as  a  writer,  the  volumes  before 
u)  are  full  of  the  most  unequivocal  tes- 
timony, and  if  not  nmong  (he  most 
Krofound  (cholars  of  the  age  in  which 
e  lived,  he  may  yet  take  a  high  sla- 
lion  in  the  Literature  of  the  leth  cen- 
tury, and  rank  wUh  (bote  wonhie* 


and    < 


Mihdence    to 


pious  emtracis  from  these  c 
volumes  ;  and  passing  over  the  "  enJ^ 
le«i  Mnealogies,''  by  which  Mr.  Pol- 
whele traces  hisdescent  from  the  Nor- 
(nnn  Conquest,  and  leaving  behin'l 
some  curiona  and  characteriitic  Let- 
ters, wc  come  (o  the  "  Recollec- 
tions" that  more  immediately  concern 
the  present  generatioti;  and  firal  of 
Poole,  of  whom  it  is  said, 

"  Tlia  iDii  d(  Sftmnct  Foota,  eu.  ud 
EletDor  bii  wifsi  vu  bijitiud  in  tug  pa- 
riih  chnreh  of  St.  Mary'i,  Traru,  Ju.  i7, 
1710,  by  JDMsh  Jane,  lUirtar,  ai  tp- 
paan  froni  (he  Trutn  regiitai  of  lapllimi, 
which  I  loiDa  time  iIdcb  comulted.  Kanla 
Hu  n.il  bora  it  tht  ReS  Uoa  (that  lint- 
rale  inn  of  the  West  i>f  Eiii;lud),  u  all  hl> 
biognpben  lian  told  in,  fur  iha  R«l  Liun 


ptraoa  —  tbout  the  middle  I'ta;  raihat 
dunuily  madr,  with  a  broad  flaihf  W, 
ud  a  Mrtala  irctuins  in  bii  aye,  VFliich  at 
erne*  proelahMd  hin  A»  gmnine  hwMoi^ 
IM.  There  en  •crtnl  piiuH  of  Urn,  boA 
ID  hia  drattle  aad  prnaM  dianelef  j-  da 
Bint  DcHaet  of  whieK  ia  the  Fraiwk  ;(<■>* 
pnUiilwd  ianaadiataly  aAtt  me  of  hb  ttfaa 

&o«  Pari*,  aod  which  is  pct&nd  IkCmI^ 


1S8  R£ViBW.^Polwhe]e*g  Traditions  and  Recolketions:        [Feb. 

Memoirs.     Though  Foote  seldom  fiiTOured  wrote  lome   fine  descrlpttTe  somiets.     At 
hia  native  town.  wIth-».  visit,  yet  there > are  Jamaica  -hedommenced  anrgeon:  but  he 
still  many  in  Ti\iro  who  hare  a  perfect  re-  waa  still  disposed  to  coltivate  the  art  of 
collection  of  him,  and  one  or  two,  I  belicTe,  Poetry  more  than  the   art    of  Medicine, 
who  were  laughing  witnesses  to  his  jokes.  From  his  '  Persian  Love  Elegies*  of  that 
Those,  however,  are  gone,  who  used  in  his  period,  I  could  extract  many  beautiful  pas- 
presence  to  mix  trembling  with  their  micthk  sages.     *  The  Nymph    of  Tauris'    (which 
Conscious  of  some  oddnesses  in  their  ap-  may  be  found  in  the  Annual  'Register  for 
pearance  or  character,  they  shrunk  from  his  177S)  was  Anne  Trelawny,    who  died  in 
sly  observation.    They  knew  that  every  ci-  Jamaica.     The  Elegies  have    more  merit 
vility,  every  hospitable  attention,  could  not  than  Collins's  Persian  Eclogues,  inasmuch 
save  them  from  his  satire  j  and,  after  «uch  as  they  characterize  Eastern  manners  and 
experience,  they  naturally  avoided  his  com-  moralities,  and  express  passion  and  senti- 
pany,  instead  of  courting  it.    This  argued  ment  as  an  orientalist  would  express  them, 
in  Foote  a  dislngenuousness,  of  which  Dr.  A  valuable  living  in  Jamaica  now  happen- 
Wolcot  (of  whom  I  shall  soon  speak)  was  !ng  to  fall  vacant,  drew  Wolcot's  attention 
never  guilty.     Foote,  indeed,  had   no  re-  to  the  church ;  and  he  came,  we  are  told, 
straint  upon  himself,  with  re8pect,evther  to  to  England  for  institution ;  but  the  Bishop 
his  conversation  or  his  conduct.     He  was,  of  London  refUsed  '  to  admit  him    (it  is 
in  every  sense  of  the  word,  a  libertine^,  a  sud)  on  account  of  his  premature  assump- 
very  unamiable  character."  tion  of  the  clerical  office.'     He  had  begun 

^^  -w-wT  t  ■      m  -n*    1    .    .1  •       'to  act  the  parson'  immediately  as  the  Hv- 

,    Of  Wolcot  (Peter  Pindar)  there  js    .„g  fe„  ^^^^^j.    ^hus  disappointed,  he  re- 

hn  interesting  account :  siimed  his  original  profession,  was  dubbed 
*«  Dr.  John  Wolcot  was  born  at  Dod-  M.  D.  and  stepped  at  once  into  good  prac- 
brooke  in  Devon,  about  the  year  1 740.     It  *»ce  at  Truro.     As  to  his  clerical  preten- 
is  commonly  reported,  that  he  received  his  »»ons,  he  was  always  reserved.     He  once,  I 
school  education  at  Kmgsbridge,  under  a  remember,  was  asked  to  repeat  grace  before 
Quaker,  and  that  he  went  firom  Kingsbridge  dinner,  which  he  did  with  some  hesitation ; 
to  France  to  complete  his  studies.     I  am  hut  in  another  company  very  soon  after  de- 
^eatly  mistaken  if  I  have  not  heard  him  clined  saying  grace:  so  that  at  first  he  was 
say,  that  he  was  placed  in  his  childhood  un-  .  »  sort  of  amphibions  being.     Here,  then, 
derthe  care  of  his  uncle  at  Faweyin  this  commenced  my  personal  acquaintance  with 
county,  and  sent  at  a  proper  age  to  Leskeard  him.     And  1  can  say  v^th  truth  (for  I  could 
School,  when  Hayden  was  its  Master;  and  Vw^  to  steer  with  impartiality  between  the 
that  he  was  afterwards  removed  to  Bodmin  reports  of  his  censurers  and  admirers),  that 
School,  where  he  t)wed  part  of  his  scholar-  he  had  the  credit  not  only  of  a  skilful,  but 
ship  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fisher.     His  uncle  of  »  benevolent  physician.     In  fevers,  he 
was  a  surgeon-apothecary  of  character,  and  was  uncommonly  successful.     In  some  cases 
a  single  man;  to  whom  young  Wolcot  re-  within  my  knowledge  he  suffered  his  pa- 
turned,  with  the  view  of  succeeding  him  iir  tients  to  drink  cold  water,  which  other  me- 
business.     Sudi,  at  least,  appears  to  have  dical  men  would  then  have  deemed  fatal, 
been  his  uncle's  wish.     But  Wolcot  was  From  consumption  many  were  rescued  by 
too  early  attached  to  the  fine  arts  to  submit  Ws  hand,  who  had  been  given  up  as  irreco- 
to  compound  drugs  in  a  little  sea-port  town,  verable.    As  a  physician  he  prescribed  me- 
To  the  Mnses  he  had  already  begun  to  sacri-  dicines;  but  he   did  more:    he  examined 
fice.     I  cannot  fix  the  date  of  tliat  plaintive  them,  not  trusting  to  the  apothecary  ;  and 
song,  one  of  the  sweetest  of  Jackson's  Me-  sometimes  detected  with  indignation  a  cheap 
lodies— >  medicine  substituted' for  a  costly  one.  .  He 
'  How  long  shall  hapless  Collin  mourn  ^as  thus  no  fiivourite  with  the  apothecaries 
The  cold  regard  of  Delia's  eye,'  &c. ,  9'  druggists  of  the  place ;  but  his  merit, 
,              „.        ,   Tx  bearing  all  before  it,  shewed  the  impot^ce 
but  I  know  that  Wolcot  s  Delia  was  no  ima-  of  their  resentment.    And  here  I  should  not 
ginary  mistress.     His  Delia  was  Miss  Cory-  omit  (as  it  is  connected  with  his  poetry)  a 
ton>  one  of  the  Crocadou  family,  with  whom  vUit  to  my  grandmother  Polwhele  during 
'he  became  acquainted  during  his  residence  her  last  illness,  which  had  more  of  social 
at  Fowey.    There,  also,  he  discovered  his  pleasantry  tlian  of  medical  gravity.    On  the 
genius  for  drawing.     In  1769,  Sir  William  ^erge  of  85,  and  reduced  very  low  from 
Trelawny,  of  Trelawny,  hart,  was  appomt-  weakness,  she  retained  her  natural  cheer- 
ed Governor  of  Jamaica;  when  Wolcot,  a  fiiJncss  and  good  humour.     About  a  week 
distant  relation  of  Trelawny,  attended  him  before  her  death,  whilst  Wolcot  sat  by  her 
to  that  island.     On  his  voyage,  thither  he  bed-side,  «all  is  well  (said  she)  but  for  the 

_-_--__--_-__—-— ^  crumbs  under  me ;  they  are  so  hard  ;  boil 

*  An  early  instance  of  his  jocularity  is  them,  and  it  would  do,    said  she,  smiling, 

jnoticed   in   our   review  of  Mr.  Polwhale's  <  Come,  I'H  tell  you  a  story.'    She  then  told 
"Essays,"  &c.  vol.  xciii.  ii.  p.  541.  the 'story  of  <  the  PUgrim  and  the  Pear.* 


18W.1       Riniw.— I^jlwbde'i  7y«hllm>  and  kteotttttUnu.  189 

Wulcot  •(tied  tlut  iiln,  and  wc  nJI    Lnaw  ElmiKiflili  rearm  Grit  4ppMted  >t  Mlthiin 

■  1th  nhM  ftUo'lr  ha  aftsriniili  luroeJ  )t  to  (Mf.     NbdIuvsII'i    nuulon.hoius    ■!     St. 

Lii  uoetinl  ftdwiu^.  AgnBi),  ■>   Mr.  N.  liiniKlf  Infunned  toe. 

••  VI<A<im   ditllkrd   hit  profeHloD.       Ha  At  Mithuo   [ttheie  h»  tiitor  lived  ui  ht- 

w»  •Iitftj'ikHniwliiti  but  huchieflujui]'  iKt)    he  wnulil  ficc|tKDl)]r  iotniduce  him- 

su  nuiie  (Bil  |«inliiig, — MiJ)ui1iU't  Iimh  *b\{  ou  tomg  pieleaw  or  other,  iiliarc  he 

M  Truto  iniked,  «i  tl>*  one  tu  which  our  mi  ulacfied  to  t*ke  kil}  kcj>  upODnfum- 

jKWt  chitflji  Rurtid.    Than  he  wu  uiiullj  log  [iax,  lad  then  go  butily  *waj.     It 

lo  lia  fuuBtl,  ui<l  vu  never  coDiidcred  u  an  ou  ■  crowded  nii-turei  1  lrn*w  it  vtll.    But 

uilruderi  and  in  Mr.  IHoirit  lie  u*  with  after  threa  or  four  tudi  glmicei  to  lefraih 

grmtilude  (fur  ba  had  gratitude)  a  •emad  hit  memoir,  he  bad  naila  a  correct  aketcli 

AJIgn.     Tu  107  btUet,  too,  he  »a>  do!  nil-  ofthewhota.     He  then  dn>  an  eiact  like- 

■tveptahle,     ai     an     accidenUl     liiilor*!  new  of  old  Mil.  Nankirell'i  tat.     Dr.  Wo[- 

thoj^h  uerDhlioglj  elite  ai  that  honuRTed  cet  ivai  deiired  to  notice  the  boj'a  move' 

(lareac  >>U|  to  every  iDjiuuilioD  of  an  iireli-  nicati   and  mamiin  ;    and   had   on  aoonei 

giouf  Vndcatj,  ihsra  wu  oftiuitimei  lueh  teen  the  at,  tban  he  cried  out  in  rapture, 

a  mului]  diilruil  belweea  Wli,  >•  to  check  '  lipui !'  and  foretold  the  future  deitioiei 

the  Docioi't  livrl;  tillin,  aoJ,  from  the  of  the  tad  with  all  the  enthuiiaim  of  a  pro- 

tiuarieuce   of  farmcT  fixliiigi,  fender   m;  phet,   and  from   that  ioitant  afforded  Itim 

bihcr  ftuful  of  olmt  kbi  10  come.  In  pro-  ever}  puuible  ataiitance.    Opie'i  iatbcr  wai 

portioa  to  the  vincitji  of  wit,  nhich  «M  glad  to  part  with  him.     He  laid,  •  the  boy 

growing  mora  and  more  bmiliar  eveij  m<r-  uai  pood  for  nothing — could  never  inahe  a 

manl,  01   taking  •  mora  licentioui  range,  wlii^ilburrov — wu  alwaji  giiing  upon  coti. 

Yet  WolcDt  wai  {bud  of  my  bther'i  com-  and  mring  volki  in  the  &«.'     The  young 

think   aerioualy;   and,    had   he    more  fire-  llrit  euiilng  out  at  Falmnuth  (where  it  uai 

qtienlad   it,  would  have   became,  perhapi,  WaJL-ot'i  pride  to  exhlhic  him),  he  collected 

sot  only  alouMt]  but  altogether  a  Chrii-  upwanii  of  thirty  guiooai:  and  Wolcot  wai 

tiao."  one  day  lurpiiied  to  tee  him  raHrOE  about 

1-L            I                ■          r          ■        .L  .  upon  the  floor,  whcro  a  quantitv  of  monev 

The    wrly  prorniae  of  «dlu.   lh.t  i,^.^,,,^.  '.  s„  l,ero\»yXie),  hrrj 

broke  through  the  uncouth  roannen  .be  1,  wolring  in  gould.'    It  w»i  then  Wol- 

of  Opie  1»  well  told  :  „t  brought  tlie  boy  10  me,  and  prevailed  on 

"We  war*  nnch  eatertained  alao  by  that  me  to  tit  to  him  for  my  poiCrait — a  pictuio 

aolivkad  cub  vt  ■  carpentat  Opie,  wlw  wai  .  noii  before  mj  eyu,  ntluablf,  nnquewiuo- 

BBw  moat  lodicrouily  exhibilad  by  hit  keep-  uliiy,  u  one  of  tlia  fine  efforti  u(  genius, 

■r,  Wolcot — a  wild  animal   of  St.  Anei,  (>|>io  wai  a  gueit  of  uur  aervaiiti:  and  it 

caught  among  the  lin-worki.    An  incidental  '  "f  t)ie  taik  of  a  faithful  gervMit  (who  died 

touch  of  hi>  character,  ai  gtariuE  in  wonder-  nut  uiiuy  ycaii  ilnrc  about  the  a^  of  90), 

ment  at  an  old  hmily  portrait,  hath  already  it  wai  har  luk  to  (ntertain  him.     In  hii 

•uggnted  lo    my  rMdera    as    idea   of  hii  progreii  thiouch  the  county,  puaing  htm 

clowniibaau,  which,  indead,  wai  >a  unique,  one  gentleman  i  hU  (o  another,  be  wu,  -' 

u  to  de^  all  deacrlptioi       •'  '       --  ■  >      -                 ^   .  , 

(eetli  with  a  fork  at  i!  .       ,      .        .  ^      , 

break£ut  to  '  clap  hli  vindgen '   into  the  u  a  Turk  <  in  taking  aff"  a  bead,  or  a  head 

iiinr-liaion,  &c.  Sw.  ware  instruetioni   of  and  ihoulden,  and  in  repreienting  ftaturei, 

Wolcot,  at  a  luhaequeat  itage    [[    might  and  (whb  the  lower  orden)  even  their  cut 

•ay)   of  Opie'i  life,  when  breakfiut-roomi  and  character,  he  could  not  catch  a  tnlt  of 

and  laloooi  and  drawing-room!  wire  thrown  feminine  graoi  or  delicacy.     To  a  lady  of 

rto  hit  czctUtnct.     At  tlie  niomeut  of  our  party,  on  whom  ha  fint  tried  hii  liand, 

li  1  DOW  ipeak,  the  manner)  of  every  — '  Sbaant  I  diaa  ye,  u  ye   be?' — wu  a 

Krvant'i  hall   in    Camwal)    were  ioBnitely  queition  not  loon  (o  be  forgoltan.     He  had 

■upaiioi  tu  Opie'i.     The  icrongeit  iodica-  nit  her  likeoeii,  but  had  loat  all  the  fine  ei- 

preulon  of  her  countenaoce.     WhUit  Opie 

*  "Among  other  viiltors  were  the  Glddyi:  tbui    betrayed   hii   inieniibility   to  female 

and  [  remember  in  Divifi  Giddy  [now  Gil-  huuty,  ray  boybh  feellngi  were  evaporating 

b«rt),  at  Polwhde,  inch  indicationi  of  ce-  in  a  lonnet,  or  my  indignation  at  the  lude- 

aiui  u  an  eeldom  dlicoverable  in  a  child,  neii  of  the  arliit,  pnnoked  an  epigram. 

So  occupied   (m  one  time)  wu  hi>  atten-  "  Such  wu  the  following  t 

tioB  during  dinner,  by  a  print  (I  think)  of  lAhl  ipaie,  rude  boy  !  that  virgin  cheek 

the  death  of  General  Wolft,  that  he   laid  Where  love  liei  ambuih'd  in  a  dimple  I 

down  hii  knife  and  fork,  and  ate  nothing.      Qo — try  thy  band  on  Prudence  P k», 

At  a  Tniro  acHioni,  not  long   afteiwsrdi  Thy  pencil  would  bit  off  lier  pmple.' 

(accompanying  hii  father,  u  be  alwaii  did 

from  early  childhood],  „  .      .  

bench  by  the  (|uicki>ei>  and  cuirectocM  uf  *  All   eye*   might    ita  the   piB{de   on  hci 
•ome  arithmetical  aalcuUtiun 


JL40                 Ij^^Tr-rrPofhfolfft'i  Tiituiift  QtaOKmr.  EF«b. 

,   W»  tv^*ii.oiBjl«<J  «P  iwe  th»t  Mr.  wnHmrt*,  ?!*  tj»(  Sl'P'W  f*l  f«- 

Folwbela  yrnt  lioni  W  Tnico,  »t  wbiph  p^l9P  wbli^  '''^S?!?  Ci)d«ti«fi  fonltudv 

|JK«  be  WM  educsUv),  and  uhibtM  <™lrMl™tIoa.    ?«!)»•  &p  ^fjuani  IntL- 

»My  earfy  indicatioiu  of  poetic  gmim.  n»t™  1  bb™  teoeiFeJ^of*  tniwitioD  ftpm 

U    1778  he   tva>  enlered  at  Oxford,  jlw  'f*"  »'  **'»8  »»  ?"?!'"',  ""l  V'^ 

qlie  Mperience  of  Mr.  Polwhde  may  \^^^  .orse  degfte  profitJ.le ;  I  y,«\  Aej 

t^.               .     ,       ■'  hftd  been  stDI  more  bo«  bv  eicitmi'  &  mora 

«r«  tp  di^arage  that  mjmkCLOus  ap-  (^^^,  ;[i'        ■;;  ^' J.   ^  £      ^ 

probation  ofjuvenile  poeiry.  which  i»  ^;„j.    j,;^   -^  ^^  i^Aour  of  db.Z! 

}»>hlch  flla  Kholar  should  attach  hini-  .<  ■ftj  faead.hip  -hich  h<^  .^^hiei  be- 

K"  BJmiMt  (xclusjidy  djinng  Iho  first  iF^et  w  trads  ma  lo  »:eh  ilut,  If  mj  iUoc- 

jeam  pr  lii#   r|«ldpDca  BE  the  UqiyeFr  der  ^nuld  continue  to  iucreue,  I  might  see 

,  Blly.     He  aays,  p.  So,  &>il  fl^te  to  [aie  oas  long,  long  fnreweU. 

"  Hsd  I  cooBned  m^aelf  lo  CuUaga  eiar-  Bitf  prahi^  I  inaj  jet  fiadTielp.    My  rase, 

^lea,  it  wu  ttie  opiaion   of  Dr.  Bathurii  Uioi|gb   jerj  dvigarous,   ii  not  absolutely 

(Caniin  of  Cbrist  C'liuruli),  thnt  I  ahauld  jkipefa^)  uid,  ti^  as  tbla  wurlH  is,  cbere 

iukve  wim  tlu  vrenthi  of  latatj  la  ths  vb-  in  •  £m  In  it  Kbam  1  nub  not  butilj  to 

riauicontutafoisciidanrinilboDoui'B.    But,  Wlu     ItrKb,  bnwerer,  tu  feel  mj  mind  in 

unfortunately,  my  llath  and  Bristol  friends,  VMt  (tBte  of  resignation  to  the  diGposal  of 

Mrs.  Macaulay  mil  Ui.  Wllion  (sun  of  the  perfect  wiidom  and  gondneii  which  becomes 

£Ood  Bishop  of  Sodor»udM»n),  Mrs.  Hon-  "  " 

aih  More,   Mr.  Rock,  and  the  Ret.  Mr, 
Towgood  (one  of  the  bcEt  writer!  in  the 

Biographia  Britannica),   bad  flattered  the  , 

Bchuuliiuy')  Muse  i  and  1  cuatlnued  to  tc-  from  tbe«  "iU  do  ins  good,  and  that  I  am 

pumul^Fa  atania^  qpop  i^niai,  u  uicUn*-  moat  ^cerely  thj  iffeetionate  liiend, 

tiop  prompteil.     It  ii   true,  Tom  Wartoi}  EdnunD  RjtCK. 

(lioisflf  had  ipuksii  veil  of  mj  ■Caiq  ffi*-  (T^  I''  amtitmei-J 

Vorpr)'  and  ■  poeflcaj  '  £pi>tte  Aom  Hour  ^ 

mood  to  He^ry-  w»  thouBtl  worlh,  of  a  U,  JTl,  Thmirt'i  Grarnvw-Tt  or  Rata  rs- 

ijaca  Binong  Mr..  Macwday  i  MiaceUanf  om  ■    Jnfe^  („  (fe  Scmery  imd  Anlumitia  in- 

Work.,— •  quarto  Tolume,  which  It.  repuh-  jirf™,  j,  TravcOrrt;   eompUd  from  the 

licao  mincipies  baya  ioductd  hef  fnaiidi  to  j^  JuOailia,  and  inciudine  ■"  Epi- 

ad'ae  her  to  loppreis.     I  fcad,  t  Ju^wiae,  oi-  tomt  <if  Gilpm'i  PrintipUs  qf  the  Pic- 

Toked  'The  Spirit  of  Fraiet,    ui  an  odai  turaque.     By  (feRro.  T.  D.  Fosbroka, 

and  in  a  littU  ■atirle  sketch,  I  bad  laughed  il.A.   P.S.Ji.  Xn.tfh     Mmi.JrUrod. 

4C  'TheFollietof  Oaford'."  pp.  ad.  SSO. 

Atnong  the  correspondent,  of  Mr.  L'ENNUI  du  Btau  amine  U  gout 
Polwhele  durLng  hjs  resLdenc.  at  Ox-  ^  ringuiiV.  is  an  adage  of  awful 
ford  was  Mr.ftack.  The  fcUowirg  "^y^^^^i^  ^^,  Birmingham  tea- 
Letter,  addressed  to  Mr.  Towsood,  w«  ^^^^  f  paintinp,  looking-glass  and 
(hmkbeauffulofrnkind:  ilock-caee 'finery* ^r   h^Alg^.   aJ 

"  My  pear  Fr,end,-Mi  .,  enco  to  »e»e-  baW-houie  prettlness  aipong  ihe  grand 

rd  of  tl«ne  and  th;f  hrotter'.  letters  W  ^„'„   „f  „^j^.     WthTng   ifke   a 

trom  an  incapacity  of  wntiujfi  occasioned  bv  .  ^  ,  i  ■  .  ■  f^-, 
naar  a  moatl?.  iilapositior  My  cou.plaiut  »lte'np«'i  !  ="'3.  '■»  <»■'  <■?""<>"  Gil- 
is  the  jeliuwiaundiceTin  a  high  degree,  and  P'"  H  .^healdy,  Arcodt,  Ambo, 
of  an  obstinate  kind.  I  ban  tried  many  """"e  «ld  down  the'  grand  rules  of  the 
things,  but  find  them  aU  ineffectual.     My  picturesque.     At  least,  they  have  no 

r'thecary  fears  it's  a  Utt  case,     lie  thinka  trumperf,  thongb  (he  milliner;  taste 

livei  has  ceased  to  perbrm  iu  office,  of  our  French  neighbourt  has  intruded 

and  to  make  iu  natural  iBcretlDnt',  if  ao,  into  our  furniture,  and  woul^  willingly 

inr  time  in  tWa  world  will  probably  be  ihoft,  decprate  the  garden.     \Vbat  it  would 

I  hare  long  thought  the  '  allter  cord  wonld  ijo  with  B  rock  ot  ^  mountain,  we  can- 

■ooD  be  broken.'    Be  this  as  it  may,  tb«  ^(,1  tell;  but  we  sulemtily  believe  that 

proapeot  js  jo/emn,  although  I  hope  I  may  ■^^  „o„;j  ^^<^^  ,^t|j  aHifidal  goj  for- 

«iy  with  truth  not  W>E    To  leare.^  j     ih«  it  WOoU  thtOW  upstairs  and 

world  and  idl  ,t,  comfortt,  t» !»  «P«««rf  balustrades,  and  build  6um£,er-houses 

trom  erery  thm?  of  vhicit  we  can  form  any  ,_            .    ,       _           j          ,       _l 

idea,  to  have  e™tyeonu«londi..olyed.«.a  "!»"  ihem  at  least,   and   make   the 

the  most  sacred  ties  of  friendship  brokenfbr  mountain  the  bM«  of  a  coltwal  statue 

eier,  and  to  enter  into  a  new  and  untried  »>'  tn=  geniui  of  France,  with  one  foot 

Itata  of  belof.  Is  a  change  of  sach  magoi-  trampling  upon  thegnbdued  and  weep- 

tait,  that  It  ia  too  mncb  for  the  niinl  to  ing  Biitanma.    "  Pmeul,  eh  I  Precui," 


howtrer,  n'f  all  ga  rtten-fsi J/infri  j  and  Taste,  In  an  acccplatiou  of  the  word, 

ai  Ejigbnd  baa  alnaj'i  beta  Eupcrim  >ii(riEieiiLl]r   uicful    (ot   commoD   pui- 

fot  laoJicspc  gardening,  ao  cilo  fer-  poaet,  is  ceriaioly  an  tflait  of  acquiu- 

pclua    be   the  lupcriotity.      In   liltle  lion,  and  what  is  bcal,  it  is  alnitni  in- 

ihipos,  table-iizcdiawnlcu  Aitdloyihop  luitivdy  leuned.     Pertons  who  have 

gaudincsi  may  ht  proper,  bccaiut  ih«]  only  ouce  or  twice  vliited  the  London 

CUQ  bare  nolhiog  in  le  i   thiir  oina-  Theairts,  never   admire   the   barn  of 

menu  give  ihem  only  >  being  and  a  slrolline  performen. 

nunc;  ihcy  arc  dolli  only,  anc|  must  To  intiB   eeiteral  account*  of  tb« 

tie   drested ;  but  where   the  oak    baa  Picturesque,  Air.  Foibrukc  baa  added 

room  to  )p read  iu  giant  ami,  where  such  userul  infomiaiionconceinias  the 

■pji'e  adaiila  variety,  where  pclty  dii-  lituationi  of  boiuci,  difpoutign  of  of- 

ptay  is  lost  in  ihe  general  eflect,  incoar  ficet,  and   other   particulars,  4s   niusf 

griioui  decoration  ii  juil  a*  talional  m  be  eminently  adranla^ou)  to  all  pUr 

11  would  be  to  clothe  the  (''oineaiai)  fona  who  inuod  to  built)  or  improve; 

Hercules  in  the  courl-dieM  of  a  lady,  for  asiutedly  when  a  ii|bI)  )*  goins  lo 

rouee  big  chcfki,  give  him  a  lace  and  Uy  out  his  money.  |ic  ahoidd  liist 

feathered  head-dregs,   and   a  petticoat  learn  what  is  the  liost  way  in  which 

train,  and  iliiii  shoes.     Here  we  shall  he  can  expend  it. 

slop,  for  I'crbum  tal, — and  we  should  Tlie  dcparlmcnt  of  *'  Antiquities  '* 

not  have  gone  ao  far,  had   there  not  CDDsisltareartbwoik9,iud«stonenorks. 

Iieen  recent  works  where  art  and  pu<  aubdiTided   into   barrow!,  banki,  ana 

diuess  have   aitempicd    to    introduce  djtcbe*,   cairni,   camp*  (British,   Ro- 

mere  pantomime  scenery  into  sublime  man,  and  Anglo-Saxon),  fnrli,  niinof 

landscape.  earthworks,  toadi,  British  irackwaji, 

Gilpin's  wprka  are  from  eipcnce  so  Uouian  stations,   towns,  and  villa/jiea, 

lioiiled  in  circulation ;  and  Wliately  to  British.  Roman,  and  English,  Diuidij 

diilicult  to  be  procured ;  Price  to  clft-  eal   Antiquities ;    Cyclopean,    Greek, 

g.-inily  descriptive,  and  to  close  tana-  Itoaian,    and    English    archilvctuie ; 

lure,  that  they  are  the  Attest  studies  lot  orders    of     Arch i lecture,     Egyptian, 

a  louriit  or  a  topographer.     We  mean  Greek,   and   Guihic  (where,  p.   Ifis, 

luiihing  in  depreciatiDU  of  iho»e  who  loiae  new  ideas  are  inlioduced),  Greek 

lay  out  pound)  upon  certain  rules,  no  and  Roman  edifice],  a>  tenipki,  (Ilea-, 

more  ttutn  we  itioiild  of  those   whq  ires,   am  phi  theatres,   stadia^   circuiea, 

build  streets  of  houtn,  01  make  Teasels  aqueducts,   bridges,   acropolei,   tOKU* 

of  glass,  siivrr,  or  potteries.    Il  i*  mere  wallt.      baths,     obelisk),      triumphal 

wiirk,  aceoidiog  lo  an  established  mo-  arches,     treasuries,     houses      (among 

del.     But  a  tourist  o(  a  traveller  is  not  nhich,  p.  134,  is  the  plan  of  an  aur 

alteiitiie  to  the  eortenu  of  a  shop,  to  cienl  Greek  bguse,  a  curioua  desidetivt    ' 

giass-plols  worked   hke  muslin  gown*  turn),  edifice*  Qf  the  middle   age,  a* 

into  shrub  and  flower  patterns.     He  castles,  fortified  iqanor- houtet,  forms 

lookt  into  sreaier  things  I  the  sublime,  of  English  houses,  a  new  cbs^ilica- 

the  beautiiul,  the  romantic,  distinct  or  lion,    churches,   tombs,    monnotenti, 

blended.     His  mind  is  elevated  frum  painted  glass,  crosses,  &c. 

Niiuie  to  Nature's  God,— "Such  I  That  such   a   mats   of  information 

AM,"  it  the  grand  feeling  which  the  collected  into  a  tnullcoupui  must  be 

landscape   of  Umnipotenco  presents  ^  Tery  useful,  cannnt  be  doubted;  and 

and   he  who  would  only  bawl  for  q  we  sincerely  hope  that  it  will  have  the 

taniern,  if  bcniahted  in  a  shrubbery,  eflcct  drticed  by  the  auiboi,  and  staled 

finds  that  "  darkness  may  be  felt  in  in  the  following  words  of  the  Preface, 

his  inward  bosom,''  under  a  midnight  "  Tl**  •ork  MpUIns  iutl^  aoJ  will,  it 

taroble  through   an  ancient  wood.—  ii  tnuted,bo  vtrjuiefiJ,    *•  th»  EomcId- 

KiiLent    and    lap-doai    may    gambol  p*<li»  of  AntiquioM  w«  int«od«d  to /icin- 

thrubberres     and      front-dooi  uw  ^«MrJ  «»u«.tl™  of  AmWlogj,  .0 

but  no  luiriu  haunt  the  one,  !^,  ^'I'J!'!?!;.  hV.  ""?"?j"'.i!! 


greens;  but  no  tuinu  naunt  ine  one,  -  ,         ,   "    „/.i„  p;,, 

or  fairies  dance  u»n  U.e  other.  'Ant^'-l-T/eiSlr^X'^^.H.r..  tl,.  „- 

By  brmgmg,  therefore,   the  know-  ,^,„  ^  „],^t  -ill,  it  k  hopeJ.  '""ble  the 

Mge  rcquiatte  U>  form  a  correct  taste  jooritt  to  Uv*  a  bigW  nlayiMat  of  b> 

upon  the  anbject  mto  t  cheap  and  o\  ncnnin  [JeHures,  ud  tli«  TopognphM 

couti*  an  Kceatible  forta,  Mfc  ibink  lo  nUnn  tlu  bmiwu  of  dHeriptiaa  by 

that  Mr.Foabrokehai  conferred  a  li-  lattirfuj  tad  Jattatiti^  aiUiiigw.    &^pM 

l<nrj[    hp'f  ^^    "P*"^    ''"     puUick.  It  pifcwl  490*1    bMVWi  4><i«fb  .fiuiit 


■ 

148        Rkyibw«— ^BemarXci  on  Improvemnli  in  theMkfopoUs.  [Feb. 

prinetpt,  hU  principles  are  in  placet  con-  ''remarks''  to  be  penned  by  a  Right 

taMed,  and^Mcause  they  have  the  bearing  Honourable  Member  of  his  Majesty's 

of  a  more  exclusive  estimate  of  landscape-  I^ivy  Council  *,  and  who  is  alike  dis- 

gardenmg  by  the  qualities  characteristic  of  tinguished  for   his  knowledge  of  the 

good  paintings.    Besides,  this  Introduction  pj^^  ^^ts,  as  for  his  devotion  to  the 

is  an  excelle«t^^c«d«u»  before  entenng  on  Government  of  his  country,  we  peruse 

the  Grammar.  them  witH  tenfold   interest,  and  pay ' 

^  deference  to  every  thing  like  opinion, 
16.  Remarks  and  SuggestioM  en  Improve-,  ^qj  ^q  every  recommended  improve- 
ments  now  aurving  on,  ^  under  Owui-  ^^^1,  Speaking  of  the  present  rage 
dtration.  Hatcbard  and  Son.  ^^  ^^cral  informatiop,  it  stales,  "if 
SEATED  as  we  are  in  the  midst  of  the  lower  classes  are  better  instructed, 
many  of  the  improvements  noticed  in  the  upper  classes  must  endeavour  to 
the  pamphlet  above  named,  we  are  not  attain  still  higher  acquirements, 
only  fully  sensible  of  what  has  been  Among  the  accomplishments  which 
done  and  is  doing,  but  are  also  appre-  peculiarly  belong  to  the  higher  orders 
hensive  that  our  own  **  local  habita-  of  society,  and  which  those  in  infe- 
tion,"  though  not  name,  may  be  swept  rior  stations  would  find  great  difficulty 
away  to  make  room  for  spacious  streets  in  acquiring,  is  a  taste  for  the  liberal 
and  splendid  buildings.  At  the  pre-  arts  \  those  who  have  cultivated  it  will 
sent  momentous  epoch,  when  the  de-  find  their  labours  most  amply  repaid 
mon  of  ruin  and  panic  is  prowling  by  the  pleasure  and  enjoyments  it  will 
through  the  London  counting-houses,  afford  them  through  lite.  Painting, 
and  the  spirit  of  improvement  and  sculpture,  architecture,  the  improve- 
grandeur  is  hoverinjgj  over  the  public  ment  of  the  Metropolis,  the  formation 
works,  the  Philosophic  Historian  con-  of  a  National  Gallery  of  Painting  and 
templates  the  scene  with  intense  Sculpture,  are  now  the  common  sub- 
anxiety  and  solicitude.  He  is  enabled  jects  of  conversation." 
to  ascertain  the  present,  he  reflects  on  This  admission  from  snch  a  quarter 
the  past,  and  looks  forward  to  the  fu-  must  be  peculiarly  gratifying  to  the 
ture  with  mingled  emotions  of  doubt  lovers  of  art,  whetner  professors  or 
and  confidence.  From  the  annals  of  amateurs,  as  well  as  to  the  philosopher 
other  nations  and  other  times,  he  en-  and  man  of  literature.  For  whatever 
deavours  to  predict  and  anticipate  tends  to  detach  the  mind  from  the  ca- 
e%'ents  to  come ;  but  he  is  also  well  bals  and  intrigues  of  party,  from  the 
aware  that  the  great  revolutions  of  the  irritating  and  endless  disputes  about 
political  and  moral  world,  which  have  creeds  and  religions,  and  to  direct  it 
occurred  in  his  own  times,  must  ren-  into  the  regions  of  taste  and  harmony, 
der  precedents  almost  useless,  and  must  be  good,  andf  therefore  conducive 
theretbre  make  him  humble,  but  to  happiness.  The  external  effects,  and 
hopeful.  He  knows  that  certain  ef-  internal  comforts,  and  even  luxuries  of 
fects  have  arisen  from  given  causes;  building  are  of  primary  importance, 
and  he  is  also  aware  of  recent  and  These  are  "  the  outward  and  visible 
present  events ;  but  he  does  not  ven-  signs*'  of  wealth,  and  of  a  nation's 
ture  to  predict  results.  Whatever  is  moral  character.  We  cannot,  thepe- 
wisely  planned  and  honestly  effected,  fore,  be  too  urgent  in  recommending 
he  knows  must  be  conducive  to  the  his  Majesty's  Ministers,  as  well  as 
public  good.  Parliament,  to  grant  liberally  but  dis- 

The  pamphlet  now  before  us  is  evi-  erectly  their  funds  on  public  works, 

dently  written  by  a  person  well  ac-  Speaking  of  the  alterations  in  fFest* 

quainted  with  the  various  subjects  it  minster,  the  writer  says,  that  the  of- 

notices  and  discusses.    Its  tone  and  fices  or  old  houses  between  the  Hall 

language    are    strictly  parliamentary,  and  the  Thames  "  will  shortly  remove 

and  manifests  at  once  sound  policy  themselves,  if  no  human  aid  is  applied 

and  marked  discretion.    Though  it  be  to  their  removal,**  on  which  ground 

generally  very  impartial  and  discrimi-  "  new  Courts  of  Law  might  be  erect- 

Dating,  we  detect  a  little  favouritism:  ed,  if  necessary,  the  architectural  cha- 

but  this  is  almost  a  pardonable  error,  racter  of  which  should  accord  with 

for  the  man  who  is  insensible  to  friend*  that  of  Westminster  Hall.*'    In  this 

ship,  and  would  not  rather  serve  a  sentiment  we  fully  acquiesce,  but  ap- 

friend  than  a  stranger,  is  not  to  be 

enviedt  or  admired.    Believing  these  *  I|  is  attributed  to  Sir  C.  Long. 


prebend  that  the  Parliament nmy  hoii-  cofDmeinorale by  itt  jcMgnand-teol^ 
tate  in  granting  the  necessary  funds,  tural  ornaments,  the  memorable  audi 
We  are  well  assured  that  the  learned  and  triumphal  viotortes  which  have  beeft 
scientiiic  Architect  of  the  Law  Courts  achieved  by  our  naval  and  military  h^* 
was  precluded  from  imitating  the  North  roes,  we  must  own  that  we  look  fop* 
Front  of  the  Hall  in  the  flank  wall  to  ward  with  anxidqs  solicitude  for  the 
the  West  of  that  noble  building.    To  completion  of  this  edifice.    The  proiid  ' 
fancy  that  he  could  not  copy  the  style  and  magnanimous  Roman  Emperoja 
and  peculiar  decorations  ot  that  edi-  have  given  perpetuity  to  their  names 
fice,  or  adapt  an  analogous  design  for  and  exploits  bjr  triumphal  arches,  the 
any  new  appendage  to  it,  would  be-  remains  of  which  stilt  ornament  th^ 
tray  an    ignorance   of  Mr.    Soane*s  imperial  city.     Buonaparte   also,    in 
powers  and  knowledge.  imitation    of  those   illustrious    Mq- 
The  next  suggestion  of  the  Honour-  narchs,  raised  arches  and  other  build- 
able  Author  makes  our  codipositors,  ings;  but  England,. which  fortunately 
f)ressinen,  and  even  devils,  tremble;  is   ruled    by   a  mixed  Government, 
or  it  hints  at  the  removal  of  all  the  and  not  a  military  Monarch,  has  hi- 
houses  between  Parliament-street  and  therto  neglected  to  call  in  the  aid  of 
King-street,  and  the  remaining  side  of  Architecture  to  adorn  her  Metropolist 
King-street  to  be  rebuilt.    That  pri-  and  to  honour  her  heroes, 
vate  advantage  should  give  way  to  pub-        The  subject  now  under  considei^- 
lic  good,  is  a  maxim  not  to  be  denied,  tion  will    be  resumed  in    our  nexl 
and  that  this  proposed  change  would  Number:  in  the  mean  time,  we  b^ 
be  productive  of  fine  effects  and  good  to  direct  the  reader  to  the  pamphl^ 
results  we  most  readily  admit.    Pair  itself,  and  to  the  Introduction  to  the 
but  moderate  compensat  ion,  and  every  ''  Original  Picture  of  London*'  for  1 8£^ 
facility  should  be  afforded  to  combine  as.  well  as  to  the  Preface  to  the  first  v^ 
rapidity  with  substantial  execution.-—  lume  of  '' Illustrations  of  the  Pui>lic 
Remembering  as  we  do  what  has  al-  Buildings,  of  London."  B* 
ready  been  done  in  Westminster  with-                                  ^ 
in  the  present  century,  and  even  dur-           \                      " 
ing  the  prosperous  reLn  of  our  liberal  *«•   J^  Scarbdrougb  Album  of  HiHory 
and  enlightened  Sovereign,  we  do  not        and  Poetry.    Scarborough,  John  Cole.    . 
despair  of  seeing  this  great  and  noble        THIS  elegant  little  .volume  contains 
plan  carried  into  effect.    Nor  do  we  much  that  is  desirable  to  guide  the  vi- 
think  it  improbable  that  the  beautiful  sitors  of  Scarborough  to  the  numer- 
design  exhibited   by  Mr.  Soane  last  ous  seats  of  pleasure,  of  literature,  and 
year  in  the  Royal  Academy,  of  a  noble  of  romantic  pictures(}ue,  that  are  to  be 
Triumphal  Arch  thrown  across  Down-  found  in    that  fashionable  watering- 
ing-street,  and  thus  giving  an  architec-  place,    and    adjacent   villages.    Take- 
tural    connection    between    the    fine  Scarborough  and  its  environs  in  cpn- 
mass  of  offices  on  the  one  side,  with  junction,   and    there    will    be   found 
corresponding  buildings  on  the  other,  "  scenes  worthy  of  the  pen  of  Virgil^ 
may  speedily  be  erected.    The  author  or  the  pencil  of  Lorraine."   The  maff- 
of  "Some  Remarks*'  thinks  such  an  nificent  ruins  of  the  almost  inaccessi- 
arch  "  would  be  c^siraZ'/^ ;"  but  if  we  ble  castle  recal   to  our   memory  the 
remember  the  style,  character,  and  in-  warlike  character   of  our  ancestors ; 
tention  of  the  one  designed   by  Mr.  whilst  the  charitable  institutions,  and 
Soane,  we    cannot  help  thinking  it  places   of  amusement,   proclaim   the 
would  be  at  once  expedient,  patriotic,  nenevolent  and   peaceful  dispositions 
and  magnanimous,  to  commence  such  of  the  present  burghers  and  their  fa- 
a  work  without  delay.    Opening,  as  it  shionable  visitors, 
should  do,  to  St.  James's  Park,  and        From  pages  92  to  97  we  have  anao- 
facing  a  line  of  road  from  the  new  count  ot  the  dying  moments  of  the 
Ro^aT  Palace, — connecting  and  com-  **  younger  VilHers,  Duke  of  Bucking- 
bining  with  the  offices  and  mansions  ham;*'    in  which   is    introduced  the 
of  the  three  Secretaries  of  State,  the  Duke's  awful  letter  to  the  Rev.  Dr. 

Board  of  Trade,  the  Council  Office,  W. .  Who  can  read  this  awinl  let- 

ihe  Treasury,  &c.  and  forming  a  prin-  ter  without  a  tear?  and  who  can  con- 

cipal  architectural  object  in  the  scene,  trast  the  death-bed  of  a  libertine  with 

wneneyer  his  Majesty  approaches  the  the .  conduct  of  his  earlier,  years  with- 

House   of  Lords,— intended  also  to  out  feeling  the  force  of  the  remarks 


144 


Rtff  n#.-ADl$  eHiUri  Li^lim  oH  JBi%|tMtf. 


CPeb« 


c«ftifiiine(t  ift  Ihis  ttuly  OlH^tiah  l«l-' 
ter?  Much  hds  be^i^  teffd  t^t^fcctitl^; 
fhe  blattpheiAOQS  fitetUM  Whielir  CiCHttli? 
ha^  the  effrontery  to  i^hibiu  to  ttytf 
htiarding  of  thd  religkMi  of  but  cfmniff,' 
]tnd  to  the  ahDoyance  bf  a  Chriniatf 
^tfbltC ;  but  n6  pas^aee  so  fbrcibly  a^- 
pHeii  to  the  apatny  of  oUr  kws  as  thi^ 
iti  the  Duke'a  lettei^: 

«<  Sliaii  toi  insult  oSkted  to  the  ltln|  be 
(ooked  upon  hi  the  moit  offensive'  lights 
And  yet  no  notice  talr^a  wh^  ^e  Kinj  of 
kings  iff  traAted  y/rith  indigmly  Ml  dttr^ 
•pect?*' 

The  ^6nd  part  c6nitii$  of  a  series 
of  eabin^t  views  of  .  Scarborough, 
finely  Cn^raved  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Sifiithy  a 
tery  promising  irG^utig  artist  (speci- 
mens of  whose  talenta  have  frequently 
adorned  our  pages) ;  with  descriptive 
notices'.  They  are,  1.  View  of  the 
iowh,  presenting  at  once  ah  idea  of 
the  romantic  and  the  ^rahd.  The 
ocea^  htving  the  town'  at  th^  base  of 
the  r6Ck>  and  the  magnificent  remain^ 
«f  the  dastle  on  \ti  summit,  are  all  i^^Il 
pbtirtfaiyed.  Sf.  Vi^w  6f  the  cdEstle  WitS 
ttl  tnassy  keep;,  a  beantifbl  lighf  €ti'i 
grating.  3.  View  through'  an  cm* 
brasure  of  the  castle,  of  the  piers  and 
part  of  the  town;  the  ^owerin^  cliffs 
and  expansive  ocean  form  beautiful 
receding  objects  for  the  eye.  4.  The 
lady'^  well  in  the  castle-yard.  5.  Effigy 
&f  a  ci^s-Iegged  knisht.  6.  Scalby  miTf, 
fbmatitically  situated  in  a:  deliehtfuf  re- 
cess on  the  North  shbfe  of  Scarborbiigh. 
From  the  seslts  here  a  i^st  beatitlful 
6cene  (ei^hibited  in  this  eiigravTng)  pi^e- 
^efits  itself  of  the  ruins  of  the  casne  atid 
the  ocean.  7.  Exteirioj  view  of  the 
South  potch  of  Seamet  Church. 

The  third  part  of  this  ihretettihg  Al- 
bihfij  hr  entitled  *'The  Muse,*'  'en- 
^^rreith'd"  with  many  si  shinine  flower.* 
To  endch  this  department  the  Muse 
of  Mr.  Archdeacpn  \Vrangham  bars 
h6ta  invoked,  and  selectioiis  ftom  the 
ptodoctions  of  Otofg^  Benti^t  th^ 
ytmtiger  h&ve  been  tnade,  Froih  thtis 
pardon:  of  the  work,  vee  selected  iVi 
our  last,  p.  71»  a  specimen,  entitled 
^*  Kifk^y  Mbbi^V*  highly  crcdita- 
ble  16  a  contnburtdt  ^ho&ssfOhxi^s'tlhe 
signature  of  MALvn^A. 


Holsteln.    8eo.'  pp,  a9^ 

THERB'  aire  tWb   thitirgsf  wiifiiHt 
Frttichfl^en  <«Ah   iStiet  da;   otie  H, 


spellintt  Bn^ih  tiatM  odrreetYy  (an 
itnperieotibn  ea^ly  cuM  by  6iily  tran- 
kitmng  thetn  ftbhi  Ehglfsh  books) ; 
and  the  otheiP  is  A  cotrebt  conSnr^en- 
^i6n  of  Efiglfsh  manners  tod  the  ope- 
ration of  the  Constitution.  They  have 
iefen  the  whole  machinery  work  well, 
but  how  and  which  tt^ay  ft  is  enabled 
to  do  so,  thej^  cefrtainly  cannot  com- 
prehend. By  this  we  do  not  mean 
that  they  ate  deficient  in  intellect, 
6hly  that  they  cannot  be  made  to  see 
that  which  an  Englishman  sees  intai- 
tHn%.  We  wil*,  WoV^^ever,  do  the  Ba- 
ron de  Staelthe  justice  to  say  that  he 
tinderstahds  it,  a^  fi^r  afs  a  foreigner  can 
^ifhdemtanfd  it. 

A  shbrt  8tat^<neftt  niay  assist  them. 
The  fo^ieigh  affairs  afre  Wholly  coa- 
dopted by  the  King  nhd  his  Ministers. 
With'  the  internal  Government  it  may 
be  said  that  ^hcy  do  not  and  cannot 
interfere,  fot  that  iff  conducted  upon 
ah  estjftlished  cbde  of  laws  by  inde- 
^ndent  judicial  tiibunals,  and  unpaid 
niaghti^tesl  Art  Englishman,  there- 
kfftt,  H  b6tthd'  doVm  to  no  modes  of 
cpnddct  iA  particular,  unless  he  in- 
ft^nge^  die  la\^s.  The  King  ami  two 
Houses  of  ParHatnent  strictly  limit  th6 
exercise  of  theii^  power  to  fc^slation, 
and  eanVfl^fiff  the  conduct  of  Alinis- 
ters.  With  me  people  tkey^  neter  in- 
terfefe^.  TOftr^  iff  o6  espionage,  no 
stiWt^illanee  exeVtfiM  xi  dn  engine  of 
Government.  The  Jaagisftracy  is  en- 
fiteh^  passivfc;  Aii  Independent  man 
(and  such  art?  thfe  riaijority  of  the  peo- 
^e,  D^ith  resard  to  any  interests  de- 
pendent oh  tlfe  GroWrt,  the  Ministers, 
the  Senate,'  oi*  die  Magistracy)  as  he 
^s^peets  hothihg,  so  he  fears  nothing 
but  vi6latiotv  of  thcf  Mv^.  He  there- 
fyr6  Speaks  as*  h^  thinks,  concerning 
ineh  and  llhei^  n^asni^,  and  they  in 
their  turn  knaW^tH  H  ?s  utterly  im- 
6bssiMe  ehh^f  to  pt>hfetit  6r  revenge 
racfh  speech  ^  Actioh,  if-  it  does  hot 
affee*  the  j^r?? atd  chi^rii6fer  of  property 
of  tKef  persmi  Sfttaak^.  In  short,  all 
th^  ii  ai  chfaf  tti  d^-iight  to  John 
BitHl,  but  hot  so  to  foreigners,  because 
tft«ip  Gdverhikieht,  al\^ays  afraid  of 
t^^^dli,  act  toWtitSi  theih  like  school- 
miMitTi  towai^  their  pupils,  sdways 
Iife<^  ^ih^  under  the  eye  and  the  rod. 

"  *'-' — ■■ — '•:  •■'••-.    ••-••, 

^  fh^'Bai^oii  atleiid^a  County  meetidg 
ib  petltiti^  fdi  F^Umetifacry  Reform,  &c. 
md  saysj  tUtt  si-  Pd^  v^vrnj  wbdd  hare 


Add  U  thu,  that  Ibe  Baron  uj%  (p.-  nalioa  BOMft*  iM  tOUt  Mta,  mi-^KAnt  ■ 

Q$),  pubKe  cmploymenu,  pamralarly  opmion  bMonm  unn  aid  nun  th*  nal' 

cMi  Ihe  continmt,  are  ihe  chief  lourM  "wwgB  of  itw  oobmtj."    P.  10». 

of  wealth  in   ihe  higher  rank  of  «-  ^avt  abrourf,  a  Ccnmnhip    ii  laid 

c.cty!"andap»n(p.lOI),"lhc»«i«  „„on  ,],,  Pros,  and  (we  believe)  the 

Kck  afltr  place.  M  the  iimpleU  mean*  Legiil^Hive  Body  in  France  caT.nol  ori- 

of  enncliing  ihemtelvei ;  and  Mlfilb.  gj^ale  any  measure,  only  diicus.  those 

nen  >nd  vanity  daily  ilicrea»e  the  in-  „hich  are  ptoiwied  by  the  Sovereign, 

fluence   of  Gowrnment'    ."  Such  a  Thcie  are  checki  evidently  oppowAo 

couniry.'    Kj»  Malihui,  "  ..  ihe  wit  ,l,e  „rapag»tion  atiJ  powerofopiniooi. 

foreitubliiliiiHia  mihtaiy  despotliai. '  j(„t  ;„    England,   our  author  say* 

Now  in  hnfiland.  if  a  man  wi»he»  lO  rcry  justly,  that  the  puilicilv  of  eiiera 

mske  a  fortune,  be  me.  into  baiineu,  „„,  ,  po///ita/,  i)  a  vnal  tccurily  to  the 

very  well  knowing  ilial  he  ctnnoc  ob^  g^f^y  ^r  the  people,  and  the  wlKlom 

tain  placet  under  Gorernment,  in  «(•  „(  ^\,g  GoTemnienl 

ret:i  Mich  an  ohjecl.     A  presi  ouicry.  The   following  pteuliarilu  of  Eag- 

on  the  contrary.  i>  railed,  if  even  a  >in-  ijshmen  is  highly  iiiteralinn  : 

glecew  placed  created-  ..^^^  5„^  ^^^^^.^  ^^  ^^ 

The  cotisequeoce  of  all  (his  ts,  that  ^^  ^     |,„j  i„        ^^,   i.  ^  l^K,^, 

the  public  mind  ii  nolditpoied  to  adu-  ,,   „|,ej  ,   Gcllnnaa.  u.  «preuiao  th.t 

lation   of  Ihe  governing^  powew,   be-  [,„  ^^  cot™|MiDi!iiij;  t»rm  io  Fr»Dih,  and 

cause  people  have   no    intemt   in   »o  ,  prft^,  knowi.dg,  of  -hich  impiici  Io  ii- 

dning;   but  they  fetl   ^reat  il1tere*t,  on  .tlf  alune   a   prrtly    long   ranillirity    mith 

the  contrary,  in  securing  their  COilsli-  Kncliih  maonfri.     The  term  palil-hiaHme 

tnlionat    righit   rioiti    aggtcirion,    and  wiili  ui  ii  applied  ncluiiTely  to  birlh;  that 

know   that  every   class  of  their  ralers  "f  homnr  amfie  il  foul  to   maoatn   and 

has  definite  and  limiled  powers,  vrhich  •"'■no  '"  tot'dj  i   thme  ot  galmil  homme 

it  cannot  enceed,  in  order  to  beeome  "o'',/""""'  *  "^'t  U  cooduci  tod  cIiitm- 

oppreisive,  without  beini;  stopped  by  r.lat, 

the  law.     The  author  before  us  sees  The  Baron  then  proceeds  |d  gire  us 

alt  this,  thoneh  through  a  ela»s,  and  Aw  definition  of  the  English  meaning 

thuiexpbiniit:           '•         ^  of  gentleman,   hut   which    definition 

„      , ,              ,    ,  onlv  shows  the  incapacity  ofjareigneri 

if   °,^u"  .h,^d^ff««T^"«t'"«  ^1^  "  *""»*  «'''•'"«;!"  o""  *»irth„  fortune,- 

n>.n-,miU  have  .Jieo  i«  them.     la  Eng-  'j'''-';.'.  «'  •tHjSHon.  and  moral  q.i..li., 

Und.  wb«<  ih*  people  have  earned  frnm  »'«.    css'.nt.al  constituent,  of  our  idea. 

time  immeinnrial  initiCiitioai,  imperrrct  it  '>■    ^  genllrman ;   but   there   are   ihou- 

muit  ba  caarnitd,  yet  CDntainin),'  ia  them  sands  whom   we,  daily  allow  to  "  Aatie 

the  Rtrms  of  order  snd  liberty,  ihey  ctnild  eery  rsaeA  of  Ihe  ntntleman  in  Ihem," 

not  bitt  apply  thrmielvri  mora  particularly  wiinout  some,  pcihaps   many  of  these 

lu   improve    nhu   eniited,    u   defcad    ilw  oualilies.     The  fact   is.  ihal  we  apply 

right-  they   h«d  acijuired,  and   to  eecure  ilie  term  to  modes  of  conduct  and  be- 

thcm  b.  actual  guarautw..     Thu.  firm  per-  hdvioiir,  which  we  cmiceive  to  be  the 

™a.ioj.|.  and  pr.cticJ  ide«  ha«  been  form-  besl.  and  the  a,ith,,r  Is  correct  in  the 
rA.     The  fc'tm  of  Trial  hv  Jiirj,  the  liberty 


mblin^,  h>vel>ecomcpol1ti< 


of  fiiih,  that  every  cili/en  adopu  ai  it  -ere  "  "^^  P"p'«  <>'  Enslantl  ^'■••t  •  remai 

.1  hit  biilh,  and  that  iulluence  llie  -bole  of  «*•'*  "!•=•  f«li"g  '"   «■■!•  re.pect,  and  «- 

bii  opinion!  and  conduct,  cenenllv  whhuul  '"e  aplendour  of  iha  higheat  raoV  irill  t< 

aiiempiing  to  accoupt  for  tliem  ;— all  know  dom  mlilnd  them.    If  a  man  of  th,  higln 

their  rleht.  and  llicir  dullei,  all  ar«  jcaloui  b'rth  depart  la  hi  conduct,  or  merely  la  I 

n.rt  onlv  "f  their  o«n   prerogall.e.,  but  of  maooen,  from  what  h.s  ailuatioa  require. 

tho»  of  each  ..r  their  feltu.  citi»n<,  and  ><im,  yju,"!", 
are  aequiioled  with  the  inllitDtian)  that  se- 
cure [hem,  and  tlie   mo.le  of  action  of  each 
ol  ttiese  in.titulionv"     (p.  «S,  86. 

M,      ^        ,  -        .        .  L  injukiice,  II  Lie  ixiiais  imiwuenT  il 

.  de  StiL-l  V,  ryjuslly  observci  that  „\^^^^  t„,^  the  man  *hrju« 

"  Io  prnpcriion  »  lIif  loplal  order  i.  cle-  coited  him  with  the  most  lubmiuive  tiumi- 

vited    hy   the   prngrei.    of  koowledge,  the  lily,  you  >i]l  immediately  Ke  a  proud  nide- 

bMT   nf  the   pi.liiiral   edifice   enlarges,  the  mis  iooceed  to  that  reipect  nhicli  was  ae- 


If  thii  great  lotd  be  guilty  of  the  least 
~    if  lie  bebavfl  im^u'opeily  io  certaia 


uc 


Rbvibw.— Bw^op  of  Glouceii&*s  Sermcn. 


[Feb. 


corded  to  rank)  bvt  is  refused  to  arroeance. 
The.  sentiment  of  right  is  so  strongly  im- 
printed on  English  rninds,  that  every  human 
consideration  vanishes  as  soon  as  this  vital 
principle  of  social  dignity  and  liberty  has 
to  fear  the  slightest  infringement ;  and  in  a 
country  so  monarchical,  even  the  splendour 
of  Royalty  is  insufficient  to  cover  the  least 
infraction  of  what  all  the  citizens  consider 
as  their  common  patrimony."     P.  134. 


combats  our  laws  of  primogenitut'e  in 
the  descent  of  property.  He  plainly 
proves  that  the  subdivision  of  estates  is 
not  attended  with  consequences  so  bad 
as  those  stated  in  the  Edinburgh  Re- 
view $  but  the  basis  of  that  masterly 
ariicle,  in  defence  of  the  law  and  its 
superior  political  and  civil  benefit,  is 
sound  and  incontrovertible.  And,  in- 
deed, the  French  Government  are  now 


Our  author  says,   concerning    the  fully  convinced  of  the  necessity  of  an 

trial   against  the  Court  for  the   foot-  alteration  in  this  respect, 

path  at  Richmond,  that  "  we  should  We  cordially  recommend  this  very 

not  find  many  citizens  in  Paris  who  able  work  to  the  perusal  of  all  who 

would  have  resisted  the  encroachment,  loye  their  country.    Justice  is  done  to 

or  Judges  who  would  have  decreed  in  u^,  and  we  may  acquire  an  accession 

their  favour'' (p.  135);  and  yet  he  justly  of  knowledge    which    will    augment 

says  that  "these  men  are  not  stern  re-  "that  intellectual    homogeneousness*' 
publicans,  enemies  to  Royalty  or  the*  (and  consequently  strength  of  cohe- 

Aristocracy.    On  the  contrary,  no  one  sion)  which  forms  the  national  soul. 


.  desires  to  pull  down  Farquhar,  Roths- 
child, Baring,  or  any  Colossus  of 
\yealth,  in  order  to  share  his  spoils, 
the  mode  of  dimhiishing  inequalities 
in  England  being  by  elevation  of  the 
lower  ranks,  not  by  the  depression  of 
the  higher.     P.  137. 

We  must  notice  a  curious  mistake 
of  the  Baron.  Secresy  is  as  much  the 
duly  of  the  Cabinet  as  of  Freemasons ; 
and  be  regards  an  adroit  evasion  of  an 
improper  request  in  the  following  erro- 
neous light: 

"Willi  regard  to  political  news,  pabli> 
city  is  so  much  a  common  right,  that  a  Mi- 
nister frequently  sends  tvhat  he  receives  to  the 
newspapers,  even  before  he  communicates  it 
to  his  colleagues  pi  0  I  ^^  accidentally 
at  the  office  in  Downlng-street,  when  a  di- 
plomatist recently  laivied'  in  England,  and 
quite  fresh  from  the  school  of  Ratlsbon, 
came  to  ask  Lord  Castlereagh  if  he  had  re- 
ceived any  news?  'News!'  answered  his 
Lordship ;  *  yes,  certainly,  and  very  import- 
ant .news  ;  here  is  the  second  edition  of  the 


M,  A  Sermon  preached  at  the  Anniversary 
of  the  Royal  Humane  Society  in  the  Pa- 
rish Church  of  St*  George's,  Bloomsbury, 
on  Sunday  Morning,  April  17, 1826.  By 
the  Right  Rev,  Christopher  Bethell,  D,D. 
Lord  Bishop  o/*  Gloucester.     8w.  pp.  22, 

SCRIPTURE  contains  the  most 
elevated  reason,  and  to  develope  this  is 
the  object  of  that  piety  which  delights 
in  exhibiting  the  glory  of  God,  and 
establishing  the  pertection  of  revealed 
instruction.  The  Sermon  before  us  is 
of  this  description,  logical  and  edify- 
ing, one  of  those  discourses  which 
show  the  superiority  of  an  educated 
over  an  uneducated  man ;  for  abi- 
lity to  write  consecutively,  and  pre- 
cisely, is  not  to  be  acquired  hut  by 
practice,  reading,  and  fine  education. 

We  like  to  see  the  Clergy  Scholars 
as  well  us  Divines,  meu  of  reason  us 
well  as  revelation,  and  are  satisfied  that 
their  Superiorhy  will  cease  when  The- 
ology is  to  merse  in  declamation  about 


Omrier  just  published;  read  it.  and  you     oiogy  18  10  merge  in  aeciamaiion  aoout 
will  know  all  I  know.'    Never  in  my  life     the   fall  and    the  atonement,  because 

that  is  a  Scotch  Degree  in  divinity, 
which- every  man  can  take.  But  thi- 
ther the  times  are  hastening,^ and  sadly 


shall  I  forget  the  countenance  of  the  diplo- 
matist, stupefied  at  being  acquainted  in  such 
a  simple  manner  with  what  was  to  be  known 
by  all  the  world.  *  What  1'  his  lodks  seemed 
to  say,  *  not  a  note,  not  a  memorandum,  no- 
thing official,  only  a  newspaper  to  send  to 
my  Court !  I  shall  neither  have  the  ho- 
nour of  secresy  nor  the  pleasure  of  indis- 
cretion."    pp.  159,  160. 

Our  readers  all  know  the  newspaper 


we  fear  that  a  Humane  Society  in  the 
Church  will  soon  be  wanted  to  rescue 
Hooker,  Sherlock,  Prideaux,  &c.  &c. 
from  being  utterly  drowned  in  the  wa- 
ters of  Leme;  for  already  they  are  in  a 
state  of  suspended  animation  ;  and  the 
only  resuscitating   process   will  be   a 


anecdote  of  Pitt  and  the  Duchess  of  peremptory  obligation  before  confer- 

-.     **  Pitt,  what  news  is  there  to-  ring  orders,  to  be  well  versed  in  Theo- 

day?'*     "I  don't  know;  1  have  not  logy.    That  is  the  firat  of  all  the  sys- 

seen  the  papers."  tems  of  philosophy,  and  the  beau  ideal 

The  Baron   would   fain  ameliorate  of  reason.     Goldsmith  says,  that  there 

us  in  some  respects,  and  most  gallantly  can  be  no  perfect  legislation  or  mo- 


1996.]  Rivi«w«-*;Socie<jf  /^r  propagaiing  (he  C^speL  147 

rality  without  it^  and  to  that  position  and  the  hold  man  ezecate  j**  and  for 
we  s&y.  Amen.  this  reason;  knowing  the  discretion  <^' 

The  Sermon  of  the  able  Prelate  is  the  Episcopal  character,  and  the  'supe- 
an  excellent  display  of  the  value  of  riori^  of  tnat  modeof  Cburch-govern- 
life,  religiously  and  politically  consi«  ment,  we  like  to  see  voyages  of  enter- 
dered ;  for,  says  the  Bishop,  prize,    which    pre-eminently   require, 

"The  prosperity,  the  wealth,  and  the  caution  and  wisdom,  undertaken  un« 
happiness  of  eommunities  and  nations,  of  all  der  such  secure  pilotry.  It  is  not  that 
bodies  of  men,  that  are  united  and  act  toge-  institutions  differently,  constructed  may 
ther,  whether  for  civil  or  religious  purposes,  not  have  excellent  intentions,  but  it  it 
are  promoted  and  perpetuated  by  individual     known  that  public  bodies  are  subject 

zeal  and  exertion.  So  long,  therefore,  as  to  faction,  and  that  their  energies  en- 
indlvidaals  are  actively  employed  in  their  tjrely  depend  upon  their  unanimity; 
several  offices  and  stations,  so  long  they  are     nor    is     the    congregational    plan    of 

doing  wrvice  to  the  communities  to  which  Church-government  at  all  eligible,  in 

they  belong,  and  are  m  ^^^^^'l^^^  regard  lo  Neophytes,  nor  wal  it  the 
the  public  benefit,  even  when  they  appear       ^,         u'..u    fu      a       *i         l  j 

to  the  superficial  observer  to  have  no  object  ^.^f   ^*»>t^   ^^«  Apostles   obsenred. 

in  view  Cut  their  own  private  advantage.  W«  ^^a^?'  therefore,  a  prepossession  in 
That  Society,  therefore,  which  profito  by     favour  of  the  "  Society  for  Propagation 

the  services,  sets  ita  value  on  the  life  of  an  of  the  Gospel   in  Foreign  Paris,"  b©. 

individual,  and  measures  its  importaiice  not  cause  they  come  before  us  with  x;re-^ 

merely  by  the  exertions  which  he  is  actually  dentials  from  recognized  Governments, 

making,  but  by  the  power  whieh  he  pos-  and  claim  to  be  no  more  than  Aq^bas- 

sesses  of  labouring  for  the  public  good,  and  sadors.     We  mean  no  offence,  nor  in-> 

his  opacities  of  endeavour  and  useful  ac-  sinuate  any  suspicion.    We  only  think 

tion."    P.  u.  l}iat    there  are    imperfections   in   all 

The  following  tribute  of  respect  to  temporal  governments  which  have  riot , 

the  Humane  Society,  from  the  pen  of  constitutional  Kings,  and  all  spiritual 

the  Bishop,  we  give  with  pleasure  in  which  have  not  Bishops, 
his  own  words :  The  Society  is  so  modest  afid  unat- 

*'  In  proportion  to  the  increase  of  wisdom  sumipg,  that  its  claims  upon  the  pub- 

and  virtue,  and  of  the  influence  ofcharita-  .  lick   are   not  sufficiently  known;  we 

ble  and  religious  motives,  the  value  of  indi-  therefore  solicit  the  perusa|  of  the  ac* 

vidua!  life  has  been  better  understood,  aud  companying  extract,  which  forms  only 

more  generally  acknowledged.     To  the  un-  aj,  expos^  of  part  of  its  services  apd 

civilized  barbarian,  the  ignorant,  the  brutal,  necessities, 
and  the  irreligious,  who  are  without  hope, 

and  without  God  in  the  world,  sometimes  "  Summary  Statement  of  the  Objects  and 
even  their  own  lives,  but  at  all  events  the  Operations  of  the  Society. — This  Society 
lives  of  their  fellow-men,  are  for  the  most  was  originally  incorporated  in  the  yeaf 
part  subjects  of  indifference  and  apathy.  1701,  for  the  support  of  a  learned  and 
nut  when  the  manifold  uses  which  life  zealous  body  of  Clergy  in  his  Majesty's  Co- 
subserves,  the  designs  of  God,  the  contriv-  lonies,  and  for  the  general  Propagation  of 
ances  of  his  providence,  and  the  counsels  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
his  grace,  have  been  searched  out  and  stu-  **  The  business  of  the  Society  is  con- 
died,  self-preservation  and  an  anxious  desire  ducted  by  certain  official  Members  nomi- 
to  preserve  those  who  are  ready  to  perish,  nated  in  the  Charter  *,  and  the  incorporated 
are  duties  which  have  exercised  the  thoughts  Members  who  are  chosen  by  ballot.  The 
and  called  forth  the  exertions  of  feeling  and  Archbbhop  of  Canterbury  was  first  appoint- 
considerate  Christians.*'    P.  l4.  ed,  and  has  since  been  annually  elected  Pre- 

The  Bishop  adds,  "  that  the  Sociely  "^ent.  ^  ^    ,  . 

has  called  into  action  the  best  feelings         "  The  acknowledgment  of  the  Independ- 

and  resources  of  our  nature;  and  iu  ence  of  the  United  States  of  America un- 
Reports  contain  many  instances  of  he-        .  ^.     I     ~T    ~Z         71        ! 

roic  courage  and   generous  self-devo-        *  7^^^^'id't^^''^cV^'^\!^^!I^ 

•        1°     1  '^z*  ,1  the  Lord  Archbishop  of  York;  the  Lord 

r,  iT»     oio  Bishop  of  London;    the   Lord  Bishop  of 

•er>alion  of  human^life.       P.  1 8.  5.,^ .  ^^^  ^o^ ^,^^„^^ .  ^^^^ p^^  „f  ^^.^^ 

^     ^jj       •    T>T,/-   r.L     cr    •  .    r  minster  J  the  Dean  of  St.  Paul's ;  the  Arch- 

1 9.  An  Address  m  Behalf  of  the  Society  for  ^^^^^  ^f  London ;  the  Regius  Professor  o£ 

the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  m  Foreign  Divinity  i^  Oxford;   the  Regius  Professor 

Parts,    9vo  pp.16,  ^£  Divinity  in  Cambridge;  the  Marcaret 

IT   is  a    maxim   of  Lord   Bacon,  Professor  of  Divinity  in  Oxford;  the  Mar- 

*'  that  the  cool  man  should  contrive,  ipiret  Professor  of  Divinity  in  Cambridge. 


1^ 


Rbvzbw.— 7&e  KtUage  Pcuitor. 


{JM>. 


fortunately  depiired  those  PtDvinces  of  the 
•  benefits  which  they  had  long  received  from 
the  exertions  of  this  Society^  But  the  So- 
ciety left  a  blessiog  behind  it  in  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  that  country, 
whose  very  existence  at  the  present  moment 
may  be  justly  attributed  to  its  early  and 
truly  Christian  efforts.  The  field  of  the 
Society's  labours  has  since  that  period  been 
greatly  enlarged,  and  its  operations  now  ex- 
tend  over  the  vast  provinces  of  Upper  and 
Lower  Canada,  Nova  Scotia,  New  Bruns- 
wick, Prince  Edward's  Island,  Newfound- 
laud,  and  the  Bermudas. 

<<  Of  late  years  the  population  in  those 
colonies  has  increased  to  such  an  extent, 
that  the  Society  has  deemed  it  necessary 
greatly  to  increase  the  number  of  its  Mb- 
sionaries.  The  List  subjoined  to  the  pre- 
tent  document  will  show  that  the  spiritiial 
wants  of  those  countries  cannot  be  ade- 
quately supplied  without  such  an  addition 
to  the  ministers  of  religion  as  would  triple 
.the  number  that  was  employed  even  at  so 
late  a  period  as  the  year  1816.  The  actual 
-number  of  Missionaries  now  in  the  service 
of  the  Society,  in  the  North  American  Co- 
lonies alone,  is  one  hundred  and  three,  and 
in  addition  to  these  more  than  one  hundred 
•schoolmasters  are  partially  supported  from 
its  funds. 

''  With  a  view  to  the  formation  of  a  body 
of  native  Clergy  for  the  service  of  the  Colo- 
niesy  the  Society  has  contributed  largely  to- 
wards the  support  of  King's  College,  Wind- 
sor, Nova  Scotia,  by  an  annual  grant  and  by 
the  endowment  of  Divinity  Scholarships  and 
Exhibitions.  The  Society  is  also  called  up- 
on to  make  frequent  grants  in  aid  of  the 
erection  of  churches  in  the  infant  settle- 
ments, and  has  been  the  great  instrument  of 
introducing  the  National  System  of  Educa- 
tion in  the  capitals  of  Canada,  Nova  Scotia, 
and  New  Brunswick,  and  extending  it 
through  every  part  of  the  North  American 
Colonies. 

'*  Another  source  of  expenditure  has 
been  opened  to  the  Society  by  the  extended 
colonization  of  the  Southern  parts  of  Africa, 
an4  the  interior  of  New  Holland,  where  it 
will  form  an  object  of  great  and  important 
interest  to  carry  forward  the  same  plan  of 
teli^ious  instruction  and  general  education, 
which  has  been  found  so  effectual  in  the 
North  American  Colonies,  sb  soon  as  the 
funds  of  the  Society  will  admit  of  such  an 
extension  of  their  operations. 

^*To  meet  these  great  and  increasing 
demands  the  resources  of  the  Society  are 
found  to  be  utterly '  inadequate,  notwith- 
standing the  liberal  &id  they  have  obtain^ 
from  Parliamentary  grants.  The  average 
annual  expenditure  of  the  Society  has,  for 
the  last  four  years,  exceeded  its  income  to 
t^  amount  of  6000/. — an  excess,  which,  if 
eoMtinued  for  a  feyr  years  more,  must  bring 
inevitable  ruin  upon  the  Society's  funds.*'    , 


80.   The  yUlage  Pastor.    By  one  of  the  An- 
thori  of  **  Body  and  Soul^*    1  amo.  /)p.  33 o . 

IN  an   instructive  and  interesting 
work  now  passing  through  the  press, 
and  entitled  **  Alma  Mater,"  or  a  His- 
tory of  the  present  state  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Cambridge,  by  a  Fellow  of  Tri- 
nity, it  is  slated,  as  a  solemn  truth, 
that  a  very  large  portion  of  **  popular 
preachers'  consists  of  gentlemen  who, 
after  having  been  plucked  once,  twice, 
or  thrice  in  their  examinations,  and  a  t 
last  obtained    their    degrees    through 
pity,  have  turned  "enthusiastical  pul- 
pit orators,"  by  way  of  substitution  ; 
and    that    to    this   ingenious  contriv- 
ance  we   are    in   the   main  indebted 
for    the    introduction    of    a    manner 
now  much   in  vogue.     The   Village 
Pastor  is  a  man  formed  after  this  mo- 
del. .  He  is  always  acting  as  if  he  was 
in  the  reading-desk  or  pulpit.     With- 
out the  smallest  denial  of  the  imperious 
necessity  of  fervid  piety,  perfect  moral 
correctness,  and  amiable  philanthropy 
in  the  character  of  a  Clergyman,  we 
do  not  see  any  necessity  why  Sir  Astley 
Cooper  (instead  of  being,  as  he  is,  a  gen- 
tleman) should  perpetually  talk  of  sur- 
gery, or  a  lawyer  of  law ;  or  profane 
learning  and  accomplishments  (elegant 
additions  to  the  clerical  character,  and 
of  vast  importance  to  the  interests  of 
the  Chufch  and  nation)  be  rejected, 
however  inno9ent,  as  indecorous.   The 
consequence  must  be,  that  knowledge 
will  be  slighted,  the  people  will  consi- 
der it  as  unnecessary,  and  be  propor- 
tionally thrown  back  into  barbarism. 
In  none  of  these  books  which  we  have 
seen  are  men  of  talents  or  learning  at 
all  mentioned.     The  leading  idea  is, 
that  there  cannot  be   virtue  without 
misery,    nor   indifferent    conversation 
without  sin.     Now  these  opinions  we 
think  to  be  founded  in  low  taste  (bor- 
rowed from  sects  which  reject  learn- 
ing), and  in  unsound  philosophy.    Na- 
ture abounds  in  variety,  and. all  ani-^ 
mals,  when  in  health,  are  sportive.    It 
is  a  mere  expression  of  happy  feeling,  a 
benevolent  annexation  of  the  Omnipo- 
tent to  his  donation  of  life;  for  Paley 
says,  that  in  existence  happiness  pre- 
ponderates over  miser}\     Nor  in  na- 
ture is  there  any  colour  which  resem- 
bles black,  except  it  be  night,  and  that 
is  only  privation  of  light,  the  sole  means 
of  all  cotnfort.    But  we  do  not  live  in 
darkness,  nor  are  we  owls,  nor  do  we 
think  the  glory  of  God  or  the  good  of 
man  at  all  injured  .through  the  acumen 


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RaviBw.r^Fbsbroke  I  CMUnkam. 


149 


and  vivacity  of  an  elegant  clerical  icho- 
'  br>  Tbc  Diisery  ofovcr-iloinfr  religion 
ii,  that  it  ii  ukcn  nolwngipcaljlc  food, 
bat  phjFsic.  It  beromrs  the  perdrix, 
lot^ourt  pfrdrixi  and  if  yoaa-r  people 
are  iieadv  anil  |ir)ticinle(l,  nc  see  no 
ruMti  why  their  dwrilin^t  ihotilil  be 
turned  inio  tnonaiterie*.  Such,  hotv- 
ever,  it  ihe  tendency  fif  ihe  bool(  be- 
fore ui.  The  Vilbgc  \'Mtot  it  a  good 
man,  but  he  i>  a  mere  bell,  lolling  to 

We  thiill  cioie  our  rEiiiarks  wiili  the 
fallowing  extract  froln  Mr.  Kendall's 
"Letters  on  IrelaiiU","  Pan  i.  lOI : 

"  Tba  gtru  incoDXDiiaae,  u  it  nginja 
(ociitj,  cither  public  or  piitiite,  of  rgligiotu 
Ion,  ccNuiiti  ID  thii,  thM  ■(  i)  to  nearigi 
allied  lo  reliciaiu  lute,  and  at  ill  e>enu 
beloogi  lo  inHpualilj  lo  rellf^ioiu  iDiir&i' 
CBCC.  Wo  all  koa*  tin  trouble  even  in  or- 
diairj  lift  of  ■  Ime  -hlch  »ill  aot  let  ut 
■loDe,   which  uii>t«kei  our   duly  and   out 

w.  We  Ue  liiT-  elii1d'"o  .DXTt  tkiiM, 
*lien  thef  nill  loiioKljr  aUour  it  to  ileep 
only  ia  tM  gotiieeit  poiiura," 

W«  cDuld  name  an  excellent  femnle 
rcligioniil  ut  llie  Church  of  England, 
who  wat  oflended  with  her  pariih- 
clcrgyman  because  he  requested  her 
not  to  circulate  any  other  tracts  in  the 
pariah  than  those  which  were  tccom- 
mended  by  the  "  Society  for  promnt- 
ingChrislian  Knowledge."     Ttu'  <ii  r- 

S man  thought  relieious  enlhiiii in 
a  civil  and  political  evil,  and  gave 
oflence,  because  he  did  not  with  lo 
see  hit  congregation  corrupted  by  bad 


tl.  /4  Piclurrii/iu  and  Topogr^iical  Ae- 
eount  t)f  Chrltenhun  and  ttt  yieinUy. 
By  Ike  Rev.  T.  D.  Fmbroke,  M.A.  F.A.S. 
Sr.  Kc.  and  Contritulion§  by  Johu  Foi- 
brnke,  rtndmt  Surgtoa  ^  Chelteaham. 

Mfi.  FOSBROKE  havinp:  dissemi- 
naied  a  general  knowledge  of  Archa^ 
ology,  in  hii  "  Encyclopedia  of  Anii- 
quiiie!,''  has  here  attempted  a  new 
improiement  in  Toponiaphy,  t>ii.  by 
incorporating  with  it  the  Picturesque, 
a  la  Gilpin.  For  facilitation  of  this 
purpose,  we  have  lately  had  to  no- 
lice  a  cheap,  but  valuable  volumef, 
concentrating  ^11  the  rules  of  the  great 

•  Reiieireil  in  p  IS  I 
t  SjDopiii  of  (he  Uwi   of  the  Pictu- 
in  the  vorki  of  Gilpio,  prefiied  to 
Totuiit •  Gnmrnar."    (Seep.  140.) 


Masters  on  tne  PlcUircsquc  In  thi^ 
work  liefon  us,  Mr.  V,  gives  in  an 
exeilipiificalion  of  his  new  plan.  It 
treats,  lecunilum  ar/en,  the  subject, 
its  Anl>(|uiiies,  Sec.  It  is  needless  to 
say  more,  for  Mr.  Fu*biokc  wisely  de- 
chnn  publishing  works  which  ura  not 
instructive,  amusing,  and  elaborate. 
The  talents  of  the  Soil  arc  Ins  known, 
and,  in  justice  to  rising  merit,  wc 
give  the  following  apinimphe,  con- 
cerning the  Picturesque  i  which  opus-  ' 
trophe  it  by  the  way  only  a  pun  of 
ninny  exccllctii  things  in  the  coatii- 
butinns  of  Mr.  Fosbtoke,  jun. 

ScrneTj/. — "There  are  two  kinds  of 
scenery,  which  differ  ia  their  maral 
relations  to  the  purptKcs  of  bumao  ha- 
bitation, Olid  of  civilized  life.  The 
Alps,  capiied  in  the  eternal  snows, 
robed  with  the  glacier,  the  icy  breeie 
fiom  which  congeals  the  spray  of  the 
cascade  u|>un  the  gJrb  of  the  traveller, 
the  desol:ile  and  chaotic  groups  of  the 
North   IlighUnds,  where  ilie  ounvul- 

inaccessible  rocks,  in  agiiuled  seat, 
threatening  to  overwhelm  the  icalleTed 
fragment*  of  massy  mountain,  the 
stupendous  precipice,,  the  headlong 
torrent,  and  hoary  mountains,  whew 
"  the  foot  of  man  has  scarce  or  neyei 
trod;*' — the  savaae  ludeneas  of  a  be- 
fore u ad iscuveretT  country,  the  B|>pal- 
ling  silence  scarcely  interrupted  but 
by  the  voice  of  savaze  things,  the  mag' 
nilicent  foliage  and   long  shadows  of 


rsof 


,.         h.  the 
iihoui  limits  lo  the  eye,  the 


ik  fecundity  oF  uncultivated  pas- 
tures, the  uncontrolled  dominion  of 
Nature,  compose  solitudes  lo  which 
the   ardent  curiosity  and   penetrating 


i  ofni 


1  for  c 


^ 


intrude  and  sate  his  (ongingst 
farther.  Heie  hii  attachment 
of  this  kind  are 
best  calculated  for  those  in  whom  the 
luve  of  nature  is  stronger  than  the  love 
of  social  life.  The  interest  awakened 
is  widely  different  from  that  which 
seeks  the  ordinary  graiilieations  of  liie. 
It  is  connected  with  the  love  of  men- 
tal independence,  with  the  aching 
grasp  of  a  mind  without  verge  enough 
fiiT  the  abundance  of  its  desires,  a  prido 
of  soul  unconformable  to  ordinary  ha- 
bits, to  the  "stale,  flat,  and  unprofit- 
able" yeslerdflyi  and  iivday*  of  the 
same  eirciiniscrihed  sphere  of  society, 
and  a  wandering  auo  untamed  spirit. 


IbO                    Rbtixw.— 'TVocit  on  the^  Slave  Trade*  [Feb. 

M^hich  reTels  In  solitude  and  majesty,  SS.   England  enilaved  by  her  own  Stave  Cb- 

id    remoteness    and     wild    grandeur.  lonies.    An  Address  to  the  Electors  and 

Such  a  one,  who  deems  that  "  society  ^«>pfe  9fJ^  UnUed  Kingthm.    By  James 

is  no  comfort  to   one,  not  sociable,^'  Stephen,  Esq,    Svo.  pp.  91.    Hatchard 

whose  physical  restlessness  can  be  ap-  *"l^?''j  ^^  ^'  °^  \'  ^1^^'  . 

peased   only   by  endless  loco-motion,  ^\  Third  Report  of  the  QnnmU^e  of  the 

feels  free  and  unincumbered  in  such  ^."f^  >!  i)"  Mit^aiwn  and  gradual 

J   1         .        r    .u     u  yfbolttwn  of  Slavery  throughout  the  Bn- 

scenes,  and  breathes  forth  the  active  ^^  Dondnums.    Read  at  a  Special  Meet^ 

emotions  of  his  soul  aniidst  the  reali-  ^^  ^j^f,^  Members  and  Friends  of  the  So- 

zations  of  his  imagination.    But  these  ciety,  held  Con  the  ilst  Dec.  1823)  for  the 

are   the    individualities    of    particular  purpose  of  petitioning  Parliament  on  the 

temperaments,  in  which  the  corporeal  subject  of  Slavery,    With  Notes  and  an 

being  sinks   into   insignificance,   and  Appendix,    Bvo,  pp.  35.    Hatchard  arui 

the   mind   expands   to   corresponding  Son,  and  J.  and  A.  Arch, 

dimensions  of  sublimity  with  the  ex-  AS  we  have  recently  (vol.  xcv.  p. 

ternal  objects  that  surround  it.     But  444)  expressed  our  opinion  upon  the 

there  is  a  secondary  cast  of  scenery,  great  National  question  which  is  the 

where  nature  presents  more  feminine  subject  of  these  Tracts,  it  is  unneces- 

graces  than   amidst    the    anarchy  of  sary  for  us  now  to  extend  our  observa- 

chaos;  where  to  the  wooded  glen,  the  tioqs  upon  them.    The  author  of  the 

gentle  cataract,   the  acclivity  of  the  Address,  is  well  known  for  his  exer- 

ibountain,    the    extensive    landscape,  tions  in  the  cause  of  the  Abolition  of 

the  winding  meanders  of  rivers,  the  the  Slave  Trade  and  Slavery  in  the 

•lopes  of  vales,  the  pomp   and   gar-  Colonies.    While  he  had   a  seat   in 

niture  of  fields,  and  serene  azure  of  Parliament,  as  well  as  since  his  seces- 

the  sky,  not  many  obstacles  are  con-  sion   from   the  House  of  Commons, 

joined*  which   may  render  indispen-  Mr.  Stephen    has   been    the  decided, 

6ible   the   commodiousness  of   tamer  strenuous,  and  unwearied  advocate  of 

situations.     This    second    order,   in-  the  oppressed  Negro  race ;  and  in  the 

deed,  rather  than  taking  from  the  phy-  Tract  now  before  us,  makes  a  forcible 

sical    and    social    reciprocations    and  appeal  to  the  lileptors  and  People  of 

agencies  of  life,  may  tend  to  heighten  Great  Britain,  beseeching  the  former, 

the  comfort  and  embellish  the  repose  in  the  use  whidi  they  mpy  make  of 

of  elegant  and  philosophical  existence,  their    constitutional   privilege,  at  the 

by  the  insensible  ascendancy  which  next  general   Election,  not  to  forget 

it  obtains  over  the  succession  of  our  the  miseries  and  oppressions  of  so  large 

ideas,  by  the  inspiration  of  more  calm  a  class  of  their  fellow  creatures,  and 

contemplations,  unartificial  tastes,  and  fellow  subjects,  on  the  other  side  of 

sublime   habits  of  thought.     In   the  the  Atlantic ;  but  to  return  to  Parlia- 

choice  of  retirements  these  qualities  of  ment,  in  preference,  gentlemen  who 

inanimate  nature  appear  to  be  most  will  advocate  and  support  Negro  eman- 

looked  for,  according  to  the  taste  of .  cipation. 

the  age,  by  those  classes  of  society —  In  furtherance  of  this  appeal,  Mr. 

which   are    not    remarkable  for  any  Stephen  adverts  to  the  recent  contu- 

thing  more   than  cultivation  and  re-  macious  conduct  of  the  Colonists,  m 

linement  of  mind.'*  pp.  173,  I76.  resisting,  almost    without    exception. 

This,  we  think,  is  a  fair  specimen^  and,  in  some  instances,  with  marked 

of  genius,  though  the  mechanical  con- '  contempt,    the    ameliorations    recom^ 

struction  of  some  of  the  clauses  does  ^  mended  by  his  Majesty's  Ministers,  in 

not  give  the  ideas  their  full  force  and  pursuance  of  the  Resolutions  of  the 

precision.     Under  the  head  of  **Lo-  House  of  Commons  of  1823.    From 

cal  Biography'*  (271— 300)  is  a  most  this   conduct,    which    he    condemns 

ecctlrate  and   interesting    account  of  Vvith  just  severity,  he  infers  the  im-. 

Jenner,    full   of    those    delicate   and  propriety  of  our  trusting  any  longer  to 

tasteful  touches  of  the  pencil,  which  the  Colonial  Governments,  as  agents 

do  honour  to  the  taste  and  sentiment  for  the  accomplishment  of  the  needed 

of  Mr.  John  Fosbroke.  reforms.    The  strong  leaning  towards 

An  elegant  poem   on   Cheltenham  such   agency  hitherto   manifested   by 

is.  further  contributed ^  by  Dr.  C.  H.  Government,  he  views  as   the   most 

Parry  of  Bath,  F.R.S. /&c.  son  of  the  dangerous  feature  in  the  case  of  the 

late  celebrated  Dr.  Parry j^  and  brother  Slaves,  while  he  expresses  an  opinion 

«C  t^c  eminent  Navigator.  that  that  leaning  may  be  traced  up  to 


18M.]  Rbtiew.— KendalTs  i 

an  tiodiM  and  very  pr^udicial  influ- 
ence in  Parliament,  poifetscd  and  ex- 
ercised by  the  agents  of  the  Colonies     x  i 
in  ihis  country,  who  fill  seats  in  the         i  >  fv< 
House  of  Commons.    In  confirmation                 u. 
of  this  opinion  he  refers  to  the  great                                 ^ 

tendcrnessand  forbearance  which  We  ^^    ^^^,  to  a  Friend  an  the  Siaie  <iriT^ 

been  shown   towanis   the  outrageous  ,^j^  ^^  ^^„  ^j^,^;^  q,^.J  ^ 

conduct  of  the  Colonists  on  some  re-  ^j^^   j,^^^    ^r  CanUihUianal  Religicui 

cent  occasions  ;  to  the  cosily  partiality  Dutinethns.    By  E.  A.  Kendall,  Esq. 

which  is  still  manifested  towards  West  p,  s,A,    a  vols,  Bvo, 


Indian   su;zar,   in   preference  to   that        xktu    -^-^»  .u  »  •u         u      .•     *    ^ 

.  .  u  •    •         .  J  !»    -«  .u    p  -.    I         rvbs  regret  that  the  exhaustion  of 

which  IS  imported  from  the  East;  and  .1       . .  cP  . ._.     .,1       ^    „  ^ 

.^  .u.  u^..:ir^^ir.^»: 1   «.  :!  u^.  the  chief  subject  will  not  allow  us  to 

stice  to  the  ferti 

Stephen,  extremely  unWise  course  of  Z'^  «^"!tf.u.l"^?'rr  "V  "^l-""'  "" 

meLures  pursued  Uar<«*  Hayti,  by  ,^^7\Htti:/"i''Jl'  "L^^^^^^^^ 


to  th 
turn 


•     .••'^  a*              ^1        •!  u  tbe  chief  subject  will  not  allow  us  to 

le  hostile,  offensive,  and,  as  it  has  1^  .    ,.      .^•'u    r   .r.      r  w     v 

1       .    •*      u     •  J          .     r  livf-  do  justice  to  the  fertility  of  Mr.  Ken- 

cd  out,  in  the  judgment  of  Mr.  .  ,H                   ti      •     '           \1  11" 

u^^    J. i»..^!:.: ^  ^f  dallsgenus.     He  gives  us  a  whole  li- 


uic«.u.«  pu..u^u  .uw«.«.  "7"..  ."7  ijpon  the  subject,  and  bottoms  his  rca- 

which   our    influence  in    that   rising  .  *7.        ^^^''^u  '         ^^^w""  "»»  •«» 

Sute  has   been  lost,   and  our  com-  ^?*"?„,T.:.    ^T^^^ 

merce  nearly  excluded  from  it.  HuAl^^'J^V   '  ^^»~"^",.^^ 

In  a  subseouent  oart  of  his  nam-  ^"^"°"^  Emancipation  is,  because  the 

•.ku.  VI,  c. J.u^,«  tJ^^K.. /«»  .K-T.w"  menibers  of  that  religious  creed  "put 

phlet  Mr.  btepnen  touches  on  thtf  ex-  ..  ^ ^1..^  •..•^^         j      j     .•      iT 

!L«.:..«..^..  r.!-  Qi...«.i.tw%..r     o»/i  Afi  themselves  into  avowed  and  active  hos- 

pensiveness  ol   slave- latx>ur,   and  on  ...,    . «•.»..•  r 

Sle  heavy  charge*  which  ar^  enuiled  "I'tJ  W  our  ms.tut.on.  of  government 

on  the  parent  Sute  by  the  defence  of  '.?  "»?««"  of  rehg,on>(...  p.  438,.  and 

Slave  dolonie..    The'lalter  argument  "''""f  ^^.t'«^.''''"=^ '?  T  '" ^.  *- 

Srinnran'^'neSgrxlo  r  Tol'  ^^^^      Nr^'h. ^i   tTa^of 

Kbylhch^KkVutolpP  thU  ^Nothing  but  the  «^bition  of 

that  the  defencft  of  the  Slave  Colol  Pr««<>««"nance.  not  a  pohtical  and  wise 

ni«  co.t  the  Mother  Country  the  live,  ::f7.il'i''"'^A"' ' ''""'""K'''  "'"^ 

r  iM  iMrk  »u-.  .u^jL  ..v»^^  ^f  ral  tailing  or  weakness, 

of  17. 173  men.  .n  th«  short  .pace  of       j^^^^B,  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^ 

**Tlo"g"note  on  pag«.  33  and  34.  ""'"""I"?  «  *'""'•'«  «"'«>«'«y  »f 

conuin»*.everal  facu  and  quotation^  '»"""'"  'T'onc^abilay  to   the   wor- 

A    •       I   .         .«!  i:-k    ...^..  r-^Ur.:-!  shippers  of  any  God  but  our  own,  and 
desi^zned   to   establish,  upon  Colonial       >  '  *^        i      .u       .•       i 

.    .r  ,  r  ,, sives  us  also  the  rationale. 

testimony,  ihc  comparative  worthless-  » 

ncss  and  insecurity  of  W^est  Indian  es-  "  lode  furor  vulgi,  qaod  Dumina  vicinonim 

tales,  uiidtr  the  present  system  of  ma-  Odit  quisque  locus,  cum  solos  credat  hs- 
nasemcnt  by  Slave-labour.  bendoi 

To  ail    these  arguments,  so  far  as  Esse  deot,  quos  ipse  eolit."    P.  613. 
they  arc  borne  out  by  the  documents        The  argument  drawn  from  Canada 

on  the  table  of  the  House  of  Com-  is   thus   happily  overthrown   by  Mr. 

mons,  we  have  no  doubt  that  his  Ma-  Kendall : 

jesty's  Ministers  will  duly  advert,  in  ..The  situation  of  Canada  b  a  striking 
the  measures  which  it  is  understood  contrast,  under  every  view,  to  that  of  Ire- 
they  have  it  in  contemplation  to  bring  land;  aud  her  Roman  Catholieisro,  there- 
forward  in  the  present  Session;  and  fore,  presents  neither  a  constitutional  nor  a 
we  trust  that  those  measures,  having  political  difficulty  to  tlie  British  Protestant 
been  wisely  planned  and  temperately  system.  It  presenu  no  constitutional  diffi- 
adopied,  will  be  carried  into  full  eflect,  cnlty,  because,  being  constitutionally  de- 
till  Great  Britain  shall  have  been  re-  ^^^^d,  its  religioa  is  not  of  the  slightest 
lieved  from  the  opprobrium  of  Colo-  constitutional  importance  to- the  kingdom, 
•  •  m  .  ''^  but  change  the  Constitution  of  Canada,  ■ 
%,.  ^'.  ,  .  t  .t  *^,:  make  it  a  part  of  the  kingdom,  instead  olP  a 
The  special  meeting  of  the  Anti-  jjence  of  the  kin-dbm. -bring  iu  r*- 
slavery  Society,  at  which  the  third  presenutives  mto  the  Imperial  Parliament , 
Report  of  their  Committee  was  read,  ^j  instantly  the  question  changes,  and 
was  convened  for  the  purpose  of  agree-  Roman  Catholic  Canadians  must  be  denied 
ing  to  Petitions  to  the  Legislature  for  jwlitical  righu;  that  is,  under  the  prinel- 
the  mitig-dtion  and  speedy  abolition  of  pies  as  well  as  the  practice  of  the  British 
Colonial  bondage.  We  have  little  Constitution,  they  would  find  them.  Then 
doubt    that,    under    present    circum-  as  to  the  poltYu»/ question,  if  Canada  wera 


159 


iUviiw.— Verri'f  Roman  lights,  8te. 


[Feb. 


m'bmt  to  Mexico  m  it  it  to  th«  United 
States  of  North  America,  and  still  more,  if 
Mexico  were  French  and  not  Spanish;  or 
if  the  United  States  were  Roman  Catholic, 
instead  of  Protestant ;  in  either  of  these 
cases,  and  if  the  political  situation  of  Ca- 
nada were  an  object  of  adequate  British  soli' 
citnde,  the  Roman  Catholic  political  power 
in  Canada,-^though  not  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic religion, — mignt  necessarily  be  constitu- 
tionally restrained.  In  point  of  hct,  how- 
ever, not  only  has  the  Roman  CalHoiic  Re- 
Itgiofi  nothing  to  fear  from  British  domi- 
nion in  Canada;  but  if  any  adequate  Bri- 
tish solicitude  gave  occasion,  it  is  Protest- 
antism, and  not  Roman  Catholicism,  which 
would  in  Canada  require  exclusion  from  lo- 
cal power.  The  Roman  Catholic  religion  is 
a  huhcark  of  Cwiada  agaiml  the  enterprises 
of  the  United  States,  and  it  is  thus,  that 
white  principles  remain  stedfast,  measures 
vary  tcith  circumstances  /  The  real  British 
eternal  danger  in  Canada  is  on  the  side  of 
Protestant  Canadian  harmony  with  the  Pro- 
te»tant  United  States;  as  in  Ireland  and 
Great  Britain,  it  is  from  Irish  and  English 
Roman  Catholic  harmony  with  Roman  Ca- 
tkoUc  foreign  Europe"     pp.  632—633. 

On  many  other  views  of  the  ques- 
tion does  Mr.  Kendall  expatiate  with 
eoual  felicity.  As  to  tl>€  unfortunate 
advocates  of  Emancipation,  Mr.  Ken- 
dall reminds  us  (we  mean  no  offence) 
of  the  great  Busbeian  monarchs.  He 
hears  their  insurrectionary  pleadings 
one  by  one;  their  vapouring  menaces 
and  their  wheedling  cajolery, — **Take 
them  up,**  is  the  order,  and  they 
writhe  under  the  birch. 
.  We  recommend  the  book  warmly 
to  all  good  Protestants.  They  will 
find  much  valOable  information,  oc- 
casionally relieved  by  curious  anec- 
dotes. 

•  »  ^ 

f  5.  The  Roman  Nights  at  the  Tomb  of  the 
Scipios.  Translated  from  the  Italian  of 
Verri.  In  TYtx)  Fblunies.  pp,  314,  Edin- 
burgh. 

THIS  is  an  elegant  classical  fiction 
of  a  character  truly  sublime,  both  for 
design  and  execution.  The  Roman 
Nights  of  Count  Verri  have  long  en- 
joyed an  unprecedented  degree  of  po- 
pularity, not  only  throughout  the  States 
of  Italy,  but  over  the  whole  Continent 
of  Europe.  The  discovery  of  the  Se- 
pulchral Grotto  of  the  Scipios,  which 
It  made  the  ground-work  of  the  story, 
took  place  in  the  summer  of  the  year 
17SO;  and  the  first  volume  of  the 
**  Notte  Roman i  *'  was  produced  aboiU 
Iwdve  years  afterwards ;  the  fir^t  etlir 


tion  having  appeared  at  Home  in  the 
year  I792.  This  was  followed  by  a 
second  edition,  printed  by  Domenico 
Raggi-of  Rome,  and  dated  the  seventh 
year  of  the  Uepublican  aera.  Two 
editions  were  next  produced  at  Milan, 
one  printed  by  Zeno  in  1798,  and  the 
other  by  Doves  in  1800;  and  at  Paris 
an  edition  was  sent  forth  by  G.  C. 
Molini,  in  1797.  Tragoni  of  Genoa 
also  published  two  editions,  one  in 
1798,  and  the  other  in  1803.  All 
these,  however,  only  contained  the 
first  three  Nights  ;  and  the  second  vo- 
lume, completing  the  work,  finally  ap- 
peared in  tne  eignth  edition  of  two  vo- 
lumes, which  was  not  produced  till 
the  year  1804.  Previously  to  this,  a 
French  translation  of  the  first  volume 
had  been  printed  at  Lausanne  in  Swit- 
zerland in  1796,  by  the  booksellers 
Durand  and  Ravenel.  And,  since 
then,  nuuierous  editions  have  issued 
from  the  presses  of  Turin,  Lucca, 
Leghorn,  Florence,  and  Naples  ; 
whilst  the  work  has  been  translated 
into  German,  Polish,  and  Spanish. 
Hitherto  it  has  never  appeared  in  an 
English  dress.  It  now  comes  forth 
from  the  press  of  Stark,  under  the  aus- 
pices of  Constable  and  Co.  clad  in  a 
rich  suit  of  substantial  broad-cloth, 
fine  in  texture  and  glossy  in  surface. 
The  translation  is  uncommonly  well 
performed  throughout,  and  we  regret 
to  observe  that  it  is  anonymously  given 
to  the  British  publick. 

There  are  Six  Nights,  in  which  is 
held  by  Verri  high  converse  with  the 
illustrious  Romian  dead,  among  whom- 
Marcus  Tullius  Cicero  stands  facii^ 
princeps.  The  Conferences  are  thirty- 
six  in  all :  of  these,  the  eighteenth,  en- 
titled "The  Parricide,"  is  a  model  of 
tremendous  grandeur.  We  strongly 
recommend  to  the  spirited  Publishers 
an  edition  of  this  work  in  one  volume 
8vo,  with  a  good  handsome  type,  for 
general  circulation  in  public  schools 
and  private  seminaries ;  the  present 
form  strikes  our  critical  sight  as  bear- 
ing too  much  the  guise  ofa  w  averley 
Novel;  and  commanding  in  conse- 
quence too  great  a  price. 

26.  Defense  dcs  Resumes  Historiqves.  1 8mo. 
pp.  27.     Lecointe  et  Durey,  Paris. 

THE  publication  of  these  tracts 
proceeds  at  a  steady  pace,  and  a  recent 
advertisement  promises  an  historical 
library  of  about  40  volumes.  As  might 


lawo 


RiTiBv.— BnlirA  Emlomotogf. 


hive  been  fofcteen,  thejr  tMve  been  m- 
•liled  in  variopt  qiuiten,  and  ercn  hr- 
bidden  at  the  Ftencb  Uolvenitiet,  in 
wbii^  pracecding  theie  i»  tome  juuice 
and  much  intolcraiice.  The  tiadics- 
Ikm  with  which  thii  notice  ii  he«led, 
is  giTcn  to  purchaieri ;  ai  a  deCenee  it 
wai  unneeenan.  except  on  poinii 
which  it  Diutt  fiiil  (o  defend. 

or  thoK  Tolumei  which  hare  a[v 
ptareO  within  the  laU  fear,  we  have 
peiuied  Kveral.  Thej  are  all  eleoant, 
and  in  their  degree  niefal,  but  eniMce 
the  maxim,  that  to  write  a  hiitory  of 


oaot  r 

P.  IM. 


■  niaMa  U*  da  k  fatri*." 


Another  pablisher  (Louii  JanM)  hai 
priiMtd  a  He lumt  de  Phistoire  ju  Monde 
Jui^u'a  noi  jouri.  It  is  uuiform  with 
ihcsc  volumes,  and,  with  »ome  ble- 
mishes, Tormi  an  t^xcellenl  accompani- 
menl.  [Provincial  histories  of  the  same 
she  are  in  ptogresij  Lorraine,  Abaoe, 
and  Normandy,  have  appeared,  and 
the  laltcr  aecmi  to  be  an  able  sum- 
mary of  more  bulky  writers.  Briunny 
we  anxiously  ejipect;  for  since  we  read 
Mr.  Turner's  Hisloi;  of  the  Anglo- 
Saxons,  we  have  taken  some  interest 
i  n  ihni  province,  and  look  for  a  modern 
Frcncliman'a  opinion  of  Salomon  and 


7.  Briluh  EnKuHofopy  ;  trag  lUaitraSoni 
and  Dacriplvaa  <^  Ike  Gtncra  uf  batfti 

fnund  IN  Great  Briuia  md  Irdud,  can- 
taming  tnhurcd  FIgurti  finm  JValuTt  of 
the  tnoil  TOTC  and  Uautiful  Sjieeira,  and 
in  rnanxi  iniMnen  a/lki  PUn<U  upon  wMch 
ifiry  are  found.  By  itxatt  Curtii,  FtHiKe 
ijflhe  timwrn.  Sontfy.     fall.  I.  I!. 

Natures. 


qnainted  with  that  of  many  othen, 
Thm  M.  Saint-Manrice  in  hi*  /M- 
ami  del  Croiiadei,  calti  Richard,  the 
brother  of  our  Henry  II 1.  ^raadioii  of 
Qmr  dt  Lien.  (p.  £75.)  Hia  worit, 
ho)*fTcr,  is  a  judicioui  and  agreeable 
summary.  Those  of  Penia,  by  M. 
RafTenel,  and  of  China,  by  M.  de  S^ 
nancour,  also  deserve  that  praise,  l^e 
Russia  of  M.  Rabbe  is  perhaps  too 
comprehensive  for  a  collection  of  ihit 
kina,  on  the  snbject  of  Napoleon's  ex- 
pedition. M.  L^n-Hal^iy-s  History 
of  the  ancient  Jews  may  be  considered 

as  enliglilened  by  hit  friends.  We  bet  wonderful  talent  for  variety  among 
must  condemn  ■  book  which  calla  the  insect  Iribri.  In  the  forma  and 
Abraham  the  Socrofei  of  the  East,  to  dispositions  of  their  members  the  woit- 
•ay  nothing  of  greater  misrepretenla-  derfiil  modes  of  their  generation  and 
(ions.  Scotland,  Holland,  Denmark,  peculiarity  without  end,  they  vary  Trooi 
and  Switzerland,  have  appeared,  but  other  animal  beings,  and  yet  perfonn 
we  have  as  yet  had  no  opportunity  of  the  same  funciions ;  in  short,  though 
inspecting  iheni.  we  know  not  all   ihai    ihey  do,   wa 

\Ve  observe  that  M.  Coquerel  has  know  nevcrldelcss  ih.nl  ility  arc  tkot 
become  a  member  of  ihta  society  of  inconsiderable  BKenti  in  the  economy 
historians.  In  fact,  he  is  an  acqoisi-  of  Providence.  But  it  ii  useleBi  to  ex- 
tion  to  ii.  He  it  known  by  his  Ta-  patiatc  on  topics  which  elementary 
hleaax  dt  fhutoire  philoiopkique  du  school-books  have  exhausted. 
Ckriilianune,  in  which  wc  have  only  The  principal  object  of  Mr.  Curtis 
to  notice  the  error  of  ascribing  our  ^o-  is  to  give  Entomology  ihe  same  advan- 
pular  Enslish  translation  of  the  Scrip-  t ages  in  thiscounttY  which  it  has  long 
turrs  lo  WiclifTe,  while  we  acknow-  enjoyed  npon  the  Continent ;  and  no 
ledge  our  obligations  lo  the  volume  on  one  who  ha«  seen  the  wn^  can  poaai- 
many  accounu.  bly  deny  the  highest  praise  to  the  exe- 

As  a  specimen  of  language  may  be  cuiion  of  it.  Light  new  genera  have 
let^uired,  we  gjadlv  transcribe  the  re-  been  established,  and  figures  of  tcren- 
lation  of  a  laudable  action   froin   the     teen  of  the  specie*  have  never  been  be- 


fore published  in  any  work  {  nor  have 
the  character*  of  eight  others  been 
given  in  any  English  book.  The  de- 
scriptions are  truly  Linnxan ;  and  to 
add  to   the   eflect  and   uiitriy  of  the 

Elates,  figures  of  the  flowers  usuallj 
_      ^  aunled  Oy  the  respective  insect*  are 

Iks  rarinrtat  toni.    Tcli  scnkst     added,  as  well  as  all  the  member*  in 
iDt  Is  bommei  )i  c«o  qui  gott-    diitection.       Mistakes 

« ticcewiij 


h  isiory  of  China 

"Ub  jour,  I'emperaiu  rTal-tsiMiB]   vie 
dull  ks  ptitou  UD  ccitiia  nonbre  da  eon- 

p*b1e*  coaimtaait  t  la  mart  %  c'^tait  U  sai- 
lon  oil  b  t«m  snit  betoin  da  Jaurs  bni,  il 
In  B»t  CD  liberty.  l«ar  enjoigauit  df  rave- 
1  I'tMrA  dc  rhinr  h  constituer  pri- 


4  )i  cam  qui  sott-    diitection.       Mistakes    are    caTefully 
Dt,  an  lUn  duD«    Doted  and  corrected.    Ofihe  ticccwily 
Gitrr.  M40.  fWruory,  1B16. 


154 


RBvitv/.'^Pkaniasmagoria. 


[Feb. 


for  this  addition  we  have  a  good  in* 
stance,  in  the  hydaticus  einereus,  Fa- 
bricius  had  confounded  it  with  the 
male  of  Dyticus  Sulcatus,  referring  to 
Linnaeus  For  the  characters*  and  to 
Schsefier'd  figure  of  D.  Sulcatus  to 
identify  it. 

This  is  to  exhibit  the  portrait  of  one 
man,  as  intended  for  another,  to  teach 
A  for  B,  and  the  consequence  neces- 
$6iT\\y  is,  that  a  book  conuining  such 
errors  is  worse  than  none  at  all ;  for  a 
man  had  better  not  learn  Latin  at  all, 
than  from  a  dictionary,  which  makes 
hate  the  English  of  amo,  and  so  forth. 

ft8.  Phaniasmagoria,  or  Sketches  qfLife  and 
Literature^  Post  9vo,  Hurst,  Robinson, 
and  Co* 

AMONG  the  most  agreeable  novel- 
ties which  this  season  has  produced  for 
the  amusement  of  the  reading  public, 
may  be  ranked  the  volumes  now  be- 
fore us.  The  work  consists,  as  its  title 
indicates,  of  detached  essays,  tales, 
sketches  of  society,  and  poetry  ;  and  to 
a  more  delightful  melange  it  has  sel- 
dom been  our  lot  to  call  the  attention 
of  our  readers.  The  volumes  comprise 
upwards  of  sixty  articles,  all  of  them 
characterized  by  great  good  sense,  and 
a  large  proportion  deserving  of  much 
higher  praise.  It  is  difficult  to  do  jus- 
tice to  a  work  of  so  varied  a  character, 
because  our  limits  will  admit  of  our 
giving  but  one  extract,  which  can  of 
course  be  only  a  specimen  of  the  man- 
ner in  which  one  class  of  subjects  is 
treated*  and  not  of  the  book  collectively. 
—That  our  readers  may  form  a  better 
idea  of  the  contents  of  these  volumes, 
we  will  enumerate  a  few  of  the  titles 
of  the  various  papers  of  which  they  are 
composed.  *'  The  Age  of  Books,'* 
•'Human  Sorrow  and  Human  Sym- 
pathy," "Boarding  School  Reminis- 
cences," "Religious  Novels,'*  "  A  Vi- 
sion of  Poets,**  "  An  Old  Bachelor's 
Trip  to  Paris,  *'  A  Young  Lady's  Trip 
to  Paris,'*  "  Historical  Sketches,'' 
**  Early  Friendship,**  "Zerenda,  a 
Fairy  Talc,**  "A  Lover's  Remorse," 
*'The  Unknown,'*  "The  Military 
Spectacle,*'  "  A  Family  of  Managers,  * 
"  The  Emir*s  Daughter,"  &c.  &c. 

The  author  (who,  by  the  way,  is 
said  to  be  a  lady)  is  evidently  most  at 
home  at  humorous  description  of  cha- 
racter; indeed  there  are  some  pa|)ers 
in  this  style  which  wc  think  are  truly 


excellent ;  and  we  are  persuaded  there 
are  few  persons  who  read  **  Going  to 
be  Married,*'  who  will  not  agree  with 
us  in  this  opinion.  But  we  must  hasten 
to  conclude  our  remarks,  in  order  to 
leave  room  for  one  si)ecimen  of  the 
poetry,  which  is  of  a  very  high  order  ; 
indeed  there  are  several  pieces  which 
would  not  disgrace  the  first  of  our  liv- 
ing poets,  and  the  following  "  Address 
to  the  Ocean*'  will,  we  think,  bear  us 
out  in  this  opinion. 

I. 

,<'  How  oft  enchanted  have  I  stood 

Gazing  on  forest,  field,  and  flood  ; 

Or  on  the  busy  breathing  vale. 

With  hamlet  gemmed,  and  turret  pale, 

Ne'er  dreaming  till  another  hour, 

That  more  of  beauty,  more  of  power. 

Than  earth,  in  stream,  vale,  wood,  or  tower. 

Could  boast  her  own, — existed  still 

In  one  resplendent  Tision ; — till 

Tkat  moment  when  I  mutely  bent 

O'er  thee— 'Imperial  Element  ! 

II. 

I  saw  them,  or  in  shade  or  sun. 
Thy  armies  of  dark  waves  roll  on,-— 
In  fierceness  and  in  strength  tbcy  bore 
Their  plumedheads,— till  upon  the  shore 
£ach  thundered,  and  was  seen  no  more  ! 
But  still,  where'er  the  glancing  eye 
Spanned  the  wide  sweep  of  sea  and  sky. 
Vet  other  plumes  were  bright  in  air, — 
Yet  other  nosts  were  gathering  there, — 
To  seek  their  brethren  on  the  shore, 
Like  them  to  thunder  and  be  seen  no  more ! 

III. 

Yet  once  I  saw  thee  in  a  mood 
So  gentle,  smiling,  and  subdued, 
That  scarcely  migot  a  streamlet  lie 
More  calm  beneath  a  summer  sky. 
The  winds  were  sleeping  on  thy  breast. 
The  distant  billows  were  at  rest — 
And  every  breaker,  fierce  no  more. 
Just  sparkled,  and  theu  kissed  the  shore ; 
And  where  thy  far-off  waters  swell, 
A  meek  and  trembling  radiance  fell ; 
For  like  a  virgin  spirit,  stood 
The  crescent  moon  above  thy  flood — 
And  snowy  clouds  around  her  stole 
Like  dreams  upon  a  youthful  soul ! 

IV. 

Who  then  that  saw  thee,  Giant  King, 
So  silent,  and  so  slumbering. 
Had  dreamed  that  once  thy  waters  ran 
O'crwhelming  every  haunt  of  ntan  ? 
That  sun  and  star  long  rose  and  set. 
And  found  a  waste  of  waters  yet. 
And,  but  for  one  small  sucred  Afk» 
Beheld  no  living  thing toUKirk 
This  world,  as  their  bright  silter  Earth, 
Called  into  being  e'er  iheir  birth. 


1696.] 


IUtikio— Or.  KUMner  m  tke  fyet. 


15S 


V. 


Tb  jiwt  1 — Uif  UUovj  niik  BO  mora 
Mi7**«»  bcTODd  tbcfbdliog  (hont 
Tb  pHl  1— -llir  moaDMiB  mm  Mill  ngt, 
Bat  K  thair  Milur'i  word  IHiMg*  i 

'  mnbling  u*  liula  cbild. 


At  hi 


tb*  wild !" 


99-  The  Eanemi  iftlie  Syet.  Part  II.  Of 
Tilaa^ii  bkng  At  Rriult  t/  Thirtf, 
Ytari  SrperiTiirnli  icilh  Fffig-ont  Tdt- 
KOpci  of  from  ont  (o  nine  hukn  in  iia- 
ntler,  in  the  positaaa  of  Wilfiun  KJt- 
cbcMr,  M.  D.  Author  of  the  Cook'i  Ora- 
'dt.KcKc.    Mna.  Jip.  AiS. 

Dr.  KITCHINER  is  ■(>  origlnil, 
plnuing,  and  lucful  ■  writer>  that  io- 
■iruciioQ  (with  more  or  leu  cDlertaisi- 
mcDt,  Bccordfos  to  ihe  tubject}  Ji  ture 
to  be  deriTcd  from  hia  work*.    ThU 


t  iludy  indiipcDMble  rof     wjili 


thoM  who 

poiiiblc  for  us,  however, 
the  detail  of  a  book  of  close  writiob 
full  of  experimfnu  and  dirccilont.  AU 
we  know  is,  ihit  people  are  Tety  igno- 
rant on  the  luhject,  and  would  do  well 
to  study  ihe  booh,  be  it  onlytoprci'cnt 
iheir  cxpoimg  themKlvei  by  footitb 
opinions.  We  ihill  giTC  an  exinict  of 
general  application,  and  a  sood  illua- 
traiion  of  what  u  called  "the  smoks 
of  London." 

"  It  is  uloniihiiE  bow  *aiy  BBch  mora 
Inupinnt  tha  air  ii  cuilj  half  a  mile  from 
the  bordcii  of  Londoa*,  id  mocb  n,  that  ■ 
lelcKapc  will  act  ia  an  incTediUj  tapcriot 
maoiwr ! — mcthiukt  [  btar  the  reader  tigb, 
III  lliiak  what  hard  work  lilt  langt  qf  (wr 
gooti  Loinhrtfrt  havt  to  perfiurm,  to  extfcet 

P.  193. 

We  cannot  forbear  giving  ilic  use- 
ful infoTinaiion,  that  "  by  means  of 
Hadl^y'i  reflecting  telescope,  whose 
length  exceeds  not  five  feet  (and  which 
may  be  managed  at  a  window  within 
the  house),  celestial  objects  appear  ai 
lanified,  and 


•nJ  ihc  ntar  takinE  pluw  with  the  &rtlif(t 
a(  \\\e  ulflliui :  all  the  purtt  of  ihr  lyitem 
of  Saturn  occasionally  reflcrtiog  llgii  on 
(sell  utlieii  the  riiiRi  and  ntoona  iltumi- 
DBCing  iha  oighla  of  tha  Satumiin,  the 
jflobe  and  utflliu*  ealighleniiig  llie  duk 
|:u'l  of  tlie  riDgi ;  and  ihe  pltDCI  and  liogs 
thtoHin^  bark  ihg  lun'i  lirami  iipoa  ina 
mnon'i,  vhcn  the;  are  deprived  of  them  ae 
the  lime  uf  tiwir  MDJiincliooi."     P.  aHl. 


to.  A  RniuHJi  om/  ExflamUion  if  Ike  Gra- 
graphical  and  llt/dmgraphital  iemi,  and 
IhoH  if  a  A'aiidcflJ    Character,   rrlaUng 
lhrrd->,     ii'iM    DticnpHawi    of  H'fnHi, 
A'lartiu,  Cliaidi,  Chaaga  nhich  late  place 
in  Ihe  Almaiphtre,  ^-f.     By  John  Evani, 
Lievt.R.N.     I8na.  pp.  ISO.     Plalei. 
THIS  is  an  useful  little  book,judi- 
:ioii9lv    compiled,    and    aiccompanied 
interesting   discussions,    whero 
ibject    admiig    it.      Landsmen 
ought  to  poiiesj  i[,  iu  order  to  under' 
stand  the  terms  tlsed  in  nautical  geo- 
graphy; and  to  ihoie  engaged  in  mak- 
ing voyages,  it  will  be  a  good  study  on 
bodid,   to   relieve  the   ledioua  hours. 
Illusttalive  plates  are  added.     Among 
these  arc  represenlalions  of  the  clouds, 
according   lo   Mr.  Howard's  Nomen- 
claiure.     He  lins  clBtsified  the  cloud* 
under  seven  modi  Ii  cations,  and  givea 
(hem  appellations  which,  in  our  judg- 
ment, partake  more  of  an  imitation  of 
l.innxan  phraieolngy,  than  of  a  real 
cliaracler  of  the  object.  This  we  know, 
thai  clouds  assume  no  other  than  the 
fullowing  forms, — l.ilreaks;  S. heaps; 
3.  veins  i  and,  4.  spots.     The  second 
class  dctcnrts  an  altenlion  which  tiai 


hey   do    through   thi 

:  of  more  than  100  feel 
le  planet  Salum  ia  a 

ii  ■  magoiBceot  globe, 


■"■k: 


in,  rock,  and  lake  scenery. 
Ins  mild  evening  the  sheet  of  atmo- 
sphere often  assimilates  large  pieces  of 
water  broken  by  the  clouds  into  is- 
lands, promontories,  bays,  gulphi,  anid 
rocky,  wooded,  and  mountainous 
shores,  which  surpass  every  thing  co- 
pied from  nature  on  land.  It  is  the 
more  necessary  lo  mention  ibis  adran- 
tage  of  good  snbjects  for  skclchei,  be- 
cause iu  ceiling-paiating  and  back- 
compaued  grounds,  there  ii  not  any  4tteniioa 
.tended  bj     paJJ   to   the    various   patterns   which 


lele- 
lenglh." 


"7  .  „.  . 

•even  tatenitea,  omaiuented  with  eqaatocial  '^{^^i,     presenL       Th'ey    are    ., 

beha,  coa^«*ssed  it  tha  polea,  tnraang  upoa  worked,  tx  orHfrtO,  in  light  aod  sbadaL 

.L.a„,muto.dlj«=l,j-W  tlieru.ea«ljja-  for  ^-tting  off  the  picture.     Howerer, 

..«tof.Ur...pal.oturnu.g.pon.t.a„,  ^^^    ^,J^^  ^^    ^^^^    ^J»J^W 

■  Where  do  ihese  borders  teraiaiue  ?  Riv.  actacfy  in  pallicubr. 


166 


Retibw*— jBoyd*«  Poems. 


[Feb. 


91.  Thoughts  on  an  iUustrious  Exile,  pecC'  That  thou  one  day  wonldst  burst  upon  my 

stoned  by  the  Persecution  qfihe  ProUstanls  view,    . 

in  1815)  wilh  other  Poems.    By  Hugh  And  shine  the  great  avenger !  But  that  hope, 

.    Stuart  Boyd,  Esq,     8vo.    pp,  54.  The  unpropitious  daemon,  thine  and  mine, 

Mnr\xrr%  •       r^       i       i i  - Hath  scattered  on  the  gale ;  to  me  trans- 
R.  BOYD  IS  a  Greek  scholar ;  an  mittini: 

energetic   poet   (as   most    blatik-verse  Ah !  sad  exchange  for  thy  beloved  form, 

men  are) ;  and  we  are  truly  glad   to  a  heap  of  ashes,  and  an  empty  shade. 

see  once  more  the  unimnrovable  classi-  Ah  me !  ah  me !  alas  !  thou  piteous  corse  ! 

cal  style,   recently  neglected   for  the  Amostdisastrous  journey  hast  thou  ta'en. 


rHymed  prose  which  was  brought  into 
Togue  by  Lord  Byron. 

The  following  extract  from  the 
Electra  of  Sophocles  may,  we  hope, 
please  the  man  of  Greek  taste,  and,  in 
our  judgment,  no  taste  was  ever  its 
equal.  We  care  not  for  Asiaticisms, 
*M>arbaric  pearls  and  sold,"  ginger- 
bread and  gilding;  but  the  Parthenon, 
the  Belvidere  Apollo,-— we  would  it 
^ere  not  "  idolatry  to  kneel.'' 

An  Extract  from  the  Electra 
OF  Sophocles. 
She  is  holding  in  her  hand  an  urn, 
which,  as  she  supposed,  contains  the 
ashes  of  her  brother. 

**  O  thou  memorial  of  my  best  belov'd ! 
Sole  remnant  of  Orestes ;  ill  responding 
To  those  fair  hopes  with  which  I  sent  thee 

hence. 
Lo !  in  my  hands  I  bear  thee,  nothing  now; 
How  bright  and  glorious  did  I  send  thee 
forth !  [fiuled. 

Oh!  that  the  springs  of  ebbing  life  Itad 
Before  I  doomed  thee  to  a  foreign  land, 
Tom  from  these  arms,  to  be  from  death 
preserved.  [found 

X)^en  dying,  thou  hadst  slept  in  peace,  and 
A  common  portion  of  thy  fiaher's  tomb. 
But  now  exded,  a  lonely  fugitive ; 
Thou  diest  hapless,  from  tny  sister  severed. 
It  was  not  mine  thy  decent  limbs  to  lave. 
Nor  was  it  mine,  though  well  it  had  become 

me. 
To  War  thine  ashes  from  the  blazing  pile ; 
But  by  atrange  hands  composed,  thou  com'st 

unto  me 
A  little  heap  within  a  narrow  urn. 
Alas  \  alas !  the  itxffectual  care. 
With  which  in  happier  times  I  reared  thy 

youth. 
O  toil  to  me  most  sweet !  assuredly 
Thy  mother  loved  thee  not  as  I  have  loved 

thee; 
No  servant  tended  thee  as  I  have  tended. 
-Yes,  I  was  called  the  sister  of  Orestes. 
«  Lo!   in  one  day  my  blooming  hopes  are 
blasted. 
Dying  with  thee ;  for,  sweeping  all  away, 
lake  the    impetuous  whirlwind,  thou  art 

gone ! 
Gone  is  my  father ;  I  have  died  with  the^. 


My  brother  ;  for  it  hath  destroyed  Electra. 
Thou  hast  indeed  destroyed  me,  roy  beloved. 
Wherefore  admit  me  to  thine  own  abode. 
Receive  me,  nothing  now,  unto  thyself, 
Who  now  art  nothing ;  that  with  thee  be- 
neath, [here, 
I  may  hereafter  dwell.     When  thou   wert 
I  shared  thy  lot ;  and  dying,  I  desire 
The  sweet  communion  of  my  brother's  grave. 
To  me  the  dead  appear  exempt  from  woe." 

pp.  41,42. 

This  is  excellently  translated.  But 
we  do  not  like  the  Greek  verses ;  they 
are  jingles,  the  cymbals  only  of  a  tarn- 
bourin.  Witness  the  followinz  to 
Clara : 

Mr.  Boyd  may  say  that  it  is  a  better 
line  than  many  of  Ovid's ; — true,  but 
Ovid  had  not  a  Greek  taste.  Virgil  had. 


89.    A  complete  System    of  Punctuation ; 
founded  and  established  upon  fixed  Princi- 
ples, Sfc.    By  Charles  James  Addison. 
limo,    pp.  IDS. 

Mr.  ADDISON  objects  to  thq 
usual  doctrine  of  stops,  as  being  merely 
landing-places  for  goins  up  reading- 
stairs.  He  sajTs,  that  tney  ought  to 
mark  the  sense,  "  so  to  separate  the 
portions  of  matter,  as  to  class  the  differ- 
ent subjects  which  compose  a  discourse 
in  such  a  manner,  that  those  subjects 
maj  be  kept  connected,  which,  when 
united,  are  calculated  to  impress  on 
the  mind  of  the  reader  the  precise 
meaning  of  his  author.*'    Pref.  v. 

So  long  as  sentences  are  linked  to- 
gether in  inseparable  connexion,  no 
regard  is  to  be  had  of  their  l^ngtb. 
Not  even  a  comma  is  to  appear.  Thus 
he  would  utterly  divest  of  stops  the 
following  sentence : 

**  We  are  only  indueedto  notice  the  case 
from  the  circumstanes  of  its  appearing  that 
the  man  has  been  known  to  nave  been  for 
some  years  emplc^r^  as  an  ^gent  fr>r  fur* 


JMiy  foes  exult,  and  my— oh !  not  my  mother;  thering  the  seoreft  des^ns  id  tome  persons 
She  maddens  in  her  joys ;  concerning  whom  whose  clrcomttaaoet  and  sitaations  in  life 
Thou  oft  didst  send  me  iutimation  sweet,         hate  enabled  then  to  liberally  reward  him 


MM]       Rnuw^-C^ri.  DnM 

foe  tba  Mnk*i   oiiuih   he   hu   mdeMd 
tiMm."    r.  17. 

ll  ii  certBiQ  thai  men  will  not  wrile 
ibcir  native  languagE  gnmnialically 
■nd  by  nile.  Rxjireision  is  u>  prompt 
and  Dalural,  ihat  ii  would  be  like  go- 
ing to  a  daDci  11^- mailer  or  drill  ler- 
jeaat  to  learn  lo  walk,  if  they  studied 
thccoiulraclion  of  aeiitences.  There 
k  no  probability,  iherefore,  thai  they 
will  go  out  of  their  u^ual  mode  of 
punCllUtioD  ;  .inJ  priLili'rs  are  the 
onlv  men  wl,..  .  .,,,  ,ir.,t  Mr.  Ad.li- 
•oa  *  purpose.  Veir  long  KDUncet 
without  ttom  would  introduce  a  bad 
node  of  reading ;  but  a  new  modifica- 
lion  npon  Mr.  Addiion'i  principlei 
would  M  eligible. 


mile  Oaiia  a»d  Built  qf 
War,  Ke.     By  That.  Thrtut,  late  Caf 
UoB  in  tJu  Hiytd  Navy,     IiUeiM  a*  an 
Ank^jirr  tntAdyaiofng  hunMlffTmii  lit 
t/BBul  Servia.  Pari  I,    Btn.  pp.  S4. 
IT  i«  certainly  a  hard  oa*e  that  a 
fighting-cock  ihould  kill  an  unoffend- 
ing craven ;  that  the  earthquake  ihould 
twallow  a  child  in  a  craale,  and  that 
pauioiii  thould  create  vice* ;  but  lO  it 
nu  been  ordained  by  Providence,  and 
at  God  cannot  be  the  author  of  evil, 
we  are  inclined  to  think  that  it)ch  evil 
ia  only  permitted,  became  it  ii  a  ne- 
ceuary  iiutrament  of  effectiD|;  mmim 

Sreatet  good.  The'  laws  of  life  and 
ealh,  uyi  Pilcy,  are  in  the  economy 
of  the  univer*e,  probably  connected 
with  principles  which  ire  unknown 
to  us.  Hitherto  the  only  mean*  of 
effecting  universal  peace  has  been  the 
Roman  one,  of  being  too  powerful 
for  succcMful  opposition  ;  but  a  gnldeu 
age  hat  no  more  reiulied  from  long 
ttaiet  of  peace  than  it  hu  from  those 
of  war.  There  hot  only  been  let* 
watte  of  life  and  property.  Bishop 
Watson,  in  the  Aivilogy  for  the  Bible, 
has  sufficiently  philosophized  the  sub- 
ject of  war,  and  to  him  we  refer  our 
readers.  Captain  Thrust  says  (p.  35), 
"  that  loAra  Ckritlianilt/  arrivei  al 
inaturiljf,  armies  will  disappear ;"  and 
no  doubt  we  shall  catch  sparrowi/ 
when  wt  can  put  talt  on  Ikrir  laili. 
For  our  pari),  while  bulls  Rght  in  the 
fields,  while  tish  prey  upon  each  other, 
while  woWei  devour  sheep,  while  pat- 
■iont  produce  vices,  we  shall  think  ar- 
mies necessary  instrumeais  of  security, 
anlhorily,  and  independence  %  and,  like 
fin,  be  good  senranti,  though  they  may 


M  Vm^-k^gGik  fa  B^.  ur 

bc  bad  maslen.  The  process  of  war- 
fare is  one  of  mischief  unit  misery,  and 
to  i>  that  of  loiiug  a  limb  by  ampula~ 
tioii  i  but  the  consequence  may  be 
telf-p reservation.  We  deny  thai  the 
proftssion  of  orms  is  incompatible  with 
Christianity.  For  his  own  view  of  the 
question,  Capt.'Thnist  is  an  able  advo* 


Oiiej. 

THE  work  now  before  us  mtwl  not 
be  consiileied  as  a  mere  novel ;  the  in- 
cidents contained  in  the  course  of  the 
five  Tales  of  which  it  contisls  being  al- 
together the  fruits  of  observations  made 
ducinR  a  residence  of  several  years  in 
the  Peninsula.  The  pencil  of  the 
writer  appears  to  have  teen  confined 
lo  sketchci  from  the  life;  imagination 
here  and  there  luperadding  a  colour- 
ing, merely  to  deck  forth,  not  to  tu- 
persedc  the  tnilh.  The  Talcs  display 
considerable  skill  in  their  management, 
are  fruitfitl  in  incident,  and  possess 
from  their  subject- ma  Iter  a  deep  claim 
upon  the  attention  of  the  English 
reader.  They  afford  a  variety  of  anec- 
dotes connected  with  many  eminent 
and  rcmarkcible  characters  who  have 
crossed  the  Alps,  together  with  an  ac- 
curate delineaiion  oi  the  customt  and 
manners  of  the  modem  Italians. 

The  Tales,  which  do  not  easily  ad- 
mit of  abridgment  or  extract,  are  en- 
titled as  follows: — 1.  L'Amoroso.  2. 
It  Politico.  3.  II  Zmgari.  4.  Sbsf 
buio.    5.  II  Criitco. 


IS.  Spignnvnttia  I  purioriha  CV«c«  ^^ 
Ihakgim  fintilmi  SautU  i  /fmutaHimbia 
Jtoi^ui,  d>  Botch,  il  aiiomt  nitrv^f  j 
mat  atadi  nobilai   et  labulam  Scrip- 


£dmrdi,jf.M,    Sto.   ^  S74. 

THE  Greek  Epigram  it  admired  bj 
all  tcholars  for  its  beautiful  simplicity, 
though  it  may  not  gratify  Jest-book 
taite.  It  has  an  exquisite  delicacy  of 
texture,  ,like  the  fine  bloom  on  the 
flower,  which  delights  the  man  of 
high  and  naadul tented  mind.  The 
fact  it,  these  glorious  Ancients  knew 
nothing  of  metaphysics,  the  bane  of 
modem  poetry.  They  did  not  ditiil 
nature  and  feeling,  and  instead  of  creat- 
ing a  ttronger  spirit,  produce  only  an 
insipid  water.  No  nun  ofHMil  would 
pre&i  Pettaich  lo  Anacreoa,  or  with 


15g                      RkyiBW«— £rrfe4  Ejttgrams.-^anus^                   [Feb. 

to  wirtdraw  the  simple  Greek  toast  of  That  is  no  small  treat ;  it  is  like  their 
'^Health  to  the  pretty  Leucasia,**  ioto  sculpture,  full  of  expression,  in  some 
a  labourdl  compliment.  We  Ishall  instances  almost  divine.  Mr.  Ed- 
extract  two  of  the  Epigrams  before  wards  will  accept  our  warmest  com- 
us.  The  first  is  a  complete  speci-  mendations  for  nis  scholar-like  man- 
men  of  the  Greek  i^'fXtta :  ner'of  editing  this  work. 

^              'l*  3^»    Joma;    or    the    Edtnlmrgh   Literary 

xat  wa»i            ^  Almanack,  Oliver  onrf  Boyd. 

^    H«>0.T7r,,^  x«*  rup  ccpTi  x«Ta^xof-n«,,  ^^^g  .^  ^^^  ^^^  ^.^^^^^^  ^^  ^  g^^^^j^ 

ft  \vx^>  <P^cf»  <r«-  TO  r  «  Tifo^,  «  ^ori  Annual  present,  intended  by  its  intrin- 

xat  rwf,  sic   merits  to  become  more  popular 

Ovn,  ol^a-  y»wo^,  Ivtr^io^i,  tv^o/*w«.  than  the  London  Forget  Me  Not,  Li- 

P«  89.  terary  Souvenir,  &c. ;  and,  like  them, 

.._^      ,    .          .       ^,,.         J  .  IK-  ^  consists  of  a  mixture  of  the  grave  and 

"The  pl-jruig  .nd  Prf^*""?  "'»»»'^'"6  sombre  with  ihe  light  an.l  w;  but, 

«▼«!  •nd  siuginsc  of  Xanthippe,  and  the  fire,  n     *u                        u  iru^/ 

afreidy  got  m«tery,  will  tWn  you  np.  O  ""j^ke  them,  is  nnembellished. 

ny  soul!    The  cause,  when  and  how  it  ^  I?  so'ne  of  the  London  periodicals, 

hwpened,  I  know  not.    You  wUl  know,  ill-  the  inappropriateness  of  the  title  is  sug- 

ftitfd  wretch,  when  you  aiis  burning."  gested  ;  the  writers  contending  that 

there  is  nothing  whatever  in  the  vo- 

(Gr.  Smoking  with  fhe  flame,  rvfo^  lumc  like  an  aUnanack  ;  but  if  they 

lAtvn.)  had  been  aware  of  the  derivation  of 

Another   specimen    has    a   bolder  Almanack,  as  given  by  Golius,  they 

character,  and  is  admirable  for  a  fine  would  nol  thus  have  hastily  condemn- 

climax :—-  ed  it.    This  writer  says,  that  th  rough - 

,^         >  ,        «„        ...  out  the  East  it  is  customary,  ai  the  be- 

0^«T  lx«5  Hpt,,,  MiX^Tt.,  T«f  x»Pf  gi^^ng  of  ihe  year,  for  t7e  sulrjects  to 

A0w«5,                       iBrr^ou  ^^ke  presents  to  their  Princes,  which 

Tovj  /A<ouj  n«9»*if,  Ta  crjvpa  t»»«  ^ere  called  Almanha,  that  is,  handsels 

Evicuf^tno  /SXmtw  O't,  Tf»o-oXbio«  ocrni  or  New  Year's  gifts. 

KKovH,                               [jAvu  The  "  Thoughts  on  Bores,"  by  "  A 

'MfuQsog  ^  0  ^iXw,  aOawTo?  ^  o  y«-  Bore'*  [deprecating  Bore],  bored  us  to 

P.  128.  such  a  degree,  that  we  were  obliged 

„      ,         ,              -  ,        ».  ,.  .  to  throw  tne  book  aside,  and  revel  in 

"You  have  the  eyes  of  Juno,  Meliti,  ^^^  flower-gardens  of  Parnassus  to  ob- 

the  hands  of  Minerva,  the  bosom  of  Venus,  ^j^^  relief 

and  the  feet  of  Thetis.    Happy  is  he  who         rrii ai     *        r         ^   -  1. 

look,  upon  you ,  thrice  happy'^C  who  hears  Jhe   Maxims  from  Goethe  consist 

you;  a  demigod  is  he  who  kisses  yooj  an  ?/ *?^"  common-place  expressions,  as 

immortal  he  who  marries  you."  What  you  do  not  understand,  you 

cannot  possess,'   .&c.  &c. : — but  they 

The  reader  will  observe,  that  we  are  by  Goethe,  and  German  literature 
have  translated  9*Xc»  by  oscuior,  as  the  is  so  popular,  that  we  cannot  trans- 
meaning,  in  our  judgment,  mostappU-  gress  tne  rules  of  fashion,  by  not  ad' 
cable  to  the  sense.  We  regret  that  Mr.  miring  them!  Then,  en  suite,  we 
Edwards  has  not  given  a  Latin  version  have  a  leafoi  "  Leaves,*'  equally  com- 
of  the  Epigrams,  for,  though  it  is  im-  roon-place  with  the  Maxims.  \Ve 
poBiible  to  approve  of  reading  Greek  cannot  agree  with  **  Honour  is  like 
through  translations,  a  perfect  knowi  steel;  breathe  and  it  is  stained."  If  it 
ledge  of  the  language  is  so  limited,  had  been  written,  **  Honour  is  like 
that  few  will  uke  the  trouble  of  stu-  steel,  breathe  and  it  is  tarnished,*'  it 
dying  books  consisting  of  Gre^  only;  wonid  much  more  resemble  that*  me- 
Now  this  we  think  a  great  misfortune,  tal ;  but  honour  once  tarnished  by  the 
The  Greek  classics  in  general  are  mo-  breath  of  calumny,  does  not  so  return 
dels  of  high  taste.  The  study  of  them  to  its  original  splendour, 
both  in  verse  and  prose,  is  the  way  to  In  the  Poetry,  a  rich  coHection  was 
form  superior  style,  and  cultivate  8ii«  expected ;  the  disappointment  there- 
perior  sentiment. — Students  of  Greek  ibre  is  greatly  augmented.  Most  of 
will  have  the  opportunity,  through  the  pieces,  which  are  bat  ttanslations 
Mr*  Edwards's  collection,  of  seeing  from  the  Geroian,  are  hardly  above 
Greek  sentiment  in  its  native  elegance*  mediocrity,  and  by  far  below  the  cur- 


I6M.]                Rbvib w.r-Af.  Monam  m  tlm  t^k  Train.  15f 

reQ(-  prodnctioDs    of    the    Loadoo  01I  IkU.  handed  jAomn  to  oi  to  the 

moothly  periodiods.     W9  mutt  on*  history  of  the  Silk  Trade,,  illustrated 

lertaia  bat  a  poor  idea  of  the  toleot  of  by  many  carioos  Tablea.    But  the  his* 

Scotch  poeu»  if  this  sclcctioii  is  to  be  tory  of  the  Trade  in  this  coootry  of 

considered  as  a  specimen ;  hot  cren  in  course  chiefly  arrests  our  attention, 

this  nosegsy  the  prettiest  flower  hu  The  following  Sumptnary  law  was 

been  transpfsnted  from  the  columns  of  made  in  1564,  for  restraining  the  ex« 

a  daily  newspaper.  trivagance  and  vanity  of  the  lower 

There  are,  however,  some  rery  so-^  classes  of  people  in  England,  and  also 

perior  prose  effusions  in  this  volume,  for  encouraging  the  English  Manu&c- 

such  as  the  History  of  Alischar  and  tures : 

Smsiagdine  (one  of  the  newly  disco-  «<  Whoever  shal]  wmt  silk  ia  or  upon  his 

vered  1001  nights,  which  is  a' pleasing  hat,  bonnet,  girdle^  •eabbard,  bote,  shoes* 

specimen  of  an  English  version  of  the  or  ipur-leftther,  shall  be ,  imprisoned  foe 

stories  thus  regained,  promised  by  a  three  months,  and  fbr£»it  104  eaceptiiw 

friend  of  the  editor  of  Janus)  :  Mous-  Magistrates  of  Corporations,  aad  perMos  3i 

tache.  a  pretty  morceaux  taken  from  higher  rank.    Aiwi  if  any  person,  knowing 

the  Antcdotet  du  dix-neuvieme  ii>cU  1  ^  •^^l  ^  F^  »"«  *»*.«•  J*^  ^ 

a  preface  that  may  serve  for  all  modern  »«»  P«t  him  l^T^J^^^^^.  ^'^^ 

wSrks  of  imagination ;  the  Bohemian  ^^fcltYio?'         "*««  »^  •«"»>  •»»« 
Gardener;  and  one  or  two  good  Scotch 

talcs.  ^"  statute,  as  destmctive  of  trade* 

Upon  the  whole,    this  "  Literary  was  repealed  in  the  first  year  of  King 

Almanack  *'  can  never  become  so  po-  James  I. 

pular  as  the  "  Fonret  Me  Not,"  "  Li-  The  year  1085  is  the  most  remark- 


rior  to  them  in  literary  merit,  partico-  la««d  the  knowledse  of  the  fabrication 

larly  in  the  poetical  department.  of  Silk  Goods.    Nearly  7000  Indus- 

^  tnous  refugees  settled  in  England  or 

"  Ireland ;  and  introduced  many  branches 

37.  Rite  and  Pngrm  of  the  SUk  Trade  m  of  their  art  before  unknown  in  this 

oil  ParU  qf  ihe  fforld,  but  more  pttrtiem-  country. 

larly  in  Enfi}»nd,  fimn  the  earUett  Period         But  it  is  with  the  year  1786,  that 
to  1 896.    By  C^Moreaa.lW  f^  the  most  laborious  part  bfM.  Moreau's 
(Win  London,  9fe,  6^e,  Foiu,.  Trent-  ^^^  commences.     He  then  addresses 
tei  ana  warn.  himself  to  his  readers  in  the  language 
M.  MORCAU  is  well  known  to  of  numerical  figures,  '*  the  only  roe- 
the  commercial  world  by  his  former  thod  of  discussmg  an  important  sub- 
publications on  British  Trade  and  on  ject  resting  upon  positive  facts,  and  re- 
the  E.  I.  Company.    The  subject  of  pulsi%'e  of  every  arbitrary  calculation.** 
this  present  Publication  is  particularly  This  is  done  in  five  very  important  ta-> 
interesting  at  this  moment,  when  our  bles.shewingthe  state  of  the  Silk  Trade 
own  Silk  Manufacturers  are  trembling  between  Great  BNtain  and  all  parts  of 
at  the  prospect  of  the  arrival  of  that  the 'world,  from  1786  to  1823.    Of  the 
time  when  the  prohibition  on  French  minuteness  and   labour  employed   in 
Silks  is  to  be  removed,   and  forcisn  these  calculations  we  cannot  speak  too 
Silks  admitted  to  importation  on  the  highly. 

payment  of  a  moderate  duty.  It  is  a  These  Tables  are  followed  by  the 
certain  fact,  that  the  Silk  Mannfac-  Report,  with  the  Minutes  of  Evi- 
ture  has  greatly  flourished  in  this  dence,  of  the  CoPmmittee  of  the  House 
country  for  many  years  under  strict  of  Lords  ou  the  Silk  Trade ;  and  the 
prohibition  I  how  far  it  was  prudent  whole  concludes  with  much  other  use- 
to  make  so  great  a  change  as  that  now  ful  information,  digested  into  the  form 
on  the  eve  of  being  tried,  we  must  of  Tables. 

leave  to  others  to  determine ;  but  we        This  Pamphlet  is,  moreover,  a  hib^ 

doubt  not  the  prayer  of  the  Distressed  lingraphical   curiosity,  being    wholly 

Manufacturers  will  be  duly  and  pro-  lithographed,  a  form  very  convenient 

perly  considered.  to  exKibit  the  intricate  tables  whidi 

Ijie  author  has  given  a  rapid  sketch,  compose  the  greater  part  of  the  work, 
in  chronological  order,  of  the  princi-       We  ai«  happy  to  near  that  M.  Mo^ 


190 


Miseellaneaui  Reviews. 


ITeb. 


reau  has  it  in  contemptatioo  to  pub- 
lish other  works  on  the  Finances,  Na- 
vigation, &c.  of  Great  Britain  ;  and 
we  heartily  wish  success  to  his  arduous 
and  useful  labours. 


88.  The  Prospect^  and  other  Poems,  by 
Edward  Moxon,  is  «  collection  of  Poeiiit 
hj  an  Author  who  has  disarmed  criticism  by 
an  appeal  to  the  adverse  circumstances 
under  which  these  poems  were  composed. 
We  would  much  rather  direct  our  censure 
against  those  whose  injudicious  praise  may 
hkre  induced  a  worthy  man  to  commit  his 
crudities  to  the  ordeal  of  public  opinion. 
Ne  sutor  ultra  ertjridam  was  held  to  be 
good  in  Hteratui^  as  in  business ;  there  is  a 
standard  of  ezbellence  by  which  the  pro- 
ductions of  mind  and  the  efforts  of  a  craft 
must  be  judged  ;  and  it  is  but  little  to  say 
of  a  poem  that  it  is  well  done  for  a  Plough- 
man,  or  of  a  furrow  that  is  straight  for  a 
Poet. 

89.  The  Maid  of  the  Greek  Isles,  &c.  is  a 
Tolume  far  below  the  current  productions 
of  mediocrity:  vulgarity  of  sentiment  and 
coarseness  of  expression  are  its  leading 
characteristics ;  and  yet  the  author  in  his 
Preface  speaks  reprovingly  of  the  '*  scum- 
like" crowd  who  surround  the  Temple  of 
Fame. 

40.  Of  the  Legends  ofGallaway,  or  a  series 
of  Traditions  illustrative  of  antient  History* 
Customs,  Manners,  and  Superstitions,  tbe 
best  U  «The  Miller  of  Eldrig."  Should 
the  author  continue  his  labours  he  must 
descend  from  the  stilts  of  his  grandilo- 
quence, and  employ  a  more  natural  and 
unaffected  style.  What  shall  be  said  of 
such  phraseology  as  the  following : — <<  a 
torrent  of  mental  laceration;"  <<  oscillate 
In  a  state  of  dubiety  ;"  "  the  periphery  of 
the  circle  of  suspicion ;"  "  the  hydrostatic 
balance  of  impartial  justice,"  &c.  Did  the 
author  ever  read  the  <<  Fairy  Legends  and 
Traditions  of  the  South  of  Ireland  ?"  Let 
him  give  us  a  volume  (we  express  but  the 
wish  of  a  contemporary  when  we  ask  that 
some  gified  pen  would  give  us  a  col- 
lection of  Scottish  Highland  Tales).  Let 
hvA  give  us  a  volume  resembling  in  the 
slightest  degree  in  its  nature  and  truth 
the  Irish  collection  to  which  we  have 
aHuded,  and  he  will  earn  for  himself  a  more 
permanent  reputation  than  we  dare  promise 
to  the  inflated  production  before  us. 

41.  Zone;  a  Levantine  Sketch,  mid  other 
Poems,  is  an  elegant  poem  worthy  of  pe- 
rusal, but  destined,  we  fear,  like  many  poems 
of  the  same  character,  to  be  read  and  to  be 
iorgottaii.    It  belongs  to  a  school  of  which 


the  disciples  are.amneroQSt  wbera  a  talent. 
fi>r  imitation  u  the  anbetitate  for  inven- 
tion, and  the  memory  b  more  drawn  upon 
than  the  imagination.  There  is,  however, 
a  grace  and  delicaey  of  sentimant  in  these 
poems,  which  evince  a  refinement  of  taste ; 
and  it  is  no  slight  merit  they  possess,  that 
they  may  be  read  withoat  offence  to  the 
most  fitf  tidioos  ear. 

48.  There  u  talent  rafficient  in  the  Poetical 
Tr^Us,  by  a  Youth,  to  produce  that  fu- 
ture repentance  for  his  has^  indiscretion 
in  listening  to  the  solicitatioB  of  friends^ 
which  b  the  invariable  &te  of  immature 
publication.  In  the  spirit  of  kindness  we  ad- 
vise our  young  poet  to  buy  up  and  destroy : 
and  though  <*  to  tarry  at  Jeridio  until  his 
beard  be  grown"  might  appear  to  indicate 
an  overweening  fondness  ror  this  manly 
appendage,  yet  so  much  dday  as  would 
ripen  the  frait  of  which  the  Uossom  is 
promising,  he  will  not  think  us,  we  hope^ 
unreasonable  in  recommending. 

48.  The  £;^its%man's  Library  is  aicind  of 
Westminster  Abbey  in  the  form  of  a  book, 
where  all  the  glorious  events  and  characters 
connected  with  our  national  history  are 
brought  Into  'one  view.  These  books  con- 
tribute to  form  the  <'  national  soul,"  which 
is  the  distinctive  chaneter  )if  Englishmen ; 
and  are  particuUrly  adapted  to  toe  reading 
of  youth  at  school^  and  adults  of  narrow 
education. 

44.  Mr.  MoHCK  MASoarhas  pnblished  some 
Suggestions  relative  to  the  Prqifect  qfa  Survey 
and  Faluation  qf  Irdand;  together  with 
some  remarks  on  the  Report  of  the  G>m- 
mittee  of  the  House  or  Commons.  Mr. 
MoBck  Mason  is  the  author  of  an  excellent 
History  of  the  CathednT  of  St.  Patrick's, 
Dublin.  What  he  proposes  is,  a  Statis- 
tical Siwey  of  Ireland,  under  Government 
authority ;  and  the  thing  speiks  for  itself, 
upon  the  obvious  principle  of  evklence  pre- 
ceding judgment. 

46.  The  Sermons  for  Sunday  Boenings,  on 
the  Ten  Commandments,  are  eloquent^  and 
written  in  a  neat  and  correct  style, 

46.  Questions  on  '  Herodotus,  printed  at 
Oxford,  will  be  found  useful  as  landmarks  to 
all  who  wish  to  study  that  hiatoriaa  aeeo- 
rately;  and  to  the  tutor,  or  to  any  one  who 
desires  to  renew  hb  aoqaaanSaiiea .  with 
ancient  Greek  Hbtory,  they  are  ladispeo- 
sably  necessary.  Questions  on  Thoeyfudei 
are  in  a  course  of  publioation^  as  wall  as. 
Maps  and  Plans  illustrative  of  Herodoios» 
forming  the  first  brsnch  of  ao  aneienl  Atlp 
on  an  extensive  scale. 


LITERARY    I  MEI, !,!(_;  KN  C  E. 


CamMJgt,  Fib.  a — ^Tb*  Ute  Dr.  Smit1>-| 
■mual  prim  of  9%L  aaeh  to  the  two  btic 
vraGciaBU  in  HulwDUtic*  uul  NlMril 
Fbilouphf ,  wsaiig  tht  caniBCBCtiis  Baelio- 
hn  nf  Aiu,  nn  on  Frida;  xljtulnil  la 
Mr.  Wm.  Uw,  of  Tnwn,  md  Mr.  W.  H. 
Hunn,  ofChn  Hill,  tne  lintudfnuth 
Wnogfen. 

Sir  Wm.  BriMmi't  Gold  Jtfnlati^-Tlu 
lahjiet*  fbr  llw  pnuat  imt  wa — br  th* 

Qmi  Odi— "  Delphi." 

Linx  Odi  "  Irb 

Pluniif  ituctilntDr  Anui."— Ar. 

GiUK  EriaitH — 'Emu  iunri  71  trfm. 

LiTiH  EriouH — '•  Eloqnhimic  ocuG, 
tot  hcoadi  Hlaotii  lingia." 

RtadjiJor  PviHeatiim. 

A  VoIbdw  of  SfrnracH.  Br  th*  Hon.  ud 
Re*.  a»tiD  Noil. 

A  S*ria  of  Hiitorial  Duoounn,  illna- 
mtiof  the  Book  of  Oaimii.  %  tlw  R*t. 
Fkancii  Clmi,  of  Chalttnluun. 

The  Cifil  ud  EcclMiutiial  Kutory  1/ 
IraUnd,  oo(B|ifUiiig  u  ampla  Hiiloiicil 
Aoeoutaf  iuRoBiwiCatliolwCburch,  aad 
tlia  iBtcodoctioa  of  the  Procailut  Eal*Uuh- 

Pait  V.  of  Sarmoaiaad  Plau  afSariDont 
(b*w  bofcra  publiabed).     Df  tbi  lata  R«r. 

jo»PII  BlHHlH. 

A  Samoa,  pcaadicd  in  tha  Fuiih  Chiirdi 
of  St.  Butholoianr  iha  Great,  London,  to 
CMumdionta  tho  AccniioD  of  Hia  Moit 
Gncioiu  Majeity  King  Genrga  tht  FoBitb. 
Bt  the  R«.  JoHH  Abbisi,  Ractor. 

Ii  ibii  Rs%inn?  or  a  Pafra  from  the 
Booli  of  Iha  WarM.  Br  tha  Author  of 
"  May  You  U\u  It." 

The  Laboofi  ofldleoaH ;  or  Snca  Night! 
EMaitaisBenU.     Bj  Guv  PmiiviL. 

A  CollaetiOD  of  tha  moit  inlcrattiog  Sut« 
Triah  prior  to  the  RtYolutioD  of  less,  re- 
Tiand  tai  illutntcd.  By  Samdel  MiRck 
PatLLifM,  Eiq.  of  the  laner  Tenule. 

Trw^U  in  Nnrvaf,  Swcdeo,  Dgnmuk, 
HaooTtT,  Oennny.  the  NetherUndi,  ud 
France.  %  Wiilum-Rhi  W[uon,  £«]. 
Author  of  "  Trarali  in  the  Hoi;  LaniL" 

Fnctied  Vieir  of  the  Pmeat  S»te  of 
SUrtr;  io  the  W»t  India.  By  Alkindu 
BliCLlT. 

Wuerbw,  a  Poein,  id  Bra  Canto*.     By 

Na.  XXXVU  of  BRrrroH-i  Hiitory  and 
Auiqnitiaa  of  the  Cathadrali  of  Enaland," 
Uisg  the  third  uortioo  of  Eieter  Cathedral. 

No.  U  of  Pdoin  and  Lt  Ktui'a  "  Sped- 
a  of  tha   Arrhiteetsnl   Antiquitiei   of 


RKiiB^i.  vith  HIitoTiH  aad  Dntrlptioiu  of 
the  rolleee  of  I'byiiciani,  the  Church  of 
St.  Peter  L*  Poor,  the  Hoik  Oiuinli,  New- 
L-itr.  Aihharoluun  floute,  aiu]  the  KhI 
lodi.  Hou». 

A  Ne>  Volume  in  4to.  entitled,  "  The 
t-'nino  of  A  rrhi  lecture,  Sctitpture,  u>d  Punt- 
init,  M  eiempllfied  in  the  Hauie  of  Joha 
SowM,  Eaq." 

Preparinsfor  PiMioilim. 
The   Deilvitioo   of  the    Nunei   of   the 
CtilFi,   ]iriucipDl  Market  Toirni,   and   Re- 
n»rkahte  Villagri  in  ererv  County  in  Eng- 
land, with  Notices  of  thair  Local  AntiqBiliei, 

fraia  the  raoit  nuthenlic  mufcet.  To  be 
illuilnlei!  with  Aaecdotcn,  lli>tor'ica1,  Lo* 
»!,  and  Tradiliiinin.  By  Mr.  JoKN  H. 
BniDv,  Sno  of  iliD  Author  of  "  Cla.ii  Ca- 

Oreece  vindicUodt  bemg  tba  TMolt  of 
ohterratioQi  nade  dnring  a  vbit  to  tlw 
Mona  and  Hydra  in  IBIS.  To  vUoh  h 
added,  an  examination  of  the  Joiinali  of 
Meain.  Pechio,  Emenon,  and  Hnmphry. 
By  Count  AluimO  PiLMto, 

Oraithologii,  or  The  Bird*,  ■  Poan.  in 
Two  Farta  1  with  mi  iDtradaetiaa  to  dieir 
Natnral  Hlitoi;,  and  copioui  Notoa.  % 
Jamu  JtMHiHUi,  Author  of "  Obaarrationa 
OB  the  Dialecu  of  tha  Weit  of  £ogUad,'* 

Reconectioni  of  a  Pedeitriao.  Br  tbt 
Author  of  •'  The  Journal  of  an  Eaila.^ 

Mr.  CiRME'i  Letter)  from  the  Eut. 

Mr.  Godw[n'i  aecond  loltua*  of  th* 
HiieoiT  of  the  ComnMinwnlth. 

Sir  JoNjin  BAimiHaTOH'i  Hiatoric  Anee- 
dotei  of  iRland  during  hii  owu  timai,  with 
Secret  Memoin  of  the  Union. 

Mr.  Miller*!  Biopaphinl  SlieUbai  of 
recently  liriog  Briti*h  Characten. 

'      Winter  Hearth.     Bj  ion 


t-MAB 


I  POBTI 


Nonaudy,"  coal 

No.  XlU  of  •• 
Edifieaa  of  London,"  containing  Smen  E 

GliTT.  Mi«.  Mnaty,  latt. 


A  Pictumqna  Tour  in  Spain,  Portml, 
and  alonff  the  Cout  of  Africa,  froB  "As- 
gien  to  fetoan.  By  J.  Tivlor,  Knight  of 
tha  Royal  Order  of  the  Lagion  of  KoDoDt 
and  one  of  tha  Authora  ^  the  "  Voyage 
PittoieHue  dant  1'AncieDiie  France." 

Tlia  Book  of  Nature  )  being  a  auconuiod 
of  Lectnrci  fonnarlj  dellTerad  at  tha  Surraf 
InititutloD,  aa  ■  pnmilar  Illnitratioti  of  tb* 
geueral  I^wi  and  Phesomena  of  Croatlool 
By  Dr.  JouN'Mmoh  Goodi,  F.R.S. 


which  the  Orealu  an  perpetnallr  angagad, 
they  are  not  entire];  Dactaaat  of  tiuntora. 
Soma  of  their  Perioral  Woka  *M  a 


tolanUj    «ril    uippoiMd.     Tha    IMMit 


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"Cknmde  ("Exxtivixa  X^yiiui),  it  published 
at  Mbtolonghi)  twice  a  week*  though,  for 
want  of  sufficient  matter,  or  from  other 
causes,  several  numbers  are  at  times  com- 
pressed into  one.  Thus  the  paper  of  the 
SOth  of  Nov.  is  numbered  90  to  93.  This 
journal  is  neatly  printed  in  quarto,  with 
good  types.  Its  motto  is  an  aphorism  of 
Franklin,  <*  Ta  vXaiM  o^Xtt  roir  «>i<09i," 
i.  a.  *'  The  greatest  utility  to  the  greater 
number."  The  price  is  six  Spanish  dollars 
aanoal  subscription,  parable  in  advance,  ex- 
clusive of  postage. — ^Toe  Gazette  published 
at  Hydra,  has  the  title  of  «  'O  <pi\os  rm 
Noft»,"  literally,  "  The  friend  of  the  law,*' 
which  sounds  letter  in  French,  Vami  de  la 
Lm"  It  has  a  good  type,  but  very  coarse 
paper.  It  is  also  published  twice  a  week  in 
quarto,  price  annually,  seven  Spanish  dollars. 
Its  motto  is  taken  from  the  Politics  of 
Aristotle :  "  'Aovi^  fs^  ri  raXi4«9iy  ^iXri^ey 

No/cm  icai  AiKtif  x"f' ^''  ftaanrw ;"  •*  As 
nan,  when  educated  and  enlightened,  is  the 
noblest  and  best  of  all  living  creatures,  so 
irithout  law  and  justice,  he  is  the  worst  of 
all." — Journals  are  published  at  Athens  and 
Napolia.— There  is  a  Greek  paper  (*0  TiXi- 
Yftf^r),  the  Telegraphy  published  at  Vienna. 

Royal  Society  op  Literature. 

The  first  general  meeting  of  this  Society, 
held  under  and  in  pursuance  uf  its  char- 
ter of  incorporation,  took  place  on  the  1  Sth 
uiat.  at  the  Society's  chambers  in  Parlia- 
ment-street. At  one  o'clock,  the  Hon. 
G.  Agar  Ellisy  one  of  the  vice-presidents, 
was  called  to  the  chair,  and  briefly  addressed 
the  assembly.  He  described  the  progress 
iwhich  had  been  made  by  the  Institution  since 
last  year.  Cherished  by  the  countenance  of 
a  King  who  was  justly  entitled  to  be  called 
the  Patron  of  Literature,  it  had  obtained 
that  Charter  which  gave  it  a  new  degree  of 
stability  and  importance,  and  placed  it  in  a 
condition,  with  regard  to  its  general  in- 
terests, every  way  most  satisfiictory.  Very 
xonsiderable  accessions  had  also  been  made 
to  the  number  of  its  members,  so  that  it 
now  enrolled  about  S50  names,  many  of 
them  distinguished  by  the  highest  station, 
and  others  by  standing  in  the  foremost  ranks 
of  literary  eminence,  both  at  home  and 
abroad.  Its  election  of  ten  associates,  to 
each  of  whom  his  Majesty's  annual  gift  of 
100  guineas  was  assigned,  and  its  award  of 
the  medals*  to  persons  whose  works  merit- 
ed that  great  honour,  had  met  with  universal 
approbation,  and  had  served  to  remove 
every  impression  unfavourable  to  the  Society 
remaining  in  the  breasts  of  those  who  at  its 
formation  had  felt  doubts  as  to  its  principle, 
its  objects,  its  utility,  or  the  mode  in  which 

*  Two  annually  of  gold,  of  the  value  of 
hO  guiaeos  each>  and  beautifully  executed. 


ita  affairs  wece  likely  to  he  administered. 
He  also  %tated,  that  a  sdeetion  of  the  papers 
read  at  the  Society's  meetings  were  printing 
for  publication,  as  the  first  volume  of  its 
transactions:  these  would  lie  found  to  bo 
curious  and  interesting.     The  Society  was 
engaged,  besides,  in  an   important  work  on 
Egyptian  hieroglyphics.     Having  thus  ex- 
plained the  leading  circumstances  of    the 
case,  (which  we  regret  that  our  memory 
does  not  enable  us  to  preserve  in  the  ele- 
gant and  impressive  language  of  the  speaker), 
the   hon.  gentleman  proceeded   to   notice 
another  point  of  much  consequence,  as  con- 
nected with  the  future  prosperity  of  the 
Society.     It  had  been,  he  mentioned,  inti- 
mated to  the  council  by  Mr.  Nash,  that,  in 
pursuance  of  a  letter  from  the  Right  Hon. 
C.  Arbuthnot,  following  a  communication 
from   Sir  W.  Knighton,    (and    which   we 
doubt  not  emanated  firom  the  Throne  itself) 
he,  Mr.  Nash,  had  reserved  a  scite  for  a  col- 
lege or  hall  for  the  Socie^  in  the  new  square 
which  was  planned  to  occupy  the  Mews  at 
Charing-cross.      The    situation   was    most 
eligible ;  and  the  expediency  of  erecting  a 
pennanent  building  for  the  meetings  of  the 
Society,  and  one  suited  to  its  character  and 
purposes,  had  been  so  strongly  felt,  that  it 
was  determined  immediately  to  form  a  fund 
to  carry  it  into  effect,    'to  this  fund,  the 
Council  had  directed  300/.  of  the  Society's 
ordinary  revenue    to    be    subscribed  as   a 
nucleus ;  and  it  had  already  received  the  ad- 
dition of  five  hundred  guineas  in  voluntary 
subscriptions  from  individual  members.     A- 
roong  these  he  noticed  a  hundred  guineas 
from  the   learned  and  respected  President 
(the  Bishop  of  Salisbury),  and  a  like  sum 
from  the  venerable  Bishop  of  Durham,  who 
had  ever  shewn  himself  the  libecal  friend 
to  objects  which  contemplated  the  advance- 
ment of  literature,  or  of  any  other  design 
for  the  welfare  of  his  fellow-creatures.     The 
hon.  gentleman  concluded  by  eloquently  ex- 
horting every  one  present,  and  every  mem- 
ber of  the  Society,  to  take  an  earnest  interest 
in  its  prosperity,  and  to  act  towards  it  in  a 
manner  which  should  tend  to  raise  it  in  dig- 
nity, and  render  its  labours  more  exteusively 
beneficial,  reflect  honour  upcm  themselvea 
as  individuals,  and  do  credit  to  the  Royal 
patronage  under  which  it  had  sprung  up, 
and  by  which  it  continued  to  be  sb  gradously 
and  munificently  fostered* 

The  Charter  was  now  read  by  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Tooke  2  and  the  new  code  of  by-laws 
rendered  necessary  thereby,  and  which  con- 
sisted chiefly  of  a  remodelling  of  those 
by  which  the  Society  has  been  hitherto 
regulated,  was  read  by  Mr.  Cattermole,  the 
secretary.  The  principal  alterations  were, 
that  subsequent  to  the  97th  of  April  next, 
the  fee  of  admission  sho  ild  hejine  instead 
oi  three  guineas,  and  the  annual  subacription 
three  instead  of  two  guineas.  The  bj-lawa, 
&c.  having  been  approved  hf  the  vole  of 


19*1.] 


JLilararf.  hiMgtmet. 


the  aiMtiiigy  Um  oAetfih  covmII,  &e.  ftr 
tbt  MMiog  year  wtn  hdlotttd  ftir. 
.  Th«  result  of  the  UUot  haTing  been  de- 
clared bgr  the  scrutators*  thanks  were  votad 
to  Mr.  w .  Tooke  for  hts  taal  in  procuring  the 
Charter,  and  his  liberality  in  revising  to  ae* 
cept  of  any  remuneration  whaterar  for  his 
profiMsional  services. 

NORMAHDY. 

The  literati  of  the  province  of  Nonnandy» 
who  had  hitherto  prosecuted  their  inquiries 
imfividually,  have,  within  these  few  vears* 
united  and  formed  three  learned  Societies, 
whose  labours  promise  to  be  eminently  use- 
ful in  the  several  pursuits  of  natural  hbtory, 
belles-lettres,  and  antiquity. 

The  volume  for  1824-5,  printed  by  the 
Roval  Academv  (of  ArtSa    Sciences,    and 
Belles-lettres,;  at  Gmu,  contains  several 
Memoirs  by  MM.  Herault,  de  Msfrneville, 
and  de  Baudre,  on  various  interesting  sub- 
jects.    In  addition  to  this,  and  the  Liouaean 
Society  of  Caen,  a  Society  of  Antiquaries 
was  organized,  and  commenced  its  labours 
on  the  94th  of  January,   1824,  embracing 
the  departments  of  Seine  ioferieure,  L'£ure. 
JL*Ome,  La  Manclie,  and  Calvados,  united 
at  Caen  as  the  must  central  and  tlie  capital 
town  of  those  districu.     Their  object  is  to 
collect  and  publish  (acts  tending  to  throw 
a  light  upon,  or  to  complete,  the  history  of 
the  country  which  has  been  successively  oc- 
cupied bv  Celts,  Gauls,  Romans,  Saxons, 
Franks,  Neustrians,  and  Normans.     They 
propose  t«)  examine  every  thing  which  pro- 
mises to  promote  their  object,  from  the 
stately  ecclesiastical  edifices  to  the  rude  aud 
mysterious  Celt ;  and,  by  inspiring  the  taste 
and  love  of  autiquity  generally  throughout 
the  sceue  of  their  labours,  to  cause  the  le- 
paration  of,  or  to  save  from  dcmolitioo,  all 
those  monnmeots  and  remains  which  cannot 
or  do  not  require  to  he  removed  from  their 
originti  situation,  and  to  deposit  in  their 
museums,  as  a  place  of  safety,  all  other  ob- 
jects, as  MSS.,  medals,  &c.  rescued  and  pre- 
sented by  their  members,  or   persons  un- 
connected with  the  Society.     By  the  lliird 
Article  of  tlieir  Sututes,  the  Society  is  to 
be  composed  of    an   indefinite    number  of 
members  residing  in  tlie  five  departments 
before- mentioned,    correspondents    in    all 
other  countries  whatsoever,  and  associates, 
who,  without  pursuing  the  study  of  antiquity 
themselves,  snail  desire  to  encourage  the 
labours  of  the  Society.     Their  number  al- 
ready amounts   to  upwards  of  a  hundred, 
amongst  whom  are  the  President,  the  Abb^ 
de  la  Rue,  Le  chaude  d*Amsy,  Lambert, 
Langlois,  le  Prevost,   Phequit,   and   other 
distinguished    antiquaries.      By   the    9.0 th 
Article,  a  Committee  of  six  Members  is  to 
examine  the  memoirs  given  into  the  Society, 
and  to  report  those   which   they    consider 
worth  publishing  ia  whole  or  a  part. 
Thus  charternl  and  formed  on  this  plan. 


the  Soototy  fm  alrMdy  dittfnnUMa  itaetf 
by  the  kborioiis  aasidnty  of  At  hidivid«de 
who  compose  it.  The  coUeetioo  of  tho 
Museum,  eonsidering  the  short  time  it  haa 
exbted,  hu  already  advaoecd  coosiderablyy 
and  in  che  last  year  they -pablished  two  8vo. 
vohntaes  of  their  Memoirs,  aoeompanied  bj 
an  atlas  of  illustrative  plates,  and  preeedad 
by  a  most  able  report,  by  the  Assistant  Se- 
cretary, M.  de  Caumont,  on  the  labonn  of 
the  Socie^,  giving  an  account  of  what 
each  member  had  contributed  nnder  the 
diflferent  heads  of  Celtic,  Roman,  Medieval, 
and  general  Antiquity,  from  the  date  of  ila 
commencement  in  1894.  The  most  im* 
portent  are  those  on  Roman  Antiqoitlet, 
discovered  at  Barjeux,  b  1 891,  by  M.  Lam- 
bert: on  the  churches  and  castles  in  the 
department  of  La  Manclie,  by  M.  de  Oei^ 
ville ;  on  the  Norman  Troubadours,  by  M. 
Phiquet  {  and  on  the  religious  architecture 
of  the  middle  age,  by  M.  de  Caumont. 

It  is  difficult  to  determine  whether  this 
Societv  has  generated  and  given  an  impulse' 
to,  or  lias  itself  arisen  out  of  the  great  taste 
and  pursuit  of  Antiquity  which  now  exista 
in  Normandy.  Amongst  ^he  numerous  an- 
tiquariau  works  announced  1^  M.  Manuel 
at  the  commencement  of  last  year,  and 
most  of  which  have  appeared,  are  transla- 
tions, with  notes,  of  tlie  Anglo-Norman 
Antiquities  of  Ducarel,  Dibdio*s  Tour,  a 
History  of  the  Conquest,  Histories  and 
Notices  of  Bayeux,  Caen,  Dieppe,  and 
other  principal  places,  a  reprint  of  the  Ro- 
man de  Row  of  Robert  Wace,  and  varloos 
interesting  works  in  general  literatnra.  Aa 
yet  the  sources  of  most  of  their  essays  are 
drawn  from  England.  For  their  early  ])oetry 
they  apply  to  the  MSS.  of  the  British  Mu- 
seum, and  for  architecture  to  the  works  of 
Bcntliam,  Milner,  Whittington,  and  nu- 
merous other  writers  on  the  subject,  who 
are  now  superseded  amongst  us. 

St.  Maby  Overy's  Church* 

It  was  with  much  pleasure  we  announced 
in  our  last,  p.  9,  that  the  Parishioners  of 
St.  Mary  Overy's  had  rallied  for  the  pre* 
servation  of  their  venerable  Church,  which 
was  justly  described  by  our  late  excellent 
Correspondent,  J.  Carter  *,  as  "  one  of 
the  last  existinz  glories  of  London's  former 
splendour.** — We  have  now  the  satis^tlon 
of  recording  a  Letter,  addressed  by  several 
Members  of  the  Council  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries,  <*  To  the  Parochial  Authorities 
of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,'*  which,  whilst 
it  is  highly  honourable  to  the  antiquarian 
zeal  and  taste  of  the  Writers,  had,  no  doubt, 
considerable  influence  with  the  Parishioners, 

*  Tliis  may  be  a  proper  opportnnlty  of 
referring  to  a  masteriy  survey  of  St.  Mary 
Overy's  Church,  as  it  was  in  1 808,  by  oor 
valuable  Correspondent,  "  Aa  Aichiteel," 
in  vol.  Lxzviii.  pp.  606*.  €09. 


164 


/intiquarian  Research^' 


^Feb. 


vihOf  at  all  events,  have  done  themselvee 
cicdit  in  revening  their  former  detenni- 
satioD. 

«  Gentlemen  —  We,  the  undersigned 
Vice  Presidents  and  Members  of  the  Council 
of  Antiquaries,  have  learned,  with  the  deep- 
est r^et,  that  it  is  contemplated  by  the 
Vestry  of  your  parish  to  demolish  the  nave 
of  the  ancient  conventual  church  of  St.  Mary 
Overie,  now  commonly  called  St*  Saviour's, 
Sooth  wark. 

**  As  individual  members  of  a  Society 
which  directs  its  special  attention  to  our 
national  antiquities,  we  trust  that  we  shall 
not  be  deemed  impertinently  intrusive,  if 
we  respectfully  submit  the  following  obser- 
vations to  your  serious  consideration. 

'*  Your  Church,  which  contains  the  tomb 
of  Gower,  one  of  the  fsithers  of  English 
poetry,  is  amongst  the  purest,  most  valua- 
ble, and  most  beautiful  specimens  of  the 
early  pointed  style,  or  Gothic,  now  existing 
in  or  near  the  Metropolis ;  although,  in  other 
parts  of  England  there  are  some  few  larger 
pies  of  this  style,  still  there  are  none 


which,  in  the  interior,  exhibit  it  in  a  more 
genuine  state ;  and  it  is,  therefore,  equally 
interesting  to  the  historian,  the  antiquary, 
and  the  artist. 

**  We  feel  great  pleasure  in  bearing  our 
testimony  to  the  correct  taste  evinced  by 
your  parish  in  restoring  the  Choir  of  this 
Church  to  its  original  beauty  and  splendour. 

"  This  proof  of  zeal  has  induced  us  to 
address  these  representations  to  you,  and  to 
indulge  the  expectation  that  you  will  not 
hastily  destroy  the  most  important  portion 
of  a  noble  fabric,  which,  if  it  can  be  pre- 
served unroutilated  and  undefaced,  will  con- 
tinue to  be  one  of  the  most  venerable  and 
distinguished  ornaments  of  the  capital,  and 
a  monument,  to  the  latest  posterity,  of 
your  spirit  and  liberality. 

**  We   remain.    Gentlemen, 
*'  Your  most  obedient  and  humble  servants, 

C,  W.  W.  Wynn.     J.  H.  Markland, 

H.  Hallam.  H.  Ellis. 

H,  Petrib.  F.  Palgravb." 

J.  H.  Mbriyalb. 


ANTIQUARIAN  RESEARCHES. 


Society  of  Antiquaries. 

Jan,  12.  T.  Amyot,  Esq.  Treasurer,  in 
the  Chair.  A  paper  was  read,  on  the  an- 
cient Bell  Tower  of  the  Chapel  of  St.  Ste- 
phen, Westminster,  by  W.  Capon,  Esq. ; 
accompanying  the  exhibition  of  a  drawing 
shewing  its  condition  in  the  year  1802. 

N.  H.  Nicolas,  Esq.  F.  S.  A.  communi- 
cated, by  the  hands  of  Mr.  Ellis,  a  letter 
from  Mr.  Edward  Dyer  to  Sir  Christopher 
Hatton,  Vice-Chamberlain  to  Qu.  Elizabeth, 
in  which  some  expressions  occur  that  will  bear 
no  Other  construction  but  that  of  their  re- 
ferring to  a  criminal  intercourse  between  Hat- 
ton  and  the  Queen,  well  known  to  the  confi- 
dential friends  of  the  former.  Among  other 
allosions  not  to  be  misunderstood,  Dyer  men- 
tions the  Queen's  advances  to  Hatton  at 
first  "  in  a  good  manner,"  and  her  proba- 
ble change  of  behaviour  at  the  time  he 
writes,  **  after  satiety  and  fulness."  The 
purport  of  the  letter  is  to  counsel  Hatton  on 
his  conduct  towards  Elizabeth,  cautioning 
him,  that,  although  she  had  descended  very 
low  in  firailties,  as  a  woman,  not  to  forget 
that  she  is  still  his  sovereign ;  recommend- 
ing him  also  not  to  let  the  Queen  see  that 
he  has  any  influence  over  her,  and  advising 
him  with  regard  to  his  behaviour  to  Lei- 
cester. 

Feb.  2.  Mr.  Amyot  in  the  Chair.  Mr. 
Ellis  communicated,  in  a  letter  to  the 
President,  two  letters  from  the  Dnke  and 
Duchess  of  Norfolk,  to  Thomas  Cromwell, 
then  Lord  Privy  Seal,  forming  a  curious 
picture  of  fashionable  life  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  the  Eighth;  and  also  illustrating  the 
multiferious  private  as  well  as  public  busi- 


ness, which  at  that  time  occupied  a  Prime 
Minister,  and  which  continued  so  to  do,  to 
a  great  extent,  through  the  succeeding 
reigns,  down  to  that  of  Elizabeth,  when 
this  usage  appears  to  have  ceased. 

The  Duke  was  Thomas  tioward,  second 
of  the  title ;  the  Duchess  was  his  second 
wife,  and  mother  of  three  sots  by  him,  one 
of  whom  was  the  illustrious  and  unfortunata 
Lord  Surrey. 

The  Duke's  letter  expresses  his  willing- 
ness to  be  reconciled  to  his  wife,  if  she  will 
write  to  him,  and  disavow  her  accusation  of 
his  dragging  her  out  of  bed  by  her  hair 
two  days  after  her  delivery,  and  wounJine 
her  In  the  head  with  his  dagger ;  of  which 
ill-treatment  he  protests  his  innocence  in 
very  strong  and  seemingly  indignant  terms. 
The  letter  of  the  Duchess,  after  thanking 
Cromwell  for  his  kindness  to  her,  states,  in 
nervous  aud  decided  language,  her  determi- 
nation not  to  live  again  witn  her  husband, 
from  whom  she  had  been  separated  about 
three  years,  on  account  of  the  cruelty  with 
which  he  had  treated  her ;  although  she  had 
but  50/.  per  quarter  to  live  upon.  She  ac- 
cuses a  female  who  had  been  "  washer"  in 
her  nursery,  of  being  the  cause  of  her  mis- 
fortunes, and  to  the  Duke's  love  for  whom 
she  ascribes  the  neglect  and  ill-treatment  of 
herself.  After  requesting  Cromwell  to  pro- 
cure her  additional  allowance,  she  reiterates 
her  determination  never  to  go  bark  to  her 
husband,  who  had  neclected  several  **  mov- 
inir"  letters  she  liad  formerly  written  to 
bim.  From  the  signature  it  appears  that 
she  hod  employed  some  other  scnbe  in  the 
letter^  but  k  postcript  follows  in  her  own 


I8i8.']  Anti^arUm  RtMartftei. 

huul.  in  ohkh  its  pretenti  Ctomwell  irhh  lliii  fVioge-lika  „_„„„    .^,  ,  ,.„ 

•  RiJd  cu[.  u  ■  D>H  jtu'f  gift.  iKort  peiticoit,  reichinfi  froio  ibg  ■lii 

Mr,  N.  H.  Nicolu  BoiBinuoiciWd  ■  let-  the  knn,  .»rj  »in;iar  1^  tlic  Hune  kiiH  ot 
Wr  rrom  ■  Msmbec  of  the  Council  [o  the  |!"Tonit  it  prpwot  wuroby  Ihr  HurhUoJen 
E.tl  on*i«.le>,  dtioibidl  ihBMipTb*-  tD.J«d  iLc  pmOD  1.1,1.  firu  informed  Mr 
h«iour  of  Qam  Eli»beth  to  the  Mem-  Skinne.  of  ihi.  curLuui  remwa,  hipnwcd  to 
her.  of  the  CuupcU  is  gtantl,  on  hci  Iwiog  Iw  (he  .*rj  muoD  eiDplaved  to  uhce  it  m 
iBbroKd  of  tb.  M«u«unof  M.fj  Quhd  tlie  wllof  the  fkruj-hoaM,  uid  KoorJioRto 
■rf  Scot.  :  th,ir  fruiileu  wpplrctioB.  i«  h.r  hi,  o»n  ,1^-,  of  the  mbj.ct.  h.  d«crtb«l 
ID  f..om  of  Stcnurj  D.™on,  uul  other  it  u  >  ormorikl  la  th»e  U^ehlud  Cliief- 
cunoue  &ct.  r.t.t<iig  to  Eli«b«iU-i  eoo-  t«M,  «  l»  eud  iho  figure,  iren  dteewd 
*wfo,  or  uippowd  ooBcen,  la  the  dutli  of  tftcr  the  nuiom  of  the  anclaot  iabebiuati 
M«J.  oflbecoool^.  Tl.i.,  Mr.  S.(,l«r.M,  i, 
B«n7Qt  Piiiiow»MreAt,  WD  Lm*»j.*  t.  !^'*^'!^  uuim<«»  iW  the  L.hit 
S^„,^  wlc^led,  wdoow  woni  by  the  HijhUndeii, 
ii  •ctuillT  derlred  from  thM  tlie  Kdbi*u 
As  intrmlW  p«|Hit  *u  >Mtiy  reid  bj  won  .l  leul  liitcen  eenturif.  egg,  whilo 
Ilie  RrT.  .lobn  Edco,  on  tome  Knmu  Ant!-  retidlng  mmoDg  them.  Frun  ihg  fersifr 
<iuilie<  dltcuiened  .m  the  nllum  of  Anin-  Reidinj:  u  Nether  Cray  (who  luppraad 
nine  lioee  ihu  puhlicition  of  General  Koy'i  binielf  to  he  pmeot  whes  thattoaeiru 
(IhicrTitiant  I  (od  commiiDicated  bj  Uie  dimiTSred.  isd  inieried  in  the  widli  of  tba 
Re..  John  Skinner,  M.A.  t'.AS.  huUH,)  Mr.  Skinntr  leanwd,  thrt  tbefe  ma 
Tliew  iBWrMiing  Roiud  Keuuiiu  wen  ui  iDi<:ri|ilion  attuhed  to  it,  bat  pucpoialT 
nnticrd  bjr  the  aathot  in  the  intuDiB  of  the  liioken  olf  bji  the  muou  in  order  to  nuke  k 
Uit  year,  while  tncing  the  line  of  Anio-  fit  to  iti  pieient  lituatian.  Mr,  Skionec 
Dine'i  Vellum  from  I{o<me»  to  Old  Kil  then  proeoeded  to  >ut«  hii  reun.  /or  be- 
I'ltrick.  Thefint  lubjectalluiled  tu  li  pre-  lieiin;;  that  this  intereiting  memorial  mu 
■erved  io  the  wall  uf  ■  fann-honie,  denom'i-  actual!)'  deilgtud  to  repreient  (br  Etnpent' 
naled  NrArr  Croy,  (ituaUd  ■[  the  foot  of  Sereroi  and  bii  two  lont,  Ciracalla  and 
CrujF  Hill,  naai  Kilijih,  where  it  wat  Ueia,  and  waa  erened  bj  tbe  loblien  eta. 
funnd  DOt  rwayyean  liace,  within  tbe  in-  tioned  at  Croj  Hill  fon/en,  to  cmmemo- 
ctuenrr  of  tbe  ftoman  Station.  The  tlOn*  lace  lone  important  eienl  teimtsattil  Bodir 
(etideDtljafra^mntofonr  of  larger  diman-  thriratuplou  while  in  Britain.  Tbe  learned 
tloiu)  meaiiiTet  eiilMD  iocbei  in  length  hjr  Geatleioaa  fine  endaatoored  to  eulnUDtiata 
twalre  in  baiebe,  aad  reUini  three  Sguret  hie  opiniont  by  eolcring  into  a  dnUilid  ae. 
■ell  eaeculed  in  baa  reliefi  the  nnira  count  of  the  campal|riu  of  Sererua,  tccom- 
fignre,  «o  old  Ban,  bating  a  fiill  beard  and  panied  hy  hii  mat,  io  Caledonia,  when  bii 
cbae  culled  hair,  ii  npreHoted  with  aiprar  opt  eliooi  being  principally  directed  agaiuc 
la  bi>  right  hand.  hi>  left  reiling  on  <□  C^<.  Calednuiani,  the  cliaia  of  fiirta  atta. 
olitong  hallow  ihield,  plaoad  apiigbt  od  tb*  Uiibad  within  th*  VaUum  of  ^nlfini, 
ETound,  and  naching  aa  bifb  aa  hit  w^t.  naarly  H  ~  '  ' 
Two  baardlaaa  joDtha  accompany  him  :  tbM  ' 
nandiog  on  bi*  right  hand,  it  aiBlptmred  ib 
a  almtlar  dreti  and  aUitade  ■•  bioiialfi  with  th*  Ronani  were  in  taanag  OMmotUa  of 
tb*  utM  lund  of  ipaar  aod  ahiekL  Th*  their  Tictoiin  and  miliary  nploita.  Ti*« 
third  figure  on  tha  Im  of  the  Ular  person-  mutilated  etonia,  indapandaBtiy  of  ilat 
ag*,  hat  hii  (hitld  •tatatod  to  the  height  of  under  coeuidaration,  Mr.  Skinner  itatad  M 
hie  breait,  ao  aa  Id  protact  the  body  i  hit  haie  buaaelf  noticed  dining  hia  lata  ^xem- 
apaar  retting  on  hit  right  ihoulder.  The  tion.  One  praterred  in  the  Ball  of  likt 
alualdiofllw  figoret  are  of  the  tarn*  fotm  tame  brm-houa*  at  NathaT  Cnf,  rapii-' 
and  dimectioBi,  omanKOted  with  thrut  lenliiig  a  captiTe  coucbiag  baiealb,  ami 
eampaianenti  of  tquarei  aod  otbl ;  that  of  inpportlng  a  oiroalar  band  or  manlll.  in  lb* 
the  BiddlcfignrtretaiiH  a  creacmtor  lami-  centre  of  whloh  there  teenu  to  haie  beta 
■ircie,  tbe  points  rerened,  ■»  ■>  to  form  an  an  ioicriptino  to  Victoij,  the  two  fint  let- 
arch  or  curiituri  ibof  e  the  upper  Kch  or  ten  V I  ning  retained ;  ibe  other  part  ii 
bau  of  bit  ihield.  Tbe  two  fine  figurei  broken  off.  To  lb«  right  of  the  circle  ia 
are  clothed  each  in  a  close  ginoeat,  nearly  eiscnMd  a  female  ficun  in  bat  ralief,  U- 
hiddao  by  t  icvf  or  toota  cloak,  which  tended  probably  for  Vie  good  genua  of  Ik* 
waas  orer  thi  thoulden,  and  deaetndi  in  Romui  people  :  tbe  it  represented  utlW. 
M^  in  front,  laaiing  the  srma  bare;  the  naked,  itandiu  hetweM  two  pillwti  wJlith 
third  he*  his  cloak  ihtoaa  aiide,  ditcovenag  an  omamenlM  witb  a  wanogliDe,  .s»iw4 
a  cuinaa  or  coat  of  mail  fitting  close  to  hit  ing  from  tli*  bate  to  tbe  eapUhl,  afcirihi 
nating  below  the  waitt  in  manner  nf  tome  lataiaari  in 


•  stripe*  or  bandelrties,  tueh  at  wa  draland  Walthicn  Abbrs,  «««t«d «fcnM  tba 
:  on  the  raint  and  statoei  of  tbe  time  af  lb*  Normaa  CoaqaHt,  aad  get 
Cieiais.     Ttte  other  two,  inttaad  sf     rally,   b«t  cnoBaonlj,  iiff  uMd   H  ten* 


M0  Antiquarian  Raear^s.  [Feb. 

been  Sarcnted  bj  tha  architeeti  of  that  po-  dcminitt  tunrt'orodaoed  on  various  Grecian 
riod.  The  second  inscription,  which  seenu  antiquities.  The  first  he  examined  was  a 
to  refer  to  the  victory  of  Severus,  he  saw  in  helmet  of  the  antique  form,  found  in  a  shal- 
•  ferm-vard  within  the  lines  of  the  Roman  low  i>art  of  the  sea  between  the  citadel  o£ 
Ibrtrtss  at  Achendavy,  near  Kirkintnlloch.  Corfo  and  the  village  of  Castrartis,  which 
•Itis  deeply  and  well  cut,  on  a  fragment  of  was  partly  covered  with  shells,  and  with  an 
•tone,  evidently  part  of  a  large  Uureated  incrustation  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Its  en- 
«oron,  or  wreath,  dedicated  to  Mars  by  the  tire  surface,  as  well  where  invested  with 
Alse  of  the  second  legion  quartered  there.  these  bodies  as  where  they  were  absent,  pre- 
In  the  second  place,  Mr.  S.  supported  sented  a  mottled  appearance  of  green, 
'his  opinions  from  the  general  appearance,  white,  and  red.  The  green  portions  con- 
«ge,  and  military  accoutrements  of  this  Ro-  sisted  of  the  submuriate  and  the  carbonate 
.iBin  trio;  by  reference  to  the  coins  of  that  of  copper,  the  white  chiefly  of  oxide  o£  tin, 
«ra,  by  the  similarity  of  portrait,  dress,  and  and  toe  red  of  protoxide  of  copper  in  octa- 
jAOOOUtraments,  availing  himself  of  the  awist-  hedral  crystals,  mingled  with  octahedrons  of 
r4uice  and  light  which  Montfeucon  has  pure  metallic  copper.  Beneath  these  sub- 
thrown  upon  the  subject.  The  concluding  stances  the  metal  was  quite  bright,  and  it 
vemarks  of  the  Essay  we  shall  give  in  the  was  found  by  analysis  to  consist  of  copper, 
•smthor's  own  words :— <*  If  what  1  have  col-  and  1 8.5  per  cent,  of  tin.  A  nail  of  a  simi- 
leeted  firom  various  sources  to  identify  this  lar  alloy  from  a  tomb  at  Ithaca,  and  a  mir- 
interesting  remain  of  Imperial  Rome,  prove  ror  from  a  tomb  at  Samos,  in  Cephalonia, 
•Mtisfectory,  my  end  is  fully  answered,  and  I  presented  the  same  appearances,  but  in  less 
have  only  to  express  a  hope,  the  stone  will  distinct  crystallization  :  the  mirror  was 
Iw  care^lly  preserved,  as  it  is  undoubtedly  composed  of  copper  alloyed  with  about  six 
the  only  memorial  in  Britain  which  can  per  cent,  of  tin,  and  minute  portions  of 
iKMst  of  retaining  the  effigies  of  three  £m-  arsenic  and  zinc.  A  variety  of  ancient 
«Mror8,a]l  of  whom  were  so  actively  engaged  coins,  frt>m  the  cabinet  of  a  celebrated  col- 
ta  transactions  connected  with  tne  earliest  lector  at  Santa  Maura,  presented  similar 
fMriods  of  our  history*  Moreover,  the  appearances,  and  afforded  corresponding  re* 
orlncipal  personage  in  tne  group,  after  hav>  suits ;  the  white  incrustations  being  oxide 
lag  visited  almost  every  part  of  his  exten-  of  Un,  the  green  consisting  of  carbonate 
tf#e  dominions,  and  fought  and  conquered  and  submuriate  of  copper,  and  the  red  of 
la  every  quarter  of  -the  known  world,  at  the  protoxide  of  the  same  metal ;  some 
kagth  breathed  his  last  at  York,  making  having  a  dingy  appearance  arising  from  the 
this  once  hostile  territory  in  feet  his  last  presence  of  black  oxide  of  copper  mingled 
lioBie,  his  final  resting  place  from  toil.  1  with  portions  of  the  protoxide.  Dr.  Davy 
cannot  conclude  this  article  of  the  Croy  was  unable  to  detect  any  relation  between 
Hill  discoveries,  without  noticing  another  the  composition  of  the  respective  coins  and 
iateresting  remain,  which  I  believe  hitherto  their  state  of  preservation,  the  variations  in 
)ms  escaped  observation :  it  is  an  Altar  dedi-  this  respect  which  they  presented  appearing 
cated  to  the  Nymphs,  dug  up  in  the  same  to  arise  rather  from  the  circumstances  under 
station,  and  now  preserv^  in  the  garden  which  they  had  been  exposed  to  the  mine- 
belonging  to  Nether  CrOy  Farm ;  die  in-  ralizing  agents.  In  conclusion.  Dr.  Davy 
aeription  VEXILATIO.  LEG.  VI.  VIC.  observed,  that  as  the  substanoe  from  which 
Indicates,  it  was  done  by  the  sixth  Legion,  these  crystalline  compounds  had  been  pro- 
•tyled  Vlctrix,  but  under  whose  direction,  duced  could  not  be  imagined  to  have  been  in 
or  on  what  account,  I  will  not  pretend  to  solution,  their  formation  must  be  referred 
■ay,  since  the  last  two  lines,  which  would  to  an  intimate  motion  of  its  particles,  effect- 
•oavey  this  information,  are  imperfect.  Were  ed  by  the  conjoint  agency  of  chemical 
the^  ground  properly  excavated,  within  the  affinities,  electro-chemical  attraction,  and 
ttmiu  of  the  ancient  fort  on  Croy  Hill,  the  attraction  of  aggrecatioa.  He  sug- 
Binch  valuable  information  might  be  oh-  gested  the  application  of  this  inference  to 
tuaed.''  explun  various  phenomena  in   mineralogy 

Chemical  Examination  o?   Grkcian  8*®®fiy* 

Antiquities.  Itauak  Antiquitixs. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  a  paper  on         Antiquarian  conjecture  has  been  much 

this  subject  read  before  the  Royal  Society  employed    lately  concerning  a  very   large 

oa  17th  Nov.:  number  of  flattened  leaden  bullets,  which 

<  Oa  the  Changes  that  have  taken  place  have  been  discovered  by  persons  digging 

ia  some  ancient  allovs  of  Copper,  in  a  letter  aear  the  ruined  walk  of  a  very  ancient  town 

fipom  John  Davy,  M.D.  FJI.S.  to  Sir  Hum-  in  the  southern  part  of  Italy.     It  is  sup. 

phrey  Davy,  Bart.  Pres.  R.  S.— In  this  let-  powd  that  they  were  missiles  employed  by 

tar  Dr.  Davy,  who  is  pursuing  a  train  of  sci-  the  army  of  Hannibal,  who,  la  his  expedi- 

catific   researches   in   the   Mediterranean,  tion  into  Italy,  u  knows  to  have  besieged 

dNcribet  the  effects  whieh  time  and  the  the  plaoe  ia  qotstioB. 


[     I9f    ] 

SELECT    POETRY. 


HYMN  ON  ST.  AGATHA'S  DAY,  Fib.  i 


{SztTKtid  /ram  Dr.  NuTtAL 

1.  \f  AR-|Tli'BIS  «-!«  cHii  I  Anllic,     Tim  it  the  muijiei  Si.  AgwU'.  iaj. 


Chriiliu  f  im  libi  qui  wcwt, 
St  ilmfaim  dupla  ilecont. 

Stit  Dugii  uciuui  uigDa  no*  i 
Jiuu  D«i  libi  cotAe  Jiguu. 
9.  Fottior  luce  Inicibatqne  *ifi 
EnpiMuiE  <Dk  meialin  fligrii ; 
Ptcton  quim  futric  Tiljdo, 
Tortm  nuniiUi  docct  patulo. 

4.  Dilicia  nil  p.Tc»  enl ', 
Putor  a>iia  Feliui  hins  nnei: 
LaticK  iaile,  migiiqus 
Cnnclk  fligell*  cd 

5.  Ethnia  iurl«, 
HuJ..  «  ii»»  mt. 
Quoi  fidai  tiEuliu 

Hi.  RD» 

0.  Jim  nnitau,  quad  •pCMU>  pt 
Pro  miwio  rogiu  Damiio  | 
^  tn  Fnta  coli  &ciM, 
8*  odibnotibtM  ul  hnat. 


ip«c«, 


,B  ft.sr.Bi. 


nagu  .fia 


Glor 


with  Chriit  the  ble.i 


>ad: 


BeauKDu.  bcrfurtD,  ud  illii.triCHU  been 
Fa[n'd  *bo*a  alJ  for  her  virtue  and  gisca, 
Notbiugof  eanhljduiTM    ' 
Tnuling  io  bim  who  tbs  i 
FitDwr  wu  iba  tbio  tha  bubarout  train 
Wbo  to  fell  UuipoR  dcfided  her  palDi 
Tuitun  tad  iasuit  >h<  ualicollj'  bare, 
Whils  her  &ii  bowm  the  .angei  ton, 
ioj  to  her  iDul  WM  [be  priton'i  deep  gloom  j 
Peter  her  ibeoherd  eolitened  her  doom ; 
Pleased  oilti  tba  icnurgiag  her  bodjr  luiMio* 
Patieaca  in  aogaiib  ihe  Sriulj  nuiotuiitd. 
Mornl.  dF  uulh  <rha  are  caved  from  tha  pie, 
Neading  bei  ud,  will  be  bleat  iiilh  her  imile 
Thoae  Bho  the  title  of  "Failh/ul "  aoaio, 
Agatba'f  luie  ii.aia  than  all  .hall  ablaia, 
Splmdant  on  bigh,  and  in  biUd  Brraf, 
tn  1  fbr  tha  miaaiaUa  Damaan  pnj  | 
So  tbM  thj  Fatlirali  long  ha  mar  koU— 
Warm  in  anpport  of  thf  paataral  Md. 


AUCE  AND  JANE. 


WHERE   the  bnnk    in   the    lillag*  '■• 

lilanti;  SoDing ; 

ItiaofiiiJirer  ilream  mood'ring  (he  plain  i 

!■  ipring  wher*  bliM  i.'lela  like  imethjita 

elo-iog,  [Alice  and  Juw  '■ 

SlooJ  the    neat   Hhite-froac  cottage  of 

lik*  twin  fionra  of  beautj  b]>  aumnier  lou 
cheered,  ['tain. 

And  cbiiM  ai  the  inow'drop  diiMted  of 
Tonther  thejr  lired — togetbcr  endeared : 

And  ibe  pride  of  the  Tillage  were  Alice  and 


Tbair  &tb*r  tml  mMhn  An  iJwU  mm 
dearlj. 

And  duteoiulj  Btron  (o  baniih  thair  paint 
And  ihaj  in  return,  alao  lot'd  tbam  uoonalf. 

How  blaai'd  wu  lb*  enttaga  n(  Alica  aid 

TwH  th*  oottaga  of  peace,  of  In*,  and 
aArtion,  [ahlhowniB; 

But  how  iruuientlbeir  bliw — their  hope., 
DiMaM  thert  iotnided  with  deadl*  infectJOO, 

And  blighted  (ha  hope-biul  of  Aliea  aad 


And  jel  not  a 
dwdring, 
Tha'  now  overwhelmed  with 


waa  bencdiDtlHit 
rpaiai 
_„_aTiiad 
But  haav'al]!  peace,otherpaaceiamMltiu(, 
FervMled  the  boMm.  of  Alice  and  Jaa*  I 


*  Thia  Hjmn.  which  "  wa>  written  befbra  the  deciina  of  tha  Latin  Uogoan  (obatrvM 
tha  tfanilalor],  alfordi  aome  evidence  of  the  method  uf  reuling  veria  among  Uia  RoBaMi 
for  uniea.  tha  iambic,  and  anapicBta  are  diitinctlr  pronounced,  both  the  rhynM  and  nlUiic 
ifiaotitT,  for  which  tha  piece  ia  peculiar,  will  be  utterljr  loat."  It  alio  "  preaagla  (eon- 
tinuea  Dr.  Nuttall,)  a  curuni.  ipecinen  of  the  vintEcation  of  the  fourth  Eagtniy,  whan 
ihfBM  bagao  to  be  iDtioduead,  and  tha  metrical  quantiCj  of  tba  A ~~ 


osnaannnda  with  tba  beptheni 
t  Vid«  Qenk  Mag.  vol.  lu 


168 


Seleci  F^ttry, 


•  [Feb. 


Alice  droop'd  mm!  the  -diady  liW  -m  hkt  lilj 

blighted—    *  [tM)i>l£n; 

^  the  bUstiog  of  mildews  which  ravage. 

Ere  the  sun  in  its  course  on  the  fourth  dsj 

al'u^hted,  [Jane! 

In  death's  icj  mns  were  both  Alice  and 

IffiAk  the  tnaodaie  of  Heaven,  in  humble 

submission,  [sustain ; 

The  bereavM  aged  parents  strove  hard  to 

And  fervently  jprajed,  through  Christ,  the 

permi^sioD^  [Jane! 

*  tn  glory  to  n^eet  with  their  Alice  and 

Than,,  the,  maids  of  the  village  in  sad,  sad 

dejffction,  [village  fane  !  * 

£ntotDD  d  their  lov'd  relics  'neath  the  old 

Their  mem'iy  embalming   with    tears  of 

affection— 

Sighmg^ '^  Peace  to  tha  manee'^  of  Alfoe 

and  Jane ! 

Cambridge.  T.  N. 


THE  LADY  AND  MERUN.f 

*  A  PICTORE  BY  NEWTON. 

/JRACEFUL  «  Phantom  of  delight  I" 

'  CHorlous  type  of  beauty  bright^ 
Sdeh  is  haunts  the  Poet's  vision 
When  hit  dreams  are  all  Efystan  ;— 
When  "his  musing  fan^  brings 
Shadows  of  all  lovely  things ; 
And,  fiuned  Zeuxis*  art  eacelliag. 
He  hath  iormed  a  secoud  Hellen, 
Wanting  but  the  powers  of  speech, 
Fiom  the  glowing  traits  of  each ! 

But  she  may  .not  vie  with  thee  I 
There's  a  sweet  simplicity 
Flitting  round  thine  open  brow, 
Spoithig  on  thy  ripe  lips  nowj 
Bnaitling  o'er  thy  maiden  cheek,— 
In  hues  that  Jeave  description  weak,— ^ 
With  a  brightness  all  too  real 
Boi  a  Foe^t^Beau  Ideal  I 

Though  an  angel's  grace  is  thine, 
Though  the  light  is  hsJf  divine. 
That  with  chastened  lustre  flashes 
Frbm  beneath  thine  eye's  dark  lashes ; 
Yet  thy  thoughtful  forehead  £ur, 
And  thy  sweetly  pensive  air. 
Speak  thee  but  of  mortal  birth. 
An  erring,  witching  child  of  earth ; 
In  each  varying  mood  revealing 
Human  hope,  and  human  feeling  : 
Gladsome  how, — ^now  vowed  to  sorrow, 
CSay  to-day,  if  sad  to-morrow  I 

*  They  were  both  buried  on  the  4th  of 
Jane^  1658. 

1*  Thb  is  extracted  from  the  Literary 
Magnet,  and  is  the  production  of  Mr. 
Alaric  A.  Watts,  whose  talents  are  now 
dfltoted  to  the  editorship  of  t|iat  publi- 
cation. -  > 


"  HuBlreu  fatr,  the  sport  is  over. 
Wherefore  chain  thy  feathered  rorer ; 
Rich  indeed  the  prize  must  be 
That  may  lure  him  far  from  thee  ' 
What  to  him  are^ood  and  jesses 
Tangled  in  thy  glossy  tresses  ? 
Dazzled  by  thy  beauty's  light, 
Can  he  plume  his  wiogs  for  flight  ? 
FetterM  by  a  smile  so  bland, 
Will  he  ever  leave  thy  hand  ? 
No  {  let  him  on  thy  beauty  feed, 
And  he'll  no  firmer  fetters  need  !     A.  A.  W. 


SLAVERY. 

pjARK !  the  loud  cry  through  vast  At- 
lantic's roar, 
,  Sails  on  the  wind,  and  gains  the  British  shore ! 
Where    petty    tyrants   man's    best    rights 

revoke. 
And  proud  Oppression  binds  the  iron  yoke. 
Where  the  poor  slave  in  vain  for  freedom 

sighs. 
Struggles  through  life,  and  unlamented  dies. 
Tom  from  hia  home,  no  friends  bewail  his 
doom,  [tomb : 

Affection,  friendship,  weep    not    o'er  his 
No  social  ties — no  fond  relations  near 
Tell  the  sad  tale,  or  drop  a  kindred  tear ! 
Hark  I  the  loud  cry  through  vast  Atlan- 
tic's roar,  [shore  t 
Howls  to  the  skies,  and  gains  the  British 
Rouse !    Britons,    rouse !     for  Mercy's 
lovely  name. 
Adds  the  bMt  laurels  to  your  well-earned 

fame : 
Mercy,  the  brightest  gem  that  decks  the 
crown,  [frown. 

Endears  the  smile,  and  lights  the  monarch's 
Ambition  gains  not  horrors  by  the  plan— 
Infeitaal  tiaffic !  that  enslaves  a  man ! 
Rouse !    Britons,  rouse !    nor  leave  the 
slave  oppressed  ;  [breast ; 

Wake  the  best  passions   that  adorn  your 
Restore  the  negro  to  his  home  again. 
Crush  the  dire  bonds,  and  burst  the  galling 
chain ;  [resound, 

TJl  Freedom's  Paeans  through  the  world 
And  echoing  nations  swell  the  choral  sound ! 

JUNIUS. 


A  THOUGHT 

At  the  Grave  of  three  lovely  Oiildren. 

I^LEEP  on,  sweet  innocente>  consign'd  to 

clay. 
Till  Heav'n  discloses  an  eternal  day ! 
Till  kindred   Seraphs,  bending    from   the 

skies, 
Sliall,  in  sof^  whispers^  bid  you  wake  and 

rise!  , 

Then  join,  for  ever  join  the  choir  above. 
And  for  your  earthly^  share  «  hcav'nly  pa- 

rent'f  lore. 


I8M.]  C    1«    3 

•  .  "        •        . 

mSTOftlCAL  CHRONICL& 

PROCEEDINGS   IN    PARLIAMENT. 

PA.  8.    Thi   Smirth   SMiios  of  ibe  the  frit  ffMniirfio  CUSwrf  Irtirti, 

FitH  PwiUseot  of  the  pMMiit  lUigB  wm  mtm,  md  Hmmhmrm.    HiiM^MMlHimit- 

Uut   6mj  opcMd   liy  Rml  CoMi'iMion.  «iM«neta<tob*UbdbMya«aC^w<ra 

Loni  GiffM.  OB  Ulttir  dTth*  Lonb  Cob-  Tiwtj of  Aauty,  Cniiim,  mI  Wiig 

BitMiMn,deIimtdUiofolkmbgSpooelit  tkm,  conelaJiJ  boiwtwi  Hb  Mrirtl#  ifcd 

tlw  ReMblis  of  Cohnriiio.  dw  MtfiMiM 

*•  J#jf  Lofdt  nd  GetdieHUHf  ^  whirhHirt  boitt  oadh^aad  ^a^  tk« 

«<  We  are  cowmamM  by  BU  M»}of«y  to  doio  of  Ao  It  Stfitioa.    ffihroK^fiift 

nlbrm  70a  thirt  Hb  Mijct ty  Iim  mob  with  imo  «fl^  mh,  ^  lll^  HWfllMi  ordS 

gnat  rmt  tht  MBbtfnMiMBt  which  hw  Traitor*  HioM^Mr  «»  tew.  smJ  of  yokr 

occontd  ia  the  pacoaaafy  tfioBctiow  of  mhtiw     Hit  liriti  Nmtt  thai  ha 

iht  Couatry,  nact  the  cIom  of  tht  lirt  tti-  l^f  aoi  to  taaoawt  la  va«  tb  ttnfeindte 

•ioa  of  Pariitaeat.    This  tuBanaMBMBt  ofhottlBlita  is  laAu    BMflhaaMntei 

«a  act  triMfronaay  political  tveata,eithtr  of  tht  Im  wwBMiigB,  thwgh  tW  hwrtty 

at  hooM  or  tbrotd.    It  was  aot  Mrodacad  „{  ^  fanm  of  Ha  Mijmi,  iSi-af  fli* 

by  toy  uotapcctcd  dtoktad  npoa  tht  publie  ^ggg  |^|^  Coaaiay,  gad  the  MB  md  M« 

lasoureety  oor  by  the  tppielieatioB  of  toy  ggttiaaet  af  the*  ooanwaiM*  hiNV  b^ 

iattrniptioo  to  the  geoefal  traaquillity.—  uttinWd  with  vailani  tiiOMitf  tei  Ifit 

SooM  of  the  ctuMs  to  which  thit  cv3  matt  Mijmtf  ttfsttt  ^t  a  OottliMmda  af  tha 

ht  attributed,   lie  withoat   the   reach  af  ^^nr  extitioBt  tmf  trtf,  al  ■»  ifag^gt  M- 

diiect  parliameatary  iaterpoaition ;  nor  caa  ^^i^  ^  |m  hoooonUt  aad  MtfaiMfft  SI- 

aeconty  aipuau  the  leconeace  of  them  he  «fiMtioB.   Hit  Mrfiilj'itiiwgn  hit  tete 

Ibuad,  uoleaa  io  the  czpcrieace  of  the  aat-  dkeeted  to  iht  feaiiihinitif  tftnuUmii 

feriogt  *hich  they  have  occasiooed.    But^  g^m  mi  iniiiiiniiad  ia  Aa  ktl  fitiilM  af 

to  a  certaia  portloa  of  thia  evil,  corwtttive  ParUameat  far  ianraiiaa  thi  ttnMftfiPtf  ti 

at  Icait,  if  oot  effectual  remedies  may  he  it^iaU.    The  b£aifyaf  thai  Mttaf  die 

applied;  aad  Hit  Mafeatyieliea  apoo  year  TVitnil  Kingdnai,  HiaMaJim  hatAt  Uttr- 

wiidomtodtfiatauehmeeaBraaaamayteod  iMtioaaf aoqaabliag vaa,  IttenooMtaf 

to  protect  both  priYtU  aad  publie  iotortfli  jprirtnal  and  tfintraT  adrtiif eiaait    ta  id 

agaiaat  the  Ifta  auddea  aad  violcot  fluctoa-  vaacemeat  aiSoly  to  be  aStribotid  la  thai 

taoaa,  by  pbciac  00  a  more  firm  foooda^  ,|.le  ^f  ti^^bqidllity  vhidi  aoiif  li<n»ly  W 

the  currtocy  uid  drcnlatiof  credit  of  the  ^\^  thfoitfhaol  all  thapfoHatfiMiriiillBdL 

Couotry.     His  Majctty  eoouao^  to  receive  ..^    ^, i-a*.M^     .>— . 

fromU  Alliea,  aiTd  eJaerally,  from  all  fo-  '*OtntlemmiiraiiBotm^CMMM 

reign   Priecet   aad   States,    the  strongest         '^  Hb  Mijeify  haadhaetid  thi  £ithiat4i 

aasoraoces  of  their  ^iendly  dbpositioa  t<^  for  the  year  po  be  piaparad  iad  bid  bdMi 

wsrds  Hb  Majesty.    HU  MuMtv,  on  hb  y^u.     They  have   beea  fiMMd  with  it 

part*  U  constant  and  unwearied  in  nb  endea-  ankioas  desne  to  «vo«d  tvety  aspeoditai^ 

vours  to  reconcile  c<»nflicttng  inteiesU,  aad  beirood  what  the  neotisanr  daaMadi  of  tlkt 

to  recofcmend  and  cultivate  peace  both  ia  public  serViot  may  requite    Hb  Mi^fcsty 

the  old  world  and  the  new.    Hb  Majesty  nas  the  satbfiictlod  of  mfenbfa^  yoa,  thiH 

comnuuids  us  to  inform  jou,  that  ia  pur-  the  produce  of  the  reveaoi,  ia  the  btl  yiar^ 

anance  o(  tbU  policy  His  Majesty's  media-  has   fully  iustified  the  espeetatiims  cata^ 

tion  has  been  sucoestfully  employed  in  the  tained  at  toe  commencement  of  il. 
conclusion  of  a  Treaty  between  the  Crowns  •<  j^y  £^,^  ^^  GenOemau 

oFPortucal  and  BraKil,  by  which  the  reb-         <<  u*    »«  •    ^    j      «     t  ... 

tioos  anil  friendly  inUrcourse,  long  inter-       .       "l*  Majesty  deeply  bmeau  the  Inja- 

rupted  between  two  kindred  nation,  have  "*»^  'f  «^  which  the  We  peeaaimy  eruia 

bain  restored,  and  the  independence  of  the  "J*"*  '»^«  "«~1«^  "PO»  "»«7  branches  of 

Brmxir.aa  empire  has  been  f<Vmally  acknow-  Vf^u^^S^Jf^ ^^S^ff^  ^  *^ 

bdged.    Hb  Maiesty  loses  no  opportunity  ^?^  Ktegdoto.    But  Hb  M^esty  eod- 

^living  effect^SsVi-^pbaoTtladeaaa  JJS?^  ^  *!!!'  *^  *^  temporary  chedk 

Navig^on.  which  have  revived  the  sane-  ^J*^^"!"*  "?  manufcctoies  may  ^ 

tionofParlUment,andofesublish.ngthem  J^^  ."^A  J?'**D*°'f;   !?''    «»^' ?^ 

asfaraapossiUet^engagtmentswithLeign  hles«ng  of  Dbme  Provlden6r,  wither  U*. 

powers.  *  Hb  M^t7li  directed  to  be  l2d  f '  'K^.  TV  ^  T  "^'h  ^ 

Ufore you  a co,?of  a  Convention  fhuned 00  «np«<««  the  growth  of  aatloaal  pro^hy.- 

those  principles,  which  has  rrcentlyl>een  con-         In  the  House  ov  Loaot,  tWjEtri^ 

cYndM  between  Hb  Majetty  and  the  King  of  VeruUui^  moved  the  aaaai  ^U^rtii  tft  Hb 

Frmce;  and  of  a  similar  Convtntioa  with  Majesty,  which  was  ateoadfd  by  tht  Earl  of 
Otar.  Mao.  Fetruarg,  1 8Stf . 

10 


170               Proceedings  in  the  present  Session  of  Parliament.  ^  [Feb. 

Sheffield. — ^Lord  King  introduced  an  lunend-  the  eountry  wm  suffering.    The  first,  and 

meuty  pledging  the  House  to  proceed  to  "  a  that  which  it  was  intended  to  originate  in 

rerision  of  the  Con»  Laws,  as  the  best  means  the  House  of  Commons,  was,  as  he  said,  a 

of  securing  and  extending  the  comforts  of  Bill  to  limit  the  period  during  which  coun- 

His  Majesty's  subjects."    The  noble  Lord  try  bankers   should  be  permitted  to  issue 

spoke  with  great  asperity  of  the  conduct  of  notes  for  less   than  five  pounds  to   three 

toe  Bank  of  England,  which  he  said  had,  years;  in  which  time  it  was  expected  that  all 

.  by  its  over  issues,   mainly  contributed  to  such  notes  now  in  existence  would  be  worn 

woduce  the    late    embarrassments.  —  The  out,  which  Bill  was  also  to  provide  against 

,  Earl  of  Liverpool  reminded  the  House  that  the  stamping  of  any  such  notes  from  this 

ll^Jbad  last  year  <'  created  an  opportunity'*  time  forward.    The  second  measure  alluded 

to  admonish  the  public  of  the  ruin  which  to  was  the  removal  of  the  present  restric- 

,  BUMt  follow  the  then  prevailing  rage  for  soe-  tions  upon  Bank  Partnerships,  as  it  might 

-  eolations.    All  that  he  bad  predicted  had  affect  banks  situated  at  more  than  65  miles 

WtbappUy  been  fulfilled.    One  effect  of  the  distant  from  the  Metropolis.  This  measure, 

.  npi^ulatioDs  had  been  to  draw  out  a  circula-  he  said,  would  be  introduced  in  the  House 

iion  of  Country  bank-notes,  to  the  amount  of  Lords.     The  Right  Hon.  Gentleman  ex- 

of  ^ur  millions  in  two  years.    The  notes  of  plained  that  the  law  for  the  prohibition  of 

thia  description  afloat  in  1823  being  four  small  notes  was  not  intended  to  extend,  in 

millions,  and  eight  in  1825.'  This  rage,  the  first  instance,  to  Scotland  or  Ireland, 

therefore,  among  many  concurrent  causes,  though  its  ultimate  effect,  he  hoped,  would 

t  ha  assumed  to  be  the  principal  causes  of  the  be  to  give  to  every  part  of  the  empire  the 

late  embarrassments.    The  remedy  which  benefit  of  a  metallic  currency.  He  concluded 

,  ha  should  propose  would  be,  to  remove  the  by    moving    the    following    resolution:  — 

limitation  to  six  persons,  imposed  upon  Bank  "  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Committee 

partnerships  bytne  Bank  of  England  Charter,  that  all  promissory  notes  payable  to   the 

M  fiur  as  it  could  affect  bankers  at  more  than  bearer  on  demand,  issued  by  licence,  and 

65  miles  distance  trom  London,  and  gr»-  mider  the  value  of  52.  and  stamped  previous 

.  doally  to  withdraw  one  and  two  pound  notes  to  the  5th  of  Feb.  1 826,  be  allowed  to  cir- 

irom  circulation.    The  noble  Lord  also  de-  culate  uutil  the  5th  of  Feb.  1829,  and  no 

elared,   that  in  the  present  state  of  the  longer." 

Coontry,  Ministers  would  not  feel  justified  Mr.  Baring,  in  a  speech  of  great  anlma- 

ID  any  agitation  of  the  Com  Law  question,  tion  and  ability,  reproached  the  Ministers 

The  Amendment  was  negatived,    and  the  with  hav'mg  manifested  unparalleled  igno- 

,  44dfast  agreed  to  without  a  division.  ranee  in    Uieir    correspondence    with    the 

^^__^  Bank,    and   with   having  brought  the  ma- 
nufacturers of  the  Country  into  the  greatest 

Housi  Of  Lords,  Feb,  &.  difficulties   by   their    setseless  theorizing. 

•     The  Earl  of   Liverpool  moved   for  an  He  ascribed  the  present  distresses  (which 

•ccoont  of  the  number  of  notes  under  five  ^«  professed  to  think  likely  to  continue  for 

pounds  issued  by  the  Bank  of  England  in  »  thne,  though  still  but  temporary)  to  the 

*the  February,  May,  August,  and  November  accommodation  which   the   Bank   had   af- 

'  quarters,  from  the  year  1819  to  1825)  and  forded  to  Ministers,  by  which  upwards  of 

of  Bank  post-bills  for    the   same   period,  22  millions  of  the  capital  of  that  Corpo- 

distinguishing  the  quarters.    Also,  an  ac-  r»tion  was  rendered  unavailable  fir  the  as- 

oount  of  all  the  notes  issued  by  the  countnr-  swtance  of  commerce.      As  a  measure   of 

hanks  during  the  same  period,  distinguish-  wlief  and  security,  he  suggested  the  adop- 

Ing  the  quarters  as  before;  and  of  all  bank-  tion  of  silver  as  well  as  gold  as  the  stand- 

^ptciessmcetheyearl8l9,andofallcharter8  ard  of  currency,  conformably  to  the  prac- 

ghmting  privileges  to  bankers.    The  motion  t'>c«  of  *Jl  the  other  nations  of  Europe,  and 

was  extended  to  Scotland  and  Ireland.  warned  the  Legislature  that  the  removal  of 

the    restriction    upon    Bank    partnerships 

W  would  be  quite  unproductive  of  any  good 

«T                />  ..  -^..-     v^f   1  o  effect  if  the  example  ef  the  Scotch  system 

House  of  Co^cmons,  Feb.  10.  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^„^^^j  throughout,  by  allowing 

The  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  intro-  capitalists  to  invest  a  specific  sum  in  the 

daeed  the  proposed  new  arrangements  for  proposed  partnership  banking  concerns,  to 

the  Amendment  of  the  Currency  and  the  the  extent  of  which  sum  ody  they  should 

wcurity  of  the  Banking  Trade.    He  com-  be  deemed  responsible.     In  conclusion,  the 

■MBced  by  an  elaborate  argument,  in  which  honourable  gentleman  deprecated  any  im- 

JM  endeavoured  to  show  that  the  late  em-  patience  to  try  experiments,  in  the  present 

harFMsments  were  but  the  natural   canse-  condition  of  the  Country.     Major  MaberUy 

ententes  (f  proaperih/.    He  then  explained  and  Lord  FolkesUme  ascribed  the  embarrass- 

.the  two  measures  by  which  Government  ments  to  over-trading.  Mr.AusibtMon  replied, 

'liesigiied  to  provide  against  the  recurrence  — On  the  motion  of  Mjr.  Canning,  the  d«- 

^  similar  ealamitiis  to  those  under  which  hate  was  adjourned. 


11^86.]         Proceedkii^  in  ike  prumt  JkiriM  iif  farUamei^ 


m 


Fa,  IS.    The  adjounied  'd«b«te  <m  die  • 
Banking  Systbm  wm  resumed,  on  the  mo- 
tion of  the  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.-— . 
Sir  J«  WroUeiley  opposed  the  motion,  and 
spoke  with  ^eat  animation  on  the  cruel 
injustice  that  had  been  done  to  the  country 
bankers,  by  the  allusions  made  by  them  in 
the  letters  of  Ministers  to  the  Directors  of 
the  Bank  of  England.     He  denied  that  the 
gentlemen  thiis  aspersed  had  encouraged 
groundless  speculations,  which  he  showed 
to  be  directly  repugnant  to  their  interests. 
He  taxed  Mbisters  with  a  criminal  parti** 
lity,    in  treating    as  sacred  the  supposed 
rights  of  the  Bank  of  England,  while  they 
did  not   hesitate  to  sacrifice  the  piTate 
bankers,  who  had  invested  (heir  property 
upon   the  faith    of   Parliament,    solemnly 
pledged  in  the  Extension  Act  of  1823.— 
Mr.  Peel  supported  the  resolutions  before 
the  House,  and  defended  his  Bill  of  i819> 
which  he  said  only  enforced  an  arrangement 
absolutely  necessary  for  the  salvation  of  the 
Country.     He  lamented  the  departure  from 
the  principle  of  that  Bill  committed  in  the 
Extension  Act  of  1828.    The  Right  Hon, 
(Grentleman  then  proceeded  to  contend,  in  a 
very   ingenious  argument,   that  the  direct 
operation  of  the  present  system  of  private 
banking  is  to  encourage  speculation,  when 
the  tide  of  commercial  affairs  sets  in  that 
direction ;  and  to  aggravate  all  the  conse- 
quences of  a  panic,  when  public  credit  is 
upon  the  ebb.     Mr.  Atttvood  and  Mr.  H. 
Gumey  opposed  the  resolution. — Mr.  Canr 
ning  spoke  at  great  length  in  support  of  the 
Resolutions.     Disclaiming  any  disrespectful 
feeling   towards   the  Country  Bankers,  he 
submitted  that  these  gentlemen  could  not 
with  safety  be  trusted  with  the  royal  prero- 
gative uf  making  aud  issuing  money.     He 
defended  the  bringing  forward  the  subject  at 
present,  upon  the  ground,  that  to  allow  the 
Country  Bankers  a  further   respite,  would 
be  to  furnish  them  with  an  opportunity  to 
.  obstruct  the  measures  which  hereafter  Par- 
liament might  think  necessary  for  the  re- 
form  of  the  currency.     The  Right  Hon. 
Gentleman  then  proceeded  to  draw  a  distinc- 
tion between  large  and  small  notes,  in  favour 
of  the   former;    and   illustrated  his  **  fair 
ideal"  of  national  wealth,  by  the  figure  of  a 
mountain  of  paper,  whose  base  was  irrigated 
•  with  gold. — Mr.  Pearse  defended  the  Bank 
of  England  from  the  charge  of  extorting 
exorbitant  profits  in  its  transactions  with  the 
Government. — Mr-Grenfell  and  Mr.Brough" 
am  supported  the  Resolution. — The  House 
then   divided,    when   the   numbers   were — 
For  the  Chancellor    of   the    Exchequer's 
inotion,  232  ;  against  it,  89. 

Feb.  14.  On  the  motion  that  the  report 
of  the  Committee  on  the  Bank  Charter, 
and  Bank  Note  Act  be  brought  up,-^Mr. 
Caleraft,  condemned  the  course  taken  by 
Ministers  aa  precipitate  aud  dangerous.— 


Mf.  Budt^  OwPMifmtfM  (In  M/bt^yn^^ 
vide  affainstthe  want  of  fe  cnneney  Wnidi?   . 
the  BiU-wonld  othenrise  eertunlj  prodimt]  * 
that  the  words    **  Bink  of  Ei^^hiid  OM  / 
pound  notea,"  should  be  ifamek  out  ef  thi- 
Bill.— Mr.  EUiee  gave"  4  long  e:Kplanitia[t; 
of  hia  motirea  in  votmg  for'  the  propositiiMi 
of  MinjslSers,  which,  as  well  as  it  could  b4.> 
collected  from  ah  infinite  variety  of  topiw» '. 
appeared  to  be  an  opinion  fliat  ^e  WKL 
before  the  Committee  would  enforce  fht- 
repeal  of  the  cierh  laws. — ^Mr.  7.  U^Umtk 
complained  that  the  agitation  5f  the^piet- 
tjon  of  the  currency  had  already  done  grwl     . 
mischief  in  the  city,  and  tiinateoed  nSKL 
more  disastrous  conaeqoencea;     Hetskiii 
the  Chancellor  of  the  Excbeqoer,  wfaetfia^ 
he  waa  prepared  with  any  meaanre  of  dhK 
viation  for  the  great  and  growine.calain]|g^ 
that  had  resulted  from  his  pertinasity  m 
adhering  to  his  measures,  und  suffgtatiA    . 
that  a  loan  similar  to'  that  made  to  tne  dit" 
tressed  mannfacturera    and  merchantf  itt 
1793,  might  now  be  issued  with  aafel^  tad 
advantage,-^The    ChaneeUor    of  the  S3t%- 
chequer  rejected  the  proposition  for  a  Ion  • 
as  certain  to  encourage  unfoi^ded  •peedb' 
tiona  hereafter  by  the  infiuenoe  of  its  ea^- 
ample. — Mt.  Robertson  attributed  the  fsh* 
lie  distress  io  the  withdrawing  of  the  floai^ 
ing  capital  of  the  country,  wnieh,  he  mSA^ 
had  been  reduced  firom  830,000,000  to  abouft 
70,00(1^000$  he  approved  of  Mr.T.  Wilr- 
son'a  suggestton.<— Mr.  Huskisson  deekrad 
that  an  increase  of  cfarcnlation  was  neceaMry* 
and  suggested  that  if  the  Bank  would -g6 
Into  the  market,  and  boy  the  floating  aaqn^ 
ritles,  now  so  inneh  ^pressed,  to  a  very 
considerable  extent,  this  would  be  a  mode 
of  increasing  the  circulating  medium  per- 
haps less  objectionable  than  any  othor.    It 
was  quite  »  mistake  to  suppose  that  tiiB 
Bank  was  at  all  choaked  up  at  present  with 
Government  securities.    This  waa  what  ho 
should  recommend.    A  large  issue  from  the 
Bank,  by  purchasing  Government  secnritiety 
would  produce  great  relief  if  they  thouj^lft 
themselves  at  liberty  to  take  such  a  connd^ 
and  he  thought  they  might  do  so  with  per* 
feet  safety.    No  difficulty  would  be  found 
in  making  an  arrangement  with  the  First 
Lord-  of  the  Treasury  and  his  Right  Hon* ' 
friend  for  the  redemption  of  such  securitiee 
in  due  and  proper  time.    This  besides  wae 
a  plan  of  relief  which,  might  be  acied  oa 
-  immediately.- — ^The    original    motion 
ultimately  agreed  to. 


Fed,  16.  Sir  John  Newport  m<mA\tk 
series  of  resolutions  declaratory  of  aboieo 
alleged  to  be  committed  in  the  asseisiiitBfe 
and  application  of  Church  rates  iti'  Ivekad* 
The  Hon.  Baronet,  after  citing  tevenl  riim 
of  irtegular  and  illegal  assessments,  pTOiitd 
the  consideration  of  his  resolutioni  mpiMt 
the  House  od  the  ^oand  that  the  exi'fMwjit 


mi 


^ocudinpin  Parlkuneni.^^^Fpreigh,  Nploi. 


[Feb. 


#MM>T*f<*  fai   thtm  bora  ptoulkriy  hard 
npob  the  Romaii  CatkoliQ  papul«tioiD,  who, 
mogb  thty  had  to  pty  niuon  the  grv attr 
part  of  theory  had  no  vote  in  the  aMessmentty 
Bor  iaterest  in  the  objects  for  which  theie 
■wirfftniTnti  were  mads.-^Mr.  Goidburn,  in 
'  nflj  to  Lord  Althorp'a  qaeUion,  garc  an 
iapoaitioD  of  the  aeveral  qikeasures  for  the 
h|im*ovenient  of  the  Sister  Kingdom ,  de- 
■ijfciil  by  Obvenunient  to  be  introduced  ii| 
urn  course  of  ih»  session.    This  cxplana* 
taim  iras  an  exact  repetition  of  ^at  given 
oB  a  former  evening  m  the  other  House  by 
the  Earl  of  liveroool.     The  Right  Hon. 
G^t*  then  availed  nimself  of  the  opportu- 
ai^  to  explain  that  the  operation  of  the 
Titlie  CompoeitioB  Act  hed  surpassed  his 
tspectation,  having  been  enforced  in  676 
jurishes  (one  fourth  of  all  the  parishes  in 
the  kiagfiom),  and  having  produced  by  its 
iiMKieet  influence,  amteaUe  accommodations 
hi  inany  more ;  and  then  addressed  himself 
to  Sir  John  Nearport's  motion,  in  relation 
#B  mhkkk  he  observed*  that  he  had  it  in 
eontemplation  to  introdisce  a  Bill  to  correct 
fkm  ivrsinilarities  complained  of,  and  that  If 
lbs  Right  Hon.  Bart,  did  not  withdraw  his 
fesokitioM,  he  (MrXkmlbum)  should  move* 
te  en  amendment,  that  leave  be  given  to 
Wing  in  die  Bill  in  question.<— Sir  John 
Meupoft  declined  to  withdraw  his  resoln* 
tiaoe>  as  he  was  desirous  to  put  them  on 
feoord  in  the  Jonmals,  and  Mr.  G^uiburn 
•MMd  acoordingiy.— -Sir  12o6eri  /j^gfis  hiffhiy 
,  ^ftsamoved  of  the  icsolutioas  of  the  Mem^ 
iMir  nr  Wateiford,  and  o£  the  tone  of  the 
«rnments    by  which    that   Right    Hon. 
^lemher  had  endeavoured  to  recommend 
UwB.    Admitting  that  some  of  the  assess- 
Bents  to  be  found  in  the  fetoms  made  to 
Parliament  had  been  irregular,  he  showed 
/that  ther  had  not  been  made  in  a  spirit 
of  hostility  to  Roman  Catholics,  many  of 
iSbtm  (which  the  Member  for  Waterford 
'jhid  stikigely  ofwrlooked)  having  been  made 
for  objects  exdasively  Roman    Catholic, 
jHi^h  aa  building  Roman  Catholic  chapels. 
Jk  then  deuMstrated,  from    the 


same 


anthoffltyy    diat  thes^    assessments    could 
rarely  m  oppressive,  the^  never,  excepting' 
in  one  instance,  exceedmg  8<f.  upon  the 
acre  (which  is  as  five  to  four  of  the  English 
acre)  and  rarely  approaching  to  that  sum. 
And  this,  he  observed,  was  in  a  country  in 
which,  as  it  had  been  proved  to  them  by 
the  evidence  of  a  Roman  Catholic  priest, 
the  peasantry  were  taxed  for  the  erection 
of  Roman  Catholic  chapels  at  the  rate  of 
six  and  even  twelve  shillings  an  acre.     Sir 
R.  Inglis  concluded  with  declaring  that  he 
would  never  bit  in  silence  to  hear  the  Pro- 
testant church    establishment    in    Ireland 
misrepresented  and  aspersed. — Mr.  C.  Huh 
ehmsonf  Mr.  Monk,  and  Mr.  R.  Martin, 
urged  the  necessity  of  taking  some  step  to 
improve  the  condition  of  the  Irish  poor.— 
Sir  John,  Newport  replied  shortly,  txit  his 
'  resolutions  were  rejected ;    and  Mr.  Goul- 
burl's  amendment  carried  without  a  division. 


House  or  Lords,  Feb.  1 7. 

The  Earl  of  Liverpool  moved  the  second 
reading  of  the  Bill  to  amend  the  Bank  Char- 
ter Act.  (49  Geo.  III.)     The  noble  Earl 
entered  into  a  full  and  perspicuous  explana- 
tion of  the  measures  intended  by  Ministers 
for  the  reformation  and  security  of  the  cur- 
rency,  of  which  this  was  one.     He  observed 
that  it  was  not  only  in  mining  and  loan 
transactions,   and  new  projects,   that  the 
spirit  of  speculation  luul  been  mischievously 
active ;  he  cited  several  returns  of  the  im- 
ports of  wool,  timber,  silk,  &c.   to   show 
that  in    the    oldest  and  most  legitimate 
branches  of  trade  the  scale  of  importation 
had  been  enormously  increased  during  the 
last  year.     After  some  objections  by  the 
Earl   of  LauderdaU  and    the  Marquis  of 
Lansdoum,  the  Bill   was  read  a  second  time 
without  a  ^vision. 


In  the  House  op  Commons  on  the  same 
day,  the  Promissory  Notes  Bill  (sec  p.l 7 1 ) 
waa  read  a  second  time  without  a  divbion. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


FRANCE. 

speech  of  the  King  of  France,  on 
J  the  Chambers,  commences  by 
floding  to  the  death  of  the  Emperor  of 
Russia,  and  states  that  the  Kinj^  has  re- 
cdved  from  his  successor,  and  troin  other 
poeretSy  assorances  of  coatinoed  friendly 
dispesitions.  He  next  speaks  of  a  conven- 
tion between  Frsnce  and  England  for  regn- 
liting  the  navigation  of  the  two  countries ; 
«id  in  allusion  to  the  <  definitive  separation' 
\mi  £it>  Domingo,  which  has  been  lost  to 
-dpnce  for  tmrty  years,  will  submit  a  pio- 
fo  dhride  the  WooHHty  granted  4o 


the  antient  planters.  In  speaking  of  the 
improved  state  of  the  finances,  he  proposes 
to  increase  the  revenues  of  the  churco,  at 
the  same  time  feeling  confident  that  direct 
taxes  to  the  amount  of  nineteem  millions 
(of  francs)  may  be  repealed  during  the  ses- 
sion. His  Majesty  then  proceeds  to  recom- 
mend that  measures  should  be  adopted  to 
arrest  the  progressive  subdivision  of  pro* 
perty. 

RUSSIA. 

AcoorduBg  to  M.  Hermann,  of  the  Aca- 
demy of  Soienoes  at  Petenboigh,  the  classes 
of^  faiMOiilHittf  •{  Rweia,  inoMbg  ttie 


roliad  aor  rmtelt  vtn  tt  mlofvi  I  and  from  FtaiDB  eonemr  i^  ■*>^«»#  fliff  tbm ' 

MJtt.    AodiSfM.  *M  opt  the  tii^qett  prospect  of  peact.    U 

NoUei Ml^eoo —    660^000  does  not  appetr  that  we  have  vU/Ab  nj* 

Qem f  UyMO  •—    400*000  MOMblehnpreMioii  on  the  Barrow^  «e  oalf. 

Mfftnaatt  ••.«.•     149»000  —    SOP^O^O  potieM  the  ground  our  armiet  cover,  and  all. 

Tiaden^  inhabi-?     »Moim      i  AAAMin-  5<*»  ">  ^  ••»•  ■»  «»«•    Wherever  we 

taau  of  tovai  C     •''''»''''''  •"  i,o«o,ogo  move.  We  are  paramount,  ^t  armed  part^' 

CnltiTafcon«  as- J  >mmediatel;)r  close  upon  our  i»ar,    Astruag 

empi£roaiea->  l^tOOiOOO—t^OOyOOO  neonaoitering  pait/  fras  la^j  sent  Iram 

pitsiJeo  ••  ••  )  Prome,  to  a^ceruin  if  a  force  was  collecting 

Coesadb,  tdSm  ..    1»1I0,000 — f»tOO,000  ^^  adirante  of  the^,  and  it  was  found  thac' 

FMsaais  i«VM-  J  ,^  ,,.  ivwv— ••  ^va*  aaa  ™"7  thousands  were  assembled  together, 

mtkg^....    J  ««>no,000-8«,79«,000  and  had  stocked  themselves. 

iaws •       1 00,000  —     9 10,000  ^^^^ — The  Dutch  Ooverament  of  Java 

£asplogped     by  1         .^  _._           -^_  _^^  Ss  hivohred  in  a  very  ruinous  war  with  the 

Govmarat  /        W,300—     190,000  Javanese,  who  have  gained  some  importfat 

Arm^aadNarr..       500,000^1,000,000  advantages  over  their  European  rulers.    I| 

UaeMlitadTAaa      500,000  —  1,000,000  eppears  that  a  numerous  pwty  of  oMhrea 

GREKCE.  collected  with  hostile  intentions  at  a  plaotf 

The  news  from  Giteea  cootboes  to  be  5^  Demark,  shdut  afventeen  milei  webt 

mofa  satisiaetory.    The  defcat  of  the  Turks  <V  famarang.    The  autliorities  of  Aat  placa 

and  EgyptSaas  before  Missokmghi,  the  naval  f  "^^^^  **"?  •  volunteer    corps  of  cavaliyn 

victory  of  the  Greeks,  tho  reuklog  of  Trl-  T^  **^.  t^  ^v""?   ?"'  "*^'^^   "^f^ 

poliaxa  by  Colocotroni,  the  da^  of  a  ^™^'   ^'^  ■  hundred  seamen  and  a  few 

eorpa  of  SOOO  men,  sent  by  Ibrahim  to-  "•V^*  ^^'  .•"**  ^"^"^  S?»  ^  proceed 

wards  Saloea,  raoeives  eoofirmation  by  let-  ™.*?"h.'^*  insurgents.    When  they  camn 

ters  received  from  Greece,  or  the  iwigh.  "*  '«***  ^J^*  «?«'"y»  ^V  ?>«'»«^^  ^  ^^K 

booring  countries.    Admiral  Miaulb,  who  •«']>"•«  "^m  three  to  five  thousand  mei^ 

alter  keeping  in  check  for  twenty  days  with  JS    '*'"**'     '*^''  "P  *"  *^'**  columns. 

only  twenty-sb  Hydrloft  vessels,  the  whole  Tlie  European  commander  ordered  hit  mei^ 

Turkish  fleet  at  Patraa,  had  sailed  to  ascer-  *?  ™  *^^^ '  .'***  insurgents  were  imme- 

tain  and  to  remove  tha  diifieulties  which  **'**?.'?  ?  T^''''^  ***  "*"'  *?**'°'      ""*« 

Dfwvested  tba  other  two  Greek  divisbni  •mall  body  of  cavalry,  twenty-e<g<it  m  numy 

km  Joining  him,  succeeded  hi  his  object,  ^''  ^'."5  »nexiHjrienced,  were  immediatalr 

aad  wtmSi  on  the  99d  of  December  with  i**T°  i°^  confusion,  and  two  were  kille^ 

shty-sevaa  sail  and  several  fire-ships,  in  by  the  first  discharge  from  the  insurgept^ 

time  to  relieve  Missolonghi,  where  a  scar-  ""P?*  l^.^!,"  *""'   charged  the  cavaliy 

city  of  protUioos  began  to  prevail.    For  ""*"*  *T"  ^^•^'^  »P«»"   *^«»  «*»«/  Mp 

Ibrahim  Pacha,  after  several  attemuto  to  »^»P^  .^    retreat.     After   a  moment's 

force  hb  way  by  Calavriu  and  Acrata,  in  consultation,  the  Europeans  determined  t9 

which  ha  was  defeated  with  considerable  loss  J"?  **?  '**•  '^'  *"**  attempt  to  pass  the 

by  Loodos,  had  thrown  himself  into  Nau-  ^  ^  ®^  men  that  occupied  the  road  betwea* 

pacta,  and  suddenly  embarking  on  board  the  **»«"» /"^    Samarang  ;     but    the    attempt 

Egyptian  vesaeU  which  he  found  at  that  P"*        ''^^  unfortunate,   as  some   of  the 

place,  had  crossed  the  Gulph,  and  Unded  *l°"**  !^^  ?"  •"^  ^'*'*^  ^^•"^  '*<*«»  »ntp 

Mar  Miasolooghi.    Scarcely  had  he  reached  y^«    »oft  "«>  broken  grounds  of  the  rica 

tha  walls  of  that  heroic  city  when  he  ordered  "*''"'  ""  ^    **?    instantly  tpeared  by  tha 

a  meral  aasauh,' hoping  to  carry  it  by  sar-  «"^'^y:    Several  of  them  then  returned  to 

pnie.    The  brave  garrison,  however,  were  7*"  ^?'"f '  position,  and    cut  the'.r    way 

on   their  guard,  and    the    efforts   of  the  *""*"Sh  the  enemy  that  occupied  another 

Egyptians,  notwithstanding  their  discipline,  IT**    *"      'Tm**1    ^.°»*!*°«    >»»   "^ty- 

were  not  more  successfol   than    those  of  *»urteen  were  killed  and  missing,  including 

Redschkl's  Albanians.     Ibrahim  was  beaten  **''"  yo«og  t.nglish  and  Scouh  agents  for 

faMTk  at  all  poiuu,  and  compelled  to  retire  cmnaiercial  houses  m  BaUvU.     The  w^ola 

wiHiia  the  Seraskier's  ancient    entrench-  «^<^«^^»;«  ^«"^ce  of  European  troops  does  not 

■e«ta.     But  as  he  retained  that  position  ***'5*'*  ^^^  men,  and  the  citizens  of  Ba- 

and  a  naval  force  blockaded  the  place  by  ^''"'.  "*  '*L*"*  *"*'*^'y  **"ft'  *^  '^^  • 

aaa,  tba  want  of  previsions  began  to  be  sen-  '*«"'*'  ^"^  **  common  soldiers. 

Si^k'S^'^.hfTuT^S^no'lfl.ft  ,          UNITED  STATES. 

and  tha    communications    be'mg  restoied,  .    *T  ^^^  Fapera  of  the  81st  alt.  ooa- 

Misadoaghi  was  re-victualled.  ^'^  ^'^^  Annual  Treasury  Report,  of  which 

EAST  I\nrFiS  V  ^''*  S'y  "^°*  to  giva  a  vary  slight 

Tha  UX^gIJ^^^'       l        u  'J"**^-    ^  P»"^  nrveouacfthiUiUtad 

nijMan  Govemmant  «  makmg  the  States  in  l8S4Vmouacad  (iachidiM  a  loan 

»oat  f^fgatic  pieparatMms  for  the  opening  of  5,000,000  6\Akn)to  M^lJ  dS! 


174 


Foreign  News.^^Dom^Hc  Occurrences. 


[Feb. 


Ifn ;  makings  with  the  halance  in  the  Trea- 
•firy  Jan.  1,  1894)  of  9»463,922  doUara, 
aa  aggregate  of  dd>845|135  dollars.  The 
expenditure  amounted  to  31,898,533  dol- 
lars ;  leaving  a  balance  in  the  Treasury  of 
Ii946,5d7  dollars.  The  actual  receipts 
into  the  Treasury  during  the  three  first 
quarters  of  1 825  were  2 1 ,68 1 ,444  dollars, 
and  those  of  the  fourth  quarter  are  esti- 
mated at  5,100,000  dollars,  making,  with 
the  above  balance  of  1 ,946,597  dollars,  an 
aggregate    of   S8y7289041    dollars.      The 


total  estimated  expenditure  of  the  year  is 
23,443,979  dollars,  leaving  a  balance  in  the 
Treasury,  Ist  January  1826,  of  5,284,061 
dollars, 

SOUTH  AMERICA. 

On  the  10th  Dec.  a  formal  declaration  of 
war  was  made  by  tbe  Brazilian  Government 
against  the  United  Provinces  of  the  River 
Plate.  Several  cruizers,  under  the  Patriot 
flag  have  appeared  off  tbe  coast  of  Rio  Ja- 
neiro, and  captured  a  few  vessels. 


DOMESTIC    OCCURRENCES. 


Feb.  3.  The  Court' of  Proprietors  of  the 
Bank  assembled  to  consider  a  nrojposition 
made  by  Ministers  for  the  repeal  of  certain 
parts  of  their  Charter.  The  Governor  read 
to  the  Court  a  correspondeuce  between  Earl 
Ldverpool  and  the  Chancellor  of  the  Ex- 
chequer on  the  subject.  Ministers  stated 
in  this  correspondence  their  wishes  re- 
specting the  Bank  privileges.  It  was  their 
intention  to  prevent  tbe  issue  of  one  or  two 
pound  notes  by  country  bankers  in  the 
course  of  two  or  three  years ;  by  which  (he 
country  would  return  to  metallic  currency. 
Ministers  also  stated,  that  they  were  fa- 
vourable to  the  establishment  of  branch 
hanks  bv  the  Bank  of  England, — but  that 
•lone,  they  considered,  would  uot  avoid  a 
recurrence  of  the  late  disastrous  events : 
and  hence,  they  proposed  to  throw  open  the 
country-banking  system  to  any  number  of 
{M^rtners  of  known  responsibility,  the  whole 
ofwhose  property  is  to  be  made  responsible 
for  their  issues.  The  Bank  wished  an  ex- 
tension of  ten  years  to  their  charter,  which 
expires  in  1833,  a»  a  compensation  for  the 
sacrifice  required,  but  which  iVlInisters 
firmly  refused;  they,  however,  conceded, 
that  within  sixty-five  miles  of  London  the 
existing  privilege  of  the  Bank  of  England 
ahall  continue ;  but  beyond  that  distance 
the  number  of  partners  in  a  banking  firm 
shall  no  longer  be  limited  to  six.  It  was 
therefore  proposed  to  the  Proprietors  to 
agree  to  the  wishes  of  Ministers.  The  Go- 
vernor added,  that  the  Bank  Directors 
viewed  favourably  the  idea  of  establishing 
branch  banks  under  their  cootroul.  Afier 
a  long  debate  the  Court  rejected  a  proposi- 
tion of  adjournment,  and  the  original  resolu- 
tion for  agreeing  with  Ministers  was  carried. 

By  an  official  document,  we  learn  the 
number  of  country  bank  notes  issued  in  the 
last  six  years.  The  total  amount  of  country 
bank  paper  in  Great  Britain  increased  from 
3,493,901/.  in  182o7  to  8,755,307/.  in 
1 825.  In  1 820  the  larger  noles  were  about 
equal  to  the  smaller,  and  in  1821  they 
were  even  less  in  amount;  but  in  1825, 
when  the  smaller  notes  were  3^951  ^499/.> 
the  larger  were  &>508>808/. 


SPRING  CIRCUITS.    1826. 

Home-— Lord  Chief  ^aron  and  Baron  Gra- 
ham :  Hertford,  March  1 .  Chelmsford, 
'March6.  Kingston, March  13.  Horsham, 
March  20.     Maidstone,  March  27. 

Northern — Justice  Bailey  and  Baron  Hul- 
lock  :  Durham,  Feb.  23.  Appleby,  Feb. 
27.  Newcastle,  Feb.  28.  Carlisle, 
March  1.  Northumberland,  March  2. 
Lancaster,  March  7.  York  and  City, 
March  18. 

Western— Justice  Burrouch  and  Justice 
Gaselee :  Winchester,  Feb.  27.  New 
Sarum,  March  4.  Dorchester,  March  9. 
Exeter  and  City,  March  13.  Launceston, 
March  20.     Taunton,  March  25. 

Oxford — Justice  Park  and  Baron  Garrow  : 
Reading,  Feb.  27.  Oxford,  March  1. 
Worcester  and  City,  March  4.  Stafford, 
March  9.  Shrewsbury,  March  15.  He- 
reford, March  20.  Monmouth,  March 
25.     Gloucester  and  City,  Marci\  29. 

MiDLAKD — Lord  Chief  Justice  Best  and 
Justice  Littledale:  Northampton,  Feb. 
25.  Oakham,  March  S.  Lincoln,  Mar. 
4*  Nottingham  and  Town,  March  lO. 
Derby,  March  15.  Leicester  and  Bo- 
rouch,  March  20.  Coventry  and  War- 
wick, March  25. 

Norfolk — Lord  Chief  Justice  Abbott  and 
Justicie  Holroyd:  Aylesbury,  March  I. 
Bedford,  March  7.  Huntingdon,  Mar. 
11.  Cambridge,  March  14.  Thetford, 
March  1 8.    Bury  St.  Edmnnds,  Mar.  25. 


SHERIFFS  FOR  THE  YEAR  1826. 

Bedfordshire — R.  Elliott,  Goldington,  esq. 
Berkshire — ^W.  Mount,  Wasing-place,  esq. 
Buckinghamshire — Geo.  Morgan,  Biddies* 

den  Park,  esq. 
Cambridgeshire  and  HuniingdoTuhire—'Thot . 

Skeels  Fryer,  Chatteris,  esq. 
Cheshire — W.  Turner,  Pott-Shrigley>  esq. 
Cormcali — T.  Daniel,  Trelissick,  esq. 
Cumberl. — H.  Senhouse,  Nether  Hall,  esq. 
Derbys. — Sir  R.  Gresley,   Drakelow,  hart. 
Devonshire — L.  W.  Buck,  Daddon,  esq. 
Dorsetshire^~-C.  Buiton,  Wyke  Regis,  esq. 


■e. — Promutivn  and  Preferments. 


UU,  StOlTthPlTOTJ,  CM|. 

GioucaltTih.—yt.  H.B.  lUlc,  AltlcrlcT^aq. 
Hntjardihire—F.  H.  Tliomu,  Much  Co- 

Hr,^Brdik.—S]iO.DachttU  RoiiIdd, but. 
ffnil— &i  John  F«pg>  Mj-iwlo,  bitt. 
ia«oi*.— J.P.  MucUll,  PenojBlidge,  esq. 
i.rk£(Mri  A.— T.  W  .Oiahin.FriEliHauie.oq. 
Lsneaiiahirr — li.  MuiD(n,  Blmluun,  etq. 
Mntaaoalhildre — &.  Hull,  Atwrcstn,  nq. 
Nur/oJl— Sic  E.  BuoB,  RavcaiDgbun.but. 
KorlliampUmihirt—G.  Ftjur,  Sulbj,  nq. 
JVorlhiimt.—  V/.  PavicB,  ShattdoB,  eiq. 
.VjM;>(Aini<iAtfc — G.  Stills  Foljambe,  Oi- 

OifonSihrr—Vf.  P.  W.  Freenwn,  Henlif- 

upoa-TKfciaHi  eiq. 
lUUaiKlihirr—T.  Hill,  I'ppipghva,  ctq. 
A'tm/oAiri— JuhaCalo,  WondcoM,  esq. 
JwwrKliAtrr— W.  llal^,  Eut  Cukec.  «q. 

SlaffiirJiK J.B.PIillip*,  Heith  Home.uq. 

(iniiilj/  cf  Snaihamplm — Sir  C.  H.  Rich, 

^hittoj  H»UK.  Un. 
SugHk—i.  V.  ei<e(,  StoU  one  Clue,  «q. 
Smriy — H.  DrumtDoni],  AlW;  Puk,  «tq. 


SuBBt—3.  HaoklDI,  BicnoT  PirV,  nq. 
/raraic-fciAirt^youel  Flaw,  Weddingloo 
H>ll,  eta. 

ffl/«fl— T.C!utletbuek.  HBrdBnhui.li,  „«. 


flfMonjA— E.W,  Sejmour,  Porthtniwr,  ciq. 
rardigaiFjAire— T.  Dmvies,  Curdig.n,  «.q, 
farmnrlAenj.— W.Du  Buiuoo.Of;  nhii,  egq. 
GVamoiffiinJ* ire— Tfionms  Edwitd  Thomu, 

PtmbnkahiTt^.  H.  Piel,  CotU,  «q. 
/iodmn-jJi'rc— Juoe>  W»tt,  Oid  Kidoor,  «q. 

NoaTH  WiLH. 

y^Rj/fK^— H.  D.  Gclffilli,  Cierhun,  ^,c^. 
rflrnari.nn«ftiiT~KjffinJoIinWiii,UDtli.II, 

MuDin,  «<q. 
Dtaiighiliire—T.  FiCihugh,  Piupnvec,  uq. 
FUnlthire-Joha  Price,  Hope  Hill,  cin. 
Mfnp,>tlhMTr—VI.  CaMOD,  Cjnfcl,  eiq. 
Jlfuji/gnmerjijAire  — Jolia   Htuitei,   Ghn- 

hifiea,  eiq. 


PROMOTION 

GlIITT*  PnOUOTlOSl, 

H'sr  O^,  i/m.  91),— iOih  foot,  Lieut. 
Ccd.  Thomu  to  be  Lieuu-cnlnncl. — 3 1  it, 
tieat.-vgl.  BiiinigudL,  to  be  Liiut.-col. — 
64th,  Ueut.-col.  Fet/oD,  3 1  It /uat,  to  b* 
Lieut. -col. 

fl»r«g«  Ogiet,  Jan.  31  .—The  Hon.  lU- 
b*rt  GordoD  to  be  Eoto,  Eiirwr.  tnd  Mi- 
siMR  Fko.  to  the  Emperor  of  BruJ ;  aod 
Arthor  Aitna,  eiq-  to  be  Setreterj. 

rrtrOflUi,  Tff,  i.  — Cth  font,  Mijor 
S.  B.T.yliirtu  b«  Mijur.  — B7lh,  M.jnr 
J.  A1||c«  tobtM^or. 

;n>feAiia,  at.  S^HeBrj  Bard,  eaq. 
Liein.-Gonnor  of  tht  OAotj  of  Berbicc. 
— Wb.  Conrtewj,  CM|.  (a  be  Clerk  A»ut- 
aot  of  the  Fuliunanti,  D.  HenijCewper,  eiq. 


AND    PREFERMENTS. 

JVfu™«  (Cornwil!).— Hon.  C.  Percj,  ri» 

Northej. 
Tvn™  CO.— Hod.  H.  T.  L.  Conj. 
/f  aru'L-t—J.  TooH'i.  eiq.  iia  MilU. 

EcCL»aiAlTK:«L  pREKRSItllTB. 

Rev.  T.  Sineletoo,  Arehd.  of  ^DrIhuInb. 
Rev.  C.  A.  MojKj,  Preb.  of  Weill  Cittved. 
Rev.  H.  Pemi,  Preb.  of  Weill  CtlhedniL 
Rn.T.  Alliei,  Wonuington  R.  eo.  Clouc. 
Rev.  E.  Bagihiwc.  Evkni  R.  cD.  Derb*. 
Kev.  £.  BeiDi,  LlinderK^I  R.  co.  Merioneth. 
Ue..  W.  iiircti,  Bucfucd  V.  cu.  OiTiicd. 
Rai.  R.  BliJie,  GieM  Buton  V.  co.  Suffolk. 
Rev.  H.  C.  Lleaver,  Hawkhont  P.  C.  Keot. 
Rev.  Thonai  Carljoa,  Truro  R.  Coroirall, 


!•  fiLtliei 


ir  Office,  Ftt.  to.— sad  reg.  of  foot  te 
I    "Rolcia,"    "Vimiera,"    "  Pjren- 


toick  Cbapel  Mi- 


(h«  diatinnifbe 
— Uuuaeiied.-i 


Rev.  W.  Ftireett,  BruD 
niitry,  Mary-le-bone. 
Rev.  A.  Fmter,  Ruihmere  V.  «..  Suffolk. 
Rei.  J.  Ilallward.EaM  Thorp  R.  CO.  Eim. 
of     Rev.  G.  JnhiuoD,  Hiotoii  Bluet  R.  Co.  Son. 

,.v...„  th.  PeniOBula.      Re«.  J.  Lyon,  NewcaitU  V 

Caot.J.Wildmao,7thDiac.      R«»- C.  Muigmve,  St.  J'lhn  >  Chnich,  in 
~  b.  Mdor.  Boundhav  P.  C.  eo.  York. 

W^  Wi«, Fd,.n^Md reft. (botLieut.-      »•».  R.  C.  Pbelipi,  Moataeute  V.  eo.  Som. 
rol.  R.  rtiee,  to  be  Ueutvcol— Major  W.      »«•■  J-  P""".  R""!"" J' ■"'  •'*"'■,. 
R.   Clmoo,   to  be  Major.— Unattached!      Rev.  H.  H.  Rogen,  Pill  R.Snmer«tibir«. 
To  b*  M^on  of  lot  Capt.  W.  F.  Fontor,      g"-  J  Saoden,  Towceiter  V.  Northamp. 
B7lhfooi7c.pt.  J.  WkSo,  98th  foot.  R"-K;V™«M,Chicktooy.Wd..h,re. 

^^    BcT.  R.  WiUon,   Aihwelthotpo    R.   -ith 

WrfDinKham  cun  Najflaad  aiDfied,  co. 
MiHiui  miTnantD  to  P>rl[»imt.  Norfolk. 

iaxtury. — Hon.  A.  Legga,  ctet  Hon.  H.  

I^gn.  Civil  PuirinMiNTi. 

ainri^-HranB>a1ui,aq.«ieeWJtfoit«i     Ror.   J.  Josea,  Head   Maater  of  DorUoB 

Kit,  «.  Fie*  Gmmmar-ichool. 

Sater^.  T.  Kik«»kk,  Mq.  vice  Cottf     Rev.  H.SMbbkiK.  SwxMd  MiMn  of  Non 
i«BMr.  wMh  n«t  Qramnuc-Mhool. 


[    176    1 
BIRTHS. 


[F*b, 


Jau  91.  At  the  VicMnge,  Creech  St. 
Mibbael,  Soni.  the  wife  of  Rev.  H.  Cress- 
welly  a  SOD.— 99.  The  wife  of  Francis  Bai^ 
iagi  esq.  a  son.— 94.  At  Canterbury,  the 
wife  of  Rev.  W.  Barlow,  a.  dan.— 97.  At 
Fitaharris  House,  the  wife  of  Wm.  Bowles, 
es<La  soD.-^dO.Tbe  wife  of  W,  Johns,  M.D. 
ofOxford-road,  a  son. — ^Mrs.  Kelson,  of 
iPerkeley-crescent,  a  dan. 
'  idUely.  At  Kettendon,  Essex,  the  wife 
of  the  Rev.  J.  Strange  Dandridge,  a  son. — 
The  wife  of  John  Cnrwood,  esq.  barrister  at 
Uw,  a  son. — ^At  Woodleigh  Rectory,  De- 
ton,  the  wife  of  Rev.  Rich.  £dmonds,  a  dan. 


—At  the  Vicarage,  Bradford,   Wilts,j;the 
wife  of  the  Rev.  Howel  Jones,  a  dan. 

Feb,  2.  At  Clifton,  the  wife  of  Rich. 
Donovan,  of  Ballymore,  co.  Wexford,  esq. 
a  son.— 4.  In  Weymonth-street,  Portland- 
place,  the  wife  of  H.  S.  Montagu,  esq.  a 
son. — ^The  wife  of  Capt.  Edw,  Purvis,  of 
Reading,  a  son. — 11.  At  Burghwallis,  Lady 
Louisa,  the  wife  of  Wm.  Duncombei  esq. 
a  son  and  heir. — 19.  At  the  Vicarage, 
Sunning,  Berks,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  G.  E. 
Howman,  a  dau. — At  Basildon  Park,  Berks, 
the  Lady  of  Sir  Francis  Sykes,  Bart,  of  a 


•on. 


MARJllAGES. 


Nov,  30,  1895.  At  Shrewtoft,  WUta,  Mr. 
9*  L*  Tovey,  Surgeon,  to  Martha,  eldest 
dau^  of  Charles- Howard  Wansborough,  esq. 
of  Shrewton  Honse. — Mr.  T.  Ogden,  of  Sa- 
Uabury,  to  Harrieti  dau.  of  J.  Wansborough, 
of  Shrewton  Lodge. 

Jan,  17.  At  Alderston,  Major  Norman 
Pringle,  son  of  the  late  Sir  James  Priogle, 
of  Stitchell,  bart.  to  Anne,  dau.  of  Rob. 

Steoart,  esq.  of  Alderston. 1 8.  The  Earl 

of  Clare,  to  Miss  Burref,  dau.  of  Earl  and 

Lady  Gwydyr. 19.  At  Bury,  co.  Lane. 

O.  O.  Walker,  est),  to  Mary,  eldest  dau.  of 

T.  Haslam,  esq.  of  Chesham  House. At 

Marlborough,  John  M.  Blagg,  esq.  of 
Cheadlc,   Sti^rdshire,  to  Anne,   dau.  af 

John  Halcomb,  esq. 93.  At  Worcestei', 

T.  Baydton,  esq.  late  of  Clifton,  to  Jane, 
daa.  of  J.  Williams,  esq.  of  Pittmarston, 

Worcestershire. 94.  At  Salisbury,  Tho. 

Le  Breton  Pipon,  esq.  of  Jersey,  to  Miss 

Maria  Pipon. 95.    At'  Saling,   Essex, 

Capt.  Hamage#  R.N.  to  Caroline,  dau.  of 
the  late  Barilett  Goodrich,  esq.  pf  Saling 
Grove.-— — 97.  At  Gamston,  near  East- 
Retford,  W.  Grant  Allison,  esq.  of  Louth, 
to  Susanna  Catb.  dau.  of  the  late  T.  Falkner, 
M.  D.- 98.  At  Whitby,  George  Merry- 
weather,  esq.  of  Socket  Grove,  near  Stokes- 
ley,  to  Jane,  dau.  of  J.  G.  Loy,  M.  D. 
30.  At  Hessle,  Lee  Steere,  esq.  to  Anne, 
dan.  of  James-Kiero  Watson,  esq.  banker,  of 

Hessle  Mount. 81.  At  Greenwich, Lieut. 

Wm.  Reyuolds  Foskett,  £.  I.C.'s  service,  to 
Charlotte-Warren,  eld.  dau.  of  Mr.  J.  F.  L. 
Jeanneret,  of  Maize  Hill,  Greenwich.—* 
At  Chatteris,  Rev.  Benj.  Geo.  Blaokden, 
Rector  of  Thorpe,  Derbyshire,  to  Mary, 
dau.  of  the  late  R.  Denny,  esq.  of  St.  Ives 

Lately,  At  Cheltenham,  Major  W.  Pearce, 
€Oth  Rifle  Corps,  to  Rhoda,  dau.  of  the  late 
T.  Protheroe,  esq.  of  Usk,  Monmouthshire. 

Rev.  James  Grooby,  Vicar  of  Swindon, 

to  Cath.  Mary,  dau.  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr. 
Vilett,  of  Swindon. 

r.  Feb.  1.  At  Salperton,  Lient;-Col.  Hick* 
Beach,  R.N.  Gloucester  Militia,  to  Jine 
Henrietta,  dau.'  of  Johto  Browne,  eiq.  of 


Salperton    House. 9.    At    Canterbury, 

Henry  Bedford,  esq.  to  Eliza,  widow  of 
Capt.  HerbeH  Wm.  Hore,  R.  N.  of  Goul- 

hore,    CO.    Wexford. At    Wallingford, 

Rob.  Hopkins,  jun.  esq.  of  Tidmarsh  house, 
Berks,  to  Caroline,  dau.  of  Charles  Morell, 

esq. At  Stockport,  Rev.  Isaac  Newton 

France,  Incumbent  of  Stay  ley  bridge,  to 
Eliz.  dau.  of  Rob.  Davies,  Esq.  of  Belle 
Vue,  near  Dukiufield. 3.  Humphrey  Aus- 
tin, jun.esq.of  Alderley,do.Glouc.  to  Emma, 
dau.  of  Edw.  Austin,  esq.  of  Clapton,  Middl. 
4.  Charles  Stephenson,  M.D.  of  Moord- 
place,  Lambeth,  to  Cath.  dau.  of  John 
Abington,  esq.  of  Dean'^-yard,  Westmin- 
ster.  At   St.  James's  Ch.  Henry  Bet- 

tesworth  Trevanion,  esq.  to  Georgiana  Au- 
gusta, dau.  of  Geo.  Leigh,  esq.  and  niecfa 
of  the  late  Lord  Byron.— r — 7.  At  St.  Mary- 
lebone.  Rev.  Alfred  C*  Lawrence,  to  Emily 
^ary,  dau.  of  the  late  Geo.  Fmch  Hatton, 

fsq.  of  Eastwell  Park,  Kent.r ^The  Rev. 

Samuel  Carr,  Rector  of  Eversden,  Suffolk, 
to  Mrft.  Buxtoo,  6f  Northeod,  Hampstead. 

At  Winchester,  N.  Lipscombe   Keht^ 

ish,  esq.  cousin  of  the  Lord  Bishop  of 
Jamaica,  to  Anna  Maria,  dau.  of  Mr.  T. 
Judd,  of  the  Livery,  Winterslow,  Wilts. 
'. — —Thomas,  son  of  W*  H.  Haggard,  esq.  of 
Br^enham  Hall,  Norfolk, 'to  Maria,  dau. 
of  the  late  Wm,  Tickell,  esq.  of  Queen'> 

square,  Bath. ^At  Yately,  Hants,  Fred. 

Glover,  esq.  Capt.  49th  reg.  to  Mary,  dau. 
of  J.  Broughton,  esq,  G^  R.  N.  of  Black- 
water. 9.  At  Cheltenham,   Capt.  Cha« 

Paget,  to  Frances,  dan.  of  die  late  W.  Ed- 
wards, esq.  of  New  firoad-atreet.— Horn 
Thomas  Lister,  only  son  of  Lord  Ribblos* 
dale,  to  Adelaide,  datt.  of  T  Lister,  eso.  of 
Armiuge  Park,  co.  Staffoni— ^r-At  Waltt 
hamstovr.   Rev.  Geo.  Rob.  Crray,  to  Eliza, 

dau.  of  Wm.  Tooke  Robinson,  esq. 4  0. 

At  Hayes,  co.  Kent^  Lord  Dunally  to  Hon. 
£mily  Maud,  sister  o^  Vkooont  Hawardeo; 

11.  Benjamin  Kingston,  esq.  of  Wal^ 

ton  Hall,  Deiijfe<ir*»  i6  Attcia,  (teoghter  of 
J.  Saunders,  esq.  of  Dowries  if otiM,  Elihg, 
Hants. 


OBITUARY. 


EIarl  or  Ankeslev.  Kimeitl,    Duncin   Dividioii,    Eiq.  itid 

Latelp-     Al    tlie    Giant'i    Catueway,  ulbcr  gvnilcintu. 

Irdxi-I,  U*d  S3,  Ite  Rishl  Hon.  Wil-  

Uam-Ricliu'iJ  AnnetUy.  ihird  Enrl  An-  Six  David  Dunqas,  Bart. 

twilev,  fourtb  Viicouiit  Clcmwley  and  Jan.  10.     Al  RicbmunJ,  Surrey,    Sir 

Itaruii  Ai>nir>l>y  wl  Ciullc-Wcllaii,  id  ihe  Datid  Ouadu,  fint  Baronet,  of  Bich- 

i'crrigv  al  InUnd,  a  Prity  CouiKellur  n>oml,  and  uF  Uanelly,  co.  CiriDiribcii, 

ill  llur  kinicduin.  and  a  Triutee  of  tbe  and  Strjeaiit  Surgtuii  to  the  King. 

Lliicii  Manu'uiure.  SirD«vid  derived  liii  detcenl  from  the 

H*  <•■■  lb*  eldettcan  of  Rii^hard  ihe  nncient   lamily  uF   Duiidns  of  that  ilk. 

3d  Earl,  by  Anne.  o»ty  child  aud  sole  He  ttu  Ihe  tbird  loii  of  Ralpb  Duiidu 

heir  u(  Rulien  Ldtmbert,  riq.  uF  Dun-  ol  Manout,   by   Hcl-n  daughter  of  Sir 

leddy.cw.  Iluoni  macriedMay  19.  1803,  Tbama*    Burnel,    Pbyilciaii    In    Kin|[ 

Udy  Itabvlla  St.  U<tr>iiee,  3d  dau.  of  Cbartei  i  he  Secuiid,  King  William,  and 

Wilhain.iecondandlaleEarlurHuwib,  (jiieen    Amie.      He    unrried    Isabella, 

by  whom  be  had  iiaue   Maty,  born  in  daughter  bf  William  RubeiUon,  ot  Riuh- 

Unnb  11)04  1  and  tuccerded  bit  (aihcr,  mtii'd.  ICiq.  by  ithooi  be  bad  iisue,    I. 

Nov.  S.  la34  (»ee  vol.  xciv.  ii.  561).  William,  ditd    an    infant ,  S.  WillMHi. 

Tba  Earl   biviog  di«il  wilh-niC   male  burn  Dec.  10, 1777.  who  batsucceedfedio 

iMUr.bi*  title!  andeilatea  have  devulved  Ihe  title;  3.  Geurge-Ralpb»  died  young  i 

un  hii  iici^heii',  ihe  eldeat  lun  uF  hit  bro-  4.  Maiy  i  5.  Jameb-Pullarlon,  Captain  in 

Itwr    <Ue    Hun.    Robert  Anticsley,    laie  the  Bengal  Artillery;  6.  Elizabeth;  7. 

LunHii  al  Aiitoerp.  Margaret  i   B.  Uab«Iia  {  9.  Juhn-Burnei, 

Midshipmsn    R.  N. ;  aud    10.    Edxard, 

Loao  Artiiub  Facet.  uhu  died  an  iiifam. 

Dk.SH.     At  Lullon,  near  Sledniere,  

YorUbire,  in  hit  SI tt  year,  Lord  Anbur  WilUam  Nohthbv,  EsiJ.  M.P. 

PagrI,   third    uin    uF  ihe   Marqucai    uf  Jan.   19.     Al    hit   houie   in    Brulon- 

A"xlewa,  by  bi<  firii  »iFe  Caruline-Eli-  Mreel,  Willian)  Nurlliey,  Esq.  uf  Bui- 

aabcih,  daa.   ot  George,    4<h    Eirl    ef  hall   in  WiU<h>re,  for   nearly  30   years 

JerM-y.  M.P.  lur  Newport  in  Curnwall. 

The   death   of   Ihii   much   etltemed  He  wu  tun  uf  William  Nonhey,  Eki. 

young  nobleoau  wai  ocvationed  by  an  of  Ivy-boUse,  VViItt,  a  Gruom  nf  bis  M«- 

aeddenl  wbiUl  hunting;  bi«  lione  (ailed  jeily'i    Bedehamber,     and    iDceetiirely 

ill  an  (Kemptedleap,  and  fell  upon  its  Meniber  Fur  Calne,  Maid.Ione,  and  Great 

rider.     He   oii  ipei'dily  removed,  and  Bedwin.     Tiie  dtceaud  cat  for  Newport 

"  in  lii  PaHianieiiU,  baviug  been  (irtt 
elected  in  l79St  Hii  vote  wai  gciterally 
given  to  the  Opposition.  During  the 
•ar  he  curamaiided  the  Box  Valun leer 
Inlantry,  amounting  to  BU  rank  mid  file. 


rvery  Mttntuin 
liltlcltopetuf  1 

b<:l^n  hi  arri 
had  eapired. 

H»  retnunt 
lb*  Uh  ol  Jail 

paid  to  bim,  but  with 
Ilia  reruvery.    Au  e&pres* 
hit  diit  retard  pa'clii,  but, 
iral,    Ihe   youthful    Lord 

paiKd  through  York  on 
luary.  in  aalemn   (uiier.l 

K>rdihire.     lb. 
He-otltiMiHir 

their -ay  for  inter 
■ult  al  Lichneld,   in 
!  praceuion  wai  m 

byibeuffirertand' 

1  Siaf' 

iroops 

John  Ahaii,  Esq. 
On  hi«  way  hume  in  Ihe  thip  Albion. 
John  Adam,  Etq.  who  after  the  rtiuni 
uf  the  Mari|ue»  uF  Haiiiiigt  (o  England, 
actedaiC^vertior-GKneraloflndia.  The 
of  the  7ib  Hutiart,  icaliuned  at  York      Direclan   I'f   tin;  EaiL   India  Company 
Bkrracki,   and  proceeded   through    tbe     aunn   alrer  came  to  the  lolluwing  uiia- 
riiy  wiihDUt  Mickl^ate  Bar  lu  Dring-      iiimuui  Retolutiooi — 
IliHjtM,  tbe  band  playing  tbe  "  Dead         "  At  ■  Court  of  Director*  held  un 
■Olrcb  ill  Saul,"  the  drumi,  trUDipeli,      Wediinday,  tbe  I4lh  Sep^  IS35. 
Ac.    Wii'i    coiered    with    black    cliith.  "  Reiolved   unanimoutly— That    ibit 

r    ,.  ,.~    ...1    ill   the    r'gi-  inielligpiice  of  ihe  iteMh  "f  Mr.  John 

OMiK,  and  bii  ileaih  it  ircaily  deplured  AdaiD,  on  bi*  pua*^  from  India  to  tbi* 

by  bit  felluw  uffiiert.     Tlie  funeral  w at  ccmmry,  ilaaira  to  record  iu  tbattrongMt 

attCDded  by  Ihe  Earl  of  Uibridge  (tbe  term*  Ibeir  denp  lenie  uf  hit  eaempliry 

deeeutira  hnilbci),  ai   chief  mourner,  integrity.  dittlDguiihed  ability,  and  in- 

Lard  Hacdonald,  the  Coli.nel  of  the  re-  defaiisable  seal,  in  the  tervice  of  (be 

Gbht.  Mao.  February,  1836.  Eait  India  Company,  during  a-piriod  nf 

II 


r  Jdmiral  Macnamara. 


,0  yean;  in  thsroon 
after  filling  (he  highest  olhre' 
Bengal  Govpnimeiit,  he  wnB 


Coulicit,  null  held,  during  lome 
of  ibsl  lime,  ihr  stHiiuii  uf  Cu 
GeiiFrai.    Aiiil  thm  (be  Court  it 


Reiir-Admiiial  James  Macnah 

iMUIy.   AtCUflon.JflmetMiici 

E*q.-Re>r-itJiDJralorTl-.e  Rvd.   T 


me     The  weather  was  i 

ihi  hazy,  atiil  the  wind  blowing  hard.  Rnn- 
ii>r-  iiing  the  Soulhampion  cloie  aho^inl  of 
■An-  la  Vestale,  he  snor  eumpelled  her  to  mr- 
iurmw  wliieh  render;  but  when  ahoui  to  take  poaies- 
>  and  frieads  sian,  his  mizen-mast  went  by  the  board, 
of  which,  and  the  inereMing  density  at 
the  aim  OS  ph  ere,  the  enEmy  taking  advan- 
tage, re-huiBted  her  coluurs,  and  went 
off  lieForethe  winil  after  her  companiuns. 
Chnfrlned  as  Caplain  Macnamara  was 
at  this  event,  it  wag  nut  long  before 
anothrr  npiiartunily  of  diitinguiebing 
himieir  offered.  On  the  evening  uf  June 
9,  1796,  Sir  Jnhn  JerTls,  at  lba(  time 
Cominaiider-in-Cbief  in  (be  Mediterra- 
whom  be  aceumpanied  to  the  East  nean,  ditcovered  a  French  cruizer  work- 
ItidieB  I  and  immrdialely  on  his  arrival  inginio  Hi£resbBy,nearTuulan  ;  andim- 
there,  was  removed  into  the  Superb,  of  mediately  singling  out  the  Soulhamptan, 
T4  gunt,  the  flag-ship  of  Sir  Edward  called  ber  cammaiider  on  buard  Ibe  Vic- 
HugheE,  K.  B.  tury,  pointed  (be  enemy'*  ihip  out,  and  di- 
Saun  pFtT  ibe  aelion  with  M.  de  Suf-  reeled  him  lo  make  a  da'hal  her  through 
(rein,  off  Ciidjalore,  June  30,  1783,  in  the  Grand  Paiae.  The  Southampton  wM 
which  the  Superb  had  19  mrn  killed  and  instantly  under  weigh,  and  passed  the 
'   '    Mr.  Ma.  " 


nily  in  1 

eland.-  He  entered  the   nava 

1783,  un   buard   the  Gibraltar 

ol  BD  gu 

[11,   bearing  (be  broad  pendant 

ul  the  la 

e  Sir  Richard  Biukerton,  Ban 

pointed  (I 


wbk'h  si 


.r  Ibe  Mo- 


lurned  (o  England.  He  luhieipiently 
lerved  for  several  years  as  a  Midshipman 
on  board  the  Eurupa,  bearing  the  flag  of 
Admiral  Innes,  at  Jamaica,  on  which 


74  guns,  and  the  Victory,  a  first  rai 
former  commanded  by  Captain  Gc 
latter  carrying  the  flag  of  Lord 


e  N.  E.  end  or  Porquero 
in  view  of  (he  Bnlish  fleet 
with    agonising   suspe 


"bicli' 

nipt,  that 

scarcely  any  thing  but  cumplele  Bucceis 
could  have  juilifled.  Sir  J.ibn  Jervii, 
on  this  occasion,  even  refused  to  give  a 
written  order  for  the  undertaking  i  be 
oCap-ain  Macnamara,  "bring 

I  ni 


iieniy 


ship 


II  order 


If  you 


of  I 


that  nobleo 
Com  man 


e  war  with  France,  be  i 


i    of   the 


with    "ad 
(See  vol.  L 


(.  p.  773.) 


',  about  the  perloi 
evacuation  of  Tuulon.    He  v  ,    , 

wards  ap|Kiln<ed  atting  Caplain  uf  the  lak'ini:' pnssession  al  PuKo  Ferrajo,  eva- 

Bombay  Castle,  74,  frum  wbicb   ship  he  cuaiing  Capreja  und  Cursiea,  in  the  ex- 

eiehaoged  iiitulheSuuibampton  Irigaiei  pedilion  against  Piombi no,  and  liege  of 

but,  owing  to  mistake,  w.ns  not  confirmed  Cattiglinne. 

in  his  pust-rank  (ill  Oci.  6,  1795.  Towards  the  latter  end  of  )79(>,  tht 

The  Suuthampton  furmr d  part  nF  the   -  Southampton  captured  (he  Spanish  brig 

light  sqiiadnin  under  the  orders  of  Cum-  of  war  El  Cutto,  of  IS  guns,  in  a  hard 

modure  NelBOii,  sent  (u  co-operate  with  gale,  by  boarding,  under  (be  batleries  of 

1  Sardinian  armies   in  Monaca.     The  hrsl  aliempl  Failed,  only 


e  the 


mpt  t 


left  off  Genua  to  blnckade 
Frcncli  frigate,  of  36  guns 
of  33  gunsj  two  hrigi,  n 
l-unB  each ,  several  cutters 

&c.     Notwithstanding  this  i 

sniy  a  35-gun    frigat 


nd  on 

on    board ;     but    Captam 

erthc 

stimulated   hy  (he  desire 

f  rescuing  so 

brave  a  fellow,  made  a  sec 

ond  dash,  and 

lie,  a 

succeeded  in  throwing  abo 

ul  30  men  in- 

irune. 

lo  her,  when  the  lurrend 

red.     During 

■g    16- 

the  ensuing  4S  hours,  th 

boat>. 

nais.  and  the 

se  dis- 

oed   for    that 

being 

of  the  coi- 

until 

swain,     rroro  the  leropest 

UDUi  weather. 

ISfA.]  OsiTVABT. — RtOT'Aitmiral  Matnamara.  179 

and   <he  ihoal  water  Captain   M»na-  Capliin  Macn«mara  wu  taken  into  cui- 

niira*!  <hip  nat   in,  the   aboTe  ippeart  tody,  and  on  the  33iJ  of  ibe  aame  month, 

lo  bave  b«n  one  of  ibote  penloua  aeti  tried  at  the  Old  Bailey  (tee  vol.  Liixiil. 

that   nolbiiiK  but  the  corifidencr  he  re-  p.  373).    His  dofence,  an  eluqueai  appeal 

pixed  ill  the  ikill  and  bnverjr  of  hit  lo  the  feelings  and  pasiiona  ol  the  jury, 

prF*  puulil  hate  wan-anlcd.  be  read  hiniseir  tu  ihe  Cuuri,  and  ihen 

In  th*  memorable  battle  off  C<ip«  St,  railed  on  Ihe  fullovine  naval  offlcer),  to 

Vlnrenl.  Frb.  M,  tI97>  lbs  Soulbamp-  eive  evidence  nt  to  bi>  character;  UB, 

Ion  nu  one  of  Iha  repeating  frifcaiei  to  Ihe  Viicouni*  Hood   and  Neliini,   Lord 

the  centra  divitton  dF  Sir  Jnhn  JervU'i  Uoiham,  5iir  Hyde  Park.r  and  Sir  Thu- 

fleer.     Sha   relurned  la  England  in  the  maiTroabridjce  ;  Capiains  Msriiii,ToW' 

monlh  of  June  roHoningr,  and  <rat  jooq  ry,  Lydiinl,  MiiVire,  and  Waller ;  alio 

after  pot  oui  of  Fomniiiiion.  General  Churchill  and  Uiril  IHinIo  ;  obo 

Captain   Macnamara'a  next  appoint-  all  concurred  in  ttearing  teiiiroonj' utbi« 

mrnt  <•■<  to  the  Cerbemt,  of  3S  gunt,  cunduci  aa  an  ulficer  and  a  gentleman  ; 

iplurcd  and  of  h<9    beinj;  an  honorable,   good- 

Hue,  of  humoured,  pleiuant,  lively  caropanion. 

On  Ihe  30ih  Oct.  1799.  our  officer  Tlie  jury  withdrew  lor  about  ten  mi- 
being  on  a  cruiae  off  Ferrol,  fell  in  oith  nutei.  and  then  returnrd  a  verdict  of, 
a  Orel  of  Spnnitb  mercbanimeii,  etcort-  JVol  GNiUji. 

eit  by  lire  frtgitti  and  too  atmrd  brigi,  Uur  offlcer  lubieqncnily  oblained  iba 
■birh  he  imiDedialel;  attacked,  and  romman.l  of  the  Uiclaiur,  a  64-gun- 
Dearly  lurcceded  in  bearding  une  of  ihe  >hip,  in  which  he  lerved  (wo  years  on 
(rica<**>  but  O"  obliged  lo  rrliiiquith  tbe  NorlhSeaitailDii,  and  ibun  removed 
the  aticmpl  in  conieiiuence  uf  being  into  the  Edgar,  74.  In  IBC8,  we  find 
*rty  cloaely  prettvd  by  llie  red.  He  him  emploveil  in  (be  BaIhc,  under  the 
bowner  lixik  potie>tion  of,  and  arter  re-  orders  nt  Rear-Admiral  Krali,  and  as- 
BMving  ber  people,  tel  Gre  to.  oneuf  the  lilting  in  the  reiCDc  of  the  Spaniib  army 
iwretiant  vaitrli,  in  Ibe  midst  uf  the  cnmm:tnded  by  ihe  Mar(|Uli  de  la  Ru- 
•ne«y'»  aquaUron.  The  Cerbetui  on  niAna,  whicb  bad  been  drawn  from  Spain 
(bil  aceailtin  had  Urr  maiii<loii-tBil  yard-  l>y  Buonaparle,  preparatory  iu  hit  de- 
arm  carried  away  by  Ibe  rigging  of  the  Hgni  njion  thni  tiiunliy  bring  earrird 
tbip  the  had  endeavoured  Iu  boird,  and  inio  effect.  Whild  on  that  irrvire,  he 
auilained  aome  other  Irivial  dimagei,  wat  selected  (o  command  lume  gun- 
bat  bad  Uut  a  roan  killed,  and  only  4  buali  *rnl  to  attack  a  Daniih  brig  nt 
woiwdad.  The  gallantry  »(  her  cam-  war  and  a  culler,  lying  under  ihe  pru- 
■laniler.  in  aeeking  a  conlPd  with  aotu-  lection  of  the  balleriei  aT  NylKiig,  and 
perior  ■  lue,  excited  eeneral  idmiraiiun  ;  which  he  compelled  to  aurreniler  .ifier  .1 
■nd  the  Lordi  of  the  Admiralty,  at  s  gallant  reiitiance.  They  proved  lo  be 
token  of  tbeir  approbation,  pxid  him  the  Pama,  of  18,  and  Salottnan,  of  |3 
tb*  eMDplimenI  of  prumoling  hi<  lir«(  guii«.  The  enemy  on  ihit  occation  had 
LinilenaBt  to  the  rank  of  Commander.  7  mrn  killed,  and  13  wounded.  The 
In  1800,  Captain  Uacnamara  wat  tent  Britith,  one  officer,  Lieulenant  Harvey 
la  tbe  Jamaica  tiaiiun,  where  hecruiied  of  ibe  Superb,  (lain,  and  9  teamen 
with  eoutiderable  luccets  during  Ihe  re-  wiiniided. 

Baindcr  of  tbe  war.  After  ihe  peace  uF  On  hit  return  Iu  England,  Captain 
Amiena,  be  went  teieral  limFi  lo  St.  I>ii-  Macnamara  wat  appointed  tu  ibe  Bei- 
■ingo.  to  confer  wilb  tbe  French  Gene-  wlik,  a  new  74,  in  wbicb  he  wat  em- 
fal  Lt  CletC.  The  Cerb-ni*  was  paid  gff  phijed  on  varioui  lervii  e*  m  the  Nonb 
at  CbBtharo  in  Teh.  1803,  after  h.-ivinj;  Sea,  and  oeoationally  had  the  command 
becniBatt  actively  rmpl»yrd.  and  almost  of  a  sc|uadr<in  hlui'tadnig  Cherbuurgb. 
eonitantly  at  aea  during  a  period  u<  fi^  On  thr  S4th  March,  181 1,  he  chated  a 
jvara  and  a  half.  lar^e  French  frigate,  am]  cumpelled  her 
On  Ibe  6th  April,  180.1,  Captain  Mac  ii>  talie  shelter,  with  an  ehbiiig  tide, 
naroara  bring  in  Hyde  Park  with  hi*  within  the  rudkt  near  Barfleur  light- 
Newfoundland  dug,  tbe  latter  lirgan  hnute,  where  the  wai  burnt  by  liercrew, 
fighting  *iib  one  belonging  to  a  Li.-Col.  after  receiving  cuntiderable  damage  from 
Munigumery,    who   alighted    frum     bis  (be  Berwick't  Rre. 

borte   to   irparate  them.      High   wordi  Thrdeierued  wai  advanced  toihe  rank 

eniued  between  their  retpective  owners,  of    Rrar-Admiral,  June   4,    1814.      He 

vhirh  ledloaduel  the  tameeveniuEat  married,   at   Knib,  Jan.96,lglB,   Hen- 

Cbalk    Farm.      The   paniet    were   both  ricin,   daughter   of    Edward    Kinf,    of 

wounded,  the  Cokinel  murt.-illy.     A  ver-  Atkham  Hall,  etii.  and  widow  of   ibe 

diet   of   nantlaugbter   having  been    re-  hoii.   Lieui.-Cnl.  George  Caricton,  bro- 

lurncd    hy   the    Ciroiier'a   inquiiiiion,  ihet  of  the  preunt  Lord  Dorclieiter. 


lao 


Obituary^— it/q;.-<Settv  Johnstone^r^Major  Schalch.         [Feb. 


Major-Gen.  G.  Johnitonb. 

Lately.  At  Edinburgh,  Ma^or-General 
Georfce  Johnstone. 

This  officer  was  appointed  Lieutenant 
in  the  Marines,  March  5,  1776.  In  1777 
and  1778  he  served  at  New  York  and 
Halirax  ;  in  1781  he  embarked  for  the 
East  Indies,  and  was  in  various  sea 
engagements  ;  and  he  returned  to  Eng- 
land in  December,  1785.  He  received 
a  commission  in  the  New  South  Wales 
Corps,  Sept.S5,  I19%i  i^nd  in  December 
1796  embarked  at  Woolwich  for  New 
Sodth  Wales,  where,  paying  only  a  short 
vitit  to  England  in  1801,  he  senrj|d  till 
1809.  He  receired  the  breret  of  Major, 
Jan.  1,  1800;  a  Majority  in  his  corps 
Nov.  13, 1 806 ;  and  subsequently  a  Lieut- 
Colonelcy.  He  was  appointed  Lieut  .- 
Colonel  of  93d  Foot,  May  3,  1810; 
Colonel  in  the  Army,  Jan.  1,  1819;  and 
Majdr  General,  Jane  4,  1814.  He  served 
in  the  campaign  in  Flanders,  and  com- 
manded the  6(h  British  brigade  of  the 
Sth  division,  but  which,  being  at  Hal, 
was  not  engaged  at  Waterloo. 

Major  Schalch. 

Feb,  93,  1895.  In  action  in  the  Bur- 
mese territory,  at  the  Stockade  of  CUom- 
bala.  Major  Schalch. 

His  paternal  family  is  said  to  have 
been  of  German  extraction.  His  father 
and  some  immediate  relatives  were  offi- 
cers of  rank  in  our  Royal  Artillery,  for 
which,  or  the  engineers,  the  son  also 
was  originally  intended.  With  this  view 
he  had  been  placed  at  the  Military  Col- 
lege at  Marlow ;  but  his  health  proving 
delicate,  he  was  removed  from  that  in- 
stitution. The  same  delicacy  of  consti- 
tution would  seem  at  times  to  have  at- 
tended him  in  after-life  ;  but  under  the 
influence  of  his  ardent  and  sanguine 
disposition,  he  ever  treated  it  lightly, 
and  as  seldom  as  possible  allowed  it 
to  interfere  with  his  pursuits  or  iiicli- 
fiattons-  It  was  recommended  to  his 
friends,  that  he  should  proceed  to  India; 
and  in  ld09»  at  the  early  age  of  15,  he 
arrived  in  that  country,  as  an  Infantry 
Cadet.  It  may  appear  strange,  that  at 
this  period  there  was  nothing  to  mark 
or  difttinsuish  in  him  any  superiority  of 
education  or  ability ;  and  in  some  few 
of  the  common  acquirements  of  general 
education,  he  was  said  to  have  been 
•carcely  equal  to  many  of  hi$  young 
contemporaries.  Soon,  howtver,  his 
mind,  hitherto  unawakened,  was  roused 
to  an  impulsive  sense  of  its  powers.  In- 
stigated by  the  example  and  kind  as- 
sistance ol  Captain  Everest,  nuw  em- 
ployed on  the  trigonometrical  survey  of 
India,  he  enga^^ed  deeply  and  success- 
fully   in    mathematical^    astronomical. 


and  other  congenial  studies  and  pursuits. 
Under  a  former  Surveyor-General,  Co- 
lonel Crauford,  he  still  further  improved 
himseUi  and  after  having  been  actively 
employed  under  Captain   Morrison    in 
surveying  theSunderbunds,  he  was  no^ 
ticed  and  kindly  patronized  by  the  Mar- 
quis of  Hastings,  and  obtained  in  1819 
a  situation  in  the  Quarter-Master  Gene- 
ral's departntent.     It  was  then  that  he 
first  became  conspicuous  at  the  Presi- 
dency, and  thenceforward,  in  the  survey 
of  Calcutta, .  in  hit  projected  and  exten- 
sive canals  some  time  since  commenced 
upon,  his  introduction  here  of  the  Iron 
Suspension    Bridges    and   other   public 
works  of  utility,  he  soon  renderted  him- 
self known  to  the  Government  by  his 
splendid    talents.    But    we  '  may    here 
pause  to  say,  that  although  he  was  thus 
rapidly  and  unmeasurably  outstripping 
all  his  former  comrades  and  competitors 
in  the.career  of  public  life,  yet  such  was 
his  amenity  of  manner,  such  the  frank, 
unassuming,   unchanging  sweetness  of 
his  social  disposition,  that  it  is  a  truth,  the 
full  force  of  which  many  are  ready  t(» 
acknowledge,  he  was  not  more  prized 
by  the  authorities  of  Government  as  a 
zealous  public  servant,  than  he  was  be> 
loved    by    the    many    individuals    who 
sought  him  in  domestic  or  private  life  as 
their  friend.     Possibly    nothing    could 
better  have  instanced  the  talents   and 
perse  vertnglntelligenceofMajorSchalch, 
than   the  erection  of   the   well-known 
Iron  Suspension  Bridge  at  Kallee  Ghaut. 
He  had  never  before  practically  engaged 
himself  in  the  slightest  mechanical  work 
«-he  had  every  thing  to  effect  in  the 
manufactures  of  the  component  parts  of 
his  first  attempt— from  the  scientific  ap- 
plication of  its  theoretical  principles,  to 
the  mere  handicraft  or  operative  direc- 
tion of  the  very  smiths  and  workmen 
employed.     Yet,  with  untiring  patience 
he  went  on,  alone,  and  every  way  unas- 
sisted by  profestional  people,  himself  al- 
most  presiding  at  the  forges;  and  at 
length,  in  a  few  months,  effected  the 
erection  of  a  handsome  and  most  hii^hly 
useful  bridge,  with  no  other  aid   from 
any  establishment  or  public  depart  ment , 
than    the    accommodation   of   a  smHil 
piece  of  ground  whereupon  to  make  his 
experiment,    and   a   few   native  black< 
smiths,  whom  he  had  in  every  thing  to 
guide  and  instruct. 

Rev.  William  Cu%Fr,  A.  M. 
Jan,  ?8.  At  his  residence,  Westgate, 
Canterbury,  at  the  advanced  age  ot  80, 
the  Rev.  William  Chafy,  A.  M.  (formerly 
Fellow  of  Sidney  Sussex  College,  Cam- 
bridge, and  father  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Chafy, 
the  present  Master  of; that  Society),  Vi- 


IMS.] 

Mr  of  Slurry,  netirCinlerbuiy, 
totolSmii\ecMh,cn.Kt 
mcr  pariib  be  biH  bein 


Obitvaxt.— Ace.  W.  Ckafy.—Mr.  Bye. 


Of  tl 


<IHnc- 


;  tneurabrnt 

Ht  w»  dMwniled  [rum  an  ancrFiiI 
and  reijiFCtkble  (unitf ,  in  ibe  romily  of 
Unnel,  bcii>x  the  joun^l  mnd  l«t  luii- 
Tiring  i.m  of  ibr  Ule  Rrv.  John  Cbafir  ■, 
ReclarqfPantCiundte,  andnJiuor  Lil- 
)iii{!ton,  in  ibal  niuiKv.  by  Elliabelb  bi* 
<t>fe,  dnirehlpr  and  cn-bcire*i  of  Jnhli 
Carbin,  Eiq-  of  Haielhury  Bryan,  i 
iwndani  from  ibe  cfletwateil  Hid1i« 

Mr.  Cha^y  married,  April  5,  IT74, 
ooadn  Mary,  only  daufbiFr  and 
m»(ly  inla  hMren  of  John  Cbatic,  EiQ. 
of  Sherb.irni-,  eo.  Donel,  by  nbu 
had  icaiie  ten  cbildren,  Fif;bt  o[  « 
thrre  toni  and  Hve  ilau;bler(,  tn 
■  iih  ihe  niduw,  todftduR  bis  low. 

F**  p«n«n«  ba*«  qnitted  thi*  moiM 
Mora  unnetiaH;  TapeMed  and  lainiitMl 
tbanthla  aanii    [>)oui   > 
Cfarktisn.     BndcarHl  lo 
■cqiainlanM  by  the  many  amiable  qaa- 
Illkaand«*Iiniabtev)TtBe*iihic4iadun 
•d  b)i  llfc  knd  cditTen^tion,  bii  nemuiy 
■Mat  low  lo  rcitair*  the    tribniB   of 
pvblie  eoloty.     Bat,  in    deptoring  the 
loM   af  departed   mortb,    •Ineeriiy   am' 
K<«tin>d*  may  be  pvrmltted  briefly  ti 
■IM*  ha  dmna  n  inliatlon  and  praite. 
SuMee  k  then  to  aay,  ibal,  in  a  proba' 
tionanr    cMine    of  et|{bly    year 
Chafy'*  BMalMtatiOM  benevolen     . 
■Aeted  piety,  and  undeviatln^  nctitoda 
•f  eondoct  in  bit  iniercaurie  "iib  man- 
bind,  tallied  bim  ahke  the  otrem  and     itilul 
re«pect  of  the  rich  aiid  the  ji 
mind  «rai  rbcerfnl.  bti  bean  bt 
bia  mifrali  pore  and  correct ;  b 


,Cler 


•ell. 


He  wai  «ltb  only  oiH  cieeption  the 
oldeat  member  dC  the  Company  of  StK> 
tioner*,  of  which  he  bad  bMli  a  Livery* 
man   60  ytxru.     ThaVfh   paaaea*in|[   no 
Ineoiisideralile  lalenia,  he  wai  one  of  (be 
mo«lunaMumiii);o(  buBMi  beiiiKf,  bat 
at  (he  lame  lime  one  of  (be  Boat  kind- 
beared.     Cument  nith  aiery  moderate 
income,   he  Inng  aiiice  (Mired  from  lb* 
faiif^iiei  of  buBinesB  to  Iba  tranquil  re- 
treat »here  he  calmly  breathed  bii  lalt. 
Tbuugh  more  thun  eixbl  of  bii  iatlar 
yean   Here  erubiitereil  by  repealed  ai-. 
lacki  of  piralv'is,   whirh  deprived  him, 
ul  iW  iiu  <if  bis  riibt  aide,  and  conHned 
wholly  tit  hit  beH-ehamber,  he  bore 
•nfferinn  *'>>•  tbat  mMily  funiiUde 
charitable     and  that  palicDtrMignatiifn  to  thK  l)i. 
0  bla  family  and      vine  Will,  which  hii  conitant  ttudy  of 
tbe'Holy  Scriploroa  bad  enabled  him  to 

Whilat  in  buiinen,  bi*  priniapal  em- 
ployment vaa  tbe  printing  of  ibe  Rfli- 
gioui  Tract!  of  the  Soeiety  fur  promm- 
ingCbrlitian  Knowledge.  «■  aaa  Edi- 
tor of  ibe  lait  edition  of  Cruden'a  Cm- 
itdaiicr,  in  which  he  carefully  examin- 
ed every  Text  by  the  oHginal  in  the 
Bible.  HeabapHnird  ihe"Uivenloni 
of  Purley"  for  Mr.  Honie  Tuoka,  with 
whom  he  «aa  ileaervedly  a  grral  fa- 
TuuHie,  ond  «ho  permliiH]  bIm  lo  aub- 
:e  frfoNil*  fur  m^ny  namei  whirh  tbe 
'  timid  Printer  tboucbi  it  prndent  to  iiip- 
preia.  Mr.  Bye  enmplled  the  rnpieu* 
Index  to  the  octavo  edition  of  Swift'a 
Works  pul>li)h.-<l  in  1803.  That  h« 
ing,  and  fall  example  lo  enemplary  and  nai  alio  toimelime*  a  veraifler  may  be 
inttruettve,  thai  he  waa  admired  and  •eeii  by  a  few  liifi  liened  "  U.  B."  in 
teioved  by  a1)  who  had  the  bappiiieu  of  vol.  lxxxtk.  i.  U5.  Wilh  hit  habitual 
trtjitfinf  bit  loeiely.  Hit  ntleiiliun  lo  placidity  of  mind,  afler  he  had  totally 
the  welfare  and  well-beins  of  hit  paritb-  lot),  the  uae  uf  bit  rl^hi  band,  he  aiHiit 
ionert,  andhiiinduttiyiniheditcharKeof  acquired  the  babit  of  or ilmc  very  neatly 
Ibe  dutieti-f  hit  office,  cum t am ly  direct-  *ith  hit  lefl.  In  alettereftom*  lengibL 
cdbyalaeeofvirlae  and  truth,  by  piety      dated  March  I t)SO,  he  layt  i 

'  ~       "  -  .  .    -  1,  J  ^|^,g  every  reaton  tn  be  ihankful 

for  the  mere  let  I  duly  recriM,  allhuuch 
I  have  been  conflncd  to  niy  huuie  iwarly 
three  year*.  UyHihIr,  my  Prayer  Book, 
and  yuur  Magasine  are  my  run<(aiii, 
companiont ;  by  tbe  former  I  humbly 
hope  1  recnve  Divine  inilruction  aiid 
the  contolalion,  and  tbe  latter  lett  me  iva 
at  mnch  of  tbe  buiy  and  chtiineahlti 
world  aa  I  deure,  and  timietlmri  more. 

"  Tlie  lait  year  wai  an  eventful  ttHe 
indeed,  and  many  jtrcat  and  good  eha- 
rictcn  are  recorded  in  yuor  Obitoaiy  to 
have  left  ihii world,  1  h^>e  loratetter! 
Perbapt  levcral  of  them  were  penonally 
you,  add  were  •mane  the 


nail  c 


tolaliui 


.phere 

hit  monmini;  family  and  Irieudi  to  ki 
that,  jcreat  a>  had  been  tlie  excellenoe 
and  uilliiy  ot  hit  life,  thry  were  equalled 
only  by  tbe  calm  and  piont  reil);i 
wiih  which  he  reilgned  bit  tout  in 
banda  of  hit  Crealor 

He  hat  bequeathed  ISO/,  to  each  of 
thepariibet  nfSiuriy  and  Swaleelilfr,  lo 
cilabljih  tcho-di  lur  ihe  education  of 
their  ponr;  and  ML  lo  the  Ceiierat  Kent 
and  Canlerborj  Hoipilal. 


OfliTUABT. — Lindley  Murray,  Eiq. 


ImBJ^ 


I 


numbrc   of  your  friends,   your  boioni 
frinndi ;  when  ihal  is  llie  case,  It  veri- 
flt>  tbe  truth  ofthtt  line  uf  Voung, 
"  Wbeu  (ucb  Frirnits  ]>iirt,  'tii  (be  Sui^ 

"  You  will,  1  im  sure,  pardon  the  im- 


tell  lelter. 
it  Affurils  me 
aM  I  remMii, 
indsffection, 

tiatu)  1744." 
Bye,  l«Liliet 


friends,  to  remove  into  a  more  temperile 

climate.  He  accrdingly  came  to  ibi< 
FOUnlry,  Rccomptnled  by  bii  faithful  and 
beloved  wife  ;  atid  <hou|;h  not  retlored 
to  hi<  former  health  and  itrength,  lie 
received  to  mueh  benefit  B>  induced  him 
(a  remain  in  En|;land.  He  leitled  iu 
VorkEbir*  ;  and  purchased  a  bouse  plea- 
santly tituated  at  Kuldirate,  a  imall  vil- 
Uee  Bl>DU1  a  mile  from  tbe  cilv  of  York, 
where    he   continued   to   retMe.     The 


t  Frien 


md  humble  s 


of    bi>    lit 
.o  that  bei 


!    RraduBlly    i 


n  fou 


D.  ByB . 
That  lueb  waa  Deod; 
the  friend   who  now 
after  an  intimale  acqai 
70  yean. 


L1NDI.EV  MuHRity,  Esq. 

Jan.  16,     At  hit  residence,  Holdi;ate, 

near  York,  aged  80,   Llndley   Murray, 

Ei<i.  ihe  Author  of  an  English  Grammar, 

'     *        ny  iitlier  approved  worki  on 


public  worship ; 
frequently  drawl 


regularly  attended 


n  about  h 


30se,  but  for 
•  decease,  be 
haute,  for  be 


Eduea' 


Hit 


tilliie 


but  his  whule  life  may  be  said  to  have 
been  a  conalant  preparation  for  bis  6nal 
chanrre,  to  that  death  could  icarcely,  at 

He  expired,  very  pence lutly,  in  tbe  full 
poiaeEsiou  of  hia  mental  taculliei. 

Mr.  Murray  was  a  native  uF  PenliByl- 
vania,  in  North  America ;  but  be  resided 
for  a  gmt  part  of  bis  lite  at  New  York. 
His  lather  wat  a  ilisliiiguished  merchant 
hi  that  city.  Both  hit  parents  were 
penons  of  respectable  character  ^  and 
tiere  sulieitDus  to  imhiie  his  mind  with 
piuut  and  virtuous  prIncipiBB,  He  wai 
carefully  and  regularly  educated,  and 
made  a  rapid  proin'eM  in  lrarniii|;.  At 
the  age  of  nineteen  he  commenced  ihe 
■ludy  of  Law,  under  tbe  auspices  of  a 
gentleman  eminent  in  the  profession  ; 
«nd  he  had  the  pleasure  of  having  for 
fail  fellow  student  the  celebrated  Mr. 
Jay.  At  Ihe  enpiralion  of  lour  years 
Mr.  Murray  wat  admitted  to  tbe  liar, 
and  received  a  licente  to  practise  both 
M  Counsel  and  Attorney,  in  all  tbe 
Courts  of  the  State  of  New  York.  In 
Ibia  prufeition   be   continued  with    iii- 

IrotLbles  In  America  interrupted  all  buw- 
nets  of  this  nature.  He  then  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  line  ;  in  which  hy  his 
eipeelable  con- 


nhich  lelt  a  grral  weakness  in  his  limbs, 
and  hit  general  health  being  much  im- 
)iaired,  he  was  induced  in  the  year  1784, 
by   the   advice    of   his   physicians   and 


many  years  previous  1 
was  wholly  confined  tt 
found  that  even  a  very  small  degree  of 
bodily  eieriiun  increased  ihe  debility  of 
his  frame  ;  and  Ibat  eiposure  to  the  air 
occasioned  frequent  and  severe  culdt, 
together  with  other  indispoailiun.  To  a 
person  distinguished  as  Mr.  Murray  bad 
been  lor  health,  strength,  and  agiUiy^ 
confinement  was  at  first  a  severe  trial; 
but  during  the  whole  cou«e  of  it,  a  niur- 
mplaini 


Deprived  of  ibe  uiu  a  I  occupation  1  and 
amuseiuents  of  life,  and  of  the  rommon 
occationt  of  doing  good  to  ulhcrs,  he 
very  happily  and  generously  lumed  his 
attention  to  compose  Literary  works, 
for  the  benefil,  rbi<^fly,  of  the  rlting  ge- 
neraiiun.  In  this  benevolent  employ  he 
found  great  satitfaction,  and  met  with 
uncommon  success.  His  Enf-bsb  Gram- 
mar, with  the  Exerciaes  and  the  Key, 
has  been  much  approved  by  Ihe  publick, 
and  been  adopted  in  moat  of  Ihe  prin- 
cipal seminaries  in  Great  Britain,  and  in 
America.  It  has  patted  through  many 
large  editions  in  ibis  country,  and  been 
frequently  reprinted  in  America,  Hi* 
Frrnch  and  English  Reader,  his  Ahriilg- 
meiit  of  bit  Grammar,  and  hit  Spelling- 
buuk,  have  also  received  very  high  ei  ~ 


bis  native  land.      Having  beguu'hit  lil 
rary  career  from  diiinlerEsled  motive 

he  coniianlly  devoted  «11  the  pn^fits 
his  publications  Id  cbaHlable  and  ben 

The  work  which  he  Rrst  pnbtitlie 
and  which  appeared  to  afford  b>ai  pre 
liar  tatitfacliun,  was  "The  Power 
Rel'siun  on  ihc  Mind."    Thit  buuk  h 


vely 


1836.1       OstluuBV. — iMtdUy  Uurrag,  £19. — S.  Parkti,  Etq.  1 

pwHd  tbrou(b  manjrxJiiiDiit.    Tbe  Bnt  hxv*  derited  benefit  from  bii  lilcr 

ulilion  wu  made  wbull*  u  Mr.  Mur-  Uboun.     It  n  therefore  with  mucb 

r»T'«  ■>•"  «»p*nK  i  «nd  %ntn  >way  by  litfaciion  lb*t  the  •riter  of  Ibis  ani 

»  chiffly  ill  Ibc  n«ighbouibood  ol  bit  ndrjt,  frum  indiiputib 


and  Writing!  " 
mploynl,  and  1bi7  reward!      will  sburlly  be    published,  nhicli    froni 
Iheir   auihemicily,  and  olher  circam. 
tuners,  will,  it  ii  preiumed,  prove  pecu- 
liarly InterettiQB  and  inttruclive. 


-of  labour  ibui  ditlribuled,  pre< 
thai  df)irruiun  and  f,\oi>ta  wtaicb  ill 
brallh  and  long  confine  men  t  are  to  apt 
to  produee ;  and  conlribuied  lo  render 
Mr.  Murray  cheerful  and  biip)iy  in  a 
lilualion  ibat  many  would  Ihiiik  mutt 
b*ve  been  highly  diilreuine.  He  wat  a 
Mtmber  of  the  Soeiely  of  Triend*,  and 
*>•  mucb  retpeclcd  and  cateemed  by 
Ikemi  but  it 


Ibe  [fBdinK  prmiiplei  ol  p.ely  and  virtue, 
and  (0  ibe  geiirral  tpirit  and  preerpttof 
Chriilianiiy.  For  ibit  Judieioui  care,  aa 
%  for  the  eaempUry  ebaid 


Samuel  Pabkbs,  Esg.  P.Li.S.  ' 
Det.  S3.    At  bit  boute  in   Meeklcn- 
burgh-iifuare,  after  a  lingering  illnut, 
.      aged  66,  Samuel  Pirket,  Eiq.  F.  L.  3. 
ngt  detigned  for      F.b.A.  of  Penh,  Member  of  ibe  Geologi' 
t>u«lv  avoidrd  in-      cil  Suciely,  H'Ftiorary   Member  of  tb« 
;..  .     1 1,,     v^i^uliar      Liierarv   and  fbilutiipbiral  Socielici  of 
'    MiJ  reli-      Newculle  and  Norwieh,   &f.  and  pco- 
.iii"lf  10      pritlur  of  ibe  Cbemical  manufactary  in 
Guiwcll-ttrtet. 

He  naa  bom  M  Sloutbridft  in  Wor- 

cettenhire  \  bul  rcctiTcd  bit  education 

tbe   academy  conducted  by  Dr.  Ad- 


bii  worki,  he  bat  received   particular     dington  at  Market  Harboroucb. 
eomnendallan.  In  leoG  be  publiibcd  bit  highly  Inte- 

irray  married,  early  In  life,  a     retting  and  valuable  "  Cbemieal  Cale- 


very  amiable  woman,  about  three  year 
younger    than    himaelf.     Tbry   bad    no 
children.    They  lived  togelbcr  in  ui  ' 
terrupted     bjirmooy,     fur     nearly    liity 
years.    Mrt.  Murray  I*  a  perton  uf  great 

KuTtb  and  rttpectability,  Sbe  wi*  moat  lem  ne  puoiiinra  -■  An  ejtay  on  tne 
faiibfiill]'  and  tenderly' attached  to  her  Utility  of  Cbemidrytaibe  Arttand  Ma- 
hu'band.  The  loit  which  the  baa  aui-  nufaciurti."  (See  vol.  LXXVili.  SSB.)  in 
taiukd  it  unipeakable.  She  it  deeptly  the  followinK  year  he  produced  bit  "Ru- 
■Olicied,  but  re«igned  to  (he  Divine  dimentt  of  Cbemiitry,  illmtraied  by  £■- 
Will,  and  thankful  that  the  inetlimable  pcrimenli,"  Igmo.  (See  v<il.  LXXa.  i.  p. 
blrMJng  whirh  it  now  taken  away,  WM  54.)  The  publication  of  thia  work  wa* 
voucliialed  10  her  during  to  long  a  coune      occaiioned  by  tUv  l>.r\.  thai  a  wril-knowii 


chitm."  A  tecond  edition  wat  lopn  called 
rbieh    contained   to    many  addl- 
tlonal  facta  aa  10  be  almoat  a  new  work. 
vula.  LUvii.    143.  l»viii.  S3T.) 


Sound  judgment,  an  amiable  dltpoil- 
lion,  and  great  piety,  were  tlrikingeha- 
racteriilict  of  the  luhject  uf  IhiineBulr. 
or  him  it  may  truly  be  taid,  be  did 
)uilly,  he  loved  mercy,  and  walked 
humbly  wiib  bit  God.  He  wat  a  mott 
■ffcclionale  butband,  a  lincere  friend,  a 
kind  neighbour,  a  cheerful  and  inttruc- 

veruiiun  were   peculiarly  pleating  and 


inp  uniformly  ineulcaie.  But  however 
cicrllent  bit  character  and  cundoct,  all 
bit  bopea  of  acceptance  with  God,  were 
(bunded,  not  on  bimielf,  or  on  hit  own 
doingi,  but  on  tbe  merit ■  and  atone- 
ment of  Ibe  ever-bletted  Redeemer. 
FuTiber  particulari  reipeciing  Ibit 
nan,  and  highly  ilitlinguithed 
'     '  -    ■     acceptable 


calCm 


..I  a 


Grammar  of  Chrmiiiry. 
inCbancerybowever  corrected  the  piracy, 
after  which,  the  injured  author,  for  Ibe 
proteeliuD  uf  hii  property,  publitbed  an 
abridgment  of  hit  own  book.  In  IB15 
he  puhliihpd  "  Chemioal  Ettaya,  princi- 
pally relating  to  the  Arta  and  Manufac- 
ture! of  the  Britiih  Dominiona,"  8  volt. 
Svii.    (See  vol.  Lxxxv,  ii.  pp.  4T.  340.) 

The  benevolence  of  hit  ditpoiilioD, 
and  tbe  amenity  of  bit  maniieri,  attach- 
ed him  to  a  large  circle  of  friendig  and 
in  bioi  the  community  have  lutt  a  mutt 
ettimable  member.  Hit  workt  alleat  fait 
ardour,  diligence,  and  pertevereiica  in 
Ibe  purtuit  of  beiencci  Dor  wai  be  leai 
diilingulihed  by  bit  beneReent  etforta 
and  pecuniary  libcraliiy  in  the  tupport 
oF  every  public  inatiluiiun  which  tended 
lu  incrcate  the  bappinctt  or  promote 
Ibe  improvement  of  bit  fellow  creature!. 
0  tbe'pablick,  cvpccially  to  iboK  who     Hit  induttry  and  activity  of  Bind  wet« 


164  OBn:vA%y.^^Ckev,dsBo€€ag€»*^Mr.Moeaita. — MnBoyd^Sfc^  [Feb. 

darry*  tnd  the  Father  of  that  Corpon* 
tioo,  baTing  been  a  menber  jof  it  for 
upwards  of  50  yean.  Poiseised  of  a 
itroiif^  and  intelligent  mind,  richly 
stored  with  useful  information,  no  man 
better  understood  the  various  duties  of 
a  citisen  and  a  subject.  On  every  occa- 
sion* Mr.  Boyd  was  ,found  at  bis  post, 
ready  to  promote  the  best  interesu  of 
his  country,  and  support  its  establish- 
ments with  spirit  and  independence.  As 
a  friend,  his  attachments  were  marked 
4jy  a  warmth  of  feeling  and  regard, 
which  at. once  proved  their  sincerity  and 
their  value— in  bis  domestic  circle  he 
was  endeared  to .  his  family  by  the 
strongest  ties  of  aflfection.  The  respect 
paid  to  his  remains  amply  testified  the 
value  in  which  his  character  was  held — 
they  were  accompanied  by  the  Corpora- 
tion, of  which  be  bad  been  so  loii|?  an 
independent  member,  in  their  robes, 
and  by  almost  every  respectable  member 
in  the  community.  The  pall  was  borne 
by  his  respectable  friends,  Geo.  R.  Daw- 
son, esq.  Col.  Knox,  Sir  Wm.  Williams, 
Alderman  Curry,  Captain  Hill,  and  Ma- 
jor Nicholson. 


^Doed  even  during  hit  IsAt  illness,  hj 
ii§  being  anxiously. eogagod  in  preparing 
and  superintending  improved  editions  <2 
bit  Chemical  works. 

CHBV4LLIBE   D£   BoCCAGE. 

LaiMy^  Of  apoplexy,  aged  65,  the  Che- 
valier Barbie  du  Boccage,  Member  of 
the  Academy  of  Inscriptions  and  Belles 
Lettres,  Geographer  to  the  department 
for  Foreign  Affairs,  Professor  to  the  Fa- 
<*ttlty  of  Letters  to  the  Academy  of  Pa- 
ris. ■  He  had  sustained  many  attacks 
during  the  last  three  or  four  weeks,  but 
he- was  thought  perfectly  convalescent. 
The  Atlas  of  the  Voyage  of  Anacbarsis 
estabNshed  his  reputation.  He  conti- 
nued through  the  whole  of  bis  life  to 
sf  ttdy  the  topography  of  Greece,  and  ge. 
iierally  of  classic  lands.  He  must  have 
left  valuable  notes  behind  him.  Two  of 
hit  sons  are  successfully  treading  in  the 
steps  of  their  father. 

Jacob  Mocatta,  Esq.       v 

Nov,  39*.  Jacob  Mocatta,  esq.  The 
fudden  death  of  this  gentleman,  so  emi- 
nent  in  the  commercial  world,  and  so 
highly  esteemed  in  it,  made  a  strong 
impression  »n  the  public  mind.  An  in- 
ijuest  was  taken  on  the  1st  of  December 
before  J.  W.  Unwin,  esq.  the  Coroner, 
and  a  highly  respectable  Jury  at  the 
I^led  Horse  public-house,  Chiswell-stree^ 
Xhe  investigation  was  most  minute,  and 
the  attention  of  the  Jur}*  was  particu- 
larly directed  to  ascertain  the  real  facts 
of  the  case.  The  Inquest- room  was 
thronged  with  some  ot  the  most  respect- 
able persons  of  the  Jewish  persuasion, 
all  of  whom  deeply  lamented  the  melan- 
choly catastrophe.  Among  these  was 
Mr.  Montefiore>  the  intimate  friend  of 
the  deceased.  From  the  evidence  ii  ap- 
peared, that  Mr.  Mocatta,  while  at  a 
friend's  in  NichoU'-street,  Spitalfields, 
complained  of  violent  pains  about  the 
stomach.  These  increasing  consider- 
ably, be  was  removed  up  stairs,  and 
placed  on  a  bed,  and  me«lical  aid  sent 
for.  Before  it  arrived,  Mr.  Mocatta  bad 
breathed  his  last.—Mr.  Andrews,  the 
professional  attendant  of  the  family,  and 
one  of  the  medical  gentlemen  of  the 
London  Hospital,  minutely  examined 
the  body,  and  gave  as  their  opinion, 
that  Mr.  M.  died  of  dyspepsia*  The 
Jury  returned  a  verdict—**  Died  by  the 
visitation  of  Gud.** 


Arciiiuald  Boyd,  Esq. 

Dmt.S?.  Aged  75,  Archibald  Boyd, 
esq.  for  30  years  the  respected  Trea- 
surer of  the  City  and  County  of  London- 


JoHN  Monro. 
Dec.  15.  Aged  99»  John  Monro,  of 
Glenary,  Argyleshire.  For  many  years 
it  had  been  the  daily  practice  of  this  ve- 
nerable mountaineer  to  plunge,  witb  his 
clothes  on,  into  the  river  Area  ;  and  so 
far  did  habit  become  second  nature, 
that  if  compelled  to  remain  for  any 
length  of  time  with  a  dry  skin,  he  felt 
all  the  uneasiness  of  a  fish  out  of  water. 
He  always  eigo>ed  excellent  health; 
and,  till  his  last  illness,  bad  never  been 
but  twice  seriously,  indisposed,  and  on 
these  occasions^  as  an  antidote,  his  aged 
helpmate  had  to.  souse  him  overhead 
and  ears  at  hia  bed-side,  a  remedy.tbat 
never  failed  to  restore  bis  health.  A  few 
days  before  his  death  be  had  been  pre- 
vailed upon  to  leave  his  ancient  habiu- 
tion  at  Glenary,  to  reside  with  bb  daugh- 
ter at  Furnace,  near  Inverary,  that  he 
might  have  tbe  advantage  of  her  care ; 
but  all  her  affectionate  tenderness  could 
not  make  opi4o  poor  John  the  loss  of 
his  native  stream  :  sickness  came  ;  and 
he  wbo  had  for  99  winters  braved  many 
a  bitter  storm,  was  evidently  soon  to 
aubmit  to  tbe  grim  king  of  terrois. 
8tdl  he  clung  to  bis  specific  ;  and  a  faw 
boors  before  he  breathed  his  last,  be 
earnestly  beseeched  be  snight  be  carried 
back  and  plunged  in  tbe  stMam  of  hit 
native  Glenary,  when  he  would  soon  be 
well  again.  His  request  came  too  late, 
had  his  friends  even  been  disposed  to 
comply  with  it.  He  retained  all  his  fa- 
euhies  to  the  last )  and  snch  was  the 


IMO.) 


Obituaiy.-^V.  p.  F.  RultttT.~Un.  BolJieU. 


ISS 


bich  ctlioiatHiu  in  whUb  bi*  wwlb  tnil 
liltrKibk  hoDftty  wiira  bi^lil,  ihjit  bit 
r**i>iliii  wtr*  >it<i>(l«(l  <u  iha  plnca  (p- 
foluMil  'ut  all  living  by  •  coiicourH  al 
hienrli  Ib4t  dart  oat  ■!■»)'>  bonuur  tb* 
I  III  thiMC  iu  mim  cialled  4l*- 


J.  F-  F.  RiCRTKR. 
Am.  It.    AlBurFUib,a|*dl    . 
Paul  Pndiric  Rkiiicr,  u>it  of  (ba 

eiDu  and  pwpular  iinl*rl<rf  Ctrinanj. 
r  ytui  tfv  b*  lint  bia  oaiy  luii,  a 
iBiMt  pniniiaiiig  youtis  man.  wbu  km 
punuiiig  fait  •  udiei  mlb,  |>«rbapa,  tuo 
Niuch  aval.  Since  Ihil  luta,  Hhicb  ha 
bora  wnb  calm  ruienatioii,  the  hcaltb 
pr  lliit  wurib/  [D.iii  had  be«n  coii- 
■Unily  declining.  Fur  Mme  niimllii 
|Huit,  hii  rjra-lighl  had  Eradually  dirray* 
•d,  ill)  ibe  tamp  of  lifii  tl<el(  ptprFd. — 
il«  «a»  born  >i  WuiMlcdel,  in  Iba  prin- 
dpallly  al  Biyleutb,  Marcb  31.  iTtiS. 
Ha  OM  tduntcd  by  bia  fathEr,  nbu  »aa 
one  of  tha  precepluta  ai  tbi  publia 
■cbo»l  ai  WunaJDdel.  aiul  rtty  early 
fa*a  an  aaineit  u[  lliai  lalanl  wliith 
dliikniEuiahFil  bi(  liircary  raiaar.  lie 
made  hw  iUbiH  aa  an  autbur  In  llUl, 
trilh  Ilia  CreciiUud  Lawiuio.  wbicb  a( 
one*  itamped  bu  rrpulallon  fur  orifl- 
Mliijr  and  buoiuur.  Tb*  miiai  remark- 
able uf  fala  oitwr  nunitrDui  prududlun* 
■f*  Eairvcia  from  iba  l><i*il'>  I'apan, 
ib>  luTulUa  Ladfr.  Heipetui,  I'lian, 
Laraiia,  Ice.  Vali  ilturvedlji  admi(«d 
uiilrymcB,  bii 


..  by  m 


DiaUy  u 


(table  arcibe  iliiltculiicii  vhicb  a  Irina- 
laiut  auuld  have  to  aTarcoRi*,  ihai  it  ia 
diKibiful  obeibrf  any  one  «iU  undtr- 
takg  ti>  (laiiiFer  any  of  hia  nomemua 
vorka  inio  ibe  Eni^iib  ■■■■cuage.  Tba 
iwk  vould  require  a  eumple'c  fami- 
Uarlry  nlthtbt  autbor'f  peculiar  geiiiuii 
Iha  Ulriapt  baa  naTrr,  ibat  we  are 
•■arc  of,  yet  been  made,  wilb  lbs  tx- 
optioB  of  a  fe*  frafnuim  ihat  ippear- 
td  aome  liiDE  afo  in  ib^  London  Maga- 
zine, from  Ibe  pen  of  Mr.  Ue  Quincey, 
*ba  uffrrcd  thtm  aa  ■  apecimrii  oF  an 
inlrn'led  '  Ricbteriana.'  We  believe 
tbere  ire  very  few  E'lC^iihipen  indeed 
who  undenland  Hicbler  mfficiently  to 
raliih  bin.  Hia  own  cuuniryman,  •ha 
nint  be  albiwed  to  be  tbe  looat  compe- 
lent  Judfrt,  uteem  faim  for  the  nable- 
ncia  of  U«  aentimenta,  faia  poelic  talent, 
U»  rich  creative  imaginaliun,  hii  ipark' 
Hoc  wit,  hli  brilliant  imafery,  hi*  co- 
pbnit  illuairation,  and  the  exuberance 
of  bit  lanfoace, — for  hii  energy  boih  of 
(bDagbt  kiid  dictiuD,  hii  bold  and  luiu- 
Otn.Mto.  Fetnianj,  letS. 


riant  aiyl*,  and  lb«  Kloning  coloun  ia 
wbiih  lifl  arraya  av*iy  object.  U  bai, 
however,  been  otjccl^d,  tiy  aume  of  hia 
or<twt,  that  (real  ai  are  tbc  beautiat  ol 
iiolaint  nam,  tbere  ■•  t  certain  want  ol 
uuity  of  liitaieil  in  bit  vorka  Ibat  dlt- 
appuinu  and  diiaalialiw  ibt  reader. 

Mm.  SoTTiKLn. 
OW.36.  Al  Norto»-liall,  on.  North- 
ampton, aged  4(i,  afier  a  ]>rairaclpd  in- 
dia(Hitiiuin,  Charlulle,  ftidow  of  Berlab 
UuUield,  eiq.  and  only  daughter  of  tba 
late  Wiliiaoi  Wiiber.ng.  M.D.  F.RS,  If 
■<i  ingenuoui  dii[>u>iiiun,  and  cordial 
alnceriiy  lowarda  her  equala  (witb  *bvm 
(be  maintained  a  frvqueiit  intareuurM 
ol  alegant  and  liberal  bDC(n'aliiy) ;  II 
kind  cundeiveniion  to  her  Inferiort, 
euiieem  for  ihoir  welfare,  and  care  foe 
tbeir  wauti  i  if  ibe  moral  and  religioua 
inaiructian  of  the  youtb  among  bar 
poorrr  neighbuun,  «ai  lu  her  an  olyect 
of  warm  and  generoui  inleretl ;  if  iheac, 
and  iucb  ai  tbite,  are  qualiliea  wbieb 
deaerve  and  commauJ  eaiecm,  then  will 
brr  loeniury  be  cberiihed  by  ever;  c|a*i 
of  loeiety  wtih  alTcclianate  regret,  re-, 
ipeet,  and  gralilude.  In  ibe  linoyailt 
Ipring  ut  bar  eiiilenire  abe  accompanied 
her  hi|;bly-gl(icd  falbvr,  and  a  circle  of 
relative!  aod  friendtt  from  whom  aba 
eonld  not  fail  to  derive  iuprovemeni, 
during  a  voyage  to  Liiboa,  and  raai- 
denea  In  ibat  meiropolla  and  iu  euvj- 
runi  i  where  each  nuvrl  and  intereiTln^ 
objecl  wai  rendered  ao  agirealily  lulC 
aervientiu  Ihe  Rcquisillon  of  knOHkdge, 
ihat  tbe  ftcuniun  aituined  tbe  aipeet 
of  one  of  Ibote  '•  paioled  clouJi  which 
beautify  uur  dan,"  ever  afier  yielding  % 
(heme  of  grai'etul  alluiion.  — Neither 
when  advanced  to  a  mora  rrapunaibla 
Italian  hy  ber  marriage,  July  16,  IBlW, 
were  tbe  mnt  Favourable  anticipaiiont 
dilappvinled.    Whilal  cxperien 


world  a 


!>  cbaaiened  • 


eiuberanl  vivacity,  a  strict  allenliiin  li 
the  public  ordinanceaof  tbe  cburch,  with 
an  equally  punctual  otuerrancr  of  fa- 
mily wartnip,  by  invigoraling  a  rational 
pie^,  both  inipired  and  I'renglheaed' 
every  good  emotion.     Nor  wai  ibe  mo- 

itated  perioda  by  ineidenli  which,  tbaugb 
Irivial  in  tbemielvn,  were  eouDled  a> 
evenU  in  ib«  almpla  annala  of  the  vlU 
lage.  The  yogng  will  long  remamliaf' 
(be  rapturei  of  the  Hay-day  morq,  wban 
In  feitive  groupa,  proud  to  challenge  tba 
admiration  of  their  geiMraaa  pat  nun, 
they  preianted  their  cboieeil  garlanda] 
or  with  what  delight  thcf  aniuiall/ aat 
down  In  tbe  rilendcd  labtM  of  tlw  ni^al 


12 


IBC     Obituary.^— JRo6er<  Bryer,  ttq, — Chartet  St.  Barhe,  Esq.       [Feb. 


lete,  commemorttive  of  a  happy  anion  } 
€f  partake  of  tbe  Christmas  regale,  com- 
bined as  it  ever  was  with  seasonable 
4iee<ls  of  charity .-^Aftef  the  death  of 
lier  husband  in  1813  (see  vol.  lxxxiii.  i. 
595)  Norton,  endeared  by  many  fond  as- 
sociations, became  still  more  decidedly 
the  place  of  predilection  to  the  widow, 
whose  interest  in  the  family  seat  prompt- 
ed her  not  merely  to  preserve  the  order 
of  the  pleasure  grounds  with  assiduous 
care,  hut  to  occupy  herself  in  various 
little  embellishments,  and  in  raising  a 
toecession  of  many  thousands  of  forest 
and  fruit  trees^  for  the  benefit  of  pos- 
terity. 

Mrs.  Botfield  has  left  an  only  son^  now 
aGentleman  Commoner  atChristCburch, 
Oxford.  Her  remains  were  interred 
Nov.  3,  in  the  family  vault  at  Norton, 
attended  by  a  numerous  procession  of 
noomers,  closed  by  the  fifty  children  of 
the  schools,  instructed  by  her  care,  and 
clothed  by  her  bounty. 


Robert  Brybr,  E90.  F.S.A. 

Dec.  89.  At  Canterbury-row,  New- 
iogton,  aged  70,  Robert 'Bryer,  Esq. 
F1S.A.  He  had  been  48  years  in  the 
service  of  the  Bank  of  England,  S5  of 
which  he  filled  the  situation  of  Assistant 
Accountant. 

He  was  actuated  by  the  highest  sense 
of  honour  and  integrity,  truly  loyal,  and 
firmly  attached  to  the  Established  reli« 
gioh  of  his  country.  A. lover  of  Litera- 
tare,  his  mind  was  enriched  with  an  ex- 
tensive knowledge  of  Ancient  History, 
Numismatics,  and  the  Antiquities  of  this 
island.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  in  the  year  1801, 
to  whose  works  his  name  appears  as  a 
eontributor*.  A  gentlemanly  urbanity 
and  suavity  of  manners,  united  to  a  vein 
of  cheerfulness  peculiarly  his  own,  gained 
him  a  numerous  acquaintance,  amongst 
nhom  were  many  eminent  Literati. 

He  married,  rather  late  in  life,  a  lady 
whose  amiable  qualities  gladdened  his 
•xistence  1  hut  his  happiness  in  that 
eonnexion  was  of  short  duration.  The 
rapid  incursions  of  disease,  added  to  a 
delicacy  of  constitution,  suddenly  termi- 
nated a  few  years  of  the  must  perfect  re- 
ciprocal affection,  and  deprived  him  of 
the  companion  with  whom  he  antici- 
pated so  much  comfort. 

His  private  life  was  highly  exemplary, 
and  in  his  own  domestic  circle  his  irre- 
parable loss,  as  a  father,  friend,  and 
master,  will  be  long  and  deeply  felt. 


•  See  thp  General  Index  to  the  Arche- 
•logia,  p.  12. 


Charles  St.  Barbr,  Esg. 
Jan^  19.  All  who  have  visited  the 
pretty  town  of  Lymington  during  the 
last  forty  years  will  bear  testimony  to 
the  urbanity  and  gentleman-like  man- 
ners of  Mr!  St.  Barbe,  whose  death  we 
announced  in.  p.  93.  He  was  in  every 
sense  of  tbe  word  a  useful  man  ;  honor- 
able in  his  dealings;  upright  and  im- 
partial in  the  various  public  offices  he 
Ailed  of  Magistrate^  Deputy  Lieutenant, 
Commissioner  of  Taxes,  &c.  a  loyal  sub- 
ject to  his  King  and  country,  and  a  zea- 
lous 8upporter|of  tbe  Established  Church. 
He  was  the  representative  of  his  family, 
originally  seated  in  Somersetshire  (see 
our  vol.  xc.  pt.  i.  for  a  view  of  their 
ancient  mansion  at  Ashington).  By  Ann, 
daughter  of  John  Hicks,  he  had  six 
sons  and  two  daughters. 

T.  A.  Bromhead,  Esg. 
Sept.  9,  1835.  At  Konich,  in  Carama- 
nia  (the  ancient  Iconium),  ag«*d  32, 
Thomas -Ayre  Bromhead,  Esq.  late  of 
Christ's  College,  Cambridge  (where  he 
took  the  degree  of  M.B.  in  1820),  and 
only  son  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Bromhead, 
of  Repham,  near  Lincoln.  This  enter- 
prising traveller,  after  an  absence  of  five 
years  from  his  native  country,  was 
hastening  homewards^  when  arrested  by 
sudden  and  fatal  disease.  He  breathed 
his  last  with  no  attendants  but  his  fo- 
reign servants,  or  the  uncivilised  natives ; 
and  the  sad  satisfactioo  of  knowing  the 
closing  event  of  his  life  seems  denied  to 
hit  numerous  friends.  One  of  the  com- 
panions of  Mr.  Bromhead's  travels,  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Cook,  Fellow  of  Christ  Col- 
lege, died  on  a  camel  under  almost  as 
melancholy  circumstances,  near  the 
Palm  Trees  of  Elim,  in  March  (see  July 
Mag.  p.  90) ;  and  the  other,  Henry 
Lewis,  Esq.  R.  N.  after  traversing  Pales- 
tine in  his  company,  parted  from  him  at 
BeirCtt,  in  June,  and  retarned  to  Eng- 
land. The  same  post  brought  his  own 
cheerful  letters  from  Damascus,  and  the 
official  announcement  of  his  death  by 
the  Porte. 

DEATHS. 

LOHDOH  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Jan.  5.  John  Webster,  esq.  of  the  Up* 
per  Mall,  Hammersmith,  and  of  Queen- 
street,  Cheapside. 

Jan.  9.  In  Upper  Charlotte-street,  in 
hu  64th  year.  Dr.  Edward  Fryer.  Distin- 
guished ability,  various  and  extensive  know- 
ledge, strict  probity,  aad  unsullied  honour, 
united  with  tne  most  prompt,  aideot,  inde- 
pendent, and  gtnerons  feelmgs,  adorned  by 
the  most  engaging  and  gentlemanly  man- 
ners, eombined  to  render  him  beloved  and 
admired  bj  all  who  knew  him. 


1M&] 


QSITOAKH. 


W 


Jmu  15.  At  H«ldiM't  Holil»  Dovtr- 
stratty  Rott  Lunbeth  Pnot»  atq.  ton  of  Sir 
Rom  Piriooy  of  TicngwaiatoA,  ConiinJL 

At  BraiD|iioB^  agad  76»  AJgenum  Litr* 
Bouth»Mq. 

la  ConiiMiglii-plaeef  Sanht  dau.  of  tlio 
late  IUy.  Dr.  Thoa.  Salway,  Rector  of  Rt- 
chaid's  Casda,  Salop. 

Jan,  16.  In  Upper  Beb^ve-plaoay  agad 
71»  Mary,  widow  of  Mr.  Thoa.  Williama. 

•/on.  19.  A^  A6,  Aiiiia»  wife  of  Jamaa 
Banke,  ew].  of  Be  mera-street  and  White- 
hall, Hayes,  Middlcaex. 

Jm.  90.  In  Burton-creioent,  aged  789 
Catherine^  relict  of  Tho.  Forbes*  esq.  late  of 
Cliftoo. 

Aged  66,  John  King»  esq.  of  St.  John- 
street  road,  ClerkenwelT. 

•/on.  91.  At  Caaiberwell,  Mtd  68,  Apalej 
Pellatt,  esq.  of  the  firm  of  Pellatte  and 
Green,  of  St.  Paul's  Church-yaid,  and  the 
Falcon  glass-works,  Blackfriars-ioad. 

•/on.  99.  In  the  Gty-road,  aged  68,  Jaa. 
Carter,  esq.  late  of  Barbican. 

Jan.  94.  In  Great  Ormood-streety  aged 
98«  James  Farrer,  esq. 

Mr.  John  Nuiborj,  of  the  Spaniards* 
ff^ffipttesd 

Aged  AO,  Wm.  Manler*  oq*  of  his  M»- 
J^siW^s  Victualling  Yard,  Deptford. 

Jan.  96.  At  Lambeth*  aged  64*  Wm. 
Howard,  esq. 

At  Dorset-plaeOy  Cl^ham-raad*  aged  60* 
T.  F.  Bristow,  esq. 

la  Fortmaa-sqnare*  the  Countess  Dow- 
a^of  Haroourt*  reUctof  the  late  Georn 
Simoa,  JSarl  of  Haroourt,  and  sister  of  the 
present  Lord  Vernon.  Her  remains  were 
interred  at  Stanton  Harcourt. 

Jan.  96.  Charles  Willoughbj,  Infitnt  son 
of  John  Davison,  esa.  of  Tavbtock-place* 
and  of  tli«r  East- India  House. 

Jan.  98.  In  Portland-place,  Marianne, 
wife  of  John  Vivian,  esq.  of  Claverton*  co. 
Somerset. 

In  College-street,  Westminster,  aged  84, 
Mrs.  Hutsej,  relict  of  John  Hussej,  esq.  of 
Richmond,  Surrey. 

Jan,  99.  In  Manchester-square,  aged  71  > 
Charles  MilU,  esq.  M.  P.  for  Warwick. 

Aged  77»  Wm.  Athlin,  taa.  of  Upper 
Bedrord-placet  and  late  of  Craoford*  Midd. 

At  Bayswater,  aged  91^  Robert,  son  of 
M^or-Gen.  Dighton. 

Jon.  dO.—-£dw.  Mawley,  esa.  Surveyor  to 
the  Commissioners  appointed  for  the  build- 
ing of  Churches.  He  was  proceeding  in 
hit  gig  with  his  wife  to  his  own  residence  on 
BaJham-hill,  when  the  shafts  broke,  and 
precipitated  him  on  tlie  grouud ;  his  skull 
was  severely  fractured,  and  he  died  in  a  few 
days.  This  gentlemaa  was  highly  respected 
by  the  profinsion  of  which  he  wss  a  mem- 
l^r,  and  in  his  situation  of  Surveyor  to  the 
Coromisaiooers  of  Churches,  ha  gave  the 
fullest  satis£u;tioti. 


A^  89*  Mn.  Flt(Bbt  HoOk,  of  SMw 
Newmgton. 

la  Loodoo*  Joha  WUlkaa  Wltki»  M^  of 
Astrop  House*  Northamjtoashiww 

Jan,  81.  Aged  78*  Mr.  O.  PtefcuiMM,  of 
Ckreodon- place,  Makk  Vale. 

In  Groavenor-atraet*  the  Hob.  Miss^Al« 
leo,  dau.  of  the  late,  and  sistor  to  tho  pio* 
sent  Viscount  Allen. 

Aged  89,  Mn.  D.  St.  Lea,  of  Spital-sq. . 

In  Harler-screet*  aged  80«  the  relict  of 
tho  late  John  Crawley*  oaq.  of  Stoekwood^ 
CO.  Bedford. 

Zofefy. — la  Caroliao-nhct*  Foondlbig* 
aged  94,  Elis.  widow  of  Wm.  Uaiiison*  es^. 
inventor  of  chronometers. 

In  Wobnm-pbM»*  Robert  Trower*  eso. 

FA,  1 .  At  Slough,  aged  69*  Anne,  widoir 
of  the  Rev.  W.  Chapman*  late  Vicar  oC 
Maigate. 

rib,  9.  William  Scott,  esq.  late  Lieut.- 
Col.  of  the  Royal  Art.  in  which  he  becamo  ' 
first  lieot.  Jaa.  1 ,  1794 ;  Cspt.-Iient.  Jalj 
16*  1799  ;  Captain*  Sept.  19*  1808;  brevet 
Major,  June  4^  1 8 1 1  {  and  Lieat.-Col.  Dee. 
80*1814. 

W.  Coningham*  esq.  of  Upper  Gower-st» 

Fdf,  8.  At  Hempstead*  Mra.  Maiy  Bol* 
son*  dau.  of  the  Ute  Richard  Belsoa*  aaq. 
merchant,  formerly  Of  that  pbice,  and  nieoo 
of  the  late  John  Bindley,  eeq.  M.  P.  Ibr 
Dover,  and  James  Bindley,  esq.  A.M.  and 
F.  8.  A.  fifiy  years  Cummitaionar  of  tho 
Stamp  Office. 

Feb,A .  Aged  8 1 ,  Mrs.  Anno  Moreland*  of 
Old-street,  St  Luke's. 

Aged  89,  Mr.  John  Jackson*  of  Bridg*- 
vrater-sqnare. 

FA,  6.  At  hu  house,  Hyde-park  comer* 
Sir  Edmund  Antrobus,  bart.  He  was  tho 
fourth  son  of  Wm.  Antrobus,  eso,  and  waa 
created  a  baronet  on  the  99d  of  Nlay,  1815. 

Aged  79f  Mrs.  King,  of  Higbbury-temco. 

In  Upper  Norton-street*  rortlaad-plao^ 
Eliza,  wi/e  of  Wm.  Blount,  esq. 

Agnes,  wife  of  Mr.  Wm.  Canseron*  of 
Walworth-terr.  and  St.  Paul's  Church-yard. 

Feb.  7.  At  his  residence*  Lower  Oroa- 
▼enor-place,  John  Tho.  Skinner,  esq.  eldest 
son  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Skinner. 

Aged  7 1 ,  Mr.  Edw.  Smith,  of  Bath-phM»* 
Pecktiam. 

At  Grove-hill-terrace,  Camberwdl,  Anne* 
wife  of  Cha.  Dodd,  esa.  of  BiUiter-street. 

Mrs.  Filler,  wife  of  James  Pillar,  esq.  of 
Moore-plsce,  Lambeth. 

Feb.  8.  At  Ponder's  End,  aged  75,  W.  B. 
NayJor,  esq. 

Feb.  1 0.  Aged  73,  Alicia  Maria,  Counteea 
Dowaffer  of  Carnarvon.  She  was  the  eldest 
dau.  of  Charles,  second  Earl  of  Egmont,  and 
sister  to  George  O'Bryen,  the  present  earU 
Her  mother  was  Alicia- Maria,  dau.  of  George 
2d  Lord  Carpenter,  and  sister  to  George* 
Earl  of  TyrconneL  She  was  married  July 
Id,  1771*  and  bad  issue  the  present  Eaxlol 


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CkHsiKnmUf  fiTe  other  tota,  mod  t  ^oghter, 
now  Ltady  Ducie. 

In  Wimpoie-street,  the  relict  of  W.  Shtm, 
esq.  of  Ingiewood  House,  Berks. 

Aged  84  y  Tho.  Brown,  esq  of  the  East 
India  House. 

'   At  Clapham,  aged  47>  Mt.  Wm.  Ghrimes, 
df  Ludgate^  street. 

In  Poctors'  Commons^  aeed  78)  Maurice 
9wahey,  esq.  D.  C.L.  of  Langley  Marsh, 
^   Buclcs. 

At  Highgate,  ag^  66,  Wm.  Reynolds, 
esiL  late  of  St.  Andrew's  Wharf. 

At  Stamfoid-hill,  81,  Jos.  Stonard,  esq. 
'  At  Penton-place,   Walworth,   aged  S8, 
George  £dw.  Forth,  son  of  the  Rev.  Nath. 
Parker  Forth,  of  White -cottage,  Chelsea. 

J^^.  1 1 .  Aged  33,  R.  J.  Mason,  esq.  of 
Fyimival*s-inn. 

At  Forty-hill,  Enfield,  aged  70,  nniver- 
saDy  respected,  James  Meyer,  esq.  late  of 
^Leadenhall-  street. 

In  Chatham  Dock  Yard,  aged  54,  Bea- 
trice, wife  of  Commissioner  Cunnii^utm, 
cad  third  dan.  of  the  late  Commissioner  Prohy. 

Aged  two  years,  Joseph,  youngest  son ; 
and  on  the  13th,  Mary,  wife  of  John  Rad- 
ford, esq.  of  Winchmore-hill. 
'  In  Great  Portland-street,  aged  88,  Mrs. 
Moultrie. 

Feb,  1 3.  In  London,  aged  91 ,  Lieut.  Geo. 
^Md,  41st  Reg. 

in  Great  Portland-street,  aged  75,  Mrs. 
Comyns,  of  Great  Baddow,  Essex,  relict  of 
John  Ric.  Comyns,  esq.  formerly  of  Rylands. 

Feb,  13.  Mr.  John  Stevenson,  of  the 
English  Opera  House. 

At  his  house,  Chester-place,  Lambeth, 
itted  69,  Mr.  Richard  Thomas,  sen.  of  the 
Strand. 

Feb.  15.  In  York-place,  Baker-street, 
John  Wright,  esq.  of  Kelvedon  Hall,  Essex. 

In  Well  s  Row,  Islington,  aged  68,  Mr. 
Georee  Thompson,  many  years  a  printer  of 
ballads  and  cheap  pictures  in  Long-lane, 
West  Smithfield.  He  had  l^een  for  some 
time  in  a  declining  state  of  health,  but  the 
immediate  cause  of  hrs  dissolution  was  the 
rupture  of  a  blood 'vessel  in  the  chest  dur- 
ing a  violent  fit  of  coughing,  whilst  walking 
ih  bis  garden.  His  death  was  instantaneous. 
He  is  said  to  have  died  worth  70,000/. 

Bkdfordshirb. — Feb.  1.  Aged  55,  Geo. 
Wm.  Monk,  Esq.  of  St.  John,  near  Biggles- 
wade. 

Berks. — Jan.  19.  At  Reading,  aged  73, 
Margaret,  relict  of  Dominic  Trant,  esq.  late 
of  Easincwold,  Yorkshire,  and  grand-dau.  of 
t^  last  Viscount  Bellew. 

Jan.  96.   At  Binfield,  R.  Matthews,  esq. 

Feb.  1.  In  the  London  Road,  Reading, 
aged  81 ,  Eliz.  Susanna,  relict  of  Cap.  Arthur 
Wm.  Morris,  E.I.C.*8  service. 

Cambridgeshire. — Jan.  35.  In  his  83d 
year,  John  Rose,  esq.  senior  Alderman  of  Eye, 
and  many  years  surgeon  of  the  Tower  Garrt- 
soB,  London. 


Feb,9»  lit  his  9 1  St  year,  Mr.  Samuel  Eyre, 
tehokr  of  St.  John's  college,  Cambridge. 

Derbyshirk. — Jan.7.  MissFrancesCUre 
Bower,  heretofore  of  Stockport,  and  late  of 
Buxton,  one  of  the  daughters  and  co- heir- 
esses of  the  late  Buckley  Bower,  esq.  of  As- 
pinshaw. 

Jan.  31.  At  the  Pastures,  near  Derby, 
aged  €6,  Bache  Heathcote,  esq.  universally 
regretted.  As  a  husband,  parent,  brother, 
firiend,  and  magistrate,  he  was  most  exem- 
plary. 

Dorsetshire. — t/an  95.  At  Weymouth, 
Louisa,  only  daughter  of  the  late  Sir  John 
Cox  Hippesley,  hart. 

At  Ceme  Abbas,  aged  99,  Cath.  relict  of 
the  Rev.Samuel  Berjew,  Rector  of  Up-Ceme, 
Somerset. 

Durham. — Feb.  7 .  At  Ghdnford, near  Dar- 
lington, aged  76,  the  wife  of  Marmaduke 
CriuJock,  esq.  grand-dau.  and  only  descendant 
of  late  Sir  John  Tyrwhitt,  hart,  of  Stabfield 
Hall,  Lincolnshire. 

Essex. — Jan.  90.  At  Leyton,  W.  Cope- 
land,  esq. 

Feb,  15.  At  Leyton,  aged  70,  Jas.  Innes, 
esq. 

Gloucestershirb. — Jan.  96.  At  Bris- 
tol, leaving  a  widow  and  7  children  in  dis- 
tress, Mr.  John  Phimley,  land-surveyor,  who 
was  engaged  in  forming  a  map  of  that  city  on 
a  scale  of  unprecedented  magnitude. 

Jtm.  39.  In  the  Moravian  house  in  Bris- 
tol, aged  89,  Mrs.  Wbittaker. 

Lately.  At  Cheltenham,  Greorse  Wilkes 
Unett,  esq.  Major  in  the  army.  He  was  ap- 
point^ 9nd  Ueut.  of  Royal  Artillery  April 
99,  1795 ;  Ist.  Lieut.  Jan.  1,  1797  ;  Capt. 
Lieut.  Sep.  19,  1803;  9ud  Capt.  July  19, 
1804;  Captain,  Feb.  1,  1803;  brevet  Ma- 
jor, June  4,  1814.  He  served  at  the  attack 
of  Guadaloupe,  in  1 8 1 0 ;  in  Flanders,  and  at 
Waterloo. 

/^.  2.  At  Cheltenham,  aged  87,  Mrs. 
Anne  Travell. 

Feb.  7.  At  Wellington  Cottage,  Clifton, 
Sarah,  relict  of  Rev.  Cnarles  Elwes,  Vicar  of 
Bitton,  CO.  Gloucester. 

Feb.  6.  At  Bristol,  aged  43,  Mr.  William 
Clement  Bardgett,  attorney,  of  Bristol,  a 
man  of  the  utmost  integrity. 

Fhb.  1 1.  In  his  50th  year,  John  Colston 
Coulson,  esq.  solicitor,  of  Bristol. 

Hants. — Dec.  30.  At  Portsmouth,  deep- 
ly regretted,  aged  79,  Major-gen.  John  Mil- 
ler, late  of  the  Royal  Marines,  in  which  he 
was  appointed  9nd  Lieut.  Feb.  9 1 , 1 776 ;  1  st 
Lieut.  Aug  1 5, 1 778 ;  Captain,  Jan.  1 , 1 793 ; 
brevet  Major,  Apr.  99, 1 809 ;  Major  Royal 
Marines,  Nov.  9, 1 803 ;  Lieut.-col.  Ang.1 5, 
1805  ;  brevet  Col.  June  4,  1813;  and  Ma- 
jor-gen. Aug.  19, 1819. 

Jan.  99.  At  Portsmouth,  Mr.  Chas.  Man- 
ley,  4tli  son  of  the  Rev.  Henry  C.  Manley, 
late  Rectsr  of  Bradford,  in  Somerset. 

Feb.  1 0.  AtTestwood,  near  Southampton, 
aged  90,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ouley. 


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RMUrofCbab.  Ita*MDiM  from  u  mdnt  NrmratK.— Dk.7.  T))**'>lc(ifMr.Fr«a- 

udf«iIMeBUt(inil7,lHDdiiu)MdlIin»cfa  man,  tnrgcaa,  ofWiJtbiim. 

■  loag  ptaftuioad  euMf, t  dunetM  of  tU  J'^..  4.  Al  Yannaolh,  tged  TS,  tliEwlHew 

B»M  •(riet  ud  nndtikliiig  iBMgr^.  of  Beoj.  CoiUhod,  nq.  mnd  oiolhcr  of  tbt 

IlniiraKMaiu.-Vaji.  19.    At  Ifdn»-  piti«iii  Miror  of  tbai  town. 

bill,  tgti  ffO,  John  QwMt,  m.  NonnoMrrnmiditt.— JW'.  4.     Riduid 

Hian.— t/a«.  IT.     Al  ManWl'i  Wi«k,  Judh,  (iq.  of  DsicnCr;. 

Omftk*  SdifU  MuUB,  no.  NcrT-Ti!inii(Miiii».— fVk  S.     At  Muw 

Jam  IS.     At  ChnhuBt,  Fnoca,  wife  sf  field  WoodhouH,  Mirrlri,  wilb  of  Captun 

SkDod  Ktj,  Mq.  Milni.  R.  N,  »i)d  clioghwr  of  Mr,  Shepherd, 

KmT'— Jon.  tS.   At  Comba  Buk,  •»)  of  Melton  Monbn^. 

<0,  Eleraor.ToaDgeM  dughtw  ofWniMB-  ft/..  17.    At  biiwtat  KelhuB.igml  73, 

Biiur,  nq.  M.?.  Jobn  Miiin«n  Sutton,  £«[.  «ld«i  tiirtifiag 

Af.  I.     At  tUm^jU*,  aged  SI,  Emom,  lanaf  the  iBuLurdOcorge  Muinrn  Sutton. 

wl6ofW.Ch^in,na.Midn>arll  Service,  >b<I  gunliDnuf  JoLu,  tUcinl  Duke  of  Hul- 

(ConmiHioner  of  Dekui],  aad  ridwt  dau.  lind.  K.  O.  mbo  wbils  Muter  of  the  Hone 

of  the  Her.  Soger  Fnnktud,  Cmoo  Bni-  in  the  jtti  1 76b,  ippoinled   him  Pen  of 

dentWT  of  Weill.  Hanot  to  hii  lete  Mejeit;  King  Oeorgt  the 

.      .  -     1-  b;  wholn  be  wu  preiented  tn  «d  sn- 

7.  AlLimpoaI.eced  ilgncy  in  the  Coldiumin  regimint  of  Fool 

70,  3It  Wm    Henoo.  knt.  ooe  of  the  olibet  Gutrdi,  of  >M<^h  he  bacunc  ifumnSt  ■ 

mercfauu  of  that  port,  bead  of  the  firs  o(  Liruiciuuit  CnJunel.  He  wet  eUcied  M.P.  for 

Barton,  Irlam,  and  Hlggidaoo.     Bt  bad  tha  Nrvsrlt,  upon  h'j  &ther'i  dcmiM,  on  Jui. 

honour  orkaightbood  conferred  00  bim  Maj  31,  178S,  and  which  he  contieued  to  repre- 

9,  IB16,  on  preieotlag,  aa  Major  of  Lliai-  ggm  tili  Jie  diDolgtiun  In  1796. 

poal,ao  AddrMiofcongratnlatioDtotbeRa'  Oxfordshiri.— ^m.  13.     Aged  9S,  Mr. 

C.on  the  manuf*  of  the  Frioceti  Chai^  Riohud  Bum,  ofAli  Soult'Collt^.Uifiird, 
of  Walea.  Sir  Witliam  iraa  a  warm  lOp-  jouugr.i  ton  of  tbe  Re..  Edward  Bom,  mi- 
porter  of  the  King  and  ContliEution.  ciiter  uf  St.  Mary'i  and  Aibl«il  Clwpel),  Blr- 

Jan.  10.    And37,  Mr.  Jamti  Brar^Wi  miaebaii). 
of  Idle,  near  Bradfoid  1  and  on  tba  frida;  Ja^t  «□.     Agri  SS,  Marj,  relict  of  Rob. 
following,  (^  M,  Mn.  Brajihav,  hi*  •rib.  ApplatM,  tm^  at  Henlaj-apOB-Tlainea. 
'HwjnrerebnthbariedanSusdaTialCahet-  Jan.  tl.    At  Witney,  Mre.  Hrde,  iM>- 
\»j,  and  followed  to  tbeir  grave  tn  eUtdran,  tber  of  tha  R«r.  Tbonwa  Hfde,  Racioi  ef 
graod  children,  and  great  grand  chiUrm,  St.  Martin'i,  Oxford- 
amounting  to  las.  SiLOr.  —  Mag  14.      At    Qnanj-phee, 

Jan.  16.     A[  Littrpool,  aged  8fi,  Roger,  Shrewibuiy,  ^ed  S4,  Anne,  widnir  of  Cadi 

ath  loa  uf  the  late  Ronr  Sweteobain,  eiq.  Forealcr,  eaq.  dan.  and  co-heireaB  of  Robait 

of  Sooietford  Boolhi,  Cbeihin.  Tonaaod,  aaq.  aod  mother  of  lord  Foraanr. 

JaiLta.  At  Blackburn,  aged  33,  the  Re*.  SOMIIIET.— Von.  I.  At  Mantoa  Honai, 

Joaeph  FoiUr,  paator  of  the  Bapdit  Chuch  aged  17,  Edonnd  Willkm  Vnconnt  Dsn- 

at  Scarbornugh,     Hit  literal;  attWDOMnti  ^rrnn,  eldeit  idd  of  Ednand,  Bth  Eail  of 

ware  lerr  coniidenble.  Codt  and  Urrer;,  b;  iHbclh  Hanrietta,  Si 

Frt.  1 1.    At  hia  f^ha-a  hooHi,  Marfield,  dau.  nf  late  Wm.  Pojnti,  aaq.  of  MidgUm 

near  Bolton,  in  hia  «Sth  reai,  Edaaid  Male-  Huue,  Berk*.     Hii  bat  inr*iting  brotliar, 

bone,  Srd  *on  of  Major  Watkint.  Cbarlea,  bnm  <D  1 100,  la  now  hdr  ap[amt 

Jane  Dalgliah,  fOnageat  daughter  of  John  to  hii  fktber'i  titlea. 

Oraat,  (k|.  of  Nuitall  HalL  Jan.  B.     At  bii  honae,  Albion  ■  icriaea, 

Feb.  14.    At  Maocbtaler,  aged  $9,  Mr.  T.  Bath,  aged  76,Capt.  Goodwin  Colquitt,  R,N. 

Bellott,  lurgenn.  Jan.  19.  At  Canningtoo,  aged  69,  Rich. 

LiRCOLNiHiRL — Jan.  IE.    AtGLOiimi'  Sjraei,  *>q.  mao;  jean  a  ratpactaUe  Soli- 

bf ,  aged  84,  Rubert  limttc,  eaq,  lenioi  Alder-  citnr  at  Bridgewalcr. 

nua  of  that  borough.     He  lerred  the  office  Jan.  S4.  Mar;,  ralict  uf  Francia  Sknrra;, 

of  Major  four  timet  I  in  17BG,  1791,  IT9G,  e*q-  of  Beckingtun,  and   mother  of  Her, 

and  again  00  the  drath  of  hit  eldeit  ion,  in  Prucii  Skurraj,  of  Homingiban,  Wilia. 

1816.    Hit  funeral  waiatlrndedbj  the  Cor-  Jan.  ii.    At  hii  reiidcnce  at  Taunton, 

loa,  and  a  iFrmou  preaclied  bj  the  Her.  aged  73,  Lieut.-Col.  Jamei  Peaitoo,  of  Blat 

je  Olirel.  India  Company'!  lerrice. 

Jan.  17.     At  nceat  Grinub;r,  aged  6B,  Lofffy.  AlTwivtrton,  near  Bath,  aged  79. 

Mr.  William  Kirk,  a  burgcai.  TheopbitwThamai,  f^.  late  of  hk  Majeatr*! 

MwDLaaax.— fri'- 14.    At  Twickenham,  Cuitoma. 

Soaaa,  aifa  of  Joaepb  Hickej,  ciq.  fit.  I-    At  Bath,  Mn.  Gnmlng,  dao. 
-'"-  "--"-1.   >'-■■— -IAD  S~?.,0«. 


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fofd»  aad  reliet  of  Dr,  Xhrnamgy  Rector  of 
Faimborooeh. 

JFM.  4.  At  Bath,  Aged  63,  the  l«dy  of  Sir 
Thomu  Whichcote,  but.  of  Aswarby,  co. 
Lincoln,  and  third  dau.  of  Edmund  Turnor, 
•aq.  of  Plmton  Houscy  leaving  iuue  five  sons 
«nd  three  daughters. 

Fdf.  14.  At  Chappie  Cleeve,  John  Hal- 
lid»V»  esq.  a  Magistrate  and  Deputy-Lieut, 
of  the  county. 

Ajt  Abbot's  Leigh,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  R. 
WhUh,  Vicar  of  St.  Mary  RedcIiiF. 

Stafpordsuirb. — Feb,  8.  At  SUkmore 
Hoose,  Thomas  Mottershaw,  esq. 

SoFPOLK. — Dee,  3.  Aged  86,  Francis 
Harrison,  g«nt.  of  Badwell  Ash. 

Dec  14,  Captain  Spears,  R«  N.  of  South 
Town. 

Dee,  1  ft.  Aged  70,  Mary,  wife  of  Joseph 
Poole,  of  Ipswich,  gent. 

At  Stoke  by  Nayland,  in  hu  91st  year» 
Charles,  youngest  son  of  the  late  Rev..Tho. 
Bolton,  Rector  of  Nedging,  and  Perpetual 
Curate  of  St.  Marv  at  Quay,  Ipswich. 

Dee.  20.     Aged  89,  the  relict  of  Rev. 
Rich.  Moseley,  late  Rector  of  Drinkestone. 
Dee,  98.   At  Needham  Market,  aged  80> 
Hannah,  relict  of  John  Ward,  of  Tarsen 
Hall,  esq. 

Jan  4.  At  Bramford,  the  wife  of  Wm. 
Meek  Marston,  esq. 

Jbi.  13.  At  Eye,  aged  57,  Mr.  Geor|^ 
Clabon,  a  Common  Councilman. 

«Adi.  99.  Aged  69,  Jamea  Kindred^  of 
FRMtenden  Lodge,  gent. 

Jitm.  94.  At  Ipswich,  aged  81,.  Samuel 
Atkinson,  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Bomi 
in  the  parish  of  St.  Matthew,  he  s])ent  in  it 
a  long  life  with  the  strictest  integrity,  justly  ~ 
vespected  for  the  mildness  of  his  manners,  and 
hia  truly  Christian  and  charitable  disposition. 
Jan,  97.  At  Bailhara,  aged  94,  Anuy  sole 
aurviving  child  of  late  Rev.  Josiah  Rodwell, 
Lecturer  of  the  High  Church,  in  Hull. 

Jan,  98.  At  Needham  Market,  aged  89, 
Thomas  Hay  ward,  gent. 

Jan,  30.  Aged  49,  Henrietta,  wife  of 
Mr.  Snell  Cooper,  of  Wenham  Lodge. 

Feb,  I.  Aged  89,  John  Rose,  gent,  se- 
nior Alderman  of  Eye,  and  for  many  years 
Snigeon  of  the  Garrison  at  the  Tower  of 
London. 

Surrey. — Jan,  90.  Frances,  eldest  dau, 
«yF  Wm.  Devas,  esq.  of  Heme- hill. 

Jan,  97.    At  Carshalton,  aged  77,  Mary, 
widow  of  E.  Bacon,  esq.formerly  of  Hackney. 
Jan.  98.  At  East  Sheeu,  aged  78,  Mary 
Catharine,  relict  of  Wm.  Hill,  esq. 

Feb,  6,  At  Richmond,  Rich.  Hush  Gore, 
third  son  of  Rev.  Cha.  Gore,  of  Barron 
Court,  county  of  Somerset. 

Feb.  9.  At  Farncombe  Cottage,  near  Go- 
dahning,  aged  65,  Thos.  Cobb,  esq.  late  of 
Newgate -street. 

Sussex. — Jan.  15.  At  Brighton,  Ellz. 
widow  of  Major-Gen.  John  Smith,  and 
daii^hter  of  Sir  Bellingham  Graham. 


Jan*  99.  At  Amndel,  affed  80,  the  relict 
of  Henry  Howard,  esq.  and  mother  of  Lord 
Howard  of  Effingham. 

Feb,  8.  At  Brighton,  i^ed  60,  Mr.  Tho. 
Lawrence,  of  Drury-lane  'Hieatre. 

Warwickshire. — Jan.  90.  At  Ansley 
Hall,  aged  nearly  70,  Elizabeth,  relict  of 
John  Newdigate  Ludford,  esq.  D.  C.  L  who 
died  May  16, 1895,  as  recorded  in  our  last 
Volume,  part  i.  p.  469.  She  wu  the  eldest 
dau.  of  John  Boswell,  esq.  of  Witton,  War- 
wickshire; wu  married  June  16,  1778; 
and  has  left  three  daughters,  as  noticed  in 
our  last  Volume.  This  worthy  lady  will  be 
long  and  affectionately  remembered,  not  only 
by  tier  immediate  relatives,  but  by  all  who 
had  tlie  happiness  of  witnessing  ber  hospita- 
lity, her  benevolence,  and  uoaffected  piety. 

Jan,  99.  At  Rugby,  aged  61,  Mr.  Jo- 
seph Baxter,  father  of  Mr.  W.  Baxter,  Cu- 
rator of  the  Botanic  Garden,  Cambridge. 

Feb,  9.  Aged  75,  Cha.  Greeoiy  Wade, 
esq.  many  years  a  Magistrate  for  the  Borough 
and  County  of  Warwick. 

Wn.TS.— Jfla.  96.  At  Swindon,  aged  65, 
James  Strange,  esq.  of  the  firm  of  Strange 
and  Co.  Bankers,  Swindon. 

Yorkshire.— Jon.  19.  At  Hull,  aged 
839  Mr.  Nath.  Howard  Usher,  attomev. 

Jan  19.  At  Viscount  Hood's,  Whitby 
Abbey,  in  his  4th  year,  the  Hon.  Horatio 
Nelson  Hood,  youngest  son  of  Samuel  Lord 
Bridpurt. 

Jan.  99.  At  Bedale,  in  his  70th  year, 
Henry  Prest,  esq.  brother  of  the  late  Edw. 
Prest,  esq.  of  York. 

Jan.  94.  At  Wardsend,  near  Sheffield, 
aged  77,  Tho.  Rawson,  esq.  distincuished 
as  a  staunch  Whig  of  the  Old  Scbom. 

Jon.  94.  At  Doncaster,  aged  67,  Leo- 
nard Walbanke  Childers,  esq. 

Jan,  95.  In  her  75th  year,  Dinah,  wife 
of  Cha.  Reeves,  esq.  of  Wood  Hall,  near 
Howden* 

Feb,  1.  Aged  105,  Mr.  Tho.  Dooley,  of 
Butley  near  Macclesfield.  He  retained  his 
faculties  until  within  a  short  period  of  his 
decease. 

Feb.  6.  At  Bainton,  Mrs.  Dixon,  sister 
to  the  Rector  of  that  parish,  and  relict  of 
Joseph  Dixon,  esq.  of  Calcutta,  who  died 
in  London,  in  Dec.  1785. 

Lately,  At  Scarborough,  aged  55,  Mr. 
J.  Knaggs,  attorney  at  law. 

Wales. — Jan,  19.  At  St.  Arvon*s,  Mon- 
mouth, Jos.  Earle,  esq.  late  of  Watling-st. 
London. 

Lately.  At  Evienstock-hall,  Denb.  Sir 
John  Evans,  who  was  knighted  when  Sheriff 
of  Merionethshire,  July  1,  1817. 

Scotland. — Jan,  96.  At  Edinbui^h, 
ased  97,  Mr.  Robert  Butterworth  Runcorn, 
of  Manchester,  Student  of  the  Royal  Col- 
lege of  Physicians; 

Abroad. — July  16,  1896.  At  Prome, 
in  the  kingdom  of  Ava,  of  a  fever,  Capt. 
Henry  Parsons,  47th  Reg.  eldest  son  of  latt 


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[     194    1 

MLNOR    CORRESPONDENCE. 


The  Editor  of  the  <<  Progretset  of  King 
James  I."  again  ventures  to  inquire  whether 
It  copy  exists  of  « The  Ayres  that  were 
sun;;  and  played  at  Brougham  Castle»  in 
Westmorland,  in  the  King's  .Entertainment  j 
given  by  the  Right  Honourable  the  Earle 
of  Cumberland,  and  his  Righl  Noble  Sonne 
the  Lord  Clifford.  Composed  by  Mr.  George 
Mason  and  Mr.  John  Earsden.     London, 

1>rinted  by  Thomas  Snodliam,  cum  privi- 
egto,  1618,"  folio,  mentioned  by  Sir  John 
Hawkins  in  h'^i  History  of  Music,  and  by 
Dr.  Whitaker  in  his  History  of  Craven.  A 
speedy  answer  will  much  oblige. — ^The  Editor 
has  also  still  among  h'ls  desiderata  the  I^ra- 
donPageanU  of  1611,  1619,  1614,  1617> 
and  1694. 

D.  A.  Y.  writes:  ^QaraiidoD,  m  b!a 
History  of  the  Rebelliofa  (ed.  1789,  L  98, 
80),  tells  us  that  Sir  Tliomaa  Fryer  waa  4 
Colonel  in  the  army  under  George  Dtike  of 
Buckingham,  and  that  the  Duke  was  speak- 
ing to  nim  when  Pel  ton  took  the  opportu* 
nity  to  stab  him  at  Portsmouth.  We  fur- 
ther learn  that  this  Sir  Thomas  Fryer  and 
Sir  John  Tallakerne  had  been  knighted  to- 
gether at  Portsmouth,  June  20,  1697.  I 
^hall  be  thankful  tn  any  of  your  Correspond- 
ents who  can  give  roe  any  information  about 
Sir  Thomas  and  his  family.  It  seems  pro- 
bable that  he  was  either  an  Essex  or  a  Suf- 
folk man.  What  were  his  arms  ?  and  did 
he  leave  any  issue  ?'* 

We  find  we  were  incorrect  in  announc- 
ing that  Mr.  Alaric  Watts  is  the  editor  of 
the  new  Series  of  the  Literary  Magnet. 
lliis  is  not  the  case.  He  is,  we  believe, 
the  proprietor  of  the  work,  but  has  nothing 
whatever  to  do  with  ita  editorship. 

A  Topographical  Collector  respect- 
folly  asks  whether  a  new  edition  of  Mr. 
Gooeirs  <<  Anecdotes  of  British  Topo- 
graphy" may  be  expected  firom  the  Claren- 
don Press 

Mr.  Archdeacon  Beatty  (vol.  xcv.  i.  p. 
579),  died  in  1891,  not  1895,  in  his  glebe 
house  at  Maydow,  co.  Lon^^ord,  not  at 
Buncrana,  cu.  Donegal.  —  Lady  Bowyer 
(whose  epitaph  was  printed  in  last  volume, 
part  ii.  p.  587)  was  called  "  The  Star  of  the 
East."  See  Walpole's  Anecdotes,  under 
Cornelius  Jansen;  and  see  also  .the  poem 
called  **The  Wizard"  in  the  Censura  Dte- 
raria. — Dean  Plumptre  (p.  646)  was  sou  of 
a  clergyman  who  was  younger  brother  of 
the  late  John  Plumptre,  eso.  of  FreJville  in 
Kent,  many  years  M.P.  for  Nottingham. 
He  married  his  cousin,  a  daughter  of  Dr. 
Robert  Plumptre,  the  President  of  Queen's 
College,  Cambridge.  —  The  Rev.  George 
Garratt  (not  Gerrard)  Hayter  (ibid.^  was 
son  of  Geo.  Hayter*  esq.  formerly  or  Pan- 
cru-lane,  a  Bank  Director ;  and  nephew  of 
Dr.  ThomM  Hayter^  who  died  Bp.  of  Lon- 


don in  Jan.  1769.  He  was  B.  A.  of  Exeter 
College,  Oxford,  and  was  presented  to  the 
Rectory  of  Compton  Bassett  in  1789  (not 
1769). 

W.  C.  D.  begs  to  observe,  that  **  how- 
ever ingenious  the  suggestion  of  A.  Z.  p. 
98,  may  be,  it  is  not  well  founded.  The 
German  word  Rathf  erroneously  written  by 
him  hat,  CMinot  form  Ratz  for  its  plural, 
that  being  a  form  quite  unknown  in  the 
language.  Moreover,  I  am  inclined  to 
think,  tliough  on  this  |)oint  I  do  not  speak 
with  certainty,  that  the  black  rat  a  species 
now  nearly  estinct,  and  not  the  brown  or 
JVortoayTat,  is  the  species  distinguished  as 
the  Hanoverian." 

The  8B«M  Correspondent  is  right  in  sup- 
poahig  that  the  word  **  Pandoxator"  (roen- 
tioQea  ia  p.  199),  does  not  exactly  mean  an 
'* ale- brewer;"  it  is  explained  by  Ducange 
•a-  a  tavern-keeper,  and  as  derived  from 
voy^o^^iiov,  hJospitium,  The  same  authority 
explains  pandoxare  as  caupojuim  exerceie, 
Pandoxator,  therefore,  in  p.  199>  must  mean 
one  of  the  Company  of  Couks,  as  Zonarius 
probably  one  of  the  Company  of  Hatband- 
makers.  W.  C.  D.  remarks,  that  *<  the 
title  is  still  retained  in  some  of  our  col- 
leges,— Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  for  in- 
stance, and  is  bestowed  upon  that  member 
of  the  Society  to  whom  is  committed  the 
charge  of  the  beer-c«  liar." 

ChUtem  Hundreds.  W.  B.  will  be  obliged 
to  any  of  our  Correspondents  who  can  in- 
form him  where  these  Royalties  are  situated : 
whether  they  are  confined  to  Buckingham- 
shire, or  extend  into  Oxfcnrdsbire  and  other 
counties.  And  further  requests  a  reference 
to  any  work  wherein  information  may  be 
obtained  as  to  thejr  locality  and  extent, 
the  nature  of  the  office  of  Steward,  which 
when  accepted  by  a  Memlier  of  Parliament, 
causes  a  vacancy  in  his  seat  in  the  House 
of  Commons,  and  whether  the  Stewards 
continue  for  life. 

Mr.  George  Yatrs  remarks,  with  refer- 
ence to  the  observation  of  a  Genealogist 
in  last  vol.  p.  98,  as  to  the  Dyer  family, 
that  **  it  now  appears  tlutt  there  have  been 
two  Baronets  of  the  name  of  John  Swinner- 
ton  Dyer,  and  that  the  necessary  distinction 
of  persons  has  not  been  obser\'ed.  The  ori- 
ginal statement  of  an  Old  Subscriber  is 
tlierefore  correet,  as  applied  to  the  first  Sir 
J.S.  Dyer;  and  mine  is  equally  correct,  aa 
applied  to  his  grandson,  a  Baronet  of  the 
same  name." 

G.  W.  W.  asks,  «<  Can  any  of  your  Cor- 
respondents direct  me  to  a  top<^raphical 
account  of  Over  Kellet,  Lane,  and  its  an- 
tient  possessors  ?  Did  it  give  name  to  the 
&mily  of  Kellet,  of  whom  Matthew  Kellet, 
of  Rypley,  co.  Surrey,  gent,  was  livins 
temp.  Edw.  VI.?  See  GwilWs  Heraldiy.**^ 


TUB 

GENTLEMAN'S     MAGAZINE. 


MARCH,    1826. 


ORiaHTAI.   COMHUNICATIOira. 


THE   followinz    carinos  documcnl      Pujd   the    cUrge    of    raci 
is  priuled  Train  ihc  ori| 
the  >d>ublc  colleclinn  of  Mi 


ihc  original  Id  hurtei  dd  ih»  comtjiog  ilie  7    £,  i 

of  Mr.  WiL.        toP.»tuii «     . 

of  ihe  London  In«i-  P»)"l  '*"  "Wgc  of  the  U 

bill  a  mpliincht  '       "' 
of  il><-  cnnMQiitncn  of  Civi 


lulioii.      It  «h.bils  a  melancholy  pic-      j:™.«,ng  S  to  W,™    - 

wqutoccsofCivilWiir.     '^'7'*  in'  '■'■•^  of  homi 
Thr  inMll  iitms  >or  ewli. »"•        ■""  ""  '"^  ""'" 


for   the   unhappy   Jacobil«   (moM  of  p"?,"'.!"' *'".,"f  *'!"'"  .."    *    ' 

them  probably  n«n  of  rcptclBb.l.tv)  ^„^  g.„  fc,  ^^^     ^.^^"^      .    ^  ,^ 

form  a  curiou.  coniraH   to  ihw  S.t  P,,d  for  arpenKr-. -ork.  ni.k- 

wiiiB  for  the  Grand  Jury,  &c.     The  mg  g„,d  l^j,^  ,„j  („,„;. 

34  pritone n  »|ijicar  lo  have  been  huiio  taea  for  lh«  pr»t>nara  nid  t<il- 

by  two  execulinntr),   who  were  paid  dim  u  LetBrpmle       -    -    -  15    7 

6ll/.  for   the    whole,  and  ?'.   10*.   fnr  Pivd  for  itno  ^r  [lien       -    -    4    « 

their   iriTclline  tupcnces   lo  Ptolon,  P^j'il  f.ir  ooJ«  for  them      -    -  lo    a 

Wigan,  Manchester.    Gantang,   L«n-  P*T<I  ^  biickwork,  liuJding  up 

caster,  anj  Llrerpool.  ™  ■Lnduwi,  tkc.  to   prtnat 

,   L  TT                ,-.  ^^J^  ^'"  '*''^'"'   *■"■  *"'  tl» 

An  Kcooal  ol  th*  duburtiDtBM  of  Tbomu  guitdi  uil  priiancn       -     -     -   17   is 

Cmp,  Eu|.  Dish  Shviff  s/  Unouliin,  i'.yd  fur  mco  to  itUDd  ud  ouiid 

•ttMdiu  Uw  Trydl   of  Un  Babcll*  U  the  coDdemoed  p>»oDer>  •rbicb 

Lnarpo^,  of   •lacutiog  S4   of   then.  the  militur  fbiHirequiredrrom 

Connjing    piiMocn,    makiu    eonrtni-  ihe  Sherift 


diu  Uw  Trydl  of  Um  BabelU  u 
'pool*,  of   •lacutiog  S4   of   then. 

1^  otliar  ne-     p.jd   I1.0    men    attfoding  the 


t  Leveipon]  uc 
nufolloot:  c 


Dec.  31, 17 1  A.  Pijd  fur  neiMD-  I^yd  for  a  eellar  ud  rooou  for 

Kn  about  the  precepU,  ud  to  £.  1.     i.        the  priuoen  ud  Hilcritn    -     -  IS     0 

itea  then  out       -     -     -     •  0  19     0      Fvl  for  [oonu  for  the  oitiMUca 

Jan.%.  Piyd lendiiig the preeapti  that  art  priiDUen     -     •     •     -  10     0 

out  to  the  leveratl  himdred)  in  Pajid    for  codei,    cudlet,   and 

(heeouDt)',»od  prlaliug  ticketa  1    IS     6        itnw,  &c.  for  them       -     -     -     9  10 

Fkjd  the   like  It  PreacoD   from  Pajd  for  a  nu  to  attntd  them, 

the  office  there 1    17     0        ^ai  ^aa  nom,  la.     -     -     -     S  tO     1 

PiTd  the  ebvga  of  the  Under-  Pa;d  for  candlaa  aaed  ia  eoort        I      t 

ahanffe,  a  tnimpater,  and  lome  Pajd  a  penen  that  atteiided  and 

Shcriffi   DWD   (a   wait   on    the  cleaaed  the  court      -     •     -     -     I    10     1 

Judge!  from  Wuringtoo    -     '  7   10     0      Pajd    for  wine   Ibr    the   Orud 

Payd  the  charge  uf  nmiengen  Jury,    fce.  and  other  diaboi*- 

from  L^irerpoole  about  the  re-  ineDta   ahout   them    for    their 

tunu  of  the  precepu     -     -     -  0  13     6        room,    grate,    coalei,  &c.   SO 

P»d  the  charge  of  tendiiig   10  daji  msi  upward*      -     -     ~     -  it     t     1 

the  officer!   at   Maocbeiter  to  Payd  for  ale  for  them       -     •     -     fi     7     1 

get  guaidi  to  coniej  Gn  pri-  Pay d  tot  panou  la  attend  them, 

aooan  to  PieetoD  to  be  eieented  0    7    6       &c.     --------BlOi 

Jan.  96.  Payd  the  charee  ofhonei  Pajd  one  daja  dinDcr  for  them  -  15     7 

and  men  to  lead  the  hnnaa,  &c.  Pa;d  the  charge  ot  1 7  men  ud 

OB  cmtcjing  then  thither       -  S     S     0        hon«  SB  daj>  attending  at  Le- 

Fayd  For  cordi  to  piiuon  them    '096        (erpoole  at  4i.  per  daj  each, 

FA.t.  Payd  for  meaHDgm  for  man  and  borte     ■     ■     ■     -     igg    4      , 

MhcT  guard!  to  cunte;  7  more  Payd  for  hatti,  itocking!,    and 

lo  Praalnn,  &  to  Wigan,  and  b  other  part  gf  thatr  llrariaa  worn 

•o  Mancheitcr  to  be  cacCBtad  0110        oat IT»i 


196 


Charges  for  estcuting  lUbeh, — On  Ancient  Altars.  [March, 


Tha  Highsheriffs  charge  and  ex- 
peDc;^  Dot  iDcluded. 

The  Uadersheri£F  and  his  deputy 
attendiog  expences,  &c.  not  in- 
cluded. 

Payd  the  charge  of  the  Sheriffs 
mea»  &c.  attending  the  Judges 
to  Warrington  on  their  return 
back It     0     0 

Four  Sheriffs  hailiffis  attending 
4s.  per  day  eacli,  33  days    -     -  «6     8     0 

The  Goaler  and  his  servants  at- 
tending expences,  &c.  he  charges 
upwards  of 60     00 

Fayd  messengers  for  guards  to 
pay  all  the  remaining  condemn- 
ed prisoners  from  Leverpoole 
to  Lancaster,  and  about  30  that 
were  committed  over  to  Lancas- 
ter assizes      ------0  10     0 

Payd  for  cords  aud  tying  the  pri- 
fonert       -------i88 

Pkyd  for  horses  for  them  that 
coold  not  goe  on  f(iot,  aod  for 
men  to  lead  them,  &c.  being 
17  by  the  first  guard,  and  16 
on  horseback -by  the  second 
guard       -^-    -    -     -    -    -25     0    9 

;g515     5  10 


The  Charge  of  Executing  84  Rebels, 

Jan,  il7)  1 7 1 5 .  Erecting  gallows, 
and  paid  for  materlalls,  hurdle, 
fire,  cart,  &e.  on  executing  Shut- 
tleworth  and  4  mure  at  Preston, 
and  setting  up  his  head,  &c.     -  13     0     4 

Besides  the  Undersheri£F  and 
Goalers. 

Feb,  9.  Disbursements  on  execut- 
ing old  Mr.  Chorley  and  others, 
and  setting  up  a  head,  &c.       -     5  1 0     6 

Besides  the  Uodersheriffs. 

Feb,  10.  Charge  at  Wigao  on  ex- 
ecuting Blundell,  &c.    -     -     -     7     1     9 

Besides  the  Undersberiffs. 

Feb.\l»  Charge  at  Manchester 
on  executing  Syddall,  &c.        -     810     0 

Besides  the  Undersheriffs. 

Feb.  16  apd  18.  Charge  at  Gar- 
staing  and  Lancaster  on  exe- 
cuting 4  at  either  place      -     -  33     0     8 

Besides  the  Undersheriffs. 

Feb,  25.  Charge  of  executing 
Bennet  and  3  hiore  at  Lever- 
poole   ---10     3     0 

Payd  the  3  executioners  -     -     -  60     0     0 

Payd  fbr  horses  to  carry  the  exe- 
cutioners to  the  severall  places 
of  execution,  and  their  travel- 
ling charges  -----'-7100 

;fl33   15     8 


On  Ancient  Altars. 

(From  Dr.  NuttalVs  MS.  Collections 
for  his  **  Bihliolheca  Scholastica^**—^ 
a  work  intended  for  future  publica" 
Hon  ) 

JN  tracing  the  history  of  man  from 
the  remotest  period  to  the  Chris- 
tian era,  we  cUscovec  that,  wherever 
the  idea  of  a  superior  invisible  Being 
existed,  Altars  have  been  usually  em- 
ployed, for  the  manifestation  or  reli- 
gious feelings ;  and  it  is  curious  to 
trace  the  subject,  as  being  frequently 
indicative  of  the  early  history  and  man- 
ners of  a  people.  The  humble  devotee 
of  uncultured  tribes  has  raised  the  sim- 
ple turf  of  his  native  wilds,  and  adored 
the  "  Great  Spirit*'  to  whom  it  was 
offered,  with  the  same  enthusiastic  ar- 
dour as  the  gorgeously  bedecked  priest 
of  an  Egyptian  or  Roman  temple ;  and 
perhaps  the  impressions  produced  on 
the  surrounding  spectators,  by  the  sim- 
ple oHerings  of  one  whose  **  soul  proud 
science  never  taught  to  stray,"  were 
equally  strong. 

Herodotus  says  that  the  Egyptians 
were  the  first  who  consecrated  to  the 
gods  temples,  statues,  and  altars.  Dr. 
Clarke  has  given  us  an  Egyptian  Al- 
tar in  the  form  of  a  dice-biox.  One, 
singularly  curious,  is  depicted  on  the 
Hamilton  vases.  There  is  a  square  pe- 
destal, upon  the  table  of  which  is  a  Hat 
f»air  of  bellows,  like  those  of  an  organ, 
■"om  one  end  of  which  springs  a  Do- 
ric column.  At  the  foot  of  this  was 
a  grating,  or  fire-place,  and  the  bellows 
were  intended  to  excite  the  flame.  The 
Altars  of  the  Egyptians  and  Greeks,  be- 
fore the  war  of  rroy,  were  distinctively 
characterized  by  the  form  of  a  truncated 
pyramid,  or  cone,  with  an  overhangiiig 
table,  hollowed  to  receive  a  dish  or 
ashes,  when  the  victim  was  burnt. 
They  had  alsoiiooks  or  points  of  me- 
tal, to  which  the  animal  was  fastened. 
The  first  Altars  were  simply  made 
of  turf,  placed  under  trees,  or  covered 
with  boughs  of  oak  for  Jupiter;  laurel 
for  Bacchus;  pine  for  Pan;  cypress 
for  Apollo;  myrtle  for  Venus  ;  poplar 
for  Hercules;  ivy,  vine,  and  fig,  for 
Pluto  and  Silvanus ;  for  all  which  the 
Latins  substituted  vervain.  To  turl, 
succeeded  stones,  bricks,  marble,  me- 
tals ;  even  the  ashes,  and  horns  of  vic- 
tims curiously  interlaced. 

The  Greeks  distinguished  two  sorts 
of  Altars ;  that  whereon  they  sacrificed 
to  the  gods  was  called  fiftf^oi,  and  was 


189e.]  On  JkdmU  Jtittn.  igf 

•  real  Alur»  difierent  from  the  other,  Tated  Alur.  Thote  «ippoiiitcd  for  tho 
whereoo  thej  Mcrificed  to  the  herort,  terrestrial  gods,  were  udd  on  the  ttir- 
which  was  smaller,  and  called  lo^o^  face  of  the  earth,  and  called  ant.  Tbm 
Pollux  makes  this  distinction  of  Al-  Virgil,  Eel.  v.  64, 65,  makes  his  shep- 
tars  in  his  Oiiomasticon ;  he  adds,  herd  erect  two  altars,  named  arm,  for 
howeter,  that  some  poets  used  the  Julius  Caesar,  and  two  for  Apollo, 
word    i^x^^  ^ot  the  Altar  whereon     called  aUaria  : 

sacrifice  was  oflfered  to  the  gods.    The  ^  ouatuor  flrat/ 

Septuagini    version     does    someumes  *«*  ^pEIn*^^'*  ^^•phm,  daoqua  aUaria 

also  use  the  word  *a^x*t*  for  a  sort  of  rp.  ^  ^     **^*  j      •  4    .u        -.u       j 

|>r«.«d  io  Utin  l.y  craticutl,  being  "P«"«'  •J?"/*'."'**'  uJ"'  '"[•"r 

•  he»th.  rather  Ihan  .n  Altar.-  fe™ •v'^^!".'?  t»»«y.e«"««  ^crobteub. 
Among  the  Greeks,  the  celestial  gods  »"  'he  distinction  is  "<>'«»«nr  where 
had  ifeir  Aliar.  raised  considerably  ^^f  =  '^'i  *"  ''"*'  "»*  ^^  •": 
above  the  ground ;  Pausanias  sutes  that  "^"i  f'«l»«"ly  ««  ««  .»  •  ««»««« 
the  Alur  of  Olympian  Jove  was  nearly  'T?."''  "IJ^V  ''^'*'^•'*  '"fr'f  '"*• 
twenty  feet  hig'h/ The  Alurs  appr«^     Alurs  of  the  celestial  andjnfern^, 

...:.»^  .*v  k^J^  «>•  ^«»«:»«wi.  \1— .  M  well  as  the  terrestrial  ,gods. — Ro- 
priated  to  heroes,  or  demigoas,  were  ^ .  ...  '51.^  r       e 

one  step  b^jh.    The  infer^  deities  ?»«"  Alurs,  or  «//««a.  erected  forof- 

bad  sma^l  trfnches  ploughed  up  for  the  ^'VV^  ,»«<:"««».  ^''^  «*«"y  «»^ 

.^......^  «r  .._,;a..:..^  :....^.jnr  ai..~  '"'♦b  leaves  and  grass,  etc.  adorned 

purpose  of  sacrificiug,  instead  of  Ahttts,  ^;,^  ^^^^^  ^^  ^  »^^'     ^,        ^,_ 

which  were  called  Xoxxm  and  povfot.  ^  coii/ii«i    were  aniiointed  bv 

The  character  of  the  deity  to  whom  r„,„^,|„,  ai  pTa^  of  reiSge  to  slaved 

they  were  consecrated  was  usually  en-  f^^  ^^^  ^^„^,      ^P  their  masters,  to 

graven  on  Alurs ;  and  sometime*  the  j^i^^nt  debtors,  and   to  crimiMls. 

reason  of  ihcir  dedication.    The  most  ^iiring  theTriumrinite  it  was  directly 

ancient  ceremony  in  the  act  of  conse-  fo,bid|,„  ^o  uke  by  force  any  crimt^ 

craiion   was   in  the  use  of  unction,  nals  out  of  the  temple  of  Julius  Ca«r, 

which  ceremony  aopears  to  have  de-  ^^o  had  eed  there,  and  embraced  his 

scended  to  the  Catholics,  through  the  g^||„^ 

medium  of  the  Romaos.     At  the  time        ^he  Jews  had  tlieir  braxen  alun 

of  consecration  great  numbers  of  sa-  ^^  bumt-offerings,  and  a  golden  alur, 

cnfices  were  offered     and  enteruin-  ^,  „,,„  ^f  j„^^      jj^^  ,,^ 

ments  given.    The  Altars  were  some-  ^y^^  ^^^^  ^f  ^^^  ^^  ^  ^-^^^  ^f  ^^ 

times  named  according  to  the  priicu-  occasionally  raised  in  the  country  or 

lar  sacrifices  for  which  they  were  dcs-  fi^jj^  ^^eion  to  sacrifice  to  GoS,-. 

tined  :    E^xvpoi  were  Altars  intended  ..  !„  g^ch  a  pUce  he  built  an  altar  to 

for  sacrifices    made   by   fire;   arvpoi,  the  Lord.*' 

those   without  fire ;    and   ataijAMKroi,         Like  the  Jews,  the  Ptimitive  Chrii' 

those  without  blood,  on  which  only  tians  and  Roman  Catholic  Church  had 

cakes,  fruits,  &c.  were  placed.    The  a  variety  of  altars.     In  the  primitiFe 

figures  of  Altars  were  dinerent ;  some  church,  the  altars  were  only  of  wood ; 

were  round,  others  square  or  oval ;  but  owing  to  the  necessity  of  frequent  re- 

they  were  always  turned  towards  the  movals.     From  the  most  authentic  ac- 

East.     There  was  one  dedicated  to  the  counts  they  were  first  used  A.D.  135; 

Parcse,    of  an  oblong    form,    called  consecrated  in  271  ;   and  adopted   in 

iTt/Aumi; ;  and  a  square  one  was  on  the  Briuin  in  634.    The  Council  of  Paris 

summit  of  Mount  Cithaeron.  in  509  decreed,  that  no  Alur  should 

Among  the  Romans,  the  Altar  was  be  built  but  of  stone.     Ac  first  there 

a   kind    of   pedestal,    either    square,  was  but  one  Altar  in  each  church  ;  but 

round,   or   triangular,  (adorned  with  the  number  soon  increased ;  and  from 

sculpture,  with  basso  relievos  and  in-  the  writings  of  Gregory  the  Great,  who 

scriptions,)  whereon  were  burnt  the  lived   in  the  sixth  century,  we  learn 

victims  sacrificed  to  idols.     According  that  there  were  sometimes  twelve  or 

to  Servius,  those  Altars  set  apart  for  thirteen.— In  the  Cathedral  of  Magdo- 

the  honour  of  the  celestial  gods,  and  burg  there  were  no  less  than  49  Altars, 

gods  of  the  higher  class,  were  placed  The  Alur  was  sometimes  sustained  on 

on  some  ull  pile  of  building ;  and  for  a  single  column,  as  in  the  subterra- 

thai  reason  were  called  altaria,  from  neous  chapels  of  Sl  Cecilia  at  Rome, 

the  words  alta  and  ara,  a  high  ele-  and  sometimes  by  four  coiinnns,  as 


10^  JUari.'-^Proposed  Impr<yoemeni$  in  tl^e  MetropoliM,       [March« 

the  Altar  of  St.  Sebastian  of  Crypta 
Arenaria ;  but  the  customary  form  was 
to  be  a  mass  of  stone  work,  sustaining 
the  Altar-table.  These  Altars  bore  a 
resemblance  to  tombs;  in  effecf,  we 
read  in  Church  history,  that  the  pri- 
mitive Christians  chiefly  held  their 
meetings  at  the  tombs  or  the  marij^rs, 
and  celebrated  the  mysteries  of  religion 
thereon.  For  this  reason,  it  is  a  siand- 
iCkg  rule  to  this  day  in  the  Church  of 
Rome  never  to  build  an  Altar,  without 
ioclosing  the  relics  of  some  saint. 

The  authentic  mark  of  an  ecclesias- 
tical Altar-table  was  its  five  crosses. 
As  no  Altar  couM  he  consecrated  with- 
out relics,  there  was  a  small  stone 
called  the  sigillum  altaris,  by  which 
the  aperture  where  the  relics  were 
deposited  was  closed  up  by  mortar 
tempered  in  holy  water.  Symmachus, 
Gregory  of  Tours,  and  others,  men- 
tion the  ciborium,  an  arch  over  the 
Altar,  supported  by  four  lofty  columns, 
in  imiution  of  the  Propitiatory ^  which 
corered  the  Ark.  It  was  sometimes 
illuminated  and  adorned  with  tapers. 
Where  there  was  no  cibbrium,  a  mere 
canopy  hung  over  the  altar,  which  was 
niost  common  among'us;  a  fine  stone 
acrjeen  full  of  niches  being  the  back  of 
the  Altar,  from  which  the  canopy  pro- 
jects. Curtains  called  the  tetravelum 
were  annexed,  and  drawn  round,  that 
the  priest  might  not  be  confused  by 
view  of  the  spectators.  Under  this 
ctborium  or  canopy  hung  the  pix  or 
boK  containing  the  host,  commonly  a 
dove  of  goldsmith *s  work,  esteemed  so 
sacred,  that  upon  the  march  of  hostile 
ardfiics  it  was  especially  prohibited 
fVom  theft;  Henry  the  Fifth  delayed 
his  army  for  a  whole  day  to  discover 
the  thief  who  had  stolen  one.  Over 
the  Altar  was  put  the  palla^  carried 
out  against  fires ;  and  over  the  pall  the 
corporal^  always  made  of  linen,  ac- 
cording to  an  order  of  Sextus  in  the 
year  133.  The  antependium  was  a  veil 
which  hung  before,  as  the  dorsale  be- 
hind. About  the  Altar  were  perticce, 
or  beams  ornamented  at  the  great  feasts 
with  reliquaries  of  ivory,  silver,  &c. 
Besides  piscinas  were  the  stalls,  where 
the  officiating  ministers  retired  during 
parts  of  the  service  performed  by  ihe 
choir.  —  At  the  Reformation  these 
Altars  were  abolished  wherever  Pro- 
testantism was  established  *. 


•  Du  Caog«  —  Bp.  Jewell — Gough — 
Montfitueon— -Danetj  &c. 


Proposbd   Improvements   in   the 
Metropolis. 

IN  the  House  of  Commons,  on  the 
2lst  of  March,  Mr.  Arbuthnot  ob- 
tained leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill  for  the 
improvement  of  Charing  Cross  and  its 
vicinity.  The  Right  Hon.  Geiiileman 
said  that  it  is  intended  to  purchase  all 
the  stacks  of  buildings  situated  be- 
tween the  Mews  ana  St.  Martin*s- 
lane ;  also  the  further  stack  of  build- 
ings beyond  these,  bounded  on  the 
North  by  Chandos-street,.  extending 
Southward  to  the  Strand,  and  having 
its  Eastern  termination  near  Bedford- 
street.  The  purpose  of  this  extensive 
alteration  would  be,  not  only  to  em- 
bellish that  part  of  the  town,  but  to 
make  a  better  communication  between 
its  West  and  Eastern  quarters.  Upon 
the  first  portion  of  the  land  so  pur- 
chased, it  was  proposed  to  erect  a  qua- 
drangle, the  West  side  of  which  was 
already  formed  by  the  beautiful  edifice 
occupied  as  the  Union  Club-house  and 
the  Cotlese  of  Physicians.  The  East 
side  would  be  erected  on  a  line  with 
the  portico  of  St.  Martin's  Church,  and 
be  composed  of  buildings  correspond- 
iilg  to  those  before  mentioned.  On 
the  North  there  would  be  a  row  of 
buildings,  continued  from  Pall-Mall  to 
Saint  Martinis  Church,  affording  a 
view  of  the  splendid  portico  of  tnat 
Church  from  Pall-MalL  It  was  his 
wish  that  the  paintings,  statues,  and 
works  of  art,  possessed  by  the  nation, 
should  be  placed  in  this  range  of  build- 
ing, because  he  thought  they  would  be 
more  useful  to  the  public  there  than  in 
the  British  Museum.  It  was  under 
consideration  to  have  in  the  centre  of 
the  quadrangle  another  large  building, 
to  be  devoted  to  the  Royal  Academy. 
The  quadrangle  would  have  its  South 
side  open  to  Charing-cross,  Whitehall, 
and  Parliament-street.  It  would  be  in 
extent,  from  West  to  East,  500  feet ; 
and  from  the  Statue  up  to  what,  in  its 
present  state,  formed  the  stables,  the 
space  would  be  of  equal  dimensions. 
The  other  part,  occupied  by  the  ground 
commencing  at  Chandos-street — run- 
ning North  and  South  to  the  Strand, 
and  ending  at  Bedford-street.  By  this 
alteration  the  Strand,  which  in  that 
part  was  at  present  only  35  feet,  would 
be  made  sixty  feet  wide,  from  the  qua- 
drangle up  as  far  as  Bed  ford -street.  It 
was  therefore  intended,  when  these 
houses  were  pulled  down,  to  make  a 
wide  commodious  street^  runnii^  in  i 


PtvpMedtmpnmuunliUtluMdtiiptiti:'  tM 


r„ 


>U*  lo  (1i 


line  dUntmallj  down  U  the  Stnod,  to  know  the  rtiuli  of  the  g;rMttinder- 

0|ifKNi(eVUIicn-«lncl I  tothalperwn*  ukui^  in  which  he  had  sUuilFd,  «nil 

dnving   in   through   Pjll-n»U   might  wliicli  aildvd  lo  much  Ki  the  beauty  of 

--»  icroM  the  up^r  part  of  tb*  qiu-  the  Mclro|)i>!i9,   and   w   the  coiiimo- 

ingle  ;  and,   by  cnming  duwn   tbit  dinimneu  of  the  Tide,hboiirhM)il.     He 

nci*  ainM,  be  relicTcd  fraoi  the  tlop-  nicant  till  tiew  iirrei  fTom  Pali-inall 

pji^rt,  Jiid  oihcf  iiicDiikciiiciicci,  now  in  the  Regent's  Park,  whirh  was  un- 

anju*i1y  outicri  orcompUint.     It  woi  deriaken  when  this  Cdunlry  wa*  tt:- 

•Im)  |iro|)ined  In  make  inniher  lar;;e  pjied  iii  the  moit  ex|iensire  war  evec 

Mfriaer-wayframilte  neit  lit>e(ir<trcet  known,  and  he  iiuttnJ  surh  as  would 

into  r.ricr*ier-»quare,  ihtoiigh  a  place  never  a^ln  be  wiincued.    Taking  the 

called  Hciiimintt'a-mw  ;  andaircond  expcnce  of  bruniirving   the   Itcgeni'i 

coniaiuniraliun  willi  the  Slran<l,  b«-  Park,  and  of  the  new  iirect,  magni- 

IwMD  C*>i|e-cuun  and  Bcdt'onl-itrrei.  iicenl  as  it  was,  the  money  paid  for 

Tills  arf^ngrniem  wuuld  add  rontiilci^  goo<l-will,  and  ilie  iiims  awarded  by 

''-'--  -o  (he  beauiy  of  the  Mrtropulii,  Juries,  lie  had  (he  tatisfaction  to  italc, 

eiidrs  gniitig  rid  of  many  bad  thai  while  the  Crown  properly  was  im- 

iniu-n  winch  at  |ireseni  exisli»l  in  that  proved,  and  a  great  permanent  interest, 

neigh bi'urhood,  wotdd  add  to  the  eoti-  which  never  before  exisIMl,  was  cren- 

venicnce  and  cnmino<lionsnv»  of  that  ted,    there   was   at   present,    intereil, 

pari  of  the  Meitopolit  lo  such  an  tt.-  within  a  rraciion.of  3  percent,  deriitd 

lent  as  he  could  noi  possibly  deicribe.  from  the  money  expf  ndi-d.     He  wa* 

It  riii(!ht  be  istiffiicinry  lo  the  House  well  aware,  that  in  conseooenec  of  the 

ihai  \ir  tiiixM  niiilr  «n  nhKrvaiion  or  magnificence  of  the  in  tended  Quadran- 

inii  .]-  L:i  iliL'  i.r'pi.  li.l.  ^.|„  rirc  tiir  c.\r-     gle,  and  of  other     * ' 

rjina  the  plan  into  eiecuiloo.  It  wa*  eiE|)cnccs  incuretl 
net  nil  intention  lo  ask  that  Home  to  pni|Hirl<on  th^n  th 
>ote  any  sum  of  money — he  meant  for  by 
Iheplani  self;  but  ifany  public  beild-  i„r 
ing,  either  for  ■  Roval  Academy,  or  street  there  wus  a  coniinuiiy  orbiiitii- 
Inr  a  National  Gallery,  should  be  ini-s,  the  leibes  of  which  were  pro- 
erected  in  the  qiudnngle,  it  would,  m  duciive ;  but  in  the  present  instance 
that  case,  be  neccesary  to  come  for  •  many  houies  must  be  laken  down,  and 
vole  to  that  House.  Itwaiitowoe-  none  erected  on  their  tile*.  However, 
cessary  in  enter  into  deiaila  as  to  the  combined  with  the  improvement  of 
way  in  which  he  intended  to  meet  the  Charing -cross  end  the  neighbourhood, 
cxpcncri ;  but  he  could  assure  the  he  wa  taiiified  that  the  money  laid 
Huuiethatihe  plan  had  beencarefuUy  out  would  yield  Si  percm/.  Thai  in- 
examined  In  the  departmi-nt  lo  whicit  icrcsl  would,  he  wa*  satisfied,  not  be 
he  had  the  honour  lo  belong;  and  he  considered  small,  when  the  improt»< 
hoped  that  by  the  tale  of  tome,  and  ment  of  the  Metropolii,  in  the  midst 
the  >xchange  of  other  Crown  lands,  he  of  huiliUnes  which  were  daily  rising 
should  he  able  to  meet  the  expencea.  up,  and  which  would  daUy  increase  in 
Howeircr,  in  wdct  lo  effect  this,  it  the  neighhonrbood,  to  the  exclusion  of 
would  be  neeeasary  that  the  Commit-  the  free  air.  wj*  taken  into  considera- 
■ionen  should  have  the  power  to  bur-  tion.  In  such  a  titnation,  he  thooght 
tow  a  mm  of  money  on  inortga^  of  it  di-sinble  to  all  classes,  wliethcr  high 
part  of  the  new  street.  With  reaprci  or  low,  that  imprcivemeiiu,  which 
to  thai  power,  his  Hon.  friend  near  added  not  only  to  ihr  litauty  bat  lo  the 
hioi  (.Vtr.  Wilmnt  Hurion)  trmindeil  salubriousncssof i)icMciroiioli9,should 
him  ihat  the  Commissioners  already  be  made.  Tlir  Right  Hon.  Gent. 
appointed  for  imp  rove  meats  po^tessed  cnnchided  by  moving  lUat  the  Bill  be 
that  power.  He  was  most  anxious  that  now  rent  a  lirsl  lini<r,  and  referred  lo  a 
the  unsishlly  appearance  of  Chatins-  Committee;  and  upon  the  Tepon  of 
cross  and  the  nri)(hbourhnod  should  be  the  Committee  it  would  be  lor  ibc 
removed ;  and  if  this  opportunity  were  House  lo  decide  whether  the  plan  be 
kjti,  another  would  never  present  it-  adopted  or  not.  The  Ripht  Hon.  Gen- 
self.  The  thing  could  not  be  left  as  it  ik-mun  also  moied  for  leave  to  bring 
was;  and  if  the  improvements  con-  in  >  Bill  for  extending  to  Charing, 
templaled  by  his  Bill  should  not  be  cross  and  place  adjacent  the  poweri  of 
l^recd  lo,  improvement!  upon  a  snialler  the  Act  for  making  a  more  convenient 
acale  must  be  commenced.  It  might,  communication  With  ttw  Wen  end  of 
perhapa,  be  satiiEaciory  lo  the  Houm  the  tt^wn,  and  fot  eitabliiig  the  Com- 


Origin  of  lecturer  ? — Society  of  Antiquaries.  [March, 


900 

tnissioners  of  Land  Revenues  to  grant 
leases  of  the  Crown  Lands. 

Mr.  Arbuthnot  proceeded,  in  reply 
to  some  observations  suggesting  the 
removal  of  Exeter  Change,  to  slate 
that  it  was  private  propeny ;  that  the 
proprietors  were  not  disposed  to  part 
witn  it,  and  that  it  was  not  in  tneir 
power  to  compel  theai. 

Mr.  Urbah ,  Wood-slreei,  March3. 

AS  many  of  your  learned  Readers 
arc  intimately  acquainted  with 
the  Canons  and  Constitutions  of  our 
venerable  Church,  as  established  at  the 
Reformation  ;  and  with  the  subsequent 
Ordinances  and  Regulations,  either  by 
Regal  or  Episcopal  Authority,  or  by 
the  immediate  sanction  of  Parliament 
or  Convocation ;  permit  me  to  ask 
whence  the  orisin  of  what  is  un- 
derstood in  the  Metropolis,  and  many 
other  large  Towns,  oy  the  title  of 
**  Lecturer,"  which  I  do  not  find  in 
the  Rubrick.  A  Rector,  Vicar,  and 
Curate,  are  titles  well-known  and  dis- 
tinguished ;  but  when  did  the  "  Lec- 
turer** commence?  what  is  his  particu- 
lar duty  ?  by  whom  is  he  legally  to  be 
appointed }  by  whom  paid  ?  and  does 
he  obtain  or  require  the  Bishop's  Li- 
cence, similar  to  that  of  a  Curate? 
Finally,  what  constitutes  an  endowed 
Lecture?  A  Citizen. 


Society  op  Antiquaries. 

Feb.  23. — Henry  Hallam,  Esq.  V.P.  in 
the  Chair. — N.  H.  Nicolas,  Esq.  F.S.A.  com- 
muuicated  a  M^.  relation  of  the  progress  of 
Edward  1.  in  Scotland,  in  1296,  from  the 
^  time  he  crossed  the  Tweed,  to  his  return  to 
Berwick  after  the  submission  of  fialiol. 

March  2. — Hudson  Ourney,  Esq.  V.P.  in 
the  Chair. — ^The  reading  of  Mr.  Nicolas's 
commanication  was  continued. 

March  9. — The  Earl  of  Aberdeen,  Pre- 
sident, in  the  Chair. — Mr.  Ellis  exhibited 
an  ancient  Bell,  which  formerly  belonged  to 
the  Monastery  of  Inais  Castle,  at  the  mouth 
of  the  river  Shannon,  in  Ireland.  O'Hal- 
leraO)  in  his  History  of  Ireland,  records  that 
this  bell  is  believed  to  retain  a  miraculous 
power  at  the  present  time;  and  that  the 
common  Irish  still  imagine  that  aay  one  who 
perjures  himself  by  it  will  instantly  be  at- 
tacked by  convulsions  and  death. 

The  reading  of  Mr.  Nicolas's  coromuuica- 
tioii  was  then  resumed  and  concluded. 

In  this  paper,  Mr.  Nicolas  investi<^ates 
the  authenticity  of  the  MS.  by  a  scrutiny  of 
the  dates  which  it  contains,  by  an  examina- 
tion of  the  distances  frdm  place  to  place 
said  to  be  travelled  in  tach  day,  and  by  a 


comparison  of  its  statements  with  those  of 
our  chroniclers  and  historians.  This  inves- 
tigation appears  to  be  altogether  favourable 
to,  or  perhaps  demonstrative  of,  the  authen- 
ticity of  the  document.  The  scrutiny  of  the 
dates  is  very  favourable  :  that  of  tae  dis- 
tances travelled  is  not  so  satisfactory,  od 
account  of  the  want  of  a  good  topography  of 
Scotland. 

In  the  course  of  his  remarks,  Mr.  N. 
notices  a  discrepancy  between  the  statement 
of  the  instrument  given  in  the  Foedera.  dated 
from  Kincardine,  that  Baliol  resigned  his 
crown  on  the  2d  of  July,  and  that  of  our 
historians,  who  record  the  resignation  to 
.  have  taken  place  at  Brechin  on  the  ttnth  of 
the  same  month.  This  he  reconciles  by 
means  of  the  following  passage  of  Fordun  :— 
<*  Ubi  advenienti  regi  Angliae  in  praedicto 
castro  de  Montroisse  idem  Johannes  rex, 
regiis  exutus  ornamentis,  et  viigum  album  in 
manu  tenens,  4^  *  *  •  omne  jus  quod 
habuit,  vel  habere  potuit,  in  regco  Scotiae, 
cum  fuste  et  baculo  sursum  reddidit,  et  in 
manu  regis  Angliae  resignavit.*' 

Fordun,  Scolichromconf  lib.  xi.  cap.  xxti. 
Furdun  here  states  that  Baliol  resigned 
his  kingdom  in  person,  and  did  homage  to 
Edward  1.  as  his  Lord,  on  the  1 0th  of  July, 
which  our  historians  have  rightly  taken  for 
the  time,  as  the  resignation  was  inchoate 
until  then. 

The  MS.  states,  in  its  quaint  language, 
that  King  Edward  **  conquered  and  searched 
the  kingdom  of  Scotland,  as  aforesaid,  in 
twenty-one  weeks  and  no  more."  And  the 
writer  observes,  in  proof  of  the  barbarous 
nature  of  the  Scottish  people,  ^t  before 
the  invasion,  thev  believed  there  were  no 
men  in  England,  but  women  only  ! 

Mr.  Ellis  communicated  a  letter  from  Fox, 
Bishop  of  Winchester,  minister  of  Henry 
VII.  to  Wolsev,  describing  the  military 
strength  and  the  fortifications  of  Calais, 
being  one  of  the  few  memorials  of  him  extant. 
March  16. — ^Thomas  Amyot,  Esq.  Trea- 
surer, in  the  Chair. 

A' letter  from  Mr.  R.  Stotbard  was  read, 
accompanying  the  exhibition  of  a  drawing 
of  a  beautiful  recumlient  statue  of  a  female, 
lately  used  as  a  step  in  Stevenage  Church. 

Mr.  Ellis  communicated  an  ancient  code 
of  instructions  to  the  Portreeve  of  West- 
minster, and  the  civil  officers  under  him, 
relative  to  the  sale  of  meat,  poultry,  &c.  in 
that  city.  Among  other  curious  items  in 
this  document,  are  the  following  :  all  tainted 
meat,  seized  for  havinff  been  offered  for  sale 
in  that  state,  is  ordered  *<"  to  be  dittribated, 
carefully  and  seasonably  among  the  poor :" 
Every  butcher  who  did  not  but  and  exercise 
his  bull  before  he  killed  him,  it  to  be 
amerced  :  butchers  are  to  be  fined  two  shil- 
lings for  every  piece  of  meat,  under  a  quarter 
of  beef,  offered  for  tale  on  the  Saturday, 
which  had  been  offered  on  the  pfacadbig 
Thursday. 
The  Society  then  adjoumad  !•  April  C 


»* 


1810.]                          CTburdk  o/  fit.  Lnke,  Chefita.  SOI 

NEW  CHURCHES.— No.  VII.  eridence,  to  be  deduced  from  the  ttmo- 

e     »          ^     .  — .  *""*  ^f  *^*  ®W  parish  churchy  in  favour 

St.  Lum,  CBiLiBA.  ^,f  yo„r  Correspondent's  ingenious  sug- 

Mr.  Ueban»                       MMTcko.  gestions,  but  which  I  fear  will  not  be 

THE  modem  ecclesiastical  architec-  practicable, 

ture  of  the  Metropolis  is  so  uni-  As  a  preliminarv  observation  to  the 

▼enally  formed  after  Cfrccian  designs,  description  of  the  Church,  it  is  neoet- 

that,  beautiful  as  the  style  adopted  is,  «ry  to  remark  that  the  style  selected 

a  monotony  is  created,  which  we  can  by  the  architect  is  that  which  prevailed 

only  expect  to  be  relieved  by  a  more  *^  ^be  commencement  of  the  sixteenth 

universal    adoption    of   the    Pointed  centurt/f  the  Pointed  s^le  was  then 

sqrlr.    Those  elegant  monumenu  of  hastening  to  iu  decline,  and  it  is  now 

G!recian  taste  and  genius  which  we  univerBally  admitted  by  men  of  taste 

can  never  enough  admire,   the  Mo-  ^^at  the  eartier   specimens  were  far 

nument  of  Lysicrates  and  the  Tower  more  tasteful  and  elegant  than  the 


the  genius  observable  in  the  originals,  teciure  in  the  ^ame  light  as  if  an  archi- 

tire  and  satiate  from  want  of  variety,  ^t  were  to  reject  the  chaste  buildings 

Our  architects  seem  to  have  forgotten,  ©f  Greece  for  the  formal  productions 

or  at  least  to  have  disregarded,  a  style  <>f  the  Itvliait  school   The  arch  adopt- 

of  architecture  which  grew  and  flou-  ed  in   tibe  present  structure  is,  how- 

rished  in  our  native  land,  a  style  so  pe-  ever,  in  a  medium  between  the  equi- 

culiarly  appropriate  to  the  construction  lateral  and  the  obtuse. 

of  religious  edifices,  that  it  has  been  I  nO'^  proceed  to  a  survey  of 

very  appropriately  designated  by  a  wri-  T^bb  Extbriok. 

ter   on    Monastic   Institutions  %    the  The  aeeqppanyinfp  engraving  (see 

Christian  order.  the  Frontiepitee  to  thtt  VeTume)  shows 

The  Church  which  forms  the  sub-  the  Western  front.and  the  South  side 

ject  of  the  present  article,  is  almost  a  in  perspectivo.    It  is  well  calculated  to 

solitary  exception  to  the  foregoins  ob-  display  the  lucbtoess  of  the  flying  but- 

servations, — it  is  perhaps  the  only  in-  tresses,  and  ue  geMnd  proportions  of 

stance  in  which  the  Pointed  style  has  the  buildiqg|i 

been  adopted  on  an  extensive  scale.  The  towor,  it  will  be  seen,  rises  from 

On  the  12th  of  Oct.  1820,  the  first  the  jnoand  io  the  usual^  atyle  of  the 

stone  of  Chelsea  New  Church  was  old  Chprcli  lowers.    It  19  made  into 

laid;  the  proceedings  on  this  occasion  fivepnneipatdivisiotis  by  belts,  and  is 

have   already  been    noticed   in    your  itren0|imMi(  at  the  angles  by  octango- 

Magazine  f.    It  was  not  until  the  ex-  liu>  buttresses  Thegiroond  floor  is  open 

piration  of  four  years  that  the  build-  9jL  three  of  tfafe  sides  forming  a  porch 

ing   was  completed.    It   waa  cooto-  in  front  of  ibe  cei^tiBl  entrance,  and 

crated  on  the  18th  of  October, '1M4,  had  the  arebilept  have  finbhed  this  fa- 

the  anniversary  of  the  patroii  aaint.  9iule  with  tfant  scrupftlons  attention  to 

This  ceremony  has  been  deiailed  in  ancient  modek«  whidi  ought  to  cha- 

your  pages,  as  well  as  that  observed  at  racterize   modern    buildings    in    the 

the  commencement  of  the  stmetare.  Pointed  style,  the  Antiquarian  spec- 

by  Mr.  Faulkner,  the  historian  of  the  tator  would  not  hare  been  disg^ted 

parish  I .    The  architect  is  Mr.  Savage  with  that  display  of  the  **fontastic  W" 

ofWalbrook.    1 1  is  pleasing  to  record     ^      ,  j*"  ' j  \  . — 7— 

the  erection  of  so  splendid  an  edilioe  ^»  ^^  5!ST"  *^  "•^^  ^ 

in  this  ancient  parish,  which  it  would  tha  lit  Oai.  of  Oct.  30,  im. 

besausftctory  tohearprovMaSaxon  irterior  lewdiorCliurA      -      -    ISO 

village,  as  your  Correspondent  M.  H.  Widi   ^^       -       -       *     *  ■•  01" 

promises§.    I  wish  I  could  add  any  niiglu  friwi  naiiaaisiit  tu  JiilBfc  Jif 

'    ■   ■  vaaMag  -       -       ••--'•# 

•  The  lUv.  P.  Newcwne,  in  hb  Hktory  Ditto  of  abbi      -        •        -      -      81 

of  St.  AUwi's  Abb^,  p.  97 .  Height  of  £m(  window        -         -      82 


f  VoL  zc.  ii.  p.  298. 


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:VoI.xciv.ii.29l— 2.  Square  of  Vestry         -        -        -      18 

i  February  Meg.  p.  111.  Hdght  of  tower  to  top  Of  pianaebe    141 

Gairr.  Mao.  Uarch^  1826. 

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Wl 


Church  of  St.  Luke,  Chelsea. 


[Marcby 


der,*'  which    the    piazza    along    the 
whole  front  possesses.    The  arches  in 
the  front  of  this  appendage  are  obtuse, 
while  those  at  the  ends  are  more  acute- 
ly pointed,  and  are  destitute  of  cano- 
pies; the  four  pinnacles  of  various  di- 
mensions, the  extraordinary  high  pedi- 
mental  canopy  applied  to  the  central 
arch,  the    uncouth    and    unmeaning 
heads,  and  the  mass  of  meretricious 
detail  of  this  modern  portico  can  only, 
I  apprehend,  be  founa  in  the  produc- 
tions of  the  inventors  of  "  modern 
Gothic.*'    The  plain  flat  ceiling,  as 
well  as  the  ungroined  vault  of   the 
tower,   are  entirely   modern.    Above 
the  exterior  arch  of  the  tower  is  a  long 
window  with  three  tier  of  mullions 
and  tracery  in  the  head  of  the  arch. 
TKe  upper   story  has    a   window  of 
smaller  dimensions,  and  this  portion  of 
the  elevation  is  more  ornamented  than 
the  parts  already  described.     It  is  fi- 
nished with  a  parapet,  embattled,  and 
'    pierced  with  uprignt  divisions,  and  at 
the  angles  are  four  lofty  pinnacles  croc- 
ketted  ;  they  are  hollow  and  pierced, 
in  the  style  of  the  Bell  Harry  tower  of 
Canterbury.     Returning  to  the  lower 
portion  of  the  Western  front,  we  find 
the  windows  to  the  aisles  almost  hid 
by    the    excrescence  before    noticed. 
The  lateral  entrances  to  the  aisles  are 
arched,  and  furnished  with  weather- 
cornices;  the  architraves  of  each  are 
moulded. 

The  South  and  North  fronts  arc  each 
separated  by  slender  buttresses  into 
nine  uniform  divisions,  all  of  which, 
except  the  extreme  East  and  Western 
ones,  contain  muUioned  windows  of 
three  lights  divided  horizontally  by  a 
transom  ;  the  two  remaining  divisions 
have  small  blank  arches  with  weather 
cornices  in  relief,  very  agreeable  to 
modern  notions  of  uniformity,  but  an 
injury  to  the  design,  as  they  break  the 
series  of  windows  which  ought  to  oc- 
cupy every  interval  between  the  but- 
tresses. The  clerestory  is  high  and 
bold,  and  has  windows  corresponding 
with  those  in  the  aisles;  the  design  of 
which,  is  the  same  as  that  seen  in  the 
upper  story  of  the  tower,  and  those  in 
the  aisles  only  differ  in  having  the  tran- 
som. From  the  parapet  of  the  aisles 
where  the  buttresses  terminate,  rise 
segments  of  arches  which  cross  the 
aisles,  'and  spread  at  their  junction 
with  the  clerestory  into  broad  fans, 
pierced  with   quatrefoils;  the   upper 


moulding  of  each  rib  is  carried  perpen- 
dicularly up  the  wall  of  the  clerestory, 
and  is  terminated  with  a  mean  pinna- 
cle. The  parapets  of  the  clerestory 
and  aisles  are  both  pierced  ;  the  former 
with  upright  divisions,  having  trefoil 
arched  neads,  the  latter  with  triangu- 
lar compartments,  enclosing  trefoils. 
A  block  cornice  is  carried  alon^  the 
parapets,  but  it  wants  more  relief  to 
render  it  conspicuous.  The  solitary 
pinnacle  perched  upon  each  of  the  ex- 
terior angles  of  the  aisles,  like  a  senti- 
nel, is  quite  out  of  place ;  either  all 
of  the  buttresses  should  have  finished 
with  pinnacles,  or  they  should  have 
been  omitted  altogether. 

The  East  front  is  made  into  three 
divisions  by,  two  octangular  buttresses 
between  the  centre  and  side  aisles, 
which  rise  above  the  roof,  and  are 
finished  with  a  bird-ca^e  sort  of  ter- 
mination (one  of  which  is  shown  in 
the  engraving),  consisting  of  a  dome 
closing  in  an  octagon  turret  with 
trellis  work  in  each  face.  The  apex 
of  the  gable  wants  a  cross,  although  a 
pedestal  appears  to  have  been  formed 
for  one.  The  principal  Eastern  win- 
dow contains  seven  upright  divisions, 
and  is  made  by  transoms  into  five  tiers 
of  mullions ;  the  head  is  occupied  by 
two  sub-arches  having  a  circle  between 
their  heads  filled  in  with  cinquefoils. 
Beneath  this  window  is  an  attached 
building,  with  square -headed  win- 
dows, containing  vestries  and  other 
offices.  The  entrances  to  the  aisles 
are  obtusely  arched,  and  enclosed  with- 
in square  architraves  and  weather  cor- 
nices, and  similar  ones  are  attached  to 
the  vestries :  they  are  very  correct  and 
chaste,  and  would  have  looked  better 
at  the  West  end,  than  those  which 
are  adopted  in  that  situation. 

There  is  a  novel  feature  in  this 
Church  deserving  of  notice,  which  is 
a  sunk  walk  round  the  whole  of  the 
basement ;  it  is  guarded  by  a  low  para- 

{>et  towards  the  church-yard,  and  the 
ower  part  of  each  buttress  is  pierced 
to  allow  of  an  uninterrupted  passage. 
The  crypt  beneath  the  whole  edihce 
communicates  with  this  area  by  grated 
windows,  by  which  means  the  venti- 
lation of  the  extensive  catacombs  is 
efllectnally  secured,  at  the  same  time 
that  they  are  hid  from  observation. 

I  have  only,  in  concluding  the  de* 
scription  of  the  exterior,  to  add,  that 
the  Church  is  built  of  brick,  faced 


MM.] 


Chunk  of  8i.  Luke,  Cheima. 


90S 


with  Bath  ftoiie»  in  which  nmlerial 
all  the  ornamental  particolan,  already 
noticed^  are  exeeuted. 

Thb  Imtbrior. 

At  the  West  end  is  a  Testihule,  ex- 
tending across  the  whole  building,  and 
occupying  the  space  beneath  the  organ 
gallery  and  staircases ;  this  is  separated 
from  the  Church  by  a  6ne  stone  screen, 
consisting  of  a  large  pointed  arch, 
flanked  by  square  open  buttresses,  and 
ornamented  above  with  a  range  of  up- 
right divisions,  finished  with  a  block 
cornice;  in  the  centre  is  a  how,  or 
projection  in  the  corbel  style,  in  the 
front  of  which  is  a  dial.  The  door- 
way is  formed  of  carved  oak,  repre- 
senting tracery  work  and  mullions,  the 
nnper  part  of  the  panelHns  being  pierc- 
ed and  glazed.  Above  this  screen  is 
the  organ,  in  a  carved  oak  case,  the 
design  of  which  is  an  assemblage  of 
three  towers,  with  pinnacles  at  the 
angles,  and  united  by  flying  buttresses, 
the  wood-work  ornamented  with  op- 
right  arched  pannels*. 

On  each  side  of  the  Church  are  se- 
ven arches,  resting  upon  six  octan- 
gular columns,  to  each  of  which  four 
small  pillars  are  attached;  an  additional 
one  being  placed  upon  the  capitals  of 
those  which  are  situated  towards  the 
body  of  the  Church,  and  carried  up  to 
support  the  vaulting.  At  each  of  the 
extreme  ends  of  the  arcade  a  semi-co- 
lumn is  attached  to  the  walls  to  com- 
plete the  number  necessary  for  sustain- 
ing the  arches.  The  main  pillars  and 
arches  are  ornamented  with  a  simple 
ogee  moulding.  The  ailes  are  occupied 
by  galleries  that  hide  the  lower  aivi- 
sions  of  the  windows,  which  are  only 
seen  externally,  no  light  being  admitted 
below  the  galleries  through  the  outer 
walls.  Beneath  the  sills  of  the  cleres- 
torial  windows  are  recesses  of  the  same 
breadth  as  the  windows,  fronted  by 
four  cinquefoil-headed  arches,  and  fi- 
nished with  a  cornice  of  roses  in  en- 
riched quatrefoils,  designed  as  an  imi- 
tation ot  the  ancient  trilorium. 


The  eastern  window  f  does  not  fill 
up  the  entire  wall,  as  wa  find  in  all 
ancient  buildings,  but  i  considerable 
portion  of  plain  masonry  is  left  round 
It.  The  space  below  it  is  occupied 
by  a  splendid  stone  altar-screen  of 
a  beadtitul  antique  design.  It  consists 
of  five  upright  divisions,  formed  by 
bnltresses,  the  central  being  the  widtn 
of  two  of  the  others ;  they  are  covered 
by  ogee  arches,  with  cinqnefoil  sweeps 
in  each,  the  centre  one  having  a  ca- 
nopy of  the  same  form,  but  more  highly 
enriched  with  a  greater  number  of 
sweeps.  From  the  canopies  rises  i  se- 
ries of  upright  divisions,  with  trefoil 
heads,  and  above  is  an  entablature ; 
the  frieae  is  formed  of  foKage  in  alto- 
relievo  ;  the  cornice  of  various  mould- 
ings;  and  the  whole  is  fronted  by  seven 
demi-angels  in  ancient  costume  crown- 
ed, one  hand  of  each  is  placed  on  the 
breast,  the  other  held  up  in  the  atti- 
tude of  benediction.  The  screen  is 
flanked  on  each  side  by  a  magnificent 
composition  of  niche  work,  ranging 
above  two  small  doorways  leading  to 
the  vestry,  the  arches  of  which  are 
obtuse,  and  the  architraves  entirely 
formed  of  mouldinffs.  Above  the 
point  of  the  arch  of  each  doorcase  is 
an  hexagonal  canopy,  highly  enrich- 
ed, and  supporting  the  pedestal  of  a 
large  and  similarly-formea  niche  above 
it,  crowned  with  a  like  canopy,  which 
rises  above  the  rest  of  the  sereen,  and 
occupies  a  portion  of  the  wall  on 
each  side  of  the  window.  The  pierc- 
ed stone- work,  elegant  buttresses,  and 
minute  pinnacles  of  this  elegant  com- 
position form  an  assemblage  of  archi- 
tectural ornament  which  would  not 
disgrace  anv  age  in  which  the  pointed 
style  prevailed ;  the  scale  of  grandeur 
in  which  they  are  executed,  and  the 
^neral  tastefulness  that  marks  the  de- 
sign, together  with  the  correct  style 
of  the  elaborate  detail,  would  do  no- 
nour  to  a  Cathedral :  to  witness  such 
a  specimen  in  a  Parish  Church,  and 
that  too  at  a  period  when  one  of 
the  wealthiest  Coll^ate  Foundations 


*  The  organ  was  made  by  Nicholle,  and  comprizes  the  great  orsaa,  choir  orgaa,  and 
swell  organ,  containing  S3  stops,  and  1876  pipes,  and  is  said  to  be  toe  most  powerfid  in- 
strament  in  London.  Lit.  GazetU.-^To  its  powers,  and  the  graadenr  of  its  tone,  I  can  add 
mj  testimony :  bow  finely  did  the  sounds  produced  by  it,  reverbeiate  along  the  vaulted 
roof  when  this  noble  instrument  pealed  forth  the  hundredth  pealaB ! 

t  A  subscription  has  been  set  on  foot  to  fill  this  extensive  window  wi^  paiated  glass, 
from  a  design  of  a  Scripture  subject  by  Mr.  Henry  Sass.  Lit  Gaz* — Should  the  subserip- 
taoB  be  filled,  I  trust  the  gentleman  alluded  to  will  form  bis  design  on  the  ancient  plan. 
Occupied  with  olain  glass,  this  window  is  &r  fitmi  ao  oroaoBeBt,  not  filled  with  fiimleiident 
stained  glass,  wbataglorioos  shew  it  will  asaka  oa  eBStrbg  the  Qiuieh  from  the  West! 


904 


Church  of  St.  Luke,  Cheltea. 


[Mmh, 


in  the  Kingdom  could  bestow  no  better 
material  on  such  a  work  than  plaster, 
exceeds  what  even  the  most  ardent 
admiferof  the  pointed  styLe  could  have 
expected. 

The  screen  is  at  present  in  an 
unfinished  state^  and  not  defaced  by 
any  inscription;  I  wish  I  could  add 
it  never  would ;  the  utter  inutility  of 
the  custom  of  affixing  the  decalogue, 
&c.  in  such  a  situation  ought  to  plead 
for  i^  abrogation,  especially  since  in 
so 'many  instances  the  mere  complying 
with  the  teller  of  the  canon  is  deem- 
ed sufficient,  as  I  could  point  out  more 
Churches  than  one,  in  which,  from  the 
mode  of  inscribing  the  subjects,  many 
of  the  congregation  must  be  ignorant 
that  they  exist  in  such  buildings. 

The  centre  division  of  the  Church 
is  roofed  with  stone  from  East  to  West. 
To  the  architect  the  highest  praise  is 
due  for  the  boldness  %vhich  designed, 
and  the  talent  that  executed,  this  noble 
piece  of  masonry.  Modern  architects 
(withthe  exception  perhaps  of  Sir  C. 
Wren)  appear  to  have  r^rded  those 
masonic  glories  of  the  old  race  of  ar- 
chitects, the  vaulted  roofs  of  our  Ca* 
thedrals  and  oratories,  as  something 
above  their  comprehension ;  it  is  not 
therefore  a  small  share  of  praise  that  is 
due  to  the  first  architect  who  formed 
a  modern  work  of  this  kind.  The 
style  of  the  vaulting  is,  however,  full 
two  centuries  earlier  than  the  build- 
ing ;  the  naye  of  Westminster  Abbey 
seems  to  have  been  the  prototype.-— 
{^rom  each  of  the  capitals  of  the  small 
pillars  before  spoken  of,  as  rising  from 
one  of  the  capitals  of  the  ^reat  cluster, 
spring  nine  ribs,  divergmg  as  they 
spread  over  the  vault,  and  meeting  m 
tne  centre  the  ribs  of  the.  opposite 
cluster,  one  principal  rib  being  con- 
tinued at  the  point  of  the  arch  along 
the  whole  surface:  the  various  inter- 
sections are  ornamented  with  carv- 
ed bosses,  in  the  design  of  which 
there  is,  however,  too  much  same- 
ness. That  part  of  the  roof  immedi- 
ately above  the  altar  is  groined  in  a 
diftorent  manner,  the  surface  of  the 
eove  being  filled  with  long  panels, 
separated  by  arched  ribs,  springing 
from  corbels,  and  crossing  the  Church 
from  side  to  side ;  the  same  is  repeated 
above  the  orean :  the  corbels  are  all 
sculptured  witn  figures  of  angels,  which 
at  the  altar  are  represented  in  the  act 
of  prayer,  and  over  the  organ  appear 
to  be  chanting  the  hymn  of  praise; 


though  these  portions  are  well  oLecutF* 
ed,  tne  conceit  of  varying  the  design 
is  too  novel  to  be  admired :  I  believe 
it  would  be  difficult  to  find  any  pre- 
cedent for  a  groined  roof,  which  was 
not  vaulted  from  one  extreme  end  to 
another  in  an  uniform  plan.  From 
the  groined-roof  depend  three  elegant 
brass  chandeliers,  suspended  on  gilt 
chains. 

The  pulpit  is  octangular,  and  stands 
on  a  frame  work  of  pointed  arches ;  it 
is  not  wanting  in  ornament,  but  it  falU 
short  of  the  ancient  oak  carvings. 
The  reading-desk,  which  is  situated  oa 
the  opposite  side  of  the  nave,  is  simi- 
lar in  design.  The  fronts  of  the  gal- 
leries are  set  off  with  panelling,  hav- 
ine  cinquefoil  heads,  but  wanting  that 
boldness  of  relief  which  distinguishes 
the  ancient  specimens  of  carved  wood- 
work ;  to  the  altar-chairs  the  same  re^ 
marks  apply. 

The  font  is  situated  in  the  centre 
aile,  near  to  the  pulpit  and  reading- 
desk  ;  it  is  of  an  octangular  form,  and 
sustained  on  a  pillar  of  the  same  shape. 
The  different  sides  are  panelled,  each 
containing  a  shield  in  an  enriched 
quatrefoil,  aiid  the  pillar  is  orna- 
mented with  upright  panels.  It  is 
executed  in  marble,  and  as  far  aa 
1  could  judge  from  the  partial  sight 
obtained  through  the  openii^  ia  the 
leathern  cover,  which  js  singularly 
enough  kept  over  it,  the  carving  a|v- 
pears  to  be  highly  deserving  of  praise. 
This  is  the  last  particular  which  is 
worthy  of  description  in  the  Churchy 
and  highly  crediuble  it  is.  to  the  pa- 
rish that  the  keeping  of  the  building 
has  been  so  finely  preserved  in  every 
feature.  An  incongruous  font,  and  a 
formal  modern  altar-piece,  would  have 
injured  the  design  in  the  eyes  pf  every 
critical  observer ;  but  here  the  general 
character  of  the  edifice  is  so  go€>d,  that 
the  faults  are  likely  to  be  overlooked^ 
or  at  least  viewed  with  milder  feelingjs 
than  in  a  building  where  the  strict  at^ 
tention  to  minor  detail  was  less  appa* 
rent  than  in  the  present. 

As  your  Engraving  contains  a  par- 
tial view  in  the  distance,  it  will  per- 
haps excuse  my  lengthening  this  al- 
ready extended  article,  by  a  short  no- 
tice of  the 

Natioital  Schools, 

whloh  are  situated  in  a  piece  of  ground 
at  the  East  side  of  the  cemetery*  Th^ 
first  stone  was  laid  by  the  Vicar«  tfai!4 


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Ptdkgrm  ofUmS/mw  Kim%. 


aw 


Rer.  G.  T.  WclMej»  D.D.  ia  Jdim 
1894*.  The  potnted  HtW  hat  beta 
adopted  on  account  of  the  contiguity 
of  tne  building  to  the  pjirish  Cburcn. 
It  coQ^sts  of  a  centre*  with  low  wingp. 
The  former  bein^  the  residencet  of 
the  Master  and  Mistress  of  the  schools  j 
each  of  their  booses  contains  three 
floors,  besides  the  sunk  basement ;  the 
windows  are  mnllioned,  and  the  ele- 
vation of  each  finished  by  a  grsble ;  a 
large  pointed  arch  connects  the  two. 
The  wings  are  occupied  by  the  schools ; 
they  are  each  made  by  buttresses  into 
five  divisions  containing  obtusely  arch- 
ed windows,  with  sweeping  cornice ; 
each  window  has  a  sinsie  mnllion  di« 
versing  at  the  head  of  the  arch  into  a 
trefoil  head.  The  interior  is  vaulted 
with  brick,  and  whitewashed ;  the 
roof  is  crossed  by  arched  ribs,  spring 
ing  from  pilasters  against  the  walls  in 
the  intervak  between  the  windows* 
Both  of  the  principal  fronts  are  alike. 
The  erection  is  constructed  of  brick, 
and  covered  with  cement,  and  when 
viewed  from  the  West  front  of  the 
Church,  and  as  connected  with  thai 
edifice,  it  has  not  an  unpleasant  ap- 
pearance. £.  I.  C. 


Mr.  Urban,  Ncrihampton^MarehJ, 

THOUGH  naturally  averse  from 
obtruding  myself  on  the  public, 
I  feel  impelled  to  make  a  few  obser- 
vations on  the  article  of  *'Sir  John 
Spencer/*  in  the  last  number  of  **  Mo- 
numental Remains.*'  The  editor  says: 

<'  There  appetrt  to  bo  do  little  diffieultj 
in  deducing  tne  subject  of  the  present  ar- 
ticle in  a  direct  line  from  the  common  an- 
cestor of  the  &mi]]r>  owing  to  s  confusion 
that  prevails  in  the  arrangement  of  the  in- 
dividualt,  and  the  appropriation  of  the  al** 
liaaces^^The  recent  historian  of  North- 
amptonshin;,  Mr.  Baker,  has  acknowledged 
thcM  discrepancies  with  great  aandoor»  and 
by  giving  three  early  pe^rees,  as  derived 
from  tluree  different  sources,  has  enabled 
his  readers  to  compare,  at  the  saose  time 
that  he  confesses  his  inability  to  reconcile, 
the  conflicting  statements* — For  our  own 
Darts,  we  should  be  iocliued  to  adopt  the 
Harleian  MS.  No.  6135,  and  the  rather, 
since  it  coincides,  in  all  the  main  parti- 
cuhtrt,  with  one  presenred  in  another  pub- 
lic library,  to  wnich  Mr.  Baker  does  not 
appear  to  have  referred.  From  these  tare 
sources  we  aaprehend  the  following  wuj  be 
offered  as  totsnblj  eorreet.'* 

*  See  VoL  scrr.  part  i.  p.  MS. 


In  the  abteao^  of  tajr  ubnmL  I 
can  only  coqieetorally  apply  the  edi» 
tor's  alluaioti  to  a  pedigree  hi  tlie  Asli» 
molean  Museum  i  but  the  obvioiii 
construction  of  the  paragraph*  is  that 
by  collating  the  pedime  wWh  I  k«d 
seen,  with  another  which  he  supposed 
I  had  not  seen,  he  had  succeeded  in 
compiling  one  more  satis&ctory  and 
correct;  whereas,  in  point  of  fact,  the 
one  he  has  published  is  not  so  full  at 
the  Harleian  MS.  6135,  as  printed  by 
me,  and  does  not  vary  from  it  in  a  aia^ 
gle  descent,  or  even  marriage.  Aji  the 
editor  has  taken  credit  for  Hnprovti^ 
my  pedigree,  it  would  certainhr  have 
been  but  fair  and  candid,  if  he  had 

S'ven  me  credit  for  the  deKiiption  of 
le  monument,  especially  of  the  he^ 
raldic  position  of  it,  which  is  copied 
verbatim,  with  the  exception  of  a  coo* 
pie  of  errors  in  transcribing. 

It  is  possible  he  might  not,  at  th« 
time  of  writing,  be  aware  he  was  cre- 
ating an  unwarranted  impiession  in 
favour  of  his  own  research,  at  my  ex- 
pence;  but  he  shouM  have  reflected, 
that  as  a  County  Hbtory  is  a  woik  of 
no  small  labour  and  responsibility,  tht 
diligence  or  research  of  its  author 
ought  not  to  be  impeached  on  sKght 
or  nntenable  grounds.  So  far  from 
being  acfoated  by  any  hostfle  feelinK 
towards  the  ''Mommieotal  Remains,* 
I  am  happy  in  bearing  my  humble  tat» 
tifliony  to  its  merits,  both  in  the  era- 
phie  and  literary  departments,  and  no 
one  wishes  its  success  more  sincerely 
than  Q,  Bakbr. 


Oir  THB  Origin,  Proorbss,  avd 
Results  op  STATxancAi.  Ivqux- 
miBS  m  Irelavd.  Br  thb  Rbt* 
JoBir  Graham,  A.M. 

fConiimted/rom  p,  101.) 

THE  forfeiture  of  land  in  Ireland, 
during  the  reign  of  King  Charles 
the  First  and  the  usurpation  of  Cromr 
well,  led  to  new  surveys,  and  gave  opr 
portuniiies  of  recruitii^  the  British  co- 
lonies in  it.  So  early  as  the  $4th  of 
February,  l642,  whilst  the  RebeiUoa 
was  raging,  proposals  were  made  to  th« 
Parliament  of  Enffland  for  the  speedy 
raising  of  money  for  the  rediictiqn  of 
Ireland.  These  proposals,  which  wm 
preserved  in  "Koshworth't  CoUet^ 
tions,''  vol  X.  p.  39^  veif  that  m 
such  persons  as  should  be  willing  !• 
advance  money  for  that  acrfioe,  shoold 


5206  ^        On  Statittieai  Inquiriet  in  Ireland.  [Miarch 

be  allotted,  according  to  a  certain  pro-  of  those  acres  which  should  be  forfeit 

portion,  the  Rebels'  lands  that  should  ed,  were,  by  this  Act,  to  be  assignee 

oe  confiscated  ;  which  was  approved  of  and  divided  amongst  the  adventurer 

by  both  Houses,  and  an  Act  passed  ac-  after  the  following  proportion  ;  bogs 

cordingly,  to  which  the  King  gave  the  woods,  and  barren  mountains  cast  ii 

royal  assent    Two  millions  and  a-half  over  and  above. 

For  each  adventure  of  <£200  one  thousand  acres  in  Ulster. 

Pitto  of      SOO  ditto  in  Connaught. 

Ditto  of      450  ditto  in  Munster. 

Ditto  of      600  ditto  in  Leinster. 

To  be  held  in  fee  and  common  soc-         After  the  Rebellion,  a  general  Sur 

cage  of  the  Crown,  at  one  penny  per  vey  of  Ireland  was  made,  under  a  Com 

acre,  English  measure.  mission  issued  hy  the  Lords  Justices 

These  proposals  were  accepted ;  and,  This  was  called  The  Civil  Survey,  u 

thoush  a  great  part  of  the  money  thus  distinguish  it  from  one  made  by  thi 

raised  was  diverted  by  the  ruling  party  military  power  about  the  same  time 

to  other  purposes  than  those  originally  and  Petty's  subsequent  Survey  bein^ 

intended,  the  claims  to  the  land  re-  laid  down   by  chain   and  scale,    wa 

mained  secure  to  the  adventurers  who  called  The  Down  Survey^  to  distin 

had  subscribed  for  them;  and,  with  guish  it  from  both.    In  the^ear  l652 

the  lands  on   which  Cromwell    had  Dr.  William  Petty  was  appomted  phy 

given  debentures   to  his  officers  and  eician  to  the  army  in  Ireland,  when 

soldiers,  when  the  Irish  rebellion  was  he  was  afterwards  State  Physician  t( 

finally  suppress^,  were  confirmed  to  the  three  succeessive  Chief  Governors 

the  possessors  of  them  under  these  ti-  Lambert,  Fleetwood,  and  Cromwell 

ties,  by  the  Act  of  Settlement,  soon  which  lucrative  situation,  together  witl 

after  the  Restoration  of  King  Charles  his  great  practice  in  the  City  of  Dub 

the  Second.  lin,  raised   him   to  a  considerable  af 

One  of  the  purchasers  of  some  of  fluence.     Being  also  an  adept  in  ma 

these  forfeited  lands  was  Dr.  Gerrard  thematics,  he  was  a  complete  maste 

Boate,  brother  of  that  learned  and  emi-  of  the  useful  art  of  surveying   land 

nent  physician  Dr.  Arnold  Boate,  the  and,  finding- that  the  lands  forfeited  ii 

friena  and  correspondent  of  Archbi-  the  Rebellion,  and  allotted  to  the  sol 

shop  Usher.    Gerrard  came  to  Ireland  diers  for  suppressing  it,  had  been  ver 

in   the  situation  of  physician  to  the  carelessly  and  defectively  measured,  h< 

newly-erected  state  or  Commonwealth,  made  such  representations  to  Olive 

in  the  latter  end  of  the  year  l&lQ.  On  Cromwell,  on  this  important  subject 

his  arrival,  and  purchasing  a  share  of  that,  in  the  year  l654,  he  obtained  \ 

the  forfeited  lands,  he  became  very  in-  contract  to  make  a  new  survey  of  thes( 

quisitive  after  their  improvable  state;  lands,  which  he  finished  with  such  ac 

and,  in  his  inquiries,  received  consi-  curacy,  his  biographer  informs  us,  tha 

derable  assistance  from  his  ingenious  the  real  value  of  every  estate,  not  un 

brother  Dr.  Arnold   Boate,  wno  had  der  sixty  pounds  per  annum,  was  ex 

lived  eight  years  in  the  same  profes-  actly    ascertained,  and  maps  of   thi 

sion  in  Dublin,  and  had  frequent  calls  whole  were  drawn  up  by  him.     B^ 

into  most  parts  of  Leinster  and  Ulster  this  contract,  he  is  said  to  have  gainei 

in   the   way  of  his  practice  (    all  of  ten  thousand  pounds;  and  it  appears 

which   opportunities  he  used  in  ac-  upon  record,  tnat,  in  the  year  1655,  h 

«  quiring  a  knowledge  of  the  natural  had  survey^  two  milliont  eight  hun 

history  of  the  country.  dred  thousand  acres  ^forfeited  im 

With  this  assistance,  and  some  other  provable  land,  part  of  which  he  ha< 

helps,  Gerrard,  who  died  soon  after  he  divided  among  the  soldiers, 
settled  in  Ireland,  left  his  friends,  Mr.         On  the  Restoration  of  King  Charle 

S.  Hartlip,  a  work  which  was  after-  the  Second,  Dr.  Petty  went  to  Eng 

wards  puolished  under  the  title  of  Ire*  land,  where  he  was  very  graciously  re 

land^s  Natural  History;  a  work,  says  ceived  by  his  Majesty,  who  confcrre 

Mr.  Hartlip,  in ^  his  prefatory  letter  to  on  him  the  honour  of  Knishthood 

it,  excellent  in  its  kind,  as  not  only  granted  him  a  new  Patent  of  all  tb 

full  of  truth  and  certainty,  but  writ-  pro))erties  he  had  acquired^  and  ap 

ten  with  much  judgment^  order,  and  pointed  him  Surveyor-Grenend  of  In 

exactness.  .  laod,  and  one  of  the  ComouMioiicf 


1886.]  Os  Slatktieal  Inqutrin  In  trtimd.  S07 

or  llic  Court  established  to  letlle  the  lUhett  in  Dublin,  and  aold  at(il\;  ihil- 

cUinii  rcUting  lo  ilie  Miaiw  forfeited  lings,  and,  in  a  few  yean  afterward s, 

in  ihat  country.    In  the  year  lG62,  ihe  for   double   the   sum.      His  Pelilical 

Royal   Soeitiy  wai  founded  jn   ling-  Analomg  of  Jrtland  made  its  aupear- 

bnd,  and  Sir  William  FeWy  wii  elect-  ancc  in   II391,  four  yean  after  he  had 

cd  a  Member  of  itj  Grtt  Council.     In  terminaud  hii  useful  life.     From  ihis 

the  TraniactioD)  of  ihit  Society,  m«  neal  and  worthy  man  u  detccnded  the 

find  a  valuable  SuppleiDent  to  ihc  Sia-  Morquii  ofLaasdownj  and  he  hai  left 

liiiical  labuuti  of  Dr.  Boate :   and  a  on  record,  for  the  ettcouragcment  of 

''  '  of  them  (among  which  are  Arch-  other*,  in  combiuinK  the  permaneut 


biihop  King's  coniribulioni)  may  be     inletetti  of  the  public  with  their 

found  in  the  Iriih  Hiitorical  Library.  ■dvaoccment  in   honour  and   Health, 

Sir  William  Petty  wai  one  of  th«  the  itriking  example  of  the  establlsh- 

principal   fuunden  of   thii   illuitrioua  mcnt  of  an  opulent  and  noble  family 

and  piliiotic  Societv,  which,  u  Mr.  ftoxa  Iht  urulid  efforli  of  ingenaili/ and 

Addison  obtcrved  of  it,  drew  the  at-  induilry,  in  oat  maa;    who,  from  to 

teniion  and  abilitie*  of  man^  men  of  imall  a  begiuning  aiiu-fypouni/i,  and, 

brilliinl   and   powerful   geniu*,   from  after  being  reduced  to  luch  penury  iu 

the  angry  and  deleterious  puriuil*  of  Franca,  at  lo  tt  obliged,  at  his  blogrsi- 

Crty,   10  study  the  arts  of  peace  and  pher  informs  us,  to  live/or  a  week  an 

nevolence,    the    happy    results    of  lu>o  or  thrn  prnnif  warlk  qf  wuinuli, 

which  have  been  since  kit  in  the  im-  made,  in  the  fairest  and  most  useful 

provcment  of  the  agriculture,  naiiga-  and   honourable   manner,   a   fortune, 

tion,  and  tradcof  the  British  Isle*.    It  atnounting,  at  his  death,  Iq  rii  Ihaif 

W3)  at  Petty'*  lodging!  in  Oxford  that  4and  Jioe  kundrrd  pauitdt  a  year   in 

the  philosophical  meetingsof  the  learn-  land,  with  a  plain  demonstrable  iui' 

rd  were  held,  which  preceded  the  in-  ptovemeni  on  it,  to  produce  four  thou- 

•titinion   uf  the   Royal  Society,     Uis  sand  pounds  per  annun  more ;  in  ad- 

^r-f-vM  ■■■:"■-•■'■.  Ttid  rrrafii^on  TaiM  dilion  10   which,   he  left  upwards  ijf 

<;j,  ■     ■    ■  ■■   ■        ..-.    h.ivc    long    been  forl^-Jivt  thousand  poundi  in  ptrtvnal 

f                              I  i.iiiiilicirwayi  and  ^tili. 

Ill  I  '.  .ii';ic  has  been  ihe  The  thcirt  anil  calamitous  reign  of 
very  grammar  of  the  icieocc  of  itatj*.  James  the  Second  was  not  cnly  un- 
ties and  political  economy  i  to  which  faTourable  to  the  progrtN  of  theM 
mav  be  added,  hit  Political  Anatomv  improremcnta  in  Irelaad,  bat  pimrci 
of  Irelanil,  in  whose  prosperity  be  took  nearly  fatal  to  tfaem  all. 


:ly  and  successful  an  interest.  Sooo  after  the  RevoluL 

in  the  year  1684,  Sir  William  Petty,  derable  quantity  of  land  came  into  tue 

having  made  the  improvement  of  tha  hands  ot  Government,  by  the  forieit- 

agricuilure  and  commerce  of  Ireland  urei  of  the  deluded  adberuit*  to  tin 

subservient  to  the  adrancemeot  of  hb  abdicated   Monarch,  and  brought,  u 

own  fortune,  continijed  to  proceed  in  usual,  >  valuable  accession  to  the  Bri- 

his  hoaourable  and  useful  career.     H«  liih  Coioniet  in  Ireland.    The  revo- 

set  up  iron  worlts,  and  esublished  *  cation  of  the  Edict  of  Naotx,  too,  waa 

pilchard  hsheiy  in  the  county  of  Kerry,  not  without  •  beneficial  result  to  lr»- 

ind  promoted  the  establishment  of  a  land,  as  well  at  lo  the  sister  country, 

Philoiophicat  Society   at   Dublin,   in  being  the  means  of  lending  us  many 

imitation  of  the  Royal  Sucirty  of  Lon-  opulent,    ingenious,    and    indailriou* 

don,  of  which  be  wai.  President  in  that  Protestant    families,   who  have  lince 

year ;  and.  for  the  use  of  the  infant  to-  risen  to  great  eminenee  in  a  country 

cieiy  In   Dublin,  he  drew  up  a  cata-  long  since   remarkable   for   tha   moft 

loRue  of  cheap  and  simple  experiments,  ample  return*  of  the  talent,  industry, 

which  he  published  with  his  Supplea  and  spirit  of  those  whom  her  great  lo- 

Pi!u7(»DpAica,  a  description  of  forty-five  eal  advantages,  and   the  mildness   of 

instrumentt  requisite  to  carry  on  their  our   Gorernment,   have,   at    diflerent 

Institution,  which  he  afterward*  sent  periods,  induced  to  settle  in  ii.  Among 

to  them  as  a  present  from  London.  the  French  families  of  this  descriptioa. 

In  iCsi,  he  had  published  his  Ob-  may  be  reckoned  the  Lalouchcs,  Sao- 

lenalioDs  on  the  Dublin  Bill*  of  Mor-  rins,  Cleadowes,  and  many  otben. 
tality.  Baptisms  and  Burials,  Hoitsea,         PortatlinKlon  ina  built  br  a  eoiony 

Hearths,  tec.  and   in  i6ss,  a  Copper*  of  these  Kfocea,   wboae  deKcniUma 

plate  tet  of  hit  Iiiah  Map*  were  [mb-  an  iiill  to  befoiuM]  in  it,  ud  htt*e  (ot 


9D8 


Flt  LbavbS)  No.  jn:x.-*-C%ar2ef  t.'^Boscobel. 


[MBXch, 


like  last  half  ccntorf,  rendered  k  an 
invaloabk  teminaiy  for  the  edocation 
of  the  Irish  gentry. 

Towardt  the  end  of  the  reign  of 
King  WiliUim,  a  period  fraitfiil  in 
men  of  genius  and  enterprise,  a  So- 
dei^  tf  Oenilemen  in  Dublin  endea- 
▼oared,  bj  a  correspondence,  to  make 
ioqoiries  into  tke  natural  state  of  Ire- 
IftfidL  Bat  whether  it  was,  that  this 
corresponding  method  was  not  nni- 
Tcml  enough  to  answer  their  purpose, 
ortbat  they  b^gan  to  cool  in  their  in- 
qittries  for  want  of  a  proper  fond^  the 
scheme,  like  many  subseqaent  ones  of 
a  similar  kind,  dropped,  with  Kttle 
more  fruits  than  a  few  collections, 
which  are  preserved  in  manoscript, 
among  Dr.  Grilbert*s  Collections  in  tne 
Libranr  of  Trinity  Collcee,  Dublin. 

In  the  year  I71M>  Dr.  Hugh  Boolter, 
%hop  of  Bristol^  was  translated  to 
the  primacy  of  Ireland.-^This  actire 
prelate  found  the  agriculture  of  this 
oo«ntry  at  a  low eb(>— trade  declinin^^ 
the  Protestant  religion  drooping— «nd 
the  coinage  of  the  kin^om  debased. 
In  the  year  after  his  arnval,  there  was 
a  tenve  fiunincf— «  great  part  of  the 
Pnilestant  Clergy,  without  parmnage 
houses  or  glebes  to  build  .them  on  ;->^ 
many  parishes  from  eight  to  twehre 
miles  looKi  with  only  one  Church  in 
tbrna,  and  that  often  at  one  end  of  the 
paffish;*— £ew  market-towns  to  supply 
food; — no  farmers  from  whom  the  ne- 
cessaries of  life  could  be  procured ;  so 
that  no  Clergyman  conld  live  without 
a  moderate  ^be:  and  such  was  the 
want  of  Protestant  Chorehes,  and  re- 
sident QVsmt  that  many  of  the  de- 
scendants <MCrom well's  officers  harti 
gone  off  to  Popery  for  want  of  pastors 
and  places  of  worsnip. 

(To  be  continued.) 

FLY  LEAVES.  No.  XXX. 

The  Commons  Address  to  the  K. 
A.D.  1670. 

Ib  til  humifity  we  cnrre 
Ovr  Soter«i£n  to  be  our  tlcre. 
Bet— ching  him  tlutt  he  would  be 
Betny'd  by  us  most  loyally  ; 
Aad  i  he  pleaae  bat  once  lay  down 
Hit  sceptfe,  digaity,  and  crown. 
We'll  BMlce  him,  for  the  tiBM  to  eome. 
The  greatest  Prince  in  Christendem. 

Answer, 
Ckerlee  at  this  time  haEriag  no 
Thanks  yoa  as  atQsli  as  if  he 


This  lampoon  found  common  cir- 
culation about  the  year  above-mention- 
ed, and  may  be  traced  in  fugitive  col- 
lections of  state  poems  of  that  period, 
and  sometimes  attributed  to  an  emi- 
nent Satirist.  Who  was  the  author 
remains  uncertain,  certainly  not  the 
Earl  of  Rochester,  in  whose  works  it  is 
usually  printed.  The  poignancy  of  the 
wit  applies  more  strongly  to  Cnarles  I. 
on  whom  it  was  written,  as  the  fol- 
lowing lines  form  the  fifih  of  a  poem  * 
of  nine  stanzas,  which  the  author  in 
the  dedication  says  he  "thought  fit 
to  deliver  in  habiliament  of  a  Madri- 
gal." 

In  all  hmnility  they  crave 
Their  Soveraigne  to  be  their  elare. 
Desiring  him  that  he  would  be 
Betray'd  to  them  most  loyally : 
For  it  were  weakness  sore  in  him 
To  be  a  yiiyvod  mito  Pym : 
And  if  he  woald  awhile  lay  downe 
His  Soeptn,  Majesty,  and  Crowne, 
He  shoold  be  made  tor  time  to  come 
The  greatest  Prince  in  Christendome. 
Charles  at  this  time  not  having  need, 
Thank'd  them  as  much  as  if  he  did. 
This  is  the  happy  wisht  event 
Of  privilege  of  Pariiament. 


BOSCOBEL. 

The  enquiry  at  p.  136  for  "Mr.  Se- 
cretary Pepys's  Relation  of  his  Majes- 
ty's Escape  from  Worcester  f"  brings  to 
recollection  the  followmg  notice  in 
the  Kingdom's  InteIHgencer,  1661. 

*'  By  express  command  from  his  Majesty 
we  are  to  acmnunt  the  Reader  that  a  little 
book  named  SoscossLt  (being  a  xelatioa 
of  his  Msjeeties  happy  and  miraculous  es- 
G^  after  the  light  aS  Worceeter)  hath  di- 
vene  errors  end  mistakM  in  it,  and  there- 
fore not  to  be  admitled  as  a  true  and  per- 
fect Narrative  of  his  Secred  Mijesties  de- 
liveianoe." 


Yours,  kt. 


£u.  Hood. 


*  A  Modell  of  Troths,  or,  a  Diseooery  ^ 
eerUme  rtoU  passages  of  this  PmUament, 
Prinied  in  the  yeare  1649,  4to. 

1*  A  Correspondent  has  informed  us  that 
the  original  MS.  is  still  preserved  in  the 
Pepysian  Library,  but  that  it  has  been  prinS- 
ed, — in  1766,  under  the  aosfMces  of  Dr. 
Sandby,  Master  of  Magd.  Coll,  and  it  will 
be  found,  on  reference  to  the  life  of  Fsoys, 
that  the  circumstance  of  the  Namtive  nnT- 
ing  been  pnbfisbed  is  not  mtfiotieed. 

I  This  woik  had  hnmrP**»  dreuktSon 
on  the  CoDtawnt.  A  tnaihlioo  wh  fnai" 
odmUemm,i€7€. 


Otai.  Mag.  March,  1 8Sfi.  PI.  ll.p.  909. 


OLD  HOUSE  IN  I£U>£NHALL  STREET,  LONDON. 


IBie.']    Old  House  in  LatdMhall  Striet.-~Cbronotogg  of  Herodotut.    209 

Mr.  llNiiAtr,                         Jan.  10.  to  each  olhei;  but  hi'i  calcalallon  or 

THE  acrifmjvinying  view  of  ai>  Old  ihe  Solar  Eclipse,  wliich  hnpptned  in 

Houir,  rornieri;  titiiaieil  on  llie  April,  4B0  years  bcforit  Chriil,  beiog 

South   tide  of  Leaden hall-itreet,  (tee  toogencrat  loitiew  whelher  ibeeclipK 

Plait  U.)  U  from  b  iketch  made  by  was  visible  at  Sardii,  and  conscqaently 

mc  in  Febiuaty  1820,  ■  thoil  lime  pre-  the  one  mentioned  bv  ihe  Hiatorian, 

«icxi)  It)  itidtoioliiiiin.  I  made  a  more  |Mrticulac  calculation  of 

The  long  ranee  of  window)  on  the  it,  ns  soon  aa  I  had  leisure  to  do  bo, 

fim  floor,   and  Ihe  obiuselv  pointed  and   I   find  tliat  it  could  not  pouibly 

irches  flanking   tlie    iimjteimg   win-  have  been  visible  there, 

dnwi  in  the  second  tinry,  shew  thai  It  is  eoay  to  see,  from  your  (?orre- 

the   building  was   erected   about   the  pondeni'i  calculation,  ihot  the  eclipse, 

middle  of  the  sixteenth  century.     The  if  hI  all  visible  .it  ^rdij,  muit  have 

corbel    shewn   in    ihc   view    j«   now  been  a  very  small  one  ;  for  the  moon, 

--    -■                      '   I  discmer  Rt  the  lime  of  the  conjunction,  >    " 


s  of  arnu  upon  the   shield,  upwards  of  three  degrees  past  her  node. 

The  house  wa>   destroyed  loon   after  and   approaching  towards  the  Sotilh ; 

]  made  ihe  sketch,   and  a  new   one  coiiseqiienily  her  penumbra  must  have 

hu  been  built  on  the  site.    Tile  mom  fallen  chiefly,  if  not  entirely,  in  the 

on  the  first  floor  was  walnsroltcd  with  touthern  hemisphere, 
small  fiamed  piinnels,  in  ihc  style  of        This  eclinic,  therefore,  can  scarcely 

the  age  I  have  asiinted.     The  other  be  fup|iose<l  to  have  been  the  very  sig- 

Ertions  of  the  interior,  as  well  by  the  nal  otic  mentioned  by  Herodotus.  But 

ck  front,  were  so  disfigured  as  alte-  bi  we  fretjuenlly  lind  much  exaggen- 

lations  and  repairs,  as  lo  present  nu  lion   in   ancient   accounts  of  naturaT 

feature  of  the  origins!  structure  wor-  phenomena,  a  still  more  particular  in- 

thy  of   particnlar  no^ce.      Uomcttic  vesligation  may  be  necessary  lo  reader 

architecture  after  the  period  to  which  the  matter  absolutely  certain. 
I  have  attributed  th«  present  specimen         Yoor  Correspondent   computes   the 

recfired  great  ollerition   in   point  of  mean  time  nf  the  new  moon  to  have 

ornament.  Koimd  arches,  and  deform-  happened  on  the  7th  of  April,  old  aiile, 

ed   termini,  with   hideous  teprrgenta-  at  13  minutes  after  '  o'clock  in  the 

tions  of  (he   human  form   applied  as  evening.     But  the  true  time  freqnenly 

bracbeti  lo  the  angles  of  the  pn^ecl-  differs  several  hours   from   the   mean 

ing  stories,  arc  ihc  characletisiic  fea-  time;  and  in  this  instance  I  find,  by 

turcs.    Buildings  of  ihis  class  arc  more  ihe  very  leciiiate  solar  and  lunar  ta- 

comraon  than  earlier  specimens,  which,  bles  of  l)elamhre  and  Burckhardt,  that 

together  with  every  relic  of  ancient  the  true  lime  of  the  conjunction,  com- 

■n  in   ihe  metropolis  are  now  every  puled  frum  themeridianofGreenwich, 

day  lessened   either  by   the   hand   of  was  about  SO  minutes  after  g  o'clock' 

improvement  or  innovation.     On  ihia  in  the  evening  j  and  lupposing  Sardii' 

score  the  present  sketch  may  be  wor-  to  hare  been  £3  degrees  Last  oCGreen- 

ihy  of  preteri-alion  in  your  Magazine,  wich,  the  true  lime  of  the  new  monn 

With  the  exception  of'^a  sli^hl  notice  at  Sardit  was  about  18  minutes  after 

b^   Mr.  Malrolm   (Londinium  Rcdi-  1 1  o'clock  al  night.    Consequently  the' 

»ivum,  vol.  111.  p,  3ei).   anil   an   in-  eclipse  could  not  have  been  visible af 

curr.  I  (   iiiiv    _ii.ii    111   I   K    l-;iimpean  that  place,  or  at  any  place  in  llial  pan 

i>\^^ .1,    1  ^„;.;.^ „  ...„i  Miiy  no-  of  the  world. 

lice  lias  been  taken  of  the  subject.  Pursuing   the   investigation, '  I   also 

The  arch  on  the  right  of  the  door<  find,  as  1  nad  before  conjectured,  thai' 
way  leads  to  the  Hall  of  the  Tylers'  the  eclipse  could  not  have  been  visible' 
and  Bricklavers'  Compaiiv,  whicn  for  at  Sardii,  even  had  it  happened  in  the 
matiy  years  has  been  used  as  a  Syna-  day  time.  For  the  sum  of  the  appa- 
gogue.  E.  1.  C.  rent  semidiaroeters  of  the  sun  and 
^ moon,  in  this  instance  is  32"  34",  the 

Mr.UxBAn,        Ej:esham,¥rb.g.  moon's  true  latitude,  al  the  lime  of 

IN  your  Number  for  Deceniber,  p.  the  conjunction,  S3|',  south  increas- 

497,   there   Is   an  article  on   the  ing,  and  the  least  parallax  in  latitude' 

Chronology  of  Herodotus.     Your  Cor-  which  she  could  have  at  Sardis  (sup. 

respondent     very     saitsfaclorily     esta-  posing  the  latitude  of  that  place  to  have 

blishes  ihe  times  of  ihe  events  relatively  been  3B}  degrees  north),  when  on  the 

Gtirr.  Mio.  Mtaek,  ists.  ecliptic,  is  1&;  and  therefore  her  viii- 

3 


giO                    *      On  wearing  Bati  In  Churches.  [Afarc))^ 

^jB  latitude  mus^  l^ate  exee^ed  ^he  Urban»  this  evil  ''vires  qcguirii  eun^ 

^m  of  the  apparent  semidiaoieters  of  do,''  gathers  strength  as  it  proceeds, 

the  sua  and  mooa  by  7  minutes  of  a  and  the  cause  of  morality  demands  that 

deeree.  it   should    be   forthwith    put  down« 

ifyourCorrespondent  choose  to  make  What  punishment  is  attached  to  so 

a  more  particular  calculation  by  the  manifest  a  violation  of  the  Kubrick  of 

tables  in  Ferguson's  Astronomy,  he  the  Church  some  of  your  Correspondt 

will  find  the  true  time  of  the  nen^  ents  mav  probably  communicate  in  a 

moon,  at  Sardis,  by  these  tables,  to  future  Number  ot  your  valuable  work  i 

have  been  at  about  23  minutes  past  and   should    it    be    inadequate   to  so 

midnight :  which  is  fully  sufficient  to  heinous  an  offence,  it  may  be  for  our 

shew  that  the  eclipse  could  not  have  venerable  Hierarchy,  distinguished  as 

been  visible  there.    But  Ferguson's  ta-  they  are  by  an  ardent  and  holy  zeal 

bles  cannot  be  depended  upon  exactly-  for  the  interests  of  Religion,  to  pro- 

with  respect  to  the  times  of  very  an-  pose  an  effectual  legislative  provision 

cient  eclipses ;  and  chiefly  on  account  to  obviate  a  practice  which  offers  a  de- 

of  no  allowance  being  made  in  these  liberate  aflront  to  the  Deity;  and  i^ 

tables  of  the  moon's  acceleration.  therefore,  highly  revolting  to  general 

Perhaps,  if  I  have  leisure,  1  may  en-  feeling.    It  has  been  urged,  on  tne  part 

deavour  to  discover  whether  any  other  of  the  Corporations  of  Exeter  and  Nor- 

eclipse,  answering  the  description  of  wich,  that  what  is  precisely  a  hat  in 

the  Historian,  took  place  about  the  appearance,  ought  not  to  be  denomi- 

year  480  before  Christ.  If  I  find  there  nated  such,  but  a  Cap  of  Maintenance, 

did,  I  will  send  you  the  result  of  my  This  is  begging  the  question  ;    and 

investigation.              John  Tovey.  leaves    it    untouched.     Others   again 

^'  have  attempted  to  give  a  serious  sub- 
Mr.  V  RBAV,  London,  March  2.  ject  a  ludicrous  turn,  by  saying,  that 
**  Ttyr  AN  is  an  encroaching  animal,*'  as  to  moral  efifect,  the  wearing  of  a 
IvX  and  when  improperly  suffer-  hat,  or  a  wig,  must  be  the  same  thine; 
ed  to  act  with  impunity,  he  evinces  utterly  forgetting  what  might  be  the 
this  disposition,  even  when  ho  .feels  a  consequences  to  the  cause  of  good  or- 
conviction  of  error.  It  is  on  this  per-  der  in  society,  independent  of  moral 
verse  practice  in  human  conduct,  that  considerations,  were  all  indiscriiixi^ 
the  just  principle  of  ''  Principiis  oh^  nately  to  wear  a  hat  in  the  temple  of 
j/a,"  is  founded.  No  steps  having  been  the  Almighty. 

taken  to  put  an  effectual  stop  to  the  One  of  your  Correspondents  has  in- 
wearing  of  a  hat  in  the  Cathedral  of  formed  us,  that  some  of  our  Senators 
Exeter,  as  formerly  staled,  the  example  wear  their  hats  in  the  House  of  Com- 
of  so  immoral  a  custom  is  followed  in  mons,  formerly  a  Roman  Catholic 
the  neighbourhood.  The  Clerpyman  Chapel,  called  St.  Stephen's;  and  fol- 
of  a  contiguous  parish  has  informed  lowing  such  example,  he  can  see  no 
me,  that  lately  two  Gentlemen,  who  impropriety  in  acting  similarly  in  the 
remained  sometime  in  his  Church,  Cathedral  of  Exeter.  Now,  in  the 
wore  their  hats  there.  On  his  remon-  first  place,  the  House  of  Commons  is 
stratin^  with  them  on  the  impiety  of  not  a  Church,  merely  because  prayers 
such  indecorous  conduct,  they  said  are  read  there,  any  more  than  private 
they  would  take  off  their  hats  in  dwellings  are,  where  the  same  laud- 
deference  to  him,  but  saw  no  necessity  able  practice  is  followed.  Again,  were 
for  it  from  any  other  motive.  The  it  a  consecrated  Protestant  Chapel,  and 
Clergyman,  shocked  in  the  extreme  at  were  the  whole  of  the  six  hundred  and 
what  but  aggravated  their  offence,  fifty-eight  members  to  wear  their  hats 
strongly  expressed  his  sense  of  their  daily  there,  this  would  furnish  no  rule 
irreverence  in  the  house  of  God;  and  for  authorising  the  same  inallChurches, 
turned  away  with  feelinss  of  indigna-  or  in  any  Church.  He  tells  us  also, 
tion  and  abhorrence.  He  felt  it  his  that  some  of  our  Kings,  Queens,  and 
duty  immediately  to  report  to  the  Dean  Judges  have  witnessed  the  custom  in 
and  Chapter  this  determined  and  fla-  ouestion  in  Exeter  Cathedral,  without 
grant  instance  of  irreligious  demeanour  aisapprobation ;  forgettinz  that  the  ob- 
impiously  maintained  in  the  face  of  noxious  hat  never  could  have  been 
Ecclesiastical  Law,  according  to  an  worn  in  their  presence  there,  as  the 
opinion  instantly  given,  and  in  pre-  Mavor  and  Corporation  were  previ- 
sence  of  1      1  authority.    Really,  Mf.  ously  there  to  receive  the  lloyal  visi- 


IMft]      Col.  lHacdonald  on  ilu  yurUthn  of  ikt  Hhgiutie  SetdU.      Sit 


tai*|  anil  a«  for  (he  Judgd.  ihfy  are 
known  lo  have  condemned  itiit  ncra- 
rioui  iiMEe.  He  ioforma  yt>ai  ruilers 
thai  Qaaiui  and  Jcwi  wrar  their  haU 
in  Churches.  In  their  own  place*  of 
wonliip,  lueh  may  be  the  case,  but  in 
Dar  Cnurchei  ihey  would  not  for  a 
■Mmeni  be  pennilied  to  do  what  even 
no  Protatani  Monarch  of  Europe 
would  practise  or  tanciion. 

Youn,  ftc.      JoH«  Macddsald. 


Mr.  Urbam,       Lomdan,  March  3. 
valuable  and  jusitj  popular 
I,  I  he  progresi  of  uie- 


Public. 


■ituation,  (he  MagnelJC  Needle  ii  act- 
ed on  ill  the  invcrac  ratio  of  the  aquare 
of  ihediilancc  of  the  leUlivc  Magne- 
tic Pole;— thai  the  North-west  Pole 
U  always  niocing  ejiiiwW,  al  the  rate 
of  nearly  half  a  degree  annually,  mak- 
ing the  period  of  a  revolution  790  years 
and  a  fraction ;  — that  the  South -east 
Pole  J)  moving  westward,  with  an  un- 
known period  round  the  South  Pole, 
unascertained,  becauic  the  present  site 
of  Ihe  South-eail  Line  of  no  Variation 
is  onknown;  that  the  nature  of  ihe 
curve,  in  which  the  Magnetic  Pole* 
be   made  out  till    ihfi 


■ling  Science*  is  duly  re-     place   is   found   in   each   hemispher 


arcely  any  merits  more 
notice  than  that  now  in  its  infancy, 
and  of  vast  future  consequence,   vii. 
Ike  Furialion  of  the  Magntlic  Needle, 
K)  intimately  connected  with  National     through  thei 
•nd  Commercial  prosperity.   Since  the     Magnetic  cui 
discovery  of  the  actual  ciittcnce  of  a     of  ealculaiioi 
North-weit  Ma^etic  Pole,  1  have  di- 
rected my  atleniion  to  this  important 
Itudy,  in  order  lo  induce  others,  more 
eompeteni  to  Ihe  task,  to  establish  the 
tenst  ptwiible  exeeplionable  Theory,  or 
Rationale  of  soessenlial  a  ScienceioNa- 
TXgaiioii.     In  former  Communications 
I   endeaioured  to  carry  on   im|)erfeel 


the  dipping-needle   ^ 

'*     '  id  thai  inch  points 


list  be  found,  I 

lime,  as  a  line  dniwti 
can  alone  indicate  the 

;,  now  beyond  the  reach 
There  ii  much  rrason 

all  bodies  ilaoding  pei- 
lendicular  ate  magnetic  j  having  u 
iouth  Pole  above,  and  a  North  below. 
VII  metals,  it  is  highly  probable,  pot- 
e»  this  quality.    Brass  certainly  does  ^ 


Theory  of  the  V 

stale  of  our  information  can  wen  nar- 
not,  and  future  voyagers,  and  local  ob- 
tervaiions  and  expcnmentt,  may  tend 
lo  confirm  the  part  of  the  ThiKiry  un- 
avoidably founded  on  al  least  i  ra- 
tional hypothesis.  The  magnetic  fluid 
manifntly  is  mixed  with  and  pervadci 
atmospheric  air;  though  no  means  have 
as  yet  been  found  lor  detecting  the 
quantity  and  proportions.  Tlie  change 
of  polarity  of  all  bars,  or  masses  of  iron, 

b„ 

Ihe 


as  far  as  the     ihe  enrhninn  of  all  metal< 


ilieration  of  the  gxibrily     unequal  force. 


:f.  li  nny  l>e  luppoted 
■■■■..',  viivli  0  Souin  po- 
'l,':  upper  cxtte- 
■■■-\  the  same  pro- 
le  IirnH  pari  of  the  in- 
lv  would  repel  the  lower 
end.  This  might  be  the  case,  were 
these  actions  equal  and  opposile,  and 
ivhich  could  not  be  precisely  the  case 
were  the  quantity  of  metal  all  round, 
rendered  equal,  because  the  Poles  act 
"    ilualions,  actent  pariius,  \  '' 


It  the  top  and  lower  part  of  the  lyri 
or  iron  round  a  carriige-wheel, evinces 
the  perjielual  action  of  magnoiic  air 
emanating  from  the  Magnetic  Pole 
within  the  Earth,  and  which  is  of  the 
contrary  de  script  ion  in  ihe  Smith  em 
Hemisphere,  influenced  by  tho  South- 
east Magnetic  Pole.  It  is  unnecessary 
to  repeat  stalenienls  in  former  papers, 
further  than  to  liiy,  that  the  North  and 
Sooth  Poles  of  the  E.irih  have  no  at- 
n  whatever ;  that  there  i 


I   hence  ihe  ncce*- 


of  the  intended  construction. 
siiTes  this,  the  parts  of  the  brass  gra- 
duatcd  circle,  at  equal  distances  from 
the  lowest  and  hishusl  parts  of  the  cir- 
cumference, can  nave  but  a  slight  de< 
f;ree  of  polarity  and  attraction,  whictl 
further  eii|ierinienu  may  ascertain  lo 
lie,  in  a  gleat  measure,  ncutraliied  by 
the  poiitive  polarity  at  the  lop  and  boi- 
lom.  Add  to  this,  that  the  greater 
quantity  of  metal  on  which  the  instru- 
.  :.  I A     _-  "ipported,  renders 


round  the   Earth,   on  which,   al  the  the  action  on   the  lower  end  of  the 

same    moment,    the    Dipping-needle  needle  much  stronger  than  that  above, 

would  stand  or   lest  horizontal;  ihat  All  this  confirms  the  necessity  of  the 

this   line,   constantly   varying,   is   the  new    construction.      Common    com- 

Magnetic  Equator;  that  in  every  other  pauei  must  also   have  all  metals  eX- 


2i9                          On  Ae  Earth  being  hollow.  [March; 

eluded,  excepting  the  requisite.com-  be  that  of  an  oblate  spheriod,  flat  ai 

pensation-plate  of  the  ingenious  Pro-  the  Poles,  and  swelling  at  the  Equa- 

fessor  Barlow.    When  Discovery-ships  tor.     Saturn,   a  thousand   times,  anc 

approach  either  of  the  Magnetic  Poles,  Jupiter    thireen    hundred    times    th< 

the  action  of  the  needle  becomes  so  bulk  of  the  Earth,  by  parity  of  rea 

sluggish,  as  to  render  it  useless.    This  son,  must  be  hollow ;  and  float  in  th< 

is  to  be  ascribed  to  the  strong  perpen-  ether  of  Sir  baac  Newton,  of  equa 

dicular  action  of  the  Magnetic  Pole  on  levity,  bulk  for  bulk.     Otherwise,  th< 

the  nearest  end  of  the  needle,  tending  centrifugal  and    centripetal   force  re 

to  throw  the  Compass-card  into  a  great  taining   the   planets   in   their  orbits 

ingle  with  the  horizon  of  the  place,  would  diff*er  much  from  present  cal 

This  effect  mi^ht  be  obviated  by  plac-  eolations.    The  Polar  Theory  require! 

ing  a  piece  of  flat  lead  on  the  card  ;  that  the  Earth  should  be  hollow ;  an< 

near  the  end  furthest  removed  from  the  we  have  Scripture  and  Philosophy  eon 

Magnetic  Pole.  firming  so  rational  a  fact.     1  refer  U 

Your  Correspondent  adverted  to  in  former  papers  elucidating  this  interest 

the  preceding  Letter,  is  of  opinion  that  ing  subject,  in  detail,  as  far  as  is  full^ 

the  expression  in  the  Book  of  Genesis,  sanctioned  by  information. 

"  The  Earth  was  void,"  cannot  mean  Yours,  &c.      John  Macdonald. 

that  it  is  *•  hollow,*'  because  he  finds  a 

in  Johnson's  Dictionary  that  the  ori-  r\    c>           r> 

ginal  word,  very   properly  translated  ^"^  ^^^°,^  Coinage. 

•*  void,**  has  other  figurative  meanings.  ^I**  —  EAST  ANGLES. 

If  this  Gentleman  had  taken  the  trou-  {Continued from p,  114.) 

ble  of  looking  a  little  further  into  the  f  HAVE  said  that  all  the  coins  o 

subject,  it  is  probable  that  he  would  ■■•     Ethelstan  yet  discovered  are  with 

have  abstained  from  his  remark ;  more  out  the  portrait ;  perhaps  I  should  ra 

especially   as    what  1   now   quote   is  ther  have  stated   that  no  such   hav< 

sanctioned  by  the  highest  authorities,  been  ascribed  to  him,  for  I  eertaini; 

In  the  Vulgate  Latin  we  read,  '*  Terra  entertain  an  opinion  that  we  have  ' 

autem  erat  manis  et  vacua."   The  Tar-  few,  and  my  reasons  for  such  a  belie 

gum  Onkelos  renders  it,  *'  Terra  au-  are  as  follow. 

tern  erat  deserta  et  vacua."    The  Ara-  Many  of  his  coins  have  both  on  thei 

bic  version,  with  a  Latin  Translation,  obverses  and  reverses  a  cross,  with 

says  "Terra  erat  abysses  cooperta.*' —  pellet,  or  something  similar,  in  eaci 

Textus  Hebraeos-Samaritanus,  with  a  quarter  of  it.     A  few  others  have  th 

Latin  version,  has  it  "Terra  autem  large  A,  with  a  line  over  the  top,  s* 

erat  inanis  et  vacua,  et  tenebrse  erant  usual  on  the  coins  of  Edmund  the  Mai 

super  facieni)  abyssi."    Textus  Hebra-  tyr,  which  I  have  before  shewn  wa 

icus,  with  the  authorised  Version  into  intended  for  an  N,  whence  it  is  plaii 

Latin,  has  it  "  Inanitas  etsolitudo  erat  that  these  pennies  cannot  belong  t 

terra."    In  the  Greek  version,   "in-  any  other  pnnce  of  a  similar  name,  bu 

eomposita"   is    applied   to    the   words  must  be  adjudged  to  Ethelstan  of  th 

rendered    "  without    form.'*      In  the  East  Angles.    They  cannot  be  appro 

Book  of  Job,  chap.  xxvi.  verse  7,  there  priated  to  the  successor  of  Edwanl  th 

is  what  bears  strongly  to  the  above  im-  Elder,  as  this  character  is  never  one 

ports.     **  He  siretcheth  out  the  North  seen  on  any  of  the  coins  of  the  sai 

over  the  empty  place,  an(k  hangeth  the  monarchs  after  the  time  of  Egbert  t  an 

Earth    upon  nothing."     We  read  in  the  form  of  the  letters,  and  the  abbr< 

Jeremiah,  4ih  chap,  and  23d  verse,  "I  viations,  clearly  prove   them  to  hav 

beheld  the  Earth,  and  lo,  it  was  with-  had  their  origin  during  the  Heptarchi 

out  form,  and  void."  times. 

The  Earth's  Polar  diameter  is  less  These  things  are  mentioned  to  eo; 

than  its  Equatorial,  by  about  twenty-  roborate  my  previous  arguments  rel; 

seven  miles.     This  has  arisen,  in  the  tive  to  Edmund's  coins,  in  refatatio 

opinion  ofreflecting  Philosophers,  from  of  Dr.  Pegge's  opinion,  that  we  hai 

the  combined  effect  of  the  rotatory  and  no  East- Anglian  coins  come  down  I 

orbicular  motions  acting  on  the  shell  us :  and   I  shall  now  proceed  to  ofl[i 

of  the  Earth.   Were  it  a  solid,  incrcas-  some  remarks  on  certam  pennies  ern 

ing  in  density  to  the  centre,  it  must  neousl/,   as   I  conceive,    given   aws 

have  remained  a  sphere ;  whereas,  ac-  from  him,  commencing  first  with  the 

tual  measurement  proves  the  shape  to  types,  and  then  with  their  legends. 


18861]          JIfr.  iroobMitMliteCMMVt^iteSMjIiWte.  tlS 

■  One  Tiriety  of  these  peonies  is  of  •  be  was  not  aetnally  •  contempotary 
fabric  sonnosoallfnide,  compared  with  with  any  of  those  prinees  whose  coins 
the  generality  ot  Athelstan,  the  sole  bore  this  device,  be  lived  not  more 
monarch'sooins,  that  I  consider  it  must  than  twenty  years  after  the  laist  of 
be  attributed  to  an  earlier  prince.  them,  trts.  Egbert,  and  there  cannot 
Of  this  kind  is  No.  8,  in  Sir  And.  be  much  improbability  attached  to  the 
Foonuin's  Plate  VIII.  A  second,  en-  supposition,  that  from  those,  or  the 
graved  in  HalFs  first  Plate,  No.  18,  is  corns  of  the  other  four  kings  mention* 
of  a  rather  more  improved  stvle,  but  ed,  'the  design  was  copie£  It  may^ 
another  in  the  same  work,  Plate  2,  however,  be  objected,  that  the  name 
No.  3,  is  exceedingly  rude.  Not,  how-  is  spelt  with  A^  whereas  on  his  other 
ever,  to  lay  any  great  stress  upon  work-  money  it  commences  with  an  £.  only ; 
manship  as  the  criterion  to  decide  by,  but  this  objection  is  not  entitled  to 
we  will  consider  the  type,  and  see  what  much  weight,  since  little  re^gsrd  was 
conclusion  must  necessarily  be  drawn  paid  in  those  times  to  the  spelling  of 
therefrom.  Theobverse  has  a  head  much  names,  whether  with  the  dipthong  JE, 
in  the  usual  manner  of  the  Heptarchic  or  simply  £  t  for  not  to  mention  other 
coins,  and  is  circumscribed  Aethelstan  instances,  the  name  of  Aethelward  the 
Rex,  a  style  exactly  similar  to  that  West  Saxon,  and  Ethelwulf  the  sole 
which  appears  on  the  coins  indubitably  monarch,  are  sometimes  spelt  with  an 
belonging  to  AthelsUn  of  the  £ast-  JE,  and  at  others  with  E  only.  Thus 
Angles.  Some  others  have  also  the  in-  no  presumption  in  disfavour  of  Uie 
itiaf  of  Rex  joined  with  the  terminal  East  Anglian  Ethelstan  can  be  drawn 
N  of  the  name,  which  very  frequently,  from  the  legend,  and  I  will  add  one 
indeed  almost  al%vays  occun  on  the  word  more  respecting  the  reverses. 
East  Anglian  Athelstan's,  a  coinci-  All  the  pennies  of  Atbektan,  the  sole 
dence  not  unworthy  of  notice.  The  monarch,  have  on  their  postic  some 
reverse  has  a  cross  croslet  extending  part  of  the  abbreviated  word  Moneta- 
to  the  inner  circle,  which  appears  for  rius,  except  in  cases  where  it  was 
the  first  time  (as  a  reverse)  on  the  coins  either  impracticable  or  inconvenient, 
of  Coenwulf  the  Mercian,  afterwards  as  in  those  pennies  with  the  Cathe- 
on  those  of  Beldred,  Beomwulf,  Berh-  dral,  &c.  Most,  if  not  all  of  these 
tulf»  and  Egbert  the  Great.  On  those  Athelstan  pennies  with  the  cross  cros- 
of  the  last-mentioned  prince  with  this  let,  have  no  part  of  this  word,  which 
device,  I  would  ask  whether  they,  as  is  asreeable  to  the  practice  of  the  Hep- 
well  as  all  the  rest  of  his  coins  with-  tarcnic  minters,  but  on  the  contrary 
out  the  style  Saxoniorum  and  the  mo-  was  so  rarelv  omitted  on  coins  poste- 
nogram  of  Canterbury,  may  not  have  rior  to  Egbert,  as  scarcely  to  form  an 
been  struck  whilst  be  was  simply  King  exception,  and  then  only  omitted  for 
of  the  West  Saxons,  and  before  he  was  the  reasons  above  given,  namely,  want 
sole  monarch  ?  If  this  is  answered  in  of  convenient  room  for  its  insertion, 
the  affirmative,  it  follows  that  the  pen-  With  this  monarch,  the  series  of 
nies  of  Egbert  with  the  cross  crosslets.  East  Anglian  coins  terminates, 
must  be  considered  as  Heptarchic,  and  ^ 
in  that  case  we  shall  have  no  less  than  Mr.  Urban,  Wesimintier,  March  6. 
five  different  Kings,  whose  coins  ex-  T  HAVE  great  pleasure  in  being 
hibit  it,  while  on  the  other  hand,  af-  J.  enabled  to  communicate  the  fol- 
ter  Egbert's  time,  it  is  not  seen  on  a  lowing  "Observations  on  the  Bell 
single  piece.  So  few  indeed  are  the  Tower  belonging  to  the  religious  in- 
coins  of  Egbert  which  present  us  with  stitution  of  St.  Stephen,  Westmin- 
it,  that  there  is  reason  to  suppose  a  ster,"  which  were  read  at  the  Society 
small  number  only  were  minted,  and  of  Antiquaries  on  the  ISth  of  January 
it  is  certain  that  after  his  time  the  de-  last.  (See  p.  l64.)  These  observationa 
vice  was  entirely  disused,  nor  was  it  were  accompanied  by  a  most  beauti- 
ever  afterwards  adopted  except  on  the  fully-coloured  large  perspective  draught 
coins  of  Athelstan,  if  they  do  really  showing  the  exact  state  of  the  whole, 
belong  to  him.  It  must  be  very  ap-  with  the  new  roof  as  in  September 
parent,  I  apprehend,  that  the  cross  1S02.  The  draught  and  ofa«ervations 
crosslet  was  taken  by  the  East  Anglian  were  made  by  W.  (3apon,CH].  the  bare 
Athelstan  from  the  coins  of  the  other  mention  of  whose  name  is  sufficient  to 
Hepurchic  sovereigns,  who  so  fre-  testify  to  their  scrupulous  fidelity  and 
qucntly  made  use  of  it,  for  although  exactness.    Indeed^  no  gentleman  can 


tii 


Ote  ike  Bdi.  Tkfwtr  ftf  ^i  Stq>k€H\  n^HtikiM^k        [lfoMf» 

of  Motie>  apjgpeared  falling  bp  ihe  nfiAce 
of  this  ongmal  window,  which  wai 
vaulted  over  with  a  semicircular  arch^ 
Ikgreeable  to  the  architecture  of  the 
1 1th  century.     Within  it  was  insertiKl 
a  much  smaller  window  with  a  square 
mulUon,  and  two  straight  pieces  laid 
sloping  and  meeting  at  an  obtuse  angle 
at  the  apex,  instead  of  beine  arched  ot 
in  any  degree  curved.    This  smaller 
window  Was  of  very  coarse  masonry^ 
and  built  at  an  intervening  period  bc^ 
tween  William  Rufus  and  Edward  III. 
in  whose  reign  this  Bell  Tower  \¥a^ 
erectedi  at  the  time  the  beautiful  cha<^ 
pel  of  St.  Stephen  and  other  works  of 
the  palace  were  re-edified  J.    Part  of 
thi  string-course  of  the  original  work 
of  William  Rufus  was  cut  away  to  re- 
ceive the  sill  of  this  small   window. 
By  the  fragments  found,  I  judge  the 
original  window  to  have  consisted  of 
a   larger    semicircolar   arch,    withiti 
which  were  two  smaller  ones  spring* 
ing  from  the  imposu  of  the  larger, 
and  resting  on  the  capital  of  the  cen^ 
tral  muUion.    Some  ot  these  iragments 
ate  In  my  possession,  as  curious  docu- 
ments of  the  state  ofarchitectnral  work- 
manship at  that  period.    The  indents 
of  the  string-course,  made  ornamental, 
seem  to  have  originated  from  the  im^ 
pressions  niacje  in  the  mortar  or  cement 
by  the  pointed  trowel  of  the  mason 
immediately  while  using  the  mortar, 
and  here  put  in  regular  rows  as  an  or- 
nament.    This    ornament    has   been 
termed  a  dog-tooth  ornament:  I  ven^ 
ture  to  give  it  another  name,  that  of 
the  trowel-point  ornament,  believing 
it  to  have  originated  from  the  cause  , 
just  mentioned,  as  may  be  seen  by  ob- 
serving working  stone  and  brick  ma- 
sons.     One  original  wall-buttress  of 
William  Rufus  appeared  in  this  tower, 
and  part  of  two  more  are  remaining  on 
the  outside  of  the  Hall.    They  are  all 
shown  in  the  draught  exactly  as  they 
appeared,  with  the  courses  of  the  stone^ 
work;   and   each  individual  stone  is 


be  better  acquainted  with  the  tartouA 
nkieties  and  peculiarities  of  onr  an'- 
eicat  architecture  than  Mr*  Capon  | 
and  few  artists  pay  that  strict  regard  to 
truth,  or  are  so  accurate  in  their  ad-^ 
miaasurements,  and  so  faithful  in  exe- 
cution as  this  eminent  artist.  (C* 

**  This  tower  is  adjoining  the  East 
aide  of  Westminster  Hall,  but  is  not 
qaiie  parallel  thereto )  and  a  space  was 
left  rbut  for  what  purpose  it  is  difficult 
at  this  time  to  conjecture),  on  the 
building  of  this  tower  between  the 
wall  of  the  Hall  and  the  West  side  of 
the  TV>wer.  The  North  side  is  visible^ 
bvt  with  many  modem  alterations,  in 
St  Stephen's  Court,  and  covered  over 
with  stucco,  and  a  window  inserted 
with  a  transome  somewhat  in  imita<k 
tion  of  our  ancient  architecture^ 
Tfarodgh  the  opening,  shown  in  the 
penpective  view,  are  seen  some  of  the 
windows  of  the  Hall,  and  the  upper 
portef  one  of  the  arched  buttresses, 
iMiiit  by  Richard  the  Second  against 
the  East  wall  of  ^e  Hall  to  resist  the 
•verhanging  of  that  wall,  which  was 
tben  in  a  dangerous  state,  and  still  does 
overhang  about  a  foot  Or  more.  Some 
kit  thidEening  of  the  wall  from  the 
beltom  to  the  string  course  utider  the 
vfindowsi  may  seem  to  reduce  the  over-* 
heaging  of  tne  wall,  but  the  fact  is  as 
statM. 

**  Oa  taking  down  the  upper  part  of 
ihia  Bell  Tower  *  and  the  West  wall 
thereof,  was  discovered  one  of  the 
oriffiaal  windows  of  the  Hall,  built  by 
William  Rttfusf.  One  of  the  ancient 
capitals,  a  base,  and  part  of  an  impost 
of  Reigate  stone,  were  laying  on  the 
sett-offof  the  new  wall  then  erecting 
by  Mr,  James  ffiratti  This  West 
wall  of  the  Bell  Tower  was  taken 
down  in  order  to  obtain  more  room  to 
make  the  great  staircase  for  the  Speaker 
4f  the  House  of  Commons  whicn  now 
occupies  this  tower.  Several  parts  of 
the  snafu  of  columns,  with  othdr  pieces 


*  It  was  lowered  about  twenty  feet,  to  razi;;e  in  height  with  the  East  wall  of  the  Hall  3 
but  it  is  now,  however,  several  feet  higher.     (X* 

f  The  Hall  was  ordered  to  be  built  in  1097  (the  date  usually  assigned) ;  and  at  the 
f^ait  of  Pentecost  in  1099>  we  are  informed  by  the  Saxon  Chronicle,  Rufiis  held  "his 
court  the  first  time  in  his  new  building  at  Westminster."  He  kept  the  feast  of  Pentecost 
i^aio  here  in  the  following  year.     iX» 

X  The  rebuilding  of  the  chapel  of  St.  Stephen  commenced  in  the  year  13t9;  and  the 
B^ll  Tower  was  erected  between  the  years  1331  and  1334  ;  and  the  stone  walls,  four  feet 
thick,  were  carried  up  thirty  feet  higher  in  the  1 8th  year  of  Richard  the  Second.  Six  new 
sioae  windows  were  also  made  at  this  time,  and  another  in  the  place  of  a  former  one  made 
to  the  height  of  the  raised  wall  of  the  HalL    ^* 


lei^&J  Rtmarkt  on  Bp.  Luteovtlt't  4ppomttiunl.  815 

dnwn,  with  iho  marks  or  ihc  tcoiiog,  lupimr  madtt  iff  art,  b  the  hortiblo 
Bi  ii  usual  :u  nil  ili«  wotL*  of  nut-  chooi  wiih  winch  itiia  counli^  wu 
(onry  uf  ihe  Nornians  aa<l  Aiij;ki'  ovcrwUelmcd  during  ilie  ittuptiont  of 
Norman*-  Tbt  misunry  woa,  as  wuol  the  lurUtroM)  iiMioiu  from  die  Notdt," 
In  thoM  period*,  but  a  cawng  or  athUi-  # 

work,  and  the  inleciot  or  the   wall  ii         Mr.  Urban,  March  fi. 

of  gn)ut-wo[k  aoti  rubble  of  latloua     XT'OUR  readers  arc  moil  of  iham 
mateciaU.  at   pieces  of  Keolish   riig- 
ttoiic.  black  Riot,  rock  chalk,  &c,  Sec. 
la  fuunil  likewise  in  the  varioui  \/er(o- 


X  doubtless  aware  of  the  nCteiilion 
that  has  been  of  late  excited  in  Franca^, 
conieijuencc  ol  the  sppoinlmem  hy 


._    _      lalclyniadeon  the  Weil  side  of     the  Scots  Episcopal  Church  of  a 

the  Ilnll,  and  all  or  most  other  works  sionaiy  Prelate,  as  ita  representative  oa 
of  architecture  down  to  ibe  time  of  the  Contineiii.  The  ncorsiity  for  such 
Henry  III.  and  cveu  lower  down,  an  appointmenl  having  been  argued  in 
The  new  work  of  the  time  of  King         -  -  "-    '  '      *'      " 

Richard  itie  Second  •  is  di»cctnihlo 
on  the  outside  U]  the  diflcrcm  mode 
OT  th<  nutoDry,  as  well  a*  b;  the 
wiadowi  with  DointctI  aiehe* )  but  all 
ihe  KFOtk  of  Richard  the  Second  i 
Riuch  ii^urcd,  from  having  been  done 
with  aluiie  so  soft,  as  to  be  incapable 
of  resistiltg  the  Hfecti  oT  the  wea< 
ther.  The  works  of  masonry  dur- 
'  '  loa^  Teigp  of  Edward  the 
tnd   succeeding  j  . 

the  course*  of  the  sToiie-woiic  of  a  ed  lor  by  tlie  present  unaccreditttl  cl 
much  larnr  scaiitliixg  thaii  bud  been  lariei  of  the  Hiiiish  Clergy  now  offi- 
UH-d  by  tlio  earlier  workmeiv,  and  in  cialiug  abroad.  Speaking  of  these,  b* 
tliil  <(ieeiinen  of  the  time  of  William  asaeris  (in  entire  ignuroncc  c^  the  CkU 
Rufua  all  the  oshlariiij;  as  an  cftlcrnal  of  the  cote  he  is  reprcseatiog)  thai,  m 
wall  was  as  usual  at  lllat  period  wholly  tiow  ciieuiKsiuiccd,  these  indivitbtal* 
of  iwiall  tlonet,  no  oite  hclna  \>i$^a  arc  "acliug  under  or  rather  Jiii;rngiipM 
'  I  Vitl  wiilt     ikcmitivei  an  unauUioiized  cuaiau»- 


r.  Luscom 
n  for  the  purpose,  on  one  or  two  as> 
■umptioiu  most  fatlacioutly  groueikd, 
'  --  -  o  your  known  candour,  and  in 
justice  10  many  most  bij^hly  lesjiccu. 
'  'ic  niembi'r*  of  our  Church  to  whom 
is  rellcclionj  apply,  for  youi  insf  rtiou 


)j  apply,  for  voui  insert 
narks  la  lejily  to  the  n 


ihan  wh»i  one  tnan  could 
huh  his  hands,  and  needed  sol  the 
application  of  the  admirable  contriv- 
ance of  the  LiuTM,  which  most  inge- 
uiiius  intihod  tccau  lu  bare  been  un- 
known to  onr  earlier  masons ;  and  al- 
llictUBh  that  happy  means  of  raising  np 
large  blocksof  stone  had  been  used  by 
the  Ror^an  archltecist.  and  might 
have  been  continued  by  them  for  soiuq 
ti  lost,  with  oilier  rjfiAc 


■^  and  thetelbre  icquirc  a 
to  gift  validity  to  their  miniit 
It  is  evident  from  this  and  ■c^•ecal  si. 
milat  oiseriioas,  thai  the  author  ha* 
been  unaware  of  the  fact  that  the  indl< 
viduals  to  whom  bi>  rcB«ctionB  apply 
absoluirly  arc  ml  in  the  positioa  that 
b(.-  tcprcMnls.  at  iticy  have  been  uni> 
vcrs^Ilv  ticeiued  by,  and  inosl  if  not 
all  of  iheni  continue  to  bold  liceoocs 


•  Tba  CBDtnct  for  pais  of  this  (cput,  publisbad  u 

of  Much.  1395.     Atthi-  ■■-—  ■*■ "  — 

HsU  liwd  w'ltb  Relnte  j 

t  ThM  the  Lewi!  ITS 


yiBst's  Foedin.  Iwwa  At*  iha  IMk 
istuuu  wall  «a*  taa«t  Skd  ImS,  ud  the  luMt  «ttlM 

ill  tichitcctiuil  worki  of  the  I 


aH  or  Doat  of  tha  buildinn  conitnicted  bj  thst  eirtt  peoiJa  in  the  countcin  nmquand  by 
them,  sod  it  thnwn  in  Uia  rrpmaatuioui  la  picture  bjr  P.  Brill,  Niewhndt,  N.  Foniain, 
Puiai,  ClerluHu,  Mvco  Ricci,  Vmvxk,  &c.  Ac.  jat  the  u«  of  iha  l^aii  u*dm  net  to 
hua  bom  knovo  to  tha  Gnaki,  u  ■  vary  rliffsrent  taoit  of  rsitine  up  bugs  Uoeki  of 

stun*  ippaus  to  b***  beaa  uaad  in  buililingi  at  Athani.  CirOH. Tha  iBvaniioo  of  thia 

MMtbiaa  has  biWD  aStiilHited  to  u  ia^owua  Fre Bch  iDScbuuc,  sndfint  employed  iDthapn^ 
1)0  »Hk>  of  LouU  XIV.  wbcDc*  its  nsme.  Mr.  Giibarne,  in  Arehmtlpgia,  (X.  Its.) 
»yi,  ibu  Da  asusiiuDg  lb*  kaj-atOHa  of  Whitbv  Abbey,  weighing  ssu  ■  tog  sad  a  UK 
«cb,  k*  fcuDil  IB  lbs  crowB  of  tub  *  tM'trj  limibu  In  muj  ropccu  to  those  cut  Id  sUoa, 
IcT  tba  uie  of  tha  Lairi*.  Ha  bu  sUo  giten  •  coojectunl  fonn  of  the  I^wia  luimaMd 
to  ban  bru  ihoI  U  Wtiiibj.     ~ 

:  Puticmkriy  in  tha  iinwi  ^ 
hds)  wdei  lbs  cowlucS  of  Conssm  » 


21<         Continental  ProiukuU  Bi$hops.^^CromwelC$  Mtmeg,        [Marcb; 


from  their  respective  diocesans  at 
home ;  and  that  consequently  any  fur- 
ther authorization,  so  far  from  Deing 
called  for  at  all,  would  not  even  add  a 
validity  to  their  ministry,  with  which 
iheir  existing  commission  has  not  al- 
ready invested  them. 
With  respect  to  the  need  of  such  a 


Mr.  Urban,  FeK  13. 

THE  Rev.  Mr.  Ruding,  in  the  se- 
cond volume  of  his  Annals  of 
the  Coinage  of  Britain,  p.  312,  gives 
the  following  anecdote,  related  by  Mr. 
Noble,  which  he  received  from  the 
late  Earl  of  Liverpool,  to  account  for 
the  scarcity  of  Oliver's  money,  with 


superintendance    for  the   purpose    of    the  date  l656;  Mr.  R.  leaving  it  to 
**  setting  in  order  the  things  that  are     his  readers  to  form  the  best  iudgment 
wanting"   as  another  of  the  arsued     theymay  be  able  upon  its  authenticity: 
grounds   for  the  appointment  of  an 
ecclesiastical  head  of  these    English 
Churches  abroad,  a  more  decisive  dis- 
proof of  the  existence  of  the  necessity 
on  such  a  ground  cannot  well  be  ad- 
duced, than  the  Bishop's  own  unquali- 
fied representation,  after  his  visitation 
of  them,  of  his  having  every  where 
found  them  conducted  i"  the  most  re-     ^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^,^^  ^^^  ^^^  ,^ 

gular  conformity  with  the  practice  of  ^.^  between  the  letters,'8o  that  it 
our  Established  Church,  and  m  the 
public  avowal  he  has  made  *  in  a  cir- 
cular, of  **  his  high  opinion  of  the 
soundness  of  their  doctrine,  and  of 
their  very  exemplary  attention  to  their 
duties.'* 

It  is  not  the  object  of  this  Letter  to 
d'lspute  the  expediency  itself  of  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  Continental  Bishop,  as 
no  question  could  be  made  that  it  would 
be* more  conformable  with  the  disci- 
pline of  our  Church  to  have  its  congre- 
fitions  abroad  united  under  a  pastoral 
ead,  deriving  his  powers  from  an  au- 
thority to  which  they  owe  submis- 
sion t.  But  it  must  not  be  forgotten 
what  difficulties  there  are  to  be  over- 
come attending  its  execution,  arising  scrFbed  hib. 
in  the  first  place  from  so  wide  a  dis-  Mr.  R.  in  a  note  says,  "there  is  a 
persion  of  the  Clergy  over  the  various  half-crown  dated  1666;  all  the  rest  of 
parts  of  the  Continent,  resorted  to  by  Cromwell's  silver  coins  bear  the  date 
British  visitors  ;•  and  from  the  extreme     of  16S8  :"  and  Snelling,  that  "  there 


'<  In  that  year  Oliver  coined  some  silver 
money  for  circulation,  but  finding  that  the 
people  preferred  that  with  the  Common- 
wealth type,  he  coined  very  little  of  the  lat- 
ter sort  in  the  years  1657  and  J 658,  endea- 
vouring by  this  means  to  bring  the  money 
with  ms  effigies  into  circuTation ;  and  to 
save  a  new  die,  that  of  1656  was  altered  to 
serve  for  1658,  by  cutting  deeper  the  space 

ion,  and 
raised 

the  letters  and  figures  so  much,  (hat  the 
figure  6  might  easily  be  altered  to  8,  and 
the  whole  legend  appear  still  more  bold  and 
conspicuous.  This  scheme  answered  in  part 
the  end  he  intended;  his  coins  of  1656  are 
far  the  most  scarce,  and  much  better  pre- 
served :  though  the  latter  could  not  be  ex- 
pected to  be  current  after  the  Restoration." 

This  ''curious  information*  %vould 
have  been  lost  to  us,  had  a  careful 
comparison  been  made  of  the  obverse 
legends  of  the  half-crowns  dated  l656 
and  l658  ;  the  very  scarce  one  of  the 
former  having  the  contraction  for  Hi- 
berniae,  hi.  only ;  whereas  that  of  the 
latter,  as  well  as  the  crown  and  shil- 
ling (and  I  may  add  the  gold),  is  in- 


improbability  in  the  next  of  the  local 
Governments  allowing  the  introduc- 
tion of  a  foreign  and  independent  ju- 
risdiction. Vigil. 


*  Minute  of  the  Confirmation  at  St.  Ser^ 
ven  (Sti  Maloes). 

•f"  This  allegiance  the  Clergy  of  our 
Church  would  not  be  justified  in  rendering 
t*  the  representative  of  a  communion,  how- 
ever individually  respectable,  while  bearing 
no  'other  authorization;  <<the  Pastors  or 
Ministers  of  any  order,"  which  are  by  law 
(Act^eo.  m.  June  15,  1792))  prohibited 
from  exercismg  their  functions,  or  fi-om 
*'  officiating  in  any  Church  or  Chapel  where 
the  Liturgy  of  the  Church  as  by  law  esta« 
blished  is  used>  unless  they  shall  have  been 
lawfully  ordiuned  by  some  Bishop  of  the 
Church  of  Eogland  or  of  Ireland." 


are  a  few  half-crowns  and  shillings 
with  1636."  This  discordance  in  the 
description  of  the  Protector's  money 
makes  it  desirable  to  obtain  some  fur- 
ther information  on  this  subject,  which 
probably  some  among  your  numisma- 
tic Correspondents  may  obligingly  im- 

f.  W  •  xut 


part. 


G. 


»f 


Brownlow  and  Brydges  pedigree,  F.  E, 
observes,  in  reference  to  the  Brownlow  de- 
scent, stated  in  p.  26,  that  William  Brown- 
low married  Margaret,  daughter  of  George 
Lord  C^handos,  in  1668,  as  appears  by  the 
Marriage  Licence  issued  by  the  Vicar  Ge- 
neral, of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
dated  7  July  that  year,  when  he  was  a  wi- 
dower, and  aged  30.  The  lady  was  then 
aged  17,  and  living  upder  the  guardian- 
ship of  the  Right  Hon.  George  Montagu. 


mW 


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ON  OAUUSU  AND  BRITISH  VASES. 
Fmm  Mr.  Foniunc' 


THE  manuractorir*  in  Gaul  wen 
namrroui.'?  Some  ipeciinent  of 
ibe  Vuct  ire  bUck,  Mtien  iniK«d  with 
niMXWiitc^  acconJing  to  the  toil ;  oi 
while  ind  very  lillle  baked  )  but  the 
greaiat  nunber  were  well  burnt,  and 
wroiuht  with  all  poaiiblc  prcciiion 
and  delicacy.  The  toilalof  thia  latt 
kind  are  tinned  with  a)  red  colour,  bm 
clear,  atui  mmilar  lo  ihat  auplied  by 
■he  Etrutcaiii  to  iheir  work,  before 
layiiifc  on  the  black  colour.  The_eqiia- 
liiy  of  lint  i>  not,  however,  so  inlid  aa 
the  Etruscan,  acid  will  nol  bear  the 
lanie  Ints.  The  Hriliih  r3rthenware 
had  (mall  ov>ui[liii^  and  clicolsr  ehan- 
iteli  about  the  hnm,  and  inoii  lueci- 
mtna  have  been  burued  ;  but  with  re- 
prd  to  tluxe  found  in  barrows,  tery 
imncTreclly,  and  the  ornauienia  done 
by  tite  hand  without  a  laihe.  They 
have  very  often  horizontal  circular 
nmoldings,  nilomcd  with  aaltirei  and 
zis-'agii,of  beadinfts  of  only  four  line*. 
Sit  K.  C.  Hoare  divides  thcM  Vaset 
into  three  kinds  I 

I.  TU«  larirc  urn  cnnlaining  the 
burnt  bonei  of  ihe  deceaaul,  some* 
I  upright,  bill  more  fte- 
t  rererseil  posiiion,  which 
the  Srpulehral  or  t'unrrral 
Un.  The  sepulchral  urn  is  a  iruu- 
(attd  cane,  (ilaiii,  stand itii;  mouth 
downwards,  iii  a  dish  10  fit,  like  a 
pie-diah,  worked  with  ligiags,  as  in 
Otwr.  Mid.  Vin-ct,  isas. 


ra." 


2.  TIic  Drinking  Cup,  ,„™i  „c- 
(jnintly  found  wiih  skeletons,  and 
[ilaced  al  the  head  and  feeL  I'hey  ar« 
always  neally  ornamented  with  va- 
ried palterua,  and  hold  about  a  <(aart 
in  measure.  They  are  toppoved  to 
have  conuined  articln  of  food  for  the 
dead.  [The  Driving  C«  of  the  Bri- 
tons will  remind  ibe  daaiical  reader  of 
(ttc  article*  fouad  to  Einncao  lomba 


918 


Mr.  Foihroke  on  British  Vases. 


{March, 


(grottos  or  chambers,  under  a  small 
hill,  perforated  below  for  a  door,  and 
at  top  for  light).  The  bowl,  grater, 
and  eggs,  found  therein  may  be  deem- 
ed emblems  of  the  provisions  left  with 
the  soul  of  the  detunct,  to  drink  the 
health  of  the  friends  and  relatives 
whom  they  lej\  upon  earth.  The 
Etruscan  vases  are  not  cinerary,  and 
Winckleman  (and  after  him  DrXlarke, 
to  whom  it  has  cost  &  useless  disquisi- 
tion), expresses  his  Surprise  at  the  si- 
lence of  antient  authors  concerning 
the  use  of  these  vases.  This  is  very 
extraordinary,  since  the  supposed  thirst 
of  the  dead,  and  the  supply  of  them 
with  cold  water  in  particular  (whence 
the  drinking  vessels  found  in  tombs 
and  barrows),  are  conspicuously  ex- 
hibited, on  well-supported  grounds, 
by  Montfaucon.  The  superstition 
was  indeed  derived  from  the  Egyp- 
tians, as  appears  by  invocations  to 
Osiris  for  cold  water,  published  by 
Fabritti.]  The  British  Drinking  Cup 
has  the  barrel  form,  only  widening 
at  the  mouth,  and  is  hooped  with 
fascix,  and  zigzags  between.  The 
Incense  Cup  was  about  the  size  of 
a  tea-cup,  nat,  broad,  of  the  form 
Ithich  a  double  cone  would  assume 
when  its  top  and  bottom  were  cut  off, 
i.e.  like  the  seed-vessel  of  a  popp^. 
Sometimes  one  urn  is  found  witmn 
another,  the  small  one  having  a  per- 
forated and  projecting  handle.  The 
most  singular  is  the  Grape  Cup,  full 
of  protuberances  (engraven  at  the  head 
of  this  article,  from  a  fine  specimen 
in  Sir  R.  C.  Hoare's  *' Antient  Wilt- 
shire).** These  knobs,  Mr.  Fosbroke 
supposes  to  be  of  mystical  meaning, 
and  to  owe  their  origin  to  some  such 
superstition  as  that  described  by  Mr. 
Pennant  ♦  in  the  following  extract : 

•<Oathe  iKtof  Maj,  in  the  Highlands 
of  Scotland,  the  herdsmen  held  their  Bel- 
tetn.  They  cnt  a  square  trench  in  the 
ground,  leaving  the  turf  in  the  middle ;  or 
that  they  make  a  fire  of  wood,  on  which 
they  dress  a  larce  caudle  of  eggs,  butter, 
oatmeal,  and  milk,  and  bring,  besides  the 
ingredients  of  tlie  caudle,  plenty  of  beer 
and  whisky,  for  each  of  the  company  must 
contribute  something.  The  rites  begin  with 
spilling  some  of  the  caudle  on  the  ground, 
by  way  of  libation  ;  on  that  every  one  takes 
a  cake  of  oatmeal,  upon  which  are  raised 
nine  square  knobs,  each  dedicated  lo  some 
particular  leing,  the  supposed  preserver  of 
their  Jhcks  and  herds,  or  So  some  particu- 

*  Scotland,  p.  90. 


lar  animal,  the  real  destroyer  of  them.  £ach 
person  then  turns  his  face  to  the  fire,  rubs 
off  a  knob,  and  flinging  it  over  his  shoulders 
says,  <  This  1  give  to  thee,  preserve  thou  my 
horses,'  *  This  to  thee,  preserve  thou  my 
sheep,*  and  so  on.  After  that,  they  use  the 
same  ceremony  to  the  noxious  animals, — 

<  This  to  thee,  O  Fox,  spare  thou  my  lambs ;' 

<  this  to  thee,  O  hooded  Crow ;'  <  this  to 
thee.  Eagle."  When  the  ceremony  is  over, 
they  dine  on  the  caudle ;  and  after  the  feast 
is  finished,  what  is  left  is  hid  by  two  persons 
deputed  for  that  purpose ;  but  ou  the  next 
Sunday  they  re-assemble,  and  finish  the  re- 
liques  of  the  first  entertainment.*' 

3.  Interne  Cups,  or  Thuribula, 
diminutive,  more  fantastic  in  shape 
and  ornaments  than  the  former,  fre- 
quently perforated  on  the  sides,  and 
sometimes  in  the  bottom  like  a  cul- 
lender. These  are  supposed  to  have 
been  filled  with  balsams  and  precious 
ointments,  or  frankincense,  and  to  have 
been  suspended  over  the  funeral  pile. 

At  the  bottom  of  a  sepulchral  urn, 
found  in  Wiltshire  by  Sir  R.  C.Uoare, 
was  some  ornamental  work  resembling 
a  wheel,  or  star,  with  six  rays.  The 
most  usual  form  is  that  of  a  pitcher, 
without  the  mouth  and  handle.  The 
variations  are  mostly  of  the  barrel 
form,  sometimes  of  the  earden  pot, 
without  the  rim.  Some  of  the  speci- 
mens are  exceedingly  rich  in  orna- 
ment, though  there  js  little  variety  in 
pattern  or  form,  being  chiefly  zigzags 
and  lines,  never  (in  pottery)  like  the 
Roman,  which  are  figures  of  animals, 
or  parts  of  animals.  The  latter  style 
does  appear'  in  a  sepulchral  vessel, 
exactly  of  the  cylindrical  form  of  a 
milking-pail  or  bushel,  but  made  of 
oak  wood.  This  had  embossed  and 
barbarous  figures  of  human  faces  and 
animals.  Strabo  says,  that  the  Britons 
of  the  Scilly  Isles  imported  their  pot- 
tery by  barter  for  lead,  tin,  and  skins ; 
but  there  scarcely  seems  a  doubt  that 
the  Britons,  like  the  Gauls,  had  a  pot- 
tery of  their  own  besides,  previous  to 
that  which  was  introduced  by  the  Ro- 
mans. These  British  vases  were  com- 
posed of  very  coarse  materials,  rudely 
formed  before  the  use  of  the  lathe  was 
known,  and  so  imperfectly  baked  either 
in  the  Son  or  fire  of  the  funeral  pile, 
that  they  would  shiver  to  pieces  by 
mere  exposure  to  the  atmosphere.  The 
ornamental  patterns  are  evidently  work- 
ed with  the  hand,  seemingly  bya  point- 
ed instrument,  not  a  mould.  The  Ro- 
mstn  British  kind  is,  on  the  contrary, 
beautifully  moulded,  finely  ghized,  and 


1888.3         Lvo'tHit  belvtn  Sir  T.  Oruham  and  Sir  T.  Ranaey. 

riclily  otnfKUFntnl.  Sir  Riclinrd  Colt 
Ho«ra  vrry  judicinuily  ihioki,  thut 
what  ii  cillcaKoman  |KitKry  tvu  ma- 
nuriclurnl  bjr  tllu  Briluai  fturn  Ru- 
man  models.  In  the  Rumnn-Urilialt 
vri  elegant  gloii  veueli  occar*. 


L.DV. 


Mr.  Uri 


"The  Life  of  AI*Kan3cr  Nowcll, 
Desn  of  St.  Paul't,"  by  Mr.  Arrhdc*- 
con  Churion,  1  wu  reminded  of  a 
icene  in  b  drama  by  one  of  NowcH'a 
conietnpurariei,  in  which  ih«  fact  al- 
luded lu  ii  rery  fully  explained : 

"  Nowfll  iHodi  Da  roconi  u  '  id  eip*- 
clil  leciiociler  of  cooiealiaDi  hdiI  liw-tuiu. 
WiCDua  fi>r  ever  tq  hit  priiw,'  ujrt  hii  bio- 
gnphet,  *  ihit  igtHidCDt  ud  unit;  "hich 
ha  aloM  ptocund  hetoMo  Sii  Thanu 
OmliBni  anil  Sir  Joha  Kiidicj,  Iniog  iallto 
uut,  aod  fullf  IntEadins  to  pTMcculg  iheir 

pennuion  ud  mcdwtiaa  win  made  tntait, 
and  >o  eoDtiDucd  to  theif  djriog  d*y.'  Ttura 
MD  Im  do  naioa  to  quiitioo  tha  ItuiIi  uf 
llii*  raci  *a  circumiuutiillf  nittcd,  llii.ugh 
'it  Fuspwl  th*  rCKircliu  u(  iba  ImudciI  ibiI 
«uct  hiicniihii  of  Gmlian  i  Iml  u  1  find 
bit  Sir  Jubn  Kamtry  about  ihia  tiine*  I  aun' 
IHKit  thns  it  a  miicaka  la  iha  natna,  aad 
that  tli«  jHrim  inundrd  <nt  Sir  'fhnniM 
lUnH;r>  "^^  *a>  1'°'d  Mavor  uf  London 

The  qu*rr«i,  the  mediatioD  of 
No  well,  and  the  reconciliatian  of 
Greaham  and  ijir  Thomai  ftamaey, 
(fur  Mr.  ChiirloD  ii  liorne  out  in  hit 
conjecture  that  the  iwiioii  intended 
wua  not  Sir  Jokn  hut  Sir  Tkomat 
Kamiey,)  are  repreiented  in  "  If  you 
know-  not  me  you  know  no  bodie,  or 
The  Trouble,  of  Queene  Eliubelh ; 
1."    Th 


OooA  Maitar  Dortor  Nowall,  Itt  your  lofs 
Nu.  .tu:.  iMif  uDto  ina ;  tucU  u  tbcy, 
Maa  of  ilia  eliitfutl  nule  siihin  tbit  eilis. 
Ti.  ba  at  auch  a  jar»,  doth  mako  nu  bliuh. 
Balk,  Feb.  17.  Whoin  it  dntli  icaiM  canccrae:  jou  are  a 
good  mao ;  [friaada ; 

Taka  j^ou  (he  couna  ia  hand  and  make  thsm 
'Talil  be  a  good  daj'i  work  if  lo  it  ud. 
Dr.  Nowbll. 
>,  1  biia  heard  em  tliia 


Mil^diaKam 

Of  tbeir  coDtan  .  „  , 

Hiiia  bj  good  fraindi  tlicy  bale  ba?ne  pel- 

avadrd  bolb, 
Vet  both  but  deafe  to  ttfn  wnwuiun  j 
Wliat  goiid  will  my  word  doe  with   head- 

avri">s  man  ?  [againa. 

Breath  bloiniD  agsiuit  the  Kiode  tetunn 

Allbougb  to  gcnllimen  and  citiiena 

Thaj  liava  bceno  an  raih,  jci  to  >o  graia  a 


n  haae  beaoa  10  Img  at  oda. 


To  tw  than  < 

And  bj  my  UMauet  11a  do*  tba  beet' 

Bat  Ood  muit  bleau  my  a«ida,  for 


utleaa. 


Part  the  Second. 


the 


play  II  < 
ill  quarloa,  printed  for  Nalha- 


niel  Butter,  l6og.  The  name  of  the 
author  ia  not  given,  but  it  it  well 
known  to  be  one  of  Hcywood'a.  Ai 
it  appeared  wiihin  leten  yean  nf 
Nnwell'i  death,  it  ia  probable  that  the 
circumjtancei  ate  correctly  enhibited. 

The  whole  tcene  might  be  thought 
too  long  for  your  page*;  but  a  few  ex- 
tract* from  io  rare  a  play  will  probably 
be  airceplabic  to  the  readeta  of  the 
Genilcman  ■  Magazine,  and  especially 
to  the  »dniiren  of  the  venerable  man 
who  ia  here  reprciented  iu  ■  very  ad- 
▼antageoDs  light. 

"  FaaUoka'*  Eikcyclupiadia,  pp. ««,  908, 


Da.  Nowatt. 
Ho*  itandi  the  diffaiaDO*  'twiit  yon,  My 
goodfrianda? 

LlDV. 

The  impatiaDcaboth  of  tba  ma  and  other 
Will  not  penait  to  liaar  aaeh  otbai  apa^  : 
He  tall  the  cauie  for  both,  and  thua  it  u : 
Tbara  ia  a  lordahip  called  Oatariey, 
That  M.  Qieibaia  bongbt  and  built  opon. 

GauHay. 
And  'tia  a  goodlia  maBour,  M.  Daaoa. 

Which  Oalarlie  before  ha  dealt  thenin. 
Sir  Thomaa  my  huibaod  bera  did  thinka  lo 

buy, 
Aad  had  giaen  Mmaat  for  it. 

Ran  a  IT. 
Then  Greahaai  bera  daalea  trith  the  la^- 

aetlar. 
And  buyM  my  baigaina  n 


m 


An€edoi9$  of  Dtan  NowtlL 


[H^roh, 


Dr.  Nowsfcfc. 
Hopon  beinff  made  map's  guide^  why  ia't 

that  these 
Are  violent  passions  to  sweepe  the  soule 
|i)tjO  such  h^ad-long  ipischiefes  ;  'iiaoneiy 

this, 
RlMson  should  rule ;  Nature  a  rebell  is. 
You  know  the  fire  of  your  contention 
Hath  one|y  cherbhing,  and  is  maintain'd 
From  wild  aiSections,  whose  strength's  hut 

thus. 
At  souUry  h^ft  doth  make  us  shuone  the 

fire, 
And  extreame  Cold  doth  alter  that  desire ; 
All  things  that  have  beginnings  have  their 

ends,  '  [friend^ 

Your  hate  must  have  condusioo,  then  be 
*  •  •  •  • 

Dr.  Nowell. 
If  I  must  then  decide  the  difference, 
•Thus  it  shall  bee;  because  that  Sir  Thomas 

Ramsie  [land, 

Had  earnest  given  before  you  bought  the 
Though  you  were  not  acquaiuted  with  so 

much, 
I  do  award  he  have  a  hundred  pound 
Toward  his  charges,  and  for  that  you 
Hftve  both  paid  for  the  land  and  built  upon  it, 
It  shall  continue  yours :  the  money  you  have 

spent 
l^jfth^f  accouut  it  lost  or  badly  lent. 

6rpsha|m. 
God's  precious  !   I  have  spen|  fiye  hundred 

pound. 

Ramsdy. 
And  so  have  I. 

'  HOBSpN. 

No  matter. 

The  judgement  stands,  onely  this  verdite  too^ 
Had  you  before  the  law  foreseene  the  losse, 
You  had  not  now  come  liome  by  -Weeping 

Crosse :  • 
Strifes  may  as  well  have  end  'twixt  honest 

men,  [theni. 

Lawyers  get  fooAes  to  law,  then  laugh  fit 

Gresham. 
Fore  God  'tis  true;  and  now  I  thinke  upon 

it. 
We  might  at  first  have  ended  it  by  friends. 
And  made  our  selves  merry  with  the  money; 
But  being  done,  'tu  done,  then  Sir  Tho- 
mas Ramsie,  [pounds 
Let's  leave  both  losers,  'tis  but  a  thousand 
And  if  you  be  as  well  content  as  I, 
Heere  weele  shake,  hands,  and  let  <mt  anger 
dye. 

HOBSON. 

Shake  hands.  *  *  -  * 

Ramsey. 

You  show  yourselves  our  friends,  to  make 

us  friendes ; 
Then  in  good  sooth  I'le  not  be  obstinate. 

Lady. 
Nay  M.  Doctor  Nowell  joyue  their  hands, 
I  know  the  reverent  regard  of  you 
Hath  t«B|)pered  both  their  hearts. 


.     6h«ltHAM. 

Ma^m,  'tif  true ;  1  thinkv  to  tny  t»al  so 

-  good  a  man,  '    [ebme. 

Weshovdd  have  bodii  beenehead-ttfong ;  but 

Dr.  Nowsll, 
With  all  my  heart,  long  may  yoa  liris  togcr 
ther,  [bcothier. 

Aa  friend  should  be  to  fiiendy  brother  ta 

This  reconciliation  was  the  moi« 
memorable^  a»  haying  (on  Heywood's 
authority  at  least)  le3  to  the  erection 
of  the  Hoyal  Excharige.  The  scepe 
was  laid  in  Lombard-sueet  A  9t6rni 
comes  on,  which  occasions  Greshao^ 
to  say, 

'*  Now  passion  of  me,  Sir  Thomas,  a  pruell 
storme,  [skinne ; 

And  w^  stay  long  we  shall  be  wet  to  th^ 
I  doe  not  like  it,  nay,  and  it  angers  me^i 
That  such  a  fiunous  cittie  as  this  is. 
Wherein  so  many  gallant  marchants  ar^, 
Have  zM>t  aplace  to  meete  in,  but  ii^  this. 
Where  every  shoure  of'ralne  must  troul>l^ 
them ;  [the  Pope's  head; 

I  cannot  tell  but  if  I  live  ;-^let's  step  into 
Or  shall  be  dropping  dry  if  we  stay  hete ; 
He  have  a  roof  built,  and  such  a  roofe. 
That  marchants  and  their  wives^  friend  iind 

their  friends. 
Shall  walke  underneath  it,  as  n0!W  ip  f  owles." 

.  The  parties  afterwards  dine  together 
at  the  house  of  Dr.  Nowell ;  and  after 
dinner  are  conducted  by  him  into  a 
gallery  where  he  keeps 

*^  the  pictures 
Of  mapy  charitable  citizens," 

whose    names  and  worthy  deeds  be 
expounds  to  his  guests. 

This  I  rnake  no  doubt  is  founded  on 
a  real  fact  in  the  life  of  Nowell ;  it  ac- 
cords so  well  with  his  known  charac- 
ter.' There  are  Sir  John  Philpot,  Sir 
Richard  Whittington,  Sir  John  Allen, 
and  manyothers  not  particularly  named; 
also  Agnes  Foster,  who  bujlt  tne  South 
side  of  Lodgate,  and  Ave  Gibson,  who 
founded,  a  school  at  HatclifFe. 

Nowell  is  made  to  record  the  in- 
fluence of  this  night  upon  his  wealthy 
guests  in  the  following  lines : 

**  If  you  will  follow  the  religious  path 
That  these  have  beat  before  you,  you  shall 

win  heaven. 
JEven  in  the  mid-day  walks  you  shall  not 

walke  the  street,  [phaus*  thankes 
But  widows'  orisons,  laysars'  praiers,  or- 
Will  flie  into  your  earea,  and  with  a  joifuU 

blush  [them, 

Make  you  thanke  God  that  you  have  done  for 
When  otherwise  the'il  fill  your  eares  with 

curses, 
^^yiogy  we  feed  on  woe^  you  are  our  nursea. 


O  fa't  wK  Utter  ibM  yoag  oooj^  Mj,  .        Tiiiuh  intiniately  conneclcd  with  ihc 
yaunlHdai«p|tlwBjmiMnDyrdM)i;i       buMj  uf  ihe  Ucrormatiun orltcliKiou 
A«lnwllim'toi«i»«itM«*«h*«M»-l«™      in   Eofclnnd,  hat  the™   ■»  m\\.  11  »p< 
to  «■«  l"**'       port.  Bonieihitia  left  for  ilie  alcancM 

or  rnt  sa«a  «U*ti,  tW  bj  Ib.  M  M  ^fler  dim ,  and  1  •houlil  be  thankful 
Whife  on  thb  lotricct  it  totj  b*  ob-  tg  an;  CorroponJcot  q(  the  Gentle- 
tened,  th«(  Roger  Nowell,  the  grand-  mui'i  Magmioc,  Tor  any  olhci  notice* 
fatlicr  of  the  EJeao,  lelenu  U  hare  i^  of  thi*  lamilj,  and  ofteiaUj  of  lln 
fcrved  a  more  extciukd  notice  than  U  |Mnon*  meant  in  tbU  espKaiioa, "  mj) 
giTcD  or  him  in  the  life  of  hii  grand-  ^oiuin  NowcO  and  Coriitonher  hia 
•on.  Dr.  Whiuker  haa  obacrrcd  ion,"  in  the  will  (dated  IAS7)  of  John 
(Whalley,  p.  MS),  that  in  l4ao,  he  Feild  of  Ard^  near  WakeAeld,  who 
tiad  >  lieeme  from  the  Crown  to  Tound  it  mentioned  bj  Wood  aa  ooa  of  dw 
a  chantrj  in  the  pariah  church  of  fint  EuKJithroeD  who  eoltivaled  trillij 
Walieiield,  to  pray,  amoopt  othen,  loccew  the  matbcnalicalacieiicea.  . 
fbrthaKHiiarRichard.DakaofYork,        Yodn,  flee.  Jos.  HoanB- , 

alain  at  Wakefield,    No  notice  ii  taken  ^     ■■ 

of  thi*  chantry  hr  Hol^tc  or  Wiilii,         Mr.  VhBAr,  Mard  I.  . 

nor  in  a  recent  liiatorical  acMMnt  of  HpHR  eridenl  detira  ahewn  bv  tlks 
the  Church  of  Wakefield ;  yet  il  WM  X  LegiiUiivir  Aaieinblie*  of  <mu. 
TMioded  accordinfjly,  and  ihtre  it  a  poucisiont  in  the  Weit  Indie*,  ihu 
litt  of  Atc  chaplain*  prcKUted  by  Rd-  the  Pari ia men tarr  reaolutioiti  of  1BS3, 
ger  Nowell  and  John  Nowell  of  for-  improving  tlie  condition  of  thv 
Whalley,  hit  ton.  Inioma  reaearche*  SlaTCi  in  the  Coloniet  prepatatury  tn 
into  the  hiitory  of  thi*  part  tif  litt  their  fioal  emancipation,  thould  !»■ 
WeitHiding  of  ihecoonly  of  York,  1  main  a  dead  letter  on  ihcir  ibelTe*. 
have  met  with  the  will  of  thb  Roger  ha*  called  forth  •ercral  animated  lUw-. 
Nowell,  which  loppliei  lerenl  oaoie*  lurea  on  their  conduct,  at  the  meet-. 
additional  to  tho*«  in  Mr.  ChurMn'*  itigi  convened  in  mcM  of  our  prorin-, 
pedigree.  It  iidated  in  I4g6,  and  the  eld  town*  (o  petition  the  Hogie  of 
teitator  deicribe*  himteiru  of  Atkaey,  Comroomonihetubject.  Norwichjnik^ 
or  rather  Ardiley.  He  Invei  to  the  detthe  aut uicc*uf  the  learned  Uignitarji 
Chnrch  of  Whahejaod  to  the  Mona*-  who  praiJct  o*cr,  that  lee,  *et  the  cx.^ 
(cry  of  St-Mary;  mention*  hit  dau^-  ample.  The  inhabilania  of  HulL  one 
(en  Eliaabcth,  Iiabel,  Anne,  Marn-  of  the  four  great  teaporli  of  the  Kii^ 
rei,  and  Grace  |  make*  Alexander  dam,  were  not  backward  in  detirina 
Nowell  hi*  ion,  and  Grace  Nowell  to  efbce  *o  foul  a  blot  in  the  national 
hit  wife  the  eneculor*)  and  Sir  Ri-  eieutcheoo.  One  of  the  Uentlemcn 
chard  Sherburn  and  Lanrtnce  Town-  who  took  the  lead,  and  who  repr^- 
ley  tupcrviion.  Sir  Nicholai  Town-  lenti  that  town  in  Parliament,  can- 
ley  ii  named  in  ii  a*  a  feoffee.  didly  admitted,  that,  had  he  been  a 
Thi*  Alexander  Nowell,  who  wat  Coloni*i,  he  might  have  ihoiuhtand 
uikIc  and  perhap*  godfather  to  the  acied  differently  from  what  he  now 
Dean,  is  nni  nametf  at  all  by  Mr.  doci:  coniotiant  with  which,  the  jire- 
Churton.  I  apfirrhend  that  he  wat  ccdins  ipeaker,  a  Clergyman,  haa  ob- 
ihe  Alexander  Nowell,  who  de*ctib-  *cived,  we  ore  the  creature*  of  habit, 
ing  himself  as  i>f  Horlon  in  Craven,  Thi*  remind*  your  Correipondent  of 
genileman,  made  hi*  will  in  IsGl,  in  an  illuttralioo  rnorted  to  by  Hume 
which  he  desires  that  he  may  be  bu-  in  bis  argument  againat  the  populou*- 
ried  at  Gisburn  near  bis  wife ;  men-  neu  of  Bncicnl  nation*.  He  quote*  a 
lions  hi*  Mns  Henry.  Chriaiopher,  and  passage  from  Seneca's  Moral*,  who  ia 
Tliomas,  wiih  Ellen  his  daughter;  a  reproving  the  |ieo|)le  of  fashion  of  hia 
ton  William,  deceaseit,  and  a  daughter  time  fur  transposing  night  and  dav, 
Mar^rel,  wife  of  Henry  Bridge  of  just  as  we  censure  those  who  rormerly 
Stamon.  Hcn.iniesasexccutflrsCharles  retired  to  rest  at  ten  or  eleven  in  the 
Nowell,  son  of  the  said  Christopher,  evening,  and  now  not  till  thiee  or  but 
and  Thomas,  son  of  Henry  Bridge ;  o'clock  in  the  morning.  Ta  make  the 
ai»d,  a*  supervisors,  Nicholas  Tempest  propriety  of  bis  stricture*  mote  ob- 
and  William  Lister.  The  will  wat  viou^  and  tolely  with  that  intention, 
not  proved  till  I^C6.  he  tell*  you,  that  thencigboun  of  sncb 
Mr.  Churton  ha*  done  much  to  col-  an  innovator  are  ditturbcd  by  KMse  af 
Icct  together  ihc  icatieied  notice*  of  a    viipt  and  latka,  (ibc  clunour  of  tbc 


9^ 


On  Slavery  in  the  fVest  Indies. 


[Mfarch, 


chastised  no  doubt  inclusively),  and, 
oh  enquiry,  learn  that  he  is  talcing  an 
account  of  his  Slaves,  and  correcting 
them."  That  is,  he  is  thus  engaged  at 
this  unseasonable  hour.  For  other- 
wise the  occurrence,  which  it  seems 
was  an  usual  domestic  incident,  no 
more  disconcerted  this  philosopher  than 
it  would  have  done  to  have  seen  a 
chained  slave  for  a  porter,  which  you 
are  told  from  Ovid  was  common  at 
Rome.  If  then  one  of  the  roost  noted 
moralists  of  antiquitjr  was  wholly  cal- 
lous to  practices  which  would  excite 
flo  much  surprise'  and  disgust  in  Lon- 
don or  at  Paris,  how  can  we  expect 
consideration  of  humanity,  or  correct 
views  of  self-interest,  from  the  ignorant 
and  rapacious  adventurers  who  are  un- 
derstood to  occasion  the  chief  obstacle 
•to  the  measures  promoted. 

Nothing  can  oe  more  opposed  than 
West  Indian  Slavery  to  the  notions  fa- 
miliar to  England  i  where  we  are  ac- 
customed almost  from  our  childhood, 
with  the  help  of  Robinson  Crusoe  and 
other  aids,  to  execrate  the  wickedness 
of  the  Barbary  Corsairs,  in  making 
prize  of  Christians,  and  carrying  them 
into  a  cruel  slavery.  If  we  only  learn 
that,  perhaps,  half  a  dozen  of  these 
captives  were  fortunate  enough  to  make 
their  escape,  a  general  satisfaction  is 
observed  among  all  who  hear  of  it. 
And  although  their  purposes  was  not 
effected  without  killing,  some  accounts 
say  two,  and  others  three  or  four  Turks 
or  Moors,  by  whom  they  were  dis- 
covered, and  attempted  to  be  secured ; 
yet  on  this  point  there  is  but  one  sen- 
timent in  any  part  of  the  Kingdom 
which  the  intelligence  reaches  i  it  is, 
that  the  Barbarians  fully  merited  their 
fate.  So  far  all  is  well,  but  unhappily 
the  sequel  of  the  story  proves  different, 
for  they  had  the  misfortune  to  be  re- 
taken before  they  could  clear  the  coast 
in  their  leaky  skiff  with  a  contrary 
wind*  On  this  a  marked  gloom  suc- 
ceeds our  exultation,  and  we  anticipate 
with  horror  the  lingering  tortures  to 
which  these  poor  men  are  destined,  for 
the  crime,  as  we  significantly  call  it, 
of  attempting  to  regain  their  liberty 
and  their  native  shores. 

After  glancing  at  the  tremendous 
lesson  taught  these  freebooters  by  Lord 
Exmouth  and  Co.  expressly  for  the  pur- 
pose of  extinguishingChristian  Slavery, 
and  repressing  such  piracies  in  future, 
although  theEuro|)ean6,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  England  and  one  or  two 


other  maritime  powers,  are  guilty  of 
the  same  conduct  *  in  lower  latitudes 
on  the  African  coast ;  let  us  shift  the 
scene  to  the  West  Indies;  where,  on 
taking  up  the  Jamaica  Gazettie,  you 
read  that,  on  such  a  date,  a  party  of 
Negroes  (from  some  estate  noted  for 
the  mortality  among  the  Slaves)  suc- 
ceeded in  making  their  escape  to  the 
Blue  Mountains ;  after  killing  three  or 
four  white  men,  who  fired  at  theroi 
before  they  had  time  to  reload  their 
pieces.  Immediately  the  whole  dis- 
trict is  alarmed ; 

From  hill  to  hill  the  beacon's  rooting  bhue 
Spreads  wide  the  hopes  of  vengeance  and  of 
praise  I 

i.  e.  the  eclat  of  capturing  or  destroying 
the  nefarious  wretches,  who  in  this 
manner  asserted  their  right  to  self- 
preservation,  if  they  could  find  it  any 
where.  The  Turk,  if  he  is  not  over- 
awed by  our  arms,  has  no  epithet  more 
honourable  for  us  than  that  of  "  Chris- 
tian dogsf'*  and  the  baptized  brute, 
who  calls  himself  our  fellow-subject, 
expects  we  should  participate  in  his 
deadly  rancour  against  the  fugitive  de- 
linquents, for  doing  that  which  there 
is  not  an  Englishman  but  would  do, 
if  thus  constrained,  and  even  make  a 
merit  of  his  resolution.  But  in  look- 
ing for  the  concurrence,  if  not  the  ap« 
1>lause  of  Britons  on  this  side  the  At- 
antic,  with  the  exception  of  some  lo- 
cal interests,  he  only  proves  himself  an 
alien  from  the  conunon  slock— at  ut- 
ter variance  with  that  sense  of  recti- 
tude by  which,  before  adult  age,  we 
contend  that  man,  of  whatever  colour, 
in  every  clime,  has  a  ri^ht  to  the  free 
use  of  his  limbs  in  sunshine  or  in  shade, 
and  to  escape  from  Egyptian  bondage 
if  he  can.  VV^hatcver  are  the  conse- 
quences to  Pharoah  and  his  host,  we 
say  "  their  blood  be  upon  their  own 
heads.'*  If  both  the  Christian  and  the 
idolatrous  Slaves  (if  such  they  were) 
are  retaken,  the  only  difference  be- 
tween the  Mahometan  and  the  Na- 
zarere  despot,  on  which  they  seem  to 
be  comparing  notes,  is,  which  should 
excel  the  other  in  the  cruelties  inflict- 
ed on  their  prostrate  victims.  But  I 
once  met  witn  an  account  of  a  clever 

*  Quere.  In  case  of  any  future  interfer- 
ence by  oar  Government,  would  it  not  be  po- 
litic, however  irksome,  to  make  a  distinction 
between  the  tabjects  of  such  states  as  con- 
tinue the  Slave  Trade,  and  those  of  other 
powers? 


1826.] 


On  Sltneni  in  th*  Wttl  Inditt. 


i«(inciii«nt  in  loiture,  which  I  do  not 
recollect  to  hofe  9F«n  mentioned  in 
any  ducrtption  or  Turkey,  (tie  Btr- 
twry  tl*lei,  or  the  Morocco  dominion!. 
A  Slave,  Tot  having  lcill«d  ihe  Over, 
■eer  of  »  PlanUlion,  probably  by  what 
In  En^lund  wmid  hare  becii  Dclil  la 
'  be  tnanilaughlcr,  or  Juttifiable  homi- 
oid«,  was  expoied  alive  in  x  eaxe  in 
the  wooda  10  birds  of  prej,  in  auch  s 
tnanoer  that  ihcy  piclied  hi>  rye*  out, 
and  g.(adually  tore  him  lo  piecct '.  The 
coincidence  altogether  bttwcen  the 
eaie  of  ihnc  wretched  Arrieaiis  and 
that  of  the  Eoropeant  who  atleinplcd 
to  etcape  rroin  their  laik-mastcr*  at 
Tunii  or  Tripoli,  al  which  placet  they 
had  Ixcn  sold  in  the  Slave-market  pre- 
ciicly  as  the  Blacki  were  at  Jamaica, 
li  logicDl,  that  "  Inmei  ofcaiuiitry'' 
Blight  be  called  for  in  vain  to  aeprate 
them  ;  ami  on  lliil  ground  alone  wc 
may  exclaim,  (he  whole  sysicm  i^  rot- 
ten at  the  core ;  and  rcitcralc  ihe  ral- 
Itins  watch-word  of  the  elder  (.'ato, 
Inoujtli  the  circumiiancei  are  not  alike. 


probably  because  it  wai  in  print, 
forbore  any  nlluiion  lo  ihii  illiuir^t- 
tian  of  hit  argument,  impieiMve  ai  il 
might  have  been  on  the  hearen  ;  since 
it  meeta  at  once  the  great  difficulty — 
how  lo  einanci|>ate  ibe  Slavei  in  a  cer- 
tain degree,  not  only  wilhoui  injuiy 
to  the  Planlen,  but  even  esaeniialty 
'-  benefit  them   by  such  partial  ma- 


nn   Slavery  doca  ihat   of  Britain,   if 
Anind  in  any  part  of  her  dominiOTi). 

Il  wai  lo  be  regrrlted  that  none  of 
the  ipcaketi  at  the  Hull  meeting  ad - 
dnced  a  cue,   which,  aa  a  quealion  of 

foliey  and  eijiediency— of  mere  pro- 
l  and  tn«*,  i*  remarkably  in  pomi ; 
and  hecomta  doubly  valuable  when  the 
raii'r-  .if  Imtn.iiiiiy  ii  euenlially  pro- 
iTi'v-ii  'v  :■,  -1^  ir  ivniild  be  were  it  pot- 
-r'' .   ,  iMiHcof  anenter- 


pruinR  spirii  into 
irary  loI),.Youi 


iig's  position,  aeem  lo 
naif  ■■  a  nrraier  proportion  of  the  fa- 
ther's lead  :''  ana  to  induce  them  to 
deviate  from  the  beaten  path,  though 
that  leads  through  a  Golgotha  lo  a  ge- 
neral bankrupicy,  as  ihey  certify  you 
it  will,  were  Parliament  to  revoke  ihe 
vole  on  East  India  sugars,  anil  oiber 
produce, acerulngfromlree-laboar,  they 


3  add,   but 


reful  tot 


I  thinlt  it  wai  to  Mr.  Cropper  of 
Liverpool,  a  jjcnlleinan  whose  name 
might  be  appronriiiteiy  blended  la  ihe 
same  sentence  with  those  of  a  Wil- 
berfnrcc  and  a  Clarkson,  we  were  first 
indebted  for  a  knowledge  of  ihe  judi- 
cious deviatioa  which  this  cnse  ex- 
hibits, and  its  successful  result.  He 
attended  at  Hull,  and  imparled 
much  valoable  information  to  the 
assemblage  at  the  Town  Hall ;    but 


A  Jamaica  proprietor,  resident  in 
England,  being  dissatisfied  with  the 
progressive  accotinii  received  from  hi* 
manager,  by  which  it  appeared  that 
while  the  morialliy  amonpt  ihe  effi- 
cient hands  Increased,  ihe  estate,  to 
far  from  yleldinij  a  balance  in  faiour 
of  ihe  owner,  was  cnnsiderably  in 
debt,  at  length  resolved  lo  go  over 
himself,  and  nrobe  this  rrll  lo  ihe 
source.  Not  long  after  hii  arrival  a 
process  in  ihe  culliration  of  ihe  sugar- 
cane, ibe  local  name  of  which  has  es- 
caped me,  was  well-caleulaled  lo  ea- 
gaec  his  atlenlion.  It  answered  lo 
what  we  lerin  dibbling;  and  il  a|»- 
pcarcd  the  general  practice  was  lo  con- 
tract with  the  Overseer  ai  40  shillings 
an  acre  for  this  pari  of  ihe  work ;  ne 
being  allowed  ihe  labour  of  the  Slam, 
but  lo  find  all  other  cxjiencei  and 
incidentals  whatsoever  ad  intrrim. 
"Utouf-h  this  affair  did  not  srcin  very 
rcconcileahle  lo  common  prudence,  yet 
Mr.  Steel,  which  was  the  genlleman'a 
name,  let  it  pats  niusler;  fnr  he  was 
by  no  means  a  hasty  reformer ;  he  look 
three  years  to  makchlnifelfacijuainled 

in  all  its  detailt.  He  could  not  cen-. 
sure  Ilia  tuperiniendant,  who  was  re- 
gular and  orthodoi  in  his  proceedinn 
as  far  aa  custom  and  precedent  couM 
bear  him  out,  and  we  do  not  expect 
nioie  rrt>m  an  uneducated  man.  The 
misfortune  was,  that  during  Ihit  time 
ihe  owner  found  his  purse  poiseuei) 
not  the  desirable  quahtv  of  that  at- 
tributed to  Fortunatus;  il  wai  ofiener 
empty  than  replenisheij  when  he  had 
recourse  to  ils  contents ;  and  at  length 
*"  ~~  menced  a  radical  reformer,  in 
different  from  that  of  Cobbelt 


which  they  were  to  yield  him  ai  snit 
and  service  to  man;  days  labour  in  the 
week,  of  ■  certain  nnmber  of  hour* 
each  day.  Thoi^h  Adam  Smith  long 
ago  instructed  in  in  the  superior  va- 


^M                         On  Slaoery  in  the  mil  IndUt.  [BOtfclii 

lueoJr  free-labour  when  compared  with  the  «cale  of  those  of  his  ne^hoare:  a 
fbtced  services,  yet  that  economist  fact  which  the  House  of  Asembly  at 
would  scarcely  have  ventured  to  pre^  Antigua,  with  two  retainers  of  300 
diet  the  fact,  that  the  work  of  eight  guineas  each  *,  can  never  get  rid  of. 
or  nine  of  these  copyholders  would  The  Slaves,  under  their  new  descrip- 
80on  be  esli mated  higlier  than  that  of  tion,  might  be  resembled  to  some  of 
more  than  dquble  the  number  of  f^laves  the  smaller  farmers  in  England.  They 
tinder  the  lash.  So  true  it  is«  that  no  were  enabled  to  rear  animals  and  pro- 
threat  or  punishment  can  prevent  such  duce  adapted  to  their  own  wants;  lo 
coercive  toil  from  betraying  its  origin,  take  the  surfilus  to  market,  and  to  pro- 
And  it  should  not  be  forgotten,  that  cure  comforts,  if  not  what  they  would 
the  hospital  of  the  plantation  was  ren-  think  luxuries',  unknown  to  Negro 
dered  nearly  useless ;  to  which,  under  bondage,  and  a  serviceable  stimulant 
ord^ndry  circumstances,  the  Negroes  to  their  exertions,  which,  as  already 
are  for  ever  desiring  and  contriving  to  observed,  made  their  cost  very  cheap 
be  sent ;  for  the  same  reason  that  in  and  their  labour  cent,  per  cent,  better 
Spain,  according  to  the  report  of  tra-  than  that  extorted  by  the  whip,  l^ey 
vellers  in  the  last  century,  rows  of  men  were  married,  their  progeny  smiled 
in  all  parts  of  the  Kingdom  might  he  round  them,  and  content  and  satisfac- 
seen  standing  against  a  wall,  stupidly  tiou  pervaded  their  cottages.  But,  alas! 
idle  the  whole  day,  because  they  had  this  order  of  things  continued  no  longer 
no  motive  for  exertion.  The  secret  of  than  till  this  enlightened  man  was  ga- 
Mr.  Steel  was  to  furnish  his  opera-  theced  to  his  fathers.  He  was  far  ad- 
lives  with  one,  or  in  other  words,  to  vanced  in  life,  being  about  fourscore 
substitute  a  system  of  cheap  rewards  when  he  embarked  for  no  land  of  pro- 
for  the  brutalizing,  but  impolitic  de-  mise:  yet  he  lived  to  91  in  the  cli- 
pendance  on  the  lash.  Misconduct,  mate  of  Jamaica,  unfavourable  as  it  is 
of  which  the  instances  were  rare  among  thought.  His  successors,  whoever  they 
the  tenants,  was  punished  by  the  sen-  were,  having  neither  his  humanity, 
tence  of  a  jury  chosen  from  among  nor  his  knowledge  of  business,  or  being 
themselves  without  favour  1  a  privi-  wrought  on  by  malicious  interference, 
lege  which  they  felt  the  value  of*  and  which  would  not  be  wanting,  revoked 
did  not  abuse;  nor  was  it  likely  they  the  nominal  tenures,  whicli  had  proved 
would,  if  they  were  brought  to  com-  so  beneficial,  restored  the  savage  and 
prebend  that  the  interests  of  their  mas-  improvident  system  he  had  superseded ; 
ter  were  identified  with  their  own.  ana  no  doubt  would  tell  you  at  this 
The  landlord  of  course  had  the  power  day,  if  you  will  listen  to  them,  that 
of  displacing  and  degrading  any  of  his  the  abolition  of  the  Slave  Trade,  which 
copyholders,  if  the  stijpulations  of  the  they  ascribe  to  fanatics  and  hypocrites, 
tenure  were  not  fulfilled,  unlesi  from  will  be  the  ruin  of  the  islands,  ifmea- 
unavoidable  prevention ;  but  we  do  sures  are  not  taken  to  counteract  it$ 
not  hear  of  matters  having  come   to  effects. 

this  extremity  in  any  specified  case.  There  is  no  occasion  we  should  con- 

And  in  opposition  to  the  Negro  cha-  test  with   the  Creole  that  the  Slaves 

racter,  as  you  will  have  it  from  '*  the  cannot  be  governed  without  a  tiberal 

wisest  justice  on  the  banks  of  the  Rio  use  of  the  lash  $  he  is  substituting  the 

Cobre, '  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  effect  for  the  cause ;  this  insubordi- 

not  even  the  Society  of  Friends  could  nate  spirit  having  been  in  all  a^  a 

have  exhibited  a  more  orderly  set  of  conse(^uence  of  the  same   brutalizing 

folks  in   proportion  to  their  numbers  treatment.     Let  him  turn  to  the  in- 

than   this  gentleman  found   in  black  surrection  of  the  Helots,  or  to  that  of 

labourers  or  copyholders.     It  was  not  the  Roman  Slaves  under  Spartacus,  if 

easy  to  say  whether  the  master  or  the  he  is  capable  of  appreciating  the  appli. 

men  had  most  reason  to  he  satisfied,  cation.     He  has  prescription  in  his  fa- 

For  when  the  advantage  of  a  great  re-  vour,  we  admit;  for  the  author  of  **  A 

duction  in  the  expence  of  maintaining  Description  of  Jamaica,  in  a  series  of 

these  demi-freemen,  which  soon  fol-  Letters,"  written  about  the  beginning 

lowed  this  arrangement,  was  added  to  of  the  last  century,  after  observing  that 

the  superior  quality  of  his  plentiful     — , — '. — • — ; . 

crops,  this  humane  speculator  was  en-  •  Premlumt  w«re  lately  voted  to  a  Mr. 

abled  not  only  to  double,  but  even  to  M*Quetii»  and  to  the  Editor  of  the  John 

triple  his  returns,  when  estimated  by  Bull,  tot  their  services. 


ISM.}                           On  Xlovary  m  ikt  V«l  Inditt.  1U 

"no  couniry  nce«(l»  Ibcm   in  n  bnr-  tionale  inquirer  will  take  of  ihe  im- 

barDiutrcatiiieniorSla*ci,"conlinun,  poruot  leuon  he  lun^hli    which,  lo 

"  I  liiivr  B«n  ihcm  Kourged  lill  their  tay  ihe  leant  o(  it,  furniihe*  a   ready 

Rt»h  wat  Ucemied,  and  ihcn  a  long  aaiwer   to    the    cTccl.iiiing   omectioa 

■tick  of  Maling-wax  wa>  druiniul  lei-  with   which    ihe   Caloniit   inietrupU 

aurely  on  their  wouoda.*'     ThiB  ycu  your  argument.      Thii  is,   that   it   it 

may  think  len  mercirul  than  a  claui-  iinpouible  lo  be  a  judge  of  the  quct- 

cal  iniianct  quoted  by  a  learned  Rcn-  licm   without  being  on  the  spot.     It 

tleman  at  ihc  Hull  meeting,  of  a  youth  cannot  be  exi>ccleJ  we  thould  all  em. 

who,  for  having  let  fall  a  valuable  vaie  burk  for  the  TropicE ;   we  tnuil  ncce«- 

ofchoire  5>het,  wm  onlered  to  be  cot  latily    form    our    opinion    by   proxy, 

in  piecci,  and  thrown  into  the  pond  to  Here  ia  a  gcntk-nian   ilicn,  who,  after 

ihcui.     If  the  (jucilion  ia  Dot  loo  re-  taking  three   ycura   lo   make    hiai$e]r 

lolling.  Mr  Urban,  you  can  make  it  muicr  of  the  tubject,  condemned  ihe 

•  ■ulijecl  of  deliate  at  your  fire-side,  cxiitiog  nieihodg  in  ihe  most  pointed 

whether   the  Negro  would   noi   have  manner,    bv  adopting  lO   contrary   a 

preferred  being  thrown  alive  lo  a  shark  practice.     That  he  could  do  no  good, 

to  the  long  Btielf  of  sealing-wax.    And  except    within    hi>    own    immediate 

jrei  with  a  litlle  DNticiice  and  manage-  sphere,  may  Justly  exclle  the  surprite 

meoi,  which  a  Weal  Indian,  who  i(  of  those  who  wilf  observe  his  ^»n  was 

couimonlv  lialf-biother  to  Sir  Francia,  directed  to  the  best  pecuniary  interesls 

■nd    no  belter   educated    thin    John  of  his  neighboura,  whose  imitation  it 

Moody,  will  not  listen  to,  it  may  be  inviieti.     How  ibei)  can  so  aingulat  an 

seen,  as  in  ihe  instance  of  ihe  proprie-  inaiieniion   be  accounted  for,   which 

tor   brought   forward,    what  advanta-  defeats  the  utual  calculaliona  on   the 

gruui  ^erti  can  be  produced  by  sub-  inHuence  of  money,  and  the  prcdiimi- 

aliiutiog  something  tiVc  substaiiual  en-  nam  desire  of  possessing  it  lo  general 

eouragtment    for   the   degrading   and  among  men   of  buiinesst     It  would 

more  expensive  course  on  which  ilie  appear  in  this  cue,  lliiil  great  ua  that 

planter  m  injudiciougly  places  his  re-  incentive  ia,  it  has  not  so  strong  ■  hold 

liaiiL-o.     As  valuable  as  the  example  of  the  whole  man  as  ihe  Inve  of  do- 

WM,  it  aupcan  to  hare  breu   thrown  tpotic    power,   and    the    privilege    of 

■tray  nn  nis  neighbours,  who  prefeired  aouaing  it  at  pleasure.     Their  jealoui 

puichasina    experience    in    a    dearer  repugnance   on   this    point   has   been 

•chool.     Some  of  ihem  no  doubt  were  prixluctivc  of  more  acriniony  towardl 

no  siTsoKera  to  such  incumbrancea  as  the  advocates   for    impiovemenl   than 

this  crntleman  hid  incurred  by  being  consideraliotis  of  more  importance  in- 

B  cidiiviiof  iimndum  arlim  i  vet  ihey  volved  in  the  question,  tu  which  Mr. 

had  noi  ihe  prudence  lo  piolit  by  Vt  Steel  would   h>ive  dc^wn  their  alien- 

tiiear   a  demonstration   of  the  advan-  lion,  by  showins  huw  iliey  might  be 

la^ea  of  fiee  labour  brought  lo  iheir  met  both  with  facility  and  adTantagc, 

doors.     Thongh  his  rank  gave   him  a  Bui  as   his  plan  wm  opposed  to  the 

scat  in  the  Council  at  Spanish  Town,  strongest   local    prejudicea,   and  to   a 

«nd  consequently  niade  him  more   a  predilection  for  ihe  ar^nenJiini  (imtiI' 

beacon  10  the  capilalisisofihcColony,  /tniini,  which  grows  wiib  the  growth 

yci  it  doet  not  tppcar  to  have  been  .11-  and  itreiigthena  with  the  decay  of  a 

■ended   with   ihc  benefits  that  might  native  Weal  Indian,  it  wasnotadopt- 

hsve    been     expected.       Those    who  ed  beyond  -hia  own  precincta,  and  it 

thought  his  deviation  and  its  succcsa  a  ended  with  his  life.     At  no  other  rea- 

repioach  lo  their  own  waniof  Mgaciiy,  son  could  be  assigned  for  thb  proprie- 

atiempied   lo  get   rid   of  Ihe  impina-  lor'sdet  iation,  advaniageouiaa  it  was, 

lion  by  aside-wind;  and  because  Ml.  proviiigeiiher  sounatlrocliTe  or  to  un- 

Steel's  domestic  csiablishmeni  and  ex-  acceptable  to  his  neighbours,  it  is  fair 

lenses,   when  ailded  to  the  debt*  he  enough  in  allrihuic  their  rejeciion  of 

lad  incurred,  as  has  been  shewn,  pre-  the  hint  10  the   basia  of  hia  improrc- 

vcnied  hi*  properly  from   being  quite  menis,  which  called  on  ihem  to  m> 

released  at  the  time  of  hia  death,  you  knowledge  a  degree  of  understanding, 

beard  th*m  say  there  could  he  no  ad-  and  of  tractable  inditsiry,  in  his  eopj- 

mtUft  in  iiniiaiing  a  culiivaior  who  holders,  directly  oupoaed  lo  their  de- 

■rier  all  died  in  debt.     But  ihu  will  grading  estimate  of  the  Negro  chaiac> 

not    be  the   view   which   the  disjias-  ler^  even  tliough  it  begtot  nO)*  lo  be 
GsvT.  Mas.  Mare*,  itfi. 

,5 


c; 


9«6 


Oft  ihe  PeniriHfMii&n  if  VMh. 


[HtfMhfy 


\indentood  that  the  Black  CointxMMio  injared  som^  of  m>  moite  tjBitlM  thaft  kt€, 
Vealth  of  Hayti  *  produces  men  oF  now  the  bulletins'  of  the  phftMasina* 
more  intellectual  culture  and  iabiliiy,     goria  Chieftain,  who 


than  are  probably  to  be  found  in  all 
our  Islands,  if  not  imported  from  Eu- 
rope. Their  claim  to  discountenance 
whatever  tends  to  raise  either  the 
African  character  or  their  own,  is  un- 
fortunately hereditary ;  for  the  author 
of  the  work  which  elates  above  a  cen- 
tury back,  befi>re  referred  to,  tells  you 
that  "  learning  is  here  at  the  lowest 
ebb;  to  talk  of  a  Homer,  a  Virgil,  or 
a  Tully,  would  be  deemed  quite  unpo- 
lite,  and  no  gentleman  keens  company 
^ith  a  person  so  inclined.'  If  a  bare 
allusion  in  that  day  to  names  so  much 
respected  in  Europe  was  contrary  to 
good  manners,  and  amounted  to  an 
exclusion  from  the  company  of  genile- 
tnen,  are  we  not  justified,  at  the  pre- 
sent time,  in  ascribing  to  a  sufficient 
]K)rtion  of  ignorance  and  arrogance, 
with  a  zest  for  cruelty,  their  usual  con* 
comitant,  that  uniform  opposition  to 
all  endeavours  to  rescue  this  part  of  the 
British  dominions  from  that  brutality 
of  character,  as  inseparable  a  reproach 
of  Negro  Slavery  in  this  region,  as 
that  of  Christians  is  at  Morocco,  &c. 
Let  the  party  concerned  desist  from 
making  a  stalk ing-horse  of  their  pecu* 


**— lefk  that  name,  at  which  the  world  grew 

pale 
To  point  it  moral,  or  adorn  a  tale/' 

Yours,  &c.       Hars  HijoRnor. 

Mr.  Urban,       Leicester ^  Feb.  I !. 

I  AM  sorry  I  cannot  coincide  with 
your  mtelligent  Correspondent 
Mr.  J.  Stockdale  Hardy  (see  De- 
cember, p.  490,)  in  his  thesis  on  the 
personification  o(  Death,  My  ideas  on 
a  subject  so  important  are  decidedly 
counter  to  his  own.  Now,  although 
I  do  not  insist  either  upon  hu  fallacy, 
or  the  cogency  of  my  own  assumptions ; 
yet  I  venture  to  ofier,  through  your 
medium,  a  few  suggestions  why  I  ap-> 
pro\'e  of  the  mode  in  which  it  is  cus- 
tomary to  personify  the  visfble  Death, 
in  other  words,  to  *  pin  my  faith  on 
the  sleeve  of  the  whole  world.'  Mr. 
Hardy  must  be  aware  that  he  has  ar- 
rayed against  him  (with  perhaps  one 
or  two  eminent  exceptions)  the  paint-< 
ings,  sculpture,  and  poetry  of  all  ages 
and  nations.  Indeed  he  seems  to  ad- 
mit that  his  position  is  liable  to  re- 
futation.     Genius,    and    the   noblest 


niary  interests,  which  the  exampj/s  of    works  of  an,  both  ancient  and  mo- 
Mr.  Steel  shows  they  are  very  ill-dis-     dern,  pourtray  the  *  illustrious  Hero,* 


posed  to  learn.  It  is  their  unwilling- 
ness to  abate  a  particle  of  that  uncon- 
trolled power  which  no  wise  man 
would  choose  to  |K)ssessi*  (because  he 
knows  the  temptation  to  abuse  it), — 
their  exasperation  when  touched  on 
this  sensitive  point,  that  engenders  the 
rage  of  heart  which  lately  insulted 
the  Law  Officer  of  the  Crown  in  Anti- 
gua, and  which  without  the  decided 
interference  of  Parliament,  in  enforc- 
ing its  own  enactments  conformably 
to  the  prayer  of  the  numerous  petitions 
now  presented  from,  or  preparing  in, 
all  parts  of  the  country,  will  reiwler  any 
further  attempts    to  vindicate  Afric's 


what,  to  our  very  imaginations  he  is 
depicted,  viz.  •  one  of  Ms  own  Vio- 
TIM9,*  potent,  and  invutnerahle ;  a 
**  King  of  terrors,'*  who,  '  driving  hi» 
ploughshare  o'er  Creation,'  dispenses, 
not  ^happiness*  certainly,  but  misery 
and  desolation  throughout  the  earth. 
Give  to  Death  an  arm  of  flesh,  and, 
however  muscular,  you  make  him  vin- 
cible, however  powerful,  liable  to  be 
opposed,  however  iJlusirious,  subject 
to  defeat  and  possible  annihilation. 

Pourtray  Death  as  one  of  his  vic- 
tims, I  mean  endow  him  with  flesh 
and  blood,  and  though  you  arm  him 
with  thunders,  you  despoil  him  of  his 
immortal  prerogatives,  his  terrors,  his 


•  The  contiguity  of  St.  Domingo  and  ^     invulnerability.     Depict  him  a  living 


tb«  free  States  of  South  America,  makes  tl^e 
situation  of  our  Colonists  perilous  In  the  ex- 
treme, if  it  is  vainly  attempted  to  continue 
the  present  order  of  things ;  and  yet,  as  ob- 
vious as  the  consideration  is,  they  are  either 
too  ill  informedi  or  too  obstinate  to  attend 
to  it. 

•¥  Mr.  Burke  once  said  (in  his  place  in 
Parliament)  of  Frederick  the  Great,  that 
«  he  was  every  inch  a  JCi&g>  sad  as  despo- 
tio  (M  a  luiu  man  would  choose  to  be," 


»f 


Spectre,  a  Skeleton,  and  you  |>resent 
to  our  ideas  the  very  thing  we  ima- 
gine ;  an  Hero,  all-conquering  and  all- 
mighty;  not  to  be  stemmed  in  his 
strides,  nor  Averted  in  his  recognitions. 
You  invest  him  with  a  tyranny  over 
our  minds,  as  well  as  with  one  over 
our  bodies  $  whence,  iinagination 
immediately  recognizes  in  his  'grim 
visage'   the  absolute  laoxtard^  of  tin- 


t8<)&)  Remarlu  ou  Garrom'*  "  Hiiterf  a/ Lfmtnglon."  SS7 

I i ml Wd  dominion.     Deaih    i«    iR««li-  mij(ht  hi*c  been  MrKCted,  had  ihc  >u- 

■U*,   nrvi-r  duycd  wiih   his  vitiimi,  idur  lubin'iieil  hii  iiiunuKri|>i  lo  same 

Doi   [riilenitlinl    wiih    ilie   lioiii    on  uf  llir  uiony  Inliabiianit  at  who»  '  re- 

nhora   he   feedi'i  ■ll-ilt*aurJng   lie   i>  pralrd  laluilulumi' tiic  tmhat  ttWt  vt 

e*er  Inn;    iirMi   though  hii  Imnnucii  in  hti  preroee,  he  winle  ihii '  Hi«lorv.' 

»re  hourly  ami  moiiicniiry,  Htid  Kings  I  tlull  i»ake  oo  comment  on  the  «yle, 

and  Sutiimeii  liii  nuiM  cluinty  fouU,  bat  merrly  remark  llie  glaring  erruti  u 

ilill   iloei  he  nut  T.itten  with  uticLv,  ifaev  occur. 

sor  i)  he  appcaani  wiih   iht  Tssincu         Page  Hi.  The  Rev.  Hichard  Warner 

and  laricty  ol'  hi)  iepa>if-     On  iheae  (frotn  whme  publication',  by  the  bye, 

groundi  iliirn.  1  wke  II,  i)  Death  cor-  he  baa  ilerivrd  the  mo«l  materijj  in> 

tcctlyaDd  clatticaKy  pretenieiJ  M  the  rormation,  though  not  ackoowledeed^ 

eye,  a*  a  Sprcire  or  Sifteten.     1  con-  he  calU  a  learned  Topogrjiphcr  or  the 

not  think,   with   Mr.  Hanly,  there  ii  lail  ceiilury,  and  at  pane  lib  termi  hint 

the  least  preiumption   in  tuch  a  per-  the  lalt  letrncd  Mr.  VV.     1  am  happy 

(onilication  i  nor  do  1  ice  that  il  can  to  inform   Mi.  Garrow  that  the  Heie- 

poasibly  ofTend  the  niaje«ty  of  God  1 1  rend  Gentleman  is  at  present  enjoving 

It  if  Ml  aHumpiion  not  warranted  by  good  heallli,  and  ii  actually  rngaaed  in 

the  greatest  iheulogiiti  of  the  age.     1  a  work  on  the  iniertaiing  Remuos  of 

wiih  further  elucidation  of  that  pas-  Glaiionbury  Abbey. 
aa^.     Bnidet,  on  the  lame  ground*         P.  30.     ^Vith  a  dash  of  hi*  pen  ha 

might  Mr.  Hardy  if ueition  the  aulho-  annihdairi  the  salt  manufacture,  stau 

rily  why  the  Devil  ii  painted  black,  iir  inn  that  there  are  actually  only  Ihret 

•n  Angel  fair;  whyf   but  to  convn  lailmorJti  in   u«e,   though  it  is  a  fact 

lo  our  ideal,  under  liiueiymbolt,  their  that  there  have  been  never  less  than 

approximation,  the  one  lo  divine  per-  irrnn  and  a>  many  as  ihirlren  were  in 

feclion,lheiiiher  lo  dcroroiity  and  evil,  full  work  the  Lul  luminer 
Vour  Corrcspondeiil  e»idfnirv,  tliiniuh         P.  3«.     Desciibinn  the 

eiron^oo.lv,  «.,..m<l>  L.it  ihcM.  >.<•   the  in  (tie  Chmch,  the  Header  woulil  ima- 

{tev,'i.it>,jii,   .,{  M..I<>lin       li  ii.utt  be-  W^^  >)>.>l  tl>"'<;  wj^  or  had  been  a   fa- 
mily ol  the  name  01  Armtgrri  tor  Mr, 

._.   ^   .._   __   _   .  .__  G.  ipeiks  Df'Carolus  Culborne  Armi^ 

Dot  MM  attempt  to  combtt  the  aulho-  ger,'  and  of  ■  John  Burrard  Armiger.* 

rilT  ofio  great  a  Matter  (  and  am  aware  Why  doei  he  not  inform  the  otilcanicd 


e  only  yet  seen  the  'advanced  that Arminr meiiu Eaqninl— 'Tfae'ii»< 
'of  Mr.  H.'i  position;  no  doubt  acrijxbn  for -Mr.PaulaDdH.D.  Biir- 
I   defend  it  abttraciedty  j   but,     rsro  '  is  for  one  and  the  lame  peraoa. 


for  theie  reasons,  1  protett  against  it.  ikn  for  fuv,  aa  must  be  inferre<i. 
Perhaps  I  am  in  an  error ;  and  only  P.  44.  The  entry  in  the  Hegiucr  for 
with  lome  older  and  abler  CorretpoixC-  the  burialof  Mr.  &ldivineKtendt  ooly 
ent  would  i^acci  the  matter.  lo  ihedate  1736^  but  Mr. G.  gtvaa  isL 

Youn,  fcc.  Wm.  LtBTM.        o^  •"*"  '•""  ~'^<'  *'''«h  *>  "o«  oe» 

^  cut  m  the  regiiter. 

,,     „  "  _,  P.  47.     *  Meeting  Hooie»~tbe  on* 

_„"'**'  "'         in  the  Old  Town,  which   ia  appropri- 

ated to  Disaenten,  the  oUier  in  Nsw- 
LanC  to  BaiHitta.'  Uoet  not  Mr.  O. 
hnoir  that  BaptiUs  ire  Diutnltri  f 
of  Lyiningion,  and  its  immi-diaic  vi-  P,60.  The  proprietor  of  the  prell* 
cinity,  in  the  cnuniy  of  Southdinpton  :  rillat 'the  Elms,' never  dreamt ofcatU 
containing  a  brief  iccouni  of  its  nni-  ingbialawn  of  about  six  acre*  a  i'arif 
mal,  vegetable,  and  mineral  produo-  but  Mr.G.chriitcn*  it '  t£lm  Park.' 
tion.  See.  &c.  dedicated,  by  permiiaion,  P.65.  Eladdesley. — Afiareironeoualy 
to  William  Manning,  )-'«q.  M.P.  by  wiiiing /feJJ  for  fe//t,  as  the  ancient 
"ividGjtrnw,  of  St.  John*  Collejie,     foundcrof  the  Chapel  here,  ha  com- 


THERE  haa  lately  i*aiied  from  the     aied  ti 
press  a  handsomely  printed  oc-     I^nC 
taio,  under  the  liile  of  "  Tlie  Hisiorj^     hnoir 


Cambnddie.'' — As  probably  thi*  book,  mitt  another  blunder,  by  aatert'mK  that 
bearing  the  sounding  name  of  a  '  j/ii-  tbcram>lyorjaaephWeld,E«q.,ltiepra 
lory,'  may  attract  the  attention  of  some     aenl  proprietor  ofl^lewcl)  Houae  (bo 


ephWerd,E«).,ltiepre. 
,.        ,  r     .  jfPyleweliH«i*e(BM 

-of  your  readers,  1  feel  it  a  duly  lo  point  [^well>bB*becniMMdlh«itfar  uMny- 
-out  the  many  error*  and  iojccunicic)  geoeraiioa*.  NowMr.Weldi^tbofint 
which  occur  in  it ;  and  which  surely     of  hia   family  (of  Ltilnortti,  Doriiat) 


«B 


lUmarki  on  '^  BiouiUi  of  mti$: 


[Buv^i 


who  either  pottencd  the  estate,  ot  re- 
tided  on  it. 

P.  70.  Beaulicu. — Mr.  G.  could  not 
have  made  use  of  his  eyes,  if  really  he 
ever  visited  the  interesting  little  Parish 
Church  (see  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  xc.  ii.  489, 
for  a  view),  which  consists  entirely  of 
the  heretofore  beautiful  Refectory  of  / 
the  once  rich  Abbey,  and  which  al- 
most joins  to  several  offices ;  but  ob- 
serve the  description — 'The  Church 
stands  by  itself,  in  the  middle  of  a 
field,  is  of  a  very  rude  structure,  occu- 
pying the  idle,  and  consisting  princi- 
pally of  the  refectory  of  the  ancient 

priory.' 

P.  76.  Hayward  Mill — should  be 
^Heywood;  and  close  to  it  are  the  re- 
mains of  an  old  mansion  of  that  name, 
once  the  residence  of  the  Bromfield  fa- 
mily, of  which,  however,  Mr.G.  ap- 
pears ignorant. 

P.  80.  Hordle  Church.— The  brass 
is  described  by  Warner,  and  a  plate 
ffivenofitbyGough  in  the '*  Sepulchral 
Monumenu.*'  It  represented  simply  a 
man  in  armour.  Query,  from  whence 
did  Mr.  G.  get  his  authority  for  mount- 
ing the  supposed  knight  on  horseback  ? 
jP.  87.  Mr.  Brander's  well-known 
publication  on  the  Hampshire  Fossils, 
IS  here  said  to  have  been  published  by 
the  learned  Mr.  Howard— iUe  title  is 
twice  erroneously  written  *  Hantoncen- 
sia'  for  *  Hantontensia.* 

P.  g3.  Milford  Church,  which  is  a 
handsome  village  Church,  and  a  pic- 
turesque object,  is  styled  by  Mr.  G. 
'  as  very  old  and  rudely  constructed.* 

P.  136.  Yarmouth. — ^The  arms  of 
this  Borough  he  gives  as  '  a  ship  with 
three  masts  on  waves  in  base.  — Mr. 
G.  is  certainly  no  better  herald  than 
antiquary  ;  but  his  meaning  may^  be 
gaessed.  The  waves  would  certainly 
KX>k  awkward  in  the  clouds,  or  he- 
raldically  speaking,  in  chief;  but  how 
comes  it  that  the  author  has  altogether 
omitted  in  the  more  difTuse  '  History* 
of  Lyroington,  the  arms  of  that  town, 
which  are  conspicuous  enoush  in  the 
Town-hall,  and  in  the  Church  ? 

I  will  conclude  with  some  of  the 
various  misnomers. 

P.  29.  Penelease  for  Penleaze.— Ga- 
van  for  Gavin. — P.  68.  Cassilis  for  Cor- 
sellis.— P.  76.  Vile  for  Vialls.— P.  89. 
Castrementation  for  Castrametation. 
—98.  Fitzakerly  for  Fazakerley. 

An  Inhabitant  or  Ltminotov. 


-  Mr.  Ueban,  Mitrck  16. 

HAVING  recently  looked  into  Mr. 
Britton's  Third  Volume  of  the 
*«  Beautiesof  Wilts,"  I  am  induced  to  no- 
tice a  few  inaccuracies ;  though  I  am  far 
from  being  desirous  of  depreciating  the 
general  character  of  the  work  in  Ques- 
tion. The  attempt  to  give  to  the  pablick 
the  benefit  of  individual  topographical 
researches  is  at  all  times  laudable ;  but 
we  may  be  permitted  to  express  a  wish 
that  an  author  would  make  a  point  of 
examining  most  of  the  places  which 
he  undertakes  to  describe,  or,  at  all 
events,    collect    the     materials    from 
sources  on  which  he  could  place  im- 
plicit reliance. 

In  page  37,  under  the  title  of  Wot- 
ton  Basset,  no  mention  is  made  of  a 
curious  fresco  painting  in  the  Church 
discovered  about  three  years  ago. 

In  page  56,  under  Minely.     The 
monument  of  Nicholas  Powlett  and 
his  wife  is  stated  to  commemorate  the 
birth  of  four  daughters ;  whereas,  it 
expressly  mentions  a  son,  "  Amias," 
and    three    daughters,    "Elizabeth," 
*•  Mary,"  and   "  Edith."    This  error 
is  the  more  extraordinary,  as  the  in- 
scription in  the  window  to  SirThos. 
Hungerford   is  mentioned,  as  having 
heen  there,  while  Aubrey  (from  whose 
collections  Mr.  B.  has  derived  much 
of  his  information)  states  it  as  being 
there.    Hence  we  should  infer  that  the 
author  or  bis  friend  did  visit  this  Church. 
Nicholas  Powlett  was  not,  as  he  says. 
the/a/Aer  of  Sir  Amias,  the  Keeper  of 
Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  but  his  brother. 

In-page  113,  &c.,  under  Draj^cot.-- 
He  puts  the  supposed  effigy  of  Sir  Phi- 
lip Cerneon  the  ^«/side  of  the  chan- 
cel, whereas   even  Aubrey  places   it 
where  it  is,  viz.  on  the  North  side.  He 
then  states  that  "  by  the  side  of  this 
stone,'*  Ota.  the  monumental  stone  of 
Sir  Edward  Cerne,"  is  another  v^ith  a 
brass  plate,  bearing,  &c.  &c.  Thisfact 
was  solely  derived  from  Aubrey,  as  the 
brass  no  longer  exists.    Again  he  says, 
"a  plain  altar-tomb,  without  inscrip- 
tion, on  the  South  side  of  the  chancel, 
M  supposed  to  be  raised  for  Sir  Henry 
Long.'*     Aubrey  mentions  this  also. 
But  the  tomb  has  been  removed  these 
forty  years,  and  no  traces  of  it  remain. 
It  may  not  be  irrelevant  to  mention 
that  the  Draycot  property  passed  frorn 
the  Ceroes  to  the  Hertngs  before  it 
eamc  into  the  possession  01  the  Waytes 


i89«:) 


Remarkt  m  "  Btauliet  of  mtlt." 


and  Lonp,  and  thnt  Sir  Tbomu  Lmib  of  >n  ol'l  mBnsinn  and  Albouni  |  which 
hail  ihrrr  soni,  William,  Jnlm,  and  lias  a  remarkably  hindagme  Chuich, 
Edward,    bcjidta    "  Hrtity,    Kichard,     fxhibiti 


ibitioR  proof)  of  the 
«  of  the  place,  and  i 


fODtainiiig  one 


Klchril  mDnumcnls  are  nirnliantd, 
I  noi  B  word  ia  uid  of  one  of  ilie 
aldi^t  in  ihe  Church,  nil.  a  alnnr  r«- 
eulcheon,  with  an  inicriplionui  "An- 
ihoaj  I^n^,  Esq.  IbJSr 

In  page  225.  utuler  South  Wrax»Ii, 
heviya.  "on  ll>r  Nnrih  aide."  nia.  ot 
ft  DioDiimrni  in  tho  Chinch  of  very 
ancient  dale,  "  in  the  ccnir«  it  a  tindd  Mr.  Urban. 

ofarmt  and  quanerinfi:*,  nof  now  to  tr  C'NCE  my  former  1i 
dfaphrred."  The  leait  cxaminuiion  O  xcv.  p.  bg2,  on  ihe  subject  of 
would  hvre  ahown  the  benrin^a  to  be  Weil  Indian Siaiery,  I  liave  made  wme 
I^mg    imjiiting  Qeikeler.   (juurtering     in(|ui[v  into  that  pan  of  it  which  tx- 


fquuad  Chunh)  nm  even  alluded  in. 
There  ia,  mofetirer.  at  Upham,  in  the 
pariah  of  AlUniirn  a  ciinuua  Eiiaibe- 
Ihnn  houie,  which  belnngui  to  a  branch 
of  the  Goddard  family,  and  ii  well 
wnrihv  of  a  luuine  remark. 
Your.,  arc.  F.S.A. 


March  B. 


prnacd  a  wi«h  ihut  "  Mr.  J.  J.  Gur- 
ncy  wmdd  make  known  the  numbcra 
thai  are  ready  to  fnrheBr  the  uae  of 
!>ugar,''  made  by  SIjvm.  My  iiiqiii- 
liei  liave  been  loo  much  inierrupitd 
by  olher  avocoiloni  lo  render  them 
of  auy  praclical  ute,  relying  ahit  on 
hia  more  immediate  mean*  of  infor- 
mation ;  but  1  cannot  permit  thi*  part 
of  ibc  subject  lo  drop,  which  it  be- 
come ofiital  importance. 
Mv  of  F     -  ' 

id  tealous  aboliiionisti,  and  whose 
eeula  tit*  is  conaiiieiicy,  may  be  lint 
aken  into  the  account  (  a  Tery  lari^ 
■onion  of  ih«  commaniiy  tptead  over 
II  parts  of  it,  are  aud  have  been  for 
nany  year*  quielly  selling  the  ex- 
.mple  of  forbcHranoe,  with  a  view  lo 
,  tuch  an  emancipaiion  of  Sla- 

and    coheireia      very  as  ahall  at  length  convert  it  into 
of  Hope   Long  married  the  father  of     free  labour  \  (o  those  may  he  added  an 


Seymour.  The  "animals"  aerving  j 
Mpponrra  being  eiidently  linos,  an'l 
the  "  devices"  of  Sir  Robert  Long, 
who  added  Ihe  South  aile,  were  a 
bnck'i  head  and  a  marahal's  boll.  He 
Mates  further,  in  allntinn  lo  the  mo- 
nuinrnl  of  Thomas  Long,  Esq.  whn 
died  I7S9 :  "  This  Gentleman  (father 
of  the  late  Waller  Long.  Esq.  who 
died  at  Bath  in  1^7)  succeeded  in  ihe 
Wrnxhall  estate  by  cnlail  from  Sir 
Wallet  I.nng  of  W  haddon  and  Wrax- 
atl."  Sir  Walter  Long  of  Wha.ldon 
dill  entail  Whadden  on  ihe  before- 
Toenlionnl  Thomat  Long)  bin  neither 
be  (Sir  Walter)  or  any  of  hia  family 
had  any  thing  to  do  with  Wraxali. 
which  was  in  Ihe  poasesainn  of  the 
lineal  heir,  a  certain  Hope  Loni;.  and 
which  Hnpe  Long  did  not  die  until  , 
Jivt  vfart  ajtrr  Sir  Waller  Long  of  promote  such 
Whaildon.     Thr  -■ -■    —'■-■ — ••-"  ■ 


Thomas  Long,  and  that  it  the  lii 
the  descent  of  Wraxall.  .Amongst  ihe 
families  aeltlcd  in  Wiltshire  previeui 
to  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Seventh  be 
has  omitted  the  Longs,  whn  are  made 
to  commence  their  career  of  (rcniiliiy 
iii£ir^urnf  to  his  coming  to  the  Throne. 
This  is  certainly  a  fact  of  no  great  im- 
portance, excepting  aa  it  affects  the 


increasing  number  of  other  familie 
wIhmc  domestic  economv  the  same 
principle  is  observed  {  these  classes 
acem  to  divide  themselves  into  two 
parts,  one  enlirely  forbear  the  ute  of 
aiigar,  or  molasses,  or  rum  ;  and  the 
olhrr,  who  cannot  pennade  them- 
telvet  and  their  associates  to  relin- 
ish  their  palatable  faroarite,  which 


'acy  of  his  ttatrinenti  but  it  so  hep-,    greets    them    twice,    and    sometimes 
IS  ilial  Robert  Lone,  thegrandfaiher  '        '  '      ' 

of  SirThomus  of  Wraxall  and  Dr»- 


n  day,  have  recourse  to  ihe  su,- 
.  mported  from  the  free  labour  of 
cot  before m en lioned,  was  member  for  the  East  Indies ;  and  very  recently 
the  county  in  1433,  Rfty-two  yean  from  Mnico.  It  is  allowed  that  in 
brfarr  Henry  the  Serenlh  acquired  his  neither  of  those  countries  ii  either  the 
--■'     '-  ""-e  inode   of  cultivation,    so 


Numerous  parishes  are  utterly  un- 
noticed, such  as  Linehain,  Broughtor, 
GitTord,  Collingbourn,  Btc.  Wliad- 
dnn  also,    which    is    alluded  In,  pos- 


efTectiial  for  the  produce  of  the  sanr 
cane  as  the  plantations'  in  the  West 
Indian  colonies ;  the  protectiag  duties 
upon  the  importation  of  East  Indian 
tngar  also  bwr  dowii   Ihe   paaibiUij 


S8» 


BqM  In^Hon  Stfgtfr  rttwatfmniii. 


CBfv«k, 


pf  cqjialmng  the  price  to  the  con* 
sfiiner ;  aqd  the  iip perfect  manner  of 
cnltivaiion  hitherto  adopts  in  the 
fy»i,  unites  to  prevent  tnem  from  an 
equal  chance  in  this  market :  at  leas^ 
uptll  housekeepers  will  consider  rather 
more  the  principle,  than  the  actual 
price,  devoted  to  this  article  of  con- 
fumption.  But  these  obstacles  are  of 
yery  triBing  importance  when  exa- 
mined ;  and  they  aflbrd  a  powerful 
stimulant  to  the  reasons  for  adopting 
the  weakest,  in  order  to  render  it  the 
strongest  process  of  good.  Hitherto 
the  cpltivation  of  sugar  in  Hindostau 
hat  been  more  for  home  consumption 
than  for  exportation  to  hurope ;  a 
^mailer  quantity  has  been  required, 
^nd  the  process  much  less  efncient: 
the  cane  in  the  West  Indies  is  at  its 
maturity  placed  in  an  iron  cylinder, 
which  expresses  every  drop  of  the  sac- 
charine juice,  60  as  to  leave  nothing 
^ut  the  dry  husk  ;  but  in  the  East  the 
^if\9  is  pressed  by  a  less  efficient  in- 
strument, which  leaves  behind  in  the 
cane  a  considerable  part  of  its  juice 
and  moisture  :  hence  it  is  that  its  pro- 
duce in  the  manufacture  of  sugar  is 
ptppprtionally  weaker  in  sweetness, 
fna  much  less  in  quantity ;  and  the 
preparation  and  culture  of  the  soil 
and  growth  of  the  plant  have  been 
hitherto  laboured  with  less  active  at- 
tention than  in  the  West;  but  all 
these  works,  it  will  be  recollected, 
are  performed  by  free  labourers,  and 
are  not  subjected  to  the  severity  of  dis^ 
cipline  practised  in  the  West,  of  which 
the  evidence  laid  before  Parliament 
is  too  atrocious  to  bear  repetition,  un- 
less when  necessary  to  produce  con- 
viction. I  will  only  say  that  those 
who  may  suffer,  either  now  or  here- 
after, by  the  emancipation  of  Slavery, 
must  thank  themselves  only  for  hav- 
ing adopted  a  system  of  disci pliiie 
vhjch  has  produced  more  horror  in 
thousands  of  their  fellow  subjects  of 
Great  Britain,  than  all  the  woes  of 
Africa,  or  of  the  Middle  Passage  ! ! 

The  more  the  consumption  of  East 
India  or  Mexican  sugar  is  encouraged 
^t  home,  the  more  will  the  planters 
and  manufacturers  be  stimulated  to 
improve  their  soil,  and  instruments 
of  cultivation  and  manufacture;  the 
perfect  methods  which  have  been 
adopted  in  the  more  ancient  colonies 
will  be  adopted  and  transplanted  into 
the  new,  without  carrying  the  abhor- 
rent stain   of  this  original  sin  alon^ 


with  them  ;  the  more  will  fcc^  U^oui; 
be  extended,  and  th^  better  wttl  ii  be 
rewarded  and  paid. 

But  the  obstacle  still  remains  against 
it  of  an  increased  price  to  the  con- 
sumer. Some  years  since  the  grocery 
who  sold  East  Indi»  sugar,  and  the 
pastry-cooks  who  used  it  in  general^ 
were  very  few ;  but  now  there  are  se- 
veral shops  where  it  is  sold  in  difTeren^ 
eirts  of  the  city;  Blshopsgaie-sCfoet, 
reat  East  Cheap,  Newiugion,  Surry, 
&c.  &c.  From  these  places,  persons 
who  are  only  beginning  to  read  this, 
lesson  to  their  consciences  may  be 
supplied,  and  may  Like  samples  for 
their  comparison  at  home  of  each  sor( 
with  those  of  the  West ;  and  they  will 
find  a  small  difference  in  the  price,^ 
and  much  less  in  the  sweetness  than 
from  some  of  the  foregoing  obstacle^ 
might  have  been  expected ;  but  thej 
were  stated  in  order  to  be  met.  Of  the 
moist  pale  brown  sugars  for  coffee  or 
tarts,  such  as  may  be  placed  upon  any 
of  the  highest  tables,  the  price  at  this 
time  is  Bid.  per  lb.;  and  the  same  sort 
of  West  India  sugar  may  be  bought  a( 
lOd.  per  lb. ;  the  eastern  is  therefore 
cheaper  by  lid.  per  lb. 

The  refined  loaf  sugtir  of  equal  ap- 
pearance with  that  of  the  West,  may 
be  bought  at  \t.  2^d.  per  lb.;  while 
that  of  the  West  is  iutelf  U.  per  lb. 
The  question  of  principle  is  therefore 
reduced  to  a  value  of  2^d,  per  lb,  on 
loaf  sugar,  with  a  saving  of  2id,  ovi 
moist  sugar ;  here  is  nothing  but  a  mo- 
ment's want  of  reflection  whether  any 
one  who  can  afford  this  sweet  indul- 
gence, would  not  readily  make  it  still 
sweeter  by  paying,  and  that  mosi 
cheerfully,  ?}(/.  in  every  pound  weight 
that  he  can  consume ;  and  this  would 
only  increase  his  domestic  expendir 
ture  for  three  in  a  family,  an  annual 
sum  of  \0s,  \0d.  which  would  be 
on  I J  3|.  7  id,  each  towards  emanci- 
patmg  the  Negro  population.  Jt  ^s 
further  allesed  that  it  the  consumpr 
tioo  should  oe  increassd,  the  protect- 
ing duties  may  be  increased  also,  and 
thus  the  habit  of  adopting  East  India 
sugar  may  become  a  far  more  expen- 
sive article  than  we  are  yet  aware  of; 
for  the  price  to  consumers  should  al- 
ways cover  every  intermediate  charge 
upon  the  article ;  and  if  the  article  is 
less  sweet,  a  greater  quantity  will  be 
consumed;  and  the  comparative  disi- 
tance  from  the  two  countries  may  im- 
pede the  importation  from  the  one. 


ItM.] 


The  Oitorim  fRIlMM  de  StuburgL 


tai 


■nJ  f*cil'lal*  it  Trom  the  oihrr.  Her« 
tl  mav  be  tr|>1iF(1.  ihil  ihc  LcKitlu'urc 
will  »c>r(;*ly  tvtr  be  led  m  iiiipow  any 
ttrntMtiug  cmniiierciil  tluljr  whicti  will 
tfpvuxe  lo  n  (tmhibilion,  rtpeciillf 
■■t<<>*t  *<iy  ptn  of  <'■  own  Mtllnnenl*, 
n  ihi*  wniiM  «heoh  their  prniperiiy. 
1  ajHin  imporiation  hnte  lor 


plBfilei)  would  oonverl  ihiir  »I»VM 
inw  free  laliuureM,  and  reduce  the 
tevrriiy  of  iheir  ()(ici[)liue,  »nd  ^nnt 
ihc.n  the  juii  pnnki^ialiDa  of  ihe 
Enaluh  Uw>  and  religinn,  itic  cuhh 
Dial  supply  of  lugar  and  rani  »hniiW 
be  ii)creatt(l,  because  it  it  prefeTafale 
'~    Ibat    of   all   oiber   ]ilt  ' 


F  mini  ptrt  bren  conirned  in  foreign  world  f  h  it  not  detf  ihar,  wherever 
goods.  bmoiirpreMiitr«>e<p|ilie«noiia  >ny  |>lnntM kin  estates  hme  einanniMt> 
loiheiil.tiOi  t(iiboMofoiirowii|ieoplf,  ed'ilieit  *ljvc!i,  and  then  hired  lOtm 
cither  teitlnl  Of  adopted  imo  ottr  dit-  u  free  labourers,  their  waget  hire 
ttnt  ettabliibmenli  and  laws;  they  operated  to  iheir  hearli  conteol,  that 
tiand  io  lhi>  refpeci  u|Kin  eijujil  foun-'  th<7  httt  done  iheii  master's  work 
daiioni,  rxctM  in  the  aoimmi  of  iheir  Ixitrr;  aeiitcd  ibemselvn  in  eomrorti 
Ki|>rclive  ritV*  and  betiefieial  reioms  agri-eably  to  their  concliiton,  and  be- 
ta the  mother  country )  oone  can  cluim  come  a  regular  and  useful  people  I— 
any  right  to  iiinno]>oly,  nor  in  any  Bondage  prevents  ihein  from  all  these, 
respect  i*  jirotrciing  duties  but  on  and  al'O  fnim  all  relij^ioos  iDiprme- 
ihne  gtoaiHls;  nil  colonial  produce  meoisl  and,  moreoirr,  it  also  pretrnia 
IherefiitE  must  be  free  to  the  home-  ihrirowiieii  from  eiileruining  coirert 
Rratkrt  ■■  imn  as  an  equal  cUini  to  idrai  of  thvir  awn  nioml  eomliiion  at 
proiecTtion  shall  hare  been  proved  and  dependeul  crcniurea  )  of  t^eir  ju«  !«• 
ctlabliihed ;  and  iherefere  the  uiore  hiioni  towards  others ;  and  of  ^e 
the  consumers  at  hoote  encoinage  ihe  hig>irr  obiigaiioni  of  their  probation* 
imnortaiioo  nf  sugar  from  the  East,  ary  sta'e:  so  ihai  on  every  acconnl  a: 
Mid  from  Mexico,  the  more  aisuredly  ^ro^einM  uWifisR  of  slavery  brcomea 
will  tlwy  be  the  nieins  of  prerentnig  a  general  duly  j  and  every'calm  ra- 
in increase  of  the  pmiccting  duties  on  liooal  means  in  oar  power  incumbent 
thai  finni  the  \Ve<i  Indiei,  and  the  upon  all — ami  every  reMiluiion  culii. 
wilt  ihpy  reduce  tlie  price  they  vaied  which  can  effect  its  accomplisli- 


Diuit  now  [lav  for  it;  and  ihevetw  hat-     ratDl. 


A.  H. 


Mr.Uai 
n-'HEti 


Slivery;  btit  tintil  that  period  shell 
arrive,  thetr  own  privation,  either  of 
forbearing  the  use  of  lugir  at  all, 
which  is  fat  preferable  to  tbeir  pah 
at  well  ai  lo  their  principle,  to  pay* 
fcw  pence  or  thillings  more  in  a  year 
lowanls  the  cause  of  free  industry ; 
not  wronginc  laliour  of  its  just  re- 
ward;  nor  delaying  the  djy,  when 
with  duieoui  ibmktgiving  the  ttain 
of  England  shall  be  eradicated!  But 
the  distance  which  tome  have  inpre- 
heiidcd  as  tio  obatacle,  may  be  reduced 
by  arranf^ienl ;  as  the  growth  of  ihit 
artidr  in  the  EaM  it  encouraged  and 
improved  it  will  tind  its  way  to  Eng- 
lariil  in  larger  cnn^ignntentt,  and  in  a 
greater  number  of  vessels;  and  will 
tupply  the  cnntequence  of  a  longer 
vnyaae,  and  prevent  the  home  market  '"d  a  Cam 
from  being  exhausted  of  any  ftwe  of 
Ihe  arlicirt  having  regard  at  all  timet 
to  the  mischances  of  elementary  and 
humao  warfare ! 

It  it  not  obvinns  that  the  more  West 
Indian  sugar  and  rum  i*  cnntumed, 
the  more  it  the  West  Indian  Slavery 


ft,  itforri  10. 

f  of  Williatn  dt  Xewltirgh, 
ithor,  amieart  lo  have  bectl 
brouglii  brfuretlic  public  about  tha 
year  IS33.  by  Polydoie  Vergil  {'),  who 
was  probably  indebled  to  the  Ubotira 
of  John  Leiand,  the  antiquary,  for  hit 
knoivledge  on  the  subject;  the  latlei 
having  recently  met  with  De  New- 
burghs  History  in  the  Library  of 
tountdini  Abbey.  ("Foiiianl,  alias  . 
Wellcoii,  bibiioihcca. ')<)>. 

Wk  learn  from  Leiand,  Bale  C*), 
Lhuyd  O,  Powel  (»),  Pin  (•).  and 
oihen,  that  the  sirname  of  ihii  au- 
thor was  Ptiil,  (Latinic*  PorraiJ, 
that  he  was  a  native  of  Bridlinit«n 
Yorkshire,  a  Doctor  of  Theology, 
;nlar  of  Si.Augu)tio 

>Pr.lTdoTiVcrgtll1Ang1iBHUlariea,l5T0. 

*  LelsBiiut,  ConiMnt.  OioB.  1TD9. 

3  Bale,  Script  llluM.  Mij.  BilUoa.  4(o. 
WtsHi,  I  MP,  uui  <iii.  ful.  Buil,  lftS7. 

<  Lhuyd,  BriTiarj  of  Biiiaia,  Sto.  1W«, 
sad  ibidtvo.  1573. 

Poivel,  PoDtId  ViniBui  Uistaria  Bci- 


tractedl  It  i 


t«idi«,«TaI 
•I.  Pita  da 


IthNtr.ADll.  Script.  41a. 


939 


Familp  of  Wm.  dt  N^wburgh. 


XMardi^ 


in  the  mom^stery  of  Newburgh,  in  the 
same  county ;  to  which  Hearne  C) 
adds,  that  trie  Christian  name  of  his 
patron  was  William.  The  time  of  his 
birth,  A.D.  1136,  and  the  fac)  of  his 
having  been  bred  up  in  the  monastery 
abovementioned,  are  stated  by  William 
de  Newburgh  himself  in  his  Prooemi- 
um  ad  Rerum  Anglicarum  Historian), 
an4  fuf  the  body  of  that  History,  Lib.  1. 
Cap*  15. 

The  only  circumstance  related  of 
this  author,  which  deserves  to  be  no- 
ticed, is,  that  in  or  about  the  year  1 165, 
he  was  a  candidate  for  the  ^ishoprick 
of  St.  Asaph,  and  that  he  was  prevent- 
ed from  attaining  his  object  by  the  in- 
tervention of  David,  the  son  of  Owen 
Prince  of  Wales.  (On  this  head  see 
Powel  ('),  Hearne  (»),  and  Bishop  God- 
win ('O). 

From  a  careful  perusal  of  the  above- 
named,  as  well  as  of  other  authorities, 
the  date  of  1200  may  be  fairly  assigned 
as  about  the  period  which  closed  the 
mortal  career  of  W.  de  Newburgh. 

An  attempt  to  trace  the  Famili/,  of 
which  William  de.  Newhurgh  ts  pre' 
sumed  to  have  been  a  Member* 

In  that  authentic  record,  the  Domes- 
day Survey,  we  find  that  an  Aluric  Pe- 
tit was  one  of  the  King's  Thanes,  and, 
as  such,  held  lands  in  the  counties  of 
Hants,  Wilts,  Somerset,  and  Hertford. 
From  his  being  a  servant  of  the  Crown, 
it  is  conjectured,  that  this  Aluric  was 
the  parent  of  Gaufridus  (or  Geffrey) 
Petit,  who,  in  the  early  part  of  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  the  First,  wit- 
nesses a  Charter  of  Kadulf  de  Limesi, 
the  King*s  cousin,  for  the  Church  of 
St.  Mary  at  Hertford  (");  and  who  ap- 
pears to  have  been  a  benefactor  about 
the  same  time  to  the  Cathedral  of  Ro- 
chester (»«). 

From  the  abovementioned  Geffrey 
Petit  there  is  the  greatest  probability 
for  considering  as  descended. 

Sir  Oles  Petit,  who  settled  in  Corn" 
wall,  where  the  family  founded  by  him 
continued  for  several  centuries(*s). 

Ho^er  Petit,  Miles,  who  was  con- 
nected with  Milo  de  Gloster,  in  Wales 
0^) ;  and,  (it  is  presumed),  a  relative  of 

7  He»rne*8  Wm.  de  Newburgh,  8vo. 

s  Powel,  ut  supra,  No.  5. 

9  Hearne,  ut  supra,  No.  7. 

^  Godwin  de  Pranulibus  Angliae,  fol. 

11  Dugdale's  Monasticon. 

1*  Stevens's  Continuation  of  Dugdale. 

13  Visitations  of  Cornwall— Pedigree. 

H  Pugdalt's  MoMit.— ^Lib^r  Nt^  S^aec. 


Hu^h  Petit,  who,  in  1  l(S5,  held  four 
Knight's  fees  in  Gloucestenhire,  under 
Margaret  de  Bohun,  the  daughter  of 
Milo  abovementioned ;  and  of  williaoi 
Petit,  who,  about  1170,  accompanied 
Hugh  de  Lacy  into  Ireland,  where  he 
became  the  ancestor  of  the  Petits,  who, 
for  a  considerable  period,  were  possess- 
ed of  the  Barony  Palatinate  of  Mul- 
lihger. 

And  Chregory  Petit,  who  occurs  as 
of  Fiveley  (or  Filey),  near  Bridlington, 
in  Yorkshire,  in  or  about  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  the  First,  or  Stephen  (»). 
when  it  appears  that  he,  with  Maud, 
the  daughter  of  Adam,  his  wife,  was  a 
benefactor  to  the  Abbey  of  Bridling- 
ton. 

From  his  residence  beins  so  near  to 
the  place  of  W^illiam  de  Newburgh's 
birth,  it  may  naturally  be  surmised  that 
Gregory  Petit  abovementioned  was 
nearly  related  to,  if  not  the  father  of 
the  historian :  as  a  slight  corrobora- 
tion, the  William,  recoraed  by  Hearne 
as  the  patron  of  the  latter,  may  possi- 
bly have  been  William  de  Percy,  the 
Chief  or  Baronial  Lord  of  Filey  and 
its  vicinity. 

From  the  circumstance  related  be- 
fore, that  William  de  Newburgh  as- 
pired to  the  3ishoprick  of  St.  Asaph, 
in  Wales,  may  be  inferred  a  relative 
connection  between  the  Petits,  then  of 
Yorkshire,  and  those  of  Wales ;  and 
the  admission  of  such  an  inference 
would,  in  some  measure,  appear  to  ac- 
count for  the  pretensions  ot  a  claimant 
residing  at  so  distant  a  quarter  from 
the  See  in  question. 

The  descendants  of  the  family  to 
which,  it  has  been  endeavoured  to  be 
shewn,  William  de  Newburgh  has  a 
claim  to  be  considered  as  allied,  are 
doubtless  to  be  traced  in  the  Petiit, 
anciently  resident  at  Gytehurn,  iu 
Yorkshire,  and  of  whom  several  in- 
dividuals occur  in  the  records  of  Gyse- 
burn  Priory  from  A.D.  1230  to  1331 
(*^).  It  is  presumed  that  the  male  line 
of  this  family,  settled  at  Gyseburn, 
ended  in  Thomas  Petit,  who,  in  1331, 
gave  to  Peter  de  Hemmyno;bur2h» 
clerk,  all  the  possessions  he  had  by  he- 
reditary right  in  Gyseburn,  after  the 
decease  of  his  relative  Stephen  Petyt, 
Chaplain  ('«).  P. 

1*  Bridlington  Register,  ex  Burton's  Mo- 
nasticon Ebor. 

**  Gysebum  Register,  ex  (^ttoa.  MSS. 
Qtop.  D.f. 


18«C]; 


47.  nt  Hitlary  ^Ea^tMoi  darns  ""  iVirf- 
Wb  jiga.  Sy  Sbuon  Tunier,  f.£.^. 
Aw'.L.     Seamd   Edilim.     6    mU.    im. 

A  CATALOGUE  of  Author*  who 
hat  cwritien  HUtorio  of  England, 
V  ould  be  no  itighl  latk  ;  bui  lets  than 
a  page  would  lulEce  to  enumeraie 
Njch  u  are  popular.  All  anterior  to 
Ita|iin  have  devolved  by  common  con- 
sent upon  the  gratitude  of  Anliquariei, 
whoieorieu-rcijcated  praises  are  Taintly 
echoed  by  ibe  acquiescing  world.  Thai 
a  foreigner  nhould  produce  the  Rrsl 
HillDty  of  our  country  which  pONrtses 
a  lasiinii;  rc)iuUilion,  is  neither  a  small 
nor  at)  enaggcrated  eulogium ;  but  its 
form  is  inconvenient,  and  tu  fault* 
suOicienlly  neighty  to  prevent  its  being 
Kpul>1i»hcd  in  a  le*s  size. 

When  we  spealt  of  the  elegance  of 
Hume,  we  meniion  his  acknowledged 
and  onlv  merit— a  merit  which  will 
not  suSer  him  esaily  to  be  removed 
fioni  the  tables  of  such  as  are  content 
to  follow  a  eenrrsl  decision.  As  an 
Historian,  hi)  claim*  bear  an  inverse 


—n  received  at  present  is  his  i 
tion  of  Hume.  The  volumes  which 
treat  of  the  prior  period,  have  one  me- 
(ii,  that  of  fairly  meeting  ill  most  dis- 
couraging topics. 

Henry  has  many  recommendations, 
and  fills  llial  situation  between  learned 
and  careless  readers,  which  not  a  few 
have  failed  in  their  eiidcavouiitoaltaiii. 

A  less  diiFosc,  and  more  auiheniic 
history  than  Hume's,  and  one  mote 
connected  than  Henry's,  was  yet  want- 
ing, while  the  investigation  of  our 
public  libraries  was  coiiiinually  fur- 
nishing illustrations  from  contemporary 
docuniems.  Few  persons  were  belter 
qualified  fur  the  task,  than  the  author 
of  these  volume*.  To  palienl  research, 
he  joined  that  nice  discrimination  of 
fact*  M  hich  his  profession  has  a 
tendency  to  generate,  and  his  industry 
in  that  piofession  giiaranieed  caution 
and  labour  in  his  literary  attemjils. 
The  first  volume  of  his  History  of  the 
Anglo-Saxons  apjieared  in  1799,  and 
three  lubsequenl  editions  are  the  lesti- 
snonj  of  public  opinion.  But  he  is 
GiHT.  Mao.  A/anA,  Itlfi. 


not  merely  en  ahlr,  he  is  thefirit  his- 
torian of  this  discouroging  period  ;  he 
bolJIv  encounters  the  Uard*  and  the 
Triads,  those  uninviting  depositariei  of 
eaily  British  affairs  (  and,  though  ■ 
san^ine  Crlt  might  amplify  this  pait 
of  his  work,  there  is  little  reason  tn 
believe  ibat  anything  of  ascertained 
iuiiKirlaucc  has  been  omitted, 

Uf  the  Chapters  which  contain  iho 
Laws  of  tlie  Anglo-Saxons,  we  must 
remark,  that  they  have  been  recotn- 
inended  by  the  present  Vioerian  {>n>- 
fessor,  asformingabflsJaoriegBl  know- 
b'dge.  His  Vindication  of  the  llardi 
is  »  masterly  defence  of  the  mateiutlt 
from  which  he  formed  bis  histoty; 
and,  taken  separately,  tnay  be  ronai- 
dercd  one  of  the  best  wotks  for  iiudy- 
iiii!  the  nature  of  lilerxry  rviileucc. 

Tiie  History  of  England  coinmeucn 
wlirrelhatoflhcAnglo-Saxonscloied, 
but  is  introduced  h^  ajiidiciona  and 
Itiioinous  account  olEurope,  from  the 
irniplion  of  the  barbarians  in  ihe  4th 
century,  to  iho  Norman  cunqucsl  of 
Ilritain.  Contrasted  with  preceding 
ones,  the  details  arc  brief;  results  furm 
ihi'  ic\\,  »hib  p.uiLculitr)  and  auiho- 
iiiii.  r.  -.  !'■.;  :  T  ihc notes.     Frflm 

111    .        ■  ■..>ver,  of  thevfl. 

r.    I  -,  a  better  opinion 

may  be  formeil  of  the  merits  of  the 
work,  thun  from  general  ceniure  or 

I  Mr.  Turner  objects  to  the  re< 
eeived  account  of  the  dealh  of  Robert, 
Duke  of  Normandy,  in  Cardiff  Castle, 
that  it  is  unsunporteit  by  contempotaiy 
authority,  and  therefore  the  later  ac- 
counts of  Matthew  of  Westminster, 
and  Matthew  Paris,  are  questionable. 
In  public  iransaclinns,  posterior  evi- 
dence is  dubious,  hut  it  is  otherwise 
with  secret  ones.  Probably  the  con- 
temporary writer  (William  of  Malms- 
bury)  said  what  he  was  given  to  uti- 
derslaiid,  and  the  fact  may  have  be- 
come known  to  bter  annalisii.  After  . 
all,  Henry's  share  in  this  Irantaction 
is  dilhcult  to  be  ascertained. 

S.  or  the  invasion  of  Wales  bv  the 
Norman  adventurers,  and  the  f^ll  of 
Rhys  ab  Tudor,  in  loeg,  one  of  the 
most  important  e|»tode*  in  our  history, 
nothing  is  said.  Tlie  conquest  of  Ire* 
laud  is  well  tald[  and  the  accouDtt  of 


^34  Review. — ^Turner's  History  of  England.  [March, 

Becket  and  the  Crusades  display  const-  The  compoBition  and  transcription  of  Ro- 

derable  good  feeling  and  judgment.  roanoes,  the  King  particularly  cultiratcd, 

3.  The  reign  of  John  is  less  copious  fro«»  his  personal  taste.    The  increased  in- 

than  might  have  been  expecied,  but  ^/^r^V^  ^^^  '^^'''^  ""'^^    ****°  !°**  L^ 

the  circumstances   are   clearly   given.  Mahomedan    population,    occasioned    the 

^.   ,.  .     iJ„«...    TIT    V«.,«k  Arabic  Sciences  to  flow  freely  into  Jingland 

Ot    his   successor     Henry   III.  much  ^,^.^       ^.^      ^^^^  Poetry  and 

less  IS  said   than  by  other  historians  Li^^^ature  now  began  to  emerge  from  iu 

though   the    political  consequences  of  ^^^^^  ^^^^  j^^^  ^i^ibl^  ^„d  j^g^ite  fea- 

his  government  are  ably  shewn.     The  ^^j^es.     Internal  trade  multiplied  as  foreign 

battles  of  Lewes  and  Evesham  are  dis-  commerce  enlarged.    The  increase  of  luxury 

patched  in  a  few  paragraphs  i  but  the  diminished  the  fierce  warlike  spirit  of  the 

following  passage  on  a  public  grievance,  great ;  and  the  courtly  splendour,  and  even 

as  it  was  called,  compensates  fully  for  effeminacy,    introduced   a  love   of    peace, 

this  brevity,  and  sets  a  pattern  of  real  habits  of  courtesy,  and  a  polish  of  manners 

historical  composition  :  bighly  auxiliary  to  human  happiness.     The 

Clergy  were  raised  by  the  papal  avarice,  to 
*'  But  this  evil,  the  encouragement  of  ^  salutary  resistance,  which  preserved  the 
foreigners,  against  which  the  nation  most  liberties  of  the  English  Church.  And  the 
loudly  declaimed,  though  actually  unwise  in  weak  facility  and  injudicious  conduct  of  the 
the  manner  and  to  the  extent  with  which  it  King  and  his  favourites,  compelling  his  par- 
was  conferred,  yet  contributed  to  the  pro-  liament  to  formidable  Exertions  in  defence 
gress  of  the  country.  All  nations  are  be-  of  the  national  rights,  an  importance  was 
nefited  by  intercourse  with  each  other,  given  to  the  great  council  of  the  nation. 
Wealthy  states  are  improved  by  the  mixture  which  it  has  never  siuce  lost.  It  became, 
of  a  poorer  and  hardier  population,  as  well  from  the  events  of  this  reign,  so  identified 
as  by  the  residence  of  the  more  enlightened,  with  the  public  feeling,  and  so  firmly  incor- 
Civilization  becomes  more  varied,  industry  porated  with  the  government  of  the  country, 
exeited,  and  knowledge  enlarged,  by  the  that  the  next  sovereign,  the  vigorous  and 
settlement  of  new  families  with  new  hi«blts  determined  Edward  I.  aJlowed  to  it  a  due 
and  pursuits.  The  reign  of  flehry  con-  .  authority,  applied  to  it  for  all  its  subsidies, 
nected  England  with  America,  whose  friars  listened  respectfully  to  its  petitions,  deferred 
came  for  a  refuge  from  the  Tartars;  with  to  its  opinions,  and  sought  to  govern  by  its 
Germany,  whose  Emperor  married  his  sister;  aid.  From  all  these  causes,  England,  dur- 
with  Provence  and  Savoy,  from  which  both  ing  this  long  reign  of  fifty  ^six  years,  made  a 
he  and  his  brother  had  their  wives;  with  great  and  steady  advance  in  all  the  path$  of 
Spain,  where  his  son  was  knighted  and  national  prosperity ;  and  acquired  a  solid  ac- 
wedded ;  with  France,  which  he  visited  with  cumulation  of  national  strength,  whose 
much  pomp  ;  with  its  southern  regions,  effects  were  powerfully  felt  and  brilliantly 
Guienne  and  Poitou,  which  he  retained  ;  displayed  in  succeeding  times."  Vol.  i.  p. 
with  the  countries  upon  the  Rhine,  where  439-443. 

his  brother  went  to  obtain  the  empire;  with         4.  \  sketch  of  the  state  of  Europe 

the  North  of  Italy,  where  he  sent  knights  during  the   12th   and   13th   centuries, 

to  assist  the  Emperor  against  Milan ;  with  materially  assists  the  reader  in  his  pro- 
^be  South  of  it,  by  the  intercourse  of  hiin-  The    stitement    of  Edward's 

sjlf  and  h.s  Clergy  with  the  Pope,  and  by  ^^^^^^^^  ^^  Scotland  is  temperate  and 

the   crowds  of  Italians  whom  tbe  rontiti  •     i-  •  urn  ^        •      . 

poured  into  England ;    with  Savoy,  whose  judicious.     Ba ho  s    aggression    is    too 

Counihe  pensioned;  with  Constantinople,  P'^a[-.    The  wanderings  ot  Bruce,  dur- 

whose  exUed  Emperor  sought  his  support ;  »»g  1}»8  adversity,  are  ably  given  m  de- 

with  Jerusalem,  whither  the  English  still  ductions  from  ^arbour's  poetical  nar- 

crusaded  ;  and  even  with  the  Saracens,  who  ratlve. 

implored  his  aid  against  tiie  Tartars.     In         5.    In   the  reign  of  Richard  II.  the 

this  reign  the  English  traded  with  Norway,  crusade  of  Spencer,    Bishop    of  Nor- 

Lubeck,  Brabant,  Lorraine,  France,  Lucca,  wich,  against  an  anti-pope,  does  not 

Placentia,  Florence,  Portugal,  Germany,  and  appear.    This  reign,  however,  particu- 

Spain,  as  well  as  to  Gascony  and  Sicily.  Jarly  the  latter  portion,  is  well  done. 

This  extensive  range  of  political  and  com-  ^g  is  the  character  of  Henry  V.     The 

moroial  intercourse,   imparted  and  excited  transactions  of  this  period  are  illustrated 

great  improvements  through  a  I  the  classes  .  materials,  particularly  the  MS 

of  English  society.   J^^^^^^^^^S^^^^  accounts  of  the  seige  of  Harfleur.    The 
tural  History   was   increased   by   the   new         r        -„  ,y-o     w  u  /.      •»     \/i 

animals  that  were  imported  int^  England,  l^W  of  Henry  VI.  which  (to  cite  Mr. 

tilt  presents  of  merchants  and  foreign  po-  Turner's     expression)     has      hitherto 

t«nt|t«s ;  and  the  Arts  began  now  to  receive  seemed  "  a  confused  mass  of  uncon- 

m  »tt«ntion  which  makes  this  reign  the  nected  events,"  is  now  not  only  an  in- 

Unl  tpooh  of  their  appearance  b  England,  telli^ible,  but  a  luminous  piece  of  his- 


ins.} 


RtYiBV.— Tunuf^t  ffiftonr  ^  Mn^gMt. 


%orj  I  *nd  the  diapoiN  of  the  Cahiiwl, 
and  cimpcigni  in  France,  arc  rcUud 
at  clearly  al  thoworoui'otvi]  lime  are 
likrlj  lo  be  by  any  considerate  wiiier. 
Froiu  varinui  wurki  in  French,  we 
hate  a  uleating  and  cnpioni  accouiii  of 
the  MnidorOrleriDi,  ot  whoie  servicr* 
ID  hercouiurya  proper  ettimate  ii  here 
made.  The  EccloiaKical  hiitory  of 
ihit  iKriod,  the  coninti  nf  ihe  Crown 
wilh  (he  Church,  and  or  ihe  mendicant 
wiih  ihe  regular  Clergy,  are  Tull  of 
new  and  iniemlinf;  mailer.  The  eon- 
vncalion  t|Kech,  in  1483.  is  a  curiou* 
docunieni  i  other  wiiltrt  preient  im 
wilh  iheoriei,  but  Mr.  Turner  ii  par- 
liculaily  luccntful  in  diicovrrjng  con- 
temporary lentlinenti. 

7.  The  characiet  of  Richard  III.  ii 
one  of  peculiar  unceriaiiiiy.  Inilead 
of  malnlaiiiing  either  extreme,  Mr. 
Turner  hai  Trduerd  hit  obloqau  ta  itt 
Jutl  proportion,  by  acquillitigliiin  of 
■he  murdcri  of  Henry  VI.  and  Udy 
Aniir,  while  he  allow*  the  tragical 
fate  of  the  yaiing  princes  in  ihe  Tower. 
Perhanj  this  irij^n  it  one  of  the  tnoil 
tkilTuIly  put  togciher.  The  conjecture 
(hat  CohinibuswaaGoiernor  of  Queen- 
borough  under  Richard,  i>  uy  no 
meant  made  out,  nnr  doe*  our  auihor 
claim  for  it  an  imnlicil  belief. 

Tlie  Literary  History  of  England 
comptix*.  ).  an  Account  nf  (he  De- 
cline of  Literature,  including  a  jusl 
e^liinale  of  thai  of  the  Greeks  and  Ro- 
mans. 1 1  rnuit  be  conftved.  however, 
thai  Mr,  Turner  iindrrralei  the  Slagy- 
lile.  E.  The  Koival  nf  Latin  Lilera- 
inre  In  Knijlnnd,  after  the  Conquest ; 
iht'  Hislory  of  Anglo- Niirman  Poetry, 
ihcRomanci^on  Arlhur,Charlemagne, 
&c  i  the  Layi  of  Marie ;  the  Norman 
Troureun.  3.  The  Introduction  of 
the  Arabian  Sciencea.  4.  Tlie  Scho- 
lutic  Phil»50phy. 

The  Mittory  of  Kell^inn  in  Enslaiid 
elucidates  the  k'O'ii  of  Catholic  devu- 
lion.  Tli;  remarki  on  the  nature  of 
the  Dt'ity,  on  ihe  Redeemer,  on  InR- 
detily,  and  on  the  lemnrr  of  Religion, 
haie  »l(lf>ni  been  cucellrd  in  the  pul- 
pit. This  portion  ctoiet  with  the 
etfects  pioduced  by  the  preaching  of 
Wicliffr. 

The  History  of  English  Poeiry  and 
Prose,  it  perhaps  the  least  attractive 
jwition  for  "  lady  readers."  The  lat- 
ter is  enriched  by  progrestive  spaci- 
meni  of  tcnalorial  oratory. 

From  these  remarks,  it  will  be  easy 
to  difccra  itu:  cboraciH  of  ibi*  hisioiy ; 


S38 

bill  ii  aoaaMiea  uiotlier  ad«mUge  over 
iu  preaeceaaon — iti*llieinMtainiable< 
Under  Mr.  Tamer'i  pen,  atiacilic* 
disappear  al  once,  and  inuead  of  vil- 
lainy, we  meet  wilh  human  nature, 
telfiih  indeed,  but  not  outrageously 
base.  The  followiuK  remarks  od  War 
are  written  in  a  ipint  too  little  aiiaad 
at  by  writers  of  itiia order: 

'•  The  b«Bwra1tBt  tasta  will,  todMd,  re- 
gret thsl  snn  the  rintent,  th«  reatlna,  th« 
Tindictiir,  the  proud,   and  the  ■cieaiiy, 

■':         ■  .  .,.','1.C-.    »l.',L'b    DO 

Z.<j  <.....  ....y  slHUi.,  fi'om'bt'rng  .'itli^  "f 

lh»K  cluruun,  it  is  better  fiir  Meletf  that 
ihc;'  whu  cliMiae  to  w'h)M  iht  hnmioidat 
*n|HiDi  thuuld  \m  thg  priociptl  ileiimii, 
Wir  ■>  tn  f  til  10  CfMli  iiid  ill  slaughter  so 
■boniiDtblr.  thtt  <l  •ouU  nenr  outllii  (he 
ditierr  thsl  (tli^uliM  111  cDormtli*!,  Bar  the 
IHtronig*  tlttt  pecomoiruli  ll.  If  lli*  rm> 
tiaoal  nuiild  c*We  to  imiiw  it.  u^  parcDtt 
lu  vtlu(  it  SI  ■  pniftptina,  wiier  pindea  of 
■rnnginc  uatiunal  ilii|nilw  would  be  tdspt- 
ed  \>j  •utrimia  i  unil  Mti««l  poiptHty 
wnuW  Anuritli  D»itf  uBinurmpwdl}  iif  tba 
c:liin(!».  W»r  I'M  dritiu^vd  nuu*  klp^ns 
tlian  it  hu  u'rd  i  and  mil  nloaja  uritdue* 
Ur  grntar  cvili  than  it  oaa  prtvtui.       VuL 

1'hc  nnict  are  aliernately  illuttralive 
and  >ii|Krlliii>iii.  prolix  and  Witt.    Of 

the  il»si.-riaii(ii)i  which  appear  intoriou* 

the  :i>L.>ly>l>  iiF  Manna  Ghana  ;  the 
noli-  oil  ihe  .Ipws,  and  on  'be  Kiiigjilt 
TeinpLin:  the  Mote  of  Ireland  under 
Ricli.ird  II.:  that  nf  locieiy  in  Eng- 
lanil  uiiiler  lleiirv  VI.i  ihr  lubsiance 
of  ilK^  l.,..v.  .if 'H<n.y  VII.  (an  ex- 
aiii|)1e  which  wc  wish  were  mure  fre- 
quent, for  if  historian)  would  luhjoia 
luch  sketches  to  each  reign,  the  value 
of  their  taboiirt  would  be  greatly  eo- 
creaied)  t  the  discuisioo  aa  to  the 
author  of  Tutpin's  History  of  Charle- 
maiinr,  and  on  Galfrai  of  Monmouth's 
British  History,  bolh  which  workt  he 
Contidert  at  )iolitical  niachinei ;  the 
specimens  of  Breton  Rmiiancea;  tlte 
analysis  of  Porphyry 's  Iiagnge,  ofAri- 
stoilc'i  Calrgnriet,  nf  Erigena's  Dieiw 
Nahira.  of  the  Schoolnien,  of  Peter 
Lombard'!  Sentences,  of  the  Vaiidoia 
poem,  entitled,  La  Nobia  Xeynm,  nf 
WiflifTe'j  Trialogui.  of  St.  Edmimd'a 
Speculum  T.ecltiia,  of  Gower'a  Coi>- 
frttio  Amantii  i  and  the  nmice  of  pro- 
fane fcstivali  and  co»cr~-  —•:——' 
under  Ctaialiuiily. 


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Revibw.-— CradockV  Literary  Memoirs. 


[March, 


For  those  readers  who  enjoy  an  au- 
ihor*s  faults,  we  have  a  small  harvest 
hi  store.  Among  the  crusaders  (i.  337 ) 
is  mentioned  the  Bishop  of  Adhemur — 
there  never  was  such  a  see.  Simon  de 
Montfort,  the  crusader  against  the  Al- 
bigenses,  was  not  our  comUryman,  but 
son  of  Amanri,  Earl  of  Evreux*,  and 
a  native  of  France.  At  p.  129,  vol.  v. 
he  is  erroneously  called  Earl  of  Leices- 
ter, a  title  bestowed  on  his  son.  Mr. 
Turner  discountenances  the  supposed 
assassination  of  Richard  II. ;  but  after- 
wards (iv.  57)  draws  an  argument  from 
it,  which  is  careless  or  unfair.  He 
speaks  of  Aristotle's  following  Alex- 
ander to  India,  and  returning  home  by 
Persia — he  never  was  beyond  Mysia  in 
Asia  Minor,  in  his  lifef*  Erigena, 
we  are  told,  was  contemporary  with 
Charlemagne  and  Alfred — if  so,  there 
were  two  persons  of  that  name,  as  has 
been  supposed;  for  the  first  of  these 
monarch?  died  in  8I7,  and  the  latter 
acceded  in  872.  It  was  not  \n  Greece, 
but  in  Egypt,  in  which  it  was  said  to 
be  easier  to  find  a  god  than  a  man  (v. 
19). — But  let  such  as  are  unacquainted 
with  the  lim<B  labor  of  correcting  the 
press  (for  to  the  press  most  of  these 
mistakes  may  be  referred),  consider 
this  sentence  in  the  preface — **  a  debi- 
litatiing  illness  succeeded  the  publica- 
tion of  the  former  volumes ;  at  times 
so  severe,  that  not  only  writing*  but 
even  reading,  became  often  impossible," 
— and  sympathise. 

Of  Mr,  Turner's  style  we  can  say 
little,  as  it  i«  unequal  to  his  other  me- 
rits. Such  sentences  as  these,  *•  this 
good,  mild,  virtuous,  religious,  unof- 
fending, but  governed,  and  badly-go- 
verned, because  wife-governed,  church- 
governed,  favourite-governed,  selfish- 
courtier-governed.  King ;" — **  a  proud, 
jealous,  vindictive,  insubordinate,  in- 
dependant,  warlike,  high-spirited,  self- 
estimating,  powerful,  and  irritating 
nobility,  — every  reader  must  wish 
away.  But  these  are  blemishes  which 
serve  to  set  off  the  surrounding  excel- 
lencies; and  we  too  may  be  forgiven 
the  use  of  epithets,  when  we  pro- 
nounce that  Mr.  Turner  is  the  most 
satisfactory,  authentic,  and  amiable 
historian  of  his  native  land. 

*  Gonbe,  Histoire  du  Duch^  de  Nor- 
mandie,  il.  634. 

+  Why,  in  Aristotle's  eulogies,  is  his 
conduct  to  the  Princess  of  Atarnea  omitted  ? 
A  story  that  displays  human  nature  in  an 
exalted  light>  cannot  be  too  often  told. 


48.    Mr,  Cradock's  Literary  and  Miteel" 
laneous  Memoirs. 
fConebidedJrom  p.  65  J 
WE  return,  as  we  are  persuaded  our 
readers  will,  with  pleasure,  to  the  re- 
miniscences  of  this  worthy  veteran. 
They  have  a  value  to  all  parties,  from 
the  amusement  and  variety  of  literary 
and  political  information  which  they 
afford ;  from   their  supplying  curious 
traits  of  character  for  the  use  of  future 
Biographers,  and,  above  all,  from  in- 
ternal evidences  of  veracity  and  good 
sense. 

Of  these  qualities  we  see  abundant 
proofs  in  the  notices  (besides  what  we 
have  already  mentioned)  of  the  late 
Duke  of  Grafton,  Lord  Denbigh,  Earl 
Ferrers,  John  Gilbert  Cooper,  Dr.  Far- 
mer, Hawkins  Browne,  Dr.  Percy, 
Sam.  Foote,  Dr.  Askew,  George  Stee- 
vens.  Dr.  Mainwaring,  Gray  and  Ma- 
son, poets,  Bishop  Watson,  Mr.  Pitt, 
Dr.  Hawkesworth,  Admiral  Walsing- 
ham,  Bruce  the  traveller,  Sterne,  &c. 

Mr.  Cradock  is  evidently  to  be  dis- 
tinguished from  the  herd  of  auto- bio- 
graphers who  have  lately  threatened, 
or  have  ac^tually  inflicted  their  Memoirs 
upon  the  public,  and  who  have  flou- 
rished in  no  better  society  than  can  af- 
ford materials  for  a  green-room  jest- 
book,  and  all  not  more  valuable,  nor 
more  authentic  than  the  ten-times  re- 
pealed Joe  Millers  of  Grub-street. — 
Mr.  Cradock,  oWing  to  the  circum- 
stances of  birth,  education,  and  man- 
ners, was  early  admitted  into  the  first 
literary  as  well  as  political  circles,  and 
from  his  stores  of  memory,  which  are 
really  wonderful  at  his  time  of  life,  has 
made  a  judicious  selection  of  what  is 
highly  useful  in  throwing  light  on  past 
characters  and  events,  and  illustrating 
the  manners  of  a  very  different  state  of 
society  than  that  on  which  the  younger 
part  of  his  readers  have  fallen. 

We  shall  now  advert  to  some  other 
parts  of  this  entertaining  volume. — 
As  no  character   has  been  more  fre- 

3uently  misrepresented  by  vulgar  tra- 
ition,  and  common-place  anecdote, 
than  that  of  Lord  Thurlow,  we  have 
much  satisfaction  in  referring  to  Mr. 
Cradock's  account  of  that  eminent 
Lawyer. 

M  r.  Cradock's  characteristic  anecdotes 
of  the  other  eminent  Judges  will  not 
be  found  less  interesting,  particularly 
those  respecting  Aston,  Parker,  Gould, 
Hotham»  Wilmot,  Clive,  Mansfield, 
and  Yorke.    The  lamented  death  of 


18^6.]  237 

the  latter  is  at  .on        d  •  b«  proe  < 

rity,   to  accid  .o  ritmbk  .»»  , 

which  have   i  ^  «  ».i 

signed.  ^  **        •""«  » 

The  account  of  the  unfortunate  Miss  •  »«u  »,  •  tL«.»        «<».     .» 

Ray.  alluded  to  in  our  last  review,  is  »>•• -1*00  th«  whole,  U        t 

veiy  affecting.     Her  history  has  been  *  '7".°^  'r^  that  vou  .        ^,^  _ 

•^ .        .  .?  .    .u        !•  well  knewthat  you  w  alM 

much  nnsinken,  owing  to  the  reliance  approved.* *A 

placed  on  Mr.  (afterwards  Sir  Herbert)  £1^  have  agoo^z"^  . 
CroFi  s  memoirs  of  her  in  a  book  call-  ^ 

ed  "  Love  and  Madness/'  which  is  a        ^"^  author's  memoranda  of  Garrick 

fiction  from  beginning   to  end,   and  •'"«  copious  and  original.    The  most 

very  discreditable  to  the  author.— The  amwing  is  the  detail  of  Garrick's  dis- 

story,  as  given  by  Mr.  Cradock,  is  a  appointments  in  conducting  the  Strat- 

nielancholy  one,  and  a  striking  ex-  '^rd  Jubilee.     Geora:e  Steevens,  and 

emplificationof  the  "wases  of  sin."-*  ^}^^^  admirers  of  SHakspeare  at  that 

Lord  Sandwich's  polilical  life  is  justly  ^'.""^  considered  the  Jubilee  as  a  silly 

represented.  P»fce  of  theatrical  quackery,  but  the 

In  our  last,  we  copied  some  ancc-  jnany  blunders  committed  by  the  pro- 
dotes  of  Hurd  and  Warburion.  The  jcciors,  have  not  been,  as  far  as  we  can 
obsequious  veneration  and  friendship  recollect,  laid  before  the  public  with 
of  Hurd  for  Warburton  is  matter  of  ^"ch  humourous  effect  as  in  this  vo- 
universal    belief;    but    the   following  ^uroe. 

must  necessarily  be  added  to  our  for-         'f  ."^^y  seem  difficult  to  make  any 

mcr  extracts,  as  a  proof  that  Hurd's  addition  to  the  copious  materials  of 

veneration  had  some  secret  reserves.  ^^*  Johnson's  life,  given  by  Boswell, 

<  n  r       n    u  -J  •.  yet  Mr.  Cradock  has  supplied  some  sa- 

-  Before  Dr.  Hurd  was  qu.te  recovered  li.factory  anecdotes.     Whatever    the 

at  Liocolo  8  Inn,  1  once  called  upon  bun ;  •«-,„:•.   ^f  r\^     t^u     ^  tr    ^ 

and  he  told  me  that  Bishop  Warirton  wa;  f  "TL^.flL     .     l^^""""    "^^u  *^~^ 

to  preach  that  morning,  at  St.  Lawrence*.  («»<*  hostility  to  his  memory  has  ge- 

Church,  near  Guildhall,  an  Ann'.verwry  Ser-  "*^.'^"/  ^^»  "f^^^  affectation),  the  ad- 

mon  for  the  London  Ho«pital.  *  Then,  Sir.  miration  of  the  great  majority  of  read- 

•aid  I,  « I  shall  ceruinly  attend  him.'— « I  «f  »«  "o^  y^t  lessened ;  nor  will  they  be 

wish  you  would,*  replied  he;  'and  bring  reluctant  to  acknowledge  with  thaok- 

me  an  account  of  all  particulars.     I  believe  fulness   "the  smallest  contributions'* 

I  know  the  discnurse;  it  is  a  favourite  one;  to  the  history  of  his  life  and  manners, 
but  I  could  rather  have  wished  that  his  Lord-         In  a  **  Serious  Dialogue  between  Dr. 

ship  would  have  substituted  some  other;*  Johnson   and  a  Friend,'*  the  admirers 

then,  hesiuting,  added,  *  but  it  is,  perhaps,  of  the  great  Lexicographer  will  find  a 

of  l.ttle  consequence ;  for  he  does  not  always  striking  resemblance  both'  in  style  and 

adhere   to   what  is  written  before  hiro ;  his  «#.niinA«»r.f  " 

.    .....  A  f      •  5CIIIII11CIII. 

rich  imagination  is  ever  apt  to  overflow.      I 

was  introduced  into  the  vestry-room   by  a  ''As  many  accounts,"  says  Mr.Cradocl^ 

friend,  where  the  Lord  Mayor  and  several  "  have  been  circulated  that  are  injurious  to 

of  the  Governors  of  the  Hospital  were  wait-  the   memory  of  Dr.  Johnson,  on  the  sub- 

in^  for  the  late  Duke   of  York,  who  was  ject  of  Religion,  particularly  at  the  latter 

their  President,  and  in  the  mean  time  the  p^rt  of  his   life,  I  have  endeavoured  in  a 

Bishop  did  every  thing  in  his  power  to  en-  fancied  dialogue  betweeu  him  and  a  friend, 

tertain,  and  alleviate  their  impatience.     He  to  give  as  faithful  a  picture  as  possible,  firom 

was  beyond  measure  condescending  and  cour-  himself,  as  well   as  from  a  free  examination 

tcous,  and  even  graciously  handed  some  bis-  of  all  his  works.     He  was  a  good  man ;  hat, 

cuits  and  wine  on  a  salver  to  the  Curate  who  to  use  his  own  phrase,  a  '  morbid  melan- 

was  to  read  pravers.     His  Lordship  l)eing  in  choly'   had  been  impresaed  on  him,  even 

good  spirits  rather  once  exceeded  the  bounds  from  his  infimcy  at  Lichfield." 

fLt^Ti'  ^^  ''""'l"^  r  ""?'"  ^"^A        0(  Goldsmith's  character,  too,  Mr. 

from  Shaksi)eare,  in  his  lawn  sleeves,  and  r^  i  t  t  /r  j  j  -i  •  .. 
with  all  its  characteristic  humour ;  hut  sud-  Cradock  has  afforded  some  striking  i|. 
denly  recollecting  himself,  he  so  aptiv  turn-  lustrations,  amply  confirming  the  ac 
ed  the  inadvertence  to  his  own  advantage  as  counU  hitherto  published.— We  may, 
to  raise  the  admiration  of  ail  the  company,  however,  point  out  a  small  error  in  hit 
Many  paru  of  his  discourse  were  quite  sub-  account  of  the  battle  between  Gold- 
lime,  and  were  given  with  due  solemnity ;  smith  and  Evans,  the  bookseller.  The 
but  a  few  passages  were,  as  in  his  celebrated  libel  of  which  Goldsmith  complained. 
Triennial  Charge,  quite  ludicrous;  and  when  did  not  appear  in    the  Univertai  Ma- 


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R8V4BW.-— Bp.  of  Bath  and  fVeWs  Chwge. 


[March, 


gazine,  with  which  Evans  had  oo  con- 
cern,  but  in  the  London  Packet,-  an 
evening  paper,  published  by  htm.  The 
offensive  article  was  supposed  to  have 
been  written  by  Kenrick,  who  hated 
Goldsmith ;  nor  did  Goldsmith  cane 
£vans.  He  struck  Evans  once,  a 
stout  and  irascible  VVelchman,  who 
returned  the  blow  with  such  interest, 
that  poor  Goldy  was  greatly  disfigured, 
and  sent  home  in  a  coach. 

The  Appendix  to  this  volume  con- 
tains part  of  our  author's  Journal  when 
on  his  Continental  Tour.  It  has  since 
been  announced  that  the  whole  of  this 
Journal  js  about  to  be  published  as  a 
iecond  volume  to  the  present  Memoirs. 
This,  we  cannot  doubt,  will  be  highly 
acceptable.  Mr.  Cradock  has  the  keen 
eye  of  an  observer,  with  the  reflecting 
iK>wers  of  a  man  of  sense,  and  a  phi- 
losopher. And  we  cannot  close  our  ac- 
count of  his  Memoirs,  which  have  af- 
forded us  such  high  gratification,  with- 
out wishing  him  health  and  spirits  to 
complete  his  intended  volume,  to  en- 
joy the  remainder  of  his  protracted  life, 
and  to  prove  that  that  lite  has  not  been 
ftpent  in  vain. 

49.  A  Charge  delivered  to  the  Clergy  of  the 
Dioeese  of  Bath  and  Wells,  at  the  Pri- 
mary Fisilation  of  that  Diocese,  in  July, 
August,  arid  September,  1825.  By 
George  Henry  Law,  D.  D.  F.  R.  S.  and 
A,S.  Lord  Bishop  qf  Bath  and  Wells. 
Published  at  the  request  qf  the  Clergy, 
4  to.    Rod  well  and  Martin,  Sfc. 

OUR  opinion  of  the  Pastoral  la- 
bours of  this  excellent  Prelate  has  been 
so  frequently  expressed,  that  it  would 
-be  superfluous  to  add  any  encomium 
on  this  aflcctionate  and  truly  Christian 
Charge,  to  an  assemblage  of  Divines, 
whom  the  good  Bishop  was  then  for 
the  first  time  addressing  and  instruct- 
ing. Suffice  it,  therefore,  that  we  ex- 
tract the  following  animated  expres- 
sions of  paternal  affection : 

<<  In  conclusion,  my  Reverend  Brethren, 
^ve  me  leave  to  indulge  the  pleasing  of- 
fice of  giving  thanks  where  thanks  are  due. 
The  kind  manner  in  which  I  have  been  wel- 
comed among  you,  the  desire  you  have  hi- 
therto evinced  to  meet  my  anxious  wishes 
respecting  residence  and  duty, — these  good 
feelings  on  your  part,  have  made  a  deep  im- 
pression on  a  mind  not  insensible  to  kind- 
ness. I  anticipate,  therefore,  the  same  mu- 
iual  good  understanding  which  gladdened 
the  labours  of  .my  former  Diocese.-  Your 
cr9dit>  your  fiuthful  and  effective  discharge 


of  yofir  ratnisterkd  fanctloDs  ti»  the  only 
objects  I  have  had  'm  view  in  all  that  I  have 
recommended  to  you.  With  pleasure,  then, 
and  with  pride,  do  I  look  forward  to  the  con- 
tinuance of  my  connexion  with  you.  This 
Diocese  has  been  long  distii^uisned  for  na- 
tive loyalty,  and  for  sound  constitutional 
principles  in  Church  and  State.  May  it,  by 
the  blessing  of  the  Almighty  God,  be  no 
less  distinguished  for  the  promotion  and  in- 
crease of  true  Religion  among  us.  Of  my- 
self, indeed,  if  it  be  allowed  roe  to  speak,  I 
would*  say,  truly  but  humbly,  that  it  will  al- 
ways be  my  anxiety  and  labour  to  deserve 
your  esteem  and  support :  and  deserving,  i 
have  no  doubt  I  shall  always  attain  them." 


50.  Lessons  in  Criticism,  to  William  Ros- 
coe,  Esq.  F.  R.  S.  &!c.  in  answer  to  his 
Letter  to  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Bowles,  on  the 
Character  of  Pope,  ff^ith  Jurther  Les- 
sons on  Critieism  to  a  Quarterly  Remewer, 
By  the  Rev.  William-Lisle  Bowles.  8vo. 
pp.  176.     Hurst,  Robinson,  and  Co. 

LET  not  our  Readers  be  alarmed—^ 
it  is  not  our  intention  to  detain  them 
by  a  controversy  which  we  maintained, 
in  our  last  Report*,  had  been  satisfac- 
torily settled.  The  question,  we  now 
regret  to  see,  has  become  a  personal 
one,  and  it  is  with  sincere  sorrow  we 
add,  that  the  bitterness  of  invective, 
and  the  acrimony  of  reproof,  have  su- 
perseded the  legitimate  weapons  of  ar- 
gument, and  converted  the  arena  of 
literary  discussion  into  a  scene  of  per- 
sonal defamation. 

We  are  sensible  that  the  provoca- 
tion which  has  occasioned  this  lament- 
able departure  from  the  dignity  of  the 
Scholar  has  been  great.  We  are 
sensible  too,  that  Mr.  Bowles  has 
wielded  the  missiles  which  he  has 
stooped  to  use,  with  considerable  eflfect. 
But  we  cannot  share  in  the  triumph 
so  obtained,  nor  sympathise  with  the 
aff*ront  so.  resented.  Some  apology, 
indeed,  he  has  made,  when  the  violencie 
of  anger  hns  spent  itself  in  bitter  sar- 
casm, and  exhausted  its  venom  in  the 
demolition  of  its  victim,  by  an  expres- 
sion of  regret  **  that  he  has  been 
obliged  to  be  harder  on  Mr.  Roscoe 
than  he  could  have  wished.**  But 
there  remains  on  the  record  much  that 
a  Christian  temper  will  one  day  wish 
to  blot — much  that  will  require  the 
exercise  of  Christian  charity  in  an  op- 
ponent to  forgive.  The  same  "  grey 
nairs,"  and  that  "  former  fame"  of 
the  aiithor  of  the   Life  of  Lorenzo, 

'  '  '  '  '  '  '  .  ■  ■■  ■         i      .         J       II        I.    L  i' 

•  See  vol,  xci.  i.  p.  291 — 294. 


1S90.]  RsriBw^— Bowles's  Lmoni  in  CrUicitm.  ^9 

wrhich  Mr.  B.  Rweits  liaa  withheld  hi*  Eilitor  was    bora,    no  olTeiice  coutd 

larihei  xvcriiies,   tnighi,   we   think,  pmaihlT  hava   been   i^iTeii,  »iiJ   nunu 

hava  t|ured   ihcir   pmicunr  much  of  could  have  bren  received, 
the   abkuc   will)   wliich  he  li«   beta         Ai   llie  Bio^-rapher  as  well  as  lli« 

vitiled.     What  noblpr  lrium|ih  would  Editor  of  Pope,  lie  proltabljrconiidcTed 

Mr.  BdwUi  detire,  than  thai  the  argu-  ii  a  point  ofdiiiy  lo  lajr,  what  hi:  him- 

Ritnt  and  the  truth  ihnul.l  be  hii)  the  lelf  lincerely  believed  to  be  the  truth, 

•miliitirv  anil  the  dirt,  the  weapnni  of  with  rt;:.in]  \a  h\i  ctiaractei  and  con- 

hi.<ipp(.r,.-[ilf— hecouiaiuvcjirordcd  .Imr  ■    ,i,.    ;  .,  ■  -    ■-.!     i,,-  lo  which,  ho 

this.  Ii.il  ii   collect,   and    ' 

We  have  been  cooipetled  lo  (he*e  whethernfa  favciurablenatureorotber- 
rematki,  by  in  honeit  conTiction  thai  wiie,  to  iheir  object,  he  hot  laid  ihem 
Truth  hai  loit  (omewhal  of  ilt  luiire  inipaniBllj  before  the  public.  In  m 
in  the  prrMni  discunion,  by  ill  uit-  doing,  he  may  pouibly  hafe  tdiBitted 
happy  aunciatioii  with  coatienei*  and  totne  tli^ht  inaccaraciei.  One  of  tbe 
invective.  Selling  aside  time  cooii-  most  leiioator  tliote  laid  10  hii  charn,' 
derations,  it  it  due  lo  Mr.  Bowie*  to  it,  that  where  he  mentioni  thejtuolt' 
add,  that  he  ha*  made  ^Mtd  everg  point  cation  of  the  character  of  Aiotia,  m 
in  ditpute — that  his  invariable  prin-  having  taken  place  duiing  the  life. 
ciples  have  been  drengthened  hv  the  lime  ofPope,  initead  orafUrhiidealhi 
very  example*  adduced  to  overthrow  But  ihiaerror  of  date,  surely  cannot  ba 
them ;  and  if  it  were  pntiible  lo  *epa-  coruiidered  at  any  injustice  to  (he  me- 
rate  the  nannrr  rroin  the  nalltr  of  niory  of  Pope,  since  the  noiwr  of  th« 
thit  last  disqoiiitioD,  we  consider  i(  as  circumstance  (if  it  happened)  remain* 
able,  n.iy  as  triumphant  an  answer  ai  unalltrtd.  Tlie  instant  that  a  tnai  of 
ever  was  put  in,  lo  the  allegation*  of  money  wu  received  from  the  Duche**, 
critic*  ana  objectors.  The  arguments  for  the  suppression  of  that  character, 
in  proof,  that  Halifax  wai  the  Bufo  of  honour  should  have  *oggeated  the  pro- 
the  ^lire,  is  one  of  the  most  conelu-  {irieiy  of  an  immediate  destruction  of 
live  bit*  of  reasoning  we  have  ever  the  copy ;  ai  it  must  have  been  tufS- 
niFi  with,  out  of  the  pale  of  mathe-  cirntly  obvious,  that  wheneverilie  ma- 
ma I  ical  demonslrt  lion,  nuscript  was  discovered,  it  would  cer- 

Having   thii*    freely   expressed  oar  tainly  be  published. 
opinion  of  the   mode  in    which   tfai*         In   the  disclosure   of  these  varion* 

controversy  hat  been  recentlv  conduct-  facts,  Mr.  Bowlei  bai  ntnosed  bimielf 

ed,  and  having  admitted  the  general  to    much    lileraty   hosiility  — to    the 

conclusivenrti  of  Mr.  Bowles's  argti-  harshest  invectives,  and  the  most  nn- 

menii,  we  will  prncced  briefly  to  as-  spairiiig  censure  of  some  individual, 

sign  our   teasoni  for   iliis  conviction,  who,  adhering  lo  the  old  and  erroiieoiit 

by  recdlliiig  a  few  of  ihe  more  pronii-  maxim,  "  df  martuit  nil  nin  bonunt," 

neni  objectiniis  that  have  been  brought  do  not  consider  that   this  ipecie*  of 

againit  him  in  his  editonal  character.  false  lenity  with  regard  to  the  dead. 

In  the  lirit  place,  he  has  been  ac-  de*troys  not  only  the  otilily  of  Bio- 

cused  of  entertaining  feelings  of  haired  graphy,  but  alto  it*  interest;  which 

and  envy  of  Pope,  and  of  a  wish  lu  consists  in  the  exactnes*  of  the  like- 

d^ade  him  from  his  exalted  rank  at  nrss  it  preienlt,  to  the  character  it  pro- 

stich,   in   having   placed    him   in   the  fesses  to  describe.    Without  this  faith- 

■calaof  poeiicexccllence  nexiioShak-  ful   rrteniUance,    we   may   exhibit  « 

tpcare  and  Milton,  and  in  having  no-  "  faultless  monster  that  the  world  ne'er 

iii;e«l   some   features   of  his  character  tnw," — buiiheauthoriiy  ufihistpceiet 

tending  to  lessen  its  valtie  in  the  esti-  of  com|>05ition  will  be  degraded  fay  it, 

maiion  of  the  world.  to  the  level  of  that  of  mnnumenial  in- 

Wheiher  he  hat  assigned  him,  as  a  tcriptiuns,  of  which  it  has  been  aptly 

Poet,  hit  due  degree  of  elevation,  we  observed,  that  "  one  half  will   never 

will  not  now  enquire  ;  but  tutely  it  it  be  believed — the  other  never  read." 
not  possible  lo  believe  that  ihe  Editor         It  has  been  objected   atw>   lo   Mr. 

of  Pope  could  have  been  actuated  by  Boivlet,  that  from  the  malerials  he  hat 

any  tnch   malignant  feelings  as  have  gained,  he  hat  drawn  inferences  matt 

been  imputed  to  him,  when  it  is  con-  mi fiioii table  lo  the  character  of  Pope, 

sitlercd,   that  no  adequate  motive  for  than  they  would  justify.     But  hit  ii>- 

them   can   be  astigned)  for  the  Poet  fcrences,  unlet*  the*  are  tiipported  by 

having  ceased  lo  esitt  long  before  hi*  hit  fact*,  can  do  no  tiann ;  lor  without 


840                   R^vxBW. — ^Nicolas^s  Teilamenta  Feiusta.             [Mai-ch, 

that  support  they  cannot  influence  the  queaths  to  his  sister  ^'a  basin,  in  which 

judgment  of  others  ;    and   supposing  he  had  been  accustomed  to  wash  hit 

this  objection  to  be  well « founded,  the  head,  and   which  [had]  belonged   to 

circumstance  merely  proves,  that  Mr.  Madame  his  mother."     P.  67. 

Bowles,    in   common   with   all  other  The  word  Robe  is  a  vague  appella- 

human  beings,  was  in  some  instances  tion.     In  this  will  is  a  bequest,  which 

liable  to  fallibility  of  judgment:  to  the  shows  its  meaning  at  that  period.     He 

natural  imperfection  of  which,  it  must  gives  "  to  John  Ravenstone  xls.  and  an 

be  owing,  that  generally  speaking,  the  old  Robe,  that  is  to  say,  a  coat  and 

same  character,   the  same   facts,  the  surcoat."    P.  68. 

same  objects,  will  be  regarded  by  dif-  At  the  funerals   of  the  great,    the 


ferent    mdividuals    in    very    diflerent  mortuary  horse  was  rode  by  a  man  in 

points  of  view.     It  is,  in  snort,  owing  armour,   but  not  where  the  deceased 

to  the  inherent  imperfection   of  the  was  of  low  rank.     P.  75. 

human  mind,  that  the  whole  amount  Patterns  of  Tombs  were  directed  to 

of  this  long  controversy  is,  that  Bowles,  be  taken  from  existing  specimens.   Sir 

Warton,  and  others,  have  viewed  the  Walter  Manney,  Knt.  directs,  that 

character  and  genius  of  Pope  in  a  dif-  ««  a  tomb  of  alabaster,  with  his  ioiBge  as 

ferent  and  less  favourable   light  than  a  Knight,  and  his  arms  thereon,  should  be 

that  in  which  it  has  been  contemplated  made  for  him,  like  unto  that  of  Sir  John 

by  Lord  Byron,  Mr.  Roscoe,  and  some  Beauchamp,  in  Paul's  in  London."     P.  86. 

nameless  writers  in  the  Quarterly  Re-  And  John  de  Hastings  Earl  of  Pem- 

view ;   and  that,  of  those  who   have  broke  (p.  372),  says, 

been  tranquil  lookers-on  in  this  lite-  ..  Mv  body  to  be  buried  In  the  Church 

rory  conflict,  if  some  have  considered  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  where  a  tomb  is  to 

the  opinions  of  Mr.  Bowles,  with  re-  be  made  for  me  near  the  wall  on  the  North 

prd   to   the  genius  and  character  of  side,  which  tomb  I  will  be  made  as  like  as 

Pope,  as  erroneous,  others,  and  perhaps  possible  to  the  tomb  of  Elizabeth  de  Burgh, 

the  greater  number,  may  impute  the  who  lies  in  the  JVIinories,  London,  without 

error  to  those  of  his  opponents.  Aldgate;  and  I  give  for  the  making  the  said 

^  tomb  CXI /t."     P.  88. 

51.  Nicolas's  Testamenta  Fetusta.  ^en  pounds  were  paid  for  a  grave- 

,-,    ^.      jr.          ,^  ,  Stone.     P.  93.     ^cc  poslea, 

wc    [^^^^'^'^''^P'/^'\    ^.„  Richard,  Earl  of  Arundel  (I.  375) 

WE  shall  now  proceed  to  the  Wills  desires,  that  his  tomb  be  no  higher 

themselves.  than  that  of  his  wife,  which  was  a 

In  the  Will  of  Guy  de  Beauchamp  compliment  apparently  paid  to  Royal 

Earl  of  Warwick,  dated  in  1315,  we  rank;  for  that  wife  was  Eleanor,  dauch- 

find  that  he   bequeaths    to   Ins   wife  ter  of  Henry  Plantagenet  Earl  of  Lan- 

Ahce,  besides  a  proportion  of  plate,  a  easter    (p.   94).     Hence    it    appears, 

crvstal    cup;     and    to    his    daughter  that  in  joint  tombs  of  them  and  their 

Maud    another    crystal    cup    (1.   64).  ^i^es,  if  the  latter  be  lower  than  that 

We  shall  take  the  liberty  of  consider-  of  the  former,  she  was  only  of  equal 

ing  these  crystal  cups  to  be  glass,  and  ^ank,  at  the  best. 

the  passages  cited   show  that   it  was  Coronets  were  to  be  considered  as 

then  of  equal,  if  not  greater  value  to  heir-looms.     The  same  Earl  says, 

*   T»u     \\7'U    ^e  171*     u  .u     I     T>       I  "  i   leave  to  Richard  my  son  and   heir 

The  Will  of  Elizabeth   de  Burgh,  ^^^  ^^^^^,.  ^^j  j  ^^^  j^.^  ^^ 

Lady  of  Clare,  mentions  5e^ J.  cor«  from  i,,^„i      ^o  keep  it  during  his  life,  and  then 

her  manors,  as  one  of  the  bequests  to  ^  leaye  it  to  his  heir,  and  so  to  remain  from 

married  daughters.    Id.  58.    This  will  heir  to  heir.  Lords  of  Arundel,  in  remem- 

appoints  no  less  than  Jifieen  executors,  brance  of  me;  to  Joane  my  daughter,  my 

P.  59.  second  coronet,  with  the  like  charge ;  and 

Humphrey  de  Bohun  Earl  of  Here-  to  Alice  my  daughter,  my  third  coronet^  on 
ford  (anno  136l),  orders,  that  he  be  the  same  conditions."  P.  96. 
buried  "  without  any  pomp,  and  that  Mr.  Nicolas  notes,  that  "  the  be- 
no  great  men  be  invited  to  his  funeral,  quests  of  the  second  and  third  core- 
which  shall  only  he  attended  hy  one  nets  to  his  daughters  Joane  and  Alice, 
Bishop,  andly  common  people**   P.  66.  probably  arose  from  their  both  beinff 

Our  ancestors  were  accustomed  not  Countesses,  and  consequently  entitled 

only   to  wash   their  faces,    but  their  to  wear  them."    P.  96. 

heads,  for  the  Earl  last  meDtioned  be-  Sir  John  Northwood^  Kot.   wills. 


1M6.]  Rsvitw^ 

that  two  pilgri      b* 
thadoK  of  St.  I  >       . 

io  Galacia.'*     r.  ■ 

Mt.    Ni« 
"  ihadow"  be  i 
tcripi. 

The  uie  of  Cenotaph*  <ai  invittnj; 
friends  to  »aj  pnjen  for  their  mdI))  it 
well  pourlravra  in  the  following  direc- 
tion of  Richard  Lord  Poynings 
{I3B7). 

"  If  it  IO  tuppCD  that  1  depul  (hit  lift 
ID  inch  B  pli«  Lhit  m;  bodj'  nssot  bi 
buiiail  It  Po}niDg>,  to  the  end  that  m; 
fricndi  tin  off  mij  ul»  notice  chenof,  I 
viJt  (tut  B  atODC  of  nucble  be  pTorided, 
■ilh   • 


I   the   t 


JeMli.""  P. 'its. 

The  Helmet  under  (he  head  had  * 
particular  meaning.  In  Heraldry  the 
dilfetent  posiiiani  of  the  Helmet  and 
iu  various  bar!!  and  fionti,  discrimi- 
nate rank.  A  helmet  under  the  head 
of  aepulchral  efiigies,  lecmt  lo  have 
belonged  to  knighthood,  and  no  inferior 
rank.  Thus  a  mitre  appears  under  the 
heids  of  Biihop«.  Besides  the  extract 
toil  given,  Sir  John  Montacute,  knight, 

"  1  dill  tbu  B  pIiiD  tomb  be  nud*  for 
ne,  with  the  imige  uf  a  Koight  tbenoD, 
■ml  the  mm  of  MoDtuule,  hiTmg  u 
helmet  uodet  the  heu)."    P.  184. 

The  injunction  lo  lake  the  name  and 
arms  was  sometimes  accompanied  with 
specific  donations,  not  lo  be  alienated. 
Ralph,  Lord  Basset,  of  Drayton  (1389), 
.ays. 

■•  I  will  thit  th*  penon,  •rliMoeier  he 
lie,  that  shall  iint  bear  ray  •urnanM  and 
■[mi,  accordinf-  Ic.  my  oDI,  ihall  b«e  the 
use  uf  my  f;nn  velfeC  bc<[  for  V.h ;  but  not 
lo  be  alienated  from  blm  who  ihall  bear  my 
ume  and  aii»i."    P.  126. 

We  shall  now  mention  a  practice  of 

warm  feelinpl  for  there  ivere  no  jW'j 
ill  their  charities;  no  fl.iming  institu- 
tions "  of  much  cry  .ind  lillle  wool,'' 
and  created  mnrc  lo  bring  into  conse- 
-mencc  as  "  Oirecwrs  and  Vice-presi- 
dents," peiMns  of  obscurity,  ihaii  to 
effect  benefit  of  nny  extent.  They  hnd 
no  idea  of  foimiiig  large  socielie«  with 
a  grand  object,  without  adequate  funds 
to  icaliie  it,  and  of  course  to  no  pur- 
pose. Their  charities  were  more  do- 
meatic.  Mai^ret,  Counies^of  Devon 
(1391)  says, 
GiHT.  Mio.  March,  laa<i. 


Furniture,  il  ii  knowu,  was  movnl 
from  place  to  place,  even  thai  which 
is  now  stationary.  Richard,  Earl  of 
Arundel  (13y8),  gJTta  to  his  djit;:hier 
Charlion  hit  bed  of  red  silk,  ichichmai 
gtrierally  at  Ryegate  ,-  and  lo  his 
daughter  Margaret,  "  his  blue  bed, 
usually  at  London."    P.  131. 

The  tame  will,  in  p.  13t,  leavei  i. 
family  Bible  lo  the  heir,  never  lo  be 
alienated.    P.  )33. 

Among  other  bequetia  of  John, 
Duke  of  Lancaster,  the  famoDS  John 
of  Gaont,  it  "  a  large  bed  of  black 
*elvet,  embroidered  with  «  circle  of 
fetter-iocks"     P.  L*l. 

Some  light  ii  thus  thrown  upon  the 
celebrated  device  of  ihe  Falcon  and 
Fciler-lock.  The  Falcon  wai  the  de- 
vice of  the  House  of  York  t  and  thi 
enclosure  of  the  bird  within  the  Fetler- 
lock,  the  badge  of  Lancaster,  was  to 
our  ancettors,  m  intelligible  as  ihe 
Crown  or  the  Broad-arrow  is  to  the 
modems. 

The  Duke  tayi,  that  he  stored  all 
bis  buckles,  ring*,  diamonds,  nibie*. 
Sec.  in  a  little  box  of  cjprew  wood,  of 
which  he  kept  the  key  himself.  He 
further  mentions,  "  a  chain  of  gold  of 
the  old  manner,  with  the  name  of  God 
in  each  prt,''  p.  14I,  so  that  probably 
some  of  these  chaitit  were  formed  lo 
be  prophylactics,  agaiust  evil  spirit!. 

it  appeart,  that  xm.  wai  the  price  of 
an  image  of  a  Saint}  and  that  when 
10/.  was  given  for  a  grave-stone,  it 
implied  the  accompaninient  of  eiligiea. 
Sir  PhilipD'Arcy,  knight  (1398), sayt, 

"  I  will  that  xu.  be  diipoaed  of,  M  make 
an  Image  of  St.  Anne,  of  alabuter,  to  be 
placed  OD  the  altar  of  the  Bteaied  Virgin  at 
Henyngii  and  1  desiie,  that  my  eaecalora 
expend  ten  paunda  for  a  marbl*  atoaa  to  be 
laid  on  nijr  gni«,  with  the  image  of  myMtf 
and  of  Ellubelh  my  wife,  fiud  thenon.'' 


Il  seems,  if  we  corrcciW  understand 
the  pa!sai>e,  that  our  nobilily  furnished 
(i.  e.  Irni)  part  of  llie  plate  used  at 
Coronations ;  for  Thomas,  Earl  of 
Warwick  (1400),  devises  to  his  son,  aa 
an  heir-loom,  "the  knives  and  tall- 
ccllarti  for  the  Coronation  o(  a  King." 
P.  Ii4. 


4|49  RE:viBW.-^Nicolas*s  Testamenta  Veluita.  fMarcfa, 

Sepulchral  effigies  \yere  often  made  twenty  feet ;  and  also  thai  •  tomb  four  feet 

during  the  Ryes  of  the  parties.     Agnes  in  height  be  raised  in  the  midst  thereof, 

de  Arundel  (1401)  directs  "  her  body  containing  three  distinct  places,  the  middle^ 

to  be  buried  in  the  Priory  of  St.  An-  f~^  f'^^'f:  l^^^  ^j}' ^^^  ^"^  \  *\»^f  • 

drew's  in  Rochester,  under  the  tomb  f^^''  ^^^^'^^^^  7"  VI"'f^''°Ai^ 

where  her  husband  and   herself  are  ^^^^^'^^  '^'  .^^^  1^^*^  Hj  ^»!"°'*' 

wiicic    wy    r»    iTr  sometime  my  wife,  on  the  one  side,  with  the 

pictured.       F.  150.  l^   „£  ^^^  Laj    ^ji^^  ^^  ^i£^^ 

Nothinff  IS  more  common  than  to  ^^^  ,j^.^g^  ^^  ^^^  ^^1^^^  ^jj^^  j£  ^1^^  ^JU^ 

see  Churches  of  Anglo-Saxon  Archij  ^jji^j^  t^j^j,  j  ^^,^^6  to  be  made  of  marble, 

tecture,  emb^ellished  with  rich  though  ^^}^  portraitures  of  each  in  brass,  and  epir 

incongruous  Gothick  windows.  ^  The  taphs ;  as  also  a  chapel  of  timber  surroand- 

following    extract    from    the   will   of  tng  it,  with  an  altar  for  masses  to  be  daily 

Thomas  Mussenden,  Esq.  (1402)  ex-  celebrated  thereat,  for  the  health  of  my 

plains  this  cirpumsunce:  »oul."    P.  217. 

**  Item,  I  beqneatb  c  shillings  to  make  a  ^  Here  we  find,    that  in   a  Gothick 

wiiidow  of  glass  over  the  high  altar  of  the  building,  the  height  and  breadth,  both 

Church  of  Helyng,  with  my  arms  in  the  equal,  (as  noted  by  Browne  Willis  m 

said  window."    P.  161.  his  Cathedrals),   were  one  third  the 

.    ^    ^     .         ,      ,  lens,lh ;   and  that  he  raises  his  own 

In  fact,  the  splendour  or  meanness  ^m^-  .'  •     .u^  ^«r.ir«    k«^.,o^  ^^^^ 

tT     .  1  ViL      iT    r  u  J  L eiiieies  in  the  centre,   because  appa- 

of  narish  Churches  forms  no  bad  baro-         Yi     *u    r     -r       r  u-  ^ 

ui  pa»«ii  v^iiMiwtivo  iw  ^r*u«  rently  the  families  of  his  wives  were 

meter  of  the  rank  and  condition  of  the  ^^^  ^.^  ^^^^  j^j^  ^^^ 

ancient  inhabitants.  gj^  \\i^m7,%  Strickland,  Knt.  leaves 

thu^^TcJineiisSof^^^^^^^  si;5;?fra?rinr^^^^^^^^^ 

Clifford    1404     He  had  been  a  Lol-  Jl^^J;  ./r^^iiltinrorhiffi 

lard,  but  repenting,  says.  ^„j  marrying  his  two  dtughlers-  his 

««  At  the  beginning,  I,  most  unworthy  ^if©  t«  take  none  husband  till  his  two 

and  God's  traitor,  recommend  my  wretched  daughters  were  married  or   holpyn.'* 

and  sinful  soul  wholly  to  the  grace  and  to  p  ^20 
th«  in.rcy  of  th.  blmwed  Trinitv,  jnd  my       '  ^^^  ^^  ^„^j^,    conceive,  that  in 

comer  of  the  Church-yard  m  which  parish      .        .     .       ;•         •       •.       r       1.  •    r 

«y  wretched  soul  departeth  from  my'body.  {»?"  ^""°5  ^^^  minority  of  an  heir  for 

And  I  pray  and  chige  fty  execuiors,  as  bis  sole,  often  unnecessary  benefit,  the 

they  will  answer  before  God,  and  as  all  my  surplus  of  his  supprt  was  applied  to 

whole  trust  in  thU  matter  is  in  them,  that  increase  the  fortunes  of  younger  chil- 

on  my  stinking  carrion  be  neither  laid  cloth  dren,  the  disposition  would  be  for  the 

of  gold  nor  ot  silk,  but  a  black  cloth,  and  a  better. 

taper  at  my  head,  and  another  at  my  feet ;  ^y^  ^^  continued,) 

no  stone,   nor  other  thmg,  whereby  any  ^ 

man  may  know  where  my  stinking  carrion  W 

lieth.    And  to  that  Church  do  my  execu-  52.  Polwhele's  TVodi/toyu  amf /ZfCoZ/ec^tbfu ; 

tors  all  things,  which  ought  duly  in  such  continued  from  p,  140. 


A.«  Z  nL  1 ' "  *  P  ^fi^^  "'*'"  '"•*  IN  1782  Mr.  Polwhele  entered  into 

^     iJ^zn     •   •                         .   .  Holy  Orders,  and   served  for  a  short 

In  old  Wills,  It  IS  customary  to  find  time  the  cure  of  Lamorran,  near  Tru- 

QTeneers  appomted,  as  well  as  execu-  ^o.     He  soon  married,  and    removed 

tors.    It  appears  from  this  same  W,l ,  ^^  Kenton  in  Devonshire,  where  he 

that  they  were  comptrollers  and  ad-  appears  most  assiduously  to  have  unit- 

▼isers  of  the  executors.  ^  his  Clerical  and  Literary  labours. 

**  I  will,  also,  that  none  of  my  executors  Here  his  most  important  publications 

meddle  or  administer  any  thing  of  my  goods  were,  "The  English  Orator,**  a  Di- 

without  advice  and  consent  of  my  surveyors  dactic  Poem  ;  his  Translation  of  "The- 

or  some  of  them."    P.  165.  ocritus,  Bion  and  Moschus,"  and  **  Lo- 

Thomas  Montacute  Earl  of  Salis-  cal  Attachment."  Here  also  he  corn- 
bury  (temp.  Hen.  VI.)  says,  menced  his  «•  History  of  Devon.*'     At 

«  I  desire  that  d  marks  be  raised  out  of  ''^j*  F/^^i  *^«  numbered  among  other 

my  lands,  to  erect  a  chaubtry  to  the  honour  valuable  Correspondents  —  WhiUkcr, 

of  the  blessed  Virgin,  above  the  high  altar  Cowper,  and  Darwin.     Of  the  former 

In  the  East  part  of  the  conventual  Church  our  author  speaks  in  terms  of  strong 

bX  Bttstlesham,  forty  feetin  length,  twenu  affection,  and  his  Letters  indicate   a 

iNt  in  breadth,  and  the  height  of  tha  waUs  miod  highly  gifted  both  aa  «  general 


IS9I>.]         RtviBW,— Polwhelc'a  TradUions  and  tttcolUctiofU.  343 

Sclwlit  and  >  Criiicii  Antiquary.  U'c  *           •           •           •           • 

coasidri  hi»  Lrltcn  iu<]ecd  ut  toiue  of  "  On  MuDdaj  neit  I  go  to  A>toD,  ui4 

lh«  mntl  prccioiu  in   the  colleelinii —  'li*"  rooilnu*    then   till   Chriicmu   D«j. 

(liiiiniiuiihcd  lu  it  is  Toi  many  clcEaiit  W(.  Muon  »od  mywlf  irt  uDon  the  moat 

i^^^                                               **  fhepdiy  ..cm.     W,  cU.  togejLr « fr^kljr 

We  close  our  exlncts  for  the  pre-  "d  "orotrvedly  u  -<  o.^"'"*  d.d  -hen 

«ni.  with  n  selection  from  the  LeiVn  "  O-f-rd-    Cootmu,  to  lo..  me     Y.>ur. 

«rit;c..withi,iihe™r.!784-nd  17931  '^'""■""'l'                                *^  G. 

nud  wc  will   begin  willi   the  cjqranl  There  ii  a  very  «en.i hie  letter  frotn 

Greville.  not  lets  ttiatiiTaui.hed  f»r  hi«  'lie  '""'  B»'">P  Bennett,  on  the  ume 

lalcnii  31  a  poet,  ihati  for  his  tnsle  in  »ubjeet,  well  deserving  ihe  atleiilion  of 

inuiical  coiDfHMiiioa.     Hi*   rriend>lii|i  Coumy  Ilisutiiaai  i 

for  Mr.  Potwhele  leeins  In  have  been  Sm,                            Vuttm,  179s. 

nidcDt   knd    iincere,    and    ai    it    com*  "  J  Eitve  bteo  bioured  »ith  joiir  uiitfr 

menced    in  youth  from  a  congenialilj  tn  in;'  Itiler,  asd  tta  inucli  obliged  to  yau 

of  purauiu,  to  it  tctn«»ne<l  uniniraircd  f"r  iht  polite  teotimeoii  it  cantwni.     ]  Uti 

in    advanced    age,    for   we    find    him  I  ih»ll  not  be«W»tofiudniochiuiiiii«Mnt« 

addreited     in     a     poetical     Epi*tle     in  '"  J""'  pmpoiaJi  in  tbii  duwot  eountij  i 

the  year    1 881,  ind   characterised,  by  '""  '  ""G  1™  """l-i  I™'  J"""  ■=?  "m» 

Mr.  P.  as  one  of  the  dearwt  frienib  «n'"ng3"'u""l«=nb.n-Dr.S,;r„«(,Bi.hop 

„rhi,  youth.  "*  t^"'^-    '  '"'"""'  "'•  '"""f  '-^'  ^- 
"  DaiR  F.                     Dtt-  SO,  1788. 


"  I  teecived  jour  profHMali  for  vritinf{     UogUnd. 
f  Devooihira  juunlaj,  ud  ••  I  bi 


ire  Chinee  uut  lee.  m  llii.  eouotiy 
frequently  than  jou  «e  .teuttomed  in 


th<  Hiatory  of  Devooihira  yoaUnlaj,  and 


,  la  loe  a  HiMory  o 

-3.,M  of  eo™  jou  .ill  coBi>n«d,  not  ent«l :  at  th.  aun.  wb.  yoa  myat  aipaet  to 

only  .n  th.  preteat  irork,  but  la  aoy  ftitor*  be  •iolanlly  aUacked  at  Toar  fim  .inBr- 

OM  that  you  may  uodertak*.     Yoor  ulu  I  ,^,  «rf  wiU  hav.  I  (reanh.  good^iraai 

touch  vproT.  of.     I  preaum.  yoo  .Jl  go  «,  d„pi„  j,   „,i,^      I,   ia  l£.  fcu   of 

througb  a  coura.  of  boUj  asd  nuoeralogy,  Cmmlj  Hittorwt  Slot*  than  any  aUtart,  to 

Ulc.   «  order  to   tn*t   on  thoaa   lubJecU  nwat  ii,  twMoMdt.     1  know  DnooiUra 

Kieoti&callj.    The  aaiD*  plan  1  propoaMl  ai  „ii  owugb  to  know  tlwt*  ia  aaoh  of  thi* 

■Ji  elipbl*  oae  ■  ftw  T-"  "««.  "•  »  Sf  apirit  in  Tt.     Oo.  man's  pkot  U  oot  aaid 

tlamto,  for  the  gnrand-mirk  of  the  Hiatoiy  tnaa^ii  at,  hia  neighbour',  too  niu>h,  aadi 

i-.\..- . ».  I,-  ■„ .1,..  ^  ^^  eoatndiet*  Ih*  mdUioai  of  ooa'i 

^raodfatbar,  &e.  &e.  |    but  too  wall  know 
thia  noDHOH  diet  away  bafor*  a  work  of 


inlodi 

ffeienthandi.   Old  Pegge  wai  to  writ* 

the  hi 

(the. 

^.u 

bterraneani  Ughtfont,  the  botaoical) 

uidGI 

Umwi 

u  1>y  ao  meani  impracticable,  aa  tb* 

I-o  fu 

>raer  U>ed   m  the  county,   and  the 

third  in  the  adjoioinE  one. 

"  If  the  motiiei  that  led  ion  t*  nnder- 

jnatifie 

a  you  in  writing  it.     If  not,  aa  I  think 

it  will 

belle-1 

etire    punuiu,    yuu    are    blameable. 

The  .. 

poetic 

J    publicatiuDi,   ought  to  makeipu 
IB  on  entering  into  a  new  line.     The 

iub  from  the  flowery  watki  of  poetry 

to  the 

Urreo  patha  of  aoliiiuity  (!    could 

almoit 

aay),  »  unnatural.     I  enteritla  the 

higbe.: 

t  upioian  uf  your  abililin,    but  the 

eipein 

'D«  requiiile  to  enable  yuu  to  com- 

pleta. 

woik  of  tbia  nature,  and  to  add  to 

fineityle  of  com  position  ; 

Xtrkby,  Julg  IB,  1788. 
"  Mr  viiic,  my  dear  Folwfa*!*,  ha*  at 
length  been  paid  to  tb*  nolhor  of  EUrida. 
t  went  then  on  the  Moaday,  and  raivacd 
on  the  Saturday,  cotuequently  b*d  (im* 
BuScieut  to  faim  aa  idea  of  hia  ehaneter. 
You  can  eaaily  cODCei*^,  that  the  Dan  who 
fint  introduced  himielf  to  your  fnandihip  at 
college,  by  obKrriog  at  coDectiont  when 
going  up  to  be  eiunined,  (do  you  recollect 
thii']  tliatbefaUthetorturaaofthed--d, 
would  experience  tome  itgnt  of  diSdanea 
and  trepidation  oa  heuing  hi)  nam*  aa- 
□ounced  aa  he  ent«red  under  Maaon'a  roo£ 
*  the  leai 


your  bme,  niuat   be   puichaaed   by  much  my  friend  H.  bad  been  eDdeavoa 

labonr  and  exertion.     Bnidei,  will    it  not  guile  the  length  of  th*  way,  by 

hare  a  tcod«ary  tu  daaip  that  Sre  ao  etaen-  on  the  pleaaura  h<  felt  in  Intnidaeiag  me  td 

tially    necriwy   to    poetical    entbiuiaam  ?  a  chanctd  of  aoch  emiaanea,  and  that  h« 

And  will  you  not,  in  the  end,  laM  mote  by  hoped  Mr.  Maaoa  would  Gad  that  hia  ac- 

ihe  eufaang*  t  count  of  m*  tim  naitliBt  tWoMn  doc  ax- 


244 


Rbvibw.— Polwhele'8  Traditioru  and  HecollectUmi.     [Mafcb, 


aggerated.    There  was  a  kind  of  sedate  be- 
i^gnity  in  his  conntenaoce,  howeTer»  which 
soon  dissipated  these  terrors  of  apprehension, 
and  taught  me  instantaneously  to  rely  on 
him  as  a  man,  the  leading  traits  of  whose 
disposition  were  feeling  and  reflection.    This 
immediate    impression   of  his   character  I 
found  afterwards  to  be  strictly  just.     I  never 
yet  met  with  a  human  being,  whose  head 
and  heart  appear  to  act  and  re-act  so  reci- 
procally, so  concordantly  upon  each  other, 
as  his.     'Tis  this  harmonious  conjunction 
vf  body  and  mind,  which   in  my  opinion 
constitutes   the    genuine    poet.     'Tis   this 
which  enables  him  to  mark  the  beauties  of 
XMture,  to  taste  their  effects,  and  to  groupe 
them  in  such  a  manner  as  to  affect,  through 
the    medium    of    imitative   representation^ 
others  of  equal  susceptibility  with  himself. 

"I  cannot  say  for  some  time  that  I  felt 
myself  at  my  ease.  I  could  not  help  consi- 
dering him  (see  with  what  awe  you  poets 
strike  us  inferior  mortals!)  as  a  species  of 
being  of  a  higher  order  of  intelligence !  as  a 
writer  whose  honours  were  blooming  rich 
around  him ;  and  as  one  whose  name  time 
had  already  begun  to  immortalize  on  his 
rock  of  adamant;  his  condescension,  how- 
ever, soon  enabled  me  to  collect  myself. 
I  afterwards  conversed  with  him  freely  and 
unreservedly  upon  general  topics,  and  en- 
joyed the  satisfaction  of  having  my  vanity 
flattered,  on  perceiving  that  we  mutually 
coalesced  in  our  principles  and  opinions. 

"  In  his  style  of  conversation,  you  can 
trace  nothing  of  the  vis  vivida  of  the  poet. 
Here  his   inventive   powers   apparently  lie 
dormant.     Those  flashes  of  genius,  those 
intellectual  emanations  which  we  are  taught 
to  believe  great  men  cannot  help  darting 
forward,  in  order  to  lighten  up  tne  gloom 
of  colloquial  communication,  he  seems  to 
consider  as  affected;    he  therefore  rejects 
them  whenever  they  occur,  and  appears  to 
pride  himself  on  the  preference  which  he 
gives  to  simplicity  and  perspicuity.     Con- 
versation (If  you  will  excuse  a  pedantic  allu- 
sion !)    with  him   resembles  the   style  of 
painting  mentioned  in  the  earlier  part  of  the 
Athenian  hutory,.  which  consisted  in  repre- 
senting the  artist's  ideas  in  a  simple  unaf- 
^  fected  point  of  view,  through  the  medium 
of  one  colour  only  ;  whereas   his  writings 
are  like  the  pictures  of  Polignotus.     They 
glow  with  all  the  warmth  of  an  invigorated 
imagination^    an   animated   diction,   and   a 
rich  luxuriant  phraseology. 

**  'Tis  unnecessary,  T  presume,  to  tell 
you,  that  Polygnotus  was  the  first  person 
who  introduced  the  mixture  of  colours. 

<*  His  manners,  too,  are  equally  as  chaste 
and  unaffected  as  his  conversation.  The 
stream  that  winds  its  easy  way  through 
woods  and  verdant  meads,  is  not  less  arti- 
ficial or  more  insinuating  than  he  is  in 
doing  the  honours  of  the  table,  or  promot- 
ing uie  graces  of  the  difcwiiig  room.    That 


peculiar,  happiness  which  some  few  I  have 
met  with  possess,  of  reconciling  you  impli- 
citly to  taeir  superiority,  he  enjoya  in  ma' 
eminent  degree,  by  tJie  amiability  of  bis 
sentiments,  the  benignity  of  his  attention, 
and  particularly  by  on  indescribable  way 
with  him,  of  making  you  appear  to  ad- 
vantage, even  when  he  convinces  you  of  the 
erroneousness  of  your  opinions,  or  the  in- 
conclusiveness  of  your  reasoning. 

"  In  regard  to  his  morals,  1  believe  from 
what  I  have  collected,  that  fi^w  can  look 
back  upon  a  period  of  sixty  years  existence, 
•spent  so  uniformly  pure  and  correct.     In 
toe  course  of  our  chit  chat,  he  informed  me, 
in   an   unostentatious,   unsffected    manner, 
that  he  never  was  intoxicated  but  once.     I 
give  the  man  credit  for  the  possession  of  the 
sublimest  merit,  that  can  say  this  at   his 
time  of  life.     I  give  him  the  same  degree 
of  credit,  likewise,  for  another  instance  of 
temperance  equal  to  this,  though  not  of  the 
same  species ;   when  he  was  a  young  man, 
he  made  a  determination  as  soon  as  he  came 
to  the  possession  of  his  present  property, 
which  at  that  time  was  entailed  upon  him, 
to  accept  of  no  additional  preferment.    This 
resolution  he   has    invariably  adhered    to, 
though  many  have  been  the  temptations  to 
induce  him  to  break  through  it.     But  I 
should  not  omit  mentioning,  that  when  he 
came  to  the  possession  of  his  estate,  the 
first  thing  he  did  to  testify  to  the  world  his 
principles,  was  the  giving  up  his  Chaplain- 
ship  to  the  King.     A  priest  (says  he)  in 
that  situation,  cannot  help  looking  forward 
towards  a  Bishoprick-^a  species  of  ambition 
incompatible  with  the  simplicity  and  purity 
of  the  christian  character ;  for  the  moment 
(he  superadded)  that  a  man  aspires  to  the 
purple,  that  very  moment  virtue  goes  out  of 
Dim. 

**  He  may,  with  great  truth,  be  said  to 
be  the  successor  of  rope  in  the  elegancy  of 
his  retirement,  and  the  respectability  of  his 
connections.  He  has  about  1500Z.  per  ann, 
to  live  upon ;  and  one  third  of  this,  I  am 
informed,  he  devotes  to  patronage  and  cha- 
rity. He  keeps  a  regular  table  of  two 
courses,  which  is  open  to  all  his  friends 
who  visit  him,  without  waiting  for  the  for- 
mality of  an  invitation. 

**  His  genius  (you  observe  I  write  with- 
out order  or  method)  is  not  confined  to 
poetry.  It  has  penetrated  the  regions  of 
the  other  arts  ;  and  that  too  with  no  small 
success.  Some  of  his  productions  in  paint- 
ing rise  considerably  above  mediocrity,  and 
have  extorted  praise  even  from  the  sublime 
Sir  Joshua.  His  compositions  io  music, 
specimens  of  which  he  nas  given  me,  pos- 
sess so  many  strokes  of  originality,  tha.  I 
am  convinced  had  he  devoted  the  same  pro- 
portion of  time  in  cultivating  the  smites  and 
food  opinion  of  that  bewitching  nymph  as 
e  has  done  to  her  Parnassian  sisters,  he 
would  have  been  equally   interesting  and 


IMfi.]         RuTiiWv— Polwhele'a  Trtdititm  and  tUcolUcHtmt.  345 

nina  alcguicfl  ud  (hu.     Hit  liuuu  mt  »•  »«!],  ' 


o.«i  Eurjdice  from  Hell : 


Alton,  »iih  (ho  arnnt 

dUf  K«  cma  ittigut.  VM""bo.,7CTo  M«oo.   ™„  ,«,n 
■'  \™  irould  h.«  bno  highly  d.lisht<Hl  gi,.B  *^ 

htd  you  fm  th.  n.k  with  u..    W.  cdo-  To  nltt  .nr.plu™d  mulliludc.  K.  H«t, 

•tltuwd  un«DK  u.  ■  llul.  «,d™j  of  ih.  ...    I,  ,1 .,  .       .  . 

iil.r.rj  lii.  cu«w  w.,  r™iru«,uK  .  ,lid  1  '"''^    ■   ■■  '"  '   "  '■    '  ""=  ""'•»;  f'"  ' 
IB  uodwr,  Wt.  H.  na  copjrlDg  ■  bMd  dI 
AddiwM,  which  Mr.  Muon  buendeil  m  * 

pRHot  n  (lu  Biahop  elV/onmta;  b  ft  

third  WH  jioiir  tritai,  plMml  u  (ha  pteoo-  ing  an  afiectioiute  tad  p 

forte,  corTKtiag  lame  of  Mr.  M'»  pndus.  We   itull   h«v< 

tio«i  I   ud,  Uidjr,  tbtra  sw  h*  hiiiucir  nhibjt  him  m 
tuMag  pndnl;,  ■  bedjiDr  forth  the  form*  , 

of  thiajp  unkoowa.'    (  wnlwd  nri  nraoth  „  u  ^ 

forjooi   I  kuei.  it  WM  •  »l  ihit «.  «,'  "  My  i..,i.  Si 

•etij  cdculMed  for  jour  chncur.  "  ''  "•  ■''''  L         ,  

"  W»  cODTerHd  mooh  upon  poetTT  i  ud  "t-uniful  ermt  wliirh  hu  bkppeaed  in  vooi 

'■■"■'■         "--'  "^fj    '■•"'j  f™  JOtl.      I    fMt 

bu  art   too  juung  y«t  la 
of  ihelr'--        ■■      "  ■■ 


pudcnkrir  npon  Drrdea.  Wootd  70a  COB- 
oaite  it,  tbu  he  dti^iprwH  of  muiT  pvM 
of  tha  ealebnUd  Ode  00  St.  Cecila'^i  D>y. 


iBich  hmn,  See.' 
Tb«  npctitioB  of 

"  FalI'D,  UI'd,  &U' 


H.  oljteted,  in  isma  iMpecta,  hudN  the  *!""■  "J  ^"  Sir,  ha  jrour  tupoon  undv  ■ 

Baunra,    u   putakieg  too   niKli   of  tha  "I™")'  "nien  "Othinit  but  Kellpun  can 

ballad   ipeeiat)    and  aa   heiog  too  ramoto  ">rP<>n  I      Ma;  juu  r»l  tW  ra;  uf  Hearta 

bom  At  IjtiegcDhH  ;  luch  aa  'luting  iota  }oar  lonl  tu  dwai  vou  in  thi* 

*'  W«-,  he  ,««,  i.  toil  aod  troublo.  ^'r"?  1°"'  ""^  ".".''"  **"  ""  ^'"  '^ 

With  rariah'd  aara  »uch  a  diiprnuilon,  I  iluiuld  BomTuft  mv«lf 

I 1.  I. a.-  "  ,iO,  ih,  rtporl,  ihat  toil  an  do*  ernne  to 

Tnir..  in  order  to  xttla  theie.     If  thia  ta 

*.,..      t,P      .     n  '™-  '  '■»"  •*  S'""!  "f  it.     I   have  low 

„  &U  »,  &ir»,  tec."  »l.h«l  .o«  .0  U  io  thi.   neighbourho^ 

of  all  meaning  I  and  thai  ''"'    '"'■"    °'^'    "'"■•'     Men   of   eongoiiat 

it  rather  teodtd  to  eiiciu  aouethiBg  border-  '"'"'J'-    «x)    parti)'   of  coannial    aUufica, 

ing  OB  the  hidieraui,  ^d  to  add  to  tha  <'"'"°'M  ^  laiwn,    fgnd  of  wriling,  and 

■     pathetic  impmiioni  alnedf  eiciMd.  -J";' •nt'iginordei  to  pBUjih,»hi>utd  bo 

■■Orajheaeenulo  idoli«.     Ha  aaja  he  t.D.t  l..  <:i..ii  other.     Aud,  ,o  ne.,  „  Trimi 

had  inon  true  poetical  en  thoilaiB,  mora  of  ■""'  "■■"■■  ''"  t"i' <  Ti.li.  =  ..ill  .,(\,[i  mingle 

that  dirisa  phrenij  -hich  cODititutea  -hat  ''S''"'  """  '>''">  *«n  'he  br«liter. 

ooght  to  be   deriDKl  the  true   bard,    fbut  "  '  '*g-  "J  <'••'  Sir,  to  hear  fron  ™ 

which  the  preaent  lage  aflor  pbiloaopliical  °J  "J  """•  '"  ^'"  I"""  ]">"  are,  ana  t« 

poriuita  haa  nearlj  Mtinguiibsd,)  than  all  '"""  ''"'•  7°^  ■=•»"  »  aatU"  Jonnelf.     I 

the  modcni  poetj  put  together.  f*^  »  "••'7  intereat  io  your  fonunei,  (ad 

•              •             •              ■              •  remain    with  Mra.  W'l   can^imenta,    nn 

"  We  eoDTcned,    too,    abovt    jooraelE  <'**'  ^>  7""'  ■''BCtionate  ftieDd, 

Prai»e  from   inch  a  eharwitar  aa    Maaoa,  "  ' """"" 

miut    be    deemed    •teriing.      Recein    it, 

therefere,  with  doe  reipect,  when  I  tell  you, 

(hat  he  paiaed  the  higheit  mnplimeBi.  oo  M.  TH*  iVatal SkiUh  Book ;  or  Tin  Stniet 

JourTheocritui.    He  «id,  that  for  .mooth-  'Jloat    onrf    oiAonr.      fly   an   Odecr   of 

a«>,  and  harmonj  of  vertificatlon,  you  had  Smk.     t  uoii.  gw.     Colbora. 

rantidenblT  eiceeded   your   original.,      la  THE  tide  of  theie  weJI-wrilteD  to- 

fVe'^^vhl"To''th":Jr,°*'''  '•"""   '«"'?  P'^'-'i"    ""'•  '    ""P^ 

the  iTSth^Wh:- iTw  t,     t^        -..'j  "'""'  ""*>' tAe  Skitchwof  iheelegnni 

ine  i7Rtii.      Wben  I  told  hm  that  ron  had       .  _  .; 1.    .   ■.       -ii  1.      i-         ■^""» 

completed   ,h„   volu»e    -ithin   (hi   ,^\  l^'""'"," 'i^,'.  "  '"""  ^  f^™"   'h« 

ipac,  of  .i.  n,onth.,  he  appeared  .urpriied,  "     '  ""'^V"  ™  "rranKm^nl  of  hia 

and  obaerred,  ■  with  appliction  iueh  flower*  '""f^ i"'*  'here  >a  e»cn  tlie  •  ighteal  Mh 

of  Blind  might  aapire  to  the  complelioo  of  »^'"l'l''nce  between  the  ADthor  of  tbe 

F<M  thing!.'  Naval  Skctcb.  Boolt  lod  Wufaiogtoa 

■            •            •            ■            •  Irving. 

"  Of  Mnaic  we  bad  ao  dirine  a  treat :  at  There    are    two    claMCa    of  Mnont 

the  firtt  pauM  Dr.  O.  Hind  a  pm,  and  iin-  who   hue  beea   ouliuconalv  cirica- 

mdialelT  iciibUed  the  fcllowiag  linaa :  lured  by  the  DmiutiH  and  UieNovel 


340 


RtviBW.^— NomZ  Sketch  Book. 


[Mait^j 


writep— we  mean  Irishmen  and  Sailors. 
The  Author  of  the  "  Fairy  Legends  of 
the  South  of  Ireland"  has  rescued  the 
former  from  the  bunglers  who  have 
so  long  mutilated  the  genuine  Hiber- 
nian ;  and  the  Author  of  the  present 
work  has  supplied  us  with  a  test,  by 
which  we  may  judge  the  monstrous 
absurdities  which  have  been  palmed 
upon  us  as  specimens  of  the  nautical 
eccentric.  There  is  so  much  good 
sense,  aye  and  good  writing  in  the 
serious  parts — and  such  genuine  hu« 
mour  in  the  lighter  articles — so  much 
of  the  vraisemblance  in  the  general 
anecdote,  and  such  identity  m  the 
particular  story,  that  it  is  impossible, 
we  think,  but  these  volumes  must  be 
exceedingly  popular. 

There  is  a  familiarity  with  the  habits 
and  the  minutiae  of  a  Sailor's  life, 
equally  the  result  of  nice  perception 
and  long  acouaintance,  and  a  mode  of 
communicating  observations  which  is 
the  sure  indication  of  a  manly  and  in- 
telligent mind.  We  might  perhaps 
be  disposed  to  quarrel  with  his  account 
of  the  ''  Saints  at  Sea,"  as  savouring 
too  much  of  party  feeling  and  ludicrous 
exaggeration,  but  we  are  unwilling  to 
interrupt  the  full  current  of  our  praise 
of  the  Naval  Sketch  Book,  by  noticing 
ntinor  blemishes. 

The  following  extracts  are  favour- 
able specimens  of  graphic  power  in 
the  delineation  of  tne  Seaman's  cha- 
racter, in  the  ludicrous  and  the  pathetic. 
**  The  habits  of  a  Sailor  are  so  totally  at 
variance  with  those  of  a  landsman,  that  in 
most  instances  he  not  only  imagines  he  must 
pay  more  dearly  for  his  enjoyments  than 
otbers,  bat  thinks  himself  luckv  if,  in  the 
first  jovial  night*s  cruize  ashore  he  happens 
to  bi^e  the  Philistmes  au(^  the  Amazons, 
•nd  even  reserves  for  himself  a  single  shot 
in  the  locker. 

**  An  unsnspectuqg  Tar  of  this  com- 
plexion was  obser\'ed,  a  short  time  since,  at 
S  p.  M.  reeling  out  of  one  of  the  unhallowed 
purlieus  of  Drury-lane.  He  bad  no  sooner 
brought  up  in  smooth  water,  than  choosing 
a  snug  birth,  as  he  supposed,  out  of  obser- 
vation, between  two  buttresses  of  the  piazza, 
he  heguk  overhauling  his  traps,  first  turning 
out  the  pockets  of  his  trowsers ;  b»th  were 
alike  empty,  which  induced  him  to  turn  his 
quid,  and  ruminate  for  a  moment.  His 
'bacco  box,  jacket,  and  waistcoat  pockets 
underwent  a  similar  fruitless  survey;  the 
very  lining  of  his  hat  was  lummaged,  still 
Qo  effects.  Here  one  might  have  read  in 
his  rueful  countenance  the  full  conviction 
that  he  was  hard  up  on  a  lee  shore,  and 
breakot  a  head.    As  a  l«s(  hope  he  pro* 


eeeded,  donbtingly,  to  unknot  the  black. 
Bandana  from  around  his  neck^  which  he 
shook  carefully  between  finger  and  thumb, 
until  he  discovered  a  flimsy  fitie  fall  on  the 
kirbstone.  Delight  brightened  every  fo^oroy 
and  his  past  despondency  appeared  to  be 
succeeded  by  a  comparative  content,  noi- 
withstanding  that  it  was  but  a  few  houra 
since  he  had  ten  times  the  sum ;  so  throat- 
ing it  into 'his  'bacco-box,  from  which  he 
took  a  refresher,  he  slapped  his  thigh  ex- 
ultingly,  and  muttered  to  himself,  with  a 
good-humoured  laugh,  *  D  the  lubberly 

pirates,  I've  done  'em  for  once'." 

One  other  extract  speaks  of  peril  and 
fortitude.     We  could  have  wished  to 
have  given  it  entire,  but  its  length  for-' 
bids. 

"It  was  late  in  the  afiemoon  of  a  gloomy 
day,  in  the  latter  part  of  November,  when». 
in  consequence  of  a  signal  made  that  a  sus- 
picious sail  was  seen  off  the  Coast>  as   if. 
waiting  for  the  flowing  of  the  tide,  in  the 

dark.  Lieutenant had  given  orders  to 

man  his  favourite  galley,  and  proceed  in 
quest  of  the  stranger.  The  erew  had  been 
carefully,  but  to  appearance  hastily  selected 
from  those  inured  to  service,  and  bearing  a 
character  for  intrepidity,  some  of  whom  had 
been  the  partners  of  an  enterprise  which 
was  ever  uppermost  in  his  mind,  when 
amdng  the  first  to  board  the  American  frigate 
Chesapeake,  as  a  youns  Midshipman,  he 
was  stretched  on  the  deck  by  the  stroke  of 
a  cutlass  on  the  bead. 

"  The  strokesman  of  the  boat,  whose, 
brawny  arms  had  borne  him  on  that  memo- 
rable day  to  the  cock-pit  of  the  Shannon, 
as  soon  as  the  Americans  had  deserted  their 
deck  and  fled  for  safety  below,  as  he  now 
shipped  the  rudder,  looked  wistfiilly  in  the 
wind's  eye.  The  glance  was  not  unobserved, 
but  the  Lieutenant,  apprehensive  that  it 
might  be  accompanied  by  some  remonstrance, 
quietly  motioned  him  to  go  forward  in  order 
to  hoist  the  mainsail.  The  boat  being 
shoved  off  the  beach,  afber  pitching  twice  in 
the  surf,  rose  triumphantly  over  the  third 
sea,  which  had  now  exhausted  itself.  In  a  . 
moment  the  sail  was  hoisted ;  she  instantly 
gathered  way,  and  stood  off  in  a  lateral  di- 
rection from  the  shore. 

"  The  galley  soon  gained  rapidly  on  the 
chase,  which,  perceiving  that  the  boat  from 
the  shore  was  eviiiently  about  to  pursue  her, 
bore  round-up,  making  all  the  sail  she  could 
carry  before  the  wind.  The  bowman  just 
then  looking  under  the  foot  of  the  log,  pro- 
nounced her  to  be  a  large  lugger,  which  he 
had  before  seen  on  the  station  under  simi- 
larly suspicious  circumstances.  The  Laen- 
tenant  instantly  putting  up  the  helm,  edged 
into  her  wake,  and  followed  precisely  her 
track.  A  short  period,  however,  sufficed 
to  show  that  the  chase,  firom  the  quantity 
of  tail  she  wu  enabled  to  earry,  had  decld-* 


1896.] 


IUtikw.- 

ud  the  wiod  i 


TVocd  « 


*i]1t  ihe  idnntic*,  i 

to  fmhta,  »  tie  ti 

diiuni.'eil  her  puriMf.     Iii  bi 

««  hull  dtf-n.     The  h»e  . 

growing  •*«}  DionKDt  ihklii 

•Imwl    inuuvfptiblc    to    the   lieo.     Tin 

nuB  BOH  loTDluaUTilT  tamett  thcii  tjn, 

*bkh   liid  hithirto   bMO   itntlotd   od   the 

eb«>>  to  the  ileni  of  the  gillej — the  ippMl 

mdji  occupied  in  couseilwith  (heCouHiiDi 
hit  truil]'  (kTOurite  hoiuied  Dot  to  dii- 
■aide  bin,  in  ternu  reipectful,  jtt  dcciii*a, 
flam  continniBg  w  unequil  ■  chue.  A 
bov;  loell  huf  bow  let  in  from  the  paint 
on  which  the  winil  had  continued  M  dtj. 


The  X 


L  hvl  > 


>  paJo  jrellow  siruk  of 
iignt  oTit  me  uod,  pnrtlj  nBectrd  on  the 
Ewt,  fwnwd  the  (ml;  contrut  to  the  ecne- 
nl  gloom  of  the  honioo,  tcnwi  wliich  the 
gull  uid  other  lei  fowl  hutil;  fled  the  ip- 
jiTD^h  uf  the  ^kle>  blre^j  indrcited  by  tlia 
ewlft  ilriftinjf  of  the  icud,  which  orcrlwli 
theiD  in  ibtit  Bight,  tod  luddenlj  eotelaped 
•11  in  dnikneu,  withoDt  (ha  iDlcnenttoa  of 
twiligku  Thigr  hid  got  *o  Iki  to  leewwd, 
llut  I<>  rrtuTB  with  the  lu^  wu  impoiiible  ; 
the  uil  hid  iltnd;  brra  lowered,  the  niut 
■truck,  lod  the  bwl  bioiu;hl  h«d  to  wiad. 
*hen  the  crew  ihippiog  their  on*,  bent 
their  broid  ihoulden  to  pull  her  through 
the  he»]'  u*  which  6uBg  itwlf  in  ibeeU  of 
tpnj  OTit  the  bowl,  ud  dreochad  etarjr 

Lie"l^'n°"'  '     ■'      " 


lUE,  w*  mui 
nJle,  UDde. 
thii  order,  the  Bowr 


lA*  icon  BoHlike.  Uf 

'•  Hiilng  run  to  far  to  leeward  oa  Iho 

DD  »hit  jATi  of  the  abore  in  ittempt  to  Lind 
mi^ht  be  pncilcihle  —  ill  waa  diikneaa 
iroundi  and  although  frnm  two  or  thraa 
flaihei  diacemible  it  u  elantioo  cooaidar. 
ihlj  ibore  the  •»,  lad  which  ippnred  to 
be  aiicDils  mute  fiom  the  beighta  to  liaiii 
the  deiperete  outliwi  the*  had  Joit  encoun- 
tered, there  wu  no  duulit  they  could  be  at 
no  great  dl.tinc*  from  the  land  i  itill  lo 
follow  her  woa  to  bnva  unicen  dia^tl.  A 
heivj  lurch  now  iwunped  the  boil.  Tha 
lug  waa  hoiited  at  ill  hiunU.  and  tha  Ueu- 
tenant  putting  the  helm  up,  ahe  flew  with 
inconcTivaUe  relocltj  in  the  luggrr'i  wake, 
ihougli  not  without  immlDfot  dinger  Jt 
beiu);  pooped  bj  eretj  auceeiiiia  hi.  Tha 
roaring  of  the  lorf  ma  now  diitinctl j  hern), 
and  aoon  the  whale  tcene  via  lighted  up  b; 
ila  Imninnui  appearance.  The  Bowmia 
alanoed,  now  rociferited,'  Dreikeraa  head/ 
'  hard  down.  Sir,  hard  down.'  Before  tha 
word  WM  repcited,  ahe  hid  entered  the 
liightFulIji  agitiied  alanieat.  '  Down  with 
the  (ail,  or  we  ire  loat,'  exclaimed  the  crew. 
'  Hold  DD,  hold  OD  eierj  thing,'  cried  tha 
>eterin, '  'tia  our  oalj  chiuca  to  belch  her.' 
Tha  lurf  DOW  reired  iiaelfin  boiling  maaaea, 
Liglier  than  the  miit,  lod  aa  it  fell  thunder- 


mgor 


wild  di 


itmg 
nan  aung  ont  •  a  aajl 
ihe  doDI  keep  her  luff, 
•he'll  mn  ui  right  down.'  '  Luff,  luff,'  ex- 
claimed aloud  etery  mm  la  tha  boat.  The 
li^ger'a  conrte,  howeTer,  ramiining  unilter- 
•d,therecouldnowb«nodDubtthat  ahahad 
aeen  them  firat,  and  perceiTing  her  Co  be  a 
King'i  boat,  her  object  waa  to  run  clear 
over  the  gillej  bj  taking  her  right  a  beim. 
Dcitrnction  ippeared  inCTitible  in  their 
be'pleaa  eondiiion.  A  ihiiek  of  dcapair, 
ningled  with  ciecntiona,  aueceeded,  aa  iha 
Beared  tha  galle]',  whea  the  Liauteuant  roie 
in  tba  boat,  ktelled  hi*  piaiol  at  the  iteera- 
Bian,  and  fired.  The  hud  which  graaped 
the  tiller  relaied  ita  hold,  and  the  miicrcaot 
lua  life.  The  lugger  ioitantly  broached  to, 
paaaing  to  the  windward  of  the  boat.  *  Out 
oara,  mv  Ud>.'  laid  the  Lieutenant,  •  We'll 
boaid  the  rillaini.'  Tbc  oati  were  again 
raaoBed — the  boat  in  the  meaB  time  pitch- 
tag  bowa  under,  aad  ihipping  green  aeaa 
fore  asd  aft." 

a  oT  the 


rnUDckf,    and 


rs  map  ihort 


droj^icd  tbc  gaUc;  MUm. 


the    imuggler 


alighted  eara  of  the  teamen,  like  an 
aalrot  of  hear;  aitUlery.     An  cnoriuaua  aea 
alriking  her  ob  the  quarter,  iwept  her  hroad- 
liilc  lu  the  lurT,  uuhiiig  out  iho  LloutenaM 


bippj  lomen  m  ona  common  graire. 

We  cannot  lake  Icstc  of  thew  to- 
lumes  without  exprnaing  a  with  that 
tve  may  be  favoured  with  further 
pleaningi  from  the  tame  tlegiut  and 
inteiligcDt  pea. 


M.  A  LttUr  lo  hu  Grace  tht  AreUialm  a/" 
Caoterbnry,  coRcerntng  tht  AttUionhip  M** 
EIKnN    BASIAIKH.     By   Ihe   Aetr. 
H.orj  John  Todd.  M.A.  F.8.A.  He. 
CKapUtin  in  Ordbury  (o  hii  Majeity,  and 
Rector  of  Sttliiagtoa,  ecYotk.     Svo.pf. 
168. 
a.  A  LtUtr  to  a  Friend,  Umcliing  llu  Qua- 
li<m,Khomu  the  Author  ^hlKilN  BA- 
£IAIKH>     ByWilliim-QrantBrongh- 
lon,  rtf.,*,     Bto.pp.  9J. 
HOW  aaj  il  it  lo  throw  IdIo  ob- 
■cutil;  the  aulhorahip  of  an;  book,  U 
evident  from  the  lucceu  of  the  "  Au- 
thor of  Junius  i"  and   the  failure  of 
ever^  eSbrl  lo  diacover  him.     Now -all 
thi)  il  lerr  natural,  for  good  loaps  and 
good  puddingt  do  not  ucccKati^  lead 
to  anj   peraonal    koowled^    of   the 
cooki.   Mr.  Todd  bai  cenainl;,  in  the 


!}48 


RRrmw.^^Papen  on  Naval  Architecture, 


[9fiatd^ 


case  before  us,  foUoi^ed  up  the  en- 
quiry in  the  most  judicious  manner, 
admitting  nothing,  but  proceeding 
solely  upon  evidence ;  whicn  evidence, 
in  our  judgment,  preponderates  in  fa- 
vour of  Gauden.  Tne  same  opinion 
is  also  given  by  Mr.  Broughton. 

As  negatives  can  never  prove  affir- 
matives, as  what  is  not  can  never  prove 
what  is,  so  while  Mr.  Todd  writes 
like  a  judge,  Mr.  Broughton  treats  the 
tul^ect  like  a  logician.  Such  oppo- 
nents as  Dr.  Wordsworth,  are  not 
men  of  straw,  but  he  it  seems  has 
only  two  positive  allegations ;  one  that 
the  Icon  basilik^  was,  in  substance,  a 
work  taken  among  the  King*s  pai>ers 
at  Naseby;  the  other,  that  his  Ma- 
jesty was  seen  to  be  employed  in  writ- 
mg  it,  during  his  confinement  at  Carrs- 
brook  Castle.  With  regard  to  the 
first,  Mr.  Broughton  shows  (pp.  18, 
19),  that  the  book  taken  at  Naseby 
was  noi  the  Icon,  but  Sir  Edward 
Walker's  Collection  of  Memorials  re- 
Idling  to  the  War ;  and  with  regard  to 
the  second,  that  the  King  only  tran- 
scribed the  sheets  surreptitiously  sent  to 
him.    Pp.  29,  seq. 

Mr.  Todd,  as  also  Mr.  Broughton, 
both  dwell  upon  the  absurdity  of  laying 
before  Lord  Clarendon  claims  of  au- 
thorship, which  he  must  have  known 
to  have  been  false.  But  we  must  refer 
our  readers  to  both  the  Tracts.  They 
are  excellently  written. 

We  are  not  admirers  of  Gauden, 
who,  we  think,  was  a  mean-minded 
inan.  But  we  beg  to  protest  against 
Mr.  Brough ton's  laying  a  charge  of 
immorality  against  nim  (p.  88),  be- 
cause he  clid  not  adopt  the  work.  Now 
if  an  unknown  Counsellor  comes  into 
Court,  pleads  a  cause,  and  refuses  to 
give  his  name,  we  do  not  see  how  a 
charge  of  immorality  lies  against  him 
for  so  doing.  There  may  be  conse- 
quential vice  in  secresy;  but  surely 
none  in  the  thing  itself. 

56.  Papers  on  Naval  ArckUeciure,  and  other 
sulijects  connected  with  Naval  Science, 
conducted  by  William  Morgan  and  Au- 
gustinCreuze,  Naval  Architects,  formerly 
Students  of  the  School  of  Naval  ArchiteC" 
ture  in  his  Majesty* s  Dock-Yard  at  Ports- 
mouth. Fol.  /.  No,  L  Published  ha^f- 
y  early.     8vo,pp,  112. 

THE  best  form  for  ships  is,  accord- 
ing to  general  opinion,  that  of  the 
body  of  a  duck,  because  that  is  the 


form  given  by  Nature  to  animals  which 
are  to  move  upon  water ;  but  there  is 
this  discrepancy,  that  the  aaid  duck 
carries  neitner  masts  nor  sails. 

The  mathematical  papers,  howevef 
good,  we  shall  pass  by,  because  they 
are  studies,  and  the  book  is  a  cheap 
one.  We  shall  therefore  give  some  of 
the  remarks  upon  the  want  of  breadth 
in  Merchant  vessels,  an  error,  adopted 
at  the  cost  of  their  construction  as 
good  sea-boats,  because  it  enables  ^the 
vessel  to  carry  more  than  her  com- 
puted tonnage.     See  p.  96. 

'*  The  Merehant  Navy  is  certuoly  at  a 
very  great  dista&oe,  in  point  of  excellency 
of  form,  from  the  Royal  Navy.  The  pre^* 
sent  proportion  of  the  length  to  the  lureadth 
in  his  Majesty's  ships,  is  certainly  not  owing 
to  any  connexion  whatever  between  the  Sur» 
veyors  of  his  Majesty's  Navy,  who  design 
them,  and  the  Merchant  service,  but  must 
be  founded  entirely  on  their  experience  and 
judgment.  Increasing  the  breadth  of  a  ship, 
within  the  limits  of  the  parts  immersed  and 
emerged  by  inclination,  certainly  adds  to 
the  stability,  and  has  been  fo«nd  beneficial 
in  many  instances,  and  may  probably  b^ 
tried  with  advantage  in  many  others.  But 
it  must  not  be  forgotten,  that  the  propor- 
tion of  the  ships  in  the  Royal  Navy  is  very 
different  from  that  of  the  Merohaot  Navy } 
and  that  there  would  be  necessarily  great 
disadvantage  attending  an  excess  beyond 
certain  limits,  which,  although  not  indis- 
putably settled,  have  beeh  approximated  to 
with  considerable  correctness.  If  the  breath 
of  ships  were  too  much  increased,  it  would 
render  them  exceedingly  laboursome  at  sea, 
and  might  unfit  them  for  service,  by  fre- 
quently carrying  away  their  masts.  Perhaps 
endetivouring  to  avoid  this  very  serious 
error,  has  kept  this  dimension  rather  within 
the  limits  to  which  it  may  be  carried  with 
safety  and  propriety.  The  proportion  of 
some  of  the  best  ships  of  the  line,  both 
Foreign  and  English,  is  between  the  limits 
ofs,  7,  and  3,  8,  the  breadth'for  the  length." 

<<  Increasing  the  dimensions  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's ships,  generally,  the  length  as  well 
as  the  breadth,  has  been  recommended  by 
many,  which  would  certainly  contribute  to 
fineness  of  form  as  well  as  to  good  quarters  ; 
but  it  may  be  considered,  at  the  same  time, 
that  great  length  is  disadvantageous  in  other 
respects,  in  rendering  ships  less  easily  and 
quickly  worked,  and  being  more  expensive 
in  constrection  ;  and  it  must  be  remember- 
ed, that  one  of  the  greatest  Admirals  Eng- 
land has  had  to  boast  of,  preferred  short 
ships  to  gentsral  purposes,  which  he  (bund 
to  possess  greater  advauti^es  in  action. 
Some  nations  have  found  it  advantageous  to 
build  ships  expressly  for  particular  services, 
especially,  for  fast  iailiag.    In  such  cases 


1BS«.] 


HiTisw. — Lift  of  tht  Emperor  AUxmier.  S49 

present*    the   reading   piiblick 


gntt  ItDgth  >nit  br«idih  bile  bwD  f;lT«D 
verjr  bfuGcuIl]! ;  but  Ua  gtutni  ttnWt, 
(bin  ilut  can  liH|i  tin  h*  ^r  ■  Iudk  lime. 
%bA  aoitt  (II  ciccuDulucn,  hnic  I>h1)  fauiid 
tb«  mow  tScicnl,  it.o  if  uwodul  with  ■ 
*nkll  wciiGc*  of  Ttloviljr  to  ilioi*  tjuililin 
■hkl  UKcitll;  conitiCuM  coed  iN-baiKf." 

"  Tbi  brHddu  of  lb*  lirf^  ibipii  iii  ih* 
£ii)i;lii1i  Nnv  iIiohM  proUbljr  not  b«  in- 
crcuei]  miubi  ahlle  iiDtllM  ibi^  oujr  b* 
iacrwnl  sitb  xlvuMg*  in  *  greuer  d»- 
gm."     Pp.  08,  9H. 

Il  hu  b«n  rrcommrnded  with  re- 


M  ha*iily  concocted,  it  would  be  un- 
fair to  jBpp'y  any  severe  leal  of  crili- 
ciim.  The  wurK  hai  been  evident)]' 
gikl  up  to  anawer  th(^  demand*  of  im- 
mediate cuiimiif.  It  conuiniaebro- 
nologlcal  accoimt  of  the  priocipal 
eveiiu  of  the  late  Empcrori  rei^, 
•nd  collecU  the  fragment*  of  hii  nil- 
lory  scattered  through  the  various  pt>- 
titical  Joumali  of  hii  day  with  a  very 


.  ""V"?  "^  T.  .h           r  ""  UudaUremdo>try.indat,fmpani«lpen. 

gard  to  WmdmilU,  th.t  .he  janl.  or  ^^  an«do,",  contaiticdTn  the^- 

ftyer,  .hould   be  connrcied  «.ih    ibe  jroduction   have   been  all  .efficiently 

b^m    by  .mrat  or  cor b crew  ,pnng,,  hackneyed    in  the   pages  of  the  da  y 

which    would     ntcent     the.r    being     '^.  ^;|,  ^V"^^, ,._  J 


brokim ;  and  without  tayine  thai 
a  tbins;  i>  practicable,  we  do  not  be- 
lieve  Itiat  maid  would  he  earned  away, 
if  initcad  of  throuds  they  had  tpital 

.p.iGli..  !««««  Ih.  »ind  ,vouU  il.,n     „          ,;    ,,„,,  ,„  j,||,j  ,, 
ipoii  an  eUiiie  bodyj  or   f  a  iiatl     ,•  Y     „r  t   ™      "        


ottnelTei  by 

idin^    the  Tolume    to   those 

who  feel  an  interest  in  the  life  of  a 

Monarch,  ivho  occupying  no  inconsi- 

deriblc  space  in  what  (lo  d 


the  "  de»- 


ith    E 


11.11, 


itselfcoutdboe^mt^ieilofasingleor     ,""'"   ,".'   f-^™(«.  ..  "PP*?? 
double  «]ifiM  .■,   r:   i'. ..  iMhiic  the  intne 
elTfct.      \'  ■  ■       Mi.ii    these 

Ibijjjjt  j/L  j ,   1,-.  u:  ilie  lact 

we  are  tatiifird,  because  an  oak  ii  torn 
op  by  a  itorm,  while  a  flexible  tree 
ncapei.  Ai  to  aea-boBti,  the  Dulch- 
buili  fashion  ii  known  lo  be  the  be*L 
They  are  of  the  perfect  duck  fuhion. 

We  by  ik>  meant  diipara^  the  ap- 
plicttion  of  mathematical  princtplet  lo 
the  elucidation  of  nautical  icienec  t 
but  considering  the  variations  in  the  ^,„ 

velocity  and  iiiomenlum  of  large  bodie*     WpiihH 
'  >  not  see  how  they  can 

itisfactoiyi  and  if  ship* 
could  be  so  constructed,  at  that  the 
weight  of  cargo  should  never  bear 
upon  the  sides,  and  the  mail*  be  to 
guarded  by  springs,  at  never  to  ilratn 
the  veiicl,  then  we  say  (.allowing  it  to 

be  impraelicable)    that,   according  to  ,  ,    . 

"T    ,    r  — ■    -       '  '  ,  ,    T>   J        cunce ;   latctnnpnnce  :   Lyme 

the  Uwt  of  Nature,  rocks  and  landi     ^j       ,      f     ^-      <^     RbAwSi 


i& 


Eirl  Piiiwill,«m.  and  are  on  the  hU 

lowing  subjects: 

~  mploymenl  of  lima  ( 
:  Esnbquale,  Thuaiter 
ia  Lightning:  DlOukc!  DlScDlliai,  nU- 
ioai  nod  Datunt  i  Troubli?  the  cfinimoa 
•t;  Gowri>meDt  of  tliB  Mmd;  Cuntcat- 
Lcnti  Wilkin;, 
bgi  Field  Spnro 
tsD  ;  Oiigia  nf  Govemm^Dij  pri 
>billi7  of  (ha  English  -,  Forgivei 
ly  :  RaTtngf  :  Lord'*  Pnjsr  i  Creed  i 
FD   Commudmeats  i    CrixiiT  ;    EitSark. 


[>Ub1e  Du- 


tnly   would    be    the 

Here  leaving  hypothesis,  we  have 
only  to  add,  that  the  work  promiies  to 
be  very  good  and  useful. 


0  Child 


1  Cbild 


.furA,., 


D«atb;  Jndpnant." 

However  mullirariont  may  appeal 
the  subjects  treated  of  in  these  Essayi, 
they  nevertheless  exhibit  a  devout  and 
ihoughiful  tpirit  in  their  religiona 
topics,  and  an  observing  and  inielligent 
mind  in  their  practical  diieustions. 
_.  >».  ..  Hiu.  There  i'  here  nothing  of  gatmloui 

THE  Author  of  this  volume  hat  prosing,  bat,  on  the  contrtiy,  a  felt- 
speedily  availed  hiitneir  of  his  oppor-  cilout  comprcNion  of  ideas,  altd  a 
lanily,  and  the  mortal  remains  oT  the     terseness    of    language,    which   tiircr 


Otwi.  Mu.  Jfor^  I  lis. 


950 

•hould  fix  on  a  Clergyman  who  has 
grown  old  gracefully,  and  with  dignity 
supports  an  elevatecl  station,  of  checr- 
,fuf  piety,  and  of  great  benevolence, 
using  with  moderation  the  gifts  of  pro- 
vidence, and  gratefully  referring  the 
blessings  that  surround  him  to  the 
giver  of  all  good. 

Such  we  know  to  be  the  sentiments 
inculcated,  and  we  venture  to  think 
that  the  practical  illustration  of  them 
is  to  be  found  in  the  character  of  him 
by  whom  they  are  so  well  enforced. 

We  shall  conclude  with  a  specimen: 

«  Swimming. — Although  this  is  not  ge- 
nerally estimated  among. the  most  useful,  it 
u  certainly  a  very  necessary  acquirement. 
Were  I  disposed  to  doubt  in  any  one  single 
individual  instance  my  Creator's  goodness, 
it  would  be,  at  first  view,  of  the  subject  now 
under  discussion.  Why  is  this  saving  pri- 
vilege withheld  from  man,  and  yet  conferred 
on  the  generality  of  quadrupedes  ?  To  an 
infant  incapable  of  fear,  as  well  as  to  an 
adult  apprised  of  danger,  the  deep  is  death 
to  both  alike ;  but  whether  an  unsuspecting 
hog  or  a  harmless  sheep  is,  thrown  into  the 
water,  each  exerting  its  natural  efforts  gains 
the  shore,  while  man  only  flounders  and 
•inks. 

«  Are  we,  then,  atithorized  to  complain  ? 
By  no  means.  Wbat  seems  to  our  finite 
understanding  a  defect,  often  tends,  on  in- 
quiry, to  exalt  rather  than  to  depress  the 
•ven  tenor  of  that  Providence  which  *  acts 
BOt  by  partial  but  by  general  laws.'  (Pope). 
If  it  is  hard  to  one,  be  it  remembered  the 
Hune  inability  is  common  to  all :  here  dis- 
tinction is  unknown  i  besides,  it  is  not  in 
this  world  permitted  us  to  know  the  supreme 
as  he  is.  Hence  it  follows,  that  if  we  are 
fcvoured  now  with  no  more  than  a  partial 
communication  of  what,  in  a  different  stage 
of  existence,  may  be  revealed,  we  can  have 
BO  cause  to  censure  what  our  fitcultles  can- 
not comprehend.  For  the  self  same  reason 
wc  might  crave  the  strength  of  the  horse, 
Um  swiftness  of  the  stag,  or  the  wings  of 
the  bird,  as  the  ability  of  the  fish.  In  com- 
parison of  all  animated  nature,  man  cam^ 
hooi  the  hands  of  his  Creator  fitr  more  ex- 
oeilently  endowed,  and  wonderfully  adapted 
.lor  the  exercise  oi'  Ikt  dominion  over  every 
Uving  thing f  ori^nally  assigned  him :  with 
m  countenance  to  behold  the  glory  of  the 
heavens,  with  limba  to  traverse  the  different 
legions  of  the  earth,  with  a  firame  to  sustain 
the  diversity  of  climate,  with  a  mind  to  in- 
vestigate God's  ways,  and  with  language  to 
declare  hu  handv  works.  The  mabilit^  to 
fwim,  if  properly  considered,  is  nothing 
more  nor  less  than  an  intentional  iuspen- 
non,  excellently  caknlated  to  excite  our 
activity  and  to  increeee  our  gratitude  for  all 
A»  Mluiil  blMtiagt  w«  potieia  wtlhoiu  liht 


Rbtibw.— HopktnBcm'b  Buoffs, 


[Sfarcfa, 


pains  necessary  in  others  for  the  attainment. 
Surveying  nature's  works,  what  taind  is  not 
impressed  wfth  admiration.'  Whether  we 
look  inwardly  to  ourselves,  whether  we  ex- , 
pand  our  attention  to  external  objects,  we 
are  impressed  with  awful  gratitude  and  satis- 
fiu:tory  delight.  Pleasing  as  such  reflections 
are,  they  receive,  nevertheless,  a  temporary 
check  from  a  conscious  sense  of  danger  the 
moment  we  become  exposed  to  the  sur&ce 
of  the  deep  without  the  ability  to  swim, 
equalled  only  by  the  painful  feelings  of  such 
as  are  involuntarily  forced  to  the  edge  of  a 
stupendous  precipice  without  the  aid  of 
wings.  Sensible  of  our  inferiority  in  these 
respects  to  other  animals,  forgetful  of  what 
we  have,  and  repining  at  what  is  withheld, 
we  go  on,  without  thought,  to  complain. ' 
Many,  under  such  wrong  impressions,  risk 
their  passage  through  the  perilous  ocean  of 
life,  often  without  even  an  exertion  to  pro- 
mote their  safety  by  this  easy  acquirement. 

"  If  the  almost  countless  loss  of  life  in 
the  great  deep  is  seriously  considered,  if  the 
variety  of  dangerous  ways  is  stated  by  which 
human  beings  of  every  age  and  c^  every 
class  are  continually  lost  in  the  rapidity  of 
currents,  and  in  the  sudden  expanse  of  ri- 
vers, by  night  and  by  day,  sometimes  in  the 
laudable  course  of  business,  at  others  in  the 
rational  avocation  of  pleasure  through  squalls 
on  lakes,  through  heedless  accidents  on  ca- 
nals ;  if,  in  short,  this  great  take-off  from 
the  human  race  is  closely  traced  into  all  its 
bearings,  it  will  appear  unaccountably  extra- 
ordinary why  an  art  so  conducive  to  health, 
•o  easy  to  be  acquired,  and  never  to  be  lost, 
becomes  so  generally  neglected.  By  the 
polbhed  nations  of  antiquity  it  was  reckoned 
so  essential  a  branch  of  early  discipline,  that 
to  represent  a  person  utterly  uneducated, 
nothing  was  more  common,  nothing  better 
understood,  than,  <  O,  he  neither  reads  nor 
swims.'  What  has  been  done  once,  will 
generally  be  allowed,  may  be  done  again : 
convinced  by  self-experience  that  any  one 
of  ordinary  resolution  may  teach  himself  by 
the  diere  efforts  of  nature,  under  this  strong 
impression  I  confidently  submit  to  such  as 
wish  to  become  adepts  in  this  useful  exer- 
cise, the  following  rules,  which,  if  syste- 
matically adopted  and  strictly  adhered  to, 
will  be  attended  with  success. 

1.  The  only  way  to  secure  the  preliminary 
fequisite  of  self-possession  u,  to  select  a 
reach  in  some  sequestered  place  about  twenty 
yards  in  length,  ten  in  breadth,  with  a 
sound  bottom,  in  no  part  exceeding  four 
feet,  clear  of  weeds,  and  freshened  by  a  mo- 
derate current.  As  nothing  tends  more  to 
banish  the  apprehension  of  danger  than  an 
intimate  knowledge  .of  the  spot  wherein  the 
incipient  artist  intends  to  commence  hia 
efforts,  to  in  a  case  of  such  importance  no 
man's  word  must  be  taken,  no  report  must 
be  even  heard,  no  doubt  must  be  entertained 
■boat  ita  geacnl  uk^t  on  ^  contrary* 


MW.1 

n  •qwn  TWd  oiRltt  (B  h 

'  '  >•  ui  Mw  lodhidiaUy 
ligMclf.     Tba  pUuing 

.         igii  bfighuDM  bjlba 

pmumfXioB,  which,  in  &ct,  u  tctutUr  UM, 
tlut  tba  haoua  bodr  »  MnMwhu  fighur 
(baa  *  cDTTMpoodJDff  bulk  of  the  ■uttouihI- 
ing  mttliiiiD,  thoiigb  the  tpacific  gnviCr  of 
lb*  lunbf  ud  hwd  exned  tbu  of  the  tnmk 
befon  (h«  hi^^ar  canlia  an  dluharged  of 
lie  ud  fiUed  >itb  water,  wliich  mint  be  tba 
c*M  btiott  tba  whole  can  liok  :  huw  to  pra- 
*nit  thii :  biiw  to  aequire  to  ilcunUa  an 

"  a.  The  weatHtr  warm  and  ttlll,  ratiia 
deUnniBed  aod  alone  to  the  deitioed  •eetie, 
dcTOid  of  iBlerii*]  feat  ot  eitaruil  ^ipn- 
beniion.  That  pait  of  tba  briak  ii  to  ha 
pnbmd  neamt  a  la«el  with  tba  turfaca 
balow.  Peal,  collect,  pauie  awhile.  Now 
wadgiug  jour  baodi  pointed  forward,  with 
tbe  bajia  about  lii  iocbee  from  the  ebln, 
and  bending  forwaid,  gtntlj  detrude. 

"  3.  The  hodjr,  »  Cu  from  remaiDuig, 
like  ioeit  DaKerj  in  a  quieacent  itaM  M  tba 
boitom,  fnr  a  reuon  prenioualj  asai^ptedi  le 
directly  diipoaad  to  aicend  whcthei  jon  wiH 
or  BO.  TUa  ii  renenllj  repeated  two  or 
three  timea  till  the  air  ii  diacharged  from 
the  luDgt,  and  the  cheit  filled  with  water. 
•  AToiD  ii  llu  autptei  lime,  bebutd  now  le 
the  critical  monwul,'  for  art  to  co-operate 
with  nature,  oot  ipetelj  \t]  endeavvuring  to 
emer^,  hut  is  continuinjc  t*  float,  and  pro- 
pelluf;  ;oar*clf  alonf  the  lur&ca  In  tbe 
liBuliaiiaoiu  actioa  of  the  hand*  and  ht%. 

luDtarj  propenaitj  to  Hh,  jim  are  to  pro- 
eefd  in  thii  uiaaner  :  dart  lurth  the  haoda 
till  the  IcDgthtaad  anu,  liringing  [hem 
•teadil]'  miind  Buiened  bj  the  hipa,  return 


Rkvuw/— HopldMon^  Smqw. 


flSl 

Idc  to  the  Biiiuljit  of  circle),  of  eigblnao 
iothn  (liiDieKt  ijf  ibereabtmti,  cottGibually. 
"  S.  'Dieie  rS.HU  to  luppurt  ud  canj- 
im  tha  bod),  Umugh  eret  la  reguUrlr  Don- 
linued,  will  he  fnuad  utuilj  ininmoieot 
wicliaut  due  care  to  elanta  and  throw  bach 
the  head  a*  mncb  ai  poHible.  lu  ihii  di*- 
pneitlon  iu  weight  n  cnoaidtrabljp  diminiab- 
ed  hj  iha  preiiure  of  tha  nawr  underoi 
the  moutb  and  n<M  riiiuR  aod  U 
upanin-  at  ti.e  heplooine,  aod  ci 

■'  6.  Few  or  oooe  at  firet,  fimn  tbe  M- 
trema  noteltj  of  the  thing,  find  tbiiHaehee 
equal  to  thii  plan  of  eianien:  tbej,  of 
eoane,  flutter  aud  link.  Ai  torn  a*  aear 
then  bii  feet  touch  tha  bottoo^  tbe  JOCUH 


liBiditjr,  but,  i 
of  tba  cbaaa, 
■  Td  De  cede  i 


Wiipg, 
lallbe 


I  amid  tl^  winmidiag  aedo* 
ilia,  aad  eoata  udMior 

tw;.ting,  tuminft,  and  ItJ-mg  \n  ever)-  imigi- 
narjf  direction,  OD  the  right  and  on  the  leflt 
£tit  with  one  hind,  then  with  the  niher, 
and  e^in  with  both.  Thna  (riali  will  be 
found  mnre  or  Ini  eKbautiing,  aa  the  aga 
■nd  fDnitliDIlriB  var; :  their  danuion  and 
TTiictitlon,  ihrrefore,  will  Ix  regulated  hj 
iha    Ltii    jiimiMr    in-lci  —  thai  degree   of 

"  After  ihii  maaaer  ma;  the  aauoo* 
purent  rett  awured  tbe  itroka  faaa  bean  aooa 
acquired,  which  Improiing  in  rapid  pcogrei- 
liuu  at  every  luceeeding  trial  day  by  day, 
hi>  actually  atuined  in  the  ipace  of  a  fart- 
night  a  degree  of  perfection  euficient  fbf 
the  rartoui  purpoaa  of  Inland  Ufa.  Should 
theie  luggeitiont  prore  ineffieient,  ea  nnut 
aometimai  bappeu  either  from  mental  waak- 
neu  or  oorporeal  debility :  ihould  tbey  not 
meet  the  conecientium  ■■probalioa  of  the 


I^^S^™ 

may  pleate  to  adopt  it.  I  confidently  nbjoin 

a  «cond  mode 

•wimming,    mc 

■It  eompleu  and  eipeuira. 

yet  lafer,  and  c 

m  that  aecoont  BOia  congt* 

olaj  In  tha  fbeli 

ingi  of  tba  dittaal  lalatira. 

"  Allow  two 

the  fiimily,  to 

attend  the  youth  of  any  CM 

-ill  auily  ad«it  it,  to  Aa 

•ecluded  brook 

,.«:b  holding,  rope  tigbdt 

moTeable  at  plcaaiire  higher  or  b>wer,  naet- 
ing  or  fbllowing  the  cumoti  oa  tbia  let  an- 
other ha  impended  by  a  pmK-riac,  to  tba 


■he  bet,  that  add- 


9M 


Rsnftw.— BfljAey*8 


to  ^ 
tide*  above  the  water,  tlw  Asciple  of  Nep- 
taae  ma»t  be  fretened  rooBd  the  tboulderSy 
pferiously  corered  fay  flaaael  to  obviate  the 
taeoBveiiieiice  of  fric&»a.    Derias  this  -^^- 


of  aeeitfe  and  easy  sospenskm,  the  dfead  of 
uaiaag  and  the  trouble  of  floondeni^  are 
done  away:  the  yoong  pcffcrmer  haa  no- 
tlu^  else  to  do  bat  to  persereic  ia  coota- 
Baneaertioii  oa  the  saperficesy  aeeonfiag 
to  the  iastractions  of  die  aatural  plaa  above 
dcftaed,  from  oae  side  to  the  other,  roUiag 
aad  tumiog  in  all  possible  directioos  npvarda 
aad  downwards  onder  the  strict  attentioa  of 
bk  asststaats  on  the  opposite  shores,  whose 
oCoe  it  u  to  move  toe  aoparatas  to  thdr 
yovag  niaster*s  wuh,  cafcnilly  maaagii^  to 
keep  Dim  evea  oa  the  sor&ce,  or  to  permit 
him,  if  he  pleases,  to  dive  below.    laaal- 
OMte  indeed  must  be  the  attempts  whieh, 
oaly  after  a  few  days'  practioe,  caa  ia  thb 
way  feil.    Should  this,  however,  Ije  the 
case,  ihoald  the  disappomted  youth  still  re- 
aiaia  anxioos  to  sacoeed,  he  nwy  try  a  well 
known,  though  dangerous  method,  whick 
has  often  answered,  an  J  sometimes  fiuled-^ 
it  is  Uie  use  of  corks.    The  common  me- 
thod of  applicatioo  is  to  Cuten  them  in  two 
e<|ual  divisions,  at  the  distance  of  two  feet, 
fay  a  piece  of  list,  which,  passing  across  the 
chest  under  the  arms,  confines  this  buoyant 
material  behind  the  back  nearly  in  a  line 
with  the  shoulders.    Thus  the  human  body, 
bv  this  slight  artificial  union,  becomes  spe- 
cifically lighter  than  an  eaual  bulk  of  the 
surrounding  fluid.     Thus  the  person  exert- 
ing his  extremities  fore  and  aft,  becomes  in 
time  able  to  support  himself  without  this 
adventitious  aid.     Auxious  as  indeed  I  am 
for  my  young  countrymen  in  all  respects, 
the  very  idea  of  leading  them,  even  unin- 
tentionally, into  evil,  is  painfiil  in  the  ex- 
treme;  1  consider  it,  therefore,  an  indis- 
pensible  duty  to  point  out  the  danger,  in 
this  last  mode  too  often  pursued,  in  toe  pre- 
sent attainment. 

"  Should  this  artificial  aid  be  by  accident 
broken  or  even  displaced,  what  becomes  of 
the  necessary  equilibrium  ?  It  is  Instantly 
destroyed  in  one  case,  and  removed  in  the 
other:  in  both  the  vital  spark  is  in  equal 
danger  of  extinction.  A  scnool-fellow  prac- 
tising alone  in  the  place  of  our  amusement, 
would  have  soon  lost  his  life  had  not  a  per- 
son, accidentally  passing,  instantly  relieved 
him :  the  gear  slipped  back  to  the  central 
band,  the  consequences  were  the  unavoidable 
elevation  of  tlie  posteriors  above  the  surfece, 
while  the  distant  extremities  were  depressed 
without  the  possibility  of  relief.  If  the  sup- 
porters separate,  which  may  happen  through 
failure  of  the  uniting  list  band,  the  incum- 
bent, if  in  deep  watdr,  b  instantly  lost. 
The  last  source  of  danger  to  which  this  ex- 
perimentalist is  snbjecty  occurs  whenever 
ne  features  incautiously  out  of  Jiis  depth,  or 
glidti  iimwBOiyiajywiwwi-the  iileat  itream : 


die 

by  Ibtee,  Ik 
accident,  iadispositioa 
feoai  caoses  tooobnansto 
serioos  to  admk  of  a  fsi] 

*'May  the  yoa^ 
wordiy  of  a  gcaenl  ftovideaca, 
with  regard  to  thoae  maayfold 

t  alw^  ready  frir  dtetr  free 
;r,  bat  finr  such  pertinilaT  benefits  aa 
nqaae  thor  laudable  esertiooB  to 


too 

to 
only 


t* 


59.  A  Sermom  prtaehed  ai  ike  CameenHon 
f4  SL  PmMts  Ckafd,  AKertborpe,  near 
Wakefield.  By  the  Rtv,  John  Bayley, 
M.  J.  laU  FeOom  of  BmamH  Cbilege, 
CaBibridge.     8na./ip.  92. 

MR.  BAYLEY  tnces  our  Ritual  to 
a  ooDformity  io  subsUoce  with  the 
Mofaic;  and  therefore,  by  iDfereDce, 
gives  to  both  a  diTine  origin.     He  says, 

'<  If  we  look  below  the  surfi«e,  and  pe- 
netrate that  garb  of  ceremony  which  dis- 
guised the  spirit  of  the  Jewish  worship,  we 
shall  there  discover  the  constituent  parte  of 
our  present  ritual ;  and  such  a  (fiscoverr  ia 
of  great  price,  as  it  silences  every  cavil,  that 
heresy  has  so  loudly  echoed  agamst  our  ob- 
servance oi  ordinances,  for  which  we  can 
plead  no  positive  command,  whereaa  die 
very  want  oi  specific  appointment  (which 
has  been  so  often  the  ground  of  accusation) 
is  one  of  the  strongest  arguments  in  their 
defence.  Where  there  was  no  new  ordi- 
nance, there  needed  no  new  commandment. 
The  proof  of  what  is  here  adduced,  lies 
within  narrow  compass.  The  strict  har- 
mony which  is  found  to  exist  among  all  the 
most  ancient  Liturgies,  strongly  fevours  the 
belief,  that  they  were  transmitted  through 
the  Apostles,  who  were  of  Jewish  extrac- 
tion, from  the  devotional  parts  of  the  Jewish 
"    P.  11. 


service. 


Mr.  Bayley*s  Sermon  is  one  which  we 
like.  It  18  of  the  edifying  kind ;  would 
that  we  could  say  the  like  of  ail  others. 

60.  P.  FirgUii  Maronis  Bucolica ;  eoTUain- 
ing  an  Ordo  and  Jntertitieal  Translation 
accompanying  the  Text ;  a  Treatise  cm 
Latin  Fersificaiion ;  and  References  io 
a  Scanning  Table,  exhibiting  on  Musical 
Principles  every  variety  of  Hexameter 
Ferse.  With  an  Explanatory  Index,  In- 
tended as  an  Introduction  to  the  Readmg 
of  the  Latin  Poets.  By  P.  A.  Nuttall, 
LL.D.  Editor  of*  Stirling's  Juvenal  In- 
ierUneaUy  Translated"  1«««).  pp*  HB. 
Simpkin  and  Marshall ;  Nichols  and  Sob. 

THIS  useful  little  work  may  justly 
rank,  among  the  curiosities  ot  classic 
Literature.  No  scholar  of  modem 
limes  has  so  clearly  eluci«U(0^  ^  ^^^''' 


lMi.7  Rivinr.~Dn  Nntl^'i  nrgO.  St» 

tintents  and  inclady  of  Virgil  n«  ihe  respondrd,  benmc  ihc  one  wsi  adnpU 
|ir»tnc  wrii^r,  wliMhcr  we  roniidct  cd  to  ihe  iuIm  of  pedagoguci,  and  ilie 
Ihe  corr«otn«s  ami  harmony  uf  his  lalier  acrorded  wilh  ihe  idiom  or  the 
iraiislalion,  oi  ihe  nda])UtJun  of  evcrj  I^ngUth  bnguaEC ;  bul  Dr.  Nutlall'* 
vene  lo  ihe  ttrici  principle)  of  muiic  inierlineal  tianaUlimi  accompanies  tlie 
It  li  a  (liigular  circumMince,  thai,  Ordo  almost  word  Tor  word  (  nnd  what 
although  Virgil's  Eclogues  hate  been  is  siiieulir,  and  which  must  have  re- 
llie  adniimtion  of  all  azea,  there  did  quittd  considerable  verisiilit;  of  Un- 
not  exist  an  English  veriiiil  irantliition  gnage.  b  true  poetic  strain,  admirablj 
suited  lo  the  penius  ai  <uiril  of  thuie  suited  to  the  subject,  is  uniformly  pre- 
divine  composition!.  Whore  an  Ordo  serted.  We  ^ive  the  followtiig  spcei- 
aod  Translation  haTc  been  adopted,  u  nitn  froni  EH.  v.  ^li-Mj,  In  nlluiiim  lo 
in  Darid  son's  Virgil,  they  rarely  cot-  ilic  »pi>ihi:o«ii  of  Julius  Cacsu: 
"Cudidtu  Dipho'ia  MinsuT  iniuetaBi  liiiisa 

Tbe  bri|KtrDbfd  Diphdll    DOw  •drntiAl    Uic  ■■firqucBtW  CD«ls 
Ohmpi,     nubaqai     M  iliisra     nb  psdlbui      <AiH. 

Oflx.vu,    Udcloub    Ud    ItM    bMUAIliSrHI    btktfUj. 


tanct,      Pwaqoa,    putoresqus,       Drjsdaiqiie  pusllas. 
pcrvAdn,    ud  Pan,    md  tbcphbdt,  ftod  Iht  woodliad  ayaiphi,* 

Tbe  moil  Important  feature  of  the  teen  musical  itave*,  which  esbibit  the 

work,  however,  il  the  learned  and  in-  diH'erciit  varieties  of  hexameter  verse, 

f^ious  "  Treatise  on  Latin  Venific^  and  the  leilers  of  reference  prttixed  to 

uoa,"  which  is  intended  as  an  iDtr»  each   have  corresponding  ones  at  ihc 

doction  to  ihe  Scanning  or  Musical  end   of   every   verse    throu^hoot    ili« 

table.  Dr.Nultall  iseridentlyaieBloo*  Erloeuesi  !^o  that  the  exact  melody  or 

advocate  for  ancient  Quantity,  and  hit  scantion  of  every  line  can  be  imine- 

knowledge  of  music  has  enabled  him  diately  discovered.     In  order  to  render 

to  demonairale  the  melody  of  clastic  the  poetic  reading  easy  and  familiar, 

numbers  with  nearly  the  same  certainly  the  verses  ate  divided  according  to  the 

as  a  problem  in  Euclid.     His  defint-  method    prescribed     by    Ter< 

tion  of  ancient  accent,  as  distinct  fron)  Maurus   in   his   "Treatise  c 


quantity, 


appears  inconlioveriible,  al-     Metm,"  In  which  the   firit  and  lait 
~~      modern  scholars  declare     svHablrs  or  semi-fcct  form  a  i-nmplele 
fiHit  (ir  bar.    We  copy  the  followiiigai 
a  specimen  : 


JIJ  J 


im/iL.|>ifi4iJ.|i 


ir.S. 


do  grovst  dalighe,    ud  hamUe  tamatiiki. 

reading  these  metres,  from  which  th« 
difficullv  of  comprehending  them  by 
the  moderns  has  resulted.  'The  follow- 
ing caustic  remarks  are  appeoded  lo 
Ibii  Octosyllabic  iambic  line. 

Nee  at  I  Mit  I  dSUi  I  jHcoi. 
"  Iambic  venificatioa  beiDg  lofuDil'iar  lo 
■n  Engliih  Hr,  i(  vinild  naturslly  be  pre- 
■umed  that  thfia  cmld  be  no  obstacle  to 
mdiaf;  it  correctly ;  but,  ai  if  ch*  loni  of 
ear  to  the  rhythmus  of  Latin  poetry  by  John  Bull  bad  diurmiDcd  to  s«t  prosody 
Hn^lsh  examples.  By  this  method  ud  even  common  hdh  at  defiuce,  tbis 
the  diversified  Odes  of  Horace  are  re-  metrt  is  more  ladly  distorted  tbu  uy  other, 
doccd  to  the  utmost  simplicity  ^  and  Tbere  is  no  difindty  in  radinc 
their  musical  principles  clearly  eluci-  DsKCnd,  {  ye  Nina!  |  daicend  |  andsiag,— 
dat«d.  'The  Iambic  versification  of  dthoueh  tbtr*  arc  two  iuibia  wnrds  in  tb« 
Seneca,  PhaHlitH.  and  Terence,  arc  also  lias ;  but  tb«  difioulqi  of  nadi^  eomMlj 
justly  defined.  "The  writet  proves  the  tb*  tbrs*  dbsyliablaa  bt  itm  afaavB  Lmib 
absuiditf  of  ihe  commoo  iDClhod  oT    iiwmm,  mmm  iao^anU*  W  n  Eaglish 


musical  qua 

ntities  of  every  foot ;    the 

principal  ca: 

sura  or  reit  bting  repre- 

sented  by  a 

doiiblc  bar,  and  the  sc- 

condary  one 
ThcYrea 

by  heavy  lines. 

scon  Latin  Versification  is 

concluded  V 

ith  some  very  useful  ob- 

1  the  structure  of  an  Hex- 

in  which  the  Author  en- 

deavours    to 

famihariie   the  student's 

854 


Miscellanious  ReviefM. 


[March, 


scholar,  because  he  most  unaccoootablj 
pronounces  all  iambics  as  trochees,  in  de- 
fiance of  fJTosody,  analogy,  and  authority; 
and  though  Cicero  expressly  says,  "  ex 
iambis  nostra  oratio  constat."  For  instance, 
soles  is  read  as  soliSy  suns,  and  the  first  syl- 
lable of  Jociis  is  lengthened  as  injoAre,  in- 
stead of  being  pronounced  like  its  analogous 
English  word  jocose,  thus  : 

No  more  |  indeed  |  are  you  |  jocose. 

Nee  ut  I  soles  I  dabis  |  jocos. 
The  following  pure  iambic  trimeter,  con- 
taining three  iambic  words,  will  chime,  if 
properly  read,  with  the  accompanying  Eng- 
lish line : 

Quishoc  I  potest  ]  vide-|  re,  quls|p»test|p&ti  ? 
Forwlio|cMathi8|brhold.|nrwlio|caat);isleadure? 

**  [ambic  pronunciation  of  dissyllables  ap- 
pears to  have  been  agreeable  to  the  genius 
and  spirit  of  the  Latin  tongue,  on  a6count  of 
the  lateral  or  oblique  meaniugs  of  many  words 
being  dependant  on  strong  and  emphatic 
terminations ;  and  it  is  quite  as  absurd  and 
iacons'istent  to  read  the  first  syllables  of 
fiUStt  and  pUll  long,  as  it  would  be  to  accent 
th«  first  syllables  of  I'chold  and  endure.  Yet 
the  Pk'ofessors  of  our  Universities  tell  us 
they  must  be  so  pronounced,  because  it  is 
the  English  custom/  Now  would  it  not 
escUe  one's  laughter  to  hejur  a  foreigner, 
nho  was  teaching  English  versification, 
mveh  inform  his  pupil  that  the  word  endure, 
tno«^  pronounced  iambically  by  the  natives, 
must  sot  be  so  pronounced,  because  it  was 
contnry  to  the  custom  of  his  own  coutUry  I** 

We  recommend  this  clever  little 
work  with  confidence  to  those  gentle- 
men engaged  in  the  education  ofyouth 
in  particiilar,  and  to  all  admirers  of 
Classical  learning  in  general. 

61.  Dr.  Kiod*8  Introductory  Lecture  to  a 
Course  in  Comparative  Anatomy,  illustrative 
qfPaiey*s  Natural  Tlieology,  at  Oxford,  dis- 
plays considerable  ability.  I'he  passage  on 
childhood  in  Lucretius  (b.  v.  1.  223),  is 
well  explained,  and  its  circumstances  shewn 
to  "  coincide  to  increase  the  sum  of  human 
happiness  and  virtue."  The  extracta  firom 
Galen  are  interesting;  and  the  theory  of 
lusus  naturte,  if  not  cleared  up,  is  at  least 
placed  in  a  better  light.  Towards  the  con- 
clusion, a  fiur  estimate  is  formed  of  phreno- 
logy, which  will  hardly  satisfy  ita  votaries. 

**  It  is  evidently  (observes  Dr.  Kidd  in 
the  last  page)  more  safe  to  judge  of  others 
by  their  words  and  actions,  and  conduct  in 
general,  than  to  run  the  risk  of  condemning 
the  character  of  an  individual  from  the  indi- 
cation of  some  odious  organ,  the  activity  of 
which  may  have  been  subdued  by  the  ope- 
ration of  religious  motives.  With  respect 
to  ourselves  indeed,  the  study  of  the  system 
niaybe  attended  sometimes  witk  tiie  hap* 
piest  conaaqaeocei :  for  i^  horn  the  tim* 


temptation  of  it,  we  can  be  strength^ened  in 
our  conviction  of  the  fiut,  which  both  reason 
and  revelation  teach  us,  that  eai^  individual 
is  liable  to  particular- temptations  depending 
on  his  specific  temperament,  we  shall  thus 
have  one  additional  memento  of  our  frailty, 
one  additional  incentive  to  watch  over  and 
combat  the  sin  which  doth  so  easily  beset 
tiB."  The  incidental  remarks  on  Mr.  Law- 
rence's celebrated  "  Lectures"  are  tempe- 
rate and  just. 

62.  Doddridge's  Rise  and  Progress  has 
been  reprinted  in  the  Glasgow  aeries  of 
Christian  Authors,  with  an  introductory 
Essay  by  Mr.  Fostkr,  Author  of  Essays  on 
Popular  Ignorance,  &c.  His  argument  is 
able ;  he  presumes  the  book  to  fill  I  into  the 
hands  6f  unbelievers  of  variotis  haes,  and 
argues  with  them  accordingly.  We  must  com- 
plain, however,  that  his  Essay,  and  the  ar- 
gumenta  contained  in  it,  are  hx  too  long. 

63.  The  Author  of  Craven  Blossoms  has 
spumed  somewhat  contemptuously  the  mercy 
which  might  be  shewn  to  his  volume  by  re- 
ference to  his  situation  and  circumstances, 
and  bravely  pleading  the  *'  general  issue," 
demands  to  be  tried  by  his  merita.  His 
little  volume,  it  appears,  has  been  honoured 
by  the  names  of  300  Subscribers,  «  includ- 
ing some  of  the  proudest  and  most  respected 
names  that  Craven  or  that  England  knows." 
Bravissimo  I  Far  be  it  firom  us  to  attempt 
to  undervalue  what  the  "  Craven"  district 
has  patronized,  and  the  f '  Newcastle  Maga- 
aine"  has  approved.  We  will  suspend  our 
opmion  until  our  Author  shall  favour  us 
with  his  more  <*  extended  efforta;"  in  the 
mean  time,  as  J  ohnson  observed,  H^e  can  vxdi, 

64.  Poetic  Hours,  ^c.  Sfc,  by  G.  F.  Ri- 
chardson, contains  many  pleasing  speci- 
mens, which,  though  not  of  the  highest 
order  of  poetry,  are  indicative  of  an  elegant 
mind.  Some  of  the  translations  are  given 
with  much  spirit,  and  the  whole  volume  is 
replete  with  tender  feeling  and  gentle  affec- 
tions, expressed  in  language  generally  cor- 
rect, and  not  unfrequently  gracefiil.  It  is 
one  of  those  productions  the  offsprinjc  of  a 
cultivated  mind,  which  would  procure  for  tta 
Author,  even  among  discerning  friends,  Uiat 
dangerous  reputation  for  poetical  talent, 
which  more  frequently  hurries  ita  possessor 
to  immature  publication,  than  operates  as 
an  encouragement  to  more  finished  efforta. 
It  is  thus  that  much  rising  genius  is  crushed 
— all  that  has  delighted  the  partial  admira- 
tion of  firtends  in  manuscript,  and  lines  that 
owe  half  their  beautv  to  associations  in 
which  the  general  reader  has  no  sympathy^ 
are  given  hastily  to  the  world ;  and  the  cold- 
ness of  neglect  and  the  se^rity  of  criticism, 
either  discourage  the  youthful  aspirant  alto- 
sether,  or,  what  b  worse,  convert  the  ^ene- 
rona  ^Uuga  he  hat  eultivated,  into  Utter- 


ISM,] 


laU.    W«H»bM>Mdto  ■»  n- 

Artid*"  fno^of  dwrnonbilbf 

luigiMg*.     Wiib  rapcn  W 


Mr.  Richinlwm,  iM  .   ...     _ 

■hall  b«  htppj  to  meet  with  him  tgun,  for 
n  hiT*  not  bicn  inKuibla  to  tb*  promha 
of  fbture  ncclJeBov,  which  hW  pivtvn^pal^ 
Ikuioa  diijdiji. 

es.  Tibc  Blatmgi  o/*  FrundrJrip,  Aid 
<kW  Awnri,  byJiHu  M-HiNty,  i>  u- 
oihei  dTnrt  iiF  pottinl  msdiociit; — ipMh 
crowded  to  tic«M  bj  XiUnrj  itpiiut*  uf 
both  MMi.  If  oui  ncolltctioa  M  Goirect, 
*  •potm  OB  the  nm*  lobjcet,  wiih  bat  ■ 
•light  wlillaa  Id  tht  title,  n>  publiilied  a 
fcwj«n»gD.  Th«re  ii  nothing  in  the  po«« 
befor*  ni  to  diftiaj^lih  It  frarn  thote  cor- 
rect ud  gentlfmulj  production!  with  which 
th«  pnKst  litcnrjr  ngi  ibotindi.  With 
DDthiag  to  olfcad,  ud  xilh  little  to  picue. 
with  common  thoughta  ciprnied  in  imooth 
■Bd  equible  tffw,  iriih  occuional  wnknnt 
■nd  no  •trengtb,  imooth  in  iu  dulIoHi  u>d 
inoffcnive  in  it*  monli,  we  ue  almoat 
tamnt«d  to  with  thu  the  Aathor  bid  mftd* 
boUm-  Utempti  it  ortginslilj,  ud  bul 
■     t  higher   thingi,  eren   bid  th« 


trideotlj  been  befon  hii  vjt%  <  but  be  haa 
iniaied  the  elegance  of  dia  one,  without 
touching  tht  (ublimily  of  the  other.— Tin 
miior  poemi  that  conclude  the  Tolume  pai- 
Uka  of  tJie  uuna  correct  lad  paaaionlcM 
Ming.  Wa  aelMt  the  following ; 
Stmat  wrilUn  at  Sta,  tchm  r^untuffinm 

America  in  lets. 
Our  Ship,  how  baautaoui  to  iuit«  ! 

She  ipraadi  her  wingi  with  pridti 
Sublime  ihe  cuta  her  Hqvid  «ij~ 

And  itema  tbe  briny  tide ! 
While  yiinatn;  breciea  ^cnfty  Uow, 

Her  pinioDi  to  eipand, 
Hope  bidi  our  liindliDe  )p 


88S 

a>  rekting  to  oonaliti.  Twatlng  of  one  of 
Mr.  Burki'i  railj  Spenha  luvlng  Ixan 
abridged,  to  lemove  •ume  iiffenaiie  enpria- 
■lani.  the  Author  obiarrea  : 

"  It  lalikewue  iin)KirlaiiI  to  obaam',  ihal 
(he  ipeech  ihui  abridged  wai  printed  Id  tlie 
■  Genilemui'tMaeiiiiae'uftbtdmt  musih, 
but  with  the  omitiioD  of  all  dub  nod  par- 
IrameoWrj  lenni,  ihtir  placet  being  lup- 
plied  mereli  bj  linei  ot  datliee,  ud  headed 
\<1    tlia    following    ^tle  :     <  A    rtmarkallt 

Spneh  al  Ihi  n^iiij  ^  a  tale  S 1.' 

It  i(  therefora  eviderH  that  tiiii  ncwlj  alla(> 
Pd  ipvech  in  tbe  Maj^Ine  could  ool  ban 
Ixcn  copied  lh>m  the  '  Public  Advertiarr,' 

fir   ■)■.-    •-'-„-:  1'.     I'ltnn    muit    hare 

out  .pecisl  uermmign.' 

At  the  diitance  of  69  jeara,  Mr.  Urbw 
doei  not  recollect  hairing  erer  thonght  of 
coiuulting  Mr.  Burla  on  the  iubjMt  i  but 
■doptad  what  be  thought  at  the  time  tb* 
moat  proper  mode  of  printbg  tb*  Spaecb. 

67.  Of  Mr.  Chirlu  Diid»'i  Conns 
Tola,  wa  muet  admit  that  tbe<r  are  innocaat 
of  offanca  agiioat  lb*  nilea  of  daocDeT  and 
decorum,  howerer  deficiant  thaj  maf  ha  itf 
the  pwat  and  terMneu  which  cao  ilon* 
Juatifir  tbe  Tlila  of  Comic.     To  niae  a  imlla 


tbe  imil*,  the  merit  wa  have  named 
■   wlljhii.     ■     ■ 
ihaFablce  of'^onr  o 


Dubtedlj  hii.     la  hia  ranifiatiDa  of 


Tb*  heart  to  naluic  true  ;— 
Hm  ^du>  thought,  that  toon  again 

O'er  youthful  acenei  wa'll  tooe, 
Wnd  to  our  rafturtiS  boKmt  tinaii 

Tht  Btjttti  (/"our  ftjiie  / 

es.  Juniutpraetd  to  It  Burke,  a  a  well- 
written  and  entertaining  Pamphlet  ;  and 
CDBtaiaa  a  leiy  aatiihctorf  "  outline"  of 
tha  Memoin  of  Mr.  BurLe,  but  we  caanot 
quiu  agree  that  it  MOvu  him  to  be  Juwui. 
ITm.  writec'i  arKumeata  are  cerUiulj  inge- 

Oihan  may  think  differeotlj ;  and  we  ther*- 
fcc*  reeonmeod  the  work  to  ■  Roeral  p*- 
■hjl  b*  giiva 


;rfcogniie  an;  imjpnrremeDtoflhe  original. 

The  poem  uf<'TbeCh«iiid"  wia  clerer 
in  it)  deiign,  hut  it  ie  too  oiTeloped  in  tba 
n;atni«  of  allegory  to  be  popular,  aTan  if 
iu  iDlerait  ware  not  limited  to  tbe  initiated. 

ea.  Tht  Linti  tcrHten  fir  Ou  Imffil  ^ 
tht  Miatilanu  of  Iht  liland  i^  Portlaai, 
Biho  luffrrrdfrvn  Ihe  lale  Slum,  Nov.  1  Bfl4, 
are  creditable  alike  to  the  head  anil  h«rt  of 
(he  Author*.  We  heartil;  with  cbem  luo- 
ceHi  thajhaie  btriiuic  merit  eECdent  to 

graceful  compoiition,  indcpendentlj  of  the 
piriotiv  ud  charitable  notiva  which  haa 
loducad  their  publication.  We  ow*  tbi* 
Poet  aa  upoXogj  fiir  omitting  a  BOtie*  of  hie 
tiauilatiou  of  Sylla,  bj  Jouj,  which  u  ai 
fiiithful  aa  it  ii  a  apirited  performaDca. 

es.  Saiptart  Antiipdtia,  by  tbe  Ret. 
John  Jonu,  Curate  of  Waterbeach.  Tbb 
compendioua  nmmary  of  tbe  ReligioDi  In- 


otice  of  "  Odei,  &«."  by  111 
i*  1^  XCIT.  i.  p.  ut. 


PMMfdkf 


9md  &  Their  peculiar 

OBfC 

[jBemtni  hath  vok 
aad  espeasive.  We  are  tfacvdbfc  of 
ly  that  in  ihia  age,  vfaea  the  Scrip- 
tares  arc  circalated  U»  aa  cstcat  fctmeilj 
acarccij  to  ba  UBagiaed,  this  liitie  Afariig- 
Ment  it  well  cslcnbtrd  to  be  a  acdnl  aad 
acceptable  manna]  to  a  serioos  readei  of  his 
BO^le. 

70.  A  History  of  England  from  the  time 
qf  the  Romans  to  the  RJetUutiony  for  the  use 
tf  Childrejif  is  realhr  what  it  prof»ses  to  be, 
aa  aooouDt  of  the  leading  ereots  in  Ei^Iish 
History,  related  in  that  simple  and  nauiral 
language  which  is  adapted  to  the  capaci^ 
of  children.  Every  important  hci  u  accn- 
ntdy  stated,  whilst  '*  long  words,  fignra- 
tive  language,  and  those  expressions  and  al- 
losions  which  arc  unfit  for  the  ages  of  young 
penons,"  are  carefully  excluded.  History, 
as  it  u  generally  taught  to  children,  rather 
cfisgnsts  than  attracts  them,  much  more 
from  the  difficulty  they  experience  in  com- 
prehendiug  words  and  expressions  to  which 
they  are  unaccustomed,  than  from  any  inca- 
pacity in  their  minds  to  receive  the  ideas 
intended  to  be  conveyed,  or  to  understand 
the  hcU  detailed.  It  was  the  amiable  au- 
tboreM'i  endeavour,  in  the  volume  before 
US,  to  remove  this  obstacle,  by  adopting 
throughout  those  familiar  words  which  are 
itsnally  spoken  by  and  addressed  to  children  i 
and  in  this  object  she  has  completely  suc- 
ceeded. We  learn  that  this  acceptable 
little  work  is  the  production  of  a  Lady  of 
high  accomplishments,  and  was  intended  for 
the  use  ot  her  own  nursery;  but  every 
p«r«nt  mast  feel  thankful  that  it  is  extended 
to  theirs  {  whibt  by  its  publication  another 
mample  is  afforded  ns  that  the  most  bril- 
lUkst  attainments  of  the  female  mind  are  not 
hicoropatible  with  the  more  useful,  but  less 
daitl'mg  powers,  of  conveying  amusement 
and  bstructioD  to  the  ruing  generation. 

71.  The  New  and  Easy  Introduetkn  to 
the  Principles  qf  PolUieal  EcoTumy,  is  limit- 
ed to  Property,  Theory  of  Taxing,  National 
Debt,  Public  Economy,  Sinking  Fnikdy  Fo- 
reign Commerce,  and  Absentees.  The 
views  of  each  are  general  and  latitodinary  i 
but  thouffh  we  agree  with  the  Author,  that 
produce  forms  the  wealth  of  •  nation,  and 
proceeds  from  and  returns  to  prodnoeny 
(hough  la  ftltered  forms  and  proportiooty 


72.  AmfLthem,  or  the  Fatal  lairoiueHon^ 
bj  Mn.  H.  SanxTy  is  a  uaelal  wamiv 

to  intimarj  |»efmiis  with 

■caieoMoipBinted.    The 

told,  aad  m  pha  evidently 

MisIOpie^sr'   ■  - 


73.  The  Best  la/eafiam,  or  Rtfleetkns 
^  Thoai^dsjor  YoaA,  Maimritjf,  and  Age, 
eooau  of  iastractivc,  short*  pious,  and 
mofal  essm,  (firected,  as  is  usoal,  to  the 
cnkhraticm  of  mofal  inaoceaee.  Indispens- 
able as  this  is,  we  cannot  bnt  regret  in  all 
these  books  the  delect  of  a  proper  addidon, 
in  fiivoar  of  active  virtae  and  services  to  so- 
oe^,  by  studying  not  only  innocence,  but 
excellence.  We  like  herme  minds  and 
habiu,  so  frr  as  this  character  caa  be  epplted 
to  common  life. 


74.  Mr.  CocRTyKY's  Senmm  on  the 
Duty  nffirguenl  Comnanuon  at  the  Lord's 
Table,  is  eloquent  and  edi^ii^. 

75.  Scurry*!  Narraticet  and  White- 
way's  Additions  to  it,  should  be  circulated 
in  India,  for  evident  political  purposes. 
Monsters,  "  who  can  hamstrii^  human  be- 
ings, and  nse  their  sinews  for  binding 
rockets,"  p.  290,  should  be  made  known  to 
our  soldiers,  who  may  thus  be  induced  to 
fight  desperately ;  aad  to  our  facers,  that 
they  may  not  be  guilty  of  any  rashness  or 
imprudence,  which  would  compromise  the 
sarety  of  themselves  or  their  men. 

76.  We  look  with  a  kind  eye' on  WinUr 
Evening  Pastimes^  or  the  Merry-maker's 
Compammif  containing  a  complete  (JoUectkm 
qf  Evening  Sports,  including  Tioel/lh  Night 
Ceremonies,  d^e.  &!c.  by  Rachaxl  RtvtLy 
Spinster.  We  do  not  envy  that  man,  who 
can  feel  no  pleasure  in  the  loud  laush  and 
bright  eyes  of  his  own  and  his  neighbour's 
chUdren,  engaged  on  a  winter's  evenii^  in  the 
innocent  amusements  which  this  Children's 
Library  book  so  copiously  furnishes. 

77.  James  Fbrbes  is  a  Novel,  apparently 
founded  on  the  story  of  Fauntleroy,  hut  the 
Hero  b  •  young  man  of  character,  whom 
Lore  has  made  desperate.  The  moral  is, 
the  presumption  of  trusting  to  our  own 
powers,  instead  of  praying  against  tempta- 
tion ;  and  true  it  is,  that  a  meek  submission 
to  Providenoe,  and  prmr  for  Divine  aid,  are 
dutiM  iBeambeat  on  uL 


LITERARY    INTELLIGENCE. 


CxMlllfMlt. 

M*>CH10.— TbsChucilloT'asoldnicJklt 
br  tbe  (on  b«>t  ]iniGtlcD(>  in  elutkkl  letru' 
las  (inanK  <l>'  cumnMoi-'inK  lUchtlurm  ot 
ArM,  wm  «a  Ftiikt  lu(  *.IJu<le<xl  t"  Ml. 
Thamu  iSCruloa  ud  Mc.  John  lIuJtiuD, 

oTT.iDitT  oull^f. 

The  Mloalng  lummtr;  nf  tti*  Rifnlwn  nf 
(fail  t'nl>aril[;  it  citrH;le<l  Irum  tlm  Can- 
ttt4pP  Ctlifulur  fjr  ihr  Jirfwnl  vi'mr:  — 

Af  Scute,    thi  Beudi. 

TrioitTMlltg* 697 1373 

8l  Jofao'i  eollrgt .  ..444 1083 

Qdkd'i  collega    ....    61 190 

Cuucollega    78 S9S 

Chrut  cullcga 59 3!4 

EmmuiiieJ  ciillig*   ..   99 91& 

St.  Pcter'i  c<^ga    ..   b9 19S 

Jeraicalt*gfl    74 191 

Clcrtlwll 69 1S6 

Corpw  Chriiti  college  37 15S. 

TriDi(;plMl1 17 138 

CidMridehtll 80 183 

Pambiatt  lull 43 HI 

King'* college 8S lOS 

Mi^leneotlcge...,   37 98 

Sidiwj  cDlltse 36 94 

DoHaisg  eoTlcEe  ....    14 6fi 

CoBnoruiHu  VUU    l> 13 

I8M  4866 

It  ippean  faj  the  Oijbnl  CalOKhr  that 
tbe  toul  Biunbei  in  llut  Uniitnitj  ii  4798, 

eoueqiKotlj  Cinbrid^  hu  t,  DHJorit}  of 


Ready  for  PuUiaxIiim. 
Ane-  ParliaB  arSirR.C.  Homi'aMo- 
nHIilorxofWilUi  conUiniDgtheHoD' 


Tlw  Seeonil  Put  of  Mt.  BtKtR*)  Hiitorj 
of  Nonhuopianihiie. 

Put  I.  uf  >  Hiilorr  of  T>in>°rtb.  B; 
John  uiJ  Hinrv  »ood  Roby,  K<qi. 

The  Namlivc  of  >  Tnur  tlirauKh  Hewaii 
or  Oirhjhee,  w'nh  ui  Account  of  ihe  Geo- 
logj.  Nitunl  pniduciiaa*,  Volnnoei,  &c. 
&c.  Hiit.ir«,  SupcntiUont,  Tr*.IUloDa, 
ManiKn,  and  Cuitumi  of  the  lalubiUBta  of 
the  SandHichliluidi;  a  (inmiDal^uJ  VIor 
uf  their  Langiiige,  witli  Sped 


[ha  iMt  of  the  RIghi  Hon.  Eari  G 
b;  J-BurnLEii,  F.SA.aailJ.C.  Uucileb 
The  Progreue.  of  King  Junei,  Pan  XJ, 
Tlie  Peeiage  and  liaranaugf  United,  id  a 
General  and  HmUic  DlriioDar;  furiaiei 
uhiluiing  under  tirici  Alpkabetrrsl  Atrutga- 
lurnl,  tha  |<r«aent  aUto  of  tlinu  exited 
ranki,  anddeducme  the  linaa^  of  etch  houaa 
fi<»u  (ho  f.>an.hn  vt  iU  lionoura.     Bt  JokN 

.■.\    '  .    ItjiVR«.J.O. 

FuYiTia,  Miai>[er  oF  Trinit;  Chapel. 
WorLa  of  Dr.  John  Owen,  IdSI  Tola. 


.nibbing.. 


(.oHiluBnul  AJvEgnir«.     Br  a  l*tj. 
ni,.nr.  „f  !M«bo.litni  In  the  To»q  and 
NeiKlil,nurhonJ  of  Great  Yirmoulb.      Bt 


Pnparingfir  PubtiaitioB. 

I^ncaatrenaea  Illoilreti  or  Rlatorieat  and 
Biocnphical  Menoira  of  Illuttriout  NatiiM 
of  tbe  Palatine  Coimtf  of  i^ncaiter,  vitti 
Geneatognnl  and  Heraldic  Obaenatioiu. 
By  Wm.  R.  WxiT-niM,  F.A.S. 

Mr.  5*KUEL  BiLTE,  oftfas  Cmnmiuafikt 
Depanment  of  tha  Trauorj,  b  publiihlnc, 
in  a  brief  Memoir,  Practical  Salatiow  of 
Cubic  Equitiont.  The  work  deTcloiiea  ■ 
neir  mod*  of  Solution,  and  ii  intaDded  to 
afford  an  addilional  facilitr  to  the  Algebr^it 
in  that  pan  of  hi*  calculation*  which  it  of 

Mr.  W.  T.  LowNDU  i>  engaged  on  tm> 
compilation!  ;  one  a  general  work  on  En^ 
liih  Literatute,  limilar  tu  the  Manuel  ii 
Lihraire  of  Brunei ;  [he  other,  an  Account 
nf  the  Bodu,  and  ihtir  nrioui  editiosa, 


Ireland,  froi 


.img 


I  of  [he  death  of  C 


al  Notic 


[he  lata  King  and  Queen,  who  divn  la  imo- 
dun  ;  bj  .Vfr.  ELLit,  Miiiionarj  frum  the 
Suciet;  and  Sandwich  [ilaodt. 

Vieat,  and  a  deacriptioD  of  Eato«  Hall) 
GaiTT.  Mao.  JforcA,  1816. 


>k, 


0  Great  Britain  and 

o  part*  ;  lit,  in  alph^ietioal 
carding  to  authon,  trauUton,  or 
,  with  bibliographical  notice*  aod 
31;  and,  according  to  printeri,  pub- 
or    plica*     (^]P    being    prlnMd 


ATranilationorthaTr^Giuli;  tbt  moat 

6)pulai  and  enurtainlog  of  the  Poemtof  0. 
.Caitii  to  which  will  be  prefiMd  a  Me- 
moir of  the  aBihot)  mi  ao»a  moaaat  UM* 


tnio  of  cddbcatcii 

dw  Ki^r  </ France. 

TW  u':Ie  «f  M  n.  Risci.crrE's 
VLomauuct'n  ^Gartoa&RuaaiievirLe;  'V,tLc 
Cocrt  of  Hcerv  t^  TLsrd  hte^ia^  Fcssml 
M  ArinHK.**  That  vork  «ili  be  accooifnirH 
^  ao  aatbnkSiC  3leaw]cr  of  Mn.  lUdcLfe. 

'Tbe  CvJ  aad  Fcirlniticil  Historr  o£ 
Ifeb&d,  eocDfrucD^  an  ample  Hiatovicmi  Ae* 
eiMtst  of  iu  RooaA  Catholic  CIrartb,  aad 
tbe  lauodatbtm  of  the  ProCes^ooC  Eotafaoh- 


eat. 


Bcbneal  Reteardtet  and  Travels  in  Raaaia* 
iaehidioj;  a  Toar  ia  the  Crimea,  aad  the 
Paasage  of  the  CaacaatH ;  with  obmemxinas 
OB  the  State  of  the  RaUKaical  aad  Kanite 
Jtnt,  the  Mahomedaas  aad  the  Papm 
TriLes  iohabitiag  the  Sontliera  Proviaces  of 
the  RoMiaa  Empire,  ia  aaoooaced  by  Dr. 
StVDZu§o%,  Author  of  **  A  Rcsideace  in 
Iceland'* 

Hii  Grace  the  Doke  of  Blccitcgbam  and 
Chavdos  is  priotiog  at  his  own  priTate  ex- 
pence,  the  whole  o(  the  ancient  Irish  Chro 
sides,    (with    Latin    Transiationsj.     Two 
volones  are  already  finished. 

The  Rev.  J.  RocfiCCT,  Vicar  of  West 


bj  Wx. 
Jebdas. 

TbeMemobsef  J.J.ri—nmde  Sea- 
pk,  from  the  astbor's  MS.  BOW  fcr  the  fint 
time  tnasksed  iato  die  KagMi  b^aa^e. 

Moras ;  or  a  Lansaa's  VWv  af  Stae  chief 
Obiectioas  which  have  beea  broagfat  agaast 
Religioay  as  it  r«wted  in  Eanipe  daric^  tha 
heroic  ai;e  of  Chrisdamtj. 

The  Ecdesiasucal  Habatj  of  the  Secoed 
aad  Third  Centaries,  iBostiafeed  firon  the 
writings  of  Tertalliaay  fay  Jouf,  LoKD 
Bishop  of  Bkistol. 

Mr.  I.  Skeltok,  editor  of  the  Aatiqnties 
of  Oxfordshire*  annooacca  for  paWicatioa, 
upwards  f^  fifty  etchian  of  Aataqaitiea  ia 
Bristol,  illostratire  of  Uie  R«r.  S.  Sejer's 
history  of  that  city. 


SELECT    POETRY. 


GRATITUDE; 

A  true  Story.  FtrtiJUd  by  the  Rn.  John 
Graham,  M.A.  when  Chaplain  of  the  Gaol 
o/Lifford,  in  the  County  of  DonegaL 

Y^  gentlemen  great  of  splendid  estate. 

Who  travel  to  Derry  so  gay,         [eye, 

On  the  bridge  yon  may  spy,  with  a  gratified 

An  object  not  seen  every  day.        [hands. 

There  patiently  stands,  with   outstretched 

James  Haghey  bow'd  down  to  the  ground, 

Whaie  plain  simple  story  will  add  to  the 

glory 

Of  Derry  for  heroes  renown'd. 

*Twaa  Jamie's  dark  doom  in  life's  early  bloom 

An  orphan  unfriended  to  roam,       [Pluck 
Till  by  very  good  luck  at  the  mill-house  of 

He  found  a  kind  friend  and  a  home. 
From  tba  feeding  of  swine,  and  the  herding 
of  kine. 

He  rose  to  a  higher  degree ;  [will 

And  loDg  on  the  hill  'twas  his  kind  master's 

He  the  Mouter'd  grain  measur'd  should 
see. 

For  fortv  long  years,  frte  from  troublet  and 
tesn, 
Blithe  Jamie  exerted  his  skill ; 
Where  the  shelliog  was  made  he  attended 
his  trade, 
Aad  ho  narrMd  tho  maid  of  the  mill. 


Reverses  then  came,  without  ceosore  or 
shame. 

To  Jamie  in  honesty  bred ;  [blind. 

And  by  Fortune  unkind  he  grew  freble  and 

By  a  dog  thro'  the  Barony  led. 

His  mistress  meanwhile,  in  the  world's  old 
style. 

By  summer  friends  dup'd  and  forsaken. 
In  default  of  sure  hail,  to  the  Donegal  gad, 

lo  distress  and  afl9iction  was  taken. 
Her  aged  head  round,  with  a  fillet  was  boond. 

And  a  cap  with  black  ribbons  denoted 
That  on  sorrow's  wave  toss'd,  she  a  partner 
had  lost. 

Upon  whom  her  lone  bosom  had  doated. 

No  friend  now  was  nigh,  with  a  sorrowful  eye. 

To  weep  if  he  could  not  relieve  her  ; 
All  hope  was  quite  gone,  and  the  gaoler  alone 

Would  open  a  door  to  receive  her. 
With  a  painful  surprise  which   description 
defies, 

James  heard  his  poor  mistress's  case. 
And  his  agonized  miud,  in  anxiety  pin'd. 

To  obuin,  if  he  could,  her  release. 

Cbod  heaven !  said  he,  can  such  a  thing  be. 
That  my  mistress  so  gentle  and  kind. 

Who  pleas'd  from  her  door  sent  (he  rich 
and  the  poor, 
lo  a  gaol  ahould  be  ever  confin'd? 


N.^  Stket  PtMtry. 

1  DOne  of  tka  crowd  thu  woald  pnin      For  tht  Horlc 


FonhcumiDg  be  nuw,  villi  beui'iile 
To  kid  Imt  nlicii  richu  liiva  &ti 

Not  004'     Th*j'rt  ill  gone,  ud  I 
br(  undoB*. 
Id  tJtimaj't  duk  chniing  d.j  i 


R«juicing 


•J-  [gof. 
»  Liffurd  bl 
on^;       [d.j, 

H«  Mrrcll'd  ihii  Did-luh'ian'd  long  : 
■■  Wht»v«r  Tou  lul  aicb  a  |i[«|iercwi  giJc, 

MbIm  (Ii>  bnt  afi  hir  blnoingdij) 
Bat  nniambcr  ■  i[arin  (h>  •»«  mij  d«lbrm, 

Aad  Cut  yooT  firmil  toicI  wnf  ■ 
When  nuBj  fiinuk  iiniU,  wd  corabiDt  to 
bagail«. 

Your  cam  in  the  laoith  of  powni 
Aietiuin  if  joD  cu,  which  of  all  iithtmu 

Yoa  conldGnd  in  uinnicj'i  hour. 


i  to    lh«    luD*    4Ull  1 

n  tu  Fwlidoor.  flilii 
nan,  till »«  mike  ui 


lin,  tlut  nfiiul  > 


And  hii  miatnii  foul 


WOMAN'S  LOVE. 


To  help  jrou  to  Mt,  driak,  ud  pltji 
Bnt  whiD  tba  gwna'i  o'er,  ud  joo  ftod 

Like  moukcTi  thaj  icairpai  mjr.     [andi 
But  fat  m*   tb«  fiicDd  who  it  uua  tu  (ha 

Let  good  or  bwl  fbnu»  bf  fil  i  [lierc. 

Who  Hill  cordiallj  p'lft,  if  he  cuiaot  R- 

Aod  giva  u  old  fiiaad  *  kind  ttXV 
At  Lifford  tnWA,  poor  Hagha;  caniriT'd 

To  tho  giot  bit  umittuicfl  to  gaio  i 
A«d  «u  iniUotlr  ltd  to  the  •or»*rul  hti 

Where  h'i>  miilmi  laj  lick  ud  in  puin. 
■■  Oh,  Jusie,  uid  sb«,  )oa  are  i>elciiiiia  to 

In  a  dAjk  uid  a  gloamj  day  i 


All  [eeliog*  of  th«  biMtt  diapal, 

Save  tliMc  irbicb  &a  iu  Bam* ; 
lu  power  i(  u  a  apell,  that  tiei 
The  heart  io  kindnd  ijrmpatbieaj 

O  OMd  I  Itll  iu  name  > 
Tu  woman'i  lore  1  bn  holiar  bum. 
From  the  ethereal  bntn  it  oaiH, 

To  bleaa  niitenc*  here  i 
It!  oharm  diwolietb  ererf  thraa. 
Which  mortal!  Erel,  or  mortak  kmoa. 

In  thii  vide  aartblj  ipbeia. 
Whea  life  Irom  avarj  cara  a  fr«a. 
Or  wheo  the  imilea  of  lofiurj 

Light  placid  on  the  bn*, 
What  heart  can  tell,  *hat  power  eiiiieii. 
The  fMliDgi  of ■■ 

Which  from 


Uar 


It  K«''P 


'•  Forfilenda  1  haveDone,aadhera]'m 

Id  pilina.  afflicted,  aod  oldi    .  [yean 

I'm  familiar  with  tean,  and  nijr  proiptroiit 

Are  paued  like  a  tale  that  it  told.       [da; 
No*  tell  me,  I  lay,  could  jou  think  that  a 

Of  tutb  tuffariog  a»r  -nulj  come. 
When  hippjr  and  gajr,  my  time  pau'd  aiiaT 

Er*  1  loti  in;  dew  huthaod  and  home  i  ' 
Jamca  Hagbej  then  'igh'd,  and-  in  lean  ha 

rtpliKi, 
••  The  -ill  of  out  Maker  be  i«M;        {Ma, 
Maj  the  high  liiiog  tide  oryuur  ■un-oti  lub' 


[win  go.      Should  pallid  liokneu,  f^om  hi* 
brace  JOB      Oppreia  tlic  object  of  her  cara. 
The  olbpring  of  her  lore  \ 


xr, 


that  ilie  alone  can 

her  aifectioa  proTe, 

of  the  BOnl 


cheek. 
An  almi  from  a  miitmi  In  woe  ; 
But  aa  trowUea  abound,  1  hare  brought  yon 
thii  pound, 
Ofa!  take  it — cuntnted  I  go. 
'■  My  children  an  dead,  ai 


It  ii  (he  ttry  height  of  bliu. 
Which  brealhei  of  mortal  happineae, 

A  loul'ConaumiBg  lore. 
While  yet  there  dwelli  one  welcoma  atj 
Of  hope  in  llfB,  to  chaae  away 

The  chilling  URiae  of  death. 
Woman  tndnrei  the  change  onmorfd, 
duly     Will  love  tboie  whom  ihe  erat  Wh  lorci. 

E'en  to  her  latett  brcMh. 

Hum  t.  Buornt*. 


C  fido  1 


CMiveb, 


HISTOBICAL  CHRONICLE. 


PROCEEDINGS    IN    PARLIAMENT. 


House  of  Commons,  Feb,  20. 

The  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  moved 
for  a  ComraHtee  of  the  whole  House  on  the 
Promissory  Notes  Btll. — Lord  A.  Hamil- 
toji  spoke  in  disapprobation  of  tlie  measure 
to  Scotland. — Mr.  Humey  in  a  speech  of 
colistderable  length,  imputed  the  distresses 
of  the  country  to  excessive  speculation  in 
every  department  of  commerce,  loans,- mines, 
joint  stock  companies,  manufactures,  &c.  &c. 
and  produced  some  calculations  to  show  that 
more  than  twentjr-five  millions,  yielding  no 
present  return,  had  been  withdrawn  from 
active  commerce — a  derangement,  with  the 
effect  of  which  he  said  it  was  ridiculous  to 
compare  the  influence  of  a  million  more  or  a 
million  less  of  country  bank  notes  in  circu- 
lation. The  Hon.  Member  then  entered 
into  a  long  defence  of  paper  currency,  con- 
tertible  into  gold,  but  suggested  that 
bankers  ought  to  make  a  deposit  equal  to 
the  value  of  their  notes  in  circulation, 
'which  deposit  might  be  made  available  to 
the  holders  of  tlieir  notes. — ^The  House 
having  gdne  into  the  Committee,  the  Chan- 
cellor .of  the  Exchequer  proposed  a  clause, 
extending  the  term  for  issuing  small  notes 
by  the  Bank  of  England  to  the  10th  of 
October. — Mr.  Abercromhy  objected  to  the 
proposed  clause  as  a  sacrifice  of  the  principle 
of  the  whole  measure.— Mr.  John  Smith 
defended  the  change.  A  very  long  debate 
followed,  in  the  course  of  which  Air.  Peely 
Mr.  Baring,  and  Mr.  Canning,  defended  the 
extension  proposed.  The  Right  Hon.  Se- 
.cretary  for  Foreign  Affairs  said  that  the 
country  bankers  had  withdrawn  their  notes 
with  a  rapidity  that  threatened  «  a  crisis," 
if  the  notes  were  not  immediately  replaced. 
The  occurrence  of  such  a  crisis,  he  sub- 
mitted, would  be  a  certain  means  of  defeat- 
ing the  Bill ;  and  a  clause,  like  that  now 
proposed,-  calculated  to  obviate  such  an 
event,  was  therefore  not  only  not  inconsist- 
ent with,  but  friendly  to,  the  success  of  the 
measure.  In  the  end  the  clause  was  adopted 
by  a  majority  of  137  to  24. 


Feb.  23.  Mr.  T.  ffUstm  called  the  at- 
tention of  the  House  to  the  distresses  with 
which  the  commercial  and  manufacturing 
interests  are  overwhelmed.  He  professed 
to  feel  the  utmost  pain  in  withdrawing  his 
confidence  from  Ministers  whom  he  had 
always  previously  supported;  but  declared 
that  he  could  find  neither  motive  nor 
excuse  for  their  refusal  to  assist  com- 
merce by  an  advance  of  Exchequer  bills, 
•imilar  to  thai  which  h§d  been  foOowed  by 


consequences  so  beneficial  in  17M  and 
1814.  The  Hon.  Member  then  proceeded  to 
a  comparison  of  the  mode  of  administering 
relief  suggested  by  Ministers,  namely,  by 
loans  from  the  Bank  upon  pledges  of  g(X)ds, 
with  that  adopted  on  the  occasion  referred 
to;  when  the  advance  voted  by  Parliament 
was  distributed  by  commissioners  sworn  to 
secrecy,  and  pomted  out  the  greater  delicacy 
and  safety  ot  the  latter  plan.  He  then  en- 
tered into  a  very  able  defence  of  the  mer- 
cantile classes  against  the  charges  of  over- 
trading and  wild  rapacious  speculatioo  which 
had  been  so  unsparingly  flung  upon  them ; 
and  concluded  by  giving  notice,  that  if  no- 
thing were  done  in  the  mean  time,  he  would 
on  the  28th  of  Feb.  move  for  a  Committee 
to  inquire  into  the  causes  of  the  public  dis- 
tress.— ^The  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer 
observed,  that  if  there  existed  any  proba- 
bility that  no  distress  of  a  similar  kind 
should  ever  recur,  in  that  case,  from  the 
deep  commiseration  which  it  had  excited, 
his  Majesty's  Ministers  would  not  hesitate 
in  granting  relief  in  the  manner  desired, 
T)ut,  looking  to  the  possible  recurrence  of 
similar  evils,  and  justly  dreading  the  prece- 
dent which  such  a  grant  would  establish, 
they  had  resolved  to  oppose  itt  considering 
all  such  measures  as  tending  only  to  aggra- 
vate the  disease  which  they  professed  to 
cure. 

Mr.  EUice  rose  to  move,  that  the  se- 
veral Petitions  on  the  Silk  Trade  be  re- 
ferred to  a  Committee.  The  principal  ob- 
ject of  the  motion  was,  to  procure  delay, 
which  he  advocated  by  a  great  variety  of 
arguments.— Mr.  John  fVUUams  said,  he 
was  induced  to  second  Mr.  Ellice'a  motion 
by  the  danger  to  the  peace  of  the  country 
from  the  numerous  bands  of  unemployed 
workmen  scattered  all  over  the  kingdom. 
He  characterised  Mr.  Huskisson  as  a  the- 
orist ;  and  said  he  was  cold  to  the  distresses 
exbting  around  him. — Mr.  Huskisson  replied 
with  much  warmth,  that  he  scorned  the 
afccusation.  The  Right  Hon.  Gent,  then 
proceeded,  in  a  long  speech,  to  argue  the 
fallacy  and  unreasonablenesa  of  the  objec- 
tions to  the  measures  of  Mukitten,  who, 
he  said,  in  pursuing  the  path  to  which  every 
principle  of  sound  policy  pointed,  had  only 
followed  the  unanimously  expressed  opinion 
of  those  very  merchants  woo  now  turned 
round  to  blame  them. 

Feb,  24.  The  debate  on  Mr.  SIBce'a 
motion  was  resumed  by  Mr.  Baring.  The 
Hon.  Member  applied  himself  cmefly  to 
answer  the  vgumenu  0f  Mr,  Hodueica  on 


C]  PTotttditigi  in  iht  prMCTl  Saiion  of  Parliament.  ■S61 

fbRDir  •>»•*«.  U  r.pl7  W  M..  H~-  ««.  *.  CA««/i|r  ^(Af  S«*^  '»^' 
,!,■.  ««plwlii«  oT  lb.  wr«r.  »f  p™-  ihW  .  c™mumj.t».D  W  b^  n. J.  »  fl- 
I  lun.  Mr.  BMing  proJuiKl  ■  Iwe  B^l"  t>J  !"•  Mij«.ly  .  Minutm,  ■ilh  re- 
Ill  gioua  blund.ri.  mai  rtill  'fwet  "  l*""  ?>"!>»«•  "dvuiMi,  md  IbM 
wDtndictioiK.  from  «lw  it«  Bwk  fullj-  Kqi.i«ced  io  tht  r"nflp'« 
liiil  dooo  bj  Minitien,  ind  (lut  t\tt  •urn 
to   be  idviand  'U  nai  to   8ie«<l   tbi» 


Bon  Bagnot  wntmlictiaai,  fran  tht 
ipMch*)  ni  (i«BirfiU«  of  feUrital  ttmo- 
niili.  tueli  «  M'-  HiuVi««no'i  u»o  pro- 


ucrHini  wbo  do  doe  •ppim 
la  dl  iM  d<tul>  uci  in 

iu  obole  ntul. 

The  looiioD  of  Mr.  Ellice 

™  rrJecWd  br  . 

m.Jo,ilyofls*io*o^ 

DuUIa   of  ttw   Uta    1 

HbtiM   hi  ■  liiiulibliao   uf  lb*   mUauI  Monk  \.     Mr.  /^   Ahj/dh  jmienUiI  ft 

deUti  b;  ■  giMid  EUBlribuliuo  of  pioptrtr  r*  ntitioD  fmm  ibt  Metropolli  whicb  hart  tha 

ailiAif  Mr,  Mnltbflt'a  ihwrj'  of  reiil  i  Mr.  ,igiuturu  uf  ■eientj-twa  tbouHod  ptnoni, 

M'Cullwh'i  r»iK.»B»d  diKUlM  ^  (ft*  Nw-  u,«in|r    for    »h*    Asoutioh    of    Nioiio 

mff/at-mtrun/!   l^c.—Mi.  Vitiimfarl,  si.»Tt»Y.     The  Hod.  Membar  coroj.l.lued, 

>fr.  Oi*ittmi,  kad  Mr.  Prfcr  JKwJrr  mp-  ,)„„  ootwithiWoiling  the  pledge  t'-'O  bj 

portal  ibe  niDlian, — Mr.  C.  Grmtl  oppnttil  puljaoitat,  in  I8t;j,  apon  oliicb  Mlniilen 

III     but   (DRouand  ihct  UonnarM  wu  hwl  promiud  lo  eel,  tmthiDg,  or  tl  m«i 

diapowJ  IS  cuutali  tbe  inureat  of  the  illk  ,,„  jitd,  tnitliDruioD,  lud  been  effected  b 

■uauhcturer>,  lo  br  *•  to  uke  off  lU<  dot)'  ^he  cundiiUio  of  iba  >Uve*.     Ha  cbeo  en- 

oi  loep.  uid   tamt  olhet  of  thf    uticlci  j,„j  )„^  ,  rvopituUtiou  of  alut  had  taken 

pfiaiipallT  caplojcd  Id  iIm  branch  of  mde.  p]„,  )„  tlie  ciiloniM  tiact  the  drMrmiBa- 

_Mi,  Cmmifg  ipule  M;a'i»l  (he  motion,  tion  of  Farllanunl  to  pal  an  end  tu  ilaverj 

but   ttarcely   icmched    the    argunienU   ad-  ^^j    [,,„  tuprtiied  i     and   concluded    ^ 

HOCed  in  iup|jort  of  it.     The  Righl  HoB.  q„n,i[,g  fmm  ao  ejrly  tpeeeh  vf  Mr.  C»n- 

S«cr(Ur»  vindicaied  tha   fniideBt  of  the  niae'i   *  wiiaco  to   the   effect,  thai  lh» 

Board  ofTrade  from  the  charge  of  iiucoti-  ..  ^mcn  i.f  ila'ci  ooght  nut  to  be  triuud 

bltiljp  tolheiuffcriopafhiifcllowiubjrcu,  ^j^i,   wluitioaier  coDcero*    legiilation    fat 

in  •   iirain    of  Harm   and  even   paaaiosal*  ,i,„„  ;  end  thai  ihe  e>il  mull  be  remedied 

>lMuriKe.     He  begged  lo  be  held  eq.iall]'  ,1  ,„  a^niblj  of  frea  peonia,  and  bo(  bj 

w'ab  ill  tathor  reipontibia  for  ihe  eommer-  ,„  uwmhlj  of  ilave-mtMrt.  —  Mr-  Ijamiiyi 

cial  >}>Mn  of  hii  Right  Hon.  frieod,  and  (.gnuoded  that  the  GoTrrnuieal  had  Utlt- 

chirtcuriKd  ai  a  bctioa  contenptibla  in  f^]|^  tdhertd  lo  ihe  prioclpU  which,  from  « 

BDmhrn  and  deitilute  of  all  inSutnoe  the  (um^arivin  of  tlia  leapectiia  Ratoluiioad 
appeared  rlearlj  la  hax  btcn  thai  rMog- 
niud  b;  Farliameot.  Ill  proceeded  lo 
give   a  ikelch  of  the  nUp*  lakan  In  coof 

Hoirs.  or  LOBDS,  Ffl:  17.  '«"  I"  "bith  Min-ilen  weif  delermioed  lo 

Th.  Maro-i.  of  t™d«™  atued  hi.  oh-  «««:»■  to  «cry  u.to  .fcc  lb.  mab.  U 

jiclioiu  W  the  plan  of  ihe  Back  adraKinx  rall»>n«nl.  

mone;  oa  lecuril;.     Ha  thought  it  mueE 

better  ihat  the  GmtmiDetit  ibould  advance  March 

fLachequet  bdli. — Th*   Earl    of  LiBtrpcet  cbirflj  oc 

ttaled,  that  If  the  Bank  did  make  to;  luch  niioui  petiliom   prAanled  reapecl'ing  dw 

■dnnco,    it   did  u>,  at   authoriHd  b^  itt  SljIVeTiadi,  aBdforth*  repeal  ofthtCmn 

cbaner,   by  ad  of  ParlLamcDt,  ud  b^  iU  Ltwi.     Th<  biter  tubject  it  to  b«  regnlarlj 

own  byelawi,  aad  bj  do  meant  ai  impelled  brought  Kxvinl  after  the  EaiMr  rroeaa. 

10  ibe  meaiure  by  bii  Mtjeity'i  Miaiiteri.  . 

further    obMrratLoM  ^     j^  j^^    Secrtl^   Pnl  aond 

-.Ihe    Noble  Lord  ^^^^  ,„  ^^j       .^  ,  Bi|,»„  cop.olidau 

.taied  mat  tne  i-..  .d™,ce.   would   be  ^^  ^^  ^^^  g^.^^,,  La,,_  „  fcr  a.  di. 

rc<i<ured  only  for  a  luniMd  lime,  m  the  aame      ^^^  ^        j  ,,,^f     embezaleroeat,  receirinx 
■ay  aa  chance,  on  b>llt.     After  tome  «..-      .^„i„    "„„a.  |„„,i„g  ,h.  i 

T^TiT  I'  kT      f\\  LS  'toleo.  &c.     The  all  -il 

t™fcri./,   the  Order  of  the  Da,  wu«ad,  ,/,   „.^.^,  ^„«.  „„  ,t.  .nl^jeet 

.ben  the  Marquu  uf  L^md«.-n  e<«P«^'  ^  ^^,  ^  ,L„plifj  a»  offence,  by  de- 

cU«.,  ™der.ng  .i  .mperafe  on  ihe  Bank,  ^^      ^  ^^  principle.,  inatoMl 

tho»ldB.«chBa=k.bee.Ub]..h«J,top«  „f  J^,„Uriiidg  Sa^t:  ifmll  «ied,  ih, 

ihair    notet    irhereiier   ihej  banoen  to   be  ,    "^     _,. ^i,__i .    l '_,_ 

kaoed,    vbicl 
btongbt  B| 

a  third  tliaa.  ^  knowing  tbem  to  ha*e  here  »     ^ 

~  ♦  to  iwlicUMM  aaibr  the  theft;  il  nil  readi 

Hou.1  or CoMMom,  Ftt.ta.  "■cceawti*.  afar  tb*  Amj"  it  will  eb* 

lB*Mwaftoa<pc«tieBfroaiMr.  T.Wil-  fuaidj  ibeerib  ef  eicefae  on  MCmat  ef 


w.mc  „u  ,^.„..     ■■■"■  —"'  itoUB  coodi  linowing  the  aame  lo  have  bees 

;T  ;:''  kf      f\\              LS  'toleo.  &c.     The  all  .iH  contoUdal.  ud 

t./,   the  Order  of  the  Da,  wu«ad,  ,/,   „.^.^,  ^„«.  „„  ,t.  ^.I^jeet 

--i  Marquu  uf  L^md«.-n  Fnp™i  «  rf  &„^,  ^'  ,L„p|ifj  a»  offence,  by  d^ 

nder.ng  .i  .mperafe  on  ihe  Bank,  ^^      ^                   ^^  principle,  inatoMJ 

,«,chBank.bee.Ub]..h«l.«p"  „f  j;f,„Uri.ldg  S«:  ifmll Tied,  ih, 

let    -herevet   ihe,  hapoan  t«be  ,„'^g,rii^  mbeaalemenl,  h,  mn  nqdi- 

,b,ch  -a.  •&«*»  ".  »1»  R-T"*  i„,  U,S^7or  noM.  lo  be  pro«d.  sTTu 

up,  and  the  Bdl  ordered  to  be  revl  jif,  ^^      ^            ;„„    /^.^In  good., 


S<I9 .        Proceedingi  m  th^  preunt  Sa$Um  of  Parliament 


[Mardi, 


f'vwbtlinaccunciM;"  and  finally.  In  tho 
langntge  of  Mr.  Peel,  besides  consolidatiog 
and  simpllfyiog  nioety-two  acts  iuto  one  act 
of  thirty  two  pages  ^  it  will  «  facilitate  the 
conviction  of  gailti  and  the  acquittal  of  in- 
nocence." Mr.  Peel  said  *'he  had  limited 
this  Bill  to  the  laws  regarding  theft,  be- 
canse  an  enormous  majority  of  commitments 
to  prison  are  on  charges  ot  theft.  In  1895, 
he  stated,  14,437  persons  were  charged  with 
crimes;  of  that  number  12,530,  or  six- 
sevenths,  were  for  theft.  He  therefore 
took  the  most  important  class,  as  far  as 
^numbers  were  concerned.*'  The  Right 
Hon.  Gent.'s  speech  was  loudly  cheered, 
and  leave  was  given  to  bring  in  the  Bill. 

Mareh  13.  Thb  ChanceUor  of  the  Ex- 
chequer  brought  forward  the  Annual 
Budget.  He  commenced  by  a  review  of 
the  progress  of  the  Revenue  since  1815, 
within  which  period  he  showed  that  no  less 
than  SO  millions  of  annual  taxes  had  been 
reduced,  of  which,  however,  three  millions 
had  been  imposed  within  it,  viz.  in  1819, 
leaving  an  actual  reduction  of  taxes  since 
1816  of  27  millions;  but  of  this  27  millions, 
again,  he  allowed  that  some  part  must  be 
abated  in  respect  of  the  depreciation  of  the 
currency  during  the  period  of  the  Bank 
restriction,  and  he  rated  the  actual  reduction 
at  about  24  millions  and  a  half.  He  then 
entered  into  a  very  minute  and  very  clear 
investigation  of  the  existing  sources  of  re- 
venue, from  which  he  inferred  that  the  sub- 
stantial prosperity  of  the  country  was  un- 
impaired, and  using  the  produce  of  the 
revenue  In  January  last  as  his  term  of  cal- 
^culation,  he  predicted  that  the  produce  of 
the  unrepealed  taxes  for  the  current  year, 
would  not  fall  short  of  the  average  produce 
of  the  same  taxes  in  1823,  1824,  and 
I8!i5  by  more  than  one  million  three  hun- 
dred thousand  pounds,  a  de&lcation  which 
would  still  leave  a  clear  surplus  of  more 
than  seven  hundred  thousand  pounds  after 
dischai^ing  all  the  demands  of  the  public 
expenditure.  Tlie  principal  financial  mea- 
sures which  the  Right  Hou.  Gentleman 
proposed  were  a  formal  surrender  of  one 
shilling  per  pound  (25  per  cent.)  of  the 
Tobacco  duty  which  had,  in  fact,  been  given 
up  by  a  blonder  in  the  last  year's  Excise  Act; 
and  a  funding  of  Exchequer  Bills  to  the 
amount  of  eight  or  nine  millions,  which 
would  be  connected  with  a  relief  to  the 
Bank  to  the  extent  of  six  millions,  which 
that  body  would  have  by  this  arrangement 
available  for  the  bene6t  of  the  commerce  of 
the  country.  This  arrangement  he  intended 
to  effect  in  part  by  an  application  of  the 
sinking  fund  to  the  discharge  of  the  un-  / 
funded  debt. 

Mr.  Maberly  cautioned  the  House 
•gainst  being  led  away  by  the  Right  Hon. 
Qt»U*M  sutementa,  but  ezpresaed  hit  ap- 


probation of  the  plan  for  the  funding  of 
Exchequer  Bills. — Mr.  Hume  denied  that  a 
repeal  of  taxes  was  necessarily  a  reduction 
of  taxation,  and  in  proof  of  his  proposition 
offered  a  comparison  of  the  revenue  of  the 
respective  years  1817,  1818,  and  1819, 
with  that  of  the  last  three  years,  from  which 
it  appeared  that  more  money  was  actually 
taken  out  of  the  pockets  of  the  people  in 
the  latter  than  in  the  former  years,  not- 
withstanding the  ostensible  reduction  of 
taxes.  He  also  complained  of  the  dead 
weight  arrangement  as  a  wasteful  delusion. 
Several  members  spoke  in  approbation  of 
the  plan  of  Ministers,  and  the  House  went 
into  a  Committee  on  the  estimates  of  civil 
contingencies. 

House  op  Lords,  March  IS. 

The  Promissory  Notes  Bill  was  read  a 
third  time,  and  passed. 


In  the  House  op  Commons,  on  the  same 
c'-  ^  Mr.  ff^yim  obtained  leave  to  bring  in  a 
Bii  1  suspend  the  Act  of  the  53d  of 
Gee  TH.,  respecting  the  appointment 
of  V'-^j*.  •  in  the  East  India  Company's 
service,'.,  i-^o  remove  doubts  as  to  the 
payment  of  .^'allowances  of  officers  dying 
while  absent  n  India.  The  alteration 
which  he  prop  ha  f  aid,  was  to  suspend 

for  three  years  .-*.  clause  of  the  Act  which 
required  a  writer  to  spend  four  terms  at  the 
East  India  College,  anJ  to  give  a  power  of 
appointing  persons  othe   vise  qualified. 


House  op  Commons,  March  20. 

On  the  motion  to  go  into  a  Committer 
on  the  Irish  Estimates,  Mr.  Spring  Riee 
moved,  as  an  amendment,  "  TImt  the 
House  concurred  in  the  Fourteenth  Report 
of  the  Committee  of  Inquiry  into  the  state 
of  Education  in  Ireland*  published  in  th« 
year  1 826,  and  signed  by  the  Archbishop 
of  Armagh,  the  Archbishop  of  Cashel,  the 
Bishop  of  Killala,  the  Provost  of  Trinity 
College  (now  Bishop  of  Ferns),  and  severu 
other  high  authorities,  declaring,  that  no 
general  system  of  education,  however  nicely 
it  might  be  managed  in  other  respects, 
could  be  continued  in  Ireland,  unless  it  waa 
clearly  avowed  and  understood  that  the 
leading  principle  should  be,  that  no  attempt 
would  be  made  to  disturb  the  religions  teneta 
of  any  particular  sect  or  description  of 
Christians."  The  Hon.  Member  supported 
his  motion  by  a  summary  recital  of  all  that 
has  been  urged,  by  Mr.  O'Connell  and 
others,  against  the  Kildare-place  Society, 
on  the  score  of  proselytism,  illiberality,  mis- 
application of  the  funds  at  their  dispoaaly 
misrepresentation  of  the  extent  of  their  aoc- 
cess,  &c. — Mr.  GouUmm  bore  teattmoay  to 
the  liberality,  and  hononrtbU  and  dislntef- 


IB96.]  Procttdingi  hi  fariiamtiU. — Fnrtigt  Ktwi. 

nud  tmi  of  th*  mtmbiin  of  ih*  Sociftj  •chool-bmk.     It  mi,  ha  ulJ.  " 

■lladnl  to.     lie  yriJtHtj,  en  the   put  of  alilt  l«o(,  ihit  thi  poor  Caihali 

iha  Gonrnmeiii,  »u  ■dijoui  hiiIi  to  Mirj  were  brought  up  Id  t  tuta  oT  tl 

into  full  cff'ft  ths  ri-comnwiuliiloii  of  t1i«  luBonacr—llial  dtitil 

£diiuUuiD    ConmluIoMH,  but    oontended  thiir  munL  h/  thrir  rHigma  initnictort  i" 

itnt  (a  «illuln«  ibe  fiuuk  fiun  the  kKuoIi  tlwt  the;  oere  lironghl  up  with  n  raoud 

•IimJ}  fitilil'ohed.  tod  nhirh  weia  id  auo-  ittriioD  (o  ibeir  fmlntut  hnthrBD  i  tod 

MMful  ni>rr.i;..n   unlll    prmpfibed  b.    ihe  ili.t  thi- alllnj;  tipon  tbetn  lorcai  ih,  Bibia 


of  the  Kildire-plwe  Soclalj, 
tfBOKl  for  the  neceititj  of  praie 
aiiating  ichoola.     Ha  obji 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 

SPAIN.  propertir,  or  h«d  ...li,r  necupitlDD)  whcoca 

Spain  leeiDi  agwn  on  iha  point  of  i  con-  '''•T  """''I  <'«"••  i.wnc.,  aad  •ho.  in 

Tuliion,  aod  there  it  no  quMtioii  thai  the  ■'"*'»>   ""''eJ   'h-     :     .,-i  uf  a  miJiurj  iib 

preianca  of  the  French  army  ilone  preTtnti  "jUi  thwe  of  ilia    ;  .     i.  ,,r  iha  agfiguliurl.t. 

ihnt  the  Conitilulional  partiaa  are  alra«ij  in  ™ni««iced  ibovil.l  rfiirc  to  Im  esltlo,  aod 

poawiioa  of  the  forti  of  Carthigena,  and  ™  p«a«nt  to  hu  ULow. 
np.ct  other  reWorcemenl,  from  (h.  Al-  j^gT  INDIES. 

nniM  coaat,  the  Dey  baring  declared  war  .  ...  .      n  .  . . 

uainal  Sp^n.     Slro»g  partiea  of  CooaU-  „  *"    "miMiM  belwean  the  BriWah  aad 

Slionali.tirha«  appe.ml  in  the  north,  wd  Burma..  «rm«  ha.  been  agraad  on.     It  ma 

ban   committed   great  eieetie.   near  Co-  •"  conlinna  thirty  da;.,  aod  waa  .ignad  it 

runna.      The  Curala   Kerino  hM  declared  Me«J-y.  O"  the  Wtb  September,  by  Li"»-- 

himaelf  hoatlle  to  the  preMot  Go.emmeot,  ^'•'™*'  MV'  ^-  "■  ™  ^"'- ="''^;  ^ 

ebA  ha.  put  bioBlf  at  the  head  of  a  con-  ''''  ^7^  N*'?.  «  t""  Cf  -f  the  Bnuah . 

wfcrabio  force,  which  i.  aud  to  b.  eothii-  "''  ""T  Be-ijee  Maha,  and  Iwo  other.,  ou 

liaitic  in  the  Coo.iituti.inal  cauie.      The  '■^'  P"*  "^  *■■•  ^«"<"f-     Sh^u'd  lhi(  «r- 

De.  of  Alfiieii".  having  declared  -.(  anion  ""•',"  ""  **  followed  bj  a  treaty  of  peaee. 

Spin  -ill,    it  i.  ..jpuKd,  afford  facilitie.  " J^"'  "  l™«- ha"  been  prc^icti-e  of  on. 

to  the  Patriot..      The   commencement  of  S"^    '«"'     *?   enabling    Sir    Archibdd 

hoatititica  by  Algier.  wa.  announced  on  the  (-ampbell  to  compleie  hu  opetK.on.  fof  tho 


authority  of  the  S[«ai>h  Coniul' 


G.iler.i  at  Tuni..  Britl.b  officer,,  BrigKiier-General  M'Reagh 

__  1  r    i__j|  Tijj^  ),„,  proceeded  on  a  mii- 

■  of  Aw. 


RUSSIA. 


The  Emperor  NiebolM  hai  lubmitted  to  when  it  ii  probable  they  may  lucceed  ii. 

the'  Senate  lariou.   document,   relative  to  making  a  itrunger  inipre»lon  on  the  Bur- 

the  lata  contpincj,  to  the  ailuatiun  of  the  meia  mnnarch  than  any  of  hi>  own  uSceia. 
Ru.iian  army,  and  to  hi.  poaitiaa  with  re- 

.pect  to  the  Ottoman  Porte,  with  a  Rq»e.t  SOUTH  AMERICA, 

to  the  Senate   to  adiiie  hi.  Imperial  Ma-  American  p.per.  of  the  9th  lilt.aoDOUOC. 

jeity  in  what  manner  he  ought  to  act.    Ihej  (,„  ™p„rt»Bt  tacw,  the  turrender  of  Callao 


e  capture  of  the  Binda  Oriental  fay 


undentood   to   ha«    proieiled    ii  _^^  ,.._  ,_„...  „ „.™ 

.trongeet  inanner  a-ain.t  any  interference  the  Patriot..  The  BraiilUn  Con 
oD  the  part  of  the  Emperor  in  the  omteit 
between  the  Greeks  and  Turk..  With  re- 
aped to  the  fonoation  of  the  RuHian  army,  ,e„u,n  of  the  Patriot  f..rca  on  ih 
the  Senate  are  aaid  to  hare  gireo  their  J„u,rj.  Se.eral  other  province 
opinion  that  it  wai  extremely  defectiie,  and  united  themielvEi  to  tho.e  of  the  Rii 
cten  replete  with  danger  in  iti  prcHot  form  pi.ta  and  were  received  into  the  1 
lo  the  integrity  of  the  Run iau  empire.     It  „d  pitied  a.  independent  .Ule.. 

"""el  IheTl^'l^al.d'to  «dueeTt'."numbrri  SANDWICH  ISLANDS. 

tiing   without  delay  all  The  Blonde  frigate.  Captain  Lord 

iolditn  who  pnaiaaaad  ha.  morBed  fioa  tlM  toj^  to  (be 


by  one  half,  diiniitii 
woaa  oCocn  and  po 


9Bi 


^eign  NetDS, 


[Miairdi, 


wieh  Itlandsy  having  there  deposited  the 
remuDs  of  Uie  Ute  King  and  his  Consort. 
On  the  arrival  of  the  Blonde  at  the  plaoe  of 
her  destination,  Lord  fi jron  landed,  and> 
attended  by  his  first  Lieutenant  (the  Hon. 
William  Keith),  and  others  of  his  officers, 
proceeded  to  the  palace  of  the  young  King 
(Kaukiauli),  whom  he  found  enjoying  the 
royal  sport  of  rolling  in  a  tar-barrel !  His 
Majesty  received  the  party  with  great  kind- 
ness, and  immediately  put  on  (smeared  as  be 
was)  a  suit  of  the  Windsor  uniform,  pre- 
sented to  him  in  the  name  of  our  Sovereign. 
This  was  not,  however,  the  only  service 
performed  by  Lord  Byron :  his  Lordship  in 
the  course  of  his  voyage  has  discovered  (ex- 
plored rather)  two  Islands  not  previously 
visited,  the  details  of  which,  together  with 
maps,  charts,  &c.  and  the  particulars  of 
•ome  interesting  discoveries  in  Natural  His- 
tO^,  will  be  published  forthwith. 

The  Blonde,  when  in  lat.  44o  43'  N. 
long.  S2°  57 '  N.  providentially  fell  in  with 
the  Frances  Mary,  398  tons,  Kendal,  mas- 
ter, of  and  from  New  Brunswick,  bound  to 
Liverpool,  timber  laden,  water  logged,  and 
a  perfect  wreck ;  took  off  the  master,  his 
wire,  three  seamen,  and  one  female  pas- 
senger, out  of  a  crew  of  17.  It  appeared 
that  on  the  1st  February  the  Frances  Mary 
experienced  a  tremendous  gale  of  wind  from 
the  W.  N.  W.  during  which  she  carried 
away  her  foremast ;  the  sea  made  a  complete 
breach  over  her,  washed  four  seamen  off  the 
decks,  boats,  &c.  For  S2  days,  in  this  con- 
dition, the  unfortunate  survivors  supported 
their  wretched  existence  by  actually  feeding 
on  the  dead  bodies  of  those  who  died  on  the 
wreck.  Had  they  remained  a  few  hours 
longer,  they  must  inevitably  have  perished, 
having  been  brought  on*board  the  Blonde  in 
a  complete  state  of  exhaustion. 

NEW  SOUTH  WALES. 

There  are  now  no  fewer  than  three  news- 
papers published  in  the  capital  of  New 
South  Wales,  The  Sydney  Gazette,  Howe's 
Express,  and  The  Australian.  Fifty  years 
ago  there  were  not  so  many  published  in  all 
Scotland.  The  files  of  the  journals  of 
Australia  contain  reports  of  meetings  of 
agricultural  societies,  of  proceedings  of 
courts  of  law,  pastoral  charges  to  the  clergy, 
discussions,  political  and  literary,  long 
columns  of  advertisements,  in  which  rival 
tradesmen  put  in  their  claims  to  public 
favour — all  the  characteristics  of  an  English 
newspaper,  here  present  themselves*  to  us 
In  a  spot  in  the  Antipodes,  a  few  years  ago 
tenanted  only  by  a  few  naked  savages.  In 
the  Archdeacon's  charge  to  the  clergy  of 
New  South  Wales,  iu  Howe's  Express  of  the 
ISth  June,  he  states  that  «  the  offspring  of 
this  colony  has  not  its  equal  either  for  morals 
or  quickness  of  apprehension.**  He  states 
further,  that  they  have  the  royal  commauds 
for  the  establislunent  of  paiochial  leading 


libraries,  and  that  *'  three  distinct  libraries 
have  been  sent  out  by  his  Majesty,  together 
with  a  donation  of  one  hundred  pounds, 
independent  of  the  church  plate  to  each  of 
the  churches/*  The  editor  of  the  paper, 
in  commenting  on  the  testimony  of  the 
Archdeacon  to  "  the  moral  excellence  which 
so  eminently  distinguishes  their  native 
youth,"  observes,  **  Certain  it  is  that  the 
distinguishing  characteristic  of  our  Austral- 
British  youth  is  hatred  of  licentiousness,  and 
an  eagerness  to  accept  instruction."  The 
farmers  of  New  South  Wales  are  growing 
tobacco  and  making  sugar,  which  promise 
to  be  profitable  pursuits ;  but  the  raising  of 
fine  wool  appears  to  be  the  great  object. 
This  commodity  must  prove  a  mine  of  wealth 
to  the  colony.  Ascension  Island  is  rapidly 
rising  into  usefulness  and  importance. 
Through  the  zeal  and  ability  of  Colonel 
NicoUs  and  his  indefatigable  party  of  sixty 
marines,  this  heretofore  almost  barren  spot 
has  been  made  to  produce  an  abundance  and 
variety  of  vegetables,  and  the  whole  African 
squadron  now  refit  and  water  there.  Dur- 
ing the  last  eighteen  months  5678lbs.  of 
vegetables  were  supplied  to  various  mer- 
chant ships.  The  Admiralty  have  afforded 
every  means  of  improving  the  Island.  There 
is  no  custom-house,  port,  or  anchorage 
charges  of  any  description,  and  all  merchant 
ships  in  distress  are  ordered  to  be  supplied 
at  the  same  rate  which  Government  lay  in 
their  provisions  for  the  navy,  so  that  no 
imposition  of  any  kind  is  suffered,  one  price 
is  only  asked  or  taken  for  every  article,  3d. 
per  lb.  dead  weight  (excepting  fowls,  which 
are  three  for  a  dollar),  pigs,  goats,  sheep, 
oxen,  &c.  which  is  never  suffered  to  be  ex- 
ceeded :  a  very  curious  eel  is  taken  in  great 
plenty,  which  Is  called  the  Ascension  lam- 
prey ;  it  takes  salt  well,  so  that  a  rich  and 
wholesome  dish  can  he  had  at  the  expenoe 
of  8d.  per  lb.  to  last  all  the  way  home;  it 
is  used  either  broiled  or  boiled  for  breakfast, 
or  fried  for  dinner.  A  rapid  improvement  is 
every  day  taking  place  in  agriculture  and 
horticulture,  as  well  as  road-making,  build- 
ing, &c.  A  turtle  pond  of  very  large  di- 
mensions is  almost  ready,  and  turtle  are  to 
be  had  all  the  year  round ;  the  season  for 
turning  them  :s  from  December  to  Jane,  and 
ships  are  supplied  with  them  for  about  Sd, 
per  lb.  of  meat,  without  bone  or  shell,  and  any 
thing  taken  in  exchange  they  may  have  to 
spare,'  such  as  tea,  sugar,  cofi&e,  rice,  grain 
of  any  kind,  or  plank,  spars,  &c.  for  ooat 
and  house-buildiijg  or  mending.  About 
forty  tons  of  water  are  kept  constantly  in 
readiness  for  ships  in  want  of  this  necessaiy 
article. 

AFRICA. 

[From  the  Sierra  Leone  OazetU^ 

His  Majesty's  ship  Brazen,  Capt.  Willeiy 
sailed  on  Thursday  last  for  the  Bights  df 
Benin  and  Biafira.    Captaina  Clapperton  uAl 


Pmhw.  kUIi 


P«tnw.  kUIi  M««in.  MoTlton  inil  Diiikioo,      oprDing  ii  nudr  uilo  tb<  ioMtiar  of  Afrlc 


b>  l*iid*d  U  lucli  1  . 

rttlVir  "Tlt!^>'<.liJ«t  nUi  tlun  b«  W  (Hcb  FuulJ.  couptrj.    .    <c»lrr    nnnnunitilloB 

So««t«>i  vlicit  Lapuiu  Oappenon  rriidud  mrcdjr  eqiuiJed  in  toj  oth«i  pin  at  tli* 

•nme  lline  ImI  j*v,  oUb  In  th*  iuMiior,  oorld, 

with  AUj<»  Utaluin.     Wt  lud  roucli  cob-  Wc  nn  much  gntified  nitb  Cipt.  CUp- 

lerutioa  xllli  him,  tai  wcit  much  gntified  pellntt'i  (ccoudI  <jf  thr  (ittDt  ud  MatotM 

■itb  li'ii  lUltiBBBta.     Thrj  conSim  {whil  of  [he   feam  uul  pliDUiioai    ib   ihi  Jb' 

m  UB  lurt  oill  be  nun  >pp*rent  tbf  inor*  Mriar.  eip*ci>ll]'  of  cotloa  and  indigo,  uiil 

■«  bMon*  iciguBiiitrd   viib  the  coiwlf})  (he  riie  ititb  wlucU  tbcj  are  kf  pt  diu  of 

Uwttbe  ndln  of  Afrin  ia  £ir  adnacid  ia  wMdi.     We  wen  alio  ttruck  with  the  «ir- 

riviliutioD!  thai  iht  fufthtr  the  neero  ■■  eonutana,  that  all  the  gold  ctri]*d  to  Tiio- 

nmoied  froio  the  baneful  effect!   of   the  buotoo  Bnd  Soceatoo,  it  brought  from  iha 

-tlarewsde  (the  coBUminaiion  of  the  cnail)  v«t  iiul  loutli'ireitt  k  ttrang  corrulian* 

the  ooithait  lalied  m  the  icale  of  buna-  tioB  ofubuu  alwatiilited  by  unitnnlliDg 

sil^i  ibe  mon  inWlJijceot,  hootit.  and  in-  uwrcbtnu.  tbat  the  mait  piodaclire  gold 

■liutriuiu  ilnct  be  becoise.     We  underitand  tniiiu  i>f  WeitetB  ailoleFHic  Aliica,  an  oot 

thai  uo   [Caching   Soceatoo,  turn*   of  th*  hr  from  ui.     We  viili  ihtw  Bdvenluroui 

laiioni  with   tbat  eitnordiavr   (orereign, 
SulUn  Bello,  and  eBdearour  to  eiubliih  a 

Soceatoo  and  tbe  coaM  i  whilei  otben  will  thing  connecUil  with  iU  ruhioial  eiilahliib- 

Titii  the  Niger,  tnoe  iti  counc,  and  fblloa  menu  a  prnfousd  Htm.     The  world  linowa 

J)  the  M*:  with  luch  other  eacunioD*  micbiBg  of  esj  of  theia>     To  ihii  nitioBal 


hi 


traveller,  oerf  •«(««»: 

Ww.  cannot  help 

fearinr  the  Portngueie  in 

l«e.lin.h.Bighi 

>L1I  be  loo  powerful  for 

them.     It  ii  ^ 

lent  to  lie»p  o»eiJ 

for  tba  bentGt  of  tcieocc  kod  the  mUniWB  JFiloui)' ii  to  be  added,  in  tbapntenlsi 

of  liaowledge,  u  circufutaacea  PtajadBit.  tlie  fear  of  the  BuiWItWa  on  thia  eo 

We  were  faiourtd  with  a  tiew  of  *  m^i,  that  our   Bucceu  inaj  b»  their   l«a, 

contaioiag    the   tale   ditcoTcriei   nf  Major  i't^>cd1*llj  that  it  lull  lulerhra  with  t 

Deoham    and     Captain   ClapHitoi,    from  illicit  dura    trad*.      If  ih*  Laeoa  )m 

which  it  leeni  ncarlji  ceiuio  chat  the  Niger,  MRcr.thr;  luuit  know  it;    and  if  ■□  we 

or  Joliha,  paatiog  within  a  ihnrt  diilane*  of  ih^ji  will  nol.  if  ibejr  can  prereDI  it,   i 

Soecsloo,  flowi   into  the  Higbt  of  Benin,  cmr  eiit«rpriaing  eoDnlrjRuio   to  unn 

and,  we  hate  no  doubt,  formil^oa  and  th*  lecnt  ihaj  li»«  lolaag  kept 
meri  round  it.     If  >o,  what  an  impotlaBt 

nOMCSTIC    OCCURRENCES. 

INTELUGENCE  FROM  VARIOUS  mercantile  and  mann&eturinK  clBaaei. 

PARTS  OF  THE  COUNTRV.  GUigow,  alio,  tbe  proaputi  of  comii 

We  reTcrt,  with  pain,  tn  the  lata  embar-  hrightm.  Th«  Prtt  Prat  ny,  "  It  ia 
railed  lUIe  of  iha  mercutilE  intireiti,  ■'"■  heart-frll  pleaiun  that  we  can  con- 
wliich  hai  douUleii  reiutled  from  the  rage  gratulale  our  readen  on  beiOg  able  to  nM 
for  ipteulatioB  ihit  lome  time  ago  affected  ''^  *"''*  '  commercia]  improvement,'  in- 
all  clauei.  Tha  eonicqueBce.  l.a.e  been  •lead  of  •  commercial  diati....'  Buiioeai  ia 
moat  dlitniiing  to  the  working  claaei.  il«:"ledlj  hH>king  belUr,  ioaction  b  in*- 
nany  tbuutaoda  ufwhom  have  l<een  ihrowa  ceeded  h;  activit;,  and  buille  and  biaknea* 
out  of  employmtxl.  The  *11k  and  c.iitoo  •'"."•  iru't.ioon  againanimaleourloooiB, 
tiwlea  have  been  tlie  moHierioottj  aifccMdi  ""'  ■«"hodaM,  and  our  docka." 
and  the  ]irlBcipal  towni  of  Lancuhiie  were 
tut  tarn  time  in  a  ttr^  alarmbe  (tale  of 
f^rmcnlallon,  partlcuUil;  Maccleificld. 

ft  brighter  u'pect  tlian' at  [he  early  tart  of  *'"'=''   "reel,  from   lU  appeuMca,    onut 

tl»  month.       Tbe  accuunu  received  (ioro  ''»««  ^*™  Itytmti,  cenluriei  ago,  by  cutting 

diffennt     parte  of  the  country   concur  in  through  an  immenie  rock,  the  whole  of  Eb« 

indicating    a  nvival  nf  confiJeoce,    and  a  '*'?''*  'i^»>  ""'  g"»'  I»"  "f  ^^*  ''ft-  heing 

gradual   return    of   commarciat   proiperity.  bounded  by  huge  maaHi  of  (tone,  fonnttl, 

At  Leedi,  Halifax,  and  Mancbnier,  thingi  nodiiuhi,  when  the  earth  wr- ^-  •--  -■---■- 


Uo'thB  town,'ca]led  the  Hallow 


■n  looking  brighter.      At   Liieipool,  i 

demand    for     colonial    produc*     CDnliouei      

ateadji  Bod  in  nlher  placea  •  decided  im-      P"""  >»" "" 
rrotemenlliflvidMtinlba  condition  of  lb<      qmotmaacif  t» 
QtHT.  Mio.  tiarcht  IS16. 

10 


immemorial,  then  hir* 


BomMtie  Oecurraicei. 


hi<od  to   matt  for    unDieminl,   skhaiigh  to  gtt  t  hit  UHiknti.    The  bill  b;  wbich 

titty  wera  often  remmded  of  the  dinger  into  ha  fell  enWred  nnder  tlir  rtx.     On  Sundiiy 

which  ihej  no.     On  Sattitday  ihfie  wem  the  Stli  of  Mwch  the  elephmlHmdiiiccieil. 

during  the   curlier  pirti  of  the  daji    from  Ic  required  twelie  men  to  tkin  the  mninial, 

thirty  to  fifty  playing  in  the  envom.     Ahnut  nflet  obicb  the  csrcnn  wu  cnnirrjicd  tu  ■ 

hilF-pMt  three  in  the  (flerDoon,  ohilc  shout  hone-ikugblerer'i,  in  Shirp'i  alley,  Cok- 

■  (Iciien  perions  were  in  the  tock-hulc,  n  crnii,   inrl  lerved  out  lo  the  different  pnr- 

Ufge  ihell,  amounting  lo  thirty  tout  of  the  veyora   of  "  c«l's  men,"    for  distribotioa 

eiirth,  fell  from  the  roof,  ind  neirly  huricd  Bmungii  th*  feline  tribe.     The  propriatut 

thewhulel     The  horror  occuioned  hy  the  otFereil  the  body  to  the  Collcgeof  Snrgeoni, 

oktutrophe  b*ggir«  detcrip^on ;  it  wu  not  but  they  not  havia^  ■  phtce   Urge  encHigh 

knnirn  who  were  the  persniu  invnlveil.    The  for  it,  declined  it  i  it  wu  then  thought  that 

Miyw  ud  proper  etithnritieii   speedily  ic-  the  ikeleton  would  1>e  a  ^eat  addilioii  to 

torted  to  the  ipot,  ud  by  nnremiited  tier-  the  British  Museum,  but  the  Ditecinn  hid 

tiou  in  the  courie  of  en  hour  ind  ■  half  not  power  to  treat.     The  tkin  wu  (old  lu  a 

the  earth  WM  cleared  away,  aad  aerea  deuL  private  Individua)  for  SOI. 

budiai  were   diacovered.      They  were    the  ^ 

children  of  peraana  in  humble  aituationa  of  THEATRICAL  REGISTEIL 

life,  ud  were  lying  almnat  cloae  together.  DHUttV   L»N1, 

^ Jan,  je.     A  muaical  meloJnniB  waa  pro- 

LOMDON  A^D  ITS  VICINITY.  dneed,   entitled  Mali-iiu,,   which    waa  well 

The  fullowing  it  ■  Bummary   of  the  Bill  executed,  and  ancceiifully  received, 

for  amendiDg  the  Banli  Acta,  and  for  the  Feb.  SI.     A   fiirce,    called  John  Bmam, 

better  regulating  of  m-pannerahipi  nf  cer-  wui  brought  forward,  the  chief  merita  of 

tain  bankers  In  England — Bndiea  poliiia  or  which  niiteil  in  a  few  eqiiivoijuea.     It  wu 

corporate,  or  putnerehip,  coBaiiting  nf  any  tolerably  well  received. 

nnmbcr  of  partien,  mty  carry  on  butiness  March  1(1.     A  melo-dntnatrc  opera,   in 

aa  hankeri,  anywhere  nut  within  S5  tnilei  of  three  acta,  waa  produced,  entitled  Beia/aa- 

Iii>ndon,  provided  that  none  of  them  haTo  i*i,  or  The  Eiila  of  Kanuchalki 


tking   entahliihnienti   in   London  {     that      an  adaptation  from  Kociebue,  and  posaeaaed 
;  they  mual      waa  anaounrad  for  repetition  amidtt   uni- 


ually  liable  for  the  la 


neither  iitue  nor  pay  any  hill  within  the  pre-  versal  appli 
aeribed  litniCa,  at  a  ihorter  date  than  six  Marchil.     The  Eaiiei  piece  waa  Oteron, 

monthg,  nor  for  a  leai  .urn  than  SOJ.— The  or  The  Charmtd  Ham.      The  uenery  and 

nnmeg  of  the  firm  and  the  nameiuf  the  part'  decorations  were   admirable,    but  the  plot 

giatration  they  are  10  receive  a  certificate  which  met  with  much  diiapprobatlou 

fromtheStampOffico.     The  name!  of  those  

who  ceaae  to  be  partnera  and  enter  as  part-  Covest  GaanaN. 

ners,  during  the  course  of  eaeh  year,  lomt  Feb.   1.      A  new  piece,   railed  JVora,   or 

al>i>  be  regiiieied — They  are  tn  have  the  Ihe  Girl  u/  Erin,  waa  broiiglil  forwaid  ;  hut 

priiileget  of  cbarteted  b<>dlc>,  of  tuioc  and  it  wu  indifferently  received, 
teing  sued.  *c.  ihrongh  the  medium  ofiheir  Pel:  II,     A  play  in  five  acu,  named  th* 

office-bearcra,  and  all  decrees  against  their  FTtnck  Liltrliae,  win  produced.     The  plot 

nffice-bearera  are   to  be  valid   agaimt  tli«  chiefly  consisted  of  the  licentiiiua  amoun  oF 

oo-partoery. — Twotcheduleiaccompanj' the  the  Dnke  of  Rougemont,  who  waa  pereoni- 

b'dl :  the  one  being  the  form  of  registration  fied  by  Mr.  C.  Kemble.     The  acting  ud 

ftir  the  firm  when  first  constituted,  the  other  scenery   was    tolerable;    but   the   immorml 
of  the  registration  of  such  pcraooa  as  m 
aubiequently  leave  the  firm,  or  ha  admitt 

Mareh  I.  The  itiipendoui  Elephant 
the  Eieter  'Change  was  killed  by  order 
the  pvoprietor,  in  coniequeoce  of  its  hiiii 
eihlbited  lymptoms  of  madoeas.  At  lia 
past  four  o'clnck  the  violent  ciertlnns  '■ 

made  tu  break  the  huge  dour  and  ban  nf  his  v^  H'ar.    '  lilDI.i  __     _ 

den,   in  which   be  partly  succeeded,   fully  new  piecea  t  Mr.  IT.  or  O^mr'!  m^  U^  f 

determined  tbe  proprietor's  mind.     Hesent  a  musical  burletla;  Emmtline  tf  Hungary,' 

to   Somerset  Houae  for  the   asiiatance    of  a  muaical  romance;  and  Hoi  and  Cold,  op 
aome  of  the  guarda   stationed 


f  th 

pie 

■e  deiervedl; 

pprobatio 

erp 

eeta 

of  the  MIno 

Theatre* 

calcu 

ated 

by  tlleir  n 

velly  wid 

S_A»T' 

produced 

.uUndid 

repr« 

eou 

ion,  entitled  The  Bur- 

PROMOTIONS   AND    PREI 


OaZITTI  PROMOnONf . 

fFar  Office,  Feb,  17.  UcwtUcbad,  to  be 
Majnra  oflafl  CapUtnt  W.  Foster  97th  foot, 
aad  Wibon,  98th  foot. 

Feb.  1 8.  General  Sir  P.  Roes,  appointed 
to  the  Government  of  Antigua. 

Feb,  21.  W.  T.  Money,  esq.  to  be 
Consal  General  at  Venice  and  in  the  Aus- 
trian territories  on  the  Adriatic  Seat. 

fi^ar  Office,  Feb.  34.  Unattached,  Major 
Higgins,  lath  Light  Drag,  to  be  Lieut.- 
col.  of  Inf.  by  purch.  t  Caut.  Lord  fientinck, 
75th foot,  to  be  Major  otlnf. 


MbMBERI  RITURMID  TO  PaRLUMINT. 

Corfe  Castle. — Geo.  Banket,  esq. 

Devizes, — Geo.  Watton  Taylor,  etq.  of  Earl- 
ttoke  Park,  Wilu. 

East  Lone. — Lord  V'ltc.  Percival. 

Qj^ord  UidversUy. — ^Tho.  Grimttone  Buck- 
nail  Ettcourt,  etq. 

EcCLBSIAtTlCAL  PrBPIRMCNTI • 

Rer.  H.  Anson,  By  laugh  P.  C  Norf. 
Rev.  B.  Barker,  ShipdMo  R.  Norf. 
Rev.  J.  Gate,  Springthorpe  R.  co  Line 
Rev.  W.  Cowlard,  Laneatt  P.  C.  Cornwall. 
Rev.  C.  C.  Crump,  Halfbrd  R.  co.  War- 
wick. 


Rev.  J.  Daviton,  Upton-opon-lSeveni  R.  co. 

Worcester. 
Rev.  H.  Evans,  Swanton  AbbotU  R.  Norf. 
Rev.  C.  R.  Handley,  Sturfy  V.  Kent. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Parry,  North  Muskbam  V.  oo 

Nottingham.  , 

Rev.  S.  Phillips,  PuddiagtOQ  R.  Devon. 
Rev.  J.  Pvke,  Pkrracombs  R.  Somerset. 
Rev.  H.  Taylor,  South  Pool  R.  Devon. 
Rev.  G.  Whiteford,  Delham  with  Honing  V. 

Norfolk. 
Rev.  F.  Winstanley,  Itleham  V.  co.  Camb. 
Rev.  C.  J.  Yorke,  Luton  with  Eiiey  V. 

Wilu. 

Chaflaini. 

Rev.  A.  P.  Perceval,  Chap,  in  Ord.  to  the 

King. 
Rev.  J.  Allen,  Chap,  to  the  Earl  of  Moon^ 

norrit. 
Rev.  A.  Fotter,  Chap,  to  Duke  of  Camb. 
Rev.  J.  C.  Heline,  Chap,  to  Earl  of  Stirling. 
Rev.  H.  J.  B.  Nicholson,  Chap,  to  Duke 

of  Clarence. 
Rev.  G.  Taylor,  Chap,  to  Dowager  Duchesa 

of  Richmond. 
Rev.  S.  S.  Wood,  Chap,  to  Duke  of  York. 


CiTiL  Pripbrmeitt. 

Rev.  G.  Norman,  Head  Master  of  Stafford 
Free  Grammar  School. 


BIRTHS. 


Feb.  8.     The  wife  of  B.  Pead,  etq.  of 

Waltbamitow,    Essex,    a  dau. 19.     At 

Combhay  House,  the  wife  of  W.  G.  Lanff- 

toD,  jun.  eta.  a  dau. At  Liverpool,  the 

wife  of  J.  H.Turner,  esq.  adsu. 14.  At 

the  Vicarage,  Bithopttooe,  WUtt,  the  wife 

of  Rev.    Henry   Middlettm,  a  dau. At 

Highbury-place,  Mrt.  J.  M.  Holl,  jun.  a 

dau. In  Upper  Thomhaugh-ttreet,  the 

wife  of  Fred.  J.  Pretcott,  etq.  a  dau. 

17.  The  wife   of  Ed.  Cotet,  esq.  Clerk  of 

the  Peace  for  Somertet,  a  ton. 17.  At 

Aldertey  Hall,  the  wife  of  Sam.  Aldertey, 

etq.  a  dau. 18.  At  the  Dowager  Lady 

Rivert,   Winchetter,   the  wife  of  the  Rev. 

Juteph  Story,  a  ton. 90.  At  Saodhurtt, 

near  Gloucetter,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  W. 

Fred.  Mantel,  a  dau. At  Pinner,  Middle- 

tez,  the  wife  of  Henry  John  Pye,  etq.  a 
ton.         91.  AtRamtgate,  the  wife  ofW. 


S.  Roe,  esq.  a  son. ^The  March,  of  Clan- 

ricsrde,  dau.  of  the  Right.  Hon.  George 
Cauniog,  a  dau.— —94.    At  Fovant,  the 

wife  of  the  Rev.  T.  Fox,  a  son. 9ff.  At 

Houghton,  the  Hon.  Mrs.  E.  Stourton,  a 
son. 

Lately,  At  Islington,  the  wife  of  J.  £. 
Hadow,  esq.  a  son.— ~-In  Park-latie,  Lou- 
duo,  Lady  Caroline  Morant,  a  dau. 

March  3.  At  Gloucester,  the  wife  of 
Dr.  Hall,  Master  of  Pembroke  College, 
and  one  of  the  Prebendaries  of  Gloucestet 
Cathedral,  a  son. — ^5.  The  wife  of  Christ. 
Saltmarthe,  etq.  a  dau.— At  Donhead 
Rectory,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  W.  Dantey, 
a  ton.         6.  The  wifSs  of  John  Oket,  esq. 

a  dau. 15.  At  the  Rectory  House,  So- 

ham,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  W.  Wilson  a  dau. 
90.  At.the  Rectory,  Hargrave,  Northampton- 
shire, the  wife  of  Rev.  W.  L.  Baker,  a  dau. 


MARRIAGES. 


Afril  96,  1 895.  At  CalcotU,  Capt.  G. 
Murray  Greville,  of  the  16th,  or  Qoeeu't 
Lanceri,  to  Mist  Pearton,  eldett  dau.  of 
the  Advocate- General  of  Bengal. 

Juiy  36, 1895.  At  BaUvia,  in  the  Island 


of  Java,  John  Gray  Duncan,  esq.  son  of  the 
R«v.  James  Duncan,  Alton,  Hants,  to  Misa 
Helen,  eldest  dan.  of  Capt.  Wm.  Hodges,  of 
that  place. 
&p^.8, 1886.    At  the  Cathedral,  at  Cal- 


968 


Marriagei. 


fJUBX^i 


cutUy  Roger  Winter,  eaq.  banister  at  Uwy 
to  Mary  Anne,  third  dau.  of  the  late  Dr, 
Bathie,  of  Hammersmith. 

Jan,  30,  1826.  At  Hoxne,  Suf.  Rev, 
Tbo.  D'Eye  Belts,  of  Wortham,  to  Harriet, 
9d  dan.  of  Rev.  Geo^  Clarke  Doughty,  of 
Hoxne. 

Peb  7«  At  St.  George's,  Hanover-square, 
0.  P.  Whitfield,  esq.  to  Char.  Corpe,  dau. 

of  W.  Corpe,  esq.  Mount-street. 9.  At 

Rochester,  G.  Borradaile,  esq.  jun.  of  £.  I. 
Comp.  service,  to  Laura,  dau.  of  G.  Her- 
bert, esq.  of  Clapham.— ^1 1.  Sam.  Veasey, 
esq.  of  Baldock,  to  Marg.  dau.  of  the  late 
Walter  Urquhart,  esq.  of  Great  Baddow. — 
12.  At  St.  Faith's,  London,  the  Rev.  Henry 
Dickinson,  to  Mary,  dau.  of  the  late  Peter 

Wynne,  esq.  of  Eltham,  co.  Kent. 14. 

At  St.  George's,  Hanover-square,  Sir  Au- 
gustus Henniker,  to  his  cousin,  the  Hon. 
Miss  Eliz.  Henniker,  fourth  dau.  of  Lord 
and  Lady  Henniker. 16.  At  Upping- 
ham, the  Rev.  Tho.  Cox,  of  Leamingtoa, 
Warwickshire,  to  Mary  Anne,  dau.  of  Mr. 

Leonard  Bell. 15.  Robert,  son  of  R. 

Newman,  Gent,  of  Guildford,  Surrey,  to 
Eliz.  dau.  of  the  late  Mr.  Farmer,  of  Bir- 
mingham.—— 16.  At  Caton-Brookhouse, 
James  Satterthwaite,  esq.  of  Lancaster,  to 
Miss  Hughes,  grand-dau.  of  Tho.  Edmond- 
aon,  esq.  uf  Grassyard-hall,  near  Lancaster. 
At  Bishop- Wearraouth,  Job  Ja.  Bul- 
man,  esq.  of  Cox-lodge,  Nurthumberland, 
to  Caroline,  dau.  of  Geo.  Robinson,  esq.  of 
Hendon,  co.  Durham.— <— At  Chelcenham, 
Christ.  Armitage  Nicholson,  esq.  of  Balrath, 
CO.  Meath,  to  Anna,  dau.  of  the  late  Geo. 
Lenox  Conyngham,  esq.  of  Spring-hill,  co. 

Derry. ^At  Teddington,  Middlesex,  the 

Rev.  Tho.  Procter,  to  Charlotte,  third  dau. 
of  the  late  Alexander  Montgomerie,  esq.  of 
Annick-lodge,  Ayrshire,  brother  to  the  Earl 

of  Eglinton. 17.  At  St.  Martin Vin-the 

Pields,  London,  the  Rev.  Christ.  NevllI,  to 
Harriet  Catherina,  eldest  dau.  of  T.  B. 
Bower,  esq.  of  Iwerne  House,  Dorset. 
«1.  At  Prestwich,  Mr.  W.  Andrew,  of 
Edge-lane,  near  Oldham,  to  Sophia  Maria, 
dau.  of  Hannibal  Becker,  esq.  ofFoxdenton 
Hall.— 22.  At  Hackney,  John  Tebbutt, 
esq.  of  Stamford-hill  and  Austinfriars,  to 
Martha,  only  dau.  of  John  Ambler,  esq.  of 

West  Hackney. 23.  At  Kensington,  the 

Rev.  Arthur  Langton,  son  of  Dr.  Langton, 
of  Warham,  Norfolk,  to  Emily  Matilda,  dau. 

of  Robert  Gosling,  esq.  of  Brompton. 

87.  At  Quldenham,  the  seat  of  the  Earl  of 
iUbemarle,  Henry  Fred.  Stephenson,  esq.  of 
the  Middle  Temple,  barrister  at  law,  to  the 
Lady  Mary  Keppel,  second  surviving  dau.  of 
the  Earl  or  Albemarle. 

Lately,  Col.  De  La  Salle,  of  th«  French 
lervite,  to  Miss  Glenn,  late  of  Taunton. 

March  I,  At  Wareham,  Norfolk,  Nat. 
Clarkcy  son  of  Nat.  Bamardistmi,  esq.  of 
Hertford-atreet,  May  Fur,  and  of  the  Ryes 


Lodgey  near  StdbnrTy  Saffolk»  to  Sophia, 
daa.  of  Gea  Robert  Eyres,  esq.  of  Cavenhun 

House,   near  Stoke  Ferry. At  Walcot 

Church,  Bath,  Neston  J.  Fuller,  esq.  son  of 
John  Fuller,  esq.  of  Neston  Park,  Wilts,  to 
Anne  Margaret,  dau.   of  the   Hon.  John 

Browne. 2.    Samuel   Gregson,  esq.  of 

Harley- street,   to  Ellen,  dau.  of  the   late 

Matthew  Gregson,  esq.  of  Liverpool. 

4.  At  St.  George's  Hanover-square,  Lieut. 
Cobb,  R.  N.  to  Eliza,  dau.  of  John  Green, 
esq.  of  Eltham,  and  widow  of  the  late  Rob. 

Newbald,  esq. 6.  At  Shimpling,  Suffolk, 

Tho.  Chitty,  esq.  of  the  Inner  Temple,  to 
Eliza,  dau.  of  A.  Cawston,  esq.  of  Shimpling 
Hall,  SufFulk. At  St.  George's,  Hanover- 
square,  Capt.  Walker,  to  Esther  Helena, 
dau.  of  the  late  Rich.  Smith,  esq.  of  Ham- 
mersmith.  7.    At  St.  James's  Church, 

Cha.  Webb  Coleman,  esq.  of  St.  Thomas-hill 
House,  near  Canterbury,  to  Ellen  Catharine, 
dau.  of  James  Cathrow  Disney,  esq.  of  He- 
ralds' College,  London.— —At  Worthen,  in 
Shropshire,  John  Donne,  esq.  of  Oswestry, 
to  Letitia,  only  child  of  John  Edwards,  esq. 
of  Hampton  Hall. At  Kirkham,  Lan- 
cashire, the  Rev.  James  Radcliffe,  Curate  of 
Kirkham,  to  Mary  Eliz.  dau.  of  the  late 
John  King,  esq.  Vice-Chancellor  of  the 
Duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  niece  to  the  Bishop 

of  Rochester.- 8.  At  St.  George's,  South- 

wark,  Lieut.-col.  Baumgardt,  to  Maria,  eld. 
dau.  of  G.  Parsons,  esq.  of  West-square.— 
At  Leskard,  Lieut  -col  Fred.  Henry  Philips, 
to  Marg.  dau.  of  John  Pallister,  esq.  of 

Darr)luskan,  co.Upperary. AtCoalston, 

Gilbert  Young,  esq.  of  Youngfield,  to  Pa- 
tricia, dau.  of  the  Hon.  W.  Maule,  of  Pan- 
mure,  M.  P. 9.   At  Kingston,  Hants, 

Lieut.  E.  B.  Addis,  R.  N.  to  Eliz.  dau.  of 

the  late  Lieut.  M< Arthur,  of  Haslar. At 

Walcot  Church,  Bath,  the  Rev.  Geo.  Au- 
gustus Seymer,  Rector  of  Stratton,  Dorset- 
shire, to  Susannah  Eliz.  dau.  of  the  late 
Rev.  Chas.  Birch,  Rector  of  Chesleboum.— 
W.  Dickinson,  esq.  of  Crouch  End,  Hom- 
sey,  to  Eleanor,  dau.  of  the  late  Geo.  Mori- 
son,  esq.  Montague-square. T 1 1 .  At  Clif- 
ton, W.  Killigrew  Wait,  esq.  of  Westbury, 
near  Bristol,  to  Frances  Newman^youi^est 
dau.  of  R.  N.  Newman,  M.  D.  of  Thombury 
Park  and  Clifton,  Gloucestershire.— ~— 14. 
At  St.  John's,  Hackney,  Henry  Juhb,  esq. 
of  Ballifield  Hall,  near  Sheffield,  to  Isabella, 

dau.  of  Geo.  Jubb,  esq.  of  Clapton. 15. 

Rev.  Robert  Greenwood,  Vicar  of  Colaton 
Rawleigh,  Devon,  to  Matilda  Sophia,  dau. 
of  the  late  Tho.  Vincent,  esq.    of  Calne, 

Wilts. 16.  At  Bnrton-upon-Trent,  Uie 

Rev.  C.  J.  Fynes  Clinton,  youngest  son  of 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Fynes  Clinton,  Prebendary  of 
Westminster,  to  Caroline,  dan.  of  the  late 

Jose^  Clay,  esq.  of  Burton. >-At  9|.  IVga- 

cras  New  Church,  Ja.  Maiuwaring  Bn/iidvtf 
M.  D.  to  Coitttantia,  dau.  of  th«  kte  John 
Dickinson,  esq. 


MM,] 


C   «•   1 

OBITUARY. 


Dun  M  ALBtPFUA. 

Am.  3.  At  M>rMlll«),  apd  S4,Loit!t 
Gabriel  Suchtl,  Dukt  of  Albohra. 

Hiving  reeci'cd  a  food  edDcatioo,  b* 
emircd  the  armr  in  1793-  At  Tmilon, 
be  Ku  itn  aScer  in  (be  biiialiiHI  by 
■biEh  General  O'Htra  wu  taken  pri< 
■oner.  Hi  wu  in  iiearlj  all  Iba  ballln 
tuuKhl  fti  Uatj  during  tho  canpiigni  of 
1794,  1195.  and  IT9T.  and  *aj  tbriec 
K Minded,  once  dAngerouily.  la  tbe 
lut  of  thfio  campaign*,  Buonaparte 
made  him  Chief  de  Ur>|;ide  on  (ba  field 
of  butlc.  In  lT9a.  ha*iiig  bamc  a  du- 
tiiigaiibed  part  in  tbe  campaign  agaiiKt 
■  he  Sini«,  bt    wa)  "     ■  -■ 


iirdi  taken 


nriR^'e. 


.  tbt^n   n 


urn  tba 
neralof 


cccding  aiih  (be  eiprdiiion  tn  Egypt, 
■htn  be  waa  auildetily  reiained  lu  re- 
itore  diiciplin*  and  conAdenci!  in  tbe 
array  of  Italy.  In  eontequence  of  a 
quarrel  with  Ibe  Commiitiiuicn  of  the 
Directary.  Sucbet  wm  rompelled  to  re- 
turn hattily  to  France  '"      "    ""     '"  ""'" 


:otbe 


Briny  uf  the  Danube,  ac  (be 
■bich  he  eurted  himielf  in  dcfendiog 
the  country  of  tbe  Griwna.  Joubcrt, 
fail  friend,  baring  been  entruited  altb 
(be  cDnraiiid  a(  (be  aimy  of  liaiy,  Su- 
cbet joined  bim  a*  General  of  UiTition 
'   chief  of  hii    *laff; 


licb   be  I 


hold  ui 


rr  Mo- 


uld Cham  pin 
of  Jiiubert.  Maiaeni,  wbo  lucceedcd 
Championiiel,  made  bim  lecond  in  com- 
m^ind.  A(  ibe  bead  of  a  feeble  divition 
of  not  70V0  men,  be  lung  held  at  bay 
fire  (imet  iba  number "f  Aualrian  forcei 
under  Mrlit,  conlMled  tbe  Genoece  ter- 
ritory inch  by  inch,  retired  unbroken 
bebiiid  the  Var,  ut  tbe  enemy  at  defi- 
ance, laved  (be  South  uf  Prance  from 
iniailon,  aiid  fuilitaled  (he  opcradunt 
ofibe  army  of  rrHrre,  advancing  from 
Uijon  to  croti  the  Alp*.  When,  in  con- 
•e(|uenee  uf  tbe  march  of  Buonaparte, 


)    Iullo«e 


fully  t( 


anily,  took  15,000  priiunen, 
pctling  Melai  to  weaken  hit 
loie  him,  cuntributed  power- 
victory  of  Marengo,     in  tbe 


mpaign 


inly  totheai 


iliee,  he  took  4i>00  priionera  at  Poi- 
>Bla,  and  ihartd  in  the  badtea  that 
were  foughi.  In  1803  he  commanded  a 
dlviaion  at  tbe  camp  at  Boulogne.  He 
«■*  nuBcd  a  nember  of  the  L«cia*of 


Honour  Dec.  II,  1803,  gnni  ofSctr  of 
that  body  in  lB04i  and  governor  of  tbe 
Imperial  ptilace  at  Lac  ken  in  iSOS.  At 
Ulm,  Hollabiun,  and  Auxerliii,  >d 
IBUS,— at  Sialfield  and  Jena,  in  Ig0«, 
—at  Pultuik,  in  180?,— he  greatly  con- 
tribuled  to  (he  aucccu  of  the  French 
armi.  In  IflOS  Buonaparte  gave  liim 
the  (rand  cordon  of  (be  Legiun  of  Ho- 
nour, uiih  an  endaaRieni  of  SO.onO 
franc*!  and  in  IMOa,  he  raited  bim  tn 
[lie  dignity  of  a  Coant  of  the  Empire. 
The  Kiiiguf  S»any  alao  nomiiiateil  him 
a  Commander  uf  ihe  Mililarv  Order  u( 
Si.  Henry. 

Sucbet  w«*  then  tent  to  Spain,  al|d 
placed  at  the  head  of  tbe  army  of  Am- 
gon.  In  1809,  he  defeated  Blake  at 
Belcbitej  in  1810  be  reduced  LerMa, 
Mequinenu.  Turtoia,  Fort  San  Felipe, 
Moniemt,  Tarragona,  and  Siguntum, 
— routed  O'Dunne)  at  Margalef,  tnd 
Blake  barore  Maguotum, — and  fama& 
the  aiefce  of  Valencia.  Tba  fall  Of  Ibat 
fortrcai  crowned  the  laboura  of  tbia 
campaign,  and  oblained  for  him  tha 
title  ol  IJuka  ol  Albulen,  «ikI  poawa- 
tionofthaettataofthatiMltie.  He  had 
previouily,  at  tlw  capture  of  Tarragona, 
received  tbe  Matahal'i  itaff.  In  IBIS, 
the  command  of  the  united  armiea  e( 
Arragon  and  Catalonia  baviag  been  vAn< 
(ided  to  him,  he  compelled  SirJofan  Miirw 
ray  to  raite  the  aiege  otTarragona.  la 
November  he  wu  named  Colonel-gene- 
ral of  Ibe  Imperial  Guardi,  in  tbe  mom 
of  (be  Duke  o(  litria.  Notwitbiiandiog 
the  progreti  of  Lord  Wellington  In 
France,  Suchel  kept  bii  ground  in  Cata- 
lonia for  the  purpofc  of  collecting  tbe 
18,000  men  who  garriaoned  tbe  for- 
tre**«,  and  alio  for  retarding  (he  pro- 
greit  of  the  alliet. 

Receiving  intelligence  of  the  abdiea* 
tion  of  Buonaparle,  be  acknowledged 
Louii  XVlll.  >i  bii  Sovereign.  Several 
honoun,  amonpt  which  wa*  that  of  bit 
being  named  one  of  Ihe  Peen  of  Franee, 
were  conferred  on  him  by  the  mtored 
Monarch.  On  the  return  of  Buona- 
parte, be  accepted  a  command  under 
bii  olil  mailer,  to  repel  Ihe  alliet.  At 
tbe  head  of  tbe  army  o(  the  Alp,  e«i»- 
liating  only  of  10,000  men,  he  beat  Iba 
Piedmonteae,  and  thortly  after  tbe  Am- 
triani.  The  advance  of  the  graod  Ana- 
trian  army,  however,  100,000  Itraog, 
compelled  bim  to  fall  back  on  LyoD*, 
but  he  aaved  tbat  diy  trom  plunder  bj 
capitnlatioB,  aad  wKb  It  MtilUiy  atona, 
t«  tk«  valna  of  ImU  a  aUlton  MciUdc. 


«ro 


Obituary. — Viscount  Carleton. — Lord  Downes. 


[Mardli^. 


On  the  stme  dty  tbtt  the  capitulation 
wai  sif^ned,  he  again  submitted  to  Louis 
XVI 11.  He  received  the  g^and  cross  of 
the  Legion  of  Honour  in  1816,  and  in 
1819  bis  name  was  replaced  on  the  list 
of  Peers. 

For  some  time  previous  to  bis  decease 
the  Duke  of  Albufera  bad  been  prin- 
dpallv  at  Marseilles.  He  bad  been  af- 
flicted nearly  two  years  with  a  severe 
and  painful  disorder.  In  the  few  mo- 
ments during  the  last  four  days  of  bis 
life  in  which  he  was  sensible,  be  made 
hit  will,  in  full  possession  of  bis  facul- 
ties.  In  the  evening  of  the  8d  of  Jan. 
having  recovered  from  a  state  of  deli- 
rium»  he  confessed  and  recei\*ed  the  ex- 
treme  unction.  The  remainder  of  the 
night  he  was  calm  and  composed ;  but, 
%hftt  seven  in  the  morning  of  the  3d,  be 
did  not  again  become  sensible.  The 
Duchess  left  Marseilles  for  Paris  with 
\m  children  two  or  three  days  after  his 
deeeato. 

Viscount  Carlcton. 

JM.d5.  At  his  house  in  Geor;^st. 
Hanover^square,  in  his  88th  year,  the 
lU^t  Hon.  Hugh  Carleton,  first  Vis- 
cooat  Carieton  c^  Clare,  Baron  Carleton 
of  AnnoTy  a  Privy  Counsellor  in  Ireland, 
D.C.L.  His  Lordship  having  left  no 
issue,  his  titles  art  extinct,  and  this  is 
the  twenty-ninth  Peerage  of  Ireland  that 
Wt  beeoine  extioct  since  the  Union  in 
ItOI. 

Hugh  Viteoont  Carleton  was  the  eld- 
•at  ton  of  Francis  Carleton,  e«<|.  of  Cork, 
hy  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  Lanton, 
•sq.  He  was  bom  Srpt.  II,  171^,  ap- 
viointed  $«4icitor  Geneial  in  1 7 79.  Loni 
ChWf  Jlu$tic«  of  the  Common  Flea«  in 
l7<tT«  raided  to  the  Peeragt^  in  Nov. 
I  f  tl^  hv  the  title  of  Bart«n  Carleton  of 
Anwer,  and  advanced  to  the  dii^iiiy  of 
Yitc<mni  Carleton  of  CUnp*  ewTipperanr, 
Nov« «,  172^T*  He  r««ip>ed  hb  o49k<e  i^ 
Lm^  Chief  Ju$tk^  in  I^W  and  m  the 
«MM  x^e^r  waa  eW<t«<d  one  of  the 
tw^HHty-eight  iyfre*mtative  IVers  of 
IMand  i  a  va<^n<T  c<on^^oently  oc<>ur( 
^  hks  4hMsai)e.  IIH  l.NM>^hif  naam^^ 
ftrtt^  A«^s  ^^  IT^  EUaabeth^  o«l\  dan. 
of  RMmii^  Mene^M'%  e^  who  di^^  May 
tT%  U^HxWithowt  ««^we;  an4«  «<<»wo^\ 
Jw|y  13k  1T^  Xlarr-Rwekley^  $e<OMfti 
diwiight<r  of  Aw4iyw  Xlatth<«««  ««q.  who 
4ie4  Maiv^  K^  l^UV  ah^»  withowt  »«$we^ 

f«Mtee  ^  tho  d<«>aM4  VtKywint«  w^  ox^ 
ttsrt^  f^MH  IVsh^^$  HHi^Mx  ot  the  Kiwf 'li 
IwM  ;  ''^  U  iwdw$tnr  f^wed  to  taVNM^  a 
lf>wHWrjwtitko  tesnfirw^  wi^h  «iii^l4«rt'»« 

vSHi^  owos  aw  wmmmi^^^soni  ^tvawia  e^  W'*- 
tf«Ki»  lli^  liA»  CImC  4«tt«(o  «l ««  Canh' 


mon  Pleas  is  fully  entitled  thereto.  He 
quitted  this  country  to  the  general  re- 
gret of  logal  practisers,  and  without  a 
single  personal  enemy  among  its  hos- 
tile parties.  Such  is  the  final  triumph 
of  correct  tem|>er  and  conduct,  even 
amid  the  bustle  of  political  and  judicial 
conduct.  But  bis  Lordship  is  not  lost 
to  Ireland  or  the  empire }  a  senatorial  si- 
tuation enables  him  to  continue  those 
services  which  every  man  owes  to  his 
country,  and  professional  talents  have 
an  exalted  and  most  useful  exercise  in 
the  discussion  of  Irish  appeals.  English 
tludges,  however  honest  and  learned 
(qualities  which  they  certainly  possess), 
must  ufien  find  it  necessary  to  attend  to 
an  Irish  legal  construction  upon  parti- 
cular subjects.  Their  Court  of  King's 
Bench  has  for  ages  adopted  that  salutary 
maxim.  Even  the  local  equity  of  Ireland 
has  been  sometimes  shook,  and  property 
irregularly  divested  by  inattention  there- 
to in  the  English  supreme  Court  of  Ap- 
peal. The  punty  of  that  august  assem- 
bly I  acknowledge  and  revere,  therefore 
only  add,  that  a  iWr  bred  in  Irish  Courts 
must,  in  such  cases,  materially  aid  or 
suggest  accurate  and  enlightened  deci- 


sions.*' 


LoiD  DOWNCS. 

March  3.  At  his  seat,  Merville,  near 
Dublin,  in  his  75ih  year,  the  Right  Hon. 
William  Downes,  first  Baron  I>o«nes  of 
Aghanville,  King^  County,  a  Privy 
Ownsellor  in  Inelaad,  Viee-Chaneellor 
of  Dublin  Unlwersity,  a  Bencher  of  the 
hon.  Society  of  King^  Inns,  and  LL.D. 

Hb  Lordahip  was  sosi  of  Robert 
Dawnes,  esq.  of  Doanybfwok,  by  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Thomas  Twigge,  esq. 
of  the  same  place  ;  awd  grandson  of  the 
Right  Rev.  Dive  Dowoes,  Bishop  of 
Cork  and  Ross.  He  vras  bcowghi  to  the 
study  of  the  law  and  to  the  bar  in  Jane 
in^ :  «as  ra««nl  to  the  besMk  in  March 
1T^:?«  and  appointed  Lord  Chief  Jwstiee 
of  file  King  s  Bench,  and  oiw  of  the 
IVsvT  C^^ncil  in  IreUad,  ow  the  dbath  of 
Uv>di  KUwanden^  in  IdOi.  In  IMC,  ow 
the  iv^:p)AtK>n  «/  Loid  Redesdale,  ho 
«as  rKwniwated  Vice-ClMncellM'  of  the 
rnixYr»tv  «%f  Duhli«»  hr  the  Dwke  of 
CwnsheriandtheOMAceOer*  Heietired 
frNM  the  oa»oe  of  C^ief  Jwstiee  Fchu  ^1, 
I^e$,  with  a  fcsMNni  of  3^001.  per  ayn- 
wwwk  and  wa»  <t««i««i  Buw«  Dowses  hgf 
paiowt«  4at«4  Dms.  10  tlMit  y 
row^aiwwfe  f^  sws 
l><«»io  IIUf|:K  K.C.B.  KXS. 


tWwofval  wT  tW  tMlwawce^  4bc.  «hw  is 

grMwli»Ma  of  the  At«siw4  Lavi^ 
Aww^  <ila«i|ghi<rf  of  the 


1M«.] 


Obitv  AXT.«— CoMil.  ItomtOitojf* 


«l 


The  decettcd  Peer  wm  biglihr  respect- 
ed for  his  gremt  lefml  knowledge,  his 
strict  impartiality,  bis  dignified  de- 
ineanour«  and  affable  deportment.  As 
Vice  Chancellor,  his  piety,  lesming,  and 
virtues,  were  acknowledged  and  appre- 
ciated. He  posses«ed  all  the  qualities 
that  render  private  life  estimable  ;  bis 
heart  was  benevolent,  and  his  charities 
unbounded. 


Count  Nicholas  Romanzovp. 

Lately,    In  Russia,  of  the  infirmities 
of  age,  Count  Nicholas  Romans  off,  Chan- 
cellor of  the  Empire,  and  the  great  pa- 
tronof  the  science  and  literature  of  that 
country.     He  was  boru  in   St.  Peters- 
burgh,  a  son  of  the  celebrated  Field- 
Marshal  Peter  Romanioff,  whose  high 
military  talents  and  important  victories 
over  the  Turks  gave  splendour  to  the 
reign  uf  the  Empress  Catherine  II.     He 
commenced  hit  public  career  ab<>ut  40 
years  ago,  as  Ruftsiaii  Miiiiiter  at  Frank- 
fort.   Afterwards,  in  the  post  of  Minis- 
ter of  Cumroerce,  he  actively  promoted 
the  success  of  the  Eroperur  Alexander's 
great  plans  fur  the  improvement  of  the 
interniil  and  foreign  trade  of  Russia,  and 
greatly   contributed   to  the   raiding  of 
Odessa  into  importance,  and  to  the  im- 
provement and  enriching  of  its  neigh- 
bouring coasts.     Under  him  the  admi- 
nistrations of  the  public  concerns  of  that 
country  were  confided  to  the  Duke  de 
Richelieu,  afterwards  Prime  Minister  of 
France.     The  Count  Romanzoff  succes- 
sively rose  to  the  rank  of  Privy  Coun- 
sellor, ^enator,  (.hamberUin  to  the  Em- 
peror, and  Chancellor  of  the    Russian 
empire.     Favouring  the  continental  sys- 
tem of  Buonaparte,  be  received   from 
that  ruler  the  decoration  of  the  Grand 
Eigle  of  the  Legion  of  Honour,  and  se- 
veral other  tokens  of  distinction.     In 
September  1807,  on  the  retirement  from 
office  of  the  Count  de  Kotschuhey,  Count 
de  Romanzoff  was  at  once  made  Minis- 
ter of  Foreign  Affairs  and  Minister  of 
War.     The    union   of  these    important 
offices  was  thought  to  have  been  obtain- 
ed through  the  influence  of  Buonaparte. 
On  the  return  of  the  Emperor  Alexander 
to  Russia,  the  Count,  aft<*r  repeated  and 
earnest  solicitations,  obtained   leave   in 
the  month  of  August  1814,  to  resign  his 
ministerial  functions.     On  this  occa&ioii 
he  received  a  most  kind  and   flattering 
letter  from  his  Sovereign,  expressing  a 
hope  that  his  love  for  his  country  would 
not  permit  him,  when  his  health  should 
be  restored,  to  withhold  Irom  it  the  ser- 
vices of  his  talents  and  experience.    The 
Count  in  his  turn,  with  patriotic  libe- 
rality, resigned  all  the  presents  he  bad 


received  from  fotfetgn  Gmitilb  to  tht 
ftind  for  the  benefit  of  invetids,  reiMNinei- 
ing  likewise  in  its  favour  the  salary  of 
his  office,  which  the  Emperor  had  cuotl- 
Dued  to  him  as  a  pension  for  life. 

No  Russian  nobleman  ever  made  a 
nobler  use  of  riches.  Patriotic  and 
scientific  undertakings  were  supported 
by  him  with  princely  liberality.  It  was 
at  his  expense  that  Otto  Von  Kotsebue 
performed  his  voyage  round  the  world  ; 
and  most  of  the  expeditions  and  voyagea 
of  discovery  which  have  been  undertaken 
by  the  Russian  Govemmenty  originated 
with  him.  History  is  indebted  to  him 
for  a  Russian  Codex  Diplomatieos,  whieh 
has  been  published  at  Moscow  since 
1813.  In  the  years  1817  and  1818  be 
made  several  journies  to  collect  manu- 
scripts and  other  documents  connected 
with  the  history  of  his  country,  a  history 
which  he  studied  with  extraordinary  seal 
and  success. — M.  Koler,  the  keeper  of 
the  Imperial  Cabinet  of  Antiquitiee  at 
St.  Petersburgh,  has  lately  published  a 
description  of  a  number  of  very  curious 
ancient  medals  and  coiiis,  collected  by 
the  Count  during  his  residence  in  the 
Crimea.  Among  them  is  a  remarkable 
fine  one  of  Spartacus,  the  King  of  Cioi- 
raerian  Bospborus.  Count  RomansolTs 
estate  at  Homel,  in  the  Ukraine,  was  a 
model  worthy  of  the  attention'  of  all 
agriculturists,  for  the  activity  and  Judg- 
ment with  which  every  branch  of  rural 
economy  was  carried  on. 

In  1817*  Canova  sculptured  for  bin  a 
colossal  ststue  of  Peace,  holding  in  one 
hand  an  olive  branch,  and  resting  the 
other  on  a  column,  which  bears  the  fol- 
lowing inscription : 

Peace  of  Abo,  1743. 

Peace  of  Rudschuk-Kainardy,  1774. 

Peace  of  Friedenchscham,  1809* 

a  monument  which  records  the  memor- 
able fact,  that  three  of  the  roost  remark- 
able treaties  of  peace  in  the  Russian  his- 
tory were  concluded  by  the  grandfather, 
father,  and  son. 

In  the  sitting  of  the  Imperial  Academy 
of  Sciences,  at  St.  Petersburgh,  on  the 
S3d  of  January,  a  letter  from  the  late 
Chancellor  Count  Romansoff  was  read^ 
with  which  he  sends  19,500  roubles  in 
bank  notes,  being  the  second  half  of  a 
sum  of  S5,000  roubles,  which  he  had  set 
apart  for  the  printing  of  ancient  Russian 
records.  He  desires  the  sum  to  be  em- 
ployed as  opportunity  may  offer.  The 
academy  received  this  present  from  M. 
Krug,  to  whom  the  generous  donor  had 
delivered  it,  saying, '  He  was  convinced 
the  academy  would  put  out  this  second 
half  of  his  present  to  interest,  and  that 
if  the  sum  was  employed  at  a  future 


^%     OBif  vAmY^-^Ctnml  BoHopMni-^Sk  T.  Vaiouw,  Bart,     [Marclu 


time^KOordinf  to  the  with  of  the  ^fttt 
tomethin;  of  importmnqe  might  be  done.' 
He  has  left  no  children ;  but  bii  ge- 
nerofityy  bis  mctive  patriotiim,  and  cul- 
tivated understanding,  will  render  his 
same  immortal  in  Russia. 

Count  Rostopchin. 

Jam.    At  Moscow,  Count  Rostopchin. 

He  was  descended  from  an  ancient 
Russian  family.  Entering  the  army 
very  young,  be  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the 
Imperial  Guards  at  the  age  of  twenty* 
one,  when  be  left  Russia  to  make  the 
toiir  of  Europe.  At  Berlin  he  was  dis- 
tinguished by  Count  Michael  de  Roman- 
xoflf,  the  Russian  Ambassador  at  the 
Prussian  Court.  During  the  early  part 
of  the  reign  of  the  Emperor  Paul,  bis 
advancement  was  rapid  and  brilliant. 
He  was  decorated  with  the  Grand  Order 
of  Russia;  and,  with  his  father  (living 
at  tjie  age  of  eighty-one,  on  his  own  es- 
tatOy  at  the  time  of  the  memorable  cam- 
paign of  1818),  raised  to  the  dignity  of 
.Count.  Soon  afterwards,  however,  from 
some  unknown  cause,  both  father  and 
son  fell  into  disgrace,  and  received  an 
order  to  retire  to  their  estates,  on  which 
they  lived,  as  cultivators  of  the  soil,  till 
the  death  of  Paul.  The  young  Count 
obtained  the  favour  of  the  Emperor 
Alexander,  and  was  appointed  to  the 
government  of  Moscow.  On  the  I4th 
of  September,  1812,  the  French  entered 
that  city  \  and  on  the  same  day  the  Rus- 
siansy  according  to  the  SOth  French  bul- 
letin of  the  campaign,  set  fire  to  various 
public  edifices  of  that  ancient  capital. 
Buonaparte  accused  Count  Rostopchin 
of  the  act.  Certain  it  is  that  the  Count 
had  set  fire  to  his  fine  country  house  at 
Voronozof,  leaving  the  following  pla- 
card conspicuously  posted  near  the  man- 
sion :  ^- "  During  eight  years  I  have 
sought  to  embellish  this  country  resi- 
dence, where  I  have  lived  happily  with 
ny  family.  The  inhabitants  of  this  es- 
tate, to  the  number  of  1720,  abandon  it 
at  your  approach ;  and  I  destroy  my 
bouse  that  it  may  not  be  sullied  by  your 
presence.  Frenchmen !  I  abandon  to 
you  my  two  houses  at  Moscow.  Here 
you  shall  find  nothing  but  ashes." 

The  Count  remained  Governor  of 
Moscow  till  the  month  of  September 
1814,  when  he  resigned  the  command, 
and  accompanied  his  Sovereign  to 
Vienna.  In  the  year  1817  he  went  to 
Paris,  and  during  bis  stay  in  that  capi- 
tal he  gave  the  hand  of  his  daughter  to 
the  grandson  of  the  Count  de  Segur. 
His  manners  and  conversation  were  as 
polished  as  those  of  the  most  accom« 
plisbed  courtier  in  Europe. 


Sir  Thos,  Vavaior,  Bart. 

Jan.  97.  At  Haslewood  Hall,  York, 
shire,  advanced  in  age.  Sir  Thomas  Va- 
vasor, 7th  Baronet  of  that  place. 

He  was  the  second  son  of  Sir  Walter, 
the  fifth  Baronet,  by  his  second  wife 
Dorothy,  eldest  daughter  of  Marma- 
duke,  4th  Baren  Langdale  of  Holme. 
Sir  Thomas  succeeded  bis  brother  Sir 
Walter,  the  late  Baronet,  Nov.  3,  1803. 
He  was,  we  believe,  never  married,  and 
we  are  not  sure  that  the  Baronetcy  is 
not  extinct. 

Silt  John  Aubrey,  Bart.  M.P. 

March  ...  Aged  86,  Sir  John  Aubrey, 
of  Borstall,  Bucks,  sixth  Bart,  of  Llan- 
tritbyd,  co.  Glamorgan,  D.C.L.  M.P.  for 
Horsham,  and  Father  of  the  House  of 
Commons,  having  sat  without  intermis- 
sion in  twelve  successive  Parliaments. 

Descended  from  St.  Aubrey  of  the 
blood  Royal  of  France,  who  came  to 
England  with  the  Conqueror,  Sir  John 
was  the  eldest  son  of  Sir  Thomas  the 
fifth  Baronet,  by  Martha,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Carter,  esq.  of  Chilton, 
CO.  Buckingham,  one  of  his  Majesty's 
Justices  of  the  Grand  Sessions  for  the 
counties  of  Glamorgan,  Brecon,  and 
Radnor.  He  was  educated  at  West- 
minster School,  and  was  a  gentleman 
commoner  of  Christ  Church,  0&(brd» 
where  be  was  created  D.C.L.  July  8, 
1763.  On  his  return  from  bis  travels, 
he  was  first  elected  to  Parliament  for 
Wallingford  at  the  general  election  In 
1768,  next  for  Aylesbury  at  that  of  1774, 
again  for  Wallingford  at  that  of  1780, 
for  the  county  of  Buckingham  at  that 
of  1784,  for  Clitheroe  at  that  of  1790, 
for  Aldeburgh  (Suffolk),  at  those  of 
1796, 1802,  1806,  and  1807,  for  Stcyning 
at  those  of  1813  and  1818,  and  lastly^ 
for  Horsham  at  that  of  18S0.  Sir  John 
Aubrey,  in  his  politics,  was  a  Whig,  ori- 
ginally voting  with  Mr.  Fox,  but,  not 
approving  of  the  Coalition,  he  withdrew 
bis  support  and  joined  Mr.  Pitt,  and  in 
1783  was  appointed  a  Lord  of  the  Ad- 
miralty, and  in  1783  a  Lord  of  the  Trea- 
sury i  but  the  question  of  the  Regency 
soon  occurring,  Sir  John's  opinion  was 
so  decided  on  that  point,  that  he  resign- 
ed his  office  in  the  Treasury  in  1789»  and 
rejoined  his  old  friends,  from  whom  he 
never  again  seceded. 

Sir  John  wa^  twice  married,  first  to 
Mary,  eldest  daughter  and  coheiress  of 
Sir  James  Colebruoke,  first  Baronet  of 
Bath,  and  only  sister  to  the  present 
Dowager  Countess  of  Tankerville ;  and 
by  her,  who  died  June  14,  1781,  had  is- 
sue one  son,  who  died  in  infancy.  Hit 
second  lady  was  Martha-Catharine,  daa. 
of  Geo.  Rich.  Carter,  esq.  of  Chilton, 


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Bvckfy  and  Warliet*  Bmcx^  tldett  ion  amMldgbiMiuiiilldertlMlitt'IirfMrdSt. 
and  Mr  of  Judge  Carter.  This  lady  Vineent,  then  Capc,  iervit.  lie  never 
was  eventuallj  eob  beirett  of  her  fktlier^  bad  a  Muter^t  or  Comtaander^t^eoawif. 
and  of  the  property  of  her  mother,  who  sion,  but  was  a  jonior  lieot  npler  Lord 
wu  J  alia,  dan.  and  sole  heiress  of  Jamce  Howe,  in  the  Vietorj,  when  his  Lord* 
Bpilman,  esq.  by  Hester,  one  of  the  sii«  ship  sailed  for  the  relief  of  Gtbraltar^ 
ters  and  coheiresees  of  the  last  Sir  Wll>  and  wu  made  at  once,  in  Feb.  1780,  a 
liam  Willys,  hart,  of  Fen  Dittou,  Camb,  Post-Captain,  into  a  64  Spanisli  man  of 
and  of  Centerbury.  The  second  Lady 
Aubrey  bad  no  Issue,  and  died  at  Bath, 
Sept.  3,  1815.  (See  a  short  character  in 
vol.  Lxxzv.  ii.  S85.)  The  title  end  es- 
tate have  descended  to  Sir  John's  ne- 
phew, now  Sir  Thomas  Digby  Aubrey, 
son  of  the  late  Richard  Aubrey,  esq.  Co- 
lonel of  the  Glamorfranshire  Militia. 

In  his  attainments  Sir  John  was  a 
Kood  classical  scholar,  and  a  highly- 
finished  and  polished  gentleman  of  the 
old  school;  steady  in  his  friendihips, 
firm  in  bis  resolves,  not  easily  influenced, 
and  rarely  diverted  from  bis  measures. 

Sir  Robert  Baker,  Bart. 

Feh.4.  Aged  71,  Sir  Robert  Baker, 
6rst  Baronet  of  Upper  Dunstable  House, 
Surrey. 

He  was  the  third  son  of  John  Baker, 
M.D.  uf  Richmond,  Surrey,  fourth  son 
of  James  Baker,  esq.  of  Bucklaud,  Som. 
His  mother  was  Sarah,  dau.  and  co- 
heiress of  Rob.  Wood,  LL.Dr  and  niece 
of  Tbos.  Wood,  esq.  of  Littleton,  Mid- 
dlesex. Sir  Robert  was  created  a  Baro- 
net May  1 1,  1796.  He  married  in  1783 
Diana,  dau.  and  sole  heiress  of  George 
Hayley,  esq.  Alderman  and  M.  P.  fur 
London.  She  died  in  March  1805,  bav- 
inf;  borne  him  four  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters: 1.  Robert,  born  Nov.  13,  1785, 
died  June  1802;  8.  Henry-Lorraine, 
C.B.  R.N.  (who  bas  succeeded  to  the 
title),  born  Jan.  3,  1787*  and  married 
June  37>  18S0,  Louisa-Anne,  only  dau. 
of  Wm.  Williams,  esq.  M.P.  for  Wey- 
mouth ;  3.  the  Rev.  George  Augustus, 
Rector  of  Keventbeless,  Rsdnorsbire, 
bom  Jan.  27, 1788,  and  married  in  April 
1812,  Supbia,  youngest  dau.  of  Peter 
Sbertton,  of  Stobury  Hill,  Som.  esq. ;  4. 
Onslow,  born  Aug.  8,  1795;  5.  Mary- 
Hayley,  born  Nov.  5,  1784  ;  6.  Louisa, 
|,orn  June  S8, 1793 ;  and  two  others. 

Admiral  Grorge  Wilson. 

March  6.  At  bis  seat,  Redgrave  Hall, 
Suffolk,  having  two  days  before  com- 
pleted his  70th  year,  George  Wilson,  esq. 
Admiral  of  the  Red,  son  of  the  late 
Hon.  Thomas  Wilson,  Chief  Judge  of 
Dominica  ;  nephew  and  heir  of  the  late 
Rowland  Holt,  esq.  M.  P.  for  Suffolk  for 
3 1  years ;  and  grandson  of  the  late  Chief 
Justice  Holt. 

Admiral  Wilson  went  at  a  very  early 
Gent.  Mao.  March,  1885. 

11 


bicb  his  Lordship  took,*  and 
named  the  Prince  William,  in  compli- 
ment to  the  Duke  of  Clarenee,  then  a 
Midshipman  with  Admiral  DIgby,  under 
his  Lordship's  command.  In  Jan.  I76f» 
be  commanded  the  Eurydice  of  88  gunt» 
attached  to  the  squadron  under  Sir  Sam* 
Hood,  when  that  officer  was  attacked  at 
the  anchorage  at  Basse  Terre,  in  the 
island  of  St.  Chris topber^s,  by  the  CouDt 
de  Grasse.  The  Eurydice  was  qne  of 
the  four  frigates  that  covered  the  land- 
ing of  the  British  troops  after  the  re^ 
pulse  of  the  French  fleet,  and  was  after- 
wards present  in  the  actions  of  April  9 
and  18,  when  the*  Count  de  Grasse  wai 
defeated  and  taken  prisoner  by  Sir 
George  Rodney.  Immediately  subse- 
quent to  that  glorious  event,  Capt.  Wil- 
son was  appointed  to  the  command  of 
the  Fame,  of  74  guns,  and  ordered  to 
cruite  off  Hiipaniola,  with  Sir  Samuel 
Hood,  to  watch  the  beaten  enemy's  mo- 
tions. He  continued  in  the  same  ship 
on  the  Leeward  Island  station  until  af- 
ter the  conclusion  of  the  American  war. 
During  the  Spanish  and  Russian  i|rma- 
ments,  in  1790  and  1791,  Captain  Wll- 
son  commanded  the  Inconstant  of  86 
guns,  and  so  much  esteemed  was  he  by 
the  sailors,  that  be  manned  that  frigate 
in  34  hours  ;  but  in  consequence  of  the 
fettlement  of  the  disputes  with  the 
Courts  of  Madrid  and  St.  Petetaburgh, 
it  was  put  out  of  commiuion  in  the  au- 
tumn of  the  latter  year. 

In  1793,  when  the  war  began  with 
France,  our  officer  was  appointed  to  the 
Bellona  of  74  guns,  and  for  some  time 
served  in  the  Channel  Fleet  under  Earl 
Hovfre.  On  the  13th  of  Oct.  1794,  he 
sailed  from  Plymouth  for  the  West  In- 
dies, in  company  with  Vice-Admiral 
Caldwell,  and  arrived  at  Martinique 
Sept.  14.  Being  on  a  cruise  off  the  it- 
land  of  Deseada,  in  company  with  the 
Alarm  frigate,  Jan.  5,  1795*  he  fell  ia 
with  a  fleet  of  French  transports,  escort- 
ed by  two  frigates  and  three  armed 
ships,  one  of  which,  the  Duras,  of  80 
guns  and  70  men,  having  on  board  400 
troops,  was  taken.  In  the  course  of  tha 
same  month,  the  Bellona  captured  La 
Duquesne  French  frigate  of  44  guns. 
Several  of  the  enemy's  privateers  like- 
wise fell  into  Captain  Wilson's  hands 
during  his  stay  on  that  oeeaiion. 

Preriously  to  his  rtttim  to  Europey 


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oor  officer  Msiste^  at  tbe  redooticm  of 
Trinidad  by  the  forces  under  Rear-Ad* 
miral  Harvey  and  Lieut^gen.  Sir  Ralph 
Abercromby;  and  was  also  present  at 
the  UDsucc^sful  attack  made  upon 
Forto  Rico  by  the  same  commanders. 
Qn  his  arrival  in  England  about  the 
latter  end  of  1797»  he  was  again  ordered 
to  join  the  Channel  Fleet,  in  which  ser- 
vice be  continued  until  his  advance- 
ment to  the  rank  of  Rear-Admiral,  Feb. 
14^  17S9.    The  dates  of  bis  subsequent 

Promotions  are,  Vice>Admiral,  April  93, 
804  'y  and  Admiral,  Oct.  S5,  1809. 
He  married,  Aug.  9,  1801,  Catherine, 
daughter  of  John  Pollard,  esq.  of  Ewell, 
Surrey. 

Rbar-Admiral  Ingram. 

Jan,  1.  At  his  residence,  Burton 
Bradstock,  Dorset,  deeply  regretted  by 
bis  friends,  Nicholas  Ingram,  esq.  super- 
annuated Rear- Ad  miral  of  the  Red. 

He  was  made  a  Lieut,  by  Adm.  Byron 
in  1778,  and  appointed  to  the  Royal 
Oak,  bearing  the  flag  of  Rear-Admiral 
Hyde  Parker,  wbo  promoted  him  to  the 
jrank  of  Commander  in  1780,  from  which 
period  until  the  peace  of  1783  be  com- 
jBianded  the  Star  brig.  His  next  appoint- 
ment was  in  Oct.  1790  to  the  Shark  sloop 
of  war,  and  t^n  the  3d  of  the  following 
month  he  became  Post  Captain.  From 
!l797  to  the  Peace  of  Amiens,  and  from 
the  renewal  of  the  war  In  1803  to  the 
date  of  his  superannuation  as  Rear-Ad- 
miral  (May  ^l,  1808),  he  commanded 
the  Weymouth  district  of  Sea  Fencibles. 
He  married  in  1811  Elizabeth- Anne, 
dau.  of  the  late  Mr.  Booth,  of  Bristol. 

Lieut  -Gen.  Rimmington. 

Jan,  23.  At  Woolwich,  Samuel  Rim- 
mington, esq.  Lieut.-gen.  of  the  Royal 
Artillery. 

This  officer  was  appointed  2d  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  Royal  Artillery  March  15, 
1771 ;  in  April  embarked  for  Quebec, 
from  thence  went  to  Montreal,  and  in 
August  proceeded  with  a  detachment  to 
Niagara.  In  June  1773,  he  returned  to 
Quebec,  and  embarked  for  England,  In 
December  1775,  he  went  on  the  recruit- 
ing service.  In  March  1776,  be  sailed 
with  four  companies  of  Artillery  for 
Quebec,  and  was  on  the  staff.  On  the 
night  of  the  4th  of  June  following,  he 
,was  at  the  affair  of  the  Three  Rivers, 
Canada,  under  Lord  Dorchester ;  on 
Qjtober  the  11th  following,  was  at  the 
attack  made  on  the  American  fleet  on 
Lake  Cbamplain,  and  commanded  one 
of  the  gun  bouts.  In  July  ]777»  he 
crossed  the  Lake  with  the  army  uud^r 


th«  command  of  General  Biiffojrnty  and 
was  appointed  Commissary  af  l^orse  by 
Gen.  Philips}  on  September  19  baVraa 
at  Freeman's  Farm,  and  the  other  ac- 
tions, until  the  army  surrendered,  pri- 
soners by  conyention.  He  was.  promdted 
First  Lieutenant  July  7»  1779*  In  1781 
he  was  exchanged,  and  joined  the  artil- 
lery at  New  York ;  and  afterwards  com- 
manded a  detachment  of  artillery  at 
Poleshook  and  Kingsbridge,  until  tbc 
peace  took  place.  He  was  appointed 
Captain  Lieutenant,  and  Captain,  Dec. 
1,  1783.  In  1783  he  received  orders  to 
dismantle  those  posts,  and  sent  the  guns 
and  ammunition  on  board  the  transports. 
In  Oct.  1783,  he  received  a  warrant  from 
Lord  Dorchester  to  proceed  to  the  Is- 
land of  Bermuda  to  inspect  and  disband 
the  garrison  battalion,  which  took  place 
in  May  1784.  After  which  he  returned 
to  England. 

In  1787>  the  deceased  again  went  to 
Canada^  an4  continued  there  more  than 
two  years.  In  February  1791*  he  was 
appointed  to  command  the  Art'illery  in 
Scotland,  which  he  did  until  the  peace 
took  place.  On  March  the  24th  that 
year  he  was  made  Captain  of  a  eon»- 
pany  ;  Major  by  brevet,  March  I  j  -1794; 
Lieut.-colonel  by  brevet,  Jan*  1«  17^8; 
Lieut. -col.  Royal  reg.  of  Artillery ,  NoV. 
12,  1800.  In  1802,  being  then  in  bad 
health,  and  unfit  for  foreign  service,  be 
requested  to  be  allowed  to  retire  to  the 
invalid  battalion  at  Woolwicb,  which 
was  granted.  He  was  advanced  to  the 
rank  of  Brevet  Colonel,  April  25,  1808; 
Majur-general,  June  4»  1811;  and  Lieut- 
general  in  1821. 

Major-Gen.  Gk«rgb  Johnstone. 

Dec,  19.  At  Edinburgh,  Major-gen. 
George  Johnstone,  the  only  surviving 
son  of  Msgor  William  Juhnstone,  wbo 
was  descended  from  the  ancient  aqd  ho- 
nourable familv  of  that  name^  Margin- 
raes  of  Annandale  (see  vol.  LXXiii.  i*  p. 
192).  The  Mi^or-general  commenced 
his  military  career  in  1780  as  ai^  Ensign 
in  the  S9tb  Foot,  which  he  then,  joiiied. 
in  Canada.  He  remained  in  this  distin- 
guished corps  for  upwards  of  twenty- 
three  years,  arriving  progressively  at  the 
rank  of  Major ;  during  \<rhieh  )»eriod  he 
served  in  various  parts  of  Ameriol^  on 
the  most  desperate  service  hi  the  WtA 
Indies,  particularly  at  Gf^nada,  in  1793, 
when  the  regiment  was'  nearly  aimibi- 
lated  by  sword  and  disease.;  at  wfaioh 
time  he  aeted  in  the  capacity  of  Hal^r 
of  Brigade  to  the  lata  Brtgadier-g^neral 
Campbell.  Subsequently  be  aervcd  on 
the  Continent,  and  during  th^  wfabU  Of 


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ih%  ftebiUiMi  In  IreUnd.  In  18tt8«09 
tiM  rtltiaf  of  the  New  Bmntwlek  Fen- 
<*Ibkt»  be  was  promoted  to  tbe  Lieute* 
naat-eoloiidcy  of  that  ref  iment,  which 
in  a  rcAarfcaMf  short  period  he  brought 
into  aa  admirable  state  of  disciplioe. 
He  aeted  as  civil  and  miUtaiy  Goremor 
of  the  Province  of  New  Bruncwiek  for  a 
considerable  tine;  and  the  estimation 
in  which  his  eminent  senrices  were  held 
will  be  best  appreciated  by  tbe  very  flat- 
tering addresses  presented  to  him  by  the 
Council,  Houses  of  Assembly,  Mayors  of 
Corporations,  and  all  the  principal  au- 
thorities, on  his  leaving  the  Uolony, 
whieh  were  published  In  most  of  the 
London  papers. 

He  returned  to  England  with  a  view 
of  being  more  actively  employed  in  Ibo 
Peninaula;  but  a  Judicious  and  eipe* 
rienced  officer  being  required  at  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  he  was  selected^ 
and  in  May  1810  appointed  to  the  Lieot. 
Colonelcy  of  the  93d  rsg.  which  he  im- 
mediatety  joined. 

On  tbe  4th  of  J  one,  1814,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  tbe  rank  of  MiO<>^f*n«'*l>  '^ 
appointed  to  tbe  command  of  a  brigade 
destined  to  serve  in  America,  and  re- 
paired to  Cork,  where  he  afsomed  the 
command  of  it;  but  the  unexpected  es- 
cape of  Buonaparte  from  Elba  occasion- 
ed a  change,  and  he  was  ordered  to  pro* 
eeed  therewith,  and  place  himself  under 
the  orders  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington, 
with  whose  army  he  served  at  the  me- 
morable Battle  of  Waterloo,  and  on  va« 
rious  other  oecationt,  till  the  army  of 
occupation  quieted  France. 

This  gallant,  zealous,  intrepid  officer, 
and  most  truly  accomplii bed  gentleman, 
was  no  less  difttinguiihed  by  hi«  private 
virtues  than  bis  long  and  eminent  ser- 
vices to  bis  country ;  be  indeed  |>ossessed 
every  good  quality  wbi^b  could  adorn 
tlie  human  heart,  and  his  memory  will 
ever  be  held  dear  by  those  who  had  the 
honour  and  happiness  of  his  acquaint- 
ance. W.  M. 

[It  will  be  seen  by  tbe  preceding  Me- 
moir, mi'.h  which  we  have  been  favoured 
by  a  Correspondent,  that  most  of  tbe  in- 
cidents attributed  to  Major-f^n.  George 
Johnstone  in  p.  180,  belong  to  another 
ii«dividual«— Edit.] 

Major-Gbm.  Sia  D.Ochtbrlonv,  Bart. 

Jufy  15,  1895.  At  Meerut,  whither 
he  had  gone  for  change  of  air.  Sir  David 
Ochteriony,  hart.  Major-K«neral  In  the 
Army  of  the  East  Indies,  Colonel  of  98th 
regiment  of  Native  Infantry  in  Bengal, 
and  Knight  Grand  Cross  of  tbe  Bath. 

This  distinguished  officer,  bom  Feb. 


IS,  175a»  was  thu  eldMt  ton  of  David: 
Osittrl^yi  of  Boston,  New  Eoglaad, 
Hit  paternal  gfeat-gtandisihery  Alezanw 
der  Ochteriony,  was  Laird  of  Fstfbrthy, 
in  the  ommty  of  Angus.  Whan  elghteeQ 
he  went  to  India  as  a  endet  %  was  ap« 
pointed  ensign  on  tlie  Bengal  establish* 
meat  in  February  1778 ;  and  becama 
Lieutenant  in  September  following.  Hit 
regiment  (the  f4th  N.  I.)  fonnad  part  of 
the  relnforeement  sent  from  Bengal 
under  CoL  Fearse  to  Madras,  in  oonso* 
queooe  of  tiie  irruptkm  of  Hyder  Ali 
into  the  Camatie,  and  the  total  defeat 
of  Col.  Baillie,  In  the  Guntoor  airear. 
The  detachment  marched  along  the  tea* 
coast  1,100  miles»  and  Jk>inad  the  foroa 
assembled  under  Lieut.-gan.  Sir  Eyre 
Coote  oa  tbe  Choukry  Plain.  The  cam- 
paigns which  succeeded  vera  moel  ar* 
duoas.  Cuddalore,  captured  by  the 
French  General  Duchemin  in  1783,  was 
besieged  by  Major-general  Stuart  in 
June  1783.  A  sally  was  made  by  the 
French  troops  upon  the  Bengal  Sepoys 
(including  the  94th  regiment)  whilst  In 
the  trenches,  who  received  tbe  attack  oa 
the  point  of  the  bayonet,  and  Anally  re* 
poised  the  assailants.  The  testimony  of 
Gen.  Stuart  to  the  eonduot  of  bis  troopa 
is  of  the  warmest  kind :  **  Nothing,  I 
believe,  in  history,  ever  exceeded  the 
heroism  and  coolness  of  this  army  in 
general."  LieoL  Ochteriony  here  wa^ 
dmperately  wounded  and  taken  prisoner. 
After  the  death  of  Hyder,  In  1789,  he 
was  restored  to  liberty ;  and  in  Jantiary 
1785,  the  Bengal  troops  returned  to 
Calcutta,  the  dietachment  having  been 
reduced  from  upwards  of  MMO  men  to 
less  than  900a  Governor  General  Hast- 
ings visited  these  brave  troops  at  their 
encampment  at  Ghyretty,  and  in  the 
order  which  he  issued  on  that  occasion, 
dated  January  95,  1785,  he  paid  the 
warmest  tribute  to  their  courage  and 
eonduct. 

Tbe  services  of  Lieot.  Ochteriony 
were  rewarded  with  the  staff  appoints 
ment  of  Judge  Advocate  General  of  one 
of  the  divisions  of  tbe  army,  a  post 
which  he  retained  many  years.  In  Jan. 
1796  he  rose  to  the  rank  of  Captain^ 
and  in  April  1800  to  that  of  Major.  In 
1803  he  was  appointed  Lieut .-eolunel, 
and  with  his  regiment,  the  19th  N.  I. 
was  employed  in  the  operations  under 
General  (aftei  wards  Lord)  take.  In  tha 
arrangemenu  for  disconcer^ng  the  greet 
Mahratu  confederacy  to  eatpel  the  Bri- 
tish, and  acquire  an  aseendanej  ty  the 
possemion  of  the  person  of  Shah  Alumy 
the  nominal  Sovepsigo  of  Delhi,  Lieotr 
col.  Ochteriony  was  attadmd  to  the 
grand  army  under  Genaral  Lake  aa  M- 


W6 


OBiTVARX.-^ilf<3[/of<-0€n.  iSIr  D.Ochterhfnf,Bafi.  '  [Miirdi; 


Jutant  general.  He  was  consequently 
present  at  the  affair  at  Coel,  Aug.  99$ 
the  assault  of  AUyghur^  Sept.  4^  and  the 
great  battle  of  Delhi^  Sept.  U,  which 
restored  the  descendant  of  the  Moghul 
Emperors,  and  exalted  the  character  and 
prowess  of  the  British  army  in  the  esti- 
mation of  the  native  powers.  Lieut.- 
eol.  Ochterlony  was  then  nominated  re- 
sident at  the  Court  of  Delhi.  Next  year 
be  sustained,  with  Lieut.-col.  Burn,  a 
desperate  attempt  of  the  Mahrattas  un- 
der Holkar  to  recover  possession  of 
Delhi ;  and  also  had  to  controul  a  rest- 
less and  discontented  populace.  For 
this  well-performed  service  he  obtained, 
Oct.  24,  1804,  the  Governor's  <*  earnest 
thanks  and  unqualified  approbation." 

Peace  being  completely  re-established 
in  this  quarter,  Lieut.-col.  Ochterlony 
was  appointed  to  the  command  of  Alia* 
babad,  in' which  he  remained  until  the 
Nepaul  war  called  him  into  more  active 
service.  He  had  been  promoted  to  a 
Colonelcy  in  January  1812,  and  was 
made  a  Major-general  in  June  1814. 
The  only  part  of  the  plan  for  the  inva- 
sion of  the  Nepaulese  territories  com- 
pletely successful  was  that  entrusted  to 
Gen.  Ochterlony.  He  was  destined,  bow- 
ever,  to  gain  still  brighter  distinctions 
in  this  war.  Although  a  treaty  had  been 
signed  by  the  Rajah*s  deputies,  the  Ra- 
}ali  refused  to  ratify  it,  and  the  British 
troops  again  took  the  field.  The  chief 
command  was  now  given  to  Major-gen. 
Ochterlony.  The  succeeding  operations 
are  still  the  theme  of  applause  amongst 
military  men.  The  passage  of  the  great 
Saul  Forest  without  the  loss  of  a  man, — 
the  turning  of  the  celebrated  Cbeeriag- 
hautee  Pass  by  a  rugged,  precipitous, 
and  frightful  country,  not  unaptly  com- 
pared to  the  Alps  and  Pyrennees, — and 
the  total  defeat  of  the  enemy  in  a  des- 
perate action  on  the  heights  of  Muck- 
wanpore,  which  induced  the  Nepaulese 
Rajah  to  accept  with  joy  the  very  condi- 
tions which  a  few  vieeks  previously  he 
iiad  rejected  with  disdain.  The  treaty 
which  had  been  signed  Sept.  3,  1815j 
was  ratified  March  4,  1816.  These  ser- 
vices  were  liberally  rewarded.  The  Ge- 
neral was  created,  April  1815,  a  Knight 
Commander  of  the  Bath  (one  of  the  first 
.officers  of  the  Company  who  received  that 
honour),  he  was  raised  to  the  dignity  of 
«  Baronet,  March  7,  1816 ;  the  East  In^ 
tlia  Company  granted  him  a  pension  of 
-1000/.  per  annum ;  in  December  1816 
he  was  created  a  Knight  Grand  Cross  pf 
the  Bath  9  and  in  February  1817,  he  had 
4he  honour  to  receive  the. Thanks  of 
•beth  Houses  of  Parliament.  The  Prince 
-Aegent  was  likewise  pleased  to  grant 
liim  certain  honourable  armorial  aug- 


mentations:— on  an  enbsttled  cfaief^- 
two  banners  in  saltire,  the  one^  of  the 
Mahratta  States,  inscribed  *' Delhi;" 
the  other,  of  the  States  of  Nepaul,  in- 
scribed *<  Nepaul,"  the  ttavet  broken^ 
and  encircled  by  a  wreath  of  laurel ;  the 
crest,  out  of  an  Eastern  ierown,  inscribed. 
"Nepaul,"  an  arm  issuant,  the  hand 
grasping  a  baton  of  command,  entwined 
by  an -olive  branch,  '<  in  consideration 
of  his  highly  distinguished  services  dur- 
ing thirty-nine  years.*'  Nor  were  the 
Indian  princes  backward  in  testifying 
their  admiration  of  Sir  David's  talents. 

In  the  Mahratta  and  Pindarry  war  of 
1817  and  1818,  Sir  David  had  a  princi- 
pal command, — the  superintendance  of 
the  fifth  division,  under  the  immediate 
orders  of  Brigadier  Arnold ;  to  whom  he 
soon  transferred  the  command,  in  order 
to  assume  the  difficult  office  of  settling 
the  distracted  province  of  Rajpootana, 
for  which  purpose  he  was  invested  witb 
large  discretionary  powers.  In  Decem- 
ber 1817,  be  concluded  a  treaty  with  the 
Patan  chief.  Ameer  Khan,  and  gained 
over  all  the  petty  chiefs  in  that  quarter 
to  the  British  interests.  In  April  18l8v 
he  was  appointed  resident  at  Rajpoo- 
tana, with  the  command  of  the  troops. 
In  December  the  same  year,  .he  wa» 
al^ain  appointed  to  the  residentsbip  of 
Delhi,  with  Jeypore  annexed,  and  the 
command  of  the  third  division  of  the 
grand  army.  He  was  afterwards  en- 
trusted with  the  superintendance  of  the 
affairs  of  Central  India,  as  resident  and 
political  agent  in  Malwa  and  Rajpoo- 
tana. Towards  the  Utter  end  of  1834 
the  political  dissentions  in  the  state  of 
Jeypore  obliged  h\vA  to  take  the  field, 
but  an  adjustment  of  affairs  took  place. 

His  health,  after  nearly  fifty  years  of 
uninterrupted  service,  at  length  became 
impaired,  and  he  was  constrained,  on 
June  1825,  to  resign  the  political  office; 
with  the  intention  of  proceeding  to  Cal- 
cutta, and  afterwards  to  England,  He 
went  for  change  of  air  to  Meerut,  where 
he  died.  Sir  David  was  never  married : 
but  the  title  is  not  extinct,  being  limited 
to  Charles  Metcalfe  Ochterlony,  e8,q.  son 
of  Roderick  Peregrine  Ochterlony,  esq. 
deceased. 


Rev.  G£org£  Wollaston,  D.D. 

Feb,  14.  At  his  house,  Greenstdei 
Richmond,  Surrey,  in  his  8^t1i  year,  the 
Rev.  George  Wollaston,. D.D.  for  some 
time  father  of  the  Royal  SocSetyj  and  63 
years  an  incorporated^  member  of  the 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gos- 
pel. •^  ■ 
.  He  was  the  youngest,  son  of  Fraqtis 
Wollaston,  esq.  of  Chart efhouse-square. 


10te.]    OiiTUAftT.— Jto.  Dr.  WoilmimLr^tUw.  J*  B.BUumaff.      977 

1783  to  Oriel  College,  Odbrdi  in  Lent 
Tern,  1786,  he  took  tbe  defiee  of  BJi. 
aiid,  bed  there  been  in  tboee  dejre  eny 
opportunity  of  obtaining  eredit  In  tbe 
esemination  of  at pimou  to  that  boneor, 
there  «en  be  no  doubt  tbet  he  would  havn 
highly  dietinguished  hiniielf.  At  the 
election  of  Fellows  of  Oriel  In  the  Bit- 
ter week  of  1787,  be  wet  en>ong  tho 
eendidetct  for  that  dignity,*  and  tbete 
being  tbtee  vacancies  of  open  fellow- 
ships,  independently  of  one  which  was 
confined  to  the  natives  of  Sonenetshire, 
it  was  supposed  liy  all  who  knew  hie 
qualifications,  anil  tbe  extreme  regn- 
larity  of  bis  conduct  in  the  University, 
that  be  necessarily  most  have  been  soo- 
oessfttl  on  that  occasion.  The  leading 
nembers  of  the  society,  however,  had 
imbibed  a  most  unaccountable  and  on* 
warrantable  prejudice  against  him» 
which  they  evinced  by  preferring  thten 
members  of  bis  own  College  to  him  that 
year  \  and  in  the  following  one,  wben^ 
there  being  two  vacancies,  he  again 
offered  himself  to  their  choice,  against 
his  own  Judgment,  and  in  conformity  to 
tbe  advice  of  an  intimate  friend,  by  ttieir 
electing  one  gentleman  from  Christ 
Cburcb,  and  another  from  Worcester 
College.  It  would  be  invidious  to  men- 
tion the  names  of  the  five  persons  who 
were  considered  by  tbe  Provost  and 
Fellows  of  Oriel  as  more  estimable  than 
Mr.  Blakeway  at  these  elections,  nor  if 
it  intended  to  insinuate  that  they  did 
not  possess  considerable  merit,'  but  in 
those  points  which  in  a  competition  of 
this  kind  ought  to  have  had  tbe  prinei* 
pal  weight  with  the  electors,  vie.  in  ge- 
neral scbolartbip,  and  in  talents  for 
composition,  there^can  be  no  doubt  that 
they  were  greatly  inferior  to  that  gen- 
tleman. 

Mr.  Blakeway  followed  the  profession 
of  the  law  in  early  life,  and  was  called 
to  the  Bar  in  1789-  He  went  the  Op- 
ford  Circuit  for  several  years,  and  it  is 
tbe  opinion  of  many  of  his  friends  that, 
if  he  bad  continued  in  that  profession, 
he  might,  notwithstanding  tbe  disad- 
vantage of  a  slight  impediment  in  his 
speech,  have  attained  a  share  of  its  ho- 
nours and  emoluments;  but  in  the  year 
1793,  in  consequence  of  a  most  unex- 
4)ected  change  in  the  circumstances  of 
his  family,  he  was  induced  to  take  or- 
ders. In  the  early  part  of  1794,  be  was 
presented  by  bis  uncle,  the  late' Rev. 
Edward  Blakeway,  who  happened  to  be 
Mayor  of  Shrewsbury  that  year,  to  the 
ministry  of  St.  Mary's  in  that  town  ;  and 
on  that  gentleman's  death,  in  1795, 
he  succeeded  him  in  the  Vicarage  of 
Neen  Savage,  and  in  the  Rectory  of  Fel- 
ton  near  Bristol }  the  former  of  which 


grandson  of  Mr.  WoUaston,  the  learned 
anthor  of  <*  The  Religion  of  Nature  deli- 
neated," and  brother-in-law  of  the  late 
celebrated  Dr.  Heberden,  author  of 
'*  Commentaries  on  the  History  and 
Cure  of  fliseases.** 

Dr.  WolUston  was  edncated  at  the 
Charterhouse,  and  afterwards  at  Sidney 
College,  Cambridge,  where  in  I7S8  he 
took  a  very  distinguished  degree  of  BLA. 
being  second  wrangler  of  that  year,  and 
proceeded  M.A.  1761  \  D.D.  1774.  9oeh 
was  the  high  character  he  siutained, 
that  be  was  chosen  mathematical  lec- 
turer ;  and  while  at  Cambridge  he  was 
also  engaged  in  editing  Newton's  Prtn- 
eipia,  in  which  he  was  assisted  by  Dr. 
John  Jebb  and  Mr.  Thorp.  He  was 
contemporary  in  the  University  with 
Gray,  Twining,  and  Dr.  Farmer,  and 
with  Dr.  Paley,  Bishop  Porteus,  Bishop 
Hallifax,  and  Bishop  Watson,  with  all 
of  whom  be  was  intimate.  He  was  pre- 
sented to  tbe  Rectory  of  Stratford,  Suf- 
folk, in  1754,  and  to  tbe  Rectory  of 
Dengey  in  Essex,  in  Dec.  176i.  On  bis 
resignation  of  the  living  of  Stratford,  he 
was  collated  in  March  1774,  by  the 
Archbifbop  of  Canterbury,  to  the  Rec- 
tory of  St.  Mary  Aldermary,  with  St. 
Thomas  tbe  Apostle,  in  the  City  of  Lon- 
don. And  it  would  be  injustice  to  bis 
memory,  were  we  not  to  notice  that  he 
resigned  both  these  livings  several  years 
ago,  from  motives  the  most  benevolent 
and  disinterested. 

Dr.  Wollaston  married  Elixabetb,  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Charles  Palmer,  esq. 
of  Thurnscue  Hall,  co.  York,  by  whom 
he  had  one  daughter,  married  to  the 
Rev.  James  Cowe,  M.A.  Vicar  of  Sun- 
bunr,  Middlesex. 

The  deceased  was  a  sound,  orthodox 
divine,  a  profound  biblical  scholar,  and 
a  firm  belirrer  in  the  doctrines  of  reli- 
gion as  professed  in  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. He  was  of  a  cheerful  temper,  and 
of  mild  manners;  and  perhaps  no  man 
ever  passed  through  life  with  less  of  a 
worldly  mind. 

Rbv.  J.  B.  Blakeway,  F.SA. 

March  iO.  At  Shrewsbury,  in  his  Gist 
year,  the  Rev.  John  Brirkdale  Blake- 
way, MA.  and  F.S.A.  Minister  and  Otfi- 
cial  Pruifipal  of  the  peculiar  jurisdiction 
of  St.  Mary's  in  that  tuwn,  and  Vicar  of 
Neen  Savage  near  Bewdlcy. 

He  wa«  the  eldest  son  of  the  late 
Juihua  Blakeway,  esq.  of  Shrewsbury, 
by  Elizabeth,  st«ter  of  Matthew  Brick- 
dale,  esq.  M.I*,  in  several  Parliaments 
fur  tbe  city  of  Bristol ;  and  was  born  in 
June  1765.  He  was  educated  at  West- 
minster School,  whence  be  removed  in 


97B       Obituart.<«-Acv.  /.  B.  Biakewajf.^^Rev*  J»  Taumsind*    [MareBj 


benefices  vas  g}wen  him  bj  Lord  Cbati- 
cellor  Loogrbboroiigb,  and  the  latter  by 
bis  materaal  uncle,  Mr.  firickdale. 

In  October  1797t  he  married  Eliza- 
beth, the  youngest  daughter  of  Thomas 
Wilkieson,  esq.  a  Hamburgh  and  Dutch 
merchant,  who  formerly  resided  on  or 
near  Blackbeatb,  by  whom  be  had  no 
issue. 

In  1800,  he  was  presented  by  the  late 
Mr.  Childe  to  the  Vicarage  of  Kinlet, 
and-  soon  afterwards,  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  his  uncle   Mr.  Brickdale,  he 
most  handsomely  resigned  Felton,  which 
being  under  81.* in  King  Henry  Vlll.'s 
valuation,  was  tenable  with  bis  other 
preferments.    From  the  time  of  his  in- 
(luotioB  to  Kinlet,  till  the  year  1815, 
he  divided  his  time  l)etween  that  place 
and  Shrewsbury,  but  finding  it  inconve*^ 
iiient  to  keep  up  two  houses,  he  gave  up 
Kinlet  in  that  year,  and  thenceforth  ex- 
olusiyely  resided  in    his    natire  town, 
whieb    was  unquestionably  a   kind  of 
life  much  more  suited  to  his  habits  and 
disposition  than   the    retirement  of   a 
country  village ;  for,  though  extremely 
etudioos,  he  was  no  less  fond  of  society 
than  of  his  books,  and  was  hardly  ever 
without  staying  company  in  his  bouse. 
In  early  life  be  suffered  most  severely 
from  that   most    painful  disorder  the 
asthma  I  but  during  the  last  S5  years  he 
seemed  to  have  completely  got  the  bet- 
ter of  it,  and  he  enjoyed  upon  the  whole 
extremely  good    health.     About  three 
years  ago  a  tumour  began  to  show  it- 
self on  bis  left  bip^  which  continuing  to 
increase,  he  was  under  the  necessity  of 
having  it  punctured  about  the   begin- 
ning of  the  present  year.    Tbe  opera- 
tion was  repeated  at  the  expiration  of 
three  weeks,  and  was  again  performed 
on    the    8th    of   March,    and    as    the 
eonseqaent  discharge   became   less   on 
each  successive  operation,  his    friends 
iadulged  a  sanguine  but  delusive  hope 
that  the  tumour  would  be  gradually  dis- 
persed; but,  alas!  his  constitution  was 
not  sufficiently  strong  to  produce   this 
effect.     In   three   days  after  the  third 
puncture,  he   complained  of  pain,  in- 
flammation, and  fever;  and  on  tbe  11th 
took  to  his  bed,  whence  be  never  rose. 
He  was  perfectly  aware  of  his  situation, 
and  died  with  tbe  greatest  composure, 
relying  on  the  merits  of  his  Redeemer 
for  acceptance  at  tbe  throne  of  grace, 
and  in  perfect  charity  with  all  mankind. 
It  is,  perhaps,  not  saying  too  much, 
to   assert  that   Mr.  Blakeway  may  be 
ranked  among  tbe  most  universally  well 
itiformed  persons  that  ever  existed.     He 
was  not  indeed  very  profound  in  any 
branch  of  learning,  but  he  was  more 
than  superficial  in  all  i  be  was  neither  a 


Parr,  a  Por<on,  noir  A  Bunleyi  favt  fa^ 
was  nevertheless  a  most  excellent  Greek 
and  Latin,  and  a  tolerably  good  Hebrew 
scholar.  He  was  a  sotiind  if  net  a  deep 
theologian  ;  and  he  was  most  intinMtdy 
acquainted  with  the  History  and  Antiqui- 
ties of  his  native  town,  of  which  he  has 
given  a  decided  pcoof  in  the  admirable? 
work  which,  conjointly  with  bis  friend' 
Mr.  Archdeacon  Owen,  be  lately  com- 
mitted to  the  press,  wbieb  be  just  lived' 
to  complete,  and  whioby  with  the  ex* 
ception  of  a  few  single  sermons,  and  one 
or  two  small  pamphlets,  was  tbe  only 
composition  that  fate  published. . 

With  respect  to  his  moral  and  reli-- 
gioos  charaeter^  it  is  impossible  to  speak= 
in  too  high  terms;  he  was  severe  in  his 
judgment  of  himself  and  his  own  errors^ 
but  candour  itself  with  regard  to-  others* 
He  was  a  most  dutiful  and  affectionate 
son,  a  kind  and  attentive  husband,  an 
indulgent  master,  peculiarly  and  sea- 
lously  attached  to  all  his  relations,  and 
indefatigable  in  promoting  their  inte- 
rests. Above  all,  be  was  a  most  faithful 
and  invaluable  friend,  as  the  writc*r  of 
this  article,  who  bad  the  honour  (€»r 
such  he  has  always  considered  it)  of  en-, 
joying  bis  friendship  during  a  period  of 
more  t  ban  4&  years,  and  who  does  not  scru- 
ple to  admit  that  be  learned  more  frons 
him  than  he  did  from  all  the  books  thatv 
he  has  ever  read,  can  from  bis  own  ex- 
perience testify.  May  that  friendship 
he  continued  and  perfected  in  a  better 
state  of  being ! 

Rev,  John  Towmsend. 

Feb,  J.  In  Jamaica-row,  Bermondsey^ 
in  bis  69th  year,  tbe  Rev.  John  Town- 
send.  This  amiable  and  excellent  man, 
for  about  40  years  last  pasty  exercised  in 
a  most  useful  and  instructive  manner, 
at  a  Chapel  in  that  street,  his  ministerial 
functions  as  the  Pastor  of  a  congrega* 
tion  of  Protestant  Dissenters.  By  them 
and  by  all  who  bad  the  happiness  of 
knowing  him,  he  was  very  highly  re* 
garded  as  a  laborit>us  and  exemplary  Mi- 
nister of  the  Christian  dispensation,  and 
ardently  beloved  for  bis  uniform  practice 
of  the  pious,  affectionate,  and  charitable 
virtues  of  tbe  Gospel.  Nor  was  he  mort 
admired  by  those  who  participated  in 
tbe  benefits  of  his  professional  duties 
and  social  intercourse,  than  he  was  re^ 
spected  for  his  undeviating  candour  and 
kindness  by  the  members  of  the  Esta- 
blished Church.  Mr.  Townsend  was  the 
friend  and  supporter  of  all  the  ebarita* 
ble  institutions  of  those Christiafis-wbom 
his  opinions  of  Divine  Tratb  led-  bim 
more  immediately  to  associate  •  with > 
but  his  name  will  descead  to  foti^ti^' 


l^m 


O«lT0JJIT««-iZt0ii  /,  TotPJlfMNL 


V9 


Ah§9  M  tlM  feondcr  oC  tW  AqrKiM  ibr 
th8  JBdvcatioa  of  tiM  Dmt  mm!  DMib 
ChiUran  of  tbo  Poor.*  . 

Sooie  aci|iiaiiitMieo  wiili  a  fwrtoo 
ttufht  io  tbo  Uu«  Mr.  Braidiirood't 
Sebool  at  Hackney,  And  mom  eonvorta* 
tiona  with  the  mucber  of  two  deaf  and 
damb  ebildreo,  firtt  led  Mr.  Towntend 
to  tbink  on  tbit  i objeet  i  and  wben  tbe 
idea  bad  occurred  to  bim  of  a  pubKo 
cb^ritj  for  tbe  beneAt  of  tbe  emHrt  thtss 
of  tbete  unbappy  cbildren  of  pemiry,  de* 
privation,  and  mental  darknesty  bit  en-* 
lil^btened  and  liberal  mind  immediately 
parceiTcd  tbat  sucb  an  institution  eoold 
not  be  lenerally  useful,  coold  not  take 
in  all  tbe  probable  applicanU,— eoold 
not,  in  sbort,  obtain  general  support, 
witboot  tbe  aid  and  patronage  of  tbe 
Ettablisbed  Cburcb.  After  be  bad  drawn 
up  an  address  to  tbe  Publick,  and  eom* 
mitted  bis  sentiments  to  writing,  be 
therefore  communicated  tbem  to  tbe 
Rev.  Henry  Cox  Mason^  tben  Vioar  of 
Bermondsey,  and  to  Henry  Tbomton, 
esq.  requesting  their  assistance  in  carry* 
ing  into  clfect  tbe  idea  be  bad  formed. 
This  assistance  be  obtained  in  tbe  rea- 
diest and  most  efAcient  manner.  Thus 
tbe  present  Institution  was  founded, 
and  tbe  germ  tbbs  wisely  and  humanely 
planted,  bath  been  nourished  by  tbe 
blessing  of  Proridence  and  the  patronage 
of  tbe  whole  commonlty,  until  it  is  now 
enabled  to  diffuse  its  eomforts  and  ad- 
vantages to  every  part  of  tbe  empire. 

Tbe  sentiments  and  feelings  of  tbe 
conductors  of  tbe  Asylum  for  Deaf  and 
Dumb  may  be  best  seen  in  tbe  following 
extracts  from  tbe  Minutes  of  tbe  pro- 
ceedings of  its  attentive,  laborious,  and 
eicflleiit  Cummitlec. 

About  three  years  sitice,  tbe  Com- 
roictee  observing  with  tbe  deepest  regret 
tbe  drcliiiing  beaUb  of  their  valued 
friend  and  associate,  were  anxiously  de- 
sirous of  perpetuating  his  memory  and 
distinguisheJ  services  to  the  Asylum  for 
Deftf  and  Dumb  ;  but  being  aUu  equally 
desirous  tbat  no  part  of  the  funds  be- 
sfo«»ed  for  the  charitable  purposes  of 
tbe  InstitutifMi  should  be  diverted  frofti 
tbat  channel,  they  entered  into  a  volun- 
tary and  separate  subscription,  confined 
entirely  to  the  officers  and  committee. 
A  bust  was  onlered,  and  admirably  exe- 
cuted hy  Mr.  Bebnet,  a  sculptor  of  dis- 
tinguished abilities,  who  had  upon  a 
former  occasion  shewed  great  attention 
and  kindness  to  one  of  tbe  pupils  of  this 
estabtisbment.  The  bust  is  placed  in  an 
appropriate  part  of  tbe  committee-room 
■^"^— ^— — ^^^i^— ^— ^»^^—  I.       ■      ■  » 

*  A  full  account  of  the  A»ylum,  ae- 
eonpanied  with  a  view  of  tbe  building, 
IS  giVeo  in  vol.  Icii.  i.  303. 


at  tba  AaykMKy  Mid  ladwr  fl-^W 
)ei«td  imeripcion  m  Xh%  piimal  t 

•«TldtbMtof  tiM  IUT.JobnTs 
•nd.  Founder  of  the  Aiylaoi  tm  fba 
Deaf  and  Dumb  ChiMroa  of  t^  Poor  la 
179S»  was  presented  to  tba  Cbarlty  \m 
1894,  by  hU  Royal  Hifhaait  tbo  Duko 
of  Glooeetter  tbe  PatiWH  tbo  Vtoa-Prot. 
eidents^  tbe  Treaaurtr,  and  tbo  Cam^ 
nittae,  as  a  mark  of  tkoir  bigfa  eatoam 
and  regard,  and  to  perpatuato  hit  mm^ 
nory  for  tbe  nany  important  and  val«» 
able  senrieet  raadared  by  hloi  totbit  In* 
ititation." 

Extract  from  tiM  MInutM  oC  the  Sin 
January,  1895  t 

<•  Resolved— Tbat  tht  Butt  now  pro^ 
aented  by  Mr.  Hough  on  bahalf  of  tha 
sobseribers  for  tbe  taoto,  be  aeeopted 
for  tbe  Instltntlon,  with  feelingt  of  grate* 
ful  reeolleetion  of  the  eminent  tervkei 
of  tbo  Rev.  JohnrTowntend,  the  Ibyndtr 
of  this  Charity :  who,  after  having  com* 
municatad  the  firtt  ldaa«  and  ptoented 
tbe  neceasary  patronage  and  meant  of 
ettablitbing  the   liiatitatlon^  gtttt  hit 
pertonal  attendance  at  the  teveral  meet*> 
ingt  of  the  Committee,  with  toeh  dbK 
tingnisbed  aeal  and  ponetaality,  that, 
altbcmgb  tobjected  to  the  tame  ordeal 
as  the  other  members  of  the  Committee, 
be  bad  not  during  tbe  long  space  of  88 
years  once  ceased  to  be  a  member  of  the 
Committee;  tbat  the  Instltotk>n  hu  dur*- 
ing  tbat  time  had  the  great  advantage, 
of  bis  eminent  fostering  eare  and  abtlK 
ties  in  the  utoal  hotineM  and  eonsaktf- 
tlons  of  tbe  Committees ;  and  betldca 
these  important  benefits  conferred  on 
tbe  Charity,  Mr.  Towntend  bad  during 
the  same  period  taken  upon  himself  the 
peculiar,  tbe  benevolent,  and  the  very 
productive  task  of  travelUng  upwards  of 
4300  miles  through  tbe  different  coun- 
ties for  tbe  purpose  of  making  tbe  Insti- 
tution known  and  augmenting  tbe  funds, 
by  preaching  upwards  of  190  times  on 
its  behalf,  which  bad  produced  tbe  tnm 
of  3139/.  At.Sd.  in  congregational  col- 
lections i  in  addition  to  tbe  many  sub- 
scriptions and  donations  amounting  to 
tbe  further  sum  of  upwards  of  four  thou- 
sand pounds,  which  his  numerous  ap- 
peals had  procured  at  various  times  and 
in  different  parts  of  tbe  kingdom." 

Extract  from  tbe  Minutes  of  tbe  ISth 
Feb.  1896:— 

**  In  recording  the  lots  tbe  Charity  bat 
sustained  in  tbe  lamented  death  of  the 
worthy  and  much-esteemed  Sub-Trea- 
surer tbe  Rev.  John  Tow nsend,  the  Com* 
mittee  refer  with  much  satisfaction  to 
tbe  grateful  tribute  of  respeet  which  was 
paid  to  bis  valuable  services  In  the  Mi- 
nute of  tbe  3 1st  of  January,  1895,  on 
tbe  occasion  of  a  marble  butt,  presented 


S80  03iTUAat.— /.  Whiieford,  Esq.'^.  T.  SerreB^  E$q.    [Maitfa, 

to  the  Institution  oii  bebalf  of  his  Royal  found  to  be  mortal^  and  coDsaqoentiy  all 

Highness  the  Patron*  several  of  the  Vice-  hnmsB  aid  was  ineffectual.    Mr^  Wnite- 

presideiits,    and  the    members  of   the  ford  breathed  his  last  in  about  two  hours 

Committee,  for  the  purpose  of  being  after  the  lamenlable  accident.   The  father 

placed  in  the  Asylum  as  a  durable  me-  and  mother  of  the  deceased  were  witnesses 

norial  of  the  Founder.  of  his  last  moments.    The  Jury  who  at- 

^From  the  origin  of  the  Institution  to  tended  the  Inquest  on  the-  followihg  day, 

the  last  meeting  of  the  Committee,  In-  after  yiewing  the  body,  and  hearing  the 


eluding  a  period  of  34  years,  the  Charity 
has  had  the  benefit  of  his  counsel,  of  bis 
unremitting  attention,  and  of  bis  unceas- 
ing solicitude  for  its  welfare. 

f' Nine  hundred  and  ten  children  have 
been  received  under  the  fostering  care 
of  the  Charity,  who  might,  perhaps,  but 
for  his  benevolent  exertions  in  its  esta« 
blishment,  have  never  participated  in 
the  comforts  and  advantages  arising 
from  their  intercourse  with  civilized  so- 


evidence,  returned  a  verdict  of  Accidental 
death. 

Mr.  Whiteford  was  bred  to  arms,  and 
served  for  the  space  of  twenty-three  years 
in  the  l5th  reg.  of  Hussars.  He  held  the 
rank  of  Captain  at  Waterloo,  where  he 
was  shot  in  the  side  by  a  ball,  which  re- 
mained unextracted.  He  was  afterwards 
advanced  to  the  rank  of  Major,  and  in 
consequence  of  his  woimd  retired  from  the 
regiment.     His  rank  and  half.pay,  it  is 


ciety,  or  have  been  made  sensible  of  the  **'<*i  ^c^e  disposed  of  a  short  time  pre- 

hopes  and  prospects  to  which  as  immor-  ^'<>"*  'o  bis  decease, 

tal  beings  it  should  be  the  object  of  Like  blighted  leaves,  around  us  fiiU 
erery  human  creature  to  aspire.  The  young,  the  gifl«d,  and  the  brave ; 

'*The  Committee  cannot  conclude  this  And  they  the  most  belov'd  of  all, 
siffectionate  testimony  to  the  memory  of         Seem  earliest  fated  to  the  grave, 

their  departed  friend,  without  express-  ^j^i^  ^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^.      ^^  ^         ^ 
,ng  the  smcere  regret  tbey  feel,  that         ^nd  gladness  lighten'!  o'er  thy  brow 

they  shall  no   longer   participate  in  a  ^hen  evening  flung  across  the  West 


share  of  that  kind  and  constant  regard 
which  he  during  a  long  and  useful  life 
.was  in  the  uniform  habit  of  affording  to 
so  many  of  the  benevolent  and  charita- 
ble establishments  of  the  country;  nor 
can  they  refrain  from  declaring  their 
sincere  desire  that  his  amiable  and 
Christian  temper,  as  well  as  his  consis- 


Her  darkening  slumbers — where  wert  thou? 
Without  one  sign  or  warning  given 

To  tell  of  danger  lurking  near. 
With  sudden  wrench  the  cnain  was  riven. 

Which  kept  thy  pilgrim  footsteps  here.   . 
And  tears  of  agony  were  shed. 

And  still  are  shed  for  thee — in  vain  ; 


tent  and  upright  example,  maybe  re-     They  cannot  wake  the  slumbering  dead 


jnembered  and  imitated  in  the  future 
conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the  Charity,  so 
that  it  may  long  be  said,  «  Though  he 
be  dead,  yet  he  still  speaketh." 

John  Whiteford,  Esq. 

Dec.  15.  At  Bramford,  in  Suffolk, 
John  Whiteford,  esq.  the  eldest  son  of 
Sir  John  Whiteford,  of  Upper  Brook- 
street,  Ipswich. 

This  gentleman  met  with  his  death  un- 
der the  following  melancholy  circum- 
stances. He  was  shooting  wifh  Mr.  Frank- 
.lyn,  of  Bramford  Hall,  and  was  a  little  in 
advance  of  his  companion,  about  the  dis 


To  life  and  consciousness  again. 

And  those  ^ho  knew  thee' not  have  wept 
hi  unfeign'd  sorrow  for  thy  fate. 

And  raourn'd  with  those  whom  thou  hast 
left; 
So  anguish'd  and  so  desolate. 

Let  them  not  grieve,  though  earth  has  now 
ResignM  thy  spirit  to  the  skies ;  , 

But  pray  to  Him  who  gave  the  blow, 
T,o  meet  thee  In  his  Paradise. 

J.  T.  SERRESy  Esq. 

Dec,  28.  John-Thomas  Serres,  Esq. 
an  artist  of  high  celebrity,  who  was  Ma- 
rine Painter  to  his  late  Majesty,  the  Ad^ 


tsnce  of  a  yard,  when  Mr.  Franklyn's  foot     miralty,   and   his  Royal  Highness  the 


slipping*  while  in  the  act  of  steppin^c  over 
some  water,  he  fell  on  his  hands  and  knees, 
and  in  falling  his  gun  went  off,  and  lodged 
,it»  contents  in  the  body  of  Mr.  Whiteford. 
The  agony  of  Mr.  Franklyn  was  extreme : 
he  sprung  from  the  ground,  and  giving  di- 
rections for  the  conveyance  of  his  unfor- 
tunate companion  to  th^  nearest  house. 


Duke  of  Clarence.  The  father  b£  Mr. 
Serres,  Doininick  Count  de  Serres,  waf 
born  at  the  family  mansion,  called  Beao- 
perre,  situated  at  Oche,  about  October 
1720.  He  was  the  nephew  of  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Rheims,  and  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  celebrated  College  of  Je- 
suits, at  Douay.    Possessed  of  fine  na- 


hastened  to  Ipswich  with  the  utmost  speed  tural  parts,  he  made  a  rapid  progress  in 

to  procure  medical  aid,  and  to  impart  the  the  Classics  and  Belles  Lett res^  but  from 

dreadful  lidingt  to  Mr.  Wbiteford's  family,  his  disliking  a  Clerical  life  (for  which  hje 

The  wound,  however,  on  examinatron  was  was  intended),  he  eloped  to  ^ain,  and 


IMtfi)       Obituast.— ^.  r.  8mm,  Etq.^^^Ckrgf  ieeeated.  ^ 


had  Intcratt  to  giio  tbt  oMnnMBdof  a    ] —  tlrrtt^  nat  i>f fhtflrrtiniliilti  iif ITm 
Spanitb  Tettel  of  war,  for  wbidi  bit     ctrtar  Gtthadral.*  fa  islS,  ba  waa  btii. 


and  bis  acquirements  in  Naval  aflkins     Kiag't  Norton,  on^b  prssiiiiiiiiiijiu  oftba 


eminently  distin^uifbcd  bim.  He  was  Dean  aad  Cbapcer  of  Woraetter. 
taken  prisoner,  and  on  a  narole  of  honour  iVe.  17.  Ai  tlie  house  of  lUs  brathar»  at 
in  Northamptonshire,  where  he  so  Into-  Axnin»ter,  the  Rev.  Heary  Hqriaaa,  B.A. 
rested  the  (antlemen  and  nobility  by  of  Wilton,  ibnnerljr  of  Queen's  Collega,  Q»- 
bis  polite  manner  and  superior  learning,  ^^»  *nd  of  Halstock,  Donet*  distinguished 
that  interest  was  made  in  his  behalf,  ^  remarkable  urbanity  and  disbteiisled 
and  he  was  set  at  liberty  t  bof  admiring  kiadneM  of  disaosition  m  private  liJby  and 
English  customs  and  Bngiith  hospitslily,  p«tt  pietr,  teal,  and  bumuii^  ia  dischaig^ 
he  determined  to  »ettle  in  this  country.  u>g  hU  public  dnties. 
Being  a  fine  nautical  draughtsman  be  IVe.19.  At  Hammertmith,  aged  74,  tha 
attained  such  excellence  in  the  art  of  ^^'  Geo.  ChuMm^  D.D.  for  41  vears  Rao- 
Marine  painting  as  to  be  distinguished  tornf  Athmore,  Dorset,  to  which  be  was  pvt- 
by  bting  elected  a  Member  of  the  Royal  Mn^d  m  17^,  by  Thos.  Waters,  Em. 
Academy,  when  bis  late  Majesty  granted  -  ^  19*    At  hb  house  hi  Queen's  Aiada^ 


of  com 
tures 


Bpofition  and  colouring,  the  pic-  J!"!*?  *S***I"'    ^•''^o^S^'Mafy'sHallt 

lurc.  of  the  ssid  Domiuick  Count  de  ^nwa»B«C.L.  1777,  and  the  same  jrearwaa 

Serres  were  sold  at  a  high  price;  the  !*«!«»•«>  to  hW  Itring by N.CastletoB, Esq. 

unfortunate  King  of  France  baring  paid  .^  «®-    At  *he  RMStoiy,  FlniduuB,  Noo- 

for  three  moderate  siaed  pictures  painted  ^T  "^T  ^^*  ™  ^^^'  ^'^^  ^^*  Raotar 

by  that  celebrated  artUt   1500JL  about  «  »hat  place,  and  of  HomlMtoftia  tha saa» 

the  year  1788.  ^^^V*?^  *  mapUtiata  for  tha  Huadrad 

The  late  Mr.  J. T.  Serres  was  tha  eldest  f  Ci^kelose.    TWs  gaadasMa  was  feodl 

son  of  the  said  Count  Dominick,  and  ?'?•'»«*»»•»«»  bath  b  bis  house,  hariaf, 

was  in  no  way  inferior  in  genius  to  his  «*«P»w««n«l»  been  seised  with  a  fiuntiagfil 

lather.    He  has  left  only  two  daughters  i  JI**.***  ~S*"*«'    "f  ~  «M««rfy  FeUow  ol 

his  son  having  died  the  month  after  lu  r!!^]/?'/^'*^'  whaiahe  tooktha 

birth  in  1799.  «g»«s  of  I5.A.  1781,  M.A,  1784|  ha  waa 

Another  Correspondent  says,  that  ha  V^^  ^  Homingtt»ft  in  1787,  by  SSr 

was  the  author  of  '•  The  little  Sea-torch,  ''T      "^'  ®^  wd  toFundiam  m  179«» 

a  Guide  fur  Consiing  Pilots,"  foL  1801  ;  **".  ^  ^'^^  preseotatioo.    He  was  a  disti»> 

and  husband  of  the  soi  diiant  Princett  ^"^^"^  scholar,  and  an  amiable  and  exam- 

of  CumberUncl.  ^^"*T.^'4^"lS?*t?-..    „ 

He  wa«  nUo   appointed  first   Scene-  „      '  **'  / 'u   »      "»      «*!' S'T" 

painter  to  the  Roykl  Cabourg  Theatre  ;  "f^  "^"!?'  '^5^;  ^^-  ^ff^'^J^ 

in  .  be  saloon  of  which  Theat^  there  ar^  ? ^T  ^'  "^i^^  ^^  with  6oftoa 

some   fine   paintings,   representing  the  S^P^t^' ?!7"^y°S?^u'?i*^^^ 

triumph  of  Britannik  and  Neptune  at  Tt^j'^^^'^'''^P:Ti:^,^^ 

Algiers,  Views  of  Genoa,  Napl...  Sbak-  ^li*°S*i"*,L7*  ^^j^'  ^^  ^^"^ 

6n^Ar^*l  Cliff    and  fiov.r  RmTflt   al!  •««.  ^"^^*  ^.A.  1786;  and  was  presented  to 

speare  »  U.ff.  and  Uover  Roadt,  all  eae-  ^    ,^^      of  TichfieM  m  1791.  br  John 

cuied  in  his  best  manner.  j^  •   ^   wi         •v.««^«  «•  ^rut,  uj  «uiui 

Dec.  97.     At  Titteshall  Parsonage,  Nor- 


CLERGY  DECEASED.  folk,  aged  76,  the  Rev.  7Vodbr«  Henry 

At  Maidford,  Northamptonshire,  the  Rev.  on  Ho$U,  Rector  of  Titteshall  cum  Good- 

Samjuon  IVhitey  MA.  Hector  of  that  pari«h,  wick,  and  Wellingham,  and  of  Hopton,  Sof- 

Vicar  of  Uphaven,  Wilts,  and  late  Fellow  of  folk;  and  manr  yean  an  active  magistrate  ia 

Oriel  Cuil^^,  Oxford,  where  he  took  his  de-  the  H  undred  of  Launditch.     He  was  formeriy 

f^Tte  of  A.M.  May  6,  1789.     In  the  tame  Fellow  of  Trinity  Hall,  Cambridge,  where  ha 

year,  he  wm  ;nitiiuted  to  the  Vicarage  of  took  the  degree  of  fi.A.  1801,  MJL  1804; 

Uphaven,  on  the  presentation   of  his  late  he  was  presented  to  Titteshall  in  1784,  by 

Majesty;  aud  in  1798   to  the  Rectory  of  T.W.  Coke, Esq.;  to  Wellingham, b  1789^ 

Maidford,  on  the  presentation  of  T.  Barker,  by  the  same  patron,  and  to  Hopton,  in  1 8 1S» 

£oq-  by  the  King. 

Rer.  J.  fFingJieldt  D.D.  Prebendary  of  Dee,  30.      At  Barkston  ricaraga,  Laie, 

Worcester  Cathedral.     He   was   of  Trinity  aged  6«,  the  Rar.  JoAn  Staup  WagiUdJk, 

Collie,  Cambridge,    B  A.    1782,    M.  A.  for  38  yean  Vicar  of  that  parish,  and  o^Um 

l785,aD.  1 794,  and  D J).  1799.     In  1803  adjacent  church  of  Pluagar.    He  had  at- 

Ke  was  presented  to  the  Vicarage  of  St.  Is-  tended  the  fimersl  ofthaDuehass  of  Rathad^ 

aey  by  Sir  Francis  Buller,  Bart,  and  the  same  ud  cangbt  a  cold,  firom  which  ha  nasar  la- 
GiNT.  Mao.  AforrA,   1830. 

12 


Wi               .                        Clergy  tkcAaHi^  Vdf$nh; 

covtfied-    He  sacceiMl^  hit  uncle,  the  Rev.  Belohamp  Welten  wpA.  Ba1mfr»  Statx,  «^ 

Richard  Stoup,  hx  the  vicarages  of  Barkatcm  former! j  Rector  of  Middleton,  uk  the  latter 

^d  Pluogar  (always  held  by  one  inciim-  county.     He  was  ofTrinity  Hall,  Cambndge. 

beot),  on  the  presentation  <^  the  Rutland  LL.B.  1771 ;  wag  instituted  to  Middleton  io 

family  in  1788.  1769»  to  Belcbamp  and  Bulmer  on  his  own 

Jan.  1.    Aged  60,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Richard  presentation,  and  to  Flemptonin  1893. 

Miehellf  Rector  of  Fryembg,  ahas  Ginge  Jan.  90.    At  Broughton   Astlev»  Leie. 

Hospital,  and  Vicar  of  Eastwood,  Essex,  aged  66,  the  Rev.  Thonuu  AdnuU,  Rector  of 

He  was  formerW  Fellow  of  Waifiiam  College,  Croft,  and  for  many  years  an  acting  Macia- 

Oxford,  where  he  took  the  degrees  of  M.A.  trate  of  the  county.    He  was  of  St.  Jonn'a 

1793,  B.D.  1804,  D.D.  181 1,  and  was  prir  College,  Cambridge,  B.A.  1789,  M.A.  1787» 

sented  to  Fryeming  by  his  College,  and  to  and  was  presented  to  Croft  in  1788,  bj  T. 

Eastwood  by  the  King,  both  In  the  latter  Fisher,  Esq.  and  others. 

year.  Jan.  90.    At  Walton-le-Dale  parsonage, 

Jaofi  3«  At  Amersham  Rectory,  Bucks,  Lancashire,  after  a  short  illness,  the  Rev. 
the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Drake,  Rector  of  that  Edmund  Slrin^eUow  Radcliffht  incumbent 
place,  and  Vicar  of  St.  Nicholas,  Deptford.  of  that  church,  and  Perpetual  Curate  of 
He  was  of  All  Souls  College,  Oxford,  B.C.L.  Bomley.  He  was  of  Brazenose  College,  Ox- 
1775,  D.C.L.  1786;  he  was  presented  to  ford,  B.C.L.  1 808,  was  presented  to  the  Cha- 
Amersham  in  1775,  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Drake,  pelry  of  Walton-le-Dale  in  1803,  by  the 
and  to  Deptford  in  17^9,  by  Thos.  Drake  Vicar  of  Blackburn,  and  to  Burnley  in  1817, 
Xyrwhitt,  Esq.  by  R.  T.  Parker.  He  was  affectionate  in  his 
.  Jan  4.  At  Shipdham,  Norfolk,  the  Rev.  family,  hospitable  to  his  friend,  benevolent  to 
Dr.  Charles  Lucas  Edridge,  Rector  of  tliat  the  poor,  courteous  in  his  manners,  and  con- 
place,  one  of  his  Majesty's  Chaplains,  Minis-  scientiously  attentive  to  the  duties  of  his  of- 
ter  of  Oxford  Chapel,  London,  and  a  ma^is-  fice.  He  was  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  has 
trate  for  Norfolk.  He  married  the  daughter  left  a  widow  and  a  numerous  fitmily. 
of  the  late  Mr.  Alderman  Cadell.  He  was  of  Jan.  23.  In  London,  universally  lament- 
St»  Peter's  College,  Cambridge,  B.A.  1799,  ed,  aged  55,  the  Rev.  Thonuu  Hart,  Vicar 
]yi>A.  1 798,  D.D.  1815,  and  was  presented  to  of  Ringwood  cum  Harebridge,  Hants.  He 
Shipdham  in  1804,  by  the  Marquis  Towns-  was  formerly  one  of  the  senior  Fellows  of 
bend.  King's  College,  Cambridge,  where  he  pro- 

Jan.6.    Aged51,theRev.  Ja5.i>o%Jon,  ceeded  B.A.   1795,  M.A.  1798,   and   bj 

Incumbent  of  ot.  John's,  Blackburn,  and  of  which  Society  he  was  presented  to  Ringwood 

•  Tockholes,  Lancashire,  to  which  chiq>elries  in  1817* 

h«  was  presented  by  the  late  Dr.  Whitilker,  Jan  93.     At  Church  Coniston,  Lanca- 

Vicar  of  Blackburn,  in  1805.     He  was  of  St.  shire,  after  a  protracted  illness,  borne  with 

John's  College,  Cambridge,  B.A.  1787.  pious  resignation,  aged  57,  the  Rev.  James 

Jan.  7.     At  Wells,  much  regretted,  the  Lindow,   incumbent  of  that  Chapelry,    to 

Rev.  Edward  Foster,  Prebendary  of  Wells,  whicH  he  was  presented  in  1 806,  by  W.  Bra- 

and  vicar  of  Winscombe,  Somerset     He  was  dyll,  Esq. ;  and  late  Curate  of  Marston  and 

of  Wadham  Collece,  Oxford,  B.C.L.  1785,  Wighill,  Yorkshire. 

was  presented  to  Winscnmb  in  1794,  by  the  Jan.  94.    At  Burfbrd  Vicarage,  Oxon, 

Dean  and  Chapter  of  Wells,   and  became  advanced  in  age,  and  universally  regretted, 

]?rebendary  of  Wedmore,   the  5th  in  tliat  the  Rev  Francis  KnoUys,  65  years  Vicar  of 

Cathedral,  in  1 890.  that  parish,  to  which  he  was  presented  bj 

Jan.  8.      Suddenly,  at  bis  house,  Clifton  Dr.  Lowth  when  Bishop  of  Oxford,  in  1771; 

Wood,  Gloucester,  the  Rev.  James  Cockmne^  and  fur  many  years  an  active  magistrate  for 

M.A.  the  county. 

Jan.  8.     At  an  advanced  age,  th^  Rev.  Jan.  94.      In  Arundel-street,  London, 

John  Duddell,  formerly  of  Pembroke  Col.  aged  30,  the  Rev.  t/oAn<9./{int'/tnso?i,  B.C.L. 

Oxf.  where  he  took  the  degree  of  M,A.  in  ofTrinity  Hall,  Cambridge. 

1 768  ;  father  of  the  Rev.  John  Duddell,  also  Jan.  95.     In  Merrion-souare,  Dublin,  the 

M.A.  of  that  College,  and  Rector  of  Worm-  Rev.  Thomas  Broumrigg,  M.A.  Chancellor  of 

ington,  Gloucestershire.  Christ  Church  in  that  city. 

Jan.\5.    At  Ramsgate,  aged  93,  the  Rev.  Jan.   97.      At  his  house  at  Hoggate, 

ffllliam  Ahlx)tty  Prebendary  of  York,  and  the  mourned  by  a  larse  circle  of  friends,  theliev. 

oldest  member  of  that  Church.     He  was  for-  fViUiam  CautieyS'icu  of  Kirkbom  and  War- 

merly  Fellow  and  Tutor  of  St.  John's  Col-  ter,  in  the  East  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  to  the 

iegCi  Cambridge,  where  he  proceeded  B.A.  former  of  which  he  was  presented  in  1818  by 

1754,  M.A.  1757,  B.D.  1764,  and  was  an-  the  King,  to  the  latter  in  1816,  by  Lord 

pointed  to  the  Pre  bend  of  Friday  thorpe,  in  the  Muncaster. 

Cathedral  uf  York,  in  1767.  Jan.  98.    Aged  77,  the  Rev.  Geo.  Cuik^ 

Jan,  18.     At Betchamp  Hall,  Essex,  aged  hert.  Chaplain  in  Ordinary  to  the  Kins,  Plre* 

80,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Raymond,  Rector  of  bendary  and  Sub-Dean  of  York,  and  Kcetor 

Flempton  cum  Hengrave,  Suffolk,  Vicar  of  of  Shaw  cnm  DoBuingtoDy  BarlM.    Ht  ^mk 


OaiTOiaY.  IB3 

Ml.  IB.     InUnpttGearp-it.ParliBu-Ki. 
Mu;,  rdirc  of  Joha  Bnllej,  £iq.  nrRauUn^ 

bj  Mn.  Ciichtifrt,  ubd  »u  ai-inlDiEd  Chip-  tad  diughui  of  luc  liiu-AdniJul  Toll,  of 
fain  ■..  hn  MajMtj,  ui4  IVclMiuUr]'  of  Yuri      Firehun 

witliin  Ihru  r«<i;«n.     Hrni  >ellki»>ira  la   I'jjtmt  Or«r»Dat-*t  Mn.  Ii«mang«r, 

n  (11  sld  ud  i[icle|«<l«>t  in(4iibeT  of  thn  liitcr  of  ina  Rn.  Luttllu  Inmoegcr,  Pnfa, 

Cotponliim  of  Punmuntb,  to  wlicuc  r«^  d  Wbehctlct. 

tlois.  in  cuDimKiioa  aiib  hli  bro[h«r-ia<U<i         la  St.  JwDea'aiquwa,  tgei  fil.  SwbiwI 

isd  fallow  AMcnnu,  tha  Im  Will*iuo  Uidd-  FinninE,  eug.  i^ixnb  of  67   yrut   id  ihe 

•ODt  Et<).  Portjnouth  and  Puitan  ova  IMnf  Rntal  Kichuicfl   Auurucf  OfficC)   30   of 

«f  tUic  brit  ud  molt  WfDtnl  pallet  n^u-  oliicb  be  wtb*  Actio^Dinetor. 
htiontaod  ln«><  improiicmeun.  Frl.  19.     AlEul'iCourt,  BTOaiptOB,i{:*d 

Jan.  90.     The  Vrnmthlt  Itnr>^ii GiJieH  M,  Oao.  Baldwin,  oq.  mu>]'  jttii  Cunral 

fciiyrr,    Archdatoon    nf  N'-rihumberUnd,  OananI  in  Egypt. 

Prabrndary  oF  Durban,  tUctor  of  Howick,  Frb.  so.     Chu.  Bro>in,  aiq.  oF  Karnter. 

M<l  Vlnr  of  North  Allanon.  a>itli  tba  cha-  Pel:  t«.     Id  Bedbid-aqiiue,  ■gad  67,  H. 

EIrlai  uF  BTompioa  and  Difthlon,  all  eo.  Grr;g>  aiq. 
iffhim.     Ha  OTW  of  Join  Cultaci,  Cam-  f</.  (3.     At  Ka>shlabi%F,  Lt.-Col.  tha 

brtdga,  LL  B.  I  Tit)),  mh  ()>poiatad  Prahan-  hon.  Arthar-Jdhn-Ilitl-riti^cmld  da  RmMt 

dai7  of  Diiibvn  in  ITitl.  »••  prumted  to  Aui't.  Mil.  See,  aad  Aid-de-Camp  tu  (ha 

Allattin  bf  iIh  U«d  and  ChapMi  In  I « 1 4 .  Duke  of  York,  CnmmiDder-iB-Chlef.     H* 

■nd  to  Iliaick  by  tba  Biibop.     Ha  publiihad  mu  tht  Hcondion  of  Lnid  Henn  lltigeitMt 

•' a  SarmoB  ptaached  balbfa  thadalifrir  of  Sd  iiD  oF  Jamai,  Gnt  Dula  of  LemMar,  lot 

tb«  cdIoiri  to  iha  Dorban  Voluntaar  Inbn-  Cliulotta  Fit^ganld  da  Rom.     H«  aateitd 

Uj,   IXOd."  410      "  CotnparMire  VicB  of  tbr  anofu  cmigD.  Uifooi  guaidi,  Det  SO, 

Um  two  nan  Sjitani  of  lulua^oa  for  th*  1809,  au  proiDoied  Liautaaaul  and  Capuifl 

iabat  pnor,  ina  Chirp  dtliTared  to  tha  OEt.li.UU,Cap.litDng.Junai7,  leiEi 

Ckri;;  of  Durham,  lsir."Svo.  Uar.  M^or  Maj  4,  1817:  Capt.  ltd  drag, 

•Au.sO.    laPangnnBuildlnn,  BMh.tlia  Oct.  IS,  ISIT;  and  Uaut-ool.  la  (be  armj, 

Rav.  Jntlaia  Slutii'  Cnttr,  D.D.  of  l^oai  in  1811. 

Inn.Harefurdthlr*.  and  (ha  Fiiikae}  Manor  Fri>.  it.    Al  Si.  MaHhio'cpl.  IIukiiH- 

UoBu,  lintvlnatiliv,  rntd,dnrn'Hll]')amenMdb]'liltvldo»,&mlf;i, 

Jan.  SI.     Aflar  a  loog  lllaaii,  (gad  «7>  and  Friaadl.TlioiuaSlmmnBi,  aii].  i^d  49, 

tha  (Ut,  iMn  Brahani  itaacxin,  tba  hrghlr  oFtha  lirm  oFJolioBubalat  and  Son,  ia  can* 

ratpaciad  Vieai  ni  Itlibam,  and  perpUud  aacunBuitbwhicheaubliilinMlht  badbeaS 

CwauofWickaBciunWickdin.Cambridea-  SI  TMti. 

atiira.   H*  na  of  Jaaut  Collega,  Cambridca,  Fet.  U.     A^  76,  tha  m\h  oTTho.  Wl^ 

B.A.  I7II6,  M.A.  ITSS.wuprvMtadlolLb  lata,  eiq.  ofNaii  Baa)oghatl-at. 
Uiinsiiniaoo,  lo  lilrlian  t><  Uiahop  Hon-  Mii.  Fno<.«>  Finn,  of  HuHal-plaoa,  Ftlt- 

la_..-T,fnl!i.l,«p,,fK.«l,«t.,,andtoU'ickan  toj.,c|. -if«  ..f.r„l,»  I'iura.e.q,  gf  Uath. 

Aj,  VVilu 

hu.«l,  Iha 

Thav^  Froud,  Vicar  of  Kembia,  to  which  Man,  re 

Chorch  he  wai  preienicd  in  1787,  b;  C.  W.  lip,  Midi 

Cos,  E*a.  AcJahnRidaut'a,(iq.Crc*eant,Brid«-it. 

^  BUckfriar..HorBi»,  third  •onDfHon.llioa. 

^  RidnnI,  of  York,  Upper  Caiuda. 

DEATHS.  March*.     Oao.S»ph(n.,a*q.ofWbit*- 

LoNDoii  IMD  in  Entiiioiii.  Uon-itraat,  Pentonrilla. 

Jan.  6.      A^   IS,  Cbarlntte  Augoatti  Aged  8t,Mr.  Anbroaa  Maitln,  bfChnr- 

•  Idnt  child  ofSir  Wm.Deoj't,  Ban.  aqnarrj  lottc-tlreat,    Bloomiburj,    furaiailT     maaj 

(0  the  Dnka  of  Sniiai.  lean  parlner  in  tha  banking-houaa  of  Maaan. 

Frb.  9.     Major  Parkim  Magra,  aqwrrr  (o  borrian,  Magau,  and  Co. 
tha  Duke  afSuiKi,*adfaTiBeri;hiiMijeit^'*         At  Qapham,  agad  Gfl,  EdnBDd  Margiai 

CuDiDlalTunle.     Kebecalnalieut.  lfiltIfoo^  eiq.  of  GrajVInn. 

Ju.a4,  I76SI  udl7LhfealAug.  13,  17671  Marcha.     AgadSa,  J[^,]K)BBg«ntoB<tf 

wu  promoled  captain  Dae  94,  1774,  brant  JamM  Hall,  oi^  of  SMthimptoo-raw,  Rv' 

Major,  Feb.  19,  1783,  and  wai  on  half  paj  ael-aqiart. 
OB  lU  S8th  fool,  rank  itatioovy.  At  Kenniogtmi-eoEBiona,  agtd  St,  Sk^ 

F*.  ID.     Henry  Stanlaf,   Mq.  of  Km-  widow  oFWm.  Webb,  aaq. 
wspoo.  Marekt.     InPartoan-aq.  tba  Hoa.Mlib 

Ftb.    le.      la   Ring-tt.   Cotent-gardea,  Bucknall. 
JohDpme>,nq.orKeDlt;-lodEe,CaulMhD,  Aged  69,  Hcatr  Snl(h,  aiq.  of  DrtntrC 

Surrey.  HaH,  far  M  jaanSalici(ar  (olbaEMtladlt 

A«d78,WiUiMDM«>hall,ea(|.<rfYa>k-  Cam^majrV)A  AtA  VUhmOiuf^  Om- 

VitWaga.  pMj. 


5184                                         OBiTaARY.  tlliardi, 

Jinx4  5.    In  hk  SOth  vwr,  Wm.  eldetl  Dec.  15»  17S6 ;  sad  the  mahlt^  Meondlj, 

toB  of  Wm.  Hardingt  aeq.  of  LomlMurd'-ttieet,  Lt.-Geii.  Jeiffinraoii. 

iBd  NewiBgtQii*pl.  Kenniiu^ton.  March  99..    At  Chatteib,  i&  bb  75t1i 

At^  house  of  hermother^in  Charlotte-  year,  John  Frjer,  eeq.  unele  to  dift  High 

iti»eti  Portland-placey  Susanna  Mary,  Telict  Sheriff  of  Cambridgesmn. 

of  ^>hB  BoonKetty  esq.  of  Gtyendish-sq.  Cheshire.^ — FeS.  10.    In  Gbattary  Eliz. 

Mmrek  S,    The  Hon.  Col.  John  Lrndsay,  wife  of  Peter  KemUey  esq. 

fiwB  1795  to  1800  Major  of  7l8tfoot.   He  March  17.   Inhis  &4th year,  JohnNeUdy 

«M  seTcnth  son  of  James,  fifth  Earl  of  Bal-  esq.  of  Stockport  Etchells,  fbnneily  an  end- 

cania,  hy  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Dal-  nent  com-merdiant. 

itmple,  of  Castleton,  Knt. ;  was  brother  to  Derbyshirs. — F(eb,9,    Dune  Maiy,  wift 

we  late,  and  undo  to  the  present  £arL    He  of  Ashton  Nicholas  Mosley,  esq.  of  Park 

■Mined  Dec.  9,   1800,  Charlotte  North,  Hill.    She  was  dan.  of  Edward  MorlcT,  esq. 

yoottfest  daiurfater  of  Frederick,  third  Eari  of  of  Horsley ;  was  married,  first,  to  William 

Qnilroid,  ILG.  Elliott,  esq. ;  secondly,  to  Joseph  ^rd,  esq.; 

March  8.    InSloane-tt  aged  71»W.  Tro-  thirdly,  to  sir  Edward  Efery,  eighth  hart,  of 

ward,  esq.  Egginton,  by  whom  she  was  mother  of  Sir 

March  9.    At  Stamford-hill,  aged  81,  Mrs.  Henry,  the  present  baronet,  two  other  sons, 

Jane  Griffiths,  widow.  and  three  danghten ;  and  fiiarthly,  in  1 790, 

Marih  10.    In  Upper  Seymoor-st.  aged  to  Mr.  Mosley. 

•7,  Daniel  Coxe,  esq.  Dbvonshwk. — Feb,  %B.      At  Eunonth, 

MarchU.     At  St.  GeoigeVplace  Eas^  EGz.  wile  of  E.  Wyatt£%dl,  esq.  of  MU- 

Rged  66,  Charles  Stutfield,  esq.  a  Justice  of  ton-place,  E^iam,  Surrey. 

^  Psnce  for  Middleeez.  Latcfy.     At  Alphingten,    near  Exeter, 

Mardi  19.    At  the  Grove,  Camberwell,  aged  87,  Franeb  Ahell,  esq.  &ther  of  Mr. 

9fgfA  57,  Mrs.  Hannah  Wigham  Smith.  Alderman  Abdl,  of  Colchester. 

At  Qapham-rise,  aged  8 1 ,  L.  Witte,  esq.  At  Hearitrce,  Eselery  Anne,  wife  of  Capt. 

March  IS.    At  Ho^way,  aged  73,  Mary,  Dowse,  Royal  Aitilleiy. 

will  of  Wm.  Dance,  esq.  Donsrr. — Rt,  16.     At  Wcytown  Cot- 

March  1 8.    At  Hackney,  aged  73,  Eliz.  tsge,  aged  66,  Archibald  M'Nair,  esq. 

i«^  of  Dr.G.  Gr^ory,  Vicarof  WestHam.  Feb,  1 8.     George,  in&nt  son  of  George 

March  95.    It  b  with  sincere  remt,  that  Peadi,  esq.  of  Forston  Hooae,  near  Dot- 

w<a  Wve  to  recoid  the  death  of  the  Very  Re-  diester. 

«««nd  the  Lord  Bbhop  of  Dnrhaift.    His  Durham.— JTcydb  8.    AtElton,  George, 

Lordship,  who  had  very  nearly  completed  his  in&nt  son  of  G.  W.  S^^too,  esq. 

99d  year,  expired  at  one  o'dock  this  moni^  GLOUCRSTRRsnnB.--#'efr.  1 1 .    Charlotte 

aft  ^  residence  in  Cavendish-square. — Ot  Eliza,  jnungeit  dsm.  and  on  the  15th  oi 

this  truly  venerable  Prelate  some  ncconnt  Mardi,  Maiy,  the  wife  of  the  Rer.  Robert 

ahall  be  given  in  onr  neat.  Hepwotth,  Osmte  «f  the  Abbey  Church, 

Tewkesbwy,  «sd  dan.  of  late  Mr.  Joseph 


Brrcs.— %Ars.  96.       Ridmrd  Mathews,  RaTuer,  of  Brktol. 
niq.ofBinfield.  M.  16.  The  wife  of  BIr.  Fkivett,  of  St. 

Inld^.    At  Wam^lbid,  advanced  in  age  James's-aqwre,    Brbtol,    dan.    of  Arthur 

m4  mnch  respected,  the  refict  of  Rev.  1^  Fodks,  esq.  of  Rutland. 
Moore,  sister  to  Dr.  Carrr,RpwefEaKter.  Lnfai^  At  Gloucester,  aged  77,  Qnarter- 

Jwiarcn  5.    AjpM76,  Alices  reuct  of  Ren-  msoter   Rachnrd  Hans,    mio    fer   nearly 

jaminSmiA,  esq.«fLe^w««th.  55  veara  ectved  in  the  Royul  South  Gloa- 

Bvcss.— %M«rvA  3,    ThewifeofLt.-G«n.  easier  Mihtia. 
iUbem,ofWexhamLo4|^anddaa.ofkte         JIfurdk  9.    On  RufcHft  pmmfa,  Bristol, 

&Wm.Dahymple.ofCousknd,£dinb.Bt.  agtd  77,  Sanmel  Hohnsa,  eeq.  n  genllsman 

lfcrc*7.    At Ta^reukk*  Eha.  rete  of  nf  wuaieceed and gberalbinieiieaet. 
RcT.  John  RisWy,  60  vuars  lector  of  that         ir«v*  6.    At  Staplstnn  riml,  ^ed  43, 

parish.  Cant.  LW.PoUaid,  late  of  39th  feoc 

irnrvAll.      .\t  AyWitburr%  Mart  .\nn,         Haxts.— fVf « 9.  AtSimhamtiiiin.  Maj. 

^rife  of  TVoa.  Tmdil*  ««q.  'eUast  iau.  of  LMwaid  Gibbons.    HewMSfpoinfeedlient. 

KeT>  Heurr  Vnthoff^  of  Hunters! J  Dn.  tjk  1794;  IiNft.37ihfeot,  Oct.  91, 

CAMWiMUKsniat.— >/««.  30.  AtDulU^  1?9«;  Ofia.  Fek 95,1  tot;  Capt.  60il& foot, 

hnm   Honse»  near  Niumarfcet^  Hoannta*  Fek  14«  1$11 :  Brcv.Mi^er,  Jnan4,  1814 

Duwufgir  X'weountees  G^>naantt»>n%  and  vidU  and  nrhanptd  ta  half^ps^   of 

of  Lt^-Geek  Christopher  J<eft»»WK  of  that  cons  in  l$Uk 
^bco.    She  wm  in^frhtcr  of  Lt.-lWn.  John        Af.  16.    At  Newport*  Fr 

W.nbieesn»  of  DenstMi  HalU  Suft>li;  and  eeq.  anemmsu 

^MS  asaitTed  &r«t  to  Anthony  Pttstoi^  1 1 A  W««s^^  |«ie 
Md  bite  VisMunt  Geimaa««Mu  by  whom         Hints.— J^  II.    At  Wein»  iigad  75, 

ehe  Wnl  en  onlv  sen»  Jettiv>K  the  pteeent  J«Mi,  wifeof  G.Ctea»«n.eBq. 
Mtcennt^    !&  Ledbhif  M  her  a  uil^>        M<t4.    A>  BiihMi  Staitfcrf,  i^  S7, 


IBM.] 


■  nllel  of  J>ni«  Raynwud,  hi).  lua  nf     wenlh   oMld.  and  In  hot  4Sth  jmr.  Mn. 


Wore*  1.  in  Tlicubild't-it.  Hcrtfonl, 
M>uh*w  Vu:Vt«ii,  OH).  Uw  of  Ww>d-ttr»t, 
OiHiiudi,  wid  Mukft  Str»t,  Hem. 

MareA  18.  Agnjes,  Wo.  M^inal),  Hq. 
<tV/ut. 

Hvmt.—Ftt.  18.  At  Honliogdon.  if^ 
Ml  ShohI,  4 th  ton  of  IbU  H .  Swnting,  W). 

Lair's-  At  SuonauBj,  igad  93,  Mr. 
W«lH»  Sira. 

KiriT.— F>A.  l.'4.  At  Wnol-ich,  iigsd 
94,  I^'Mi.  I..<ri>.<  Ruhfr  Wilfunl,  46th 
Nti...    [..>'    -tl.    .    .    \.m..   ifaildiunofMl 

J' 


fl/orcAu.  IiiSt.aiWt,Oirurd,w«dT«, 
Mr.  Gilbert  Qa^tj,  >  M.aiUr  of  tl»  Cot- 

unntinB.     He  lertid  iheofic*  ofCluunbcr- 

SoHiMiTiHiiu. — LaMu.  At  Biih,  iha 
rell.to(Wm.Pr>>i»Et,<.<,. 

Fd-.tli.  AtBilb,>gida9,  Anne,  wife  uf 
M.jor-Oan.  Dickmiop,  [loy*l  Art. 

fW>.  ti.  At  BmIi,  iged  79.  Jalio  Hem; 
Palnnhisi,  cH].  fonncrlj  of  llis  1  >t  Dr^non 


_     n'l,  thn  CoUtetor  of 

lUmigMc,  igvd  67,  Cb*.  Roai  aq.  Co^tr- 
trollcr  of  hii  Msjat^'i  CdMODU  *I  H^ 
He  liad  boa  M  jam  in  (Im  ttrrlot. 

/U.  tr.     At  BtomU;,  Rafa*Tt  Vntchi 
w^bUofMidain. 

»ili    <if    i,   DnutMt,    uq.     of 


MvcA  6.  At  HftlM,  ^|«d  SI,  Mr.  Thoa. 
Woollr,  (binaHj  u  siuBniE  inio1-rtapl«. 

LiHCUHiu.  —  Laltli/.  In  Chjtan-ai|. 
Liivrpool,  and  AO,  Horat  CanB,  aaq.  nf 


MWT, 


11  KirbrLoai 
Lancunjra  u 


Guudi. 
iU.>T.    At  Bith,  J>M,wifcorw,C 

!Harch  14.  Id  herSOth  Tear,  tba  ril]stof 
Geo.  jMi}a.«q.  orVnovil. 

March  1*.  In  Mitiuiu-it.  aged  87,  lb* 
relict  of  Petar  Cualel,  aiq.  Btih. 

Jlfarr'il3.  At  Cbargot  Lodge,  Hariiet, 
llie<iLfaarHani7  llaikicbLathbridga,  em. 

SuKRiii.— Pc/'.IS.  At  Emriefield  Green, 
a^  66,  Elii.  Harriet,  Da-.  ViH.  Ba\Mtj. 
She  wu  tlia  onljr  diu.  aod  heir  of  tbi  lata 
Sir  Geo.  Wa.rren,  K.  B.  i  waa  rearrU-d,  April 
S9,  17T7,  to  Thru.  Jaa.  Warren  Bulkeler, 
7tli  Viicoiinc  Bulkelej  in  Ireland,  and  lit 
finrcin  Dulliele)'  in  Eugland,  oa  vbuae  daatb 
ID  IS91  tlioae  titlei  beeuia  extinct,  ibejr 
having  had  anjr  laaiie. 


ly  yvkn  a  itia^Emta 


a  Cath.  «i&  of 
a.  eiq. 

It  Brightun,  agadSB,  Harriett. 


and  the  Watt  Riding  nf  Yorkahire. 

MarrK4.  AndGt,  Ann*,r«lie(  of  Joha 
Ua,  aaq.  nfCanlt  Hall,  Dnldnfiald. 

Manklt.     In  bar  <lat7Mr,ElIiabMti,  Marrn  it, 

Ibird  lUo.    of  Ow>.  Gardaor,  aaq.  of  tht  liam  Touimia 

Priory,  Pandleton.  and  deinilj-lii 

l^icmwaiai. — Mtrth  ifl.    At  Dir         Si>»Ei.~i 
fori,  tba  wift  of  Rar.  JoW  Fry,  lUotof . 

LiNCOLRiHiaa. — Ft6.  IS.  At  Loddiof- 
lon.  In  bar  TBth  Jtar,  SiiaaaDB,  vidomr  of 
Rar.  Tbo.  Battj. 

Ftt.  Si,     AtWallbaoi,  is  hia  BSA  jear,  eineii  nau  "i  .lu.  I'lumi,  eii).  ui  bui-imi, 

Cha.  Maobj,  etq.  Waadtwonb. 

Frb.  94.      At    Lincoln,  ^*d  49,  Au,  March  4.      At  Brigblon,  Harriot  Bio. 

wife  of  Mr.  ONnalicI    Capaa,  farmtrlj  of  third  dan.  of  Tboa.DelTca  Baoogbm,  aaq. 
Gaiubmuih,  merchant,  and  tecund  daibof         AfsrtA  S.     At  Brighlnn,  agod  Si,  CoL 

tbelata  Wm.  Haldan>7.  Mi),  of  Weat  Fnab;.  Wn.  Bolkalaf,  aoa  of  M^ot  BnlUUr,  of 

AforcA  9.      At  TSonock  Onnc,    naal  Cbaliaa  Collcc*. 
Gaiubro'.  Franeca.  onir  lurviviDg  dan.  of         MBTchG.  AtBrightoB.aeed?!.  W.Roe, 

the  kla  Sir  Naiila  Geo.  Hickman,  Bart.  nq.orWithdaan.ialaCbaimMO  oflbaBoatd 

MiDDLUix.— ^U.IG.     AtT>ickenhaB,  ofCuttonu,  and  IbrBarljr  mm  of  ilia  Com- 

in  her  7Stb  jaar,  Maiy,  relict  of  JehnBiia-  miii.  of  iha  Hoard  of  Poblie  Aoaonnta. 
coe,  t*q.  Af<inA  I O.     At  Loom,  K*d  7S,  Ebooeur 

fit.  to.     AtTottenham,  agad  79,  Ansa,  JohutoB,  eaq. 
relict  of  0.  GraaiKa,  etq.  WmiricMHiiii—fU.  18.     At  Lmb!^ 

MarckS.  At^ine,Jant,  widow  of  Rich,  ton,  Calharloa,  wife  of  Edw.  Onbaa,  oiq. 

GraT,  etq.  aod  eldeatdao.  of  Lkut.-Oaa.  H^illiaiM. 

tioxroL^i—Laltti/.    At  Caibroolu,  aged  Lately.— At  Sheldon,  agad  Sft,  Miat  M. 

St,  PeUr  Haon  Barker,  ekq.  Sbeldon,  who  haa  lafl  iha  fellowi^  munifi- 

Frt.i.     At  CaltOD,  Majur  Vtehall,  ton  of  cent  beqimta  to  ohariiia  in  Birmlngluai ; — 

R.Vichall.nq.fbRMrij'ofUuulan,  Camb.  lOOOi.  to  the  Hoajiita],  lOOOf.  to  tbo  Di». 

Iataar4itbrag>iaant.  {watary,  1 OOOJ.  In  tba  BIdb  Sdunl,  tOOOl. 

NomiioHUiiHiRt.— A(.  ta.    At  Eatt  to   tba  Sociaty  for  ProoHiliu   Chriaiian 

Retfard,  aged  4S,  LieuL-Col.  Kirke,  Aider-  Knowle^e,  and  Oit  intnm  of  lOOOL  ftr 

mas  of  thu  bonwgb.  tan  poor    woman  who  attoad  th«   ngakl     ' 

OlKKDlHiaa. — Fct.ia.   AtlbaDaaiwry,  worahip  of  Sc PbUip'a Choroh. 
Oifgrd,tbr«tdafiafUf  thcbirtbofbeithir-  WiLnuRk^-JfarHk   II.      At  CMkf 


ttM 


Obituary. 


boOtaei  aged  89>  Mr.  Miebad  Foord,  tha 
oldut  teoant  of  tht  Mftrquk  of  ATlnbary. 

YowcsHiRE.— F<*.  10,  «t  Wensley,  In 
her  85th  year,  Susannah,  dau.  of  the  late 
lUv.  Johh  Dujpont,  vicar  of  Aysgarth. 

Fkb.  «1.  At  hb  house,  niear  Whitbjr, 
Henry  Simpson,  esq. 

Feb,  91.  In  her  70th  year,  the  widow  of 
Mr.  Appietbn,  of  Darlington,  bookseller. 

Feb,  93.  At  Bridlington,  agted  89> 
Madame  Coombe,  a  native  of  Italy. 

Feb.  24.  At  Bridiingtoo,  aged  95,  Fann j 
6hnpion,  fiMrmerly  of  Burton  Agnet. 

Feb.  94.    At  Whitbyt  T.  Fishbum,  esq. 

Feb.  96,  At  Whitby,  aged  9),  Anne* 
voungest  dan.  td  Isaiah  Moorsom,  esq. 
Comptroller  of  the  Customs. 

Fdf.98.  Aged  58,  in  PriBcentor't  court, 
York,  Richard  Drake,  esq.  surgeon,  only 
brother  of  Na^n  Drake,  M.D.  the  learned 
author  of  **  Shakspeaits  and  his  Times," 
f*  Literary  Hours,"  8cc.  &c. 

Aged  89,  Matthew  Wilson,  esq.  Manor 
House,  Otley. 

.  Lately.  At  Thome,  aged  78,  Betty,  wifs 
of  the  Rev.  S.  Stanton,  M.A.,  who,  though 
a  female,  made  medicine  her  pecniiar  study, 
and  practised  it  many  years  with  uncommon 
success. 

March  1 .  At  Doncaster,  a^d  93,  Miles, 
youngest  son  of  the  late  Aid.  Miles  Morley. 

March  8.  In  York,  in  his  84th  year,  John 
Smith,  iesq.  late  of  Cottingham,  and  formerly 
hi  E.I.C.  service. 

March  11.  At  York,  on  his  way  home 
from  Harroweate,  where  he  had  been  recom- 
mended for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  aged 
eo,  Henry  Casson,  late  of  Telworth  Grange, 
Sutton,  a  much-valaed  member  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends. 

March  15.  At  Kilham,  near  Driffield, 
aged  8 1 ,  Thos.  Outram,  esq.  formerly  an 
eminent  wine  merchant. 

Wales.  —  Feb.  96.  At  Bronwyfla,  co. 
Flint,  aged  95,  the  wife  of  Lieut.-col. 
Browne,  K.C.H.  and  dau.  of  Rowland  Bur- 
don,  esq.  of  Castle  Eden,  co.  Durham.  She 
had  lately  given  birth  to  twin  boys,  botl\  now 
dead. 

Feb,  id.  At  Buckland,  co.  Brecknock, 
Thynne-Howe  Gwynne,  esq. 

Scotland. —  Lately.  At  Monkwood  Mill, 
aged  100,  Mrs.  Marion  Curry.  She  had 
five  children,  40  grand-children,  and   174 

frreat  grand-children,  and  throughout  her 
ong  lira  it  is  said  she  never  tasted  medicine. 
Ireland.— Jan.  28.  At  Belle  Vue,  near 
Dublin,  after  a  long  and  [Miinful  illness,  the 
Rt.  Hon.  Bridget,  Couutess  of  Egmont.  She 
was  the  only  dau.  of  Lt.-col.  Glynn  Wynn, 
M  P.  for  Carnarvon,  and  uncle  tb  the  pre- 
sent Lord  Newbnrougb,  by  Bridget  eldest 
dau.  of  Edward-Philip  Pugh,  esq.  of  Penryn. 
She  was  married  to  John  Perceval  present 
and  4th  Earl  of  Egmont,  March  10,  1799> 
said  had  issue  by  him  John-Janes  Lord 
PeroavaL    The  same  noble  fiunilies  were  be- 


ef t&e 


A^ 


Yore  ebniieotad  hf  thft 

of  the  Earl  and  uncle  of  the 

Catherida  Pereevtd  and    fiibk   Lord 

borough. 

Feb.  90.  In  Stephen'a  GiMm  DnhKni 
universally  Umented,  Mr*  Tbamm  Tkike, 
M.D. 

At  Rossgnl,  CO.  Donegal,  i^  106,  An- 
drew Sheals.  He  spent  the  prianpsl  part 
of  his  life  fishing  from  the  rodcs.  nis  de- 
scendants are  numerous,  and  the  firarth  ge- 
neration aj^roachinl;  maturi^. 

March  I.  Of  apoplexy,  at  the  reaUeode 
of  Rev.  Wm.  Cromie,  ^ienagh,  Ralph  £dw. 
Babington,  esq.  of  Ghreenfbrt,  co.  itoee^, 
and  late  Capt.  Pirst  Drag.  Guards.  This 
respected  Gentleman  was  on  the  eve  of 
marriage. 

March  8.  After  a  tingermg  and  paanibf 
illness,  borne  with  Christian  resignation,  the 
wife  of  Jas.-Eyre  Canlfield,  of  Crrange  Hoose, 
CO.  Tyrone,  esq.  Her  remams  were  depo- 
sited in  the  fitmily  vault  of  the  Earl  of  Cnsr- 
lemont,  at  the  Cathedral  of  Armaf^h. 

March  4.  In  Dublin,  Pterse  H.  Barron, 
esq.  CO.  Waterford. 

March  M.  At  MagiHigan,  co.  London- 
derry, in  his  90th  year,  Anthony  Boyle, 
nearly  70  years  clerk  of  that  parish.  Super- 
annuated for  many  years  back,  he  had  lost 
all  traces  of  modern  events  from  his  me- 
mory; while  he  remembered  and  detailed 
with  minuteness  the  tales  of  *'  olden  time." 

Abroad. — ^^i/g.  3,  1895.  At  Prome,  in 
the  Burmese  empire,  in  his  90th  year,  W. 
Ashley  Hardy,  Midshipman,  on  board  his 
Majesty's  ship  Alligator,  and  youngest  eon 
of  the  Late  Capt.  James  Hardy.  R.N. 

Ang,  93.  On  his  passage  from  Rangoon 
to  Madras,  aged  96,  Lieut.  Geo.  Bnrnnby 
Greene,  of  the  Commissariat  Department 
E.l.C.'s  service,  son  of  Capt*  Pitt  fiumabt 
Greene. 

Sept.  4.  At  Neemutch,  in  Central  India, 
Capt.  Alex.  Macdonald,  B.  N.  I.  Political 
Agent,  and  Siiperinteodant  of  the  principal 
lities  of  Pentaubgurh,  Banswarva,  and  Don- 
gnrhpoor. 

Sept.  S.  At  Deenajpore,  in  Bengal,  Nor- 
man M*Leod,  esq.  Aeting  Judge  of  Circuit, 
eldest  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  M'Leod,  Rector  of 
St.  Anne's,  Westminster. 

Sept.  8.  At  Calcutta,  Ueut.-col.  Bucke, 
58th  Reg.  N.  I.  a  few  months  siiice  attaeh* 
ed  to  a  force  proceeding  against  the  Bur- 
mese. 

Sept,  99.  At  Poonah,  in  the  East  Indies, 
aged  57,  Col.  G^a  Bridges  Bellasis,  of  the 
Bombay  Artillery. 

At  Jaulnah,  East  Indies,   Capt.  Robert 
Woolf,  6th  reg.  Madras  CaValry. 
'    Oct.  19.  At  renang,  aged  98,  Jnhn-Robt. 
Cnppage,  esq.  youngest  son  of  Lient.-gen. 
Cuppage,  of  Shooter's-faill. 

Nov.  15.  At  the  Isle  of  Fraaoe,  James 
Fairiie,  esq.  only  hroiher  of  Wm.  Fairlki 
esq.  of  Gieat  Winefaeater-st. 


1936.]  Bin  of  Mortalitg.—Hirkttt,  ice.—Canal  Sham.  SS7 

fW.9.  Al  C»l.'.,»g»aB4,  Joha  Pftrie.  atulj  4S,  nm  ia  tbc  utilin  of  hu  Ute 

oq.  fummrly  of  Cruotu.  *ficrnrdt<if  O.t-  Mkhil;  Qumb  ClurlolM. 
lea,  M«oil«r  for  lUt  Bgrou^h  fVom  1798  />/,.  IS,    Al   Booloeoe,  Heafj  Bm«ll, 

to  I  «<H.  ind  Dcpui,  Li.,il.  of  Su.rtj.  8,0. ..(  H»n.o1  HemwlpJ,  HfFtt. 

>y-.  T.    Al  bii  .nn".   h.<u.e  it  Hrenwn,  In     lUlumore,  '  Americi.      SteiihnnMia 

Cbiitl.  F*[>«>idlrk,  «q.  of  K**gn«i,  for  White,  stq,  rarnuilj  of  Dalfut,  InLaJ. 


BILL  OF  MORTALITY,  from  Fabmuj  1! 
□kdiMiMd.  I  BuriMl. 

MiJt. 


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SdtSi.  pel 


«l  ludfT  t'o  j^n  old       417    -  S   Jo  »d  30    91 

m    I  30.ud40  ua 

»lig|;   )  ]if.  p«r  pound.  ^40udaoi<13 


6U  ud    70  17 1 

70  aud    80  110 


ACGHEOATE  AVERAOE  of  BRITISH  CORN  •hich  s<n«(ni  IiapoFtMiim, 

fruiD  ihc  Rcturiu  cadmg  .Much   I ». 

Wb«u.  I    B>fbT.   I     Out.    I      Rfi.     I    B«f«.    I     F«M. 

4.<L\:d.    \^4.\,.A\$.d.\$.d. 

M  11    I  ao    <   I  at    4   I  4a    a    |  as    6    |  3»    4 

PRICE  OF  FLOUR,  pa  SKk,  Mireh  b7>  so>.  to  SOj, 

PRICE  OF  HOPS,  IN  THE  BOROUQH  MARKET,  MmA.  t4. 

Kent  Bm* llL  llf.  to  141.     Of.  ]  Fbnhun  Pockcti....    IIL     Oj.   to  111.  Or. 

SwMK Dicta lot  I0>.  (o  Hi.  IK.  I  Knt. lal.  IK.   to  ISf.  ol 

Ehcx llL     Of.  la  laL     Ot.  I  Sown 111.  iif.   to  KL  Iflj, 

Old  ditto. ISL    Oi.  to  ISL     Oi.  I  EkMK.,....» IBl.     «(.  to  14J.  •«. 

AV£RAOE  PRICE  of  SUGAR,  M*>th  «,  au.  lOid.  par  c««. 

PRICE  OF  HAY  AND  STRAW. 


SMITHFIELD,  Muob  13.    ToilDk  the  QA>1— pHitonaof  alba. 

BMf 41.     4H:  to  4i;  lad.  I  L«B)b St.  ed.  to  T'.  4A 

MattOD 4*.     4(£.  to  Si.     Orf.         Head  of  CaUk  at  Mi^al  March  IS  : 

Veal Si.     U.  to  6i.     Bd.  \  BeaiH 9,477       CiJtm     9S 

Pork it.     ad.  to  6t.     Od.\  Shttji  14,048       Fig*      100 

COAL  .MARKET,  March  37,  agi.  ed.  to  99i.  Od. 

TALLOW,  per  C<rt.  Toon  Tallow  40).  Od:     Yallo*  Rt^aia  89*.  Oi- 

SOAP,  Y«l1ow74t.  Motllad  sai.  Od.  Cud  aSi.— CANDLES,  9t.  par  Doi.  Monkb  lOt.Atf. 


THE  PRICES  of  Cimi.  Shibu,  &e.  in  March  isas,  at  tha  Offic*  of  Mr,  M. 
RilKi,  Auctiewer,  Canal  and  Dock  Share,  and  EiMa  Brakar,  No.  a,  Gtaat  WincbtiMi^ 
MTMt,  Old  Bioad-atraet,  LoDdoo.— Grand  JuDCtion,  IfiU.— Svaoiaa,  a40L— Btecknnck 
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&C.S63— BirduuidManiaf»S«4' 
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Partus*!  i  Duke  de  MnatmnieDn  i  C.  J. 
Brurllinjt.  C.  Millh  Bertie  GreBtlwed,  R. 
L.  Piire,  (1.  E.  Rdw,  J  Meuhen,  J.  l^- 
&0D,  C.  CwtHTiifbt,  J.  Mmr,  E^olrri ; 
Gen.  Suuletoo  i  Dr.  Gny;  H*i.  T.  Culy- 
(od;  Ke..J.B.BIkke-iTi  Mrt-Uthhridgei 
Me»r>.  Incled<ia,  Koifihl,  Fuej,  M'tSr- 

ml,  Ciullielil,  &e.  &c  &<■ „...S6: 

BiU  of  MoniUiiT^Pricci  of  Cw»l  Shtm.Jlyi. 
■iDginl  Diiuj. — Price!  DrSlucki....a7S 


Rev.  Shut 

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coIb, 


By    SYLVANUS    URBAN,    Gest. 


[    «90    ] 

MINOR    CORRESPONDENCE. 


lo  our  Dext  we  shall  resume  the  **  Com- 
jwofliuin  of  County  History,"  with  the  first 
portion  of  the  extensive  Coun^  of  York. 
We  shall  be  obliged  to  any  of  bur  Corre- 
spondents for  correct  lists  of  the  seats,  frre 
m  postage,  specifying  in  which  Riding  they 
•re  included. 

<C  of  Westminster  would  feel  obliged  to 
any  of  our  Correspondents  for  any  particulars 
of  the  Thorowgood,  Roberts,  or  Maples  fa- 
milies, as  connected  with  the  Lords  Tor- 
rington ;  and  what  were  their  arms  ?  Also 
any  particulars  of  the  family  of  **  Allen  of 
the  City  of  Westminster."  Elizabeth,  dau. 
of  Mr.  John  Allen,  married  William,  fifth 
Earl  of  Coventnr. 

R.  C.  H.  wishing  to  illustrate  the  Hun- 
dred  of  Westbury,  in  Wilts,  by  an  engraved 
portrait  of  James  Ley,  Earl  of  Marlborough, 
who  was  buried  at  Westbury,  under  a  mag- 
nificent tomb,  will  esteem  himself  much  ob- 
liged for  any  information  respecting  a  good 
ori^inalportrait  of  the  said  Earl. 

Mir.  FoSBROKE,  in  answer  to  the  querist 
concerning  the  Kyrle  pedigree,  observes, 
that  he  communicated  some  authentic  parti- 
culars on  the  subject  to  the  Rev.  John 
Webb,  to  whom,  therefore,  application  tnust 
be  made. 

A  Friend  of  the  Editor  would  be  obliged 
by  the  communication  of  any  original  papers 
concerning  the  Clinton  family  (which  shall 
be  honourably  restored),  or  information  if 
any  such  papers  are  locked  up  in  libraries. 
The  object  is  purely  literary. 

Pa  LOS  says,  '*  I  have  been  at  a  loSk  to 
determine  tlie  signification  of  the  word  Firth 
nr  Forth.  In  works  on  the  geography  of 
ScotlancP,  it  is  always  written  Firth.  John- 
son, in  his  Dictionary,  has  it  Frith;  and  in 
his  Tour  to  the  Hebrides,  Firth;  and  in 
Leicester«hire,  several  places  are  called 
Fnths,  such  as  Braunstone  Frith,  Kirhy 
Frith,  and  others.  If  some  of  yonr  inge- 
nious Correspondents  will  give  me  the  pro- 
per orthography  and  etymology  of  this 
word,  it  will  much  oblige  me." 

G.  H,  W.  observes,  "The  Rev.  Mr. 
Newell,  in  his  remarks  on  Goldsmith's  De- 
serted Vil'age,  page  67,  says,  *  Conjecture 
has  been  at  a  loss  for  the  meaning  of  the 
word  Auburn.  No  village  so  named  in  Eng- 
land has  been  suggested,  nor  can  I  discover 
any  trace  of  such  in  Ireland,  for  it  does  not 
appear  that  Lishoy  or  Kilkenny- West  (the 
adjoining  parish),  was  ever  called  Auburn.' 
Now  in  tne  Morning  Herald  for  the  1 0th 
of  March  last*  in  the  report  of  a  trial  that 
took  place  at  Lincoln,  John  Pearson  states, 
<  I  reside  at  AvJmme  in  this  county/  Mr. 
Newell,  by  the  way,  miscalls  Goldsmith's 
village  LisAoy  ;  it  should  be  tJslBoy."^-Tbe 


same  Correspondent  is  informed,  that  the 
Baronetcy  to  which  the  present  Bishop  of 
Winchester  has  succeeded,  is  one  of  Nova 
Scotia,  hitherto  deemed  extinct. 

A  South  Saxon  remarks,  '<  There  is 
mentioned  in  the  first  volume  of  Nichols's 
Literary  Anecdotes,  p.  1 2,  note,  *  an  exact 
diary'  of  John  Strype's  life  by  himself,  in 
a  way  that  seems  to  imply  that  it  was  ac- 
tually existing.  It  u  also  said  in  the  same 
note,  that '  six  volumes  of  his  letters  were 
in  1788  in  the  possession  of  the  Rev.'  Mr. 
Knight  of  Milton  in  Cambridgeshire.  Some 
of  his  papers  are  in  the  Lansdown  collection 
at  the  British  Museum ;  but  I  do  not  find 
the  diary  there ;  nor  do  J  know  whether  the 
letters  in  the  Museum  are  those  which  were 
formerly  in  Mr.  Knight's  possession.  Can 
you  direct  me  to  any  source  of  information 
on  this  subject  ?  Any  information  respect- 
ing Mr.  Strype  or  his  papers  would  be  ac- 
ceptable.'* 

Sheptoniensis  will  see  the  jetton,  found 
in  making  a  new  entrance  to  Shepton  Mal- 
let, engraved  in  Snelling's  View  of  Jettons 
or  Counters,  Plate  II.  Nos.27  et  seq. 

The  piece  of  stamped  lead  bearing  a  rose 
and  mae-Viud,  and  th^  initials  H.  CR.  found 
with  a  ^gment  of  red  woollenr cloth  attach- 
ed to  it,  by  rir.  Yates  in  his  garden  fit  Bir- 
lolngnam,  is  an  old  specimen  of  the  mark 
wljich  the  manufacturer  has  for  centuries, 
nid  still  attaehes  to  the  ai^ticles  of  his  pro- 
cuiction. 

vJ.  D.  is  too  superficial ;  Spencer's  <<  Eng- . 
lisB  Traveller,"  and  the  other  book  he  re- 
fers to,  may  be  very  good  compilations,  but 
they  are  not  works  of  authority,  or  contain- 
ing any  original  information.  We  would 
recommend  our  essayist  to  consult  higher 
authorities. 

In  answer  to  Sussexibnsis,  vol.xcv.  i. 
98,  Nepos  begs  to  inform  him  that  the 
conventual  seal  of  the  Priory  of  Sela  is  en- 
graved in  voLliv.  p.  319,  and  noticed  by 
Mr.  Gough,  ibid.  p.  494. 

B.  B.  states,  m  answer  to  ClerieiiSy 
Oxon.  (vol.  xcv.  ii.  590)  that  <*be  can  have 
no  great  difficulty  in  obtaining  information 
respecting  Mr.  N orris,  the  worthy  founder 
of  the  Professorship  which  goes  by  his  name 
at  Cambridge.  That  gentleman's  widow  is 
still  living.  She  married,  Sdly,  Thos.  Fau- 
quier, esq.  Gentleman  Usher  to  Queen  Char- 
lotte, who  is  very  lately  deceased,  (see  vol. 
xcv.  ii.  p.  647.)  Mr.  Norris  left  one  onlj 
sjster,  married  to  Anthony  Aufrere,  esq.  of 
Hoveton  House  in  Norrolk;  she  died  in 
1816,  leaving  1 1  children,  most  of  them  mar- 
ried. Her  eldest  son,  now  residing  in  Italy, 
is  a  constant  reader,  and  has  been  a  firequent 
contributor  to  your  pages."   (See  p.  f9tf .) 


GENTLEMAN'S     MAGAZINE. 


APRIL,    1826. 


ORXOnffAIi   COMMOTnOAIlQMB. 


Ml 


INTEKBaTIWO  LBTTHIt  FROM  Ttie  t 

.  Urban,       Chtltta,  March  ig. 


ilitd   a    priMinet  for 

THE  incliMed  original  Lcuer  wiiu  debi  in  Ludftaict. 
trn   by   ihe  late  learned  and  la-         3.  Rlclianl,  married  EliiaHtth,  ih« 

mented  ProfetJororBoianyinthoUni-  daughier    of    William    Uuuell,    e«q. 

veniiy  of  CambriilUi  coniaini  tome  Tlicy  had  one  daiighicr,  who  married 

■  "     '  "     -phiral  anecdolM,  a  ipe.  Tlios.  BulUev,  cM- 
'        ■■  ■  ^-Gen-         4,  Klioda.'the  onl 


n  Tor  which  ihe 
tlemin'a  Magaiioe  hai  erer  been  pre- 
emincnllv  Uiitin^uiihcd  { it  li  iherEroic 
preiumed  that  it  will  be  deemed  *e> 
ceplable  lo  many  ofyoor  rraden- 

Youra,  &c.  T.  Fadlemir. 


ily  daughter  oF  Df, 

Hodgn,  born  lb3S,  married 

■iiy  grcai  grjndfaihrr.  John  Marlyn, 

merdiinl  of  London,  ItitiO.     She  bOK 

him  leren  childrea,  and  died  in  l?^). 

I  have  none  of  the  wo(k»   of  Dr. 

Tho4.    Hnd^ei,     Qienlionml    In    your 

"ThoniBi  Hodget,  U.D.*  Dean  of     book,  but  1  hsve  two  oihei  Srrmons, 
Hereford,  had  three  tons,   I.ThomM, 


OTha«e  ton  Thomat  wtt  AtiorlMy  Ge- 
neral at  Barbailoei,  in  the  leign  of 
Queen  Anne,  and  F.R.S.  He  had 
two  loni,  Thomai  and  John  i  the  bt- 

UT  wai  a  Colonel  in  the  Guardat  sod      being  ihc  day  of  their  public  Fati  and 
one  daughter    FJiiabeth.    married   »     n --•■--■-     '—.  -.     ' .. 

John  Hadley  of  Eail  Baroei,  M4-i 
Vicc-Preiidenl  of  ihe  Royal  Soeieiy, 
and  improier  of  the  quadfani.  Tbej 
h&d  one  Mn  Jollli. 

?.  Nathaniel,  wai  a  phytician,  and  Scniii 
one  of  thoK  who  were  appoinied  by  Hono 
the  College  10  attend  the  infected  dur-  Abliie  Church  of  Wei 
ioK  the  Ercal  plague  in  London  ia  ThurMlav,  June  28,  being  the  day  of 
IHiS,  and  hai  left  ihe  only  auihenlie  piibUc  Thanksgiving  to  Almighty  God 
KcouDi  of  it  under  the  liile  of  Aoifio-  for  his  Majesiie'i  ufe  Return.  By 
X»y.« ;  live,  Pdti)  nupcr  apud  Popa-  Tlin.  Hodfiet,  Rector  Eccleii^  de  Kto- 
'""~i  Londjneniem  srasMntii  N "'"     >in"'n"    l.ninlnn    ififio      H»  ha.t  iha  • 


I .  The  growth  and  tprMding  of 
!ere)ie,  tet  forih  in  a  Sermon  preach' 
I    before  the   Honourable    Houie  of 


11  fnrxhesrowihnf  Herette. 
Py  Tiiom^i.  HuilgM.  Vliniiter  of  God') 
U'orU,  at  KcutiEigion,  LoaJon,  lti47, 

S.  Sion't  Hallelujah,  tet  forth  in  ■ 


niter,    on 


London,  1672," 
trantltiion  of  iliii,  with  addltioni,  nai 
publiibed  by  Dr.  Quiiicy  in  173a 
br.  Naihanrel  Hodge*  li'ed  in  the 
parith  of  St.  Siepheo  Walbrook,  and 
learned  the  rudiment*  of  hit  practice 
from  St.  Theodore  de  Mayerne.  He 
never  Cdiight  the  dtuemprr,  though  he 

K escribed  daily  lo  the  poor  it  hit  own 
>u*e,  31  well  a)  lo  olheri  abroad,  and 
took  no  precaution,  except  •  gill  of 
aack   occasionally   for  refreshment    in 


Wai 

ofBra^I 

The  Dictionaiy  of  Or.  Litiklont, 
my  grandfather'*  predbceHor  in   your 


t  Of  Dr.  Nath.  Hod^,  ihare  a  a  ftdhr 
menoir  in  Cbaloun'i  Biog.  Diet. 

X  Set  Hilt.  ofCbebM,  pp.  M,  88,  ■»«. 
Tif  IbU  Prafctsor  Mamimieitad  DMoy  va- 
luable ttHfifmt  and  aorreetioM  to  ttw  Ri*. 

, t<irjofanlia.,4la*»Weh  w  tl  be  >a«e^. 

Urn  Hts*.  ef  KeaHa|Mn,  p.  m>  4to     pantui  h  iha  >»ewri  «dWo»  ■tWr  fnfuit^ 
tm.  ™  (ha  pran. 


S9« 


Mr.  Professor  Martyn, — Moss  Rose. 


[April, 


Rectory,  was  in  ^neral  use  I  well  re- 
roeaiber,  till  Ainsworth  superseded 
it.  He  indulged  himself  in  a  strange 
pun,  under  the  word  concurro ;  for  the 
English  of  which  he  gives  concur y  or 
condog.  Duke  est  desipere,  but  it 
should  be  in  loco ;  and  surely  in  so 
grave  a  book  as  a  Diciionary,  one 
should  not  expect, to  Bnd  any  tning  so 
light.  I  do  not  say  that  I  have  seen 
it*,  but  I  have  formerly  heard  it  laughed 
at ;  and  it  was  brought  to  my  recollec- 
tion lately  by  Mr.  Beloe  in  the  4th  vo- 
lume of  his  Anecdotes. 

I  beg  leave  to  consider  Sir  Hans 
Sloane  as  one  of  my  patrons.  The 
condescension  of  the  venerable  and 
amiable  old  gentleman  to  me  when  a 
schoolboy,  will  never  be  forgotten  by 
me,  and  his  6gure  is  even  now  pre- 
sented to  my  eye  in  the  most  lively 
manner,  as  he  was  sitting  fixed  by  age 
and  inBrmity  in  his  arm-chair.  I 
usually  carried  a  present  from  my  fa- 
ther of  some  book  that  he  had  publish- 
ed, and  the  old  gentleman  in  return 
always    presented    me   with   a  broad 

{>iece  of  gold,  treated  me  with  choco- 
ate,  and  sent  me  with  his  librarian  to 
see  some  of  his  curiosities.  It  appears 
now  like  looking  into  other  times. 

I  was  a  candidate  for  the  Lecture- 
ship of  Chelsea,  but  Mr.  Gardiner,  a 
man  of  mean  abilities,  both  as  a  scho- 
lar and  preacher,  carried  it  against  me; 
I  had  the  nobility  and  gentry,  and  the 
lower  orders;  but  he  having  married 
the  daughter  of  a  carpenter,  had  all  the 
tradesmen  with  him.  It  was  singular 
that  two  members  of  a  famil/  so  re- 
spected should  not  be  able  to  carry  a 
popular  election.  My  uncle  Mr.  King 
nad  lost  his  election  on  a  former  simi- 
lar occasion.' 

I  have  perused  your  book  with  con- 
siderable interest,  as  being  the  history 
of  a  place  where  I  was  born,  where  my 
family  lived  in  reputation  during  the 
greatest  part  of  a  century,  and  where  I 
received  the  whole  of  my  school  edu- 
cation. I  went  under  Mr.  Rolbery 
at  five  years  and  a  half  old,  and  conti- 
nued with  him  to  17,  when  I  removed 
to  the  University ;  having  for  about 
10  years  walked  six  times  a  day  be- 
tween Church-lane  and  Paradise-row. 
I  knew  and  was  known  to  almost  every 
body  in  Chelsea;  which   has  of  late 

*  A  copy  DOW  lies  before  tis,  edit.  1678. 
^e  Peggy's  A2iecdote«  of  the  £ogli«b  Lan- 
HuagCy  26  edit.  p.  £43. — ^Eoir. 


years  rendered  it  a  melancholy  walk 
to  me,  knowing  and  being  known  of 
nobody.  I  am  happy  in  saying  that 
you  have  made  it  a  very  handsome  and 
even  elegant  book,  and  that  you  have 
fhit  it  together  unexceptionably.  I 
was  particularly  gratified  with  the  ef- 
fusions of  loyalty,  both  of  the  parish 
and  yourself,  in  the  last  chapter,  and  I 
thank  you  for  the  justice  you  have  done 
me  and  my  family.  I  am.  Sir,  your 
very  humble  servant,  Tho.  Martyn. 
Pertenhall,  May  19,  1821." 

Mr.  Urban,         Chelsea,  April  7. 

THE  inclosed  Letter  from  a  late 
celebrated  Naturalist,  whose  draw- 
ings in  the  Botanical  Magazine  were 
so  much  and  deservedly  admired  for 
many  years,  relates  to  the  first  intro- 
duction of  the  Moss  Rose-tree  into  this 
country,  which  still  remains  in  doubt 
and  obscurity.  Perhaps  the  publica- 
tion of  Mr.  Edwards's  opinion  on  this 
subject  may  excite  the  attention  of 
some  of  your  botanical  readers,  and  by 
this  means  the  point  may  be  clearly  as- 
certained and  set  at  rest.  The  late 
Mr.  EdwardsL  was  considered  as  one 
of  the  6rst  botanical  draughtsmen  of 
the  age,  and  possessed  a  most  benevo- 
lent and  friendly  disposition,  and  his 
acquaintance  was  cultivated  by  the 
first  characters  of  the  day.  He  died 
at  his  house  in  Barrosa- place,  Chelsea, 
in  the  year  18 1 9,  and  was  buried  in 
the  parish  church.         T.  Faulkner. 

**  Dear  Sir,  Nov.  15,  1812. 

With  respect  to  Mr.  Rench  bdng 
the  introducer  of  the  Moss  Rose  *  (rasa 
muscosa),  I  can  find  nothing  to  dis- 
prove the  assertion,  a  circumstance 
wholly  unknown  to  any  of  our  bota- 
nical writers.  Old  Grerard,  in  his 
Herbal,  makes  no  mention  of  the 
moss  rose ;  hence  may  be  inferred  its 
introduction  was  of  a  later  date.  Lin- 
naeus considers  it  as  a  variety  only  of 
centifolia.  Miller  is  of  opinion  that 
the  Moss  Rose,  or  Moss  Province,  as  it 
is  often  called,  is  a  perfectly  distinct 
species;  with  this  latter  belief,  I  am 
inclined  to  agree,  having  within  these 
two  years  seen  and  figured  for  the  Bo- 
tanical Magazine,  the  Moss  Rose  in  its 
complete  state,  from  the  nursery  of 
Messrs.  Lee  and  Kennedy.  I  have  not 
yet  learned  from  whence  they  procured 


*'  See'History  of  Fulham,  p.  St^. 


•^•»m 


live,  tlie  inroroiiiuun  would  be  - 
desirable ;  hilhcrlo, I  lKlieve,unkn< 
lo  botanists.  Perhaps  ibe  present  |iru- 
ple  iiiiaht  rcmenilter  ihe  circumiUnce, 
of  which  1  (hall  be  glwt  lo  know. 
Should  ihrK  rcmaiWi  be  ofanj  uiililj, 
it  will  gratify.  Yours  truly, 

ScDeNHAM  EdWIIDI. 

Mr.  Uriaji,       Croihv-n.  MarchSZ. 

1HOPE  il  will  be  in  my  power  W 
gi*e  a  taiisfaciorj  answer  to  your 
valuable  and  retpecied  Cormpondent 
A.  H.  who,  in  allusion  to  the  Palace 
of  Canute,  iniiuirei,  "  Are  there  now 
any  teniains  of  il,  or  ii  the  exact  place 
■sceruined?"" 

It  appears  from  an  allentive  compa- 
riion  of  the  few  cxiiting  recordi,  where 
this  ancient  Royal  mansinn  ii  incident' 
ally  noticed,  that  il  ilood  due  South 
of  St.  Pad's  Cathedral;  and  with  its 
courii  and  quadrangiei,  id  walla, 
moaij,  and  rampini,  may  be  supposed 
to  have  comprehended  the  greater  part 
of  Castle  Baynard  Ward. 

The  windows  of  one  of  the  Southern 
aparinienu  opened  upon  ihe  river 
Thamei ;  not  then  confined  by  quays 
and  wharfs  to  its  present  narrowed 
stream.  To  the  North  it  extended  as 
far  as  the  close  of  the  Calhedral.  The 
North-east  angle  of  the  lower,  as  I 
mean  to  prove  in  due  lime,  slond  up- 
on the  spot  now  King's  Head  Court 
anJ  No-  2(j  on  ibc  Soulh  side  of  St. 
Paul's  Churchyard.  The  old  ctly  wall, 
lunnins  in  a  straight  line  from  Lud- 
eale  lo  the  Thames,  served,  i I  is  proba- 
ble, as  the  Western  boundary. 

I  cannot  speak  to  conlide'ntly  as  lo 
(he  date  of  its  erection  ;  though  some 
obiciite  traces  would  lead  to  a  9up|>o- 
tiiion,  that  this  was  the  chosen  seat  of 
civil  and  ecclesiastical  govemmeni, 
from  the  very  foundation  of  the  City, 
For  that  Kinii  Lud  had  a  nalace  be- 
tween the  present  Cathedral  and  the 
Thames,  and  that  a  heathen  temple 
stood  in  the  same  vicinity,  are  iradi- 


But  ihe  British  and  Roman  history 
of  the  Island   has   already  exercised 


Miuiiy  of  at)lef 


The 

(■In-Saxon  and  Danish  Munarchs  pre 
sent;  an  almost  untrodden  path  to  the 
Antiquaty.  and  I  shall  he  ha]ipy  10 
furnish  a  few  hints  on  ihe  lubjecL 

The  ancient  Palace,  lo  which  your 
("orrMpondcnt  has  called  my  aiien- 
ilon,  was  built,  ns  I  should  conceive, 
eiihec  by  Alfred,  Edward,  or  Aihel- 
3t.m.  It  does  nol,  however,  appear 
ihiii  the  iwo  former  Monarchs  niade 
London  their  seat  of  Governmenl,  or 
chief  place  of  rcsideucei  since  we  do 
not  find  their  names  sinnog  the  be- 
nrfactors  to  St.  Paul's.  We  ha*e  in- 
deed reason  lo  believe  that  the  Ca- 
thi^dral  was  destroyed  by  fire  In  the 
ii'ign  nf  Alfred,  and  continued  in 
niui-,  till  it  wj;  rrbiiill  and  rndowed 
by  his  illustrious  grandson  Alhelstaa, 
To  this  Monarch,  from  whose  reign 
the  history  of  London,  as  the  Metro- 
polis of  the  empire,  may  date  its  con^ 
nicncement,  I  am  inclined  lo  refer 
[he    completion    of  thii   Royal   man- 

This,  however,  I  offer  as  mere  con- 
jecture j  but  an  undoubted  allusion  to 
the  Palace  as  the  abode  of  Royallv, 
occurs  in  the  reign  of  Canute,  its 
whose  presence  the  perfidloui  Ediic,  af- 
ter a  very  summary  procen,  expiated 
his  treason  with  his  life,  and  "the  body 
was  thrown  out  of  the  window  into 
the  river  ThamesS."  Canute  also  dis- 
linguished  himself  as  a  liberal  beoe- 
faciur  10  the  neighbouring  Cathedral. 
He  endowed  the  office  of  Dean  with  a 
ploi  of  ground,  either  within  the  pre- 
cincts of  his  palace,  or  immedialelj 
adjoining,  it  nas  ever  since  been  at- 
tached to  the  Church,  and  is  the  re*!- 
dence  of  the  present  exemplary  Dean. 

*  Suppl.  I  B!S,  Part  ii-  p.  S94.  f  Tuque  Urbs  Darikoiii  Loddinnm,  &c.    MilMD. 

t  Th*   Dime  of  AdcliUn,  si  he  wu  called  bj'  ui  inperfect   Nurmu   uttiruct,  ii  nill 
Bmarved   in   ths  corrupud  piaDuaciUioa  of  Adel  H>ll,  ocsir  th«  spot  whara  ths  lacieot 
Palace  iluod.     Thera  ii  uather  iircet  basring  the  sune  ■pfwIluiaB  at  lh«  Nonbcro  limit    ' 
ofth*  Ciif,  sod  hIisi*  trsditioa  rrparti  that  King  Aihelitu  had  ■  palaeat  bat  I  aas  nof 
awue  of  any  suthoriiyfbr  this  canjrctiue,  bryimd  ih*  limilsritf  of  dmdc. 

I  HatttMB  of  Wcftminaui  sad  Williau  of  Msloisburj  dilfti  aa  to  the  mwmi  of  hw 
death  i  but  they  agrse  in  tba  loctliij  of  the  wjodov. 


S94  JnglO'Saxon  and  Daniih  Royal  Palace  in  LonSom,       [April, 


According  to  Fabian,  the  grounds 
of  this  Palace,  then  declining  with  a 
gentle  sIo|>e  to  the  banks  of  the  river, 
were  the  scene  of  Canute's  celebrated 
reproof  to  his  courtiers,  when  he  for- 
bade the  rising  waters  to  wet  his  feet. 

The  Palace  was  forsaken  by  Edward 
the  Confessor,  who  transferred  his  af- 
fectionate regard  to  his  new  founda- 
tion at  Westminster,  thenceforward 
the  chief  seat  of  Government. 

It  appears  that  the  Saxon  Palace 
was  never  rebuilt  after  its  destruction 
in  1087,  when  "St.  Paul's  holy  min- 
ster was  burnt,  and  the  greater  and 
handsomer  part  of  the  whole  city  *." 
Soon  after  the  Conquest  these  Crown 
lands  were  divided  between  William 
Baynard,  and  Eustace  Earl  of  Bologne ; 
and  a  small  portion,  near  the  church- 
yard, seems  to  have  been  obtained  by 
the  Bishop  and  Canons,  who  were  af- 
terwards involved  in  a  dispute  with 
their  powerful  neighbours  concerning 
the  boundaries. 

A.  D.  llOf),  Eustace  Earl  of  Bo- 
logne  and  his  Countess,  after  renounc- 
ing all  interest  in  the  lands,  which  Bp. 
Maurice  asserted  to  be  a  part  of  the 
cemetery,  "granted  forever  to  the  Bp. 
and  St.  Paul,  a  plot  of  groundf  situ- 
ated to  the  Eastward,  beyond  the  wall 
of  St.  PauPs,  where  the  Canon  Duran- 
dus  had  removed  his  house  in  conse- 
quence of  the  Earl's  claims."  To  the 
succeeding  Bishop  Richard  de  Belmeis, 
King  Henry  I.  granted  the  materials 
of  the  Southern  moat  of  his  castle,  to- 
wards the  Thames,  to  build  the  church- 
yard wall,  and  a  part  of  the  moat  to-, 
wards  the  North,  to  make  a  road  be- 
yond the  wall.  The  same  Bishop  con- 
firmed to  Hugh,  the  master  of  the 
Schools,  and  to  his  successors,  an  es- 
tate described  in  the  charter  as  "  the 
station  of  Durandus,  at  the  corner  of 
the  tower.'*  Dugdale  translates  the  re- 
cord, "  the  habitation  of  Durandus  at 
the  corner  of  the  turret,  that  is,  the 
clochier  or  bell  tower,*'  in  which  he 
has  been  followed  verbatim  by  War- 


ton  and  his  numerous  oo^ynu,  who 
have  been  satisfied  to  adopt  his  para- 
phrase without  consahiDg  tbe  original, 
**The  clochier  or  bell  tower,*'  is  a 
mere  conjectural  interpolatiou  of  no 
authority  whatever.  The  words  in 
the  grant  are,  <*  Stationem  Magistri 
Durandi  in  AnsuIoTurris  ubi  Wnliel- 
mus  Decanus  illiim  collocavit,"  &c. 

The  house  of  Durandus,  accorditig 
to  the  deed  of  Eustace,  already  cited, 
was  at  the  Eastern  limit  of  his  de- 
mesne {,  and  the  very  angle  of  the 
turret  above  mentioned,  may,  to  this 
day,  be  traced  in  the  narrow  and  irre- 
gular court,  which  marks  the  boundary 
of  the  estate  belonging  to  my  excel- 
lent friend  the  successor  of  Master 
Hugh§. 

By  the  marriage  of  Stephen  with 
the  heiress  of  the  Earl  of  Bolognt, 
the  estate  was  again  annexed  to  the 
Crown ;  and  there  is  a  tradition  that  a 
part  of  the  Royal  demesne,  under  the 
name  of  Camera  Dianae,  was  appro- 
priated by  Henry  the  Second  to  his 
mistress  Uosamunda  Clifford.  "Do- 
mus  Dianae  vel  Rosamundae || '*  is  ex- 
pressly mentioned  in  a  book  of  Sta-t 
tutes  compiled  by  Radulphns  de  Di- 
ceto,  a  contemporary  historian  ;  and  in 
the  early  part  of  the  following  century 
a  bequ^fst  of  land  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Benedict,  by  Osbert  de  Camera,  is  de- 
scribed as  situated  "  ab  aul4  usque  ad 
murum  qui  est  inter  me  et  Dianam**.** 

This  name  of  Camera  Dianae  was 
retained  in  the  church  leases  during 
three  or  four  centuries. 

Edmund  Howes,  in  his  continuar 
tion  of  Stow  ff,  informs  us  that  some 
ruins  and  subterranean  passages  of  the 
Camera  Dianae  might  be  traced  in  bis 
time. 

The  modern  history  of  this  Royal 
demesne  as  Castle  Baynard,  Pembroke 
House,  Derby  House,  Hunsdon  House, 
Mounijoy  House,  the  Heralds*  Col- 
lege, and  Doctors*  Commons,  may  be 
found  in  numerous  printed  works  of 
high  authority.  M.  H. 


*  Saxon  Chronicle.  f  ^*  Unam  mansiunculam  terre."     MS.  Harl,  6956. 

X  The  South-east  angle  of  the  church  was  opposite  to  this  spot.  The  old  works,  at  laid 
out  by  Bishop  Maurice,  extended  considerably  more  to  the  South  and  West  than  the  mo- 
dern Cathedral. 

%  This  will  answer  a  query  in  our  vol.  xcii  i.  p.  1S8.  ' 

H  Dr.  Button's  transcript)  MS.  Harl.  6956.  There  is  another  eopy  of  these  stttutei 
ia  the  Bodleian  Library,  which  I  have  not  hsd  an  opportunity  of  consulting. 

••  MS.  Harl.  4080,  fol.  44. 

ft  See  also  Bagfbrd's  Letter  to  Heame,  Maitland's  History  of Londony  Pegfe's  editk» 
of  Fitzstephen. 


18S&]  Boutnr'i  formt.- 

Hr.URBUC,    hUumtUrs.Murck 30. 

AVERY-    ne^l    rdilion     (being 
the    tistti)    of    the     exquiiite 
."Poemita"    of    Vinny    Bourne,    ai 
Cooper   ■fTeclifn^Tdly  talli  hii 
J  rcccnily  ii>uc 

-thai  1  had   nol  ki 

inienliont  before  (he  book  appear- 

I  could  have  pointed  oul  a  Cevr  of 

poemi  which   were   inadTcrlentlj 

in*erted  in  ihe  qiuno  e<liiioD  of  1779, 

ihouih    not   ptoduclions   of  Dournc  | 

moA  I  could  have  iHi^ned  ihem  (o  the 

eilauihori.    T h etc  notice*  1  obiained 

I    en  ihe  authority  of  the  (enerable  Dr. 

I   Lloyd,  in  long  undcr-matter  of  Well' 

I    inintier  School,  communicaled  to  roe 

I    by  the  laie  excellent  Dean  of  Wc*t- 

miniicr.  Dr.  Vincent.     I    could   iIm 

I    hare  furniihcd,  from  the  ume  inielli- 

gcnce,  an  Epilogue  to  "Terence'*  Ea> 


nnch,**  ipokrn  at  Weilroiniter  in 
174'i  I  and  pnintrd  oul  another  Ept- 
lOBue,  i^lttn  after  the  ■•  Phormlo," 
which  »  primed  in  Popham'i  "Se- 
lects PoemaiB  Angloruni"  (tol.  III. 
p.  9),  but  there  erroiimualy  called  a 
Prologue.  Either  or  both  of  thc«e  I 
will  lake  art  opponunity  of  sending  to 
you,  if  you  ahould  wish  to  have  ihem.* 
ThcT  will  then  be  ready  for  any  future 
edition,  or  maybe  added  to  ihii,  on 
an  addiiional  half  iheet ;  which,  at 
ihere  is  already  an  Appendix  of  two  hi>  iiifjiic 
leavei,  may  very  easily  be  done.  vciy  bi-^ii 


Mtmoir  qJ  Mi.  Norrii.  295 

exactly  froui  the  ouatlo,  except  thai 
two  very  adiniraUe  Letters,  which 
there  siand  nt  the  end.  ate  here  very 
properly  prefixed,  preceded  only  by 
such  a  sketch  of  ihe  author's  hfe,  as 
Oxford     'he  very  icantv  materials  now  to  lie 

ilv  rcEtet     obtained,  enabled  the  editor  to  tupply. 

■'     •*    ■  VQuri,&c.  il.^. 

Mr.  URBAtr.  Fd:    8. 

1'^HE  following  biographical  sketch 
of  [he  Founder  of  ihe  Norrisian 
Professorship  at  Cambridge,  is  taken 
from  a  new  edition  of  the  ■*  Norfolk 
Tour,''  now  in  ihc  press. — John  Nor- 
ris.  es([.  was  ihe  Only  son  of  John 
Norrii.esq.of  a  family  pMneuing  large 
properly  in  Norfolk.  His  falher  died 
al  a  >cry  early  period  of  life,  leaving 
by  his  wife  (a  Suffolk  Indv  of  the 
name  of  Carihrrd)  the  subject  of  thit 
r,  and  a  daughter. 


hjecl  of  thi) 
Mr.  Norris 
I  educated  at  EiOD  School,  and  af- 
terwards became  a  fellow  t^rninoner 
nfCamhridKe,  it  ii  believed  ofTriniiy 
College,  where  he  was  much  esteemed 
for  his  learning,  ahilitira,  and  great  in- 
tegrity. When  he  left  Cambridge,  he 
scaled  at  Great  Wiichingham,  co. 
Norfolk,  at  which  place  he  erected  a 
mansion  house.  In  I7SB  he  married 
hi,  first  wife  Elixabelh,dau.ofSir  ... 
Pbylcrs  of  Sntitrly  Hail,  Suffolk,  bart. 
hv  tvhoin  he  had  one  ton,  who  died  in 


proper 
if'Tra 


'rhc  first  iianza  i; 


Tempui,'  (p.  \gl>) 
Ur.Joriin,  and  appears  in 
vol,  1.  p.  14.     Tl     -- 
fcrcni,  and  there  are  Mime  omissions, 
bul  the  compositiot)  in  general  is  Jor- 
tin's.     This    was    nol  in  ihe   original 
ediiions  of  Bourne,  hut  introduced  by 
Ihe  editor  of  the  quarto  (whoever  he 
was),  as  well  as  the  oihi 


■riy  of     year,  after  havii>g  in 


r  her  health  in  Lisbon.  She  re- 
turned lo  England  apparently  recover- 
ed, and  her  loss  lo  afflicled  Mr.  Norri*, 
that  for  a  time  he  was  inconsolable. 
About  four  months  after  this  eveni,  he 
wrote  an  elegant  and  pathetic  memo- 
rial expressive  of  his  grief,  which  he 
diairibuird  among  hi*  friends,  and 
her  poem  entitled  "Vo.  which  he  originally  intended  for  the 
"  (p.  T}b)  is  also  the  property  of     pten. 

■  .  ■     .  —  -l-     ■'    ..  He  never  afterwards  visited  Witch- 

ili)>ham,  tvlicre  he  had  generally  re- 
sided ;  and  [he  house  was  chiefly  pull- 
ed down,  except  i  part  now  itantlittg, 
and  called  Witchinghani  Old  Hall. 
To  divert  his  mind,  he  commenced 
build  inR  at  W'ltlnn  in  the  same  county  i 
but  his  melancholy  subsiding,  and  hav- 
iiig  no  familv.  a  circumstance  never 
tegretled  by  him,  he,  in  May  1773, 
married  Charlotte,  fourth  diiuhter  of 
ihc  late  Hononrable  and  Rev,  Edmund 
to  be  copied  Townahend,  Dean  of  Norwich,  by 
whom  be  bad  Cbaihnta  Lanra,  bora 


.  di'P' 
vol.  I.  p.  9,  1  his  and  the  former  were 
both  p-il>lishrd  hv  Jnttin,  in  his  "  Lu- 
sus  Poi'tici."  These  things,  iherefiire, 
should  be  >rt  riglu.  Bourne  is  rich 
enounh  in  his  ovin  compoiitinns  to 
have  no  need  of  borrowing.  The  few 
oihen  fjisely  aiiiibiited  10  him  were 
wriiien,  I  think,  by  conleinporary 
Weilminiiern;  whose  n.imes  are  noted 
in  my  copy,  from  Dr.  Lloyd's  informa- 

'"The 


I77fi. 


296                 Mr.  Nwrii.^Brition'i '« Bemtiiet  of  MMhr  [April, 

He  had  nearly  completed  his  house,  posed  to  solicit  and  attend  to  candid 

park,  &c.  upon  a  grand  scale,  when  he  criticism,  with  a  view  to  correctioQ 

was  carried  ofT  by  a  violent  fever,  Jan.  and  improvement.    Indeed  my  anxiety 

1777)  at  his  house  in   Brooke-street,  to  attain  accuracy  has  involved  me  in 

London,  in  the  42d  year  of  his  age.  much  delay,  and   subjected  me  to  re- 

His  widow  married,  in  1779,  Tho-  peated  reproach,  whence  I  have  been 

mas  Fauquier,  esq.  of  London ;  and  sometimes  impelled  to   publish   more 

his    sister  married Aufrere,  esq.  hastily  than  1  wished. 

of  Hoveton  Hall,  near  Norwich.    (See  1  can  assure  "  F.  S.  A.**  thatl  hare 

p.  290.)  visited  nearly  every  place  described  in 

Mr.  Norris  was  of  a  peculiar  turn  of  the  volume  alluded  to,  and  have  sought 

mind,  and   of  so  apparently  reserved  for  accurate   information   from  every 

and  ploomy  disposition,  that  he  rarely  accessible  source.  These  risits,  in  some 

conciliated    the    affections,  except  of  instances,  have  taken  place  several  yein 

those  who  intimately  knew  him,  and  back,  and  the  notes  on  the  spot  being 

were  well  acquainted  with  his  worth,  made  in  pencil,  some  mistakes  mir 

He  left  an  estate  of  I90/.  per  annum  have  occurred  in  copying  theui,  oo^ 

for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  Pro-  withstanding  I  have  sedulously  codes- 

fessorship  at  Cambridge,  with  a  salary  voured  to  render  every  name  andc'n- 
of  120/.  per  annum  to  the  Professor, '  cumstance  correct, 

besides  other  advantages,  for  lectures  I  did  not  mention   the  painting  on 

on  religions  subjects,  and  particularly  the  wall  of  the  Church  at  Wootton  Has- 

u|>onthe  Revelations.  Upon  his  death,  sett,  for  the  same  reason  that  I  omitted 

this,  with  other  trusts,  was  carried  into  several  similar  subjects  in  other  places, 

execution,  and   was  called  the  Nor-  because  I  had  not  space  to  particularize 

risinn  Professorship,  His  estate,  which  every  object  in  every  parish   included 

was  near  4000/.  per  annum,  subject  to  in  the  volume. 

a   jointure    and   some  small   incum-  With  regard  to  the  monumenta/  in- 

brances,    descended   to  his  daughter,  scription  or  the  Pnwlett  family  at  Mi^ 

the  lady  of  Col.  Wodehouse.        J.  C.  nety,  I  admit  the  error,  in  ascribing  to 

^  Nicholas  Powlett  four  daughters,  in- 

Mr.  Urban,                      April  20.  stead  o^  three  daughters  and  a  son.  Bat 

I  HAVE  read  the  strictures  of  I  think  it  right  to  observe,  that  I  have 
*<  F.S.A.*'  p.  228,  on  my  3d  vol.  of  expressed  myself  doubtfully  as  10  the 
"Beauties of  Wiltshire.**  Forthein-  relationship  between  N.  Powlett  aad 
formation  and  corrections  afforded  by  the  keeper  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots. 
that  communication,  I  own  myself  00-  Leaving  the  other  points  to  which 
liged,  and  1  should  have  been  more  so,  "F.  S.  A.**  adverts,  without  further 
had  they  been  transmitted  to  me  per-  notice,  as  inaccuracies  for  which  I 
sonally,  or  had  the  writer  given  me  his  must  be  accountable,  I  would  only 
intelligence  respecting  the  Long  fa-  add  that  the  lists  of  Wiltshire  families 
mily,  previous  to  publication  ;  and  I  were  by  no  means  intended  to  indicate 
suspect  he  was  fully  apprised  of  my  in-  when  they  commenced  their  career  of 
tention  of  publishing,  and  of  my  wishes  gentility;  but  simply  to  show  about 
for  assistance.  what  periods  they  became  possessed  of 
That  some  errors  and  omissions  certain  estates  in  the  county.  I  am 
would  be  notice<l  in  my  volume,  was  well  aware  that  South  Wraxhall  be- 
no  more  than  1  expected.  Ttie  for-  longed  to  the  Longs  in  1433  (see  Beau- 
mer,  however,  seem  to  be  of  little  im-  ties  of  Wiltshire,  iii.  p.  22(>),  and  in 
portance;  and  in  extenuation  of  the  Fuller's  List  of  the  Wiltshire  Gentry 
latter,  I  would  observe  that  it  was  my  for  that  year,  (see  Worthies,  vol.  ii.) 
object  to  give  ruriory  fXe/c/rf 5  of  places  the  name  of  Robert  Long  occurs  as 
and  persons,  and  not  ample  histories  M.P.  for  Wiltshire;  but  Draycot  and, 
of  every  parish.  Had  I  withheld  the  I  believe,  Whaddon  were  acquired  by 
volume  from  publication  till  I  had  sa-  the  Longs  in  the  reimi  of  Henry  ViL; 
tisHed  myself  as  to  each  topic  of  in-  therefore  Lon^  of  Draycot  was  pro- 
quiry,  and  rendered  the  work  as  per-  perly  inserted  m  the  last  list,  as  Long 
feet  as  I  could  have  wished,  it  would  of  South  Wraxhall  might  have  been  in 
never  have  appeared  before  the  pub-  the  preceding,  but  it  was  omitted,  be- 
lick  ;  for  1  never  yet  was  entirely  satis-  cause  South  vVraxhall  is  no  longer  the 
tied  with  any  literary  essay  of  my  own,  residence  of  the  family, 
and  I  have  been  therefore  always  dis-  Yours,  &c.                 J.  BRirroN. 


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[  m  ] 

MsyoiR  or  thb  lati  Biuior  BaUikmwv. 

(  With  a  Pertnit.) 

,N   the  tbxh  or  March,  at  one  Her  Ladfihip  died  in  child-bed.  May 

'  o'cktck  in  the  moraiDR,  ifWr  an  sa>  1766,  leaving  no  iMoe. 

M  which  had  confined  him  wme-  The  late  Biihop  look  the  degree  of 

what  more  thin  iix  wreki,  died  al  D.C.L.  al  Chrin  Church,  June  10, 
hii  honie  in  Carendiah-tquare,  in  the  1761.  In  17€8  he  waj  nominated 
gsd  year  of  hii  (|cr,  and  the  A7lh  of  Canon  Retidentiary  of  St.  Paul'i,  and 
hi*  epiicopal  fanciioni,  the  Honour-  in  17fig,  on  the  death  af  Biihop  New- 
able  and  Rifiht  Re*crtnd  Shute  Bar-  combe,  he  wicceeded  Dr.  Shiplcjr,  who 
rington,  UCl.  Lord  Bislu.ju.r  IJui-  "ai  irjnjl.ntd  in  St.  A*fl).l).  111  the" 
ham.  Count  Palaiine  and  LuiUs  lii>  Blihopric  of  LlanclaH.  His  coniecra- 
lulorum  ofihit  PriiiFinaliiy.  Visitor ^f  uon  aeriDOti  ww preached  by  Ur.  Slin- 
Baliol  College,  Oxford,  n  TruKee,  by  mn,  at  Umbeih,  Ocl.  4,  I769,  and 
dection,  of  ihe  Bfiiiih  Muaeum,  Pro-  «ai  iiricnvaidji'tMri>li«hed. 
tidentoriheSchoolfor  ludigcniBlind,  On  tiic  vOih  aT^anv.  1770,  the 
and  of  Ihe  Society  for  beltering  the  Biihop  wa)  >ii^>iricd  lODi*  leoxid  wife, 
condition  of  ihc  Poor.  J-inc,  only  daugliler  of  Sir  John  Guite 
Thit  truly  venerible  Pr«lale  waa  the  of  Rcndcambe,  Glotic.  and  heireii  of 
■ixthandyuungett  wnof  JohnShwif,  htr  brother  Sir  William,  ihc  l*»l  Itiri. 
firat  Viacouni  Barringion,  b«  Anne,  of  Elmore  in  that  conmy.  Tht*  Uly 
dauj:htetaod  coheirna  of  Sir  William  lived  to  IBO7.  whrualn^dMAug.  B, 
Dama,  knighli  and  wu  bom  May  at  l>er  hereduary  fcai,  MonBewell 
96,  1794,  not  tevtn  montha  brfnre  hla  Houte,  Oxoci ;  but  h»i  flo  cbiloran. 
father'a  dmih*.  Hi»  Either  wm  ihc  I"  1770  B[ipcarrd  the  Buhop'«  first 
friend  of  Locke,  and  the  ooutidentiat  |iuhliciiioii,  a,n  fdrlion.  ih  -  lluee  8vo 
agent  of  Lord  SoitMi*  in  preruiiii^  the  lulumo,  of  bit  ftllKr'a  "  MiKellanea 
SEottiih  Lrgiilniufefbr  the  Union  will)  Sucr.i,  or  «  jmw  Uathod  of  cumider- 
Endandt.  Of  hit  bnihren,  WiUiww  >ng  ko  much  of  tile  Hiiuuy  of  the 
Wildman,  the  eldeil,  wa«  aecwd  Vi^  Apotilaai  iacoauined  in  Scripture." 
count  Bsrringlon,  and  Steraliry  at  Ol  iliii  work  wc  Nicholt't  "  Literary 
War)  Francii,  the feeond, died  yoiingi  Aiiecdobra,''i*ol.  VI.  p,  447.  In  1773 
John,  Ihc  (bird,  died  a  Hajof^Mral  he  publitlxd^  4|o,  "A  Sermon 
in  the  army  in  17&(,  and  wa*  ftHher  of  preached  Mw*  ihc  Ijordi  Spiritual 
Ihe  late  and  present  Pcrra;  Dainn,  and  TemptHM,  Jan.  30,  1773;"  and 
Ihe  foufih,  was  an  eminent  King's  "'  «">.  i77A,  "A  Sermon  preached 
Council  ami  a  Welch  Jurist ;  and  Sa-  before  ihe  mcorporaird  Socieiy  for  the 
muel,  the  fifth,  a  highly  diiitngalihed  Propagalioa  of  the  Gotpel  in  Foreign 
Admiral.  The  Bithop  loat  both  the  ^tnt,  Veb,  17,  1776."  The  Utter  ia 
latter,  hit  lut  aorTifing  brother*,  in  reviewed  in  *oI.  xlv.  p.  373. 
tbevcu  1800.  In  1777  the  Biabop  ezcbanged  hit 
"Die  Hon.  Shute  Barriogton  wa*  Rnidentiamhip  of  St-PatiraforaCa- 
educated  at  Eton ;  he  became  a  ccn-  Donn  of  Windsor,  the  confined  air  of 
iteman  commoner  of  Merton  College,  the  Condon  rcaidenee  being  found  in- 
Ozford,  in  ITSL'j  fellow  in  1755;  en-  jarioM  to  the  health  of  Mt«.Barrtog- 
tered  inlo  holy  ordcn  in  17^6;  and  MB.  .,  '  - 
look  the  degree  of  M.  A.  OcL  10,1757.  iatTtt,  on  thettealh  of  DT.Hamc. 


_  )  1760  he  waa  appointed  one  o. , , 

King's  Chaplaina,  and  in  1761  a  Ca-    tbe8M*f  Saliibury.    There  he  greatly 

non  of  Chnit  Chorch.  diid^oiahed  himtiir  hy  Ua  liberaliir 

On  the  Sd  of  Frbruarv  in  the  latter    in  promotingthc  Kptin  of  ibc  noUe 

Cir,  he  vrai  married  to  bit  first  wife,  Cainedral.  The  palace  wa*  repaired 
dy  Diana  Beauclerk,  only  daoghler  and  embellished  by  him  al  the  expense 
of  Charles,  second  Duke  of  St.  Al-  of  no  lets  than  7000/.*  Hia  muni6< 
ban'a.  and    aiiler  of  ihe  then   Duke.     '  iW'-n^ 

'  Viict.  tWringtna  diad  Noi.  14, 1734. 

■t  An  unpli  mrmoir  of  Vueouat  Barriu- 
toa,  with  u  uoouBt  of  hli  hmilj,  may  £• 
fcond  ID  NIcholi'a  "  Litararr  Anaodatas," 
nl.  VLpp.444 — 4Sf. 

OiMT.  Mao.  JpHI,  tnt. 

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am  tba  rim,  aoOM  of  whicb  dm*  thro^ 

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t98 


Memoir  of  the  laU  Bishop  BatrmgtoH. 


tAprH 


ceace  is  commemorated  in  an  appro- 
priate Latin  inscription  placed  over 
the  door  leading  to  the  great  staircase, 
by  the  late  Prelate,  Dr.  Fisher.  He 
also  established  a  fund  of  2000/.  the 
interest  of  which  is  yearly  distributed 
among  the  poor  Clergy  and  their  fami- 
lieis  by  the  existing  Bishop;  and  ap- 
propriated a  sum  of  6000/.  bequeathed 
to  him  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Emily,  to  aug- 
ment the  revenue  of  the  alms-houses, 
or  College  of  St.  Nicholas. 

In  1783  was  published  in  8vo,  his 
'' Charge  to  the  Clergy  of  the  diocese  of 
Sarum  at  his  primary  Visitation  in  . 
that  year,"  reviewed  in  vol.  liii.  page 
1035.  Some  "gentle  strictures*'  on 
this  Charge  were  soon  after  advanced 
in  "  A  Letter  to  the  Honourable  and 
Right  Reverend  Shute  Lord  Bishop  of 
Sarum,  by  a  Lay-member  of  the  Church 
of  England''  (noticed  in  vol.  liy.  p. 
767).  In  1789  he  published  in  8vo, 
"  A  Letter  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Sarum,  to  which  are  added. 
Directions  relating  to  Orders,  institu- 
tions, and  Licenses.**  This  was  rather 
fully  reviewed  in  vol.  lix.  p.  1025. 

In  1791,  on  the  death  of  Bishop 
Thurlow,  Bishop  Barrington  was 
translated,  with  the  approbation  of 
every  well-wisher  of  the  Church  and 
State,  to  the  rich  see  of  Durham, 
which  he  held  for  the  long  term  of 
35  years*.  An  account  of  his  public 
entry  into  the  city,  August  4,  1791 » 
with  the  s|)eech  of  Dr.  Sharp,  the 
Subdean,  and  his  Lordship's  Answer, 
is  printed  in  vol.  lxi.  p.  695 f.  In 
1792  appeared  in  4to,  the  Charge  he 
delivered  in  his  Primary  Visitation 
that  year  (noticed  in  vol.  xciii.  p.  15(5). 

Another  Charge,  8vo,  1797,  is  re- 


viewed in  vol.  Lxxx.  p.  544 ;  a  Ser- 
mon preached  before  the  Lcnrds,  Feb. 
27,  1799.  being  the  Fast-day,  in  rol. 
Lxxii.  1213;  a  Charge  in  July,  1801, 
in  vol.  Lxxiii.  546;  and  the  Bishop 
published  another,  4to,  1 8O6.  But  the 
most  important  production  of  the  Bi- 
shop's pien  was,  "The  Grounds  on 
which  the  Church  of  England  sepa- 
rated from  the  Church  ofRome,  re- 
considered, in  a  View  of  the  Rombh 
Doctrine  of  the  Eucharist,  with  an 
explanation  of  the  antepenultimate 
Answer  of  the  Church  Catechism.!' 
8vo.  I8O9.  This  is  reviewed  in  vol. 
Lxxix.  pp.  541 — 544.  It  contains  un- 
aiiswerable  aiguments  against  the  doc- 
trine of  transubstantiation.  It  was 
followed  in  the  following  year  by 
"GrouiKlt  of  Union  between  the 
Churches  of  England  and  Rome  con^ 
sidered;  a  Charge  delivered  to  the 
Clemr  of  the  Diocese  of  Durham,  at 
the  Ordinary  Visitation."  In  18 1 1  the 
Bishop's  '*  Sermons,  Charges,  and 
Tracu,**  were  first  collected  into  one 
8vo  volume  (see  vol.  lxxxii.  ii.  636), 
which  contained  the  Sermons,  Charges, 
and  the  "  Letter  to  the  Clergy"  before 
mentioned,  a  Charge  to  the  ChnrcK- 
wardens  of  the  Diocese  of  Durham, 
1801,  and  a  Circular  Letter  to  the 
acting  Magistrates  of  the  County  Pa- 
latine. Two  years  after  he  published 
*<  Vigilance,  a  Counterbalance  to  past 
Concessions,  and  a  Preventive  to  fu- 
ture Prodigality,  recommended  in  Two 
Charges,  1813,"  8vo;  and  in  1815  be 
evinced  great  fraternal  affection  in  a 
Sketch  of  the  Political  Life  of  his  bro- 
ther William  Viscount  Barrington,  in 
which  he  was  assisted  by  Sir  Thomas 
Bernard. 


which  means  all  the  stagnate  waters  are  carried  off.  He  changed  the  entrance ;  the  pn- 
•ent  entrance-hall  was  formerly  the  dining-room.  To  guard  against  the  inconvenieaoe 
arising  from  damp,  all  the  sitting  rooms  are  now  on  the  first  floor,  and  to  give  a  sufficient 
number  of  lodging  rooms,  a  floor  was  thrown  over  the  great  hall,  by  which  six  bed-rooms 
.were  gained.  The  great  room  is  52  by  24.  The  doors,  windows,  and  chimney,  were  de- 
signed by  Sir  Robert  Taylor ;  but  the  ceiling  formed  in  the  time  of  Bishop  Sherlock  was 
very  properly  retained." — Rev.  S.  H.  Cassan's  Lives  of  the  Bishops  of  Salisbury,  fitnn  la- 
formation  furnished  by  the  late  Bishop  Fisher.  * 

*  Only  three  Bishops  of  Durham  have  exceeded  this  period  of  holding  the  see.  Rngh 
Pudsey  held  It  39  years,  from  1 153  to  1194 ;  Thomas  de  Hatfield  36  years,  from  1345  to 
1381 ;  and  Nathaniel  Lord  Crew,  the  extraordinary  period  of  48  years,  from  1674  to  178t. 
The  nearest  to  fip.  Harrington's  term  is  Thomas  Langley,  31  years ;  two  held  it  99,  oMe 
28,  one  27)  one  20,  four  19»  one  18,  two  16,  two  15,  three  14,  one  IS,  two  IS,  four  ll* 
three  io^  two  9,  four  8»  three  7,  one  6,  two  5,  two  4,  one  3,  one  2,  and  two  1  y^ar. 

i*  A  curious  account  of  the  ancient  service  by  which  the  Bishop  of  Durham  holds  .the 
Manor  of  Sockburne,  and  the  ceremonies  performed  at  th^  Prelate's  first  entrance  into  his 
diocese,  is  given  in  vol.  xciii.  ii.  p.  6112,  with  a  representation  of  the  iaulchion  preacoited  to 
the  Bishop  on  that  occasion,  wherewith  the  Champion  Conyers  slew  "  the  numstiOQS  and 
poysoQOUS  wyveme,  which  destroyed  man,  womao»  and  child." 


18U.]  MtMoir  qJ  tht  late  Uiihop  Barringtoni  S99 

The  Bishop  contributed  Mine  (*lu<  Sn  fur  a  poliiicat  friend  atid  partitan 
able  nolo  to  the  lliinl  rdiljon  of  Mr.  of  hii  own,  ihe  Ule  Bishop  Hinch- 
Bowvcr'i  *' Critical  Conjeciiitea  on  diffe.  His  final  promoiion  lo  the  Bi- 
the  ^ew  Trttainent,"  puhlithed  in  stiopTic  of  Durham,  was  the  untoli- 
1788,  which  are  peculiarly  valuable,  cilnl  act  of  the  same  grotioui  and 
nn  acccunl  of  the  plan  on  which  ihe^  Royal  patron  {  but  nnl  wlihout  the 
arc  rofuied.  Insiead  o(  raihly  propoa-  hcaiiy  concurreace  of  Mr.  Pitt,  who, 
iiiD  new  trj>ilinj[i  to  remove  a  sup|>oied  in  drfercncG  lo  the  mcriii  of  Blthop 
dithculty,  the  Iliihop  layi  down  a  rule  Barriiigion,  no  less  than  to  ihc  wiihci 
lie\i'r  to  nlicr  ihe  approieil  or  well  au-  ofhia  Sovereign,  was  conleiil  to  wsie 
iheniicateil  Uxi  on  any  account  whnt-  the  preieniioni  of  «(  teatl  one  candU 
rier.  He  luggesit  only  thoi>e  alien-  dale  of  |)Owerfa]  connexioni  and  hich 
tioni  in  the  (cadin){i,  which  mi^hi  Parlitmcnury  inicreit.  -  Inilied,  iha 
pmsibly  be  more  correct  if  iho  puinl-  uleeliori  of  ihit  good  man  lo  fill  the 
rug  were  alierrd,  or  a  word  aiuched  Sen  which  he  sucCMaJTcly  occupied, 
to  the  second  part  of  ihe  lenience  in-  leHvcit  great  honour  on  the  Judgment 
■lead  of  ihc  tint,  or  la  the  fini  inuead  af  our  Tale  htnenied  Monarch,  who 
of  the  lecniid.  A>  the  Greek  Te«la-  had  loo  deep  a  sentc  of  religion  hin|- 
nient*  were  wrillen  wiilioui  any  divi-  icif,  and  wat  loo  iraluui  a  ion  of  the 
«ion  of  ihu  words,  or  any  pajnliogi  lo  Church  of  Enjiland,  not  lo  nominate 
diitinguiih  the  wvcral  claiuc*  of  a  un-  as  hit  Biikop  (for  so  be  ciainenily  dis- 
Icnce,  he  accuiiomed  hiniMtf  to  read  linguished  Bishop  Burington)  a  man 
the  prinlrtl  versioni  uf  the  Greek  Tes-  whom  he  intlmaiely  knew  lo  be  quali- 
laiTieni  on  this  plan,  and  gave  lo  Mr-  liiied  for  ihe  Prelacy,  and  sure  lo  di*- 
Bowycr  many  of  the  most  ingenious  charge  wilh  fidelity  lis  Iniporlant  du- 
and  probable  conjectures  in  his  ufefid     lies. 

collection.  In  1818  ihc  learned  Pre-  The  union  of  ihc  gentleman,  the 
liie  pretented  in  Mr.  Nichols  ihc  in-  scholar,  and  the  Chrisiian,  wai  iieicr. 
lerleavcd  c<^y  from  which  the  fourih     perhujjs,     more     haj)pily    exemjitiiied 

edition  was  printed,  conUinin;;  many  than  m  Bishop  Bnmni;ti)a.  His  man- 
addiiions  both   by  his  own   pen   anil     nen  were  dignilird,  coiirtemu,  bland, 

that  of  Dr.  Uwen,  hi*  Lordship's  cliap.  and  engaging  -.   his  compotiiions  wein 

lain,  whom   he  preferred  in   177d   in  elegant,  chusie,  and  classical  i  his  pieljr 

ihe  vicarage  of  Edmonton,  which  was  feircnl,  deroni,  charitable,  and  pure, 

in  his  gift  oa Canon  Residenliary  of  St.  The  ton  of  a  nobleman,  who  had  ncen 

Paul's.  among   the   (iruiest  supporters   of  the 

Tiie  qudiiies  of  this   diilinguiihfd  Proieiiatit    Eilabliihuiciii,   at  a   lime 

Prelate  were  such  as  will  erer  cause  his  when  ihe  Church  was  considered   iii 

name  li>  be  venerated  in  the  hiMoiy  danger,    he  never  departed    from   hit 

of  the  English  Church.     His  learnini;  herediiary  aiuchroent  lo  the  tame  u- 

WI.9  YirirHii.  Bitd  cxlemlnl  throuRh  all  errd    iii!lilntion.     He  was   uniformly 

"■■!;■     '■■      ■:'■■ ■...>         V"   ,    ;,.....-■.:,  ,„:.:,.,..; „'        •  ■  ■    ■  \w    iL^u"  cl- 

he  was  in   his  day  of  no  mean  order;  iliollo.       He    dn^adt^d     ihe     possible 

and  at  a  speaker  in  the  House  of  I.ords,  though  gradual  rr%ival  of  their  pntili- 

he  was  always  beard   with   atienlion  cnl  power;  and  his  tract  against  their 

and  respeci.  religions  opinions  is  eiieemed  one  of 

For  hit  highest  preferments  he  was  ihe  best  treatises  which  hat  erer  ap- 

mainly  indebted  to  his  own  merii,  and  peared  on  that  subJecL     Hii  firm  and 

to  the  favour  which  that  merit   pro-  undeviating  opposition  lo  the  princj- 

cured  him  with  his  late  excellent  Ma-  pies  of  our  Roman  Catholic  brclhrtn, 

jetly.     In  faci,  although  his  first  ele-  on  no   occasion,   howerer,   interfered 

vaiiun  lo  ihe  bench  was  owing  to  the  wilh   his   kindness   lo    ttwir   persons. 

influence  of  his  brother,  ViicountBar-  Hit   house  was  open    to  the   French 

rington,  at  that  lime  Secretary  at  War,  emigrant    Biihopa    and    Clergy.      He 

yet  his  lubsequent  advancement  was,  supplied  their   wants   by  his  bounty; 

in  each  instance,  the  act  of  the  King  he   admilted    the    moH  dislinniithcd 

himself.     His  translation  to  Salisbury,  among  ihem  to  hia  table,  ana  iiitro- 

in  particular,  was  contrary  to  the  ear-  duced  them  lo  his   frienda.     Though 

neti  and  repeated  instance*  of  ihe  Mi-  he  strictly  adhered  to  every  article  of 

nisicr  of  ihe  day,  the  Earl  of  Shel-  the  Esublished  Faith  humdf,  hwp«r- 

burae,  who  wat  anziooi  in  obtain  the  sonal  Itindnettei  and  I       ' 


300*                    Memw  of  ihi  laU  BUlwp  BarringUm.               [AprO^ 

tho9C  who  consctentionsly  and  openly  bents.   In  bim,  the  derieal  ddlioqnent 

dissentecf  from    the    same    hallowed  never  failed  to  find  a  vigilant  and  reso* 

Code  were  dictated  by  the  purest  sen-  lute  assertor  of  the  offended  discipline 

timents  of' toleration.     We  have  seen  of  the  Church ;  while  that  most  useful 

at  his  table  Presbyterian  Divines,  and  and  meritorious  of  all  characters,  the 

respectable  Quakers ;    and   it  is  well  faithful  Parish  Priest,  was  cheered  by 

known   that  his  confidential  convey-  his  favour,  and  rewarded  by  his  patron- 

ancer  for  many  years,  and  down  to  the  age.     As  a  patron,  indeed,  he  stood 

timeof  his  death,  was  the  distinguished  pre-eminent.     Never,   perhaps,   have 

Roman  Catholic  barrister,  Mr.  Chas.  the  rich  dignitaries*  in  the  ^ft  of  the 

Butler,  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  a  gentleman  See  of  Durham,  been  bestowed  with 

celebrated    for  the   alacrity  and  abi-  so  much  attention  to  the  claims  of  me- 

lity  with  which  he  has  at  all  times  rit.     It  repeatedly  happened,  that  his 

maintained  the  cause  of  Catholicism  most  opulent  preferments   were  con- 

against  the  doctrines,  policy,  and  inte-  ferred  on  persons  utterly  unknown  to 

rests,  of  the  Reformation,  and   who  him,  except  by  their  characters  and 

never  forfeited  the  friendship  of  the  their  literary  labours.   Dr.  Burgess,  the 

Bishop,  though  engased  in  a  contro-  present  learned  Bishop  of  Salisbury, 

versy  with  his  Lordship's  own  chap-  was    Bishop    Barrington*s    Chaplain 

lains.  Dr.  Phillpotts  and  Mr.  Towns-  when  at  Salisbury,  and  was  ear^  re- 

hend.  warded  with  a  stall  at  Durham.    Dr. 

Throughout   the  extended    life  of  Paley  was  presented  with  the  rich  rec- 
Bishop  Eiarrington,  he  had  the  happi-  tory  of  Bisnopwearmouth,  though  per- 
ness  of  numbering  among  his  more  m-  sonally  unknown  to  his  patron  until 
timate  friends  many  persons  of  the  iirst  collation   was  ^iven.      Among  those 
distinction  for  moral  worth  and  lite-  who  have  received  preferment  at  the 
rary  attainments. '   Many  such   might  same  hands,  besides  many  other  valu- 
here  be   mentioned ;  but   it  may  be  able  and  useful  characters,  are  the  fol- 
sufficient  to  adduce  the  names  of  two  lowing  Clergymen,  each  of  whom  is 
eminent    examples.      The    following  an  author  of  more  or  less  celebrity :— • 
simple  and  affectionate  lines  were  in-  Dr.  A.  Bell,  Brewster,  Dr.  Bandmel, 
scribed  by  the  Bishop  of  Durham  on  an  Collinson,  Davison,  Faber,  Dr.  Gray, 
urn  in  the  centre  of  a  group  of  elms  Hollingsworth,  Hodgson,  LeMesurier, 
at  Mongewell,  his  favourite  mansion  Dr.  Phillpotts,  Thorpe,  Dr. Zouch,&c, 
in  Oxfordshire,  of  which  he  became  The  exercise  of  patronage  was,  indeed, 
|M>88essed  by  his  second  wife:  uniforml]^  regarded  by  Bp.  Barrington 
"  To  the  memory  ®*  involving  duties  of^^the  niost  solemn 
of  my  and  important  kind  ;  and  it  is  a  proof 
two  highly-valued  Friends,  p^  ^^^  uncommon  firmness,  as  well  as 
Thomas  Tyrwhytt,  esq.  integrity,  of  his  mind,  that  although 
and  his  life  was  protracted  so  far  beyond 
the  Rev.  C.  M.  CfiACHERODE,  M.A.  the  ordinary  limits  of  mortal  exist- 
In  this  once-favourM  walk,  beneath  thess  ence,  he  preserved  himself  to  the  last,' 
elms,  unfettered  by  the  ties  of  consanguinity. 
Whose  thtckenM  foliage  to  the  solar  ray  or  personal  favour. 
Impervious,  sheds  a  venerable  gloom,  One  anecdote  of  his  Lordship,  which 
Oft  in  instructive  converse  we  beguil'd  does  high  honour  to  his  liberality  and • 
The  fervid  time,  which  each  returning  ylear  his  piety,  but  for  the  authenticity  of 
To  Friendship's  call  devoted.    Such  things  which  we  cannot  vouch,  was  publish-' 
were;                                            „  ed   many  years  ago.      A  relation  of 
Bat  are,  alas!  no  more.           S.Dunelm."  lyirs.   Barrington,   it   is   said,   bavins 

His    chief  associates  and    friends,  experienced  some  embarrassments  and 

.however,  through  the  whole  course  of  disappointments    in    life,    wished    to 

his  life,  were  his  brother  Clergymen  amend  his  situation  (being  a  military 

(for  so  he  delighted  to  consider  and  to  officer),  by  entering  into  the  Church, 

treat  them),  and  he  eagerly  sought  out  thinking  that  the  Bishop  would  pro- 

and  cultivated  those  talents  which  he  vide  handsomely  for  him.   On  makiiiff 

deemed  likely  to  benefit  the  Church.        »  m.. 1 li — .     -  i.   »   ■.' 

He  improved  the  sacred  edifices  and  ^^^  patronise,  though  ncA,  i.  by  «i 

--.  :,i^..i^        J       v-                •"».«»   aim  means  SO  woji  as  It  w  commonly  Tepresented. 

residences  under  his  care;  and,  what  Two  archdeaconries,  twelve  prebSSTand 

^il:u\i  Tu"u  ^'y  F^^®'.  f^nsequence,  forty-five  livings^  of  varknis  valae,  censtitiite 

M  filled  ttie  benefic^  with  most  learn-  the  whole  of  it,  which  U  &r  less  m  «— ^ 

td,    pKms,   and   praiseworthy  incum-  tha6  belongs  to  many  other  sees. 


ISM-l  JfenwMr  ^  lAi  bM  BitKop  BarniiglM.  aot 

die  nrcrsair;  application  to  his  kin*-  ihe  lul  he  wit  in   th«  hibil  of  fr*- 

aian.  he  wii  nitrd  what  prrfcrniciil  qucnil;  tpcciving  ol   hii  table  a  few 

Hoald    laiiify    him.     To   thi»   home  picit),  nrcly  exceeding  tight  in  num*' 

Mrtlion     he    readily    nnsncred,   that  ber  ai  a  lime.     Tho«e  who  have  been 

MMut  AOOf.  a  year  would  make  him  a  of  hii  partira  (and  among  thrm  are  tn- 

happv    m*n.     "You   thall    hare   it,''  eluded  many  of  the  moti  eniipent  in 

Mid  nil  Lordship,  "  but  not  out  of  the  literature  and  icience)  hare  nevct  TaiU 

Illrimoiiy  of  the  Church,     I  will  not  cd  to  come  away  impret«ed  with  admi- 

rprite  n  worthy  and  re^tular  divine  to  ration  of  the  Binauiar  talcnia  of  their 

^Diide  for  a  ntceiiitou)  relation.  You  venerable  host  in  leading  the  convena- 

ihall  hare  the  lum  you  mention  yearly  lion  of  the  day.     Without  eflort,  and 

Ut  of  my  own  pncliei.''  without  aitilice,  he  had   recouTM   to 

How  welt  he  cnntinued  tn  diKharge  such  topici  ai  inlcrnted  all,  and  yet 

thi>  great  truit,  wai  erinced  within  a  drew  fonh  in  turn  the  peculiar  talenia 

rery  tew  weeks  bernre  his  death  ;  when  of  each.     His  own  talk  was  cheerful, 

one  of  the  mmt  valuable  of  the  ilatls  lively,  anil  even  humorous ;  hut  at  the 

of  Durham  becoming  racani,  he  a*aiU  same  'lime  ever  iMuming  a   tone   of 

ed  hiintcif  of  the  orcation,  to  advance  manly  indignation  at  the  menlion  of  a 

•t  once  the  three  distinguished  names  deedofwickedoets,  andof  the  wunHK 

of  Gisborne.  Sumner,  and  Gillf.  sympathy  for    unmerited  distrtia.     A 

Next  to  the  exemplary  diacliargc  of  rrligioui   spirit    pervaded   the   whole, 

the  duties  of  a  patron,  he  was  conapi-  and  he  rarely  omitted  a  '^' 


I  in  the  nes  of  the  world  by  nil  quietly  csciting  simitar  reeliDgi  in  the 
ptincely  muni hee nee.  There  was  no  minds  of  ihoie  around  him.  Keligion 
Kheme  of  u-irful  chanty  which  had  indeed  was  the  great  presiding  princi- 
not  his  name  among  ihe  foreninst  con-  pie  of  hii  miniT  •  No  man  could  be 
iribotorsi  and  there  were  even  few  in-  more  uniformly  sensible  of  the  uneer- 
sliluiions  for  ihc  adiancetnent  of  any  tainiy  of  life,  or  made  the  coosider*- 
objeel  of  pnblic  utility,  particularly  lion  of  it  more  constantly  the  monitor 
for  the  cuUivalion  of  the  fine  arts,  of  and  guide  of  his  actions.  But  his  re- 
which  he  was  not  a  generous  sup-  liglon  had  in  i<  nothing  gloomy,  no- 
porter.     But  large  as  were  hit  acts  of  thing  morose. 

public  moniticence,  they  bore  but  *  During  the  last  year  he  had  passed 

(mall  proportion  lo  the  deeds  of  pri-  several    months    very   comfortably    at 

trate  unoblnisire  charily  which  were  Worthing    in    Sussex,    at    Warwbk 

ihe  daily  occupation  of  his  life.     Un-  House  near  the  Sleyne,  the  mansion 

numbered  are  the  objects  who  were  which  was  for  a  short  lime  the  tesi- 

blessed  by  his  bounty,  and  whose  lean  dencc  of  the  late  Princess  Charlotte  of 

■re  now  flowing  in  vain  regret  for  (he  Wales.     Here,  though  almost  cktse  to 

benefactor  whom  they  have  lost.     His  the  sea,  he  had  the  enjoyment  of  a 

bounties,  indeed,  were  of  no  ordinary  garden,  sheltered  by  trees  and  shrub* 

kind-     They  were  dis])ensed  on  luita-  of  luTurianl  growth,  in  which  be  took 

ble  occasions,  with  a  liberality  which  his   daily    walks;    and    he   frequently 

not  even  his  ample  means  would  have  rode  out  in   an    open  carriage,  on  a 

enabled   him  to  indulge,  had   it   not  moniing  visit  to  one  or  other  of  the 

been  suttainrd  by  a  jiut  and  exact  eco-  neighbouring  clergy   or  gentry;    nor 

Bomy.     No  one,  perhaps,  ever  better  did  he  ever  oroit  a.  reeidar  attendance 

understood  the  true  value  of  money,  or  on  the  morning  and  afternoon  service 

employed  it  more  judiciously  as   the  at   the  Church,  where   his  chaplain, 

instrument  of  virtue.     Mr.  Butler  af-  the   Rev.  George  Townshend   (since, 

firms  in  his  *' Reminiscences''  (p  t)7),  bv  the  Bishop's  kindness,  a  Prebendary 

that  lOO.OtW/.  would  not  make  out  the  of  Durham),  generally  assistctl  the  re- 

amouni  of   the    muniBcence    in    the  gular  Minister.     To   the  compiler  of 

foundation  or  arranstement  of  which  this  article,    his    Lordship   penonally 

his   Lordship  had    professionally   em-  expressed    the   satisfaction  he    felt  by 

ployed  hint.     It  ii  stated  in  the  new»-  his    temporary   abode    at   Worthing) 

Cpen  that  he  lent  no  less  than  6;4  which  he  soon  after  lubslantially  rots. 

gging  leilers  lo  the  Mendicity  Ofhce  firmed  by  purehaiine  the  house  where 

for  iniesligation  during  the  year  1835.  he  resided,  to  whicn  he  made  some 

Though  for  the  last  few  years  of  hi)  additions, 

life  be  neceasarily  lived  in  a  state  of  In   hit   person.   Bishop  Barrioglon 

compatsiivc  retirement,  yet  ilmoit  to  wu  tall  ind  majestic,  yet  in  hli  youth 


aoi  On  DimmiUuUm  0id  MHraelm.      .  *  [Apfili 

he  wa^  rapposed  to  be  Ar'fK>m  pot-    host  of  pretended  mincles  engnftcd  on^ 
tesfling  a  vigorous  constitation,  ana  he    those  of  our  blessed  Sariour  by  die  Pa* 
underwent  an  o|)eration  for  the  stone    pistical  See.  With  that  fallible  Chaich 
at  a  very  early  age.     He  approached,     miracles  never  cease ;  witness,  for  in- 
however,  the  aee  of  Q2  witn  rare  and     stance,  the  plentiful  crop  lately  put 
light  attacks  ofsickness ;  and  when  at     forth   in  the  "Revelations  of  Soeur 
length  a  stroke  of  paralysis,  about  five    Nativity,"  which  are  admirably  ex|X)8e(l 
'    veeeks  ago,  deprived  him  of  the  use  of    in  the  last  Number  of  the  Quarterly 
someof  his  members,  he  made  such  ef-     Review.      Of  this    Popish   **Apoca-. 
forts  to'wards  recovery,  that  it  appeared    lypse  *'  Dr.  Milner  has  declared,  that  it 
probable  that  his  death  mi^ht  still  be    appears  to  him  "  wonderful  for  its  ndh- 
i^mote.     Happily  he  had  little  or  no     Ittnity,  energy,  copiousness,  ieaming,- 
bodily  suffering ;   and  his  mind  was     orthodoxy,  and  piety  !    It  is  impossi- 
unclouded  almost  to  the  last.  That  he     ble  (adds  the  Doctor)  that  you  or  any- 
contemplated  his  approaching  end  with     other  person  should  have  a  greater  ve- 
resignation,  and  even  with  thapkful-    neration  for  the  Revelations  of  hit  ^tlie> 
ness  for  the  absence  of  acute  pain,  is  a     Abbe  Genet's)  spiritual  daughter  than 
particular  which  seems  to  follow,  as  of    I  have,  or  be  more  anxious  to  see  them> 
course,  from  the  general  tone  and  tern-    in  print  for  the  edification  rf  the  good 
per  of  his  life.    On  the  Sunday  preced-    ana  the  conversion  tf  the  wicked.***^^ 
mg  his  death  he  read  the  appointed    Another  Roman  Catholic  Priest,  Mr. 
lessons  to  his  family,  and  intimated     Rayment,  of  Yorkshire,  declares  ht 
that  it  was  for  the  fast  time.    In  his    would   not  exchange  the  translation) 
letters  to  Lord  Teignmouth,  excusing     (which  he  had  himself  made  of  the 
his  attendance  at  the  anniversaries  of    work)  for  a  library.    One  Hodgson,  a 
the  Bible  Society,  to  which  he  ever    Vicar  General,  calls  it  a  work  of  "  in-^ 
remained   an   unshaken    friend,    and     fused  theology,*'  and  to  crown  all,  Fa- 
which  always  enclosed   a  munificent    ther  Browning,  an    English    Jesuit,- 
contribution,  he  generally  adverted  to    says,  "  on  the  whole,  were  Scripture ^ 
the  probability  of  each  of  them  being     no  more,  and  all  the  valuable  treatises 
the  last  that  he  should  be  spared  to    of  instructive,  moral,   doctrinal,  and' 
write.  theological  science  no  more  to  be  met 

It  is  stated  that  his  decease  occurring  with  in  other  books,  they  might  all  be 
after  twelve  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  recovered  in  this  one,  and  that^  with 
the  25th,  being  quarter-day,  has  given  interest  beyond" 
his  representatives  the  emoluments  of  Many  other  Papal  Divines  in  this« 
one  half-year,  which  would  not  have  country  have  committed  themselves  not 
been  the  case  had  he  died  before  12  less  egregiously  with  regard  to  these 
the  night  preceding.  blasphemous  ravings. 

There  is  an  original  portrait  of  his  It  may  not  be  amiss  at  this  crisia  io 
Lordship  in  the  series  ot  the  Bishops'  expose  some  of  the  delusions  forced  on 
portraits  in  Salisbury  Palace.  There  their  devotees  by  the  Church  of  Roooe 
IS  an  engraving  by  Jones,  after  Rom-  in  the  Middle  Ages;  and  in  the  pre- 
hey,  17S6 ;  another  from  a  medaUion  sent  communication  I  shall  confine 
profile  in  the  European  Masazine,  myself  to  some  instances  of  Demoniac- 
1790 ;  a  good^  engraving  by  C.  Picart,  ism.  Were  i  to  collect  the  thousands 
from  a  drawing  by  H.  Edridge,  was  of  stories  of  persons  possessed,  and 
published  in  Cadell  s  "  British  Gallery  their  several  cures,  it  would  prove 
of  Contemporary  Portraits;**  but  a  later  a  heavy  task  indeed  ;  and  the  bulk  of 
likeness  is  one  taken  by  A.  Robertson,  the  diabolical  history  of  the  Middie 
miniature  painter  to  the  Duke  of  Sus-  Ages  would  be  proportionate  to  the  ma- 
sex,  and  engraved  by  Caroline  Watson  terials.  The  subject,  however,  woitld 
(engraver  to  her  late  Majesty)  in  Mr.  infallibly  make  a  deep  and  auspicioua 
Surtees's  History  of  Durham.  From  the  impression  on  the  mind  of  every  rnder ; 
last  the  accompanying  plate  is  copied.       since,  whatever  degree  of  simplicity- 

^  and  credulity  they  might  brinff  to  the 

On  Dbmohiacism,  and  Miracles    ri!!!fJ;:/^''^r"i''^£?!'''*' J^*^**^^ 

OF  THE  Papal  Ages.  *^.^*X     P^'j^Tfl^  ^  ^u^' J*'.??  "^ 

•K^    Ti  A    ',   ^     mmable  superstition,  which  still  pr^ 

CJIHIMG  has  proved  qnoredetri-     thus  be  speedily  and  gently  clier* 
mental  to  real  Religion,  than  the    vated;  and  the  human 


law.]                      Oh  Daumiatim  mi  Miraeta.  AoS 

ninild  b«  grailoallf  more  inrormeil  tagi ;  iiDlwith<tiai]in|c  the  Nlcnin  and 
and  eniighiciird.  P**^'  prorcuion  in  inr  form  ot  bsp- 
In  ihr  mriin  lime  I  will  only  cam-  liim  :  1  renounce  the  Dciil.  ind  whau 
municatc  a  i«w  examples.  From  (he  ever  ma;  be  imputed  lo  his  contioul; 
foethodi  ol*  curt,  we  ihill  be  enabled  juBi  n  it  had  nied  lo  be  admilled  and 
10  judge  of  ihc  wretched  ptinciptti  or  taiintaJDcJ  among  ihe  Pagans,  not 
artful  viewi  inwhich  the  innumerable  only  >n  practice,  but  likeniie  in  ihe- 
lalri  of  drvili  always  procp«d.  Ii  m  ory,  if  ilie  common  sayings  of  the  vnl. 
not  now  my  design  lo  expniiate  upon  gar  mav  be  so  called, 
the  really  heaihenlih  orrgin  of  the  Aniiently  ihere  might  have  been 
whole  opinion  of  a  subiianiial  indwcl-  wmclhing  of  a  more  uieful  duign  in 
ling  and  pDiseuion  of  one  or  more  instituting  now  and  ihen  an  eaotcisin 
evil  ipiritsi  and  to  ihcw  that  this  idea  of  the  Devil  expressly  by  name;  but 
is  by  no  tncani  a  nccemrv  tenet  of  the  there  eould  be  no  reauin  why  it  should 
Chriiiian  fuith,  because  il  ii  in  luch  aAerwardaandevcrywhercbeMtcrmed. 
daily  use,  thouj^h  in  some  of  the  Gos-  Such  a  crowd  oldtemoniBCs,  or  peo- 
pels  it  is  so  vpoken  of  in  compliance  pie  possessed,  occur  in  history,  aa  to 
with  the  lons'HcriTcd  belief  of  ihe  un-  be  almost  iniuppotlable.  (!n>ttinate 
reflectini^  mutlilude.  They  would  have  bentici,  who  would  not  allow  them- 
deemed  iiatmall  mailer,  if  Christ  had  telves  to  be  convinced;  simple  folki, 
■aid,  that  he  would  relieie  the  patient  wbn  could  not  lell  how  it  was  ihat 
of  (he  evil  disease  or  madness;  the  peo-  ihcy  were  not  called  Catholic  Chris- 
pie  broi^ht  ibcir  invetemie  prepotsc*.  tians,  were  all  possoicd,  in  order  that 
■Ions  with  them  ;  and  if  Christ  could  ihe  truth  of  ihe  Orthodox  Church 
have  immedinlely  corrected  them  and  might  be  ihe  more  con6rmed.  Tte 
given  them  i  inund  judgment,  we  greater  number,  however,  of  the  pwa- 
ttiould  perhaps  have  had  no  miracles  tesscd  were  those  who  had  embeiiled 
in  some  paxages  to  read  of  The  great  or  purloined  any  tiling  from  a  monas- 
BMss   of  Christians  remninni   carnal,  lery  or  the  church,  till  such  I 


weak,  defective  in  nndersianding;  ao-  they  made  restitution ;  or  who  did  not 

eordingly   the  Apostles  were   obliged  give  credit  to  the  miracles  of  luch  and 

M  accommodate  their  instructions  to  such  sainlt;  or  who  refused  implicitly 

them  :  and    it    is  universally  known,  to   submit  lo   the   ii^unclioos  of  the 

Ihat  (herefon  the  whole  of  the  con-  Chtiivii. 

■Don   and  not  accurate);  defined,  or  The  method  of  expubitm  k  to  aa 

incomplete   biography  of  Christ,  and  cnliahlcued  and  tincere  Chritlian  pcs- 

tbe  iraniactlons  of  his  life  on  earth,  fectiy  disgusting.     1  will  jiul  anpcffi^ 

was  abstiiictediy  and  generally,  in  the  cially  mention  the  miserable   fietiou 

primitive  ages,  siyted  the  economy,  or  conceroing  the  various  shapes  tad  fi. 

the  husbandry  and  manage  of  the  house,  gurei  in  which  the  Devil  entered  moA 

Bydrgrees,  however,  this  manifaM  and  came  out.     It  will  here  inS^  briefly 

^real  discrepancy  between   the  narra-  lo  notice,  from  Sl  Grqory,  that  le- 

liveand  the  fact  ceaicd  to  beobaerred ;  veral  people  bad  swallowed  a  Deril, 

and  what  has  been  fonnerly  tolerated  who  had  sealed  hiinteir,  withoat  Mteb 

fiom  temporary  condescension   to   in-  ■  design  (at  least  be  li  exculpated  of 

competent  hearers,  becanse  they  coasld  nch  by  Gr^ory),  upon  a  sallM,  over 

not  otherwise  bear  it,    was  elevated  which  the  sign  of  (He  Cross  had  not 

wilh  equal  zeal  into  universal  dogmat,  been  made.     Stories  of  the  same  kind 

alike  proper  as  a    part  of  ihe  saving  also  frcqnenilv  appear  from  ihe  CU- 

failh,    for   all  Christiana,  in  all  ages,  asen/ina,  and  ihereby  betray  tile  Romiih 

onoe  for  all-     The  same  was  the  case  staaap. 

with  the  notions  of  the  ignorant  vnl-  I  shall  present   a   few  mon   raari. 

fu,  tooching  the  eflecli  of  evil  spirits  In  a  very  nigh  wind  the  uttelean  m- 

tn  the  visible  world.    Notwithstanding  rit  in  tpeeU  Be^erlUioiUM,   or  in  UM 

the  apparent  pabJic  oppasitioa  lo  the  shape  of  a  bat,  flew  down  the  throat 

Uamchees,  no  small  quantity  ef  (he  of  a  recreant  deacon,  for  not  givibg 

leaven  of   that  sect  insinuated   itself  credit  to  the  miraclea  of  St.  Virgilim, 

among  many  of  the  common   Chria-  and  preventing  the  popotaec  frooi  p^. 

liana,  in  pursuance  of  which  a  pret^  ins    their  devoiitms  to   his   reliqiMa. 

•qnal    partition    was    made   between  WhileSl.  AppianiM,  aMo*kof  Paria, 

God  and  the  Devil.    Nay,  the  latter  wasin  die  aciof  nlievii^.a  paaVMsd 

had  in   no  small  degree  the  advan-  woman,  who  twd  found  no  iMiiiiiifsi 


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On  Demoniacum  mtd  Mir&elii. 


lApril, 


even  at  Rome  (that  his  monastery 
might  be  brought  ioto  greater  repute)  3 
ihe  spat  smoke  and  blood,  and  many 
saw  with  their  own  eyes  that  she  vo- 
mited up  the  Devil.  The  reliqoes  of 
St.  Hidulphus,  Bishop  of  Triers,  had 

Sealer  efficacy  than  prayina,  crossing, 
c. ;  the  possessed  in  generauvere  cured 
by  them,  a  quocunque  spiritu  vexahan- 
tur ;  for  many  of  the  devils  are  of  a 
very  obstinate  temper.  In  a  particu- 
lar chapel  stood  a  vat  with  aqtta  exar- 
dkaia,  wherein  it  was  the  custom  to 
dip  the  possessed  till  they  were  healed. 
Once,  however,  a  peasant  came  hither, 
who  was  possessed  by  so  powerful  a 
daemon,  that  he  could  scarcely  be 
coerced  by  iron  chains,  and  of  such 
extensive  knowledge,  that  he  boasted 
of  being  able  to  speak  all  languages; 
he  understood  aries  liherales;  he  knew 
every  thiiie  that  happened,  even  the 
ideas  and  tnoughts  of  such  as  appeared 
before  him.  He  was  present  at  mass, 
|Mrfectly  undaunted,  and  even  joined 
in  singing  the  responses,  anthems,  and 
psalms ;  he  was  neither  scared  at  the 
sign  of  the  cross,  nor  a  substantial  cm- 
et/ixus.  He  was  even  plunged  into 
tne  above-mentioned  vat,  but  without 
effect;  he  tormented  the  by-standers^ 
The  monk  whose  turn  it  was  to  occu- 
py the  confessional,  confessed  hil  pe- 
nitents beforehand,  because  he  knew 
that  the  devil  divulged  every  thing; 
[this  at  once  established  the  import- 
ance of  close  auricular  confession ;}  and 
now  he  came  and  thus  addressed  the 
devil:  Thou  arch-liar  and  deceiver, 
thou  pretendest  to  know  all  things; 
tell  wnat  thou  knowest  of  me.  Upon 
this,  he  was  greatly  embarrassed,  look- 
ed down  upon  the  ground,  and  be- 
thought himself  what  he  should  allege 
(against  a'  holy  monk),  [/n  vita  SI. 
fftdulphi,  n.  19.]  At  last  he  said : 
Ah,  the  day  before  yesterday,  thou 
didst  commit  some  act  of  great  enor- 
mity: it  has  now  slipt  my  memory. 
The  monk  hereupon  began  to  read 
over  his  head  the  commencement  of 
the  eos|)el  of  John.  [This  was  of  as 
much  potency  in  sucn  cases,  as  the 
prayer  of  St.  Christopher  to  the  trea- 
sure^-disgers.]      £y,    said    the   devil, 

.  thou  ideot,  hold  thy  tongue ;  I  un- 
derstand the  gospel  and  its  mystery, 

•better  than  thou;  thou  wilt  never 
dfivc  me  out  by  that ;  go,  look  out 
fi)r  something  better.  Away,  there- 
fore, went  the   monk.     He  fetched 


out  of  the  church  the  lidte  thrine, 
which  contained  the  holy  rdiqoea. 
No  sooner  did  this  approadi  bim, 
than  the  devil  roared  out.  Away  with 
my  enemy,  away !  But  the  monk  put 
the  casket  [perhaps  not  very  gently, 
seeing  qold  water  was  of  no  effect] 
upon  his  head.  Then  screamed  the 
devil:  Ah,  miserable  wretch  that  I 
am  !  Ah,  I  beseech  thee,  take  it  away. 
Encouraged  by  this,  the  monk  now 
plied  him  with  more  vehement  conju- 
rations; so  much  the  more  bellowed 
the  devil.  Away  with  my  enemies! 
Being  asked.  Who  are  thy  enemies? 
[that  the  people  might  more  firmly 
believe  in  the  virtue  of  the  said  re- 
liques]  Ah,  he  replied,  they  arc  St. 
Laurentius  and  St.  Stephanos ;  I  must 
now  perforce  eo  out,  through  their 
merits.  He  then  sprang  from  his 
mouth  in  the  shape  of  a  chafer,  scara- 
haus,  fell  upon  the  ground,  and  crawl- 
ed slowly  to  the  church-door,  when  he 
suddenly  flew  up  in  the  air. 

The  author  adds:  I  myself  have 
seen  in  the  shrines  of  reliques  some  of 
the  stones  that  were  thrown  at  Ste- 
phen to  I^ill  him ;  bloody  coals  from 
under  the  gridiron  of  St.  Laurence; 
and  the  dalmatica  of  St.  Leodigarius. 
Numbers  of  the  possessed  of  both  sexes, 
bound  with  ropes  or  chains,  were 
brought  by  their  friends  to  this  vat; 
and  upon  dipping,  were  happily  cored. 
From  a  variety  of  such  stuff,  a  form 
and  figure  of  the  devil  was  gradually 
comiXMed ;  so  that  without  much  dit- 
ficufty  a  man  could  directly  say*  Thb 
is  the  devil. 

Even  in  the  Arabic  gospels,  printed 
at  Rome,  are  a  great  many  wooden 
cuts,  representing  the  devil  as  like  as 
he  can  stare,  in  the  different  forms  of 
his  exit.  How  great  the  mischief 
such  erroneous  and  heathenish  ideas 
'have  produced  among  Christians! 

I  could  transcribe  of  these  histories 
not  a  few,  no  less  profitable  than  de- 
lectable ;  happy  for  us  that  they  diffuse 
so  much  light  among  us,  whereby  at 
least  half  the  practice  of  physic  niight 
be  spared !  CJold  water  may  no  doubt 
bring  on  a  crisis,  and  if  a  box  of  huge 
pebbles  is  put  with  a  heavy  hand  upon 
the  head,  it  may  perhaps  contribute 
somewhat  to  the  recovery  of  sense  and 
consciousness;  all  the  rest  is"^  to  be 
ascribed  to  the  rare  invention  of  the 
author  of  the  account.  T. 

(T0  be  GdHiinued.) 


GfnI. Mi:^. .^pril,\H^e.  PI. Il.p.3' 


KYME  TOWER  AND  CHURCH,  LINCOLNSHIRE. 


TEMPLE  IIREWER.  LINCOLNSHIRE. 


IMS.]           Ki/mt  Tower,  and  Ttrnplt  Srtwer,  lliteotiukirt.  SOS 

ir.ui.  TnwER   I  iKOOLssHiiti.  The  hall  or  cwtle  wm  pulled  aown 

***                     ■..".>_■  betwMri  1760  and  ITSi.     It  stood  on 

AT    Kyme,   m    LinM^o*hire.  wm  ,|,^  South  of  the  io«(r. 

tcatcd  «»ii   after  the  LotKiuial  _^         ^       ,  ^f  ,i,e  mom  i>  still  full 

•n  ancient  family  of  ihe  lame  name,  ^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^j  [(^  ^.g^jj^  n,ay  be  itactd 

tvlKi  founded  the  Priotiei  of  Bolinit-  j^^  round. 

l«n   and   BuTwell,   co.   Lincoln,   and  ^  All  thai  now  remain  of  the  Priory 

whcr  heiren  carried  the  piowrty  by  .^   ,,,^   Comh    front    of   ihe    ptewnt 

mariiageiiiloiheDel'mfraiiillfawiIyi  ehmrh  or chapri  {ihcwtt  iu  the  baet 

from   wliom   it  deiccndcd   to  Itul   of  Rroutid  of  theengtavinB.)    Behindthe 

Talboy..     Sir    G.lberl   Talbop    wa.  ?:i,fl„i  are  evident  inaAsBf  building., 

cteaifl  Lord   Kyme  by  Henry  VIIL  ^^j  "j^^  rcmaini  of  a  wall  and  moat. 

helu«iiig  mairied  Elizabeth  Blount,  ^^^^  (j^u   ;,   „iii   palled    the   Abbey 

■  favotirite  ii.iJlrea*  of  that  Monarch.  ^^ 

He  dyina  without  itsiie  in  1530,  ihw  .^^  Church  was  erected  in  l8i)S, 

head  of  ih*  barony,  in  the  dtvision  ol  -^^  ,^j  f^,„  „f  o,,^  ,[,(,)  laVcn  down. 

the  iiropctty,  e»mc  lo  Sir  Edward  I)y-  [,  <.nniiiU  of  only  one  aijle,  with  ■ 

.nokf.ofScriTe!ihT;ofBf«milylon!fet-  ^^  „„  ,),,  Sn.ith  »id«,  and  a  small 

I*brat«l  «.  Ihe  Chamtiioo*   of  bng-  ^^j|  -^^  ^^  ,,^1,  ^,  j^^  XVat  end.    The 

land.     The  IJymokeft  r«id«i  here  till  ij„(,ior  i,  neatly  fiited  up.     The  cxte- 

about  1700;  snil  in  1730  wid  Ihe  e»-  ^j^^  is  qoile  plain;  ewept  on  the  South 

Uie   to   the  Duke  of  NeweoMle-     11  ^jj^^  ,,  |„fo„  noticed,  ii  part  of  ihe 

was  afletwaids  purcluacd  by  Abraham  ^^  Priory,  which  contains  very  hand-' 

Hume,  e»i.  alwul  1743,  and  la  iiow  m  ^^^^^  windows. 

Ctession  of  his  ion,  Sir   A.  Hume,  j^^  ,^jj  chapel  is  an  inseriplion  on 

t.                                                     .   „  l^rdTalhov»'storab*iandonothcr  10 

or  ■'  ihe  gomlly  l»uie  and  park,  ^^^^  memoiy  of  Mr.  Mutmaduhe  Dic- 

mcoiiooei!  by  Uland  m  hn  llineifliy,  Vcnsoii",    who   gained   a    fortune   in 

llitrc  i.  niiw  sc;!P«ly  a  vcMikp,  except  London,  and  became  on  his  death,  in 

:i  Im-;.,i:".  '   -r.'  .   -,'i"-l'T-,-!^hr  '™*f.  ,^]|_  ^  benefactor  to  his  natitc  vil- 

Nnrihern    part  of  ihe   niicieni  castle,  ^emtli!  BitEWER,  or  Templum  de 

(Stf    Plait  it.  /g    1  )     Thii  lower  |^   Briiece,  dettred   iis  name  from   iu 

has  all  the  freshness  of  a  modem  butW-  nj^jjug  on  what  was  formerly  a  vuat 

iriK,   and  setiM  10  defy  the  hand  of  ^|e,„|jj  heath.     1 1  is  the  remains  of 

Time.  a  haliiiaiioo  of  the  K nights  Templars. 

The  cnicance  leads   mio  an  apart-  ..  j]j.„_"  5™  Mr.  Gough,  "was  for- 

menl,  vnulud  and  prmned,  having  in  |j|j,j|    a  round  chiirch  aficr  the  model 

thccenireof  the  roof  iheartnsof  Dm-  ^f  ,,,j,  jjq]     Sepulchre  at  Jerusiilem, 

fravill.  Gules,  a  cinquefoil  wiihin  4n  (^^^^   p,,^^   „„iy   ,|,^  „„,,  and   some 

ode    of   cross  crossleis.     This   room,  ^,^^^|,j  ,r,ua;„,"    The  present  appcar- 

lishied    only   by    narrow    loop-holes,  ^^^^^  ^f  ^^^^  North  and  East  fronls  are 

which  serve  lo  iliow  iu  massne  walls,  ,,,p„„  ;„  p,^,,  //.    This  tower,  we 

appears  lohavebeeninteiidcdaaaplice  so„.^,c,  was  a  forlified  gale-house  or 

of  confinement  or  securiiy.   Ascending  ^^^IJ^^     which    Edwnrd    L    in     l3iH5 

the  staircase,  we  come  to  a  chamber,  ^,.,„^^i  ii„ncc  10  the  Knighis  Tem- 

which   seems  10  have  formerly  com-  p|.,„  ,„  erect  upon  ibis  manor.     1 1  has 

municated  with  ihe  bodjf  of  the  castle.  I^n  thccharacier  of  a  place  of  strenKlU. 

This  is  now  called  the  Chequer  Cham-  ] ,  ^^^  probably  ostd  m  a  walch  lower, 

ber,  proliably  from  ihe  floor  being  ei>-  j-^^,  ^^^  ^^        ^^  4,  ^u^li  worn  away 

vered  wiih  a  sort  of  pebble,  called  by  ^^   „,g  ,„|,   g,  ,„y  o,|,cr    part.    The 

sonic   cheqneri.      A  bone   these   were  r„„er  is  square  »nd  embaltled,  bgl  ihe 

two  other  chambers  i  ihe  siiuation  of  ;,  „,„([,  jiiapldaied.    The  South 

the  fire-places  may  be  distinctly  seen,  p^,,  coniains  three  windows,  ibe  lowest 

but  the  roof  and  floors  are  gor>e.     At  ^f  j^hich  has  been  divided  bylnullions 

one  angle  of  the  tower,  and  over  the  '^^^^  ,j|^pj  compaitmenis,  and  is  now 

suircase,  is   an  elerated  position   as-  ip,|g,h,.|HT]   out  fur  a   doorway,— ihe 

ceiided  by  a  few  slcp«  from  the  roof,  ,„j4Jie  one  is  of  the  lancet  shape,  anc^ 

probably  used  as  a  walch-towei  or  siff- _ 

nal-posi:  from  ihe  sDOimii  is 
lenane  proapccl. 

GiNT.  M**.  April,  ISM. 


S06 


Mr.  WooUioiM  en  Saxon  Comage-^Merda. 


[April, 


that  at  the  top  square.  The  only  en* 
trance  into  this  tower  was  by  the  door- 
way, now  walled  up,  shewn  in  the 
view,  fronting  the  North.  The  inte- 
rior of  the  tower  appears  to  have  com- 
prised three  stories,  the  roof  of  the  bot- 
tom one  of  which  now  only  remains. 
The  room  is  finely  vaulted  and  groined, 
and  on  the  South  and  West  sides, 
are  nine  beautiful  and  richly-carved 
arches,  with  highly  ornamented  finials, 
which  have  been  supported  by  slender 
columns,  all  of  which,  except  one, 
are  now  gone.  In  one  of  the  arches 
is  the  remains  of  a  piscina ;  the  other 
appear  to  have  been  seats  or  stalls. 

The  above  particulars  of  Kyme  and 
Temple  Brewer  have  been  gleaned 
from  "The  History  of  Sleaford,"  re- 
viewed in  p.  52 ;  and  to  the  proprietor 
of  that  work  we  are  indebted  for  the 
use  of  the  eneravings  which  accom- 
pany this  article. 

On  Saxon  Coinage. 

IV.  — MERCIA. 
(Continued  from  p,  21 3.  J 

THE  Coins  of  the  Mercian  Sove« 
reigns  furnish  us  with  more  sure 
grounds  for  investigation  and  discus- 
sion than  those  of  any  other  Hep- 
tarchic  State,  not  only^on  account  of 
the  number  of  their  princes,  but  from 
the  early  commencement  of  the  series, 
which  oegins  with  Eadwald,  A.  D. 
719.  Of  these  only  two  are  at  present 
known,  both  of  which  want  the  por- 
trait, a  deficiency  observable  in  most 
of  the  earliest  pennies,  as  Alhelstan, 
Eadberht,  &c.  Neither  of  these  coins 
have  any  part  of  the  word  Merciorum 
on  their  obverse,  for  the  same  reason 
that  those  of  Eadberht  want  the  Cant, 
i.  e.  the  design  of  the  type  not  allow- 
ing sufRcient  room  for  its  insertion. 
The  reverse  of  one  has  a  cross  formed 
of  pellets  and  four  semicircles  joined 
to  each  other  at  the  extremities  of  the 
cross,  a  type  which  was  afterwards 
adopted  by  Coenwulf.  The  postic  of 
the  other,  of  which  I  am  unable  to 

give  a  clear  description,  was  copied  by 
is  successor  Ofla,  and  it  is  by  no 
means  improbable  that  he  might  also 
imitate  other  coins  of  Eadwald,  which 
are  at  present  undiscovered. 

It  is  remarkable  that  on  the  obverse 
of  Offa's  pennies,  the  Mint -master's 
name  is  sometimes  found,  and  his  own 
on  the  reverse.  The  contrary  to  this, 
however,  most  usually  occurs,  but  as 


it  is  a  practice-  ao  seldom  imitated  fay 
other  Kings,  it  seemed  to  be  worthy 
of  observation.  Sometimes  also  the 
name  and  titles  are  abbreviated,  as* 
OF.  R.  M.  for  OSk  Rex  Merciorara, 
one  of  each  of  these  four  letters  being 
in  the  quarter  of  a  cross  exteodiiig 
nearly  to  the  edge  of  the  coio.  Many 
of  his  types  are  remarkable;  in  some 
the  head  is  very  much  in  the  Roman 
style,  with  the  hair  interwoven ;  ano- 
ther has  a  serpent  coiled  op ;  a  third, 
a  wreath,  with  the  rooneyer's  name,  as 
on  the  coins  of  the  lower  Roman  em- 
pire, with  Not.  &e.;  and  a  foarth 
with  two  triangles  crossed  and  con- 
joined :  not  to  mention  the  numeroos 
devices  which  are  merely  the  prodno- 
tion  of  fancy,  and  imitative  of  nothing 
either  in  nature  or  art.  Their  almost 
perpetual  variety  and  general  supe- 
riority of  execution  render  the  coins  of 
this  Monarch  highly  interesting,  and 
worthy  of  the  particular  study  and  at- 
tention of  the  collector.  I  shall  jnst 
add,  that  one  if  not  both  of  Eadwald's 
moneyers  worked  forOffii,  as  the  name 
Hintre,  who  wrought  for  the  first  of 
these  Monarchs,  is  found  more  than 
once  on  those  of  the  latter,  and  of 
course  may  be  concluded  to  be  the 
same  person. 

My  design  not  embracing  the  de- 
scription of  every  peculiar  type  of 
Offa,  I  shall  proceed  to  the  Coins  of 
Cenethreth,  his  Queen,  the  only  fe* 
male  personage  of  Royal  dignity  that 
appears  in  the  Saxon  Coinage,  and  the 
assumption  of  so  important  an  act  of 
Royalty  is  in  perfect  conformity  with 
her  character  as  given  by  ancient  his« 
torians.  The  pennies  of  this  ambi- 
tious Queen  bearing  the  portrait*  are 
more  numerous  than  those  which  have 
it  not;  but  both  sorts  are  very  rare, 
and  are  but  seldom  found  even  m  opu- 
lent cabinets.  The  former  description, 
like  some  few  of  Offa's,  have  the 
Miuter's  name  on  the  obverse,  which 
I  believe  is  always  Eoba,  and  on  those 
without  the  head  Oba ;  both  which  I 
esteem  to  be  the  same  person;  the  ini- 
tial E,  agreeably  to  the  genius  of  the 
Saxon  language,  being  absorbed  In  the 
O,  and  each  probabfy  had  the  same 
sound  as  our  Yeo* 

Offa's  pennies,  which  have  the  mo< 
neyer's  name  on  the  obverse,  were 
certainly  so  done  intentionally,  as  the 
word  Offa  would  occupy  precisely  the 
same  space  as  Eoba ;  and  hat  I  coih 
ceive  the  usual  custom  wa»  deviattd 


8.}  Mr.  WovUtima  m  Saacm  Coinmg* — V<rri«.  907 

1  through  ■  nccniily  which  maj    enough  hat  beta  uid   10  ditlinguitti 


milatity  of  fab 


Kns.} 

HfevBi  th  ,  ,  „ 

l^bclhuacxpTiinFd.     The  length  of  itic  (heie  coins  from  thoM  ofthc  tole  Mo- 

oame  Cenvlhrclh  wu  loo  gicil  to  be  nirch  ;  and    iherefore   1    proceed    to 

given  u|)on  llie  obverse,  n*  ihe  btuloc-  CocDwulf,  whou  penniei  are  or  great 

cupied  nearly  or  quite  half  its  ipaee,  raiit;,  and  in  general  or  cond  execu- 

aiul   behind   the   portrait   ia   a   croM,  tioD,  though  some  few  exhibii  evident 

which  of  course  ptevenu  ani  letters  marks  of  decline  from   the  excelJent 

from  being  I'laced  there.    This,  added  workmanship   of   the  colui   of  Olfa. 

la  the  ityle  Kcgiiia,  which  ii  »o  much  Thej  occur  with  the  jKirtrail  and  with' 

longer  than  the  usnal  one  of  Rex,  will,  out,   and  the   latter  are  niber   more 

1  think,  clearly  make  it  appear  that  the  scarce  thao  the  former.     A*  there  ii 

name   woi    placed   upon   the   reverM  only  one  Saxon  Monarch  of  ihii  name, 

merely  for  want  of  room.     The   pen-  no  difficulty  occurs  in   appropriating 

nics  without  the  bust  hare  Cenethrclh  the  coins  inicribed  Coenwulf.    Their 

Regina  on  the  obverse,  and  the  M  for  variety  ii  not  so  great  as  the  pennies  of 

Merciorum  in  the  centre ;  the  money-  Oilit,  but  they  arc  an  interesting  series 

•r's  name  bein^  on  the  reverse,  which  notwithstanding.    Many  of  them  bear 

is  exactly   timibr    to   some  coins   of  on  the  reverse  a  cross  croslet;  others  a 

Ofia,     In  all  probability  these  pennies  cross  fleury.     One  has  a  reverse  simi- 

were  struck  by  the  same  Eoba  or  Oba,  lat  to  that  of  Eadwald,  with  the  semi- 

who  minted  lor  OfTa,  on  whose  coins  circles  above  described  :   another  sin- 

~  emicntly  met  with,  and  gulir  one  has  the  character  reseiubhng 

of  fabric  strongly  con-  an  A,  of  which  mention  has  been  made 

firms  the  supposition.  under  the  article  Ethelward  and  Beorh- 

The    Mcic^ian    Mint,    during    the  trie;   and    this  circumstance,   by   tlie 

fcii;n)  of  OfTa,  Eglwrt,  and  Coenwulf,  way,  proves  that  the  character  isQiertl; 

nppeari   to  have  been  in  its   zenith;  an  ornamenial  device,  since  it  is  found 

fur  aficr  the  time  of  the  latter   Mo-  ott  the  coins  of  not  fewer  than   three 

oarch,  it  greatlydcclined,  and  this  very  kingiloms,  viz.  West  Saxons,  Mereia, 

suddenly,  as  I  shall  soon  have  occasion  and  East  Anglia. 

to  *bo«r.  Some  of  the.tever«ei  of  those  type* 

The  money  of  Centhreth  must  have  which  want  the  uortrait  retemble  th« 

becncoineil  during  the  life  of  Ob,  u  coins   of  Cuthred  withoat  tho  bead, 

•he  waa  never  invested  with  the  love-  One  variety  is  minted  by  Dodda,  and 

reignty  i  her  son  Egbert,  or  Egfryd,  aa  u  the  two  Kiogi  were  conlemporariea, 

he  is  more  usually  called,  immediately  were  doubtless   the   workmanship  at 

■ucceeding  to  it,  which  happened  id  thesamehand, — avervatronKpretump- 

the  year  7g6.  tive  evidence  (thot^h   much  slronger 

Of  this  young  but  excellent  prtiMe,  may  be  addund),  that  the  Cothred 

it  may  be  appositely  said  in  the  word*  coint    without     the     head,    hitheita 

of  the  poet,  "Ostendent  terria  huoe  thought  to  belong  to'the  West  Saxoii 

fata,"  Bcc;  for  he  held  the  reins  of  go-  Monaroh,  do   in   reality  appen&in  to 

vemment  a  few  months  only,  and  dur-  the   Kentish   Culbred.     Of  Coelwulf 

ing  a  part  of  this  short  space  in  con-  the  First,  there  are  i>ot  more  than  three 

junction  with  his  father.    In  this  brief  or  (bur  vatietiet,  and  all  of  them  ate 

period,  however,  he  coined  money  in-  of  estremc  rarity.    Their  reveries  havo 

scribed  with  his  own  name;  not  more  nothing  singular,  bein^  only  fanciful 

than   two   specimen*  of  which   have  devices,   and   lhe*e   coins   are   distin- 

been   noticed,  and   both  are  without  guished  from  the  pennies  of  Gielwulf 

■■""  '      1-1^--   L^.  J^j  Second,  by  the  legetid  of  the  latter 

being  given  in  three  lines  on  the  re- 
vene,  similar  to  the  coiits  of  Burghred, 

•tances   they  may   with   certainty   be  from  which  they  were  doubtless  co- 

distinguished   from   the  coitM  or  the  pied.    Next  follow  the  coiiu  of  Beorti» 

aole  monarch,  whose  name  I  believe  wulf,  of  which  we  have  but  one  type, 

is  never  spelt  as  hit,  Ecgbcrht,  but  al-  and  this  i*  rare  to  exees*.     It   ha*  a 

ways  Ecebearht  or   Ecgbeorht     The  inde  head  inscribed  Beomwnlf  Rex  | 

dbverse  oT  each  ha*  the  name,  and  the  reverse,  a  croM  crotslet  i  there  are  two 

wotti  Rex  in  the  centre  thus  abbre-  diferent  minter*,  ifnot  more)  bnllhi* 

viated,  H  ;  the  tever*e   being  merely  King's   reign  bein^  only  three  vear*, 

lh«  production  of  fancy,  I  cannot  give  and  tho*e  one  continued  tceae  or  war- 

an    intelligible    description    of ;    out  fare  and  caofiuion,  littit  attenitou  it 


30$ 


On  SiHp[on  Coinage* 


fAP^ 


appears,  wfit  paid,  to  the. coinage,  and 
the  same  causes  apply  to  the  rare  oc- 
carrence  of  his  coins. 
'  Of  his  successor  Ludica,  we  have 
also  but  one  type,  although  his  reign 
was  of  considerable  duration.    The  re- 
verse of  this   has   the   Mint-master's 
name,  Werbald  Mone,  in  three  lines; 
and  this,  together  with  the  coins   of 
Beornwulf,  is  of  such  singular  rude- 
ness of  execution,  as  to  induce  me  to 
contrast  the  barbarism  of  these  pen- 
nies with  those  of  Oifa  and  his  imme- 
diate successors.     A  period  of  only  60 
years   had  elapsed   from   the  time  of 
Offa  ere  we  have  such  a  falling  off, 
that  the  traces  of  **  the  human  face 
divine**  are  scarcely  to  be  discovered, — a 
fact  only  to  be  accounted  for  by  the 
fluctuations  and  turbulence  of  the  lat- 
ter times,  which  seems  to  have   re- 
duced the  arts  to  the  very  lowest  ebb. 
Under  the  reign  of  Berihulf,  the  coin 
wears  a  somewhat  improved   appear- 
ance.    Of  this  King  no  moriey  with- 
out the  portrait  has  been  found,  but 
we  have  several  varieties  with  it,  and 
these  chiefly  present  the  cross  crosslet 
on  the  reverse.     Some  have  one  limb 
of  the   cross    terminated   fleury,   and 
others  are  altogether  fleury:   another 
variety  has  a  cross  and  annulet  in  each 
ouarter,  with  the  character  so  often 
found  on  the  coins  of  Athelward  ;  but 
the  most  curious  are  those  having  a 
Calvary  cross  with  a  T  on  one  side, 
and  A  on  the  other  (being  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  word  Moneta),  and  an  an- 
nulet under  each  of  the  letters.     All 
these,  as  before  observed,  are  of  im- 
proved    fabric,    compared    with    the 
coins  of  the  two  preceding  reigns. 

The  coins  of  Burghred,  nis  suc- 
cessor, are  more  numerous  than  those 
of  any  other  Heptarchic  King:  these 
have  uniformly  the  portrait,  and,  sav- 
ing some  very  trifling  differences,  have 
•universally  the  same  kind  of  reverse, 
viz.  a  legend  consisting  of  three  lines, 
Burghred  being  the  first  Saxon  prince 
who  invariably  adopted  this  posiic ; 
for  in  the  very  few  specimens  of  Offa*s 
coins  with  the  legend  thus  placed,  it 
is  enclosed  with  so  much  ornament, 
that  they  are  hardly  worth  mentioning 
as  an  exception. 

In  many  of  Burghred's  reverses  the 
lines  of  the  legend  are  separated  with 
a  thick  bar  terminated  crosierwise. 

Ceolwulf  II.  presents  us  with  only 

.  one  type,  exactly  similar  in  reverse  to 

those  of  Burghred^  excepting  in  the 


M  i  nt-maater's  name.  By.  Sir  Andrew 
Fountaine  these  pennies  were  attri- 
buted to  Ceolwuu  I.;  bat  from  their 
close  similarity  to  the  coins  of  bis  pre- 
decessor, not  a  doubt  can  exist  as  to 
their  belonging  to  Ceolwalf  II.,  this 
reverse,  as  has  been  before  observed, 
never  having  been  adopted  before  the 
time  of  Burghred,  from  whose  coins 
these  were  indubitably  copied.  They 
were  extremely  rare,  and  of  better  ex- 
ecution than  perhaps  any  of  his  prede- 
cessors since  the  lime  of  Ceonwulf,  in- 
dicating a  perceptible  emergement 
from  the  rudeness  with  which  the 
Mercian  coinage  had  for  several  reigns 
been  overwhelmed. 

Mr.  Urban,  Aprils, 

IN  p.  114,  Mr.  Woolstone  says,  that 
of  the  coins  of  Beorna,  Kine  of  the 
East  Angles,  two  only  are  known, 
both  Skeattas,  and  preserved  in  the 
Hunterian  CabineL  Upon  enquiry, 
a  third  will,  I  believe,  be  found  in  the 
British  Museum. 

In  the  discussion,  p.  1 15,  relative  to 
the  appropriation  of  a  scarce  coin  to 
Ethelred,  Kins  of  the  East  Angles,  I 
cannot  think  tne  argument  conclusive, 
that  because  no  Skeattas  of  the  North- 
umbrian or  Mercian  kingdoms  have 
hitherto  been  discovered,  that  there- 
fore no  coins  of  that  description  were 
ever  struck  there.  In  the  present 
eagerness  of  research,  particularly  in 
Antiquarian  lore,  discoveries  are  daily 
making,  of  which  our  predecessors 
had  no  notion ;  and  the  last  paragraph 
of  the  paper  to  which  I  am  now  re- 
ferring, is  a  proof  of  this ;  a  recently 
discovered  and  unique  penny  of  Eanred 
of  Northumbria,  presenting  a 'bust  of 
the  Monarch,  the  only  one  in  the 
series.  Time  may  therefore  produce  a 
Skeatta  struck  in  the  above-mentioned 
kingdoms;  and  the  appropriation  of 
Mr.  Woolstone's  coin  of^ Ethelred  will 
be  again  doubtful. 

There  is  also  another  point  in  the 
disquisition  referred  to,  which  is  not, 
to  me  at  least,  satisfactory.  But  I 
must  confess,  I  have  little  knowledge 
in  numismatic  lore,  and  I  am  not  seek- 
ing to  give,  but  to  receive  information. 
Mr.  Woolstone,  at  p.  11 6,  offers  some 
remarks  upon  two  or  three  coins  be- 
longing to  St.  Edmund,  the  King  and 
Martyr;  and  he, endeavours  to  prove 
that  they  belong  to  that  Monarch, 
from  reading  on  the  inscription  of 
some  of  them,  Sc.  Eadmund^  and  Sc« 


Eadmand  Rex}  «iid  teeing  tn  A  ia  John   ie  Osifjl^  JRcelor  of  iIm 

the  centre,  which  he  supposes  to  he  Church  of  the  Hofj  Trinity  ft  Cattn^ 

fhe  initial  of,  and  to  stand  for  Anglo-  in  Flegg  Hundred,  Norfolk,   by  hia 

mm.    And  he  further  ^ves  it  as  his  will  dated  Sept.  6,  139O,  oidered  hit 

opinion,    that   such    coins  were  not  body  to  be  buried  in  the  clianoel  of 

minted  at  Bury,  because  the  Monastery  that  Church.    His  will  was  prored  tl 

there  had  no  Mint  till  the  time  of  the  Norwich,  Sept.  89,  13g0. 

Confessor,  who  gave  them  that  privi-  Yours,  Kc.                  O.  A.  Y. 

lege.    Now  that  these  coins  are  rightly  a 

itS^Z""^^™*!  W^Zbfht'  fti"i  'thf  O"    ™»    O""'".     P«0«»M«.   A« 

^,^i7n;in„ThS^^ST,^<^'mTnc.^  R"""    «'   StATISTICAI,   l»<tOU 

inscription,  Which  places  be.  or  banctus  i ..,  .^^     u^  ...^  o.« 

before  the  name.     King  Edmund  was  ?^"  i«  Irelawd.    Br  the  Bmv. 

killed  in  870;  his  body  lay  neglected  •'®"*  Oraham,  A.M. 

in  the  obscure  Chapel  at  Hoxne  for  33  rOmcJwWyWwi;*.  101.) 

years ;  when  miraculous  agency  having  YN  the  year  173S,  such  was  the  want 

Dcen  resorted  toas  the  means  of  awaken-  1   of  silver  in  Dublin,  that  many  who 

ing  derotional  energy,  and  some  mi-  had  occasion  to  pay  workmen  everf 

racles  having  been  reported  as  perform-  Saturday  nisht,  were  obliged  to  ffive 

ed  by  the  oeceased  King  aiva  Martyr,  four  pence  for  the  change  of  a  gnmea. 

his  body  was  taken  up  about  ^3,  and  Another  severe  famine  occuneoin  tho 

translated  to  a  more  stately  abode  at  summer  of  this  year;  and  such  waa 

Bury.    It  is  not  at  all  likely,  that  pre-  the  general  poverty  and  distress,  that 

vious  to  the  last  mentioned  date,  the  several  emigrations  were  made  to  A mo» 

deceased  monarch  should  have  obtain-  rica  from  Ulster,  on  an  extensive sal6« 

ed  the  reputation  and  title  of  a  Saint ;  Into  all  these  evils  Primate  BoulM 

and  if  so,  the  coins  in  question  must  made  diligent  inquiries,  as  appears  (r? 

have  been  minted  subsequent  to  that  his  State  Letters ;  and  being  seVfifH 

period :  and  that  they  bear  the  title  of  times  entrusted  with  the  reins  of  go* 

be.  or  Sanctus,  appears  to  roe  a  strong  veroment,  as  one  of  the  Lords  Jmtioci, 

proof  that  they  proceeded   from  the  he  lived  to  see  most  of  them  reiMdied, 

Mint  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury,  after  he  notwithstanding  the  perverse  Opposi- 

had  obtained  the  grant  for  that  purpose,  fion  he  met  with  from  a  jptf^mcial 

and  that  the  mintage  bore  the  name  of  party  in  the  Irish  P^rliameoC    When 

St.  Edmund,  in  honour  of  the  patron  ne  entered  on  his  first  preferment  in 

and  protector,  and  his  monastery.   May  the  vear  1724,  the  current  coin  of  Ire- 

not  the  large  A  on  the  obverse  of  the  land  in  gold,  silver,  attd  copper,'  did 

coins  in  question,  be  the  initial  of  the  not  exceed    four    huiMlred    tnousand 

Monetarius  or  M inter?  pounds.    The  charter  for  the  Incor- 

porated  Society  was  granted  at  the  in- 

In  p.  498  of  your  last  volume,  it  was  stance  of  Primate  Boulter.    Dr.MauIe, 

stated,  that  no  mention  of  the  family  afterwards  Bishop  of  Meath,  being  a 

of  Oxwyk,  posterior  to  1334,  had  been  gentleman  of  good  family  and  fortune, 

found.     Accept  the  following  notices  expended  a  great  part  of  his  estate  in 

respecting  them :  establishing    this    foundation.      The 

William  Oxwyk,  by  his  will  dated  children    admitted    into    the    schools 

on  Monday  next  after  the  feast  of  St.  founded  and  supported  by  this  truly 

Luke  the  Evangelist,    1383,  directed  patriotic  Society,  are  orphans,  or  the 

his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  children  of  Popish  and  other  poor  na- 

All  Saints  at  Herthursi  (Hartest,  Suf-  ttves  of  Ireland,  who  from  their  situa- 

folk),  and  appointed  his  brother  Giles  tion  in  life,  are  not  likely  to  be  edu- 

Oxwyk,   one  of  his  executors.    This  cated  in  the  principles  of  true  religion 

will  was  proved  in  the  Bishop's  Court  and  loyalty, 

at  Norwich,  the  last  day  of  Oct.  1383.  To  the  end  of  the  year  1738,  it  ap» 

William  de  Oxwyk,  Rector  of  Ry-  pears,  by  Primate  BouIter*s  State  Let- 
burgh  in  Norfolk,  by  his  will  dated  ters  and  Dispatches,  that  Ireland  was 
Thursday  next,  after  the  feast  of  the  severely  distressed /or  want  nf  tillage  t 
Translation  of  St.  Benedict  the  Abbot,  vast  sums  of  money  being  sent  out  of 
1390,  bequeathed  his  body  to  be  buried  itfor  com  ^nd  Hour,  Trade  was  also 
in  the  chancel  of  the  Cnurch  of  St.  at  a  low  ebb  during  this  period,  and 
Andrew  in  that  parish.  Proved  at  English  and  other  ooiDi  (pttiemclj 
Norwich,  July  80,  1390.  toafce. 


&i9 


On  StaiUtieal  tnqukia  in  Ireland. 


lAprU, 


On  the  I4tli  of  April,  a  body  of 
noblemen  andgentlemen  formed  them- 
selves into  a  Society  for  collecting  ma- 
teriaUJbr  publishing  the  ancient  and 
ptesent  state  of  the  several  counties  of 
Ireland.  This  was  afterwards  called 
The  Physico'Historical  Society ;  and, 
at  a  Board  held  at  the  Lords*  Com- 
mittee-Room in  the  Parliament-house, 
•a  Monday  the  7ih  of  May,  Lord 
Soothwell  was  elected  President ;  Dr. 
JBdward  Barry,  Vice-President;  and 
the  members  (one  hundred  and  three 
iu  number)  entered  their  names,  and 
piid  their  subscriptions.  Secretaries 
were  nominated  for  each  of  the  four 
provinces.  A  fund  being  thus  raised, 
proper  persons  were  employed  to  travel 
through  the  kingdom  and  make  obser- 
vations, as  appears  by  a  Short  Account 
of  the  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  Society, 
published  at  the  end  of  the  first  year 
after  its  formation. 

On  the  2d  of  December,  1745,  at  a 
fneeting  of  the  Physico-Historical  So* 
ciety,  tne  Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop 
of  Meath  in  the  Chair,  Mr.  Charles 
Smith  presented  a  proposal  for  printing 
Tlie  ancient  and  present  State  of  the 
County  and  City  of  Waterford.    The 
work  having  been  read  over  by  a  Com- 
mittee of  the  Society,  was  approved  of; 
and  he  was  desired  to  proceed  therein, 
which  he  accordingly  did ;  and  it  was 
published  in  the  course  of  the  ensuing 
year,  dedicated  to  the  Earl  of  Chester- 
field, who  had  condescended   to  be- 
come President  of  the  Society.     *  As 
the  labours  of  this  Society'  (said  Mr. 
Smith,  in  his  dedication  of  this  book 
to  the  Lord  Lieutenant)  '  tend  to  the 
making  useful  discoveries  for  the  im^ 
provement  of  husbandry,  trade,  and  ma' 
nufactures,  which  may,  in  time,  em- 
ploy our  poor  at  home,  and  be  an  invi- 
tation to  industrious  foreigners  to  settle 
among  us,  it  is  presumed,  as  your  Ex- 
cellency has  the  true  interest  of  this 
kingdom  at  heart,  the  design  will  meet 
with  your  favourable  protection.' 

Mr.  Smith's  History  of  Waterford  is 
a  favourable  specimen  of  what  this  So- 
ciety intended  to  publish  of  other 
counties;  but,  except  the  interesting 
and  valuable  histories  of  Kerry,  Cork, 
and  Down,  by  the  same  able  hand, 
we  have  no  other  fruits  of  their  pa- 
triotic exertions. 

On  the  2d  of  April,  1749,  The  Dub- 
lin Society,  whicn  had  been  formed 
some  years  before,  was  incorporated  by 
charter;  thci  bbject  of  it  was  the  im- 


provement  of  husbandry  ^  and  oiher  use» 
ful  arts.  So  early  as  the  year  1774, 
this  Society  had  been  a  powerful  in- 
strument in  raising  the  agriculture  of 
Ireland  from  the  deplorable  state  in 
which  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth 
century  had  found  it;  and,  aided  by 
the  salutary  laws  relating  to  the  linen 
manufacture,  and  by  the  vigilance  of 
the  Linen  Board,  had  contributed 
much  to  the  prosperity  of  our  staple 
manufacture. 

This  society  is  at  present  in  a  flou- 
rishing state. — It  consists  of  upwards 
of  six  hundred  members,  many  of  them 
of  the  highest  rank  and  respectability 
in  the  country,  and  most  of  them  pro^ 
prietors  of  the  soil,  or  possessed  of  a 
considerable  interest  in  it. 

Besides  the  premiums  they  grant  for 
improvements  m  agriculture,  planting, 
and  l^reeding  of  cattle,  &c.  tney  have 
a  complete  and  extensive  botanical 
garden  at  Glassnevin,  and  maintain 
professors  and  lecturers  on  botany,  agri- 
culture, mineralogy,  chemistry,  and 
natural  and  experimental  philosophy; 
with  masters  of  the  veterinary  art,  ar- 
chitecture, painting,  and  ensraving. 
They  have  three  stated  general  meet- 
ings in  the  year,  and  a  repository  and 
library  at  their  house  in  Hawkins- 
street,  which  are  to  be  removed  to  the 
splendid  house  they  have  lately  par- 
cnased  from  the  Duke  of  Leinster  near 
Merrion-square,  in  the  most  improved, 
part  of  our  metropolis. 

In  the  year  1773,  the  Dublin  So- 
ciety issued  statistical  queries,  in  hopes 
of  obtaining  answers  to  them  from  the 
different  parishes  in  Ireland.  Only  one 
return  was  made  to  them,  and  that 
was  by  Mr.  Charles  O'Connor  of  BaU 
lytra,  which  was  communicated  by 
Burton  Conyngham,  Esq.  to  Sir  John 
Sinclair,  and  published  by  him  in  the 
twenty-first  volume  of  his  Statistical 
Account  of  Scotland,  with  some  ob- 
servations on  it. 

On  the  28th  of  January,  1786,  ike 
Royal  Irish  Academy  was  mcorporated 
by  letters  patent,  for  the  advancement 
of  the  studies  of  science,  polite  litera- 
ture, and  antiquities.  This  Society  ha^ 
a  large  and  commodious  house  in  Graf* 
ton-street,  Dublin.  Among  the  mem'^ 
bers  of  it  are  to  found  many  of  oor  no- 
bility, prelates,  and  most  distin^ished 
literary  characters.  The  Statistical  Ac-r 
count  of  Scotland  appeared  m  179t ; 
and  in  a  short  time  afterwards,  the 
Royal  Irish  Academy  sefit  statisticat 


r 

1636.]                  IriiA  Statittia. — tgypliaa  Chronology.  311 

aacriei  to  ihe  lti»U  jptnichial  clergy.  Mr.  Shaw  Msioq  commenced  hi* 
Ai  •  nicmbct  of  ihul Society,  Dr.  Led-  arduous  nnd  i(ii|ioriatii  underukiiu{, 
wich,  ihe  ingcninni  author  of  "  The  bv  JiiuinK  Queries  lo  ihe  parochial 
Antiquitin  of  ItEliiid,'*  considered  chrry  of  Ireland  about  the  tKginoing 
himself  called  on  lo  second  thcit  of  iTie  year  1S13  ;  and,  prudcnily  act- 
wishes,  and  drew  up  "  m  Accnunt  of  ing  unilcr  the  guidance  and  dircclion 
hii  Paiiili  of  Aghabor,  in  the  Queen'*  of  Sir  Jnhn  Sinclair,  the  experienced 
Couniy i' — but  no  one  lollownl  ihe  atid  eucceiiful  aiithor  of  similar  in- 
exaniplel  ijuiriu  in  Scotland,  in  ihe  month  of 

On  the  ISih  of  June,  i;g(|,  tht  So-  bepleniber  following,  he  pub  11  shed  '  a 
tielu/er  piomoling  Ihe  comforti  i/f  tht  Reprint'  of  the  Staliilical  Survey)  of 
Poorvrn  intlituied  in  Dubliti.  Im-  Thurso  in  Scotlind,  and  Aghaboe  in 
mediately  after  the  formation  of  this  Ireland,  which  he  transmitted  tn  the 
bcnrvolcDt  aocicty,  staiiiiical  queries  Clergy  of  Ireland  as  models,  well  cat- 
were  iisued  from  i(  to  difTerenl  patu  of  culolcd  to  give  them  at  once  a  corn- 
Ireland;  and  among  the  returns  to  plete  idea  of  the  nature  and  utility  of 
ihem,  urns  one  of  considerable  length  ni>  inquiries:  one  of  these  account* 
and  niinuleness,  fiotn  the  writer  of  havins  been  written- by  Sir  John  Siiv- 
■  this  essay,  descriptive  of  the  housing,  clait  nimself ;  and  the  other,  as  a1- 
food,  clothing,  habits,  and  wanti  of  ready  mentioned,  by  Dr.  Lcdnich  in 
the  neasantty  of  a  [lopulous  dillricl  Id  179'). 
lhcS.othr.1  Ireland.  The  tesiill  of  the  nieani,  thinjudl- 

In  1800  and  1808,  two  volume*  of  cioosly  adopted  by  Mr.  Shaw  H«*od, 

Report*  of  this  Society  werepubKihedf  in  the  application  of  which  heipared 

conlainins,  among  other  articles,  ae-  neither  pain*  nor  ezpenae,  was  the  ac* 

counts  01   friendly  or  aijricoltural  *«>•  cumulation  of  rootcnals  for  *e*era]  *»- 

cieiic*  at  Cork,  Cattleknock,  Cc»k»>  lomei  of  hii  work  *,  which  arc  lodged 

town,  Castlelown-derim,  and  CMtle-  in  a  department  aBsiBnedfot  ihemui 

Eden  {  with  an  interesting  description  the  Record  Tower  of  Dublin  Canle. 

of   the    poor   •cbool   and  ditpenMiy,  Three   ocuvo  rolnme*  ha*e   been 

founded  at  Killaloe  in   1796,  hj  the  unce  published  from  these  ualerialt. 

Lord  Bishop  of  Killaloe,  now  Biihop  to  each  of  which  ihc  writer  of  thit 

of  Derry,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Euay  contributed  a  report)   rii.  oim 

late  Mr.  Henry  of  Siraffon,  the  pro-  of   Kilragh,   go.   Clare,    another    of 

prietor  of  a  large  estate  in  diat  neigh-  Maghera,    co.    Londonderry,   and   a 

boorhood.  third,  of  Shruel,  co.  Langfbrd ;  and  he 

In  the  year  1806,  the  Dublin  So-  has  since  obtained  a  prize  cup   from 

ciety  made  a  second  and  mote  success-  the  North  West  of  Ireland   Society, 

ful  effort  to  obtain  a  statistical  survey  for  a  Statistical  Survey  of  the  Pkriab 

of  Ireland.    They  employed  several  in-  of  Liffonl,  co.  Donegal, 

teltlgeni  gentlemen  to  draw  up  county  a 

Buncys;  nnd  in  two  or  three  years,  oh-  y,^  D«bak                        AtirilB 

UineJ    ri"'"'  .'■'l^.*;;'^^'""""'"^^  T  TRUST  that  the  imp.rti3Re.der 

,.,       ri   I    r,         i-\  11'     rt         I  -1.  Will  tiM  b  line  me  for  ■doDtina  ihs 

CaTe,  Corfe,  DowD.Dolilin,  Donegal,     „■„;„.! , .    ;„  c-   i^    i3 

K-1J         i^'iL  „        K-^^\    r.,..^...  principateveoii  only  m  airliajcNew- 

lUai..   K.llenn,     K.ng.    Couniy.  '    ,    '^                 ',  Chronol«,.  and 

M.yo.Me,lh   Qneen.Connlv.Migo.  For  aJVel,  it  i.  allocable  (or 

Tyn,nOV.eklo».andW«ro,J   Tbe^  ,[",  „oJ„„,  „  „,|i,  „b„„„  ,,  „„, 

h..e  been  ,mee  pohli.b.d  ,  and  ihongh  „,„,|,|,  ,„„      ,  ,^,  ^^           ^ 

Ibey  h,.e  all  a  eon.iderabi,  ''f^'!  endea.oor  to  niae  .  n.o>e  ..baUali.t 

jnenl.  ihe  .on.™  of  K.ikenny,  Lon-  „^,„  j,          ^      ,,,„  j,, 

todejT.andKiMare   ha.ebeencoo-  .iJ  „„,  j,  „eeplioSe. 

aidered   ,h,  be.l  of  iben,      Mr.  H.ly  ,  ^  ,         '     ^^      ,                ^ 

Dotion,  the  .olhn,  of  ite  S.lye,  of  .K'cbTOollW   of  the   EnpUn 

Clare    pobl,.hed»n,.ob«r,.»n.  on  „■           NewioiTigTeea »iil) fflSSii 

■be  Dnll.n  Snr.ey  and  Ricb.rf-Lo.el  ^.^^  ;„  nlaeinlibe  epoeh  rf™ 

Edge-oiih.  E«|.  ha.  coUecied  male-  j^    ;      graSdeoi'.nder  Smni.  In 

.&  for . .nr.e, of  ibeeonmy  of  U>ng.  ^^       ,Sos-9s(i B. C. ,nd  aupp^ 


not  yel  aurreyeil,  though  aome  yeai,        •  Sea  nl.  ixiiltl.  it,  SM  i  niL  Uxx«, 


ford )  but 


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bim  to  be  tbe  Shtskak,  wbo  pillaged 
Jerusalem  B.  G.  g74 :  on  the  authority 
of  Josephus.  The  Egyptians  acknow- 
ledged that  Sesostris  was  the  only  one 
of  their  native  kings  who  governed 
^Ethiopia  (Herod,  ii.  1 10),  and  all  his- 
torians agree  that  he  was  a  mighty 
conqueror;  and  Herodotus  adds,  that 
he  had  raised  pillars  in  Falssiine,  as 
marks  of  his  conquest  of  it  (2  Chron. 
xii.  V.  3).  Scsac  is  said  to  have  been 
acipompai^i^  hy  ISOO  chariots,  and 
60,000  horsemen,  and  an  innumerable 
company  of  infantry  out  of  Egypt, 
Lubims,  Sukkims,  and  JBthiopians,  in 
bis  invasion  of  Judaea.  See  also  1 
Kings  xiv.  25,  &c.  Here  then  I  agree 
with  Newton  ;  but  no  further.  There 
appear  to  me  to  be  innumerable  diffi- 
culties in  tire  trimsposttion  of  the  order 
of  monarchs  mentioned  by  Herodotus ; 
and  I  see  little  or  no  occasion  for  it. 

I  readily  belie\'c  with  Newton,  that 
Sesostris  died  about  956  B.  C. ;  but  let 
us  consider  with  attention  Herodotus's 
account  of  Pheron  his  son.  We  learn 
horn  Scripture  (2  Chron.  xiv.  gl,  &c.) 
that  Asah  king  of  Jodsa  was  attacked 
by  Zerah  kins  of  the  Ethiopians, 
with  300  chariots  and  a  million  of 
Blen,  whom  he  entirely  defeated.  Un- 
less this  Zerah  was  king  of  Egypt  also, 
whence  did  he  invade  Judaea  ?  Pheron 
however  made  no  warlike  expedition 
(Herod,  ii.  1 1 1).  I  therefore  would  ex- 
plain the  fable  of  this  monarch's'blind- 
ness  (ibid)  by  supposing  that  it  was  an 
invention  of  the  Priests,  in  order  to 
oonoeal  -  his  weakness  in  submitting 
during  ten  years,  to  the  yoke  of  a' 
stranger ;  that  during  this  tune  a  gar- 
dener's wife  preserved  him  ;  and  that 
on  Zerah*8  defeat  and  retreat  from 
Judaea,  Pheron  re-established  his  au- 
thority B.  C.  940  or  939.  He  probably 
reigned  a  few  years  longer,  say  to  930 
%,  C.  Proteus  succeeded  him,  and 
was  contemporary  with  Hellen,  and 
the  Trojan  War  (Herod,  ii.  1 12,  &c.); 
possibly  he  died  B.  C.  900.  Rhamp- 
sinitus  succeeded.  Of  the  length  of  his 
reign  we  know  nothing;  at  the  average 


of  20  years,  we  may  reatdnably  place 
his  death  B.  C.  880.  Hia  immediate 
successors  were  Cheops  and  Chephren, 
brothers,  who  together  are  said  to  have 
reigned  106  years  (ibid.  124. 127- 133); 
which  is  evidently  impossible.  It  is 
not  perhaps  too  hazardous  a  conjecture 
to  suppose  that  they  ascended  the  throne 
together,  and  thut.Cephren  survivecf 
Cheops  six  years,  and  reigned  in  all  b6 
years ;  i.  e.  to  B.  C.  824. 

The  story  of  Mycerinus  is  evidently 
fabulous  (iSid.  131.  133);  he  probably 
reigned  fifteen,  instead  of  seven  years, 
and  died  B.  C.  8O9.  He  was  succeed- 
ed by  Asychisy  who  perhaps  reigned 
thirty  or  forty  years,  to  B.  C.  772. 
Anysis  followed ;  but  in  a  few  years 
was  expelled  by  Sabacon  or  So,  king 
of  Ethiopia,  who  reigned  fifty  years, 
and  then  retired  (ibid.  137)  about  715 
B.  C.  Herodotus  says,  that  Anysis 
was  restored,  but  this  is  hardly  credible 
at  the  end  of  the  fifty  years  (ibid.  139). 
He  also  (ib.  140)  reckons  7OO  years 
from  this  event  to  the  time  of  Arayr- 
taeus,  i.  e.  B.  C.  450.  Larcher  and[ 
Schweighaeu9er  read  500  for  700,  in 
order  to  reconcile  it  to  their  diJTerent 
systems  of  chronology;  and  for  the 
same  reason  I  propose  300,  nor  is  there 
such  a  very  great  difference  between 
rp(»  and  itcto,,  as  not  easily  to  be  con* 
founded  by  careless  trascribers.  Sethoh 
succeeded,  and  was  king  at  the  time  of 
Sennacherib*s  invasion,  B.  C.  712  (as 
maybe  collected  from  Scripture)  Herod, 
ii.  141;  and  Psammetichus  and  the 
eleven  kings  followed,  B.C.  67 1  (ibid^ 

147). 

Thus  we  have  a  connected  series  of 
monarchs  without  any  need  of  trans- 
position. Betweep  Sethon,  however^ 
and  Psammetichus^  from  Herodotus's 
words  (ii.  147),  I  imagine  that  there 
must  have  been  a  short  interval;  this 
leaves  room  for  Asserhaddori*s  conquest 
of  Egypt,  which  appears  to  be  uncon- 
testable, and  is  admitted  by  NevytOQ 
with  good  reason*.  This,  however* 
can  create  no  confusion  in' what  pre-' 
cedes. 


♦  Upon  the  authority  of  the  prophet  Isaiah,  vii.  18,  viii.  7,  x.  11,  12,  xix.  «3,  xx.  A* 
**  In  this  war  the  city  No-Ammon  or  Thebts,  which  had  hitherto  continued  in  a  flourish-^ 
bg  condition,  was  miserably  wasted  and  led  into  captivity,  as  is  described  by  N^huniy  chap« 
S,  v.  8-10;  for  Nahum  wrote  after  tbe  last  invasion  of  Judaea  by  the  Assyrians,  chap.  i.  v, 
15 ;  and  therefore  describes  this  captivity  as  fresh  in  memory."  <'  Asseihaddon  reigned 
over  the  Egyptians  and  i^tbiopians  three  years  (Isa.  xx.  3,  4),  that  is,  until  hit  deaths 
which  was  in  the  year  of  Nabonassar  81,  and  B.  C.  666."  Newton,  p.  t67.  He  supposM 
with  reason,  that  these  twelve  kings  were  appointed  by  As»«rhaddoB  himwlf  to  ^««ni 
Egypt  Id  his  naioe. 


WQ 


9IS 


Tile  Hiitoriam,  who  came  after  H^ 
TOdotaty  do  not  agree  with  him  in  the 
number,  or  names  of  the  Egyptian 
roonarchs ;  but  there  it  no  reason  why 
we  should  prefer  their  authority  to  his; 
at'it  is  certain  that  in  other^cases  his 
authority  is  far  preferable.  They  all 
derived  their  history  from  the  infor- 
mation of  the  E^ptian  Priests:  and 
Herodotos's  feracity  in  relating  what 
he  heard  is  incontestable.  As  the 
Egyptians  were  anxious  to  represent 
themselves  as  the  most  ancient  of  all 
nations,  and  were  more  vain  of  their 
antiquity  than  of  their  proficiency  in 
the  arts  and  sciences,  it  is  consonant 
with  reason  that  they  would  endeavour, 
by  inserting  feigned  names  in  their 
lists  of  their  monarchs,  to  extend  their 
antiquity  as  far  as  possible. 

Perhaps  it  will  be  acceptable  to  my 
readers  to  compare  the  order  of  Egyp- 
tian Monarchs,  according  to  Newton 
and  Herodotus.  This  then  is  the  order 
in  which  Newton  places  them. 

Sesostris;  Orus  (Pheron)  to  947; 
Zerah  to  946;  Amenophis  (Menes  or 
Memnon)  to  944;  Osarsiphus  10  930; 
Amenophis  again  to  88?  (leaving  Pro- 
teus his  viceroy  in  Eg>'pt,  909) ;  Ra- 
meses  (Rhampsinitus)  to  86O;  Mceris 
(the  predecessor  of  Sesostris,  according 
to  Herod,  ii.  101)  to  838;  Cheops  to 
6S4 ;  Chephren  to  808 ;  Mycerinus  to 
802 ;  Niiocris  to  788  ;  Asychis.  After 
his  death  Ef^'pt  was  split  into  a  num- 
ber of  petty  kingdoms,  under  Anysi<, 
and  Hocchoris,  Nechus  and  Tacolloiis. 
Sdbacon  conquered  them,  B.C.  751, 
and  reigned  to  70 1 ;  Scthon  to  687; 
Tirkakah  to  671,  when  Asserhaddon 
conquered  Egypt. 

Yours,  arc.  A.  Z. 

Somersetshire  Antiquities. 

<  From  the  Dorchester,  Sherborne,  and 
Taunton  Journal.) 

OUR  Antiquaries  and  Topographers 
are  ficquently  charged,  and  occa- 
sionally with  justice,  of  following  each 
others*  steps,  and  of  taking  upon  trust, 
without  further  enquiry,  the  etymo- 
logies and  explanations  which  more 
ancient  writers  have  left  upon  record. 
Having  turned  my  attention  to  the  an- 
tiquities of  Somersetshire,  I  have  some- 
times been  puzzled  to  account  for  the 
assertion  that  the  present  to\Vn  of  II- 
rhester  occupies  the  site  of  the  Vxella 
of  Ptolemv,  and  the  hchalis  of  the  Ro- 
GtNT.  Mao.  Aprilt  1 8fC. 


mantt  and  before  than  of  the  Gdtle 
and  Belgnc  inhabifanu  of  tbit  bland 
I  will  tnerefore  thank  you  to  allow 
me  a  corner  in  your  widely-circulated 
Journal,  for  the  purpose  of  showing 
that  the  ancient  town  of  Itchalk  occu- 
pied a  different  site. 

All  ancient  wrttera  are  agreed  in  re- 
presenting the  first  inhabitants  of  Bri- 
tain as  a  colony  of  Gauls ;  and  they 
are  described  as  coming  from  that  part 
of  Gaul  called  Gallia  C&ltica,  or  Cehie 
Gaul,  and  were  therefore  Celte.  Thil 
is  proved  by  the  language  of  the  an- 
cient Britons  being  the  same  as  that 
of  the  Celtse,  as  were  also  their  man* 
ners,  their  government^  and  their  su- 
perstitions. 

The  great  actions  of  the  more  earlv 
nations,  who  were  unacqtiainted  witn 
the  art  of  writing,  are  involved  in  fa- 
ble, or  lost  in  obscurity.  The  Celtio 
nations  afford  a  striking  instance  of 
this  kind.  Though  once  the  masters 
of  Europe  from  the  mouth  of  the  river 
Oby  in  Russia,  to  Cape  Finis  Tern, 
the  Western  point  of  Galltcia  in 
Spain,  they  are  very  little  mentioned 
in  history.  They  had  not  the  art  of 
writing,  but  trusted  their  fame  to  tra* 
dition  and  the  son^s  of  their  bards, 
which,  by  the  vicissitude  of  human  aN 
fairs,  are  long  since  lost.  The  traces 
of  their  ancient  language  that  ait 
found  in  places  so  widely  distant  front 
each  other,  serve  to  show  the  extent 
of  their  ancient  power,  but  throw  very 
little  light  on  their  history.  Of  all  the 
Celtic  nations,  that  which  ]iossessed 
Gaul  is  the  most  renowned,  not  per- 
haps on  account  of  worth  superior  to 
the  rest,  but  for  its  wars  with  the  Ro- 
mans, whose  historians  transmitted 
the  fame  of  their  enemies,  as  well  as 
their  own,  to  posterity.  It  is  to  their 
acquaintance  with  the  art  of  writing 
tliut  the  Greeks  and  Romans  had  so 
many  able  Historians,  who  have  hand- 
ed down  with  the  most  brilliant  lustre 
the  great  actions  of  those  heroic  peo- 
ple, to  the  generations  which  have 
succeeded  them. 

The  Celia  being  seated  in  Britain 
at  this  early  period,  may  be  looked 
upon  as  the  nrst  inhabitants  of  the 
island ;  and,  of  course,  scattered  over 
the  whole  country,  bot  more  partieiir 
larly  in  the  high  or  hilly  plHi;  iHt 
valleys  or  level  parts  being  -gttitalW 
covered  with  wood.  They  were  di- 
vided into  several  tribes  or  nations. 


314        Someruiihk'M  AidujuUiuj'-^itu  oflschaUs  and  UxMtL    [AfA, 


among  which  tlie  Hadtn  and  the  OtM- 
bri  occupied  that  |xirt  of  the  country 
which-  is  the  more  immediate  object 
of  our  researches. 

About  360  years  before  the  birth  of 
Christ,  a  colony  of  the  Belgct,  another 
people  of  ancient  Gaul,  who  inhabited 
the  country  now  called  the  Nether- 
lands, first  landed  on  the  Southern 
jcoast  of  Britain,  and  having  obuined 
a  footing,  repelled  the  Celtic  inhabit- 
ants into  the  interior.  It  would  appear 
that  continual  wars  and  numerous  bat- 
tles took  place  between  the  Belgx  and 
the  Celtic  tribes  of  the  island,  and  that 
eventually  the  lauer  had  greatly  wea- 
kened their  invaders,  and  recovered  a 
portion  of  their  former  territory.  It 
was  at  this  period,  namely,  about  250 
years  after  the  settlement  of  the  Belgae 
in  the  Southern  and  Western  parts  of 
Britain,  that  Divitiacus,  Kiug  of  the 
Suessiones,  a  contemporary  with  Ju- 
lius Caesar,  and  the  most  powerful 
Prince  in  Gaul,  brought  over  a  consi- 
derable number  of  the  Continental 
Belgmf  and  by  the  addition  of  these 
auxiliaries  enabled  the  Belgic  tribes 
in  Britain  to  extend  the  line  of  their 
possessions. 

At  this  time  the  Hcedui,  a  Celtic 
tribe,  occupied  the  present  Somerset- 
shire as  far  South  as  the  river  Jvel, 
and  perhaps  a  part  of  Gloucestershire 
above  the  river  Avon.  Their  towns 
were,  accordin|£  to  Richard  Cirences- 
ter, Ischalis  (lichester,  1),  Avalonia 
(Glastonbury,  2),  and  Aquae  Sol  is 
(Bath,  3),  which  last  was  afterward 
a  Roman  colony.  The  settlements  on 
the  Avon,  at  Clifton,  Leigh,  and  Sea- 
milh,  and  the  others  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  those  places,  must  have 
been  in  this  territory,  if  the  Htedui 
occupied  a  part  of  Gloucestershire. 
That  the  Httdui  extended  as  far  South- 
ward as  the  river  Ivel  is  plain,  because 
they  inhabited  the  country  in  the  vici- 
nity of  lichester;  but  though  their 
boundary  reached  to  the  Parret,  it  cer- 
tainly did  not  pass  that  rivtr. 

We  must  not,  however,  omit  to 
state,  that  the  existence  of  the  Haedui 
depends  on  the  sole  authority  of  Ri- 
chard Cirencester.  No  other  ancient 
writer  mentions  themi  and  Ptolemy 
Gonsiden  their  country  as  belonging  to 
the  Belgpn ;  for  he  sets  down  Uxella 

gtchalis)  and  Bath,  as  towns  of  the 
elgB.  [But  then  this  most  allude 
to  the  time  after  the  Haedui  had  been 
eenqueml  by  tlu*  Cdgx.]    Neverthe- 


less there  ia  no  aufficieiil  grouiMi  \m 
questioning  Riehard'a  authwity  in  ibii 
case.  There  are  verv  fiew  other  wriien 
in  whom  we  coula  reHonably  eauct 
any  mention  of  the  Haedui ;  and  Pi»> 
lemy  ha*  evidently  omitted  them,  be- 
cause he  considered  tbem  as  a  put  of 
the  Belgae,  or  as  sobiecn  to  them. 

The  Isckaiis  of  Richard  Cirencena, 
and  the  Uxella  of  Ptolemy,  I  lake  ts 
have  been  the  aame  town,  the  nane 
being  only  aomewhat  raried  in  ia  or- 
thogra))hy,  to  tuit  the  coHoquial  dii* 
lects  of  different  people;  but  1  ctnnot 
agree  with  former  writers  in  placing 
the  site  of  this  town  at  the  present  li- 
chester, and  that  for  the  following  ita- 
sons : — 

1.  Because  the  term  Uek  it  a  primi- 
tive word,  and  in  ancient  times  alwiyi 
denoted  in  the  names  of  places  sooie- 
thing  high,  lofty,  or  tupereminenl ; 
and  as  applied  to  persona,  royal  or  no- 
ble. In  the  British  languagethewoid 
ychel,  signified  high,  lofty. 

2.  Because  the  town  of  lichester  it 
situated  in  a  flat  and  marshy  plain, 
which  situation  is  .not  applicable  to 
the  original  meaning  of  the  won! 
Uxella. 

3.  Because  there  was  another  Uztlk 
in  (Cornwall,  on  the  river  FowcTi 
which,  according  to  Camden,  (Bn* 
tain,  1.  p.  332,)  stood  on  a  high  hill, 
where  there  is  now  the  ruina  of  the 
ancient  Castle  of  Restormel,  near 
Lostwithiel. 

4.  Because  there  was  the  city  of 
Uxellodunum  in  Gaul,  which  Csd- 
sar  (B.  G.  viij,  40,)  says,  was  a  town 
bn  every  side  inaccessible,  and  situate 
on  a  high  mountain. 

5.  Because  the  high  and  commaitd- 
ing  situation  of  Montacute,  in  the  vici- 
nity of  lichester,  is  exactly  applicable 
in  its  site  to  the  meaning  of  the  wfird 
Vxeilot  as  we  find  it  applied  in  the 
two  last-mentioned  instances. 

G.  Because  the  Roman  station  at 
lichester  was  only  a  summer  station, 
Castrum  iEstivuni,  and  not  a  perma- 
nent camp,  which  latter  was  at  Mon« 
tacute ;  and  that  place  may  therefore 
be  considered  as  the  proper  Uxella  of 
Ptolemy,  and  the  Ischalis  of  Richard 
Cirencester. 

Therefore,  from  these  premises,  1 
conclude  that  the  town  Uxella  %vas  si* 
tuate  on  the  lofty  summit  of  Monta- 
cute, at  a  short  distance  from  liches- 
ter, the  site  of  which  was  afkcrward  a 
Roman    station,    and    tb«   ^i/nory 


I 


iMl) 


jr.  Ckippi  L*«laA  Ajtovf  4f  ikff  nkgnfk. 


31S. 


Immw  wit  uM  HMNitli  oT  Uw  ffivwv  dm  iMrttt  In  fwoooi*  Ccvt  nri  itf 
PiHfHt  and  It«I»  the  btttr  of  which  r^pfteot  ne  mcttont  pit,  pcmr  mliicr 
fWM  mh  wf  dnttiit  nooi  um  wot  of  oco  do6ou?€ffm»  toot  lo  lolo  i|qi  foioit 
Moniocote. 
TiMMliM,  Mmxk  15, 1890. 


J.S. 


lie,  inserted  in  vour  cocninonicativo 
work,  few  can  claim  more  attention 
than  the  foHowiog,  became  a  tcience, 
BOff  in  its  infancy  bot  of  much  fntore 
promise,  is  confcMcdIy  ill  onderstood, 
•od  imperfectly  practised ;  and  that  too 
in  a  cotintry  essentially  oomineretal, 
iiavoi,  and  military. 


apr  'tUM  feoniOD  dnoaniMa  direeio* 
meat  interess^  k  faire  lacciiir  les  hw* 
vcntioiit  qui  Iciir  seroient  particali^iw* 
^  Y    J       A    '§  nixui  atilet.     L*adopttoD  det  d^coo- 

MR.  URAAir,        L^mdtmp  AfnlS,      Tertes  qai  ont  donne  on  ai  mnd  ao»' 

AMONG    Reviews  of  interesting    croissement  k  rindoatrie  de  C  Grande 
publications,  foreign  and  domes-    Britagiie  n'est  due  qu*  k  det  asaocia-' 

tions  particoli^res.**'— Id  the  IbllowinK" 
sentence,  the  author  teemt  to  think* 
that  something  like  Parliamentary  to*' 
terest  may  be  useful  in  more  coontrict' 
than  one,  to  render  tooccttfol  even- 
unquestionable  scientific  pwijiects ;  ind^ 
that  useful  inventiont  at  nrti  rather  fii> 
favourably  received,  soon  eapertencf 


Having  stodied  this  important  sub-  coldness  and  neglect,  be  they  ever  to 
jcet,  from  its  renovation  in  modem  advantageous  in  a  public  point  of  view^ 
liases,  I  orocore  (Vom  the  Continent    if  the  unfortunate  individtul  profiosing' 


such  publications  as  have  any  bearing 
on  Telegraphic  Science.  1  recenthr 
obtained  from  France,  **Histoire  de 
b  Te^grsphie,  par  Monsieur  Chappe 
L*aio^  ancien  Administrateur  oet 
Signet  Telegraphioues,  avec  une  Vo- 
lume de  Planchrs,'  published  recently. 
I  shall  quote  a  few  extracts  in  the  ori- 
ginal, as  more  satisfactory,  where  this 
pleasing  btit  nasal  and  eimp  d'epaulet 
language  is  now  so  generally  under- 
stood. 

It  is  a  treatise  of  some  merit,  in 
which  the  productions  of  mm  of  oiore 
interest  than  science  have  been  dulv 
appreciated;  and  therefore  the  book 
has  been  "  calomni^  d^  son  ori^ne,  M.  Chappe 
et  depr^ci^  ^usau*^   pr^nt."    Expe-     and  other  nati 


them  is  unaided  by  the  above  indis- 
pensable meant.  *'Let  liegulateuvt 
du  pouvoir  ne  font  ordinairement  d*ef« 
forts,  pour  propager  une  invention  noo-' 
velle,  ^flie  tonau^eiit  pemiiernr  i  mtfJ 
menier  leurs  joretit'tt  dant  cette  cirw 
Constance  mMie,  la  volont^  qu'ilt  font 
parottre  d*abord  n*a  pat  loojourt  assei 
d'artivit^  et  de  perseverance  pour  qu*ib 
puissent  profiter  de  .Urns  let  avantaget 
qui  leur  soot  offierts.**  With  us  how- 
ever, the  man  possessed  of  the  all- 
powerful  interest  alluded  to,  knowt 
better  how  to  manage  it,  than  to  bt 
left  in  the  lurch,  at  implied  In  tho 
concloiion  of  the  tentence. 

L'ain^  states,  that  we 

^  f     I        •  •        nations  have  not  an  eligible 

rience  sufficiently  evinces  the  truth  of    telegraphic  system ;    because   encoo- 
what  the  author  says  in  his  Preface,     ragement  was  given  only  to  such 


that  '*  La  Telegraphic  sera  probable- 
roent  plus  ^tudi^e  dans  Pavehir,  ou'elle 
ne  Test  aujourd'bui.**— In  his  Intro- 
duction, he  says  what  I  am  well  aware 
of  from  experience*  and  the  expence 
of  publications  and  models  for  public 
ia<inection, — "  Personuc  n'esi  press^ 
de  laire  des  essais,  lorsq*  il  faot  d'^pen- 
ser  de  Targent,  et  du  temps.'*— Mon- 
sieur Chappe  thinks  justly  that  projects 


were  devoid  of  a  knowledge  founded 
on  accurate  experiments,  and  a  long 
coarse  of  application.  *'  Les  Etrangera 
n'ont  pas  reussi  k  s'en  procurer  un  qui 
p6t  leur  servir  utilcment.  lis  sunt  le- 
nus  aux  offres  de  ouelquet  individut 
qui  se  sunt  primes,  sans  examiner 
SI  ces  homroes  officieoz  avoient  fait 
avec  soin  et  exactitude  les  kmgues  ex- 
periences qui    peuvent  scutes  donner 


of  the  present  description  ought  not  to  quelques  garanties  de  la  necessity  de 

be  lef\  to  the  decision  of  any  one  per-  projeu  de  ce   genre.'*    The  French 

torn,  because  he  cannot  possess  an  an-  ceruinly  telegraph  from  Paris  to  the 

qualified  public  confidence,  and  can-  most  remote  places  irf  the  kingdom, 

not  exert  an  enlightened  xeai  conjoined  while  we  are  now  obliged  to  tpeii  on 

with  requisite  knowledge,  to  be  found  very  thert  fines i  and  thb  bimiefall^ 

in  collective  bodies  of  men  interested  ascribed  to  the  nse  of  a  weii^  Ttl^ 

in  the  subject  referred  to  them,  be-  graph,  and  an  unsuitable  dictionary, 
cause  actoaied  by  patriotic  feelings  and  '  Comparative  experimeni  baa  pnwed 

prhwipbs  of  impartiality.  '*  D'ailleort,  thb  bmeniaUe  iaet   The  MitlMir  oan^ 

let  individut  n'influetM  que  tr^  pea  dcmnt  all  modet  of  tobgraphing,  «k.- 


316  Col  BfaedomUd  MTtUgraphs.  [April,. 

cf  pting  hit  own.    He  meotiont  .my ,  v^um,  whea  applied  to  a  Telegraph  <^ 
l^eatise  on  Teleeraphic  Commonica-    sufficient  power^ 
tioD»  \>at  cantiously  avoids  giving  any        Cbappes  Telegraph  consisting!  of -a 
account  of  it.    He. does  not  seem  to    long  centre-piece,  and  two  wings,  far- 
know  that  one  of  my  powerful  Tele-     nishes  196  changes  only,  and  cannot 
graphs  has  been  long  in  use  at  Deal,     give  any  three  fibres  simultaneously, 
1  should  lilve  much  to  try  it,  conjoin-    a  power  now  as  mdispensable  in  land 
ed  with   my  Dictionary,  against  M.     as.  in  sea  service,  in  order  to  have  an 
Chappe  L*ain^*s  mode,  and  to  lay  a    unexceptionable   Telegraph.     It   has 
gooa  round  sum  on  the  result,  as  to    been  proposed  in  this  country,  as  well 
celerity  of  operation  and  simplicity  of    as  in  France,  to  work  hjf  combination^, 
machinery.    He  is  much  displeased  at    which  are  quite  objectionable,  as  they 
Qiy  ascribing  to  the  Duke, of  York,  af-    are  liable  (being  all  different  one  from 
terwards  James  VII.  the  first  clear    another)  to  be  relatively  mistaken  ^  and 
knovyledge  of  marine  signals,  and  re-     thus  to  create  cotutant  cor^fusion  and 
g^lated  manoeuvres,  subsequently  made     errors.    The  numerical  mode,  on  the 
use  of  by  the  French  at  the  Battle  of    contrary,  is  extremely  simple,  of  ready 
La  Hogue.    In  my  Treatise  I   allow    application  by  sea  and  lund|  and  ex- 
that  Monsieur  de  (a  Hourdonnais  ori-    eludes  the  perpetual  errors  and   mjs- 
ginated  the  numerical  plan;  but  it  can-     takes  arising  from  combinations  si.mi- 
not  be  conceded  to  this  confident  wri-    lar  to,  but  always  necessarily  differing 
ter,  that  our  naval  system  of  signalling     from,  each    other.     Telegraphs-  like 
is  derived  from  his  nation>  who,  wiih     mine,  that  give  any  three  6gures  by 
a  due  share  of  science,  are  not  deficient     one   movement,   furnish   4095    com- 
in  vanity.— *The  second  book  treats  of    binations ;  and  though  I  have  applied 
the  French  Telegraph,  and  strongly    them  in  my  Dictionary,  I  have  in  the 
recommends  insulation  as  essential  to     same  pages  inserted  marginal  numbers 
visibility,  and  that  the  objects  to  be     and  classes,  as  being  more  preferable, 
seen  should  be  black,  and  well  raised,     particularly  as  class  and  number  may 
IHo  object  can  be  so  conveniently  and     be,  as  in  the  Navy,  telegraphed  con^ 
simply  insulated  as  balls,  six  of  which     ien^oraneously,  as  my  plates  and  de- 
slidmgon  rods  passing  through  them,     scriptions  shew  by  example.    Fifty  or 
compose  my   best   three-figure  Tele-    a  hundred  years  hence,  the  truth  of 
grapn.  which  in  point  of  power,  sim-     all  this  will  be  seen,  and  reduced:  to 
plicity,  celerity  of  effect,  and  cheap-     practice,  with  much  surprise  that  ma- 
ness  of  construction,  I  am  prepared  to     nifestly  defective  plans  snould  have  re- 
prove experimentally  to  be  superior  to     mained  so  lung  m  use.     *'Che  sara, 
any  hitherto  offered,  by  at  tne  same    sara."     Monsieur  Chappe,  who  seems 
time  combining  its  operation  with  the     to  be  on  very  good  terms  with  him- 
copious  and  comprehensive  Dictionary     self,   as    are    also    certain    would-be 
described  in  former  Numbers  of  your    judges  in  this  country,  gives  an  acr 
excellent  periodical  Publication.  count  of  the  Telegraphic  inventions.on 

..  In  a  late  Supplement  to  an  Encyclo-  the  Continent,  all  of  which  possess 
psdia  we  see  with  surprise  a  man  of  greater  power,  and  can  be  seen  at 
some .  eminence  condemning  the  co-  greater  distances  than  our  single- figure 
piousnessofa Dictionary,  which  in  print  semaphore.  He  gives  a  decided  pre- 
18  praised  and  recommended  by  the  same  ference  to  the  Swedish  shutter  lele- 
person  in  high  terms  of  praise.  Such  is  gf^^ph.  As  this  can  express  three  6- 
the  inconsistency  of  human  beings  actu-  gures  as  far  as  numeral  7  inclusive,  I 
xited  by  the  prejudice  of  the  moment !  added  another  shutter  to  the  place  of 
The  author  proposes,  "donner  avecuu  units,  tens,  and  hundreds,  as  in  the 
seul.  signal,  beaucoup  de  mots  et  de  Telegraph  at  Deal,  which  indicates, 
phrases  combing  ensemble."  These  like  naval  flags,  any  three  6gures  by 
.veryauxiliary  phrases,  injudiciously  oh-  one  display.  Still  balls  are  preferable, 
jected  to  by  uxt^:  supplementary  writer,  because  they  are  better  distinguished 
constitute  the  leading  utility  of  a  Die-  on  long  lines;  and  because  six  balk 
•tionary,.  when  arranged  alphabetically,  do  the  work  of  twelve  shutters,  and 
in  classes  numbered  above,  and  in  tne  that  also  with  cheaper  and  more  sim- 
margin.  .A  Telegraphic  Committee  of  pie  machinery.  A  semaphore  of  full 
men  of .  science  in  India  d^lared  that  power  will  prove  serviceable  iji  situa^ 
m  system  of  classificatioq  of  words  and  tioos  wherC' elevation  is  requisite,  such 
phrascff  .carried  thfi.  science  to  a  maxi*    ai  where  wop49  and  forest, aio  qq  tele- 


XMBJ}  CpI,  HnmbrnM  m  aWy qpfc,  *  3ir 

gnqphie  liacii  whidi  maAi  m  mMiik  tkmBMAT^mmfh^yMtkh&watkm 
m  poitible  to  mn  fti«i«it»  froin  the  mlly  'wotm   wan  H  it^  in  !iqriilg» 
fan  t#  ibe  Uni  lUiiod.  tf  ^  teuMipliort  **  Qu'il  «i  toof  enr  ntpamiif  d«  don- 
cooitfU  of  three  pain  of  wiogp  or  aroM  ner  pkuicon  tifluuix  povr  €xpfftneff 
on  one  matt,  and  descend  to  three  po*  one  lettre."    With   my  Tde^raphio 
aitioDt»  by  mere  mvity  arising  from  Diciionary*  now  mider  trial  al  tea*  and 
tba  extremity  of  tne  arm  overhanging  out  of  print*  he  appeals  unacqoaittted» 
the  pivot  in  a  small  degree.    An  oftU  but  mentions  my  Treatise  of  18()8» 
ear  of  rank  claimed  my  invention  as  without  attacking  iL    He  alludes  to 
hia  own.    I  fully  convinced  him  of  it  thusi  '*UnOfficief  Anglois»  oui  k 
his  misuke»  by  showing  in  print»  and  present^  lui-m^me  k  PAniiaoia  en 
in  a  letter  to  himself,  that  the  opposed  1808  un  nuxMe  de  Telegraphie»  as- 
aaoaphorcs  had  nothing  in  common  sore  oo*elle  a  rejt ttd  plus  oe  cent  pro- 
bm  the  aroM^  as  ihey  differed  com*  jets  oe  Telej^raphe  api^  an  cxamen 
plolely  in  principle,  construction^  ma-  fait  avec  smn  par  des  CoaMMSsaircs 
nitioery,  power,  and  operation.     As  choisis  pannt  les  hooiHies  les  plus  in« 
far  the  arm,  it  was  used  by  ihe  an-  suuits.    II  MIoit  <^oe  oca  Telcgraphes 
nicota  under  the  appelbtion  of  *'  trsbes  fossent  bien  mauvais,  s*il  faut  en  jugar 
toiid^m  erectsB^et  totidem  depress*.*'  par  celui  dont  le  Goovememeni  An- 
The  French  Indicator,  and  tne  arms  aloissesenroiten  PlynionUiycniniO.'' 
of  a  windmill,  gave  me  the  first  ideas.  1  know  not  where  he  found  that  these 
of  the  oonjoiat^  and  separate  action  of  plans  had  been  examined  by  eompe- 
wings.  tent  Commisstoners»  aa  1  tiaiie  only 
.  Toe  author  mentioos  an  attempt  to  that  the  Secretary  said  in  a  Report 
oooMOunicate    between    Vienna   and  thai  he  had  inspceted  fifteen  of  them. 
France  by  means  of  flags.  This  tailed  i  In  the  followiiig  aenteocea;  it  would 
but  succeeded  where  balls  of  sufficient  appear  tluit  the  author  has  but  a.  poor 
diameter,  were  substituted.    I  proposed  opinion  of  our  telcgiaphia  knowledge  i 
a  Tdf graph  consisting  of  symbols,  and  in  this  country,  ilbr  one  am  pre* 
which  expressed  the  nine  numerals  pared  to  contend  with  MonsrChappo 
and  cipher  dropped  frtMn  a  common  L'aiod,  by  means  of  n  qfstem  saoo* 
refervoir»  aa  wanted.  M.  Chappe  men-  tiooed  by  esperiment,  flattarini^ly  no- 
tiooa  an  extravagant  extension  of  this  ticcd  by  the  bovemmenls  of  fiurope, 
idea,  exhibited  at  Plymouth  in  1810,  and  munificentlyrcflsuneralcd   by<  a 
where  three  shutters  descended,  in  or-  crowned  head.    The  arroganoa  of  the 
der  to  fill  up  one  of  six  spaces  rela-  author  forces  a  remark  otherwiae  cgo- 
tively  helow  them.     We  nave  in  this  tistioal.    *'ll  est  boo  d'obaenrer  que 
work  a  series  of  thirty-two  Teleffiaphs,  c'estchex  la  nation  la  plus  industrieuse 
some  of  which   possess  considerable  dumonde,  que  I'on  tente  ^n  ^vain^  de- 
merit. One  of  them  is  singular  enough,  puis  trente  ans,  de  faiio  unbOB  Telo- 
as  the  inventor  says,  **  Qu'il  venoit  graphe.    Ces  efforts  inftuotueux  sunt 


chine  Telegraphi<|ue."  Af^er  this  we  Telexmphe  est  a'ailleors  una  chose 
need  not  be  surprised  at  being  inform-  tr^  laciie  k  faire,  puisqu*OB  en  a  fait 
ed  by  Cornelius  Agrinpa,  that  Pytha-  de  tout  temps.*'  He  onay  not  be  far 
goras,  during  his  travels  in  Egypt,  cor-  from  the  truth  in  saying,  that  ''La 
responded  with  his  friends  in  charac-  ligne  de  Loud  res  k  Plymouth  [he  must 
ters  traced  on  the  Moon.  Porta,  who  mean  Portsmouth,  as  he  wrote  his 
formed  an  Academy  of  Secrecy,  and  book  in  18S4,1  n*existem  pas  loomie 
wrote  a  treatise  on  natural  masic,  pro-  temps,  paroequ  elk  est  combing  era- 
posed  to  establish  a  Telegraph  in  the  pr^  un  syst^me  victeux  <|ni  emplche 
Xloon.  He  actually  publisned,  that  le  Telegraphe  d'etre  aussi  utile  qu*il 
by  means  of  mirrors,  he  would  throw  pourroit  Ixtre,  m^me  en  Atttleterre.** 
words  on  the  Moon,  from  which  they  The  author  informs  us  that  thcGrand 
could  be  reflected  over  all  the  earth.  Turk  applied  for  a  plan  and  descrip- 
Among  the  hundred  plans  lying  at  the  tion  of  the  French  Telemph,  now  in 
Admiralty,  nothing  will  be  found  so  activity  between  Alexandria  and  Cairo, 
soblime  as  thb  climax  of  eccentric  ex-  along  seventeen  stations  of  lines  much 
travaganee,  eloaely  allied  to  insanity!  longer  than  ihoiebetwoen  London -and 
M.  Chappe  L*ain^  has  a  chapter  on  Ponamontki  *Hn;f«rtlMr  Halefi  that 


SIQT  Hieronymo  Paeinof-^Skitian  on  Arm  and  Armcur*  ^    {Ajpv&y 


in  I8I9  the  ErigliBh  Ambassador  ap- 
pticd  to  the  French  Government  for  a 
model  of  the  French  Telegraph ;  and 
as  it  was  not  adopted,  he  has  no  hesi- 
tation in  sayine  that  there  was  not  suf- 
ficient knowledge  of  the  subject  to  ren- 
der the  Telegraph  serviceable.  With 
the  usual  self-complacency  of  a  French- 
roan,  he  says,  *'  lis  auront  bien  la  ma- 
chine, mais  il  faut,  pour  la  placer  dan:i 
d«s  positions  convenables,  pour  Tappli- 
cation  des  signes,  et  les  moyens  de 
transpositions  sur  une  ligne  compost 
de  beaucoup  de  stations  d^s  donn^es 
que  Texperience  seule  peut  faire  con- 
nottre ;  etcette  experience  ne  se  trouve 
encore  qu'en  France."  The  applica- 
tion to  the  French  Govern  mem  evi- 
dently proves  (whatever  may  be  said 
to  the  contrary)  that  the  plan  in  use  in 
this  country  is  deemed  defective  and 
imperfect,  and  that  a  more  efficient  one 
is  manifestly  wanting.  It  further  shows 
that  the  French  think  that  we  are  ex- 
tremely ignorant  on  so  important  a 
subject.  From  indolence  ot  disposi- 
tion, even  men  of  ability  are  averse  to 
think  fbr  themselves;  and  adopt  the 
miibunded  notions  of  men  of  inferior 
intellects^  merely  because  they  have  a 
more  easy  access  to  sources  of  m forma- 
tion. The  ancients  have  expressed 
this  sort  of  mental  lethargy  well. — 
**  Unusquisque  mavult  credere  qukm 
judicare,  inde  ista  tanta  coacervatio 
aliorum  super  alios  ruentium.'* 

If  no  one  else  will  stand  up  for  the 
honour  of  the  scientific  character  of 
our  country,  on  this  subject,  I  will ; 
and  will  inform  him,  through  your 
Magazine  of  high  repute  at  home  and 
abroad,  that  a  Telegraphic  General 
Svstem,  approved  of  by  the  illustrious 
Commander  ih  Chief,  by  a  First  Lord 
of  the  Admiralty,  by  a  scientific  Com- 
mittee in  India «nd  in  this  country,  by 
the  Adjutant  and  Quarter  Master  Ge- 
neral of  the  Forces,  by  Mr.  Sub-Secre- 
tary Barrow,  and  by  tne  public,  in  re- 
peated instances,  need  not  (being 
founded  on  experiment,  the  best  test 
of  physical  truth,)  fear  competition 
with  any  thing  that  can  be  produced 
by  Monsieur  Chappe  L'aine,  ancien 
Adminiitrateur  des  Signes  TelegrO" 
phiques,  John  Macoonalo. 


Mr.  Urban, 


1 


Upper  Cadogan* 
place,  April  3. 

SHOULD  be  noeh  obliged  to  any 
of  yocir  Correspondent!  that  will 


inform  me  where  any  notilMt  are  to  jbe 
fonnd  of  Hieronymo  Pteioo,  ain  airtist 
of  Milan,  who  flourished  about -the 
year  1550,  and  who  engraved  on  the 
steel  target  of  the  Emperor  Charles  V. 
in  my  son*s  possession,  the  forty-eight 
subjects  which  so  tastefully  compose 
its  ornaments. 

I  ask  this  for  the  work  which  that; 
highly  spirited  engraver  Mr.  Skelton 
has  undertaken,  and  of  which  he  has 
published  his  first  number.*  You  may 
recollect  that  1  hinted,  through  the  me- 
dium of  your  valuable  Magazine*  the 
opinions  I  held  of  the  plates  t6  my. 
'*  Critical  Inquiry,''  some  time  previous 
to  its  appearance.  In  th^  same  un- 
equivocal manner  I  beg  leave  to  say 
that  what  Mr.  Skelton  nas  done,  not 
merely  merits  my' approbation,  bat  is 
entitled  to  the  warmest  applause.  The- 
relative  strength  of  the  outlines,  and' 
the  con  amove  style  in  which  it  is  exe- 
cuted, are  so  admirable,  that  I  am  in- 
duced not  only  thus  publicly  to  give 
my  testimony  to  its  excellence,  but  to 
explain  more  at  laige  than  his  prospec- 
tus, the  nature  of^tlie  work,  ana  in 
what  respects  i  think  it  will  be  found 
highly  useful.  ' 

In  the  first  place,  so  far  from  inter* 
fering  with  tne  '*  Critical  Inquiry,-" 
there  is  as  much  dissimilarity  as  be- 
tween a  dictionary  of  painters,  and  en- 
gravings from  the  gallery  of  a  collector. 
That  work  must  be  regarded  as  a  mass 
of  evidence,  as  the  result  of  an  inquiry, 
and  as  a  report  on  which  might  be 
founded  any  ulterior  proceedings.'  It 
most  therefore  be  considered  as  a  book 
of  reference  rather  than  amusement, 
but  was  absolutely  necessary  before 
any  oth.er  publication  on  the  subject . 
could  be  deemed  authentic.  The  pos- 
sessors of  it  will  consequently  find  this 
a  useful  Supplement ;  because  as  one  of 
the  Reviewers  has  justly  said,  though 
he  has  elsewhere  termed  his  remarxs 
"  a  masterly  dissertation,''  in  order 
clearly  to  understand  the  matter  de- 
tached parts  of  armour  are  wanted. 

The  nature  of  the  former  publica- 
tion would  not  permit  of  this  being 
done,  because  the  authorities  for  dates 
could  only  with  propriety  be  derived 
from  the  painting  or  sculpture  of  the 
time.  But,  the  pioneer's  duty  perform*, 
ed,  the  march  is  easy  and  pleasant, 
thus  cleared  from  all  impedimenta. 
The  question  which  next  Qocora  ia» 
*'  does  there  exist  a  necessity  for  aach 
a  work  ai  Mr.  Skdion's?**  to  which  I 


ISttf.)             Dr.  iUfrkkom  SMil^"$  Work  ••  4fmum.  319 

aptwer  most  undoubtedly,^  and  there-  pioponioos  of  amit  and  armour  with 

fore  proceed  to  shew  its  utility.  their  respcotive  dates,  and  having  thus 

AU  Antiquaries  will  allow  that,  in  correctlysketchedtheootline^ can,  from 

the  description  of  weapons,  old  writers  almost  any  specimens,  obtain  the  lights 

are  at  variance,  aud  that  they  conti-  and  shades. 

Dually  find  themselves  puazled  to  re-  To  those  who  seek  for  ornaments 
concile  conflicting  testimony ;  for  in-  for  architecture,  furniture,  book-bind- 
stance,  a  glaive  is  by  one  called  a  lance,  ing,  plate,  jewelry,  &c.  many  patterns 
by  another  a  sword,  by  a  third  a  battle-  will  be  presented  of  an  elegant  and 
aae,  and  by  a  fourth  a  halbert ;  and  unusual  character,  as  may  be  conceived 
passages  are  quoted  that  seem  to  couu-  by  those  who  are  at  all  acquainted  with 
tenance  each  of  these  ideas.  In  the  what  are  termed  the  cinque-cento  pro- 
former  work    I   have  endeavoured  to  ductions. 

describe  what  it  really  is ;  but  that  Among  the  fancien  of  armour,  there 

cannot  be  so  effectual  as  a   plate  of  may  be  such  as  set  no  value  on  the 

Skelton*s,  exhibiting  all  the  varieties  weapons  of  the  Asiatic  nations,  yet 

of  the  glaive,  and  consequently  shew-  even  u»  these  engravings  of  them  will 

ing  how  it  may  partake  of  the  quality  be  found  of  utility,  inasmuch  as  they 

ofihose  arms,  and  yet  have  distinctive  will  thus  be  enabled  to  learn  what  it 

characteristics.    The  same  of  the  pike,  not  European ;  and  to  all,  the  detail  of 

Csrtisan,  halbard,  battle-axe,  pole-axe,  straps  and  btickles  must  be  very  need** 

ill,gisarme,languedeboeuf,&:c.  Next  ful  for  their  purpose, 

in  pomt  of  utility,  as  matter  of  national  The  150  drawings  to  form  the  85 

history,  are  the  origin  and  successive  numbers,  are  finish^,  and  though  Mr. 

improvements  in  hand  fire-arms,  and  Skelton  has  selected  according  to  his 

their  varieties,   which  will,    by  Mr.  pleasure,  as  in  his  Antiquities  of  Oa* 

Skelton's  book, /or  the  Jitsi  time  be  fordshire,  he  has  made  this  improve- 

laid  before  the  publick,  with  the  bene-  ment,  that  the  accompanying  letteiw 

fit  of  the  different  kinds  ofauii-locks  press  is  always  that  which  belongs  to 

given  in  their  full  size.    These  and  the  plates,     in  my  opinion,  a  better 

many  others  will  be  the  adv..utages  idea  will  be  formed  of  the  nature  of  tha 

gained  by  the  general  reader.  work  from  the  second  number,  which 

To  ArtisU,  it  appears  to  me,   the  he  has  now  in*  hand  ;  but  those  who 

work  will  be  invaluaole ;  for  there  now  wish  success  to  his  spirited  and  laudable 

exists  a  feeling  for  correctness  of  cos-  endeavour,  will  best  promote  it  by  be- 

tume  and  accessaries,  both  here  and  on  ing    early    in     their   encouragement, 

the  Continent,  in  painting  and  on  the  Trusting  that  yuur  antiquarian  friends 

stage,    that  cannot    retrO(j^rade.    The  will  not  find  the  letter^preu  unvrarthy 

taste  with  the  publick  is  in  its  com-  of  such  excellent  engravings,    I   re* 

mencement,   but  it  is  daily   gaining  main, 

ground,  and  when  once  they  have  be-  Yours,  &c.        Sam.  R.  Mitrick. 

come  confident  judges  in  these  matters,  p  ^    ^^^  ^  .^      ,^  ^  ^ 

they  will  no  longer  tolerate  anachro-  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^J  considering  its  price, 

n.sms    Foreigner*  and  natives  are  con-  j^  astonishes  me,  above  two-third; 

linually  drawing  from  my  son  s  co  l«.  Hf  the  five  hundred  copies  having  been 

lion ;  and  at  least  six  pictures   painted  ^j^j^j^  ^^^  ^            .^  ^   ^  J 

by  as  many  of  the  English  who  stand  bonA  fide  dUpos«fof.                     ^ 
at  the  head  of  their  profession,  will  '         ^ 
grace  the  walls  of  the  ensuing  exhibi-  W 
lion  at  Somerset-house.     These  paint-  *^"-  ^RBAK,                        April  14. 
ings  have  been   ordered   by  the   first  \  LTHOUGH  you  have  stores  of 
among  our  nobility  who  patronize  the  1\.  information  to  answer  a  Citizen's 
arts,  and  all  the  authors  of  them  de-  questions  (see  p.  200),  yet  I  cannot 
clare  that  they  never  could  have  satis-  resist  a  note  or  two  on  the  subject, 
factorily  performed  their  engagemenu  The   Lecturer  is  an  order  distinct 
without  access  to  this  collection.  What  from    the   Rector    or    Vicar   of  the 
then  is  to  be  done  when  my  son  re-  Church,  wherein  the  Lecture  is  deli- 
moves   the  armour  from   my   house,  vered ;  he  is  generally  either  the  Mi- 
where  it  is  to  me  a  great  inconvenience?  nister  of  some  other  Church,  or  has 
Those  who  possess  Sk  el  ton's  publica-  not    any  other    preferment.     He    is 
tion,  will  have  the  forms  aud  relative  usually   choteo    by   the    pariihioiieri 


Lechirer$.^^Mr.  Brillefi.—M'  T,  HboJbe. 


SfO 

themselyei^  to  preach  on'  some  parti# 
cular  occasion,  for  their  own  instruc- 
tion, or  in  the  afternoon  or  evening  of 
the  Sabbath  Day;  or  he  is  appointed 
by  the  trustees  for  the  purpose  of  any 
will,  to  commemorate  some  event,  or 
to  promote  the  knowledge  of  the 
Scriptures  or  other  stipulated  subject, 
land  is  remunerated  accordingly  as  the 
will  directs.  .  Such  as  these  latter  are 
not  necessarily  bound  to  have  the  con- 
tent of  the  Rector  or  Vicar,  and  parish 
officers;  but  in  the  usual  election  of 
an  afternoon  Lecturer,  the  consent 
for  the  pulpit  is  necessary  from  the 
Minister ;  and  the  approbation  of  the 
Bishop  of  the  diocese  is  required  for 
the  license. 

This  right  in  the  Rector  or  Vicar 
arises  from  his  posse3sion,  ex  officio,  of 
the  freehold  of  his  Church. 

In  1673-4,  an  Act  .was  passed  to 
disable  Clergymen  without  license,  and 
not  conforming  to  the  Liturgy,  from 
becoming  Lecturers  in  Churches :  and 
in  case  of  any  such  attempt,  they  are 
tubjected  to  three  months  impriaon- 
cnent  in  the  common  gaol. 
'  Almost  every  Church  in  London 
and  in  its  vicinity  has  a  Lecturer 
chosen  by  the  parishioners,  for  the  af- 
ternoon or  evening  service,  who  is 
Eaid  by  their  voluntary  subscriptions  ; 
nt  Lectui^s  for  a  distinct  purpose  are 
generally  delivered  in  the  morning  at 
tome  Church,  according  to  the  found- 
ers' or  trustees'  direction,  which  is 
always  complied  with.  Among  these 
the  most  important  are  that  of  Lady 
Meyer's  at  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  and 
that  of  the  Hon.  Robert  Boyle  at  Bow 
Church  in  Cheapside;  th^  subjects 
and  times  of  preaching  are  prescribed 
by  the  founders ;  and  in  these  Chris- 
tian labours  some  of  the  most  eminent 
and  learned  Divines  of  our  Established 
Church  have  handed  to  posterity  the 
best  defences  of  Christianity. 

These  two  celebrated  founders  gave 
estates,  or  their  annual  rents  in  trust, 
to  remunerate  their  Lecturers;  others 
have  piven  stock  in  the  public  funds 
for  this  purpose ;  and  this  constitutes 
the  difference  between  what  is  called 
an  endowed  Lecture,  and  any  other 
that  depends  upon  the  voluntary  siib- 
tcription  of  the  electors. 


CApril. 


Yours,  &c. 


A.H. 


Mr.URBAV,  'Mirth  90^' 

I  AM  erieved  to  thittk'Mr.  Browh 
should  deem  it  advisable  to  quar- 
rel with  me,  and  endeavour  to  tow  the 
seeds  of  discord.  My  sole  motive  for 
writing  about  him  was  to  serve  him — 
to  call  the  public  attention  to  hjs  ra- 
tional efforts  of  making  good  models 
of  Stonehenge.  These  models  I  haV^ 
recommended  to  some  friends,  aOd 
have  now  five  in  my  own  possession. 
It  was  my  wish  to  afford  him  an  op- 
portunity of  exercising  his  skill  on  a 
larger  scale,  and  to  better  effect ;  and 
also  to  point  out  to  him  employ  and 
remuneration.  Respecting  his  theo- 
ries, I  never  was  inclined  to  enter  into 
serious  discussion ;  but  thought  I  might 
joke  on  improbabilities  of  Antiquari- 
anism  with  him,  as  I  occasionally  have 
done  with  an  older  friend,  and  more 
experienced  antiquary,  on  the  Romances 
of  Southcote-ism.  Such  subjects,  ac- 
cording to  my  humble  ideas,  do  not 
admit  of  reasoning,  and  are  almost  he- 
neath  the  dignity  of  argument.  -  Be- 
sides, I  know  that  confirmed  theorists, 
as  well  as  visionaries,  never  admit  "  the 
evidence  of  facts ;''  we  may  as  well  ex- 
pect rationality  in  an  astrologer.  I 
again  repeat  that  I  should  be  very«ony 
to  hurt  Mr.  Browne's  feelings,  or  in- 
jure him  in  any  respect ;  but  oh  the 
contrary  would  gladly  aid  Him  in  any 
way  within  the  compass  of  my  hum- 
ble powers.  Wishing  him  many  bet- 
ter friends  than  I  have  'been,  and  am 
inclined  to  be,  I  remain  his,  and 
Yours,  &c.  J.  Britton. 

Mr.  Urban,  April4. 

IN  answer  to  your  Corrcspoiident's 
queries  in  p.  98,  for  February  last, 
respecting  Sir  Thomas  Hooke»  I  b^ 
to  inform  him  that  the  arms  borne  by 
his  ancestors  were,  quarterly.  Sable 
and  Argent,  a  cross  quartered  between 
four  escallops,  aH  counterchanged. — 
Sir  Thomas  being  sprung  from  a 
junior  branch  of  the  family,  bore  them, 
as  was  the  case  with  othier  -junior 
branches  settled  at  Chichester,  &c. 
Argent  and  Sable. 

The  title  became  extinct  ih  the  per- 
son of  Sir  Hele  Hooke  (he  having  sur- 
vived his  two  infant  sons  liele  and 
Thon^as),  on  the  ]  2th  of  July,  I712. 
Yours,  &c.  • 

Am  Old  Corrbbpokdent. 


f     »  » 


S17» 

NEGRO  Slavery. 


SOME   RBMARKS    ON   A    PAMPHLBT   COMTAINIHO 
*  OBSBIYATIONS^    ADDEBSSBO   TO   THB    CLBBGY    OF  THB    BSTABLISHBD 

CHURCH, 

:  ffi  answer  to  an  Addreu  lately  dUtributed  amangit  that  Body,  and  CkiiMtian 

Minulen  of  every  denomination. 

The  West  India  question  has  occupied  more  than  ordinary  attention  during 
the  last  few  months.  The  press  has  been  unceasingly  resorted  to,  and  peti- 
tions for  the  abolition  of  Slavery  have  been  presented  to  both  Houses  of  Par- 
liament from  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  right  of  petitioning  is  perhaps 
the  most  valuable  privilege  that  an  Englishman  can  possess,  but  like  every 
-other  blessing,  it  is  liable  to  abuse  -,  as  a  proof  of  which,  a  correspondent 
*in  the  Representative  of  the  3d  March  last,  stated — that  he  had  gone  over 
'45  Anti-slavery  petitions,  and  that  he  could  unequivocally  declare  them, 
*finom  internal  evidence  alone,  "  to  be  the  work  of  one  man,  or  of  one  small 
knot  of  men.*'  lliis  proceeding,  he  adds,  admits  but  of  one  explanation, 
**  that  a  small  Committee,  claiming  reverence  as  composed  of  the  most  de- 
Tout  and  zealous  Christians  in  England,  have  deliberately  played  off  a  gross 
and  palpable  hoax  upon  the  Legislature  of  their  country."  It  was  certainly 
unworthy  tlie  advocates  of  a  great  question  specially  to  inoiie  (as  was  the 
case)  |)enons  of  15  years  of  age  to  affix  their  names  to  representations,  the 
truth  of  which  they  had  not  the  means  of  ascertaining,  and  to  aiguments 
which  they  could  not  possibly  understand.  From  these  "  Observations** 
we  find  that  another  attempt  has  been  made  to  influence  the  public  mind. 
An  "  Address  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Established  Church,  and  to  Christian 
Ministers  of  eveiy  Denomination,**  has  lately  been  extensively  circulated, 
and,  as  it  is  understood,  sent  to  every  clergyman  and  dissenting  minister 
throughout  the  empire.  The  gi-eat  object  of  this  Address  Is  to  induce  them 
to  employ  the  Pulpit  for  the  purpose  "  of  diflftising  a  knowledge  of  the 
evils  of  colonial  bondage  throughout  the  land,  and  of  exciting  increased 
efforts  for  speedily  putting  a  period  to  the  state  of  slavery  itself  through- 
out the  British  dominions.**  It  further  calls  u|)on  the  public,  and  espe- 
cially the  clergy,  to  "  resort  to  decisive  and  effectual  measures,**  to ''  strain 
every  nerve,**  and  "  to  concentrate  their  forces  in  the  strenuous  'use  of 
every  means  by  which  the  country  may  be  soonest  purged  of  this  deep  pol- 
lution of  negro  slavery.** 

As  our  columns  have  been  open  to  the  Abolitionists,  it  is  but  fair  that 
tho«e  who  view  their  attempts  with  alarm  or  distrust,  should  also  be  heard; 
and  we  now  proceed  to  notice  the  **  Observations**  which  have  been  pub- 
lished in  reply  to  the  **  Address**  last  referred  to. 

In  answer  to  the  common  charge,  that  slavery  is  repugnant  to  the  truths 
and  duties  of  Christianity,  the  Author  appeals  to  "  the  conduct  of  our  Sa- 
viour and  his  a|K)6tles  whilst  living  and  preaching  in  the  midst  of  a  slave 
population  ;**  and  in  support  of  his  view  of  the  subject,  he  has  adduced  the 
opinions  of  many  distinguished  men  of  the  present  day,  including  Earl 
Bat  hurst  and  the  Bishop  of  Exeter.  He  has  also  quoted  an  admirable 
pamphlet,  entitled  "  the  House  of  Bondage,**  by  the  Rev.  B.  Bailey, 
M.  A.  which  has  been  already  commended  in  our  Magazine,  (xcir.  i. 
2^4.) — ^The  Author  might  have  added  what  fell  from  the  venerable 

Gent.  Mao.  April,  1826. 

4* 


318*  Negro  Slavery,  [April, 

Lord  Chancellor  in  the  debate  of  the  7th  March  last.  His  Lordship  ob- 
served, "  With  respect  to  a  state  of  slavery  being  contrary  to  the  genius 
of  the  Christian  religion,  (whatever  may  be  my  own  opinions  about  sla- 
very in  the  West  Indies,)  when  I  recollect  that  a  state  of  slavery  had  for 
centuries  existed;  that  the  Legislature  of  this  country  had  encouraged  it, 
not  only  by  the  countenance  afforded  to  it  by  the  ablest  laymen  who  had 
figured  in  the  history  of  the  country,  but  also  by  a  bench  of  Bishops,  as 
learned,  pious,  and  respectable,  as  that  which  their  lordships  now  saw  be- 
fore them,  who  must  have  known  what  was  and  what  was  not  contrary  to 
the  genius  of  Christianity  ;  I  own  I  cannot  easily  bring  myself  to  say  that 
a  system  which  has  heretofore  received  such  a  sanction,  is  so  clearly  eon^ 
trary  to  the  genius  of  Christianity,  as  some  noble  lords  seem  to  think  it  is, 
I  cannot  help  thinking  that  we  are  bound,  my  Lords,  in  all  these  cases,  to 
.look  at  the  opinions  of  those  who  have  gone  before  us.** 
'  The  Author  proceeds  to  show  how  grossly  the  condition  of  the  negro 
population  has  been  misrepresented  in  the  late  discussions.  *'  Every  epi- 
thet, he  observes,  has  been  employed  which  could  convey  the  idea  of  existi- 
iiig  cruelty  and  oppression  on  the  part  of  the  master,  and  of  wretch^nessi 
and  misery  on  that  of  the  slave.**  ''  To  accomplish  the  abolition  of  negro 
slaveiy  in  the  West  India  Colonies  gradually  and  safely,  the  efforts  of  the 
British  Parliament  have  of  late  been  unceasingly  directed.  In  ]&-23,  Reso- 
lutions were  unanimously  passed  by  the  House  of  Commons,  and  which 
have  since  been  adopted  by  the  House  of  Lords,  for  effecting  that  objeot,  by 
imparting  to  the  slaves  a  ()articipation  in  chose  civil  ris^hts  and  privileges 
which  are  enjoyed  by  other  classes  of  his  Majesty's  subjects,  and  by  a  de- 
termined and  preserving,  but  judicious  and  temperate  enforcement  of  such 
measures  as  should  effect  a  progressive  improvement  in  the  character  of 
the  slave  population,  so, as  to  prepare  them  for  that  participation  in  those 
rights. — To  those  who  are  '  straining  every  nerve  *  to  terminate  slavery, 
measures  of  this  sober  character  will  not  be  palatable  ^  but  the  moderate 
and  discreet  philanthropist  will  rest  satisfied  with  them,  and  he  will  rejoice 
to  find,  that  while  so  much  remains  to  be  done,  much  has  been  done  for  the 
amelioration  of  the  condition  of  the  slaves  in  the  West  Indies.  It  has  been 
shewn  again  and  again,  that  their  condition,  both  as  regards  their  tempo- 
ral comforts  ^nd  their  moral  culture,  has,  within  the  last  few  years^  un- 
dergone a  manifest  improvement ;  and  if  their  masters  be  only  permitted 
for  a  short  pericxl  to  pursue  in  peace  the  plans  which  they  have  in  contenv* 
plation,  the  abolition  of  slavery  will  be  accomplished  by  its  sliding  (as  Mr. 
Stephen  has  stated)  insensibly  into  general  freedom."* 

In  corroboration  of  this  statement,  we  have  the  authority  of  Mr.  Cole- 
ridge, an  English  gentleman,  who  visited  twelve  of  the  West  India  Islands 
in  18^,  in  the  suite  of  the  Bishop  of  Barbadoes,  for  the  recovery  of  health, 
and  from  motives  of  curiosity.  This  gentleman  tells  us :  *'  I  have  been 
in  twelve  of  the  British  Colonies  ;  I  have  gone  round  and  across  many  of 
them,  and  have  resided  some  months  in  the  most  populous  one  of  its  size 
in  the  whole  world.  I  ha\e  observed  with  diligence,  I  have  inquired  of  all 
sorts  of  people,  and  ha\e  mixed  constantly  with  the  coloured  inhabitants 
of  all  hues  and  of  every  condition.  1  am  sure  I  have  seen  things  as  they  are, 
and  I  am  not  aware  of  any  other  bias  on  my  mind,  except  that  which  may 
be  caused  by  a  native  hatred  of  injustice,  and  a  contempt  and  disdain  of 
cant  and  hypf>cii.sy.*'  Now,  having  had  these  fair  opportunities  of  judg- 
ing of  the  btate  of  the  population  of  the  West  India  Colonies,  as  $hey  are, 
■■   ■  *         ■  I  ■  I  1  ■ ,    .. I  II        I  J.      I  II  .     ■   - 

*'^*  Within  a  .period  of  three  ^«ars  (from  1S90  to  1823,)  4000  voluntary  manumitoiona- 

have  taken  place  in  Jamaica  alone." 


kSSS.]  Negro  Slavery.  319* 

^  bears  thb  imporlani  leslimDny  lo  Oie  owners  of  slaves: — "  From  (he 

Sneral  and  |)roniinciit  cluuge  of  cruellif,  active  or  pcrmbaive,  towards  the 
ves,  I  for  one  aci/uit  Iht  planttrs."  He  tells  U9  further,  that  the  "  slaves 
receive  no  wages,  because  no  niooey  U  paid  to  them  upon  that  score,  but 
they  iKWse^s  advantages  which  the  ordinary  wages  of  labour  in  England 
d»uiied  could  not  purchase.  The  staves  are  so  well  aware  of  the  comforts 
which  they  enjoy  under  a  mastcr'i  purveyance,  that  they  not  unfrequenlly 
Ibrego  fc^dom  rather  than  be  deprived  uf  Ibeiu.  A  slave  beyond  the 
Wime  of  life  will  hesitate  to  accept  manumission.  Many  n«^oea  in 
Aarbadoe;,  Grenada,  and  Aniigua,  have  refused  freedom  when  c^ered  le 

We  have  also  an  interesting  slatement  from  Mr.  M'Donnell,  (aneye-wit- 
ncas  aUo)  who,  in  his  "  Considerations  on  Negro  Slavery,"  has  shewn  thM 
"the  negroes  are  not  that  degraded, miserable  set  nf  beings  they  are  so  geo^ 
itily  supposed  to  be." — "The  (iralscnsation,"he  observes,"  which  a  stranger 
experiences  on  visiting  an  estate,  is  that  of  unqualified  surprise.  In  place 
of  beholding  that  scene  of  chains  and  cruelty  which  had  been  associated 
with  his  idea  of  slavery,  lie  finds  evei?  thing  indicutive  of  cheerfulness  anil 
conlenl;  an  active,  animating  picture  of  industry  lies  before  him^  every 
now  anil  then  is  heard  a  loud  and  general  laugh,  evidently  that  uf  persons 
free  from  care :  in  his  walks  about  the  grounds,  he  is  saluted  with  cour- 
tesy ;  and  he  sees  the  proprietor  recdved  really  with  atfcction.  After  the 
work  of  the  day  is  over,  if  he  proceed  to  (he  negro  houses  lie  will  be  still 
nore  gratified )  lie  there  beholds  upartmenis  well  fitted  up,  and  comfurt- 
ablc ;  the  litile  children  befijre  the  doors  gamtraling  about  in  sportive  in- 
nocenee  j  and  the  whole  presenting  such  an  appearance  of  satisfaction  and 
happiness,  that  he  is  at  once  prompted  to  exclaim.  What  is  it  Mr.  Wilber^ 
force  would  have  i" — (Considerations,  p.  ^13.) 

The  dangers  attending  any  prtetpitate  meatura  for  emancipation  are 
here  dwelt  upon  very  fully,  and  it  is  impossible  (o  read  (he  weighty  senti- 
jipents  of  Mr.  Canning  and  of  Mr.  Wilberforce,  without  coming  to  the  con- 
.dusion  of  the  former  Right  Honorable  gentleman.  "  If  tbeie  be  a  ques- 
tion at  which  t(  is  impossible  for  any  person,  the  most  careless,  to  look 
with  indiSerence,  but  which  any  man,  who  approaches  it  a>  a  stdiject  of.  le^ 
^lation,  must  view  with  the  detpal  owe,— it  is  the  question  nowbefttfc 
us.  To  speak  of  the  difficultiet  which  encompass  it,  as  compared  with  al- 
moat  any  other  question  which  has  ever  occupied  the  attention  of  Parli«> 
ment,  would  be  to  draw  but  a  faint  and  feeble  picture  of  tbueedifficultiesi 
they  are,  indeed,  apparent  to  the  most  caaual  observation}  but  be  who 
has  tfi  (irobe  and  prove  them,  for  the  purpose  of  applying  a  remedy,  finds 
them  thickening  around  him  at  every  step,  and  leaving  him  Frequently 
nothing  but  a  choice  of  etilc." — (Mr.  Canning's  Sjieech  in  1824,  p.  3.) 

Tlie  author  now  directs  the  attention  of  his  readers  to  the  reJi^ iow  m- 
tlruction  uf  the  slates,  unquestionably  the  most  impoilant  branch  of  this 
Diunientuiis  subject.  "  The  establishment  of  an  Episco)iacy  in  the  West 
Int^ics  gave  pleasure  lo  every  man  interested  in  the  real  welfore  of  the 
slave,  and  in  the  promotion  of  genuine  Christianity ;  to  all  auoh,  at  leaat, 
•s  conceived  that  the  tusk  of^mpaniiig  religious  instruction  lo  the  n«gro 
"  could  not  be  confided  so  safely  or  so  advantageously  as  to  the  hands  ^  a 
regular  church  eslaVhshment,  whose  duty  and  interest  it  would  he  to  assist 
the  local  governnient,  to  calm  tbe  fear  and  allay  (he  ferment  of  the  timM, 
lo  reconcile  the  planter  to  the  propriety  of  granting,  and,  in  due  time,  to 
fit  and  prepare  the  negro  for  receiving,  that  liberty  which,  with  religion 
and  the  love  of  order,  will  be  really  a  blcising  lo  him, "but,  without  tbeni, 
will  infallibly  pru\e  a  curse." — ( Bishop  of  EiLcler's  Sermon,  preached  be- 
fore the  Society  fur  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel,  1S24,  p.  96.) 


I 


3SO*  Negro  Slaverg. 

The  more  active  opponents  of  slacery  do  not  liowever  seem  to  hail  this 
measure  with  any  sent i men ts  of  pleasure  ;  and  notwithstanding  the  zeal 
and  liberality  which  have  been  manifested  hy  the  piiinlei's,  in  seconding 
the  exertions  of  the  Prelates  of  Jamaica  and  Garb:idoeB,  and  in  diflusing 
religious  inalniction  among  iheir  slaves,  the  author  alludes  to  various 
chaises  recently  brought  against  the  planters  for  withholding  (as  it  is 
alleged)  this  boon  from  itie  negro  population.  "  These  and  various 
other  assertions  plainly  prove,  that  to  the  exertions  of  the  Etlablitkei , 
Clergy  there  is,  in  certain  quarters,  a  rooted  dislike,  and  that  the  insinua- 
tion of  the  African  Institution  is  strll  maintained,  "  that  the  Church  of 
England  does  not  afford  to  the  slaves  the  means  of  attaining  religious  in- 
itmction  and  worship.' — If  the  object  of  these  individuals  be  to  drive  out 
the  Church  of  England  from  the  Colonies,  and  to  plant  sectarianism  tn  its 
room,  we  feel  confident  that  a  measure  lending  to  produce  a  revolution  so 
extensive  and  so  dangerous,  needs  only  to  be  jKtinled  out  to  secure  the 
steady  resistance  of  all  those  who  are  attached  to  the  civil  and  religious  in- 
stitutions of  Iheir  country.  Happily,  however,  all  alarms  upon  this  subject 
are,  we  trust,  groundless.'' 

In  quoting  the  author's  concluding  paragraph,  we  must  express  our  hope 
that  on  a  question  of  such  vital  importance,  affecting  both  Great  Brittiin 
and  her  Colonies, — both  the  master  and  the  slave, — the  angry  passions 
which  have  agitated  our  countrymen,  will,  ere  long,  yield  to  the  voice  of 
truth  and  soberness ;  and  that  in  all  measures  adapted  for  the  ameliora- 
tion and  leading  to  the  final  emancipation  of  the  negroes,  we  shall  be 
guided,  both  in  and  out  of  Parliament,  by  a  zeal  "according  to  knowledge." 

"  In  bringing  these  observations  to  a  close,  we  would  solemnly  appeal 
to  the  people  of  Great  Britain,  and  more  especially  to  the  Clergy,  and  ask 
whether  the  ^dJreM,  which  has  been  the  subject  of  animadversion,  is  cal- 
culated to  do  good  ? — Whilst  Christianity  (the  best  and  surest  foundation 
on  which  morals,  civilization,  and  fitness  for  extended  rights  can  be  built,) 
is,  aa  we  have  shewn,  in  aucceasfiil  progress  throughout  the  West  India 
Colonies,  with  what  consistency  are  Christian  miniiteTS  now  solicited  to  use 
their  influence  in  ui^ing  a  precipitate  emancipaijon  of  the  slaves,  and  in 
endeavouring  to  interest  the  British  public  in  measures  which  most  surely 
must  diminish  the  comforts  of  that  class,  by  impoverishing  their  maslfre? 
Will  not  the  Minlslei's  of  the  Gospel  of  peace  act  moie  wisely  in  confiding 
the  further  progress  of  the  great  work  of  emancipation  to  the  deliberate 
counsels  of  his  Majesty's  Government,*  and  in  disregarding  the  suggestions 
of  men,  who,  like  the  Puritans  of  old,  under  the  influence  of — 

■  Hut  ardent  zeal,  waulU  set  whole  realm;  on  dre.' 

Shakspeahe.'" 

■  We  doubt  not  thiC  (he  Eiecuttie  OuvernmcDt  will  hold  an  eqiul  IntBCin  between  theu 
tontendiDg  putlee,  ud  honsitij,  in  due  [itnE,  cury  their  own  tempente  reialutloru  into  ef- 
fect, Their  inteatiooa  may  be  lenrned  frgm  JVIr.  Secieurj  Cimaing'i  reply,  on  Mr.W.  Smith'i 
motion  relitive  to  tlie  Slave  PepuUtiua  in  Demcrui  and  Berblu.  He  concluded  hit  apeech 
in  thete  memorable  vordi:  "  Before  I  sit  donn  1  will  atate,  liowever  unpalatable  it  may  be 
to  both  piniee,  tbe  tiled  delerminstloni  of  Oovemment-  To  ooe  aide,  those  Hho  appre- 
hended mischief  to  their  incereili,  and  who  are  •tlinulating  thcmuliei  iiilo  resiiCance  to  the 
tenie  of  Purliimeat  and  to  the  isoie  of  ihe  country,  I  tay  without  heiltatioii  chat  auooer  or 
later  the  object  of  Parlintnent  and  the  country  will  be  effected,  aod  that  there  i>,  in  the  lait 
rejort — (let  there  be  no  mliiake  on  that  tubjcct), — a  power  in  Parliwuent  to  carry  it  int» 
effect—  (Cheen) ;  nd  it  (ball  be  can:eil  into  effect.  But  I  uy,  on  the  other  band,  to  thow 
who  woidd  goad  u>  on  to  incalculated  eaperimenti,  tlut  the  Orders  in  Council,  Bpprored  by 
Fuliament,  contain  what  we  conilder  a  fit  tfitem  for  arriving  at  our  object.  I  meen  to  aa* 
dininctly  to  the  Weat  Indians,  that  iheK  Orden  in  Coancil ■      '  "^ 

the  aaaat  of  carrying  that  system  into  effect." — (Cheers.) 


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REVIEW  OF  NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 


7S.    The  Liva  of  celdrrmted  ArehUecU  an-  rotti,    or     Palladio.      His  judgnient» 

eient  and  modern^  wUh  Historical  and  Ori-  founded  on  clear  and  simple  principles, 

tieal  Obtervaiioni  on  their  fi'brks,  and  en  and   carrying  conviction   with   them, 

.    ike  principlet  qfthe  Art,  ty  FraacUooMi-  had  only  to  he  proposed,  to  meet  with 

lizia.  Translated  from  the  Italian  by  Mrs.  general  assent,  and  his  works  therefore 

Edtrard  Crety,  with  *NoUs  and  additional  were   received    with    applause.      Tlic 

Lives,  ini  voU.  8ir).    J.  Tajlor.  "blind  adorers'*  of  Michael  A  ngelo, 

A  BIOGRAPHY  of  Architects  has  however,  and    the    followers  of  his 

long  been  a  desideratum  in  Eng-  pretended  imitators,  raised  an  outcry 

lish  Literature,  and  a  work  which  has  against    Milizia    for  presumption    in 

for  its  object  to  supply  this  deficiency,  censuring  the  works  of  so  great  a  mas- 

cannot  fail  to  be  acceptable.    The  fate  ter,  till  then  beheld  as  models;  and 

of  genius  is,  under  all  circumstances,  reproached  him   moreorer,  and   per- 

inttresting ;  but  the  history  of  Archi-  haps  somewhat  more  justly,  with  the 

tecture  itself  is  involved  in  that  of  its  tone  of  satire  and  severity  in  which  his 

professors,   and   this  is   a  subject  on,  decisions  are  pronounced.    But  from 

which,  now  that  the  art  becomes  daily  both  these  charges  our  Author  is  ea- 

more  appreciated,  every  illustration  is  sily  excused.    The  soundness   of  his 

desirable.     Miiizia*s  work  has  claims  opinions,  and  their  general  adoption, 

on  our  attention,  independent  of  the  sufficiently  acquit  him  of  unwarranted 

mere  interest  of  the  subject  on  which  presumption :  and  the  whole  tenor  of 

it  treats:  its  merits  in  other  respects  nis  criticisms,  his  discrimination  be- 

are  intrinsic  and  acknowledged.  tween  the  beauties  and  defects  of  every 

The    "Memorie    degli    Architetti  work  on  which  he  comments,  the  evi- 

antichi  e  moderni*'  first  appeared  iu  dent  justice  of  his  objections,  the  tri- 

Rome  in    17^8,  and  was  one  of  the  bute  he  every  where  pays  to  real  me- 

earliest    literary    productions   of    the  rit,  but  above  all,  the  amiable  plea* 

Author,  who  lived  during  the   latter  sure  with  which  he  places  in  the  fore- 

half  of  the  last  century.     His   birth  ground  the  traits  of  virtue,  of  great- 

and  circumstances  were  noble  and  iu-  ness  or  of  goodness,  to  be  discovered 

dependent,  and  his  consequent  freedom  in  the  character  of  the  individuals  of 

from  obligatory  occupation  left  him  at  whom   he   treats,   attest  his  freedom 

liberty  to  rollow  his  inclination  in  the  from   malice  and  from  all  ill-natured 

choice  of  his  pursuits,  and  having  a  feclinz,  and  vouch  for  the  proper  spi- 

natural  partiality  for  the  Arts,  he  de-  rit  with  which  he  undertook' his  task, 

voted  to  them  the  greater  part  of  his  and  for  the  sincerity  with  which  he 

time.  Architecture,  above  all,  he  made  asserts  that  "wherever  he  has  disco- 

hii  particular  study.     Enamoured   of  vered  faults,  he  can  with  safety  aiHrm 

his  subject,  unfettered   by  prejudices,  that  they  gave  him  pain  ;  and  if  he  has 

endowed  by  nature  with  strong  powers  exposed  them,  it  is  only  with  a  view 

of  reasoning,  and  enjoying  by  nis  re-  of  preventing,  if  possible,  their  recur- 

sidence    in    luly,    and   especially  in  reiice  and  increase." 
Rome,  the  opportunity  of  confronting        Executed  in  this  spirit,  with  a  for- 

his  speculations  witlf  practical  exam-  wardness  to  admire  every  thing  great 

pies,    by   obsen-in^    the    monuments  and  noble,  but  with  a  fearlessness  in 

there  existing  of  ancient  art,  and  the  unmasking  every  deformity,  however 

most  approved  works  of  modern  times,  great  the   names  by  which  they  are 

he  acquired  an  intimate  knowledge  of  sanctioned,  the  works  of  our  Author 

thescienccof  Architecture,  and  a  sound  have   had  a  beneficial  effect   on   the 

critical  judgment  of  its  productions.  taste  of  the  last  half  century ;  and  were 

Reasoning  from  the  origin  and  pur-  his  principles  as  generally  followed  in 

poses  of  the  Art,  he  raised  to  himself  practice,  as  their  justice   is   admitted 

a  certain    philosophical    standard,    by  m  theory,  Europe  would  be  less  bar« 

which  he  nad  the  courage  to  try  the  ren  in  structures  worthy  of  unquali- 

most  admired   works  of  the  greatest  fied  admiration, 
modern  Artists,  not  excepting  Buono-        The  Memoirs  in  this  work  are  judi- 

Gent.  Mao.  April,  1 896.  ciously  arranged  in  chronological  order. 


32^                      Review. — ^Milizia*3  Lives  of  Architects,  [April, 

in  three  grand  divisions,  according  to  to  the  time  of  Constantine ;  the  se- 

the  epochs  of  the  Art,  and  are  pre-  cond  to  the  Architects  of  the  Middle 

faced  with  an  excellent  essay  on  the  Ages;  and  the  third  to  Modern  Ar- 

history,  principles,  and  changes  of  Ar-  chitects.     The  first    displays  diligent 

chitecture;  in  which  our  Author,  trac-  historical  research,  and  abounds  in  in- 

ing  its  progress  as  an  instinct,  an  art,  teresting  notices  from  ancient  authors, 

and  a  science,  and  reasoning  from  its  of  the  most  remarkable  edifices  of  an- 

qrigin  and   its  uses,  deduces  precepts  tiouity. 

equally  calculated  to  guide  tne   pro-  The  most  prominent  subjects  of  the 

itaor  in  his  practice,  and  the  amateut  Second  Book  are  the  Saloon  at  Padua; 

in  his  judgment.    From  nine  general  the  Cathedral,  Baptistery,  Bell  Tower, 

roles  laid  down  as  essential  to  Archi-  and  Campo  Santo,  of  Pisa;  St.  Mark's 

tecture,  we  extract  the  fpurth  regard-  Church  and  Tower,  at  Venice ;   the 

ing  ornament,  as  a   specimen  of  the  Cathedral  bfStrasbourg;  and  the  Tower 

whole,  and  of  the  autnor's  principles,  of  Florence,  contained  in  the  Biogra- 

taste,  and  knowledge  of  his  subject,  phical  notice  of  their  respective  Archi- 

*'If  architecture  be  the  daughter  of  tects.    In  the  rank  of  the  latter  a  place 

necessity,  even  its  beauties  should  ap-  is  also  assigned  to  the  famous  William 

pear  to  result  from  such.    In  no  part  of  Wick  ham.  Bishop  of  Winchester, 

of  the  decoration  should  there  be  any  architect  of  Windsor  Castle,  and  of  the 

artifice  discoverable :  hence  every  thing  Cathedral  at  Winchester ;  and  the  trans* 

extraneous  is  a  proof  of  bad  taste.'*  lator  has  moreover  enriched  this  book 

As  a  critic,  Milizia  appears  to  be  with   an   enumeration   of  the    many 

free  from  all  prejudice.    Names  and  sumptuous  edifices  of  the  middle  ages 

authority  had  no  weight  with  him.  which  adorn  our  own  country,  accom- 

Tq  Greece,  Rome,  Italy,    England^  panied  by  concise  but  learned  notices 

Germany,  France,  and  Spain^  to  an-  of  the  gradations  and  changes  in  style 

cient  and  modern  time,  as  far  as  his  of  the  different  epochs, 

opportunities  of  observing   permitted  That  the  History  of  Artists  is  con- 

him,  he  has  rendered  due  justice.    He  tained  in  their  works,  is  the  principle 

neither  lauds  nor  blames  without  giv-  oh  which  these  biographical  sketches 

ing  convincing  reasons ;  and  in  both  are  framed.    This  maxim  is  more  par- 

his  praise  and  censure  he  is  evidently  ticularly  followed  in  the  third  book, 

actuated  solely  by  the  love  of  truth  and  in  which,  besides  the  many  amusing 

justice.  and  personal  anecdotes  of  the  Archi- 

The  following  opinion  proves  his  tects,  we  have  descriptions  of  the  most 
exemption  from  any  undue  bias  in  fa-  celebrated  buildings  of  modern  times, 
vour  of  his  own  age  and  nation.  "  Fi-  with  the  judgment  of  a  sound  critic  on 
nally,'*  says  our  Author,  in  conclusion  their  merits  and  demerits.  The  epoch 
of  a  summary  of  the  vicissitudes  which  commences  with  Brunelleschi  the  ce- 
Architecture  had  experienced,  "  Arts  lebrated  architect  of  the  Cathedral  of 
and  Sciences  again  rose  in  the  Fif-  Florence,  but  whose  fame  stands  still 
teenth  century,  and  Greek -R6man  higher  as  the  author  of  the  Church 
Architecture  with  them,  or  to  speak  and  Sacristy  of  S.  Filippo.  **From 
more  correctly  an  admiration  for  them  this  time,"  says  our  autnor,  ''is  fixed 
was  rekindled  :  but  between  the  esti-  the  epoch  of  the  restoration  of  Archi- 
mation  and  the  practise  there  is  a  tecture."  It  will  be  enough  to  men- 
wide  difference.  It  is  now  three  cen-  tipn  afler  him  the  names  of  Samnt- 
turies  since  the  Grecian  Architecture  chele,  Sansovino,  Vignola,  Alessi,  Pal-, 
has  been  generally  admired  through-  ladio,  Scamizzi,  Jones,  and  Wren,  to 
out  Europe,  while  the  Gothic  has  excite  a  high  expectation  of  the  interest- 
been  proportionably  decried.  But  in  ing  matter  which  the  work  embraces, 
abandoning  the  one,  have  we  followed  The  lives  of  Bramante,  Sangallo,  Buo- 
the  other?  It  rather  appears  that  a  narroti,  Borromini,  Mademo,  and 
new  species  has  been  acfopted  equally  Bernini,  contain  a  complete  history  of 
removed  from  the  lightness  of  the  Go-  the  chefcTceuvre  of  Modem  Architec- 
thic  and  the  majestic  elegance  of  the  ture,  the  Vatican,  and  of  many  other 
Greek."  noble  edifices. 

Of  the  three  Books  into  which  the  For  an  extract  we  shall  choose  the 

Biographical  part  of  the  work  is  di-  life  of  Michael  Angelo,  not  more  on 

vided,  the  first  is  devoted  to  the  an-  account  of  the  pre-eminence  of  th6 

ticnt  architects,  from  the  earliest  ages  architect,  than  of  the  animadversions 


1886.]  Rbviiw.— Milizia's  Li9e$  of  ArcMeds.  jfS 

whieh  our  aothor  incurred  bj  his  com-  "  mott  justly  deserred  to  be  studied 

ments  on  the  works  of  ''the  diTine  above ever^r other.*' 
master.'*     Nor  could   we   elsewhere        In  the  Life  of  Jones,  he  thus  speaka 

6nd  better  specimens  of  the  style  of  of  £ngland  and  her  Architects: 
the  criticism,  or  of  the  general  inte-        u  a  luae  mora  thui  •  eentnry  btok  Eiur- 

lests  of  the  work  than  in  the  life  of  Imm!  wm  sunk  in  slaTwy  and  bnbtri^; 

Michael  Angelo ;  but  our  limits  confine  and  ifter  an  almcMt  overwhelming  tempert, 

us  to  the  summary  with  which  it  is  the  now  ehinet  forth  a  brilliant  model  to 

concluded,  which  we  regret  the  more,  all  Europe.     Among  the  great  men  who 

as  the  memoir  is  of  the  most  lively  have  been  oelebrated  ae  superior  in  the  most 

interest,  replete  with  amusing  anec-  learned  nations  of  Europe,  as  her  MiltoBs^ 

dotes  of  the  man,  principally  collected  hef  Newtont,  her  Lockes,  Jones  has  eer- 

frora   Vasari,  and  with  original  and  ^7  ^>^"«  ?»  *>«  gr^itude,  for  haviqg 

well-reasooed  criticisms  on  the  princi-  ™™«*^  ^^'"'^  »?«"«»«•  ^  *">•  Archi, 

pal  works  of  the  artist,  while  ample  ^!^„. ""f '!*  T    >''•  "^"^ '^^ 

r     .      .    J  . u     *  4^  u'    ™  of  rudenetsj  but  retuminir  a  second  tune 

justice  IS  done  ihroaghout  to  his  per-  ^  ,^     in  order  to  stod^  with  deeperT 

sonal  character.     "  All  the  masculine  tention  the  meet  conspicuJo.  effomV  •- 

and  moral  virtues  were  united  in  Mi-  ©lent  and  modem  Architects,  he  acquired 

chacl  Angelo,*'  is  only  the  exordium  to  pure  a  taste,  that  from  that  time  none 

of  the  eulogy  passed  on  him.   His  me-  has  appeared  superior  to  him.     Palkdio 

rits  as  an  arcnitect  are  thus  summed  up  t  alone  was  his  equal." 

"The  Church  of  St.  Peter  and  the  Sa-        Of  the  Banqueting  House  at  White- 

critty  of  St.  Lorenzo  at  Florence,  are  the  hall  our  author  says : 
finest  works  of  Buonarroti ;  and  thete,  with         ,,  ,„  ^^i,  edifice  elegance  is  combined  with 

erery  other,  shew  a  genius,  an  invention,  nrength,  ornament  with  simplicity,  and  ma- 

a  sagacity  m  the  arrangement,  and  a  per-  je,ty  ^jj^  beauty." 
foct  knowledge    of   construction,    fiut  in  .     .        •       •       n    i.  . 

his  omamenu  he  took  great  liberties;  he        ,^nd  again,  in  alluding  to  the  gene- 

someUmes  departed  from  all  good  rules,  '^1  design  for  a  palace, 
introduced  a  certain  boldness,  mixed  with         "  Magnificence   shines   throughout  the 

the  whimsical,  which  were  his  peculiar  cha-  whole,  both  in  the  variety  and  excellence 

racteristics  in  painting.   He  used  to  say  that  of  the  proportious,   and  the  convenience 

he  knew  little  or  nothing  of  Architecture ;  and  beauty  of  the  apartmente." 
this  might  merely  be  an  expression  of  njo-         Milizia   complained  of  the    scanty 

desty.    It  IS,  howeter,  certain,  that  Archi-  materials  he  possessed  relating  to  Sir 

tenure  was  not  h.sor.giDjUprofess.on.     He  Christopher  Wren.      The    tAnslator    ' 

still  menu  a  distioKUiihed  rank  amoo^r  Ar-  u»    .u       r       •   *     j        j  ••""^••wi 

chitecu.    If  he  hsd  applied  himself  tSdU-  ^as  therefore  introduced  an  article  al- 

coter  its  origin  and  rulS,  he  would  not  hare  '"°*'  entirely  original  on  that  Archi- 

committed  so  many  errors.    His  caprices  feet,  and  on  St.  Paul  s  Cathedral.  This 

hare  been  a  ladder  for  those  of  Borromini  »  **»"   *®  ^e  written  by  an  able  pro- 

and  the  modem  school.     His  fiunous  say-  fessor,  to  whom  the  first  and  second 

iog,  *  we  should  have  the  compass  in  the  P^r^s    of  the  work    are  indebted   for 

eye,'  has  been  abused,  and  has  made  many  many  valuable  notes. 
Architects  sworn  enemies  to  labour.    It  is         Besides  the  Memoirs  which  we  have 

impouible  to  have  a  knowledge  of  proper-  been  discussing,  Milizia  was  the  au- 

tion  without  havbg  had  the  compasses  for  thor  of  several  other  works  on  the  ArU, 

some  time  in  hand;  at  the  same  time  ob-  jn  which  he  has  displayed  equal,  if  not 

serving  the  best  works,  in  order  to  form  a  superior,  critical  ability.     His  "Pnn- 

just  taste,  and  produce  something  valuable.  ^j^i^j  ^j-  (^j^^  Architecture,"  in  three 

To  the  favour  of  the  English  reader  volumes,  in  which  he  treats  at  large 

our  author   has   particular  claims  for  of  his  favourite  subject,  under  the  heads 

his  indulgence  and  justice,  rare  in  fo-  of  Beauty,  Convenience,  and  Solidity, 

reigners,  towards  our  efforts  in  the  way  have  above  all  distinguished  him.     An 

of  art.     But   in  this,  as  in  all  other  abstract  of  it  forms  the  introduction 

cases,  Milizia  shews  himself  a  liberal  already  noticed,  to  the  Memoirs,  the 

and  enlightened  man.    The  most  zea-  readers  of  which  may  thence  form  an 

lous  nationality   we   think    must   be  idea  of  the  soundness  of  principlea  on 

satisfied  with    the    terms    in    which  which  the  larger  work  is  tounded,  and 

Inigo  Jones   is  treated.    Our  author  of  the  ability,  knowledge,  and  critical 

compares  him  to  Palladio.     He  else-  discrimination  with  which  it  is  eze* 

where  describes  P^dladio  as  "  the  Ra-  cutcd. 
phael  of  Architecture,"  and  as  he  who        In  his  minor  works  especially,  the 


SS4 


Bivikv*— Britton's  Piciurt  <>f  London. 


[April; 


mrcre  tone  of  die  author,  the  uttmea- 
sored  terms  in  which  he  expresses  his 
diJBapprobatiohy  are  particularly  re- 
marKahle,  and  have  made  his  style  the 
object  of  bitter  reproach.  What  was 
faulty  iu  this  respect  in  the  Memoirs 
has  been  much  softened  by  the  trans- 
I^^r>  who  both  by  the  judicious  choice 
of  the  original,  and  the  execution  of 
the  versioD,  has  satisfactorily  supplied 
•  deficiency  in  English  Literature ;  and 
the  work  in  its  present  form  will,  no 
doubt,  prove,  as  she  herself  anticipates^ 
"  an  acceptable  addition  to  the  libra- 
ries both  of  amateurs  and  architects." 

79.    The  Original  Picture  of  London,  m- 

.    larged  and  improved :  bemg  a  correct  Guide 

fir  the  Stranger  as  weU  as  Ike  InhaHUfnt, 

>    to  the  Metropotis  ff  the  British  Empire, 

Together  with  a  description  qflhe  Environs, 

The  twenty-fimrth   Edition,  reuised  and 

corrected  to  the  present  time.    By  J.  Brit- 

too,  F.S.A,  ^c.  ISmo. 

A  PICTURE  of  London,  however 
accurately  delineated,  can  only  repre- 
sent the  mighty  Ciiy  at  a  particular 
.  point  of  time  ;  and  its  very  fidelity  of 
detail  becomes  a  source  of  error  from 
the  fluctuating  nature  of  the  subjects 
of  which   it   is  composed.     Yet  the 
grand  features  of  the  scene,  though  not 
absolutely  imperishable  and  stationary, 
may  have  stability  sufficient  to  com- 
municate  a  character   to  the  whole, 
and  afford  materials  from  which  the 
pen  of  the  Topographer,  or  the  pencil 
of  the  Artist,  may  produce  a  series  of 
sketches,   interesting    alike   for    their 
utility,   and  for    the  rational  amuse- 
ment they  are  capable  of  producing. 
Numerous  indeed   have  been  the  at- 
tempts of  Antiquaries  and  Historians, 
from  the  days  of  Fitzstephen  to  those 
of  Pennant  and  Malcolm,  to  describe 
the  Metropolis  of  England,  and  re- 
gister the  progress  of  its  increasing  pros- 
perity and  augmentation  of  size  and 
importance :  and  few  of  these  produc- 
tions have  served   any  other  purpose 
than  to  swell  the  list  of  obsolete  books, 
after  having,  for  a  time,  supplied  par- 
tial information  to  the  curious  or  in- 
terested inquirer. 

But  among  such  works,  there  are 
some  drawn  up  on  a  plan  which  ad- 
mits of  occasional  revision  and  im- 
provement, so  as  to  keep  pace  in  a 
great  degree  with  the  varying  mag- 
nitude and  growing  interest  of  ine 
subject.  The  Picture  of  London  is 
one  of  these,  ^vhich  in  point  of  po- 


pularity  has  been  unrivalled  for  'its 
success,  though   repeatedly  imitated, 
and  has  in  consequence  been  gradu- 
ally augmented  and  improved  through 
a  lengthened  series  of  twenty-four  im- 
pressions.    A  fact  like  this  is  a  tes- 
timony of  public  approbation  too  un- 
equivocal  to  admit  of  dispute^   and 
the  general   merit  of   the  plan   may 
safely  be  inferred  from  it.     Such  has 
been  the  rapid  increase  of  buildings 
in  London,  and  the  vast  multitude  of 
new  institutions,  charitable,  commer- 
cial, and  literary,  which  have  started 
lip  within  a  short  time  past,,  that  a 
work  calculated  to  represent  the  state 
of  the  Metropolis,  even  a  few  years 
ago,  could  no  longer  be  considered  as 
an  authentic  and  trust-worthy  record 
of  intelligence.      Hence  the   propri- 
etors of  tne  Picture  of  Loudon  deter- 
mined on  the  complete. revision  of  the 
work   for  a  new  edition,  and  com- 
mitted the  conduct  of  this  arduous 
undertaking  to  Mr.  Britton,  a  gentle- 
man well-known  in  the  literary  world, 
for  his  numerous  and  valuable  publi- 
cations relating  to  English  Arcnitec- 
ture.    Topography,   and  Antiquities. 
The  feelings  with  which  he  engaged 
in  the  task,  and  the  manner  in  which 
he  has  executed  it,  are  well  described 
in  his  preface. 

The  following  are  the  chief  aheni- 
tions  and  improvements  which  have 
been  made  in  the  present  edition  of 
this  work.     A  transposition  has  taken 
place  with  regard  to  the  first  and  se- 
cond chapters,   and   both  have  been 
improved  by  the  addition  of  recent  in- 
telligence. The  fourth  chapter,  which 
is  devoted  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Topo- 
graphy of  London,  has  been  entirely  re- 
composed  ;  the  accounts  of  St.  PauFs 
Cathedral    and    Westminster    Abbey 
being  much  fuller  and  more  accurate 
than  those  contained  in  the  foregoing 
edition  \  and  the  Episcopal  Churches 
and  Chapels    of  the    Metropolis,   in- 
cluding those  recently  erected,  beins 
all  noticed,  as  well  as  the  principal 
places  of  Worship  belonging  to  the 
various   classes    of   Dissenters.     The 
descriptive  notices  of  Public  Buildings 
in   the   two  following  chapters  have 
been  corrected  and  enlarged:    m«ch 
new  information  has  been  introduced 
into  the  eighth   chapter,   which   re- 
lates to  Chariuble  Institutions  :  and   . 
the  tenth,  including  accounts  of  esta- 
blishments for  the   improvemeni   of 
Literature  and  the  Arts  and  Sciencet 


189e.]                 KBViBw.«-Brittoii*8  Ptcfureo/Londbii.  3SS: 

has  been  carefully   re-written;    and  iM»y  Simrejor  :-»A  mw  Poti  Cffia,  ons' 

tiie  lists  of  Artists,  Booksellers,  aud  Urge  and  granil  toale,  from  the  <'e*igns  ^ 

Periodical   Publications,    revised  and  Mr.  Smirke :— A  suite  of  new  Law  Caurtif 

corrected.  *'^  Weitminster ;  a  large  tad  magoificent 

An   Introduction  to  this  work  has  '•"ge  "^  **°"**jfF  ^  P*'li*in«ot  Street,  for 

also  been  drawn  up  by  Mr.  Britlon,  **>?  ^°"°^»'  Ofice,^iMd  of  Trtde,  ud 

designed  to  serve  as  "assort  of  Pano-  ^*^f'  y^Z^T'?''  P^J   Sl  A*  ^ 

CI    .  u     r  f       J  ceotrsl  sod  tide  fronts  to  (oe  Antic  of  £nr- 1 

rainic  Sketch  of  London,  in  its  pre-  ^^    ^,  ^^  ,,,^  j„.       ^  Mr.fiJT 

sent  aspect  and  bearings;  adverung  -.Sereid  new Churche. Ld  ChmpeU finhh- . 
at  the  same  time  to  the  most  promi-  ^d,  and  otben  begon:— A  spacions  iring  of 
nent,  and  remarkable  alterations  that  the  British  Museum,  by  Mr.^trAe.— A 
have  recently  been  made.*'  knra  and  haodMNne  HaU  for  the  Bbu  Coat: 
This  portion  of  the  Volume  con-  School^  by  Mr.  5Aaio.-— Two  or  thrce«jpa- 
tains  a  lively  and  discursive  notice  of  cious  and  handsome  Terraea  in  the  Ke- 
the  Joint  Stock  Company  mania;  of  gent's  Park: — More  than  9,000  new  houses, 
the  Architectural  works  of  various  connected  with,  and  extending  the  bounda- 
descriptions  now  in  progress ;  of  the  "••  ^^  London,  consisting  of  detached  man- 
recent  Literary  and  Scientific  Insti-  ••ons  and  villas,  squares,  streets,  lanes,  ter- 
iiitions,  and  the  Periodical  Literature  «c«»&c.  among  which,  the  spacioos  and 

of  the  Metropolis;   the  plans  for  the  ^7  »«»f«>«»*  •q«Y'   •V^o'Sl^^^^'g^ 

:^  __  ^         *      r    *\     r*                     r^  and  the  terraces  and  mansions  in  the  Re- 

improvement    of    lU   Commerce,   for  .,  p^^  ^„  ^^^  .^          ^  ornament. 

augmenting  the  comfort  and  conve-  ^^^  MetropolU  :-An  Immense  edifice  in 

uience  of  lU  inhabitanU,  and  for  cf-  the  Regent's  Park,' called  the   Coliseum^ 

fecting  various  alterations  in  the  streets  from  designs  by  Mr.  O,  Burton,  and  intead- 

and  buildings,  calculated  to  render  it  a  ed  to  disday  Mr.  Homor't  novel  Panoramic 

capital   Cit^,    worthy   of  a   rich  and  View  of  London.    With  the  improvemenU 

powerful  Empire.  of  the  last  vear  we  may  likewise  class  the 

From  this  |X>rtion  of  the  work  we  almost  universal  adoption  of  Gq$  for  light- 

bhall  make  some  important  extricu :  iog  the  streets,  shops,  and  public  offices, 

_,                         .It           t                  ■  1  ^^'  by  which  the  safety  and  comforts  of 

"The  year  1 8«5  will  ever  lie  memorahU  ^y^^  j^^pi^  .re  materially  increased.    The 

in  the  annals  of  London ;  for  withm  that  M*Adamixing  of  some  of  the  squares  and 

period  more  novel  improvements,  changes,  pri„cipd  ,treeu,  ranks  also  among  the  no- 

and  evenu  have  occurred  m  the  Metropo-  ^^^^  ^j  „jiiities  of  the  times, 

lis,  than  during  any  other  correspondmg  .,  During  the  last  year,  some  new  and 

extent  of  time.      The   numerous  Schemes  important  laws  were  made  respecting  the 

f..r  the  formation  of  new  Compames-^tht  p^,i,^^  ^j-  london,  intended  to  clieck  the  ca- 

vast  sjioculations  arisioK  out  of  them,  tend-  ^,  ^f  ^^^  .„j  ^„^          ^^^  protection 

ing  to  the  ag^raodisement  of  a  few  persons  ^^  ^y,^  i^Qoest  stranger  and  inhabiunt.    The 

and  the  ruin  of  otliers,  with  the  utilities  of  foundaUon  and  permanent  esublishment  of 

some,  and  the  futililies  and  impositions  of  ^^^  Lwidon  Mechanic's  Institute,  which  owes 

many,  rosv  also  be  said  to  belong  to  thu  jj,  origin  and  principal  energies  to  the  bene- 

pcnod.  Though  they  did  not  precisely  com-  ^^leuce  and  learning  of  Dr.  Birkbeck,  is  like- 

mencc  with  the  year,  yet  they  have  advanc-  ^.^^  ^  ^^^  ^j  important  feature  of  the  pre- 

ed  to  msturiiy,  to  old  age,  and  decay,  m  ^^^             Intimately  connected  with  this, 

this  time  ;  and  have  been  the  chief  occa-  i,„^  j^^jji      ^  „„^  dignified  sUtion,  is  the 

sion   of  the  msny  Allures   which  are  now  i^^,^^  Umversity,  which  has  emanated  from 

spreading  rum  and  dismay  through  the  com-  ^he  active  exertions  and  influential  talenU 

mercuil  world.  of  Mr.  Broughanti  and  Mr.  CampbeU,  the 

*-The  following  are  among  the  most  re-  accomplished  author  of  *The  Pleasures  of 

cent  improvements  of  Londtm  :  Hope'." 

"  A  AW  Palace  for  hU  Majesty,  on  the  4.  jf^^  IVestem  Literary  and  ScienHfic  Jn- 

site  of  Buckingham  House,  from  designs  by  stitution,'%  connecting  link  between  Uie  two 

Mr.  Nash  : — ^The  commencement  of  a  Tun-       ^ 

net  under  the  Thames,  from  Rotherhithe,  on  *  **This  building,  verv  similar  in  design^ 

the  South  side,  to  a  place  below  the  Lon-  and  nearly  as  large  as  the  Pantheon  at  Rome, 

don  Docks  on  the  North  side  of  ihe  river,  is  130  feet  in  diameter,  by  1 10  feet  in  height, 

from  the  plans  of  Mr.  Brunei: — ^The  foun-  It  is  polygonal  in  form,  and  surmounted  by 

dation  and  commencement  of  a  new  London  an  immense  cupola,  glazed;  in  front  is  a  grand 

Bridge,  from  the  designs  of  the  late  Mr.  portico,  with  six  large  fluted  columns  of  the 

Rennie: — The  commencement  of  New  Docks  Grecian-Doric  order,  supporting  a  bold  pe- 
at St,  Katharine's,  under  the  direction  of     diment.    The  machinery  and  scenery  of  the 

Mr.  Telford,  Engineer,  and  Mr.  Philip  Hard'  interior  will  be  novel  and  interesting.    The 

iiHek,  Architect : — ^The  Bermondsey  Collier  sketches  made  for  the  projecied  pictare»  oc- 

Dock,  by  F.  Giles,  Engineer,  and  /.  New-  cupy  2000  sheets  of  paper«" 


S9|l ;                     Rbvibw. — Britton's  Picture  of  London.  [Aprils 

iMt-mentionedy  is  adapted  for  clerks,  aad  places,  and  contributed  materially  to  ang- 
persons  in  the  middle  sphere  of  life,  and  ment  their  population.     At  the  direct  east- 
faitended    to    furnish    them  with  rational  em  extremity  of  London,  we  are  presented 
amusement  and  information.     '  The  Philo"  on  the  map  with  indications  of  the  East  and 
matic  InsUtutian  *  in  Burton  Street,  and  <  The  West  India,  and  the  London  Docks,  those 
Ciiy  of  London  LUeranj  Institution  *  in  Al-  great  reservoirs  for  merchant  shipping,  and 
dersgate  Street,  are  also  calculated  to  dis-  repositories  of  imported  wealth.    The  St, 
seminate  useful  knowledge.  Kathanne*s  Docks,  now  forming  near  the 
*'  Many  other  plans  have  been  proposed.  Tower,  will  increase  this  species  of  accom- 
and  alterations  commenced,  which  are  cal-  modation,  and  be  a  great  improvement  to  a 
ciedated  to  augment  the  cooveiiiences,  com-  district,  where  reform  and  alteration  are 
forts,  and  grandeor  of  the  Metrdpcilis.  Com-  much  required.    On  the  opposite,  or  3urrey 
menoing  lit  the  western  extremity,  we  find  side  of  the  river,  are  other  mercantile  ba- 
that  many  considerable  squares,  streets,  and  sins,  called  the  <<  Commercial,  or  Surrey 
spadois  buildings  are  now  in  progress  at  Docks,  and  others  are  in  progress,  called 
Hammersmith,  Kensington,  Knightsln-idge,  the  *'  Collier  Docks."    The  projected  Tun- 
Chelsea,  Pimiico,  Brompton,  Fullham,  &o.  nel  under  the  Thames  is  not  only  a  novel 
by  which  all  those  places  will  become  con-  object  in  this  part  of  London,  but  if  ac- 
nected  with,  and  form  integral  portions  of.    complished,  will  be  a  wonderful  triumph  of 
this  vast  Capital.  human  talents  over  seeming  impossibilities. 
<'  In  Hyde  Parkf  besides   widening  and*  Numerous    improvements   to   this  district, 
levelling  the  roads  and  paths,  the  high  bridb-  both  on  the   Surrey  and  Middlesex  sides, 
walls  have  been  taken  down,  and  open  iron  will  inevitably  succeed   the  completion  of 
railing  substituted — an  extensive  line  of  new  that  enterprising  work ;  and  improvement 
road  has  likewise  been  formed,  round  the  is  here  much  wanted.     On  tracing  the  hc9 
West  and  North  sides,  to  Kensington  Gar-  (tf  the  map,  through  the  parishes  of  Rother- 
dens,  where  a  bridge  has  been  raised  across  hith^,  Bermondsey,  Walworth,  Newington, 
the  water — some  new  lodges  and  gatiM  have  Camberwell,  and  Lambeth,  on  the  South 
been  built,  from  the  "designs  of  Mr.  D.  J9ur-  side  of  London,  we  perceive  much  ground 
louy  which  are  at  once  great  ornaments  to  fortunately  still  covered  with  grass  or  ap- 
the  scraery,  and  highly  creditable  io  the  propriated  to  gardens :  these  parishes,  how- 
tMte  of  the  architect — a  very  handiome  ever,  may  be  said  to  form  an  immense  con- 
screen  of  open  columns,  with  three  laige  nected  town  hi  many  places,  and  are  again 
entrance  gates,  from  the  designs  of  the  joined  to  Deptfoi^  and  Greenwich  to  the 
same  artist,  ia  commenced  at  Hyde  Park  jBast,  and  Peckham,  Stockwell,  Cfapham, 
Comer,  and  the   South-east  angle  of  the  Battersea,  &c.  to  the  South  and  South- 
Ptark  is  laid  out  as  a  pleasure-garden.  west.     In  each  and  all  of  these  places,  we 
"  To  the  North-west  and  North  of  Lon-  perceive  a  vast  augmentation  of  new  build- 
don,   house  after  house,   and  street  af^  ings  recently  '  put  up,*  and  others,  in  va- 
street,  are  raised  with  such  amazing  rapi-  nous  stages  of  progress." 
cUty,  that  the  jwirishes  of  Paddington,  Mary-  The    Inlrodubtioa    also    comprises 
la-bonne,  and  St.  Pkncras,  have  been  ncariy  ^^^^  acute  and  ingenious  remarks  on 
doubled  mdwelhngswithm  the  last  five  or  ^y^^  Architectural  character  of  those 
^^.^Hlletti^erre^i^ert;^^^^  Eccle^astical    edifices,     which    have 
villa  and  garden,  and  where  the  milch  cow.  ^^»  *»»»'  '^  consequence   of  recent 
grazed  in  great  numbers  on  the  ever-green  Parliamentary   enactmenta,    including 
turf,  are  now  occupied  by  an  almost  endless  »tr»ctures  on  the  Report  of  the  Select 
continuity  of  buildings.    Proceeding  along  Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons 
the  outskirts  towards  the  East,  we  perceive  Hi  18S4,   tending  to  escolpate  Archi- 
that  the  village  of  Islington  has  joitted  Lon-  tects  in  some  measure  from  the  im- 
don  on  one  side,  St.  rancras  on  another,  plied  censure  of  the  Committee. 
and  stretched  itself  over  the  White-Conduit  The  article  on  Insurance  and  JTw 
Fields,  (formerly  much  noted  by  our  dra-  Offices  (p.  377)  wants  revision.    Many 
matic  and  other  poets,)  to  the  hamlet  of  of  the  recently-esUblished  Companies 
HoUoway,  and  through  that  hnk  to  High-  ^^e  unnoticed ;  particularly   the  illli. 
gate  an  J  Homsey.     The  R^ts   Canal,  ^^^^^^  cBkm;xU  ii^urances  on 

connectine  the  Paddmgton  Grand  Junction     cu:^l: «     —  ii  *u     t»       i   -p 

and  other  canals  West  of  London,  with  the  Shipping,  as  well  at  the  Royal  Ejc- 
Thames  to  the  East,  or  mercantile  side  of  ?h*°««  ^°^  London  Assurance,)  tha 
the  City,  and  skirting  the  northern  sub-  '^'^^^^*^^  ^  ..^  l  ^  . 
urbs,  has  occasioned  an  influx  of  trade,  and  Chap.  XV.  describes  the  Eavtrooi 
Its  accompanying  warehouses,  wharft,  &c.  of  the  Metropoiis ;  and  is  well  put  to* 
at  Paddingtbn,  Battlebridge,  the  City  Road,  gether.  This  Chapter,  and  t&e  fol- 
and  other  places.  Passing  through  the  pa-  lowing  one,  containing '*  TwelveDavs* 
rishes  of  Shoreditch,  Hackney,  Stratfbrd-Ie-  Perambulation  in  London  and  its  En- 
bow,  &c.  it  has  given  new  features  to  those  virons,*'  will  no  doubt  be  doly  esti- 


RaviBW.'-Oinhiiigfaam's  Sckgt  tf8c»ttand. 


»«r 


mated  by  Foreigners  and  Country  Vi- 
sitors to  the  Metropolis.  • 

Chap.  XV II.  gives  a  <<  Diary  of  the 
Amusements,  Anniversaries  ot  Public 
Societies,  Spectacles,  &c.  throughout 
the  year,  and  is  an  useful  article  to 
Lonaoners  as  well  as  strangers. 

Chap.  XVIIl.  is  an  Alphabetical 
List  of  the  Towns,  Villages,  Seats, 
&c.  near  London ;  and  the  next  Chap- 
ter is  a  Compendium  of  the  History 
of  the  County  of  Middlesex,  exclusive 
of  London  (p.  430) ;  an  article,  uken 
from  oar*  Magazine,  vol.  lxxxviii. 
i.  p.  505 ;  but  which  might  have  been 
very  considerably  improved. 

The  Volume  is  embellished  with 
very  numerous  but  correct  representa- 
tions of  the  public  Buildings.  As  each 
Plate  contains  four  views,  and  these 
occur  in  different  parts  of  the  Vo- 
lume to  the  descriptions,  we  recom- 
mend that  the  next  edition  should 
have  a  List  or  Index  to  the  Embel- 
lishments, to  which  it  is  at  present 
very  difficult  to  refer. 

In  conclusion  we  may  remark,  that 
lew  works  have  issued  from  the  press 
of  late  years  in  which  so  much  infor- 
mation, compressed  in  a  small  com- 
pass, will  be  foimd  as  in  the  Picture 
of  London ;  and  considering  the  num- 
ber of  pages  which  this  edition  con- 
tains, (much  exceeding  the  last,  in 
that  respect,)  it  appears  to  be  one  of 
the  cheapest  of  modem  public#ions. 

80.  The  Songs  of  ScotUud,  Ancient  and 
Modem,  with  an  Introduction  and  Notes, 
Historical  and  Critical,  and  Characters 
qf  the  Lyric  Poets.  By  Allan  Cunning- 
ham, Author  of  Sir  '*  Nf  armaduke  Max- 
well," ifc.   A  vols,  post  8t». 

LOVE  and  Friendship  prompt  ami- 
,able  sentiment,  for  in  the  former  it 
naturally  results  from  an  endeavour 
to  please,  and  of  the  latter  it  is  an  in- 
dispensable ingredient.  We  have  all 
in  our  day  been  wooers  and  suitors, 
and  enjoyed  festivities,  and  the  recol- 
lection is  combined  with  gratifying  as- 
sociations. Hence  there  is  a  pleasure 
in  cheerful  songs,  because  tliey  interest 
our  natural  feelings ;  and  there  is  an 
additional  source  of  pleasure  in  bal- 
lads, for,  excepting  tne  contemptible 
trash  sung  by  servant-maids  and  day- 
labourers,  they  have  not  the  metaphy- 
sical character  of  poetry  for  reading. 

Versification,  in  the  simple  ballad 
style,  becomes  an  easy  and  pleasing 
art,  whereas,  if  it  assumes  a  superior 


foraiy  it  cannot  be  supported  for  any 
length,  without  an . inexhaustible  re- 
servoir of  talent ;  as  it  would  require 
a  magazine  to  support  a  firework  for 
a  day.  In  proof  ot  our  opinions,  we 
mayobserve,  that  though  the  author 
of  Or.  Syntax  is  evidently  very  infe- 
rior in  genius  to  Butler,  yet  the  hum- 
ble ballad  style  has  caused  his  work  to 
be  universally  read  and  commended. 
Such  is  the  benefit  of  using  mere  sim- 
ple language,  mere  natural  sentiment, 
and  mere  pleasing  incident. 

Many  ballads  are  connected  with 
patriotic  feelings,  and  aid  national  bra^ 
very.  Of  the  morality  of  nnost  of  them 
little  can  be  said ;  but  they  bring  us 
back  to  the  laughing  days  of  youth, 
when  the  judgment  is  like  tnat  of 
Paris,  who,  being  a  youne  man,  ex- 
emplified in  his  award  the  tolly  of  two 
of  the  goddesses,  who  had  chosen  an 
arbiter  of  such  an  age.  The  third 
knew  well  what  he  would  prefer; 
and  succeeded  accordingly. 

It  has  been  said,  that  tne  Scots  have 
no  humour.  In  sarcasm,  these  baU 
lads  show  that  they  are  pre-eminent. 
AVe  shall  give  here,  what  Mr.  Cun- 
ningham calls  "a  very  strange,  wild, 
and  singular  old  song,**  improved  by 
Burns.  We  wish  that  improvers  would 
be  more  sparing  of  the  painting-brush 
than  they  usually  are ;  for  all  to  be 
desired  is  mere  reparation,  removing 
splinters,  stopping  cracks,  and  so  forth, 
not  beautifying  and  embellishing. 

The  Carle  of  Kellieburn  Braes. 

**  There  dwelt  a  Carle  on  Kelliebum  braety 
And  he  had  a  wife  was  the  plague  of  his  days ; 
Ae  day  as  the  carle  was  handing  the  plow. 
Up  came  the  devil,  sajs,  *  how  d'  ye  do?' 
Tve  got  a  bad  wife,  Sir, — that's  a  my  com- 
plaint, [saint. 
For  saving  your  presence,  to  her  you're  a 

**  Its  neither  your  colt  nor  your  cow  that 
I  crave,  [luive; 

But  cie  me  your  wife,  man,  and  her  I  shall 
O  welcome  \  most  kindly,  the  glad  carle  said, 
Ye'II  no  keep  her  long— of  that  I'm  afinldl 
I'll  lay  baith  my  plow,  and  my  pettle  to  wad. 
That  if  ye  can  match  her,  ye're  waer  thaa 
ye're  ea'd. 

"  Auld  Clootie  took  kimmer  fu'  kind  on 

his  back,  [p^k. 

And  away,  like  a  pedlar,  he  trudged  wi*  his 

He  came  to  the  pit,  and  he  shook  her  aboon. 

Till  the  brass  buckles  melted,  like  snow,  in 

her  shoon  ;  [and  (fin ; 

The  wee  friends  look'd  up  we'  lout^  laaghter 

And  Qoots  gae  a  shout,  and  thsn  whomel'd 

her  in. 


Rbvibw.— Cunningham's  Songs  of  Scotland.  [Aprit, 


<<  She  4ropt  oa  her  feet,  and  in  S«Un*ii 

ann-chsir,  [airy 

She  clapt  herself  dnwo  with   so   r^;sl  an 

That  the  fiend-iraps  came  round  wi'  a  stare 

and  a  shout,  [a  clout. 

And  she  gae  them  a  kick,  and  she  lent  them 

On  Belzebub's  dog,  at  the  dour  of  his  den. 

She  frown'd — the  tyke  howIM — and  the  car- 

lin  gaed  ben. 

'*  A  reekit  wee  devil  glower'd  over  the  wa' 
O  help !  master,  help  !  else  she*ll  ruin  us  a' 
The  deil  caught  the  carlin  wi'  roeckle  ado. 
And  sought  out  the  auld  man  liaudiag  the 

plow  ; 
And  loudly  the  gray  carle  ranted  and  sang, 
In  troth,  my  friend  Spankie,  ye'll  no  kciep 
her  lang. 

"In  sorrow  he  look'd  up,  and  saw  her 

and  said,  [afraid ; 

*  Ye*re  bringing  me  back,  my  auld  wife,  Vm 

But  bide  ye  a  blink,  for  the  day  is  but  young, 

Hae  ye  mended  her  manners,  or  silenced  her 

tongue  ? 
Her  nails  are  grown  longer,  her  look  has 
grown  dourer —  [her  ? 

Alas  !  who  can  mend  her,  if  ye  canna  cure 

"  Says  Satan,  I  vow,  by  the  edge  of  my 

knife, 
I  pity  the  man,  who  is  tied  to  a  wife. 
I  swear  by  the  kirk,  and  rejoice  by  the  bell. 
That  I  live  not  in  wedlock,  thank  heaven  ! 

hut  hell ; 
Tliere  hae  I  been  dwelling  the  maist  o'  my 

life, 
But  I  never  could  thole  it  if  I  had  a  wife." 

Vol.  II.  p.  900. 

Now  the  old  version  ran  in  one 
Terse  thus : 

"  There  was  an  auld  man  was  hauding  his 

plow — 
Hey  !  and  the  rue  grows  bonnie  w'  thyme ; 
By  came  the  devil,  says  '  how  d'ye  do,' 
And  the  thyme  It  is  withered  and  rue  is  in 

prime." 

Now  we  think  that  the  allusion  to 
the  ihyuic  and  the  rue  was  much  in 
point ;  and  that  Burns  has  not  im- 
proved the  song  by  omitting  it. 

To  go  through  this  copious  collec- 
iion  would  rarexcre<l  our  limits.  We 
•hall,  therefore,  mention  only  two  ex- 

read- 
*sLa- 
about 
the  House/*  oscribed  to  Mickle. 

The  Scottish  version  of  the  Lament 
is  of  dec nrr  pathos  than  Percy's  frag- 
ment.   The  last  stanza  is  this : 

•♦  lUlow,  my  hoy,  I'll  weep  for  thee; 
Too  soon,  alake,  thou'lt  weep  for  me  ; 
Thy  gri«»fs  are  gn>w;ng  to  a  sum, 
Qod  grant  ihe«  |Miiienc«  when  they  come ; 

♦  See  vol.  CJiv.  ii.  p.  400. 


•nail,  tnereiore,  mention  oniy  iw< 
qusitf  songs,  well-known  to  our  i 
ert»  rift.  **  I^dy  Ann  Bothwell't 
inent*,*'  and  *•  There's  nae  luck  a 


Born  to  sustain  thy  mother's  shame, 

A  helpless  fate,  a  bastard's  name."   II.  20. 

Mr.  Cunningham  says  of  this  first- 
rate  specimen  of  the  pathetic, 

''  It  is  very  old,  and  was  in  existence  as 
early  as  the  reign  of  Queen  Mary.  I  have 
often  thought  that  the  song  of  '  BothweH 
hank,  thpu  bloomest  fair,'  which  a  travel- 
ler before  the  year  1605  heard  a  Scottish 
Lady  sing  in  Palestine,  was  a  variation,  or 
a  portiou  of  this  pathetic  lament.  Tradi- 
tion lays  the  scene  of  Lady  Anne's  sorrows 
among  the  magnificent  ruins  of  BothweH 
Castle,  on  the  banks  of  the  Clyde,  near 
Glasgow."     II.  SS,  24. 

This  ancientry  of  composition  we 
believe.     This  beautiful  ballad  has  all 
the  air  of  the  Minstrel  Muse.     Thai 
drew    all    its   resources   from   natural 
feeling,  and  its  imagery  from  domes- 
tic  and  familiar  circumstances.    'Ta- 
lent only  looked  to  the  embellishment 
of  these.     It  did  not  seek  it  out  of  the 
world  in  which  we  live.     One  would 
think  that  all  our  poets  were  gardeners. 
Not  a  figure  is  to  be  found  in  them, 
but  about  flowers;  but  our  ancestors 
impressed  every  thin§j  into  the  sen'ice 
of  poetry,  if  jt  was  m  osc,  and  under 
the  observation  of  the  world ;  neither 
were  they  deficient  in  taste  or  judg- 
ment, they  brought  their  subjects  be- 
fore  the  eye;  in   other  words,  effect 
was  their  object;  they  sought  not  fi- 
nery without  interest ;  for  many  a  mo- 
dern and   unexceptionable  poem,   in 
regard  to  style  and  structure,  is  a  mere 
blue  skjr  or  pellucid  water.   One  dance 
is  sufficient., It  is  like  a  single-coloured 
object,  a  spot  without  pattern,  which 
is  the  very  soul  of  its  interest. 

Concerning  the  exquisite  specimen 
of  conjugal  love,  "  And  there's  nae 
luck  about  the  house,*'  &c.  Mr.  Cun- 
ningham very  judiciouly  observes,  that 
though  Mickle  has  the  credit  of  being 
author  of  it,  it  is  probably  only  an  im- 
provement of  one  precedmg ;  and  this 
we  believe ;  for  Mickle,  and  no  mo-  * 
dern  poet,  would  have  thought  of  the 
domestic  incidents,  which  form  the 
figures.  We  will  give  him  credit,  for 
"  nis  very  foot  has  music  in  it<— when 
he  comes  up  the  stairs.'*  *rhi8  is  a 
metaphysical  Italian  Petr^chism;  and 
a  better  exhibition  of  it  cannot  be 
quoted  in  its  favour.  It  is  a  real  im- 
provement upon  the  insipidity  of  Ladu 
and  Gentleman  courting.  Wc  dwell 
longer  upon  this  topic,  becaose  it  hap- 
pens that  the  finest  ballad  ever  writ- 
ten, '*  Away,  let  nought  to  Love  dis- 


1896.3 


Rbvibww— Skelton's  AmlkiU  Anm  and  Jrwumr. 


M9 


|ileafinff,-"My  Winifreda  more  mr 
care,'*  Kc.  &c.  is  inunded  to  snofr 
the  inestimable  blessing  of  lx>Ye  after 
Matrimony.  Now  Love  hejbre  Ma- 
trimony, and  utter  disregard  of  Reli- 
gion, Morals,  or  Prudence,  to  effect 
gratification  of  it,  is  a  too  common 
theme  of  I>a11ads;  but  as  well  might 
a  Drinking  Song  recommend  break- 
ing into  a  friend's  wine-cellar,  and 
ordering  a  feast  at  his  house,  to  en- 
courage young  |)eopIe  imprudently  to 
court  ad  libitum^  and  such  is  the  ten- 
dency of  all  ballads,  which  we  know, 
except  those  nicniioned.  It  is  very 
true,  that  amidst  cares,  there  cannot 
be  merriment;  health  and  cost  will 
not  permit  people  to  drink  and  dance 
eiery  day  ;  an^i,  if  they  did,  habit 
would  make  it  a  necessity,  and  de- 
stroy the  pleasure.  The  VVives  have 
all  the  care  of  the  menajife,  and  the 
Husbands  of  the  busincst ;  and  the 
affairs  of  the  world  are  not  as  auto- 
matical as  machines.  Both  parties, 
husband  and  wife,  often  sit  down  to 
tiie-h'icte  dinners,  reauiring  relief 
from  |>eity  vexation.  If  iney  are  wise, 
one  will  not  be  sulky,  and  the  other 
will  not  scold,  because  that  is  only 
self- punishment  for  the  errors  of  others. 
What  is  the  best  mode  of  remedying 
such  and  such  a  particular  evil?  Is 
our  happiness  to becompromised  ?  Cer- 
tainly not.  But  esteem  is  not  to  be 
bought.  It  is  a  niaf^netic  action  and 
re-action.  Scolding  is  absolute  ifi^iio- 
ranee  and  vulgarity,  and  a  habit  w*hich 
unfortunately  destroys  all  the  attrac- 
tions of  the  sex.  \\  omen  should,  like 
angels,  know  nothing  of  malignant 
passions,  and,  C under  fear  of  the  re- 
marks of  wags,)  we  let  off"  the  opi- 
nion, that  it  should  be  a  part  of  m- 
dispensable  Education,  (as  it  was  of 
l^rd  Chesterfield  io  please)  that  fe- 
males should  be  taught  to  be  amiable, 
as  the  first  of  all  qualifications.  We 
do  not  say  that  ballads  intentionally 
err,  on  the  score  of  morals.  They  only 
S|>cak  of  horses,  as  if  they  always  were 
U)  be  colts,  and  equally  useful,  whe- 
ther they  are  broken  in  or  not;  but 
they  cannot,  nor  ought  to  be  rid- 
den without  bridles.  Mr.  Campbell 
is,  however,  perfectly  guildess  of  in- 
couraging  the  licentiousness  incident 
to  popular  songs,  for  speaking  of  one 
of  these  he  says, 

**  It  WM  in  this  bftlUd  that  Otway  found 
the  story  of  his  <  Orphan,'  a  draiBSy  that 
GcMT.  Mio.  /ipril,  1896. 


BO  one  may  |iq|»a  to  .rtad  without  attestuyg 
with  tetn  its  resistless  mthot.  It  has  oDe 
of  those  plots,  m  wliich  virtue  b  ebeatad 
out  of  its  purity ;  it  is  dangerous  and  un- 
natural to  inake  honour  to  liUI  by  trick  and 
stratagem.  1  never  can  read  the  Orphan' 
without  admiring  the  powers  of  the  last  of 
our  great  Dramatists,  and  wishing  he  had 


never  wrote  it."    II.  S5. 


They  who  like  good  poetry  will 
find  a  rich  store  of  it  in  this  very 
ample  collection.  Indeed  Mr.  Cuii- 
ninghani  has  so  well  executed  his 
Editorial  duty,  that  we  do  not  recol- 
lect any  dull  or  trashy  specimens  in 
the  whole  fasciculus,  though  the  de- 
grees of  merit  are  of  course  compa- 
rative. We,  however,  are  of  opinidn 
that  these  arc  not  all  Scotch  Balladt. 
Many  of  them  teem  to  livre  been  ori- 
ginally £ngli«h,  with  oiil^  the  dia- 
lect changed.  Mr.  Cunnmgham  in 
the  Fourth  Volume  has  given  vs  the 
best  modern  Ballads,  by  Sir  Walter 
Scott,  Campbell,  &c.  among  which 
he  has  interspersed  some  of  his  own 
original  nieces,  which  do  him  great 
cr^iL  NVe  ought  to  add,  4hat  the 
Lovers  of  Humour  will  find  these 
Volumes  very  amusing,  and  almost 
full  of  fine  attic  salt. 

8 1 .  Engraved  lUustrations  of  AnUent  AtiuM 
and  Armour,  from  the  Collection  qf  liew- 
ellyn  Meyrick,  LL,B,  F.S^,  After  the 
Drawings,  and  with  the  Descriptionst  qf 
Dr.  Meyrick.  By  Joseph  Skelton,  F.S.A* 
Part  the  First,    Large  Quarto, 

TH£  very  elaborate  and  superb  work 
on  Armour,  by  Dr.  Meyrick,  received 
the  attention  it  deservM  in  our  vols. 
xciii.  pp.  425,  633;  xciy.  44.  We 
thought  highly  of  its  merits,  and 
warmly  expressed  our  commendations. 
But  we  then  suggested,  that  Plates, 
representing  subjects  more  in  detail, 
were  much  wanted.  Our  wishes  in 
this  respect  will  now  be  gratified  to  the 
full  in  the  beautiful  work,  of  which 
the  first  Part  now  lies  before  us. 

Mr.  Skclton,  whose  elegant  publi- 
cations on  Oxford  and  Oxfordshire  have 
been  often  noticed  by  us,  proposes  on 
the  present  occasion  to  publish  160 
Plates,  containing  specimens  of  Arms 
and  Armour  from  the  Meyrick  Collec- 
tion ;  a  work  which,  when  completed, 
cannot  fail,  from  the  high  character 
that  Collection  hat  obtained^  to  be  ge- 
nerally acceptable,  and  more  particu- 
larly useful  to  the  Aatiquary,  HiaCo- 
rian,  and  Artist.    The  Plates  are 


330 


Kbvibw. — Skelton'6  Antient  Arms  and  Armour, 


[April, 


cated  in  oulline,  with  a  truth  and  de- 
licacy that  cannot  be  too  highly  praised. 
We  will  enumerate  the  subjects  selected 
for  the  first  Part: 

1.  The  Gauntlet  of  Henry  Prince  of 
Wales.    Date  161O. 

**  Henry  was  born  on  tlie  19th  of  Fe- 
bruary, 1594^  and  was  nine  years  of  age 
when  his  father  ascended  the  throne  of 
England.  When  seven,  he  commenced  the 
acquirement  of  martial  exercises,  as  the  use 
of  the  bow,  pike,  fire-arms,  and  the  art  of 
riding,  and  at  ten  applied  to  Colonel  £d- 
mondes  to  send  him  a  suit  of  armour  from 
Holland.  On  the  discovery  of  the  Gun- 
powder Plot,  Lord  Spencer  made  him  a  pre- 
sent of  a  sword  and  target;  and  in  1607* 
Louis  the  Dauphin,  son  of  Henry  IV.  of 
France,  sent  him  a  suit  of  armour  well  gilt 
and  enamelled,  together  with  pistols  and  a 
•word  of  the  same  kind,  and  the  armour  for 
a  horse.  His  martial  disposition  displayed 
itself  on  occasion  of  his  being  created  rrince 
of  Wales  in  1610,  when  he  caused  a  chal- 
lenge to  be  given  to  all  the  Knights  of 
Cheat  Britain,  under  the  name  of  Maeliades, 
Lord  of  the  Isles,  and  on  the  day  appointed, 
^e  Prince,  assisted  only  by  the  Duke  of 
Lenox,  the  Earls  of  Arundel  and  Southamp- 
ton, Lord  Hay,'  Sir  Thomas  Somerset^  and 
Sir  Richard  raston,  who  instructed  his 
Highness  in  arm^,  maintained  against  fifty- 
six  Earls,  Barons,  Knights,  and  Esquires. 
Henry  himself  gave  and  received  thirty-two 
jmshes  of  the  pike,  and  about  three  himdred 
■ad  sbity  strokes  of  the  sword,  being  not 
yet  sixteen  years  of  age  *.  From  the  size 
of  the  gauntlet,  if  not  made  on  this  occa- 
sion, it  could  not  have  been  much  anterior." 

The  initials  of  the  mgrtial  young 
Prince,  surmounted  by  a  coronet,  oc- 
cur in  two  places  on  the  gauntlet,  as  do 
also  the  rose  and  thistle.  The  Plate 
is  beautifully  executed ;  but  we  regret 
that  the  gauntlet  is  not  represented  with 
the  fingers  upward,  as  tne  initials  and 
ornaments  would  then  have  appeared 
correctly. 

2.  Fluted  Cap-a-pec  Armour,  1535, 
which  tradition  ascribes  to  Ferdinand 
king  of  the  Romans.  A  spirited  figure 
in  complete  armour,  on  horseback,  is 
given  in  the  centre  of  the  Plate,  sur- 
rounded by  the  detached  pieces. 

3.  Dags  and  Pistols.  Eight  speci- 
mens. 

4.  Turkish  Armour. 

•  Of  the  Prince's  "  Barriers,"  see  some 
curious  particulars  in  the  second  volume  of 
Mr.  Nichols's  "  Progresses  of  James  I." 
pp.  i66^  269-283,  where  Ben  Jonson's 
Speeches  written  for  the  occasion  are  te- 
pruitcJ.     Edit. 


5.  A  Sword  engraved  by  Albert  Dn- 
rer,  1495.  On  one  side  are  St.  George 
and  St.  Christopher ;  and  on  the  other 
(says  Dr.  Meyrick)  the  miraculous 
Conception  of  the  Virgin,  and  Si. 
Theresa.  The  figure  of  liie  Virgin 
embraces  the  infant  Saviour,  some 
eighteen  months,  we  should  imagine, 
after  conception. 

6.  Curassier*s  Arinonr  :  shewn,  as 
in  No.  2,  by  a  complete  figure,  and 
detached  parts  at  large. 

Each  of  the  Plates  is  described  by 
Dr.  Meyrick,  the  person  of  all  others 
the  most  competent  to  give  the  desired 
.information,  from  the  minute  attention 
he  has  long  bestowed  on  the  subject, 
and  from  his  previous  writings  on 
Arms  and  Armour.  We  should  ima- 
gine that  the  possessors  of  Dr.  Mey- 
rick's  former  great  work,  would  eagerly 
add  Mr.  Skelton's  as  a  suitable  Illus- 
tration. In  the  first,  they  have  the 
History  of  Arms  and  Armour;  in  the  se- 
cond work,  beautiful  engravings  of  dis- 
tinct subjects,  made  out  with  sufficient 
minuteness  as  to  serve  hereafter  as  pat- 
terns for  artists  or  workmen,  should  the 
specimens  now  reposited  in  the  Mey- 
rick collection  be  unhappily  dispersecl, 
which  circumstance  all  who  have  had 
the  pleasure  of  inspecting  it,  would 
deeply  regret. 

82.  The  Dramatic  fForks  qf  WWW^m  Shak- 
speare.  ff^lh  Notes  Original  and  Selected. 
By  Samuel  Weller  Singer,  F.S,A. ;  and  a 
Life  of  the  Poet,  by  Charies  Symmons, 
D,D,    Cbiswick.    10  vo/5.  12mo. 

LIKE  the  great  authors  of  Greece 
and  Rome,  Snakspeare  has  furnished 
employment  for  a  numerous  host  of 
Critics  and  Commentators,  who  have 
displayed  their  learning  and  ingenuity, 
or  exposed  their  ignorance  and  weak- 
ness, in  attempting  to  explain  the  ano- 
malies of  language  or  sentiment,  to 
illustrate  the  beauties,  and  censure  the 
faults,  and  lastly,  to  correct  the  text 
of  his  compositions.'  l^hat  so  much 
labour  should  have  been  expended  on 
the  works  of  a  writer  who  died  but  lit- 
tle more  than  two  eenturies  ago,  and 
whose  productions  were  most  of  them 
printed  during  his  life,  is  a  circum- 
stance which  at  first  sight  appears  very 
extraordinary.  None  of  our  earlier 
Poets  and  Dramatists  have  left  their 
writings  in  a  state  which  afibrded  so 
inuch  scope  for  conjectural  emcmda- 
lioii  as  those  of  Shakspeare;  and  while 
the  poems  of  Spenser  and  the  more 


Hevibw. — Singer's  Edition  of  Skaksptare. 


1886.] 

ancient  lays  of  Cliaiircr  i:y.liibit  a  Icxl 
enmparativfly  fixed  and  deietiiiined 
beyond  the  influence  of  criticisn), 
Sli'akspeare's  inimoria]  verse  is  so  mar- 
red by  Qccasiimat  defecW  and  hliunishes, 
as  to  leiive  llie  acraiigement  of  his 
numbers  and  the  cocreclion  oF  his 
periods  as  a  task  lor  every  «ould-be 
AristarchuB  who  may  feci  siiffieicnt 
confidence  for  the  attempt.  The  causes 
of  this  phenomenon  in  the  History  of 
Literature    are    ably   and    etoquenily 


as^n 


»ib  mi  pecnluice  of  Theohalil ;  the  imbs- 
ilitj  of  CBpell ;  the  pert  aad  luteleai  Sog- 


ij  of  Mall 


of  Drsl 


pointed   ( 


V  Dr 


Jioi^nphical   Memoir  prefixed  to  this 
edition  of  the  Dramas  of  Shakspeare. 

"  Without  sny  regard  to  his  Uterarj 
fame,  either  pait,  present,  or  to  come,  be 
[Sliikipeare]  taw  *ilh  perfect  uoooncera 
soma  of  his  immortil  works  brooght  mu- 
tilated Bod  deformed,  in  suTreptitioaa  co- 
pies, before  the  world  :  and  other*  of  them, 
with  an  equal  iadiflerence  to  their  fate, 
he  pecmitted  to  remain  io  their  unrevlsed 
or  interpolated  MSS.  in  the  bands  of  the 
theatric  jinimpter.  There  i%  nut,  proba- 
bly, in  tliB  whole  comiaji  of  Ijterarj  His- 
tory, such  anotherlostaoce  of  a  proud  su- 
periorly to  what  hss  been  called  by  a  rl- 


i  I 


id  tbem- 

gelves  in  the  cause  of  Sbakspeare.  Howe, 
Po]ie,  Warbnrton,   Hsumer,  and  Jobosoo, 

professed  to  give  hit  icanes  in  their  ori- 
ginal purit]'  to  the  world.  But  from  some 
cause  or  other,  which  it  is  not  our  preient 

in  hiA  cEirn,  has  disappointed  ibe  just  ex- 

men  have  finally  ursvailedBgainit  the  grcM. 
The  blockheads  have  hooted  the  wits  from 
the  field;  Kod  attaching  themielTos  to  ■ 
mightj  body  of  Shakapeare,  like  bamaclea 
to  the  hull  of  a  proud  man  of  wu,  cbey  aTe 
prepared  to  plough  with  him  the  vAst  ocean 
of  dme ;  and  thus  by  the  only  means  in  their 
power,  to  snatch  ibcmsBlvea  from  that  obli- 
vion to  which  Nature  had  Jevoted  them. 
It  would  be  unjust,  however,  to  defraud 
these  gentlcmeo  of  their  proper  praiie. 
They  liave  read  fur  men    of  talents ;    and 


'  The  last  infirmity  of  oohle  minds," 


•  A*  if  Ae  could  not,  or  he  wonld  not  find, 
How-mnohAu  woilb  transcended  all  ft« 
kind  •,* 
With  B  privilege,  rarely  indulged  even  to 
the  sons  of  genius,  he  hul  produced  ills  Btl- 
inirable  works  nitbiiut  any  throes  or  labour 
of  tlie  mind :  they  liad  olitiined  for  him  all 
tliat  he  had  ntkcd  from  them, — the  pBtron- 
age  of  the  great,  the  applauae  of  the  witty, 
and  a  competency  of  fortune  adequate  to 
the  moderation  of  bb  desires.  Having  ful- 
filled, or  possibly  exceeded  bis  expectalionl, 
they  had  discharged  their  duty ;  and  he 
threw  them  altogecber  from  hia  thought  -, 
and  whether  It  were  their  destiny  to  emerge 

a  manager  T  to  be  bruLigbt  tu  light  in  ■ 
state  of  integrity,  or  to  recisil  the  gUmpiea 
of  the  mixm  Vlilk  a  Uimmoal  iiorlal  murdfrs 
on  their  bead,  engiged  no  [ait  of  bis  suli- 
cittide  or  mtereit.  They  liad  glvcu  to  bim 
the  means  of  easy  life,  and  he  sought  from 
them  iiothiDg  more.  Tl.ia  insensibility  in 
our  autlior  to  the  offspring  of  bis  biain 
may  be  the  subject  nf  our  unoder  or  ad- 
miration: but  (be  consequences  have  been 
caljmitnus  to  those  who  in  afler  times  have 
hung  with  delight  over  his  paees.  On  the 
intellect  p.nd  temper  of  these  ill-fated  mor- 

"  "  Epitaph  on  a  Fair  WuidEo  Lady,  by 
Dryden." 


by  tl«i 

gross   labour  in  the 

they 

haveae 

umulated  materials  to 

be  ar 

^nged 

!!!.?." 

ishcd  bv   tho   hand 

f  the 

^er 

The  lusk  of  selection  and  conden- 
sation from  the  profuse  and  laboured 
commentaries  of  preceding  Shakspearc 
editors,  has,  within  these  few  yeara 
past,  been  often  performed,  but  seldom 
with  success.  It  hat  now  been  ai- 
Eiimcd  by  Mr.  Singer,  a  gentleman 
who  has  previously  distinguished  him- 
self as  an  archLEological  writer,  by  bU 
elaborate  treatise  on  Playing  Cards,  b 
work  which  comprises  much  curious 
informBtian.  He  has  also  appeared  be- 
fore the  public  on  other  occasions ;  and 
has  proved  himself  well  qualified,  in 
point  of  general  intelligence,  to  exe- 
cute his  present  undertaking.  ]t  is 
but  justice  to  bim  to  slate  that  in  hia 
cotrections  and  elucidations  of  the  text 
of  Shakspeare  he  has  shewn  judfimenl, 
tasle,  and  feeling.  He  has  lopped  oS 
the  superfluities  of  his  predecessors ; 
and  presented  ns,  generally  in  a  few 
words,  with  the  substance  of  the  re- 
conitite  information  which  they  had- 
with  much  pains  cotlecied  from  the 
obsolete  writers  of  the  Eliiabelhmi  . 
age,  or  the  earlier  stores  of  black-let* 
lor  Bcienrje.  Where  he  hazards  any- 
cs|iUcalions  of  his  own  they  are  mo- 
deaily  proposed,  and  well  lutiiled  to. 


i 


3W                   ^EviBW.— Singer'a  Edition  >  of  Shaktpeare.  [April, 

the  attention  of  the  reader.     In  his  ment  and  conjectural  narrative :    in- 

emendations  of  his  author  he  is  com-  stead  of  thus  occupying  the  attention 

monly    fortunate.       Perhaps    he    has  of  his  readers,  he  has  concisely  and  lu- 

shewn   somewhat  more  caution  than  minously  recounted  the  uncontrovertcd 

v^aa    necessary,    in    confining   to  the  circumsiances  of  the  Poet's   history; 

margin  some  of  those  happy  conjee-  slighily  adverted  to  such  loose  tradi- 

tures,  the  sujierioriiy  of  which  over  the  tions  as  have  been  dwelt  on  by  former 

received  text  is  too-  obvious  to  admit  Biographers ;  noticed  appropriately  the 

^oir doubt.     Thus  towards  the  close  of  labours  of  Critics  and  Commentators; 

the:  first  scene  of  the  Tempest,  Gon-  and  taken  a  rapid  survey  of  the  poeii- 

zalo  is  made  to  say,  ''  Now  1  would  cal  character  and  works  of  his  author, 

give  a  thousand  furlongs  of  sea  for  an  It  is  a  masterly  piece  of  writing,  and 

acre  of  barren  land;  long  heath,  brown  will  be  a  standing  Biographical  Essay 

furze,  any  thing.**    The  epithets  /owg  for  reference,  for  opinion,  and  infer- 

applied  to  heath,  and  Irown  to  furze,  ence. 

are  particularly  inappropriate,  as  the  The  Typographical  execution  and 
former  is  a  diminutive,  dwarf  shrub.  Graphic  embeUishments  of  this  edi- 
and  the  latter  an  evergreen.  The  tion  of  the  Dramas  of  the  Bard  of 
emendation  of  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer,  Avon  deserve  the  highest  praise  ; 
— '*/tVig,  heath,  broom,  furze,"  &c.  and  for  tasteful  and  highly  appro- 
should  certainly  have  been  a  place  in  priate  accompaniments  to  tne  Lite- 
the  text.  rary   illustrations   of  thq   Editor  and 

We  had  noted  some  other  instances  Biographer.     The  names  of  Whining* 

in  which  Mr.  Singer  mentions  in  his  liam^  the  printer  and  projector  of  this 

notes  readings  which  are  perhaps  pre-  edition;   of  Stothard,   Corbould,   and 

fcrable  to  tnose  he  has  adopted:  out  Harvey,  the. artists,  who  have  design- 

tlieir  propriety  is  not  so  decidedly  ob-  ed  and  drawn  the   respective  embel- 

vious  as  in  the  instance  already  ad-  lishments ;  and  of  Thompson  who  has 

verted  to ;  and  we  have  not  space  to,  executed  the  cuts,  must  hereafter  be 

enter  into  a  formal  examination  of  the  connected  with  Shakspeare. 

passages  in  question ;  we  shall  there-  0 

fore  pass  them  by  with  the  observation  88.    BrambUtye  House,  or  Cavaliers  and 

that  they  are  few  and  unimportant.  Roundheads,    By  one  of  the  Authors  of 

We  n»ust  not*  close  our  account  of  the  *' Rejected  Addresses  "   3  vols,    Col- 

this  publication  without  some  notice  burn. 

of  the  preliminary  Essay  on  the  Life  THIS  Novel  has  speedily  reached  a 

and  Writings  of  Shakspeare,  by  Dr.  second  edition;  it  has  been  much  read 

Symmons.    Those  who  are  at  all  ac-  and  talked  of.     It  is  ridiculous  affecta- 

quainted  with   the   history  of  Litera-  tion,  we  think,  to  deny  that  theAu- 

ture,  do  not  require  to   be  told  that  thor  is  not  an  imitator  of  the  popular 

the  memorials  ot  our  great  Dramatist  Noyels   from   which    so   plentiful  an 

are  scanty  in   the   extreme.     **  That  harvest   of  fame,   and   ot   something 

William   Shakspeare,"   says    his    pre-  more  substantial  than  fame,  has  been 

sent  Biographer,  "was  born  in  Siiat-  gathered   in.    The  sly  paragraphs  in 

ford  upon  Avon  ;  that  he  married  and  which  the  curious  conicidence  of  the 

had  three  children;  that  he  wrote  a  two    writers     trealins    at    the     same 

certain   number  of  dramas;   that  he  time  of  the  same  political  events,  is 

died  before  he  had  attained  to  old  age,  roundly   stated,    is  evidence  enough, 

and  was  buried   in   his   native  town,  that  Mr.  Smith  would  wish  to  be  con*- 

are  positively  the  only  facts  in  the  per-  sidered  as  a  disciple  of  the  **  Great 

sonal  history  of  this  extraordinary  man  Unknown;'*   and   in  good   truth,  be 

of  which  we  are  certainly  possessed ;  has  been   largely  indebted  to  the  la*- 

and  if  we  should  be  solicitous  to  fill  lip  hours  of  his  magnus  Apollo,   his  re- 

thiS'bare  and  most  unsalisfactory  out-  dundant    exemplar.     The   whole  vo- 

line,    we    must  have  recourse  to  the  lumes  are  pregnant  with  that  happy 

vague   reports   of  unsubstantial  tradi-  imitation  which  is  the  peculiar  forte  of 

tion,  or  the  still  more  shadowy  infer-  the   *' Author    of    the  Rejected   Ad- 

ences  of  lawless  and  vagabond  con-  dresses,"  to  which  volume,  so  far  as  it 

jccture.*'  res|>ects   the  i)ower  of  successful   pa- 

Dr.  Symmons  has,  we  thin1(,judg-  rody,    Brambletye    House    forms    an 

ed  rightly  in  avoiding  to  load  his  Bio-  appropriate  appendage, 

graphical   Essay  with  doubtful  stale-  The  sources  from  whence  the  largest- 


^ 


Rivinr.— 'JiiMiUUsfe  Akm. 


gltMiiagi  hav«  been  made  for  the 
leruHls  of  ihit  work,  are  the  Historieel 
Novels  of  the  Author  of  WaVerler, 
passim.  From  Eveivn  and  Pepfi  al- 
most every  historical  fact  worth  the 
using,  has  been  transcribed,  with  occa* 
sional  acknowledgment.  Manuscripts 
have  been  searcHed,  and  old  Records 
riHcfl,  and  with  much  laborious  re- 
sea:  o'.i  and  patient  industry,  three  ver^ 
entertaining  volumes  have  been  con- 
cocted. We  shall  be  quite  satisfied  if 
Mr.  Smith  will  pursue  his  career  of 
successful  parody  with  the  same  talent, 
and  though  we  cannot  award  him  the 
high  honours  of  inventive  genius,  we 
are  ouite  sure  that  all  which  he  does 
will  oe  worth  the  reading;  and  since 
the  Giant  of  Romance  has  ceased  to 
come  forth  in  his  strength,  we  may  be 
amused  by  the  efforts  of  those  who,  by 
the  mechanical  aid  of  bolstering  and 
of  stilts,  present  us  with  a  lively  por- 
traiture ot  the  reposing  prototype^ 

The  work  commences  at  the  close 
of  the  Protectorate,  and  embraces  a 
period  compreliendins  the  belter,  i.  e. 
the  larger  part  of  the  reign  of  the 
merry  Monarch.  The  glass  of  Banquo 
could  not  present  us  with  shadows 
(litting  witii  more  rapid  alternation 
than  do  the  volumes  of  Mr.  Smith. 
We  will  endeavour  to  present  our 
Readers  with  a  brief  outline  of  the 
story,  and  by  the  aid  of  extracts  enable 
ihcm  to  judge  of  the  materials  employ- 
ed, and  of  the  style  in  which  the  work 
is  written. 

Sir  John  Compton,  of  Sussex,  a 
staunch  cavalier,  and  a  sturdy  adherent 
of  the  exiled  Stuart,  is  actively  em- 
ploye<l  in  tbinenting  a  hatred  of  the 
Protector,  and  is  prt* |>aring  in  darkness 
and  solitude  the  materiel  for  warlike 
operations.  He  has  succreded  in  con- 
verting his  ctllar  at  Brambletye  House 
into  a  well-stored  magazine  for  arms 
and  ammunition,  when  by  secret  com- 
munication made  to  ihe  Government 
by  an  enthusiast  (of  the  Meg  Merrilics 
family),  the  Castle  is  surprised,  the 
plot  overthrown.  Sir  John  Compton 
prof4crilK»d,  and  his  son  Jocelyn  con- 
veyed a  prisoner  to  I^ndon.  Follow- 
ing the  route  of  the  latter,  we  arrive  at 
I  he  Court  of  Cromwell,  of  whom  the 
following  portrait  is  presented. 

**  It  had  been  expectrd  that  Ills  ili^hnest 
would  upon  this  occasion  wear  the  sumptuous 
robe  ot  purple  velvet  ;  and  display  the 
hibic,  sword,  and  sceptre,  with  which  ht 
had  been  invested  at  his  solemn  inanguratioa 


$ss 


ia  WastSBbiter  Hall  a  short  Hum  hthn  i 
but  as  ha  bad  asramad  thata  *  phylasiisiiar 
and  fringss  of  state,'  b  coofiMim^  witli  th« 
wishes  of  othera  rather  than  bis  own,  he 
discarded  tbcm  the  noment  thay  had  mi* 
swered  the  ptirposea  of  their  tsmpovary  aa- 
sumption.  Few  wonld  have  iudrnd  from 
bis  present  habiliments,  that  ha  had  so  re- 
cently refosed  the  title  of  King,  and  fewer 
still  that  he  retained  the  power  of  one ;  for 
he  was  attired  with  aa  almost  fkstidloas 
phdnneu,  in  a  black  eloth  eloak,  doublet, 
and  hose,  with  velvet  fitoing  and  bottons.' 
Not  a  single  article  of  expence  or  loxury 
could  be  detected  about  bu  person^  unlesa 
we  may  designate  aa-  such  a  pair  of  blaek« 
silk  high  stockings,  and  satin  roses  of  the 
same  hne  in  his  shoes;  nor  had-  he  any. 
mark  of  authority,  save  that  ha  wore  his 
hat,  which  was  broad-brimmed,  with  a  low 
conical  crown.  His  eyes  were  slightly 
bloodshot,  and  in  the  projecting  veins  of  his 
sanguine  and  swoln,  yet  somewhat  melan- 
choly fitce,  were  to  be  traced  the  evidences 
of  a  fiery  and  passionate  temperament, 
tamed  down  by  a  long  course  or  religious 
and  moral  discipline.  There  was  an  incli- 
nation to  rubicundlty  in  his  nose,  an  !nex<« 
haustible  subject  of  ridicule  fer  the  lam- 
pooners and  ballad-writen  of  the  oppoaita 
party  ;  and  a  Urge  wart  upon  his  fbrenead, 
which  luui  not  been  forsotten  in  the  warfare 
of  perscmal  scurrility.  His  partially  grinled 
hair  hung  in  slight  curls  to  his  shoulders, 
and  bis  collar,  utmed  down  and  acolloped 
at  the  edges,  disclosed  the  upper  part  orbis 
throat,  which  was  thick  and  muscular. 
From  the  hardships  of  many  years  service 
there  was  a  degree  of  coarseness  in  his 
face,  but  his  head  was  so  shaped  as  to  give 
him  a  commanding  and  intellectual  ur, 
while  his  general  appearance  was  such  as 
to  stamp  a  conviction  upon  the  beholder, 
that  he  was  truly  the  master  spirit  of  his 
ago. 

"  As  he  sat  at  the  upper  end  of  the  room, 
in  a  chair  of  state  digntly  elevated  from  the 
floor,  but  without  canopy  or  other  disttuo- 
tton,  and  received  with  a  dignified  and  gre- 
cious  courtsey  the  different  persons  who 
were  presented  to  htm,  all  of  whom  seemed 
to  salute  him  with  the  profoundett  homage ; 
Jocelyn  surveyed  the  whole  scene  with  a 
most  perplexed  and  bewildered  admiration. 
Never  having  heard  him  mentioned  but  in 
terms  of  the  most  unmeasured  contempt,' 
he  could  not  credit  the  identity  of  the  per- 
sonage before  him,  with  the  daily  object  of 
his  father's  opprobrious  abuse,  and  in  this 
dilemma  he  exclaimed  to  the  Colonel, 
luckily  in  a  whisper — *  Pray,  Sir,  is  that 
really  red  nosed  Noll?'  <Hush!  young, 
roalapcrt,'  cried  Libbumc,  chacing  by  an 
hti^y  frown  the  momentary  smile  that  had 
relaxed  his  features,  *  hold  your  tongue, 
unless  you  can  speak  more  reverently  or  his 
Highness  the  Lord  Protector'.*' 


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[April, 


For  :better  reasons  than  for  his  im- 
pertinence, Jocelyii  is  detained  as  a 
nostage  for  his  father,  and  committed 
to  the  Gate  House  prison — a  receptacle 
for  incorrigible  Cavaliers,  crazy  fana- 
tics, starving  players,  and  the  mongrel 
crew  of  rogues  and  vagabonds,  who 
generally  make  up  the  supplemental 
tenantry  of  a  gaol.  Having  engaged 
to  perform  the  part  of,  a  female  in  a 
play,  got  up  for  the  amusement  of  his 
companions  in  durance,  he  is  surprised 
by  the  gaoler,  and  actually  whipped 
oui  of  confinement  u^der  tne  impres- 
sion of  his  being  a  wanton  and  an  in- 
truder. In  the  mean  time  his  father. 
Sir  John  Compton,  after  a  variety  of 
hair-breadth  escapes,  arrives  in  the 
port  of  Ostend,  wnere  by  the  assistance 
of  a  faithful  adherent  to  the  family 
fortunes,  Jocelyn  speedily  joins  him. 
This  of  course  brings  them  within  the 
verge  of  the  Court  of  the  exiled  King, 
where  the  hatred  of  puritan  hypocrisy 
and  abstinence  was  exhibited  by  the 
Cavaliers,  by  the  most  licentious  ex- 
cesses, under  the  sanction  of  **  loyal 
hilarity."  Among  the  most  vivacious 
of  these  exiled  but  profligate  nobles 
was  Sir  John — none  more  persevering 
in  his  (Dotations,  or  more  determined 
in  his  enmity  to  Round-heads.  Of 
the  Court,  eclipsed  as  it  was,  we  have 
a  lively  picture. 

<'  All  the  better  class  of  the  exiled  Eng- 
lish, with  the  wives  and  daughters  of  such 
as  h(ul  brought  their  families  abroad,  con- 
tributed to  give  brilliancy  to  the  scene  ;  and 
it  would  seem  as  if  these  loyal  Cavaliers, 
however  straightened  in  other  respects, 
were  determined  to  surround  their  Monarch 
with  the  occasional  royalty  of  a  court,  as 
some  compensation  for  the  undue  forlorn- 
ness  of  his  establishment  in  every  other  re- 
spect. There  were  waving  of  plumes,  rust- 
ling of  silks,  mingling  of  laughter  and  of 
happy  voices,  with  the  occasional  sounds 
of  merry  music,  sparkling  of  diamonds,  wit, 
and  beauty,  and  the  enlivening  charm  thrown 
over  the  whole  by  the  presence  of  a  young, 
handsome,  and  accomplished  Monarcn,  who 
by  the  fascination  of  his  manners  could 
scarcely  smile  upon  a  female  without  ex- 
citing a  flutter  in  her  heart ;  while  his 
known  gallantry  In  the  field,  and  the  many 
misfortunes  he  had  encountered,  were  cal- 
culated to  awake  a  feeling  of  chivalrous 
loyalty  in  every  manly  bosom.  Attired  in 
an  elegant  French  dress,  wlih  George  and 
garter,  his  fine  figure  appeared  to  the  best 
advantage,  while  the  spontaneous  exhilara* 
tion  of  his  spirits,  which  seemed  to  render 
mere  existence  a  pleasure,  di£Fused  its  sym- 
pathetic iufiuence  around  him.     He  haid  a 


gallant  compliment  for  some,  »  bon-mot  for 
others,  a"*  bewitching  smile  for  all.  Such 
was  the  point  of  view  in  which  his  friends 
should  always  have  contemplated  him,  /or 
he  was  not  more  expressively  farmed,  by  fi- 
gure and  accomplishments  to  grace  a  court, 
than  ,he  was  utterly  unfitted  by  his  charac- 
ter for  giving  dignity  to  his  throne." 

Some  pages  are  devoted  to  the  me- 
morable but  unsuccessful  attack  upon 
Dunkirk  (then  in  possession  of  the 
Spaniards),  by  the  united  troops  of 
France  and  the  Protector,  which  con- 
cludes the  first  volume. 

We  next  find  Jocelyn,  the  hero  of 
the  history,  in  Paris,  where  under  due 
superintendence  and  good  society  he 
qualifies  himself  for  an  accomplished 
Cavalier  and  a  good  officer.  It  was 
here  that  he  received  from  his  father 
the  glorious  news  of  the  Restoration — 
but,  Brambletye  House  having  been 
disposed  of  by  the  Committee  of  Se- 
questration, Jocelyn  is  desired  to  re- 
main in  the  French  metropolis  until 
his  father's  difficulties  are.  removed. 
During  his  sojourn  here.  Louts  XIV. 
in  the  prime  of  youth  and  beauty, 
proclaimed  his  intention  of  gratifying 
the  Knights  and  Ladies  of  his  Court 
with  a  Tournament,  surpassing  in 
splendour  all  that  had  preceded  it. ; 
On  this  occasion  Jocelyn  (after  the 
most  approved  mode  in  these  cases 
provided),  although  but  a  Squire,  is 
suddenly  called  into  action  in  viola- 
tion of  the  laws  of  chivalry,  and  un- 
horses his  opponent  amidst  the  accla- 
mation of  trie  multitude.  Here  it  is 
that  the  sensitive  heart  of  Jocelyn  re- 
ceives its  first  wound  from  a  pair  of 
**  lustrous  black  eyes'*  gazing  'upon 
him  after  his  achievement,  and  he  at- 
taches himself  to  his  unknown  ina- 
morata, \vith  a  chivalrous  constancy 
which  secures  him  from  the  intoxi- 
cating influence  of  a  dissipated  Me-, 
tropolis.  His  attempts  to  discover  the 
lady  are  vain,  and  he  is  recalled  to 
England,  where  he  finds  his  father 
has  married  a  Dutch  woman  of  the 
unpronounceable  name  of  lufifrouv 
Wugshaael,  the  widow  of  a  Schudam 
fisherman.  The  process  by  which  this 
connection  was  formed  is  highly  co- 
mic ;  but  the  eflfects  on  the  poor  Ba- 
ronet are  disastrous  enough;  cutoff 
by  the  penurious  habits  of  his  consort 
from  every  accustomed  , comfort,  and 
the  fast  man  to  be  satisfied  with,  beg- 
garly cheer,  the  grumbling  of  his  sto- 
mach expresses  itself  very  inielligibly 


1896.]  Rkvibw. — BTaiitiUtye  House.  335 

by  his  lips  1  and  a  ludicrous  itnte  or  to  confeag  tlmt  ihe  work   is  rery  in- 

ilomesiic  tyranny  is  the  result  of  this  teiesiing,  yet,  like  iia  great  proiotype, 

tinh.ippy  union.  it  contains  many  pages  of  langouranii 

Like  most  of  the  Cavaliers  ivho  at-  lEtlious  dullness,  without  erer  sonring, 
tachctl  themselves  to  the  Monarch  in  lilte  the  style  it  imitates,  to  the  hieh- 
his  misfortunes.  Sir  John  experiences  wrought  scenes  of  pathos  and  subli- 
tlic  neglect  of  the  Court.  His  son,  mityT^he  language  sulilnm  rises  be- 
liowevcr,  finding  Bramblctye  House  yond  decent  correctness;  occaiinnally 
not  at  all  to  his  taste  under  the  ty-  miteed  we  have  a  scene  which  aiiy 
ranny  of  his  Dutch  stepmother,  comes  writer  might  he  proud  lo  acknowledge, 
to  London,  with  a  letter  of  introduc-  and  with  one  which  in  its  way  we 
tion  to  the  celebrated  Lord  Roches-  think  almost  inimitable  for  skill  and 
tcr  I  and  after  some  manoeuvres  on  the  correctness,  vce  close  our  notice  of 
pari  of  thai  aristociatio  eccentric,  ob-  "  Btambletye  House ;"' 
tainsaninterview  with  the  King,  who  <■  NolHng  could  prejent  n  more  lone- 
COnfers  on  him  ihe  appointment  of  aone,  meluncbcij,  and  inulubrluits  upcct. 
Vice  Chamberlain  to  the  Queen.  He  than  the  inuodEited  manh  in  which  Hul- 
ls now  duly  installed  at  Court,  and  the  beck  formed  the  sole  lecludcd  habitation, 
licentious  profligacy  that  resided  there  Efory  where  the  waters  were  ovenpreadmlli 
is  very  minutely  detailed  on  the  war-  "^  mmiJc  of  gfflcn  wcedi,  whose  unifbrmtly 
rant   of  the  best    hisloricol    evidence.  "■"  "bIj  bruken  where  the  sbailows  tOlowid 

But  we  are  traciiis  the  progress  of  "'"  '^^""j  ■"«"''"'.  A-S'.  "jien,  aud  other 

the  Novel  too  minutely  for  those  who  ?q""«:  pl^""-  W  >hopl  obove  the  Burfe^ 

love  to  be  surprised  ;  and  we  fesr  that  '^  "T-  ""'"ero'th.     Uinimim.eating  w,th 

.        '     ,      '■  ,         n-        >  tlie  sluices  and  canals  of  the  iDteriQi,  there 

we   may  be  weakening  the  cHect  by  „„  .  .i„,.ri.>,  ,^^,:„    ■„  .v..     „.  .     i.-  k 

-.-'.  ,,r        '11°.        ^  ^  ^^^ '  sluj^sh  motiuu  la  trie  water  whjctk 

anticipation.    We  will,  therefore,  omit  5^  -^^  ^^^„^j^  in.pectiou  «,  belie™, 

what  occurred  at  court,  and  the  cauSe  ^,[  „i,;^},^  nhgQ  discovered,  imparted  to  it 

which  made  the  hero  ogain  a  fugitive  a  mote  slothful  and    sleepy  effect  ihoa  it 

from  his  country.      He  is  consigned  by  would  bate  derived  froni  aUolute  stogno- 

the  kindness  of  a  friend   to  a  Dutch  tiou.     In  the  latter  eaie,  the  element  mighc 

Burgomaster,   In    whose   daughter    he  onJj  have  upeired  to  participate  in  tbe  ge- 

discovered  his  long-lost  inamorata  "  of  m™  immobilitj  of  matter,  or  the  quistSda 

Lhe  lustrous  black  eyes."  "^  ''"'^''i  ^^  ^^'"  <!r»wling  of  the  surfeca 

We   will    not  attempt  lo  trace  our  '"pH^-'  s.™=  Imgecing  remains   of  life,  a 

hero  through  the  subsequent  bustling  P"""  f  'oc."""'-"  — i^  • 1-  1— 

scenes  in  which  he  was  doomed  to  act  "*"  "  JMsitnc 

and   suffer.     With   all  his   passionate  -  ,|..„!„,  /, 

idolatry  for  an  unknown  being,  there  ,?  .j  j°  ^^_  floundered  up  from  it.  amy 
was  100  much  of  ethereal  purity  m  tlie  i^j^  breaking  by  its  inllen  splash  u  it  re- 
discovered heroine  to  attract  or  fix  an  descended  into  the  water,  the  deep,  dead 
earthly  passion.  In  the  marshes  of  silence  that  hung  over  these  mournful 
Haelbeck  he  finds  a  more  congenial  iwamps.  The  watofuwl  that  fiequeuced 
love  in  the  friend  of  tlie  high-souled  them  did  indeed  aometimei  interrupt  it  by 
Conslantia,  the  flapping  of  their  wings;  and  at  other 

Tlie    third    volume   is  more  replete  tlmei  it  wot  disturbed  by  the  wailful  cry  ot 

with  interest  than  its  precursors.     The  •"  "Id  soli"^  "tori,  which,  lia.ing  lost  its 

dramatis  uerson^   are   all  congreE;aLed  ™'=>  ponimiied   to   Leunt  the  cwtlo  upon 

on  English  ground,  the  usual  forerun-  "hmeroof  11  had  found  .bab,»tiou.     Tho 

ner  ofa  denouement;    and    after  ea-  "^,''"  "™^  "■  l'=«'e  heavily  and  om.- 

,  ..  \     I     r  I  aouslv  aver  tbii  watery  witdemess:  and  Jp- 

caping  the  pestilence  and  the  fire,  and  ,,1    'f,|(  „  ™u^„U  of  spirit.,  in  hi, 

sundry   moving  accidenls   from  court  ^.^^^h  to  HilSbeck,   which  was  r,d>et 

inlngue,  the  slory  terminates  happily  dg^peoed  thnu  dinipatcd  by  a  nearer  aui- 

lor  all  those  in  whose  fate  the  reader  vey  of  the  coatlc." 

It  was  a  hazardous  attempt  wc  thin 
iu  the  author  to  introduce  such  cb: 
racters  as  Milton,  Marvel,  and  lsaa_ 
Walton,  nor  can  we  compliment  him  UPON  the  strength  of  an  assertion 
on  his  success.  Ch;\rles  and  Rochester  of  Gray,  Ihat  a  word  written  on  the 
are  hackneyed  enough.  Winky  Boss  spot  is  worth  a  cart-loud  of  recollec- 
is  worth  a  hundred  court  poriraiis  lions,  Mr.  Maude  has  awakened  his 
Upott  lhe  whole,  although  we  are  free     ilumberiiig  notes  from  their  leiiOM  of 


loHiludc  to  eierl  it.  Now  and  iheu 
med  to  have  been 
n  this  undisturbed 


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Rbvibw.— 4^(<  to^  the  ^alls  of  Ningara, 


lApriU 


twenty  yearB,  and  wttb.out  transcribing 
them,  has  committed  his  pencilled  me- 
moranda to  the  press.  Out  of  his  ill- 
digested  crudities  he  has  compiled  an 
octavo  volume  of  no  ordinary  size,  the 
sreater  part  of  which  has  no  more  re- 
ference to  the  Falls  of  Niagara  than  it 
•has  to  the  fall  of  Jerusalem.  If  he 
liad  contented  himself  with  giving  us 
a  short  description  of  the  plates,  which 
are.  really  beautiful,  he  would  have 
flfFected  more  for  his  reputation  as  a 
Xfaveller,  infinitely  more  for  his  cha- 
racter as  an  Author,  than  by  thus  ser- 
vilely copying  a  Diary  as  devoid  of  in- 
terest as  an  ordinary  log-book. 

Of  what  import  is  it  with  whom  Mr. 
Maude  sailed,  or  with  whom  he  took 
'tea,  the  "  thunder  gusts"  he  encoun- 
tiered,  and  other  matters  of  equal  mo- 
ment. 

We  cry  *'  forward,  forward,"  but  in 
vain.  Mr.  Maude  is  in  no  hurry  to 
OToceed.  ^*  M.  Van  Rousselacr  has 
left  his  card,**  and  the  civility  must  be 
reciprocated.  Besides,  our  Traveller 
has  an  appetite  for  blood,  and  we  must 
follow  him  to  the  slaushter-house  of 
Albany,  the  largest "  he  has  ever  seen.'* 
Who  would  be  impatient  while  Mr. 
Maude  relates  with  so  much  good  taste, 
that ''  Dana  and  Cuyler  saw  a  strange 
Jish,  two  fore-feet  or  paws,  goggling 
eyes!  A  young  mermaid,  perhaps,*' 
or  an  imp  escaped  from  hell. 

Oh,  this  fidelity !  this  chronicling  of 
small- beer !  After  wading  through  one 
hundred  pages  of  insufferable  dullness, 
we  arrive  at  the  first  object  worthy  our 
attention,  the  Falls  of  the  Genesee. 
The  Author's  visit  to  "  the  great  Fall" 
is  thus  described,  and  it  must  be  con- 
fessed that  his  port  and  bearine  on  the 
occasion  are  worthy  of  an  intrepid 
Traveller. 

*<  I  next  took  a  view  of  the  great  fitll. 
This  being  the  most  interetting,  I  left  mj 
horse  in  charge  of  my  servant,  and  by  a 
path  which  Colonel  Fish  pointed  out  to  me, 
descended  to  the  bed  of  the  river.  My 
first  project  was  to  go  under  the  Falls,  In 
which  1  30  completely  succeeded  as  to  pene- 
trate to  the  centre  rock,  which  divides  the 
fall  into  two  parts.  From  the  projection 
and  curvature  of  the  water  when  falling, 
and  from  the  upper  part  of  the  precipice 
overhanging  its  base,  the  lower  part  having 
caved  in  from  the  action  of  the  water  and 
the  spray,  I  had  sufficiency  of  room ;  but 
the  spray  wet  me  to  the  skin,  and  prevented 
my  breathing  freely.  A  cray-fisn  fell  at 
my  feet,  which  not  a  little  -surprized  me,  as 
I  axpected  that  every  thing  brought  down 


by  the  current  would  be  carried  along  with 
the  body  of  water;  otherwise,  I  risked  bciing 
knocked  on  the  head  by  some  of  the  largjer 
fish  !  My  situation  was  very  singular.  A 
river  falling  over  my  head !  On  one  hand  a 
dark  black  rock,  the  fragments  of  which  had 
the  appearance  of  slate  shiver,  but  were,  in 
feict,  an  imperfect  limestone;  on  the  other 
an  arch  of  waters,  forming  a  canopy  above 
me  at  the  height  of  ninety-six  feet,  white 
with  foam,  and  illumined  by  a  bright  sua ! 
With  an  eye  hurried  along  with  the  preci- 
pitated river,  my  ears  stunned  with  the  rag- 
ing tumult,  and  my  whole  frame,  as  the 
rock  I  stood  upon,  shaking  witli  the  con- 
cussion, I  found  myself  in  a  scene  which 
under  no  circumstance  could  be  calmly  con- 
templated." 

We  at  length  arrive  at  the  Niagara 
River,  and  pass  by  the  Rapids,  which 
are  however  described  as  exceedingly 
beautiful.     Here,  says  Mr.  M. 

"I  must  repeat,  that  vain  would  be  my 
endeavour  to  describe  my  sensations  at  this 
my  first  view  of  the  Gitaract  of  Niagara, 
the  grandest  spectacle  of  the  kind  in  the 
known  world;  one  of  Nature's  sublimest 
features.  A  majestic  river,  suddenly  con- 
tracted into  less  than  half  its  former  space, 
is,  after  dashing  over  a  bed  of  loose  rocks, 
amongst  which  it  has  a  fid]  of  seventy-one 
fieet  in  about  eight  hundried  yardsj  precipi- 
tated, roaring  as  it  wer^  with  very  terror, 
into  a  dark  abyss  dashed  into  foam  by  its 
faJI,  and  throwing  up  a  thick  cloud  of  spray 
— a  cloud  that  is  seen  to  hang  over  the 
Falls,  by  those  navigating  the  I^kes  Erie 
and  Ontario,  by  spectators  one  hundred  mikes 
distant  from  each  other !  When  to  the  im- 
pression made  upon  the  eye,  is  added  that 
made  upon  the  ear,  your  senses  partake  ^of 
the  tumult  of  the  scene — a  scene  which 
seemed  to  give  me  a  new  sense ;  a  sense  of 
the  vast,  the  grand,  and  the  sublime. 

**  Goat  Island,  as  aheady  mentioned, 
divides  the  Falls  of  Niagara  into  two  parts ; 
but  the  great  bulk  of  water  rushes  down  the 
Canada  side,  which  has  not  only  more  than 
twice  the  breadth  of  the  other,  but  being 
twelve  feet  nine  inches  lower,  causes  a 
greater  draught,  insomuch  that  in  the  centre 
of  the  horseshoe,  so  called  from  the  curved 
nature  of  this  Fall,  the  body  of  fidling  water 
is  supposed  to  be  fifty  feet  in  diameter,  pre- 
serving its  unbroken  blue  colour,  being  too 
compact  a  body  to  be  dashed  into  foam.  It 
is  from  this  column  of  water  that  arises  the 
cloud  of  spray.  The  Rapids  on  the  United 
States  side,  begin  eight  hundred  and  four- 
teen yards,  or  about  half  a  mile  above  the 
Falls ;  in  this  distance  then^  n  a  fidl  of 
fifiy-seven  fi^t  eleven  inches,  which,  added 
to  one  hundred  and  fbr^'nine  feet  nine 
inehea,  the  perpendicular  pitch  on  that  side, 
gives  a  total  of  two  hwidred  »nd  seven  feet 
ei^ht  inches.    The  perpcndigular  pitch  jon 


IB260        Review.— Stewart's  Serfiisw.— Dr.  Erana's  TraeU.  337 

ttiit,  iha  QuLiula  lids,  ii  unlj  one  hundred  genius,  enit  s  real  poer.  For  many 
Hiid  tliirtj-Kv™  feft.  The  diy  was  W'gUj  years  he  was  in  ihe  Army,  and  served 
(M-oomlle   lo  B  good  vie»  of  thli   noble     in  Spain.     He  is  ihe  author  of  a  Poem 


.  bright  I 


r  of  Ji"hC9 


1    the 


pABSJDg  o]OUd?tf  ^1 

■nd  Bhtdowg,  the  epraj  fo 

YsnUgs."  ^^^ ^  „„,^„., 

visited   ihe  Falls  from     liberal' re w^dcTo'f 


Thrs 
Bisho|] 


end   of   thrt 
cms,  Genevieve,  the  Pleasum 
and  a  Mooriah  Romance. 
■Sermons  are  inscribed  lo'the 
r  Lnnilon,  an  able  judge  and 


the  United  States  siile  of  tlie river;  he     |,e   hopej^  ibal  under  hi's  Lordship': 


have  contributed 
the  informaliou  of  which 
idy  in  posaessiorf. 
prcssions  derived    from    a 
ilh  America  Iwenty- 


:eof 


appears  to  us  an  ii 

tended  simplicity 

our  experience — it  is  well  for  lli 
United  Stales  that  her 
during  this  period  io  t 
science  worthy  of  culiivi 
our  Traveller  at  an  imm 
tance  behind.  We  trust  however  ihat 
most  of  the  spod  qualities  for  which 
Mr.  Maude  is  dispoaed  to  laud  this 
land  of  freedom,  have  Eu<fered  nothing 
by  the  silent  operation  of  lime — and 
we  cordially  unite  with  him  in  the 
hope  that  an  alliance  of  pood-will  atid 
of  ttind  offices,  which  alone  deserves 
the  hame  of  halif,  may  tend  lo  produce 
that  "reciprocity''  of  feeling  which 
has  hitherto  been  so  long  ana  so  un- 
happily retarded. 

Our  Author's  intentions,  ive  have 
no  doubl,  have  been  most  laudable, 
but  while  we  cannot  coaiplimenl  liim 

useful  volume,  and  while  we  cannot 
but  condemn  the  frequent  instances  of 
bad  taste  by  which  it  is  disfigured,  we 
are  willing  to  accept  it  as  ihe  offering 
of  a  miiiJ  anxious  to  do  justice  lo  a 
Country  so  much  and  so  wilfully 


auspices,  so  CKCellenl  a  preacher  will 
be  brought  from  the  obscurity  of  a 
Country  Curacy,  lo  a  siluation  where 
his  laleiiis  will  be  duly  appreciated  and 
rewarded. 

The  subject  of  the  Sermons  now  be- 
fore us  is  one  of  considerable  importance, 
The  different  prophecies  relative  to  the 
Final   Fall  and  Hoinsn  Dispersion  of 
the  Jewi,  and  the  dcttmction  of  their 
Temple,  are  luminously  brought  for- 
„j   „-   _.._     vis,xii  in  the  First  Discourse;  and  in 
on,  has  left     (be  Second,  their  present  Stale  is  well 
isnrable  dis-    described,  and  the  Prophecies  relative 
""""■■"  "■"'     to  their  final  Restoration  ahly  illustrated. 


86.  TracU,  Strmons,  and  F\iiieral  OratimUi 
ijiclading  an  AUrmpl  to  account  J*iT  Ote 
InfatelHij  of  Edi>»rd  Gibbon,  £«;.  mlk  a 
Poslicripl  on  Lord  fljroo'j  Prfju^ca 
ogainit  RoKoIrd  RfUgian  ;  Leiier  (s  Ro- 
bert Hix  Iter,  D.D.ia  lehttifnfGenaal 
Helemplimi,  and  Ihe  EidaTged  Spirit  of 
ChTistiadty,  (j-c.  e,-c.  Published  betuieen 
tkt  Yeart  ITSa  lUid  1  Sii  .-  and  Six  Ktai 
Discounts ;  leilh  Cumry  Remarks  on 
Ihe  Empliymfnts  of  Heaven.  By  John 
Evani,  LL.D.  Author  tf  the  "Sketch 
and  Seijuel  qf  Ihe  Denaniinatiimi  of  Ihe 
CSHsHan  H'iiTld."  &io.fp.lb7.  Bold- 
win,  Cndocli,  andJo-j. 
WE  have  had  frequent  occasion  lo 
notice  the  Author  q|r  this  Jnrge  and 
handsome  volume,  as  a  Christian  Mi- 
niiiter,  a  Topographer,  and  a  diligent 
'  ■      dt  Youth  ;  and  the  present 


^presented  —  and  as  the  oyerflowiiip     publication  fully  justifies  his  fairclain; 
1   heart   grateful   for   kindness   re-     to  public--'' — ' — 


Niagara,"  we  ha 
praise,  always  e> 
Plates  by  which 


ihe  "Falls  of 
e  little  to  say  in  iu 
epiing  the  beautiful 
is  illustrated. 


85.  Tu-o  Sermoiis  on  the  past,  Ike  present, 
and  tbejatuTe  Stale  of  the  Jens.  By  the 
Ree,  John  Siewirt,  Curate  D/"Sporle  cum 
Palgrave,  Norfolli.  ai'o.  pp.  84.  Bald- 
win, Crtdock,  BTul  Joy. 
THE  Author  of  these  Sermons  was 
well  known  to  Dr.  Patr,  and  was 
much  esteemed  by  him  as  a  man  of 
G«MT.  Maq.  Jpnl,  \»tG. 


til.  Evans  is  the  respectable  pastor 
of  a  congregalioii  of  the  class  of  Pro- 
testant Disienlets  called  "  General 
Baptists  ;'■  and  among  the  XVII  Tracts 
here  given,  is  "  Some  Account  of  the 
General  Baptist  Church  once  meeting 
at  Barbican,  London,  with  Anecdotes 
of  Dr.  John  Gale,  Dr.  Jamea  Foster, 
and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Burroughs,  with 
a  Postscript,  now  first  printed,  on 
'  Worship-street  Chape!,'  including 
several  Monumental  Inscriptions.'' 

"  With  regsid  lo  tb«  '  Account  of  Ihe 
Geiuiat  Baptist  Chvrch  al  Barbican,'  we 


uatj 


Rbvikw. — Urt.  Bray's  De  Pole. 


S3S 


hrij  UoMioot  mimotj.    Tbh 

Imij  ikMnn  tl»  thaafa  of  (b*  raligwa 

>otU." 

The  Volume  contains  "  Funeral 
Oralioni"  on  "  Stephen  Lowdell,  tin, 
l81K)r"J'Wpb-JeffcriesETa(H.  1812;'' 
and  "Thomas  Molleli,  cwi.  18U;" 
and  ObUuaiT  orMr.Calcb  l!.vat»  (the 
Auihor'i  falheth  Mr.ThomBi  Wyche 
(hii  brother-in-Uw)i  Mils  Maiy-Anne 
Evani;   Rev.  Caleb   Evaoj  (the  Au- 

ili»>'-    ii^::.l "Shi.   Luddington 

(I,.     .  '■  .    }!.■.,  Wm.RDgf», 

ii.U.  a\  fhiladciphia. 

The  "  Miscellaaeoua  Plecei"  are:  a 
"  Complete  Lilt  of  the  Subject*  of  ih^ 
Saltcn'  Hall  Wednesday  Evening  Lec- 
tures, frotn  1793  to  1810 ;"  and  "  Cuiw 
■orjr  Remark)  on  the  Employmenli  of 

An  exeetlent  Portrait  of  Dt.  Evang, 
from  a  drawing  by  Woodman,  aceom- 
paniei  the  "Ttactj." 

B«.  D<  Fou,  (V  Sktlckti  of  Ihi  MaimtTi 
Old    Cuilomi   qf  iht  I4lh    Century,    cm 
Hiltarical    RDmanct.      By    Anni-Eliia 
Bnj,  lale  Hri.  Charln  Slutliard,  Author 
qfllu  "  Tour  in  Bntmny,"  Xc.     S  mil. 
9vtj.  pp.  a7.     Loogmui  and  Co- 
SINCE  the  riie  of  that  ipecic*  of 
Literatuie,  founded  on  the  corruption 
of  the  Roman  with  the  Teutonic  and 
Gaulith  tongues,   which   ivas   dittin- 
^o  Romana 
ir  Langaagi 
Hf  llumanct,  it  has   liecn  in  privilege 
to  mingle  truth  with  fiction  :  although 
a  much  greater  share  of  the  latter  have 
generally  prevailed  in  its  composition!, 
■nd  someiimei  they  have  been  altoge- 
ther a  tissue  of  the  wildest  extravagan- 


fliiciice.  Witness  the  exarontci  of  the 
florid  style  of  Gothic  architecture, 
which  a|)pc3r  to  have  been  raised  In 
the  msE'C  |>owet  of  a  wizard  hand, 
railiei  than  to  have  been  produced  by 
ordinary  human  meant.  "  Forins  at 
fanciful  and  delicately  varied  as  the 
icicles  nhich  glitter  in  a  frosty  morn- 
ing on  the  leafless  boughs  of  the  Ireer,'' 
to  employ  the  words  nf  the  Author  of 
the  |Mge«  under  revision. 

Proissarr,  the  most  interesting  his- 
torian, 01  laiher  memoir- writer  of  hit 
day,  w,>s  fully  imbued  with  the  chi' 
valtou)  char.icicr  of  the  time,  nn<l 
keeping  iviihin  the  bonndi  of  probabt< 
lily,  has  romanced  to  fat  as  frequently 


lite  romantic  life  of  Charlemagne 
and  Roland  has  been  attributed  10 
Turpin,  Bishop  of  Rhcims,  in  the  8ih 
century;  but  it  has  been,  with  more 
truth,  aiiigned  to  a  monk  of  the  same 
name,  who  lived  in  the  llihj  after 
which  period  a  host  of  Romances  were 
composed  by  the  Provencal  pacts  or 
Troubadouri. 

The  feudal  manners  caught  the 
spirit  of  these  productions;  hence  the 
hishly  refined,  if  nut  visionary  notions, 
le  lofty  character  of  Knightly 


s,  which  from  their  private 
nature  he  could  hardly  by  any  poesibi- 
lily  have  been  acquainted  with.  In 
short,  it  may  be  said  of  FroiMarl,  as  it 
has  been  of  a  later  writer,  "  he  has 
<i'cn  every  thing,  he  scaKerf  up  and 
ikiiMi  Lvity  ivhtrc  in  his  writings  ad- 
\i'[]iiiri'<  wliii-h  may  surprise,  he givet 
.1  liMK'ii  'if  loinauce  to  every  aubject 
which  he  handle*." 

In  laying  thus  much,  11  b  howerer 
b^  no  means  our  wish  to  imply  that 
Froissart  is  not  •  writer  of.  credit,  bat 
merely  that  taking  his  data  from  nt: 
tuat  traasiclions,  he  illustrate*  them 
with  a  nMueli  of  style  and  relalioD, 
thai  give*  an  air  of  vraueabiance  10 
the  most  minute  particulars  with  which 
he  may  occasionally  enibelhsh  bin  his- 
tory. An  art  bo  well  known  to  Oe 
Fqe  and  Swift  in  modern  day*,  and 
eaeiciied  by  ibero  in  writing*  altoge- 
ther fictitious. 

With  Froissart,  therefore,  for  her 
aullKxily,  and  one  of  hit  moat  inte- 
rn tjng  characters  for  the  aobject  of  her 
story,  Mrs.  Bray  ha*  added  one  mora 
to  the  number  of  Ramancft  \a  that 
style,  which  has  been  so  successfully 
cultivated  by  a  great  Genius  of  the 
lyth  century — ■  style  which  leads  us 
by  sweet  fiction*  to  imbibe  historical 
truths,  and  to  learn  the  manner*  of 
past  ages  through  a  medium  the  moat 

How  favourable  a  snbjecl  she  hu 


Hot 

In  the   I4lh  century  the  influence 
of  this  spirit  had  perhaps  reached  iti 
acmii  civil,  nay  religious  ceremc 
became   mbscrvient   to   it,   and   < 
material  fbtms  seemed  to  feel  itt 


'  GaMon  Pbnba  Coast  da  Foia,  «■* 
OM  of  thi  moK  puanM  Cootlaantal  pffoeat 
of  tb«  BUBor  Sntcs,  who  BowislMd  daiog 
the  14th  ecDtun.  Ha  was  aUka  band  I7 
bis  cMmia  for  hii  nlaor  in  ims,  and  bi"- 
lond  by  bis  salject*  Cm  bis  wis*,  Jott,  and 


R&viBw*— Afff.  Bray's  D«  Foix. 


340 

pnideot  governmeDt;  and  to  bold  wm  he 
m  Msertlng  hit  rights,  that  he  would  never 
consent  to  do  homage  to  the  Crown  of 
France  for  the  territory  of  Beam»  which  he 
held  as  a  free  state,  dependent  alone  on  God. 
**  De  Foix  was  munificent  in  his  pa- 
tronage. Himself  a  soldier,  a  statesman,  a 
scholar,  and  a  poet,  he  knew  well  how  to 
vtlue  and  distinguish  the  merits  of  another 
m  those  arts  and  sciences  that  adorn  alike 

the   field,   the  closet,   or  the  court. 

Suict  in  the  obsenrance  of  religious  duties, 
.the  Count  omitted  no  occasion  of  public  or 
of  prirate  worship,  and  alms  were  daily  dis- 
tributed to  the  poor  at  his  castle  gates. 
These  were  open  to  all  princes,  knights, 
souires,  travellers,  pilgrims,  and  minstrels, 

who  chose  to  enter  within  them. ^The 

•|ifondour  that  reigned  within  the  walls  was 
lif  the  most  princely  kind ;  every  apartment 
glittered  with  gold  and  silver;  and  his 
jewels  were  scarcely  less  in  value  than  the 
regalia  of  the  Kings  of  France ;  whilst  the 
tournaments  of  OrUies  were  such  as  attract- 
ed the  company  of  nobles,  knights,  and 
s(|ttires  from  all  parts  uf  Europe.  The 
Count  took  great  delight  in  bearing  the 
ballads  and  roundelays  of  minstrels.  He 
much  delighted  in  the  chase,  and  was  so 
fond  of  dogs  that  he  •  usually  kept  sixteen 
hundred  of  them  in  his  kenneL  The  Count 
never  supped  till  midnight,  when  he  left 
his  chamber  attended  by  torch-bearers  and 
chamberlains,  who  conducted  him  into  the 
great  hall." 

Froissart,  from  whom  Mrs.  Bray 
has  derived  the  above  particulars,  adds, 
that  he  took  great  delight  in  the  fanci- 
ful dishes  that  were  served  up  to  him, 
which  having  seen,  he  immediately 
sent  to  the  table  of  his  knights. 
These  fanciful  dishes  arc  often  described 
iQ  ancient  chronicles  and  MSS.  As, 
•*  the  boar's  head  placed  in  an  embat- 
tled castle,  gilt  pigs,  peacocks  in  hackle, 
or  served  up  with  the  plumage  of  their 
tails,  jellies  inscribed  with  mottoes  in 
the  black  letter,*'  &c.  &c.  No  one  pre- 
sumed to  speak  to  him  at  his  table,  un- 
less he  first  began  the  conversation. 
^This  was  in  perfect  conformity  with 
\he  notions  ot  high  breeding  peculiar 
to  the  age ;  an  old  MS.  says, 

*'  Ffor  the  blood  riall  sittithe  at  horde, 
Ther  they  sit  stillye  and  speak  never  a  wonl." 

His  cabinet  cUplomatique  resembled 
that  of  Napoleon  Bonaparte  in  modern 
days,  for  he  employed  lour  Secretaries, 
altnough  it  is  not  stated  that,  like  Na- 
poleon, he  dictated  to  them  all  four  at 
ODce  on  different  subjects. 

Froissart  describes  the  Count  as  one 
of  the  handsomest  men  of  his  time, 
and  adds,  that  of  all   the  numerous 


[April, 


Courts  he  had  visited,  he  never  was  ar 
one  which  pleased  him  more  for  feats 
of  arms. 

*'  There  were  knights  and  squires  to  be 
seen  in  every  Chamber,  Hall,  and  Coort, 
going  backwards  and  forwards,  and  convers- 
ing on  arms  and  love.  Every  thing  honour- 
able was  there  to  be  found.  All  intelligence 
from  distant  countries  was  there,  for  the 
eallantry  of  the  Count  had  brought  vbitors 
from  all  parts  of  the  world." 

And  he  sums  up  the  whole,  by  say- 
ing, that  "  the  Count  was  perfect  m 
person  and  in  mind,  and  O^at  no  con- 
temporary prince  could  be  compared 
with  him  for  sense,  honour,  and  libe- 
rality.'; 

Having  thus  noticed  Gaston  de 
Foix,  whose  name  has  afforded  a  title 
to  this  Romance,  %ve  will  take  a  brief 
view  of  the  principal  characters,  ac- 
companied by  some  short  extracts  of 
the  work,  illustrative  of  them.  Eustace, 
the  adopted  son  of  the  Count  de  Foix, 
may  be  accounted  the  hero  of  the 
piece;  his  amiable  character  is  sup- 
ported with  much  truth  and  nature. 
The  Author  thus  introduces  him: 

"  The  soul  of  Eustace  was  the  soul  of 
honour,  not  merely  in  that  acceptation  in 
which  the  word  was  then  generally  under- 
stood, as  applying  to  deeds  of  arms,  but  ia 
its  largest  sense,  as  influencing  every  thought, 
every  act  of  the  heart,  where  honour  was 
held  sacred.  Brave  and  generous,  humbled 
by  misfortune,  but  of  a  proud  and  lofty  feel- 
ing in  the  cause  of  trutJ),  Eustace  was  de- 
servedly beloved  bv  the  Count,  and  envied 
or  hated  by  men  of  meaner  spirits,  who  con- 
temn whatever  is  beyond  their  sphere,  and 
yet  fear  that  very  height  which  they  cen- 
sure, because  they  can  never  attain  it. 
Notwithstanding  his  thoughtful  character 
and  refined  feelings,  Eustace  was  skilled  in 
arms ;  the  sterner  virtues  of  a  soldier  imposed 
but  little  restraint  on  the  tender  sensibilitiea 
of  his  heart,  and  the  desire  he  entertained 
to  discover  his  birth,  to  prove  himself 
worthy  in  arms  of  being  descended  from  a 
noble  race,  had  accompanied  him  firom  in- 
fancy to  youth ;  it  had  become  a  part  of 
himself^  a  feeling  that  influenced  every  act 
of  his  Hfe." 

Eustace  was  the  lover  (for  what  Ro- 
mance is  without  a  lover)  of  Isabel  dc 
Greilly,  who,  we  are  informed » with 
the  Lady  Jane  of  Boulogne,  had  been 
educated  at  the  Castle  m  Orthes,  the 
first  being  the  niece  of  De  Foix,  the 
latter  his  ward.  They,  like  Shak- 
speare*s  Hermione  and  Helena,  seem 
**  Two  lovely  berries  moulded  ou  one 
stem.'* 


1«&] 


RiviE 


—Mn.  liray'i  De  Foiz. 


c 


"  J(M,  IhImI,  uil  EiuUct,"  H^t  mil 
■ulhur,  "Ui  die  irtltii  haun  of  irfinrr, 
hiJ  giuvn  up  logether  ^itli  tfaa  cprn- 
hfarud  f»!iag>  of  canfiilfBC*  ud  kfcctloa. 
Toccihn  thajr  hul  ■(uilitd,  lii|;ethtr  (ht; 
hu  purtiuil  iIm  ipnrti  i>f  hmwlriog  uid 
buntine*  eierci>«a  chit  Airnwd  ihi  recrea- 
tion oAhe  IhI>«i  dT  thti  pfriod.  Thev  hid 
IlkiviH  Imn  initnictfd  la  iht  icieDM  dF 
tht  miiiilnl  I  th€  hitc,  th*  hirp.  and  tha 
reb(«k,  vm  tbcir  hvoutiW  imtruniinU ; 
and  *hlltt  EiuUM  wnuM  lODictiniti  plij 
tad  ling  to  thtm,  ot  at  ochtn  read  lUovid 
aa>  <if  itic  RABUBcn  ihit  fmoifd  put  of 
itw  libnrr  of  th«  Count,  ihrie  di*m1(D9 
would  emliroidn  iJi|xiitr]r  fur  ibe  Church, 
or  irodi  ibe  anni  of  cbiir  hoDHi  upon  their 
■duIIh  (od  (jowns." 

The  cbaracler  of  Maiilda,  ihe  in- 
jurwl  widow  of  Sir  Peter  ilc  Bc«rn,  i» 

ildiv  conceived  :  we  ihitik  tlic  lu- 
thor  had  the  6gure  of  Mrs.  Slddons  in 
her  eye  wlien  »Iik  skelchcil  liet  per- 
lon;  ilie  lofiv  thau|th  aiiiiaketi  reeling 
orYoiing's  Znnjca  in  her  iinaginMion, 
whun  ilie  dL-iciibed  lirr  ruhng  pHuioo. 

"She  ■»  put  the  midJI*  ige,  but  lUlt 
rMktmd  (run  of  her  forait  beiot;.  Her 
itntur*  n>  ull.  h»i  form  di^oifinl  and  wtll 
profriirljoned.  like  general  »*t  cif  bcr  coun- 
ti'unce   wu  that  of  deep  melaDchnlj,  but 

fire  ocoaainDall;  fluked  froDi  her  ■•]'«!  luch 
■D  *je  a>  made  tba  oUerrer  ihriuk  before 
ill  tcrutinjr." 

Oe  Foix  in  a  (ilof  pauion  had  killed 
her  liiuband.  To  revenge  iliis  blooily 
drediihcr  >o1e  aim.  On  this  head  the 
thui  tx|>r«w«  herielf: 

"  I  hate  not  ■  hopa  in  life  hut  mj  re- 
•Knga.  RcirtBge  bu  formed  ihe  ihmighu 
of  mjF  day,  the  dninii  of  my  oi^hl.  It  hu 
•uatained  me  through  miiwy  aud  luAring. 
I  We  hopird  far  it.  toiled  (or  it  i  I  bare 
prajcd  for  it;  are,  and  I  hareiinned  for  it — 
and  think  jruu  that  I  aoa  would  give  it  up  ! 
No  I  B*c»iuc  the  liooni  ileejit,  hu  liei 
■trength  failed  her '.  She  awakei,  lefrcihed 
ft  huoMrcd  frnm  reixue.  to  awke  tlia  woodi 
liDg  ■ith  her  ydb, 

Thecwfty  friar  Philip,  a  hypocrite 
of  the  wont  kind,  under  the  cloak  of 
UDctilf,  ii  (hu9  depicted  : 

"  He  wu  one  of  thoae  beingi  who  re- 
aolre  to  make  all  things  luliaerTient  to  their 
on  io:im«diate  porpoae ;  and   hia  pnrpoae 


not  for  apeculattoBi  but  for  profit-  aodhia 
philoaopual  GODCempUtioD  of  bit  fallov- 
ereatorai  **•  boDodad  bj  tba  tibw  ot  mak- 
i^  thnn  leniceaUe  to  himaelfi"..."  A 
peU  obMnet  of  pMt  MtioDit  b*  wu  ■ 


lieing  of  an  humble  nature."..."  Ilut  lika 
all  uiojeclort  of  vun  and  human  unUtioI, 
if  tlieii  object  be  t^n*l  or  imall,  be  saw  only 
in  the  contemplation  of  hii  own  projecti  the 
fair  aide  of  tllB  picluR.    Exalted  hj  hit  opi- 

ed  what  seemed  almoat  iapoaiible  into  pio- 
Uble— and  whilit,  in  uaagiDalioo,  Philip 
lUpl  forward  from  Prior  to  Abbot,  from 
Abtioi  to  Biihop,  from  Diihop  to  Cardinal, 
and  from  Cardinal  to  tht  Dspnty  of  Hw- 
Ten  upon  earth,  the  keeper  of  ill  lacred 
keji ;  while  thui  be  revelled  in  the  luiurj 
of  thought,  and  inmctlmei  decorated  thli 
picture  of  hinuelf,  drewn  bjr  hit  fancji,  willi 
the  red  hat  or  the  punile  rribes  of  offic*, 
lie  WM  In  fact  but  walking  the  rounda  of 
bii  own  little  lenitorr  as  Prior  of  the  Mo- 
naiter;  of  St.  Miry  of  Ortbei,  dependent  oa 
Ihe  Count  da  Foix." 

The  Captain  of  a  maraading  free) 
band.  Buil  le  iVIengcant,  n  skeiched 
with  a  force  that  remindi  us  of  ^1- 


Tipped  ii 


laterial 
•ained 


about  hii  head.",.."  Le   M> 

forth  like  a  beaat  of  prey  ' ._._ 

Ilia  den  after  ileep,  who  turns  about,  ahakee 
fail  ahagg)  hide,  and  rlarea  around  with  hia 
red  ejea,  to  ate  if  aught  luiki  near  hia  giu* 
of  rest— ao  looked  Le  Mengeaot.  The  par- 
ton  of  Le  MengeanI  was  bmiliu  to  Anue- 
nac,  bat  whether  it  were  from  contrait  wiiH 
the  late  occupier  of  the  teat,  or  thai  the 
lamp  which  beiuj;  suipended  from  the  roof, 
darud  ita  beams  full  ua  the  counwnanee  ci 
the  robber,  producing  that  strong  effect  of 
light  and  shadow,  such  ai  we  tee  In  the 
picturei  of  Rembrandt,  eihibittd  in  a  itrik- 
ing  mauDer  the  air  of  ferocity  that  tat  upon 
hit  (eatuRt  i  whether  it  were   from  theta 

nol  help  rcniaikiDc  the  Gf^n  brfore  him  aa 

r.i.-„.   rV-,-;   nr.':,.,r;i,   i.-T-i:.-,.,  ,,Uh.lIU- 

ibe  tpringa  to  aciie  ,irte,xbly  more  than  sii  fbel  in  height,  bia 
limbs  were  formed  in  a  well-proportiiwed 
giganiio  mould,  yet  there  ma  little  flaah 
about  him,  ha  waa  all  liaaw  and  moack. 
Hit  imtotDM  baod,  which  be  threw  upoa 
the  ubl*  as  ha  aat  down,  looked  fit  to  wield 
club  of  Hereolea  i  hia  &at  wen  eijnallT 
;a  in  their  proportion,  hit  ait  wu  va- 


larga  ii 

gaintr;  ana  m  ncooa  ruDer  taaa  waltad 
at  other  moi :  hia  baad  waa  broad  aad  flat 
towarda  tha  top  of  tba  aeall,  hit  laaliiiaa 
were  aot  Ul-fiwaad,  eseapting  that  thw  Unw- 
heail  waa  aometUas  too  low,  vhh  pnjact- 


Mt 


t^itivwj^Mrt.  Bny's  Dt  Fmx. 


[Apnli 


itoib ;  bis  ha!r  WIS  scrught,  bhiefcj  and  hnk; 
#id  !iB  nKnillh,  completely  envdoped  in  a 
tfll^k  btthv  betfd,  ccrald  obIj  be  dlstingiiisb- 
«d  (fet  with  a  row  of  wbtte  teeth)  when  some 
oeetoion  of  rare  note  excited  a  langb  or  a 
^rfii,  which,  contrasted  with  the  habitual  sa- 
TaCtt  air  of  his  general  aspect,  aeemed  to  ex* 
|iRts  not  a  passion  of  mirth,  bntofmaTice, 
in  hnpoke  too  horrible  to  be  earthly ;  and 
IhH  swuthy  complerion,  so  common  to 
die  moontuneers  of  Gascony,  was  in  Lm 
Mengeant  rendered  yet  of  a  deeper  ti^ 
b%  cootinna!  exposore  to  the  heats  of  the 
MBirtiy,  throng  which  he  led  his  marand- 
tng  bands  of  £rM  companies." 

The  Cellarer  and  Leech  of  St.  Mary's 
Priisry  is  another  wdl-drawn  character : 

**  None  conld  so  well  appreciate  the  troe 
smack  of  fine  old  Burgundy,  Claret,  and 
Suk,  whilst  tasting  and  viewing  it  sparkling 
and  shining  all  transparent  in  the  glass,  as 
ke  held  it  up  against  the  light,  and  contem- 
plated its  hoes  with  one  eye  open  and  the 
other  elosed.  For  choosing  wines  Bemardin 
was  the  Prior's  own  man.  He  greatly  va- 
lued himself  upon  the  learned  craft  with 
which  he  compounded  his  drugs,  and 
readily  prescribed  them  to  ethers,  yet  never 
was  imown  to  taste  so  much  as  one  drop  of 
bis  own  physic." 

^'  Berore  he  had  become  a  brother  of  the 
monastic  rule,  he  had  exercised  the  office  of 
a  Romish  Pardoner,  retailing  indulgences  at 
some  profit  (as  he  travelled  from  town  to 
town),  out  of  a  wallet  or  bag  of  conse- 
crated leather." 

«  The  appearance  of  Brother  Bemardin 
offered  notDin^  forbidding ;  he  had  a  short 
round  plump  figure,  finished  by  a  head  and 
fitce  that  rivalled  in  colour  the  glowing  hue 
of  the  vintage,  of  whose  produ^  he  was  so 
able  a  judge.  A  keen  grey  eye,  and  a  cer- 
tain air  of  shrewd  good  hiunour,  seemed  to 
bespeak  more  the  character  of  the  jovial 
keeper  of  a  hostelry,  than  the  grave  and 
leaned  Leech.  Bemardin  was  dressed  in 
the  habit  of  the  Benedictine  rale.  From 
his  girdle  depended  a  rosary  and  a  large 
bunch  of  keys." 

Id  the  occopttion  of  John  the 
Chronicler,  we  ha^  a  hint  at  the  de- 
vastation which  was  sometimes  made 
by  the  manusettpt  writers  of  the  Gothic 
age  on  the  transcripts  of  the  Classic 
wrilert.  We  must  observe,  however, 
that  the  classic  Writers  at  the  pe- 
riod on  which  Mrs.  Bray  treats  had, 
we  believe,  got  into  much  esteem  with 
the  Clergy,  and  that  such  barbarous 
erasures  were  the  sins  of  a  orach  earlier 
ag^ft  How  would  the  contrary  agree 
wiik  ihe  atseition,  that  *'  Learoiog^ 
took  her  refoge  in  the  dwelKng  of  the 


Monk?*'    We  will,  howcrcr,  notice 
John  and  his  trade,  in  her  own  words : 

**  I  have  brought  you,  holy  father  (aaid 
the  Chronicler^,  the  book  I  wrote  at  your 
desire,  and  wmch  Walter  the  illuminator 
has  just  finished,  that  it  may  be  ready  as 

{ou  directed,  to  present  to  the  Count  da 
oix,  at  the  fesUval  of  our  lady.  I  have 
brought  also  these  parchments,  which  it 
has  cost  me  much  trouble  to  erase  and  clear 
of  their  original  matter,  in  order  to  make 
room  for  tne  homilies  of  the  blessed  St. 
Hildebert.  The  matter  of  these  writings 
was  in  the  Latin  tongue,  composed  by  on* 
Sir  Titos  Livy,  a  great  heathen.  Knowing 
that  after  times  would  never  think  of  him» 
whilst  my  Chronicles  would  be  read  by  the 
latest  posterity,  I  have  not  scrupliKi  to 
make  Sir  Titus  give  place  to  me  in  these 
parchments." 

Will  of  the  West,  the  merry  Eng- 
lish page,  tells  us, 

"He  rides  with  his  lady  to  the  chase, 
awakes  the  echoes  of  the  wood  that  mock 
his  merry  bom — soothes  her  with  his  song 
(of  which  talent,  by  the  bye,  he  gives  a 
vretty  poetical  specimen*),  dtseonrses  to 
her  on  love  and  chivalry,  follows  her  to 
court  and  thrift,  laughs  with  her  when  she 
is  merry,  weeps  with  her  when  she  is  sad, 
can  bear  a  letter  for  her,  a  token  or  a 
message,  can  boldly  speak  ^be  truth  for 
her,  and  new  and  then  a  Ue — if  necessary." 

Nor  must  we,  in  this  brief  view  of 
the  actors  in  Mrs.  Bray's  Romance, 
forget  the  blunt,  the  honest,  faithful 
esquire  Agos,  who  with  his  master  Sir 
Equitan,  are  the  first  lo  enter  on  the 
^  stage.  We  would  give  the  Dungeon 
Scene  between  Agos  and  his  master, 
did  our  limits  admit  (?ol.  ii.  p.  199). 

There  are  several  points  in  these  vo- 
lumes which  we  have  here  no  opportu- 
nity of  noticing  by  extracts,  the  foirest 
mode  of  criticism,  because  they  enable 
the  reader  in  some  degree  to  judge  for 
himself.  There  are  many  spirited  de- 
scriptions of  romantic  scenery,  Gothic 
fanes,  and  embattled  fortresses.  A 
moonlight  scene  by  the  river  Gave  is, 
in  our  estimation,  very  beautiful  (p. 
247,  vol.  i.) 

We  have  Conrtly  feasts.  Proves* 
sions.  Tournaments,  and  Sieges;  de- 
tails of  Ecclesiastical,  Civil,  and  Mili- 
tary costume.  With  these  tht  Anti- 
quary will  be  pleased ;  while  the  gene- 
ral Reader  will  find  himself  aroused 
by  the  variety  <»f  the  characters,  «tid 
conduct  of  the  Tale.  The  langtrtige  is 
generally  natnral  and  easy :  some  stn- 

.u: u : i = — ^— i. 

*  See  Select  Poetry  for  Ibis  Number. 


i»m 


BfTiiv*— *V!|pi0f^  Q\nkwtm§, 


tences  we  thoqghl  ptfhapt  too  kiqgi 
tome  lorot  of  txpfcmon  there  ere 
which  the  Aothor  might  henelf  hate 
wished  to  excheoge  on  revittoo ;  but 
whet  modero  writer  follows  the  Ho- 
n^an  maxim  of  giving  his  composi- 
tions a  long  probation  in  his  closet? 

In  our  opinion  this  Romance  will 
add  to  the  reputation  Mrs.  Bray  hu 
already  acquired  by  her  "  Letters  from 
Normandy  and  Britanny/'  and  is  a 
very  happy  attempt  in  a  line  of  writinflt 
which  had  so  long  been  pre-occupica 
by  a  Master-hand  as  to  raider  the  no* 
dertakiog  one  of  adventurous  daring. 


88.  An  History  rf  Oie  Abbey  ^Glsston  i 
oMd  rfihe  Tnon  ^Obttoabory.  By  Ike 
Rn.  Richard  Wsmer,  Rector  of  6m* 
Chi«6e1d,Wilts>^<;.  4lo.pp,S94,  Crutt- 
well,  Bftth. 

IT  is  somewhat  singular  that  the 
Histoiy  and  Antiquities  of  the  most 
celebrated  Monastery  of  our  Island 
should  have  hitherto  escaped  the  oo^ 
tice  of  the  Yarious  authors  who  have 
illustrated  the  Topography  of  our 
Kingdom ;  for  if  we  except  the  very 
valuable  documents  published  by  Tho- 
mas Hbarhb,  nothing  substantial  or 
satisfactory  has  been  produced. 

But  we  are  now  at  leugth  able  to 
hail  the  publication  of  a  most  interest- 
ing history  of  this  far-famed  Abbey, 
by  an  able  and  experienced  author, 
and  issuing  from  the  liberal  patron- 
age of  the  worthy  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese. If  we  may  form  an  opinion  from 
the  respectable  list  of  Subscribers,  in- 
cluding almost  all  the  distinguish- 
ed gentry  of  the  County,  we  hope 
that  Mr.  Warner  will  be  compensated 
for  the  labour  of  his  researches,  not 
only  by  an  increase  of  literary  fame, 
but  by  future  profit. 

The  auihor  has  arranged  his  work 
in  tlie  following  order  : 

1.  A  long  Preface. 

8.  Explanation  of  the  Plates  and  of 
the  articles  in  iY\p  Appendix. 

3.  History  of  tne  Abk>ey  and  Town. 

4.  Appendix,  including  a  reprint  of 
Mr.  Eyston's  "Little  Monument"  of 
the  History  of  Glastonbury,  written 
in  1716  ;  various  Charters,  &c. 

Some  interesting  Memoirs  are  given 
of  Charles  Eyston.  Esq.  the  author  of 
the  "  Little  Monument,**  which  was 
published  by  Hearne  in  his  history  of 
Glastoubuiy,  and  is  now  judiciously 


lepnnted,  being  nif  |o«iQ%  9ftA  \m 

fiir  t)^  iiiOit^diiiUo  i«Mid  M  of  iIm 
otkehnted  Mooattei^r.  throwwg  \m^ 
portent  Ii|^  ob  ite  hkkutf  at  ji  period 
when  the  Abbey  was  \m  e  less  oilapn 
dated  state.  Oi»a  kuttdred  and  forqf^ 
ei^ht  pages  are  occupied  In  ^e  foio- 
going  accoontt.  Tie  author  then 
enters  into  the  more  modem  historj 
of  the  Abbey  and  Town  of  Glntoii* 
borv,  which  extends  to  pagjp  S80. 

On  a  review  of  the  numeioaa  platei 
contained  in  thu  Toluaie»  we  era  gfaj 
to  find  that  no  sol^ectt  hjave  bem  ao^ 
lected  which  do  not  tend  to  ilkntnle 
the  lest,  nor  do  we  find  the^eny  ob* 
jecu  of  imfwrtence  have  been  oonttodn 

The  spirited  etchtnos  of  the  North 
and  Soutn  portals,  ana  the  very  siiunH 
lar  Abbev-clock  (now  in  WeHs  &• 
thedral)  oy  Batire,  claim  oar  atten- 
tion; as  well  as  the  S.E.  view  oC 
Joseph  of  Arimathea's  Chapel,  the 
Abbey  Kitchen  and  Bam,  the  Market 
Cross,  and  the  Old  George,  or  Pil^ 
grim*s  Inn,  by  HaiHi.    There  are  two 

§ood  geneval  views  of  Glaaton  by  T. 
hew,  Esq.  of  Bath,  with  other  au^ 
cellaneous  articles. 

Mr.  Hobson  of  Bath  has  added  se- 
veral clever  etchings,  two  beautiful 
specimens  of  ancient  sculpture,  and 
two  views  of  the  Holy  Well  and  Crypt, 
which  have  been  very  lately  discover-< 
ed;  and  upon  the  wnole,  the  plates 
seem  to  have  been  both  well  choscn« 
and  ably  executed. 

We  may  possiblv  again  revert  to  this 
valuable  Topographical  Work. 

89.  Polwhsla't  Traditiont,  ^<r. 

THE  second  volume  contains  Let- 
ters from  more  recent  worthies,  and  ia 
ripe  with  that  species  of  information 
wnich  requires  that  we  recur  to  the 
intention  of  the  Author,  in  furnishing, 
his  family  with  a  faithful  aooount  m 
his  Literary  career,  to  absoWe  him  from 
the  sin  of  tediousness.  We  allude  to 
the  critical  opinions  of  Reviewers  on 
his  various  works,  than  which  nothing 
can  be  more  uninteresting.  From  the 
mass  of  Letters  we  select  the  following 
from  Whittaker,  on  Predestination. 
«  DsAR  Six, 

«  I  WM  not  able  to  iiad  over  your  wssk 
on  PredetttDAtloa  bafim  this  dsf  •  I  Hmk 
■aS  down  to  it,  tnrotd  doeia  Ispaes  ia 
sbiiiidaa4Ni  m  I  read,  and  msafif  to  ba»a  le- 
tuud  it  (torn  ead  to  ends  bet  I  find  am 
tine  too  short  finr  a  coent  so  loag.   I 


S44 


RBTiBW.-^P(dwbde*s  TradUioru  andRetollectumt.       lAptUy 


thaitfon  tbrow  aside  what  I  had  begun  to 
wnHBf  and  shall  only  make  two  or  three  ob- 
lenrattont  in  general  upon  it.  The  doctrine 
of  eternal  election  and  reprobation,  comes 
with  sach  a  sound  to  the  ears  of  even  un- 
edncated  reason,  that  the  mind  receives  it 
with  aversion,  and  dwells  upon  It  with  in- 
cretting  disgust.  The  doctrine,  indeed,  is 
so  pregaaot  with  consequences  both  to  God, 
and  to  man,  that  nothing  in  the  whole 
cirele  of  demonstrations  could  possibly  prove 
il.  Not  an  angel  speaking  it  from  Heaven 
eonld  possibly  reconcile  the  intellect  of  man 
to  the  belief  of  it.  If  a  decree  has  been 
made  for  the  absolute  salvation  or  damnation 
of  any  man,  then  all  other  modes  and  means 
are  utterlj  useless,  the  Redemption  itself  is 
»  naUity,  and  the  Bible  a  mere  mockery. 
,  *'  Nor  is  the  case  mended,  even  if  we 
lake  the  only  novelty  that  occurs  in  this 
book,  and  extend  the  decree  of  salvation 
into  a  decree  also  of  religiousness.  The 
same  objection  still  remains  in  full  force. 
Tlie  religiousness  that  is  decreed,  cannot 
possibly  he  religiousness  at  all.  But  sin 
BBOSt  also  be  decreed  upon  the  same  prin- 
ciple, in  order  tp  carry  the  decree  of  dam- 
nation into  effect.  And  as  a  rule  of  action 
given  from  Heaven  is  an  errant  superfluity 
Ml  itself,  if  a  decree  determines  at  once  the 
religiousness  or  sinfulness  of  the  party ;  so 
•11  the  calls  of  God,  frequent  as  tney  are  in 
Scripture,  to  repent  and  be  saved,  are  add- 
ing insult  to  injury  on  the  heads  of  the 
already  reprobated. 

<*  The  doctrine,  indeed,  is  so  horrible  in 
itself,  so  blasphemous  to  God,  and  so 
nozioQs  to  man,  that  the  Lutherans  have 
justly  reproached  the  Calvinists  with  turning 
God  into  a  devil  by  it. 
■  "  What  then,  you  will  ask,  is  to  be  done 
with  the  passages  in  Scripture,  that  seem  to 
announce  such  a  doctrine?  The  same,  I 
answer,  that  has  been  always  done  by  them 
among  the  great  body  of  Christians ;  by  in- 
terpreting them  with  latitude,  by  under- 
ftandmg  them  to  mean  any  thing  (I  had 
almost  said)  rather  than  this,  and  by  keep- 
ing their  meaning  at  least  within  such 
bounds  as  shall  not  render  the  very  Book  in 
which  they  are  found  a  mere  cipher. 

**  This  may  seem  to  give  too  free  a  rein 
to  interpretations  merely  human.  I  will 
^  therefore  exemplify  the  proper,  the  neces- 
sary use  of  it.  '  All  things  shall  work  to- 
gether for  good  to  them  that  love  God.' 
*  All  things,*- — would  a  reader,  reasoning 
like  a  Calvinist,  repeat,  and  therefore  Sin 
itself.  He  would  thus  turn  a  single  sen- 
tence of  the  Scriptures  against  all  the  rest, 
and  annihilate  every  promise,  every  threat, 
every  exhortation  against  sin. 

"This  shews  you,  as  in  a  mirror,  the 
necessity  of  recurring  to  such  interpreta- 
^ons  of  single  passages,  as  reconcile  them 
with  the  whole,  and  carry  on  one  regidar 
ayitematic  pUn  with  all,  lor  the  rescue  of  a 


&]len  world  from  sin  and  destradion. 

«  And  I  subscribe  myself  in  haste,  dtar 
Sir,  yours,  J.  Whitakul" 

The  following  Letter  from  Mr. 
Cobbett  exhibits  an  amasing  proof  of 
the  versatility  of  his  writings,  and  may 
aflbrd  him  materials  for  reflection  at 
the  present  moment. 

W.  Cobbett  to  R.  P. 

«  Dear  Sir,    Pali  Mall,  Oct.  10, 1 800. 

**  Your  letter  expresses  your  acknowledg- 
ments of  the  favour,  as  you  are  pleased  to 
term  it,  I  did  you  in  introducing  yoii  to 
America.  But,  Sir,  you  have  to  thank  the 
excellence  of  your  little  work  for  the  intro- 
duction ;  and  as  to  the  manner  in  which  it 
%ras  done,  I  am  only  sorry  it  was  not  more 
worthy  of  the  occasion. 

"  While  I  applaud  your  generous  wish 
to  forego  the  tranquillity  of  your  present 
state,  for  the  purpose  of  contribuUng  your 
share  of  influence  towards  the  preservation 
of  the  country,  I  roust  confess  I  should  be 
sorry  to  see  you  make  the  sacrifice,  being 
well  assured,  that,  in  less  than  a  month, 
you  would  retire  from  this  scene  o&  noise 
and  nonsense,  filled  with  disgust  and  despair. 

"Mr.  Gifford  has  lately  been  very  much 
occupied  in  his  office.  The  L(mdon  mob 
got  drunk,  and  then  they  very  naturally 
clamoured  for  bread ;  being  fully  persuaded 
of  the  reasonableness  of  the  good  old  pro- 
verb, that '  there  is  as  much  friendship  in 
eating  as  in  drinking,'  they  adjourned  from 
the  porter-houses  and  gin-shojps  to  the 
cheesemongers  and  bakers.  But,  as  it  fre- 
quently happens  with  the  Sovereign  People, 
they  seem  totally  to  have  overlooked  a  very 
material  point;  for,  in  their  hurry,  ths^ 
equality  of  which  they  are  such  admirers, 
was  entirely  lud  aside,  and  they  gave  all 
their  money  to  the  dealers  in  drink,  while 
they  wished  to  have  butter  and  bread  for 
nothing.  Their  disorders  were,  however, 
easily  put  an  end  to,  though  not  without 
considerable  trouble  and  vexation  to  the 
magistrates,  among  whom  our  worthy  friend 
Mr.  Gifford  acted  a  very  distinguished  and 
honourable  part.  As  a  magistrate,  as  well 
as  a  writer,  he  is  a  most  vigilant,  active, 
courageous,  and  persevering  man. 

"  I  am  glad  to  hear  that  he  is  likely  to 
have  still  more  of  your  help,  of  which,  I 
think,  his  office  will  place  him  in  great 
need.  The  honour  which  Mr.  Giffojpd's 
office  confers  on  him  is  but  a  poor  compen- 
sation for  the  toil  it  occasions,  and  for  the 
time  it  necessarily  substracts  from  that 
which  would  otherwise  be  employed  on  the 
Review,  which  is,  in  my  opinion,  of  much 
greater  consequence  to  uie  nation  than  the 
office  of  a  police  magistrate.  The  moment 
I  heard  of  nis  ^pointment  I  expressed  my 
fears  of  the  conseouences,  and  those  fears 
were  bot  too  well  founded;  Ibr  however 
great  may  be  th«  aid  he  receives  from  other 


1M5.]        Rivinr.— n^fvhefe'i  Vn^^Hmu  mtd  HmUmikm.         Mft 


Anitflfty  dM  work  dnMadt  t  pod  dail  of    roof  of  o  haUttttion  otok  oi  1«  Aifaodf 

ttflM  at  bif  ova  luuidt.    Ho  is  upon  the  ivfieieBtlj  Moladad  bam  Um  hmj  lfe«Blt 

•pot,  «ad  b  acqiMuiitod  with  a  tnoosaad  of  men  to  enable  him  to  pome  bit  a^nditi 

■aaterial  circnnutaacet  whieb  relate  to  die  wttboat  iateimptioii,  wbHel  it  vaa  oonti- 

work,  and  whicb  are  entirel j  unknown  to  guqut  to  tbe  scene  dT  bis  dailj  kboor.    Im- 

genileroen  at  a  distance.  mediate]/  Daniel  went  to  vork>  and  can- 

'*  ShouM  yon  come  to  London,  let  me  tionsly  excavating  tbe  cartb  tudemeatby  to 

hope  to  have  tbe  bonoor  of  seeing  you  nearly  tbe  extent  of  tbe  stone  abovot  be 

under  my  roof.    Be  assured.  Sir,  that  there  obtained  a  habication  whicb  be  tbonght 

is  no  one  who  entertains  a  higher  respect  sufficiently   oommodioos.     The    sides   he 

for  you  than  lined    with    stone,    cemented   with   lime, 

"  Yours,  Sec                W.  CoBBBTT.  whilst  a  chimney  was  made,  by  perforating 

The  following  honourable  notice  of  ±^  ^H^J^  '!fl^Jl!^\J'^ 

tk.  «<  •«*«»l«..««n  ^r  *\^  !«.#»»  :.  I.  \i,M^  '**•  elevated  spot  on  which  stood  this  ex- 

the     gentlemen  of  the  last    »  a  lilc-  traordbary  dwdfling,  could  be  ecMi  Dart- 

rarj  curiosity.  moor  and  Exmoor  on  theEaat;  Hartfaod 

**  GiffiMd  and  Drew  were  both  shoe-  on  the  North ;  tbe  sea  and  port  of  Ply- 
Budnrs ;  so  was  Holcroft,  whose  dramatic  mouth  on  tbe  South ;  and  Si.  Auetell  and 
pieces  have  done  him  more  credit  than  his  Roach  hills  on  the  Westi  with  all  the  in- 
political  priuciples.  Robert  Bloomfield  was  termedlate  beautiful  scenery.  The  top  of 
a  shoe-maker,  when  he  wrote  hb  '  Farmer's  the  rock  which  roofed  his  house,  served 
Bov.'  Dr.  William  Carey,  Prolessor  of  San-  Daniel  for  an  observatory,  where,  at  every 
sent  and  Bengalee  in  the  College  of  Fort  favourable  opportunity,  he  watched  tbe  mo- 
Williaro,  Calcutu,  and  translator  of  tlie  tions  of  tbe  heavenly  bodies ;  and  on  the 
Scriptures  into  many  of  the  Eastern  Ian-  surface  of  which,  with  hb  chisel,  he  carved 
ffoages,  was  in  early  life  a  shoe-maker  in  avariety  of  diagrams,  illustrative  of  tbe  most 
Northamptonshire ;  and  Mr.  John  Strotben,  difficult  problems  in  Euclid,  Sic.  These  he 
the  author  of  '  The  Poor  Man's  Sabbath,'  left  behind  him,  as  evidences  of  the  pa- 
^The  Peasant's  Death,*  and  other  poems,  is  tienoe  and  ingenuity  with  whidi  be  sur- 
stitl,  1  believe,  a  shoe-maker.  I  could  add  mounted  the  obstacles  that  hb  station  In 
other  names  of  some  celebrity  to  tbe  list,  lift  had  pUoed  in  the  way  of  hb  mental 
And  whence  it  happens  that  the  old  adage,  improvement. 

*  ne  sutor  ultra  crepidam,'  should  be  sool&n  *'  But  the  choice  of  hb  house,  and  the 

eet  at  nought,  might  furnish  matter  for  mode  in  which  he  pursued  hb  studies,  were 

pleasant  speculation.     Perhaps  the  admo-  not  hb  only  eccentricities.     Hb  boose  be- 

nitory  proverb  originated  in  tbe  overween-  cam*  his  chapel  alto ;  and  be  was  never 

ing  and  ridiculous  ambition  of  tbe  gentle-  known  to  descend  from  the  erannr  Bsoun- 

men  of  the  UuL     But  we  do  not  perceive  tain  on  which  it  stood,  to  attendJW«  parish 

in  either  of  the  mstances  above,  that  <  Cyn-  church  or  any  otlier  place  of  worship, 

thius  aurem  vellit  et  admonuit."  **  Death,  which  alike  seizes  on  the  phi- 

rr>      ,.              ,                J  J  .1.     !_•  losopber  and  the  fool,  at  length  found  out 

To  this  may  be  appended  the  hw-  the  retreat  of  Danbl  Gum,  and  lodged  him 

tory   of  a   Solitary,  who,  as  Mr.  Pol-  Iq  »  house  more  narrow  than  that  whtoh  be 

whele  observes,  may  be  considered  as  had  dug  for  himself." 

a   meet  companion   for  the    "  Black  tu^.^  *«,  ..«.:-..,-  u-    .t  i 

T\     fC**        ^  Inere  are  various  beautiful   speci- 

^^   '  mens  of  poetry  scattered  through  the 

«Dsniel  Gam  wet  born  in  tbe  parish  of  volume.     From  much  that  is  excellent, 

Lmkinhome,  in  Cornwall,  about  tbe  com-  ^e  conclude  our  extracts,  with  a  most 

■nencement  of  the  la.t  century,   and  was  lender  address  from  Mr.Polwhele  to 

br«l  a  .tone-cutter.     In  the  early  part  of  his  son  in  India, 
tus  life  be   wu  remarkable  for  bu  love  of 

reading  end  a  degree  of  reserve,  even  ex-  "  Take — take,  my  son !  to  firbndship  true, 

ceedtog   what  b  observable  in  persons  of  O  take  thb  gift  *  to  genius  dear — 

studious  habiu.     By  close  application.  Da-  '  All  gold — all  roses  !' — to  renew 

nbl  acquired,  even  in  bit  youth,  a  consi-  The  features  of  the  fleeted  year, 

derable  stock  of  mathem^ical  knowledge ;  ,,  j^^  j  ,^    ^  ^  ^^^  ^^  , 

and,    .n   con«jqaence,    became    celebrated  To  fitncy,  feel»ng,-still  alive, 

throughout  the  adjoining  pr'«h«».     Called  ^b^^  wilt  rejoice  ;  and  hail  thy  tire  !- 

by  hi.  occupjition  to  hew  blocks  of  mnite  ^b    sire  stUl  young  at  iixty-Jhe^ 

on  tbe  oeigbbouriDg  commons,  and  espe-  '                 ^     -o            ^.z 

cially  in  tbe  vicinity  of  that  great  natural  «  Yet,  O !  for  thee  whom  duty  bora 

curiosity,  called  tbe  Cheese-wring  ;  be  dis-  So  soon  to  India's  fiery  clime, 

covered  near   thb  spot  an  imroeuM  block,  Myfluttering  hopes  would  foin  explore 

wboee  upper  surfiu:«  was  an  inclined  plane.  The  shadowy  depths  of  futura  time. 

Thb,  it  struck  biro,  might  be  nude  the  ..^_.._-— — ^— ~ 

GsHT.  Mao.  jlpril,  1896.  *  The  Literary 

8 


IIetibwJ— NicoWt  Tatdmenia  reiuiia. 


S46 

«  When  ihoa  hast  hid  me,  dntt  to  dotty 
lifigh  liim  *,  whom  all  my  tool  rereres ; 

To  thy  own  parent'f  memory  just, 
I  hear  thy  fight,  I  tee  thy  teara. 

**  I  tec  thee  mark  the  modett  pewt 

Which  glifnmer  from  the  northern  aitle^ 

Where  ^  the  latt-left  peatant  viewt 
Tliat  ermined  crost  with  grateful  tmile. 

'<  I  tee  thee  read  in  jpentive  mood 
The  monumental  linet,  that  tell 

*  How  firm  in  liie  the  Chrittian  ttood ! 
How  calm  in  death  the  Christian  fell  i' 

^*  ^o  these  gray  walls  thy  spirit  turns. 
And  in  thy  father's  fancies  rich, 

Amidst  their  Gothic  tracery  bums^ 

The  expanding  arch,  the  unclosing  niche ; 

**  Here  pleas'd,  where  wave  yon  infant  woods 
To  finish  what  thy  sire  essay'd. 

O'er  bolder  rocks  to  fling  the  floods. 
And  deepen  all  the  tranquil  shade. 

''  But  kneel  to  her  who  nurtur*d  thee  !— 
Thy  brothers — sisters — O  sustain ! 

And  teach  them,  without  harmony 

Their  highest  bliss — how  false,  how  vain  ! 

**  And  where  is  young  Rosanna  ? — Where  ? 

Sure,  such  a  heart — so  kind  as  thine — 
Well  merits  the  sweet  wreath  to  share 

Which  Love's    own  hands  for   Hymen 
twine. 

**  Thnt  musing,  many  a  tear  I  shed, 
As  down  yon  vale  my  steps  I  bend. 

For  '  joy  to  think  when  I  am  dead 

My  son  shall  have  mankind  his  friend ' — 

"  For  joy  to  think,  my  son  shall  find 
Still  to  his  duteous  bosom  giv'n, 

A  friend  surpassing  all  mankind  — 
A  father  and  a  friend — in  Heaven  !*' 

In  concluding  our  imperfect  nolice 
of  these  very  interesting  volumes,  and 
on  referring  to  the  further  projected 
labours  of  Mr.  Polwhele,  we  would 
desire  to  offer  our  sincere  acknowledg- 
ments for  the  past,  and  our  best  wishes 
for  the  future.  May  the  leisure  which 
he  dignifies  by  useful  and  polite  lite- 
rature be  still  .blessed  and  continued  to 
him ;  and  as  '*  the  chief  glory  of  every 
people  arises  from  its  authors,"  so  in 
this  Augustan  sera  of  British  Litera- 
ture will  he  occupy  a  niche  in  that 
imperishable  temple  which  the  Nine- 
teenth Century  has  erected  to  her  wor- 
thies, numerous  and  great  "  beyond  all 
Greek,  beyond  all  Roman  fame.** 


90.  Nicolas's  Testamenta  Vetusta, 

fCondudedfrom  p,  244.J 

WE  shall  conclude  our  notices  with 
tome  peculiar  opinions  and  customs  of 
our  ancestors. 


[April,, 


*  Thomas  Polwhele,  Esq. 


The  alienation  of  property  from  the 
heir  of  an  ancient  family  was  thought 
to  merit  God's  indignation.  William 
Fitzwilliam,  Esq.  says, 

«  Whereas  William  FiUwiDiam,  my  dear 
ancestor,  entailed  the  aforesaid  lordships, 
with  the  manor  of  Plumtree,  in  com.  Not- 
tingham, to  the  taid  John  Fitzwilltam  and 
hit  helri  male,  it  ahall  never  be  jnttly  uud 
of  me,  that  1  am  a  hinderer  of  him,  and 
his  being  of  my  blood  and  name,  which  Gk>d 
hath  so  long  blessed  with  worship  and  an- 
cientry, that  I  think  all  such  as  go  about 
to  prejudice  the  tame  cannot  avoid  liit 
plague  and  indignation."  ii.  p.  546, 

The  following  is  a  curious  mo<Ie  of 
providing  for  bastirds.  Admiral  Sit 
Edward  Howard  says, 

'*  Whereas  I  have  two  bastards,  I  give 
the  King's  grace  the  choice  of-  them,  be- 
seeching his  grace  to  be  good  Lord  to  them, 
and  that  when  he  cometh  of  age,  he  may 
be  his  servant ;  and  him,  that  the  King's 
grace  chuseth,  I  bequeath  him  my  hark, 
called  *  Genett,'  with  all  apparel  and  artil- 
lery, and  U.  to  begin  his.  stock  with  ;  the 
other  I  bequeath  to  my  special  trusty  friend 
Charles  Brandoii,  praying  him  to  be  good 
master  unto  him,  and  for  because  he  hath 
no  ship,  I  bequeath  to  him  c  marks  to  tet 
him  forward  in  the  world."     P.  5S4. 

In  p.  1 1 1  we  find  a  sword  devised 
with  a  blessing  annexed,  and  the  same 
with  a  gold  chain,  books,  beds»  &c. 
141,  154.  It  seems  to  have  been  ah 
indirect  injunction  to  preserve  it. 

It  is  well  knovi^n,  tnat  money  was 
given  in  legacies  for  the  marriage- 
portions  of  poor  virgins.  Testators 
also  directed  whom  their  children 
should  marry.  "  I  will  that  little 
Harry,  my  bastard,  which  is  Katha- 
rine Flindern's  son,  have  Ciceley 
Charlton  to  his  wife."    P.  412.  • 

Presents  were  ordered  to  be  made 
by  executors  to  particular  persons,  in 
order  that  the  memory  of  the  defunct 
might  be  retained.     P.  156. 

Sir  Humphrey  Stafford,  Knt.  who 
died  in  1463,  orders, 

"That  Mr.  Nicholas  Goss,  and  Mr. 
Watts,  Warden  of  the  Grey  Friary  at  Ex- 
eter, shall  for  the  salvation  of  his  toul,  go 
to  every  parish  Church  in  the  counties  qf 
Dorsett  Somerset,  ffilts,  Devon,  and  Corn- 
wall,  and  say  a  Sermon  in  every  Church, 
town,  or  other/'    P.  301. 

In  pp.  3l6,  317»  we  find  lands  left 
on  condition  of  loyalty  to  the  reign- 
ins  Monarch. 

There  was  a  preference  given  in  be- 
quests to  old  nuns,  over  yoopg  ones. 


188S.] 


RiTisw^~WalpQlc*s  dmdioUM  0/  Pdyfiiifw 


M7 


Chrif topher  Lord  Wilk>4ghby  of  Eret- 
bjdevites, 

«To  th*  PriofMt  [of  CtaoMy]  n«.| 
Co  cvtry  of  tbo  old  mut  vii .  Tttid.  to  Mob 
of  tht  young  Dint  Uii.  Wrf/*    P.  438. 

Part  of  the  furniture  io  Manor- 
houses  was  tometimes  for  public  uses. 

<•  I  be<)ueath  my  tiro  coftrlidtj  one  of- 
cottony  th«  other  of  tilk^  the  one  to  the 
church  of  Bailham,  the  otiier  to  the  Church 
of  Stoke,  and  to  remain  in  the  manor  of 
Bailham.  I  will  that  the  new  great  hratt 
pot  reeoain  in  the  manor  of  Bailham»  to  the 
latenty  that  when  the  brethren  of  the  guOd 
of  the  Church  of  Darmeeden,  make  their 
dinner,  they  maj  occupy  the  tame  pot  ton 
the  time*  and  to  delirer  it  again  b  the  iaid 
manor  of  Beilham."    P.  83 1 . 

The  seal  of  a  Testatrix  not  beinjg 
generally  known,  she  requests  the  Bi- 
shop of  the  Diocese  to  affix  his  to  her 
will. 

Here  we  shall  leave  these  curious  and 
valuable  Tolumes.  There  is  a  kind  of 
)>atriarchal  character  attached  to  such 
venerable  documents ;  and  the  feelings 
with  which  we  peruse  them  are  similar 
to  those  that  attach  themselves  tocertain 
chapters  of  the  book  of  Genesis.  They 
show  that  there  may  be  ^andeur,  even 
in  circumstances  of  a  kind  prompted 
to  excite  only  humble  ideas,  if  divested 
of  the  accompaniments.  The  gift  of  a 
ring,  a  bushel  of  com,  a  bowl,  &c.  is 
f'a  ie  a  trivial  ikank'^e  affair;  but  the 
solemnity  of  a  dying  person,  thus  show* 
iiigs  his  regards,  adds  an  awful  holi- 
ness to  the  scene.  In  some  degree 
wills  are  portraits  of  the  character ; 
among  our  ancestors,  they  were  not 
in  their  construction,  mere  heartless 
legal  deeds.  They  were  monuments 
of  piety  and  affection,  and  even  their 
very'  littlenesses,  exhibit  family  feel- 
ings. They  sliow  domestic  habits  (the 
best  and  happiest  of  all  habits),  and 
they  remind  us  of  the  arm  chairs  for 
the  elders,  the  younger  members  at 
their  amusements,  and  all  happy  around 
the  6re-&ide.  No  lawyer  with  his  le- 
gal formalities,  lopped  and  cropped  the 
natural  affections  into  pollards  and 
maypoles.  All  is  humble,  but  all  is 
l)eautifu)ly  natural.  Our  feelings  as 
Antiquaries  may  mislead  us,  but  we 
think  that  Philosophers  cannot  con- 
demn us ;  for  there  are  both  reason 
and  happiness  in  living  at  home. 

To  Mr.  Nicolas,  it  is  unnecessary  to 
add  a  further  eulofjium  to  that  which 
we  have  already  given.  The  volumes 
arc  bandiomcly  got  up ;  the  notes  an 


aatiifocUHy;  the  Indeiet  aie  copbiia: 
and  the  aid  affi>rded  to  Genealogy  aod 
Biography  of  the  hi^ett  vatee^  be* 
cause  it  is  authentic.  The  iHuttratioos 
of  ancient  manners  are  valuable  ac- 
cessions to  History  in  a  general  view, 
for.  Without  sucti  a  knowledn»  we 
may  estimate  the  ahepherda  oT  Aica^ 
dia  by  rules  applicable  to  the  poluhed 
citizens  of  Athens.  There  is  tome- 
thing,  too,  uncommonly  odd,  in  men, 
who  could  not  write,  perhaps  not  read» 
having  their  title  ileeas  in  Latin  i  with . 
pompous  state  in  dress  and  furniture, 
and  the  manners  of  farmers;  with  their 
tables  loaded  with  p]ate,  and  wioe 
taken  only  as  a  cordial;  studious  of 
amplifying  their  estates  and  gorgeous 
moveables,  and  unfurnishing  their 
houses,  and  cutting  those  estates  into 
parcels  to  provide  Tor  children ;  with 
many  other  such  inconsistencies.  Bat 
such  were  the  lesults  of  living  out  of 
the  world ;  of  not  leaminc  mankind 
from  man,  of  not  making  life  a  game 
of  whist ;  and  though  no  man  wotdd 
now  adopt  such  habits,  yet  our  an- 
cestors dreaded  no  want  of  provision 
for  the  morrow.  The  estate  furnish- 
ed  all  that  they  wanted,  and  they 
neither  staked  tlieir  well-being  on  spe- 
culations, or  dreaded  bankruptcies. 

91*  Aneedota  qf  PainHng  in  Kiyland; 
tpith  tome  Aecoimt  rf  iht  frutdfal  Art* 
isU;  and  indderUal  Noiet  om  other  Arts, 
Collected  by  the  late  Mr.  George  Vertoe. 
By  Holu  H.  Walpole.  fHlh  eonttderaNa 
Additions  by  the  Rev,  Jamet  ]>allaway. 
Fid.  I.  Royal  8vo,  pp.  S6B,    J.  Major. 

Mr.  DALLAWAY  has  just  com* 

f>1eted  the  First  Volume  of  his  en- 
arsed  and  much- improved  Edition  of 
"  vValpole*s  Anecdotes  of  Panting, 
Architecture,**  &c.  His  spirited  pub- 
lislier,  Mr.  Major,  has  spared  no  ex- 
pense in  illustrating  it  with  highly- 
finished  Engravings,  by  artists  of  ac- 
knowledged talents,  viz.  Bromley, Wor- 
th ington,  Engleheart,  Audinet,  Free- 
man, Cooper,  and  H.Cook. 

The  Plates  in  Vol.  I.  consist  chiefly 
of  Portraiu  of  Mabuse,  Holbein,  Sir 
A.  More,  Van  Cleve,  F.  Hilliard,  J. 
Oliver,  and  Sir  N.  Bacon,  each  en- 
graved from  a  painting  of  himself. 

The  whole  work  will  consist  of  Bwt 
volumes,  uniform  with  Park'a  edilion 
of  the  «  Royal  and  Noble  Authors,'* 
and  the  embellishments  on  copper  will 
extend  to  70  or  80 ;  to  which  will  b« 
added  embellishmenti  of  the  architec- 


34d 


UiiceUaneouM 


i'^Literary  Intelligence, 


[April, 


tvre,  neatly  engrayed  on  wood ;  in 
which  mode  some  of  the  minor  Por- 
traits will  also  be  given. 

Mr.  Dallawa3r'8  numerous  additions 
are  judiciously  distinguished  by  brack- 
etSy  and  it  is  expected  they  will  be 
equal  in  bulk  to  at  least  one  half  of  the 
former  edition  of  the  work.  As  Mr. 
Walpole's  work  was  chiefly  confined 
to  Painting,  Mr.  Dallaway  proposes 
ID  his  additions  to  allot  a  j^eater  share 
to  the  sister  arts  of  Architecture  and 
Sculpture,  We  shall  shortly  notice 
the  first  Volume  of  this  interesting 
Work  more  at  length. 

99.  The  BeUl,  a  Tale,  pMsesses  mach 
onginality.    It  is  indeed  fbll  of  wit,  spirit. 


and  incident.  The  time  chosen  for  the  no- 
vel  is  in  the  middle  of  the  Eighteenth  Cen- 
tury }  the  scene,  Weatherall  Lodge,  Dor- 
setshire. The  characters  are  drawn  with 
considerable  force  and  knowledge  of  human 
nature.  Sir  W.  Sherbum  shows  much  de- 
cision of  character.  Friendship  is  well  per- 
sonified in  the  Re\r.  Kenord  Lutterworth, 
though  condemned  by  the  author  to  be 
ensnared  by  an  unprincipled  woman.  Helen 
Stanley  is  pleasingly  described,  a  victim  of 
love  disinterested,  but,  alas  !  nnretvmed. 


98.  Fancy* s  Sketch,  or  Gems  of  Poetry 
and  PFit,  is  a  neat  pocket  volume,  princi- 
pally compiled  from  the  periodical  Journals. 
Among  the  Poetry  we  observe  many  piecea 
by  Miss  Landon  and  Alario  A.  Watts,  of 
great  beauty  and  pathos. 


LITERARY    INTELLIGENCE. 


CAMnRiDGE,  jiprU  7. 

The  subject  of  the  Seatonian  Prize  Poem 
for  the  present  year  is,  "  The  Transfigura- 
tion." 

Members'  Prizes  :  The  subjects  for  the 
present  year  are,  fdr  the  Senior  Bachelors, 
Qtiales  Juerunt  afitiqwyrum  PhUosophorum 
de  ammi  immortaUtate  opiniones,  et  ex  qua' 
wm.  origine  ducta  f 

Middle  Bachelors  :  Quibumam  pneci' 
ful  artibus  recentiores  antiquos  exsuperantf 

Reedy  for  Publication, 

A  Discourse  on  the  Scriptural  Humanity 
of  Christ :  and  its  corruption  traced  during 
the .  times  of  the  Apostles,  and  until  the 
Nicene  and  Constantinopolitan  Creed  of 
Pope  Nicholas  I.  about  the  year  806.  By 
the  Rev.  Russell  Scott. 

Christian   Memorials  of  the  Nineteenth 
.  Century.     By  the  Rev.  Alfred  Bishop. 

A  new  Edition  of  Lives  of  Baron  Guild- 
ford, Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal ;  Hon. 
Sir  Dudley  North ;  and  of  Dr.  John  North. 
By  Hon. Roger  North;  with  Notes  and 
Illustrations. 

Illustrations  of  Anglo-Saxon  Poetry.  By 
the  late  Rev.  J.  J.  Connybeare,  Professor  of 
Anglo-daxon  and  of  Poetry,  at  Oxford. 

Digest  of  the  Facts  and  Principles  on 
Banking  and  Commerce;  with  a  plan  for 
preventing  future  rc-actions,  12mo. 

The  Progresses  of  King  James,  Part  XII. 

Memoirs  of  a  Serjeant  in  the  French 
Army,  written  by  Himself;  comprising  his 
Advcilatures  in  Spain,  Germany,  Kussia,  &c. 
from  1805  to  1833. 

Passatempi  Morali,  a  series  of  interest- 
ing Tales,  translated  into  Italian  from  the 
works  of  celebrated  Authors,  and  particu- 
larly designed  for  the  use  of  young  Ladies 
who  are  studying  the  Italian  Langviage. 

Dr.  PARis*s  new  work  on  Diet,  contain- 


ing a  system  of  rules  for  the  prevention  and 
cure  of  the  various  Diseases  incident  to  » 
disordered  state  of  the  Digestive  Functions. 

Experimental  Researches  on  the  Influ- 
ence of  Atmospheric  Pressure  upon  the 
Venous  Circulation,  Absorption,  and  the. 
prevention  and  cure  of  Hydrophobia,  and  the 
symptoms  arising  from  every  species  of  poi- 
soned wounds.     By  Dr.  Barry,  of  Paris. 

Remarks  on  the  Cultivation  of  tbe  Silk 
Worm,  with  Additional  Observations,  made 
in  Italy,  during  the  Summer  of  1825.  By- 
JoHN  Murray,  F.S.A.  Also,  by  the  same 
Author,  **  Experimental  Researenes  on  the 
Light  ami  Luminous  Matter  of  the  GIow- 
Worm,  the  Luminosity  of  the  Sea,  the  Phe- 
nomena of  the  Chameleon,  &c."  Also  *'  Ex- 
periments illustrative  of  Chemical  Science^ 
systematically  arranged." 

Preparing  for  Publication, 

Irish  Antiquarian  Researches.  By  Sir 
William  Bktbam,  F.S.A.  Ulster  King 
of  Arras  of  all  Ireland,  &c. 

Worthies  of  Christ's  Hospital,  or  Me- 
moirs of  Eminent  Blues.  To  which  will 
be  added  an  Historical  Account  of  the 
Royal  and  Ancient  Foundation  of  Christ's 
Hospital.  By  the  Rev.  Arthur-Spencer 
Burgess,  A.B. 

The  Missionary's  Memorial,  or  Verses  on 
the  Death  of  John  Lawson,  late  Misuon*^ 
ary  at  Calcutta.     By  Bernard  Barton. 

Flower's  gathered  in  Exile,  by  tbe  late 
Rev.  John  La wson.  Missionary  at  Calcutta. 

The  Historv,  Antiquities,  and  Topogra- 
phy of  the  Town  and  Borough  of  South- 
wark  and  Liberties;  including  the  whole 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour,  and  the  ad- 
jacent Parish  of  Christchurch,  with  No- 
tices of  «minent  or  remarkable  Persons,  lo- 
cal Anecdotes^,  genealogieal  and  heraldi*. 
Inquiries,  &e.  &c.    By  Rauph  LiNDaAY> 


LUerary  IntMigence.  Si9 

^  Bormeti,  Fanwr,  lod  otW  chlldnn.     Doctor  Fort- 
it  uf  "  The  Hii-  xa  hu  ■))  the  MSS.  UDoag  vhich  tre  01*07 
wnr  01  LAiB«tn.  nf  g"»t  curioiitji  pti.  DumeTMui  unpub- 

Pictur<H|U«  Vif  *>  vf  th*  Cilk*Mid(V  liilMdMSS.  ofLockF,  AJgeni<iDSydDe},u>d 

(bcdnb  of  EoDUntl  i  lioin  Dnoingi  hj  0.  otliK  litnui  i>r  thuu  thnn  i  nrj  oiunEr- 

t.  RouoH,    Member    at  the    Sociilf   of  wa  lltun  of  Locke,  Lord  Shlftfibuty,  of 

PauiUn  in  Wat«t  Colnun.  the  editor  of  Emf  ndMioon  in  Suiduo,  Mr. 

A  Tr«llK  un  the  Ditioe  Sorereigatr  :  Gough,  ud  olhen. 

la  vhich  l>  canteiacd  en  GipiHitiuii  of  the  A  Ruuhd  peMUC  Lu  lately  utitten  ■ 

Ttma^t*  "f  Sciipwre  which  We  been  lup-  peyra,  entitled  "  Vilkgera'  Putime  1"  ii  \% 

poHd  ID  bear  un  that  Subject.     Bj  Rubeit  much  ■dmirid,  tnJ  hii  dnt.D  upon  hln  thn 

WIUON.  A.M.  notice  of  the  Impninl  Fimil; ;  .ad  ■  letter, 

A   Populu  lattoduction  to  the  StuJj  oF  itij  ttaitering,  hu  been  addreiied  lu  hln 

ttw  Holj  Scriptutei,  deilpwd  f-ir  the  me  frocn  the  Preiident  of  the  Acadenij  of  Art* 

of  mete  Eogliih  (cadeti.     B;  Wm.  Cun-  and  Scionoi,  who  h»  aim  tent  him  •  enld 

rarTU,  Eiiitoiof  the  "CrilittBiUlca."  medal.     The  Emperor  hu  pieioDled  him 

A  Combined  Viair  of  thi  Pruphecia.    Bj  with  a  kifUn  of  rich  velvet,  tha  Empret* 

Mr.  Fniai,  in  wbicli  he  hu  availed  him-  Aleiudrina  with   a  gold  ntrli,   and   the 

•elf  of  the  advaolagea  lor  petfecting   thi)      Empieu  Mother  alto  with  ■  gold  Hilcb. 

Ml^ct,  which  hare  been  aSordeJ  bj  the  Tlie  peuut'i  nune  i>  Peodoi  Stepucnhkin. 

)h«  tiplniiuD  of  Mother  crand  prt^betic  At  Eraoi'i  Roonit  lalrlv,  at  a  lala  of  ■ 

'pctiod;  the  1 41)0  Jtari  of  Daniel.  collection  of  autograph  letteri  and  maou- 

A  court*  of  Leclurei  conlemplatiog  the  tcrlpli  of  learned  men,  Dr.  Jahoiou'i  ooiei 

Cbtiiliao  in  Chiiit.     B7  W.  Jtv,  od  a  ghort  tour  Id  France,  a  few  page*  onlj, 

Mllpoifi  of  the  Life,  Writiogs,  aod  Cha-  produced  S/.  lOj.i  aodanuce  Kiap  of  ptpar, 

racwr  of  the  late  Rer.  Tiidmm   HrNDER-  in  the  Doctor',  hand-writing,  wU  fbr  tm 

WILL,  Eaik  aotlMH  of  "  Tb*  Hiatorjaid  An-  gnioeaa. 

tknitiM  of  Scarboroiuh."    Bi  Joim  Coli.  no 

SeUetiMu  from  the  Worki  of  Dr.  John  ''«**'■  Soc"«TTf  OF  Lmunit. 


Owen.    Bj  (be  RcT.  Wh.  Wilson,  t<itAt.        An  intantliu  paper  ■■•  UuIt  c« 

l8no.  caledbrMr.Ladte.aaUuKofaTourhlA^ 

A  noral  from  th*  pen  of  a  n<^(  autlior.  Minor,  ooouiningan  aocowit  oft  Latin  !•• 

entitled  AlU  QiomaM,  or  To  the  Daj,  tb*  tcriptioD,  bung  an  adiel  of  th*  Baparo* 

iStna  of  which  u  in  Itatj,  Diodeliui,   •ogrand   npoo  ih*  wall  of  » 

'  naibla  (difiea  at  B^ibiiiit,  vhiob  appeal  * 

Daring  hi*  ruidcncs  at  Rome,  Mr.  Chan-  to  have  ooce  ba«n  ttu  flenXvnif  im,  n  woBd 

pnllion,  jun.  adited  a  oatalogiN  oftb*  Egjp-  booM  of  Stntoaieeia,  ■T*i-»t>j  oa*  of  dw 

tian  Maniucnpti  in  the  Vatican.     Hie  work  piinelp*!  dltu  of  Caria^ — A  aofj  of  ihb 

jiilatwl  into  Italian  bj    M.  Angela  docoment,  Iroi^t  hoo*,  Hith  a  nriet;  if 


e  Pope,    bu  juit   nade    iu  appearac 
'o  do'  Papiri  I 


Catalogo  de'  Papiri  Egi-     Smjma  in  tb*  b^pnningof  thclaMcentaiy, 

oeiia  DiDiinKCa  Vatican*,  etc.  Roma,      '—  ' ' ' ■■*  "-  -"■-  "  "  '  '   " 

ipi  Vaticui."     M.  Mai  bu  added  lomi 


!-  Roma,     haa  hmg  been  depoaited  in  tb*  Britiih  Hv* 
ded  lome     aaum ;  but  thii  copj  ii  imptrC 
ioteretUng  notei  to  the  teat  of     D«r«T  be*u  pnbliibed  j    and  a 


the  original;  audit  ii  grtatiT  to  be  detlrtd  defecia  bate   lalelf  been  mpplAd  hj  Mr. 

that  limilai  catalogue!  ihoulil  be  drawn  up  William  BanVei,  id  6r  u  couU  b*  doM  b* 

of  all   the    cullectioni  of  Egyptian  mann-  a  complete  copy  of  all  tbateaitM  of  th*  in- 

rripu,     Thcj  would  be  highly  conducive  teriptioD  upon  the  walli  of !" 


,  ,  „    ,  ,  ,  eia,i«C 

to   the   advancement  of  Egyptian  archKO-  the  name  of  the  emperor  bj  wboBtbeeiUet 

logy  ;  a  luliject  wblcb  occupiei  a  great  por-  wu  promnlgated  wai  itill  wanting.     In  eon- 

men  of  learning  of  the  present  daj.  of  a  duplicate  at  All,  with  a  faeiimila  of 

C^itain  Coe,  late  commander  nf  a  iqna-  whifh  Mr.  Leake  hu  lieen  fiiraiihed  by  Mt- 

dton  in  the  Eut  iodiei,  hu  preKnIed  to  L.  Veicovali,  of  Rome,  hebai  bean  enabled 

ibe  Univeraltj  of  Canbridge,  an  atabuter  to  la;  before  the  Societjr  •  perfeet  priolad 

ttatu*  of  a  Humete  idol,  taken  trota  the  copy  of  tbii  intemtiug  aocnment,  togeibat 

teerad  grove  near  Ava  1  aid  two  religiotu  with  a  ipecimen  of  Mr.  Veteovali'a  tnctiy. 

booki,  BeaDtiliillf  executed  on  the  Palmjn  — The  inicriptian  contiitt  of  two  pane, — ■ 

leaf,  to  which  none  but  the  Burmeu  chiefr  decree  fixing  a  maximmn  Ibr  lli«  priot  of  a 

■n  permitted  to  have  acceu.  gnat  variety  of  commoditi**,  to  wblob  i* 

llie  refdie  of  the  Ubrarr  oF  the  late  T.  F.  lubjoiaed  a  oopiooi  caulogai  of  tbe  eoa- 

Fonter,   Eh).  of    Waltharaitow,     wu  Uat  moditiei  referred  to,  with  lb*  pttat  of  tadt 

moBth  told  by  public  auction,  the  prinoi-  indrnorn:  it  it  in  ondal  letlen,  wd  appear*, 

pal  part  of  the  hooki,  indeed  all  that  were  from  olcnlalion,  to  b*  dated  ia  lb*  aosd 

ef  any  contidaiafal*  value  having  been  pfs-  year  of  th*  ChiittBS  en. 
vioarij  divided  bctwien  hii  aUHt  aon.  Dr. 


«id. 


•D^  tnluiB  u  itM  acmarj  of  , 
..«h    ftkr  Wuc^  .bout  (iftccii 


I*  »«■   «eeuled    by    Mr. 

haa  nccnti*  beta  ertcud 

tii^.  Wind,™-.     It    i. 

«aU  liiile  eh»pBl,  u  the 

.i«e*  ■'■'*«'"»«.     Tbb.poti, 

-.-:*■.  Cbipil,  ifur  Sir  Chri.- 

i.'tk,  Una  of  Wiadnir,  iq  tho 

Lc<^  VIL    The  Xone  ,cr«e„  hu 

L^intF^    The  ruof  hu  been   cm- 

•  itb  lUionij,  (nd  psiaird  jjiisi, 

•  -ik  pt™(  bnliiiDc;  bj  Mr.  Wyett, 
.1  an  th«  wiado»».  The  effeet  i> 
i>  nets,  tod  iliougli  lamewbit  up- 

_,.i.L^  i-j  gmh*bM4»,  ihflAV  oroeiDeDU 

■    j,ri>«M  ^contTMt  the  effect  of  the 

.,,. .  lia.'ble.— Tlie  duiga  gf  the  pennuph 

-  .^(iriMoi  tbo  mwofnt  u  which  (W 

^■t  .11  liie  dqwted  juioceu  Iim  ded  ftaa, 

jmbui;-     On  ■  bin  liei  ihrouded  in  in- 

■u  Sfun,  whoK  hud  dtofi  lifeleii  aa 

■Mk    Then  ii  *  pKinfiil  letMtj  ibout 

rhich  Bihibits  1  n«t  triurcpli 

i(  n«j  be  thought,  htn 

,_ »  the  im«gioiiioii.     Al 

^«ntr  of  ik*  bWr  (our  remnJc  figurea, 
tb*  fan  ^utflan  of  che  world, 
*  ■ttiufin  ef  lb(  deepeit  grief. 
>k  kCT*  i'  (Ull  »  cuBttatcd;  bnt  tha 
•f  Uh  BDiirBeK  tre  liogu- 

3«<y  I  ■  I  I  BdunJ  the  bier  appeut  ■ 
^am  --  **nSMf:  •»  it  were  from  thia 
^n  »fA.  Mid  aouiag  ■bine  the  bier,  it 
.  i^i^  fcpu*  uf  (he  dejMrted  Priueew 
.niB^af  IB  th*  Mf.  Tllii  ii  uaqwiiioi. 
-*•  MM  Bhiinbl*  ud  bnuitful  wpro- 
■M-  -I  oVkm  cmeedcd  in  modern  or 
""     '"  "    perfect,  ud 


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indlUrrjIdiDgiof 
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tnd  are  fl  or  3(H)0  jrenn  old.  Oihet  curio- 
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CDDtVQiD^  fade  eojmviD^  of  biflroglvphia, 
•oiDewh>t  liaiiUt  la  chuvctet  to  thou  on 
the  coffijif.  On«  of  Uwoi,  in  patticulet. 
hu  Qraek  leHen  intcribed  iipwi  it.  and 
nut  ba  of  nuch  ioiernt  Co  tba  antiqiury, 
etpecullf  u  the  inicripttoa  nwi  h*ra  ■ 
tondeocr  to  solve  ihc  inY.wrT  nf  ibo  rni- 


L    opened   u   terj   perfed 


b>lD.Hl  cii  . 
whicb  b«i  brei 
Od*  liil,  contui  ^ 
nioted  red  i  aoother  inull*ialne  ;  >  •latae 
in  buw  nlioD  of  thrac  figum  i  *  rod* 
puBtinE  °F  ijFcwDon  nrad  i  ud  ■  boi, 
piinWirwitli  finini  of  ibc  hid*  DuUriilj 
ud,  likewiM,  ■  Dumbec  of  inull  eulhen 
cope  of  tba  aaiM,  or  naea,  taliaa  From  tha 
nucombi.  Tbe  wliolc  collMtini  i*  offered 
kt  laie." 

At  ■  Ttcmt  tittiu  of  thg  Fimch  Ae»- 
dcmji  of  SciesCM,  M.  Oeoffrof  Saint-Hi- 
laln  preaanled  tba  Ao^my,  on  tha  part 
ofM.  Cailliod,  wiih  a  DDTomj  ofaa  Egjp- 

lian  crocodite n  feet  —■>  -  '■-i" - 

perftct  preiar 

clear  up  a  •citaliRc  qaenion  which  hu  Inug 
baan  agiuud; — Ii  tbera  id  tba  Nile  only 
OM  apecici.  or  are  there  •ererai  ipaciei  of 
crocodilei?  Wu  the  word  luchai,  which 
we  meet  with  in  aCTcnJ  aacicDt  author)  am' 
plond  to  deiignate  a  tame  crocodile,  ot  wai 
It  (he  denoniiDalion  of  a  particular  ipeciea, 
more  i^tallt  aod  more  tameable  than  the 
Mhen  !     nil   qnntion,    whicb   hat    ttt- 


it  but  of  one 


and    thouijht    that     by    tha 

the  loeianti  merely  deiigoaied  iDdiniduali 
of  that  ipeciei  that  had  been  tamed.  M. 
Gaoffroy    St.   Hilairc,     oo     tha    contrary. 


I  apecii 


milder  than  that  of  thi 
What  tapccially  in-laced  M.  GeolFroT  to 
■mbnc*  Uli*  coinion  wat  the  ciamiDatloo  of 
■  ihtll  ufaieh  he  had  taken  from  a  mamtar, 
•od  wtbth  (Chibited  an  orgaaiaatlon  auetly 
o  tbu  which  asdaBt  anthon 


lo  1 8  j3.  It  tooli  piMiare  io  being  pattrd  i 
and  any  Due  night,  without  the  leutduifm, 
open  ita  mouth,  and  place  his  hand  between 
iu  teeth.  That  animal  wu  awartwl  by  M. 
Osoffroy  to  he  ihr  suehia  of  the  Nile  ;  but 
M.  Caviar,  who  ohHntd  that  tha  head  waa 
too  eloni^led  to  admit  of  ita  belongiog  to 
the  only  ipeciai  which  he  tecogniied,  waa 
inclined  Io  coniider  it  the  CTDCodile  of  St. 
Dnmipgo.  There  n,  howcrar,  no  lan|^ 
any   iloulii,  aftrr   ihr  exnuMnitioD   of  tha 

"■  \  ■  ■      ■  .     ■■  ■!.,.   \ile, 

.  r-  .liich, 
gentler  thaa  tha  other,  the  nukia,  waa  tfa* 
aacint  object  of  wonhip  at  Aninof ,  nm- 
bahly  on  aeeMnt  of  tha  fadlltywltb  wfudi 
Halloweditaelftob*  tamwL  Tba  iibabit- 
tmt  of  Omboa,  however,  ware  iafloenoad  bj 
oppmita  motini.  They  Tenentad  tha  naat 
crocodile,  which,  fKiM  iti  itrength  and  *o-' 
ncity,  waa  to  tham  a  linog  lowga  of  tba 
aril  genina  <  and  which,  beild«,  raadarad 
themaiignalaertka,  by  prataating.  In  eon- 
aequence  of  tha  terror  which  It  Inapirtd,  tba 
Arab  rebbera  from  CToaaing  tht  rnar  to  pU- 
kga  thtir  tanttory. 


■ntic|uity,  which  he  fonnd  at  Saia  m  Egypt. 
Tt  coniiiti  of  a  tiDglr  piece  of  loia-aolaund 
granite,  B  feet  3  inchea  (Franch)  in  beighti 
5  feet  1  inch  in  breadth,  toi*  feet  i  mchca 
in  depth.  The  lidei  are  all  onuiBMDtad 
with  hiemglyphica,  which  M.  Cbampollion 
Figeac  tipnundt  Io  mean:  I,  That  thia 
•tone  wa*  dedicated  to  Neilh,  the  lotalai 
goddeii  of  tbe  city  of  Saia  i  3.  that  in  tha 
niche  or  opening  ia  tba  front  of  thia  aanc- 
tuary  waa  encased  aod  fed  her  liTiog  aynbol, 
a  (ulture  i  3.  that  the  itona  wu  coeae- 
cinted  by  the  King  Amoaia,  Net-S«,  tba 
■onof  Neith,  who  ia  tba  Amauaoftba  86th 
Egyptian  dynaaty,  a  oatiie  of  Saia,  and  the 
ume  who,  aftar  a  reign  of  fi^ny  yaaia,  waa 
lanqubhad  by  Camhjaaa.  Thia  nakaa  tha 
data  of  the  monunient  belwcea  sao  and  6}0 
jeart  befar*  the  Chrbtian  na. 

Hii  Catholic  Majaaty  haapurthaaed,  atlba 
trpenra  of  tha  CItiI  UtC,  a  (plandid  eollac- 
linn  of  EgypUaa  aotiqnitin  now  at  1^- 
bom  ;  tha  coal  ii  ta,000  Franca.  Ttia  cai- 
lection  contain!  3,000  artictat,  Thar*  are 
eolotaat  ipbiDin,  tha  Monolith  aanctnaira  of 
Philo,  a  royal  larcDphaffu  lalwB  from  a 
tonbatThebaa,  tbafri  ' —" 


AHttquarum  Researches, 


352 

(rnumUk  numeriquej  of  the  palace  of  Carnac, 
entire,  an  immense  has  relief  relative  to  the 
conquests  of  Sesostris,  nearly  80  MSS.  on 
papyrus>  Egyptian,.  Greek,  Coptic  and 
Arabic,  many  articles  of  gold  and  precious 
atones,  beautiful  Greek  and  Egyptian  in- 
ftcriptions,  the  entire  fresco  of  an  Egyptian 
tomb  at  Tliebes,  several  portraits  or  the 
times  of  the  Greeks,  on  pannel,  and  one  on 
canvass,  &c. 

At  the  last  meeting  for  1825  of  the  Aca- 
demy of  Sciences,  Literature,  and  Arts  of 
'Lucca,  among  numerous  communications 
which  were  made,  was  one  from  S.  Giulio  di 
S.  Quintino,  conservator  of  the  Museum  of 
Egyptian  Monuments  to  the  king  of  Sardi- 
nia. This  learned  member  detailed  the  pro- 
gress which  had  recently  been  made  in  the 
art  of  decyphering  Egyptian  manuscripts  ; 
and  exhibiting  the  fiursimile  of  a  very  va- 
luable papyrus,  he  shewed  that  the  Egyp- 
.tians  of  the  remote  period  to  which  it  be- 
longed, wrote  the  fractional  numbers  nearly 
in  Uie  manner  at  present  employed.  This 
discovery  will  be  inserted  among  the  other 
works  of  the  same  gentleman,  on  the  system 
of  numeration  of  the  Egyptians. 

American  Antiquities. 

The  remains  of  the  wonderful  structures 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  the^Ohio  have  at- 
-  tiacted,  altiiough  the  aera  of  their  founda- 
tion has  eluded,  antiquarian  research.  Some 
.articles  have  recently  been  discovered,  and 
are  far  from  being  unworthy  of  description 
in  this  place.  One  was  a  perfect  vessel, 
apparently  composed  of  poimded  shells  and 
clay  ;  it  would  hold  about  two  quarts,  was 
'  handsomely  pr(^rtioned,  nearly  the  shape 
of  a  large  cocoa-nut,  and  had  four  neat 
handles,  placed  near  the  brim  opposite  to 
each  other ;  it  was  found  in  the  bank  on  an 
island  in  the  Ohio  river,  near  Belpr^.  Ar- 
row-heads of  flint,  and  what,  from  their 
size,  must  have  been  used  for  spear-heads, 
of  the  same  material,  are  found  in  plough- 
ing the  fields,  scattered  all  over  the  bottorar 
lands ;  stone  hatchets,  and  stone  pestles 
ior  pounding  corn,  are  also  common.  On 
the  beach  near  the  mouth  of  the  Muskin- 
gum, a  curious  ornament  was  diecovered, 
which,  from  the  neatness  of  the  workman- 
ship, must  have  belonged  to  some  distin- 
guished personi^e  among  the  ancient  race  of 
inhabitants ;  it  is  made  of  white  marble,  its 
form  a  circle^  about  three  inches  in  diame- 
ter ;  the  outer  edge  is  about  one  inch  in 
thickness,  with  a  nanrow  rim )  the  sides  are 
deeply  concave,  and  in  the  centre  is  a  hole 
about  half  an  inch  in  diameter ;  it  is  beauti- 
fully finished,  and  so  smooth  as  to  give  rise 
to  a  belief  that  it  was  once  very  richly  po- 
lished. Ancient  mounds,  some  circular, 
others  oval,  are  frequent  all  over  the  county 
of  Washington ;  some  are  constructed  of 
stone,  and  some  of  earth ;  others  are  com- 
posed of  both  stones  and  earth ;  and  on  the 
keads  of  Jonathan's  Creek,    in  Moi^an 


[April, 


connty,  there  are  some  whose  bases  are 
formed  of  well-burnt  bricks,  of  about  four 
or  five  inches  square.  There  were  found 
lying  on  the  bricks,  charcoal,  cinders,  and 
bits  of  calcined  bones,  and  above  them  the 
superstructure  of  earth  composing  the  body 
of  the  mound ;  evidently  shewing  that  the 
dead  had  been  here  reduced  to  ashes,  after 
the  manner  of  several  ancient  nations,  and 
that  the  mound  of  earth  had  been  erected 
over  the  remains,  to  perpetuate  the  memory 
.  of  some  companion  or  friend. 

British  Urns. 

Several  fine  urns,  lately  found  in  Deyerell 
Barrow,  in  the  county  of  Dorset,  have  l>een 
presented  to  the  Bristol  Institution;  they 
constitute  rich  specimens  of  the  patriarchal 
customs  and  funeral  rites  of  the  ancient 
Cimbri. 

A  Museum  of  National  Antiquities,  and 
a  Cabinet  of  Natural  History,  are  about  to 
be  established  at  Bergen.  They  will  be 
formed  on  the  model  of  other  establish- 
ments of  a  similar  nature  in  the  various 
countries  of  Europe,  and  will  no  doubt 
prove  very  interesting,  not  only  to  the  Nor- 
wegians, but  to  the  learned  and  scientific  of 
all  nations. 

Fossil  Remains. 

A  cavern  full  of  fossil  bones,  belonging  to 
a  great  number  of  species,  has  been  recently 
found  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Lunel-Viel, 
^near  Montpellier.  The  cavern  is  in  a  stra- 
tum of  limestone,  and  contains  the  remains 
of  a  multitude  of  quadrupeds,  both  oamivo- 
rous  and  herbivorous,  several  of  which  have 
never  before  been  met  with  in  a  fossil  state  : 
amongst  the  latter,  the  bones  of  the  camel 
are  particularly  remarkable.  Judging  from 
some  of  the  remains  of  the  lions  and  tigers 
found  in  this  collection,  the  animals  to  which 
they  belonged  must  have  considerably  ex- 
ceeded in  size  and  force  the  lions  and  tigera 
of  the  present  day.  There  are  other  remains 
of  these  animals,  the  proportions  of  which 
are  similar  to  those  of  the  present  race. 
With  these  latter  are  found  mixed  the  bones 
of  hyenas,  panthers,  wolves,  foxes,  and  bears ; 
and  what  is  very  remarkable,  these  remains  of 
carnivorous  animals  are  mingled  confusedly 
with  an  immense  quantity  of  the  bones  of 
herbivorous  quadrupeds,  amongst  which  are 
the  hippopotamus,  wild  boar  of  immense  size, 
peccaris,  horses,  camels,  several  species  of 
the  deer  and  elk  kind,  sheep,  oxen,  and  even 
rabbits  and  rats.  The  fossil  bones  discovered 
in  this  qavern  are  imbedded  in  an  alluvial  soil« 
which  contuns  a  great  quantity  of  rounded 
pebbles ;  a  circumstance  that  would  lead  to. 
the  supposition  that  they  had  been  trans- 
ported thither  by  the  waters.  All  the  bones 
in  the  cavern  contain  animal  matter  i  and 
what  is  rather  singular,  the  earth  in  which 
they  are  imbedded  contains  still  moiit  amnal 
matter  than  the  bones  thematlves.  ' 


SELECT    POETRY. 


THE  N£GHO'S  HUMBLE  PRAYER. 

Fhim  Cudock'i  "  Literary  Afniuin." 

PARENT  of  light  ud  life,  thou  glorioU) 

*  Sun, 

When  I  on  Hrtli  mj  wtuj  eouite  hua  run, 

WithwireuHloApria^,  in  tbjndiHiboy-, 

Let  ms  igain  be  jained  ia  t«nd'niit  love  i 

1*1  nnt  mjr  jtca  oj.pftit,  Jd  tiog'riug  gwiu. 

StiJt  dng  iiluDg  tha  evcr-gilliag  obiuii  j 

O  let  DOC  ill,  Inil  lllHirtj  deploR, 

T!U  God,  not  muD,  ibiJI  guud  thi  lujf^ 

THE  PAGE'S  SONG  IN  DE  FOIX. 

'UTHAT  though,  hit  Frmncc,  th;  witeiai 

And  purple  btuibing  riaei, 
Mftv  bid  our  mounting  ipiriu  taa. 

While  tba  Tull  ggUet  ihinu, 
Yet  Sum,  nor  viD«,  ho-eTcr  bright, 

Cu  ao  reioicf  mj  braut, 
Ai  the  suie  itreuni  tnd  colder  light, 

Oftbee,  mjwtiveWeit. 
For  then,  witbia  ihj  lecgirt  iiie, 

I  pUjied  ■  cinleu  bo*  ; 
Tliere  in  m;  beert  *  oiotber'i  imile 

Pint  *oke  the  pnb«  of  juy. 
Oui  little  honw,  nidit  noudlud  delli, 

Looked  out,  u  from  iU  not ; 
The  villige  ipire,  while  pealed  the  belli. 

Row  gUttcriDg  in  the  Wetc. 
Thouch  fir  rcRiDted  rrnm  home  ud  delli. 

Through  mounuin  Kt»e,  to  roun, 
Whilil  toTrenU  roar,  I  hat  thow  bcJI), 

And  think  upon  that  home. 
Nor  mountuo  wenei,  nor  bluihing  rlor, 

Can  cheer  my  loaclj  breail. 
Midil  forrign  lindi ;  one  ibougbt  ia  mine. 

Yon  iste  >ilhin  the  W«t. 


UNES  ADDRESSED  TO  THE  MUSE. 
WHEN  utin  feeling)  loocli  the  bean, 
"    In  ilmplcM  Uj>  the  Poet  •ingi, 
Superior  to  the  pride  of  Art, 

He  irimi  the  Muie'i  flutterioi;  wingi. 
O'er  hilli  ud  pUina,  and  valliei  wide. 

Upborne  bj  Zephjr'a  gentle  galea, 
She  fliei,  or  ^  the  itreunlet'i  aide 

In  pity'i  aofleit  mood  bewaili, 


1^™;;/ 

colour  of  I 

he  mind. 

Explom  the  bidden  carea 

happin. 

Hofhuma 

nkind. 

!de>t  halmi 

(oheal 

•fbr 

by  Hue  o 

All. 

allhite 

o»i.'d  ber 

be».enly  aid. 

^S« 

our  Be»i». 

.,  p.  339. 

(i» 

rr.  M*o. 

9 

Apr.1,  la 

So  tveet  her  acceaci  \o  the  Wi 
^o  mutli  her  diciatci  charm  the  aonl, 

E'po  Kingi  tbemtelvea  deliehUdhoM 
turn  gtowing  Iddw  to  the  Pole, 

Gi>  meek-ejred  Maid,  reform  ihc  wiirU. 
" ump  lla  barthoeu  caaa 


Ob  Oil  DttlrveHoH  r/fSLKalkttint'i  (Jiarch  •. 

QH  hJln»'d  Temple !  ia  «hoM  uered  mil. 

Our  rathaia  wiiiibipp'd  i   where  from 

age  lu  age  [hoptd 

1  lieir  booci  liaie  reitrd  i  vbere  wo  fondlj 
Our  bodiaa  tuo  might  ileep,  till  thai  graal 

day  [ihall  Hie, 

Whan  at  tli'  Arcbangd'a   blaat  the  deai 
And  in  wild  conBugiuian  aiok  tlia  wnilJ  t 
Within  thy  CourU  no  mure  iball  we  addreai 

In  ardent  aipirationt  to  our  God  I  loud 
No  mire  lUe  lound  of  pta'ue,  li.e  Anihem, 
The  pealing  Orgno,  nor  the  Inful'a  voieej 
Liiping  it!  Mifer'a  name  in  aitlei)  itraloa 
suit  eiihn  iwiirily  thro'  thj  loog-dnmn  aile. 
Tbo  ii.ier  tiat  ipoke  inmuetion  (o  the  aoul, 
Puintina  ilip  Siuoer  to  hia  onlj  lioac. 
Shall  ifirr.  be  b«ud  do  more,  but  in  iU 
.tead  [ofoar— 

Wr  Iviiiternni  iFamta'a  shout — the  plaah 


Miiili-I   "ifi'  <  ir.i-.,    ,inil   i\\t  Almlghty'e 

Bo  ilighttd  where  'twai  honoor'd. 
AndlheaearecalledChiiitiana?  Hon inlhent 
DwelleththetoiaofGod?  Look  all  aroond 
Thii  ruined  fitbric,  mark  yon  yawning  gn**t. 
And  kindred  boaea,  that  anranrded  He, 
Scattered  jabrokanfragnMinttoeT  the  ground 
Hark :  heard  ye  not  the  craab  nf  Mmg  vaEU  i 
Behold  the  Eine  in  ihapeleu  ruin  apread, 
Pillait,  and  archei  in  confuiinn  hurled, 
And  deablation  raging  uncontroird, 
Tlien  cry  "  Behold  the  work  of  anrice  1 
Can  there  be  love  to  God  in  Mamnioa'e 


THE  PRIMROSE. 

IVriltm  ly  a  Lady  in  Ihi  Spring  of  nae. 
CWEKV  embleni  of  Spring  and  of  youth, 
'-'  Wbat  cleaaure  I  feel  at  thy  aight. 
Thou  an  fair  aa  the  boiom  af  tmlh. 

And  I  gate  on  thy  cbanna  with  delif^t. 
When  thy  brantiea  begin  to  unfold. 

And  wben  firat  thy  mild  colouri  are  teen. 
With  an  eye  that  it  tiacturtd  with  goU, 

And  a  leaf  with  loft  down  oa  lla  grean. 

*  Seep.  103. 


354 


SeUft  Poetry. 


[April, 


How  I  diink  oo  the  ittjt  tba  srt  gooe* 
When  thoo  didst  m j  fisotstefw  iarite 

To  ran  fearlen  amidst  tke  skavp  tlioffny 
If  of  thee  I  could  gmia  bat  a  s^t. 

Ah  !  what  yij  whoa  I've  fbond  hy  thy 
The  sweet  ritJet's  beautiful  bbe ; 

Then  &ntastic  a  wreath  I  have  tied* 
And  united  its  sweetneas  with  yoo. 

While  alike  in  bewitching  array 

Both  such  beauty  and  softness  disclose. 

The  same  tempting  charms  can  dbplay 
As  may  equal  your  riral  the  rose. 

Though  not  blushing  like  her  yoo  appcMt 

In  the  gaudy  apparel  of  red. 
No  thorn  in  your  bosom  you  bear. 

And  sweet  modesty  shines  on  your  head. 

Fair  offspring  of  Nature's  kind  hand. 
Whom  simplicity  claims  for  her  own. 

Disdaining  the  hot-bed's  rich  stand. 
And  scorns  for  a  prize  to  be  shown. 

In  the  woods  unfrequented  she  reigns. 

Unnoticed  of^  withers  away, 
Till  sought  by  the  nymphs  and  the  swains 

To  deck  out  the  Queen  of  the  May. 

Then  on  garland's  gay  hoop  she's  entwin'd. 
With  the  cowslip's  gold  bell  by  her  side. 

And  with  daisy  and  daffodil  join'd. 

Shines  of  Nature's  fair  garden  the  pride. 

F. 

CANZONE. 

Tj^LY  not  away !  thou  beauteous  dove, 
Yet  rest  thee  in  this  shady  bower ; 
And  I  will  gather  from  the  grore. 
Beauty's  fiilrest,  sweetest  flower. 

And  thou  shalt  bear  it  to  yon  isle. 

Which  blooms  upon  the  waving  sea. 
Where  Nature's  charm  and  Heaven's  smile, 

^■g^t  gcQ^y  o'er  the  verdant  lea. 
Where  the  shading  cedars  grow. 

And  spread  their  bending  branches  wide, 
Where  tne  purling  streamlets  flow 

On  softly  to  the  ocean's  tide. 

Now  haste  thee  hence  !  my  beauteous  dove. 
Bear  on  the  silvery  wings  away. 

This  flower  to  the  maid  I  love, 
Fleet  as  the  zephyr  haste  away. 
March  10,  J.  H,  B. 


HYMN  TO  RESIGNATION. 

^^H£N  tired  with  illness,  sick  with  pain. 

By  various  cares  oppress'd. 
Calm  liesignation  can  sustain. 
And  sooth  the  loul  to  rest. 

Hail,  Resignation !  nymph  divine ! 

Behold  my  aching  heart, 
Oh  !  grant  thy  influence  benign. 

Thy  saving  grace  impart. 

On  thee  attendant,  Hope  appears. 

To  whom  the  power  is  given. 
To  dissipate  our  gloomy  fears. 

And  point  the  way  to  Heaven. 


RdigicHi's  danghter !  I  adore. 
And  humbly  prostrate  bow. 

And  sure  I  feel  celestial  power 
Around  my  spirits  glow. 

Henoefbith  nor  sickness,  pain,  or  grief. 
Shall  reach  my  guarded  nund, 

Refigion  giants  a  sure  relief, 
I  hopCf  and  am  resigned. 


on  the  Death  of  Miss  Lance. 

^y  the  late  Rev.  John  Duncombe. 

TREASON  may  sooth,  but  strives  in  vain 

to  heal  [feel. 

The  pang  which  Sisters,  Friends,  and  Parents 

When  thus,  the  ^r,  the  young,  their  joy, 

their  boast. 
Eludes  their  grasp,  and  moulders  into  dust. 
Faith,  Fajth  alone,  those  balsams  can  supply. 
That  Faith  which  tells  us  we  shall  never  die ; 
Which  tells  us.  Death  his  conquests  shall 

restore. 
And  all  the  just  shall  meet  to  part  no  more. 

The  praise  of  Sir  Griffith  ab  Nicholas, 
and  his  Descendants  ofDynevor  Castle. 

[The  followmg  Stanzas  are  translated  by  a 
Gentleman  of  Baliol  College,  Oxford, 
from  the  Welsh  of  the  Rev.  John  Jones, 
of  Christ  Church  (TegidJ^  to  whom  the 
Englynion  prize  was  adjudged  at  the  Car- 
marthen Eisteddfod,  September  26, 1 823.] 

,ONG  have  the  lords  of  Dinevor 
Been  favourers  of  the  Celtic  song. 
In  war  the  leaders  of  the  host. 
In  peace  their  coimtry's  pride  and  boast. 

Patrons  of  right,  they  scom'd  the  wrong. 

Of  generous  heart,  and  liberal  hand. 
Long  may  their  high-born  race  receive 

The  honours  due  to  ancient  fame ; 

Long  may  DImetia's  Awen*  claim 

The  right  their  Bardic  wreath  to  wave. 

The  battle  fought  at  Bosworth  field 

Sir  Rhys's  valour  testifies, 
Who  drew  for  Tudor's  right  the  sword. 
Nor  sheath'd  it  till  his  native  Lord 

Receiv'd  the  crown,  the  victor's  prize. 

In  feelings,  as  in  blood,  the  same. 
His  lineal  son  beholds  this  day; 

The  language  which  his  fathers  spoke. 

Ere  Cambria  felt  the  Saxon  yoke. 
He  loves,  and  cherishes  toe  lay. 

That  we,  recalling  to  our  view 

The  visions  of  a  former  age. 
Might  judge  Sir  Griffith's  +  days  retnm'd. 
When  WsJfia's  Awen  brightest  bum'd, 

Foster'd  by  princely  patronage. 

And  still  while  thus  our  native  chiefs 

Repay  the  Muse  with  fiivonring  eye. 
She  in  the  glory  will  appear. 
Which  mark'd  of  old  her  bright  career. 
Bright  as  the  noon-tide  sun  on  high. 

•  The  Muse. 

t  A  celebrated  patron  of  the  bards,  an- 
cestor to  tha  fiunily  of  Pyneror. . 


18W0 


HISTORICAL  CHRONIC 


PROCEEDINGS   IN    PARLIAMENT. 

ncd  ■rnngcineaL  Kc  utcrtnl  in  ihc  fiiit 
•ce,  [hat  the  meuurc  hid  Imcd  Torccd 
>ua  Miaiiun,  by  *■  hiA  Mftjeity'r  Oppoti- 
in,"  xho  hul  |>rsi»d  il  lut  muJod.  in  ■ 
i^xhlch  '-hiiMijcttj'iMliiiiWn"  could 
It  t«ltC     He  then  ■pplied  lilauelfta  Ul- 

icljr  to  mike  in  undue  idTilioii  to  the 
flueace  of  tKe  CroiiB  in  th<  Haute   of 

'."'oD  "r  itlui':d7i^c<;uri.l*iD  the  H»u» 
«u   re^rded,   bj  the   moll 


HouiE  or  CoHMoiii,  April  e. 
The  Ckaaatlor  qf  (At  Exthti/uer  moivd 


■idgat  of  the  Bomj  of  Tnde  for  th*  tim* 
beiu. — A  diicuHloD  of  couidenU*  length, 
in  i>riicb  Mr.  Hume,  Mt.  fiMiug,  Mi.  Sa- 
cntMij  FmI,  Mr.Cilcnft,  wid  MTcnl  other 
OMmUn  took  i  put,  eotued. — Mr.  Hume 
w'uhed  ■  Committee  to  be  ippoiuled.  In 
order  to  inquire  bon  obit  OMltM  or  o»t- 
mid  oScM  the idditiond  lum  rtquiredeonU 
be  UTed.— The  motion  »■■  at  ItngtffpMt- 

April  7.  Tha  HouM  hieing  rvMlnd  It- 
ulf  loM  •  Committee,  the  coatideiMioo  of 
the  latHj  of  the  Preiidetjt  of  the  Baud  of 
Tnd*  ni  tbra  rtiumed.  Tlie  Chueetloi 
of  tha  EnchiqiMi  introduced 


kilLiTY  fotce  to  «uppoil  the  effirient  mi- 
i«r>.  Hctoukcredicfqr  [hotnilUum- 
'  of  officii)  men,  pullculiilj  of  Ivjtn, 
elned  in  ihit  Houie  bj  ihe  preivnt  Ci- 
lEt :  and  inituced  t«rd  Slowell  ind  Lord 


lUnr 


ofl.si 


Treaiurerof  the  Navj,— Mr.  Tientey  thought 
the  office  of  Tteaiurer  of  the  Nit;  might 
not  be  nfeljr  abdiihed  j  but  the  uliriei  of 
tkat  offia,  ind  that  of  the  PreiidrnUhip  of 
the  Board  ofTrade,  ihould  be  coniolidited, 
and  ihd  officei  cunjoinrd. — Mr.  Canning 
■polie  in  luppott  of  ii.  If  the  Houe  taw  fit 
the^  wrre  uoi  precluded  by  the  preieut  vote 
from  tiking  the  office  of  Treaturer  into  con- 
iideralion  ii  a  future  period.  After  a  fin 
-ord.  from  Sir  G.  Clerk  tai  Mr.  Calcrafl, 
the  Houia  divided,  when  there  appetrad  a 
fnajority  in  firout  of  the  toU  of  39. 

AdHI  10.  On  the  Chincellot  of  tha 
Eicfiequer  moting  the  order  uf  the  di;  for 
rereiiing  tha  raport  of  the  Civil  Liit,  Mr. 
HithouH  objected  to  tbe  report'i  being 
received,  □■  the  j^oiind  that  tbe  proposed 
additioa  lo  Mr.  Huikitton'i  i|ipoiutmeiiti 
tnt  repugnant  to  the  principle!  of  econoni; 
profeued  by  Minilten — in  uieleii  iraate  of 

addition  to  the  influence  of  the  Crown  in  the 
Hnuve  of  Commune.  The  meaaure,  he 
added,  •■placed  hii  Mijeily'i  Gorernment 
ind  hil  MaJeiCy'i  Oppoilticin  In  clrcuni- 
itaocri  of  great  difficulty;"  and  having  re- 
pealed moit  of  the  argumenu  employed 
•giiniE  the  oieaiurei  in  fanner  debatei,  he 
cnncladed  with  i  decliiation  thM  he  Bould 
to  tha  laat  oppoaa  tha  bringiog  up  of  the 
report. — Mr.  Canning  (poke  at  great  length, 
ud  with  grtM  leal,  in  defenca  of  th«  pro- 


rhieb  Miniite'n  cnuld  derive  from  ihe  id- 
itioo  of  a  lingle  placeman  ;  and  daclarad 
■  pro-  that  when  they  could  not  comnand  a  ma- 
o  the  Jorily  of  more  than  even  TWIHTT,  it  woiUd 
be  high  time  to  think  of  reiigning.  The 
HouH  then  divided,  whan  (ha  numben  vera 
— for  tha  motion  87;  agiuit  it  76;  ma- 
jority toi  Minilten  etaxn. — Ml.  Ctoamig, 
upon  the  dedantuin  of  the  namban,  ic- 
knoaledged  tbil  the  Biajority  wi*  not  luch 
11  would  juici^  Minilten  inpanaveriDg  a 
the  propoiad  arrangement- — Tbe  Cbancellor 
of  the  Eicheqiwi  AimjeJ/jKopoied  tbe  re- 
duced alloirtoce  to  iha  Preiideat  of  tha 
Board  of  Tnde,  which  wii  carried. 


April  H.  Mr.  J.  Smith  pi 
tSlioD  from  tbi  CiTUOLici  or  jrelind, 
complaining  tbit  the  edocatton  of  the  poor 
■ai  not  attended  to  of  late  yean.  Befora 
the  reformation,  the  Uadi  of  the  ctargj 
were  chargeable  with  tbe  eipenca  of  eda- 
cating  their  poor.  Since  tliat  time  ■  Urga 
pnrtiuo  of  ibem  hid  been  pirtially  educilad 
at  the  eipeaieofthe  Catholic  body,  the  rot 
not  at  all.  The  petitioned  comptiined  ihu 
the  HouM  granted  money  ta  locietlei  whoia 

pToielirtiim,  He  thought  that  no  book! 
ihould  be  praiaotad  to  Catholio  children 
which  ■»  not  (i^irond  of  by  tbe  Cathdio 
clergy, — Mr.  BuUeraarth  oppoaad  tha  ob- 
ject! of  the  petition,  and  camoKDled  db  tba 
grow  aUnrdity  of  giving  the  nonay  of  tha 
Sl*M  to  laieh  doctriDaa  not  merely  diitiael 
from ,  but  bitterly  hoatile  to,  the  religion  of 


356  Proceedings  in  th§  preieni  Session  of  Parliament. 


[ApriU 


mote  the  Roman  Catholic  tyftem  of  educa- 
tion, which  might  not  he  urged  with  equal 
reason  in  hehalf  of  the  schools  of  Thomas 
Paine's  disciples  ?  He  then  adverted  to  the 
scandalous  dereliction  c4  the  cause  for  which 
so  many  Protestant  mart]fTs  had  freely  ren- 
defed  up  their  lives,  which  would  be  com- 
mitted in  countenancing,  and  even   main- 
taining, a  scheme  of  education,  in  which  the 
Bible,  the  book  of  the  State,  as  well  as  the 
book  of  God,  was   to  be  proscribed.     He 
denied  that  the  Roman  Catholic  laity  ob- 
jected to  the  scriptural  education  offered  to 
the  Irish  people  ;  the  priests,  he  said,  were 
its  only  opponents,  and  the  question  was, 
*  whether  they  were  to  be  allowed  to  control 
the  public  grants.     He  was  no  friend   to 
force,  and  he  would  never  think  of  meddling 
with  the  schools  of  the  Roman  C-atholics ; 
but   when  they    come    to   Parliament   for 
money,  it  was  surely  not  unreasonable  to 
say  that  the  Legislature  could  not  contribute 
to  a  system  of  education  hostile  to  the  reli- 
gion established  by  law,  and  repugnant  to 
wAt  all  the  reformed  churches  believe  to  be 
the  first  principles  of  the  Christian  religion. 
— Mr.  M,  FUzgcrald  and  Sir  J,  Newport 
supported  the  petition.    The  former  said 
that  the  Romau  Catholic  Priests  had  done 
more  for  the  education  of  the  Irish  poor 
than  had  ever  been  done  by  the  State  ;  but 
that  when  these  reverend  persons  saw  their 
RIGHTS  iNVAOEO,  they  were  naturally  roused 
to  resist  the  host  of  sectarians  arrayed  againdt 
(hem.    Sectarians  who,  he  said,  attempted 
to  pull  down  Po{>ery  with  the  one  hand,  and 
the  established  episcopacy  with  the  other. 
The  petition  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the  table. 
The  House  resolved  itself  into  a  Com- 
mittee on  the  Bank  Charter  Amendment 
Bill.    The  first  clause  was  agreed  to  with- 
out discussion.       The   second,    that  each 
partner  shall  be  liable  for  all  the  debts  of 
the   Company,   was   also  agreed   to,    af^r 
some   observations  from   Mr.    Pearse,  the 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer f  and  Mr.  J.  P, 
Grant,    The  clause  for  prohibiting  Country 
Bankers  from  discounting  bills  in  London 
wlis  postponed.    The  next  clause,  that  the 
names,  &c.  of  the  partners  be  returned  to 
the  Stamp  Office,  after  being  strongly  ob- 
jected to  by  Mr.  Denman  and  Mr.  Humef 
was  also  agreed  to.    The  report  was  then 
ordered  to  be  brought  up  on  the  21st  of 

Aprir.  -- 

yfprit  17.  A  great  number  of  petitions, 
on  various  subjects,  were  presented,  for  a 
protecting  duty  against  foreign  shipping, 
against  and  for  the  corn  laws,  against  the 
usury  laws'  repeal,  against  punishment  for 
blasphemy,  presented  by  Mr.  Hume.  On 
the  presenting  of  a  petition  from  a  Reporter, 
complaining  that  he  had-  been  refused  access 
to  the  new  Court  of  Chancery,  a  conversa- 
tion took  place  dh  the  construction  of  these 
Courts,  in  which,  Mr.Scarlett  said,  had  been 
most  sedulously  copied  all  the  defects  of  the 
old.  • 


House  of  Lords,  AfrU  IB. 

Lord  CaUhorpe  presented  a  petition  from 
Birmingham,  praying  for  a  repeal  of  the 
Corn  Laws,  and  took  that  opportunity  to 
reprove  Ministers  for  not  having  brought 
forward  the  subject  in  the  present  session ; 
the  consequence  of  which  remissness  was,  in 
the  first  place,  to  continue  the  angry  feeling 
subsisting  between  the  manufacturing  and 
agricultiufal  interests,  and,  secondly,  to  en- 
sure the  ruin  of  all  who  had  speculated  upon 
a  free  corn  trade. — ^The  Earl  of  Liverjpool 
defisnded  the  abstinence  of  Ministers  upon 
the  Corn  question  at  present,  as  a  necessary 
suhmission  to  the  emergency  of  the  com- 
mercial panic,  and  as  even  favourable  to  the 
effecting  a  modification  of  the  Com  Laws  at 
another  opportunity.  He  disclaimed  all  re- 
sponsibility for  the  ruin  of  com  speculators, 
he  having  again  and  i^in  cautioned  them 
that  they  would  act  at  their  own  peril,  and 
certainly  without  any  prospect  of  relief  from 
the  Government. 


In  the  House  of  Commons,  the  same 
day,  Mr.  Hume  presented  a  petition  from  a 
Chancery  prisoner,  which  disclosed  a  case  of 
great  hardship:  the  Hon.  Member  be- 
came so  warm  in  urging  upon  the  House  the 
grievauces  of  the  petitioner  as  to  pronounce 
**  the  Court  of  Chancery  and  the  Lord 
Chancellor,  a  curse  to  the  country." — ^Tliis 
hasty  expression  called  up  Mr.  Holme  Sicm,' 
Tier,  Mr.  Lockharff  Mr.  Peel,  the  Solicitor 
General,  and  Mr.  Grenfell,  who  strongly  re- 
probated the  use  of  such  language*  which 
all  treated  as  flagrantly  unjust  towards  the 
noble  Lord  insulted,  though  some  of  them 
subscribed  to  the  condemnation  of  the  Court 
over  which  he  presides- 

Mr.  fVhUmore  brought  forward  a  motion 
respecting  the  state  of  the  Corn  Laws. 
He  said,  that  the  question  of  a  free  trade 
had  been  in  part  admitted  by  his  Majesty's 
Government;  but  while  our  ports  conti- 
nued closed  against  foreign  com,  the  name 
of  a  free  trade  was  all  to  which  we  could 
pretend.  It  would  be  gross  injustice  to 
many  of  our  mauufacturers,  if  the  system 
were  not  universally  adopted.  Ministers 
must  either  stop  short  in  their  career  of 
commercial  emancipation,  or  repeal  the 
Corn  Laws.  The  British  manu&cturer 
could  not  compete  with  his  continental 
rival,  while  his  chief  means  of  subsistence 
was  kept  at  an  artificial  price,  far  above  its 
cost  in  other  countries.  England  must  ap- 
ply the  principles  of  the  liberid  system  to  all 
branches  of  commerce,  and  especially  to 
corn,  sugar,  and  timber.  (Hear. J  The 
Hon.  Member's  argumenU  for  the  repeal 
of  those  Laws,  so  far  as  they  contained 
any  novelty,  were  drawn  from  a  Report 
by  Mr.  W.  Jacob,  on  the  state  of  Agriculture 
on  the  Continent.  He  read  some  extracto 
in  which  that  gentleman  recommended  a 
duty  of  105.  or  125.  on  the  importation  of 


aw 

vxjririiiK 

h»  M>jc»)'>  Miaiitcii  En  noew  it.     TWi 

(l«l»i«ion  iru  h>i)al  with  much  HtUae- 

■isJ  Memberi.     Lun  gnoted. 

niglu  rorwud  ■  motJoii  oo 

[■lE^iiiE  Qi  aLAvuY  in  thsColoniet  at 

Denwr*!.  ud  B«b«..    The    Hon.  Cent. 

■poke  u  coniidetmbla  leDgth  oo  Am  mbjcct, 

ud  wu  replwi)   to   by  Mr.  Hertin),  nbo 

moied  iha  privUiui  i(U»iiuo.    Mr.  Browh- 

Bm  tpokr  in  iyuur  of  lb*  mntiuD,  .jd  Mr. 

luded.  by      Seoreurj  CuaiDg  mox  cloquentlr  •eiinil 


r.  £miiA  b 


lifrd  vitbaui  ■ 


I8U.J  Protttdiugi  ia  rarliamtaL — Foreign  Knet. 

bnlgD  wliMl.  "Hm  avan^  priM  of  com 
wu  now  *bout  aif.  1  u  etmI  chiugr  auuld 
ibfrefan  b<  afFacUd,  either  in  qiuntltj  or 
In  pricd  iothki  couairir,  by  the  Introducilon 
uf  furaigD  coto,  itbich  voold  BOt  b«  lold 
ebtaMii  uid  oen  if  tlia  ntica  wna  at  66i. 
tliani  oould  ba  tu&c«iM  pratenjon  for  tha 
uricijltitrUu  ofihii  couotr)-.  He  eoateud^ 
«3  ihm  tlia  ludlordi  wauld  not  be  lajund 
b;  tbe  impnru^DD  of  fiireign  eoni,  or  enn 
bj  lamfinit  the  price  to  iij,  i  oo  the  nm- 
inrri  ibtir  ranu,  lacomi.  ind    propenj. 

noiinf  tiiu  ill*  llouai 

CommiEtM  to  eaniiilet  the  uropriety  of  k 

mitioD  i^  tba  Corti  Um. 

Mr.  Hiatutm  oppoanl  iba  mniiod,  aad 
alMml  tha  incxpediaDCj  of  agrUting  it  aa- 
der  the  praient  circuDutwcM.  H<  Mid 
thit  Mmiiten  would  l^a  it  up  Ball  Sm- 
MiD,  wb«D  it  wDuJd  ba  fidly  and  coniidlr* 
aUiy  upwd,  Ht  did  Dot,  howaTcr,  lO  fu 
pledg*  tliam  lo  thii.  u  that  oo  comUnation 
of  citcuinitidCM  luight  not  induce  them,  at 
they  had  been  induced  thii  Seiuoo,  to  de- 
pait  from  their  rewlntion — A  debate  of 
gml  leonh  eniuad,  tba  principcl  tpeaktn 
fiir  Mr.  WhitniofB'>  raotioD  being  Lord 
Mtllon,  Cipt.  Mainly,  Sir  F.BunkU,  ud 
Mr.  Brmiglam  ;  aninil  it,  Mr.  H.  Sunmtr, 
Mr.  Curuffl,  and  AV.  HiJihaait.     On  the 

■Mjoritj  of  950  to  S I  ■ 

Houil  or  CoHMOH*,  jtpril  90. 

Mr.  Ptcl  nOTtd  far  luia  to  bring  in  ■ 

Bill  to  rcgnlitc  tba  law  reipecting  Aliihi  i 


JprU  31.     On  the  HouM  going  ii 


■HI  psruliiooon  micht  *H» 
;  ud  reptiring  of  PrHbyte 


for  the 
.      ia  and 

Mr.  Cbufturji 
ir  Jokn  Nrtijinrl  Af 
He  thought  il  hard  that  Celho'' 
IS  >houM  be  compelJed  lo  rrpajr  the 
hurrbn  of  EplKopanaoi,  and  that  ^aco- 
ulnnt  thnulil  sot  alao  be  conpelled  lo  re- 
nr  thoie  of  Cathoriea.      Mr.  Pwl  tpohe 


ought  w  M  eqnul;  lo.  if  it  wmi  aitmttt«l 
that  there  ought  to  be  a  mdoual  chiirch,  H 
wa>  ao  more  thin  jixt  that  all  ihoold  coa- 
(riboM  lo  ill  loppcMt.     Tbe  duee  nt  loit 


FOREIG 

FRANCE. 

The  !■•  of  prime 
Itulj  occupied  the  i 
cil  pirtici  in  thit  ci 
defence  of  the  eiiiiing  law  wu  made  in  the 
HouH  of  Peen  bj  M.  Puquitr,  who  ad- 

ofattcnliOD.    Beroie  the  Revolution,  icon- 

DO  prDpertji  whiteier,  and  thii  clui  wu 
alm]>t  read]'  for  tnmulli  ftnd  diiorden.  Tha 
Rerolutlon  hu  left  few  petioni  without 
propetty,  and  of  ill   countriei  in  Europe, 

|".JJ.  ■.d°*X™'S"rr.j'i.'!Z 
ha>e  taken  place  at  PmrU  in  cinmjuence  of 
tbe  rejection  of 
bj  the  Chuber  t 
<^the  city  illumii 
tioni  of  the  Poli, 


HI.     Several  (|uirteri 
prevent  luch  public 


N    NEWS. 

SPAIN. 
Account*  from  Spain  itate  that  •aurchj 
continuet  in  that  country  with  more  or  leit 
violence,  u  clicnmiUncm  arite  to  rin  it 
impulie.  Thiltl-lwo  of  tbe  followen  of 
Baltn,  who  landed  on  tbe  tout  of  Alicint, 
have  been  executed ;  and  Raiui  himicir 
ihot.  General  Queiida  bai  been  deprrTcd 
of  the  coratDud  of  the  proTince  of  ScTiliei 
and  the  Council  of  Slate  have  laid  tMforc  tba 
King  »  repreienUtion,  compUining  that, 
uotwilhatanding  all  the  eve  taken  to  "  pu- 
rify ' '  the  variuui  public  departmenti  of  the 
Goiernoient,  per»ont  have  contrited  t(i  ot>- 
talii  offioea,  wfxote  political  principle!  *'do 
not  harmoniie  with  the  tjiUnt  of  hii  M>~ 
jeitj-i  Government." 

WULTU  OP  THt  CBURCH  OP  SpAlB. 

It  will  appeir  incredible  t^at  a  utios, 
whoae  annual  eipaadlture  doei  not  amount 
to  7,000,0001.  ihonld  ever  have  allowed  tha 
Clergy  to  raiaa  ■  reteDne  double  that  of  tha 
kingdom ;  but  inch  la  the  b 
tha  folknring  official  rMttm . 


358                                          F^rt^nNefot.  [Apftt; 

Abp.  of  Toledo j^.llO^OOO  same  thnitt  both  mothor  and  di}UL    Thk 

Zaragoza , 18,000  took  place  a  few  yards  from  the  gaard- 

Sautiago  88>000  house,  unnoticed  by  any  one.     The  deed 

Seville 40,000  had  been  effected  with  toch  rapidity,  that  a 

€hranada 11,500  sentry,  only  a  few  yards  distant,  had  noC 

Valencia  26,000  observed  the  murder.  Mantie  retired  into  the 

Osma   11,500  guard-house,wherethere  was  no  other  person 

Placencia 8,000  but  the  wife  of  a  subaltern,  and  he  imme- 

Tortosa  r. 6,000  diately  locked  the  door,  which  he  secured 

Coria 6,00.0  with  several  strong  tables.     After  this  he 

Astorga  4,000  took  down  fifteen  muskets,  and  finding  they 

Almeira  8,100  were  unloaded,  he  told  the  female  that  she 

Santander 8,450  must  assist  him  in  getting  them  ready,  or 

Palencia  4,800  he  would  blow  out  her  brains.    The  guards 

Gerona 2,600  being  informed  of  what  had  occurred,  now 

Feruel 8,000  arrived.    Mantie,  perceiving  a  soldier,  of 

Canons  and  Racioneros 469,845  whom  he  was  jealous,  fired  through  a  small 

Tithes  and  primicias  10,900,000  window,  and  shot  him  dead.     A  Lieutenant 

Fees  fdeveches  de  estolaj  1 10,000  and  another  soldier  were  shot  almost  at  the 

Alms 1,950,000  same  instant.      Five  soldiers  made  a  des- 

Livings  (^cofigrwa^ 1,000,000  perate  effort  to  break  open  the  door;  but 

Produce  of  the  Church  Lands 600^000  three  of  them  being  shot,  the  other  two 

GREECE.  retreated.       The    Captain    of   the    guard 

Affairs  in  Greece  have  assumed  a  very  }^^*°j5  ^^en  informed  of  what  was  going  on, 

unfiivourable  aspect.    Ibrahim   Pacha    has  K°ow">g  ™^  ^ne  ma°"«J  possessed  a  suffi- 

obtvned  possession  of  Vassilado,  Anatolico,  P»*^°'  quantity  of  powder  and  biUlets  to  re- 

and  Poros ;  and  accounts  have  been  received  *°*^  *?«  muskets  that  had  l^en  disc^gf <U 

of  the  fall  of  MUsolonghi,  but  which  have  ?^*^"^!**  *'  prudent  to  wait  till  ten  at  night, 

not  been  authenticated.     There  is  no  doubt  1°  °™®'  *°  ™«®  »°  ^^^'^  *  **«  ***«°  ordered 

but  that  this  strong  hold  of  Greece  is  very  ^*^f^«"  *°  ^  P'^^^^ed  against  the  gualrd-house, 

closely  invested.     The  first  accounts  stated,  "f .  ^^^'^Jy-^^®  '"en  climbed  upon  the  roof, 

that  the  fortress  had  been  taken  by  storm,  ^^'^'^  '^^.^  ^g»°  *»  ^t^«'     One  of  the 

and  the  whole  garrison  put  to  the  sword:  "'^'^  made  an  aperture  sufficiently  large  to 

those  which   have    arrived  more   recently  S^^  through,  and  Mantle  perceiving  him, 

represent  the  place  as  not  actually  in  the  r°*  '^'"^  through  the  head.    The  Captain, 

possession  of  the  enemy,  but  reduced  to  the  \o^ever,  gave  orders  to  continue  to  destroy 

last  extremity,  Ibrahim  Pacha  having  ob-  **^^  '°°^- ,    Several    holes  had  now  been 

tained  possession  of  a  fort  which  commands  "»?«'   »°^  ^^^l^e  soldiers  were   about  to 

the  town,  and  precludes  the  possibility. of  ^^^^^  *  simultaneous  attack,  when  another 

relief,  either  by  land  or  sea.     Intelligence,  shot  was  fired;  no  person  being  wounded, 

dated  March  26,  states  that  Ibrahim  Pacha  *°«  Captam  gave  the  word  of  command, 

had  made  an  attempt  at  storming  Misso-  a°d  at  the  same  moment  the  soldiers  leapt 

longhi,  but  had  been  repulsed.  *°?o  *"e  guard-house.     Mantle  was  found 

nrKOA  h^^S  ®°  the  ground,  his  brains  scattered 

IxJiJNUA.  -about  the  room;    he  had  just  committed 

March  1. — A    maniac   (L.  Mantie)   has  suicide.      The  wife  of  the  subaltern  is  so 

just  committed  several  horrid  murders  ;  the  much   aff^ected  by  the  dreadful  situation  in 

motive  that  instigated  him   to  perpetrate  which  she  was  placed,  that  it  is  feared  she 

these  ferocious  deeds  seems  to  be  the  fol-  will  be  deprived  of  her  senses, 

lowing: — ^Tbis  man,  naturally  of  a  jealous  r-ACT  TiNjniirc 

disposition,  was  informed  by  his  comrade,  a  EAST  INDIES, 

soldier  in  the  service  of  the  King  of  Sardi-  It  a][>pears,  by  intelligence  from  India, 

nia,  that  a  female,  to  whom  Mantie   was  that    hostilities    have  re-commenced,  and 

much  attached,  was  in  the  custom  of  in-  that  operations  will  be  carried  on  in  two 

triguing  with   different  soldiers,   and    the  quarters  at  the  same  time — in  the  south 

names  of  several  of  them  were  mentioned,  against  our  old  antagonists  the  Burmese, 

He  answered  that  they  should  all  have  rea-  and  in  Upper  [ndia  agunst  the  Rajah  of 

son  to  repent ;  his  mistress,  he  added,  was  Bhurtpore.     For  the  purpose  of  attacking 

pregnant,  and  she  should  be  the  first  to  he  the  fortress  of  that  name  (which,  it  will  be 

sorry.     From  this  moment  he  watched  all  recollected,  was  so  nobly  defended  against 

her  movements :  having  seen  her  speaking  Lord  Lake,  that  he  was*  compelled  to  pro- 

to  one  of  the  soldiers  whose  name  had  been  pose  a  negociation),  a  powerful  force,  con-  • 

given,   he  approached  them,  and  without  sisting  of  26,000  men  and   100  pieces  of  ■ 

utterins  a  word    he  stabbed    the    soldier  artillery,  has  been  collected,  of  which  Lord 

through  the  heart,  and  immediately  seizing  Combermere,  the  commander  in  chief,  has  . 

the  poor  female  by  the  hair,  he  ran  his  taken  the  command.    The  Burme/ie  are  said 

sword  info  the  abdomen^  destroying  at  the  to  have  rejected^  with  indlgnatvon>  the  tenns 


Foreign  NewM. — Donutic  Occutrtnca. 


goui.  oeis  bcroloe,  be«li  ihi  iiun[)i;iiaM  of  Jina, 

Cilcuui  p«p»"  to  ll»    III  of  Jmomj  who   tie  numrroiu,  ud  well  mati.     All 

•onlaia  iooib  IgUlligeDcc  of  tlie  prognu  of  ihs  prepantiDoi  mule  b?  tht  cDmmuidgr 

tb«  oir  In  India.     After  mural  unimporttnc  ia  ehkf.  General  de  Kok,  (un  lilcnily  oadcd 

■kirmliliM,   Oen.  Sir    Arvhib^d   Cjinipb«[l  in  nolliioi;.    Tlu  Jmaaeie,  vith  ptndence 

broiis'il  ih'-'  tncmy  I''  •  R'-HcraJ  acliuo  neni  ii'»rceiy   Hi   lie  sxfiecKd,    tiave    constintlr 

r :■■ '■■    .   ..;:■ I  .'..!.-  ^   I.,   .  ...otral  .clot.  >.ilh 

.■  .     .     ■  ■       !■       ■     .  ..      .        :  :!,..   I.iter  lia«  bfea 

BurmeM  Iroopi,  who  imm«l«tTl)r  »lt*r  Ued  auutea  ua  ■imaiiAi  to  no  potpoM  fab 

Id   ill  diracilou  ;    ud  Sir  Arrhibdd  wu  mUaivpciDg  Ki  fblloir  them. 
npecUd  to  rsich     UmnierDpaDnh  befijre  AMERICA, 

b*  oSered  inj  oew  leraii,  or  liiteDtd  to  A   Mew*^  from  tha  Pra^dtat  of  lb* 

uj  fnih  OTRlum  of  p*ue.     The  lou  of  L'aiwd  Suu>    wh   coiDinuiiiaEHl    to   tb* 

tbt  BuniKH  ia  ihiiiction  ii  ntimated  u  Houie  of  Kepreienutim  on  the  I7ih  of 

•neni  (houuodi,  thi  Britiih  m  ISO  lulled  M>n;h,     respecting    the    Puuns  miuion. 

■dd  waundad.     So  fkr  u  w>  haia  been  able  The  Frejideut  .ute.  The  netlvei  vhioU  hul 

to  gather  partieulan,  the  iclioo  lailad  three  induced  bim  to  accept  the  iaiitalioD  to  Hnd 

da]>i,  when  the  enemj  were  beatao  and  dii-  a  F^miniuioncr  to  the  Coagmi  to  be  held 

p«ned{     and    are  now   laid   to   oocupj    a  at  I'uuma.      ■■  My  Grit  and  ^riteit  in- 

itockada  poiitioo,  thirlr  milei  from  Proma.  ducrmfni."  iiriMi.  AJiTtii.  "  Huiomeet, 

"Hie  loHof  Sir  Archibald  Campbeiriafficcr*  jr.  ii..  :.;.    .  .  ..i.|„j>,  „ 

art,  ail  killed  and  five  wounded.— ftIM :  :>■.  .  - 1  liiiar 

Ueut.  T.  H.  M.  Suthetlaod,  and  W.  Qt 


4l>t  r«.;  Lieat.  H.  C.  Proctor,  sSlhreg.j  grot  of  Panama,"  laji  Mr.  Adanu, 

Capt.  Dawtoo,  bia  Maisilj'i  >hip  Aracbne.  cluiinn,   "  it,  in   ' 

"jA.  M-Dougall  and  Lieut.  Ranking  aipdimental.     T 

iO  hlltu  in  a  partial  rancoatra  witQ  nevoJent,  u  humane. 


■..apt.  Liawtoo.  Dia  majeil)'  >  >nip  Aracbne.      ciuiinn,   •'  u,  m  it>  naiore,  ipaCDlatiTa  aod 
Lienl.-Col.  M'Dongall  and  Lieut.  Ranking      updimental.     Tba  daugn  ia  great,  ta  bt- 


lioralion  of  the  condition  of  man.  It  fa 
Tba  wai  in  Java,  againit  the  Dutch  congenial  with  that  ipiTiC  which  ponptad 
aulboritlee,  ilill  continual.  According  lo  our  declaiatiou  of  iodapeodence,  abd  wbiob 
accouDta  from  Bauiia  to  the  ISlh  of  OcEo-  filled  tba  hearu  and  fir«d  the  loola  of  tba 
bar,  (be  inturrection  hai  greatly  eitendad  immortal  foundtn  of  out  rerolation," — The 
llHlf,  and  tha  whole  of  the  eailcm  pro-  Seoale  of  the  United  Stataa  had  determined 
Tincei  from  Fakaloonn  to  Batuki,  a  dia-  the  queitiun  of  (be  aiptdiancj'  al  tha  mii- 
H  hundred  nllai,  lion  in  the  affirmatiTe,  bj  a  role  of  94  to 
and,  an  19.  Mr.  R.  C.  Andenon,  of  Kentuel^, 
more  or  leii  in  a  itate  nt  iniubordination,  and  Mr.  John  Sergeant,  of  PaonijlTaoiit 
and  Id  correipondcTjce  with,  or  influenced  were  nomioatcd  aa  commiuionera  on  tba 
b;,  the  ioiufceni  chiefi.  Rembaof;,  Gra>-  part  of  the  United  Sut«  to  attend  tba 
aie,  Japan,  8hin,  Surabaya,  PauarocaD,  delibeialioni  of  tha  Congreu  of  the  South 
Malang,  and  Baiuki,  are  mentioned  aa  the  Aniericao  Republiei  at  the  Iithmiia  of  Pa- 
moat  diiaffected  of  the  European  proviocea.  nama. 

DOMESTIC    OCCURRENCES. 

LONDON  AND  ITS  VICINITY.  tabliahneat  amouDted  to  twentj  thmuaad 

poundi,  and  tbal  the  indlTidual  who  attaod- 

WESTMINSTER  ABBEY.  ed  viiltori  throng  the  Abbe;,  iuteul  of 
beisg  paid  out  of  uiat  fund,  waa  remunaratad 
h;  duel  which   he   (Mr.  H.)  thought  tbe 

,  _,._  public  ought  not  to  pay.     That  Honaa  had 

tha  lubject  of  feei  received  for  •iiiling  the  voted,  and  verr  properly  TOted,  Mraral  anna 

public  and  prliate  tnnnumenli  in  the  Abbey,  of  money  for  the  erection  of  nonunwata  in 

In  tbe  HouiaofCommoai,  on  the  leth  of  Weitmlaiter  Abbey,  fer  tbe  purpoae  ofpai^ 

March,  Mr.  Humt  roM,lq  make  amotion  to  petuating,  and  giving  tbe  oimoit  publicity 

the  Houae,  lelatlre  to  the  money  received  by  to,  the  acliona  of  illuitrioui  inditidnali  who 

the  Dean  and  Chapter  ofWeitminiter,  from  had  rendered  great  tenncea  to  tha  eounby, 

the  public,  for  admitiion  10  view  the  monu-  and  he  undentood  that  laree  lumi  of  mooay, 

menu  in  Wenminiier  Alibey.     He  wai  in-  both  public  and  nriiate,  \i$A  been  paid  to 

duced  to  make  the  noiiun,  in  coniequeuce  the    Dean  and  Qiaptei  for  penninion   to 

of  an  item  in  the  etiimatn,  for  a  turn  of  erect  the  monumenu  In  tbe  Abbey.     Tbit 

mooay  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Weit-  being  tbe  caac,  he  thought  ihoae  monnmania 

mimier  for  cleaning  thoae  monameoli.     He  ought  lo  be  opan  to  tbe  public  fW  inipectiaa. 

■utdoMMd,  the  aaDoal  rereDua  of  thu  ea-  From  *  MRtipoodntc*  «hkb  had  been  pot 


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'  '  '    ''"'.    ,    •.  r»»-;..  md  that  ir 

.,./....    ..•■...■■  -■'--iaviour  until 

''      ",^    ...    !"';r«:  '■'■:  a  patent  put 

'"'    "  ._..         /.--v*-..  :hat  in  the  >ear 

■     ''     '"    ','  ..,:••.-  -■-•  Lie  Edward  Myers 

"    '     ^.,.   ....    ■.:      .-/-.-'    r"  the  Monuments. 

'  ''"'"    '     •,    .^    .    • — .     ..-na.'Jt»d  were  divided 

'■'■■••"'  ..«:.-.    ;     -      :■:    .--.Tjiosin*,'  tlie  Choir 

'"  '""r'fc-      ■-      ■    ■           -     "      The  Minor  Canons 

.   f    ■     '    '"""^    ,       s-       :;-:        -  ■ -v;  i::endance  was  rc- 

■    ■     "  ^  .^^        .  ..     -     ■       -  ■-..■:.  .:  the  year,  and  their 

--     ■  '    ,          ■    •           ■-■  ^    .-.-    v'-ich  did  not  exceed 

■     ,  -   to.                -  :.  «:.:cvl  to  tlieir  salaries, 

■'■■    ■ '■'   _  -                       ■— .    .■-  .    ;oM:es  more  tlian  120]. 

'''            "  *     -  *                     -       -      •_*:  ,jy,  tliat  the  Dean 

*         ,.         '■-'^                    .  .                       ,--...'  i.vn»n.'e  to  the  opi- 

'  ^      -■'"■      ~"              ..  -       ■'"■^.            -;  House,  had  reduced 

rsT.-       .•■"^"               .  •    .     .-^.       -.:    -  .::  :*.  :j  Is.  id.  which 

!**»•            .,            ,>-..  •         ■»          •■'.*.■   Wis-  .",';:>..■.  »re' I  necessary 

^ *'*'".                      '  ■         ~  ^  •  i    J-     *:i.;v:c  :i.^  t":>.e  Mim-V 

ra.a.               ^^  -      •           -^  .    -^     ■:  x^-:.':^::t3.     The 

rtf  ■•               ■  -          i      -.     :   >:,»*-•;  'n  *t3::ni:, 

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•     -        .«>    :/»   the   Dean    au.' 

•    ?.     ..>ur.  r'.T  permibsinn  to 

-"^    .         :.L.::».  -..i-on  which  a  Iar:;e 

.-*   '.u:  been  expended,  thj-y 

V      .-. .   tT    inspection   to   thl- 

«         ->!•..:> a*  a  mistake  to  supposo 

1,     ■«     "I'k.   *■ .  Charter  liad  received  anv 

.  ...       ..     1.-T  -is.--  to  erect  the  publi* 

i.,ii->v  i>  i.^^-.^T"  iher  occupied  a  con- 

,..H.-    :.  i/s  Abbey,  and,  therefore, 
•!  *«r«.  as  they  might  rract 
,    n.  >;.■;...    •;?  always  paid  a  sum  i-f 
I,   .!  ss- ."  •  ;.'  erect  tnonumenta. 
-  .MI   « to  :>^n  agreed  to. 

".    '*;  .7  .:\i  Chcfaer  of  thf 

'.     ■''  St.   Pzter,   ffcst- 

.:■    jf'  I'ld  H^rttmralle 

.-  MriK-.    loitu   :?ii  March^ 


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WtttnOiultr  Abbey.  3^ 

Jhr  iht  Bilmiiium  nf  ««*  viiiior  tn  euw  rJwi  la  thrt  Ablwj  >•  moch  bemtf  u  poMi- 

tktPtd-lu;  M-nnmaUimikai  Al-tr,/T  ihr  I>l«.   t1i«}  cleucd   all    il>c   MoiiuminK  M 

fofol  amoMBi  rrtnirnl  J'nim  Ihiil  iniuri-r,  in  (Iwir  <«n  printe  mpmue,  wilh  ihs   lolc 

evk  y'a^>  y^  '^  liLU_fivr  r/fartj  dnjf  hmv  «invptioD  df  thrr  Rtijkl  MoDnoiflnu*  which 

Ihtiame  lull  tfit  uppropruOnl.  wen    lubHiiwdtlj    rviwlffd    ind    clnntd, 

Hia  Dean  wnl  riia|>t«i  of  Weitminitn  witiMul  ihi;>  igtvej  nf  ihr  Dstn  »[(  Clwii- 

•n  unabla  to  iml.t  Ibr  ptMiH  rrtum  ie-  ter>    oho  -inlf    Iiuck   tlu)  ■muunt   of  iW 

Ktibcil  in  titc  order   of  yoai   Haanunblr  elitrgr  for  thkC  wnrk  hum  Ui*  liit  of  cob- 

IJaiuc.     The  otd«  nqulm  u  ■naonl  of  liaenwin  ImcIj  luhrakud  ta  PiKliiMneDi. 

lUc  •umi  chirgnl  for  tdmliijan  la  via*  ibi  Tht  Drnta  Mil  Ctapttr  bun  nud*  tha 

"  Public  MoBBDiaao"  in  tht  AUtj      Dut  ibn'c  HMaiMUt,  in  utdn  to  nwei  thi  xlihw 

■a  cliargi  luu  <T«  bc«n  nude  fat  •laoiop;  uf  jaur  Hunuuntde  Hohs.     Tlwir  *ill  no* 

t)i*  >■  HulJie  MwomeDU,"  ■>  <ii(t>DKiii>li«il  b*g  ■■■•e  lo  ■>}  ■  fair  wnnb  on  balislF  of 

tiom    (liF    prl'itf    uai!i.      The    >1>'>I«   ant  thamKlm. 

tiawrJ  uifcrthei  for  a  fatd  lum !  anil  bj  fu         Th>f  mmld  hiimhif  repreiMit,  Ihac  iheir 

■ha  i^TMlnt  pan  uf  ih'   tgcmumani*   ara  nhaich  ia  Rotilled  to  i(a  ihare  of  the  gensral 

ihoH  ofpritatc  pcnoDi:  for  liewin;  which,  ftrmiF  aad    proteoiioii    gitsa    bj   law   and 

•1m  greMaat  pvt  of  the  ehar^r  i*  incurrfd.  uta-;a  to  (be  Chuwh  of  England  at  lar^, 

Tlia  Dean  anJ  Chanter,  howtvDi,   having  and  (hat  it  haaiu  eonniaa  right*,  whiah  i» 

■at  dtc  •naileai  iriah  that  any  pan  ol  the  owit  alnji  be  miikiui  to  pnxnw, 
asUiet  iliauld  b>  coocealtd,   will   fiimiib  I(  !•  theii  ihitjr  aod  their  pride  to  npre- 

•udi  iaformation  u  thej  ]H»feii  concerning  lent   farlbir  lo  tour  Nonourable  Ho«t*( 

it,  thaugli  bejonil  the  temu  of  lite  onkr  of  that  thef  haTe  Ihe  faoDOui   to   hoM  (belt 

joor  Hmaumble  Houie.  church  under  a  aptcid  ohartcr,  gniited  by 

liL  A>  to  the  looii  rharmd  fdr  itia  *d-  the  btoFvolmee  of  the   Crowii.      U   ibia 

miHioK  of  each  riritor  to  rltw  ibr  moBD-  charter,  Queen  Kliiabcih  haa,  of  her  fiM 

menli.  pciiate  a>  well  a>  publia,  fur  the  kit  bmutj,  conftrrrd  Ihr  Chuith  on  tha  Daaa 

GvoTean: —  khI  Uuptcr  /or  tret,  anil  hu  lubjrcCed  it 

BafurchliM^eatT'iCoroMiiiin,  inlBai,  In  their  aale  nd  U-rful  mana^tacDt. 
tha  wliola  uin  perm'lUrd  to  be  ctiaiced,  ma  And  fonhir,  their  Founder  hu  doi  unlf 

ana  ihillinjt    and    elerenpence.       Bin   the  (mpowered,  hm  required  thi^m  ladafind  the 

l^idei  had  iilitaJDeil  additional  firatiiitififrna  priiilcfra  and   Inmuniliei  which   ih>   liaa 

thfl   tiaitim,    and    cnaipiainii    ixfc   made  (liui  berlowed  upon  thftn,  agunat  all  ag- 

j^ailut  ihcH  nactiont,     V/brn  the  Cliunh  gmiiun  or  encrmcllmcDt- 
Mi  r^opnwl.  dW  hit  Majeitj'a  Coronn-        By  (Wkr  «f  (b*  Dmb  and  ClnplBr,- 
lioa,  n  niw  order  w«b  therefcn  mad*,  and  GMniac  QnU  VlmnHti    ' 

da  oMoat   lum  to  be  iwsirad   ■*•   twv  CbtftuCiA 

M.liafi,  all   cooiDaBiatioa   (o   tlw   gnidM  

bainfl  included  in  thii  aum. 

T£ia  le^laCion,   irnder   which    leia   waa  On  th«  1  mh  of  April,  Mr.  Bintr  nand 

paid  by  the  pnblic  than  before,  waa  conli-  fer  ■  enp^  at  the  chanrr  gnotad  ia  tbv 

niwd  till  June,   1«1S,   when  the  aum  waa  lecoad  year  of  the  raiga  of  Queen  Elinlwdl. 

lowared  to  one  ihilliag  and  threcpenea.  whtrahr  ahe,  of  her  fne  bmntj,  ooD&rrnd 

■d.  The  tocat  amouBt  receJrad  from  th*  the  tbhtj  ehorch  of  Weatoinglfr  on  (IM 

abme  aourca  in  each  jear,  for  tli«  liwt  fita  D»d  ai:d  Chapter  (brnrr,  and  aubjactad  tha 


1811  £UB  )l    II  TW  Hon.  Member  aUtwl  dm  Im  had  ban 

lB9a 1,317     9     a  iufermed  from  |;aod  nihorit]',  that  loiM 

IBIS I,6fl4   13     9  ^aarapait  ^  E^  and  ChajHer  nf  Wtit- 

18M  ....- I,6SB     O     &  niauer  had  appropriated  to  Ihenuftrra  otT- 

IKS 1,SM     1      O  «iB  land,  which  belonjted  of  rteht  to  (b« 

3d.  How  the  tama  haa  baan  approprittad :  MinorCaaoai  aaaOeDtiemenoftbeCbulrof 

All  the  abofC  auu  he*«  baen  reeeivad'  th.-   \                              I     .         .  -  ,    -.    i     ;,ji. 

b*  th«MionaCanoB>,aad  iheOentleBOlnf  yi-^it-A  .     ■■■.■::,,■■■:    .,'  ■    '  ,r     "<',   l>...j<   lo 

tL  Choir;  and  dirlded  anong  theoiaahM,  iixi^irK  ;«,»  the  Lir<M.iml..>».  altcnding'lhia 

aftar  portioaa  allowed  to  the  officais  of  (h*  nffiir;  but,  ontwithxanding  tbair  repreiea- 

cheiri  iha  Dean  and  Ch^WerDathar  iaitaa^  tatiuni,    the   Dean   and   Chapter  remaioeJ 

feriaff^  asr  knowing  when  the  diriaiaa  waa  <>Mf  »>  them,  add  inaiatod  thar  the  Minor 

i^iJb.  Caonni  ahaiild  owe  their  tappnrl  prlncipaTIj' 

Tbia  giant  waa  made  U>  dM  Choir  in  dw  ti>  the  collecllona  which  wen  made  at  tha 

ja»  1697,  tat  iba  aunditinu  that,  racrinoK  d™ia  for  ahewini;  th«   rDoantunea.     The 

thabeaafiufrDBdueihibitiDnDf  ibaMo-  Minor  Canoni  alleged,  thai  bf  Trnw  of  ■ 

n^Mta,  thej  aboald  keap  iba  HanaieMB  <-i>ann   granwd  by  Quern  Elizabeth,  anf- 

a'liija  nlaaa      Thia,  boWarer,  bad  not  baen  lii'imt  fundi  were  ael  apart  for  theii  maiate- 

dMa,  Ml   vbas    iba   Dan    and  Cbaptar  nance:  aod  the  chief  objacl  of  the  preaeot 

4a)a<  dt«  hi*  M^aalj'a  Cntoauim,  W  noliun  waa  to  an  llial  charter,  in  order  thtkC 
Gm.  Mia.  Jmii,  lau. 

10 


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Damtttic  Ocaurencet.'^Weitmintter  Abbey* 


lAprfl. 


info  hit  hiiidiy  it  appearcd  that  ths  indi- 
.Tidad«  appointed  to  superintend  the  eollee- 
tion  of  tne  monej  paid  for  admiuion,  were 
the  MinOT  Canons,  among  whom  the  money 
collected  was  divided.  He  beliered  that 
about  fiftj  years  ago  the  admission  £ee  to 
the  Abbey  was  not  more  than  a  penny  or 
twopence,  the  sum  paid  for  admission  to 
visit  St.  Paul's,  a  sum  quite  sufficient  to 
keep  out  that  descriptioa  of  persons  who 
would  be  most  likely  to  do  injury  to  the 
monuments.  His  object  was  to  ascertain 
whether  or  not  the  Dean  and  Chapter  had  a 
right  to  demand  money  from  the  public  for 
permission  to  view  monuments  erected  at 
the  public  expense.  He  had  thought  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  would,  by  attending  to 
the  strong  expression  of  public  opinion  in 
that  House,  and  out  of  doors,  upou  the 
flubject,  have  prevented  the  necessity  of  this 
motion.  If  it  should  turn  out  that  the 
funds  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  were  not 
sufficient  without  the  assistance  of  the  ad- 
mission fees  to  support  their  establishment, 
and  to  clean  those  statues,  some  arrange- 
ments might  take  place  between  them  and 
the  public,  but  if  it  should  turn  out  that 
that  House  or  his  Majesty  had  no  power  to 
compel  the  Dean  and  Chapter  to  open  the 
monuments  to  the  inspection  of  the  public, 
he  should  protest  against  granting  a  single 
shilling  of  the  public  money  for  permission 
to  erect  those  monuments.  The  Hon.  Mem- 
ber concluded  by  moving  ''  for  an  account 
of  the  sums  of  money  charged  by  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Westminster  to  the  public 
for  admission  to  view  the  public  monuments 
in  Westminster  Abbey,  specifying  the  amount 
paid  by  each  visitor,  the  total  amount  re- 
ceived each  year,  and  how  applied.. 

Mr.  Secretary  Peel  said,  it  was  not  his 
.intention  to  oppose  the  motion  by  any  cap- 
tious objections,  when  he  recollected  that 
those  monuments  had  been  erected  at  the 
public  expence  ;  but,  at  the  same  time,  he 
thought  it  right  to  put  the  House  in  pos- 
session of  the  facts  of  the  case.  The  Hon. 
Gentleman  was  mistaken  in  saying  that  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  ought,  of  right,  to  admit 
the  piiblic  into  the  Abbey.  He  did  not 
think  the  House  had  any  more  power  over 
'  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westminster  Abbey, 
than  over  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  St. 
Pkui's,  or  any  other  Cathedral ;  but,  possi- 
bly, the  fact  of  the  monuments  having  been 
erected  at  the  public  expense,  would  make 
some  diffsrence.  His  opinion,  however, 
was,  that  the  rights  of  that  body  could  be 
affected  only  by  an  Act  of  Parliament.  The 
Hon.  Member  was  also  in  error  when  he 
stated,  that  the  demand  of  the  admission 
fee  was  of  modern  date,  and  that  no  fee  was 
taken  until  within  the  last  fifty  years.  He 
could  assure  the  House,  that  from  the 
earliest  periods,  long  before  the  rebellion  of 
'  1645,  a  fee  had  been  demanded.  Upon 
iearching  the  records  it  would  be  found. 


that  the  office  of  Keeper  of  the  Monumtata 
was  granted  for  life,  by  patent,  and  that  it 
was  not  granted  during  good  behaviour  until 
after  the  Restoration.    From  a  pateat  put 
into  his  hands,  it  appeared,  that  in  the  year 
1613,  Sir  Robert  Swifi  and  Edward  Myers 
were  appointed  Keepers  of  the  Monuments. 
The  fees  at  present  demanded  wer6  divided 
between  the  persons  composing  the  Choir 
and  the  Minor  Canous.    Tne  Minor  Caooiks 
were  Clergymen,  whose  attendance  was  re- 
quired for  four  months  in  the  year,  and  their 
portion  of  those  fees,  which  did  not  exceed 
annually  70l.  each,  added  to  their  salaries, 
did  not  make  their  incomes  more  than  ISOl. 
per  annum.    He  must  say,  that  the  Dean 
and  Chapter,  out  of  deference  to  the  opi- 
nions expressed  in  that  House,  had  reduced 
the  admission *fee  from  9s.  to  Is.  Sd.  which 
was  no  more  than  was  considered  necessary 
for  affording  some  allowance  to  the  Minor 
Canons  for  preserving  the  monuments.    The 
Hon.  Member  was  also  mbtaken  in  stating, 
that  the  Dean  and  Chapter  had  not  a]^ied 
any  of  the  funds  for  the   repairs   of  the 
Abbey.     The  feet  was,  that  during  the  last 
twenty-five  years,  a  sum  of  53 ,6271*. had 
been  paid  out  of  their  fimds  for  the  repairs 
of  the  Abbey,  making,  on  an  average,  during 
that  period,  the  annual  sum  of  2,1 45l. :  and, 
during  the  last  twelve  years,  the  sum  of 
40,0001.  had   been    expended   in    repairs, 
making  an    annual    ayerage,    during    that 
period,   of  3, 3001.     This  feet  shewed,  on 
the  part  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter,  a  dispo- 
sition to  provide  liberally  for  me  repairs  of 
that  magnificent  edifice.    The  Dean  and 
Chapter  might  be  in  error  in  thinking,  that 
by  throwing  the  Abbey  open  to  tlie  public 
the  monuments  would  be  injured,  but  he  was 
satisfied  that  they  acted  from  a  hma.fide 
opinion,  that  such  would  be  the  consequence. 
The  Hon.    Gentleman    concluded  by  de- 
claring that  he  would  not  oppose  the  motion. 

Mr.  JV.  Smith  thought,  as' the  public  had 
paid  considerable  sums  to  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  Westminster,  for  permission  to 
erect  those  monuments,  upon  which  a  large 
sum  of  public  money  had  been  expended,  they 
ought  to  be  open  for  inspection  to  the 
public. 

Mr.  Peel  said  it  was  a  mistake  to  suppose 
that  the  Dean  and  Chapter  had  received  any 
money  for  permission  to  erect  the  public 
monuments,  although  they  occupied  a  con- 
siderable space  in  the  Abbey,  and,  therefore> 
lessened  their  revenue,  as  they  might  gnnt 
to  private  persons  (who  always  paid  a  sum  of 
money)  permission  to  erect  monuments.. 

The  motion  was  then  agreed  to. 

The  Return  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter.  (^  the 
Collegiate  Church  of  St,  Peter,  ffest- 
minster,  to  the  order  qf  the  BonburaJble 
House  <if  Commons,  dated  16<^  March, 
1  %^6i,far  an  aecwni  of  the  Siant^  charged 

'  by  the  Dean  end  Chtfter  qfWestmmtttr, 


XM& J  '  WtiMbuiw  ifMcy.  Jttl 


fir  At  itAkiinm  ^mtk  wuOor  towkm  gjImuii^AWmfmmtiAVmK^m 

ikt  Pablic  ifamncntr  m  UuU  Atbry:  iki  bl«»  thay  elMUMd  all  tbe  MooubmM  •» 

ioM  aamaad  netweifrom  thai  mmntt  m  dMk  onm  frltMi  wptiii  iM  iW  Mb 

«a^  ftrntf  far  Ute  Itutjhft  ymn,  ami  htm  MoeplUM  of  the  Kojtl^  Man— wKg,  wfalA 

iKetmme  has  betn  mnpriaUd.  wmt%    iubit^iMiitlj  rmlivd    ■»<   pliMiJy 

The  Deu  ud  Chapter  of  WtttaiMter  without  way  wigtmtj  of  the  ]>mb  aod  CIim»» 

•rt  unabW  to  make  toe  preeiie  return  da-  ter,  who  only  Iraew  the  amoaaft  of  ^w 

•cribed  in  the  order  of  joor  Hoaootable  charge  for  that  work  froa  the  Itat  of  eo»* 

Hoaie.    The  order  requiiee  an  account  of  tkwmoiee  lately  raKmitted  to  ParUameac 

tbe  SUBS  charged  for  admititoo  to  riew  tbe         The  Dean  and  Chapter  have  made  A^ 

<<  Poblio  Monomentt"  in  tbe  MAwj     But  above  atatemeoty  in  order  to  meet  the  wUhta 

BO  charge  has  ever  been  made  for  viewinir  fA  your  Honourable  Home.    They  will  nov 

the  <*  Public  Mooomentiy"  as  distiogaishea  beg  leave  to  tay  a  fow  woidi  on  behalf  o# 

firom  the  private    ooct.      The   whole  are  themselves. 

viewed  together  for  a  fixed  sum  t  and  by  for        They  would  hnmbhr  represent,  that  thefaf 

the  greatest  part  of  the  monuments  are  ehnroh  ia  entitled  to  its  share  of  the  genewU 

those  of  private  persons ;  for  viewing  which,  foveur  and   proteetlon   girett  by  law  mtk 

tbe  greateet  part  of  the  charge  ia  incurred,  usage  to  the  Churah  of  Pnglaiid  ai  \ttf^ 

The  Dean  and  Chapter,  however,  havfaig  and  that  it  hu  its  eommott  rightly  whiih  }» 

set  liie  smallest  wish  that  any  part  of  the  must  always  be  ankms  to  pwsmm, 
anWatt  should  be  concealed,  will  fomish        It  is  thetr  duly  and  their  pride  to  n|MK 

ewdi  iaforosation  as  they  possess  eonesmiag  sent  forther  to  YOar  Honourable  HotfOy 

it»  though  beyond  tbe  terms  of  the  order  i  that  they  have  tne  honour  to  hold  their 

your  Hooottiable  House.  church  under  a  special  ehvlar,  giaulad  bf 

1st.  As  to  the  sums  charged  for  the  ad-  the  benevolenee  of  the  Crown.     In  thW 

mission  of  each  visitor  to  view  tbe  moan-  charter.  Queen  Blinbeth  hae,  of  her  h99 

ments,  private  as  well  as  pubKo,  for  the  tset  boun^,  conforred  the  Chuftb  on  tho  ENM 

five  yean:—  and  Uiapter  for  ever,  and  hat  nM^nfUU  li 

Before  his  Mijesty's  Coronation,  in  1 89 1 ,  to  their  sole  and  kwfol  management, 
the  whole  sum  permitted  to  be  charf;ed,  wee        And  further,  their  Founder  has  noV  &Af 

one  shilling   and    elevenpence.      But  the  empowered,  but  rehired  them  to  defond  tKw 

Siidea  had  obtained  additicNBal  gratuities  from  privileges  and  immunitioB  i^Mti  she  hnn 

e  visitors,    and    coonplaints    were  made  thus  bestowed  npon  them,  againef  all  w^ 

against  these  exactions.     When  the  Cburrh  gretsion  or  encrooohment. 
was  re-opened,  after  his  Maiesty's  Corona-        By  order  of  the  Deeo  and  Chaptor, 
lion,  a  new  order  was  therefore  made,  aad  GiOROt  GhUf  VlMClinv 

tbe  utmost  sum  to  be  received  was  two  Chaptor  Qnlb 

shillings,  all  compensation  to  the  guidee  - 

being  included  in  Uiis  sum. 

Tnis  rrpiUtioD,  imder  which   le«  was         On  the  18l3i  of  April,  Vk,  "Bume  muf%^ 

paid  by  the  public  than  before^  was  conti-  for  a  copy  iA  the  chaner  granted  ia  the 

nued  till  June,  182&,  when  the  sum  waa  second  year  of  the  reign  of  Qmcu  Elisabeth, 

lowered  to  one  shillinj^  and  three-pence.  wherebf  she,  of  her  free  bounty,  eonforfsd 

9d.  The  total  amount  received  firom  the  the  abbey  church  of  Westminster  on  tba 

above  source  in  each  year,  for  the  last  five  Dean  ard  Chapter  for  ever,  and  subjected  the 

years :  same  to  their  entire  and  kwfol  management. 

1831 £6A9  II   11  The  Hon.  Member  stated  dmt  he  had  been 

1839 9,317    9    3  informed  from  good  authority,  that  some 

1833 1,6*64  13    9  years  past  the  E^  and  Chanter  of  Wen*' 

1894 1,629     0    S  minster  had  appronrUted  to  tnemaelves  oer- 

1896 1,685     1     0  taia  land,  which  belonged  of  right  to  tba 

Sd.  How  the  same  has  been  appropriated :  Minor  Canons  and  (Gentlemen  of  die  Choir  of 

All  the  above  sums  have  been  received  tbe  Abbey  Church.     The  latter  persons  ap« 

hj  the  Minor  Canons,  aad  the  Gentlen>en  of  pointed  a  committee  of  their  own  body  to 

the  Choir ;  and  divided  •mao^  themselves,  inquire  into  the  circumstances  attenEng  thle 

alter  portions  allowed  to  the  officers  of  the  «ffeir ;  but,  notwithstsaadma  tbetr  represea- 

choir;  the  Dean  and  Chapter  neitlier  inter-  tacions,  the  Dean  aad  Chapter  remaiaatf 

feiiaff^  nor  knowmg  when  the  divisioa  waa  deaf  to  them,  and  inaisted  that  the  Minor 

id^  Caaons  should  owe  their  support  prlncipaOj- 

Tbia  grmit  wee  mi^*  to  the  Chob  ia  the  to  the  coUectkma  wh'tch  weia  made  at  ^tm 

t<»7,  oa  the  aonditiou  that,  receiving  doora  for  ahcwing  the  monumenta.    Th« 

itoftoatim  exhibition  of  the  Mo-  Miaor  Caaooe  alleged,  thai ^  virtue  of  a 

Am  •!•    ,,« beep  tbe  MoaaaMoa  charter  granted  by  Queen  Elitabctb,  aaf-^ 

mf  WiNWW,  bad  not  beea  fioieat  foade  were  eel  apart  for  thab  malaft^^ 

~  aad  Cbapiar  aaace :  aad  llie  chief  oli^eel  of  the  armttt 

t  ruiiaarte«_  to  otolioa  waa  to  aaa  thai  dwrlir,  bt  owtrilifc 


Domestic  Occurrence. 

miglit  b*  umr-      mUl]'  no  lire* 
le««ee  of  ihe  be 
X-  of    Cb 


e  !n.t.— Mr.  Dii 
tUhli<ilni<!Dt    on 


Mr.  Peel  opposed  the  motion.     He  Hid 

thmt    the  rIgbU  oFtheDeia  UldChlpUr    of  i-iui.ua;,    guuc    iv    in    iniiuiiiiic    oix-um    m 

WuKDiDilei    dlffitred   in  no   reiuect  fiom  bcButlfjing  ihe   interior  nnil   ptinting  tlie 

ihote  of  ihi  Deao  aod  thipter  olfm;  other  front  of  the  theatre.     He  bu  been,  by  thii 

pUce.     The  public  hui  erected  monunienls  diiuU'Dui  event,  reduced  to  b  itate  of  tain. 

there,  but  h«l  not  piid  anj  thing  foe  the  —The  uute  of  the  lire  is  beheved  to  be 

ll  Uxe  hon.  geolleman  doubted  the  right  of  lighta  not  hiving  Iweo  properly  turned  off  U 

the  Dmid  Mei  Chapter  in  tnka  tnuney  for  tbe  close  of  the  perfaTmancet,  and  »b<eh 

■    '    ■       "      '  '  0  could  re-  had  commuDicaled  to  the  plecea  of  Bceoc* 

n. — The  loss  iseitimatulntupinlds 


BIO  pay  it,. 
Itriog  the  ch 


evented  from 
>  church,  he  could  tr;  the  qu»- 
liod  ia  aoj  vaj  be  thongbl  proper ;  hut  be 
ought  Dot  to  call  UDun  the  Honte  to  maVs 
icielfapanr  to  inch  dispute.  The  Mmor 
Caoona  thought  they  were  entitled  to  lome- 
ihing  more  than  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
allowed  them  J  and  if  it  were  in,  ought  the 
House  to  enter  into  that  t|uatrel  ?  Ought 
ihoj,  in  the  present  overwhelming  slate  of 
public  bniii 


The   Old  South   Sea  Hou 


perpetrated 
Mr.  Coopei 


he  iisrish  of  Marj-le  bone, 
iruibtoaker,  and  one  of  the 
Ubie  inhabiunts  of  High-street, 
;  b;  a  nuui  of  ths 


IB  difTe 


waj  stabbed  I 

name  of  Pollard,  while  under  the  inflDeDU 

diBpatcb,  for  the  purjKHc  of     of  race  and  intoKlL-ation.     It  appoara  that 

'    "  the  Minor      Mr.  Cooper  had  received  ioui  hii  honsa  ■ 

led  Bicknell, 


Canons  and  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  WesI 

mioiter?    The  notice  went  on  to  call  for 


n  ths 


i.ith  Pull 


>  of 
nan  of  v 


lerjal 


ry  deprw 


e  held.     It  waa 


Pollard 


lucb  to  infringenient  of  private  rigbi 

Mr.  JahuTU  uid,   that   the  eiat 

Eeei  ftir  idmiiiion  to  the  Abbej'  ws 


luitf-pait    seven    o  clock, 

Mr.  Cooper's  home.     He 

the  ibop,  when  he  «aa 


levied  upon  the 
order   to   keep  i 


of  the  Abhi 
those  objei 
curioaiiT  Hhieb  attracted  them.     As  far  tl 
Dean,  tie  could  take  upon  himself  to  ti 
iraWe  '       ' 


Diet  by  Mr.  Cooper,  who  onpate 

of     trance,  and  tnid  him  he  slioutj  not 

■err      ibop.    The  villain  immedialcljdrew  a  knife, 

t  to      and  plunged  it  into  Cooper's  beut.     Ths 

he      unfortunate  man  fell  upon  his  fkce  ouliid* 

I  ID      hii  shop  door,  and  the  wretch  again  stabbed 

of     him  in  two  other  placet,     tie  then  apmng 

itedthem.     A i  for  the      over   the    bod;,    and    meeting  ■it'h   Mn. 

Cooper,    who  was   hastening  to   her  hua- 

band's  aitiitance,   be  stabbed  her   in   thg 

i;eck  and   in   the   aide,  and   inflicted   two 

dreadful  cuts  on  the  urm.     Mr.  Coopet'a 

four    children,     who    were    in    the    shop, 

alarmed  at  the  dreadful  light  thev  beheld) 


.r  Wellclose. 


C  for  , 


continued  body  of  ikme.  The  glare  of 
light  wiu  such,  that  a  farthing  might  have 
been  picked  up  on  either  oE  the  biidgei. 
By  a  quarter  to  two  o'clock  the  engioei 
fitooi  the  different  Gre-officei  were  in  motioo, 


and   othera  going  to  th 

ready  lo  go  to  work,  b 
eight  or  ten  could  he  k. 


the 


d  to  have  taken  fire,  lavBge  manner,  but  was  prevented  from 
n  bj  the 
iterierence  of  Mrs.  Biclaell,  who  then  re- 
olved  three  stabs  in  her  right  shoulder, 
ut  she  is  not  considered  in  danger.  The 
mrderer  itahbed  himself  la  a  frighlfjl 
lanner,  and  died  of  his  noundi  in  the  In- 
nusr;  is  the  course  of  the  night.  Pollard, 
iiing  the  water  it  appears,  was  married  lb"  jear* ago,  to  the 
nunbward.  By  daughter  of  a  butcher,  in  Mary-le-bone. 
least  iO  engitiei  He  succeeded  his  father- in-law  in  busloesa  : 
not  more  tlian  but,  in  consequence  of  his  idle  habits,  ha 
could  he  kept  going.  About  became  insolvent,  and  his  wile  died  from  (h« 
a  quarter  pait  two,  leveo^  of  tlie  adjaceol  (Acts  of  hit  ill  treatment.  Snbsaqantlj 
houses  caught  fire,  from  the  Bakes  of  bum-  he  married  a  lecond  »ife,  from  whom  ho 
ing  emben,  but  bj  the  exertion  of  the  lire-  haa  been  sepwalnl  eight  ye«ti.  In  tb*  b- 
men,  they  were  preserved  ivDm  destruction,  terval  he  has  been  leading  ■  dlsaoloti  llfc. 
Not  &re  pounds  worth  of  properly  waa  He  hved  with  Mrs.  Bicknell  two  yean,  and 
Bated  (torn  lbs  ihotre.  By  three  o'clock  she  only  separated  from  him  the  day  bdbi* 
the  whole  of  the  interior  of  the  building  the  unfortunate  ctlutrophe. 
-ru  ««Bplel*l]'  bonwd  to  ashea  i  but  furta-    - 


PROMOTIONS    AND    PREFEHMENTS. 


G.I 


e  P«o»io- 


WlnlthaUtMarchiO.  DitIiI  Ulli«rt.eM|. 
U  b>  k  Lord  of  JiMllcIir]>  in  Scoiluil,  ua 
Qtorgf  FirtutioD,  aa.  migned. 

Hkchird  l-cmnUTseWlUau,  of  Mtlton  on 
■be  Hill,  DO.  Vork,  »q.  lo  ti«  ihr  •urnuoe 
Wd  Iw  the  KTiu  of  Mobutu  not)',  in 
naiulUaec  with  lh«  will  uf  i!w  HiEhl  Hod. 
f.M««*^,  Ule  of  P*].plt<riok. 

jtpni  10.  TliB  Right  Hon.  Wm.  OeorRe 
Moaeklan-Anindiil,  ViMount  O^lnv  ind 
BirOD  Killird,  is  Irtlud,  to  diicoDlinut  ths 
■KoTllie  >uni>a>e  of  AruDdclllKbn  hit  ti- 
tle of  hoaoiir,  but  lo  be  ullad  lij  ihi  lUi- 
auB>  nf  MuncLloa-ArUDdel]. 

;««■  Oj«(v.  .<;pri;  J.    loih  Light  D«- 

■ooni.Cjpl.  DmiunioDdlobaM»ot;  l^lh 
ilEo.Capt  R.  UniDtoatobfMtjot;  17th 
dlUa,  Major  A.  It4cua  tn  be  Mijon  lit 
FiMM,  (:>|>l.  D-  Dtuchia  to  be  Major ;  3rd 
ditto.  Mijnr  C.  W.  W^l  to  be  Lleut.-oJ^- 
Breret,  Lieot.-col.  C.  CinerOD  tn  be  Mkjor ; 
4«d  dltlD,  Cipt.  J.  ]Ji»drr  lo  be  Major) 
4Sth  ditto.  Major  J.Tntor  to  be  Lienccol.  i 
Brott-M^ar  J.  T.  Moriut  to  be  Mthr.— 
£Dth  dklo,  Cipt.  J.  Anderaxa  to  be  if  lejnr. 
TSd  ditto.  Bre>et-M*Jor  L.  O.eo  to  be  Ma- 
Jer.— 7Rlb  diilo,  Cspl.  J.  Hill  to  Iw  Mijr>r( 
gSrd  ditto,  Luut.-col.  D.  M'Gteaor  In  h* 
UmL-col— Voattuhwl :  tobe  Ll(ut.-n>li. 
of  InliBtrj— Lieut,  ud  Cairt.  F.  Daukina, 
Mtjor  W.  R.  Clarton.  Major  R.  Arnold. 
To  be  M*Jon  of  InfantrY  :  Lepl.  W.  D«(- 
>>*a.  Ci[>t.  H.  H.  FurquhanoD,  C>pl.  lloa. 
G.  R.  Aberorombj.  C.pt.  W.  Bu.h,  Cj.!.  F. 

Membehi  RETUnXtD  TO  Pailumetit. 
Horiham Tlie  Hon.  F.  Fox,  nceSi 


■  PreUndalSuinn  Weill 


Rer.M.Dlad,  t< 

CKherinl. 
Rn.  M.  ArmttioDg,  Shfta  cnm  DoDoiogtoa 


Re>.   F.  Blackbume,   WettoD-iuper-Mare, 

R.  *0.  Somenel. 
Rev.  J.  Bllcb,  EuiooV.  with  Loiig  Stan 

■od  Buh.111  P.  C.  HiintingdvD. 
Rev.  T.  A.  Bruwn.  Belton  V.  eo  York. 
R(v.  F.  Clerks,  Erdon  R.  «.  Nortbampton. 
Re..  J.  S.  Gicki.  Swulmo  p.  C.  co.  Wore. 
Rev.  R.  Coningtoo.  Fiihtoft  R.  en.  Line, 
Her.  B-  Cook.  St.  Puil  u>d  St.  JuB«  P.  C 

«.  NnrfoU. 
Rev.A.Daahwood.BlnlrjwitbThelDolthoriM 

R.  anoned.  Norfolk 


R.  UBe.ed,  NorCiilk. 
ReT.  J.  O.  Jonta,  Saialbair  R.  en,  Gtoue. 
Rer.  E.  S.  Keppel,  Tlttle.lxll  .ith  Oodwlck 

■Dd  WiIUdbcoii  R.  uneud.  Norfulk. 
Re*.  J.  Lloid,  Llaofell  R.  W*1ei 
Re».  J.  T.  Lj.,  Merfin  V.  eo.  O.fotd. 
R*».  T.  Mrtliitold,  KilterHoee  R.  SufWk. 
B.t,  W.H.  MogridKe,  Wirt  p.  C.  co.  Wore. 
Rev.  T.  Plunkett,  DrDnmre  R.  Inland. 
Rar.  V.  Vawjt,  Achtimh  K.  ttlth  UlfotJ  V. 

■nnnedi  n>.  NortbamptoD. 
R4'v.  M.  Pretinh,  Cbeihuut  V.  er>.  Ilertt. 
Re..  W.  R«.,  HnrK.  V.  Norfolk. 
Rev.T.  Spi'iic       ■"  '■■ 


CarlMc.—T,  Kivaaagb,  etq.  via  Sir  U.  B. 
Burgh,  noir  Baron  Dowaei,  ■  Peer  at  the 

United  Klugdom. 


EcCLUtll 


L  PnErinMEN 


Thr  Right  Rtr.Dr.  W.  Van  Milderl,  to  the 

See  of  Durhmn. 
RcT.  E.  G.  A  Beck-itb,  to  n  Mioor  Cuod^ 

in  St.  Paul'a  Cetbedial. 
RcT.  C.  H.  Puliford,  Canon  Reiideotiirj  of 

WellaCMbednl 


Ret.G.Tonuad,  NwtlUllertaD  R.  co.Dor, 
RtT.  R.  Warner,  Croeeombe  R.  Somereet. 
Rer.  G.  H.  Webber,  Gmt  Bitdnrth  V.  oo. 

Cheater. 
Rev.  S.  Webber,  Tiibarr  V.  Wilta. 
Rer.W.aWbilehwdiTlmbenetinibeV.ao. 

Someraet. 
Rer.  P.  Williami,  Llangu  B.  Wale*. 
Rev.  C.  Wndavorth,  Ingoldiihorpe  R.  Nnt 
Rev.  T.  Wordej,  Sca>too  R.  co.Yaik. 

Chulaih*. 
Rer.  C.  S- HiMela,  Chap,  to  U.  St.  Vinerat . 
Rev.  C  S.  Wood,  Chai,.  to  the Diikeof  Yo(t 

CiTII.   pRETIRHUrT. 

Rer.L  Lenllio,  MaiterofthaFrwOruk- 
TDat  School,  Bruton,  eo,  Wihb 


BIRTHS. 


alattk  e.    In  Hereford-atrMt,  Park-lane, 
the  Ut  of  Sit  Edward  Poore,  barl.  a  ton  and 

heir. 13.    At  Wntoiv,  the  ladf  of  Sir  llie  wit*  ol  Stephen  WiOraMOD.  as.  Ha 

Tattoo  Sjkea,  bwt.  a  *oD  and  hair. U.      neaa  n»d,  a  aoa  aod  Uir. — -II.  At  11 

At  Scaihorough,  the  wife  of  J.  C.  Brooke,  Parit,  SaoBiag  HiU,  B«rin,  lb*  k^r  tf  A* 


14.  -nw  wile  of  tlM  Rn.  J. 

of  Skallow  Orange,  a  boo.— 1«. 

The  wifc  of  Stephen  W"^ 


564  Birtki  and  Marriages.  [ApftU 


Right  Hon.  Lof4  Cbvi^y  a  gea.!  ft4«  At  tity  of  Oxford*  b  toD.™"7«  The  wif«  of  J. 
Rhode  Hill)  Devonshire)  the  lady  of  Rear  Miles,  esq.  of  'Southampton-row,  Russell- 
Aim*  Sir  John  Talbot,  K<C.B.  a  son  And  heir,     square,  a  son. At  Paris,  the  lady  of  Mons. 

fg.  At  Holme,  near  Market- Weightpn,  P.  £.  Alletz,  a  son  and  dau.  (see  vol.  xcv. 

she  HpD.  Mrs.  Langdale,  a  son.  ii.  p.  76.)— < — 8.  At  Aldboroogh  Lodge, 

jipril  f  •  The  wife  of  Tho.  Wilson,  esq.  of  near  Boroughbridge,  the   wife  of  Andrew 

Dulwich,  a  SOD 3.  At  the  seat  of  J.  G«     Lawson,  esq.  a  son. 9.  Mrs.  Neate,  of 

liegfa,  eeq.  of  High  Legh,  the  wife  of  the  Warminster,  of  three  children — a  boy  and 

Rev.Tho.  BlackburoeyVicarofEccIes,  ason.  two  girls.     '     14.  At  Tamworth,  Stanord* 

^^-.— AtWalkern  Rectory,  Herts,  the  wife  of  shire,  the  wife  of  F.  WiJIington,  esq.  a  bob 

the  Rev.  James  Camper  Wright,  a  son. and  heir. 16.  At  Wootton  Baasett,  iba 

B.  At  Ringmer,  the  wife  of  Mafor  Cator,  R.  wife  of  the  Rev.  T.  H.  Ripley,  a  dan. 

Alt.  a  dau,    ■     5.  The  wife  of  Dr.  Ogle,  Al-  1 9.  At  Chidiester,  the  wife  of  the  Hon.  and 

drician  ProfeMor  of  Medicine  in  the  Univer-  Rev.  Edw.  John  Tumour^  a  ton  and  heir. 


MARRIAGES. 

July  26,  1895.  At  Batavia,  East  Indies,         jipril  5.    At  Bellbroughton,  Rob.  Baker j 

Jqh&-Gray  Duncan,  esq.  (sixth  son  of  the  eso.,  to  Dorothea,  dau.  of  the  late  Rev, 

Rev.  James  Duncan,  of  West-Worldham,  John  Wylde,  Rector  ofAldridce  and  Barr, 

Hants.)  to  Helen,  eldest  dau.  of  Capt.  Wm.  Staffordshire. At  St.  Mary^,  Islin^n, 

Hodges.  the  Rev.  Edmund  N.  Dean,  M.  A.  of  Wes- 

Miirch  16.  At  Blair  Vadock,  Dumbarton-  ton,  Herefordshire^  to  Emma,  eldest  dau. 

•hire,  W.  Tritton,  esq.  son  of  George  Trit-  of  W.  Thomas,  esq.  of  Lombard-street 

ton,  esq.  of  West-hill,  Wandsworth,  to  Jane  At  Whitby,  the  Rev.  George  Young,  author 

Desnistoun,  dau.  of  Mr.  and  Lady  Janet  Bu-  of  the  History  of  Whitby,  &c.  to  Margaret, 

tfhanan. — ^^lonel  de  la  Salle,  late  a  dis-  dau.  of  late  Mr.  Robert  Hunter. 7.  At 

tinguiahed  officer  in  the  French  service,  to  St.  Mary's  Church,  Mr.  F.  W.  Jackson,  of 

Miss  Maria  Glenn,  formerly  of  Taunton.  Bolton,  to  Miss  J.  J.  Williams,  dau.  of 

This  is  the  young  lady  who,  a  little  while  J.  Williams,  esq.  of  Hampton  Hall,  Wor- 

a±o,  appeared  before  the  public  in  the  Bow-  cestershire. 8.  At  St.  Sidwell's  Church, 

ditch  abduction  case. 18.  At  All  Souls'  Exeter,    Wm.  Hingeston,  esq.    of    Lyme 

Chureh,  St.  Mary-le-bone,  Sir  Montague  Regis,  Dorset,  to  Harriet  Jane,  second  dau. 

Cholmeley,  hart.  M.P.  of  Easton  Hall,  Liu-  of  the  late  Lewis  Jonenne,  esq. 1 0.  At 

colnshire,  to  Catherine,  dau.  of  Benj.  Way,  St.  George's  Church,  Nicolson  Robert  Cal- 

esq.  of  Denfaain  Park,  Bucks. 20.  At  St.  vert,  esq.  third  son  of  Nicc^on  Calvert,  esq. 

Mark's  Church,  Dublin,  Captain  Rtynolds,  M.  P.,  of  Hunsdun  House,  Herts,  to  Eliz. 

89th  reg.  to  Eliz.  Jane,  dau.  of  the  late  G.  eldest  dau.  of  Rev.  D.  Blacker,  of  Tynan, 

Tredennick,  esq. 21.  AtBatheaston,the  Ireland. Fred.  Langley,    esq.    to  Mrs. 

Rev.Geo.Sherer,  Vicar  of  Marshfield,Glou-  Curtis,     of    Park-lane,    Grosvenor-square, 

cestershire,  to  Mary  Anne,  dau.  of  the  late  J.  widow  of  the  late  John  Curtis,  esq.  M.  P. 
Arnold  Wallinger,  esq.  formerly  of  Hare  hall.  At  St.  George's  Church,  Bloomsbory, 

Essex. At  Stivichall,  Frederick  Grove,  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Edw.  Pellew,  to  Mary 

esq.  Capt.  ISth  Light  Drag,  ta  Frances  Sc  Anne,  dau.  of  the  late  Dr.  Winthorp* 

Haa,  eldest  dau.  of  Franc'is  Gregory,  esq.  of  1 1 .  At  St.  Peter's,  Colchester,  the  Rev. 

Stivichall,  Coventry.  Tlio.  Newman,  jun.  Rector  of  Alresford,  in 

Lately,  At  St. Peter's  church,  Dublin,  John  Essex,  to  Mary  Ann,  only  dau.  of  the  late 

fetherstone  H.  esq.  of  Rockview,  to  the  R.  R.Mills,  esq.  of  Colchester. ^AtMal- 

Hon.  Susan  Maria,  dau.  of  the  late  Lord  vern,  M.  G.  Benson,  esq.  eldeel  ton  of 

Massy. ^The  Rev.  Henry  Perceval,  Rec-  Ralph  Benson,    esq. "  of    Lutwycbe   Hall, 

tor  of  Charlton,   Kent,  and  Washington,  Salop,  to  Charl.  Rion  Browne^  only  child 

Durham,  second  son  of  the  late  Right  Hon.  of  the    late    CoL  Lyde  Browne.— —*The 

Snencer  Perceval,  to  Cathe.  Isabella,  dau.  Rev.  S.  Best,  third  son  of  the  Lord  Chief 

ot  A.  B.  Drummond,    esq.    of  Cadland,  Justice  Best,  to  Charlotte,  youngeat  dao. 

Hampshire. In  Paris,  at  the  House  of  of  the  Hon.  Mr.  Justice  Burrougb.~I4. 

the   British  Ambassador,  Edw.  Wakefield,  At  Richmond,  the  Earl  of  Clare,  to  the 

esq.  to  Frances,  only  dau.  of  the  Rev.  D.  Hon.   Elizabeth  Julia  Georglana  Bnrrelf, 

Davies,  D.D. At  Exeter,  Major  North-  only  dau.  of  the  late  Lord  Gwydir  and  the 

cote,  second  son  of  Sir  S.  H.  Northcote,  Baroness  Wilioughby  of  Eresby. 16.  At 

Bart,  of  Pynes,  in  Devonshire,  to  Harrtette  Lord  Ravensworth's,  in  Portland-place,  Sir 

Ceeley,  youngest  dau.  of  W.  C.  Trevillian,  Hedworth  Williamson,  Bart,  to  tlia  Hon. 

«sq.  of  Midway,  co.  Somerset. At  Nor-  Anne  Eliz.  Liddell. 20.  At  St.  Maiy's* 

ton,  WUli»[u-WiUi4i   Woodward,    esq.  of  Marylebooe,  the  Rev.  John  Disby  Wisg- 

Pershore,  Worcestershire,  to  Laura,  youngest  field,  Prebendary  of  Kildare,  aioJiectfMr  «f 

dau  of  John  Hawkes,  esq.  of  Norton  Hall,  Geeshill,  Ireland,  to  Ann  £li>.  aUeal^  dh«. 

Staffordshire,  and  grand-dau.  of  Wm.  Her-  of  Sir  Jolia  Wyklbore  Svilh»  Bat^  ^  ^ 

rick,  esq.  of  Beaumanor  Park,  co.  Leicester.  Down  House,  Dorset. 


"i^a 

I    M5    ] 

OBITUARY. 

TllR  Kjkc 

ot  PoBTVoiiL.                    IhB   lircnatlani 

n>  OF    k 

lit  htring  bran 

Monk  10.     Al  LiiboD,  iced  fiO,  Jabn  MIniitFt  ol  Pure<sn  Alfiiin,  mnd  Ainbac 

tbt  F'tiurth,  King  of  tlia  United  King-  Mdor    of    France    to    Ihe   Congnti   at 

dam  of  PartU|;il,  Btuil,   ind   AI|;Bmi  Veront,  and  baring  niigiifd  hb  hm  id 

Knlgbtur  tbeCarrar.     Hi*  Majrtty  h*d  tbe  Cabinet  on  iceiHinlurM.  (1*  Villel*^ 

been  attjicked  on  (be  4lh  wilb  an  >pa-  oppuirisn  Id  the  Spuiiib  wnrt   bat  Ui 

pleclie  fii,  togctber  utilh  epilpp<y.     On  earlier  bUloiy,  Khreb   li  ■ell   kfimn  in 

the  5ib  and  6tb  hii  naiad]!  Inercitnl  lo  FratiWi  rendered  bin  Ihei«  a  pertonagt 

aach  a  dearer,  ai  lo  create  tbs   created  of   peculiar   note   and   Interett,     He    it 

•Urm  for  bit  lile.    After  tb«  rriiit  uf  th«  frequently    ipnken    at    af   tbe    jirrtnitr 

Sih.    h>*   M^etlf   eiperieneed   i>i>   new  Hartm    CkrHimi    but    that   diilinclion 

■Hack  lill  itie  9<b,  when  bit  nalidy  re-  properly    bdun^d    to    bii   couiin,    tba 

tunicd     wilb     augmenlpd    violence,    to  Uuke  da  Monlmorrncy,  Ibe  bead  uf  tbat 

■hi«b  tbe  Kinf[  yielded,  and  laid  du*n  very  anciani  and  llluMriaDi  ramily,  wha 

Ul  lite  on  ibe  lotb,  at  aiit,  p.  at.  derived  Ibetr  name  from  tba  etlate  oT 

Ht>     M^e«ty,     Jabn-Maria-JuMph  Mentmorency,  near  Paria,  tba  ftrti  tb*t 

LcHi*.  waa  tnrii  Hay  13,  I76l,  the  *un  i>  known  la  huve   borne   the  till*   of  • 

of    Maria  -  France!     Iiabella,    retiring  Barony  in  France.     Haihleu  it  an  eariy 

Queen  of  Panugal,  by  her  paternal  an-  Cbriiiiaii  name  in  that  lamily,  hafiof 

cW  Don   Pedm  (bruihar  of  her  lalber  been  borne,   in  tba    ISlh   cenlnry,  bj 

KlnfJoiepb).   Ha  married,  Jan. 9.  1790,  Munimarency,  Ibe  Grand   Condable  ot 

Charlniie  Joaciuima,  daufrhlerul  Cfaarlei  France,  itho  married*  daughter  of  Henry 

Ibe  Fi'urtb,  ki'iRuf  Spain,  and  titter  to  I.  of  Enjcland.     From  that    liiDe  to  tbt 

FerdinindlheSfVcnib.IheprettniKirig  pmeni,  the  MandnorEiicy*   bar*   Blled 

of  that  cuunlry  J   by  *hom  be  bad  iiiuei  (ante    uf    ibe    hinhetl    aiaiiani    hi    itM 

I.  Maria Thereaa,   born  April  !!),   i;s3,  Frriicb    Mnriareby,   and    their    nann   ia 

of  Spain  ;  3.a>oii,ityled  Prinire  111  ilrira,  rrGi>ll»iian<i,   thai   it    carriet   with  it  ■ 

bom  in  ITM  i    3.  Iiabel la-Maria,  bon  aort  of    magic  cbarm   to  the  oar*   «r 

Hay  19,  IT9T,  married  Sept.  39,  IBIt.to  Frenchmen.    Tfaeae  eireamiiaaoiB  fa«« 

bar  maternal  onole  Ferdinand,  tbe  pn»>  ■  wonderful  eolat  (o  tba  eandnet  of  lb* 

•CM  King  til  Spain  I   4.  Pedro  d*Aleaa-  Vioomie  Mathieu  do  Montmorenny,  U 

Uni,  bom  Oct.  IS,  IT9B,  proclaimed  In  the  beginning  uf  tbe  Revolattan  |    (mr, 

1838  Conitltulional  EmjMror  of  Braiil)  being  a  young  roan,  flmd  Khb  the  grand 

k.     Maria-Franceti'iiia,     bom   April    fS,  ideal  of  liberty  then   pmalent,  he  va* 

11)00,  married  Sept.  Su,  ISIS,  to  bereua-  the  Rral  te  depotit,  on   the  table  of  tbt 

ein  IXin  Carloi  laldar,  the  pteient  Infant  Conmiiuant  Auembly,  bie  titlei  of  No- 

of  Spain;  6  liabella-Maria,  born  July  4,  hilily,  ■*   a  lacrifio*  to  tba  nnr  and 

1801  \  T.  Michael,  bom  Oct.  ^6,  I8U9|  faicinallng    doctrine    of   equality.     N* 

e.  ■    PrineeH,    bom     Feb.     3S,     1)103  j  one,  frumthat  boartalhli,  ewrdcubtad 

9.   Maria-Anne,  bom  July  95,  ISOG.  Ibe  perfect   purity  of  hi*  moiiTee  ;   bot. 

From  1793  hi*  Majeily  governed  in  ala*  I  be  wai  laun  undaeeived  at  to  th« 
tbe  Character  ot  Regent,  in  the  namt  tendency  of  hi*  action*.  He  fMind  that 
ol  the  Queen  hit  mutber,  •bo  nM  af-  they  bad  aided  ibetriumpbof  a  ferockiui 
lected  wilb  mental  alienation.  He  aiic-  and  tangtiinar;  faction — that  ibcy  h4d 
ceedcd  ber,  Mareb  30,  tBI6,  and  wu  helped  to  overturn  a  thron*  wbieh  be 
erowned  at  Rio  Janeiro,  ta  itbkb  place  retpected,  and  altar*  which  he  adored  ; 
be  bad  retired  on  the  iiiTaeion  of  Porta-  that  they  bad  elolhed  hi*  eouatiy  ia 
gal  by  Buonaparte,  obo,  in  tbe  bope  of  monmlng,  and  tlelnged  it  with  blood  | 
leiilng  bia  peraon,  loit  Do  lime  in  prv-  and  that,  after  all,  tbe  very  naMe  •hieb 
claiming  that  the  Houw  o[  Bragania  he  bore  wai  a  crima,  and  the  fiiilh  that 
had  ceaied  to  rngn.  b*  profeaied  wa*  an  •hject  of  hatred  and 
penemilion.     He    became  a   ralualaiy 

Duke  Mathieu  na  Montmorkhcv.  exile,  and  in  SwIlierlandfonMl  a  (belter. 

The  ludden  death  of  tbe  Uuke  Ma-  by  the  kindaee*  of  MadaoM  de  SlacL 

tbieu  de  Monimurency  baa  produced  a  Tonnented  howerer,  Khb  that  bom»- 

■triking  lentation  in  Peril,  where  that  licknen,  which  i*  to  natural  to  all  wb* 

diilinguitbed  nobleman  wat  looked   on  lOTetbeircountry,  be  relumed  to  Fraaea 

wilb  nnivcnal  retpeet,  even  hy  tboae  ta  Id  IT9S,  only  to  ba  Ihrowo  into  priaoo, 

wboa  hit   politieal  opiniona  were  el-  from  which,  boweeer,  be  waf,lft«reoma 

tf i»»ly  obooiioae.  lime,  rdcaaed.    Tba  eanea  wbicta   bo 

Ha  b  bau  kuwii  In  lU(  coanttj,  bj  bad  tbu*  tettBweidfWW  ■<  a  aalwa  lo 


366  Obituary.— C.  J.  Brandling,  Esq. — C.  Mills,  Esq,        [Aprils 

nake  bim  seek  consolation  in  the  sen- 
timents of  religion  ;  and  be  may,  per- 
haps, be  pardoned,  if  be  even  carried 
those  sentiments  to  an  excess.  For 
many  years  be  devoted  himself  to  no- 
thing but  works  of  charity ;  but  even 
these  could  not  exempt  him  from  the 
lynx-eyed  suspicions  of  tyranny.  He 
was  banished  by  Buonaparte  in  1811  ; 
wid,  though  be  obtained  his  recall,  was 
nlways  kept  under  the  terveillance  of 
the  Police.  At  length  the  happy  era  of 
1814  arrived,  the  tyrant  was  overthrown, 
and  the  Vicomte  De  Montmorency  was 
the  first  to  hasten  to  Nancy,  to  join 
Monsieur,  now  Charles  X.,  whom  he 
accompanied  to  Paris  as  his  Aide-de- 
Camp,  and  received  a  distinction  still 
iliore  flattering,  the  appointment  of 
Chevalier  D'Honneur  to  the  illustrious 
daughter  of  Louis  XVI.  In  pursuance 
of  this  duty  he  attended  the  Princess  to 
Bourdeaux,  and  after  seeing  her  safe  to 
London,  joined  Louis  XVIII.  at  Ghent. 
By  the  battle  of  Waterloo  he  was  once 
more  restored  to  his  country ;  and  it 
ia  well  known  that  he  entertained  a 
deep  sense  of  the  services  of  Eng- 
land to  the  common  cause  of  Eu- 
rope, and  had  an  earnest  desire  to 
cultivate  sentiments  of  mutual  esteem 
between  two  nations,  made,  as  he  said, 
to  appreciate  each  other's  guod  qualities. 
If  be  afterwards  appeared  at  Verona,  in 
something  like  opposition  to  the  views 
of  England  with  regard  to  the  Spanish 
war,  it  was  not  from  any  diminution  of 
respect  for  the  English  character ;  but 
from  views  perfectly  compatible  (as  he 
thought]  wiih  the  interests  of  both 
nations.  His  conduct,  however,  on  that 
occasion,  was  universally  admitted  to  be 
frank  and  honourable;  and  Louis XVIil., 
though  he  found  himself  obliged  to 
accept  De  Montmorency's  resignation, 
testified  his  opinion  of  his  services,  by 
raising  him  to  a  Dukedom. 

The  Duke  Matbieu  remained  ever 
afterwards  out  of  office,  but  enjoyed  the 
unbounded  personal  confidence  of  the 
Royal  Family,  by  whom  the  extreme 
fervour  of  his  religious  sentiments  was 
not  regarded  as  any  defect  in  his  cha- 
racter. On  the  contrary,  it  seems  to 
have  determined  the  choice  of  him  to 
superintend  the  studies  of  the  young 
Duke  de  Bordeaux  ;  at  lea^t,  it  is  cer- 
tain, that  the  party  of  the  Clergy  hailed 
that  choice  with  great  delight.  The 
Duke  too  was  recently  chosen  a  Member 
of  the  French  Academy  ;  but  even  at 
the  reading  of  his  inaugural  speech,  he 
appeared  to  be  suffering  under  a  serious 
illness,  which  rapidly  grew  worse,  so 
that,  about  a  fortnight  before  his  death 
he  was  cousidered  in  imminent  danger. 


He  seemed  shortly  afterwards  to  recover 
a  little,  but  it  was  a  mere  lightning  be- 
fore death.  Thinking  himself  better,  be 
went  out  to  several  Churches,  to  offer 
up  thanksgivings  to  the  Authoi*  of  all 
Good.  At  length,  he  came  to  the  Church 
of  St.  Thomas  Aquinas  ;  but  he  had 
scarcely  knelt  down,  when  he  was  struck 
with  a  sudden  and  fatal  shock,  and  fell  - 
dead  on  the  pavement. 

C.  J.  Brandling,  Esq.  M.  P. 

Feb,  ].  At  Gosfurtb  House,  near 
Newcastle-upon-l^ne,  aftfr  a  few  hours 
illness  of  inflammation,  Charles -John 
Brandling,  Esq.  M.  P.  for  Northumber- 
land. 

He  was  descended  from  an  ancient  fa- 
mily in  that  county,  (see  Surtees's  Dur- 
ham, I.  pp.  90.-— 93) ;  and  was  the  eldest 
son  of  Charles  Brandling,  Esq.  an  eminent 
banker  in  Newcastle,  and  M.  P.  for  that 
town,  in  three  Parliaments,  from  1784  to 
1797.  Op  his  father  accepting  the  Chil- 
tem  Hundreds  in  the  latter  year,  the  son 
succeeded  in  the  representation,  and  was 
relumed  at  the  four  next  General  Elec- 
tions. In  1818  he  retired,  but  at  the 
General  Election  in  1820,  was  chosen 
for  Northumberland.  He  seldom  apoke 
in  the  House,  but  on  local  questions. 

Mr.  Brandling  married  PraVices-Elisa- 
beth,  daughter  of  Wm.  Hawksworth,  of 
Hawksworth,  co.  York,  Esq.  but  bad  no 
children.  His  next  brother  is  the  Rev. 
Ralph-Henry  Brandling,  Vicar  of  Jloth- 
well,  CO.  York.  Two  of  his  sisters,  both 
now  deceased,  were  married  to  Rowland 
Burdon,  Esq.  late  M.  P.  for  the  County 
of  Durham,  and  to  Thomas  Creevey, 
Esq.  now  M.  P.  for  Appleby. 

Charlbs  Mills,  Ebq.  M.  P. 

Jan.  S9*  In  Manchester^square,  aged 
71,  Charles  Mills,  Esq.  of  Barford,  near 
Warwick,  M.  P.  for  that  borough  in  six 
parliaments,  and  brother  to  William 
Mills,  Esq.  formerly  M.P.  for  Coventry. 

He  was  first  elected  for  Warwick  in 
1802,  and  represented  that  place  ever 
after.  His  vote  was  generally  given 
to  the  Opposition,  of  which  we  have  two 
memorable  instances ;  in  June,  1804, 
his  name  appears  in  a  minority  on  Mr. 
Pitt's  Additional  Force  Bill;  and  on 
April  8,  1805,  in  the  majority  of  one^ 
which  carried  the  vote  a^nst  Lord 
Melville. 

Mr.  Mills  was  a  member  of  the  Bast 
India  Direction  from  1803  to  1807*  and 
from  1812  to  1816;  and  his  son  of  tb^ 
same  name  has  been  lately  re  eleeted. 
In  1818,  we  find  him  also  a  Commis- 
sioner of  Lieutenancy  of  London,  aniid  ai| 
Assistant  of  the  Corporation  for  trndtiBif 
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BSITIB  GUBATaBBO,  BtQ. 

•  Jk».  16.  At  Gay't  CUff,  mat  War- 
ivick»  afed  66»  after  a  Itw  days  illoau 
only,  Bartia  Grtatbced,  Esq.  ton  of 
SaMUcl  Greatheed,  Esq.  by  Lady  Mary 
Bertie,  daoshtcr  of  f^tregrioe  leeoDd 
Duke  of  Aiicatter. 

This  ^ntUman,  from  an  early  age, 
was  dUtiofttitbed  for  bit  taite  in  litera- 
ture. At  Florence,  in  1785,  be  wai  a 
member  of  a  well* known  coterie,  con* 
•isting  of  Mr.  Partont,  Mn.  Piuiii,  tba 
Cbevalier  PindamonCe(tince  styled  **  tba 
Italian  Gray"),  Lady  Millar,  Mr.  Merry, 
Ac,  arbo  Jointly  produced  the  Flurenca 
Miscellany.  It  aras  a  society  wbieb, 
altbougb  subsequently  exposed  to  mucb 
Borfificatiun  by  falliiif  under  tbe  lath 
of  Mr.  Gifford*s  powerful  and  unsparing 
satire,  in  bis  «<  Baviad  and  Maviad," 
undoubtedly  possessed  genius,  mucb  ele- 
gance of  taste,  and  considerable  poetical 
talent. 

In  1788,  Mr.  Great  bead  produced  a 
tragedy,  entitled  **  Tbe  Regent."  It 
was  brougbt  out  at  Drur)  -lane  Tbeatra, 
supported  by  tbe  powers  of  John  Kem- 
ble,  and  Mrs.  Siddons;  but  tbe  circiim« 
stances  of  tbe  time  were  against  its  full 
success.  Its  very  title  proved  injurious: 
it  appeared  during  the  illness  of  the  lata 
King,  when  party  politics  ran  high,  and 
tbe  public  mind  was  much  agitated  by. 
discussions  respecting  tbe  Regency.  Tbe 
play,  however,  possessed  some  very 
striking  scenes  ;  it  was  favourably  re* 
ceived;  and,  if  not  of  tbe  highest  order, 
its  merits  were  such  as  to  have  insured, 
under  more  favourable  auspices,  a  con- 
siderable run.  Mr.  Greatheed's  affection 
fur  the  drama  was  nut  extinguished  by 
the  lapse  of  years;  even  up  to  a  recent 
period,  its  unrivalled  ornament,  Mrs. 
Siddons,  who,  it  is  not  a  little  remark- 
able, bad  been,  at  a  very  early  period  of 
ber  life,  an  attendant  upon  bis  mother- 
was  a  frequent  and  ever-welcome  guest 
at  bis  seat  at  Gu>*s  Cliff.  There,  indeed, 
tbe  hospitable  owner  was  endeared  to 
an  extensive  circle  of  friends  by  tbe 
amiability  of  bis  manners,  bis  love  of 
literature  and  tbe  arts,  and  tbe  integrity 
of  bis  mind. 

Mr.  Great  heed  had  one  son,  Bertie, 
who  died  at  Vicenxa  in  Italy,  Oct.  8, 
1804,  aged  S3.  (See  a  character  of  bim 
in  voL  Lxxiv.  p.  1336).  Many  circum- 
stances occurred  to  render  the  affliction 
of  tbe  father  peculiarly  poignant  upon 
this  event.  Mr.  Great  heed  jun.  poa- 
aessed  tbe  most  distinguished  talents  as 
a  gentleman  artist.  &eing  at  Paris  dar- 
ing tba  brief  domination  of  Buonaparte, 
be  was  nocb  struck  by  tba  unrivalled 
tpecimcfis  of  art,  which  then  enriched 
and  adorned  tba  public  institutions  of 


that  euiital,  and  ht  thiMttly  tollehad 
peraslssioa  to  take  eoplaa  of  tome  of  th» 
paintings.  This,  under  .tha  arronaoua 
supposition  that  he  was  an  English  artUt 
by  profession,  was  at  first  refbsad ;  bat 
subsequently,  on  the  strong  laprHanta* 
tion  jtbat  be  was  a  man  of  fortnna  and 
consequence  in  his  own  coontiy,  trave- 
ling for  his  amasement,  permission  was 
granted.  On  tbe  completion  of  Mr. 
Great  heed's  labours.  Napoleon  paid  at 
once  the  highest  compliment  to  thair 
success,  and  exhibited  a  specinsen  of  that 
capricious  tyranny,  which  some  of  tba 
worshippers  of  bis  memory  seem  de- 
sirous of  forgetting  that  he  ever  exer- 
cised. He  ordered  tha  copies  to  ha 
brought  before  bim ;  and,  upon  exami* 
nation,  he  pronounced  their  merit  to  be 
too  great  for  them  to  be  suffered  to  go 
out  of  France.  They  consequently  re* 
mained  in  the  country  during  the  life- 
time of  their  author ;  but,  on  his  de- 
cease, Napoleon,  with  a  returning  por- 
tion of  right  feeling,  immediately  for* 
warded  these  memorials  of  a  departed 
son's  talenU,  to  his  deeply  aflUctad 
father. 

Mr.  Greatbeed  jun.  had  married  in 
France ;  and  be  left  one  daughter,  sinea 
united  (March  80,  1833)  to  Lord  Charles 
Percy,  son  of  the  Earl  of  Beverley. 

Although  the  habits  of  Mr.  Greatbeed 
became  more  retired  from  tbe  period  of 
his  domestic  affliction,  tbe  kindness  of 
his  disposition  and  the  benevolence  of 
bis  heart  remained  unimpaired.  Tba 
occupation  and  amusement  of  bis  latter 
years  were  to  improve  bis  romantic  and 
picturesque  residence— a  spot  which  old 
Lei  and  described  as  **  tbe  abode  of  plea- 
sure, a  place  meet  for  the  Muses  j"  and 
Dugdale,  as  "  a  place  of  so  great  de- 
light, that  to  one,  who  desiretb  a  retired 
life,  either  for  bis  devotions  or  study, 
the  like  is  hardly  to  be  found."  Mr. 
Greatbeed  always  evinced  tbe  warmest 
interest  for  tbe  prosperity  of  tbe  neigh- 
bouring Spa  of  Lemington,  where  ha 
possessed  considerable  property ;  and 
be  kindly  permitted  visitors  to  see  tha 
curiosities  of  Guy's  Cliff— a  spot  im- 
mortalised in  tradition,  by  tbe  great 
Guy  Earl  of  Warwick,  and  on  many 
accounts  an  object  of  interest  and  ad- 
miration. Amongst  tha  monaments  of 
the  younger  Mr.  Greatbeed's  genius  to 
be  seen  there,  was  a  portrait  dT  Buona- 
parte, esteemed  an  admirable  likeness  f 
and  an  original  composition,  tbe  subject 
from  Spenser's  *'  Cave  of  Despair." 

Mr.  Greatbeed  was,  in  his  politiaal 
principles,  an  ardent  and  eonsistant 
friend  of  civil  and  religiooa  freedom; 
but,  although  repeatedly  solieited  to 
reprssant  his  cotmty  town  in  FMiia- 


368    Obituary.— -Iit6ie^.-Ge».  Stapliton.'^R.  L.  Price,  Esq.  ^c.    lAptiU 


ment»  b«  invarUbly  decliDed  tbe  ho- 
•our. 

In  1 819|  Mr.  Greatheed  dtrived  a  large 
accetsion  of  fortune,  on  tbe  unexpected 
death  of  tbe  Hon.  Brownlow-Cbarles 
Colyear,  only  ion  of  the  Viscount  Mil* 
•iu^n  (now  Earl  of  Portmure),  and 
l^andfon  and  only  descendant  of  Brown- 
low,  fifth  and  last  Duke  of  Ancaster. 
This  youn^  nobleman  died  at  Rome,  in 
consequence  of  wounds,  received  in  an 
encounter  with  banditti.  (See  vol.  lxxxix. 
i  279). 

Lieut.-Gen.  Stapleton. 

March  5.  At  Douglas,  aged  55,  Lieut.- 
gen.  William  Stapleton,  brother  of  the 
present  Lord  Le  Despencer.  He  was  the 
second  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Stapleton,  2nd 
Baronet  of  Gray'*s  Court,  Oxford;  by 
Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  Fane,  esq.  of 
Wormsley,  in  that  county ;  and  married 
in  Dublin,  in  1790,  Anna-Maria,  eldest 
daughter  of  tbe  Hon.  and  Right  Rev. 
Fred.  Keppel,  Bishop  of  Exeter,  and 
grand-daughter  of  Wm.-Anne,  2nc[  Earl 
of  Albemarle,  by  whom  he  had  two 
sons  I  Captain  John  -  Horace  •  Thomas 
Stapleton,  who  married,  June  2,  1814, 
theHon.Georgiana-Maria  Fitzroy,  eldest 
daughter  of  George-Ferdinand,  2nd  Lord 
Southampton  ;  and  William  •  Francis, 
nho  died  at  Hinckley,  March  5,  1809* 

R.  L.  Price,  Esq. 

Jan,  16.  In  Ireland,  aj^ed  26,  after  a 
few  days  severe  illness,  Rose-Lambart, 
eldest  son  of  Sir  Rose  Price,  first  Baro- 
net of  Trengwainton,  Cornwall,  by 
Elisabeth,  youngest  daughter  of  Charles 
Lambert,  of  Bean  Park,  co.  Meath,  esq. 
and  sister  to  the  Late  Countess  Taibot. 
Mr.  Price  married  Jan.  36,  1824,  Cathe- 
rine, widow  of  tbe  late  Earl  of  Desart, 
tbe  eldest  daughter  of  Maurice  N. 
O'Connor,  esq. 

His  talents,  which  were  of  tbe  highest 
order,  presented  to  Ireland,  a  pledge  for 
his  well-directed  exertions  in  her  cause, 
which  his  characteristic  zeal  and  fear- 
less energy  could  not  hare  failed  to 
redeem.  The  county  in  which  he  had 
resided  since  his  marriage,  has  lost  a  pow- 
erful champion.  Mr.  Price  produced  a 
poem  entitled  <*  Ireland,*'  which  aboands 
with  spirited  desciipcion»  and  well- 
pointed  satire. 

G.  E.  Rose,  Esq. 
Oct,  22.  At  Odessa,  two  days  after 
completing  his  27th  year,  George- Ed- 
ward, fourth  and  youngest  son  of  the 
late  Samuel  Rose,  esq.  of  tbe  Hun. 
Society  of  Uncoln's  Inn,  and  the  inti- 
nsata  friend  of  tbe  poet  Cowper. 


The  deceased  had  discharged  the 
duties  of  English  Professor,  at  the  Polifh 
College  of  Krzemieniec,  in  VotbynUy 
for  three  years,' with  general  approbation} 
when  tbe  policy  of  tbe  local  government^ 
requiring  him  to  take  the  oath  of  allegi- 
ance to  the  Emperor  Alexander,  and 
thereby  to  become  a  Russian  sobject, 
compelled  him  to  resign  his  situation. 
During  the  period  be  was  thus  engaged, 
he  translated  the  Letters  of  the  royal 
hero,  John  Sobieski,  addressed  to  his 
Queen  from  Vienna,  at  tbe  memorable 
siege  of  that  city  by  tbe  Turks,  m  1683; 
and  also  made  some  researches  connected 
with  a  History  of  Poland.  After  subse- 
quently travelling  with  General  Yermo' 
loff  in  the  Crimea,  he  was  on  his  final 
return  home,  when  a  cold,  aggravated 
by  the  peculiar  nature  of  the  dimife, 
in  a  few  days  terminated  his  existence. 
With  what  feelings  of  bitter  distress,  the 
melancholy  account  of  his  premature 
late  In  a  furergh  land,  was  most  un- 
expectedly recenred  by  a  widowed  mo- 
ther—fondly anticipating  his  immediate 
arrival,  to  wander  abroad  no  more— a 
parent  alone  can  conceive ;  whilst  tbe 
grief  of  bis  brothers  and  friends  is  nither 
heightened  than  relieved,  by  the  mourn- 
ful remembrance  of  his  ^^IttCerested 
obaraoter,  fine  talents,  and  ipptleta  in- 
tegrity. 

John  MATTRBtrs;  BsQ. 
-  Jan»  15.  At  his  seat  Belmont,  Here- 
ford, after  a  protriicted  illness  of  intense 
suflrering,  borne  with  pioos  fortitude, 
aged  70,  Jcihn  Matthews,  esq.  senior 
Alderman,  and  one  of  the- Magistrates 
of  Hereford  for  twen^  T«*rs»  Chair- 
man of  tbe  Quarter  SeMions  (doring^ 
which,  be  was  invited  to  represent  his 
native  county  in  Parliament,)  one  of  the 
senior  members  of  the  College  of  Physi- 
ctaiis,  and  Colonel  of  the  first  Regiment 
of  Herefordshi  rr  MUitUu  He  was  gifted 
with  intellectual  facah'ies  seldom  found 
united  in  the  same  person,  eombining 
tbe  utmost  playfcdness  of  Duicy  with 
the  strongest  and  robst  diicrimlnating- 
powers  of  mind.  His  genius  eaibraced 
every  department  of  classical  IKeratore. 
In  all  the  different  relations  of  husband, 
father,  friend,  landlord,  and  masfer,  the 
prominent  feature  of  bis  charaeter  Wtt' 
a  generous  disregard  of  his  own  case,  to 
promote  that  of  others. 

JosfTH  Lemnu,  Es«w 
Lately.  In  Leeson-strecC,  DubHii, 
aged  80,  Joseph  Lefano,  esq.  Hv  bad 
for  more  than  fifty  years  beM  an  oAaa 
of  trust  in  bis  Mijetty's  RafMtat,  Urn 
full  ensoluments  of  whiab 
ciously  eontlmied  to  bia^  ^ 


tioa  fli  hi$  loaf  and  falthffbl  wrvietf  irfter  Rbt.  -llBOiiAt  CAiLYdlb 

Im  bad  retired  horn  itt  dntiet.    The  JH.  L    In  bis  61st  ytar»  at  bis  I^ar« 

latter  part  of  bis  liii  was  passed  in  tbe  soiiage  House  in  tVnro,  Cornwall,  tbo 

bosom  of  bis  famillx,  in  enltivatiiir  tbose  Rev.  Tbomas  Carhrony  M.  A.  Reetor  of 

literarv  pursaics,  an  ardent  attaeboient  St.  Mai/sy  and  Viear  of  Probas.    He 

to  wbicb  be  bad  earlv  formed  in  tbe  was  bom  at  Truro,  Maj  19»  .1765,  and 

soeietj  of  many  bigbly-fifted  friends,  reeei?cd  bis  education  at  tiM  Grammar 

witb    tbe   not   least  dbtinguiibed   of  Sebool  in  tbat  town,  under  tbe  Rev.  Dr. 

wbom«— tbe  Sberidans,  bo  was  doeely  Cardew,wbo  for  a  great  number  of  years 


connected  by  marriagt » %nd  in  tlie  exer- 
cite  of  tliose  domestic  cliariiics,  for  tbe 
fulfilment  of  wbicb  bis  fcntle  mind  and 
liberal  cliaracter  eminentlty  qaallfled 
biflk 

Cbakus  CAarwaioRTy  Esq. 

M^  9.  At  Bertrams,  Hempstead, 
and  7S,  Cbaries  Cartwrigbt,  Esq.  a 
Maidstrate  for  Middlesea;  for  some 
years  Lieut.-Colonel  of  tbe  Royal  Hamp« 
stead  Volunteers  |  and  late  Accoontant- 
General  to  tbe  Eatt-lndia  Company, 
from  wbleh  office  be  retired  after  a  ser- 
i^ee  of  59  yean. 

He  wts  a  most  wortby  and  benerolent 
OMm,  and  dosed  the  concerns  of  tbis 
life  by  an  act  ts  sifrnal  as  it  was  pious 


pradded  over  that  seminary  with  tlie 
most  distinfubbed  abilities.  Attbeagn 
of  18,  be  remoTed  to  Pembroke  Hall, 
Cambridfe,  where  be  took  the  degiea 
of  B.  A.  in  1787*  and  of  M.  A.  in  1790. 
He  ranked  among  tbe  Wraogleri  of  bit 
year,  and  subsequently  obtained  a  Ba> 
ebebr's  Prise,  giwtn  bw  tbe  UniTcrsity 
for  tbe  best  Latin  prose  dissertation.  Ha 
was  elected  a  Fellow  of  bis  College  In 
1789,  and  soon  after  be  was  appointed 
one  of  its  Tutors.  Tbis  situation  he 
filled  for  about  elcrcn  years,  and  .in  1806, 
be  was  presented  by  bis  College  to  the 
Living  of  Sastborpe,  in  Norfolk,  which 
be  soon  after  exchanged  for  St.  Wen,  in 
Cornwall,  which  be  likewise  relinquished 
in  1811,  on  being  presented  by  bis 
As  a'Goremor  of  Christ's  Hospiul,  be    Diocesan,  Bishop  Pelbam,  to  tbe  Tain- 


bad  offered  a  presenution  to  a  fkmily 
witb  scren  children.  In  whom  he  took 
great  interest ;  but,  the  father  not  being 
a  freeman,  he  contributed  to  the  means 
of  purchase,  which  was  acoompltshed  on 
Tuesday  i     Wednesday    and   Thursday 


able  Vicarage  of  Probost  the  rectoiy 
of  his  native  town  was  conferred  on  him 
by  tbe  Earl  of  Mount  Edgecumbe,  in 
1803.  He  diicharged  the  duties  of  a  ma- 
gistrate for  many  years.  He  married  in 
1801,  Msfy,  second  daughter  of  William 


were  occupied  in  obtaining  the  necestaiy  Stsckhouse,  of  Trehaue,  esq.  a  partner 

vouchers  and  signatures  ;  Mr.  C.  signed  eveiy  way  wortby  of  the  uninterrupted 

the  presentation  on  Friday  eveniug,  by  hsppineu  which,  for  85  years,  they  en- 

tbe  guidance  of  Capuin  Moor,  and  neat  Joyetl  together,  and  who,  with  five  sons 

morning  resigned  hit  tranquil  spirit  to  and  three  daughters,  survives  to  mourn 


that  omnipotent  Being  in  nbom  we  trust 
bereslter. 

John  Gray,  M.D. 

Sktrch  23.  At  bis  apartments  in  Vork- 
buildingfl,  Mary«le-bone,  after  a  long  and 
painful  illnetf,  borne  with  much  forti- 
tude, aged  58,  Dr.  John  Gray,  late  Phy- 
sician to  Hauler  Hospital.  During  the 
eventful  period  of  the  French  Revolution 
War,  he  held  various  respoHfihIe  offices 
cronneeted  witb  the  Medical  Department 
of  the  Navy.  Lords  St.  Vincent,  Nel- 
son, and  Collingwood,  were  hit  personal 
friends.  It  was  at  the  direct  request  of 
the  Hero  of  the  Nile>  on  his  return  from 
the  pursuit  of  the  French  to  the  West 
Indies,  in  1805,  that  he  was  made  Phy- 
sician to  tbe  Fleet  which  won  the  battle 
of  Trafalgar.  His  merit  was  fully  ac- 
knowledged, yet  quite  unobtrusive,  and 
such  were  the  amiableness  of  his  cha- 
racter, and  the  cunciliaturyness  of  his 
manners,  that  though  placed  in  some  dif- 
ficult situations,  he  made  every  one  who 
kn«*w  him  a  friend. 

Gswr.  Mag.  ^yrU,  182G. 

11 


their  irreparable  less. 

The  character  of  this  rery  wortby 
divine,  has  been  most  faithfully  deli- 
neated in  our  Magasine  for  Febroaiy 
(p.  106),  hy  a  highly  distinguished  au- 
thor ;  and  in  our  Obituary  for  the  years 
1798,  and  1818,  appropriate  notices  will 
be  found  of  his  parents. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Blakbway,  F.S.  A. 

[In  our  last  number  we  inserted  a 
short  Memoir  of  Mr«  Blakeway,  but  one. 
of  his  relations  has  since  forwarded  to 
us  the  present  article,  which  corrects 
some  inaccuracies,  and  supplies  some 
defieiencirs  ] 

John-Brickdale,  the  eldest  son  of 
Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Blakeway,  was 
burn  in  the  town  of  Shrewsbury,  on  tha 
34th  of  June,  1765.  He  left  bis  home 
at  a  much  earlier  age  than  what  is 
generally  fixed  for  children  going  to 
school;  and  the  first  instruction  wbicb 
he  received,  beside  that  of  bis  parents, 
was  in  the  house  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  How- 
ard, who  residcfi  at  Oldbufy,  near  Bridge- 
north.    He  was  at  that  tisM;  only  in  bis 


sjo 


Obituary. — Rev.  J.  B.  Biakeway,  F.S.J, 


[April, 


fifth  year,  aitd  he  remained  there  till  he 
veached  the  age  ^t  seven,  when  hie  went 
to  the  Free  School  in  Shrewsbury,  of 
which  the  Rev.  James  Atcherley  was 
the^  head  master.  In  the  year  1775, 
when  at  the  age  of  ten,  he  was  removed 
to  Westminster,  at  which  school  he  con- 
tinued till  he  went  to  Oxford.  Dr. 
Smith  was  head  master,  and  Dr.  Vincent 
under  master,  at  the  time  of  his  admit- 
•ion. 

Hie.  family  are  in  possession  of  several 
anecdotes,,  which  shew  him  to  have  dis- 
pViyed  extraordinary  quickness  of  intel- 
l^t,  even  before  this  early  period.  A,% 
a^chil^,  it  might  almost  be  said  as  an 
iniant,  he  gave  proofs  of  a  capacity  be- 
yond his  years;  and  the  expression  of 
hfi  young  features  is  said  by  those,  who 
remember  them,  to  have  had  something 
particularly  engaging,  and  indicative  of 
bia  future  character.  He  himself  could 
laentioB  incidents  of  his  childhood,  which 
i^  wotild  have  been  thought  impossible 
fo^  him  to  have  remembered :  and  the 
eatraordinary  powers  of  recollection 
ilhich  he  possessed,  seem  to  have  been 
e;Lerci8ed  by  him  at  a  period  much  more 
early  than  is  usual  with  children.  In- 
ttances  of  juvenile  talent  and  premature 
a^euteness  are  too  common  a  subject  of 
biography  to  incline  us  to  introduce 
them  here ;  but  he  was  in  the  habit  of 
.receiving  a  compliment  from  his  usher 
at  Westminster,  which  is  too  favourable 
and  too  characteristic  for  it  to  be  omitted. 
Through  life  he  was  subject  to  a  slight 
Impediment  in  bis  speech ;  and  this 
would  naturally  be  a  disadvantage  to 
him  in  the  daily  exercises  of  his  class, 
where  boys  take  or  lose  places  according 
to  the  quickness  with  which  they  can 
discover  and  correct  a  mistake.  The 
usher  soon  perceived,  that  young  Blake- 
i)ray  was  well  able  to  compete  with  any 
of  his  school-fellows;  and  when  other 
boys  were  on  the  point  of  taking  advan- 
tage of  his  inability  to  express  himself, 
he  would  make  a  sign  with  his  band, 
%nd  say,  **  let  Biakeway  speak.** 

In  March,  178^,  at  the  age  of  17,  he 
left  Westminster,  and  went  to  Oriel 
College,  in  Oxford.  The  University  did 
not  then  hold  out  the  same  prospect  of 
honours  which  it  does  at  present,  and  a 
young  man  had  httle  or  no  field  for 
academical  display.  We  can  therefore 
only  judge  of  the  application  which 
Mr.  Biakeway  gave  to  his  studies,  by  the 
stock  of  learning  and  information  which 
he  acquired;  and  it  Greek  and  Latin 
Literature  be  a  teit  of  what  is  derived 
from  school  and  college.  Lis  time  roust 
have  been  well  bestowed,  and  the  direc- 
tors of  his  studies  roust  have  h.id  the 
taiisfactiou  of   witnessing  an   unusual 


combination  of  diligence  and  ability 
As  a  Latin  Scholar,  he  might  have  ob- 
tained a  conspicuous  rank:  he  was 
familiarly  acquainted  with  the  best  au- 
thors of  that  language  in  verse  and 
prose ;  and  it  may  be  mentioned  as  a 
singular  instance  of  his  memory,  that 
the  writer  of  this  memoir  has  often 
opened  to  a  passage  in  Horace,  and  Mr* 
B.  after  hearing  one  or  two  words,  would 
continue  the  remainder.  His  own  Latin 
style  was  easy  and  elegant :  he  had  no 
difficulty  in  expressing  himself  either  in 
verse  or  prose;  and  had  it  been  the 
custom  for  learned  men  in  modern  times, 
as  it  was  formerly,  to  correspond  in 
Latin,  his  letters  might  have  been 
models  for  the  epistolary  style.  His 
knowledge  of  the  Greek  language  was 
also  very  considerable.  The  fashion  of 
the  day  had  not  led  him,  in  early  life, 
to  pay  that  attention  to  critical  scholar- 
ship, which  college  exercises  now  re- 
quire {  but  he  could  read  the  language 
with  ease;  and,  to  the  last,  be  was  in 
the  habit  of  amusing  himself  occasion- 
ally with  the  classical  treasures  of  Greece 
and  Rome^  His  facility  of  acquiring 
languages  was,  perhaps,  remarkable. 
He  taught  himself  French  and  Italian, 
BO  as  to  be  able  to  read  any  boolc 
flqently;  and  few,  perhaps,  will  accuse 
him  of  bad  taste,  when  they  are  told, 
that  he  had  a  particular  dislike  to  the 
French  language,  whether  it  be  con- 
sidered as  a  vehicle  for  conveying  noble 
ideas,  or  as  expressing  the  beauties  and 
sublimities  of  poetry.  The  love  of  an- 
tiquities, which  followed  him  through 
life,  and  the  etymological  researches 
which  necessarily  accompanied  it,  led 
him  to  have  a  partial  acquaintance  with 
other  languages;  and  he  was  compa- 
ratively advanced  in  years,  when  be 
added  to  his  philological  stores  a  self- 
acquired  knowledge  of  Hebrew. 

But  we  are  rather  anticipating  the 
progress  of  his  mind,  and  should  state 
that  in  the  year  178G,  he  left  Oxford, 
and  was  entered  as  a  student  of  the  law 
at  Lincoln's  Inn.  He  was  called  to  the 
bar  in  1789.  Those  who  knew  Mr. 
Biakeway  in  after-life  may  have  thought, 
that  the  dry  technicalities  of  the  law 
were  not  suited  to  his  eager  and  active 
train  of  thought.  Perhaps  they  were 
not.  But  he  had  certainly  taken  no 
small  pains  to  master  the  elements  of 
the  profession  ;  and  in  the  more  invitiii^ 
branches  of  the  science,  whatever  con- 
cerns the  constitutional  hittoiy  and  Le- 
gal Antiquities  of  the  country,  he  pot- 
sessed  a  knowledge  which  was  ezeeeded, 
perhaps,  by  that  «>f  few  i  and  hb  asto- 
niihing  memory  enabled  him  to  bring 
these  (acu  to  bear  in  cunvcfsalaon  with 


1M0.]              OBfTMftT.— liM.  J.  B.  BiailffMir,  R8.J.  S71 

«  readtnett,  wliicli  can  onljjr  bt  Qote^  Mit€tlABh<fc  Ixtwfccn  Ktnlet  iMnKJ-SfarHrth 

stood  by  thoi^  wlio  heard  biiii.  bury,  be  performed  tbe  dutlet  of  etefc 

Few  fiertoDi  have  bad  tbeir  destloa-  of  tbeae  two  livhwfe  for  tis  month*  off 

tion  in  life  altered  more  suddenly  or  tbe  year;    hot,    niougb   fond  of  tbn 

abruptly  than  Mn  RUkeway,  and  few  cottntrpr»   and  partienlarly  of  makiiif 

have  devoted  themselves  to  a  new  and  exearsions  in  bis  native  eoonty,  he  neVer 

totally  different  profession  with  a  mon  seemed  to  feel  himself  lo  bap|^  as  when 

consetentioui  or  a  more  suceeMful  dtti-  en)oyin|f  tbe  society  wbidi  a  town  f«rii 

fence.    Brouf bt  up,  as  we  have  stated^  denee  enabled  bim  to  oomttand.    Fo^ 

to  the  Bar,  be  might  have  fcdlowed  bit  some  yean  he  had  fbnnd  in  his  difEerenc 

profession  more  as  an  amusement  than  Kvings,  with  the  periodical  diange  of 

as  a  necessary  means  of  support  j  when  residence  which  they  required,  a  don^ 

by  an  unexpected  turn  of  affairs,  which  stant  source  of   trouble  and  aniietyi 

need   not    be  explained  here,  and  of  and»  In  April  1816,  the  writer  of  this 

which  be  bad  probably  not  the  slightest  memoir  received  a  letter  from  him ;  Iri 

anticipation,    he    suddenly   found    bis  which  he  says,  ^  Kinlet  is  at  length  re^ 

hereditary  expectations  destroyed,  and  signed :  and  ikmi  has  happened  to  mei 

nothing  remained  but '  to  provide  him*  which  perhaps  scarcely  ever  did  to  any 

self  with  an  income  by  bis  own  exertions,  individual  befbre,  to  resign  two  lirifigi 

Under  these  circumstances,  the  expen-  [Felton  was  the  other]  within  ten  dayl 

give  profession  of  the  law  was  no  longer  of  each  other.    I  am  now  stripped  of 

to  be  thought  of :  he  had  already  com-  my  cumbrous  and  uiiprofltable  pinra* 

roenced  guing  the  Oxford  Circuit,  and  lities."    In  the  precedmff  year  he  bad 

for  so  young  a  roan  he  bad  a  fair  pros-  taken  a  lease  of  part  ot  tbe  Council^ 

pect  of   business   being   put  into    bis  bouse  in  Shrewsbury,  whieb  from  thU 

bands ;   but   this  mode  of  life,  which,  time  to  bis  decease  was  his  constant 

coupled  with  a  residence  in  London,  residence.    Mr.  Blakewav,  ai  observed 

and  with  so  much  leisure  time  for  utudy  above,  ondonbtedly  found  tbe  society  eC 

or   fur   travelling    (of   which    he   wai  a  town,  where  he  was  surrounded  by  Mi 

always  remarkably  fond),    must    have  brother  clergymen,  and  many  relativeb 

been  extremely  congenial  to  him,  was  and  friends,  more  congenial  to  bis bablti 

Immediately  to  be  abandoned:   he  de-  and  porsutts,  than  a  residence  In  tfai 

cided  at    once   upon    going   Into   the  country,  with  a  very  limited  ndgbbonfw 

church,  and  was  ordained  by  the  Bishop  hood.    The  comprebensivenets  of  hit 

of  Lichfield  in  1793.  Ideas,  and  the  style  of  bis  eompotitioAl, 

By  an  arrangement  with  his  uncle,  seemed  also  panieulariy  to  fit  him  ftir 
the  Rev.  Edward  Blakewav,  who  was  tbe  numerous  and  well-edoeated  eon- 
Official  and  Minister  of  the  Royal  Pecu-  gregatfon  of  a  town  church,  rather  than 
liar  of  St.  Mary's  in  Shrewsbury,  he  was  for  that  of  a  country  parish.  It  may 
presented  to  the  living  in  1794;  and  be  observed,  however^  that  a  superior 
upon  (he  death  of  his  uncle  in  (he  fol-  mind  was  perhaps  never  more  able  to 
lowing  year,  he  became  ofBcial  of  the  unbend  and  adapt  itself  to  ordinaiy 
Prculiar.  His  unele  was  aiso  possessed  understandings,  than  that  of  Mr.  Blake- 
of  the  Rectory  of  Neen  Savage,  in  the  way.  He  was  particularly  observant  of 
Countv  of  Salop ;  and  he  likewise  sue-  Provincial  manners  and  customs  i  and» 
ceedeci  him  in  this  benefice,  which  is  in  In  talking  to  his  country  flock,  be  could 
tbe  gift  of  the  crown.  Till  this  time  adopt  even  their  phraseology,  and  had  a 
he  bad  neglected  taking  his  degree  of  particular  pleasure  in  listening  to  their 
M.  A.  which  he  took  on  the  5th  of  stories.  The  writer  of  this  aceounl« 
March,  1795.  It  Is  singular,  that  in  who  has  often  heard  his  preaching  at 
this  same  year  he  was  instituted  to  a  Kinlet  and  at  Shrewsbury,  can  truly  say, 
third  living,  Felton,  in  the  County  of  that  he  never  met  with  any  man,  who 
Somerset,  to  which  he  was  presented  by  had  so  happy  an  art  of  discoursing  on 
a  relation.  The  income  of  this  last  was  difBeult  subjects,  even  where  eritieal 
inconsiderable  $  but,  by  all  his  prefer*  acuteness  was  required,  and  ytt  making 
meuts  together,  he  possessed  a  compe-  himself  perfectly  intelligible  to  all  bis 
tent  and  comfortable  income.  From  bearers.  The  impediment  in  bis  speech 
this  time  his  residence  was  principally  was  much  slighter  in  church  'than  In 
in  Shrewsbury  |  and,  in  1797,  be  was  company :  sometimes  it  would  hardly 
married  to  Mary-Elisabetb,  daughter  of  occur  throughout  the  whole  of  his  ser- 
Thomas  Wilkieson,  esq.  of  Amsterdam,  mon;  and  if  it  did,  tbe  clearness  of  his 

In  1800,  he  was  inducted  to  a  fourth  expressions,  and  the  harmonious  osodo- 

living,  that  of  Kinlet,  in  the  Ctmnty  of  lations  of  his  voice,  added  to  tbe  earnest 

{^op,  (at  tbe  presentation  of  William  solemnity  of  his  manner,  and  the  en- 

Cbilde,  esq.)  the    parish  of   which  is  lightened  benignity  of  bis  coontenanoe, 

adjacent  to  that  of  Neen.    By  dividing  made  every  bearer  forget  tbe  defect,  and 


37*  Obituary.-^/1«?.  J.  B.  BUi^eway,  F,S,A.  [April, 

remember  onl?  the  instructiop  and  de-  tions  ^bich  be  bad  made  for  a  History 
light  which  be  was  receiving.  As  a  of  Shropshire^  His  power  of  giving  a 
preacher,  Mr.  Blakeway  certainly  pos-  real  interest  and  value  to  these  subjects, 
sessed  as  many  requisites  as  can  be  was  most  successfully  displayed  in  the 
expected  to  meet  in  one  individuali  and  History  of  Shrewsbury,  which  was  begun 
the  jpapers,  which  he  has  left  behind  by  him  in  the  year  1822,  with  the  assis- 
him,  shew  that  he  was  in  the  habit  of  tance  of  Archdeacon  Owen,  a  roost  inti- 
l^reading  and  commenting  upon  the  Scrip-  mate  friend  and  brother  antiquary :  and 
tures  with  a  diligence  which  surprises  it  is  remarkable>  that  his  life  was  ter- 
even  those  who  knew  his  intensity  of  minated,  just  as  this  valuable  work  bad 
application,  as  well  as  the  multiplicity  received  its  completion.  The  last  num- 
of  pursuits  which  occupied  his  powerful  her  was  printed,  but  not  actually  de- 
mind,  livered  to  the  subscribers,  when  that 
The  one  which  he  followed  with  most  melancholy  event  happened,  which  so 
unvaried  fondness  throughout  the  whole  awfully  and  abruptly  terminated  all  his 
of  his  life,  was  the  study  of  antiquities,  labours. 

Antiquarian   learning   is  perhaps  more         There  perhaps  never  was  a  man,  who, 

censured  and    despised  by  those,  who  possessing  such  powers  of  mind  and  such 

bave  no  taste  for  it  themselves,  than  various  acquirements,  was  les^  ambitious 

any  other  branch  of  knowledge.    It  may  or  less  ostentatious  than  Mr.  Blakeway. 

indeed,  like  other  sciences,  degenerate  The  thought  of  rising  in  the  Church 

into   unprofitable    research,  and  mere  seems  never  to  have  entered   into  his 

verbal  pedantry ;  but  an  antiquary,  such  calculations;  and   it  is  perhaps  known 

as  Mr.  Blakeway,  cannot  end  his  investi-  only  to  a  few,  that  he  rejected  an  offer 

gations   without    adding   materially  to  of  high  preferment  in  the  Irish  Church, 

the  stock  '  of  human  knowledge;    and  which  he  might  have  obtained  through 

he  cannot  begin  them  without  already  the  interest   of   his  friend  Dr.  Percy, 

possessing  a  profound  mind,   and  dis-  Bishop  of  Dromore.     He  always  spoke 

criminating  judgment.    Both  these  qua-  of  his  own  talents  with  diffidence,  and 

lifications  were  possessed  by  Mr.  Blake-  even  disparagement.     In   conversation 

ythy  in  an  eminent  degree.    His  was  not  there  was  a  cheerfulness  and  animation 

the  mind  which  could  rest  satisfied  with  in  his  manner,  which  gave  an  additional 

the  contents  of  a  mouldering  parchment  charm  to  the  expressiveness  of  his  lan- 

or  an  obsolete  charter :  though  in  de-  guage ;   and  be  had  the  happy  art  of 

cyphering  and  interpreting  such  docu-  appearing  to  ask  for  information  from 

oients,  he  possessed  a  facility  which  was  others,  when  be  was  really  imparting  it 

truly   astonishing ;    but    every   minute  himself.     There  were  few  subjects  of 

fact  which  he  discovered  seemed  to  be  which  he  did  not  know  something.    B:i- 

only  a  connecting  link  in  the  vast  chain,  side  reading  with  great  rapidity,    and 

which  he  was  perpetually  unravelling;  retaining  whatever  was  remarkable,  he 

and   by  bringing  all  the  parts  of  his  seemed  to  have  a  mind  equally  formed 

multifarious  reading  to  bear  upon  each  for  profound  and  abstruse  investigation, 

other,  local  antiquities  became  in  his  or  for  the  lighter  elegances  of  literature, 

bands,  what  they  are  naturally  designed  Even  what  are  called  accomplishments 

to  be,  the  most  satisfactory  illustration,  were  not  neglected  by  him ;  and  it  may 

and  perhaps  the  most  valuable  subsidi-  be  mentioned,  that  beside  a-  good  ear 

ary  of  national  history.     On  April  30tb,  and  an  exquisite  taste   for  music,    he 

1807,  he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  had  a  natural  turn  for  drawing,  which 

Society  of    Antiquaries.    With  history  was   very  useful  to   him   in   his  anti- 

in  general,  particularly  that  of  modern  quarian  researches ;    and  if  cultivated, 

times,  he  had  an  intimate  acquaintance :  might  have  been  carried  to  great  pio- 

hjiid  his  astoHishing  memory,  to  which  ficiency. 

we  have  already  alluded,  gave  him  an        The  Constitution  of  his  coontry,  both 

advantage  in  society,  which  enabled  him  in  Church  and  State,  found  in  him  a 

to  convey  information,  while  he  seemed  sincere  admirer  and  a  firm  supporter, 

merely  to  be  conversing,  and  his  friends  Deeply  versed  in  our  national  history, 

forgot   their  inferiority  in  the  delight  he  well  understood  the  meaning  and  the 

and  instruction  which  they  received.  value  of  rational  lit>erty.    Political  ani- 

He  had  explored   the    antiquities  of  mosity  was  not  compatible  with  his  tem- 

his  native  county  with  a  perseverance,  per  or  his  feelings;  but,  at  the  tame 

Mrhich  we  may  confidently  say  was  never  time,  he  was  not  afraid  of  expressing  bit 

exceeded  by  any  other  antiquary;  and  sentiments:  and  upon   more  than  one 

we  cannot  help  deploring  it  as  a  serious  occasion,  when  the  signs  of  the  times 

loss  to  the  country  at  large,  that  death  seemed  to  him  dark  and  suspidoos,  be 

should  have  snatched  him  away,  before  publicly  avowed  his    allegiance  to  the 

te  had  arranged  the  voluminous  coUec-  Throne,  and  his  fearleaa  determiiiation 


I«M.] 


QiiTVAtYw— iZio.  J>  A.  2ldipei0iiy«  FJLjL 


97S 


to  mitt  eftry  Uinovatioik  B«  wm  ao 
iMt  flrmly  eoiiTinecd»  thit  the  Chafdi, 
of  wbieb  ho  wu  a  ministory  «u»  in  its 
doctrine  and  its  diicipline,  an  a|Kittolieal 
chureb.  Few  pertoni  were  better  ablo 
to  examine  its  pretoniioni»  and  few  ever 
•teered  more  succeufully  between  tbt 
opposite  eatremei  of  lulMwarmneii  and 
enthuilato.  Upon  some  subjects  bis 
feelings  were  strong,  and  in  eonversa- 
tlon  with  friends  be  woold  express  him- 
self with  warmth :  hot  no  |Mrson  was 
more  averse  to  indiscriminate  disputa- 
tion or  personal  remarks.  He  acted  upon 
the  principle,  which  be  once  laid  down 
in  writing  to  a  friend :  There  are  verp 
few  thmgif  exeepi  ike  eterloHmf  inrikt 
ofreKgwHf  wkick  are  werik  ike  labemr  0/ 
catUending  wiik  okttmacif. 

Though  Mr.  Blalceway  wrote  so  much 
—indeed  he  was  always  writing— and 
has  left  many  composiiions  behind  him 
on  various  subjects,  which  had  evidently 
cost  him  considerable  pains,  the  works 
which  he  publiihed  were  not  many.  The 
greatest  literary  undertaking  in  which 
he  was  engaged  was  **  The  History  of. 
Shrewsbury,"  which  hat  been  alluded  to 
above.  At  different  times  he  printed 
three  Sermons:  one  in  1799»  entitled, 
•*  A  Warning  against  Schism,"  preached 
before  two  friendly  societies  in  St  Ma- 
ry *s,  Shrewsbury  :  another  in  IB05,  also 
preached  at  St.  Mary's,  upon  the  occa- 
sion of  the  victory  at  Trafalgar,  and  en- 
titled, *<  National  Benefits  a  Call  for 
national  repentance:"  and  a  third,  in 
1816,  preached  in  the  church  of  St.  Ju- 
lian, Shrewsbury,  at  the  anniversary 
nieeiiuj;  of  the  Salop  Dintrict  Committee 
of  the  Society  for  promoting  Christian 
Knowledge,  entitled,  "  AttAcbment  to 
the  Church  the  Duty  of  its  Members." 

In  the  year  1813,  he  published  a  pam- 
phlet, entitled,  **  An  Attempt  to  ascer- 
tain the  Author  of  the  Letters  of  Ju- 
nius.*' Mr.  Blakeway  wished  to  assign 
the  writing  of  these  celebrated  letters  to 
Home  Tooke;  and  some  of  the  argu- 
ments which  he  advances  are  extremely 
powerful.  A  pamphlet  of  this  kind  ne- 
ver excites  much  notice  ;  and  the  author 
was  aware,  that  the  public  was  not  dis- 
|K>sed  to  adopt  his  supposition.  It  is 
known,  however,  that  he  never  changed 
his  own  opinion  on  the  subject;  hut  on 
the  contrary,  some  anecdotes  which  he 
bad  heard  connected  with  the  life  of 
Home  Tooke  made  him  still  more  con- 
Tinced  that  his  hypothesis  was  right.  In 
1815  he  published  a  short  Supplement 
to  this  <<  Attempt,"  in  which  be  noticed 
the  remarks  which  had  been  made  upon 
his  pamphlet  by  certain  reviewers;  and 
in  1816,  he  put  forth  a  small  tract  upoa 
the  subject  of  Regeneration. 


To  tboM  who  know  hifli»  it  would  be 
naedliM  to  say  that  1m  was  deefdj  and 
critleailj  versed  in  English  literatore. 
His  fine  taste  and  retentive  memoiy 
made  him  a  particnlar  admfier  of  the 
works  of  Shakspearei  and  the  late  Mr. 
Malbnct  with  whom  be  wee  in  frequent 
eorrespondenccy  was  not.weating  in  ae- 
know lodgment  of  the  assiatanee  which 
he  had  received  from  the  ingennity  and 
researches  of  Mr.  Blakeway.  It  may  be 
added,  that  be  was  an  occasional  contri- 
butor to  the  pages  of  the  Gentleman'e 
Magashie ;  and  the  writer  wishes  that 
he  could  catch  the  warmth  of  feeling 
and  elegance  of  style  wbieb  cbaracteriie 
a  biographical  sketch  of  the  Rev.  Francte 
Leighton,  wbieb  appeared  in  vol.  utxziii. 
•p.  896,  and  which  wae  written  by  Mr. 
Blakeway.  ' 

The  illness  wbieb  hroaglit  bios  to  bis 
grave  was  caused  by  a  tomonr  in  hie 
side,  which  had  been  ferosing  for  some 
years,  but  had  latterly  incrMsed  moeh 
more  rapidly  and  alarmingly.  When  be 
first  submitted  to  an  operation,  it  wae 
sanguinely  hoped  by  bis  friends  that  he 
would  be  restored  to  bis  health,  and  to 
the  enjoyment  of  active  exercise,  of 
which  be  was  always  so  fond.  But  Pr»- 
Tidence  had  otherwise  decreed.  His  con- 
stitution sunk  under  the  consequence  of 
the  disease^  and  he  expired  without  ap- 
parent pmn  and  in  perfect  possession  of 
his  fiwulties,  on  Friday,  March  10, 1896, 
in  the  61st  year  of  bis  age.  It  is  con- 
soling to  think,  that  the  life  which  be 
had  led  enabled  him  to  meet  deatb  with- 
out fear.  Never,  perhaps,  did  the  faith 
of  a  Christian  rest  upon  a  firmer  and 
more  unshaken  conviction.  Many  will 
long  remember  his  good  deeds  i  and  they 
will  speak  of  the  friend  whom  they  have 
lost,  of  his  charity  and  liberality,  bis 
counsel,  and  instruction.  But  by  him- 
self none  of  these  things  were  held  in 
any  price.  They  seemed  to  flow  spon- 
t;ineously,  and  without  an  effort,  from 
the  natural  kindness  of  his  heart}  and 
he  well  knew,  that  his  hopes  of  happi- 
ness hereafter  were  to  be  built  upon  a 
very  different  foundation  from  any  merit 
of  his  own. 

The  writer  of  this  memoir  cannot  help 
concluding  it  with  the  following  sen- 
tence, which  he  received  in  a  letter  from 
Mr.  Blakeway,  at  an  important  period 
of  his  life  ;  and  he  gives  it,  not  only  as 
intrinsically  valuable  for  the  advice  which 
it  contains,  but  as  an  exposition  of  those 
principles  which  guided  Mr.  Blakeway*s 
own  life,  and  aftirded  him  consolation 
at  the  dose  of  it : — <*  Above  all,  heliere 
00  the  word  of  an  old  man,  who  can  have 
no  motive  to  deceive  you,  that  Ftrttis 
alem  it  hsfp^nm  hikm.    And  dtftad 


OsiTtikSY. — Jtfn.  Lethbridge. — Jama  Meyer,  Eiq. 


574 

opon  It,  if  joa  liM  to  mj  jt»,n,  joa 
will  find,  tlM  faoWBTBr  tp«cioiw  the  ei- 
tcmal  appear«Dee  of  hippineii,  in  illf- 
■nce  wilb  tiee,  (nay  be,  it  is  all  unreal. 
God  hai  appointed  an  Irrerenable  decree, 
ubicb  cannMtt  It  witb  miaery  alone,   or 

virtue,  reli^on  i*  tbe  olil;       ' 

bnit.  Eiamii 

of  Revelation 

I  trirat  ;aa  •ill  finJ  tt,  bailt 

rock,  keep  a  firm  hold  oT  it,  anil 

I*t  It  (CO,    JieUie  Kin  of  Gtd, 


[April, 


Content,  thouf;:h  in  tbe  prime  ot  life, 
«rtlb  tbe  properly  already  acquired  iii 
buiincia,  he  bt|;an  to  form  plan*  for  a 
gradual  retirement  tiata  hia  rariout  mer- 
eanlile  engagfinenu.  With  ttaii  vieir 
be  remored,  in  ISOO,  to  Fony  Hall,  En- 
field, which,  with  (he  park  and  conli- 
thererore,  theevidencet  guoui  farm,  wju  coniidered  as  ■  matt 
and  hanne  fbund  it,  M     eligible  purcbue.    Here  be  anon  inlro- 

■■   -.tt.   \...,.^  _      'iced  into  bia  different  occupations,  the 

:tivily    and    regularity    of    a   man    of 
__.  ..  ^  .    _  ,  ,  _  uiineai.    It  should  be  recorded  to  hii 

will  learn  a/ Ihe  itctrint  wlittktr  it  It  af  honour,  that  when  aoine  property  uf 
considerable  aiAount  fell  to  him  ai  lord 
of  the  manor,  ho  settled  it  immediately 
in  trust,  that  the  rents  arising  from  the 
same,  might  be  annually  dlatributed 
among  poor  and  deserving  objeclt. 

:Uas  leal  taste 

understanding  and  .  _ 

leilge  of  the  world.     Hla  teelinga   were 
Strong,  and  hia  Judgment  generally  cor- 
rect, on  which  account  great  deference 
his  i^inions   and  advice. 


Uis,  Lbthbbidge. 

At  Chereot  todge,  HKVe 


SaHcraelibire,    Harriet  Re-         .i,.-.-  .     ,■         -    ,- 

■  lobn  H..kllb  Lnbbhdn         y"'""'  P^'-nJii*  "  ■  =Un 

,  ,*_si,Th«».B.,i.i.,  ■»i~«"'Z"':.5'.r""".'. 


I>in*ter 


elq.  eldest  lim 

Ltthhridge,  Bart.  MP.;  only  daughter 
of  tbalate  Jt^Mytloa,  ofHalst*ne,oo. 
Salur.  eaq.  ' 
The  losa  of  stich  a  pure  and  apotleaa 


being,  thunsb  not  unexpected,  wiU  be  7'"  J'"."'   '"  "■»  "P"""'"   -»"  »"•'«■ 

ta.g  .ad  de^ly  deplored.    At  the  early  As  chairman  of  the  Select  Vestry  of  th. 

ag^trf  8S,  *b«  fc^Tbeen  .natcbed  a.^  EV^         "^,'  ^'  T"  ""u  *"''  "T 

iMving  him,  with  rix  lovely  chiWren,  to  *>"'!'   ^'^^"^^7  *""»,'■           '^''1!'"  ■' 

hBenl  her  untlndy  death!    Tha  getMr  P'^'"  ""*  ^^«  chantiH,  and  there  » 

CMttone««udele«aM<><rfTr»a«>.er.,  ^^"^  ""  "O""*"*!-    He  diitributed 

and  the  yMAMml  sincwity  of  her  kind-  "«""■"'  '"""K  *•'  fT\  P"«'="'«^y 

-    and  friend..  Md«red  """'^  '•"  «<l""tlon  of  the.r  chddren. 
progress  he  regularly  exammed  at 


neM  to  bcr  hiaily  and  friend*,  endeared 
ber  to  all  i  and  the  purity  of  her  life, 
Hhiled  witb  tbe  pioue  reaignatian  with 
which  she  suboiiticd  to  along  and  paia- 
fal  illnets,  have,  it  ia  huably  hoped, 
eiMured  her  ibe  reward  of  cadlesB  bllia 
andgloiy. 


Jambs  Meter,  Esq. 
Rb.  11.  At  Forty  Hall,  Enfield,  oF  a 
stroke  of  apopleiy,  in  bis  TUt  year, 
James  Meyer,  Esq.  a  gentleman  gene- 
rally known  and  respected.  On  first 
leaving  school  be  went  abroad,  and  spent 
four  years  in  a  merchant's  counting- 
houaa  in  Trieste.  On  hi*  return  to  Eng- 
land, the  habits  of  induatiy,  and  know- 
ledge of  tbe  German  and  other  foreign 
languages  which  he  had  acquired,  com- 
bined with  the  strong  recommcodatinna 
of  an  excellent  character,  were  the 
mean*  of  securing  to  him  that  respecta- 
bility and  affluence  which  he  so  long  eo' 
}oy«d.  He  was  dislinguiibed  tbrough 
life  by  a  delicate  sense  oF  hr 
propriety,  by  an  inOexibte  intt 


rence  to  Justice  and  uprighti 

duct,  that  he  might  well  be  considered 
al  exhibiting  to  the  world  ■  fair  and  bo- 
Dourable  portrait  of  the  British  MkB' 


Allacbrd  to  the  English  Constitution, 
lie  was  loyal  to  his  King,  and  equally 
hostile  to  aristucrqtic  uaurpalion,  and 
lawleu  democracy.  He  was  fond  of 
social  intercourse,  was  warm  in  his 
Ulacbmeat*,  and  hat  often  proved  bin- 
aelf,  on  tning  occasion*,  a  sincere  and 
Judicious  friend.  Raited  above  the  nar- 
row boundaries  of  aecti  hnd  parties,  by 
a  truly  Cbristian  benevolence,  his  anx- 
iety was  to  do  good  nnlo  all,  a*  he  ittight 
have  opportunity.  What  he  bestowed 
in  charily  wat  given  with  to  much  kind- 
nesi,  at  greatly  IncTBated  the  value  of 
the  gift.  Providence  bad  not  6nly  bleat- 
ed him  with  affluence,  bat  with  a  Aear4 
to  enjoy  a  benevolent  deed. 

He  has  left  by  hit  wilt  ^300,  to  be 
distributed  amotig  the  poor  inbabitantt 
of  the  p»riafa  of  Enfield,  requettlng  that 
a  preference  should  be  given  to  Ibow, 
who  had  been  regular  in  their  attend- 
ance on  public  worship  ;  one  third  being 
!grity,  and     totbe  pouratlendanttof  Baker-tt.Ueat- 
iout  adhe-     ing.  Diitinguitbed  through  llfclvaeoA- 
■sa  in  con-      sdentious  diacbarge  of  religious  duliei, 
considered      hia  daily  conduct  proved  to  the  world, 
that  the  fear  of  God  wai  before  bis  eyet, 
and  (bat  Cbristian  charily  reigned  ic  "~ 
heart.    Suc'b  a  cbtiacter,  must  of  iw 


I  bis  eyet,     b 

led  it.  Ul  i 


1M«.]  OBixwAWt^Mfr.  Ckadm  lnc(i#i.  ^ 


iitjr  bt  viload  in  Bf»,  tad  lanwittd  ia  nam  alVataMUi  bpi  ia  Ikt  •otufaic 

diMtb.    At  the  ftancrM  paMcd  thxoBfli  niatM^  (Oetiober«  l7S<Qij  M«dt  Ui  llrtt 

tiolWldy  tlM  windovt  uid  •bopt  wart  appewaaoft  aft  Covtn^  Utida«c  as  Det^ 

fimarally  doaady  put  of  Ktpact  to  bia  mat*  in  iba  Foot  9dh^i^  with  to  nuah 

men^orj. .  Ha  »aa  boriad  in  a  foiaifar  inacait  at  to  obtain  a  pannanant  altaa- 

▼aalt  in  the  Dntob  Cboreb  in  Aaatla  tioa.  on  libaral  tanna»    For  auny  aaa* 

F'riart.    Tbou|b  Mr.  Mayar  waa  nevar  toaa  laeladon  aang  with  f^raat  Mat  at 

married;  vet  the  name  and  ratpaotar  the  Lent  Oratorios  t  ha  faaqoant^Titited 

biiitj  of  the  fkmity»  will  be  topported  Ireland,  whaca  no  ainger,  not  etaa  M ra« 


hf  a  brother  and  a  nephew^  to  whom    BilUngton,  was  ever  aMce  caiamtd;  and 
he  beqoeatbed  hit  propectv*  tabieqoentlj  to  the  tennination  of  bia 


A  foneral  sermon  on  Mr.  Mayer  waa  fefolar  engagaamnta  at  the   London 

preached  bj  the  Rcr.  William  Browa*  at  tbaatiea^  he  oromad  the  AUantiey  aad 

Baker-street  Meeting,  Enfield,  Feb.  S6  h  made  a  roeal  toor  through  great  part  of 

and  has  been  since  published,  entitled^  t^  United  Statas,  though^  as  b  sald» 

*'  The  actively  BeoeVolent  Man  a  Public  without  any  solid  paeuniary  advantage. 

BlessiDg,"  Of  late  years  somewhat  neglected^  per- 

— —  haps,  for  newer  farowritea  in  the  metiw- 

Mi.  CuAaLBS  Inclidon.  pons,  bis  engagemanta  ware  ehiefly  of  a 

1^.11.   At  Worcester,  the  celebrated  proTindal  nature.  Styling  himself  The 

English  vocalist  Charles  Indedon.  Wandering  Mdodist,**  he  was  accuitom* 

He  was  bom  in  Cornwall,  the  aon  of  ed  to  give  a  roeal  entertainment  of  bia 

a  respecuble  medical  gentleman.    Die-  own*  which  waa  generally  recaivad  with 

playing  an  early  taste  for  mniic,  he  was»  great  favour.    He  was,  we  believe,  in 

at  the  ap  of  eight  years,  placed  in  the  the  arrangaaseot  of  one  of  theaa  plana 

choir  of  Exeter  Cathedral,  under  the  at  Worcester,  when,  about  the  com- 

care  of  Jackson,  the  celebrated  com-  mancement  of  the  present  year,  he  waa 

poser.    Here  he  remained  sis  or  seven  suddenly  sebied  with  a  paralytic  affeo- 

veara,  when  a  truant  disposition  ioduoad  tion,  which,  in  the  eoasse  of  a  few 

him,  in  1779,  to  enter  on  board  the  Fer-  weeks,  led  to  the  tera^natlon  of  bia 

midable  man  of  war,  of  98  guns,  ooder  existence.    He  had  been  married  three 

the  command  of  Captain  (sioce  Rear-Ad-  times »  and  he  has  a  son  engaged  in 

miral)  Cleland.    On  the  West  India  sta-  agricultural  pursuits,  now  oa   recently 

tion  he  changed  his  ship,  and  served  living  in  the  neigM>ottrhood  of  Bury 

on  board  the  Raisonable,  of  sixty-four  St.  Edmund's,  Suflblk. 
guns,  then  commanded  by  Lord  Hervey,        ladedoo,  though  a  convivial,  waa  by 

where  his  vocal  powers  and  sprightliness  no  nmans  an  improvident  man.    Before 

of  character  endeared  him  to  the  officers  his  second  union  be  settled  all  his  for- 

and  men.    In  this  ship  he  attracted  the  tune,  the  result  of  his  profesaional  exer- 

notice  of  Admiral  Pigot,  commander  of  tions  Cor  many  years,  on  the  children  of 

the  fleet,  who  frequently  sent  for  Inde-  the  first  marriage,  oor  was  he  wanting 

don,  and  s«ng  catches  and  glees  with  in  industry  to  create  a  new  fortune.    -It 

him  and  Admiral  Hugbei.    He  returned  is  true  his  farewell  benefits  in  London 

to  Enf^Und    in    1783,    when    Admirai  were  a  small  tax  on  bia  friends, — for  he 

Pigot,  Lord  Mulgrave,  and  Lord  Her-  was  fond  of  *■  more  last  words,*  but  they 

vey,  gave  him  letters  of  recommendation  must  have   been  aaviog,   indeed,   who 

to  Mr.  Sheridan  and  the  late  Mr.  Col*  begrudged  the  price  of  a  ticket  to  so  old 

man  ;  the  manager,  however,  was  blind  a  favourite  as  Charles  Indedon,  who,  a 

to  his  merits,  and  Incledon«  determined  few  months  ago,  took  his  leave  on  that 

to  try  his  talents  on  the  stage,  joined  very  stage  where  be  first  made  his  debut 

Cdlins's  company  at  Soutbampton,where  forty  years  before— in  the  Southampton 

his    first    theatrical   essay   was   as  Al-  Theatre. 

phonso,  in  the  Ca«tle  of  Andalusia.  Incledon's  voice  was  of  extraordinary 
Here  be  continued  upwards  of  a  year,  power,  l>oth  in  the  natural  and  falsetto, 
when  he  was  engaged  at  Bath,  where  he  The  former,  from  A  to  G,  a  compass  of 
attracted  much  of  the  public  attention,  about  fourteen  notes,  was  full  and  open, 
and  obtained  the  patronage  of  Rauasini,  neither  partaking  of  the  reed  nor  the 
who  not  only  took  him  under  his  tuition,  string,  and  sent  forth  without  the 
but  introduced  him  in  his  concerts.  soudkst  artifice ;  and  such  was  its  due- 
He  was  a  great  favourite  at  the  tiUty»  that  when  he  sung  pianUritmc,  it 
Noblemen's  Catch  Club,  which  he  as-  retained  iu  original  ductility.  Hia  fal- 
sitted  in  eitablishing ;  and  Dr.  Haring-  setto,  which  he  could  use  from  D  to  £ 
ton,  the  eminent  physician,  was  his  par-  or  F,  or  about  ten  notea,  was  rich,  sweety 
ticular  frisnd.  and  brilliant,  though  we  oertainly  are 
Having  again  applied  in  vain  at  the  of  opinion  tliat  music,  like  beauty^  ia 
London  theatres,  he  accepted  an  engage-  **  unadorned  adorned  tha  aMMt*" 


876 


OsiTVAat/^ilfr.  Bduard  Knight. 


[April, 


Tbodgb  Ineledon  knew  little  of  masie 
«•  a  icience,  yet  socb  was  the  excellence 
of  hU  Yoice  and  ear,  that  be  at  one  be- 
came a  favourite  with  the  pobiic.  He 
excelled  in  the  pure  and  energetic  Eng- 
liih  ballad,  such  as  "  Black-eyed  Susan,*' 
and  <<The  Storm,"  the  bold  and  cheering 
bunting-song,  or  the  love-song  of  Shield, 
breathing  the  chaste  simple  grace  of 
genuine  English  melody. 

Mr.  Edward  Knioht. 
Feb.  21.   At  his  house  in  Great  Queen- 
itreet,  Lincoln's-inn-ficlds,  after  a  se- 
vere illness  of  several  months,  aged  52, 
that   excellent   comic    actor,    Edward 

Knight. 

He  was  bom  at  Birmingham  in  1774, 
and  was  intended  by  bis  friends  for  an 
artist }  but  having,  at  an  early  period, 
a  penchant  for  the  stage,  on  the  death 
of  the  person  to  whom  be  was  articled, 
made  his  first  appearance  at  Newcastle- 
underline,  as  Hob,  in  the  farce  of  Hob 
in  the  Well ;  but  so  astounding  was  his 
reception,   that    it   quite   disconcerted 
bim ;    and,  unable  to  go  on  with  the 
character,  he  ran  off  the  stage,  and  it 
was  performed  by  another.    His  ardour 
was  for  some  time  checked  by  this  mis- 
bap,  and  he  resumed  the  pencil  for  ano- 
ther year ;  but  the  ruling  passion  was 
strong.     He  ventured  in  a  more  obscure 
place,  Raither,  in  North  Wales,  again 
played  Hob,  and  was  successful.    After 
strolling  about  some  time,  be  was  en- 
gaged by  Mr.  Nunns,  of  the  Stafford 
company.    In  that  town  he  married  a 
daughter  of  Mr. Clewes,  a  wine-merchant. 
<*  His   next  step  to  fame  was  owing 
merely  to  the  whim  of  some  merrily-dis- 
posed wag,  who  was  willing  to  raise  a 
laugh  at  his  expence.    One  night  at  Ut- 
toxeter,  after  having  raved  through  the 
parts  of  Arno,    Silvester  Daggerwood, 
and  Lingo,  he  was  agreeably  surprised 
by  a  note  requesting  his  attendance  at 
the  inn  adjoining  the  theatre,  and  inti- 
mating that  he  would  receive  informa- 
tion for  the  improvement  of  his  thea- 
trical pursuits.     Every  thing,  of  course, 
was  neglected  for  this  important  inter- 
view.    He  flew  to  the  inn  on  the  wings 
of  speed,  and  was  immediately  shown 
into  a  room,  where  he  was  very  cordially 
received  by  an  unknown,  but  grave-look- 
ing gentleman,  whose  inflexible  steadi- 
ness of  face  could  not  give  the  least  sus- 
picion  of  a  jest.   After  the  usual  compli- 
ments of  that  day,  the  stranger  very  po- 
litely assured  him  that  he  bad  received 
much  pleasure  from   his  performances, 
and  was  determined  to  put  him  into  a 
situation   where   his   talents   might  be 
shown  to  advantage.    Mr.  Knight  stam- 
mered forth  bis  gratitude,  and  bad  all 


ears  open  for  the  reception  of  this  im- 
portant benefit.  The  stranger  proceeded 
to  inform  bim  that  his  name  was  iPhil- ' 
lips,  and  that  he  was  well  known  to  Mr. 
Tate  Wilkinson,  the  manager  of  the 
York  Theatre. « Now,  Sir,'  he  added,  *you 
have  only  to  make  use  of  my  name,  which 
I  f\jlly  authorise  you  to  do,  and  you  may 
rely  upon  being  well  received.  Say  that 
1  have  seen  you  on  the  stage,  and  de- 
clared my  satisfaction  at  your  perform- 
ance.' Mr.  Knight  was,  of  course,  much 
delighted,  and  expressed,  in  the  most 
lively  terms,  his  sense  of  this  important 
obligation.  The  next  morning  he  wrote 
a  very  polite  letter  to  Mr.  Wilkinson^ 
making  the  tender  of  his  services,  and 
not  in  the  least  doubting  their  accept- 
ance, for  the  name  of  bii  new  ally  formed 
the  most  prominent  feature  in  the  letter. 
In  a  short  time,  a  very  laconic  epistle 
came  from  the  York  manager,  that  at 
once  overthrew  his  splendid  expecta- 
tions. It  was  to  this  effect :— <  Sir,  I 
am  not  acquainted  with  any  Mr.  Philips, 
except  a  rigid  Quaker,  and  he  is  the  last 
man  in  the  world  to  recommend  an  ac- 
tor to  my  theatre.  I  don't  want  yon. 
Tate  Wilkinson.' 

"  This  was  certainly  a  mortifying  re- 
pulse. His  air-formed  schemes  at  once 
melted  into  nothing  i  and  the  failure 
was  so  much  the  more  painful,  at  it 
was  totally  unexpected.  In  the  bit- 
terness of  bis  anger,  he  wrote  a  se- 
cond letter  to  the  Manager:  — '  Sir, 
I  should  as  soon  think  of  applying  to  a 
methodist  parson  to  preach  for  my  be- 
nefit, as  to  a  quaker  to  recommend  me 
to  Mr.Wilkinson.  I  don't  want  to  come. 
E.  Knioht.*— This  letter  was  too  much 
in  Mr.  Wilkinson's  own  peculiar  style  to 
meet  with  an  unfavourable  reception. 
Nothing,  however,  resulted  from  it  at 
the  time.  A  whole  year  rolled  on  with 
the  Stafford  company,  at  the  end  of 
which  Mr.  Knight  was  agreeably  sur- 
prized by  a  second  letter  from  his  former 
correspondent.  Id  brevity  and  elegance 
it  was  no  wise  inferior  to  his  former  epis- 
tle, but  the  matter  of  it  sounded  much 
more  sweetly  to  our  Jiero's  ears.  Tbe 
following  is,  to  the  best  of  our  know- 
ledge, a  literal  transcript : — *Mr.  Metho- 
dist Parson,  I  have  a  living  that  produces 
twenty-five  shillings  per  week.  Will  you 
hold  forth  ?    Tatr  Wilkinson.' 

«  This  sudden  change  was  not  altoge- 
ther owing  to  the  preceding  correspond- 
ence, but  in  part  to  tbe  secession  of 
Matthews,  who  had  been  engaged  at  the 
Hayroarket.  Nothing  could  have  been 
more  fortunate  for  Knight  than  this 
event ;  for  the  manager,  anxious  to  sup- 
ply the  loss  of  so  useful  a  performer,  en- 
gaged him  some  months  before  Mr.  Bfat* 


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tiNMM  aHoallsf  lalt'  for  Lonifoii*''  Our 
b#ro  WM  now  In  the  neridiAa  of  bb 
Clory>  wbon  hit  bappineti  received  «  se- 
vere blow  from  the  loss  of  a  beloved  vife^ 
who  died  at  the  early  age  of  tweniy-fitur, 
and  left  him  bunhened  wiib  tlic  care  of 
a  small  family.  He  had  been  married 
five  jreart. — About  a  tveivemooth  after» 
be  was  united,  tecondlyi  in  1807»  to 
Mitt  Sutan  Smith,  titter  of  Mrt.  Hartley, 
and  the  then  heroine  of  the  York  Siaj^e. 

At  York  feveii  yeart  petted  anay  with- 
out any  other  material  occurrenee, 
when  be  received  propotalt  from  Mr. 
Wrottfbton,  at  that  time  Stafe  Mana- 
ger of  Drury-laiiry  whieh,  of  coune, 
were  eagerly  accepted. 

On  the  dettruction  of  Drury  Lan« 
Theatre  by  fire,  many  of  the  principal 
performert  contidered  themtelvet  ai  re- 
leased from  their  treatiet,  and  embarked 
In  other  adtenturee.  Mr.  Knight  wat 
one  of  the  few  that  had  abiliciet  to  profit 
by  this  opportunity.  Oo  October  I4y 
1 809,  he  made  hit  first  appearance  at  the 
Lyoeum  at  Timothy  Quaint,  in  **  The 
Soldier*t  Daughter,"  and  Robin  Rough- 
head,  in  •*  Fortune't  Frolick."  He  wat 
equally  tneeettful  in  Jerry  Blottom,  Sim, 
Spado,  Trip,  Ac.  and  continued  a  fa- 
vonrite  till  illnett  compelled  him  to  re- 
tire. Hit  powert  at  a  comic  actor  were 
certainly  contlderahle.  There  wat  an 
odd  quicknett,  and  a  certain  droll  play 
about  every  mutcle  in  hit  face,  that  fully 
prepared  tlie  audience  for  the  Jett  that 
wat  to  follow.  Hi!  Sim,  in  ••  Wild  Oait," 
may  be  termed  the  '  most  rh^tte  and 
natural  perfurroance  on  the  St^ge.  On 
one  occasion,  in  the  exercHe  of  his  pro- 
fession, Knight  had  a  very  narrow  escape 
with  his  lifif.  On  the  evening  of  Feh.  17, 
1816,  when  performing  with  Miss  Kelly, 
in  the  farce  of  **  Modern  Antiques,"  a 
maniac  named  B^imett  fired  a  pistol  at 
the  lady,  which  had  nearly  given  the  gen- 
tleman bis  quietus. 

In  private  life,  Mr.  Knight's  manners 
were  domestic  and  methodical.  He  dis- 
liked convivial  partiet ;  but  he  possessed 
that  kindness  and  benevolence  of  heart, 
which  reflect  honour  upon  human  na- 
ture. His  remains  were  removed  to  a 
vault  in  Pancrat  new  Church,  on  the  97th 
of  February,  when,  among  the  mournert, 
were  Mr.  Elliston,  Dr.  Pearton,  Mr.  Car- 
p«i«*,  Mr.  George  Soane,  Mr.  Grimaldi, 
senior,  &r. 

Mr.  John  Farey. 

Jan.  6.  At  bin  hnn^e  in  Him  land- 
ftnet,  aged  60,  Mr. 'lohn  Fnrcx. 

He  was  born  at  Woburn  in  1766,  and 
first  received  a  common  village  education 
there,  but  at  the  age  of  sixiecn  nat  sent 

Giirr.  Mao.  April,  1 886. 


12 


teeebool«tIIalir«a,ioYorluhire,  Evlnq- 
ing  early  indications  of  a  ttudiout  di«- 
position,  he  to  pleated  his  master,  tha^ 
he  gratuitously  instructed  him  in  mathe- 
matics and  philosophy.  He  also  ttudied 
drawing  and  turve^iog,  and  wat  recom- 
mended to  the  notice  of  the  celebrated 
Mr.  Smeaton. 

Mr.  Farey  had  the  good  fortune  to  be- 
come known  to  the  late  Dnke  of  Bed- 
ford, and  to  acquire  the  confidence,  of 
that  nobleman,  who  in  1799  appointed 
him  to  the  agency  of  hit  Grace't  Bedfi>rd« 
thire  ettatet.  Mr.  Farey,  in  contequenci*, 
went  to  retide  at  Woburn,  and  continued 
there  till  the  death  of  hit  patron  in  ISdH. 
In  the  conduct  of  the  Duke's  affhirty  Mr, 
Farey  had  a  wide  field  for  the  ezercite 
of  bit  talentt,  and  he  protecuted  the  ideas 
of  hit  noble  employer  with  to  much  at- 
tiduity,  that  he  tuceeeded  fully  in  esta- 
bltsbing  a  very  improved  system  of  agri- 
culture, of  which  the  DttHc  had  tketcned 
the  outlinet  with  great  Judgment,  from 
a  mature  contideration  of  all  the  obter- 
vationt  he  had  made  during  his  travelt 
through  Europe,  at  well  at  in  Britain. 

In  1809  and  1810  Mr.  Farey  made  a 
survey  of  Derbythire  for  th^  Board  of 
Agriculture ;  and  hit  report,  printed  in 
two  volumet,  181 1-1813,  containt  a  state- 
ment of  the  principles  which  he  followed 
in  mineral  surveying.  He  availed  him- 
self of  every  opportuniiy  of  augmenting 
his  knowledge  on  the  order  and  nature 
of  the  strata  throughout  Britain,  and  col- 
lected innumerable  specimens  to  esta- 
blish their  identity  in  different  placet. 
A  great  part  of  hit  time  was  spent  in 
collecting  his  observations,  and  in  form* 
ing  maps  and  tectiont  from  them,  to 
determine  the  order  and  position  of  the 
ttrata  in  eatery  place  which  be  visited. 
He  intended  to  publish  the  results,  but 
their  completion  was  prevented  by  the 
attack  of  apoplexy  which  terminated  his 
useful  life.  He  married  early  in  life,  and 
had  a  numerous  family. 

Mr.  Farey  wat  a  mao  of  mott  laboriout 
retearch,  and  of  very  retired  habitt| 
rarely  mixing  in  tociety,  but  punuing  bit 
studies  with  inceuant  application,  im- 
pelled by  a  thirst  of  knowledge  rather 
than  by  the  desire  of  fame  or  wealth. 
The  manutcripts,  to  which  he  devoted  to 
many  yeart,  contain  a  ma«a  cf  informa- 
tion which  would  afford  materialt  for 
tome  valuable  puhlicationt.  Mr.  F.  wat 
a  frequent  contributor  to  the  Monthly 
Mag;iziuc,  from  which  we  have  quoted 
the  furrgoing  p^in  iculart. 

John  M'Cabrol. 
Jan,  14.    At    Carnavaoaghan,   three 
roilet  from  Armagh,  John  M'Carroll,  in 
the  lOOf h  yev  of  hit  age.  )le'wu  threa 


378 


Clergy  D^utned. 


tApril, 


timet  manied.  Htt  first  wife  Ifved  80 
years,  by  whom  be  bad  leven  cbUdren ; 
his  second  wife  lived  SI  years  ;  and  bis 
third  wife  83  years.  He  bad  no  chil- 
dren by  his  last  two  wives.  There  were 
six  children  livinj;  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  and  46  grandchildren,  80  great- 
grandchildren, and  three  great-great- 
grandchildren ;  in  all,  135— the  must  of 
whom  attended  his  funeral.  He  retained 
bis  facuUies  to  the  last.  A  few  nights 
before  his  deftth,  he  found  himself  una- 
ble to  raise  the  psalm,  and  asked  his 
grandson  to  do  it  for  him,  and  make 
prayer,  which  he  uniformly  bad  done 
himself.  He  always  bore  the  character 
of  an  honest  man,  was  pious  and  reli- 
gious, **  and  bis  latter  end  was  peace." 

Mr.  Jamks  Caulfield. 

April  88.  In  St.  Bartholomew's  Hos- 
pital, aged  6Si  Mr.  James  Caulfield,  au- 
tbor  of  Lives  of  Remarkable  Persons ; 
Chalcographiana;  Gallery  vf  British  Por- 
traits; the  High  Court  of  Justice,  or 
Lives  of  Persons  who  sat  in  Judgment  on 
Charles  I.;  History  of  the  Gunpowder 
Plot;  Biographical  Sketches  illustrative 
of  British  History  ;  &c.  &c.  &c.  Mr.  C. 
was  also  a  well-known  print  dealer,  and 
universally  acknowledged  as  the  best 
judge  in  the  kingdum  of  engraved  Bri- 
tish Portraits.  A  further  memoir  of 
this  truly  and  highly-gifted  man  will  be 
given  in  a  future  number. 


CLERGY  DECEASED. 

At  the  Deauery  House,  CWher,  the  very 
Rev.  Rich,  BagiceU,  M.A.  Dean  of  that 
Church. 

At  Upton-on-Sevem,  Wore,  aged  78, 
the  Rev.  Rob,  Edm.  BaineSt  for  54  years 
Rector  of  that  place,  aud  of  Halfurd  more 
than  40.  lie  was  of  Christ's  Cull.  Camb. 
B.  A.  1769,  M.  A.  1773,  was  presented  to 
Upton  in  177S,  by  Dr.  Johnson,  then  Bp. 
of  Worcester,  and  to  Halfurd  in  1775  by 
the  King  (for  that  tunn). 

The  Rev.  John  JVest  Carew^  Rector  of 
Bi^eigh,  Devon.  He  was  the  third  son 
of  Sir  John  Carew,  fifih  Baronet  of  Hac- 
combe,  Devon,  by  Elizabeth,  only  dan.  of 
Rev.  Henry  Holdsworth,  of  Dartmouth ; 
and  was  named  West  after  his  paternal 
modmotlier  Dorothy,  dau.  aod  coh.  of 
Peter  West,  of  Tnerton  Castle,  esq.  He 
was  of  Oriel  Coll.  Oxf.  B.C.L.  1781,  and 
was  presented  to  Bickleigh  in  17B9  by  his 
amily. 

A^ed  51,  the  Rev.  Ja^  Clarke,  Vicar 
of  Weston  on  Trent,  SufF.  to  which  he  was 
presented  in  1819  hy  John  Lane,  esq.; 
aod  for  many  years  Master  of  the  Free 
Qiaaimar  School  at  Rndgeley,  wbert  be 


was  allowed  the  prlvUege  of  taking  twenty 
private  pupils,  among  whom  have  bees  mem- 
bers of  the  most  respectable  fiunilies  in  the 
neighbourhood. 

Suddenly,  the  Rev.  Henry  Corry,  Minis- 
ter of  Carsphaim,  co.  Wigton. 

At  Thornton  Steward,  near  Bedale,  co. 
York,  aged  Si,  Rev.  John  Etvbank,  nearly  40 
years  Vicar  of  that  parish,  and  of  Naffertoo, 
to  the  former  of  which  he  was  presented  in 
1786,  by  Dr.Porteus,  then  Bp.  of  Chester, 
and  to  the  latter  in  1788  by  Dr.  Markham 
the  late  Archbishop  of  York. 

At  Clitheroe,  Lane,  in  the  prime  of  life, 
the  Rev.  Aob.  Heath,  Incumbent  of  that 
Church,  and  Head  Master  of  the  Fr^ 
Grammar  School  in  that  town,  where^ha 
also  took  private  pupils.  He  was  of  Braze- 
nose  Coll.  Oxf.  M.  A.  1813,  and  was  pre- 
sented to  Clitheroe  in  1814  by  the  late 
Lord  Curzon.  He  was  possessed  of  exten- 
sive classical  erudition,  and  great  eloquence 
as  a  preacher. 

At  Spalding,  of  the  typhus  fever,  aged 
S4,  the  Rev.  WiUiatn  Johnson,  Vicar  of 
Bilsby,  Line.  He  was  of  Sidney  Sussex 
Coll.  Camb.  B.A.  1823. 

Aged  84,  the  Rev.  Jot,  WiUiams  Newton^ 
M.A.  Rector  of  Alderfbrd  with  Attlebridge, 
•  Norfolk,  Perpetual  Curate  of  Hemblingtoa, 
and  Rector  of  St.  Paul  and  St.  James, 
Norwich.  He  was  of  Pembroke  Hall,  Camb. 
B.A.  1762,  M.A.  1765,  and  was  presented 
to  all  his  benefices  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
of  Norwich,  to  Alderfbrd  and  his  Norwich 
Churches  in  1776,  and  to  Hembltngton  in 
1814.  He  pobitshed  in  1806,  <*  An  Intro- 
duction to  the  Hebrew  Language.*' 

At  Harby,  near  Belvoir  Castle,  aged  55, 
the  Rev.  Thos,  Norris,  Rector  of  Harby, 
Vicar  of  Granby  cum  Sutton,  near  Bing- 
ham, Notts,  aod  a  Magistrate  for  Leicester- 
shire. He  was  of  Trinity  Coll.  Camb.  B.A. 
1794,  M.A.  1798;  was  presented  to  both 
his  livings  by  the  Rutland  femily,  to  Harby 
in  1804,  and  to  Graiby  in  189... 

The  Rev.  John  Partons,  Rector  of  Car- 
singtou,  Derb.  to  which  Church  be  wasme- 
sented  in  1808  by  the  Very  Rev.  Sir  lUcb. 
Km,  hart.  Dean  of  Lincoln. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Pooiey,  Vicar  of  Humi- 
ton  St.  Oswald,  Lane  to  which  Chmdi  ha 
was  presented  in  1800  by  the  0eaa  and 
Chapter  of  Worcester. 

Aged  65,  the  Rev.  Riehgrd  Pnstomt  Cu- 
rate of  Knowie  Saint  Giles,  Doiael),  and 
formerly  Curate  of  Uminster,  Som. 

At  Little  Bridt,  Dors,  after  three  days 
ilbess,  aged  36,  the  Rev.  G,  HemyRoberth 
Curate  of  Long  Bridy,  a  very  active  and 
exemplary  Clergyman. 

At  Oiterboome,  near  Wiocbcstcry  the 
Rev.  Jos.  ScoU,  Rector  of  Westoai-siiper- 
Mare,  Som.  and  Laiuston,  Haata.  He  was 
son  of  the  Rev.  Jamas  Scott,  MJL  VaeK 
of  Itchcn  Stoke,  Hants  i  aad 
brother  to  Jane  tha 


1M«.] 


(Clergy  Dtetaud. 


u>\.  ■ 

Al  bk  liniiM,  on  tlw  MuIdc  Pimdi, 
Di-"er,  »ftBt  ■  few  houii  illniH  onlj,  tlw 
K«.  KAi'.  M'ui/Any>,  lu«  Vi«*r  tS  Dareni, 
Kont.  H>  >■.  >.r  St.  Juhn-i  Cotl.  (jnl>. 
U.  A.  I7SI,  M.A.  I7K|  ind  mn  rim(Dt«l 
In  Dinac  in  IRIS  b)r cht  Otui  uJ  L'lupMi 
oFKochfiur. 

Jm.  «n.  At  Echln^nm.  Dfrh.  ibi  R«(. 
JofBh  Bnmhtad.  furniRlt  of  Qomu'i  CoI- 
l€S..O.f,  MA.  1771. 

•/mi.  IS.  Al  R«n*,  wliltlxr  ht  oral  fur 
the  ttcovfiy  of  hJi  liMllh,  the  it«>.  £i<- 
w«tf  Ofyn  Hum«,d,  Fellow  of  Jt.iu  Col- 
!•(»,  Cunhridgr,  lod  Hectof  nf  Widfitn), 
H«b.  H«  piocnied  H-A.  Ism,  M.A. 
ia>9,  ■»<(  in  I8t4,  >u««ditd  tba  iU>. 
Fnoeii  Tbonu  Hunand  (tea  vol.  xciv.  ii. 
3*)  in  theRcctonofWidfvrd.MthtpnHa- 
tMkxi  of  Wm.  Pwlter  Hinnnd,  ««|- 

fc('.  ...  AtCUptum  {jiaiman,  ijihI  9B, 
tlw  B«».  Ebmrtfr  ffun,  of  Ttinin  Callrn, 
CvDb.  B.A.  i»M. 

Fii.  It.  Al  Nurwicb,  (Ctd  ah.  the  Rn. 
C*«Vn  JoAn  CAnfiinim,  HiniiUr  oFSl.  P<- 
tct'i  Muuroft  In  lliK  eitf,  to  wliich  h*  hh 
■ppointed  h;  iba  ialuliiluiU  in  inos.  Ha 
wu  fotin.fIj  Fellu-  of  <  nru.u  Cliriili  Coll. 
(Unh.  wlif-re  li*pru(<(«]edB.A.  iraSiM.A. 
I  rat.  H.D.  isoo. 

Frt.  17.  Agid  70,  tha  R«.  L.  Mrehelia, 
lor  nanjr  iirm  a  uuliir  of  tin  Gerinui 

UBfUft  U  Omiirrd. 

hi.il.  AtKnapton.Nuif.  agadei,  the 
Bt».  Hm.  ««n(fr,  Vicar  of  Hor»T  and 
Honini  cum  Dilham,  aod  fbnncrli  Mailer 
of  Sir  Wn-  Pranun'.  Gnmmai  School  M 
North  Waliham.  when  iha  Imnorul  Ntlion 
wti  fducalad.  He  wai  pnientad  to  Hnnine 
in  1796,  bj  the  Hob.  Dr.  Yorlie,  then  Bp. 
of  Elr,  and  to  Honn  in  1 80a  by  lh«  Go- 
Temon  of  North  Waliham  School. 

Feb.  M.     At  Lainnbj  Panonaee,  Cumh. 

r94,  the  KtT.  rAol.  ^^m,  Vicar  of 
place,  and  of  Staunington,  Norlfaunib. 
•ul  fornirrl;  of  the  Brow,  Barton,  in  lb* 
fbrtnrr  counlj.  He  wu  pnienled  to  La- 
lonbrin  1789  by  Dr.Douglaj,  then  Kiibop 

Dr.  BairinKloa,  the  late  Bp.  nf  Durham. 

Al  BriiLioD,  ihe  Rct.  RU:  Holt,  a  Mnior 
Fello-  of  Trio.  Coll.  Camb.  B.  A.  1789, 
M.A.  179S. 


The  RsT.  Ifm.  Doarll.  Raetor  of  Koln 
Ucj,  Heref  and  li.rinrriT  Vicar  of  L™,-li„c, 
Sam.  He  xaa  .if  Watlli.tn  Cull.  O.f.  M.A. 
teuii :  ifu  piatented  to  Ijtcking  in  1819 
by  hi>  falhar,  Wm.  Dowell,  «n.  utd  |o 
Holnit«ejrlol»Mb»lheD>.keofN,)rf,.lk. 

AfarrA  1 1.  Al  hit  father'i  bai»r  io  Not- 
ti<ii;liain,  aged  4S,  tin  Rer.  Henry  John 
MaMock,  at  Ed|,-ertoa  Ludee.  Derli,  In- 
cumbcDt  otTrioitj  Cburcb,  Huddengald. 
He  »■•  foraierlj  Fitloir  of  Migd.  Coll. 
QmbIi.  aherc  he  took  il>e  di-grtH  of  B.  A. 


,  M.A 


tho*. 


liatiag 


IS07.  He  had  luraiwd  b 
riiDction.  in  Notiingba.  ,  _ 
and  lattcrli  at  Huddemfield, 
alltlveieen        " 


I  of  hit 


.-try 


io  palefnl 


Henplair  eba- 


,.  At  Bedford,  th*  Rer.  Gnrp     ban  Rnlleiton,  e«]. 


'Jl  longrecaini 
his  uKful  eaertioai  ane 
rader.     Ho  ha*  lift  a  _    __ 

fco.iir. 

MaTchia.  AlHomrich,  Lane,  nninnallj 
raspicied,  the  Rn.  Sam.  Johntan,  M.A. 
Inciimbcnt  of  ibai  Church,  la  which  be  iru 
^referrad  in  17SS  \ij  the  then  Vioar  oF  Dean. 

j^ptti  s.  Kf,ed  70.  iha  Rev  Jat.  Slevm- 
»n.  for  upitaicli  of  40  jean  Minjitar  of  ■ 
FmbiterLiD  eourresulim  al  Trovhridgt. 

Apnl  8.  At  llagilwl.  a««<l  81,  iha  Be*. 
Thai.  Pniif>faU,  fur  44  jetn  Rector  of 
Eatlbainpund,  Btrk>.  He  irai  a  ttudeui 
of  Chriit  Church.  Otford,  M.A,  UN!). 
B.  D.  I77«.  and  wu  prewnled  to  liii  livinjt 
in  17*3  b;  the  Deao  and  Cliapioi  of  tlial 
CaibedraJ. 

In  hit  >4th  tear,  lb*  Rm.  J.  Jackam, 
M.  A.  Maitei  of  Nortfalaach  School,  Oloo*. 
tad  Uu  of  Quean'i  Coll.  Oif. 

UEATHS. 
LOMDOH  IMO  m  Ehtironi. 

Jan.  9-  At  hit  realdencc,  in  Elj-plaol, 
iiocertly  reEratied,  John  CoUini,  eiq.  lau 
ofiha  Nav;  Office.  Hewai  highlrretpMUd 
and  beloYtd,  hi.  Judgment  -aa  loiind,  hia 
taite  elegant,  and  hit  mind  combjoad  with 
the  pureil  aenlinicnU  of  virtuB, 

March  19.  Jane,  the  wih  of  Andrew  Pa- 
ton,  ciq.  of  Stoke  Newington. 

Aged  63,  Wm.  Daglej,  eaq.  ofQaeanS- 
bnildings,  Brampton. 

March  19.  At  Pimlico.  and  US,  Mafr, 
ItlictofJaiHiGDr.  «q- 

At  Cambarmll,  agad  79.  Rn- 


Kendal,  Carat*  of  Wrttllingworlh,  Bedi. 
K«>«ofSt.Joha'tCall.Camb.B.A.ietl, 
Mj\-I8I&. 

Marth  I.    Al  BollDo   Rector;,  CraTea, 

aed  «9,  ihe  Rer.  Rich.  Dairnm,  of  Haltoa 
11.  «od  fbr  M  Tean  RMIor  of  Bolloo  bjr 
Bowlo^,  to  which  h«  Wat  pnaaoted  in  1773 
b7  CkrW*Dpb«  Ikwam,  u^    Ha  wu  of 


At   Paddiogton.  *gtd  6a,   Jamea-Baktr 

March  M.  In  hit  49th  *aar,  Mr.  Wo. 
Hulchinton  Wilton,  of  Du(!b}  Wharf,  Sa- 
coy,  Stmod,  CDal-mnchaot. 

la  Rcgent-ilmt,  the  Hon.  Gto.  BU- 
miiare,  tUrd  aan  of  tlw  lata  Joh^  &nt  Lori 
Da  Blaqoitri. 


980 


OBITiriRY. 


[Aflrili 


Mhreh  M.  Aged  74,  Wm.  Pr6#i^  etq.  • 
I^ear-Adm.  and  a  Compaaidn  of  the  Bath. 

At  hit  afMitineuts,  Coleman- str.  aged  76, 
Mr.  Edward  Charlton  ;  dh  the  SOth  he  was 
interred  in  the  vault  under  St.  Stephen's, 
Coleman^itreet.  He  was  bom  at  Newcastle- 
upon-T]rne,  and  was  a  schoolfellow  of  the 
Earl  of  Eldon  and  Lord  Stowell,  sons  of 
Mr.  Scott,  at  Mr.  Moise's  school  at  that 
town.  He  resided  several  jears  at  Oxford 
and  Bath,  was  wbont  twenty  years  in  the 
employ  of. Messrs.  Pickfbrds,  Castle  Inn,. 
Wood'Street,  and  about  five  or  six  years 
aitice  her  retired  on  a  moderate  competency. 
He  died  sincerely  lamented  by  an  extensive 
circle  of  aequaidlances  and  friends  who  knew 
hb  worth. 

March  85.  At  York-buildii^,  aged  58, 
Dr.  John  Gray,  late  Physician  to  Haslar 
Hospital. 

March 96.  In  Margaret-street,  Cavendish- 
aquare,  aged  66,  Mrs.  MinshuU. 

March  87.  In  his  69th  year,  Joseph 
Echalaz,  esq.  of  Clapton. 

In  Lower  Grosrenor-sq.  \tk  his  1 4th  year, 
a  ton  of  the  Rev.  Lord  Viscount  Barrington, 
nephew  of  the  late  Bishop  of  Durham. 

At  Brockle-hill,  Wm.  Godfrey,  esq. 

March  89.  John-Richard,  third  son  of 
Lieut-col.  Sir  Hew  Rots,  K.C.B. 

March  SO.  Aged  49,  Anne,  wife  of  the 
Rev.  John  Buckland,  Rector  of  St.  George's, 
Sooth  wark. 

At  FoPtis-green  Cottage,  Muswell-hill, 
Homsey,  HouUoo-Smith  King,  esq.  a  Com- 
missioner of  Customs. 

^pril  1 .  In George-st.Portman-sq.Frances 
Constable,  relict  of  Francis  Constable,  of 
Burton  Constable,  esq.  (See  vol.  xci.  L  p. 
981.)  She  was  dan.  of  Edra.  Plowden,  of 
Plowden,  co.  Salop,  esq.  and  was  married  in 
the  vear  1 799. 

April  6.  At  Shaftesbury  House,  Bays- 
water,  aged  69,  Wro.  Davidson,  esq. 

In  Hart- street,  Bloomsbury-square,  aged 
85,  Mrs.  Power. 

Jpril  7.  At  Liule  Chelsea,  aged  74,  the 
wife  of  ChMS.  Shuter,  esq.  barriister>at-law. 

In  Gover-street,  Bedford-square,  J.  R. 
Benson,  esq.  late  of  Gibraltar,  mercliaot. 

April  9.  In  her  43d  year,  Mary-Anne, 
wife  of  Geo.  Morant,  esq.  Wimpole  street. 

In  Regent-street,  Lieut.-gen.  Phiiip- 
Keamey  Skinner. 

David  Junes,  esq.  of  Devonshire-street, 
Pc^dand- place. 

la  Grreat  Marlboroii^h-street,  Sir  George 
AldersoD. 

InGrosvenor-street  West,  Marianne,  wifis 
«£  ftli^or-gen.  Mosheim. 

April  11.  In  Mootague-str.  Rustell-sq. 
aged  83,  Wm.  Hunt  Mickelfield,  et^.  of 
West  Tilbury,  Essex. 

In  Eu5ton-{^ace,  New-road,  the  Hon. 
Mrs.  Bord. 

April  19.  At  Kennington-green,  aged  7S, 
Mary,  relict  <^  the  late  Niattbew  Armttroi^. 


hop-ttiercbaBt,  London-hridge. 

April  IS.  In  Regent-ttreet,  Mn.  Pannt- 
leroy,  mother  of  the  late  notoriout  WUUam 
Fauntleroy,  esq*  of  Bemers-street. 

At  Tumham-green,  Thomas  Stephenson, 
esq.  of  Devonshire-street,  Queen-square. 

In  Pentotk-street,  Pentonville,  i^cd  6i, 
Mr.  Long. 

April  14.  In  Stanhope-street,  May-fiur, 
in  her  86th  year,  the  Right  Hon.  Philadel- 
phia-Hannah, relict  of  the  late  Thos.  Vise. 
Cremome,  and  Baron  Dartrey,  of  Ireland. 
Her  Ladyship  was  the  grano-dao.  of  Wm. 
Penn,  founder  of  Pennsylvania,  N.  America, 
and  was  bom  in  its  capital  of  Philadelphia, 
after  which  city  she  was  named. 

April  15.  At  Camberwell,  aged  SS,  Wm. 
Rough,  esq. 

In  Beaumont-street,  aged  1 8,  Katharine, 
second  dau.  of  Sir  Robert  Alexander,  hart. 

April  16.  At  the  Tavistock  Hotel,  Co- 
vent  Garden,  aged  40,  James  Brennan,  esq. 
an  opulent  merchant  in  Liverpool,  who  cut 
his  throat  when  suffering  under  temporary 
derangement.  He  was  a  bachelor,  resident 
with  two  sisters  and  a  brother  in  Liverpool, 
and  had  been  about  a  month  in  Loodcm. 
He  was  generally  considered  to  be  in  flou- 
rishing circumstances,  aad  had  always,  until 
recently,  been  a  healthy  and  cheerful  man.  * 

BERKS.~AfarcAt9.  At Thatefaam,  Berks, 
aged  41 ,  Hioroaa  Hedget,  etq. 

March  89.  Aged  68,  John  Hedget,  etq. 
Mayor,  and  one  o£  the  Aldexmen  of  Wallii^- 
ford. 

Bucks. — April  4.  Elii.  only  dan.  of  the 
late  Rev.  J.  Risley,  Rectcir  of  Tingewick 
and  Thornton,  having  survived  her  mother 
only  one  month. 

CiMBKioGESHiRK. — MoTch  31.  At  the 
Observatory,  Cambridge,  Harriety  wifs  of 
Mr.  Professor  Woodhouse. 

Cheshikk. — March  10.  Aged  57,  Mr. 
Thos.  Bebbingtoo,  jon.  of  Naatwicfa. 

March  84.  At  Grey  FiiMrt',  Chester,  in 
her  84  th  year,  Margaret,  relict  of  the  late 
John  Foulkes,  esq.  cf  Eriviatt,  Deabighah. 

Cumberland — April  7*  At  WigtMi,  in 
hb  94th  year,  Mr.  Jolui-Matooa  Dodd, 
B  A.  Tabeidar  of  Queen's  College,  Oafiird. 

Devon. — March  3.  At  Netfaefton  Hall, 
^  John-Wilmot  Prideaox,  iMurt.  He  sue- 
oeeded  his  grandfather  Sir  John,  m  A^. 
1766,  and  btts  left  iatae  two  aona.  The  fa- 
mily it  of  great  tmutfutf  is  Demmhfen  and 
Cornwall,  aad  the  fiist  ancestor  who  eame 
to  England  wat  aeited  of  Prideanx  Gmk  in 
Cornwall  at  the  Nnimaa  coaqaest. 

April  13.  At  Dtpoapoit,  i^  89,  Mr. 
William  Hillier,  a  reapectafale  inneiaaBiMfgd 
pinner  in  his  Mi^esty's  Navy,  fatacr  of  Carry 
William  aad  Gectge  Hiifieffy  CaaaaBadeffs 
in  the  Roral  Navy, 

DcaBAM— MarcAso.  At  B«liap  Mid- 
dleham,  Jenuouu  yaai^titdaa.  of  Um  kM 
Major-gen.  M.  Napier. 


ISM.]                                          OntTutnr.  3SI- 

A^l\.  Ai PbiUiUI|Hiuk. unr Honghtoa-  Mattk  St.    Al  iliaMauat,  DidHBina- 

U-Spring<  M>.  rhoiDM  FWtchst.  cuupi.  ilmt.  Mucbnuic,  ued  lUl,  AJn.  S*nb 

•ffd  1 1 1-    lit  •ojajsd  guuJ  ImhIiIi  lu  il«  Krcliu-diuo,  wklow.     She  nuHiTd  Iwr  iiHlit 

iM(k  wf  hi!  <lHtb.  >uJ  DiMiar]'  w  iliB  )uL     Sha  wu  Krud> 

Caiil. — ApT^ii-    A^  HI.  JiiliB-Otlfj  grwt  gnoil.  •ad  giMt  ^rau  fcrudniiidin  to 

OumcuTi,*.— LoMJy  Al  th*  hoiita  at  Marckiy,    Jimn  DuaraH,*iq.  ef  HJ- 

li»  »i>-iD'U>,  Mr.  Wdlir,  of  tl»CheJt«B-  Uowcod. 

huD  Ltteiv;  Stlouo,  lg«l  GS,   Ml.  John  LiTCUTlMHilll.— FrI'.   4.     A[   Ga|iuJ, 

Sostlxnlsa,  lnui  »{  Kje.  b  SiUKo.     Il  !■  till  >»t  uTlier  lOD-iii-liir.  £vl  Howe,  lecd 

•loeuU'  tl»l  Mr.  ^JoulhonkD't  eUol  iod,  ba,  Pgoelopf-ABDa,  CodbUu  iiF  Ctnligui. 

■ho  liul  bnn  aWoul  soul;  «ft  jnn,  Hid  SU  wu  th<  Sil  du.  of  Gnovn-JohD  Ctwiu, 

)ud  vn  durini-  tbx  pcrLod  •ean  uj  Bi«in-  h<).  of  Har«6ild  Pvk,  M>ddl«*ii  -h  iht- 

txi  of  hit  ftmllfi  wriicd  in  (-'haltmhuD  riod  to  Robert  firadendl.  pMXDt  wid  b*lh 

Wt  I'd  tiQun  kfwr  itia  dfccuc  of  hi*  (Mhrr.  Eui  ofCudwan.  Mirch  8.  IIJM.  «pd  hml 

tl.KTt^/Vf-.  IS.  Ag«l  tl,  Mr.  UltddJ,  Uiu*  Junn-ThomH,  Lord  BriMltMll,  M,  I'. 

tt  Suulfiud   CoM«g«,    Naopoitt    lil*    of  fur    MwKivniuub.   innlhtr    •un    who   dinl 

W])thi.  Jiiun;;.  and  (ipbt  danghten. 

^pnf  II.     Ac  SoalhtaiptOB.   and  B3,  April  10.     Aged  HS,  tha  iriilav  of  Joba 

MuT  wifaufRtv.  Tha*.La}Ciia,  M.A.  Vi-  Haitick,   «q.   muni   tut*  tli«   hi>UT>n- 

OM  nrChip-alludTliavdDn  D..1t,IUui.  jpfcud  Town  Clark  t.f  Ulmwr. 

HiiEroKDiJiiai. — Jtfitrc'i  13.     .Ibbi.  3d  Lincolmiiim. — Marth  la.     At  Ctuka* 

■kii-ofUMlt«t.T.  UoTd.  o/Hatafind.  well  Huuh,  igxl  38,  tulirtU,  -Ife  of  JoltD 

iUf  ch  30.     At   Koi1i«iwu.  ncM  Here-  Trolov*.  «m|.  lud   (aurth  d*u[;lit«r  of  t!ia 

furti,  iht  leM  o(  hiiucHtun  durlnE  nun)'  Ids  Haf.Jatnti  WilkimHiQ.orNanhslleitao. 

ttDCnliUH,  ngnl  R7>  Cluu,  Stooar  Bodea-  lUarrk  *l.     At  Uncolo,  aged  71,  Tjr- 

■m,  ni{.     la  uil}  lifa.  adocalion  had  pra-  irhiit  Soiith,  mq.  oae  of  tbe  AldariDta  of 

patii],  an)  inval  had  pnlnlied  hi*  nind  fur  that  oitjr. 

ibaM    UtaumeiiU   which    diitineaiiih  ihe  JtfdrcA  30.     The  dajr  on  whiah  the  oooi- 

man  of  tHia,  the  arbnUr,  and  lh«  ^alla*  nlntd   hat    lOTch  jaar.   Mli.   Uuani),   of 

inaa ;   "hiUt  ■  natunl  kindoata  of  diHiMi-  Kirktn  Lophurpa,  near  Slcafonl.     Sh<  had 

Uno,   aceompikBiad  bj  ■  pemliai  aAbilitjt  been  a  widow  £7  jwan. 

ofBUnnen.  tecurtd  all  the  aDdaaritwnn  of  jlprd  10.     '■Uplue  Pnllnren.  gaM.   of 

di>mr>iic  affaetiuD  and  print*   friendthui.  South  Eud.  Aldarnan  of  Boaluo, 

llr«l  In  til*  aMWul  biili  of  bia  fathtn,  he  At  Griniah;,  ag*l  iO,  Martha  DnfoixH. 

Uli  no  aorimnn)'  towanji  thoM  wliu  diArcd  She  had  breo  on  ibe  poiel  of  marriage  Awr 

bom  it.  bn  left  an  eiaoipla  of  candour  and  diiFirrmi  linn  to  tbe  une  iadividi»1.  and 

Ilbanllt]'.   which  on  thu  and  rirer)>  oth°r  wai  biiiied  on  tha  (irji  day  whicb  had  piv 

tuhjeet.  cummaiidi  our  rcipAcc,  and  d<a*n*»  I'uniilj  Isen  fined  upnn  for  h«r  mMiiig*. 

ouf  ImiUliuD.  MiriBLEitx.— Ainl  4.     At    KlngiUirr, 

Aprd  .■>.     At   Bm-.   .c-d   TO.    Klr.BUf.  Culinr,  -if=  «f  R.  F.ank]jR.  Jun.  c.q.  of 

dan.  of  J^w.  Uubbtrle;,  eaq.  aud  wih  of  tha  tioyd  Mint. 

Mr.  Jaom  Fnre.  NoRTHUMacaLiND.— At  Nawca*tl^  uad 

April  6.     At  Lower  Muor,  Ann*,  fit*  of  tS,  Jaatt  wift  af  W,  OiapaMi.  s*q.  baabir, 

Ra>.  FranciiCoke,  Prab.ofUaiaford,  lu:.  and  dau.  of  Edw.  Chapmas,  uq.  of  Whitbr- 

Haara. — Ajml  1 1.     At  Harpenden,  aged  NoTTiHoUAMiiiiai.— ^priJ   6.     At    hU 

39,  John  Edward  Boja,  aaii.  Lnoac,  in  Eat  Retford,  ^ad  6S,  BcMaaant 

KiNT. — Maick  17.  At  Plaiilow,  ia  her  Marahall,  eiq.  ouaf  faaai  ao  Aldenoao  of 

9Gth  jear,  Mn.  Abe*  Wjalt.  that  boroagh. 

3/arcjkao.  At  biiieai,  LeybouroeGraDge,  OxronotiiiRi. — Marth   IS.    Adh*,  willa 

agedSI.  Sir  Hcorj  HtwIe.T,  bait.     He  waa  of  tbe  Rar.  J  obn  BueUawl,  Cunw  of  Wac- 

tw'ic*  marriedi  lit.  to  Durotliy,  only  dau.  borough. 

■od  heireaa  of  Julin  Aabwood,  of  Madeley,  JlforcA  19-     At  TbaoM,  is  bia  74di  jMr, 

CO.   Salop,  «aq.  Aug.  10,   1770;  4dij,    to  Job  Pajn*,  enj. 

Anna,  aUeit  dau.   of  Wn.  Uunphrey,  of  Lal^.    At  Somertoa,  ^ad   JOS,  Sarah 

Liawjn,    CO.    MoDlaoman,   etq.    S«pt.    S,  Baker,  widow.    She  officiated  fsi  ■»  jsia 

17S5  :  by  both  nf  whom  he  had  iwuc.     Si>  a*  pariah  clerk  of  SonMrtan,  wad  wMn  99 

Hapry  waa  crtilad  a  Baronet,  14th  May,  naped  in  tha  GeU  for  a  whoia  day. 

I7S5.  Jpril  10.  At  Wadbam  Coll^,  OifbaA 

MartK  t9-     Aged  74,  at  Hnll-placc,  T.  Ambroae  Barbar,  aiq.  MLA.  of  Kagancy- 

Wybome,  eiq.  iquare,  Brighton. 

LiHCAiHiaa.    AforcA  10.     At  Rocbdal*,  SHaopaHiaa.— Oat.4>lia&.  Atbi**ab, 

Jaba,  third  and  laat  tnniTiog  aon  of  lata  Hoarley  Grange,  paar  Much  ty«olo(h,as*d 

Pater  Onnerod,  of  Onntrod,  etq.  Si.  Sanuel  Swiotoa,  eaq.  taeoad  (cm  of  lb* 

In  hat  GIU  year,  A             "  "'      ■--         •-•-             - 

>i^'i  rstb  n^.-atT»Ji    Ham  vh*  ka*a> 


389 


Obituary. 


[April, 


hUn  biNty  will  reerat  hlm'moti.  HewM 
inteihred  on  the  8Ui  on  the  North  side  the 
chancel,  within  the  communion  rails  of 
Wenlock  Church. 

March  Wt  1826.  At  Morton- Corhet, 
John,  only  son  of  John  Hargreaves,  esq.  (of 
Ormerod  House)  by  his  late  wife  Charlotte- 
Anne,  only  child  and  sole  heiress  of  the  late 
Laurence  Ormerod,  esq.  of  Ormerod. 

March  25.  Aged  27,  at  Shrewsbury,  Mr. 
Wm.  Evans,  late  clerk  in  the  Legacy  De- 
partment, Somerset  House. 

Somersetshire. — March  10.  In  Pulte- 
nej-street,  Bath,  Mrs.  Massey  Jackson,  re- 
lict of  the  Rev.  Millington  Massey  Jackson, 
of  Warminster,  Wilts,  and  Baguley-hall, 
Cheshire. 

March  16.  At  Bath,  aged  76,  Thos. 
Whittaker,  esq. 

March  19<  In  PaFagou-buildings,  Bath, 
aged  82,  Mrs.  Eliz.  Rich,  widow  of  John 
&w\ey  Rich,  esq.  formerly  of  Oray*s-inn, 
London. 

March  25.  In  Pulteney-street,  Bath,  in 
his  64th  year,  the  Rev.  Roger  Frankland, 
Canon  Resid.  of  Wells,  and  Sd  son  of  the 
late  Adm.  Sir  Thos.  Frankland,  hart. 

AtTimsbury,  aged  65,  Grace,  relict  of 
the  Rev.  Wm.  Brudenell  Barter. 

March  26.  Aged  79,  at  Sion  Hill,  Bath, 
T.  Blake,  esq. 

.  Lately,  At  Crowcombe,  aged  86,  Mrs. 
Susanna  Oatway,  only  surviving  sister  of  the 
late  BUhop  of  Bath  and  Wells. 

April  6.  At  Weston-super-Mare,  in  her 
19th  year,  Emma,  youngest  dau.  of  the  late 
John  Freeman,  esq.  of  Mitchley  House, 
Harbome,  co.  Stafford. 

April  7.  At  Weston-super-Mare,  aged 
65,  Robert  Bo  wen,  esq. 

April  8.  At  Belvedere,  Bath,  aged  64, 
Lucy,  relict  of  the  late  John  Nugent,  esq. 
of  £psom,  Surrey. 

Staffordshire.  —  Aprils.  Aged  60, 
Anne,  wife  of  Theodore  Price,  esq.  of  Har- 
bome. 

Suffolk. — March  8.  Aged  78,  Edw. 
Gwilt,  esq.  of  Icklingham. 

April  7.  At  his  seat,  Binacre  Hall,  in 
his  8l8t  year,  Sir  T.  Gooch,  bart. 

Surrey. — March  18.  Mary,  eldest  dau. 
of  Wm.  Turton,  esq.  of  East  Sheen. 

March  28.  At  Tillingboum,  near  Dork- 
ing, after  a  short  illness.  Col.  Delancy  Bar- 
clay, C  B.  Gren.  Guards,  and  Aid-de-camp 
to  his  Majesty. 

April  15.  At  Woolwich,  aged  76,  Mrs. 
Mary  Strother,  relict  of  the  late  Anthony 
Scrother,  esq. 

Sussex. — March  24.  At  Brighton,  aged 
78,  Thos.  Lermitte,  esq. 

March  28.  At  Trotton,  aged  61,  Samuel 
Twyford,  esq. 

Warwickshire. — March  26.  At  Elm- 
don,  aged  88,  the  relict  of  Isaac  Spooner, 
CM}«  and  mother  of  Mrs.  Wilberforce. 

JLttdy,  Al  Moseley,  near  Birminghaoiy 


Levett  Thornton,  eldest  son  of  the  Rer. 
Levett  Thornton,  of  Colwick,  Nottingham- 
shire. 

April  12.  At  his  seat,  Hams  Hall,  ag«d 
83,  Charles- Bo wyer  Adderley,  esq. 

W I LTS  H I R  E. — March  2  0.  At  Trowbridge, 
in  his  46th  year,  the  Rev.  Peter  Macfsrlaoe, 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  the  Courts. 

AprU  4.  At  Ivy  Cottage,  near  Chippen- 
ham, Sarah,  wife  of  Major  Godfrey,  and 
dau.  of  the  late  Wm.  Wigget  Rulwer.  esq.  of 
Kevdon  Hall,  Norfolk. 

Worcestershire — March  14.  At  Lark- 
hill,  liear  Worcester,  aged  45,  John  Halli- 
day  Mart'm,  esq.  late  of  Glencree,  Wigton- 
shire. 

March  16.  At  Worcester,  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Qweu,  formerly  of  Oddington,  CO.  Gloucester. 

Yorkshire. — March  16  Aged  49,  Mr. 
S.  W^inewright,  Pontefiract,  surgeon,  bro- 
ther of  Mr.  Thos.  Wainewright,  solicitor, 
of  Leeds. 

.  March  19.  At  his  seat,  at  Bossal,  in  his 
79th  year,  Robert  Belt,  esq.  (see  vol.  xciii. 
pt.  i.  p.  489.) 

March  25.  Aged  48,  Mr.  Thos.  Taylor, 
of  Park-square,  Leeds,  architect. 

March  96.  At  Ack worth,  near  Pontefract, 
in  her  82d  year,  Anne,  relict  of  the  Rev. 
Kingsman  Baskett,  late  of  Pocklington. 

March  27.  At  Cottingham,  aged  74, 
the  wife  of  Wm.  Kay,  esq. 

Lately.  At  Winterton,  aged  88,  Thos. 
Coopland,  esq.  surgeon. 

April  Id.  At  Acomb,  near  York,  aged 
28,  Jane-Eliza,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Tho.  Aus- 
tin, of  Haughton-le-Skeme,  Durham. 

April  20.  At  York,  aged  68,  John  Ro- 
per, esq. 

Wales  — Lately.  At  Wenove,  near  Car- 
diff, John  Davis,  esq.  Surgeon  of  the  Royal 
Glamorgan  Militia. 

Scotland. — March  21.  At  Aberdeen, 
John  James  Hall,  esq.  second-son  of  Wm. 
Hall,  esq.  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  Hull. 

Lately.  At  Newtondon,  near  Kelso,  Sir 
Alex.  Don,  bart.  M.P.  for  Roxburgsfaire. 

Irelahd.— March  10.  In  Clarendon-st. 
Dublin,  George  O.  Bingham,  esq.  Lieut.- 
col.  Dublin  Reg. 

March  1 5.  Near  Dublin,  aged  82,  John, 
sixth  Viscount  Netterville,  one  of  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  Peers  of  Ireland.  The  title  ir 
extinct.  He  was  born  March  1 744 ;  and 
succeeded  his  £stber,  Nicholas,  1 9^  Mareh, 
1 750.  Leaving  no  issue,  the  title  becomet 
extinct. 

Mareh  1 8.  At  Maghers,  aged  1 12,  Mrs. 
Anne  MulhoIUnd.  During  aer  whole  fill 
she  was  a  resident  of  that  town.  Sbt  waa 
possessed  of  all  her  mental  fii^iltaes  volil 
the  last  moment  of  her  existence,  nor  wta 
she  bent  by  years,  being  perfectly  ttim«lit : 
her  eenerd  habits  of  life  were  exMD|Hary. 
She  has  left  a  respectable  and  naneroiia  a- 
mily,  consisting  ot  six  children,  96  gfiad- 
chiidceB,  and  IS  great gnDd-ehiUna,  wkomi 


]»«.]  BUI  of  Uorlaliif.—MarkeU.  Jtc.— Cmol  Sham. 

nniud  tfn  unoiintcd  to  B4$  yttn,     Sha  ■uCloii,bi>  pniaUnra  d«sth  mui 

nmeubcnd   ilia   rebetlLoa   uf  Sosdoad   ia  hi  mara  li 

I7JA  i  ihe  fttio  rameinl>«icJ  thelf  MjhJBSiiai,  mcni  uodar 

Oaorge  tha  Pint  cIfisii  jrun  un  the  ilirani  i  tlan  u>d  coutidnu:'  wu  Tullt  ptond  bjr  the 

Qanrir  tha  Smmd,  S3  lam ;  alio,  Gaorga  titDUiont  wliicli  h<  belil,  uf  Actlntt  SecT«- 

the  liiird.  ei  jmttt  t  isd  hi>  pmcpi  M^-  U17  to  tiaieniincDi  wid  High  Shariff- 

Jnt;,  inut.  Lalrly.     Aged  74,  tin  rrclabntad  Duith 

Marcf,  so.     Agad  87,  Wm.  Murphy,  aiq.  Adm.  LowenurD.     N«vigiHion  owai  to  him 

AUanun  uf  W.wrr>»d.  the  form.ti.n  of  ».ar.l  suallaat  •«■  chanii 

Lauli4.  At  ihaSra-hauH  orOniDa,  IMiu  uid  tba  [Wrfectbg  of  ilia  •Ignali  iJoiig  iba 

Selaoi  WubuluD,  dui.  uT  tba  Lord  Biihop  cwU  of  Da Dmuk. 

or<.layiie.  March  16.     At  Kille,   Prureuat  Vstar, 

Abi.iid.— On.  It,  18».     Ajicd  as,  J.  th«  c*Irbral«d  OricuUtiat 

Rabtrt  Cuppaga,  nq.  of  the  Ci>it  Sarnie*,  ApiU  1  i.     At  BautogDe-iar-Mar.  on  hla 

•OD  of  Lieut, -gen.  Cuppaga,  RottJ  Attillaiy.  way  to  the  South  of  Fnnce,  ued  77.  Wm. 

OifUd  b;  Nature  wUh  wlanle  uf  iha  hl)(hatt  Tiiughani,  ei<].  Ute  of  Riplsj,  Suirej. 
order,  ud  luitad  V]  adumion  to  adoni  107 

niLI,  OF  MOHT.AUTY,  from  Mu-th  «*,  to  April  «S,  ISSH. 

Cbriitenad.              I                Duriad.                               9  ud    S  188  SO  and  SO  I  S3 

Malu       -U00\              Mde»     -     M6l,„.„  a    C  *  and  10     63  60  »od  70  17» 

F.™l«   -  lO&s/*""'  I  F.nulaa-     893/'*^^  J  J    10  uid  80    BE  71  and  80  194 

Wluwof  hav*  died  undei  two  jeui  old       SS*  *  S   »o  (md  30  1 1 S  BO  and  00  67 

"    I   SO  and  40  IM  90  aoJ  100      0 

Seltti.  pat  buihali    I  {'f.  per  jM>unJ.                        ^4UuidSOI69  105  « 

AOQREGATE  AVERAQE  4^  BRITISH  CORN  *luch  gonnu  iB^ortUloB, 

from  tba  Ratarai  mding  Apil  It. 

WImM.  I    Bariar.    |     0W>.      I      Hjo,      I    Baaoa.    I      Faaa. 

:     d.    \    :    i.    \    :     i.    \    :     i.    \    t.     t.    \    ^     i. 

fi»     4     I    31     S     I     IS     S     I     as  10     I    86  11     I    ST     > 

PRICE  OF  flOUR,  pn  Sack,  AprU  14,  EOf.  to  bU. 
PRICE  OF  HOPS,  IN  THE  BOROUGH  MARKET,  April  II. 

KmtBan IIL  III.  to  I4J.     DL  I  FarohuDPodula....    18t     0).   to  lit.     Ot. 

SuMCX  Ditto 101.  ItU.  to  Hi.   111.     Kent. ItL  lU.   to  161.     0*. 

Ewn III.     0$.  to  ISl.     Ot.     Soaiai 111.  Ha.   to  III.  lb. 

<MiidiiU>. OOL    01.  to  OOJ.     Oi.  |£iaoi 111.     0*.  to  ML     Ot. 

AVERAGE  PRICE  of  SUGAR,  April  19,  sia.  lid.  p«t  em. 
PRICE  OF  HAY  AND  STRAW. 
St.  JamM'a,  Haj  411  ISi.  Straw  ^l  9i.   Qorcr  41.  I Sj.— WliitMtufwl,  H^  4l.  M 


ii:o<.    Clo 
SMTTHnELD,  AprU  14.    To 

Ttt  il.  lOl. 

•ink  the  Ob)— par  atoM  of  Bibt. 

Haad  of  Cattle  at  Marfart  Aptfl  14 : 

Si.     04  to  ii.     Si. 

Sbaep  13,M0       Fip      140 

COAL  MARKET,  April  14,  17t.  6d.  to  Sli.Od. 

TALLOW,  per  Cwt.  Town  Vallow  8«i.  Od.     Yallo*  lUaaia  84J.  Bi. 

SOAP,  YallowTK.  MotUad  BOi.  Oif.  Cord  a4(.— CANDIES,  7>.  par  Doi.  MovU*  U.  M. 


Aactimear,  Canal  ud  Dock  Shart,  and  EilaM  Brokat,  No.  t,  Orwt  Wiscbe 
Old  Bnad-atreet,  Loodoo.— Ttcnt  aod  Meraer,  1 8&0L— Birmingham,  tWOl.— WoroaMW 
aod  Ainninchui,  40/.— CovcdItt.  11001. — Oraad  Jimctjon,  ISD/.—Swaotaa,  <40L— 
Moomouthibira,  900/.— Brecknnck  wid  Abtrgnenn]',  I  SOL— LucaaMr,  401.— RagMt'*, 
40/.— Wait  lodi*  Dock,  laSt. — London  Dock,  B61.— Globe  laauruioa,  140J^-Atlu,  7t^- 
Hope,  U.— Loodoo  Bridge  AnaulMa,  8H.— Wawmmitef  Oh,  6tL—SnIXm,  lOL 
ytii,  I/.  10>.  preminn. 


Obituaky. 


[April, 


him  betty  will  reerat  hlm'mott.  He  wm 
interred  <m  the  But  on  the  North  side  the 
chancel,  within  the  communion  rails  of 
Wenlock  Church. 

MctrchW,  1826.  At  Morton- Corhet, 
John,  only  son  of  John  Hargreaves,  esq.  (of 
Ormerod  House)  by  his  late  wife  Charlotte- 
Anne,  only  child  and  sole  heiress  of  the  late 
Laurence  Ormerod,  esq.  of  Ormerod. 

March  25.  Aged  27,  at  Shrewsbury,  Mr. 
Wm.  Evans,  late  clerk  in  the  Legacy  De- 
partment, Somerset  House. 

Somersetshire. — March  10.  In  Pulte- 
ney-street,  Bath,  Mrs.  Massey  Jackson,  re- 
lict of  the  Rev.  Millington  Massey  Jackson, 
of  Warminster,  Wilts,  and  Baguley-hall, 
Cheshire. 

March  16.  At  Bath,  aged  76,  Thos. 
Whittaker,  esq. 

March  19*  In  Paragon-buildings,  Bath, 
aged  82,  Mrs.  Eliz.  Rich,  widow  of  John 
jMwley  Rich,  esq.  formerly  of  Gray*s-inn, 
London. 

March  25.  In  Pulteney-street,  Bath,  in 
his  64th  year,  the  Rev.  Koger  Frankland, 
Canon  Resid.  of  Wells,  and  dd  son  of  the 
late  Adm.  Sir  Thos.  Frankland,  hart. 

At  Tim'sbury,  aged  65,  Orace,  relict  of 
the  Rev.  Wm.  Brudenell  Barter. 

March  26.  Aged  79>  at  Sion  Hill,  Bath, 
T.  Blake,  esq. 

Lately.  At  Crowcombe,  aged  86,  Mrs. 
Susanna  Oatway,  only  surviving  sister  of  the 
late  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells. 

April  6.  At  Weston-super-Mare,  in  her 
19tli  year,  Emma,  youngest  dau.  of  the  late 
John  Freeman,  esq.  of  Mitchley  House, 
Harborne,  co.  Stafford. 

April  7.  At  Weston-super-Mare,  aged 
6bp  Robert  Bowen,  esq. 

April  8.  At  Belvedere,  Bath,  aged  64, 
Lucy,  relict  of  the  late  John  Nugent,  esq. 
of  £psom,  Surrey. 

Staffordshire.  —  April  8.  Aged  60, 
Anne,  wife  of  Theodore  Price,  esq.  of  Har- 
borne. 

Suffolk. — March  8.  Aged  78,  Edw. 
Owilt,  esq.  of  Ickliogham. 

April  7*  At  his  seat,  Binacre  Hall,  in 
his  81st  year,  Sir  T.  Gooch,  bart. 

Surrey. — March  18.  Mary,  eldest  dau. 
of  Wm.  Turton,  esq.  of  East  Sheen. 

March  28.  At  Tiliingboum,  near  Dork- 
ing, after  a  short  illness,  Col.  Delancy  Bar- 
clay, C  B.  Gren.  Guards,  and  Aid-de-camp 
to  his  Majesty. 

April  15.  At  Woolwich,  aged  76,  Mrs. 
Mary  Strother,  relict  of  the  late  Anthony 
Strother,  esq. 

Sussex. — March  24.  At  Brighton,  aged 
78,  Thos.  Lermitte,  esq. 

March  28.  At  Trotton,  aged  61,  Samuel 
Twyford,  esq. 

Warwickshire. — March  26.  At  Elm- 
don,  aged  88,  the  relict  of  Isaac  Spooner, 
CMi«  and  mother  of  Mrs.  Wilberforce. 

JLMdy*  Al  Moseley,  near  Birmingham^ 


Levett  Thornton,  eldest  son  of  the  Rev. 
Levett  Thornton,  of  Colwick,  Nottingham- 
shire. 

April  1 2.  At  his  seat.  Hams  Hall,  aged 
83,  Charles- Bowyer  Adderley,  esq. 

Wiltshire. — March  20.  At  Trowbridge, 
in  his  46th  year,  the  Rev.  Peter  Macfarlaoe, 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  the  Courts. 

April  4.  At  Ivy  Cottage,  near  Chippen- 
ham, Sarah,  wife  of  Major  Godfrey,  and 
dau.  of  the  late  Win.  Wigget  Bulwer«  esq.  of 
Kevdon  Hall,  Norfolk. 

Worcestershire — March  \4,  At  Lark- 
hill,  liear  Worcester,  aged  45,  John  Halli- 
day  Martin,  esq.  late  of  Glencree,  Wigton- 
shire. 

March  16.  At  Worcester,  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Qweu,  formerly  of  Oddington,  CO.  Gloucester. 

Yorkshire. — March  16  Aged  49,  Mr. 
S.  W^ne Wright,  Pontefract,  surgeon,  bro- 
ther of  Mr.  Thos.  Wainewright,  solicitor, 
of  Leeds. 

.  March  19.  At  his  seat,  at  Bossal,  in  his 
79th  year,  Robert  Belt,  esq.  (see  vol.  xciii. 
pt.  i.  p.  489.) 

March  25.  Aged  48,  Mr.  Thos.  Taylor, 
of  Park-square,  Leeds,  architect. 

March  26.  At  Ackworth,  near  Pontefract, 
in  her  82d  year,  Anne,  relict  of  the  Rev. 
Kingsman  Baskett,  late  of  Pocklington. 

March  27.  At  Cottingham,  aged  74, 
the  wife  of  Wm.  Kay,  esq. 

Lately,  At  Winterton,  aged  SB,  Thos. 
Coopland,  esq.  surgeon. 

April  13.  At  Acomb,  near  York,  aged 
28,  Jane-Eliza,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Tho.  Aus- 
tin, of  Haughton-Ie-Skeme,  Durham. 

April  20.  At  York,  aged  68,  John  Ro- 
per, esq. 

Wales  — Lately.  At  Wenove,  near  Car- 
diff, John  Davis,  esq.  Surgeon  of  the  Royal 
Glamorgan  Militia. 

Scotland. — March  21.  At  Aberdeen, 
John  James  Hall,  esq.  second-son  of  Wm. 
Hall,  esq.  one  of  the  Aldermen  of  Hull. 

Lately.  At  Newtondon,  near  Kelso,  Sir 
Alex.  Don,  bart.  M.P.  for  Roxburgsfaire. 

lRELAND.~3/arcA  10.  In  Clarendon-st. 
Dublin,  George  O.  Bingham,  esq.  Lieut.- 
col.  DubliA  Reg. 

March  1 5.  Near  Dublin,  aged  82,  John, 
sixth  Viscount  Netterville,  one  of  Uie  K^ 
man  Catholic  Peers  of  Ireland.  The  title  is' 
extinct.  He  was  bom  March  1744 ;  and 
succeeded  his  £stlier,  Nicholas,  19thMareh, 
1 750.  Leaving  no  issue,  the  title  becomet 
extinct. 

March  18.  At  Maghera,  aged  1 12,  Mn. 
Anne  Mulholland.  During  £r  whole  fill 
she  was  a  resident  of  that  town.  Sbt  was 
possessed  of  all  her  mental  fiMukaea  wrtil 
the  last  moment  of  her  existence,  nor  «w 
she  bent  by  years,  being  perfectly  etnodik  :• 
her  general  habits  of  lire  were  n^Uijflan, 
She  has  left  a  respectable  and  niuMVoai  «- 
milv,  consuting  of  six  chiUhen^  <•  gtMdk 
children,  and  1 9  great  gnp^'tih^^tm^  i  V^^ 


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AlhtUus'iPilKC-SlnnrhtDf^-NloAMiieSSi 

Cor|.ui  Chriiti  fnllcBe,  Cmhryce  ...JSS 

iHioirn|>li1c>[AfcountnfS1r  Nmth.  niicoa...3.4'.' 
lD.r>»D<I.DU  of  the  l'rio«M  M.r.  Tudor....S»7 
Oo  AboliiioB  of  il.e  Sl..eTnuIe ,.Itn.T 

l^cconni  of  Wliittun  Cutia,  Duthnni 401 

iOn  Pjihigoru'i  Su^rifiw  of  Oxen >/'. 

;Od  Ihr  Cainigc  of  llic  Wcit  Shodi 403 

Soamg  Jtajni  on  Cruihy  to  Animili 403 

i»n,;nphic>1  NoticM  ofthaCorn»llii  FimiMOrt 
On  Ne-lnn'i  Stiltm  ofChmnnlnpr 4as 

On  Hfimld'c Trims,  410. —Quin.'i'ine:AniH4l3 


rnrttofry  of  ihi  Uivni 
I  P*p(t  SnpenlLliu^ 

HrLoTPi,  No.iiii.- 

:i)iike  ofSufbtL 


lh«  RuiDi  of  FoniUi 

EipIinitiuDortlwCtiill 

Embeiruhdl  *■.<[<  Vie 


»u>la-Shiilii(»irMSI 

noluETof  ChEti«a483 


Wuiur'i  fliitarT  of-UlHtoalMry 

Woolngdi'i  Ancimt  CMtre* 

Boylt't  tlniiand  CbtooologitC 

Sii  &!'«"'>' >n  ti"  ^**' '"'i** — 

Tha  Pule,  43 1 .— filDmy'i  Bidcombc  Hill.^3S 

Motatirartli  oa  Priiaitite  SurificB 4S3 

Latter  OD  causoliiktiiig  (he  I-'vi  of  EogUod  if . 

WmHlitnck,  434. — Houe'i  Wiluliire. 437 

Facts  on  Banking  and  Commerca ' 

MiiM-nl  and  Mouic  Gaolugiai 

Jacob*!  Rapnn  an  tha  Cao  Tna*,  Ike. 

LlTtRARV  iHTILLIOtNCE — Fainting  at  So- 
mareat  Haute,  &c. — Mnoce'i  Sheridu. — 
New  Pablicationt,  &o  &c 441—4 


SeieCT  PoiTBY  4 

l^idtariial  ^Tbtantdt. 

F(oceeding>inpreicotS«jlunofP»rli^nent4 
Fotcipi,Ni-wi,  45e.— UomnticOccunence.4 
Pronnitinn),  K>c.  4«l  — Birthi  ud  Muri^ei4 
OaiTUARVi  »ith  M«noira  of  Lord  C.  Ban- 
tinek  1  Sir  T.  Gwcli  1  J .  M.  Sutton,  a«q. ; 
Adrn.Prawtai  Gen.SHnoatj  Col. Barclay  : 
Col-Bro---        "-  "-■--■-      -      .       '    - 


Bill  of  Momdir 


;  Dr.  Noahden  : 
-Priceaoflj 


iorS[oi-lci....4> 

I,  Cimbridga; 


By    SYLVANUS    URBAN,    G.»i. 


I    384    ] 
METEOROLOGICAL  DIARY,  bt  W.CARY,  Btbaiib. 

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I,  HILUMIKT  ITKKT. 


GENTLEMANS  MAGAZINE. 


Oix.-LLl.ChiDB. 
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MAY,   1826'. 


CONTAINING 


Mini 


©ciflinat  Comtnuni cation?. 


.COBR 


On  ImprovEmeatg  in  the  Metrnpolig 389 

Poem  by  PmtC  on  Cheltei  Bouoic  GBrdeni  S9I 
AlhBl.tEn'BPatsce-Stonphenge-NewAsiiiBSSa 

tiCnIlege,  Csmbridga. ^93 

Bicgmphicil  Aooounl  of  Sir  N.th.  B.coci...3S(; 
"    cendnnts  of  the  Prinpesa  Marj  Tudor...^87 

Abolllion  of  the  Slavs  Trado ^399 

rley  Family. -.EpitBplioDT.S.JoUffe.flsq.MO 

ounl  of  WLittiiD  Castle,  DurUm *01 

On  PjChagQras'a  SaeriGce  of  Dun ii. 

On  the  Coinage  of  the  West  Soxons 40a 

Soams  Jenyiia  oa  Cruelty  to  Animali 403 

I  of  (he  Cornvallii  Faaiily40i; 


I  of  Chi 


— Quartprfnj"  ArniM  i: 


^eofSiifEolL.-. 

>n  Literature,  incl  ElymrilDgYof  Chi:Uea4a3 

the  Ruin,  of  Fonthill  Abbey. 4S4 

EilitanaiiunoftbeChr         '■      ■     ' 
Embolllshpil  nilh  Vi< 


DIttlU)  of  jTtcw  tPublicnrign^. 

Wanier'a  Biatoiy  of-GlMtoabury 

Wuolng«b'.  Ancient  CiutleB 

Bojle>  Vnivetwl  ChTonologiit 

Six  Sdnnthi  in  tU  Weat  ludiea 

The  Panic,  431— Slinmy'iBideorobeHili., 

Moleioonh  on  Primitive  Sacrifice 

Letter  on  eonaoliiUtinE  the  Lawi  of  Ensland  i£. 

Woodstock,  434.— Hoaro't  WUiihite ■  " 

Fact,  rm  Bflnldng  and  Commerce. .,....,< 

Mineral  and  IVIoiaie  Geologies h 

Jacob*!  Report  an  the  Corn  TraJe,  &c 

LiTEBARY  Intilligence— Paintings  at  So- 
nereet  Home,  Sec— Mnate'a  Sheridan — 
Nsv FabticUioof ,  &c  liie 44Z — < 


AnTIQUARKH   HESIARCHEa 

SetBCTpOlTBY , 

T^i^taricaf  Cbioniclc. 

Pmceedinci  in  present  Semion  of  Par)i^ent4S3 
ForeignNewi,  456.— Domestic  Occurrani 
Ptomoliona,  Sie.4ei — BirthaandMarriagBi46S 
Obituary  i  niih  Mecaoiri  of  Lord  C.  Ben' 
(JDcki  SirT.GoQch;  J.  M.  Snttoni  eu. ; 
Adm-Prowae;  Gen.SVinneri  Col.BaroUj, 
Cnl.Brnwiiej  Dr.Noehden;  &e.&a..... 
Bill  of  Mortality.— Price*  of  Canal  ShuM.„47S 
MgCeorolDgiflal  Diary. — Pricei  of  Stacks... 4 SO 
if  the  EvrBANcE  tn  CoiiFUS  CnRiaTi  Collbgi  Chapb:,,  Camhiijgei 
and  WiTTON  Castle,  Durbiin. 


By     SYLVANUS     URBAN,     Gent. 


[    886    ] 

MlNOiR    CORRESPONDENCE. 


L.  p.  98,  it  informed  that  the  right  of  lume  of  « Records  of  the  Creation/'  pp, 

Sir£.  Brjdges  to  quarter  the  armi  of  By-  491.424,  has  quoted  a  passage  as  from 

ron  comes  through  the  Bassets  of  Blore,  Emkj  xxvii.  which  u  in  Ch.  xxvii.  S73.  of 

And  that  the  Heralds  have  marshalled  it  in  the  original  Edition,  and  a  garbled  passage 

mil  the  shields  of  the  Earls  of  Bridgwater  from  the  next  page,  as  from  Essay  ii.  7. 
firom  the  time  of  King  James  I.    That  the         Our  Correspondent  Z.  (last  Supplemeaty 

Lord  Chancellor    Eeerton  was  a  Bastard  p.  584)  in  his  very  proper  notice  of  Meears. 

seems  to  be  generally  admitted;  and  that  Conon,   Walker,  and  Rawlings,  who  were 

as  Basset's  heir  was  mother  to  his  father ,  affectionately  united  as  Christian  friends  and 

Sir  Rowland  Eeerton  of  Ridley,  some  may  contemporaries  during  the  middle  of  the 

contend  that  a  Bastard  had  not  a  right  to  last  century,  erroneously  called  the  latter 

his  father's  quarterings.    But   this  defect  gentleman  << Thomas"  instead  of  «Wil- 

(if  it  was  a  defect)  was  cured  by  the  early  Ham"  Rawlings. 

official  acknowledgment  of  the  Heralds  T.  H.  L.  would  be  obliged  by  any  infbr* 
themselves.  The  mother  of  the  2d  Count-  mation  relative  to  the  pedigree  and  biogra- 
eas  of  Bridgwater  was-  a  Basset  of  Blore,  phy  of  Lady  Mary  Shelton,  «  an  honour- 
whence  came  a  It^iHnuUe  descent  from  the  able  and  virtuous  Lady  of  the  Bedchamber 
BasseU,  but  here  there  was  no  right  to  ^uor-  to  our  glorious  Queen  Elizabeth," — wha 
ier  the  arms.  The  Byron  Baattfdy^  alluded  she  married,  &c.  She  was  of  a  good  Fa- 
to  by  L.  is  novel  information.  milv  in  Norfolk. 

U.  D.  begs  to  inform  S.  R.  M.  of  the        A  Correspondent  inquires  at  what  pe- 

fbllowing  marriage  :    «  1602,  John  Blun-  nod  John  Breuan,  a  Cardinal  of  the  Church 

denrill  of  Newton  Flattman,  to  Margery,  of  Rome,  was  titular  Archbishop  of  Caahell 

widow    of  Henry    Daveney,   of  Coulton;"  and  Administrator  of  the  Churches  of  Wa- 

H.  D.  takes  it  for  granted  that  S.  R.  M.  terford  and  tismore  ?  His  seal,  of  copper 

has  obtained    all  the  information  the   re-  soldered  in  brass,  bearing  arms  surmounted 

gisters  of  Newton  afford.     Who  this  Mar-  by  a  Cardinal's  cap,  has  lately  been  found 

rry   was    H.  D.   knows  not,   but  should  in  a  bog  near  Cork. 
R.  M.  be  acqtuiinted  with  her  maiden         B.  inquires  the  date  of  the  death  of  Dr. 

name  he  would  be  glad  to  know  it  through  John  Bullokar,  a  physician  of  Chichester ; 

onr  medium.  and  generally,  for  any  information  relative 

In  our  Memoir  of  the  Yen.  Archdeacon  to  him  ?    He  published  in  1616,  the  first 

Heslop,  p.  89,  we  sUted,  that  at  the  time  English  Dictionary ;    and  is  cited  by  Mr. 

of  his  decease  he  was  "the  oldest  Senior  Todd,  in  his  edition  of  Johnson's  Dictionary, 

Wrangler,  and  the  oldest  Archdeacon  of  as  an  authority.     Was  he  &ther  of  Tho- 

all  his  contemporaries."     This  was  not  the  mas  Bullaker  who  suffered  for  hb  religion 

caM.    In  1754,  Mr.  Abbot  was  the  Senior  in  1642? 

Wrangler,  and  he  was  livbig  at  the  time  of        Mr.  E.  T.  Pilgrim  notices  the  following 

the  Archdeacon's  death.    And  the  present  inaccuracy  in  Dr.  Lempriere'a  Classical  Dio- 

Ven.  Archdeacon  of  Rochester  was  appoint-  tionary  :  Astynome  is  represented  aa  "  the 

ed  in  1767  :  the  former,  therefore,  was  Dr.  daughter  of  Chryses  the  Priest  of  ApoUo, 

Hesloi)'s  senior  by  ten,  and  the  latter  by  who  fell  to  the  share  of  JchiUes,  at  the 

eleven  je&ra.  ^  division  of  the  spoils  of  Lyrnessus  ;"  where- 

A  Correspondent    wishes   to  learn    if  as,  according  to  Homer,  Chryseis  (aaother 
there    be  such  a  Baronetcy    in   existence  name  for  the  daughter  of  Chryses)  £ell  to 
as  Everard  of  Much  Waltham,  co.  Essex,  the  share  of  Agamemnon. 
created  in  1628;  Kimber  states,  in  1771,         M.  C.  asks  where  hecanfiiid,  l8t.***The 
that  Sir  Hugh  Everard,  6th  Bart,  succeeded  Tenets  of  the  Greek  Church  in  respect  to 
his  brother,  Sir  Richard,  who  was  Governor  Predestination ;"  and,  2dly.  <<£rakine'a  (of 
of  Carolina  in  1741-2,  and  which  has  been  Dun)  Letter  to  the  Regent  of  Scotlaod.** 
copied  by  every  succeeding  writer  on  the         C.  K.  writes  us  tliat  tne  Earl  of  Annwlnjj 
subject  to  the  present  time.     But  as  85  whose  death  we  were  misled  bj  the  newt- 
years  have  since   elapsed,  it  is  very  impro-  papers   to    record  in  p.  177,  it  oertmidy . 
bable  tbat  Sir  Hugh  Everard  is  now  living.  Uving,  and  was  present,  with  hia  odj  diild 
When  did  he  die  ?     Did  he  leave  issue  ?  the  Lady  Mary  Annesley,  the  Loid  Lmo- 

T.  P/s  version  of  the   story  about  Dr.  tenant's  party  at  Dublin  Owtle  on  the  17th 

Littleton  and  the  word  "condog"  is  the  of  March.     C.  K.  observes  that  <<  the  new 

same  as  that  related  by  Dr.  Pegge  in  his  edition  ofDebrett  for  1 826  haa  gnvdj  ift- 

Anecdotes    of  the  English  Language,   to  vested  Mr.  James  Annesley,  Conanl  at  JBar- 

which  we  duly  referred  in  p.  292.  celona,  with  the  Earldom,  Sec  !  *• 

Clkricus  wishes  t9  be  informed  if  there        The  Memoirs  of  Sir  A.  Macdooald,  Bi- 

be  any  other  edition  of  «  Taylor's  Scheme  shop  Miber,  Dr.Symmona,  Rev.  JohoGni- 

of  Scripture  Divinity"  than  that  of  1769,  ham,  Mr.  Cundy,  and  Mr.OMiHMidt  tllril 

8vo,  beceuie  Mr.  Sumner,  in  his  second  vo-  appear  next  month. 


THE 


GENTLEMAN'S    MAOAZINE. 


MAY,   1826. 


OHionrAZi  ooimmnoATXoifs. 


CRITIQUE   OV   RECBVT  MBTROPOLITAV   IMPROVIMBirTS. 


M  R.  U  RBAir,  May  (i. 

FROM  the  rcYiewt  given  in  the  last 
MagaziDey  I  perceive  that  Mr. 
Britton  has  uodertaken  the  task  of 
editing  the  Picture  of  London,  wiiich 
I  trost  willy  under  hii  hands,  become 
a  more  edifying  publication  than  the 
class  of  books  to  which  it  belongs 
generally  are. 

A  list  of  the  improvements  going 
on  in  the  Metropolis  is  quoted  in  yoor 
review  from  the  introduction  to  the 
work  alluded  to,  and  if  the  merit  of  a 
building  wu  to  be  estimated  by  the 
name  of  its  architect,  this  high  sound- 
ing list  would  lead  one  to  believe  that 
Rome  or  Athens  ivould  sink  into  no- 
thingness, when  compared  with  the 
brick  and  morur  City  of  London.  To 
one  who  is  unswayed  by  namet,  how- 
ever hishly  patronized,  these"  improve- 
ments'^ may  be  regarded  with  less  fa- 
vour, and  critictscS  with  greater  free- 
dom than  a  work  of  the  nature  of  the 
Picture  of  London  is  likely  to  do. 

Any  person  who  possesses  the  least 
taste  tor  correct  architectural  ornament 
must  view  with  risible  feelings  tlie  tall 
and  slender  Corinthian  pillars  propped 
up  by  the  short  and  massive  Done  of 
the  Greek  order,  a  favourite  arrange- 
ment amone  modem  architects.     As 
specimens  of  this  matchless  combinar 
tion,  the  portico  of  the  London  In- 
stitution in  Moorfields,  the  New  Pa- 
lace at  Buckingham  House,  and  the 
front  of  one  of  the  stations  of  the  Great 
Westminster  Dairy  Company  in   St. 
Giles's,  may  be  quoted.  In  a  shop  front, 
or  other  humble  facade,  such  gross  de- 
viations  from  architectural    propriety 
mi^ht  pass  unnoticed,  as  beneath  cri- 
ticism ;  but  when  they  are  sanctioned 
by  the  first  architects  of  the  day,  and 
are  suffered  to  rear  their  unblushing 
heads  in  palaces,  it  is  time  to  denounce 
the  innovations,  and  rescue,  if  possi- 
ble»  the  noble  science  of  architecture 


from  the  disgrace  which  these  profet- 
sors  would  cast  upon  it.  If  the  true 
principles  of  taste  were  consulted,  wc 
should  never  see  one  order  piled  upon 
another.  No  one  ever  looked  upon  St. 
Paul's  Cathedral  without  resretting 
that  iu  architect  did  not  confine  hS 
portico  to  one  series  of  colomns.  llie 
foreign  Churches  of  Sl  Genevieve  and 
St.  Isaac  are  the  only  examples  I  need 
adduce  as  proofs  of  the  superior  efiect 
of  single  ranges  of  columns;  or,  to  refer 
to  one  nearer  at  hand,  our  own  St. 
Manio. 

Expensive  and  numerous  as  are  the 
public  buildinss  in  progress,  though 
the  names  of  Soane  andTSmirke  may 
be  quoted  as  the  architects,  and  the 
thousands    expended    in    their   con- 
struction   be    adduced    in    their    fa- 
vour, are,  I  would  ask,  anv  of  them 
grand  f  On  the  contrary,  do  not  the 
new  buildings  present  one  uniform  air 
of  meanness  ?   The  *'  spacious  wing" 
added  to  the  British  Museum,  with  its 
unbroken  brick  wall,  seems  to  have 
been  burlt  to  compete  in  beauty  with 
the  King's  Bench  or  the  Fleet.    The 
New  Post  Office,  like  the  New  Mint, 
and    the    g^erality  of  Mr.  Smirke*s 
buildings,  is  as  tame  and  spiritless  as 
plain  stone  walls,  with  dwelling-house 
windows,  and  a  few  columns  stuck  about 
them  as  apologies  for  porticos,  can  be. 
If  the  ephemeral  praise  of  periodicals 
was  sufficient  to  exalt  the  character  of 
a  building,  it  is  bbt  a  few  years  since 
that  all  the  newspapers  and  periodicals 
from  one  end  of  the  Kingdom  to  the 
other  were  filled  with  the  applauses 
bestowed  on  that  huge  and  senseless  pile, 
the  Custom-house,  now  happily  re- 
duced to  a  heap  of  ruins,  a  circum- 
stance not  to  be  regretted  if  the  least 
hope  remained  of  tne  new  structure 
being  one  iot  better  than  the  old  one. 
Indc^,  taking  all  the  Government- 
Offices  from  the  Tower  to  Cbekea, 


388 


A  magnificent  Metropolitan  Church  recommended.  [May, 


'Without  a  single  exception,  it  would 
not  be  too  severe  to  arrive  at  the  con- 
clusion, that  however  good  the)r  may 
be  as  jobs,  there  is  not  one  which  is 
likely  in  the  least  to  ornament  or  em- 
bellish the  Metropolis. 

Can  any  one  view  with  other  feel- 
ings than  those  of  contempt,  the  mi- 
serable attempt  at  Pointed  architec- 
ture tacked  on  to  Westminster  Hall. 
Among  its  ornaments  we  see  King's 
heads  with  long  beards,  with  short 
beards,  and  others  destitute  of  this 
manly  appendage,  o^leing  maudlin 
looking  females,  or  grinning  with  an 
.  idiotic  expression  of  countenance  at  the 
passers  by.  There  is  an  octagon  tower 
destitute  of  a  staircase,  and  therefore 
an  excrescence;  and  there  is  a  quan- 
tity of  dead  wall,  apparently  only  built 
to  be  a  contrast  with  the  ornamented 
front  of  the  Hall  -,  and  to  crown  all,  an 
ugly  stone  ediBce,  which  has  long  re- 
roamed  half  finished,  without  a  sin- 
gle feature  of  ornament  beyond  the 
decorations  of  an  hospital  or  a  work- 
house, we  have  seen  completed  at  a 
great  expense,  instead  of  being  le- 
yelied  to  the  ground,  and  its  place 
supplied  with  a  structure  assimilating 
in  style  and  grandeur  to  the  adjacent 
Abbey  and  Hall. 

If  one  who  is  no  professionalist 
might  venture  to  address  a  word  of 
advice  to  the  members  of  a  science 
which  is  at  present  at  a  very  low  ebb 
in  this  countnr,  he  would  say,  borrow 
your  models  from  Greece  and  Rome  ; 
copy  from  originals  erected  in  a  pure 
age,  rather  than  attempt  to  imitate  the 
flieht)r  productions  ot  Paris,  which 
wUl,  in  spite  of  all  your  endeavours, 
always  outrun  the  cold  and  formal  spi- 
rit of  this  plodding  country. 
How  do  we  ape  thee,  France  ?  but  blundering 

stUI, 
Disgrace  the  pattern  by  onr  want  of  skill. 

When  this  recommendation  is  at- 
tended to,  we  may  expect  to  see  pure 
architecture  revived  in  this  country, 
though,  in  the  present  state  uf  the 
science,  another  Jones  must  arise  to 
effect  the  glorious  improvement.  It 
is  not  in  the  gewgaw  mansions  of  the 
'  ^Regent's  Park  that  we  can  expect 
to  see  Grecian  architecture  revived  in 
its  native  purity,  no  more  than  the 
Palaces  ana  Abbeys  of  overgrown  Ci- 
tizens can  give  us  back  the  lost,  the 
neglected  Pointed  style. 

Of  the  intended   improvements  at 
Charing  Cross,  and   in  Pall  Mall,  it 


is  not  my  intention  to  say  any  thing 
at  present.  The  arranc^eraenl  of  the 
intended  buildings,  of  the  Parthe- 
non and  the  statues,  look  well  on 
paper ;  and  appear  to  be  excellently 
planned.  I  can  only  add  my  wish 
that  no  obstacles  resulting  from  par- 
simony, or  ill-judged  oeconomy,  will 
prevent  Mr.  Naah  from  carrying  in- 
to effect  the  suggestions  which  cer- 
tainly promise  lo  add  more  in  the  way 
of  ornament  to  the  Metropolis  than 
any  improvement  which  has  ever  been 
suggested.  At  all  events  I  should  hope 
that  Charing  Cross  will  be  completed 
as  intended;  but  it  is  greatly  to  be 
feared  that  more  is  contemplated  than 
is  likely  to  be  executed.  One  suggestion 
I  must  make  with  reference  to  trie  im- 
provements in  Pall  Mall,  which  I  sin- 
cerely hope,  if  it  meets  the  eye  of  any 
one  who  has  it  in  his  power  to  carry 
it  into  effect,  will  be  attended  to.  The 
portico  of  Carlton  House,  which  has 
been  so  many  years  buried,  anJ  which 
displays  the  fine  Corinthian  architec- 
ture of  the  Temple  of  Jupiter  Stator, 
will  of  course  be  removed  with  the 
palace.  Let  me  earnestly  then  suggest 
to  those  who  have  it  in  their  power 
to  preserve  it;  that  it  should  be  pre- 
sented to  some  one  of  the  new 
Churches,  and  erected  again  with  an 
inscription  to  point  out  to  posterity 
its  change  of  destination.  Such  a  mea- 
sure would  do  far  greater  credit  to  the 
age  than  to  suffer  it  be  broken  up  and 
sold  piecemeal  to  a  mason. 

As  I  have  mentioned  new  Churches, 
let  me  before  I  close  the  subject  of  im- 
provements, call  your  attention  to  a  let- 
ter in  your  Magazine  (vol.  xcv.  i.  p. 
605)  earnestly  recommending  the  erec- 
tion of  a  National  Church  on  a  large 
and  magnificent  scale.  The  idea  had 
U)ng  occupied  my  mind  before  I  saw 
either  your  Correspondent's  Letter,  or 
heard  of  the  sentiments  of  Dr.  Pan  on 
the  subject,  and  let  me  hope  that  a 
project  sanctioned  by  the  authority  of 
that  erudite  scholar  and  excellent  map 
will  not  be  suffered  to  sink  into  obli- 
vion. If  a  Church  so  grand  as  that 
recommended  by  the  worthy  Doctor 
should  be  impracticable,  surely  the 
erection  of  one  on  a  comparatively 
magnificent  scale,  with  sufficient  splen- 
dour and  large  dimensions  to  raDR  far 
above  the  generalit)r  of  parish  Churches, 
might  be  effected  if  tne  qdestion  was 
properly  taken  up.  I  wcwid  recom- 
mend  a  Lancet  Pointed  Churchy  with 


1898;]         SMggmtiotu /•r  I 


«  Salitlnirjr  spire,  tlioald  bt  tdopled  m 
the  moit  appfopnate  ilylr  for  a  N»- 
liooal  Chvrcn.  The  erectioD  of  moDO- 
meuts,  Howerer,  might  be  a  eooti- 
deratkm,  and  then  ine  Grecian  tiyle 
mml  be  preferred.  How  admirably  for 
tuch  a  purpose  the  Parthenon  might 
be  adopted  1  A  Chnreb  of  the  tame 
dfmensions  at  that  magnificent  tem- 
ple would  admit  of  tne  accommcK 
dation  of  a  large  auditory,  and  af- 
ford a  spacioua  nave,  with  columns, 
for  the  reception  of  monuments.  To 
assimilate  the  Temple  of  the  Vir{;in 
Goddess  to  the  purposes  of  a  Christian 
Church,  a  steeple  would  be  necessary. 
Let  then  an  insulated  campanile, 
formed  of  a  lody  and  massire  Grecian 
tower,  8<piare  or  polygonal,  placed  at 
such  a  distance  as  neither  to  jostle  the 
main  buildin|;,  or  appear  too  much  de- 
tached from  It,  be  raised  with  as  great 
an  elevation  as  possible,  and  crowned, 
by  wa}r  of  marVing  the  distinction  of 
the  buildings,  with  the  cross.  Thb 
would  indeed  be  an  ornament  to  the 
Metropolis,  an  honour  and  a  glory  to 
what  ought  to  be  the  first  City  of  the 
world. 

Should  thb  magnificent  structure 
erer  be  realized— should  the  Parlia- 
ment deem  it  worthy  to  be  a  subject 
of  sufficient  National  importance  to 
set  apart  a  portion  of  the  public  mo- 
ney to  the  purpose,  or  should  the  ob- 
ject be  accomplished  by  a  subscrip- 
tion, it  is  to  be  hoped  that  a  monu- 
ment of  national  grandeur  will  not  in 
this  instance  be  converted  into  a  show- 
room. At  its  foundation  I  should  hope 
that  such  arrangements  would  be  made 
that  should,  under  any  circumstances, 
spare  a  future  ecclesiastical  Corporation 
from  the  trouble  of  defending  rights 
which  had  not  been  attacked,  of  squab- 
bliug  for  privileges  which  had  not  been 
invaded,  or  of  justifying  proceedings 
which  every  disinterested  person  must 
condemn. 

In  common  with  every  person  who 
has  a  soul  to  admire  what  is  beauti- 
ful in  architecture,  in  common  with 
every  one  whose  sound  judgment 
would  sec  the  ornamental  every  where 
joined  with   the   useful,   I   must  de- 

Slore  the  abandonment  of  that  noble 
esign  for  making  a  terrace,  replete 
with  ornament  and  grandeur,  along 
the  banks  of  the  Thames.  How  dis- 
graceful is  it  to  the  nation  that  an  im- 
provement, sanctioned  at  once  by  its 
utility  and  its  ornament,  should  be 


ill  ttt'JMMaiA. 

opposed  aad  ie|eet*d  tlfiMb  tiM  M^ 
exiitioiis  of  meicettatfy  individUis. 
Let  nt  hope  that  in  aa  ige  wlwn  a 
better  taste  prevaib  than  m  the  pif- 
scnt,  when  liberaliw shaUprtvail otmr 
preiudice,  that  Colonel  Trench's  en- 
cellent  scheme  will  be  carried  into  ef- 
fect, without  the  least  alteration  or 
abatement— then  indeed  will  London 
be  an  interesting  City— then  will  oor 
fine  river  be  seen  to  advantage,  and 
not  confined  like  a  stinking  ditch  in 
the  midst  of  paltry  dwelling  homes, 
and  its  banks  covered  with  warehooMs 
and  nuisances,  and  the  public  as  com- 
pletely excluded  from  enjoying  the  air 
on  its  margin,  as  if  this  majestic  river 
was  the  property  of  a  few  hidividuds^ 

The  observations  in  this  letter  aioae 
nartly  from  the  review  I  have  alluded  to. 
1  have  neither  space  nor  opportunity  fm 
entering  more  Mfgely  into  the  Metro- 
politan improvements  at  present,  bot 
may  resume  the  subject  at  a  future  op- 
portunity, if  an  occasion  ii  presented. 

Yours,  &c.  £.  1,  C. 

Mr.UmBAir,    Kenwmgi&n,  Mmf  1. 

IN  making  the  foHowing  observationB 
on  the  proposed  improvement  of 
the  western  portion  of  the  Metropolis, 
I  am  actuated  by  the  same  feeling  of 
national  j>ride  so  observable  in  the  cons 
munication  of  vbor  Correspondent 
*'  fi.**  in  a  recent  Number.  But  I  can- 
not subscribe  to  Sir  C.  Lons^  plan  of 
a  Triumphal  Arch  across  Downing 
street.  Tne  site  is  not  chosen  with  that 
taste  and  skill  that  ought  to  be  exer- 
cised in  my  opinion  on  soch  an  ocea* 
sion.  Of  the  necessity  of  a  Triumphal 
Arch,  no  person  will  deny ;  oor 
Army,  our  Navy,  and  our  victories  de« 
mand  it ;  but  surely  a  better  site  conkl 
be  selected  at  less  expense.  To  give 
due  respectability  and  grandeur  to  such 
an  Arcn,  there  ought  to  be  a  vista,  not 
alone  from  the  Arch  to  the  house  or 
palace,  but  before  we  approach  the 
Arch ;  this  could  not  be  obtained  in 
the  site  across  Oowning-street  A  fo^ 
reigner  or  traveller  entering  London 
would  pass  it  without  notice,  because 
it  lay  out  of  his  line  of  sight ;  or  if  he 
did  notice  it,  the  cfiTect  would  be  con- 
siderably injured,  if  not  destroyed; 
this  would  not  happen  if  there  was  a 
previous  approach.  Your  Correspond- 
ent, I  suspect,  in  his  seal  for  having  a 
splendid  residence  for  his  Sovereign  (a 
zeal  in  which  I  cordially  agree)  seems 
to  widli  to  make  the  Aich  sobatirient 


390 


SuggeHioni  for  Improvements  in  the  Metropolis^         [Vbj, 


tft  the  oniament  of  the  Pdace,  not  of 
that  part  of  the  Metropolis  l^ing  in 
Westminster.  Certainly  the  idea  of 
pulling  down  one  side  of  Parliament- 
street  and  King-street  appears  prepos- 
terous. 

I  will  now  offer  my  ideas  upon  the 
subiect:  it  is»  I  believe,  generally 
understood  that  Carlton  Palace  is  to 
be  pulled  down,  and  corresponding 
buildings  to  Waterloo-place  erected  on 
its  site.  Now  with  all  the  objections 
that  can  be  raised  against  Kegent- 
street,  from  the  meagre  character  of 
its  architecture,  yet  no  person  will  de- 
ny that  it  is  a  fine  street,  and  an  orna- 
ment to  this  portion  of  London.  But 
I  will  ask  why  is  a  street  that  has  cost 
such  an  immense  sum,  and  leading  to 
a  lloyal  Park  (in  which  the  original 
projectors  proposed  a  Royal  Palace 
should  be  erected)  be  terminated  by 
a  pUin  quadrangle  of  houses,  inhabit- 
ed by  tradesmen  and  independent  gen- 
try ?  Does  this  seem  consistent  ?  Surely 
it  ought  to  terminate  in  some  building 
of  importance.  The  proposed  plan  is 
as  follows:  supposing  Carlton  Palace 
down,  let  a  segment  of  a  circle  of  houses 
be  built,  corresponding  in  width  with 
Waterloo-place.  In  the  centre  of  this 
half-circle  a  Triumphal  Arch  to  be 
erected,  one  side  facing  Regent-street, 
the  other  facing  the  Park ;  from  hence 
let  a  straight  road  be  made  across  the 
Park  to  Story's  gate,  and  pulling  down 
the  houses  on  onesideof  Prince's-street, 
let  a  Crescent  be  formed  facing  the  Ab- 
bey Church ;  the  road  will  then  turn  on 
the  left,  across  the  green  on  the  North 
aide  of  St.  Marearet*s  Church,  and  nearly 
opposite  the  House  of  Commons.  This 
road  would  have  many  advantages : 
one  of'  the  greatest  perhaps  would  be 
its  opening  a  commandino;  view  of 
^at  beautiful  specimen  of  the  early 
style  of  English  Architecture — West- 
minster Abbey.  Now  the  only  ob- 
ject of  consequence  that  stands  m  the 
way  of  executing  this  plan,  exclusive 
of  what  has  been  mentioned,  is  a  pile 
of  stabling  erecting  before  the  Abbey 
A.D.  1826!  If  there  was  a  necessity 
for  public  stabling  for  the  benefit  of 
the  Members  of  Parliament,  why  not 
have  erected  them  on  the  site  of  the 
Almonry,  that  receptacle  for  61th  and 
crime?  and  not  erect  them  on  the  only 
place  from  which  a  good  view  of  the 
Abbey  could  be  obtained.  Do  the 
Architects  of  the  present  day  wish  to 
close  up  all  access  to  this  beautiful  fa- 


bric, aware  of  their  own  defidencies^ 
or  is  it  want  of  taste }  in  either  case 
it  is  unwarrantable.  This  spot  of 
eround,  only  cleared  within  the  last 
few  years  for  the  public  benefit,  will 
have  a  new  heap  of  rubbish  laid  on 
unless  vigorous  measures  are  pursued. 
I  sincerely  hope  the  building  will  not 
be  allowed  to  proceed,  and  I  am  con- 
fident if  his  Majesty  was  aware  of  the 
fact,  his  good  taste  would  instantly 
suggest  its  removal.  The  advantages 
of  the  plan  J  have  laid  down  above  I 
will  briefly  enumerate.  1st.  That  No- 
blemen, or  Members  of  either  Houses 
of  Parliament,  approaching  the  House 
by  Regent' street^  must-  now  make  a 
considerable  round  by  Cockspur-street 
and  Whitehall,  which  would  be  saved 
by  the  proposed  road.  2nd.  That. one 
of  the  nnest  buildings  in  England,  to 
wit,  Westminster  Abbey,  would  by 
this  plan  be  laid  open  to  the  greatest 
advantage.  3rd.  That  the  plan  em- 
braces the  finest  site  for  a  Triumphal 
Arch  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood 
of  the  Royal  Palaces ;  and  4thly.  That 
not  above  a  dozen  houses  need  be 
pulled  down,  exclusive  of  the  nuisance 
just  mentioned;  whereas  Sir  C.  LoDg*s 
plan  would  embrace  some  hundred 
houses.  Respecting  funds  to  erect  this 
Arch,  and  make  these  improvements, 
a  considerable  portion  of  the  Arch 
might  be  built  out  of  the  Waterloo 
Monument  Fund,  added  to  which 
Government  should  advance  liberally, 
and  a  beautiful  structure  might  be 
erected  on  the  site  of  the  Palace,  wor- 
thy the  nation,  and  its  munificent 
Sovereign.  If  this  plan  is  taken  up,  it 
is  to  be  hoped  it  will  not  be  made  a 
job,  but  that  a  liberal  sum  will  be 
offered  for  the  best  design. 

I  have  now  sketched  out  kny 
plan  for  a  Military  Triumphal  Arch ; 
but  there  is  another  portion  of  our 
warriors  that  deserve  richly  of  their 
Country,  I  allude  to  our  brave  Navy, 
whose  achievements  will  alwajrs  live 
in  the  remembrance  of  every  true- 
hearted  Briton.  They  deserve  a  Mo- 
nument of  Triumph  as  much,  if  not 
more,  than  our  Military  Heroes,  and 
the  only  question  is  an  appropriate 
site.  It  has  been  proposed  many  times 
to  demolish  Temple  Bar..  Would  it  not 
be  belter  to  improve  it,  and  roaki^  it  a 
Triumphal  Arch  to  the  honour  of  our. 
Navy  ?  it  would  redound  to  the  credit 
of  the  City.  The  site  would  be  ap-. 
propriate,  and  the  tout  ensembh  mignt 


IBM.]         Pmr  h  ^^«  "f^^^  M  GMmi  BolMle  Oawlwi. 


S9t 


bt  made  pleMiog,  if  nol  graody  u  a 
small  ootl.  No  City  ailamed  gmtor 
advantMety  in  a  Cooiinercial  ooiot  of 
view,  than  the  City  of  London  did 
during  the  ardoont  itragrie^  in  whieh 
felt  to  manj  men  of  noSte  and  heroic 
renown.  I  will  now  conclode  by  ob- 
tenring,  that  no  perton  of  common 
taste  or  feeling  but  mott  regret  the 
want  of  a  National  Monament,  Arch 
of  Triumph,  or  lome  building  of  im- 
porunce  to  the  eternal  memory  of 
thoae  splendid  victories  which  na?e 
crownecl  the  British  arms  during  the 
late  war,  and  it  is  my  sincere  wish 
that  something  may  be  done  speedily 
to  rescue  the  Nation  from  the  chaige 
of  want  of  eraiitude  towards  those 
who  so  bravely  fell  fighting  for  the 
liberties  oC  their  King  and  Country. 

Yours,  &c.  T.  A. 

Mr.  Urban,        Chelsea,  May  IS. 

THE  enclosed  letter  and  lines  on 
the  Chelsea  Bounical  Gardens, 
are  the  production  of  the  Author  of 
that  fine  Poem  of  "Sympathy,"  the 
delightful  versification  and  exquisite 
imagery  of  which  have  seldom  been 
equalled,  and  never  surpassed.  The 
.  Author  was  too  well  known  and  ap- 
,  preciated  tg  require  any  fresh  eulo- 
gium  on  this  occasion.  It  may,  how- 
ever, be  said  with  truth,  that  the  Vir- 
tu ks  were  not  indebted  to  Mr.  Pratt 
for  his  writings  only  ;  bis  lije  was  con- 
stantly distinguished  by  a  uniform 
practice  and  sup|)ort  of  the  most  ami- 
able qualities,  and  his  disposition  to 
benevolence  kept  pace  with  his  beau- 
tiful descriptions  of  that  sympathy 
and  humanity  so  admirably  paint- 
ed in  almost  every  production ;  and 
when  an  agreeable  company  could  fix 
him  upon  a  subject  of  useful  literature, 
nobody  shone  to  greater  advantage:  he 
seemed  to  be  that  Mesniius,  whom  Lu- 
cretius speaks  of: 

—  *'  Quern  tu,  Dca,  tempore  in  omni 
Omnibus  omatum  volutsti  oxcrllcre  rebut.'* 

Yours,  &c.    Thomas  Faulkner. 

••  Dear  Sir,  Jan.  10, 1310. 

"  I  at  length  send  you,  on  the  other 
side,  a  copy  of  the  lines  I  mentioned. 
As  they  are  on  a  subject  of  Fashion  as 
well  as  Flowers,  they  may  come  into 
any  part  of  your  Publication,  with  a 
brief  head- piece  by  way  of  introduc- 
tion.   This  wt  can  manage  in  a  short 


timo,  if  yoo  approvo  them  gsnenlly. 
I  shall  be  on  a  vitit  at  ChelMA  on  the 
16tb,  and  on  the  morniiigof  i6th  wfll- 
call  upon  yon  to  decide  this  little  mat- 
ter. I  have  been  incesaantly  engaged 
and  occupied  tinee  my  return  to  town. 
Otherwise  it  was  my  intention  to  have 
presented  you  alio  with  aome  original 
lines  on  the  Military  Aiylum,  and 
Royal^  Hospital  *9  for  which  I  have 
tome  ideas  m  my  book  of  Memoranda 
several  weeks.  I  may  still  aocomplith 
this  purpose,  if  I  find  we  aie  in  tmiei 
But  of  tliia  also  we  can  conveiae  when 
I  have  the  pleasure  of  seeiiig  yon.  In 
the  mean  time,  with  hot  wishes  for 
you  and  your  interesting  ondertaking, 
''  1  am  yours  sincerely,  S.  J.  Pratt.** 

Liruswritiem  at  a  Frients^  mar  the  edetraiei 
Botanic  Nursery  Oardensy  ta  Ae  A^s 
Road,  Chelsea. 

Where  smiling  Chelsea  spreads  the  edtur'd 

Uads, 
Sftcred  to  Flora  a  PsvUion  stands. 
And  yet  a  second  temple  neighb'ring  near 
Nursei  the  fragranee  of  the  various  year; 
Of  Davy  f  this,  of  ColvilU  f  thas,  the  eara» 
While  both  the  &voaf  of  the  Goddess  shaM. 
But  not  for  her — the  Deity  of  Flowen*- 
Abne  the  incense  breathes,    itiU    higher 

Powen : — 
Fair  Femu  marks  each  temple  for  her  own. 
And  Fashion  siu  upon  a  bloeson'd  throne. 
She,  ppw'r  sapreme  !  bids  vaaquishM  Flora 

kneel, 
And  drags  proud  Beauty  at  her  chariot- 
Wheel. 
The  Cyprian  Queen  asserts  her  loftier  sway^ 
And  mushing  rivals  with  a  smile  obey. 
At  Fashion* s  shrine  unnomberM  suppliants 

bow, 
And  to  their  Idol  channt  the  sacred  vow. 
A  thousand  Eves,  each  as  their  Mother  ftir. 
To  these  gay  Edens  everv  hour  repair. 
And  thu'  the  wreaths  boast  bat  a  fleeting 

bloom, 
And  often  press  at  eve  a  twilight  tomb ; 
Still,  as  by  Msgic,  we  behold  each  mom 
A  fresh  supply  the  ptUsg'd  scenes  adorn ) 
And  tho*  the  lovely  plunderers  bear  away 
The  fairy  sweets  that  open*d  with  the  day ; 
Tho*  one  fair  Paradise  u  lost  each  night, 
Awther  blooms  with  the  returning  light. 
Thus,  strange  to  tell !  near  London  you  be* 

hold 
The  age  of  Fashion,  Biauty,  and  of  Gold. 

S.  J.  PaATT. 

*  These  Imes  afterwards  eame  to  haad, 
and  a  correct  copy  will  be  inserted  in  the 
new  Edition  of  the  Histoiy  of  Chdsea9  now 
preparing  in  the  pnes. 

t  Nursery  Chtfdeass. 


392      AtheliUm's  Palace,  Londan.^-Stonehenge,-^  Third  A$$ize.     £A 


Mr.  Urbav,  May  10. 

1MOST  cordially  thank  your  far 
more  in^^nious  and  raluable  Cor- 
respondent **M.H.'*  p.  293,  for  her 
answer  to  my  question  on  Canute's  and 
Athelstan's  Palace  on  the  banks  of  the 
Thames.  1  f  her  inquiries  could  further 
point  to  any  ancient  foundation  walls, 
or  remnants  of  the  period  in  question, 
A.D.  1017,  more  relics  might  be  ascer- 
tained. The  date  of  the  assassination 
of  Edmund  II.  by  his  brother-in-law 
Edric  Streon,  marks  with  him  the  fall 
of  the  glory  of  the  English  Saxons: 
by  his  death  the  Danes  prevailed, 
and  the  Saxon  monarchy  ended,  after 
1^  years  from  its  establishment  by 
Egbert.  2  Rapin,  32  note.  It  is  ob- 
servable that  the  garden  of  the  Dean- 
•ery  extends  to  a  gateway  which  opens 
upon  Addle-hill,  which  affords  an  ex- 
ternal clue  to  follow  the  traces  of  the 
ancient  Palace,  and  its  cellars  would 
perhaps  discover  remains,  the  strength 
of  which  may  have  been  retained  for  the 
foundation  of  the  present  hou^e,  and 
these  may  have  escaped  the  (ire  in  1087. 

Edric  afterwards  received  his  just 
neward,  by  command  of  Canute,  on  the 
very  spot  of  his  former  treachery,  and 
was  beheaded.  But  **M.  H."  on  the 
authority  of  Fabian,  ascribes  to  this 
spot  on  the  Banks  of  the  Thames 
Canute's  celebrated  reproof  to  his  cour- 
tiers; yet  the  general  credit  as  to  the 
place  has  agreed  with  Rapin,  who 
places  the  King  in  his  chair  on  the 
shore  at  Southampton*. 

"M.  H.'*  is  so  eminently  conspi- 
cuous for  diligence  and  accuracy  of  re- 
search on  this  interesting  ground,  that 
it  is  presumption  to  suggest  any  other 
resources.  She  will,  it  is  hoped,  excuse 
what  has  been  advanced  by  one  who 
respects  her  inquiries  not  less  than  her 
useful  elucidations ;  and  she  will  re- 
collect the  old  distich  which  records 
the  Pagan  worship  of  both  the  sister 
Cathedrals : 

<<  Immolat  Dionae  Londini, 
Apolliui  fonnosa  Thoroea!" 

Yours,  &c.  A.  H. 

Mr.  Urban,  May  \2. 

RESEARCHES  concerning  Sione- 
henge  uill  continue  to  be  in- 
teresting so  long  as  the  pillars  shall 
remain,   or    leave    one    fragment    on 

♦  The  rare  Collection  of  Chrouicles  of 
liOodon  in  Sion  College  Library  would  pro- 
bably furnish  materials  for  the  foundatipns 
of  Addle-hill,  in  that  neighbourhood. 


the  plain  of  Sarum.  I  have  lately 
a  letter  in  the  Dorset  Chronicle  [sec 
**  Antiquarian  Researches'^'  p.  449] 
which  Diodorus  Siculus,  b.  6.  is  qu 
as  fixing  the  object,  age,  and  anc 
use  of  this  temple ;  viz,  the  worshi 
ApoUo  by  Druids  or  Bards,  to  wl 
the  name  of  Saronides  is  ascribed  1 
years  ago;  from  Sar,  a  rock  or 
montory,  and  On,  the  Sun,  wl 
united  gave  the  name  of  Saroa,  an 
Latin  Sarum,  But  Camden  consi 
that  Old  Sarum  was  in  Antonii 
Itinerary  called  Sorbiodunum,  wl 
the  Saxons  afterwards  named  Sea] 
bypi^t  and  the  Vulgar  Latint,  Sa% 
and  Sarisburia  and  SaUsburialia,  4 
without  doubt  Searisbyrig  was  der 
from  Sorbiodunum,  the  Saxon  v 
Bypy^,  which  denotes  a  town,  b 
put  in  the  place  of  Dunum,  wl 
words  the  Britons  and  Gauls  usi 
added  to  places  of  lofty  situation 
that  serviodunum  signiheth  a  dry-, 
which  is  more  probable  than  the 
fetched  derivation  of  it  from  Saroi 
Berosus,  or  from  Severus  the  Empc 
from  whom  they  called  it  Severia, 
Our  ancient  friend  Camden  se 
to  have  viewed  this  celebrated  mc 
uient  of  antiiquity  with  rather  a 
ferent  eye  from  tnat  of  Diodorus  ; 
this  modern  writer  will  be  probj 
induced  to  revise  this  subject,  and  t 
ply  any  new  observations.  A. 

Mr.  Urban,  March  i 

I  WAS  not  a  little  amused  wit 
1  calculation  of  the  expense  of  h 
ing  a  third  Assize  in  one  of  the  cc 
ties  of  the  Home  Circuit,  p.  6.  Is 
not  trouble  you  with  many  rem; 
upon  J.  C.'s  statement,  but  will  me 
desire  him  in  his  next  estimate  to  p 
to  the  credit  side  of  the  Assize  accc 
the  diHcrcnce  in  the  expenses  of 
witnesses  which  would  be  saved  1 
more  frequent  Goal  delivery,  and 
qtiire  whether  a  Grand  or  Petit  J 
will  not  occupy  as  much  time  at 
Lent,  as  at  the  winter  Assixe?  or\^ 
ther  the  Jurors  can  be  sulisisted  : 
cheaper  rate  in  the  Spring  than  in 
Winter  months?  otherwise  his  calc 
tion  is  evidently  incorrect,  and  he  r 
erase  from  his  statement  the  sum: 
has  apportioned  for  the  ex[jensesof 
Jurors,  as  they  will  be  employed 
same  time,  and  probably  at  as  grea 
expense,  at  the  one  period  as  at 
other,  in  disposing  of  the  very  si 
cases.  R-  i 


I 


lattfj       EmtrmKe  to  Caqm  CMfH  CMigB  Ck&pO,  CmMig§.         S0S 

%M,  TT..AW      Myid^UmBmM,        chief  Argent,  two  mollctt  Sdile,  for 
Mr.  u  mil v»  j^^  ^  3,^,^^  ^  ,^  3  ^^^  ^  ^^^  q^  ^^ 

FROM  tlM  view  of  Cormis  Cbri«ti    Aiare,  a  bend  GukiL  for  goiplode: 
or  B9«V€MMfi|r  pMeM  Hi    cfM^ott^wmibi  a  IwpMMitfir. 


ihef  lih^hfcn  awl  teme.  work,  ibv    "mm-    Od  tlie  amuaa4«Mrt  a 
<«Gb««riwi9»llMlM^l9M89in,    c«rt  b  pfopid  ferittii  <ilh  iliyb,  IW 


I  tttri  iMi^iih  «b  jrtdUMRF  ao^^  tablet  andkraeiik  ie  imaiMi.lttieU 

of  tin  Batfaniee  lo  tha  Aottf-ohaaal  *,  letters  :..*.. 

(M0  PUU  L}  w&iolr  I^doMbi  aot  irltt  houoratimu  m  wooi^iii  aacov  . 

be  iniitable,  paiiteBlaf Ij  ae  it  U  iMr  cTtroi  iiaMt  mmiVLt.  Awmhm 

palM  down,  and  fkooi  ill  ooajtelifti  .  vrraYxir. - 

witk  Uw  gmt  Sir  Niobolaii  BaMi/  The  thiell'oiriha  Hgjt^  of  tfea  do6r- 

LoMl'Jbepcr.                                     -  way  heart  otorterly  Bmta  aodi  Qalfo> 

lit '  httldiiur  of  the  Cfaa|Nl»  «P  ^o^  iopklior thtf  «^b»  <^  Sir  Nieho: 

Mr;'lbMevtivhir4iiitoi7ofiheCol-  lat't Brtt wife, Jaw. dMMiter oFWil- 

leg^.wM  hegon  \m  i679»  opoo  a  phin  iiain  Feraley^  of  Wert  CSeetia^  Stif- 

thatJui  haea  MBBiHad  hetwaen  the  folk,  Biq.  an.  Or, -on-  A-bemfAmte- 

Soeii9ltad8irNiahalae,oii««iiitha  thrae  ita«i'  haafo- teboUiad  Agjbat 


roadft  theai  iha  'year  before,  wheo.  She  was  the  mother  df  Sir^NShd* 

•ceiiAAe  place  oeadforlXtipaWor-  Urn  Bwp>  orttajgiata^  ««Mk»  Uto" 

ship- waa  Mt  anly-  ineaiBaMNHoili^'  hail  fiiit  peinBu  ainamwd'td  thto  dbpiw.  dlT' 

toodjaaHforthe-Moiber  of  dieiritn-  a  BaioiMli  of  Sir  NaOiaiiidBMai/ 

den^  than  gnatW  eocreatcd,  he  wet  Knight  f ,  of  Stiffkcy,  Norfolk  t  of  Sir 

pleMd,  oot  of  hit  nMid  to  religion  Edward  Beam,  Knight  t»  of  ShHMalMd' 

andihoCollagBofwIiirfahehadbM  HaU,Safiilk|  andof  thnedao^tan: 

a  meoAar,  lo  bestow  on  them  SMt  Anne,  tho  wifo  of  Sir  Anrr^ood- 

himcrif  towards  artating  a  new  Cha-  boose,  of  Wasliam,  JHorfblfc,  Xnt  s . 


pel,heMa'4nn'*n6^0<>«»**^  h»  ^^n^  ^  ^^  ^»  "n^  Sir  nanids 

friciift  10  lend  ihdr  as&tanca;— Tho  Windham,  Kddbt,Jnte.ofAaCoaH 

Maiiir«ndFenows,ooiof  gratilodefor  mon  Hsas,  and  second!^,  of  Sir  Bo« 

this  enil  omny other  fo?ours,  desired  Sir  bertMansfield,Knighl|andEli8ijbadi. 

Ni  ihihi^i  aoeaptanca  of  a  ^  maiar,  tha  wifo  of,  int,  %  Eehart^Oyley, 

the  iMttdmaot  for  pmenih^  whieh,  of  ChislehamMn,  Oat  Kni^tf  m. 

b  pmnmd.in  the  Appendix  lo  BIr.  condiT,  3tr   Honnr  NorlD,  KnUti 

Mi[siiiaVHislo7,  p.  84.  •  •iidifaiidly,SirWniiBmlWiam,Knu 

A  more  dniable  ondnublle  aeknow-  LordChiaf  Baron  of  tha  Eseheqilar. 

ledgmeni  of  the  Lord  Kcqier's  scrviom  The  cicsl  of  Baeon  is  plaaed  above  the 

was,  howavar,  the  erection  of  the  poi^  shidd,  and,  m  is  voy  ramarkaUe^ 

tico  or  doorway  hero  laprescnted,  the  thaciost  of  Femley  alsob  oss.  a  taltol 

intctqptiona  on  whioh  give  him  tha  Onka>  standioc  amidst  fom  Proper, 

whole  ondii  of  the  Chapel.    Tha  ho-  coUaiod  and   line  reflezed  over  the 

nefadion  of  Lady  Baoon,  hb  widow,  bock  Argent, 
whidi  WW  forty  marks  (gfit  Ida.  ddl)       The  AUId  on  the  loft  fa  miioriy 

was  emp)of<«d  for  the  pnrpom.  Bocon  and  Qoaplode,  inmaling  tha 

If  aajrapbigni^  or  error  oocnirod  arms  and  oaortaringi  of  Sir  Nicho- 
when  m$  orau  over  this  Eotranoa  lm*s  second  wife,  Anne,  daughlsr 
were  last  jointod,  it  is  in  the  %DCom-  of  Sir  Anthony  Cooke,  of  Gtdea 
panyingpble  rectified*  from  the  hif^  Hall,  Essex,  KnighU  tnlor  to  Kii%  * 
est  araoiity.  The  oppermost  shield  Edward  tha  Sixth.  She  wm  the  mo- 
is  qnaiterfy,  1.  and  4.  Goks,  on  a  ther  of  Anthony  Bacan,  Chaneellor 


■Mi 


*  The  bisrior  of  tb«  Itta  Ckupel  b  vtU  reprcMotad  in  tha  «Hbtocy  of  Onkrl^^'* 
publbhed  by  AdBennaiui,  rel.  I.  p.  170* 

t  Correctly  so  styled  by  La  Nata  b  hit  MSS.  of  tha  Barooalt,  brt  not  b  tha  priatad 
BaroMtagw.  Ha  waaknisbtedat  Whitdkall,  July  «1, 1604.— HbHislory  hsibaananidi 
coofoundMl  with  that  of  Ui  naphav.  Sir  NatbanitI  Baoon,  KB.  tha  aaunanlPbbler}  taa 
the  following  aftieie.   EqiT. 

X  So  dobbad  at  tha  Cbartar-HoaM,  Bflajil,  1608,  tbougb  itybd  Esfufaa  aal^ b  d» 
Barooatagat.— Ha  was,  wban  Eaqoire,  SbmF  of  Sdfolk,  b  1600. 

Oairr.  Mao.  Ji;iy,  isao. 

2 


W4 


The  Bacon  Family, 


EMay, 


of  the  Dodiy  of  Lancaster*,  and  of 
Francis  Viscount  St.  Alban's,  the  il- 
lustrious philosopher.  The  arms  are 
quarterly  of  Eight,  1.  Or,  a  cheveron 
checquy  Argent  and  Gules,  between 
three  cinquefoils  Azure,  for  Cooke. 
2.  Sable,  a  fesse  between  three  pheons 
Argent,  for  Malpas.  3.  Or,  an  eagle 
displayed  with  two  heads  Sable,  for 
— -^ — .  4.  Azure,  three  eaglets  display- 
ed between  two  bendlets  Argent,  for 
Belknap.  5.  Gules,  a  fesse  checquy 
Argent  and  Sable,  between  six  crosses 

gatt^  fitchy  of  the  Second,  for  Butler. 
.  Or,  two  bendlets  Gules,  for  Sud- 
ley.  7.  Bendy  of  ten,  Or  and  Gules, 
for  Montford.  8.  Cooke f.  With  the 
crest  of  Bacon,  and  also  the  crest  of 
Cooke,  a  unicornis  head  couped  at  the 
shoulders  Or,  winged  Azure ;  and  here 
asain  is  another  instance  of  the  crest 
of  the  wif»*s  family  being  borne  J.  The 
inscription  on  the  two  tablets  under 
the  shields  is  as  follows  t 


DOMINICA 

RBONI 
ANNO  JETATI8 
CANCBLLA- 


SALVTI8  1578. 
ELIZABETH  A  21. 
8VA  68. 

RIATVS  21. 


The  motto,  mediocria  firma, 
adopted  by  Sir  Nicholas,  is  still  re- 
tained by  tne  Premier  Baronet  of  Eng- 
land. It  was  in  accordance  to  this 
motto,  it  has  been  remarked,  that,  in- 
stead of  aspiring  after  the  title  of  Lord 
Chancellor,  he  obtained  an  Act  of  Par- 
liament to  settle  and  establish  the  power 
of  a  Lord  Keeper,  an  office  he  held  for 
22  years  (dyin^  Feb.  20, 1 678-9,  before 
Corpus  Christi  Chapel  was  finished). 
*'He  gave  for  his  motto,**  says  Dr. 
Fuller  in  his  "  Worthies'*  under  Suf- 
folk, "MBOiocRiA  FIRMA,  and  prac- 
tised the  former  part  thereof,  mediocria, 
never  attaining,  because  never  affecting, 
any  great  estate.  He  was  not  for  in- 
nidious  structures  (as  some  of  his  con- 


temporaries), but  delighted  in  domo 
domino  pari;  such  as  was  his  house 
at  Gorhambury  in  Hertfordshire.  And 
therefore,  when  Queen  Elizabeth, 
coming  thither  in  Prozresse§,  told 
him,  '  My  Lord,  your  nouse  is  too 
little  for  you ;'  '  No,  Madam,'  he 
returned,  no  less  wittily  than  grate- 
fully, 'but  it  is  your  Highness  that 
hath  made  me  too  great  for  mine 
house  II .'  Now  as  he  was  a  just  prac- 
tiser  of  this  part  of  the  motto,  medi- 
ocria, so  no  doubt  he  will  prove  a 
true  prophet  in  the  second  part  there- 
oUJirma,  having  left  an  estate,  rather 
good  then  great,  to  his  posterity.*' 

Sir  Nicholas  undoubtedly  ranks  high 
among  the  benefactors  to  the  Univer- 
sity of  Cambridge.  To  the  Public  Li- 
brary he  presented  one  hundred  and 
three  Greek  and  Latin  books.  He 
settled,  likewise,  upon  his  College, 
an  annuity  of  20/.  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  six  scholars,  to  be  chosen 
out  of  the  Grammar  School  of  Red- 
grave in  Suflblk,  founded  by  him- 
self. Three  letters  of  Sir  Nicholas 
to  "Or.  Parker,  in  Corpus  Christi 
College,  Cambridge,*'  are  mentioned 
by  Strype,  in  his  life  of  the  Arch- 
bishop. Memoirs  of  Sir  Nicholas  Ba- 
con are  inserted  in  Masters's  History 
of  the  College,  pp.  220 — ^226,  as  well 
as  in  several  more  popular  collections 
of  Biography.  H.  C.  B. 

The  History  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon, 
Knight  Bachelor,  half  brother  to  the 
great  Philosopher,  and  of  Sir  Natha- 
niel  Bacon,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  the 
eminent  Painter,  duly  distinguished, 

Cuique  suum. 
M  r.  U  R  B  AN,      Westminster,  May  6. 

AMONG  the  biographies  of  emi- 
nent characters  wtiich  have  be- 
come confused  with  those  of  less  cele- 


*  Anthony  was  *'  a  person  of  great  abilities,  deep  reach  in  politics,  and  soppoesd  to  be 
the  best  versed  in  foreign  affairs  of  any  man  of  his  time."  He  was  the  means  of  first  in- 
troducing  bis  great  brother  into  public  life.  He  probably  died  before  or  soon  after  the 
Accession  of  James  I.  or  he  would  nave  been  knighted.  There  is  a  character  of  hhn  far  the 
*<,Biographia  Britannica." 

f  Pennington  and  Derwentwater  are  quartered  with  these  on  the  monument  of  Sir 
Anthony  Cooke,  in  Romford  Church,  and  were  also  on  tlie  monument  of  Sir  Nicholas 
Baoon  in  the  old  Cathedral  of  St.  Paul.    See  Lysons  and  Hollar. 

X  The  armorial  bearingc  on  the  two  small  ihieldi,  &c.  are  given  on  a  burger  scale  at  the 
bottom  of  the  plate. 

§  Queen  Elizabeth  was  frequently  entertained  at  Gorhambury,  particttlarly  in  157i> 
1573,  1576  (March  26  she  there  granted  a  charter  to  the  Town  of  Daventry,  co.  North- 
ampton), and  1577.    See  Mr.  Nichols's  "Progresses,"  vol.  i.  p.  602. 

11  On  the  Queen's  suggestion,  however,  be  enlarged  Gorhambury,  and  on  her  Mi^asty'f 
next  visit,  she  found  a  gallery  of  1 20  feet  in  length  and  some  other  apartments  added. 


latO.]     Sir  NtUh.  Bmom,  Kni.  ha^-koihtr  Id  rite.  SkAlkkm't.  Mft 

bimted  indifidinlt  of  tbd  mum  nami,  field,  both   Soflblk  Bieii»   wera  alto 

is  thai  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacoo,  the  knitted. 

Painter.  Enon  respecting  Ibis  person.  Sir  Nathaniel  married,  first,  Anne^ 

which  I  confess  my  inability  to  trace  a  natural  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Gto> 

to  their  origin,  have  been  perpetnatcd  sham,  Knight,  the  Founder  of  the 

and  enereased  from   the    Biographia  llojral  Exchange.    By  this  LmAj  he 

Britannica,  Masters*s  History  of  Be-  had  three  daughters,  his  coheiresses. 

ne*t  College,  Walpole's  Anecdotes  of  The  eldest  was  Anne,  married  to  Sir 

Pointing,  and  Granger's  Biographical  John  Townshend,  Knight,  father  of 

History,  to  the  Biographical  Diction-  Sir  Roger   the   first  Baronet  of  the 

ary  by  Mr.  Cfaalmen,  and  the  elcoant  name  *.    This  Lady  carried  the  Stiff, 

and  highlyembelluhfd  volume  of  Wal-  key  esute  to  that  family,  in  which 

pole's  Anecdotes,  which  is  just  pub-  it  remained  at  the  time  Mr.  Parkin 

fished  by  Major,  under  the  editorship  wrote,  George  Viscount  Townshend 

of  Mr.  Dallaway*.  beins  the  then  Lord  of  the  Manor. 

Fint,  the  Painter  is  made  to  uke  Sir  NathaniePs  second  danghter  was 

hisnncle's  place  of  relationship  toward  Elizabeth,   married  to    Sir   Thomas 

the  Lord  Keeper  Sir  Nicholas  and  the  Knivett,  of  Ashwdtkorp  in  Norfolk, 

Lord  Chancellor  the  Viscount  St.  Al-  Knight ;    who  by  this  marriage  ob- 

bon's.    Secondly,  he  has  given  to  him  tained  *•  the  very  vsJoable  loiduiip  of 

the  two  wires  and  the  three  dau^htera  Hemesby  in   the  Hundred  of  West 

ofhisworthyuncle;  and  thirdly,  bison-  Flegg,  Norfolk,  3300  acres  of  land, 

da's  monument,  ofall  or  any  of  which,  14  cottages,  30  messuages,  with  the 

havind;  a  monument,  wife,  and  child-  advowson   of  the  ncarage§.''     Her 

ren  of  his  own,  he  stands  in  no  need,  youooer  sister  was  Winefred,  the  wife 

To  correct,  therefore,  these  errors,  and  Sir  Robert  Gaudy,  Knight,  of  Cla»- 

effiectually  distinguish  the  two  Sir  Na-  too,  in  the  same  county, 

thaniels,  allow  me  to  offer  the  follow-  Sir   Nathaniel    married,   secondly, 

ing  Memoirs.  Dorothy,  daiuKhter  of  Sir  Arthur  (not. 

Sir  Nathavibl  Bacon,  Knight  as  WottonanclBetham  say.  Sir  George,) 
Bacbilor,  was  born  in  1646,  the  se-  Hopton,  of  Witham,  Suffolk,  Knight, 
cond  son  of  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  Lx>rd  by  whom  he  bad  no  issue. 
Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  by  his  fint  A  handsome  mural  monument  to 
wife  Jane,  daughter  of  William  Fern-  Sir  Nathaniel  was  erected  by  himself 
ley,  of  West  Creeting,  Suffolk,  Esq. ;  in  16I6  in  the  North  aide  of  the  chan- 
and  was,  consequently,  half  brother  to  eel  of  Stifi'key  Church.  Tt  bears,,  or 
the  great  Philosopher,  Sir  Francis  Ba-  bore,  the  following  inscription  (print- 
con.  Viscount  St.  Alban*s,  who  was  ed  by  Masten,  Appendix,  p.  65) ; 
ion  of  Sir  Nicholas  by  his  second  but  the  date  of  his  death  was  nerer 
wife  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  inserted : 

*..It"  ^"  ttir  J'lLts^^^  Nathaniel  Bacok,  Equs.  A^tu..  Ni- 

StifTkey  m  Norfolk    an  wtate  given  ^^^  ^^^  ^^j^^  ^,^5^  ^      .  gj.^ 

him  by  his  father,  Sir  Nicholas  hav-  Ang!,«fiIiu8«Knmdog«utui,hicTaCluKto 

inff  boiifl^ht  It  in  13th  fcliz.  (1571)  o»  cui  virw  inYigilsTit  obdonnit,  cam  dosbos 

John  and  Edmund  Baynard.     bir  Na-  chariwimU   uxoribm,   Aimi  Mik  Thmom 

thanielf  **  built  the   hall  or  manor-  Omham,  EqnitU  Aurati,  et  Dorothdi  fiKi 

house    in   l604;   on   the   gateway  of  Arthuri  Hopton,  de  WhithMn,  Ordioit  eiii»- 

which  are  his  arms,  with  those  of  his  dem ;  h  quaram  priore  tret  stucepit  fiUss, 

last  wife."     He  served  Sheriff'  of  Nor-  Amum  ennpum  Jotniii  Townsend  de  Hsin- 

folk    in     1586    and    1599,    and   was  hwn,  EUttbetbsm  Thoiwe  Knhrett  de  Ash- 

knightcd  at  Whitehall,  in   the  latter  well-Tborpe,  et  Winsfirjjto  Roberto  Gwdy 

end  of  July  1604,  at  the  same  time  as  d«  Cbxton,  tingulis  exOrdmeEqwrtn.  IHs 

his  cousin-eerman  Sir  James  Bacon,  «^^'^«  "T/.' /„?!  ^t"^!"^ 

of  Friston  in   Suffolk  (son  of  James  ^hruto,  hoc  »'^>;^«|»,P««»»'  "^,*^, 

Bacon,  Alderman  of  London,  the  Loid  T— 'anToS^ 

Keeper's  brother),  and  when  Sir  Mar- 1 

tin  Stuteville  and  Sir  Henry  Bening-  ♦  firydm's  Peeiaae,  vol.  n.  p. 461 ,  aad 
Parkin's   Noriblk.     Wottea   (Baraoetaga, 

•  Seep.»47.  1741,  vol.  I.  p.  4)  erroueoasly  saja  the  wsa 

t  Mssters't  History  of  Benet  Collegs.  ■-rn.d  to  Or  Roger. 

Pirkin  in  hU  History  my  Sir  ^rlchoks.  §  ^•nt.  Msg.  vel,  jev.  i.  Mt. 


396 


Memoir  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon,  the  Painter. 


[Mar, 


Sir  Nathan ibl  Bacon,  Khight 
OF  THE  Bath,  was  one  of  the  nine 
ions  (the  youngest  of  the  seven  that 
attained  man's  estate)  of  Sir  Nicholas. 
Bacon,  the  first  Baronet,  by  Anne, 
sole  daughter  and  heir  of  Edmund 
Butts,  of  Thornage  in  Norfolk,  Esq, 
He  was  seated  at  Culford  in  Suffolk,  a 
mansion  which  his  father  had  built  in 
I69I,  and  for  some  time  made  his  own 
residence ;  and  bestowed  on  his  son  Sir 
Nathaniel  with  an  estateoflOOO/.a  year. 

He  travelled  into  Italy  and  studied 
painting  there ;  but  his  manner  and 
colouring  approach  nearer  to  the  style 
of  the  Flemish  School.  Peacham  on 
Limning,  p.  1S6,  says,  "  But  none  in 
my  opinion  desenreth  more  respect  and 
admiratioo  for  his  skill  and  practice  in 
painting  than  Master  Nathaniel  Ba- 
con of  Broome  *  in  Suffolk,  (younger 
son  to  the  most  honourable  and  boun- 
tifukminded  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon  [the 
fint  Baronet],)  not  inferior  in  ray  judg- 
ment to  our  skillfuUest  masters ;"  and 
another  testimonial  to  his  merit  is  fur- 
nished by  a  MS.  of  Edw.Norgate,  also 
a  brother  artist.  In  noticing  "  Pinke,*' 
this  person  mentions  that  "is  a  co- 
lour so  usefull  and  hard  to  get  good, 
as  gave  occasion  to  mv  late  deare  ^iend 
Sir  N.  Bacon,  K.  B.  (a  gentleman 
nvhose  rare  parts  and  generous  dispo- 
sition, whose  excellent  learning  and 
great  skill  in  this  and  good  arts,  de- 
sen'es  a  never-djing  memory,)  to  make 
and  finde  a  Pmke,  so  very  good,  as 
my  cousinell  P.  Oliver,  (without  dis- 
pragement  to  any  the  most  excellent 
in  this  art,)  making  proofe  of  some 
that  I  gave  him,  did  highly  commend 
it,  and  used  none  other  to  his  dyinge 
d|iy ;"  &c.  After  ascribing  so  much 
praise  to  this  preparation,  the  secret 
"To  make  Sir  N.  Bacon's  Browne 
Pinke,'*  is  given,  and  is  extracted  by 
Mr.  Oallaway  (Anecdotes  of  Painting, 
vol.  I.  p.  317). 

"  At  Culford,  where  Sir  Nuhaniel  lired," 
layt  Mr.  Walpole,  «  are  preserved  some  of 
his  works,  and  at  Gorhambury  his  fiither's 
sect,  b  a  laxge  picture  in  oil  bj  him,  of  a 
cook-maid  with  dead  fowls,  admirably  pamt- 
cd,  with  great  nature,  neatness,  and  lustre 
of  eolourine.  In  the  same  house  is  a  whole 
length  of  him  by  himself,  drawing  on  a 
paner ;  his  sword  and  pallet  hung  up ;  and  a 
haJf-Iength  of  his  mother  bj  him.  At  Red- 
grave Hall  in  Suffolk,  were  two  more  pieces 
by  the  same  band,  which  afterwards  passed 


bto  the  possession  of  Mr.  Rowkmd  Holt 
the  one  Ceres  with  fruit  and  flowers,  'the 
other  Hercules  and  the  Hydra.  In  Tradea- 
cant's  Museum  was  a  small  landscape,  paint^ 
ed  and  given  to  him  by  Sir  Nathaniel  nacoa 
[and  now,  or  formerly,  in  the  Ashmoleaa 
Museum  at  Oxford] ." 

The  exquisite  portrait  in  the  new 
ecjition  of  Walpole,  *'  copied  by  W- 
Bone,  and  engraved  by  R.  Cooper, 
from  the  original  Picture  by  Sir  Na- 
thaniel himself,  in  theeollection  of  the 
Earl  of  Verulam  at  Gorhambury,*'  is, 
I  presume,  the' same  as  that  mentioned 
by  VValpoIe;  for  though  four  engravings 
of  his  portrait  are  enumerated  in  the 
last  edition  of  Granger,  they  appear  to 
have  been  all<  taken  from  this  same 

f>icture.  It  agrees,  as  being  a  whole 
en^th,  painted  by  himself,  and  'as 
haying  his  sword  and  pallet  hung  up 
before  him ;  but  Walpole  erroneously 
describes  the  figure  as  drawing  00  a 
paper,  for  though  he  holds  a  paper  in 
one  hand,  he  has  the  other  stuck  a- 
kimbo,  with  his  hat  in  it;  and,  though 
there  is  a  sketch  of  a  female  figure 
hung  opposite  to  him,  it  can  scarcely 
be  his  mother,  being  depicted  exactly 
like  Britannia  on  our  copper  coinage, 
with  a  helmet  and  spear, — formed  into 
a  half-length,  indeed,  by  its  lower  half 
being  concealed  by  an  open  book 
which  leans  again9t  it.  Some  Corre- 
spondents acquainted  with  the  Collec- 
tion at  Grorhambury,  may  perhaps  in- 
form your  readers  whether  two  ori- 
ginals exist.  A  dog,  looking  affec- 
tionately up  to  his  master's  face,  it  a 
striking  feature  in  the  plate  now  pub- 
lished by  Mr.  Major.  The  Knight, 
in  a  handsome  dress  of  King  James 
the  Firs t*s  time,  is  seated  before  a  table 
covered  with  books  and  writing  uten- 
sils. The  portrait  published  in  the 
former  editions  of  Walpole,  and  that 
by  Richardson,  are  curtailed  into  half- 
lengths,  as  are  perhaps  the  two  others 
mentioned  in  Granger,  engraved  bj 
Oe  Boulonois,  and  by  Thane  with 
an  autograph. 

Sir  Nathaniel  married  Jane,  dai^gh- 
ter  of  Hercules  Meautys,  Esq.  and  wi- 
dow of  Sir  Wm.  Comwallis,  of  Biome, 
Knt.  to  whom  she  was  second  wife, 
and  by  whom  she  was  mother  of  Sir 
Frederick  Comwallis,  created  a  Baro- 
net in  ]6S7,  advanced  to  the  title  of 
Baron  Comwallis  of  Eye  in  1661,  and 
lineal  ancestor  of  the  present  £ari. 


*  IV  !?!?•  "^^  r^'»  ^*»'»"  husband,  Sir  William  Comwallis,  afterwiHs 
The  litit  Of  Viscomit  Broma  was  conferred  with  the  £arldom  of  Comwallis. 


1896.] 


DMCfRdnIt  cf  iki  Frimcm  Matff  TVNbr. 


WT 


By  this  Lady  Shr  Nathaokl  had  out 
too,  Nicholas,  who  died  withoot  titue 
male ;  and  two  daqghtert.  Anne,  the 
eldest,  was  married  Hrtt  to  her  coutin- 
ffcrman.  Sir  Thomas  Meautp,  Kot. 
Clerk  of  the  Privy  Coancil,  and  the 
faithful  Secreury  of  Lord  Chancellor  ' 
Bacon,  who  erected  the  monument  to 
his  memory  at  St.  Alban's :  and  se* 
condly,  to  Sir  Harbottle  Grimston, 
Knt.  to  whom  she  was  second  wife. 
She  had  by  either  husband  one  daugh- 
ter only:  by  the  former,  Jane,  who 
died  unmarried^  and  by  the  latter, 
Anne,  who  died  young*.  Sir  Natha- 
niel's other  daugnter  was  Jane,  who 
died  unmarried f.  As  far,  therefore, 
as  is  ascertained,  the  descendants  of 
Sir  Nathaniel  are  extinct,  but  his  son 
may  have  left  married  daughters. 

Sir  Nathaniel,  says  Mr.  Grough,  "is 
buried  in  the  Church  at  Culford,  where 
is  a  very  good  marble  bust  of  him,  with 
[pallet  and  pencils  {,  and]  an  epitaph 
which  informs  us  that  he  was  well 
skilled  in  the  history  of  plants  and  in 
delineating  them  with  his  pencil.  His 
lady  is  also  buried  here  with  an  inscrip- 
tipn,  giving  her  a  great  character,  as 
having  supported  and  saved  from  ruin 
in  times  ot  great  distress  the  two  an- 
tient  families  into  which  she  had  mar- 
ried. The  Comwallis  family  have  cer- 
uinly  oblintions  to  her,  for  this  house 
and  estate  ][of  Culford*]  could  not  have 
descend^  to  them  by  mheritance  §.*' 
Yours,  &c.  Nkpos. 

Mr.  Urban,  April  11. 

1HAD  hoped  that,  when  the  atten- 
tion of  Debrett*s  Editor  was  called 
to  the  statement  he  made  of  the  noble 
descendants  of  the  Princess  Mary  Tu- 
dor, he  would,  in  his  edition  just  pub- 
lished, have  more  fully  corrected  his 
former  account.  It  is  true  that  he  has 
added  the  names  of  Lord  Dudley  and 
Ward,  Lord  Sydney,  Lord  Lake,  and 
Lord  Duumore,  which  is  correct.  But 
he  has  omitted  others  more  conspicu- 
ous :  as  the  following  notices  will  snew. 


The  figoret  1,  2,  3, 4,  pnianS^  point 
oat  the  families  of  SqrnHNir,  Egenoo» 
Hastings,  or  Moreay,  through  which 
the  blood  comes. 

OnUiied. 
4.  Earl  of  Westmoreland.— S.  Earl 
of  Shaftesbury.— i.  Earl  of  Ayleaford. 
—I.  Earl  of  Warwick.— «.  Earl  of 
Malmesbnry. — 2.  Earl  of  Bradford.— 
2.  Earl  O'Neill.— 1.  Baroness  de  Root. 
—I.  Lord  Montagu.— -2.  Lord  Caw- 
dor. —  1.  Lord  radhoe.  —  4.  Lord 
Glenlyon.— 4.  Lord  Naime.— 4.  Ba- 
roness Keith. 

To  these  add. 
4.  Doehess  of  Manchester.— 2.  Mar- 
quis of  Tavistock.  —  4.  Marehionesa 
Comwallis. — ^2.  Marchioness  of  Bath. 
— i.  Bernard  Visconnt  Bandon. — 2. 
Lady  Louisa  Macdonald.  —  2.  Lady 
Anne  Vernon. — 2.  Viscomit  Alfbrd. — 
2.  Lady  Long. — 1.  Sir  Richard  Beding-- 
field,  Bart — ^2.  Sir  Egerton  Brydges, 
Bart. — 2.  Sir  John  Sydney,  Bart — 1. 
Countess  Fortescue.  —  I.  Counteaa  of 
Carysfort.  —  1.  Sir  W.  W.  Wynne, 
Bart.  —  1.  Lord  Nugent.  —  3.  Gran- 
ville Wheelers,  of  Otterden.— 3.  Coun- 
tess of  Granard.— 2.  Sir  John  W.  H. 
Brydges,  &c.  &c. 

But  if  we  confine  it  to  F^ers,  the 
singular  thing  is  this,  that  it  includes 
one-third  of  the  English  Dukes ;  one- 
fourth  of  the  Marquises;  something 
more  than  a  fifth  of  the  Earik ;  one 
fifth  of  the  Viscounts ;  one  twentieth 
only  of  the  Barons. 

A  Pedigree  of  the  Sbymours  with 
reference  to  the  blood  royal  follows : 

Edward  Seymour,  Earl  of  Hertford, 
(son  of  the  Protector,  Duke  of  Somer- 
set, by  his  2d  wife  Ann  Stanhope,)  mar- 
ried Lady  Catharine  Grey,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Henry  Grey,  Duke  of  Suf- 
folk, by  Lady  Frances,  eldest  dauichter 
and  co-heir  of  Charles  Brandon,  Duke 
of  Suffolk,  by  Mary,  the  French  Queen, 
youngest  daughter  toKin^  Henry  VIL 
He  died  at  a  great  ase,  l&l.  By  Lady 
Catherine  Grey,  he  had  Edward,  Lord 


*  Pedigrees  of  Mesiitys  and  GrioMton,  ia  Cluttcrbnck't  Herts,  vol.  L  p.  98,  96. 

f  Wotton's  Baronetage,  vol.  i.  p.  10.  I  satpect,  perhaps  without  sufficient  reason, 
thi^  there  may  be  some  confusion  between  the  two  generationf }  and  that  Jane,  made  htr 
niece  in  Clnttcrbuck't  Herts,  maj  not  have  exuted. 

I  «  The  monument/'  sajs  Mr.  Dallaway  (Walpolc,  i.  816),  *'  erMted  bj  Sir  Nathaniel 
Bacon  in  Culford  Church,  during  his  life-time,  was  probably  after  his  own  design."  The 
monument  erected  '*  during  the  life-time"  of  the  person  it  commemorates,  isTas  noticed 
in  p.  895)  that  of  the  elder  Sir  Nathaniel  at  Stiff  key  ;  but  Chalmers's  Biog.  Diet,  pro- 
bably led  to  this  miiiapprehension,  where  it  is  obscurely  said,  '*  Hie  BMnumeai  above- 
■tentaooed  was  erected  by  hiamelf,"  when  both  BMnuaseati  were  "alwui  uwulioneil-'" 

^  Caasden's  BritaBBia»  by  Goug h. 


39B 


Detcendants  of  the  Prtnceu  Mary  ndor. 


[May, 


Beaachaaip»  his  only  child  who  left 
issue,  and  who  died  in  his  father's  life- 
time, having  by  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir 
Richard  Rogers,  a  daughter,  Honora, 
married  to  Sir  Ferdinand,  son  and  heir 
apparent  of  Edward  Lord  Dudley, 
(from  whom  is  descended  Viscount 
Dudley  and  Ward)  and  two  sons, 
William  £d  Duke  of  Somerset,  and 
Francis  Lord  Seymour  of  Troubridge 
(from  whom  are  descended  the  Duke 
of  Northumberland ;  the  Wyndhams, 
Carnarvons,  Romneys,  andGrenvilles). 
William,  who  was  restored  to  the 
Dukedom  of  Somerset,  died  24  Oct. 
1660.  He  had  no  issue  by  his  first 
wife,  Lady  Arabella  Stuart :  but  by  his 
2d  wife,  Dorothy,  sister  and  co-heir  to 
Robert  Devereux,  Earl  of  Essex,  he 
had  Henry,  Lord  Beauchamp,  and  two 
daughters : 

1 .  Lady  Mary  Seymour,  married  to 
Heneage  Finch,  2d  Earl  of  Winchcl- 
sea,  who  died  ItiSQ,  leaving  several 
sons,  whose  issue  failed ;  and  Frances, 
married  to  Thomas  Thynne,  1st  Vis> 
count  Weymouth,  whose  son  Henry 
left  two  daughters,  his  co-heirs, — 1st. 
Frances,  wife  of  Algernon  Duke  of 
Somerset,  whose  daughter  and  heir 
married  Hugh  Smithson,  Duke  of 
Northumberland;  and  2d,  Mary,  wife 
of  William  Greville,  Lord  Brook,  fa- 
ther by  her  of  Francis,  Earl  of  War- 
wick, grandfather  of  the  present  Earl. 

2.  Lady  Jane  Seymour,  married  to 
Charles  Boyle  Lord  Clifford,  of  Lanes- 
borough,  who  died  vild  pairis,  12  Oct. 
1695.  Their  daughter  Mary  married 
James  Duke  of  Queensberrv,  and  from 
them  is  descended  the  Duke  of  Buc- 
cleugh.  Charles,  the  son,  became  2d 
Earl  of  Burlington,  and  Sd  Earl  of 
Cork;  and  dying  1703,  left  issue  by 
Juliana  Noel : 

1.  Lady  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir 
Henry  Bedin^6eld,  Bart,  from  whom 
is  descended  SirRich.Bedingiield,  Bart. 

2.  Lady  Henrietta,  married  to  Henry 
Boyle,  Earl  of  Shannon,  from  whom 
are  descended  Lord  Shannon,  Lord 
Carrick,  and  Lady  De  Rons. 

Richard,  son  and  heir,  succeeded  as 
3d  Earl  of  Burlington,  who  died  4th 
Dec.  1763,  leaving  issue  Lady  Char- 
lotte, daughter  and  heir,  married  to 
William,  4th  Duke  of  Devonshire, 
who  died  1764,  leaving  William,  5th 
Duke,  (father  of  William,  (ith  and  pre- 
sent Duke  of  Devonshire,  and  of  Lady 
Carlisle,  and  Lady  Granville) ;  also 
L«rd  Geo.  Cavondish ;  and  th«  Duch- 


ess of  Portland,  mother  of  the  present 
Duke  of  Portland. 

Henry,  Lord  Beauchamp,  eldest  son 
of  William,  2d  Duke  of  Somerset,  died 
in  his  father's  life-time,  1666,  leaving 
by  Mary,  daughter '  of  Arthur  Lord 
Cfapel,  William,  who  became  3d  Doke 
of  Somerset,  and  died  unmarried  at  the 
age  of  20,  on  26th  Sept.  I761 ;  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  uncle.  Lord 
John,  4th  Duke,  (who  died  1675, 
s.  p.),  but  his  sister  was  his  heir;  and 
married  31  Aug.  1676,  Thomat,  Lord 
Bruce,  afterwards  Earl  of  Aylttbury, 
who  died  1741,  leaving  Charles,  id 
Earl,  who  died  1747*  leaving  (by  Lady 
Anne  Saville)  Lady  Mary  hit  daughter 
and  heir,  married  to  Henry  Brydges, 
2d  Duke  of  Chandos,  whose  only  son 
James,  3d  Duke,  was  father  of  the  pre- 
sent Duchess  of  Buckinghani. 

But  Lady  Elizabeth  Bruce,  sister  of 
Earl  Charles,  married  Geoi^  Bnide- 
nell,  3d  Earl  of  Cardigan,  by  whom 
she  was  mother  of  1 .  George,  created 
Duke  of  Montagu,  from  whom  are 
descended  the  Duke  of  Buccleugh  aod 
Lord  Montagu.  2.  James,  5tb  &rl.  3. 
Robert,  (father  of  Robert,  present  Earl 
of  Cardigan).  4.  Thomas,  created  Earl 
of  Aylesbury.  5.  Lady  Frances,  mar- 
ried to  Richard  Powis,  and  snrandmo- 
ther  to  the  present  Viscount  Sydney. 

Francis  Lord  Seymour  of  Trou- 
bridge, (younger  brother  to  William, 
2d  Duke  of  Somerset,)  died  in  l664, 
having  by  Frances,  daughter  and  co- 
heir of  Sir  Gilbert  Prione,  Charles  Sd 
Lord  Seymour  ofTroubridge,  who  died 
23  Aug.  1665,  leaving  by  hit  first 
wife  a  daughter,  Frances,  married  to 
Sir  George  Hun^erford  of  Cadenham ; 
and  by  his  2d  wife,  Elisabeth  AJling- 
ton,  a  daughter,  Honora,  married  to 
Sir  Charles  Gerard,  Bart,  whose  sole 
daughter  and  heir,  Elizabeth,  married 
Warwick  Lake,  and  was  grandmother 
of  Gerard,  1st  Viscount  Lake:  and 
two  sons,  Francis,  3d  Lord  Seymour 
of  Troubridge,  who  became  6th  Duke 
of  Somerset,  and  was  assassinated  ia 
Italy,  1678;  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  brother  Charles,  5th  Doke,  who 
by  his  2d  wife.  Lady  Charlotte  Finch, 
had  :  Lady  Frances,  married  to  John 
Marquis  of  Granby  and  gmndmo- 
ther  to  the  present  Duke  of  Rut- 
land ;  and  Lady  Chark>tte  married, 
to  Heneage  Earl  of  Aylcsfoid»  and 
grandmother  to  tlie  preseoK  Earl  of 
Aylesford,  and  to  the  pratent  £ari  of 
Dartmouth.  ... 


The  nid  Charley  5th  IMe.  had    tint  a  boodage  ioiquitowly  IttpOMfd 
by   hit   first   wife.  Lady  Eli*    eaanol  be  rightfuUy  prokMed. 


zabeih  Ptercy»  daughter  and  heir  of  Of  all  erroiB  in  policy,  it  u  the  moil 

Jocelyii,    last   Earl  of  Northumber-  palpable  to  commit  the  straetme  and 

land,  a  soo   Algemoo,  and  dac^-  asanagement  of  difficult  and  delicate 

ter  Catherine  married  to  Sir  William  measores  to  those  who  avowedly  dit- 

Wyndham,  Bart,  who  had  issue  by  like  the  principles  on  which  they  are 

her,  Charles  Earl  of  Enemoot,  father  fbmided ;  and  wbo  wish  not  for  their 

of  George  present  Eari,  and   of  the  success,  bnt  their  failore.     Fmstratiofi 

mother  of  the  present  Earl  of  Camar-  of  all  the  hopes  of  the  poor  Slares  will 

Ton,  the  present  Earl  of  Romney,  8tc.  not  be  the  only  ill  effect  of  this  coarse 

Alt^mon,  7th  Duke  of  Somerset,  of  proceeding.  Tenible  mischiefs,  I 
died  7  February,  1730,  having  married  donbt  not,  will  ensue ;  and  the  blame 
Frances,  eldest  (laughter  and  co-heir  of  will,  as  usual,  be  laid  on  the  friends  of 
Henry  Thyone,  only  son  of  Thomas,  reformation,  not  on  its  true  authors, — 
1st  Vincouot  Weymouth,  by  Frances,  those  who  stoop  to  solicit  when  they 
daughter  of  Heneage  Finch,  Earl  of  ought  to  ordain. 
Wincheltea,  by  Lady  Marv,  daushter  As  to  the  boasted  value  and  import- 
of  William  Seymour,  2d  Eluke  of  So-  ance  of  the  Sugar  C<donies,  in  a  view 
merset.  By  her  he  was  father  of  Eli-  to  the  employment  of  our  commercial 
aabeth,  his  dau{;hter  and  heir,  who  in  industry  andT  capital,  let  any  political 
1740  married  Sir  Hugh  Smithson,  Bt.  oeconomist  explain  to  me,  if  he  can, 
who  succeeded  the  Duke  as  Earl  of  how  it  can  be  advantageous  to  a  coun- 
Northumberland,  at  his  death,  7  Feb.  try  to  employ  iu  commercial  capital  in 
1760,  and  was  created  Duke  of  North-  a  way  that  is  always  productive  of  loss 
umberland  1 766.  The  Duchess  died  and  ruin  to  a  vast  minority  of  all  the 
177^9  and  the  Duke  I78(>,  leaving  particular  adventurers.  National  pro- 
Hugh,  3d  Duke,  who  died  1817,  and  nt  must  be  made  up  of  the  profits  of 
Algernon,  present  Earl  of  Beverley,  individuals;  and  if  the  result  of  these, 
born  81  Jan.  1750.  Hu^h  present  and  in  a  collective  view,  be  not  profit,  but 
:id  Duke,  succeeded  his  father  1817-  loss,  it  is  paradoxical  to  say  that  the 
Lord  Prudhoe,  born  15  Dec.  I7(^»  nation  is  a  gainer.  The  success  of  the 
his  vounger  brother,  was  created  a  Peer  Sugar-planter  is  of\en  a  gross  delusion. 
S7  Nov.  ISlG.               S.C  B.  T.  P.  He  comes  home  for  a  season  with  the 

^  proceeds  of  a  lucky  crop,  and  either 

Mr.  UaaAN,                        Maub,  from  self-indulgence  or  policy,  exhi- 

1N  the  present  agitated  state  of  the  bits  the  appearance  of  great  prosperity, 

public  mind,  and  at  a  period  when  Like  a  comet  from  a  distant  region, 

not  only  the  present  Session,  but  the  he  eclipses  the  regular  planets  of  our 

Parliament  itself  approaches  fast  to  a  system  by  his  temporal^  blaze.     He 

termination,  it  is  not  to  be  expected  obtains  the  credit  of  having  rapidly  ac- 

that  the  important  question  on  Colo-  ouired  a  large  fortune  in  the  West  In- 

oial  Slaverjr'can  be  calmly  discussed  Jies;  and  otners  are  fatally  excited  to 

by  the  Legislature.     It  is,  however,  to  embark  their  capital  or  credit  iu  the 

be  hoped  that  no  time  will  be  lost  by  same  imaginary  gold-mine.   When  hia 

the  new  Parliament,  in   taking  into  consignees  are  over-drawn,  he  returns 

consideration  so  important  an  object  to  toil  for  the  rest  of  his  life,  under  a 

of  attention.    Parliament  will  then  be  load  of  debt,  with  a  hope,  which  eter- 

called  on  to  decide  whether  we  shall  nally  mocks  his  grasp,  of  release  from 

redeem  the  pledge  to  God  and  man,  his  embarrassments.     But  the  comet 

given  in  the  Resolutions  of  May  1823,  is  now  out  of  sight ;  and  the  seducing 

or,  yielding  to  Colonial  influence  and  effect  of  his  short-lived  splendour  is 

clamour,  basely  forfeit  that  pledge,  and  not  counteracted  by  the  knowledge  of 

leave  upwards  of  800,000  of  wretched  the  sad  reverse. 

fellow-creatures,  with  their  yet  unborn  It  is,  I  am  aware,  a  difficult  thing 

progeny,  to  perish  in  their  chains.— *  to  dislodge  that  prejudice  long  resident 

No  less  than  18  years  have  elapsed  since  in  the  public  mind  which  represents 

Parliament,  in  voting  the  Slave  Trade  the  West  Indies  as  mines  of  national 

to  be  conuary  lo  justice  and  humanity,  wealth,  instead  of  what  thev  really  are, 

virtually  reeorded  the   moral  title  of  -^ulphs  for  the  perpetual  abtorptioft 

those  oppressed  and  degraded  human  of  national  treasure  and  blood,  without 

beings  to  their  freedom  ;  for  it  is  plain  any  adequate  returns.  Reason  and  truth 


400.            Shirleif  Familff.-^KpUaph  on  T.  S.  JMifft,  Esq.  [May, 

in  fttch  oases  gain  bat  a  tardy  and  Richard  Shirly,  bapt.  Sept  i,  1558. 

doubtful  victory  orer  ancient  prepos-  Dorothy  Shirly,   aaughter  of  Francis 

sessions.    It  seems  to  be  one  of  the  Shirly,  bapt.  July  5, 156l. 

appointed  scourges  of  guilt,  with  na-  Philip  Shirly,  son  of  Francis  Shirly, 

tions  as  well  as  individuals,  that  long  bapt.  Jan.  31,  I591. 

indulged  immoral  habits  pervert  the  Shirly  Snelling,  son  of  George  Snel- 

jud^ment,  and  eive  such  a  wrong di-  ling,  Knt. bapt.  April?,  l607-   Tes- 

rection  to  self-love,  as  to  make  tnem  tes  Edwardus  Caryll,  Miles,  Ricar- 

mistake  even  temporal  evil  for  good,  dus  Snelling  arm.  et  Philipa  Shirly 

and  cling  to  their  darling  offences  af-  vidua. 

ter  the  oaits  held  out  by  temptations,  Francis  Shirly,  buried  Mar.  24,  1559. 
have  proved  to  be  delusive  and  worth-  Barbara  Shirly,  wife  of  Francis  Shirly, 
less.  Some  measures  and  systems  would  buried  Feb.  28,  1563. 
be  plainly  seen  to  be  weak,  if  their  Dorothy  Shirly,  buried  Dec.  23, 1564. 
wickedness  did  not  serve  to  raise  a  false  Dorothy  Shirly,  filia  M*ri  Shirly,  bo- 
presumption  of  their  wisdom.     The  ried  June  24,  1565. 
search  tor  truth  when  impartially  pur-  William  Shirly,  son  of  Francis,  bu- 
sued  is  rarely  unsuccessful:  but  what  ried  April  \\,  1568. 
we  wish,  we  too  readily  believe.    It  Franciscus  Shirly,  claro  sanguine  na- 
must  be  manifest  to  every  reflecting  tos^  buried  March  24,  1577. 
mind,  that  upon  every  ordinary  rule  Elizabeth  Shirley,  buried  Sept.  4, 1582. 
by  which  human  testimony  is  estimau  Mrs.  Philip  Shirly,  buriea  June  15, 
ea,  the  credit  due  to  evidence  on  the  l6l4. 

Anti-slavery  side  is  much  greater  than  Richard  Shirly,  generosus,  buried  Feb. 

can  be  reasonably  claimed  on  the  other.  28,  l6l4. 

On  that  of  the  planters,  self-interest  is  Cicily,  wife  of  Sir  George  Snelling. 

notorious  and  avowed  :^-on  ours  it  has  Knt.  and  at  her  decease  the  wife 

no  existence,  except  in  the  wilful  mis-  of  Mr.  Wm.  Blunt,  buried  Nov.  2, 

statements  or  distempered  imaginations  l628. 

of  our  opponents.  Yours,  &c.      A  Cohstavt  Reader. 

Tables  show  the  mortality  of  troops  a 

in    the  West    Indie,    during   «yen  Mr. Urban,                   MarehSO. 

year.,   from  1796.  to  I80«  inclusive,  *    MURAL  Ubiet  ha. recendy  been 

conipiled  from  regimenUl  return.,  col-  ^    -,«^  j^  ^y,^  chancel  of  Pfeter.- 

^^-  ^  "^L?"''??  E.q.  CommiMioner  ^^xA  Church  to  the  memoiT  of  T.  S. 

inWin<fwardandLeewardI.land.dor-  j^inff     g.^    foj„„,    m.K  for  that 

ing  that  period;  by  which  it  appear.  Borough.^  whom  ma  gave  a  cha- 

that  the  average  low  among  European  «cter  in  vol.  iciv.  ii.  91.    On  the 

troop,  bysicknes.  I.  40*  »«- «n/.,  while  „„ble  i.  the  following  inMripdoo : 

the  black  troop,  loet  only  3  per  cent.  .,       .     „           *          i»  »- . 

Your.,  &c.                               M.  S.  "  ™*°>°™'  Sacnim  Thomk  Suiotus 

'       '         ^  JoiLirn,  Armigeri,  vateri  NomaaiMniia 

Mp.  Urban,                       Dec.  18.  «!?.•"  °""°lV  q«i^^Coll.glo  Wintoni«»i 

I 

tersh ^^_^ 

'    Grinstead,  who  died  May  20,  1606,  PeterTfiel'diM  \icem    In    ComUris   genu', 

is  described  as  the  son  of  Ralph  Shir-  Dotabos  tarn  animi,  torn  oorporia  omatni: 

ley,    who   was  Sheriflf  of  Sussex  and  jodicio  linuito  ;    oomJt,  ekgaas,  integer ; 

Surrey  in  1504.     There  must,  I  think,  msgnum,  huid  minim  est,  em  desaderinm, 

be  an  omission,  which  1  should  be  po*t  te  reliquiue.    Pr»fnit  Comitatoi  So- 

rery  glad  to  have  supplied,  as  a  man  "wriet  Vicecomes,  et  Magbtiatib  officio 

who  died  in  I606  is  not  likely  to  be  •«n«n4  fide,  prodentiA,  ot  digitate  perfbnc- 

son  of  an  Esquire  of  the  body  of  King  ^»  Ammerdoni«,ubi  sedem  locavent,  pnpe 

Henry  the  Seventh.     I  send  copies  oT  ^^^^T^'  giato.  P.tr«,  i;«^,  jnr- 

the  register  of  West  Grinsleac^  and  !!^«  ^^IJlL^l^^ST!!'^- ^^ 

1      yj^r           I.    ur     J  .              r  naturae  eonoeetit,   tezto  die  Jtmii.  A«D« 

should  be  much  obliged  to  any  of  your  mdcccxxiv.  .ted.  .o.  lxxvim.     IWi, 

genealogical  Correspondents  who  could  pio,  pr«ttuiti,  optimo,  hoc,  q«idee«M|oe 

till  up   the  chasm.    Thomas  Shirley  .u,  marmor  poni   curavit,  et   ia<  po^nie 

£  resented   to  the  living  in  1587f  but  ■acratnm  esse  volnit,  6liiis  Data  B^or  at 

is  name  does  not  occur  in  the  register,  hierei." 


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Mr.  UaBAK,                       Htjf  S.  teriali  mm  afterwatdi  hU  bj  aueiion 

THE  tmesed  view  iramniii  tht  Tor  mocb  let*  thaa  the  tiun  paid  rot 

tower  of  Wition  Caulc,  Dur-  tbdr  pull'tn;  down  and  removing. 

htm,  M  it  Bppeued  ia  1781.    (S*t  IlicvilUge  of  Wilton  ii  pIcuanilT 

PIcle  II.)  (ituaud  on  the  Sooth  lide  of  the  hill 

Thii  Cutle  iiandi  on  the  Soaih  lide  Nonh  of  the  river  Wear ;  and  the  ch>- 

of  the  river  Wear  1  and  mutt  ancienUy  pel  tt«nd*oa  elevated  giound.  Witton 

Ttwcliirrpariiof  iliiiditicr  H'«ie«tect>  waj  ilip  icidcncv  uf  ihc  IwriiccI  Chun, 

cil  nc.K  ifw  N,  VV.  cntiiBf  of  a  UifF  Jotni''  l)<i"KliUi  who  hint  Tot  a  while 

aru,  dcrendei)  hy  ■  vin  >trongei)nain  reicricd  in  liir  Iil>  of  luxury  unti  c^a. 

wall,   embrAiurtd   ■nil   forilfied   whh  nil  origin  wai  unknownj  but  he  had 

gu«tret*  lit  ihc  cutnert.  tUree  of  wliich  Wpdcrguna  strange  viciKiiudei  of  Tot- 

were  eiictilar.  4h(C  Uiot  at  tha  Snuih  Min*.                                             L.  S. 

corner  1*  miiuw*.    The  enlraiicr  iiit^  ^ 

Ihe  area  wu  of  theccatre  of  ihc  North  Hr.  Ukbah,         Chan.  MpriliO. 

wall  1  and   ihc  ^tC  w.ii  dtfroilwl  hy  If  it  generally  iiippoied  thai  I*ylha- 

a   hjiigioi;  fl>ll"y<      The   uwrr   wm  S     giirj>  invenird   ilie  4Tlh  Piopmi- 

Mjuarc,  fiaoVcd  by  machicDlaied   and  lion  of  the  First  Book  of  Eudid't  Mle- 

cinbatUcd  iquatc  turret*,  (if  di&feut  meuLi,  and  he  i«  laid  to  have  offered  a 

■ixri.  hmiomb  of  oxen  ai  a  lettimony  of 

Thi*  tvM  ihe  Banmial  Caatle  of  the  ftrsiitnde  lo  ihe  finds  of  hii  couiuty  for 

Ijuda'de  Burn,  au  eitiinem  rnmily  in  ihc   d i arrive ry  ;  some,   however,  have 

iliia  coHiily :  oiw  of  wlioui.  Sir  Ka'ph  afliriried  lliji  a>  he  wat  known  to  be  a 

Kiire,  in  Uio  obloiiicd  a  licence  iVotn  xcalOQ*  tMerlof  of  ilie  nieierniiiiL-ho^i, 

^a.  Langley  ■  lo  Ibttify  hi>  ChiIc  of  tuch  a  wterificc  wat  exnreuly  contrary 

Wition  with  a  wall,  and  in  eniliallle,  tu  that  fuitdainenui  article  of  hii  faiih 

eocafnale.and  enlowctlhcwiiic.  rrum  which  fortiad  the  taking  away  the  life 

ihl*  fjoitly  it  w»   purchaieil    by   ihc  of  an*  animal,  and  they  iiip|ioH  lllftt 

DaKin,  fi.ironi   of  Wi(li>ii(  wiietice  he  (iJKwcd,  a*  n  lubsiitute,  lUO  amall 

it  pMcd  lu  174>,  liy  purehaie,  itito  ukao  madeo!  wav. 

Jiiv  pgMcuiou  of  Wm.  CutUberl,  tti\,  Thi<  tWiry,  which  lia>  bten  propa- 

|S>Q«ani-ai-Liiv.      lliii   fpitilcmaii  ptcd  by  the  mudcro*,  1  mint cunfcn 

M***bout  15,0001.  for  it;  at  liu  itnlh  ■|>|>enii  lu  nic  >cry  i neon ii item.     Ac- 

jl  dewendvit  lo  J9I1D  Cuthbcri.  Ki<|.  rordii^c  i<>  the  doctrine  of  )Mlv»ocui, 

hi*  aua  and  heir,  who  dyuig  witlt^iit  the   drinivinti  an  animal  of  life  ivaa 

IMUC,  hi«  ii-.ir-f  currlHl  ihc  ciljlclo  the  ritXtrr  utilau'fiil  or  inrxprdirnl;  if  iiiiva* 

Hopprr  r.-n,iv  ,,.;,.. ,--(     ,i^„i,.lv<.    -v-^.   --|.r«enu- 

hi.  nl.JI:         .■■-■.■,      I     .   ;  .■■■        ■..  .'lidas 

wa*  Rtrrixincd  by  Sir  WUI^tRi  Oucy  aueh,  obooxioti*  to  the  ffiit,  and  coo- 

for  tmEing;  frota  wtxm  itwat  talun  •equentl^ the  too  lEnall  raodrliof  oxca 

by  Sir  Arthur  HaielriKi  Povemtir  eif  in  wax,  instead  of  a  tribute  of  gnli- 

AucUaad  Caa^,  «r)ip  aqi'uateicd  .t}|«  fude,  would  have  beett  an  \iuhU  to  ihe 

^oodi,  bat  dW  DM  dertroy  lb&  bV'M*  V^^  ^"^  if  the  ucrifice  ofUving  oxfil 

ing.    Jant*  L>id  Darcr,  of  Haniii  m  wai   ihoaght  aneeable    (a  the  godt, 

Irel.  lid,  abiml  ifiBD  demotiahcd   the  snrcly  all  coniiderai'ion  of  iu  intxpt- 

Caiile,  taklKMt^  with  bim  ihe  lead,  4|racj(,  from  whaiever  motive  it  might 

timber,   aiM   chimn^-piecci   to  Sad-  atite,  would  have  had  no  weight  when 

bergh,  ititendingtlwreiaqtiCt  another  coiDpated  with  the obligationi  of  leli- 

honsc;  but  tht  grratW  pattof.lhe  ma-  ^ion.     Ifii  be  objccled  ifait  ihii  oKrt- 

— -T-zi ,■'■",;;   ,   .  ",  inc  of  Pytbaaorai  wa*  not  impoitd,  but 

•  Thi.  d-i,n™h«r  ^«*i*  *«_«wr  w3»t9n/'  "P'"«  •«  of  gralfindei  and 

«rM*l  ^''^''F'^''B-*T}\°*i!i^;*!l>*t  ibweforJhewMailibenytoofferwhat 

the  liiM  ™  -«er  in.UlS,  h^A,U-  :^  '''5  ""  "  ""• .""''    ""'  '"  "^ 

\cwwg  r«r  rciDored  to  DurlamT  Ha^  .ftr**  <'^',""'  "'.^  »"bit.tute  for,  Wme- 

niny  iiDgulir   lerruci  for    h»    Kiog  nd  UOUE    °'   CODliderahly  ereater  value? 

CouDtrv,  toA  AitA    {ttur  hatiog  rtcvired  fortheir  approbation  ofuie  lacriGce  of 

the  Cudiul'i  hit  frDia  Pupt  JoL  XXIII.  lh'nf(  oxen  whs  pliinW  implied  by  hit 

Junes,  1410  Notmibei  to,  1437.  olTernig  MDiifb,  and  .if  hi,  the  raWi- 

Gttn.  Mac.  Mag,  I  ate.  tntion  of  a  palu;  ucrifice,  of  littU  « 


405  Mr.  WooUtone  on  the  Coinage  of  the  West  Saxons,         [f^Iay, 


Ifio  value,  would  have  been  a  cheat, 
and  an  insult  to  their  gods,  their 
priests,  and  their  religion ;  this  would 
awaken  the  resentment  of  the  people, 
who  would  consider  it  as  an  im* 
pious  fraud,  from  which  they  might 
reasonably  tlread  the  worst  conse- 
quences; and  among  the  superstitious 
Greeks,  a  crime  of  such  magnitude 
would  probably  have  cost  t*he  delin- 

3uent  his  life.  So  that  if  Pythagoras 
id  not  offer  the  hecatomb  of  oxen, 
I  think  he  would  not  have  dared  to 
substitute  the  small  models  of  wax,  as 
some  have  asserted.  Some  of  your 
Readers  will  probably  be  able  to  re- 
concile this  story.  N. 

On  Saxon  Coinage. 
v.  — WEST  SAXONS. 

(tkmeludedfrom  p*  308.) 

I  NOW  proceed  to  offer  a  few  re- 
marks on  the  Coins  issued  by  the 
West  Saxon  Kings.  Athelward,  the 
first  of  these  monarchs  whose  coins 
have  come  down  to  us,  ascended  the 
throne,  A.D.  727.  None  of  his  mo- 
ney has  yet  been  discovered  with  the 
Portrait,  and  the  difference  observable 
in  the  rest  is  so  slight  as  to  afford  but 
little  matter  for  discussion.  One  of 
these  varieties  has  on  its  obverse  a 
cross,  with  a  crescent  in  each  quarter; 
but  I  am  at  a  loss  to  conceive  what  the 
other  figure  is  intended  to  represent. 

From  the  East  Anglian  Coins  it 
could  not  be  adopted,  as  those  bear- 
ing this  character  were  not  coined  un- 
til nearly  a  century  after  the  time  of 
this  King :  it  is,  therefore,  clear  that 
as  it  6rst  appears  on  these  coins,  it 
roust  have  been  a  creature  of  the  fancy, 
and  cannot  have  any  relation  to  the 
name  of  the  Kingdom. 

Dr.  Pegge  has  somewhere  asserted 
that  the  W,  with  the  turned  head  |>, 
was  not  introduced  till  the  time  of 
Edward  the  Martyr ; — had  he  inspect- 
ed Sir  A.  Fountaine's  engravings  of 
this  King's  coins  with  half  the  care 
and  accuracy  he  has  done  in  many 
other  instances,  he  would  have  found 
that  it  was  adopted  on  them,  as  well 
as  on  many  of^  much  later  date,  but 
prior  to  the  reign  he  specifies.  I  do 
not  observe  the  names  of  any  minters 
in  the  coins  of  Athelward,  which  are 
found  on  those  of  other  Kings  except 
Dudda,  who  occurs  on  ihe  coins  of 
Cuthred  of  Kent,  so  that  in  all  pro- 


bability they  both  were,  the  produc- 
tions of  the  same  masters.  I  shall  just 
remark,  that  no  pennies  of  Athelward 
have  any  part  of  the  Kingdom's  name 
upon  them,  like  those  of  Kent,  &c. 
and  then  proceed  to  notice  one  (and 
unfortunately  one  only  is  known  to  be 
in  existence)  of  Beoriric,  who  suc- 
ceeded to  the  West  Saxon  throne,  A.  D. 
784.  It  has  on  the  obverse  that  sin- 
gular character  which  is  found  on  some 
of  Athelward*s,  and  the  legend  reads 
Beorhtric  Rex.  Reverse,  a  small  cross, 
with  a  pellet  in  each  quarter  of  it: 
ECniiARD  the  moneyer,  and  its  exe- 
cution is  nearly  on  a  level  with  the 
coins  of  Athelward.  Of  the  West 
Saxoni^  Cothred,  we  may  with  very 
good  reason  suppose  we  have  do  coins: 
the  claim  of  ttiose  formerly  attributed 
to  him  has  been  fully  investigated, 
and  they  have,  on  indisputable  grounds, 
been  referred  to  the  Kentish  monarch 
of  that  name. 

VI .  Remarks  upon  Ecclesiastical  Mintr, 
and  an  appropriation  of  a  Coin  of 
Athelstan  to  the  Arckiepiscopal  Mimi 
at  York, 

In  the  celebrated  regulation  of  Athel- 
stan, relative  to  the  mints,  promulgated 
in  928,  we  find  the  permission  of  coin- 
age still  allowed  to  certain  Bishops  and 
Abbots,  but  for  some  reasons,  now  un- 
known, they  were  restricted  from  plac- 
ing their  erogies,  or  any  peculiar  mark 
of  distinction,  on  the  monies  they  had 
minted. 

Plegmund,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, was  the  last  Prelate  who  issued 
specie  inscribed  with  his  name,  and 
so  far  as  yet  appears,  was  obliged  to 
dispense  with  the  practise  of  facing 
his  bust  upon  it,  which  had  been  done 
by  one  or  two  of  his  immediate  pre- 
decessors. After  his  time  we  fino  no 
device  whereby  we  are  enabled  to  dis- 
tinguish the  monies  of  the  episcopal 
and  regal  minters  from  each  other, 
though  we  learn  from  the  ordinance 
above-mentioned,  that  Prelates  and 
Abbots  still  enjoyed  the  privileges  of 
coining. 

.  It  seems  at  first  sight  somewhat  re- 
markable that  so  renowned  a  city  as 
York  should  be  omitted  in  this  im- 
portant instrument,  but  a  very  little 
consideration  will  clear  up  the  appa- 
rent ditliculty.  The  edict  was  dated 
in  928,  at  which  period  York  was  ift 
the  hands  of  the  Danes,  and  did  not 
come  into  the  possession  of  Atbettlan 


IM0.]                       MUmarki  on  EecimUniUal  WmUt,  40S. 

ttotil  937»  •  lofficient  leoson  for  iu  atfuU  leoeth,  wecaoooifora  oomeDt 

DOt  beiDfl;  mentioned  therein.    During  suppose  ine  p  found  in  the  area  of 

the  time  that  the  Danes  were  masters  the  obverM  to  ha? e  any  connexion 

of  it,  we  may  well  suppose  it  to  have  with  this  inscription ;  neither  can  it 

been  their  principal  place  of  minuge,  appertain  to  the  legend  of  the  obYcrse, 

and  the  coins  of  Anlaf  and  Regnald  where  the  re^l  name  and  style  appear, 

were  struck  there.    So  soon,  howerery  notwithsundin^  the  latter  is  abbrevi- 

as  the  city  surrendered  to  Athelstan,  ated,  since  it  is  obvious  that  there  is 

it  would,  of  course,  become  subject  to  no  such  letter  in  either  of  the  abbre* 

his  famous  ordinance,  and  as  some  few  viated  words,  if  given  at  length.   Since 

Bishops  and  Abbots,  as  for  instance  then  it  stands  totally  unconnected  with 

the  Primate  and  Abbot  of  Canterbury,  the  lecend  on  either  side  of  the  coin, 

and  the  Bishop  of  Rochester,  were  in-  I  shall  perhaps  be  asked  for  what  it  is 

dulged  with  the  liberty  of  working  the  intended  ?     I  answer,  the  initial  of 

several  minu  thus  appointed  to  them,  Wolstan  1st  Archbishop  of  York  at 

it  may  be   fairly  presumed  that  the  this  identical  period,  ana  that  it  was 

great  ecclesiastical  dignitaries  of  York  intended  to  denote  its  issae  from  the 

were  participators  in  the  like  privileges.  Archiepiscopal  mint :  for  although,  as 

Dr.  Pegge,  in  commenting  upon  this  above  sutexl,  the  primates  might  be 
regulation  of  Athelstan's,  has  been  restrained  from  placing  their  busts  and 
pleased  to  tell  us,  that  "  he  ordained  names  on  the  monies  struck  at  their 
that  there  should  be  but  one  uniform  mints,  I  see  not  that  they  were  pro- 
species  of  coin  current  in  his  domi-  hibited  from  putting  some  mark  to 
nions,  to  the  utter  exclusion  of  the  distinguish  them  from  those  issued  by 
Prelates  from  coining  money  of  their  the  r^^  minters.  On  the  contrary, 
own,  or  in  their  own  right,  as  afore-  it  seems  a  measure  of  absolute  neces- 
time  had  been  done,  to  the  great  di-  «ity,  in  order  to  preserve  a  due  respon- 
minution  of  his  crown  and  dignit]^.  sibility  for  their  coins  being  of  l^iti- 
This  was  an  abridgment  of  usage  'tis  mate  weight  and  fineness;  for,  althouah 
true  in  respect  of  the  Prelates,  but  no  in  some  cases  the  mere  names  of  .tne 
injustice;  it  was  only  restoring  mat-  Archbishop's  minters  might  sufficiently 
ters,"  &c.  It  is  observable  that  they  demonstrate  that  the  monies  coined  by 
were  only  debarred  from  striking  money  them  were  archiepiscopal,  and  the 
for  themselves  and  in  their  own  names,  primates  consequently  responsible  for 
which  sufficiently  accounts  for  the  their  goodness,  yet  the  liability  of  these 
non-appearance  of  any  coins  with  an  minters  to  change  their  masters,  and 
archiepiscopal  effigy  after  the  reign  of  the  possibility  of  the  same  person 
Athelstan.  being  in  the  course  of  his  life  employ- 

If,  however,  the  privilege  of  coin-  ed  in  the  service  both  of  the  King  and 
ing  money  with  their  own  effigies  and  Primate,    rendered    some    distinctioa 
their   own   names  was  denied  them,  absolutely  necessary,  of  which  I  con- 
there  is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  they  aider  the  present  coin  to  be  an  in- 
were  further  forbidden  to  insert  such  stance,  and  that  those  struck  by  Reff- 
marks  on  it  as  mi^ht  distinguish  the  nal  without  this  p  or  W  were  made 
productions  of  their  mints  from  the  ^y  him  whilst  working  in  the  royal 
royal  coinage.     I   shall  endeavour  to  mint, 
exemplify   the  foregoing  observations  ^ 
by  a  very  singular  and  curious  coin.  t>  .      .  j^       c          i                n      u 
fhe  obveVse  hii  the  usual  impress  of  a  ExlractifromSoameJenym.an  Cruelty 
small  cross,  and  is  inscribed  Athblstak  to  AnimaU. 
REX  TO.  Bri.  for  totius  Britannix ;  and  Mr.  Urban,                      May  10. 
with  others  bearing  the  same  style,  is  "iT^NCOURAGED  by  the  ready  at- 
generally  thought  to  have  been  coined  Mid    tention  you  always  bestow  on 
subseauent  to  his  defeatinff  G>nsun-  subjects  of  humanity,  lam  induced  to 
tine  King  of  Scotland:  beside  the  cross  recommend  the  following  extracts  from 
is  a  p  encircled  with  small  pellets,  a  the  energetic    disquisition    of  Soame 
device  I  believe  never  found  on  any  Jenyns  (vol.  iii.  p.  186)  to  the  notice 
other  Saxon  coin.    The  reverse  has  of  your  readers.    The  sentiments  of 
also  a  small  cross  in  the  centre,  and  such  a  writer  cannot  fail  to  nourish  the 
bears  this  legend,  RE,  &c.     As  the  germes  which  this  branch- of  morality 
minter's  name,  and  particularly  that  has  begun  to  put  forth.    These  are 
oi  the  city  (York),  are  here  given  quite  not  results  from  the  rcatoning  of  oofs 


404 


Soame  Jenyns  ok  Cruelty  to  Animali. 


[Mar 


who  has  fallen  into  the  prejudices  of 
the  day.    No  cant,  no  affecuiion,  and 
no  exaggeration ;  but  this  disquisition 
it  the  sober  and  dignified  appeal  of 
one  of  our  most  revered  forefathers  to 
his  countrymen,  to  reclaim  them  from 
the  paths  of  direct  crime  towards  other 
animals,  and  it  may  be  added,  of  indi- 
rect but  deep-rooted  crime  to  our  own 
species.     Cruehjr    to    animals    being 
practicable  even  in  infancy,  and  being 
exactly  similar  to  other  crimes,  neces- 
sarily producing  a  disposition  for  gene- 
ral crime,  most  difficult  to  be  eradi- 
cated.    As,  though  the  nature  of  con- 
duct towards  our  own  species,   and 
other  animals,  may  appear  to  proceed 
from  distinct  qualities  of  mind,  it  is  in 
fact   from    the   same.     And    though 
there  are  many  delinquents  to  other 
animals,  yet  charitable  to  mankind, 
their  conduct  is    either    inconsistent 
vyith  sense,  or  their  charity  must  spring 
from  the  hope  of  some  other  rewards 
than  what  sympathy  and  justice  can 
yield  to  them. 

Soame  Jenyns,  however,  in  adverting 
to  the  probability  of  man  being  ever 
brought  to  account  for  cruelty  to  other 
animals,  observes  : 

**  How  crimtna]  will  our  accooDt  appear 
when  laid  before  that  just  and  impartial 
Judge!     How  will   man,   that  sanguinary 

rt,  be  able  to  excuse  himself  from  the 
je  of  those  innumerable  cruelties  in- 
flicted on  his  unoffending  subjects  com- 
mitted to  his  care,  formed  for  his  benefit*, 
and  placed  under  his  authority  by  their 
common  Esther?  Whose  mercy  is  over  all 
his  works,  and  who  expects  that  this  autho- 
rity should  be  exercised  not  only  with  ten- 
derness and  mercy  >  but  in  conformity  to  the 
laws  of  justice  and  gratitude. 

**  But  to  what  horrid  deviations  from 
these  benevolent  intentions  are  we  daily 
witnesses !  No  small  part  of  mankind  de- 
rive their  ohief  amusements  from  the  deaths 
and  sufferings  of  inferior  animals ;  a  much 
greater,  consider  them  only  as  engines  of 
wood  or  iron,  useful  in  their  several  occu- 
pations. The  carman  drives  his  horse,  and 
the  carpenter  his  nail,  by  repeated  blows ; 
and  so  long  as  these  produce  the  desired 
affect,  and  they  both  go,  tbey  neither  re- 
flect or  care  whether  eitlier  of  them  have 
any  sense  of  feeling.  The  butcher  knocks 
down  the  stately  ox  with  no  more  compas- 
sion than  the  blacksmith  hammers  a  horse- 
shoe ;  and  plunges  his  knife  into  the  throat 
of  the  innocent  lamb,  with  as  little  re- 
luctance as  the  tulor  sticks  his  needle  into 


the  colhtr  of  a  coat.  If  there  are  some  wboy 
formed  in  a  softer  mould*  view  with  pity 
the  sufferings  of  these  defenceless  creatures, 
there  is  scarcely  one  who  entertains  the  least 
idea,  thft  justice  or  gratitude  can  be  due  to 
their  merits   or  services.    The  social  and 
friendly  dog  is  hanged  without  remorse,  if, 
by  barking  in  defence  of  his  master's  person 
and  property,  he  happens  unknowingly  to 
disturb  nis  rest;  the  generous  horse,  who 
has  carried  his  ungrateful  master  for  many 
years  with  ease  and  safety,  worn  out  with 
age  and  infirmities  contracted  in  his  service, 
is  by  him  condemned  to  end  his  miserable 
days   in  a  dost  cart,  where  the   mora  be 
exerts  his  little  remuns  of  spirit,  the  more 
he  is  whipped,  to  save  his  stupid  driver  the 
trouble  of  whipping  some  otaer  less  obe- 
dient to  the  lasK.    Sometimes,  having  been 
taught  the  practice  of  many  unnatural  and 
useless  feats  in  a  riding-house,  he  is  at  last 
turned  out)  consigned  to  the  dominion  of  a 
hackney  coachman,  by  whom  he  is  every 
day  corrected  for  performing  those  tricks 
which  he  hu  learned  under  so  long  and 
severe  a  discipline. 

<*  The  sluggish  bear,  in  contradiction  to 
his  nature,  is  taught  to  dance,  for  the  di- 
version of  a  malignant  mob,  by  pla^ng  red 
hoi  irons  under  his  feet ;  and  the  naajestie 
bull  is  tortured  by  every  mode  wluch  Balice 
can  invent,  for  no  offence  but  that  be  m 
gentle  and  unwilling  to  assul  his  diabolical 
tormentors.  These,  with  innumerable  other 
acts  of  cruelty.  Injustice,  and  ingratitude, 
are  everv  day  committed,  not  only  with  im- 
punity, hut  without  censure,  and  even  with- 
out observation ;  but  we  may  be  assured, 
that  they  cannot  finally  paSs  away  unno- 
ticed and  unretaliated. 

*<  The  laws  of  self-defence,  nodonbtedly, 
justify  us  in  destroybg  those  animals  who 
would  destroy  us,  who  injure  our  properties, 
or  annoy  our  persons  t>  but  not  even  these 
whenever  their  situation  incapacitates  them 
from  hurting  us.  I  know  of  no  right  which 
we  havfe  to  shoot  a  bear  on  an  inaceassible 
island  of  ice,  or  an  eagle  on  the  mountain's 
top,  whose  lives  cannot  injure  us,  nor 
deaths  procure  us  any  benefit.  We  are  wk- 
able  tu  give  life,  and  therefore  ought  not 
wantonly  to  take  it  away  from  the  meanest 
insect,  without  sufficient  reason;  tbey  all 
receive  it  from  the  same  benevolent  hand  as 
ourselves,  and  have  therefore  aa  equal  right 
to  enjoy  it." 

In  alluding  to  Che  manner  of  slaogh- 
tering  animals,  he  remarks, 

"  It  should  always  be  performed  with  all 
the  tenderness  and  compassion  mhkkk  so 
disagreeable  aa  office  will  permlty  aa4  Ao 
circumstances  ought  to  be  omSttad>  which 
can  render  their  execntloDa  aa  ^vJkk  aad 


*  Producing  his  benefit  would,  it  teems>         f  Of  course  the  author 
have  been  better.    L.  G.  injury  is  great. 


»wtaiAa 


]8f6.] 


SoafM  JaqfMf  mi  t!nidiif  io  ifnimoii. 


40i 


Mty  ■■  poitibk.  For  Uib»  providraM  Iim 
wiMly  tod  bentroleiitly  ptovWlBd,  by  form* 
ing  (hem  io  toeh  a  nuuioer  thai  tbek  ileth 
bccomet  nocid  tod  unpdaublc  by  a  painful 
•od  lingering  death,  and  hat  thus  compelled 
Qt  to  lie  merciful  without  compasuunf  and 
cautious  of  their  luffering*  fur  the  take  of 
ourselves ;  but  if  there  are  anv  whose  tastes 
are  so  vitiated,  and  whose  hearts  are  so 
hardened,  as  to  delight  in  such  inhuman 
sacrifices,  and  to  peruke  of  them  without 
remorse,  thej  should  be  looked  upon  as 
dsmims  in  human  shapes,  and  expect  a  re- 
taliation of  those  tortures  which  they  have 
inflicted  on  the  innocent,  for  the  gratificar 
tion  of  their  own  depraved  and  unnatoral 
appetites. 

•(  So  violent  are  (he  passions  of  anger 
and  revenge  in  the  human  breast,  that  it  is 
not  wonderful  that  men  should  perMCote 
their  real  or  imaginary  enemies  witJi  cruelty 
and  malevolence  ;  but  that  there  should 
exist  in  nature  a  being  who  can  receive  a 
pleasure  from  giving  pain,  would  be  totally 
incredible,  if  we  were  not  convinced,  hj 
melancholy  experience,  that  there  are  not 
only  many,  but  that  this  unaccountable  dis- 
position is  in  some  manner  inherent  in  (he 
natnre  of  man  ;  fior,  as  he  cannot  be  taught 
by  example,  nor  led  to  it  by  temptation,  or 
prompted  to  it  by  interest,  it  must  be  de- 
rived from  his  native  constitution." 

In  proof  of  the  correctneu  of  these 
ideas,  he  afterwards  expresses  himself 
thus : 

"  We  see  children  laughing  at  the  miseries 
which  they  inflict  on  every  unfortunate  ani- 
mal which  comes  within  their  power;  all 
savages  are  ingenious  in  contriving,  and 
happy  in  executing,  the  most  exquisite  tor- 
tures ;  and  the  common  people  of  all  coun- 
tries are  delighted  with  nothing  so  much  as 
bull -baitings,  prize-fightings,  executions, 
and  all  spectacles  of  cruelty  and  horror. 
Though  civilization  may  in  some  degree 
a*  ite  this  native  ferocity,  it  can  never  quite 
extirpate  it.  The  most  polished  are  not 
ashamed  to  be  pleased  with  scenes  of  little 
lets  barbarity,  and,  to  the  disgrace  of  human 
nature,  to  dignify  them  with  the  name  of 
sports.  They  arm  cocks  with  artificial 
weapons  which  nature  had  kindly  denied  to 
their  malevolence,  and  with  shouts  of  ap- 
plause and  Uiumph  see  them  plunge  them 
into  each  other's  hearts  :  they  view  with 
delight  the  trembling  deer  and  defenceless 
hare,  flying  for  hours  in  the  utmost  agonies 
of  terror  and  despair,  and  at  last,  sinking 
under  fatigue,  devoured  by  their  merciless 
pursuers ;  they  see  with  Joy  the  beautiful 
pheasant  and  harmless  partridge  drop  from 
their  flight,  weltering  in  their  blood,  or 
perliaps  perishing  with  wounds  and  hunger, 
under  the  cover  of  some  friendly  thicket,  in 
whioh  they  have  in  vain  retreated  for  safety  *• 
they  triumph  over  (he  unsnapecting  wi, 


whom  (hey  have  deeoyad  by  aai  losidioas 
preSesoe  of  feeding,  and  drag  hioi  firoai  his 
native  eleiiitn(  by  a  hook  fixed  (o  and  (ear^ 
ing  o«(  hu  entrails }  and  (o  add  (o  all  (his» 
(hey  spare  neither  labour  nor  txpease  (o 
preserve  and  propagate  thesa  iaaocant  ani- 
mals for  no  other  end  hot  (o  miiltiply  (h4 
objects  of  their  persecntion. 

'*  What  name  should  wa  be8(ow  on  a 
superior  being,  whose  whole  eDdeavouis 
were  employed,  and  whose  whole  pleasnra 
consis(ed,  in  (errifyiag,  eosnaiiag,  (ormen^ 
ing,  and  destroying  mankind  1  whoee  so* 
perior  faculties  were  exerted  in  ftiawullug 
animosities  amongst  (bam,  in  contriving 
engmas  of  destruction,  and  inciting  (bam  to 
use  (hem  in  maiming  and  mnrderbg  each 
o(her  ?  Whose  power  over  (hera,  was  em- 
ployed in  assisting  the  rapacious,  daeeivinr 
the  simple,  and  oppressii^  the  toBOceotf 
Who,  without  provocation  or  advantage, 
should  continue  from  day  (o  day,  mid  of^all 
pi(y  and  remorse,  (has  to  (oniMB(  nsankind 
for  diversion,  and  a(  (he  same  (hneendeavoor 
wi(h  the  utmost  care  to  preeerva  their  lives 
and  to  propagate  (heir  species,  is  order  (o 
enereass  (he  number  of  vietiow  devoted  (o 
his  malerolence,  and  be  de%h(ad  in  pro^ 

rr(ion  (o  (he  miseries  which  ha  occasioned  ? 
la^,  wha(  name  de(establa  anongh  ooold 
we  find  for  such  a  being  ?  Yet,  n  we  ioi- 
partially  consider  the  case,  and  our  inter- 
mediate situation,  we  must  acknowledge 
that,  with  regard  (o  inferior  animals^  Joit 
such  a  bebg  b  a  sportsman." 

These  latter  remarks  may,  perhaps, 
to  some  appear  too  severe,  and  have 
been  particularly  noticed  by  Henry 
Crowe  (in  his  2foopAt7o«),  in  properly 
deprecating  the  sport  of  hunting;  who« 
though  approving  of  the  chief  of  these 
remarks,  denies  the  sole  pleasure  to  be 
derived  from  the  misery  of  the  animals, 
attributing  part  to  the  eagerness  of  the 
cha!>e,  the  animating  scene  of  hounds 
and  horn,  and  the  pleasure  of  cheerful 
and  gay  society.  But  it  must  be  ac- 
knowledged that  the  eagerness  of  the 
chase,  is  for  an  unworthy  purpose, 
and  that  the  cheerfulness  of  the  scene 
might  be  furnished  by  more  innocent 
means. 

This  disquisition  being  more  ctrmiis- 
stantial  than  general,  seems  most 
approuriate  to  the  present  time;  tincfts- 
guisea  cruelty  being  now  disowned : 
scarcel)r  an  attack  on  the  principles  of 
humanity  being  indulged  in  witnoot  a 
prelude  flowing  with  as  much  milk  of 
numan  kindness  as  its  greatest  advo- 
cates can  claim.  But  whai  cruelty  is, 
is  the  ouestioo,  and  this,  Soame  Jenyns 
correctly  defines;  but  which,  were  he 
DOW  «  wi(ncti,  he  might  in  mtoy 


40d 


Biographical  Notices  of  the  ComwaUis  Family, 


[May, 


cases,  notwithstanding  the  late  im- 
provements, pronounce  to  exceed  the 
cruelties  practised  several  years  ago ; 
instances  of  this  exist  in  the  much 
quicker  rate  of  travelling,  and  in  the 
greater  number  of  horses  daily  driven 
to  death*,  but  which  being  caused  by 
continued  rather  ihan  by  violent  ilU 
treatment,  generally  escapes  our  no- 
tice, however  it  may  call  for  the  inter- 
position of  our  Legislature,  and  for 
effectual  redress. 
Yours,  &c.        Lewis  Gompertz. 

Biographical  Notices  of  a  Branch  of 
the  Family  of  Cornwallis,  of 
Brome,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk. 

**  Olim  has  Cornwallis  decoravit  ApoIIinis 

Qai  Genus  k  priscft  NobiliCate  trahit ; 
Qui  superest,   noc  agit;   regis  populique 
salutem 
'  Pluris  habet,  quam  si  conferat  ludus  opes." 
Nomina  QuoruTtdam,  6fc.  d,  Randall,  p.  3, 

Mr.  U^iBAN,       Ipswich,  April  29. 

TO  adjust  the  minute  events  of  lite- 
rary historjr,  is  tedious  and  trouble- 
some; It  requires,  indeed,  no  great 
force  of  understanding,  but  often  de- 
pends upon  enquiries  which  there  i$ 
no  opportunity  of  making. 

This  remark  of  an  eminent  moralist 
is  amply  verified  in  the  following 
notices  3  in  which  an  attempt  is  made 
to  trace  the  descent  of  a  branch  of  the 
noble  and  very  antient  family  of  Corn- 
wallis; a  family,  which  has  been  set- 
tled most  honourably  in  the  county  of 
Suffolk  for  nearly  five  centuries,  but 
which  has  now  entirely  disappeared : 
^-all  its  ample  possessions  havine  lately 
passed  by  sale  into  other  hands,  and 
left  us  nothing  but  the  Name. 

The  early  descent  of  this  family  is 
fully  detailed  in  **  Collins's  Peerage  of 
England,"  ed.  Brydges,  vol.  ii.  p.  53?. 
I  shall  commence,  therefore,  with  Sir 
Charles  Cornwallis,  Knt.  the  im- 
mediate ancestor  of  the  branch  which 
is  the  subject  of  the  present  communi- 
cation. 

He  was  the  second  son  of  Sir  Tho- 
mas Cornwallis,  of  Brome,  knt.  Trea- 
surer of  Calais,  and  Comptroller  of 
her  Majesty's  household,  oy  Anne, 
the  daughter  of  Sir  John  Jerningham, 
of  Somerlyton,  co.  Suffolk,  knt. 

His  elder  brother.  Sir  William,  was 
the  father  of  Frederick,  the  first  peer 

•  Several  of  which  over-driven  animals 
were,  daring  the  last  Epsom  races>  teen 
lying  dead  in  the  Clapham  road. 


of  the  family ;  who  was  created  a  Ba- 
ronet on  the  4th  of  May,  lfi27 ;  and 
Baron  Cornwallis,  of  Eye,  by  letters 
patent,  on  the  20th  of  April,  1G61. 

Sir  Charles  was  born  in   15..,  and 
was    highly   esteemed    for    his    emi- 
nent abilities.     He  was  knighted  by 
King  James  the  First,  at  the  Charter 
House,  on  the  11th  of  May,  l603,  and 
sent  by,  him  Ambassador  into  Spain, 
where   he    resided    until    1GO9,   with 
great  reputation.     His  negociations  in 
the  embassy  form  a  very   prominent 
feature   of  that  reign.    The   Letters, 
which  relate  them,  fill  a  large  part  of 
the  second  volume,  and  a  portion  of 
the   third,    of  *'  Winwood  s   Memo- 
rials,"  and  are  written  with  uncommon 
talent,  clearness,  and  vigor.     They  ex- 
hibit also  perpetual  traits  of  a  feeling 
and  moral  mind ;  while  they  shew  a 
warmth  of   patriotic  sentiment,   and 
betray  incessant  uneasiness  at  the  pu- 
sillanimity and   selfish   policy  of  the 
Court  which  he  was  doomed  to  serve. 
Notwithstanding  these  important  em- 
ployments, it  is  singular  that  his  name 
scarcely  occurs  in  our  general  histories. 
Whoever    is   curious    regarding    the 
Cornwallis  family  at  this  period,  will 
find  in  these  Letters  many  incidental 
notices  of  its  connexions,  which  will 
deeply  interest  him. 

In  1610,  when  the  -  household  of 
Henry  Prince  of  Wales  was  establish- 
ed. Sir  Charles  was  constituted  Trea- 
surer to  his  Royal  Highness,  "  with  a 
salary  of  80/.,  and  diet,  or  bordwages;" 
and  afterwards,  in  1626,  he  composed, 
"  A  Discourse  of  the  most  illustrious 
Prince  Henry,  late  Prince  of  Wales," 
which  having  been  very  generally  cir- 
culated in  manuscript  f,  was  publish- 
ed in  4to,  1641,  and  is  reprinted  in 
Soniers*s  Tracts.  Sir  Charles  was  bu- 
ried in  the  Church  of  St  Giles  in  the 
Fields.  By  Elizabeth,  his  first  wife, 
the  daughter  of  Thomas  Fincb«m|, 
of  Fincham,  co.  Norfolk,  he  had  issue 
two  sons,  Sir  William  and  Tbomss. 

Sir  William  was  bom  in  15..,  and 
in  1602?  was  knighted.  He  married 
Catherine,  the  daughter  of  Sir  Philip 
Parker,  knt.  by  Catherine,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  John  Goodwin,  of  Winch- 
indon,  co.  Berks,  knt.  Sir  Philip  was 
the  ancestor  of  a  widely-extended  £1- 

i*  See  tht  manuscripts  ennmenttd  ii|-Kiiv 
James's  Progresses,  11.  470,  601. 

X  In  Collins's  PeentfOy  ad.^  Bfjdg«%  is  is 
Famham,  but  incorrectly »  See  BohmMTs 
Norfolk,  vol.  vii.  p.  350. 


IdM.]         Biagrapkkai  Nolkm  of  th€  Com^oami  AmOf.  40r 

milyof  miitanti({uityaiid  thehigliett  Wiogfield,   and  Lady  Mary  Dyer/' 

respecubility,  which  was  long  seated  *'  three  of  theoi  S'isters  by  Nature,  the 

at  Erwarton,  co.  Saflfolk,  and  from  fourth  by  Love.'* 
which  is  descended,  on  the  maternal        The  first  book  contains  twedty-fire, 

side,  the  present  noble  family  of  the  and  the  second  fifly-two  Essays. 
Percivals,  Earls  of  Egmont*.  He  is  called  "the   Younger,"  to 

Sir  William  was  a  learned  and  in-  distinguish  him   from  his  ancle.  Sir 

f;enious  man,  as  is  fully  apparent  from  William  Comwallis,  the  ancestor  of 

lis   Essays    on    several    subjects,    in  the  present  Earl  Comwallis. 
which  he  has  displayiMl,.  with  much        Granger  gives  the  following  critique 

wit  and  judgment,  the  chief  characters  on  these  Essays : 
of   life,   under    the    following   title  :        «  gj,  WdViun,  Hke  Montaigne,  who  wu 

"Essayes  by  Sir  William  Com  wallycs,  ^^  ^f  ^j,  fc^ourite  anthers,  writes  fre- 

the   Younger,   Knight.     Newlie  cor-  qoently  in  *  deinltory  manner,  and  uket 

reeled.     London  :  printed  by  Thomas  every  occasion  to  speak  of  himself;  and  is 

Harper,  for  J.  M.  and  are  to  be  sold  indeed  never  more  ept  to  &c  the  attention^ 

by    Ambrose    Ritlesden,    in    Paule*s  than  when  he  b,  without  reserve,  engaced  - 

Church-yard,  at  the  signe  of  the  Bull  in  this  delieate  subject.    It  is  probaUeUiaa 

Head,  1032,'*  sm.  8vo.  every  one  of   hu  readers  wUI  think  the 

This  is  on  an  engraved  title-page  by  jpotbm  his  choicest  flower   of  rhetoria 

T.  Cecil,  with  the  figure  of  two  men  Though  he  understood  the  Uwaed,  and 

in  their  gowns  and  large  haU,  sitting  J<>™«^  of  the  modem  lancums,  he  read  but 

opoosite^ach  othe^^^^^^^^^  under  [- -J-  ^^^^^  ^j;^  ':U'^;^- 

arches ;  one  jswnling.  and  the  other  ^^^  j^?  ^,^^,^  ^^^^ ,  Mid  be  seem, 

reading,    fit  posturw  for   both  young  to  here  had  an  ej^  on  the  latter  m  his 

and    old   within    the   precincts  of  a  ,hort  essays,  in  whicli  his  style  is  mther  too 

library.    Granger  supposes  these  figures  concise  and  figurative  to  be  perspicuous, 

to  represent  the  Essayist  and  his  father.  Though  he  appeared  to  great  advantage  fai 

'<  It  may  be  so,"  says  the  lively  and  the  society  of  gentlemen,  his  mbd  was  al«> 

ingenious  author  of  the  Library  Com-  ways  open,  and  on  the  watch  to  receive  new 

panion,  **  but  whoever  shall  be  form-  ideas,   however  coarsely  conveved  by  the 

nate  enough  to  possess  such  a  copy  of  meanest  of  the  people,  as  he  well  knew  tha 

this  impression,  or  rather  such  an  im-  •  ploughman,  as  such,  frequenUy  reasons 

pression  of  this  froniispiece,  as  I  once  ""^b  Setter  than  a  phdosopher.    He  was 

iaw  at  a  Country  bookseller's  at  Wor-  J"™*^  ^T  ^'fT^  '^"''^^l  **  ^"^^^ 

/      r    .        .^i-  :.,  •  ^»,»^A  .«;»k\  *hat  came  m  his  way;  of  these  be  earned 

ces ler  (^^^'j^^n^^^^TJ^.^^^^P.^i^^^**^)  numbers  with  him  to  the  privy,  «,d  ton 

will    probably   look   with  indifference  them  to  pieces  before  he  ro^  frim  hU  seat, 

upon  every  other  copy  which  he  may  Though  he  esteemed  a  life  of  learned  leisure 

chance  to  alight  upon.     At  least,  se-  to  be  the  happies^  he  endeavoured  by  spe- 

ventcen  long  years  have   not  effaced  culatioo  to  qualify  himself  for  action;  and 

the  impression  made  by  a  sight  of  that  sometimes    in    his    melancholy    moments 

copy.     It  was  bright,  clear,  genuine,  anxiously  desired  to  display  his  talents  in 

witn   a  large   margin,    but   (horribite  public ;  and  so  fkt  regretted  bb  being  lost 

dictu  !)   had  been   pounced  upon  for  in  the  shade  of  retirement,  as  (o  wish  him- 

ihe  sake  of  dismemberment,  by  a  keen  self  out  of  the  world." 
and  rapacious  Grangeritb  !"        •  He  was  the  author,  likewise,  of  the 

These  Essays  were  Jirst  printed  in  two  following  works,  viE.  •*  The  Un- 

1601-2,    without   this  engraved   title-  happy  Union  of  England  and  Scotland, 

pjge.  Lond.    if)04,'*  4lo.  and  ♦*  Essays  or 

At  sign.  1.  2  (for  it  is  not  paged)  is  a  Encomium  of  Sadness,  and  of  Julian 

second    liile-page    before   the   second  the  Apostate,  Lond.  I6l6,**  4to. 
book  of  Essays,  with  the  date  iCSI  ;         Sir  William  deceased  16. .  ;  and  his 

and  at  sig.  ii.  4.  a  third,  before  "  Dis-  wife  on    the  30lh  of  January,  1G36. 

courses  upon  Seneca  the  Tragedian."  She  was  interred  in  the  North  aile  of 

They  are  dedicated  **  To  liie  Right  the  Church  of  Erwarlon,  where,  on  a 

Vertuous  and  most  Honourable  Ladies  brass  plate,  is  this  inscription  to   her 

the    Lady  Sara   Hastings,    and   Lady  memory,  in  black  letter : 
Theodosia    Dudley,    the   Lady    Mary         ..  „^^  ^^^^^  y.  ^^  ^^  Katharine  Lady 

•  Of  this  Sir  Philip  and   bis  Lady,  are  Comwaleys,  daughter  to  Sr  PhUIip  Parker, 

two  excellent  mezzotioto  portraiu  by  Faber,  Kt,  and  wife  to  Sr  William  Gvnwaleys  y« 

in  that  rare  work,  «  A  Genealogical  His-  younger,  Kt,  by  whom  shea  had  6eonncs, 

tory  of  the  House  of  Yvery,"  vol.  i.  p.  996,  Cliarles,  Thomas^  Henry,  WilUam,  Joha, 


40S                Remarki  an  Newton's  System  of  Chronology.  \J^f» 

and  Fhniip,  and  5  dkuf^ten^  FraDcet,  Ka-  essay ;  in  which  I  design  to  examine 

therio,  Bridgett,  Ann,  and  Jeane.    Shee  Mr.  Gibbon's  treatise,  and  expose  the 

lived  68  yeares,  and  dyed  y«  SOth  of  January,  errors  into  which  he  has  fallen,  which 

An®  D'ni  1686.  however  we  may  readily  pardon,  when 

They  left  issue  six  sons  and   five  we  take  into  consideration  the  youth 

daughters,     viz.    Charles,    Thomas,  of  the   Author.     May  the  same   in- 

Henry,  William,  John,  and   Philip;  dulgence  be  extended  to  the  Cri tick, 

and  Frances,   who  married  Thomas,  The  following  nre,  in  Mr.  Gibbon's 

the  2d  son  of  Sir  Edmund  Paston,  opinion,   the  strongest  points  in   the 

lent  and  who  dying  on   the  6th   of  new  system ;  and  1  rejoice  to  find  a 

Nov.   1675,   in   the  73d  year  of  her  roan  of  such  accomplished  talents,  of 

age,  was  interred  in   the  Church  of  my  opinion. 

Burnham Thorpe,  Norfolk ;  Catherine,  I.  Virgil  represents  Dido  and  -flEneas 

Bridget,  Anne,  and  Jane.  as  contemporaries.   The  artificial  chro- 

Philip,  the  youngest  son,  was  in  1643  nologers  place  an  interval  of  three  or 

f  resented  by  his  grand  father,  Sir  Philip  four   centuries    between    them.     But 

^arker,  knt.  to  the  Rectory  of  Burn-  how  improbable  it  is  that  a  poet  of  so 

ham  Thorpe;  |ind,  dying  on  the  30th  refined  a  judgment   as   Virgil,  could 

of  Dec.   1688,  was  mterred   in  that  have  made  such  an  anachronism,  if  it 

Church,  where,  on  a  brass  plate,  is  be  really  one ;  or  described  these  per- 

this  in^ription  to  his  memory  :  sonages  as  contemporaries,  unless  upoa 

*'  Hie  posits  sunt  exuviae  sanctissimi  the  authority  of  some  authentic  docu- 

Tiri    Philippi    Cumwaleys,    hujos  ecclesise  ment. 

quondam  rectoris,  Gulielmi  Comwaleys  Mi-  II.  Again,  tradition  informs  us, 
litis  filii  natn  minimi,  qui  obiit  Decemb.  that  Numa  was  a  disciple  of  Pytha- 
80,  1688."  goras,  and  the  similarity  of  their  doc- 
The  second  son,  Thomas  Corn-  trines  renders  the  tradition  morally 
WALLis,  married  Penelope,  the  daugh-  certain.  But  the  historians  deny  it, 
ter  of  John  Wiseman,  esq.  who  died  because  the  learned,  who  must  know 
on  the  7th  of  Nov.  I693,  aged  57  ]^'ears,  better  than  the  vulgar,  say  they  lived 
and  was  interred  in  the  North  aile  of  at  different  epochs.  But  Newton*s 
the  Church  of  £rwarton,  where,  on  a  system  shows  us  that  they  were  con- 
fiat  stone,  is  this  inscription :  temnoraries. 

"Here   l.eth   the    body   of  Penelope,  ^.^'l-  All  that  remains  of  the  ancient 

daughter  of  John  Wiseman,  esq.  and  wife  of  history  of  hgypt,  is  a  confused  mass  of 

Thomas  Cornwallis,  esq.  son  of  Sr  William  inconsistent,  extravagant  stories.  Some 

Comwallis,  y«  younger,  Kt.  by  whom  shee  light,    however,   is  thrown   upon   the 

had  10  children,  4  sons,  William,  Thomas,  subject,  by  Josephus  (cont.  Apion,vol. 

John,  and  John,  and  6  dauters,  Frances,  i.  p.   IO92),   who  represents  Sesostris 

Penelope,  Penelope,  Katharine,  Penelope,  and  his  brother  Armais,  as  the  iEgyp- 

and  Mary  shee  dyed  Nov.  7,  Anno  Dom'i ;  tus  and  Danaus  of  the  Greeks;  and 

1693,  aged  67."  also  (Anliq.  Judaic,  viii.  4)  as  the  Sisac 

By  her  he  had  issue  four  sons  and  who  pillaged  the  temple  of  Jerusalem 

six  daughters,  viz.  William,  Thomas,  B.C.  971. 

John,  John;  and  Frances,  who  mar-  These  synchronisms  divide  the  leam- 

ried  the  Rev.  Samuel  Richardson,  and  ed  ;  some  adopt  one,  some  the  other, 

who,  dying  on  the  2f4th  of  Jan.  l684,  Newton  both:  ^ho  thus  reconciles  all 

was  interred  in  the  Church  of  Burn-  parties. 

hamThor|)e;  Penelope,  Penelope,  Ca-  IV.  Nothing  is  more  celebrated  by 

therine,  Penelope,  and  Mary.      J.  F.  all  the  writers  of  antiquity  than  the 

(To  be  continued.)  four  aces,  which  are  distinguished  by 

^  the  names  of  different  metals.    Some 

Mr.URBAif,                  March  2\.  consider  them  as  poetical  chioiam, 

MT>  r-TTjnnvr  :«  «««  ^f  v,:-  :„«-  others  discover  m  them  tracea  of  the 

R.  GIBBON,  m  one  of  hijuve.  j.^j^^  History.    Newton,  with  great 

"^*^P^:^"'^'^"?^;";^   "l^^^^^  probability,   supposes   thai  tb^  S^ 

mauirv  mto  the  merits  and  dements  s      c  .              .'         •         j*  .  1     — 

ofVTwton's  sytem  of  Chronology.  'lli^^AfSn  »."*    '^•'''^' ""^ 

,-              1        •'        J                  »  »•     I  cecime  the  iroian  war. 

if  IV      JZV  '^t    m\ZI    hf.  V.  Whus-'is  no  longer  an  .Jltgo- 

of  this  subject,  you   will   .nsert  th.,  ^;^^,  ^^^^^^^^  „^  prince^gteat  aS- 

•  M'ucelltneoiu  Works.  Lond.  1 814,  vol.  ({uiiy,  but  one  and  the  same  person  <i* 

ui.  p.  163.    Written  in  the  year  1758.  Sesostris. 


I8K.]  On  Nemim'i  SyUm  ^f  Cknmoka.  409 

tkwt  he  nnm  awntt  it,  and  wami  Utber,  FrideeiK*  ace.)  B.  Q.  530, 
consider  at  tooiefeiigth  ths  fottowing  count  b«:k  35  yean,  thii  djeet  hit  ec- 
•eotenee*  ceiuon  to  the  throne  B.  C.  571  (the 

which  dWugubCTthk  wofkol  N.^,  I     ed  By  Herodotui,  lib.  i.  cap.  130). 
•p«k  of  thiTtwo  fim  Chqrtm  only.   Th«        Aawn.  connt  hack  68  yean  moi^ 


oSIra,  ia  which  ht  mdmmmn  to  rmble  the  dmtion  of  the  reign  oiCiraxeres  f, 

the  AMjriaB  Hitiovy,  m  vwy  difimt.  mentioned  by  Herodotus  (lib.  i.  cap. 

Not  tha  I  mou  to  Mj  that  they  uo  dotti-  106),  and  we  find  the  time  of  Phra- 

tutc  of  curioiM  and  original  repiarlu  i  but  ortes's  death,   B.  C.  639.    The  first 

that  Um  soul  of  Newtou  was  formed  to  de-  part  of  Astyages's  reign   (the  prince 

stro^  empires,  and  not  to  enter  into  mrnnte  whom  Herodotus  calls  Cyazeres)  .wi|ii 

details.    Few,  I  think,  if  any  of  hit  readeia  ^p^m  jj,  peace:  soon  after,  however, 

wm  credit  hia  transposition  of  Cyaseree,  y^^  invaded  Assyria  (Herod,   i.   103), 

f^  ^*^3ry'L"t.*Tl  *TS    u     «  but  was  forced  to  rcUre  by  an  irruption 

had  not  forgotten  Sir  JolinMaTsham.  ^^    ^^    ScylhUns.     Probably    about 

I  confess  that  I  myself  am  not  en-  3^  q^  ^35  a,  i^c  Scythians,  when  they 

tirely  disposed  to  adroit  the  new  s;^  entered  Media,  were  in  pursuit  of  the 

tern  as  far  as  it  regards  the  Median  Cimmerians,  who  overrun  Asia  Minor 

monarchy ;  but  see  no  difficuliy  m  the  j^  the  reign  of  Ardys  king  of  Lydia, 

transposition    of   the    two   monarchs  who  died  B.C.  629  (Herod,  lib.  i. cap. 

above  mentioned.  1 5,  1 03,  &c.)    The  Scythians  oppreat- 

<«  Si  vaoat,  et  placidi  ratiooem  admittatis,  ed  bun  during  28  year^  and  were  ex- 

•^^"  pelled  at  last,  about  607  B.  C.    Shortly 

Many  a  time  have  I  racked  my  in-  after,  the  Medes  took  and  destfoycd 

vention  in  order  to  reconcile  the  dif-  Nineveh  (ibid.  i.  106),  probably  B.C. 

ferent  accounu  of  Cyrus  and  the  Medes,  606 ;  certainly  before  the  year  000. 

that  hare  been  handed  down  to  us.  If  Phraortes,  as  1  hare  shewn,  died 

The  result  of  my  inquiries  is  as  fol-  B.  C.  639 ;  Dnoces  must  have  died 

lows  *.  B.  C.  656p  and  began  his  reign  in  the 

llie  coincidence  of  character  be-  year  709,  about  two  years  after  the  re- 

tween  the  Cyaxares  of  Xenophon,  and  volt  from  the  Assyrians,  which  was 

the  Asiyages  of  Herodotus,  who  are  either  in  the  latter  end  of  the  reign  of 

each  of  them  represented  to  have  been  Sennacherib,  who  (died  B.  C.  7tlt  or 

of  very   unamiablc  dispmiiions ;  and  immediately  after  his  death, 

the  circumstance  of  neither  of  them  The  tragedian  iEschylus  (Pcrss,  v. 

having  any  male  issue,  incline  me  to  7()1),  introduces  Darius  complaining 

believe  that  thev  are  the  same  persons;  of  those  who  persuaded  his  son  Xerxes 

but  that  Hcroclotus  has  inadvertently  to  invade  Greece :  and  saying  that  the 

called  him  Astyages,  which  was  his  first  who  led  their  army  was  a  Mede ; 

father's  name.  the  second,  his  son ;  the  third,  Cyrus. 

Alyattes  was  the  father  of  Croesus,  To  these,  therefore,  he  attributes  the 

and  died  B-  C.  560.     He  waged  war  establishment  of  their  empire.     New- 

with  Cyaxeres  (lege,  Astyages)  king  of  ton  (p.  307)  quotes  this  passage,  and 

Media,  and  gave  his  daughter  Ariene  supposes  that  the  names  of  the  Medes 

in  marriage  to  the  son  of  this  king,  were  Cyaxeres,  and  Darius  the  Mede ; 

B.  C.  585  (Ilerod.  lib.  i.  cap.  73,  74).  and  that  this  Cyaxeres  was  the  son  of 

Now  supposing  that  Cyaxeres  died,  or  Astyages,  and  grandson  of  Phraortes; 

*  I  once  thought  tha;  Darius  the  Mede  was  no  other  than  Harpafpia  who  was  so  much 
trusted  by  Astyages,  and  is  called  by  Herodotus  (lib.  i.  cap.  108)  iaiofm  oikimm  jmu  virrrwrov 
rt  Mriim,  Kcu  mmvrtn  Ivtr fovov  r§n  Imvrm,  Froro  this,  and  another  passage  (ibid.  cap.  109) 
where  Harpagus  sars  of  Cyrus,  «Unrtt  fMt  cv*fytrm  ipv  e  ««i«,  that  he  was  tha  king's  bra- 
ther  or  nephew.     But  my  confidence  in  this  opinion  has  since  been  shaken. 

f  It  must  be  remarked,  however,  tliat  Herodotus  says  this  monarch  reigned  40  years, 
OV9  roiri  LhiAm  ^f^»^  i  i*  ^  'S*  Some  criticks  suppose  that  these  88  years  are  inclosed 
in  the  40  ;  but  I  agree  with  Valcksenaer,  who  ably  vindicates  the  contrary  opinion.  Iftha 
length  of  this  reign  appears  too  great  to  be  credible»  let  us  remember  that  Louia  the  Four* 
teenth  reigned  79  years ;  Ge<»rge  the  Third  59 ;  Louis  thr  FrfUenth,  69»  &e.  &c.  and 
thus  we  may  more  easily  account  fer  the  long  submission  of  such  a  high-spifitad  eiiaea  to 
tlie  oppffesston  of  the  Scythiaasi  by  his  tender  age  at  tha  titee. 

Gsjrr.Mso.  Af«y,  188(>. 


410 


On  Heraldic  Terms. 


but  to  this  opinion  I  cannot  assent 
Cyaxcres  and  Darius  the  Mede  are  one 
and  the  same  person.  Their  names 
then  were,  in  my  opinion,  Astyages, 
and  Darius  the  Mede,  who  (Dan.  ix. 
1)  was  the  son  of  Ahasuerus;  or  ac- 
cording lo  Josephus  of  Asiyages,  and 
called  by  another  name  among  the 
Greeks. 

Whoever  attentively  peruses  the  Cy- 
Topcedia,  must  acknowledge  it  to  be 
an  historical  romance;  but  at  the  same 
time  cannot  refuse  a  considerable  de- 
gree of  credit  to  the  principal  events 
which  Xenophon  records,  when  not 
inconsistent  with  the  accounts  of  pro- 
fessed historians.  From  an  almost  in- 
finite number  of  passages  then,  it  is 
apparent  that  this  author  meant  to  re- 
present Cyrus  as  much  younger  than 
nis  uncle.  If  then  this  uncle  was  Da- 
rius the  Mede,  Cicero  must  evidently 
be  mistaken,  when  he  says  (I  know 
not  on  what  authority)  that  Cyrus  died 
at  the  age  of  70 ;  for  nine  years  before, 
as  all  cnronologers  assert,  Darius  was 
made  king  of  the  Chaldees,  being  about 
62  years  old  (Daniel,  v.  31),  conse- 
quently he  was  but  one  year  older  than 
Cyrus.  Xenophon,  however,  says, 
that  Cyrus  married  his  daughter(Cyrop. 
lib.  8,  cap.  6),  who  was  very  hand- 
some, and  used  to  play  with  Cyrus 
when  they  were  both  children,  saying 
that  she  would  marry  him  (id.  lib.  i. 

E.  22),  consequently  they  must  have 
een  nearly  of  the  same  age.  If  then 
Cyrus  was  as  old  as  Cyaxeres,  that 
prince  must  have  had  a  daughter  at  the 
age  of  6  or  6  ! 

Newton,  however  (p.  310),  adopts 
Cicero's  assertion  ;  and  avoids  the  ab- 
surdity-al)ove  noticed  by  supposing 
that  the  Cyaxeres  of  Xenophon  was 
not  Darius  the  Mede,  but  his  father ; 
but  this  opinion  appears  to  me  utterly 
improbable;  for  Xenophon  makes  no 
mention  of  any  son  ot  Cyaxeres,  but 
positively  asserts  that  he  had  no  male 
issue.  And  Josephus  says,  that  Da- 
rius was  the  ?on  of  Astya^es. 

Again,  if  Cyaxeres  had  a  son,  why 
did  he  gi%'e  the  command  of  his  arm^ 
•  to  his  son  in  law,  in  preference  to  his 
son,  when  their  aze  was  the  same; 
and  why  does  not  Xenophon  mention 
him?  A.  Z. 

(To  he  contiTmcd.J 

Mr.  Urbak,  ^  April  2\. 

AN  attentive  exammation  of  some 
early  heraldic  MSS.  in  the  Bri- 


tish  Museum,  has  aflorded  me  inform- 
ation on  two  or  three  points  connected 
with  that  science,  which  I  believe  has 
escaped  all  writers  on  the  subject,  and 
which  will  therefore,  perhaps,  be  ac- 
ceptable to  your  readers. 

As  it  is  unquestionable  that  all  terms 
of  Heraldry  have  been  derired  from  the 
French,  we  may  deem  that  the  man- 
ner in  which  certain  charges  are  de- 
scribed in  that  language  in  the  earliest 
MSS.  extant,  arc  trie  original  and  cor- 
rect blazon  of  them ;  and  consequently 
that  any  deviation  from  such  olazoa 
is  an  improper  and  unnecessary  inno- 
vation.   Although  several  other  points 
of  a  similar  nature  have  occurred  to 
me,  I  shall  on  this  occasion  chiefly  con- 
fine my  remarks  to  the  system  of  quar- 
tering arms,  and  to  the  charges  which 
are  now  called  the  Jess  daneette  and 
lotengy  or  fusilly.     But  I  shall  take 
leave  to  preface  my  obserrations  by  a 
short  inquiry  into  the  earliest  informa- 
tion we  possess  on  the  armorial  ensigns 
of  the  nobility  and  gentry  of  this  king- 
dom.   The  earliest  and  most  valuable 
heraldic  MSS.  with  which  I  am  ac- 
quainted are  in  the  Cottonian  collec- 
tion, namely,  Caligula,  A.  xvii.  and 
A.  xviii.  The  former  contains  the  bla- 
zon of  the  arms  of  all  the  Barons  and 
Knights  of  this  country  about  the  mid- 
dle of  the  reign  of  Edward  11.  and  the 
latter  is  a  contemporary  copy  of  the 
**  Siege  of  Karlaverock/*  in  the  year 
1301,   which,  as  every  Antiqnary  is 
aware,  gives  an  account  of  the  arms  of 
the  Knights  who  were  present  on  that 
occasion.     Besides  these  MSS.  there 
is  one,  I  believe,  in  the  Bodleian  Li- 
brary of  a  similar  description,  and  of 
'  about    the    same  period,  which  was 
printed  by  Mr.  E.  Rowe   Mores  in 
1748,  entitled  '*  Nomina  et  Insignia 
centilitia  Nobilium   E^uitnmmie  sub 
Edvardo  primo  rege  Militantiiim;'*  to 
which  was  added,  the  "Roll  of  Ca- 
lais,'* being  the  names  and  arms,  with 
the  number  of  lancers,  archers,  and 
hobbelers,  &c..that  accoai|}abied  Ed- 
ward the  Third  in  the  sic^e  of  that 
place.    In  the  Antiquarian  Repertory, 
vol.  I.  is  a  list  of  the  Knights,  with 
their  arms,  similar  in  point  of  time 
and  in  arrangement  to  tnat  printed  by 
Mores,  though  there  are  some  slight 
grounds,  arising  from  internal  evidence, 
for  doubting  the  authenticity  of  the 
MS.  from  which  it  is  said  to  have 
been  copied.     There  is,  however,  a 
publication   on   the   subject  of  the 


ime.] 


|0«  UirMk  TVnMn. 


411 


armt  of  ibe  nobUHv  of  Eogland,  in 
the  reigo  of  Kdwanl  Um  First,  which 
it  more  valoable  than  either  of  those 
which  I  have  pointed  out,  becaose  it 
was  takeo  from  ejListin|^  impressioos  of 
the  seals  of  the  nobihty  tliemselves; 
namely*  engravings  of  the  seals  attach- 
ed to  I  he  letter  from  the  Barons  of 
England  to  Pope  Boniface  VIII.  in 
1301,  published  by  the  Society  of  An- 
tiquaries ill  17S9,  and  which  interest- 
ing prints  are  lold  by  the  Society  at  the 
triniu^  price  of  six  shilling  I  have 
been  induced  to  speak  of  ihe  best 
sources  of  iufonnation  relative  to  the 
arms  of  the  nobility  and  knights  of 
this  country  in  the  13th  and  14ih  cen- 
turiesy  becau>e  much  con  fusion  exists 
upon  the  subject— it  not  being  gene- 
rally known  that  there  is  coniempo^ 
rarif  evidence  of  the  armorial  ensigns 
which  they  used ;  and  still  more,  be- 
cause the  official  records  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Arms  do  not  extend  to  so  early 
a  period. 

As  Mores'  work  is  exceedingly 
scarce,  and  as  very  many  additions 
might  be  made  to  its  contents,  from 
the  MS.  and  other  sources  to  which  I 
have  alluded,  and  also  front  the  draw- 
ings of  seals,  which  are  preserved  in 
different  libraries,  as  well  as  from  the 
seals  appended  to  the  inestimable  col- 
lection of  Charters  in  the  Museum,  I 
beg  to  suggest  how  highly  desirable  it 
is  that  a  small  octavo  volume  should 
l>e  given  to  the  public  containing 
the  blazon  of  the  arms  (for  plates 
%vould  render  the  work  infinitely  too 
expensive)  of  the  nobility,  knights, 
and  gentry  of  England  down  to  the 
end  of  tne  14ih  century,  compiled 
solely  from  contemporary  MSS.,  exist- 
injc  seals,  or  drawings  of  seals,  in  the 
collections  of  Antiquaries.  This  would 
be  a  work,  Mr.  Urban,  worthy  of  that 
Press  which,  under  your  venerable 
auspices,  has  afforded  so  much  useful 
information  on  pust  times  i  and  which 
would  form  an  authentic  record  of 
those  ensigns  which  are  identified  with 
the  ancient  glory  of  English  chivalry. 
At  present  there  is  nothing  of  tlie 
kind,  excepting  the  work  by  Mores, 
and  the  few  page«  in  the  Antiquarian 
Repertory ;  neitiier  of  which  is  suffi- 
ciently known  to  be  generally  useful ; 
and  even  if  known,  they  are  sealed 
books  to  most  persons,  the  price  of 
both  beine  nearly  twelve  guineas. 

After  this  long  digression,  I  shall 
proceed  to  the  more  immediate  object 
of  this  communication. 


Pint,  ^ilh  respect  ib.the  ftu  «b»- 
C9tu,  Thb,  it  seems  almost  positive, 
should  properly  be  describad  merely  as 
a  danceiie,  the  word  /est  being  unne- 
cessary. Indeed  it  would  appear  that 
a  /e$$  and  a  danctiU  were  origiually 
distinct  bearings,  instead  of  being  a 
difference  of  the  same.  We  find/e#«#i 
described  in  the  MSS.  in  question,  with 
the  addition  of  engraiUd  and  indented, 
as  at  present,  but  never  as  beinti/esses 
dancelte.  Of  this  fact  the  following 
are  examples, 

«*Sir«  WUIiam   Vavasour  da  Or  a  tuM 

daunce  da  Sabla."^-Califf.  A.  xvu. 


<«  Cil  ki  porta  dance  et  billett^ 
Pa  or  en  asur  al  assaat  eourt 
Johaas  avoit  •  nom  Dabioourt 
Ki  tres  bian  i  fist  son  davoir." 

RoU  Iff  Kttrlaveroek, 
Again, 

**  £  kant  li  bons  Eymoos  Daincoiut 

O  sa  baniere  o  aus  truniss 
Da  inde  ooulour  de  or  billeltaa 
O  luie  ilanee  sorgetta."— iftid 

The  arms  of  Enpyne  are  usually 
blazoned  Gules  crusilly  Or,  a^e^jr  dan' 
cette,  but  they  are  described  in  the 
MS.  above  mentioned,  as  *'  de  Goules 
crusule  de  Or,  a  uuc  daunce  de  Or.*'— 
Caligula,  A.  xvii. 

Several  other  instances  might  be  adn 
duced  from  both  MSS.  as  well  as  frqm 
the  publications  I  have  cited;  but  it  is 
sufficient  to  observe,  that  in  no  case  is 
the  dance tte  described  as  a  fca  dan^ 
cette. 

With  respect  to  the  charge  of  /o- 
zengy  or  fusilly,  there  is  cause  to  be- 
lieve that  the  charges  so  described 
were  originally  one  of  the  ordinaries 
engrailed  or  indented,  and  that  they 
have  been  considered  as  lozenges  or 
fusiU,  in  consequence  of  the  lines  be- 
iti2  drawn  very  deep  in  engravings  and 
paintings.  Tne  first  example  I  shall 
adduce  in  support  of  this  hypothesis, 
is  that  of  the  renowned  family  of  Mar- 
shall, Earls  of  Pembroke,  wnose  arms 
have  always  been  considered  as  Gules, 
a  bend  lozengy  Or ;  but  it  would  ap- 
pear from  the  following  description  of 
those  of  William  Marshall  of  that 
house,  who  was  at  the  siege  of  Karla- 
verock,  that  they  vrere  Gules,  a  beod 
engrailed  Or. 

«  £  Quillams  li  Marascaua 
Dont  an  Irbuida  ot  la  baillie 
La  Ifende  de  Or  engrtHHe 
Portoit  en  la  rouge  haaitra." 

Roll  qf  Karlaverock,  , 


4l<2                                   On  Beraldic  Terms.  V^if> 

In  Mores*  \rork,  and  in  the  Cot-  in  the  MS.  maitccd  CtHi|;cila»  Al  xWi. 

toriian  MSS.  A.  xvii.  they  are  blalob-  and  Mores'  wjork,  his  arms  are  l^oa 

ed  in  a  similar  manner,  and  so  likewise  blazoned :  "  Sire  Symon  de  Montaen 

are  those  of  Sir  Auncel  le  Mareschal,  quartile  de  Argent  e  de  Aaure ;-  en  m» 

namely,  "de  Goules  a  une  bende  en-  quartiers  de  Azure  les  griffons  de  Or : 

greUe  de  Or  e  un  label  de  Argent."  en  les  ouartiers  de  Argent  daunces  de 

The  coat  of  Raleigh  of  Devon  is  Gules ;'   and  which  is  also  particularly 

commonly  blazoned  and  drawn  Gules,  deserving  of  attention,  because  it  pre- 

a  bend  lozensy  Argent,  but  those  of  sents  an  example  of  the  quartering  of 

Sir  Symon  R^igh  are  there  described  arms  some  years  before  the  union  of. 

as  "de  Goules  a  une  bende  engrelee  those  of  France  and  England  in  that 

de  Argent.*'  manner  by  King  Edward  the  Third, 

The  arms  of  the  Barons  Dinan  or  and  which  is  generally  deemed  to  be 

Dinham  are  generally  blazoned  Gules,  the  first  instance  of  the  kind  in  this 

five  lozenges  conjoined  in  fess  Ermine  f  country. 

but  they  are  described  in  the  MS.  in  Mores   conjectures,    from   internal 

question  as  "  Gules,  a  une  fesse  en*  evidence,  that  the  MS.  from  which  he 

tente  de  Ermine,*'  t.  e,  a  fess  indented,  copied  the  contents  of  the  first  part  of 

The  coat  of  Daubeney  is  usually  his  volume,  was  compiled  between  the 

blazoned  Gules,  four  fusils  in  fess,  Ar-  15th  and  igth  of  Edward  II.  13^)-^ 

^nt;  but  in  two  instances  it  is  called  1326.     His  opinion  appears  to  me  to 

Gules,  a  foss  indented,  in   the  Cot-  be  perfectly  correct;  and  as  the  arms 

tonian  MS.  and   in  Mores'  volume,  of  France  were  not  united  to  tho^e  of 

"Sire  Elias  Daubeney  is  said  to  hear  England  until  1341,  it  is  manifest  that 

de  Goiit]cSt  Si  unt  fesse  endenle  de  Ar-  this  instance  is  prior  by  fifteen  years 

sent;"  whilst  those  of  Sir  John  Dau-  to  that  of  Edward  the  Third;   even 

beney,  who  was  probably  a  younger  allowing  that  Simon  de  Montagu  fihit 

branch,  are  given  as  "  de  Gules,  a  une  quartered  the  two  coats  above  mention- 

Jesse  endente  de  Ermyn,  en  la  chef  iij  ed  in  the  year  1326;  but  it  is  very  pro- 

molez  de  Or.*'  bable  that  he  used  them  in  that  way 

It  has  been  observed*^  upon  the  many  years  previously, 

authority  of  the  following  passage  in  To  return,  however,  to  the  imme- 

the  **  Roll  of  Karlaverock  t,*'  and  upon  diaie  subject  of  these  remarks.   In  the 

that  of  the  reverse  to  the  seal  of  Simon  same  MS.  the  arms  of  Sir  William 

de  Montagu  attached  to  the  Baron*s  Montagu  are  described  "de  Ar^nt  a 

letter  to  Pope  Boniface,  that  the  an-  une  fesse  endente  de  Goules  a  t^  en- 

cient  coat  of  Montagu  was  Azure^  a  dentours.** 

griffin  segreant  Or.  Though  in  the  several  cases  I  have 

"Mes  a  Symon  de  Montagu  adduced,  and   many  more   might   be 

Ke  ftvoit  baniere e  escu  given,  of  the  charge  which  we -now 

De  inde  au  grifoun  rampant  de  or  fin."  consider  lozenges  or  fusiis,  being  bla- 

Roll  of  Karlaverock,  zoned  either  as  a   fess  indented  or  a 


Baron 

three  lozenges  conj 


signs,  which  I  shall  cite,  lest  it  may  be 


•  Remarks  on  the  Seals  attached  to  two  supposed  that  these  bearings  were  con- 
Documents  preserved  in  the  Treasury  of  the  founded  with  the  fess,  or  bend  engrail* 
Receipt  of  the  Exchequer,  being  Duplicates  ed,  dancetiv,  or  indented, 
of  the  Letter  from  the  Barons  of  England  to  '*  Sire  William  de  Ferrers,  deGoales, 
Pope  Boniface  the  Eighth  in  the  year  1801.  a  les  lozenges  de  Or." 
By  Nicholas  HarrU  Nicolas,  esq.  F.S.A.—  «« Sire  Geffrey  de  Aubermarle,  de 
Arch£ologia,  vol.  XXI.  Goules  crusule  de  Or,  a  une  bende 

t  We  are  happy  to  be  able  to  announce  mascle  de  Ermyn." 
^t  a  new  edition  of  the  invaluable  Roll  of        .cgire  Hubert Gernegan of  SuflPoIke, 

Karlaverock,    carefully    collated   with   the  j.   a^„^^^   •  ;:;  l*xoo««^  *Io  n^.,!— •> 

exUting  MSS.  and  accompanied  by  *  new  ^^^Jh'^^f "  '  *  "J  lozenges  de.Gonles. 

temalation  and  woodcut  eigravingJ  of  up-  ,  ^^^  latter  which  is  given  by  Mores, 

wards  of  a  hundred  banners,  may  be  shortly  ^^  ^9^*}  ^^Jjl'T^^^^^  »?  *!*«  9^^ 

expected.    Memoirs  of  the  several  leaders  J^^'a"  Mb.     The  family  of  Jeming- 

to  the  Siege  will  be  subjoined.   This  highly  na^,  now  represented  by  Lord  Staf- 

useful  work  has  been  tmdertaken  by  the  ac-  ^^rd,   the  descendant  of  Sir   Hubert 

curate  Herald  and  indefatigable  Antiquary  Gemegan^  have,  hOwever,  for  sei^eiml 
BMfltiOned  in  the  preceding  note.  Edit. 


1816.] 


QiorlifAif 


centurict  Imvim  Aignt,  thrM  aralag  intimiee  of  ab  mppmrnAt  lo  die  tjntem 
bocklct  Gttkt,  two  and  one.  of  lUMrttriog  armt^;  thoo^  ao  ex- 
Having  alluded  to  the  giMBet  of  ample  il  presented  in  the  teal  of  Ro- 
quartering  of  arms,  it  thoold  be  oh-  ger  de  Chfibrd,  which  Mr.  Nicobt  in 
■erred,  that  althoogh  the  instance  of  the  article  just  referred  to,  has  omit- 
Montacoie  seeons  lo  'be  the  earliest  jtt  ted  lo  point  out,  of  part  of  the  char^ 


discorered  in  English  Heraldry,  in 
which  two  distinct  coats  were  placed 
in  the  same  escutcheon  qmarierfy,  yet 
that  there  are  many  examples,  some 
of  which  are  coeval  with  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  science,  of  a  single  coat 
being  divided  into  quarters  i  vis.  Vere, 
Fiu  Warine,  Despenser,  &c.  I  am 
not  sufficiently  acquainted  with  Fo- 
reign Heraldry  to  state  at  what  time 
the  system  of  quartering  arms  was  6rst 
adopted  in  other  countries,  but  judg- 
ing from  the  only  instances  which 
now  present  themselves  to  my  recol- 


m  the  arms  of  the  mother  bemg 
placed  aroond  the  escutcheon  of  her 
son,  Roger  de  Clifford,  whose  seal  is 
affixed  to  the  Baron's  letter,  was 
the  son  of  Ro^r  de  Cliflbrd  hy  Isa- 
bella, daughter  and  coheiress  of  Ro- 
bert de  Vipount.  The  arms  of  Vi« 
pount  were  Or,  six  annulets  Gules,  and 
round  the  shield  of  Roger  de  Clifford 
(who  was  a  party  lo  that  letter),  which 
contains  the  coat  usually  assioncd  .to 
thai  family,  are  tix  annulets^  and  which 
we  may  safely  conclude  were  intro- 
duced from  the  cause  in  question.     I 


previous  to  its  being  used  in  England. 
The  cases  to  which  I  allude  are  those 
of  the  arms  of  the  kingdoms  of  Castile 
and  Leon,  as  the^r  ap|jear  upon  the 
tomb,  in  Westminster  Abbey,  of 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  Ferdinand  III. 


lection,  I  consider  that  it  was  long  avail  myself  of  this  opportunity  to  no- 
: — - 1^  ;».  k-;«„  ».^  ;»  Kn<»i:.n«i      jjj^  ,„  ^„q,.  Jh  ijjg  article  in  the  ilr- 

dutologia  on  the  Barons*  seals,  which 
it  is  but  charitable  to  immite  to  an 
oversight.  Speaking  t^  tne  seal  of 
Henry  de  Percy,  it  is  said  (p.  283), 

*^^..^., o —   —  **ihat    familv    entirely    relincpiished 

the  first  wife  of  Edward  I.  who  died  their  paternal  coat  on  marrying  the 
in  I>ec.  ISgO,  upon  which  Mr.  Wil-  heiress  of  Brabant;**  it  will  at  once  be 
lement  in  his  very  valuable  and  tnte-    seen  that  the  contrary  was  the  fact    If 

these  words  and  the  two  following 
ones,  **  and  that,"  be  erased,  the  sen- 
tence will  be  correct. 

At  a  future  period,  I  pnrpose  offer- 
ing 3^ou  some  remarks  upon  /m/Nt/e- 
ments  and  the  Escutcheon  qf  Pretence. 

Clionas. 

IN  your  review  of  Mr.  Raine*s  Let- 
ter to  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Durliam 


testing  work  •  has  observed,  «•  they  are 
remarkable  as  the  earliest  example 
in  England,  of  two  coats  quartered  in 
the  same  shield ;"  and  that  writer  re- 
marks, that  on  this  monument  as  well 
as  on  the  numerous  crosses  erected  to 
her  memory,  the  arms  of  England 
arc,  in  other  escutcheons,  quartered 
with  those  of  Poniieu,  namely.  Or, 
three  bendleu  Azure  within  a  bordure 
Gules.  The  other  instance  to  which 
I  have  referred  is  the  seal  of  Isabel  of 
France,  wife  of  EdwanI  the  Second, 
to  whom  she  was  married  in  January 


in  your  last  vol.  p.  158,  vou  mention 

— 7 ,  .  ,.         ^  that  "wine  was  formerly  laid   in  at 

1308,  which  presents  a  shield  quar-  Darlington    when   strange    minUlers 

terly :  in  the  hrsi  quarter  the  arius  of  pleached."     Perhaps  it  may  be  iote- 

her  husband,--England  ;  in   the  2d,  jesting  to  some  of  your  readers  to  know 

those  of  her   faiher—Francc;  m   the  ^j^^^  ^^  ^^^^  j^  ,^^1  continued,  and 

third,  those  of  Navarre;  and  in  the  4ih  .u..  whenever  a  stranser  Cleravman 


the  coat  of  Champagne  f. 

An  instance  occurs  among  the  seals 
attached  lo  the  letter  to  the  Pope 
from  the  Baronage  of  this  country 
in  1301,  of  the  arms  of  a  family  repre- 
sented by  an  individual  being  placed 
on  the  same  seal  wiih  his  own,  but  in 
a  distinct  escutcheon  ;  and  which  it 
has  been  conjectured  presents  the  first 

•  Regal  Heraldry,  p.  13. 
t  Ibid.  p.  .14. 


that  whenever  a  stranger  Clergyman 
preaches  in  the  morning,  a  bottle  of 
wine  is  sent  him  by  the  Churchwar- 
dens immediately  on  his  return  from 
duty.  My  father  held  the  curacy  for 
thirty-two  years,  and  was  preferred  to 
a  living  about  six  years  ago ;  and  dur- 
ing his  long  ministerial  residence^  I 
am  not  aware  that  the  custom  was 
ever  once  omitted. 

Yours,  &c.  J.  TopHAM. 

X  Arehibolo^  vol.  xxu 


COMPENDIUM  OF  COUNTY  HISTORY.t-YORKSHIRE. 

Let  me  but  see  the  man, 
That  ID  one  tract  can  show  the  wonders  that  1  can ;  •    - 

Like  Whitby's  self,  I  think,  there's  none  can  show,  hut  I, 
O'er  whose  attractive  earth  there  may  no  wild  geese  fly, 
But  presently  they  fail  fruin  nff  their  wings  to  ground. 
If  this  no  wonder  be,  where 's  there  a  wonder  found  ? 
And  stones  like  serpents  there,  yet  may  ye  more  hehf>Id, 
That  in  their  natural  gyres  are  up  together  roU'd." — ^Drayton. 

SITUATION  AND  EXTENT. 

Boundaries.  North,  Durham  and  Westmoreland :  East,  German  Ocean : 
South,  Humber,  Lincoioshire,  Notts,  and  Derbyshire :  West,  Cheshire  and 
Lancashire. 

GreateMt  length,  from  E.  to  West,  83 ;  grealest  breadth,  from  N.  to  S.  38 ; 
square  2048{qo  j  Circumference  460. 

Province,  York.     Dioceses,  York  and  Chester. 

Circuit,  Northern. 

ANTIENT  STATE  AND  REMAINS. 

British  Inhabitants,  Bri^ntes. 

Roman  Province,  Maxima  Cssariensis ;  Stations,  Derventio,  Aldby  Park : 
Jsurium,  Aldborough  :  Bracchium,  Bainbridge :  Cataractoniam,  Catterick, 

Sojion  Octarchy,  Deira,  and  afterwards  Bernicia. 

Antiqmties.  Druidical  Remains.  Freeburgh  hill.  British  Encampments,  Crop- 
ton  ;Grintun.  Roman  Encampments  o^ ^'Amhv\i3L^(d ;  Borough  hill;  Bowes; 
Gayle ;  Greta-bridge ;  Kirby  Wiske  ;  Peak  ;  Rokeby ;  Spital.  Saxon  Enc, 
Guisborou^h  near;  Eston  ;  How  hill ;  Pickhill.  Danish  Enc.  Castle  hill. 
Kirk  Levmgton  ;  Kirklington ;  Thornborough  Moor.  Abbeys  of  Ayton 
(founded  by  theBromRete  family) ;  Byland  (founded  1177) ;  Ea^by  (founded 
by  Roaldus,  constable  of  Richmond  Castle>  about  i  151)  ;  Eggteston  (founded 
by  Ralph  de  Melton  about  Henry  H.  or  Richard  I.);  Fors  (founded  temp. 
Stephen  by  one  Akar,  a  tenant  of  the  Earl  of  Richmond);  Jervaulx  (removed 
from  Fors  twelve  years  after  its  foundation)  ;  Marton  (founded  by  Bertram 
de  Buhner,  temp.  Stephen) ;  Rievaulx  (founded  in  1131  by  Walter  d*Esp^) ; 
Whitby  (founded  by  Oswy  65(>,  afterwards  a  priory,  and  again  an  aboey). 
!Prtorie5  of  Caitcrick  ;  Coverham  (founded  by  Ralph  Fitz-Robert  iu  J214); 
Ellerton  (founded  by  Warnerus,  chief  steward  to  Earl  of  Richmond,  temp. 
Henry  II.);  Gilling  (founded  by  Eanfleda,  wife  of  Oswia,  7th  century); 
Guisboro'ii^h  (founded  by  Robert  de  Brus  in  1 129) ;  Kirkham  (founded  by 
Walter  d^Esp^e) ;  Sl  Martin's  (founded  by  Wyomer,  lord  of  Aske,  about 
1100);  Mount-grace  in  Arnecliffe  (founded  \3q6  by  Thomas  de  HoUaad, 
Duke  of  Surrey) ;  Newbrough  (founded  by  Roger  de  Mowbray  iu  1 145) ; 
Rosedale  (founded  IIQO);  Scarborough  (founded  by  Edw.  11.  in  1320). 
Nunneries  of  EUerion  (founded  temp.  Henry  II.  by  VVymor,  steward  to  the 
Earls  of  Richmond) ;  Handale  (founded  in  1133  by  Richard  de  Percy); 
Hackness  (founded  by  Lady  Hilda,  abbess  of  Whitby) ;  Keldholme  (founded 
by  Robert  de  Stuteville,  temp.  Henry  I.);  Marrick ;  Nunthorpe  (founded 
temp.  Henry  II.);  Richmond;  Wykeham  (founded  by  Pain  Fttz-Osbert 
about  1 153).  Churches  of  Bowes  (Norman) ;  Danby  Wiske  (Norman  door) 
Downholme  (later  Norman) ;  Egton ;  Gilling ;  Grinton  (Norman  piers) ; 

'  Hawkswell;  Kirkby  Wiske  (beautiful  Norman  doorway);  Kirkdale  (built 
between  1056  and  1065) ;  Kirk  Levington ;  Old  Malton  (a  fine  specimen  of 

'  Saxon  architecture,  in  excellent  preservation);  Marske;  Northallerton; 
Startfbrth  (Norman)  ;  Thornton  Steward  (Saxon) ;  Skelton ;  W>ll8.  ChQpeU 
of  Askrig;  Boldon;  Cotherston  (on  its  site  an  ancient  fortress  dug  up); 
Easby ;  Eston  ;  Forsett ;  Hulton  Longvilliers  (picturesoue  appearance) ;  Keld^ 
in  Grinton;  Kiieeton ;  Lartington  (founded  by  the  Fitz-Hughs  15  th  cen- 
tury) ;  Richmond,  Trinity  (considered  the  apcient  parish  church)  ;  Tocketts ; 
Wykeham.  Fonts  at  Bowes  ;  Brignall ;  Danby  Wiske ;  Downholme;  Eatby 
(very  beautiful) ;  Catterick  (curious  and  handsome);  Kirkby  Hill;  Marske; 


laas;]     CompmilHm  of  Cwwly  Hkiwrp—N.  Ridmg  c/Ymrkakin.     416 


Ravemwortb  I  Smcftlooi  Sooth  KiUingion;  Thonitoci  Sifewaid;  ..^...^. 
Catiies  of  Ayttm  (bekxiged  to  the  Evm){  Bcdale  (built  hv  Briaa  Fitk- Alan, 
iemp.  Henry  111.);  Bolton  (hnilt  br  Ricbaid  le  Scroope,  Chancellor  of  Eng- 
land* temp.  Ric.  II.) ;  Bowei  (built  by  Alan  Niger*  tirBt  Earl  of  that  title)  i 
Castleton ;  Clifton  (built  by  Geoffrey  le  Scroope,  now  no  remains) ;  Codien- 
ton ;  Crake ;  Danby  (proluibly  built  in  the  1  Ith  century  by  Robert  de  Brut) ; 
Gillins  (no  remains);  Harbey  (built  by  Judn  Strangwaite) {  Helmsley 
(built  by  Robert  de  Ross) ;  Hornby ;  Kildale  (belonged  to  the  Earls  of  North- 
umberland) ;  Killerby  (built  by  Brian  Fitz-Alan,  IQ  Edw.  I.) ;  Kilton  ^be- 
longed to  the  ancient  family  ofThwengs);  Kirkby  Malessart  (built  by  Nigel 
de  Mowbray,  or  Albini  tne  first);  Malton;  Middleham  (built  by  Robert 
Fits-Ralph) ;  MuUrave  Caule  (built  200  years  before  the  Conquest) ;  North- 
allerton (built  by  Rufus,  Bp.  of  Durham) ;  Pickering  (built  temp.  Edw.  Coa- 
festor) ;  Ravensworth  (resembling  in  its  external  forms  the  Norman  castles}  ; 
Richmond  (built  by  Earl  Alan,  nephew  of  Wm.  I.);  Scarborough  (built  m 
1 136  by  Wm.  le  Gros,  Earl  of  Albemarle) ;  Sheriff-Huttoo  fbuilt  by  Aeferl* 
de  Bulmer,  temp.  Stephen);  Skelton  (built  by  Robert  de  Bros);  Slingsbyi 
Tanfield  (built  by  the  Marmions);  Snape  (tAiilt  by  the  Nerilles);  Thirwe 
(demolished  temp.  Hen.  II.);  Upsall;  Wborlton;  Wilton.  IfonsJefMof 
Boultby  (the  seat  of  the  Conyers,  now  a  farm-house) ;  Mertham  (the  antieoi 
seat  of  the  Rokebys) ;  Thornton  bridge.  Caves  at  Ebberston*  odled  Elfwin'a 
or  Elfrid*8  hole ;  iCiVkdale  (in  which  was  found  a  larg^  coUectioo  of  bones  of 
the  elephant,  hyena,  &c.  &c.) 

PRESENT  STATE  AND  APPEARANCE. 

Lake,    Simmer  near  Askrig. 

Emneneet  and  Vtewt,  Aske,  delightfollv  situated ;  Ainderby  Steeple,  a  rciy 
conspicuous  object ;  Brignall  Vicarage-house,  ''one  of  the  moat  pleasing  ro- 
tiremenu  1  have  ever  seenf ;"  Brottoo  Chapel  commands  an  eJtteosiTe  pros- 
pect ;  Ebberston  is  delightfully  situated  at  the  foot  of  a  fine  eminence,  oeco- 
rated  with  a  vast  amphitheatre  of  plantations,  &c. ;  a  hill  near  Gutsborough 
commands  a  prospect  of  sea  and  land  remarkable  for  its  grandeur,  variety,  and 
exteiit;  Hack  fall,  deservedly  celebrated  for  iu  sylvan  beauties;  Hackneas 
hills,  at  once  sublime  and  beautiful ;  the  road  from  Hackneas  to  East  Ayton 
delightfully  romantic;  Handale  Cliffs,  pleasing  prospect  of  the  aea;  Kirk 
Levington  Church,  an  extensive  and  pleasing  prospect;  Middleham  Castle, 
whence  ihe  views  up  and  down  the  wensley  dale  are  delightful ;  Rievaulx 
Abbey,  not  to  be  surpassed  in  picturesoue  beauty;  magnificent  prospects 
from  the  RichmomI  hills ;  the  village  of  Kohin  Hood's  my  romantically  si- 
tuated; Rokeby  is  the  sct*iie  of  Sir  W.  Scott*s  poem,  the  junction  or  the 
Greta  and  Tees  here  is  truly  nicturesoue ;  from  Roseberry  Topping  is  a  scene 
of  beauty  and  sublime  grandeur  seldom  found  in  one  view;  the  ascent  to 
Scarthniche  beautiful,  and  extensive  prospect;  Scarborough  and  its  en- 
virons (including  Ftiey,  Hunnianby,  &c.)  afford  many  delightful  prospects. 
Stoupe  Brow,  893  feet  high,  few  views  more  awfully  grand  than  that  from  its 
summit,  when  a  thick  fog  is  rising  from  the  sea ;  the  Swale  exhibits  a  variety 
of  picturesque  scenery. 

Natural  Curiosities.  Aysgarth  Force;  Brimham  Craegs,  an  assemblage  of  vast 
perpendicular  masses  of  grit  stone ;  Hackfall :  Hardraw  Fall,  a  grand  column 
of  water;  High  Force  or  Fall  of  the  Tees  in  Romaldkirk;  Mallin  Suout, 
Egton,  a  remarkable  waterfall ;  Moudale  Fall ;  Newton  Chapel  well :  Rich- 
mond St.  Osyth's  well ;  Scarborough  mineral  waters,  discovered  accidentally 
in  1620. 

Pul'lic  Edijices.  Egton  Bridge.  Kirkby  Free  School,  built  in  l683  byHenry 
Edmunds,  esq.  Kirkleatham  Hospital,  founded  1676  bySir  Wm.  Turner, 
knt.  Richmond  Grammar  School,  founded  by  Elizabeth,  anno  reg.  O. 
Ravensworth  School,  founded  by  Dr.  John  Dakyn,  1556.  Rudby  ScSodi, 
erected  !740.  Scarborough  Amicable  Society,  founded  in  ITSQ.by  Ro- 
bert North,  esq. ;  Sea-bathing  Infirmary  founded  in  1811 ;  Seaaum'a  Hoapital 

«  Others,  Bertmti,  f  Whittahsr. 


416      CompeHdium  of  Onmip  BiHory.—N.  Riding  of  Yorhlun.      JVUj, 

erected  in  1752,  by  the  ship-owners  of  the  towni  Theatre;  Town-luJI. 
Well  Grammar  School,  foauded  temp.  Henry  VIII.;  Hospital.    Whttby 
Poor-house;  Town-hall;  Dispensary,  instituted  1786.  Yarm  Bridbe, 4w«r the 
.    Tees,  built  about  1400;  Free  School,  founded  by  Queen  Elizabetn,  in  15S8. 

Seats :  Hornby  Castle,  Duke  of  Leeds,  Lord  Lieutenant. 


AeUam  Hall,  Thos.  Hustler,  esq. 
-Agglethorpe  Hall,  M.  Wm.  Chaytor,  esq. 
Airy  Hill  near  Whitby,  R.  Moorsom,  esq. 
Ablaby,  Mark  Noble,  esq. 
Aldbu»h^  J.  H.  D'Arcy  Hutton,  esq. 
AMby  Park,  Henry  Darley,  esq. 
Alne-heose,  Stamp  Brooksbank,  esq. 
Arden  Hall»  D*Arcy  Tancred,  esq. 
Amcliife  Hall,  Mrs.  Mauleverer. 
Aske  Hall,  Lord  Dundas. 
Barningham,  Mark  MUbank,  eaq. 
Bedale,  Henry  Pierse,  esq. 
BeningbrougQ  Hall,  Mrs.  Earle. 
>  Benktl  Grange,  Rev.  John  Monson. 
Bblton  Hall,  Hon.  Thos.  Orde  Powlett. 
Bowes  Hall,  Thos.  Harrison,  esq. 
Brandsby  Hall,  Francis  Cholmeley,  esq. 
Brawith  Hall,  Warcop  Consett,  esq. 
Brompton,  Sir  Geo.  Cayley,  esq. 
Brough  Hall,  Sir  H.  Maire  Lawson,  bart. 
Burton  Hall,  Christoph.  Wyville,  esq.  M.P. 
Busby  Hall,  Rev.  Greo.  Manwood. 
Caiop  Hill,  William    Rooks   L^eds    Ser- 

Jeantson,  esq. 
Carkon    Hall,    Samuel    Barrett    Moulton 

Barrett,  eso. 

■       Hustnwaite,  Valentine    Kitching- 

man,  esq. 
Castle  Howard,  Earl  of  Carlisle. 
Cli£fe,  Henry  Witham,  esq. 
Qifton  Castle,  Timothy  Hutton,  esq. 
— — — —  Lodge,  J.  Clerveaux  Chaytor,  esq. 
Cliuts,  Thomas  Errington,  esq. 
Crake  Hall,  Henry  Percy  Pulleine,  esq. 
Croft,  Wm.  Chaytor,  esq. 
Crosby  Hall,  Rev.  William  Dent. 
Danby  Hall,  Simon  Thos.  Scroope,  esq. 

— Hill,  Rev.  William  Cust. 

Doe  Park  Hall,  Wm.  Hutchinson,  esq. 
Duncombe  Park,  Chas.  Duncombe,  esq. 
Eaiby  Lodge,  Wm.  Hutchinson,  esq. 
Easby,  Robt.  Jaques,  esq. 

'    -  Hall,  Robt.  Champion,  esq. 
Eastthorpe  House,  Edward  Taylor,  esq. 
£gton  Bridge,  Rich.  Smith,  esq. 
£sk  Hall,  Sleights>  John  Campion  Coates, 

esq. 
Faoeby  Lodge,  Geo.  Lloyd,  esq. 
Field  House,  Christ.  Richardsoa,  esq. 
Forcett  Hall,  Chas.  Mitchell,  esq. 
Hackness,  Sir  John  Vanden  Bempd^  John* 

stone,  hart. 
Halnaby  Hall,  John  Peniston  Milbank,  esq. 
Haadale  Abbey,  Edward  Turton,  esq. 
Harlsey,  East,  John  Chas.  Maynard,  esq. 
Hartforth,  Sheldon  Cradock,  esq. 
Hawxwell  £Mt,  Mrs.  Gale. 
Highthom,  Wm.  Hotham,  esq. 
Hildenley*  George  Strickland,  esq. 
Hipswell^  Lodge,  T,  Hutchinsoa,  esq. 


Holly  Hill,  Richard  P.  Straogways,  esq. 
Holtby  House,  Thomas  Robinson,  esq. 
Hornby  Grange,  Henry  Hewgill,  esq. 
Hovingharo,  Edward  Worsley,  esq. 
Huttou  Hall,  W.  Battle  Wrig:btS6n,  esq. 
-~— x—  Bushel  I,  George  Osbaldeston,  esq. 

■  Lodge,  General  M'Leod. 
Ingleby  Manor,  Sir  Wm.  Foalis,  bart. 
Jerveaux  Abbey,  Earl  of  Aylesbury. 
Kildale,  Robt.  Bell  Livesey,  esq. 
Killerby,  John  Booth,  esq. 
Kingthorpe,  Col.  Lloyd. 
Kiplin  Hall,  Earl  Tvrconnel. 
Kirkby  Hall,  Mrs.  Lawrence. 
'  Misperton,  Rev,  F.  W.  Blomberg. 

Kirkleatham,  Henry  Vansittart,  esq. 
Langton  Lodge,  Franeis  Redfeam,  esq. 
Larpool  Hall,  £dm.  Tnrton,  esq. 
lartington,  Mrs.  Silvertop  Maire. 
Layton,  East,  Thomas  Barker,  esq. 

West,  Lord  Rokeby. 

Leven  Grove,  Dowager  Lady  Amherst. 
Loft  House,  Sir  Robert  Lawrenee  Dundasy 

bart. 
Londonderrv,  Rev.  John  Raper  Honton. 
Long  Hall,  Robert  Chaloner,  esq. 
Low-row,  Ralph  Parke,  esq. 
Marrick  Park,  JosiiJi  Morley^  esq. 
Marske,  John  Hutten,  esq. 
— — — <—  Hall,  Lord  Dundas. 
Marton  Lodge,  Bartholomew  Rudd,  esq. 
Maunby,  Thos.  Stubbs  Walker,  esq. 
Meadow  Field,  Heury  Simpson,  esq. 
Middleton  Lodge,  George  Hartley,  eaq. 
Mount  St.  John,  Rev  Heneagc  £lsley, 
Molgrave  Castle,  Earl  of  Mulgrave. 
Murton  Hall,  Barnard  Smith,  esq. 
Myton  Hall,  Martin  Stapylton,  esq. 
Nawton,  Thomas  Whytehead,  esq. 
Ness,  East,  Thna.  Kendall,  esq. 
Newbiggin  Hall,  Hen.  Walker  Yeoman,  esq. 
Newbrough  Park,   Thos.  Edward  Wynne 

Belasvse,  esq. 
Newby  rark,  John  Chas.  Ramsden.  esq. 

Hall,  Col.  Mitford. 

New  Houses,  Robt.  Lodge,  esq. 
Newton  House,  Earl  of  JJarlington. 

■  ,  —  Mosa,  esq. 

Normaoby,  Wm.  Ward  Jackson,  esq. 
Norton  Conyers,  Sir  BelUnghan  ReginaM 

Graham,  bart. 
Nunthorpe  Hall,  Thos.  Simpson,  esq. 
Oldstead  Grange,  Thomas  Paul,  esq. 
Oran,  Jonathan  Walker,  esq. 
Ormesby  Hall,  Sir  Wm.  Pennyman,  hart.  . 
Patrick  Brompton,  Gr^ory  Eisley,  esq. 
Peak,  Sunderland  Cook,  esq. 
Pepper  Hall,  John  Ardea,  esq. 
Finchingtborpe,  Jas.  Lee,  esq. 
Raithwaitey  Isriel  flimter,  esq. 


IB«S0 


Compendium  <if  Cotin(g  Hittarii.-^Yorkiinre. 


kebj  Puk.  Joku  Buon  3.  Morriit,  oq,       SWup*  Btci<r  CvlUfc,  Sundctluid  Cook,  aii). 


itoie  CstUfn,  Skrlton,  V.  Drufj,  ctq. 

lUiuDMa  Gm]g*i  John  W«if««,  eiq. 

RiuwuB,  Mil*  Pennymu. 

Stlloa,  G».  WonlccKlM  Dowlicr,  «q. 

B«DrihiiHan,Kr*.Th«.Cat1<.rRad>niill«d. 

ScrulDQ  H4II,  Hem?  Ode,  »q. 

Scdbury  U>ll,  (.'olToiHr. 

Su-T   Hill,  H»n.  ud  R».  Wm.  Heuv 

D.-B.y. 
SbecifF  H.:t«ia  Pifk,  O.  L.  TbompioD,  e»|. 
SinbjDffUui  l^ge,  FudtiLy  Diivioa>  «kj. 
Siua  iTll.  Juibut  CioiDpl.m,  oig. 
Sktlton  Greagr,  Kdwu<]  PIm*.  iki. 

CotUgB,  ;Mn.  Thompiun. 

—  CmiIs,  JoliD  WbMion,  gill. 

Skinniognic,  Jehu  Eastcrby,  oq. 
SblghuHill.  Mn.  BiteiD*!!. 
SwDlon,  Woi.  MoenoiDi  esq. 
Sotpt  H.I1,  Mix  Clirkn. 
BnnioaCiulJo,  Jamei  Wilioa.su). 
Suholiy,  High,  Jnbn  BUcliliara,  giq. 
^^^^^^  Luvr,  Abel  Cfauimu,  e*q. 
Sunaick  Si.  Jabn,  Lord  PradluM. 
SuiCiunh.T.H.Hill.Mq. 
StlllinL-ion,  Wm.  froft,  (iq. 
—  --      !!..!!,  H-rr^f  toft,  t,q. 


SwibtthwmHc,  Wen.  John  AndgaoDt  eH. 
SitiDUn,  Wm  D«Dby,  uq. 
Tbcakttou.  Edvtrd  CArUr.  «q. 
Tbtmblcby  Lodct.  Uq.  Wm.  Cbiiit,  Pitnt. 

•iq, 

TtiirkUby  H«I1,  Sii  Thni.  Fnnklud,  but. 
Tlioratua,  Ricliu^  Hitl,  ciq. 
Til  uniloD-lB- Moor,  TboL  Bcckfit,  eiq. 
TliutnioD  Htil,  Sit  £.  S.  Dodiwixtb,  Wt, 
TbortM  Rail,  Mul  M^lbwLr,  tiq. 
TnloW  Hill,  TImnu  Rudd,  <>q. 
Uplfilbimi  Hall,  Dowiign  Udy  DddiIm.  ■ 
Wanhill,  Bcojunin  Agir,  tta. 
Wtlhum  Hall  riati  lUr.  John  RobiBaoa}. 
Wall.  Biohaid  3tnng<iaya,  »>q. 
Whitby  Abbry,  Geoin  Cholmlcj,  aaq. 
Wicginlhoipe.  Wn.  (nrfiirtli.  cm. 
Wilun  CaiiU,  Sir  Jobn  LawiW,  M.P. 


Woodluidi,  Ilean  W^ker  Y*omaD,  atq. 

WyclilTo  Mnll.  Mr>  CopsUblo. 


i'.. 


,■  If,  Dm, 


;    Roll 


Manhtrnif  Paitiaaent.     Malfon  S\  NorthalterioQ  S;  Richmond  Sj  Scttbo- 

rough  9;  Thirsk  2|  toUl  10. 
Produce.    LiinMiODC)  make-siopn;  aluin,  the  finctt  rocki  in  Europe)  troo- 

ttssnt;  frcc-ilODei  marbk;  coal)  tmbet;  jet;  ct^jper;  lesdi  iron.    La^ctt 

horned  cattle  in  England,  and  lingularly  fine  honei ;  fiih. 
Jifanitfaciuret.     WoolTca;  booe-Uce;  kelp. 

POPULATION. 
IFapenlakri  IS ;  Liberlitt  3|  Market  towni  ig ;  Whole  Pariiket  10? }  Parli  if 

Paritket  b.  ^ 

Jnhabilanlt.     Males  9U,133;  Female*  g3,3SB  i  toUl  183,381. 
Fumilict  emplai/td  im  agricullurt,  lG,737 ;  in  trade  11,570;  in  ncilher  10,424; 

toul  38,731. 
Baplumt,  matei  sC,40l  ;  icmain  85,145;  lolal  Sl,6f6. 
Ataniagei  I8,4S2.     Buriatt,  malea  U,463  i  femalo  14,g69;  total  S9,43S. 
P/a»i  having  not  leti  than   1000  inhabiUDta. 


Hooaa. 

Inhab. 

Whitby      - 

I,4«l 

8,lW7 

UiatiDghaa- 

SciP-aoaouo- 

9,883 

S,S33 

Middlaioa    - 

Ni.  M*it« 

774 

4,00s 

Malbtcki      - 

Richmond  ■ 

3,S46 

FyliagdalM  - 

Catwrick     - 

J,7IB 

Kirkdda       - 

Pickering     - 

S64 

Habulay      - 

NoaTuaLLUTONSfiT 

«|696 

Ya,«-         - 

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Hindar«*U    - 

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BMtll 

a,4ei 

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408 

3,13t 

Maker 

GLlliag'       - 

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868 

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B»™p      - 

1,9IS 

Boaaall 

380 

1,9U 
1,911 

Broopton     - 

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Kirkbj-M-wt.id.369 

1,897 

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May. 

ists. 

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144 

1878 

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804 

l|8« 

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1,1SS 

»47 

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87* 

Maiham          - 

tfS 

1,111 

IWal* 

U,b. 

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toe 

1,118 

1,09S 

Kitk  Ualbam 

848 

1.081 

Ounothtrl.    - 

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818 

1,064 

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178 

1,087 

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888 

i'.«a 

FHU  Kbk      - 

1»S 

AMU 

!>.t. 

41d                     <3lenealogf  of  the  Baynard  Family.  Ot^V, 

Mr.  Urbait^    Shafleshury,  May  4.  wrote  much  of  remarkable  places  in 

THE  aocompanyins  accou^t  of  one  ^^^^  Cittie,)  built  Baynard's  Castle  ncare 
of  the  oldest  Families  in  Eng-  Pauleys  ^Wharfe  in  London,  and  de- 
land,  a  branch  of  which  was  settled  at  ceased  in  the  reigne  of  King  William 
Lackham  in  Wiltshire,  deserves  pre-  Rufus;  and  after  bis  decease  J^eiy 
servation  in  your  pages.  It  was  drawn  Baynard  succeeded, 
up  by  Phihpot  the  Herald,  and  is  .  JefFery  Baynard,  of  Little  Danmow, 
ampler  than  that  printed  in  Dugdale's  ^^  Essex,  and  Lord  of  Baynard's  Cas- 
Baronage.  The  original  is  on  velldm,  ^'c  in  London,  sone  of  Ralph  Baynard, 
and  belongs  to  a  descendant  of  the  per-  ^^^^  issue  William  Baynard.  William 
son  to  whom  it  had  been  presented  by  Baynard  (as  the  former  authour  Ger- 
Lady  Mary  Montague,  only  daughter  ^^  of  Tilberiy  setts  downe,)  did 
and  heiress  of  Sir  Thomas  Bciynard,  of  loose  and  forfeit  his  Barony  for  fel- 
Lackham,  Knt.  and  the  wife  of  Cap-  lony  11 10;  and  King  Henry  gave 
tain  James  Montague,  third  son  of  >^t  wholly  to  Robert,  the  sone  of  Rich- 
Henry  the  first  Earl  of  Manchester.  ard,  the  sone  of  Gilbert  de  Clare  and 
Yours,  &c.      Charles  Bowles.  ^  ^^  heires,  togeather  with  the  house 

of  Baynard's  Castle.    Walter  succeeded 

Illustrations,  collected  by  John  Phili-  Robert,  and  begatt  a  sone  called  Ro- 

pott,  Sommersett  Herald,  of  the  Fa-  bert,  after  whome  succeeded  Fitz-Wal- 

mily  of  Baynard,  shewing  their  An*  [^'>  ^  valient  Knight,  whose  posteritie 

iiquitte,  Nobillitie,  Patrimony,  and  oeing  of  Baron's  degree,  were  Stand- 

Posteritie.  erd-bearers  to  the  Sittie  of  London. 

Ralph  Baynard,  a  valient  Norman,  J^Jf^  ^7^*"%  ^"'^'^   ^*"»°«  .«>5  ^^J 

came  over  with  William  the  Conquel  «i^L„  ,?  ,    """^'^    '^    clouded  the 

rour,  as  Ordericus  Vitalis  in  his  fiis-  ?fJ?:n^,,^*"  ?  mention  is  made  of  them 

torie  of  Normandy  reciteth ;  and  was  S?''"  '^^  Vk™^  ^^  ^ing  Edward  the 

by  the  said  King  rewarded  for  his  faiih--  3\vli1  km   """^  ?"??*^ii  5*^ 

fiil  services,  wliich  accords  with  the  "^^T'J^^^  ^""^"^  some  lands  in  Norfolk 

testimonies  found  of  him  in  our  most  ^"n l^J",?'  r""'  ""fr^^  T^  ^'?8 

venerable  record  of  that  time,  Doomes-  J^^^  Vf  V  -T'  ""l  Chivallry  to  the 

day  Book,  in    the  Exchequer,   taken  "^ff,  5q    !!     7^'?  i?""*,  ^^f  9?"" 

5n   the  twentieth  yeare  of   the  said  ^."'f  f^^^***"^5  thePowleof  which 

King's  reigne,   wherein  bee  is  men-  J^"!"^^  conieymn^  the    coats   of  all 

tiontd  to  hold  these  Lands  and  Man-  „^'^  ^*''*'^'"'/'  T  ?*?«M>^»c^  o( 

nors,  viz.  ^  ™?J\"T  ^""T^^'  ^"^  ^^'t  » ^*^ 

In  Essex.  Kobert  as  I  conceive,  who  was 

in.-     u             XT    .              i-i    1.  summoned  in  the  sixth  yeare  of  Kins 

Vltingham.  -  Nortune.  --  Curby-  Edward  the  11.  to  come  to  the  Parlia- 

^^'''^^•"■•P^°'"w-  ^C  '^"'''r  '  ^'f!'  mentat  Westminster.  Robert  Baynard's 

et    dimid.)  -  WimWis^  Borooldi-  eldest  sone  was  named  Robert-  knd 

tuna.  ^  Metcnges.  ^  MageHana.  -  hee  had  issue  Robert,  who  lefVrda4£ 

Penlelavam.-Burneham.^Badwen.  ter  named  Bretta,  married  to  tho^ 

Hamnefe  dam.- Adem  -Ramseiam.  Gerbridge,  who  had  issue  Edward,  wh^ 

-MicTielstow-Wendenamp-Hen-  had  i^su^Thomas,  father  of  S,  mar- 

ham.--A8cendunam.-Langfordham.  ried  to  Edward  Berry,  who  had  Sue 

ioleshunta.  Aenes,  daughter  and  heir,  married  to 

In  Norfolk.  William  Pasion,  a  Judge  in  the  time 

Kerdestuna.  —  Seedsetuna. — Ham-  ©^  King  Henry  the  Sixth. 

hala. — Hatestuna. — Wigenham. — Ti-  Thten  follows  Thomas  Baynard  of 

linghetuna. — ^Titeshala. — Wiclurde.  the  county  of  Essex,  from  whome  this 

In  Suifnilc  ^""'^  **  deducted  by  a  continued  stream 

Kitiduna.— Froxidena.--ypbe8tuna.  taine  James  MounUgue :  Thomas  Bav^ 

r-  W/"^«™or-  ^?.   Wankeforda.  —  In  nard  de  Comiutu  Essex  married  Joanc. 

btatifelJa.— Simplinga  .♦  John  Baynard,  who  dyed  in  the  three 

This  Ralph  Baynard,  a  nobleman,  and  twentieth  yeare  of  King  Edward 

(saith  Gervas  of  Tilbury,  a  venerable  the  Third,  married  Isabella. 
Historian,  and  alsoe  Fitz-Stephen,  that 


^'    . .   -• TTT — ' t  ^"  *•  *  Suable  testimony  in  fiivour 

•  Ihis  hst  of  Mmors  it  very  imperfect     of  the  RoD  of  Karlaverock,  of  wluch  faftfon 
when  compared  with  Domesday  Book.  inp«412.    Sdit. 


IBU.J                              rofti  awfrnlUkmi.  41t 

Thoma*  Bajmard,   liii  (oii,  St.  19  The  tir^t  idea  mms  lo  liaTC  irueo 

innoniin    Anno  83    of   Edwatd   iho  from  a  wretched  Iranslai'icin  ami  ex- 

Third,  hod  iasuc  Edmond  Bsynaid,  of  plication  of  ihe  oiieala]   eiprusioDi, 

Duiimow  in  £uex,  Esqoirc,  niatticd  the  pn'ncr  of  darkneiii  the  jirincr  of 

£linor,  diuehler  and  hcire  lo  Sir  John  IhepoatTs  of  tic  air  i  atiribuiinglo  ihc 

,   Bkwil,  of  LackhaiD,  in  the  counly  of  Devil    ihe  power   to  raise   ttoimi  of 

Willi.  Kmehl.  wind  And  hall. 

Phillip  Bnynard,  of  I^kham.  in  The  wjichw,  ai  n  well-known,  ob- 
thc  count;r  of  wllti,  Esquire.  Robert  lalned  of  him  a  share  in  thai  controul; 
Baynaiil  of  Lackhain,  Eiquire.  Phil-  whence  so  much  ha*  been  said  of  the 
lip  Bayard,  of  LKkham,  Esq.  Robert  old  ha^on  ihc  coast  of  Norway,  nrho 
Baynard,  of  Laekham,  Esquire,  mar-  sell  winds  to  the  tailors  j  and  it  is  no 
ried  Elizabeth,  daughter  to  HenrjLud-  less  notorious  that  the  belli  bear  in- 
low  of  Hill  Deverell  in  'the  county  .'(-liptioni  relative  to  their  efBcacv  in 
of  Wilti,  Esquire.  Phillip  Bafnartl,  disiitrsinR  by  their  lacred  peali  these 
of  Laekham,  Eaquire,  married  Jane,  KlohoticaT  li^mpc;!',  whence  in  soiiie 
danghterofKicholaiStocklcy.ofAwe'  pjri^  nf  Gi^rmaziv  a  storm-tiihe  iiill 
ton,  in  the  count;  of  Devon,  Esquire,  continues  to  be  paid. 

Robert  Baynard,  of  Lack  ham,  Eaq.  In  fact  it  wai  an  anlient  relict  of 

married  Ann,  daughter  of  Robt.  Blake,  Paganism,  when   inch  old  bcldamei 


ofCalne,  in  the  countT  of  Wilts,  Esq.  m  ihoae  of  Nornaj  used  lo  dig  a  hole 

and  had  inueEdward,  Henry,  andTbo-  in  the  around,  and  after  Diulteriog  a 

mat  Baynard,  of  Wouitrow,   in   the  miserable  jargon,  a  horrid  t^mpeit  of 

county  of  Somenclt,  Eaquire,  who  mar-  conflicting  elemcDla  wat  lo  be  brought 

riedAnne.daughter  of  Lawrence  H)>de,  on. 

of  Hatch,  Esquire,  who  bad  itsuc  male 

only  Thomas  Baynard,  of  ClifT-houte,  axiom,  that  the  Uevil   it  Ihe 

in  the  county  of  Dortctt,  Hitiuire,  who  of  thunder  and  baiUtlormi  it  not  only 

married  Rachcll,  daughter  of  Thomat  adopted  in  the  nbatraa,  but  it  ii  com- 

Moore,  of  Heiibur;,  in  the  county  of  pletely  described   in  all    iti    cireum- 

Wilis,  Eiquire.  ttaacef ;  iieithetptayer,Z)naiM 

Edward  Baynard,  of  Laekham,  in  nor  an;  other  meaDS,  will  tene  ai  au. 
the  counlj  of  Wills,  Euiuire,  married  For  instance,  once  on  the  festival  of 
Eliiabeth,  daushter  of  John  Warnc-  St  Hidulpbut,  all  of  a  ludden  down 
ford,  of  Seven  Hampton,  in  the  county  comes  a  torrent  of  lonoroos  hail{  the 
of  Willi,  Esquire.  Sir  Robert  Bay-  clouds  pour  a  whole  flood  at  once; 
uard,  of  Laekham,  KnL  married  IJr-  and  yet  the  unconquerable  lightning 
tula,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Supleion,  «tr  --'--'---  •-  ■-  -  —  •  •  - 
Knight  i  Mary,  his  sole  daughter  and  thi 
haire  apparent,  married  to  Captaiiie  noiie  {  the  tempest  arowls ;  it  wai 
James  Mountagur,  third  tone  to  the  feared  the  sky  would  burst  and  turn- 
Right  Honourable  Henry  Earlc  of  ble  down.  I'he  frightened  monks  ran 
Manchesier,  Viscount  Mandevile,  Ba-  to  the  allan.  Some  fetched  out  cru- 
ron  of  Kimbollon,  Lord  Privie  Scale.  ciRxes;  some  brought  fortb  reliquet; 

Tkit  Pedigree  mat  lenl  me  by  my  some    shouldered     ponderous    Minuj 

kindtiBonan,  the  Lady   Mara   Moua-  others  spread  out  the  altar-clolhs,  cor- 

lagur,  late  wife  of  Jaaet  Jihunlague,  poralia,  in  the  open  air;  others  raiw 

Eiquire,  tole  daughlrr  and  heir  of  Sir  the   bells  ;    Others  called   upon   GotT 

Robert  Baynard,  Knl.  The  more  they  did  all  this,  the  worae 

—  ^ it  was.     The  monks  perceiving  that 

N,                           May  6,  prayer  had  no  povver  againit  this  di»> 

N  my  last  com munica lion  (p.  30!),  asler,  betook  themselvci  lo  their  ordi- 


I 


I  pieiented  you  with  some  tpeci-  nary  resource,   and  implored   the  aid 

mens  of  the  deluiinnt  of  the  Church  of  their  patron,  Sl  Hidulphus.   They 

of  Rome  with  r^ard  to  Demoniaciim.  exposed  the  bier,  on  which  his  holj 

I  will  now  instance  two  other  old  lu-  body  lay,  and  invoked  him  with  much 

persiilions,    ).   of  (he  Devil  creating  roci^feraiion,    oUiionii    vocitki   ipsum 

itorms  of  Thunder  and  Lightning,  and  iiKlamaalri.     No  otherwise  than  as  if 

the  power  of  Saints,  and  Reliquei  of  the  cloud*  were  inlelli^nt  creaiures, 

Sainu,  to  appease  the  same ;  and  S.  of  they  incontinently   obeyed   the   coni- 

ireasurc*  buried   in    the  eaiih    being  mand  of  the  minister  of  God.     The 

guarded  by  eiil  spitili.  norm   divided   iuelf  mlo  four    (oiik 


lid                             ^Piif^  >Si»pehAii^  rEMiy> 

All  mk  Isereiie.  afrd  bright.    The  bre-  tury,  tbiri.  til  J^ardkifn  edneHif,  it  Was 

thHen  oTBijoytd  rietunlj  aild  celebrat!6  a  fexpressly  rorbid^  utiddr  iienaltjr  ofana-i 

l^t  liiass,  )niss&m  fitajwem.    The  bu-«  tbemia,  ntH  to  bdiere  that  tm  Dievii 

siness;,  however,  Was  not  yet  orer;  the  creates  lightiiing,  thunder,  and  hail. 

hbri)bfe\iproakr  of  the  atmosphere  came  Bbt  Mabiilon  makes  no  remark  relat- 

6h  4gain,  as  ku^debly  as  it  had  been  ing  to  this  subject  on  the  writer  of  the 

appeased  by  the  exposure  of  the  sacred  legends. 

lencs.     Lightning  ihd  thunder  Were  Imti^ediateiy  after  this  follows  ano- 

how  much  w6rse  than  before.    Th6  ther  storv  of  a  Storm,  as  a  prtM>f  that 

bvethiren,  therefore>  fetch  theit  abxi-  otir  Hidulphus  was  equally  able  to 

liary  again,  g/^ain  sancti  cdfitra  aeris  chastise  his  scorners,  as  to  protect  hii 

fempektates  pugnaturam,  in  conjunc-  votaries.    On  the  festival  of  the  teme 

trob  with  crucinxcs  and  censers.  What  saint,  in  another  (likewise  unstated) 

d6uld  they  do  mote  ?    On  the  appear-  year,  a  boor  was  carrying  in  his  hay, 

ahce  of  the  corpse,  and  tlfe  sou!  or  the  instead  of  being  at  church,  as  it  wa^ 

s^urit  iA  heaven  having  played  to  God,  the  saint's  festival.  He  had  not  reach- 

liH  Was  immediately  cleat  a^in.  Every  ed    home,    when    suddenly    a  atorin 

x>ne  was  filled  with  exultation,  and  the  arose.    Thunder,  lightning,  and  hail 

monks  carried  back  tbe  shrine,  nrais-  raged  so  together,  that  the  booir  could 

log  God  with  all  theit  might.    Now,  not  think  of  any  other  means  of  safety^ 

iriVer  knucfa  toil  and  tetrbf,  they  at  last,  than  by  creeping  under  his  cart.     But 

Vety  late,  sat  down  to  dinner.    But  in  vain ;  a  violent  gust  of  wind  over- 

they  had  not  yet  rose  tUp  fi-om  table^  ttai^ed  the  vehicle,  scattered  the  hay> 

when  they  heard  it  begin  to  thunder  and  threatened  to  pelt  the  boor  to 

again;  the  ragsed  and  fierce  lightnings  death  with  hail-stones,  which  melting, 

dart  hither  and  thithe^  in  dreadful  co-  neariy    suffocated    him    with    water, 

ruscaiions;  thfe  hail  rattles  on  the  roof,  while  the  flashes  of  lightning  assailed 

Wtiat  shbuld  the  monks  do,  seeing  hxvti  on  all  «ides.    The  whole  village 

ii&w  death  stared  them  in  the  face?  came  out,  to  see  What  damage  had 

Tfitey  leave  off  eating ;   rise  up ;  the  been  here  and  there  done  by  the  storm 

p^ple  bawl  ont  for  the  saci^d  helper  to  the  fruits  of  the  earth ;  but  found 

.to  come  forth.     He  is  fetched  with  all  absolutely  nothing  injured,  excepting 

ftOeed,  and  now  happily    wages  the  this  half-dead  peasant :  they,  therefore; 

tnfrd  War.     All  is  calm  and  serene.  . conveyed  him  home,  and  acknowledg- 

Ak  the^  stcytms,  hoWeVer,  had  greatly  ed  the  righteous  judgment.     Had  he 

terrified  the  brethren  by  their  frequent  called  u|xm    St.  Hidulph,  he  would 

recurrence,  it  was  deemed  advisable  presently  have  chased  away  the  storm, 

to  keep    the    sacted    coflin  without.  The  whole  of  the  second  sopersti- 

With  watches  abouft  ft,  lest  the  fury  tion  I  s^atl  notice,  that  Spirits  are  the 

should  recommence  in  the  night.  And  invisihle  owners  bf  treasures  buried  in 

So  at  last  they  went  to   bed.     Now,  the  earth,  and  absolutely  will  not  give 

When  the  stotm-leader,  (tempestahtm  them  up,  unless  violently  fbrced  to  do 

ductor  is  a  description  of  the  Devil,)  so,  is  entirely  of  Pagan  origin, 

saw,  that  he  could  not  have  his  will.  The  frrayer  of  St.  Christopher  was 

on   account   of  the  presence  of  the  in  some  places  used  by  Papiists  with 

^iht  his  Antagonist ;  ne  determined  to  aH  doe  devotion,  in  order  to  discover 

shew  at  least  what  he  would   have  buried  treasures,  of  which  this  aaint 

done,  if  he  could.     In  the  middle  of  was  appointed  inspector  general, 

that  very   night  such   a  quantity  of  I  will   here  relate   a  ^sbort   a«iec« 

hail  was  showered  down  between  the  dote,  preser^'ed   by  Theodorus,  The- 

cloister  and  the  hospital,  in   perfect  ophanes,  and  several  others,  not  Very 

-^iletice,  cum  summo  silentio  (lest  the  modern  authors.    Chnbdadesar  was  a 

brethren  perceiving  it,  should  go  and  fbrtress  situated  between  the  Indians 

tell  the  saint  of  it)  demissa  est,  as  the  and   the   Persians,    wherein  ^  great 

author  learnt  from  written  aceounts,  treasure  Was  reported  to  lie  buried; 

|rrot</ ^mp/t/m  repm,  that  this  heap  of  The    Persian    King    Gabades  wonfld 

iiail  could  not  be  melted  by  the  sultry  Ikin  have  got  it  ihto  his  hands ;  hot 

heat  of  full  fifteen  days ;  while  with''  it  was  guarded  by  ^me  evil  spirits, 

out  the  monastery  there  was  not  a  iThe  (King,  therefore,  commanded  all 

^itigle  haibtone.  the  arts  uat  his  magiciains  c6uid  de- 

I  have  Only  here  to  observe,  that  vise,  to %e  employed.    These  not  wk*- 

fn  concilia  Braearemi  In  the  sixth  cen«  ceeding,  he  ordered  ihe  JcWs  16  exi 


naCi        Fly  Lbatbsi  tin.  iKXi, 

rri  their  cndcarour* ;  t>ui  neither  Were 
ihne  nbU  to  ellecl  his  purpoae.  It 
next  occurrcii  to  him,  U>  (rjr  nhvihn 
ittwild  not  be  brought  about  hf  tht 
Chriutan*.  Accordiiigly  a  Bishop  of 
the  Chriitiiini  rmidin^  id  Penia,  wu 
Conduneillolhetpot.  HehcM  <rt>«f.., 
took  ihe  roaiiuunionfirithinMetr,lhcn 
Wtnt  ind  drove  aw«y  llie  d.Ttnon)  with 
itie  iign  of  ihe  crau,  and  afterwards 
delivered  the  ea»tle  to  the  King  with- 
out Tanher  difficulty.  Cabadei  wu  lo 
tejoicedat  this  mirade,  that  he  thence- 
forth anigned  the  fotetnoat  place  next 
to  hi»  perron  lo  the  Christian  Biihopi, 
whereas  till  ihcn  Jem  and  Manieheani 
had  held  precedence.  He  likewise 
panted  perfect  liberty  lo  all,  that  who- 
ever would,  might  be  bnpiized. 

Here  it  is  obvious,  tnal  the  Mrae 
opinion  or  ptiiiclpte  was  aitribuled  to 
the  Magieinnt,  Jews,  and  Christians: 
that  is,  of  having  the  coniraul  over 
treasure*  in  the  cuiiudy  of  malignant 

Sirii),  Ml  at  lo  force  inem  to  giii«  up 
eir  deposit)  and  as  here,  the  King, 
on  looking  about  him  for  tiich  artt. 
found  ihem  principally  with  the  Chris- 
tians; 90,  it  is  hisintirally  true,  that 
even  at  present  Prolestanli  believe  the 
Catholic  Clergy  or  Monks  stiti  ern- 
ploy  these  potent  jpdls.  Gregoriui 
even  ■uiheniicales  such  enchaoiments. 
For,  Dial.  lib.  i.  cap.  4,  he  relates  of 
the  sorcerer  Basilius  (who  had  taken 
refuse  in  a  mona^iery,  because  of  an 
inquiry  that  was  instituted)  here,  a« 
he  himself  avers,  several  lime*  lifted 
Uj>  the  cell  of  St.  Equitini  into  the 
air  by  arts  of  magic,  but  could  do  no ' 
harm  lo  any  body. 

The  deservedly  famoos  llieoderic, 
AHrogolhic  Kins  of  Italy,  published 
in  express  prohibitory  decree  against 
all  such  superstilioas  traffic,  ana  ah- 
aolntely  forbad,  under  severe  peoal- 
ues,  the  HiiniiKr  ammarum  for  the  fu- 
lure,  as  utterly  unbecoming  Chiialiam. 

Yours,  a:c.  T. 

FLY  LEAVES.  No.  XXXI. 

Piaida-  Sha  ktptarr. 

OF  the  mingle-mangle  fabrication 
of  the  Irelands,  at  once  nri>- 
chievoDs  and  impudent,  and  the  pub- 
lications thereon,  pro  and  con,  the  fol- 
lowing list  is  believed  to  be  correct. 
To  tnumenie  the  periodical  joamkli. 


«n 

where  the  subieot  w«s  infidentally 
oginnd,  would  tie  to  name  every  one 
possessing  either  imetvit  Or  importance 
with  the  public. 

March  4,  iTgs.  A  prospectus  of 
this  date  ifsued  from  "  Norfolk.. 
street,''  to  aauounce  from  Mr-  S*- 
muel  Ireland,  the  "  litemy  trnsure, 
recently  fatleti  into  his  hands, "  and 
proiccled  |iublieation  of  the  same. 
Being  distributed  gratit,  >  second  edi- 
tion necame  necewary,  and  circulated 
10  April.  Ikre  3  bold  assertion  de- 
clared only  subscriben  should  hove 
the  volume  at  rooa  ouihias.  Under 
date  of  Aug.  81  and  October  90,  in 
same  year,  an  auxiliary  flourish  wu 
made  by  adterti  semen  la,  and  one  of 
Dec.  S4  announced  as  ready  fat  deli- 

I.  Miscellaneous  Papen  and  Legd 
Instrnmenla  under  the  liand  and  seal 
of  William  Shakspcare ;  including  liie 
tragedy  of  Kins  Lcnr,  and  a  small  frag- 
ment of  Hamlet,  from  the  original 
MSS.  [pub.s4l>ec.  179*,]  1796,  fdio. 

The  cupidity  of  ihe  posscssiir  of  the 
MSS.  and  confidenoe  in  the  sullihility 
of  Englishmen  evinced  ilaelf  by  the 
gelling  ready  another  edition  of  the 
"shreds  and  paiobes" 


thrust  upon  Ine  put 

it  could  be  said  the  folio 


the  I 


IS  (klitn 


The  premaiiire  evpuMie,  how* 
ever,  slopped  tlte  pubhcation  of  the 
latter,  and  it  wag  not  until  Sept.  IHI4* 
that  •  few  copies  were  diipoiej  of  bj 
Mewn.  Lackragton,  Hertinc,  *imICo> 
At  that  lime  "  every  nmaining  leaf  of 
the  folio  was  eiteTnitittad.'*  fn  dt* 
whole  about  £30  copk*  wen  wauM. 

S.  A  letter  to  George  Stccnna,  &^ 
containing  a  Crkksal  EltUDhiatMM  of 
the  iV^  of  Shakapewfr,  &e.  % 
Jmei  Boaden.  Eaq.  [polK  l«  Jan.] 
I7<j(i. 

3.  Famrliar  Verws  frwn  the  GhiM 
of  Willy  yhakspeare  to  Sammy  Ire- 
land. [G.  M.  Woodward,  ihi;  Cara- 
caturisi.  pub.  18  Jan.]  179S. 

4.  Shaktpeare's  Manuscript,  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  Ireland,  examined, 
&c.  By  Phllaleihes.  [Col.  F.  Webb. 
pub.  ea  Jan.]  17ttli. 

5.  \  irrttgrrn    under   cnniidcTilion | 

with  general  Tenetk*  ob  Mr.  Jmm» 
Boaden's  Letter  [W.C.Oak<ia.B«ih. 
15  Feb.]  1796. 

6.  A  ConiMirMive  RentM'  of  the 


•  &dvefti*«latUM<odafT.Kg*noa'(CanlagMfvl7H>ffib7fcM 


4f8  Fly  Lbavbs,  No.  xxzi.— P#eMdo-SA'aAr4peare.  JVbifp 

Opinions  of  Mr.  James  Bcadea,  &c.  13.    An  Investigation  of  Mr.  Ma« 

.  By  a  friend   to  Consistency.     [Mate  lone*s  claim  to  the  character  of  Scho* 

Wyatt,  EsqJ  n.d.  [pub. 3Feb.  1796.]  lar,  or  Critic;  &c.    By  Samuel  Ire- 

7.  Free  Keflections  on  Miscellane-  land.    n.  d.  [published  Aug.  1797.] 

ous  Papers,  &c.    Printed  for  [the  Au-  There  is  a  tact  in  this  Investigation 

thorj  F.  G.  Waldron.  [pub.  1  Feb.]  sufficient  to  raise  the  surmise  of  a  pow- 

17Q0.  erful  hand  meddling  therein  ;  another 

Mr.  Waldron  derived  much  infor*  Prospero,  whose  wand,  in  potent  spell, 

mation  from  Mr.  6.  Steevens,  in  pre-  has  since  given  in  part  new  life  to  the 

paring  these  Reflections  *.  recumbent  bard. 

6.  Precious  Relics;  or  the  tragedy  14.  Vortigemt,  an  Historical  Tra- 

of  Vortigem  rehearsed,   [anon.  pub.  K^dy,  &c.  and  Henry  the  Second,  an 

15  Mar.]  17$6.  Historical  Drama,  supposed  to  be  writ- 

9.  An  Enquiry  into  the  Authenti-  ten  by  the  author  of  Vortig^§.  1799* 
city  of  certain  Miscellaneous  Papers  As  the  proof  sheets  of  this  publica- 
and  Legal  Instruments,  published  Dec.  tion  underwent  revise  and  correction, 
24, 1 79d>  and  attributed  to  Shakspeare,  several  alterations  and  interlineations 
&c.  By  Edmond  Malone,  Esq.  [pub.  were  made  in  the  hand- writing  of 
•30 Mar.]  1796.  more  persons  than  one:  much  to  the 

Were  any  plea  to  be  advanced  now  surprise  of  honest  John  Barker,   the 

to  palliate  tne  intention  of  the  forgery,  printer,  who  is  stili  living.    Every  at- 

it  could  only  be  foimded  upon  the  in-  tempt  possible  has  been,  made  to  ere- 

vestigation  and  extraordinary  research  ate  an  absolute  belief  the  whole  was 

it  occasioned,  and  the  valuable  result  the  manufacture  of  one  individual,  and 

obtained  in  the  critical  enquiries  of  with  the  garbling  here  described,  we 

Mr.  Malone  and  Mr. Chalmers.  are  told  by  "the  iSditor*'  in  the  '*ad<> 

10.  An  Authentic  Account  of  the  vertisement*'  to  "Henry  the  Second," 
Shaksperian  Manuscripts,  &c.  By  W.  that  "  he  has  had  no  intercourse  or 
H.  Ireland,  [pub.  10  Dec.]  I796.  communication  with  the  cause  of  all 

This  tract  was  for  a  time  deemed  this  public  and  domestic  misfortune, 

scarce  and  important;  but  the  compu-  for  near  three  years  ;**  where  then  was 

tation  of  value  is  somewhat  altered,  the  authority  for  the  most  trivial  alte- 

Ciphers  no  longer  encrease  units ;  in*  ration  ?  || 

stead  of  forty,  read  four  shillings.  15.    A  Supplemental  Apology  for 

11.  Mr.  Ireland's  Vindication  of  his  the  Believers  m  the  Shakspeare  Pa* 
Conduct,  respecting  the  publication  of  pers.  By  George  Chalopers,  F.  R.  S. 
the  supposecT  Shakspeare  MSS.  being  S.A.  [July]  1799. 

a  preface  or  introduction  to  a  reply  to         16.  Chalmeriana :  or  a  collection  of 

thecriticallaboursof  Mr.  Malone,  &c.  papers  literary  and   political,  entitled 

[pub.  6  Jan.  1797]  1796  f.  letters,  verses,  &c.    Arrapged  by  Mr. 

12.  An  Apoloffv  for  the  Believers  in  Owen,  junior,  assisted  by  Mr.  Jasper 
the  Shakspeare  Papers.  [By  George  Hargrave.  Reprinted  fro(p  the  Morn- 
Chalmers,  Esq.]  1797*  ing  Chronicle.  1800. 

*  Two  caricatures  as  "  the  Oaken  Chest,"  and  the  <<  Spirit  of  Shakspearf,"  rerj  possi- 
hly  originated  with  the  same  satirical  wight,  Steevens ;  as  certainly  did  th^  unoommonlj 
severe  lines  which  accompany  an  admirable  portrait  of  Sam.  Ireland,  by  Gill|^j. 

"t  The  Advectisement  states  it  to  form  *'  a  part  of  a  work  now  in  considemble  forward- 
ness, as  a  reply  to  Mr.Malone's  critical  labours."  Probably  referring  to  thi^  *'  Investiga- 
tion,"  which  appeared  in  the  following  year. 

X  VoRTiQERN  AND  RowENA.  Under  this  head,  when  the  subject  was  rife  ^d  popular, 
there  were  inserted,  from  time  to  time,  in  the  Morning  Herald,  with  all  the  puff  flourish  of 
previous  announcement,  supposed  extracts  from  the  newly-discovered  drama.  Point  and 
personality,  with  the  belief  of  living  characters  selecting  passages  as  **  genuine,"  or  "  not 
genuine,"  gave  sufficient  celebrity  to  the  conceit  to  induce  Uie  author  or  authoress  (for 
the  bruit  or  the  time  attributed  the  characters  to  a  well-known  Baronet,  attached  to  the 
newspaper,  and  also  his  lady,)  to  reprint  the  same  in  three  thin  volumes,  which  were  published 
by  Ridgway.  Speaking  from  recollection,  a  short  continuance  appeared  in  the  paper  be- 
yond the  volumes,  but  the  whole  was  local  satire,  now  forgot,  and  of  little  or  no  value. 

§  Vortigem  was  announced  for  representation  at  D.  L.  playhouse  the  1 5th  March,  and 
acted  9d  April.    On  the  3dd  Mar.  every  box  was  said  to  be  engaged. 

I)  Dr.  Latham,  who  attended  Mr.  Irelaad,  sen.  in  his  last  illness,  in  his  work  on  DiabeU»f 
records  Mr.  I.*s  «  death-bed  declaration :  that  he  was  totally  ignorant  of  the  deceit^  and 
was  equally  a  believer  in  the  authenticity  of  the  MSS.  as  the  most  credtdous," 


18K.1 


Dake  of  Suffolk. — Saxon  Literaturt. 


17-  TheEdiior,theBooV>c!lcn,nnd 
th«  Critic.  snEclop:ue.  From  No.  Kl  I. 
of Chalmcmna.  Mayieoo*. 

IB.  An  A|i|>cndlx  to  ihc  Supple- 
menlat  Apoin^  for  Ihc  Belicveii  in 
the  Buppositioui  Sliabipeaie  p*peii. 
By   George  Cholmera,   T.  R.S.  b.A. 

tsoo. 

ig.  The  Confeniani  of  WilliBm 
Henrj  Ireland,  conuining  the  parli- 
GuUri  of  hii  fabrication  vt  the  Shak*- 
peare  Maniucripu  I  &c.    1803. 

When   ihii  volume   appeared,   the 

current  jote  was  that  the  culpri'   *" 

ine  nnnr  made  his  confeiain 

lo  lie  broke  on  the  wheel  Co' 

t  justice.  Ec.  floop. 

Mr.  Uruah,     Anlingkan,  Mug  I. 

AS  art  additional  proof  that  man; 
facta  of  tome  hiaiorical  import- 
ancc  Diajr  be  diseoiered  incidentally 
recorded  in  the  margina  and  flj-1ea*ei 
of  old  boobi,  and  which  art,  per- 
hap«,  no  where  elae  to  be  found,  1 
■end  for  pmervation  in  your  pages,  • 
curiout  memonndun,  which  1  re- 
cenli;  deciphered,  at  the  end  of  the 
colophon  of  an  old  edition  of  Lobel's 
"  Opera    Bolaoica,''    in    on    ancient 

"  In  margin*  Matthioli  com'a'tarij  ad 
ii»'  lib.  DioKoridla,  u.  3Sa  (qni  libir  nt 
M'<  Guliel.  ChaloDer  Fol.)  an'iikm  Madiciu 
MaiUniu  Skhnnbek  diet,  libri  tone  pos- 
■CHOr  lie  Kript'  nliquit  (ad  cap.  SSob' 
ciii  IJtului  ■  Bapmtcs  at  pinoru'  EmcM') 

Anno  I  S4&  cu'  Htarinu  octenn  Anglic 
Tin  i  Caloto  dinent  eiercit'  ■uum  ad  «- 
pugDiTiJim  urb«n  Banonienian  Rieardua 
L«tm  TeMU  R«gi>  llJiutriHim'  Sdfoli- 
c'le  Dui  (cni  ego  cram  Medicui)  liboiB- 
bat  graTiuimi  >appTFuioa«  iiria«:  ipm 
muliii  medicama'cii  adhibicii  nnllo  modo 
provocvi  potuit  (oam  tieount  aaDu' 
63'"'   er«lqu«   corporii    eonititutione    pin- 

Eui>.)  Moltii  Magostibas  •ditutih'  ei- 
itini  nolluridei  inUEm  in  pnJuere  dw* 
cum  y'lao  Khenenii  alba  maoc  inter  haratn 
S"*'  et  4I*'  qui  obdornieni,  bod  Kita  sen- 
tieni  nugnu  *ell>catian«,  unEom  urina 
praiiic  ut  Tueolom  triom  qoartaium  ojat- 
dcB  nan  fiiatii  npu  (join  at  saogoii  poa- 
t«  tucceuil '  quva  ea  dia  ....  euiaTi,  at 
cnutt.     Dea  Laiu. 

1  believe,  Mr.  Urban,  that  jou  will 
agree  with  mc  that  so  singular  a  me- 
ivorthy  of  pre- 


4SS 

of  the  two  extraordinary  blunder* 
which  it  cuntniiK  }  Is  it  possible  that 
ihc  Phytieiwi  of  the  Duke  of  Suffolk 
shnulJ  be  so  unacquainted  with  his 
Christian  name,  as  to  call  him  Rich- 
ard  i  when  all  the  world  knows  that 
the  King's  Lieutenant  on  this  occa- 
sian  wat  no  other  than  Charles  Bran- 
don, Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  tnairled 
his  sister.  Aod  again,  would  not  any 
one  conclude,  frum  this  passaar,  that 
the  siege  of  Boulogne  took  place  in 
tbiii  although  all  our  historians  tell 
us  that  it  was  in  1644;  in  the  Sep- 
tember of  which  year  the  articles  of 
Capitulation  were  signed  :  and  befoiA 
the  end  of  1645,  Charles  Brandon  wa* 
succeeded  in  the  Dukedom  of  Suffijk, 
by  Hi'nty  Brandon. 


throw  light  on   ibeae  I 

shall  be  obliged  by  their  forwarding 
them  to  you  lor  insertioa  in  your  ts* 
Itiable  repoiitory. 

THosiaa  Gooui,  P.O. 

Mr.  UiBAM,        0^ar4,JpnlM. 

YOUR  Saxoa  leader*  are  much  in- 
debted to  your  CorreapondaM 
from  Cro4by-*qaare,  p.  Ill,  for  her 
leal  in  favour  of  that  "fiill.  and  em- 
phatic language,  which  bids, fair  in* 
few  years  to  become  the  general  m^ 
diom  throughout  the  civilized  world.' 
This  may  perhaps  be  rather  too  *a»- 
guine  an  expectation ;  but,  independ- 
ent of  this  consideration,  there  are 
ample  reasons  for  studying  the  gronod- 
work  of  that  language,  which  begin* 
now  10  be  generally  understood  tad 
acknowledged.  Nearly  twenty  vean 
hare  now  elapsed,  smce  an  Inau- 
gural Lecture  was  published  on  the 
utility  of  Saxon  Literature  ;  and, 
thouEh  unheeded  at  the  time,  it  ba» 
now  ticcome  so  scarcp,  that,  had  not 
Mr.  Bosworth  interwoven  a  great  pan 
of  it  in  the  recent  Preface  to  his  Ele. 
ments  of  Anslo-Saxon  Grammar,  it 
might  have  been  unknown  even  lo 
many  Saxon  Students.  Several  co- 
pies, however,  hare  been  recentlv  di*- 
covered,  I  am  told,  in  a  warehooae 
under  the  Clarendon.  The  publish 
ers  of  the  recent  Edition  of  the  Saxon 
ChrxHticIc  most  be  also  gratified  by  tlw 
anticipation  of  neio  readingi  foe  the 
"next  Edition"  of  that  work. 

Ceal-hythc,  varioosly  cormpted  by 


4t4 


Oukt^^fiiintm  4^<^ehiHm  fimit^edt. 


mm. 


Iimnscriben  and  transUton,  ,w$$  :vexy> 
probably  the  modern  Chelsea;  aa  your 
Correspondent,  *'  M.  H."  sugeesis. 
The  Author  of  the  Environs  orLon- 
don  reads  it  CealerhytUe  in  an  old 
Charter  of  Edward  the  Coniessori 
and  thence  objected  to  the  obvious 
'  etymology,  on  the  ground  that  there 
is  *<  neither  chalk  nor  a  hii  in  the 
parish."  But  hylle,  so  often  repeated, 
is  an  evident  mistake  for  hythe  i  and 
Ceale<rhythe  signifies,  not  a  plaof 
abounding  in  a  stratum  of  chalk,  bu( 
a  wharf  or  landing-place  for  chalk, 
brought  from  other  quarters.  Your 
Correspondent  has  not  informed  us 
«fhat  she  means  by  CheaPs- hythe. 
ilenry  of  Huntingdon  has  preserved 
the  intermediate  and  connecting  link 
between  the  ancient  and  modern 
names,  by  writing  it  Cealcide ;  which 
the  Normans  would  of  course  soon 
pronounce  Chelcie,  afterwards  written 
Chelsey. 

.  Mr.  Lysons  observes,  that  "The 
modem  way  of  spelling  seems  to  have 
been  first  used  about  a  century  ago." 
In  the  new  Map  of  Saxon  Britain, 
there  is  a  Roman  G  subjoined  to 
Ceale-hythe ;  denoting  that  it  rests  on 
Bishop  Gibson's  authority ;  whilst  in 
4he  Index,  Challock  or  Chalk  in  Kent 
is  suggested;  a  sufficient  proof,  that 
the  Editor  was  not  satisfiea  with  KiL- 
cheth  in  Lancashire ;  and  it  is  re- 
markable, that  Miss  Gumey,  with  her 
usual  caution  and  fidelity,  has  con- 
demned it  to  a  '^perhaps"  in  the 
lower  margin  of  the  page;  retaining 
the  orthography  of  the  original  in  her 
translation. 

The  history  of  the  Synod  itself, 
•which  was  held  at  this  place  in  the 
year  785,  thoueh  intimately  connected 
^ith  the  "  Catholic  Question,**  would 
lead  me,  Mr.  Urban,  into  too  wide  a 
4ield  at  present,  and  be  tiresome  to 

Tour  readers.    It  is,  however,  not  a 
ittle  curious  and  important. 
Yours,  &c.  Calchute^sis. 

Mr.  Urban,    Shafteibury,  May  15. 

TO  the  pensive  mind  there  is  a  me- 
lancholy interest  still  lingering 
about  the  Ahhey  qfFonlkilL  A  natu- 
ral sigh  is  drawn  on  viewine  the  great 
tower  prostrate — the  total  destruction 
«f  the  octa£oa-^the  oratory  "  shorn  of 
its  beams'^ — the  annihilation  of  the 
-Third  Edward's  apd  St.  Michael's  gal- 
leries— and  the  architectural  and  aroio- 
rial  embellishments  which  lie  scattered 
about  in  sad  confusion. 


:    .^^SyjRlT   OF  THB    PtAfJEl**   VfY^te 

9rf  the  thqusaqds  that  er^t  have  thrpngr 
ed  its  portals,  apd  with  audible  accents 
of  adn^iratioq,  paced  with  increaseid 
astQi^isbmeqt  and  delight  the  princely 
apartments  of  thi^  mystically- raised 
edifice? 

AH  now  is  silent,  save  only  the  win(l 
howling  through  the  aperturea,  where 

**  Window*  richly  dight 
Cast  a  dim,  religious  light," — Ifartom^ 

f  A  light  as  not  of  day."— Bot(;2es. 

And  in  them  heraldic  emblazonings 
shone,  that  denoted  high  alliances  and 
noble  descents  from  ancestors  who  had 
fought  in  Palestine,  bled  on  the  f\e1ds 
of  Arragon,  or  formed  the  invincible 
phalanx  .of  sturdy  Barons  who  com- 
pelled John  to  sign  the  ever-memor- 
able Charta. 

Ip  the  plenitude  of  its  attraction,  an 
illusion  possessed  the  mind,  that  fu- 
ture ages  would  look  with  woqder  on 
|he  fabric,  adorned  as  it  was,  with  an 
assemblage  of  all  that  was  matchless 
and  costly ;  at  the  same  time  that  the 
mind  reflected  with  awe,  that  the  conr 
vulsions  of  a  neighbouring  kingdom 
alone  could  have  empowered  the  pro- 
jector to  amass  the  rare  and  exquisite 
decorations  which  he  .concentrated 
here. 

The  well-known  liqe^  of  our  iiq- 
mortal  Avonian  Bard,  might  with  sin- 
gular propriety  be  applied  to  this  opcf 
magnificent  structure.         T.A.jun.. 

W.B.  (p.  194)  is  informed  ^hat  a  work  ffi 
(be  Chiltem  Hundreds  hM  been  seme  ii^tp 
sinee  apnounced  in  our  Literary  Intelligence, 
from  the  Kditor  of  the  Saxpn  Chr^ide; 
-which  will  probftblv  embrace  the  subjects  pf 
investigation  to  which  W.  B.  alludes. — ^Mr. 
W.  I^AVAOK  communicates  tha  followioe  con- 
cise account  of  the  Stewardship :  ^'Chutem, 
a  ridge  of  hills,  traversing  the  county  of 
Bucks  a  little  to  the  South  of  its  centre,  and 
reaching  from  Trii;ig  in  Hertfordshire,  tf 
Henley  in  the  county  pf  Oxford.   Qf  the 
huadreds  Into  which  many  of  the  ^ngUsh 
aoooties  were  dlvide4  by  King  AliBnsd  for 
their  better  govemmie^t,  the  jurisdictiofi 
.^ras  triffinally  ye^^  in  pecnliar  courts,  hut 
came  arterwards  to  be  devolved  to  the  cofiptj 
jCourts,  and  so  remains  at  present ;  exoeptinff 
widi  regard  to  some,  as  the  Chillems,  which 
have  been  by  privileffe  annexed  ta  the  Crawn. 
These  having  still  their  own  eonrts,  a  Simar 
tard  of  Aese  eoarta  is  appointed  by  the  Chanr 
oeUor  of  the  Exchequer,  with  a  aalaqr  xi 
twenty  fhUUpga  ppd.  all  fiees^  &&  belonging 
to  the  p(p(M2  find  thif  is  deaaMsd  an  aj^p^w^ 
ment  of  such  profit|  as  to'vacaite  a  seat  in 
Parliament." 


p 

REVIEW  OF  NEW  PUBUCATIONS. 


f4.    AHiUaryofihe  Abbey  ^GiiuiUm^aaid 

tfthe  Tbian  ^OIutoBbttry.    By  the  Rev. 

Riehani  WariMr,  ReOor  qf  Oratt  Clid- 

field,  Wilto,  fieor  ^TimlMneomhe,  So- 

menety  ^c.    itoya/  4lo. 

CConHnuedfiom  p,  S43.) 

THIS  work  is  the  elaborate  Com- 
mentary of  a  Divine  opon  the  ancient 
History  of  Glastonbury,  and  includes 
Tarious  matters  of  an  archseological 
character. 

To  begin  with  chief  points. 

Mr.  Warner  (156  sen.)  presumes, 
npon  the  authority  of  Stillingfleet,  that 
Cfhristianity  was  first  preached  in 
Enffland  btf  SL  Paul  kimelf,  and 
"  there  being  a  particular  facility  af- 
forded to  his  exertions  in  the  South- 
west of  Britain  by  the  presence  of 
some  Christians  among  the  Roman 
legionaries  in  that  quarter,  we  may 
(without  incurring  the  char^  of  pre- 
sumptuous or  absurd  speculation)  con- 
sider it  as  highly  probable,  not  only 
that  St.  PiBul,  at  some  period  between 
the  fifth  and  fourteenth  years  of  Nero, 
preached  the  Gospel  in  Britain,  but 
that  (partially  confirming  the  truth  of 
the  iradUions  which  have  occasioned 
this  discussion),  he  actually  unfolded 
fo  the  Gentile  inhabitants  of  the  vici- 
nity of  Glaston  the  saving  truths  of 
that  religion."     pp.  167>  158. 

Who  was  actually  the  Jirtt  predi- 
cator  of  Christianity,  is  by  no  means 
clear.  The  rader  may  see  various 
persons  named  from  ancient  authori- 
ties in  the  first  chapter  of  Archbishop 
Usher's  Britannicarum  Ecclesiamm 
Antiquitates,  ch.  i.  p.  I — 6.  The 
Greek  Martyrology  indeed  states,  that 
Aristobulus  having  been  ordained  Bi- 
shop of  the  Britons  by  St.  Paul,  found- 
ed, not  a  Church,  but  Churches  (id. 
E.  5).  The  pre-eminence  of  Glaston- 
ury,  as  the  Jirtt  Christian  Church,  is, 
however,  supported  only  by  legends  of 
subsequent  invention.  At  Dover  and 
Canterbury  are  Roman  remains,  and 
certain  appropriations,  in  union  with 
the  high  probability  that  the  sea-shore 
of  Kent,  not  a  place  so  far  inland  as 
Glastonbury,  was  the  Jirst  site  of  a 
Church.  That  Britain  was  converted 
at  a  very  early  period,  the  reign  of  Ti- 
berius, IS  affirmed  by  Gildas ;  end  Jus- 
tin Martyr,  who  wrote  in  the  time  of 

OaiiT.MA«.  May,  lt96. 


AntoniniUy  not  only  oonoboialM  the 
affirmation  in  the  foUowins  wonli» 
but  illustrates  the  soperficiaribr«  in 
which,  according  to  Gildat«  ChH%> 
tianity  was  here  profetsed. 

Ov^i  i»  ymf  cXmf  l^rt  to  yttof  at^ptf 
«r«»,  iIti  fiafietfmj  Jrt  'EXXufwi,  ilrt 
awXiff  mnm  ^fOfuin  WfO^wyofntofU^ 
»!»»,  n  afMafoCim  n  ootKUf  na^MfAmff, 

/AH  iict  Ttf  ivofAevtof  t«  arav^tnof 
Idov  tux^  xft*  fv;i(a(i9TMu  tm  wwt^ 
xeu  vonrrn  rm  6km9  ytforrcu,  i.  e.  lher§ 
is  not  one  race  qfmen,  wkeiker  barba* 
rout  or  Greek,  or  any  other,  by  whai" 
toever  name  called,  not  even  qf  thoee 
who  uted  waggont  and  ientt/or  Aouset, 
and  led  a  pastoral  life,  among  whom 
supplications  and  thanksgivings  were 
not  made  to  the  Father  and  Creator  tf 
all  things,  in  the  name  of  the  crucified 
Jesus" 

From  this  paMag«  it  appears  that 
Christianity  wat  a  matter  of  pubHe 
notoriety  everywhere,  and  therefore  to 
suppose  that  it  Jhrtt  emanated  from 
Glastonbury,  is  to  conclude  that  at  th^ 
very  time  when  it  was  a  matter  of  com- 
mon and  universal  fame,  it  was  known 
nowhere  else. 

That  Glastonbury  has,  however, 
certain  early  pretensions,  is  shown 
from  a  circumstance  unnoticed  by  Mr. 
Warner.  It  is  a  town  of  the  usual 
Roman  construction,  and  we  decidedly 
reject  Mr.  Warner's  derivation  of  ha 
cruciform  plan  from  the  Abbey.  It 
has  four  streets,  intersecting  each 
other  at  the  points  of  the  compass; 
aiKi  '*  North-load  Street  goes  off  to 
the  North,  leading  to  the  village  of 
Meare,  over  the  same  river  at  Cold 
Harbour.*'  Now  (Dold  Harbour  is  un- 
derstood to  be  an  eminent  token  of  a 
Roman  settlement.  Every  body  who 
knows  any  thing  of  British  antiquities, 
must  also,  if  he  has  ever  visited  Glas- 
tonbury, perceive  that  the  situation  is 
perfectly  British.  It  is  surrounded 
with  manhes,  and  accordant  with  the 
descriptions  of  their  strong*holds.  The 
Torr,  an  elevation  commanding  \tf  is 
(if  we  remember  well  from  two  visits 
to  Glastonbury)  cot  into  terraces.  Mr* 
Warner  says. 


496 


KiTiBW.— Wani^r'« .  Glastonlmry. 


Diay. 


*'  It  exbibits  evident  vettira  either  of 
Celtic  castrametatioB  or  &l^ic  defence, 
•gainst  the  warlike  operations  of  the  Ro« 
mans.       r.  xxm. 

,.  Since  Alfred  sought  refuge  in  these 
iDjarshes  (as  among  the  most  secure 
fortifications  of  Great  Britain),  there 
is.  every  probability  that  upon  the  an- 
cient system  of  malting  the  'chief 
places  of  defence  the  deposits  of  the 
principal  temples,  Glastonbury,  from 
the  excellence  of  its  military  position, 
became  also  the  grand  asylum  for  reli- 
ligious  persons.  Furthermore,  the 
n«ij^hbouring  post  of  Camerton  or 
Camalet  is  certainly  a  remarkable 
•pot,  supposed  by  Collinson  to  have 
been  a  favourite  seat  of  Arthur,  and 
presumed  (as 'we  are  told  by  Mr.  War- 
ner) to  have  been  the  Camelodunum 
of  Tacitus,  notwithstanding  the  utter 
impracticability  of  reconciling  the  si- 
tuation with  tnat  of  the  Roman  his- 
torians. In  support  of  this  conjecture, 
we  observe  that  there  certainly  are 
rery  strong  circumstances  connected 
with  Camerton,  viz.  these,  as  stated  in 
p.  157: 

<<The  circumstance  of  Camerton  having 
in  its  neighboiirhuod  a  village  called  Tem- 
ple-Cloud, which  coincides  with  the  temple 
dedicated  to  the  Emperor  Claudius  at  Came- 
lodunum, the  Templum  Claudii,** 

The  distance  of  Camerton  from 
Mona  (about  two  hundred  miles)  ac- 
cords perfectly  well  with  the  state-* 
ment  of  Pliny,  as" to  the  distance  be- 
tween Camelodunum  and  that  island  ; 
whereas  the  spot  hitherto  considered 
as  the  site  of  this  Roman  station,  does 
noi  agree  with  Pliny's  account.  These 
proofs  are  very  much  strengthened  by 
the  Roman  and  Roman -British  pro- 
ducts of  Camerton  and  its  immeaiate 
vicinity,  by  more  or  less  perfect  re- 
mains of  villas,  baths,  and  crypto-por- 
ticoes;  fragments  of  vessels  or  various 
forms,  and  of  different  degrees  of  skill 
in  their  manufacture ;  numerous  im- 

elements  of  ornament  and  use;  and 
etween  two  and  three  thousand  coins 
from  the  earliest  Caesar  to  the  lowest 
of  the  British  usurpers  of  the  purple; 
P.  157. 

That  here  was  a  Roman-British  set- 
tlement, is  beyond  doubt;  but  one 
circumstance  stated  is  unfavourable  in 
a  military  view,  viz.: 

"The  coincidence  of  the  Roman  settle- 
ment at  Camelodunum,  and  that  at  Camer- 
ton, being  equally  without  regular  lines  or 
fcrtificationB."     Ibid. 


Now  we  do  not  believe  that  the 
Romans  ever  permanently  occupied 
any  station  or  military  position  *'  with- 
out  lines  or  fortifications.**  We  there- 
fore piQce  Camerton  out  of  the  list  of 
Roman  stations,  properly  so  called. 
That  it  might  have  had  a  connection 
with  the  history  of  Arthur  is  very  pos- 
sible. For  such  a  bold  hypothesis 
some  explanation  is,  however,  due.  It 
is  a  rule  with  us  to  hold  in  respect  the 
authentic  historians,  who,  from  living 
nearer  the  periods  than  ourselves,  are 
entitled  to  the  character  of  having  bet- 
ter means  of  knowledge.  William  of 
Malmesbury,  one  of  the  very  best  of 
our  chroniclers,  says,  that  Ambrosius, 
who  succeeded  Vortigern  in  the  king- 
dom, was  powerfully  assisted  by  Ar- 
thur, and  that  this  was  the  Arthur 
concerning  whom  the  Britons  uttered 
such  hyperbolical  praises, — **  Et  jam 
tum  profecto  pessum  issent  [Britones] 
nisi  Ambrosius  solus  Romanorum  su- 
perstes,  (jui  post  Fortigernum  Monarcha 
regni  fuit,  intumescenies  Barbaros  exi- 
mia  bellicosi  Arthuri  opera  pressisset. 
Hie  est  Arthurus,  de  quo  Britionum 
nugs  hodieque  delirant."  Scriptor.  p. 
Bed.  4  ed.  I5g0.  As  to  the  extrava- 
gant eulogiums,  we  attribute  them  to 
the  incor|>oration  of  the  poetical  em- 
bellishments of  the  bards  with  the  his« 
torical  incidents ;  for  there  is  nothing 
either  improbable  or  absurd  in  the 
supposition  that  the  Britons  did  op- 
pose the  Saxons,  and  were  headed  by 
Generals,  as  every  army  has  always 
been  ;  on  the  contrary,  the  absurdity 
lies  in  the  opinion  that  the  Saxons  et- 
fected  their  conquest  without  resist- 
ance,— an  opinion  also  in  direct  con- 
tradiction to  history.  We  have  been 
more  than  once  upon  the  site  and  vi- 
cinity of  Glastonbury,  and  we  are  sa- 
tisfied that  they  could  afford  as  great 
military  advantage  to  the  Britons  as 
they  did  to  Alfred.  We  also  know 
that  the  Britons  did  use  the  Roman 
tactics  against  Kinric  and  Keaulin 
(Hen,  Huntingdon),  and  that  the 
difficulty  with  which  they  had  to  con- 
tend, was  the  close  attack  in  compact 
body  of  the  Anglo-Saxons,  the  mode 
with  which  Harold  would  have  over- 
come the  Normans,  if  the  former  had 
not  been  induced  by  stratagem  to  break 
their  phalanx.  We  therefore  think 
that  there  was  a  foundation  for  the 
victories  of  Arthur,  and  his  connection 
with  Glastonbury,  however  absurd 
may  be  the  exilggeration,  which  jocrig- 


168«0 


Rsviiw.— Woolnoih'c  Jneient  Caillt*. 


ink  have  *Ione,  in  out  jo<lf(incni, 
1  llic  hiilotictt  Taci)  iniodlsrn- 
Kt  in  Gljilmibury  iiitir  ittin^  at 


tt*n),  and  thai  th«;  did  obtain  ftom 
Artliur  lliow  Iwttit  hido  which  laid 
the  fouiidntion  of  ilie  tubst^utnt  Ab- 


The 


to  br  cn(i5'iiie(t  bv  ihe  rnllnwlng  p«n- 
(r»]ih  ftom  Mr.  \V»rner'»  work  [ 

•■Tli«n  eannnl  Iw  ■  dnabt  nf  lfa«  pr*- 
•can  uf  tlic  RoiDHt  u  Olulnoburir,  riuiinv 

tlifli  DrcupuiiA  afit  •■  Umf  u  thaj  oonti- 

sued  in  out  cuiiotrj.    It  laj  in  tiM  dirMt     the  Rooiani  M   Itomj 

linr  of  tbvir  DMrch,  vhila  puKuiog  thvii     That   the  vlff'i 


loUl  or  our  hypnthesU,  from 
iSf  aciiul  ipixMninrrs  ai  Gliilnnburj, 
14  then  coiiipritnJ  in  the  fallowing 
picsumplioni.  I.  Thai  GlaiUinbury 
wai  lirii  a  HiiLiih  m'rliiarv  pMt.  «. 
That  ihp  town  wu  nexl  foiiti' 


lilituy  nprnlioat  id  Siniili  BiiMiDi  frooi  || 
the  (liu  of  CUudliM  doanwudi,  ud  In  tl»t  ^ 
oflhcliirtda  la  nicttJi  from  Carowall  aad 
Deronthir*.  (o  llie  am*  Suuth-eucn) 
poru,  m  Iiiog  a>  llxj  worked  tha  miDU 
frum  ihr  Wnl  of  Eoglanri.  Vuioui  tram 
of  Konun  toul*  >liir>  ma;  ■«  d«Mcte>t  in  dif- 
(eriDi  placn.  all  pnioiing  In  th«  ipnt  i  and 
BMBj^  Komui  coinn  haTii  brin  tunird  up 
(iihar  OD  th<  Ahlwi  iEi<lofure>  or  al  tbs 
fool  nf  tha  Torr  Hill.  A  6aa  Vnpailaa  of 
iha  lailar  luaalll]'  it  Id  tba  potKiiioo  of 
Thonui  Roach,  nq.  of  Gluionburji  >« 
haTS  an  Adriu  ia  out  coHtcIIod  ;  and  ifa* 
l((V.  J.  iViaotr.  J.  F.  RwvM.  «i|.  and 
ethtr  eantkfflen,  puuiii  nanj  othar  caint, 
iiidiipuUU}   Ronaa,    ilia   product   of  ttia 

Roman!  had  a  re^lar  itation  at  Qlailoo- 
bury,  bat  wa  thisk  it  ■•  icir-CTideDt  ihat, 
prniridcDt  and  lancioiia  ai  thcj  eaafcBcdlj 


111  tided   by 

-  -11.     3. 

callnl, 

miaiencr  till  ar^t  ihc  donation 

of  ihe  iivalie  biilc»,  tlurlna  ihp  wars  of 

the  Sunnii  and  Biiions.   4. 1'bat  there 

ntiftht  have  bnn  a  rude  old  church. 

-    And  lait,  That  Ihe  M'mki  ' 


till  ar^t  the 


vaung 


Hill 


wnubl  iMoer   han  >BBercd 

k  'fcuur*  of  couBtrj  m  the  Ton 

ba  in  tht  poinMioB  of  any  onr, 


»  (agio. 


«  left  it 


>ithoi 

overatte  tlia  aeighbouriag  counlry,  and  pro- 
tact  the  mioKl'd  ftomaa  and  Britiih  papu- 
latiiin  that  dwelt  at  iia  foot."     F.  I&3. 

That  the  Rinnant  lived  in  (hit  initi- 
ncr  pt-rnianenily,  like  eaglei  in  rock*, 
19  quite  out  of  llic  aueilion.  They 
ran  ruidi  iiarallel  to  tnoae  of  ihe  Bri- 
tons, and  threw  up  camps  clote  id 
thein,  which  Uit,  afier  they  were 
taken,  ihcy  uicd  in  battle,  if  circum- 
ilancifs  rei|uircd  ii.  Instances  beyond 
lioinber  show  ihi«  pr.iclice.   Tlie  iox'd 


iiibi'lliihing    fictions,    cireumalancea 

hich  were  quiie  common ;  vit.  for  t 

'lijfioiia  man  to  seiile  upon  s  particti- 

r  s]iot  na  H  hermit,  and  draw  around 

iin  a  congregation  ofdirioien,  which 

tileiiienl,  ihrough   charitable  dono- 

ons,  grevr  into  an  Abbvy. 

or  roune,  then,  the  Ahlicv  is  ihe 

laungril  of  ihe  aniinuiiies  ol  Glailon- 

■  -.■:;h   Ihr   M»nk.  cnnltived  to 

by  dint  of  icftend,  Ihe  Joe  to- 

luni,  and   aonk  all  ihe   other  in^etm 

inio  abtolnie  oblivion. 

Such  are  the  opiniona,  arhich  tho 
retnaioa  at  Glasionlmry  hare  Mtgoeatad 
lo  us.  We  should  like  to  haTc  ■  com. 
muiiicaiion  on  the  subject  frooi  Sir 
R.  C.  Hoare. 

iTo  It  conlinard.) 


9i.  A  Stria  1)1  Fiaa  f/'  tht  tiKof  imltral- 
ing  Remains  of  Ihe  Ancient  Caitlti  o/'Eof- 
laod  and  Walts.  Engraved  ty  W.  Wo^ 
Doth,  fnm  Drntrin^i  fry  G.  AraaU, 
A.  R.  A.  C.  V.  Fielding,  R.  Blora,  H. 
GaatiDcaui,  «e.  /fUll  HilUrical  Df 
.mpfio/u  (-1,  E.  W.  Bnylay.  jwi.  S«a. 
Fill.  I.  and  II. 

THE  Romans  were  in  the  habit  of 
lint;  fortiesarB  in  cilie«  for  ihe  pur* 


;  bui  the  policy  did 
II  uiijjiujte  with  Ihem.  It  was  a  n*. 
iral  lUftgetlioD  lo  make  a  few  men 
isner  the  pur|Mwe  of  a  larse  army. 
he  Normans  adopted  ihe  Mme  lac- 
:s  j  but  in  the  reien  of  Edward  III. 
change  ensued.  That  powerful  Mi>>. 
irch  look  Calaia,  and  ihe  poaaeaiaa 
,  of  it  waa  deemed  (a*  it  aclually  proved 
of  ihe  chief  saints  of  ihe  day  sought  to  \>t)  a  projihy lactic  agairnt  French 
refuge  ot  GiMinnbury  (a*  they  are  inviaion.  If  thai  were  atlctpWd,  «bi 
known  lo  have  Red  to  woodi  aitd  lo-     Engliih  would  prcnol  tt  \if  nurchtDg- 


jrigi-  domestic  ei 
o  have  been  used  not  orisina 
by  ihem,  as  lumuli  arc  mentioned  lo 
hjve  been  used  in  their  hiiiorians,  for 
temporary  pntpncn,  and  etteemed  fur- 
lunaie  append^gvi  to  camps  and  jia- 
lions.  \Vlim  the  Romaus  left  ihc 
country,  and  the  war^  began  with  the 
"  '  *s  Tety  probable  lliat  many 


488  RBViiw.-^Woolnoth*i  J^kMiil  C&itlA  [May; 

into  France.    Mary  lost  Calais  very  sary  for  ns  to  enter  into  the  'tnlnect  at 

possibly  throQgh  some  insidious  con-  large.    We  shall  therefore  tooch  only 

trivance  of  Philip  her  husband,  and  upon  one  point,  deemed  a  desideratum, 

the  English,  who  laughed  at  French  from  the  paucity  of  the  specimeiM,  i.e. 

invasion,  while  they  retained  that  im-  Anglo-Saxon  Castellatian.    It  appears 

portant  port,  were  bleyond  measure  in-  to  us  that  the  distinction  of  British  and 

dignant  at  the  neglect  or  maladminis-  Anglo-Saxon  Castles  is,  that  the  keep, 

f  ration  which,  when   there  was    no  unless  there  be  a  high  point  of  ground 

.jayy,  destroyed  a  great  bulwark  of  the  within  the  external  enceinte,  stands 

national  protection.     Having  thus  ex-  (we  may  say  invariably)  upon  a  tumU' 

1>lained  the  effect  of  the  capture  of  Ca-  lus  of  earth,  and  that  such  an  artificial 

ais,  we  shall  venture  upon  an  hypo-  earthy  foundation  was  not  deemed  im- 

thesis  connected  with  it,  in  our  opi-  portant  by  the  Normans, 
nion,  viz.  the  conversion  of  Castles        In  a  former  review  of  this  work 

into  castellated  mansions  in  the  reign  (Jan.   1824,  p.  42),  is  the  following 

of  Edw.  III.    The  incorporation  for  passage : 

centuries  of  the  Normans  and  Eng-  «  According  to  the  Public  Record  Com- 
lish  had  rendered  a  lighter  construe-  miMioners'  dissertation  on  Domesday,  of 
tion  sufficient  for  resisting  domestic  forty-nine  Costlet,  mentioned  in  that  sor- 
insurrections ;  and  as  to  ^^reign  ene-  vey,  one  only  (Arundel)  is  menUoned  ss 
mies,  we  only  find  in  the  records  of  existing  in  the  time  of  Edwerd  the  Con- 
that  reign  orders  to  fortify  Castles  on  feasor.  Eight  are  known  either  on  the  au- 
the  sea-coasts  or  borders,  not  those  in  thority  of  Domesdav,  or  our  old  historians, 
the  interior.  Against  French  invasion  to  have  been  buUt  by  the  Conqueror  bim- 
a  navy  was  collected,  and  troops  were  S*^'  ^«*  V«  ^^^^  *•  «"<^  ^J  ««»*« 
sent  ti  Calais.  The  French,  to  pre-  g^°»'  and  one  by  an  i»dert»n»t  to  £«rl 
^^11.^  1  '  iV*  Roger.  £ie:;en  more,  of  whose  builders  we 
vent  the  latter  measure,  used  to  call  in  ^ave  no  particular  account,  are  noticed  in 
the  aid  of  the  ScoU.  m  order  to  occa-  ^j,^  Survey  either  expressly  or  by  inference, 
sion  a  diversion.  Either  way  Castles  ^^ew.  It  is  singular  that  the  ruins  which 
were  not  of  moment,  as  m  the  first  are  now  remaining  of  all  these  Castles,  have 
aras,  to  keep  down  the  conquered ;  on  preserved  one  feature  of  uniformity.  They 
the  contrary,  they  had  become  only  are  each  distinguished  by  a  mount  and  keep, 
troublesome  strong-holds  for  rebellious  — marking  the  peculiar  style  of  architectnie 
lords,  and  occasioned  more  protracted  introduced  in  our  castellated  fortifications  by 
and  wasteful  warfare.  In  the  time  of  the  Normans  at  their  first  settlement," 
Charles  I.  they  made  the  campaign  From  some  further  investigations 
consist,  as  to  one  half  of  it,  of  sieges,  which  we  have  made,  we  are  not  in- 
the  most  perilous  and  tiresome  forms  dined  to  admit  this  statement ;  if  by 
of  war  (a  battle  being  on  the  whole  a  mount  and  keep  we  are  to  under- 
less  sanguinary,  and  finished  in  a  few  stand  a  keep  uponsi  mount, 
hours),  and  therefore  at  the  end  of  Of  the/or/y-mne  Castles  mentioned, 
the  17th  century,  castles  were  dismau-  thirty  being  of  Norman  conatruction, 
tied  throughout  the  kingdom  by  order  nineteen  evidently  belong  to  the  Bri- 
bf  Government.  tish  and  Anglo-Saxon  sra.     Some  of 

Our  first  writers  on  the  picturesque  these  were  founded  by  Elfleda,  Lady 

have  often  observed,  that  the  ruins  of  of  the  Mercians,  daughter  of  Alfrea, 

them  are  now  inimitable  embellish-  and,  according  to  the  remains  of  such 

meuts  of  scenery ;  and  from  their  con-  as  we  recollect,  the  keep  consisted  of 

nection  with  the  romantic  character  of  a  tower  krected  upoir  a  tumulus, 

'   the  feudal  ages,  they  possess  a  great  not  a  simple  keep,  like  the  Normans, 

historical    and    sentimental    interest,  and  a  mount,  (/u/mc/,  within  the  outer 

We  cannot  visit  them  all,  and  repre^  bailey,  like  the  print  in  Grose.-— >Upon 

sentations  by  engravings  both  preserve  examining,    for    instance,  Tamworth 

the  figures  of  these  ruins,  which  are  and  Warwick,  founded  by  Elfleda,  we 

daily  dilapidating,  and,  like  plates  of  found  that  these  Castles  did  consist  of 

coins,' serve  the  purpose  of  elucidating  a  keep  upon  a  mount.    Dudley,  a  cas^ 

history,  without  the  expence  of  col-  tie  mentioned  in  Domesday,  and- once 

lecting.  belonging  to  a  Duke  of  Mercia,  hat 

Mr.  Fosbroke,  in  his  Encyclopedia  a  keep  upon  a  hillock.    The  keep  of 

of  Antiquities,  has  given  us  so  easy  a  Windsor,  another  Castle  in  Doflliet? 

classification  of  Castles^  by  very  simple  dayjthocish  the  keep  itself  waa  eiccte^ 

tests^  as  to  render  it  utterly  unneces-  by  Edw.  III.)  is  still  situated  upon  the 


1896.] 


SsVnw#^Wboiiioth'0  Au^  CMml^ 


m 


oUmoiiiit**  WeihaUiiowgtftbrodgh 
the  Castles  meotiooed  in  the  work  be-' 
fore  US9  which  tend  to  prove  oor  posi- 
tioQ.  . 

Cmitbrooke  Cattle  is  noticed  in 
Domesday.  The  keep,  says  our  aa- 
thor,  wts  probably  erected  in  the  Saxon 
tiroes,  ana  occuptet  Iht  tummii  of  am 
artificial  foomnt,  between  fifty  and 
sixty  feet  in  height,  situated  at  the 
North-eastern  angle.  It  wts  defended, 
like  the  entire  fortress,  by  a  surround- 
ing foss.  The  figure  of  the  keep  is  an 
irregular  polygon  ;  some  of  the  angles 
are  strengthened  with  buttresses  of 
hewn  stone,  evidently  more  recent 
than  the  original  structure.  A  flisbt 
of  seventy- two  steps  leads  up  tne 
mount  to  the  entrance,  which  was  an- 
ciently defended  by  a  strong  double 
gate  and  a  portcullis.  On  the  left, 
within  the  entrance,  is  a  large  apart- 
ment, in  which  is  a  well,  now  partly 
filled  up  as  dangerous,  said  to  have 
been  300  feet  deep.  The  upper  apart- 
ments are  wholly  destroyed,  though  a 
small  decayed  suircase  yet  remains, 
which  led  to  the  platform  on  the  sum- 
mit of  the  keep. 

Warwick^  founded  by  Elfleda.  Dug- 
dale  says,  "  that  she  caused  the  dun- 
geon to  be  made,  which  was  a  strong 
tower  or  platform  upon  a  large  and 
high  mount  of  earth,  artificially  raised, 
such  being  usually  placed  towards  the 
side  of  a  castle  or  fort,  which  is  least 
defensible.*' 

Guildford,  according  to  King,  is  an- 
other SDCcimen, — that  stood  on  the 
brow  ot  a  steep  hill,  and  was  ascended 
by  a  steep  flight  of  projecting  steps. 

Caldicot  (Monmouthshire)  is  a  lofty 
circular  tower,  elevated  on  a  mound  of 
earth,  and  encircled  by  a  ditch.  Arch- 
deacon Coxe  thinks  that  it  was  proba- 
bly erected  near  the  time  of  the  Con- 
quest, for  the  door-way  has  a  rounded 
arch. 

Trematon,  mentioned  in  Domesday, 
stands  on  an  artificial  conical  hill,  with 
a  fosse  at  the  bottom. 

Cor/e.  On  the  higher  part  of  the 
hillf,  stands  the  keep  or  citadel,  which 
is  at  some  distance  from  the.centre  of 
the  fortress,  and  commands  a  view  of 
immense  extent  to  the  North  and 
West. 

*  Edward  the  ConfiMsor  had  a  palace 
hera.  Lei.  Collect,  ii.  940. 
f  So  abo  Sturmiasler. 


•M%  has  Ml  hfdMflo  sdfeed  kaefcdfaaP 
nutioB  frooB  iu  origbalhelglit  1  die  ftoref 
the  wirnb  befaw  rMlsted  less  by  the  thbk- 
asss  of  the  vafls  than  the  straagth  of  the 
eemeat.  The  upper  wiadowt  have  SaaMm 
arcbca,  but  are  appamitly  of  a  later  dile 
than  aay  othw  part  of  dw  bnttdii^  Wees  of 
the  kaep,  the  stones  of  whidi  beiag  diepoaed 
in  the  herrtng-bom  fa$kimf  prove  ittobe 
of  the  earliest  style.  It  is  preemaed  to 
have  been  built  by  Kh^  Edgar.^' 

In  short,  upon  examining  the  ninety 
Castles  engraved  in  these  volumes,  we 
do  not  find  ovb  of  the  Norman  asra; 
where  the  keep  is  erected  iipoii  a  momU 
of  earth. 

We  omit  specimens  of  British  or' 
Anglo-Saxon  Castles  erected  upon  /«•* 
Mtf/t,  as  Restormel,  Launcestoo^  Stor-^ 
minster,  Coningsboroogh,  &c.  mea- 
tioned  in  other  work*. 

It  further  appears  that  keeps,  where 
the  ground  was  precipitous,  stood  in 
the  Anglo-Saxon  sera  upon  the  out* 
ward  wall  of  the  Castl^  and  have  na 
window  on  the  outside  next  the  coon- 
try.  This  fashion  occurs  at  Godrich 
in  Herefordshire,  Portchester,  I^ven- 
sey,  and  Castleton. 

We  cannot  say  that  we  hav^  exa- 
mined every  Castle  known,  but,  ac- 
cording to  inquiries  made  upon  an  ex- 
tensive scale,  we  have  not  found  an 
authenticated  instance  of  a  JVomsan 
keep  erected  upon  an  artificial  hillock^ 
where  at  least  there  was  none  before  | 
and  where  they  did  exist,  the  size  was 
not  sufficient  for  the  Norman  stroo- 
tures.  The  Anglo-Saxon  Thanes  are 
known  to  have  lived  in  houses  adja» 
cent  to  churches,  their  bell-houses  and 
our  court  or  manor  houses.  Castles 
among  them  were  palaces  or  fortresses 
of  the  Kings  or  £arls.  The  construc- 
tion upon  a  hillock  resembled  that  of 
their  camps,  where,  as  is  the  case  with 
the  modern  citadels,  there  was  an  in- 
terior part  which  commanded  the 
whole.  Whether  the  Normans  thought 
that  the  hillock  faciliuted  mining,  and 
therefore  preferred  the  level  site,  we 
know  not ;  but  of  this  we  are  sure, 
that  it  is  much  more  easy  to  undermine 
an  artificial  tumulus  horizonully,  thaa 
to  effect  a  cavern  by  a  descending  ope- 
ration in  native  earth. 

Here  we  shall  leave  this  pleasing 
collection.  The  plates  are  taken  from 
interesting  points  of  view,  and  hand- 
somely  executed.  The  letter-press  does 
credit  to  Mr.  Brayley,  joo. 


439                 RsTXBw.-^Boyte's  Unkftrsat  ClMnmol^i.  fHvft 

96*    The  UrdveruU  Ckronologist  and  His-  recitals,  the  attention  ia  eqcbiioed  IvjR 

torieal  Register,  from  the  Creation  to  the  the  combined   fosoinatioQt  of  amuae^ 

Oote  qf  the  Year  1825  ;  comprising  the  xntnt  and  instruction. 

^temenU  of  (hneral  History,  Jrom  the  vVe  will  now  detail  the  more  imoie* 

French  of  MS%,M^tin:wUh  an  elabo^  ji^^^  j^bours  of  the  present  Editor, 

rate  Conltnuatton,  m  which  aremumtely     „,u^  u»,i  » .•      ^  ^\1^        r  xit  itir 

detailed    the    numerous    and    important  r          V.^  U    T'!!"    •^l?^^l^;  ^.^^ 

Mvents  and  Transactions  arisvigout  oj  *»"'  ^^'^^  closed   with  1789.   to   the 

the  French  Revolution.    By  Henry  Boyle.  V^^^^^}    penod.     First,    M.   Martm^a 

8»o.  pp.  1440.  attention  had  been  but  little  drawn  to 

-„,',/         ,'             ,                 .        *  the  history  of  this  Countr\\     It  wat 

THIS  very  large  volume  consists  of  therefore  necessary  for  the  Editor  to 

two  ParU.    The  first  is  divided  into  amplify  M.  Martin's  meagre  account 

SIX  epochs.     1.  From  the  Creation  to  by  copious  additions.    But  his  chief 

the  Deluge.    2.   To  the   Calling  of  labours  appear  to  have  been  directed  to 

Abraham.      3.   To    the    quiitinff    of  the  events  consequent  on  that  convol- 

Egypt.    4.  To  the  Foundation  of  the  si„n  ^f  kingdoms,  as  well  as  society  at 

Temple  of  Solomon.    6.  To  the  Reign  large,  the  French  Revolution. 

of  Cyrus.    6.  lo  the  Birth  of  Christ.  As  the  editor  approached  his  owa 

""%?'^  *'-^r'?  comprises  six  eoochs :  tjn^es,  events  crowded  so  on  his  bands, 

1.  From  Birth  of  Christ  to  the  dis-  that  he  seems  to  have  thought  it  abso- 

inemberraent  of  the  Western  Empire,  lately  necessary,  from  A.  D.  1700,  to 

2;  ^?  i''  P^PiVi^hy.  ^^  ^"^IS-    ^'  abandon   the  style  of  narrative,   and 

To  the  Battle  of  Hastings.    4.  To  the  adopt  a  chronological  diary.    Thus  the 

Reformation.     5.  To  the  Revolution,  events  of  the  eighteenth  century,  and 

^*  r2i®  n     ^l}^^^r   ,  .         r  ,        .  t  ^^  ^hc  first  quartcr  of  the  present,  form 

The  first  Part  of  this  useful  and  la-  nearly  half  the  work,  and  the  occur- 

bonous    work    is    founded     on     the  fences    from    1789    more    than    400 

-^  Chronological     and     Geographical  closely  printed   pages.     Though    thia 

Elements  of  General  History,     by  M.  a^ple  chronological  list  of  evenU  di^ 

Joseph  Martin;  a  production  so  ably  pjayj  the  inJastry  of  the  Editor,  and 

executed,  as  to  have  been  approved  of  ^g  are  inclined  to  give  him  due  praiie 

bythevarious  learned  bodies  of  France,  fo,  ,he  accuracy  he  displays,  still  w« 

and  through  whose  recommendation  think  it  might  have  been  much  Jm- 

the  French  Government  has  adopted  It  proved    by    compression  5     as    many 

in  the  public  institutions  and  semina-  events  of  a  trifling  nature  have  been 

lies  of  that  kingdom.  a<lmitted,  a  fault  the  Editor  complaiDt 

"The  great  body  of  M.  Martin's  Gene-  of  in  other  chronological  VKOrks;  and 

Tal  Elements  of  History  is  naturally  divided  fancies  he  has  himself  avoided.     We 

into  two  great  epochs ;  one  comprising  the  have  not  room  for  many  examples^  but 

centuriet  that  transpired  from  the  Creation  take  two  or  three  at  random, 
to  the  Birth   of  Christ;  the  other   those 

•get  which  have  rolled  away  in  the  tide  of  'M788.  Oct.  1.     Mr.  Wyatt  received  by 

time  since  the  birth  of  the  Redeemer.     In  the  penny-pust  a  bank-note,  of  which  ha 

the  former  the  centuries  are  made  to  retro-  had  been  robbed." 

grade,  while  in   the  latter  they  advance;  *'1795.  June  SO.     It  was  declared   tt 

they  follow  as  it  were  annually,  and  at  the  the  Old  Bailey  Sessions,  that  gleaning  ia 

close  of  every  hundred  years,  lists  are  in-  only  a  matter  of  courtesy,  and  not  of  right." 

serted  of  the  celebrated  writers    and   re-  **1812.  Sept.  97*     A  man  lighting  the 

nowned  artists  who  illustrated  those  several  lamp  upon  Westminster  Bridge,  was  hj  a 

periods.     In  order  to  apply  such  historical  >  sudden  gust  of  wind,  blown  into  the  river, 

information  in  a  useful  manner  to  the  gene-  and  drowned." 

ral   purposes  of  Geography,  details   suffi-  "1824.  A  curious  clock  it  mentioaedl^ 

ciently  copious  are  given  of  the  various  ex-  Mr.  Britton  in  his  *  Antiquities  of  Wellt,' 

peditions  which  took  place,  from  the  ear-  which  was  discovered  in  the  minstrel  galleiy 

fiest  period,  to  the  commencement  of  the  of  that  Cathedral,  taid  to  have  been  con- 

1 8th  century."     P.  vi.  structed   by   a   Monk    of  Glastonbury  10 

M.  Martin's  plan  is  adopted  in  the 

early  parts  of  this  work.     It  was  his  This  latter  article  should  have  been 

endeavour  to  blend  a  variety  of  his-  noticed  under  \\it  fourteenth  century, 

torical  facts  into  an  amusing  narra-  if  at   all.     We  mention   these  little   . 

tive,  avoiding  the  tiresome  recapituia-  oversights,  to  show  it  is  easier  to  find 

tion  of  dates  and  names ;  thus  while  fault   with    preceding  ChcaoologiatSy 

curiosity  is  awakened   by  interesting  than  to  avoid  their  redundancies.    By 


ISU.]     Rbviiw.— Si*  Montki  in  Ihe  h'at  Indiff. — The  Panic. 


Ihc 


of  tuch  iiifling  remirki,    diubiUl;  of  holdine  iiif  pmpertjr,  tk 

u  :-; 1      n...  —     sir: ■  0(hef  office  within  hi>  iu^ 

would  be  a  powrrfut  ci 


But  on  filling  inyfliher 

ine  wholf,  ne  can  taTdy  i commend  Tiidlclion,  would 

thi*  (lortly  tome  xa  all  who  are  fond  of  of  r;  formal  ion.     Moll  ol'  the  CotcmlH 

chronological  rfiearch,  and    thall   be  appeal  rxfrrnaffy  to  be  gorcrnetl   on 

oleasnl   Id  t«e  another   edition   of  it  tne  nioclrl  of  England,  but  in  realiiy 

-c  enlarged  in  teal  infortnalion,  ;el  they  p^riicipiiic  in   but  a  imall  degree 


1  bulk. 


ST.  Sii  MeMhi  tn  thi  Wnt  ladju,  til 
l»tS.  pp.  339.  J.  Murrmj. 
AUDi  alleram  puflem.  —  oa  lhi» 
principle  we  ooiiee  the  abore  publi- 
cation, ond  aim  becuiiio  we  arc  con- 
viuctd  ihll  the  more  the  lubject  it 
■ligjled  the  better.     Not  that  Ihe 


Ihe  genuine  spirit  of  the  Mniher 
Country;  ihi7  are  priwlical  republic* ; 
the  aame  equality  amongit  the_fr«, — 
the  looie  undue  conce|>lion  of  iheir 
own  importance,— the  uine  mtleai- 
neas  of  spirit,— the  Mine  in-iiabilily  of 
temper,  which  has  tier  been  the  cha- 
racleritlic  curse  of  lilile  common- 
wealibi."  The  means  of  amelioration 
■h    he   suggests,   are,    1.  Schodt 


Then  sUvrry  i»  a  hod  jyilcm !  To  be     and   abolishing  Sunda;   Maiket*. 
ire,— a  veryliad  system;  who  layi  it     Expur^aiiuz  ihe  Colonial  Codes,  ■nd 
rorniii):;  the  Judicainres.  "" 


writer  adrocain  »la«ory,   aa    he   Mys     for  the  childreTrof  the  Slaves.     8.  tn- 

himieir  in   an    iinajiinary   argument,     creasing  the  mrans  of  Public  Worship, 

'    '    /stem  i  To  be     and   abolishing  .^ '-   ^'-  '     -      - 

a  good  onef  Ctrlainly 
planters  with  vihnm  I  aiii  ac(|uaintecl, 
■nd  moil  cenainly  not  the  author  of 
this  lioolt."- It  is  an  amusing  worb, 
tnr  a  young  man  who  accompanied  the 
Hishop  in  his  tint  visit  to  the  lilanda. 
Observant  and  lively  he  retails  his  ttn- 
prcssiout  with  viracliy,  and   wiih  at 

'  'i    disposition     Pamphlet. 


lowing  Freedom  labe  purchased  ai. 
market   price,   nnd    iolrodiicing  laik- 

B8.     Tlu  Poinr.    Hik.  Huotiard  and  5m. 
THIS   i*   a   seniible   and   eloquent 

i.iiiirina  ir"  -■--    - 


to  sec  all  thing*  in  a  favourable  light  ibe  late  cuniinerrisl  difficullies,  and 
will  allow.  He  visits  the  Islands  in  referring,  tve  think  justly,  much  of 
*ucce*sion,  and  describe*  the  beauty  of  the  presiiit  want  ol  confidtnce,  a* 
"inter  tropical'"  acenety  in  glowing  well  as  Lhc  pretciii  sulTering  of  Ihe 
language ;  ne  don  not  devoie  much  country,  io  the  absence  of  thai  mont 
"  lhc  state  of  the  slate  po-  principle  by  which  British  enterprise 
was  formeily  diiiinguished.  It  is  im- 
possible foe  the  most  casual  observer  of 
passing  evcnu  not  lo  have  observed, 
even  lliDu;^h  he  hid  uoi  virtue  to  la- 
ment, thoi  fcacful  mania  for  specuU- 
lion  which  ronvcrliil  London  into 
one  great  gniiibling  house,  niLd  coo- 
gref^aied  the  inhabitnnt*  of  lhc  Metro- 
polis into  un  aHemblaee  diffcrltig  liiil« 
from  the  frc'iueiiiers  of  a  (righJv  de- 
sifinated)  liell.  The  alow  and  Jabo< 
rious  jiroccss  of  acquiring  competence 
country,  can  Tail  to  be  struck  wilh  Ihe  by  patient  imlnsiry,  and  of  retiring  In 
tytlem  prevalmt  in  Ike  Coloniet.''  "  In  the  decline  of  lite  wiih  a  fonune  of 
all  couimuniiies  where  slavery  is  eila-  half  a  pi',.,,/-.  hr.<  bernn<e  .rrR.luilly 
blished,  there  ought  to  be  good  laws  obsolete,  .'i<<l  i  ■mn  iJmh  >%>miM  have 
10  nruteci  the  slave,  and  independent  satisfied  the  desires  of  Cncsus,  bat 
Judgei  lo  enforce  ihtte  provisions. —  been  amassed  by  the  operations  of  ft 
In  Batbadoei  the  laws  are  administer-  dai/.  Tiiv  -.:... -I  :l  o...,t,,,!..  of  one 
ed  by  27  or  ?8  Judges.  They  are  all  has  been  the  ruin  of  ilioii.iinds.  Re- 
planlm  or  mrrclianli,  and  are  appoint-  gular  and  Icgitinute  callings  have  been 
ed  by  the  Governor.  Knowledge  of  neElecteil  for  the  Klock  Exchingii} 
the  law  is  not  a  necesviry  or  usual  ana  he  who  was  supposed  lo  be  ic-i 
tfoalification  for  the  office.  An  Eng.  quiring  wealth  by  his  apprent  anil 
lish  barrister  of  a  reasonable  staudiiig,  arowri  occupation,  has  been  pursuing 
wilh  a  compcieiit  talary,  and  a  (itiet    a  ruinous  speculation  in  a  monopo$ 


publli 

)ni  but  throws  01 

It  two  or  three 

IUg<^« 

■tions   which,    ihi 

angh    not    per- 

hip. 

citeration,    and 

rro^ 

which   some    useful    inferences 

°%J 

l)e   drawn    bv  deeper    thinkers, 
condition  of  &  slave  bears  in  its 

compj 

iraiive  comforts  ( 

jf  sufferings,  a 

pretty 

exact  relation   lo 

>h  resident  in  the 

master."  "  No 

Englil 

:  West  Indie., 

howev 

er  little  couveisai 

II  wilh  ihead- 

ration  of  jusliec 

in   his    native 

fiSSL 


RBvisw.-pf^lkatray'i.  BidcoMe  Hill. 


[May, 


-of  some  foreiga  or  domestic  commo- 
dity. The  quantum  of.  private  suffer- 
ing from  this  fatal  epidemic  is  incal- 
jCuTable ;  but  it  is  to  be  feared  that  not 
x>nly  public  credit,  but  that  national 
Tirtue  has  been  staggered  in  these  new 
and  perilous  times. 

The  author  of  the  pamphlet  before  us 
has  beheld  these  proceedings  with  the 
feelings  of  one  in  whose  eye  patriotism 
and  the  love  of  virtue  a^'e  identified, 
who  sees  in  the  dereliction  of  moral 
principle  the  waning  glory  of  England, 
and  who  values  the  integrity  of  his 
country  beyond  all  that  her  wealth  and 
luxury  could  procure.  In  a  fine  tone 
of  moral  reprehension  he  exposes  that 
profligacy  so  general  in  modern  times, 
which  consumes  in  the  ratio  of  its  an- 
ticipated profits,  and  which  realizes 
the  dreams  of  avarice,  and  the  extra- 
vagant wishes  of  cupidity,  by  spending 
the  tens  of  thousancls  which  it  has  yet 
to  amass. 

We  recommend  this  pamphlet  to 
ffeneral  perusal.  Without  speaking  of 
Its  merits  as  a  masterly  analysis  of  the 
causes  of  our  present  distress,  we  ap- 
plaud it  for  a  manly,  healthy  tone  of 
aound  English  morality,  which  would 
recall  men  of  all  ranks  and  parties  to 
the  forsaken  paths  of  hitegrity,  and 
which  would  remind  a  commercial 
people  of  those  ancient  habits  and 
principles  which  have  been  corrupted 
in  the  eager  pursuit  of  wealth,  forget- 
ting that  **  he  toko  maketh  haste  to  he 
rich  shall  not  be  innocent.** 


99.  Bidcombe  Hill,  a  Rural  and  Deserip' 
tive  Poem.  Second  Edition.  To  which  is 
prefixed,  an  Essay  on  Local  Poetry.  By 
Francis  Skurray,  B.  D.  Rector  o/ Winter- 
bourne  Abbas,  Dorset. 

WE  believe  that  our  Magazine,  in 
its  literary  and  reviewing  departments, 
first  called  public  attention  to  the  pro- 
ductions of  the  Reverend  Author  be- 
fore us«  To  his  last  publication,  no- 
ticed by  us  in  vol.  lxxxix.  ii.  p.  332, 
was  appended  an  annunciation,  tnat  the 
present  work  was  preparing  for  the  press. 
A  considerable  interval  has  elapsed  be- 
tween its  publication  and  our  critical 
cognizance  of  it.  However,  as  it  is 
better  late  than  never,  we  have  plea- 
sure in  calling  present  attention  to  its 
contents. 

The  preliminary  Essay  claims  pre- 
cedence, from  its  novelty  as  well  as 
unportance. 


After  much  prefatory  matter,  in 
which  considerable  interest  is  excited 
and  gratified,  the  Essay  ^ives  a  critical 
analysis  of  poems  "  which  have  Hills 
exclusively  for  their  titles,  and  circum- 
jacent Scenery  for  their  objects."  These 
are.  Cooper's  Hill,  by  Denham ;  Gron- 
pr  Hill,  by  Dyer;  Farinedon  Hill,  by 
Pye;  Lewesden  Hill,  by  Crowe ;  Rich- 
mond Hill,  by  Maurice;  and  Bidcombe 
Hill,  by  our  author,  who  expresses  a 
hope  that  his  own  production  "  will 
not  prove  the  last  effort  in  this  line  of 
composition.  There  are  (he  adds)  li- 
terate gentlemen  who  have  occasions 
presented  to  them  in  the  localities  of 
their  residence  for  their  occupation  of 
leisure  hours,  on  similar  undertakings. 
Materials  cannot  be  wanting,  as  our 
Empire  is  as  fertile  in  subjects  as  it  is 
abundant  in  hills.'' 

Our  author  proceeds  to  follow  up 
this  recommendation,  by  enumerating 
hills  and  the  objects  contemplated  from 
their  heights,  as  are  calculated  for  de- 
seription.  These  are  nineteen  in  num- 
ber, and  the  topographical,  antiqua- 
rian, and  picturesque  circumstances 
pointed  out  as  courting  the  attention 
of  the  bard  who  may  be  disposed  to 
undertake  their  versified  dehneation, 
are  instructive  and  multifarious. 

With  respect  to  the  Poem,  our  re- 
marks must  be  short  We  shall  there- 
fore confine  ourselves  to  some  of  the 
additions  which  have  been  made  to  it 
since  its  first  appearance. 

After  assuring  his  readers  how  well 
his  favourite  eminence  is  calculated  to 
excite  devotional  feelinra,  our  author 
launches  forth  into  the  following  aspi- 
ration : 

*'  Oh !  when  shall  we  with  defecated  sight 
Contemplate  regions  in  empyreal  climet 
In  all  their  wide  circumfenooe  of  light 
And  panoramic  majes^  ?  or  view 
The  Sun   of  Righteotttoest  with  healing 

wings  ? 
Or  look  undazzled  upon  saj^ire  thrones  ? 
Or  see  His  hce  that  is  invisible  ? 
Oh  I  when  shall  harps  celestial  charm  our 

ears, 
And  hallelujahs  from  angelic  choirs 
Transport  our  souk  on  the  hiffh  liiU  of 

Heaven?" 

Among  the  other  additions,  we  can- 
not forbear  to  present  our  readers  with 
a  description  of  Stonehenge,  which  is 
situated  in  the  Plain  beneath  a  hill, 
which,  it  seems,  is  distinctly  visible 
from  the  eminence  which  gives  a  title 
to  the  work  before  us : 


1896.] 


Rbtibw.«— llokiworth  on  Smer^fke. 


4n 


flam'd 


«<BtfiMth  tba  lieigbt  when 

The  gimdMi  ralies  tkM  our  eowHy  boMit 
Of  prood  ADtiqaityt  yei«p'd  Scoatheoct. 
On  Um  oadMlUr'a  PUia   hugs  edlouM 

stand. 
By  trchitravet  kf  pC  ttMidy  (o  thtir  poialy 
WhiUt  others  totUringy  thrMK  aa  instaal 

fmll; 
And  others  I'm  in  rude  confusion  hnrrd. 
No  wiffht  dare  culcuUte  the  pond'rous  stones 
Which  in  concentric  circles  form  the  fiuie^ 
Lest  ere  the  revolution  of  n  year. 
He  pay  the  dreaded  penalty  c^lifi. 
Whether,  as  HUtory  ulk,  the  stmetore 

stands. 
A  monument  of  Hengist's  treach*rons  guila» 
To  conc1av*d  Britons  under  Vortigem ; 
Or  whether  rais*d  Iy  rude  Phoenician  hands  i 
Or  in  a  period  less  remote  it  gave 
To  Danish  Kings  investiture,  is  wrapt 
In  uniropenetn£le  mystery. 
The  entdusiast,  guided  thither  hy  the  Moon, 
Excogitates  the  Druids'  mystic  rites, 
Whicn  from  the  altar-stone  once  bla«'d  to 

Hcav*n ;  [winds, 

Whilst  in  the  Curlew's  niaint,  mingling  with 
He  feigns  the  notes  of  bardic  minstrdsy. 
Wbefther  by  native  or  by  foreign  force 
The  pile  %  as  rear*d  to  occupy  the  Plain  i 
Stiil  m  i|i  bulk  macoilicent  it  stands, 
Ta  draw  man's  wonder,  but  eludes  his  skill. 
To  trace  ita  designation  and  its  age." 

We  wish  we  had  space  to  give  our 
readers  some  extracts  from  page  173 
to  178  incltisive,  relative  to  the  village, 
which  we  learn  has  l>ecn  the  scene  of 
oar  author's  labours  for  six-and-twenty 
years,  and  to  some  of  its  customs  and 
superstitions.  But  time  and  space  for- 
bid. We  have  only  to  add,  that  as  we 
hailed  the  commencement  of  Mr. 
Skurray*s  literary  career,  we  shall  be 
happy  to  draw  public  attention  to  any 
fruits  of  his  professional  labours,  or  to 
any  future  results  of  his  lighter  avoca- 
tions. 

1 00.  j^n  Answer  to  tht  Rev.  John  Davison's 
Inquiry  into  the  Origin  and  Intent  ofjni" 
mitive  Sacrijict^  die.  By  the  Rev.  John 
Edtrard  Nassau  Mole« worth,  M.A,  8eo. 
pp.  131. 

Mr.  DAVISON  lays  it  down  as  a 
position,  **  thai  a  divine  appointment 
of  sacrifice  cannot  be  maintained  as 
the  more  probable  account  of  the  ori- 
gin of  that  mode  of  worship.*' 

It  appears  from  the  formation  of  the 
human  teeth,  that  men  hare  been  i^ 
finely  appointed  to  subsist  both  upon 
animal  and  vegetable  food.  Of  course 
there  is  nothing  uqphilosophical  in  the 

GsNT.  Ma«.  May,  lBt6. 


shogS^terofQiiiroaU  i  and  if  from  piong 
feehngt  men  offered  first  Omits  and  sa^ 
crifices,  it  was  only  a  mode  of  worship 
growing  out  of  the  neceisitj  of  killing 
aniniab  for  food;  and,  as  appears  from 
the  instances  of  Cain  and  And,  Abim- 
ham  and  Isaac,  &c.  it  was  at  least  re- 
cognized,  and  not  prohibited  by  the 
Almighty.  Now  this  being  the  case, 
we  tliinK,  without  the  smallest  dbre- 
spect  to  the  eminent  and  learned  per* 
sons  who  have  written  upon  the  sub- 
ject, that  it  was  not  in  correct  jodff- 
ment  to  a^ntate  the  topic,  because  it  m 
sowing  seed  for  a  plentiful  crop  of  on- 
philosophical  cavils.  I  f  men  were  ob- 
iiged  to  kill  animals,  in  order  to  eat 
them,  we  see  no  human  perversion  or 
wanton  destruction  in  oBerinff  them 
in  sacrifice  (for  they  provided  food -for 
the  priests),  instead  of  only  saying 
grace  over  them.  It  is  but  the  same 
thing  performed  in  a  different  manner. 
Mr.  Moles  worth  treats  the  subject  as 
becomes  a  sealous  divine  and  a  good 
■writer. 

101.  ^  Leiler  to  Hoimca  Twisa,  S$q,  M.  P. 
being  an  Answer  tn  his  **  ingnsry  into  ike 
Means  of  eonsoluiating  and  dif^stiMg  the 
Laws  ^£ngland."     8n>.  pp,  68. 

THE  only  use  of  technical  language 
is  the  prevention  of  circumlocotioo  and 
inconvenience,  but  nothing  can  be 
niore  Mif-evident,  than  that  such  tech- 
nical language  should  not  be  applied 
to  subjects  which  all  ought  to  under- 
stand. In  theory,  therefore,  nothing 
can  be  more  just  than  the  following 
remarks  of  Mr.  Uniacke. 

**  Is  there  a  man  in  the  kingdom  in  the 
slightest  degree  acquainted  with  the  method 
of  science,  or  the  ordinary  perspicuity  of 
language,  who  will  not  rise  up  and  declare 
that  the  style  of  the  statute  law  of  the 
realm  is  almost  unintelligible,  and  ought  in- 
stantly to  be  abolbhed,  as  unworthy 'of  the 
present  enlightened  «ge."     P.  66. 

It  has  been  observed,  that  if  a  per- 
son makes  his  own  will,  and  writes  it 
as  he  would  a  letter,  it  will  be  per- 
fectly intelligible ;  but  if  he  attempts 
to  make  his  will  in  law  phraseology,  it 
is  twenty  to  one  but  the  meaning  in 
law  of  the  phrases  will  be  quite  oppci- 
site  to  the  testator's  construction  of 
them.  An  author,  were  it  a  mano- 
script,  would  not  publish  it  without 
explanatory  comments.  All  this  most 
be  admitted ;  but  nevert)ieleis  the  at* 


7 


4U 


REViEW.-^H'oodslock, 


[May, 


ieiD|>t  lo  alter  the  Unauage  of  law 
%trould  be  attended  with  great  peril. 
It  mi^ht  iioi  be  water-proof  agaiott 
leaks  ID  a  new  fonn,  and  a  thousand 
constructions  might  be  put  upon  vague 
and  general  language,  which,  frum  the 
definite  interpreution  of  known  law 

{ibraseSy  are  now  impracticable.  If 
aw  language  must  (as  we  conceive  it 
ought  to  do;  descend  to  particulars,  we 
do  not,  however,  see  any  reason  why 
such  particulars  may  not  be  clothed  in 
intelligible  language,  provided  that  such 
yfoper  care  is  taken  with  regard  to  pro- 
nouns and  style,  that  no  identities  of 
persons  or  thincs  can  be  confounded, 
and  no  equivocal  or  dubious  construc- 
tion ensue. 

108.  Woodstock;  cr  the  Camliert  a  Tale 
of  the  Year  1651.  J)y  the  Author  of 
Wavcffley,  ^«.  3  iio^.  ISmo.  ConsuUa 
and  Co, ;  and  Longman  and  G>. 
,  IT  would  be  superfluous  to  enter 
into  the  merits  of  a  writer,  whose  re- 
putation in  this  department  of  litera- 
ture has  been  so  long  established. — 
This  Novel,  like  iu  predecessors,  is 
chiefly  historical.  The  plot  embraces 
a  most  eventful  period  in  the  annals  of 
our  country  i  and  admirably  pourtrays 
the  puritanical  phrenzy  and  hyuocrisy 
of  the  age.  The  scene  opens  at  Wood- 
stock,  soon  after  the  battle  of  Wor- 
cester, which  was  so  disastrous  to  the 
cause  of  those  who  espoused  the  for- 
tuntt  of  Charles.  Wooastock  had  long 
been  a  Royal  hunting  seat,  and  was  at 
that  time  in  the  poisession  of  Sir 
Henry  Lee,  who  was  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  the  Rc^al  Family.  During 
the  usurpation  of  Cromwell,  Charles  11. 
fled,  to  Woodstock  Castle  for  conceal- 
ment; and  the  incidents  connected 
therewith  form  the  most  interesting 
features  of  the  tale. 

■  Among  the  various  measures  under- 
taken against  the  unfortunate  Royalists 
of  that  period,  it  was  determined  to 
disafibresi  the  Royal  manor  of  Wood- 
stock. For  this  puqxise  the  three 
Commissioners  Bletsoo,  Harrison,  and 
Desborough,  are  a|>pointed  to  superin- 
tend the  confiscation.  The  charac- 
ters imroduced,  besides  the  veaenible 
ranger  Sir  Heuiy  Lee,  of  Ditchl^,  are 
hii  daughter  Alice,— his  son  Albert, 
•the  coui|>anion  of  Charles,  after  the 
battle  of  Worcester, — Markham  Evc- 
rard,  the  cousin  and  lover  of  Alice, 
who  is  attached  to  Cromwell's  side, 
but  secretly  aids  in   averting  the  de- 


struction of  the  manor,— Mr.  Wild- 
rake,  his  ranting  servant, — Dr.  Roche- 
dffie,  a  devoted  Royalist,— Jocelyn  Jo- 
lifie,  an  under- park-keeper,— Joseph 
Tonkins,  a  puritanical  soldier,— Phcebe 
Mayflower,  the  sweetheart  of  Jolifle, 
—  Mr.  Hoklenoogh,  a  presbyteriaa 
preacher ;  and  others  of  minor  conse- 
quence.—-Of  course  Oliver  Cromwell 
and  Charles  II.  form  the  most  promi- 
nent characters ;  and  they  are  drawn 
with  most  admirable  efiect.  The  stern- 
ness of  character  and  canting  hypo- 
crisy of  the  one,  is  finely  contrMtcd 
with  the  lenity  and  dissolute  liabits  of 
the  other. 

In  the  means  adopted  to  terrify  the 
Commissioners  appointed  by  I^lia- 
ment.  Dr.  Rochecliffe  was  the  chief 
promoter  *.  The  Doctor  was  Rector  of 
Woodstock  at  an  early  age,  and  during 
most  part  of  the  civil  war,  he  was 
chaplain  to  Sir  Henry  Lee's  regiment, 
levied  for  the  service  of  King  Charies. 
To  this  eminent  scholar  and  divine, 
the  Author  of  Waverley  attributes  the 
manuscripts  from  which  he  derived  the 
anecdotes  here  detailed.  On  this  sul>- 
ject  the  following  extract  frdrn  the 
Preface  will  be  interesting  to  the  his- 
torian, and  also  aflbrd  a  tolerable  idea 
of  the  subject  matter  of  the  present 
Novel : 

**  Doctor  RocheoIiffB,  it  would  seem, 
died  about  1685,  leaving  many  papers  be- 
hind him  of  vsrioos  kinds,  and,  above  all, 
manj  valuable  anecdotsa  of  secret  history, 
from  which  the  felkwfag  Memoirs  have 
been  extracted,  on  wliinh  we  intend  to  say 
only  a  few  wordsby  way  of  iUoatration. 

<*The  e«istgnoeofRosamond*a  Labyriiith, 
mentioned  in  these  pages,  b  attested  hj 
Drayton  n  the  reign  of  Qneea  JBIisabaSiS: 

**  *  Rosamond's  Labyrinth,  wbooe  raiaa^ 
together  with  her  Well,  being  paved  widi 
•qnare  stones  in  the  bottom,  and  alao  her 
Tower,  from  which  the  Labyrinth  did  tun, 
are  yet  remaining,  bemg  vaults  arched  and 
walled  with  stone  and  brick,  almost  oMa- 
tricably  wound  within  one  another,  by 
which,  if  at  any  time  her  lodgiiig  vera  laid 
about  by  the  Queen,  she  might  easily  avoid 
peril  imminent,  and,  if  need  h^  by  saeRt 
issues  take  the  air  abroad,  aany  rarlafs 
about  Woodstodi,  in  Oi£sidslure/t 


ioks 
the 


*  lb  vol.  zzxtl.^  69,  oar 
find  a  very  earions  aeoouat  of  die . 
pl^red  by  Joe  Collins,  of  Ot£oit^  a 
Commisskmefs  at  Woodstoelu 

t  «<  DmytonTs  Eagjaad's  HeMsosl 
ties.  Note  A,  on  the  jBpistle, 
King  Henry." 


18M.]  KsTunr^*— HVodMoclr.  435 


fe  ii  IMdr  pf«Mk»  tfwl  a  liMdW    mb«  Thirty  Jot  Ind  SMlrfftd  «  iit-wor^ 
of  phMlMMMili.  «WA  «M  Mr-     vlUeKlMbidriatlMnMilortlit 


lihW  phyW  off  MM  tM  CVMhilui'm     aiia^  mUI  whMb  diiUujtJ  tht  bo«r-poii 
df  Uim  liMf  IMkMrt,  «lw  liwt  mH    Md^  to  ^  tkmt  md  oatMmkm  of  tte 


iMTs  to  Aaark  mUI  telragf  Woodrtodr^    CDBimitetoowi,  tbftv  ftinir  mem  iid— 
i^tlbtdMiliorClMriMl.  WW  MadMitd    fw  ho  As  wMit  of  tiw  ■■■■■JitiJ 


bj  PI90M  of  th*  •ociol  ■iiiMMi  omI  if    Mcfif  vbo  kMMM  ihw  ooqMialid  wtdi 


dw  AMlnl  Ub|rMi  of'lUiii-  thoir 9thfmm  of pewilirinB.' 

rr^' "*rl^^  "'**^**'*'^  When    Pkrliameiit    IumI    oftieivd 

WofoetoaalmotkrMoior  lodgo.  Woodtlock  to  bt  diiptrked.  Colonel 

««Tliercii  aonrioM  oeoowit  of  tho  dit-  £rer«rd,  with  a  intw  of  terrink  Sir 

taii»aeo  ghrta  lo  wom  Hoooonble  Coot*  -  ^  - 


opo.  Wiichot,  »ho  hw  «EUMUd  U  >•  oa  "J»«»V  ^^^  ^»  P»'P?»  >"  ^«"?"»« 

hSjy  acenditMl  avralivt  of  Mfwraatonl  Charkf.  to   whom  the  old  Knutht^ 

dMCogt.    Tho  btdt  of  cbo  CoBuaiMioom,  son,    Albert*    wai    much    attached; 

■ad  tEoir  Mmuitt,  wtra  hobtod  up  iUI  traotmiu  him  an  order  to  dear  the 

they  weft  tlaKMi  iavtrttd,  aad  tboo  Ui  lodge  at  Woodttock,  and  ttke  ponet* 

down  again  to  soddtnly,  m  to  bmmco  tbeai  tion  of  IL    Col.  Eremrd  aocordi6g^f 

with  broUa  boaet.    XJatiMMd  oad  horrifak  proeecdt  to  exeeote  hit  eoromisaioOy 

BoiMt  dUturbod  tboM  Mcrilcgloot  btro-  accompanied  by  the  Mayor  of  Wood- 

mitttrs  wUb  Rojral  proptrty.    Tbo  d^il»  gt^rk  and  the  pretlMrterian  dirine  Mr. 

on  oae  oeoMioB.  brvught  thtm  a  wtrmiog-  Holdenoogh.     An  amtiting  colloqiiT 

?!;^~*^'fe?*'*Jl?i*^     •L'**^  here  entoStretpecUng  the  ghwttlnS 

•ad  hoTMs    booet.     Tuba  of  watar  wova  K«k-«ki;«-  •tkiX  »Ji  mmiA^^  uZ^ 

cauMM  00  tb«B  b  their  alaopt  aad  ao  »fo«w>"n«  ^^^^  *^„"*i  ^  "^ 

^2TSo^^^  the  lodge,  and  «p«%Ro«imond»» 

od  at  their  aapeaco,  that  they  brokTap  Tower.     Col.    Ereraid,   after   tome 

houadMpiag.  iiiid  left  their  bteoded  spt^  f«Mrmality,  wai  admitt«l  to  the  lodgT, 

Katioa   Mly  half  oonpleted.    The  good  "  where  there  was  a  prodigioua  fire« 

aenae  of  Doctor  Plot  t«apectod»  that  ttieae  and    abopt    twelve    candles,    of   the 

ftata  were  wroa^ht  by  oooapiracy  aad  000-  larg^t    size,    distributed    In    sconces 

Icderaiion,  w]Mk  Olaoville  of  course  eadca-  against  the  wall.    There  were  seated 

vourt  to  relttte  with  all  his  might}  for  it  the  Commissioners,  who  now  held  in 

could  scarce  be  expected,  that  he  who  be-  their  power  the  ancient  mansion  and 

lieved  in  so  convenient  a  tolntion  as  that  of  ^yal    domain    at   Woodstock.      The 

sopernatural  agency,  wouW  cooaent  to  re-  gj^ng  light  in  the  parloor,  which  %re 

linquuh  the  «mce  of  a  key,  which  wiU  an-  hare  deSrribed,  servVd  to  enable  Eve^ 

•war  any  lock,  however  mtricate.  ^^  ^,j,    ^  TOOgniie  his  acquaint. 

"Nevertheless,  it  was  afterwanb  disco-  a^j^es,    Desbomogh,    Harrison,    and 

ve«d,  Uiat  Doctor  «ot  was  oarfcctlynghtj  3,^^^    ^^^  y^    aasembled    them- 

..d  that  the  only  demon  who  wrought  aU  ^,^^  ^^  ^^  ^^  ^^^^  ^^  ^        ^.^ 

these  marvels,  was  a  disguised  llo)-aliftt — a  „^„;^^.     ^u-*^    .»^,    *k-    ft.r..:.«« 

fellow  called  Trusty  J«i,  or  so^  such  "w;mioo8,    placed    near    the    blazmc 

name,  formerly  in  tlie  service  of  the  Keeper  chimney,   on   which    were    armng^ 

of  the  Pkrk,  but  who  engaged  in  that  of  wm«,  and  ale,  and  matenab  for  smo^ 

the  Commissioners,  on  purpoae  to  subject  «ng»  then  the  general  indulgence  of 

them  to  his  persecution.    1  think  I  have  the  time.     There  was   a   species    of 

•eea  some  account  of  the  real  state  of  the  moveable    cupboard   set  betwixt  the 

transactioa,  and  of  the  amchioery  by  which  table  and  the  door,  calculated  origi- 

the  wiiard  worked  bis  wonders  i  Uit  whether  nally  for  a  display  of  plate  upon  grand 

in  a  book,  or  a  pamphlet,  I  am  aocertaia,  occasions,  but  at  pfosent  only  owd  as 

I  remember  ooe  paasage  particularly  to  this  «  ,creen  |  which  purpose  it  senrcd  iO 

purpoae.  The  Commissioners  having  nreed  eflfccioally,  that,  ere  he  had   coasted 

to  retam  some  arfctoi  out  of  the  piAhc  ac-  ^,^^4  ^^  £^^^  |j^^  ,1,^  following 

*^*' Kj'tL!!L  •'^'t^'S^^  fragment  of  what  Desborough  wo 

selves,  had  catered  mlo  an  ludeatore  tot  _,5«-  ;#•  kU  «w.«m.  «•*»«•««*  ^^L««  _:_ 

Now.  whmi  an  assembly  5  divines,  aided  warrant  ye— it  was  always  his  exeal. 

hj  the  meet  strict  reKgioue  chancters  in  l«ncy  my  brother-in-Uw's  way— if  be 

the  nekhbourhood  of  Woodstock,  were  as-  made  a  Ueat  for  five  friends^  be  would 

sembled  to  conjure  down  the  supposed  de-  invite  more  than  the  table  could  bold 


436 


Review. "^Woodstock. 


[May. 


—I  have  known  him  ask  three  men 
to  eat  two  eggs.*' 

The  author  here  gives  an  excellent 
j|)ortraiture  of  the  characters  of  the 
three  Commissioners,  and  dwells  at 
some  length  on^  the  superstitions  of 
General  Harrison  and  other  republi- 
cans. Everard  also  encounters  some 
of  those  seemingly  supernatural  agents 
which  infest  the  mansion.  At  length 
he  informs  the  Commissioners  that 
Cromwell  had  superseded  them.  They 
then  take  up  their  quarters  at  the  inn, 
hnd  Sir  Henry  Lee  and  his  household 
refrain  possession  of  the  lodge. 

The  most  important  part  of  the  plot, 
however,  commences  with  the  arrival 
of  hit  son  Albert  Lee,  accompanied  by 
Charles  H.  in  the  disguise  of  the  son 
of  a  Scotch  nobleman,  under  the  as- 
tamed  name  of  Kerneguy.  Albert  con- 
certs with  Dr.  Rochecliffe  on  the  best 
plan  for  coucealing  the  King  at  Wood- 
stock, who,  during  his  residence  there, 
displays  all  the  ease  and  gaiety  of  one 
woo  It  in  perfect  safety.  He  makes 
improper  proposals  to  Alice,  and  ac- 
cepts a  challenge  from  Everard,  who 
is  Ignorant  of  his  rank ;  but  the  conse- 
quences are  prevented  by  Dr.  Roche- 
cliffe. 

In  the  mean  time  Cromwell  has 
reason  to  suspect  the  concealment  of 
Charles  at  Woodstock,  and  Col.  Eve- 
rard is  unex peeled ly  surprised  at  his 
miarters  by  a  visit  from  the  General. 
The  King  assumes  the  dress  of  Albert, 
and  escapes  with  diiBculty  to  the  Sus- 
sex coast,  attended  by.  Alice.  The  ob- 
ject of  the  Lees  is  to  retard  pursuit ; 
accordingly  Albert  puts  on  the  dis- 
guise of  Louis  Kerneguy,  and  remains 
at  the  lodge,  which  was  soon  possessed 
by  Cromwell  and  his  party.  Cromwell 
closely  questions  Sir  Henry  and  the 
family  respecting  their  late  visitors, 
whom  he  suspects  to  be  concealed  in 
tome  of  the  secret  recesses  of  the  castle. 

•*  Sir  Henry  Lee  (says  Cromwell),  undo 
me  the  secret  spring  of  yonder  picture  of 
your  ancestor  —  Nay*  spare  yourself  the 
trouble  and  guilt  of  falsehood  and  equivo- 
cation, and,  I  say,  undo  me  that  spring  pre^ 
•ently.' 

**  *  When  I  acknowledge  you  for  my  roas- 
ter, and  wear  your  livery,  I  may  obey  your 
commands  (answered  the  Knight) ;  even 
then  I  would  need  first  to  understand  them.' 

•*  *  Wench  (said  Ciomwell,  addressing 
Phoebe),  go  thou  undo  the  spring — you 
could  do  it  fast  cnou<;h  when  you  aided  at 
the  gambols  of  the  demons  of  Woodstock, 


and  terrified  even  Mark  £verard,  who,  1 
judged,  had  more  sense.* 

«<  <  Oh,  Lord,  Sir,  what  shall  I  do  ?  (said 
Fhcebe,  looking  to  the  knight) ;  they  know 
all  about  it.     What  shall  I  do  l' 

*'  *  For  thy  life,  hold  out  to  the  last, 
wench  !  Every  minute  is  worth  a  million.' 

'*  <  Ha !  heard  you  that,  Pearson  ?'  (said 
Cromwell  to  the  officer;  then  stamping 
with  his  foot,  he  added,)  Undo  the  spring, 
or  I  will  else  use  levers  and  wrenching- 
irons— Or,  ha!^another  petard  were  well 
bestowed — Call  the  ensriueer.' 

<«  <  Oh,  Lord,  Sir  (cried  Phoebe),  I  shall 
never  live  over  another  peter— I  will  opea 
the  spring.* 

**  <  Do  as  thou  wilt  (said  Sir  Henry) ;  it 
•hall  profit  them  but  little.' 

«  Whether  from  real  agitation,  or  from 
a  desire  to  gain  time,  Phoebe  was  some  mi- 
nutes ere  she  could  get  the  spring  to  o])en ; 
it  was,  indeed,  secured  with  art,  and  the  ma- 
chinery on  which  it  acted  was  concealed  in 
the  frame  of  the  portrait.  The  whole,  when 
fastened,  appeared  quite  motionless,  and  be- 
trayed, as  when  examined  by  Colonel  Eve- 
rard, no  external  mark  of  its  being  possi)>le 
to  remove  it.  It  was  now  withdrawn,  how- 
ever, and  showed  a  narrow  recess,  with 
steps  which  ascended  on  one  side  into  the 
thickness  of  the  wall.  Cromwell  was  now 
like  a  greyhound  slipped  from  the  leash  with 
the  prey  in  full  view. — *Up,  (he  cried) 
Peanon,  thou  art  swifter  than  I — Up  thou 
next,  corporal.'  With  mure  ability  than 
could  have  been  expected  from  his  person 
or  years,  which  were  past  the  meridian  of 
life,  and  exclaiming,  *  Before,  those  with 
the  torches !'  he  followed  the  party,  like  an 
eager  huntsman  in  the  rear  of  his  hounds, 
to  encourage  at  once  and  direct  them,  as 
they  penetrated  into  the  labyrinth  described 
by  Doctor  Rochecliffe  in  the  '  Wonders  of 
Woodstock.* 

*'  The  tradition  of  the  country,  m  well  as 
some  historical  evidence,  confirmed  the  opi- 
nion that  there  existed,  within  the  old  Royal 
Lodge  at  Woodstock,  a  labyrinth,  or  con- 
nected series  of  subterranean  passages,  built 
chiefiy  by  Henry  H.  for  the  security  of  his 
mistress,  Rosamond  Clifford,  from  the  jea- 
lousy of  his  Queen,  the  celebrated  Eleanor. 
Doctor  Rochecliffe,  indeed,  in  one  of  those 
fits  of  contradiction  with  which  Antiquaries 
are  sometimes  seized,  was  bold  enough  to 
dispute  the  alleged  purpose  of  the  perplexed 
maze  of  rooms  and  passages  with  which  the 
walls  of  the  ancient  palace  were  perforated ; 
but  the  fact  was  undeniable,  that  in  raisiqg 
the  fabric  some  Norman  architect  had  exert- 
ed the  utmost  of  the  complicated  art,  which 
they  have  of^n  shown  elsewhere,  in  creat- 
ing secret  passages,  and  chambers  of  retread 
and  concealment.  There  were  stairs,  which 
were  ascended  merely,  as  it  seemed,  for  this 
purpose    of  descending    again  ^-  passaget 


18M.3       Bbtibw.— Hom'a  JMnm  mMshk^^VA  ^Jhm. 


wlikh,  aftef  tnpdi^  and  wMiaf  fbf  %  ( 
«i(Ufable  wj,  ittnrstd  to  tbm  pltM  when 
th^  Mi  out— chf  ra  vtn  tnp-doors  and 
hatchways*  pannak  and  portcuUiaat.  Al* 
though*  Olivar  was  auittad  hy  a  tort  of 
muiid-p4an,  made  out  and  traotmitted  hy 
Joaeph  Tomkiaa,  wluiae  fbrmflr  employmenc 
in  Doctor  Roebecriie'a  senrice  had  made 
him  folly  acooainted  whh  the  place,  it  waa 
found  impcrtcct ;  and,  moieover»  the  moat 
^■criooa  obataclea  lo  their  progreu  oceurrad 
in  the  shape  of  strong  doors,  party-walls, 
and  iron-gralas — so  thu  the  party  hhmdared 
oa  in  the  dark,  uncertain  whether  they  were 
not  going  farther  from,  rather  than  aor 
proaching,  the  extremity  of  the  labvrintL 
They  were  obliged  to  s«id  for  mechanics, 
with  sledge-hammers  and  other  instruments, 
to  force  one  or  two  of  those  doors,  which 
resisted  all  other  meana  of  nndoing  them. 
Labouring  along  in  these  dusky  passages, 
where,  from  time  to  time,  they  were  like  lo' 
be  choked  by  the  dust  which  their  acts  of 
violence  excited,  the  soldiers  were  obliged 
to  be  relieved  ofiener  than  once,  and  the 
bulky  Corporal  Grace-be-here  himself  puflfed 
and  blew  like  a  grampus  that  has  got  into 
shoal  water.  Cromwell  alone  continued, 
with  unabated  seal,  to  push  on  his  re- 
searches-Ho  encourage  tlra  soldiers,  by  the 
exhortations  which  thev  best  understood, 
against  fainting  for  lack  of  £uth — and  to 


secure,  by  sentinels  at  proper  places,  pos- 
session of  the  ground  which  tney  had  al- 
ready explored.  His  acute  and  observing 
eye  detected,  with  a  sneering  smile,  the 
cordage  and  machinery  hy  which  the  bed  of 
poor  i)etboroiigh  had  been  inverted,  and 
several  remaint  of  the  various  disguises,  as 
well  as  private  modes  of  sccess,  by  which 
Det borough,  Uletson,  snd  Harrison,  had 
been  previously  imposed  upon.  He  pointed 
them  out  to  Pearson,  with  no  farther  com- 
ment than  was  implied  in  the  exclamation, 
*  The  simple  fools  !* " 

After  much  difficulty  in  penetrating 
the  different  chambers,  they  arrive  at 
the  turret  where  Albert  had  concealed 
himself.  Cromwell  orders  them  lo 
summon  the  turret. 

*<  The  trumpeU  rung  at  his  bidding,  till 
the  old  walls  echoed  from  every  recess  and 
vaulted  arch-way.  Cromwell,  as  if  he  cared 
nut  to  look  upon  the  person  whom  he  ex- 
pected to  sppear,  drew  back,  like  a  necro- 
mancer afmd  of  the  spectre  which  he  has 
evoked. 

**  *  He  has  come  to  the  battlement,'  said 
Pearson  to  his  General. 

<<  *  In  what  dress  or  appearance  ?'  an- 
swered Cromwell  from  within  the  chamber. 

*'  *  A  grey  riding  suit,  passmented  with 
silver,  russet  walking-bof>ts,  a  cut  band,  a 
grey  hat  and  plume,  black  hair.' 

"  *  It  ia  he,  it  is  he  (said  Cromwell)  ;  and 
another  crowning  mercy ^s  vouchsafed!' 


43T 


<*Mewtee,  Paaiaai  «id  yoag  Lm  as-, 
chaagad  dafiaaea  fipooa  tbaiff  ntpaotivt  pnaCk 

**'Samnder  (said  tha  fomar),  or  wa 
blow  you  np  in  your  laatneaa.' 

*'  *  I  am  come  of  too  high  a  race  lo  sttr* 
render  to  rebels,'  said  Albert,  atsumlag  iha 
air  with  which,  in  staeh  a  conditioo^  a  Un^ 
miglii  have  spoken. 

«  *  I  bear  yotf  lo  wHaaaa  (cried  Orpoiwell, 
exnitingly),  he  hath  refosad  quarter.  Of  a 
snre^r*  bis  blood  ba  on  hia  hcad«— One  «f 
Ton  bring  down,  the  barrel  of  powdar.  At 
ne  lovaa  to  soar  high,  wa  wiO  add  wl;^  aaa 
be  taken  from  tM  sqldiart'  baadaliars.!-*! 
Coma  with  use,  Pearson ;  Uioa  iindafitiniks> 
this  gear.-»Corpoial  Ghaoa-be-hara,  stand 
thou  fiwt  on  the  pUtfbrm  of  tha  wiadowy 
where  Captain  Pearson  and  I  stood  but  evaii 
now,  and  bend  tha  'point  &t  thy  paftiiaii 
against  any  who  shall  attempt  to  pan.'" 

Albert,  perceiTing  the  danger,  tpriogt 
from  the  turret  on  the  tower,  where 
one  of  the  corporals  was  stationed,  and 
hurls  him  (|own.  Howerer,  the  tower 
ia  blown  up,  and  Albert  is  takcii. 
Cromwell  discovers  the  disguise,  ab4 
orders  him  for  execution,  as  well  at 
Wildrake,  Jolifie,  and  Rochecliflei 
but  they  are  ultimately  released,  tna 
banished  from  Woodstock. 

The  tale  of  Woodstock  conclodes 
with  the  restoration  of  Charles  II. 
Sir  Henry  Lee  lived  to  behold  his  So- 
vereign enter  the  capital  in  triumph; 
but  the  eficct  was  too  powerful  for  hit 
aged  frame ;  for  he  expired  on  tho 
same  day,  surrounded  by  Col.  £verar4 
and  his  daughter,  who  had  been  long 
married, — Joceline  Jolifie,  the  hus- 
band of  Phoebe,  and  other  faithful  at- 
tendants. 

103.  Modern  Wiluhire.  Fale  qfArm,  Hvn- 
dreds  qf  Everley,  Ambresbunf,  and  Un- 
derditch.  By  Sir  Richard  Colt  Hoars, 
Bart.  FoHo.  pp,  218.    Nichok  and  Sm» 

W^E  are  now  gratified  with  a  conti- 
nuation of  thisHistorv,  which  includes 
three  Hundreds;  and  owes  its  chief 
interest  to  some  novel  illustrations  of 
Slonehenge,  and  to  some  brief  memoiri 
of  Katharine  Hyde,  the  celebrated 
Duchess  of  Queensberry,  of  whom  the 
author  has  given  a  most  beautiful  por- 
trait. 

This  portion  comprehends  the  three 
Hundreds  of  Everiey,  Ambresbury, 
and  Underditch. 

In  the  first,  we  find  some  memoirs 
of  Sir  Ralph  Sadleir  and  his  family, 
who  resided  at  Everiey  i  as  also  of  the 
Astieys,  the  present  owners  of  the  ma- 
nor, &c.    Neither  doesrHtigh  Grove 


438         Rbvis w.— Hoare'a  Modetn  WiUihvre^VaU  of  A9mu        Wf^ 


of  Chisenbury  paw  unnoticed,  whose 
portrait  has  been  eomTed  in  the  pre- 
ceding Hundred  of  Mere. 

The  Hundred  of  Ambretbory  fol- 
lows that  of  Everley,  and  is  rendered 
highly  interesting  by  a  copious  account 
otthe  Royal  Monastery  of  that  place^ 
its  charters,  seals,  &c. 

At  pase  49  we  enter  the  mysterious 
circle  at  btonehenge,  concerning  which 
so  much  has  been  written,  and  so  much 
conjecture  formed.  Our  auihor  has 
not  added  any  fresh  hypothesis,  hot 
has  endeavoured,  by  some  beautiful 
engravings,  to  show  that  these  stone 
monuments,  cromlechs,  celts,  and  ar- 
row-heads of  Hint,  were  not  confined 
to  Britain,  but  existed  in  various  parts 
of  the  world. 

The  first  of  these  illustrative  engrav- 
ings sen*es  as  a  Frontispiece  to  Stone- 
henge,  and  represents  an  ancient  crom- 
lech at  Camac  in  Britany,  over  which 
a  Christian  cross  has  been  erected,  and 
bears  this  title :  '*  Triumph  of  Chris- 
tianity over  Druid  ism."  A  most  satid- 
iactory  engraving  follows,  which  re- 
presents tne  numberless  rude  stones 
scattered  over  a  sandy  plain  at  Camac, 
of  which  we  have  never  as  yet  had  a 
good  account.  To  this  view  is  added, 
Uie  French  account  of  this  singular 
monument  of  antiquity ;  and  the  au- 
thor owes  these  two  views  to  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Eden  of  Bristol,  who  lately  visited 
the  spot,  and  took  the  drawings  ;-  and 
both  these  engravings  do  great  credit 
to  the  artist  Mr.  HoUis,  of  Oxford. 

We  next  proceed  to  our  British  tem- 
ple of  Abury  in  North  Wiltshire,  of 
which  the  author  gives  only  a  short 
account,  as  he  has  detailed  it  very  fully 
in  his  History  of  "Ancient  Wiltshire." 
He  wishes  to  prove  that  it  was  intend- 
ed to  allude  to  the  figure  of  a  ser)>ent, 
and  was  one  of  those  ancient  temples 
called  l)racontia.  He  afterwards  gives 
a  ground-plan  of  another  of  these  tem- 
ples, which  also  in  neck,  body,  and 
tail,  seems  to  indicate  the  same  ser- 

emtine  form.  The  remains  of  this 
ritish  relic  still  exist  at  Stanton 
Drew  in  Somersetshire. 

The  next  illustration  is  given  in  two 
views  of  cromlechs  at  Malabar,  corre- 
sponding with  the  many  still  existing 
in  our  own  dominions;  and  the  last  is 
a  plate  of  various  articles  of  flint,  viz. 
celts,  spear  and  harrow  heads,  found 
in  the  barrows  both  abroad  and  in 
England. 

At  p.  77>  wc  descend  to  the  more 


modern  history  of  AaifavtalNiiy,  unA 
rerert  to  those  ttmoa  whkn  the  ami- 
iion  WM  inhaUted  bj  ibe  Duke  and 
Duchess  of  Queensbetiy.  Cor  auihor 
then  ffives  us  some  of  the  lettert  that 
paised  between  Swift,  Pope,  Grar^  and 
the  Duchess,  together  with  a'  moat 
beautiful  portrait,  engraved  by  Meytr, 
of  *<  Kitty,  beautiful  and  fair/' 

At  p.  121,  we  have  an  accoont  of 
Great  Durnford  Church,  which  ai^ 
ibrds  a  rich  plate  of  Anglo-Norman 
antiquities  in  its  arch,  portals,  and  font. 
Ajso  a  very  fine- brass  of  the  Younge 
family. 

The  third  Hundred  of  Under- 
ditch,  though  inferior  to  the  other 
twcv  IS  not  totally  devoid  pf  interest. 
as  it  gives  an  account  of  the  protco* 
tion  which  our  unfortuna^  Monarch 
Charles  the  Second  received  at  the 
house  of  Mrs.  Hyde  at  Heale. 

At  p.  197  our  author  drops  a  hint, 
that  it  one  complete  set  of  the  Public 
Records  was  deposited  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  Peace  of  each  County,  moch  ex- 
pense would  be  saved,  and  much  as- 
sistance given  to  all  future  authors  en-^ 
gaged  in  To|X>graphy;  and  we  fully 
agree  with  the  author,  that  this  b  **  de- 
voutly to  be  wished." 

Our  author  also  announces  that  his 
next  publication  will  be  the  "  Vale  of 
Noddre,"  which  will  terminate  the 
Second  Volume.  It  will  include  Font* 
hill,  Wardour,  &c.  &c.  and  be  very 
rich  iq  engravings. 


104.  Digest  qf  Facts  and  Prmdpta  oa 
Banking  and  Commerce,  tuith,  a  PUa^ 
for  preventing  future  Reactions,  Utmo, 
pp.  118.     Ward. 

THE  late  financial  embarrassments, 
from  which  has  originated  one  of  the 
most  terrible  revulsions  known  in  our 
commercial  history,  will  not  readily 
be  forgotten;  and  any  plan  that  can 
be  devised  to  prevent  its  recdrrence, 
either  by  Government  or  private  indi- 
viduals, deserves  the  most  serious  con- 
sideration. The  author  of  the  present 
little  work  enters  minutely  but  sys- 
tematically into  the  subject.  'He  com- 
mences with  the  origin  of  private  Banks 
in  town  and  country,  and  enters  int^ 
their  particular  modes  of  transacting 
business.  Some  historical  detaib  3 
the  different  periods  of  commerdal 
distress  for  the  last  sixty  years^  are  in* 
troduced.  The  writer  shows  that  the 
distressing  crbcs  of  17O3  and- 1^3 
were  no  way  connected  with  a  |>aper 


1886.]  Riviiw.— Pennie*!  Scenes  in  Pakeiine.  439 

ourency ;  but  that  at  tulNequent  pe-  by  recalling  to  his  memory  how  many 

riodt»  from  1^93  to  I8S5-69  the  dittre»  or  the  tons  of  genius  have  breasted  the 

has  been  aggravated  by  the  banking  billows  of  despair  with  manly  Tigouf, 

system.    In  speaking  of  the  late  crisis,  and  surreoontins  all  opposition,  hare 

which  the  author  justly  considers  the  rode  triomphantly  on  tne  wave  which 

most  remarkable  which  ever  happen-  threatened  to  break   in  ruin  around 

ed  in  the  commercial  world,  he  ob-  them — and  have  landed  at  last  in  the 

serves  x  haven  of  their  highest  hopes. 

«*  In  iu  MMfd  pnaeiplet  then  U  oochiag        Mr.  P.  has  chosen  a  walk  in  Utera- 

to  dUtinguuh  the  r»-Mtioa  of  l««6-«  horn  *"f«.  crowded  with  competiton— not 

that  of  former  periods.    A  ipirit  of  imciiU-  ihat  "  he  bfs  fallen,"  as  he  suspecU, 

tion,  Mded  bj  the  exnuuife  power  of  pepcr  "  on   evil  times/'  but  that   his  lofW 

and  credit,  were  on  tnie,  as  on  former  occa-  ambition  has  carried  him  where  multf- 

tiou,  the  general  operatin||(  caucet.    But,  tudes  essay,   but  one  only  gains   the 

in  addition,  it  mutt  be  admitted,  that  there  prize. 

were  tome  circumstance*  peculiar  to  the  late        The  first  literary  genius  of  onr  day, 

cri«ie  which  added  materially  to  the  amount  foreiircing  that  the  early  path  of  his 

rf  evil  by  which  it  hat  heen  accompanied.  .,„biiion,    poeUc    fame,    was    closed 
The  drcu-tance.  to  wWch  I  allude  w«e  a  -^^^  him,  wisely  abandoned  the  hof 

zz^n  :^rJ:^  to"  indtdis:, «  p"  '"'s'li'^'^'i'vr'^'  '^n 

U  tbow^i  '«  the  increaeed  i»uet,  both  of  ^^^:    •?«'  ^*»a*    falherai    subsUotid 

the  prwrincial  Banks  aoH  the  Bank  of  Eng-  S^orit*  m  the  regions  of  prose— need 

land ;  the  okject  of  the  former  was,  doubt-  we  name  Mr.  Gifford  ? 
less,  to  forward  the  hopefiil  enterprises  ia         Mr.  Pennie,  in  the  volume  before 

which  the  community  appeared  then  en-  us,    has  dramatised  Scripture  scenes 

gaged  i  the  object  of  the  latter  was  not  only  with  considerable  taste  and  effect.    Nor 

to  assist  the  commercial  enterprize  of  indi-  can  we  imagine  that  any  pious  ear  can 

viduals,  but  also  to  assbt  their  best  custom-  be  offended  at  an  attempt  in  which 

ers  the  MinUters,  in  the  accomplishment  of  ,he  ulenu  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Moie  have 

the  financial  measures  which  tl»ey  also,  un-  bce„     successfully     employed.       We 

der  the  flattering  aspect  of  the  <Ji»^»  k~l  tremble,  indeed,  lest  the  simplicity  of 

^e^-^bo:?,  ro:UeT:s.^J'S3  ^^]^  »f y  f^\^\^f  ^  p^r^^^^^ 

totl^ld  spirit  of  speculation  already  etbt-  r,"»?»r  l»ands ;  but  to  a  man  like  Mr. 

inr,  and  by  augmenting  the  amount  of  un-  ^^nntt,  combining  the  Hire  qualities 

employed  capital  •»  ^*  «">^»  »o*  o^T  °^  P'**^  *"°  •^"*'  ^"*  ®*'"*  "r"*'  P'*' 

give  sdd'itional  impulse  to  the  spirit  of  over-  sent  many  favourable  themes  for  poe- 

tradiug  alieady  manifested,  but  also  assist  tical  paraphrase.     It  is  so  simple,  in- 

in   bringing  forth  the  numerous  brood  of  deed,  that  it  requires  no  aid  of  the  poet 

absurd  and  fraudulent  schemes  for  the  em-  for  illustration ;  yet  he  may,  without 

pluyment  of  mooev  which  at  once  distin-  profanation,  exercise  a  poetical  imasi- 

guithed  the  period  immediately  preceding,  nation  in  amplifying  hiStoHal  facU  for 

and  announced  the  subsequent  catastrophe.'  ^h^  innocent  gratification  of  the  young. 

The  last  section  of  the  work  em-  who  ha*  not  admired  the  Agonistes 

braces  a  plan  for  the  reform  of  the  ^f  Milton?  or  wept  with  Milman  at 

Banking  System,  and  the  prevention  j^g  fall  of  Jerusalem  ? 
of  future  commercial  re-actions.  W>  ^i^^t  as  a  favourable  specimen 

An  Appendix  is  also  given,  which  ^f  Mr.  Pennie's  powers,  part  of  Solo- 

shows,  iu  a  ubular  form,  many  im-  mon's  Judgment : 
poriani  facts  connected  with  the  finan-  ..  ^^^  ^^  ^j 

cial   and  commercial   transactions  of  ^.  ^p^„jj„^  ^„,^  ,ik,  pj,,^.,  „•  1,^ 
the  country.           ^  .tieam : 

W  With  understanding  make  the  spirit  glad, 

105.    Scenes  in    Palestine,    or    Dramatic  Like  proud  Euphrates,  when  his  sea-broad 

Skrtehetfrom  ttu  BibU,  By  J.F,  Pennie.  waves 

William  Cole.  Deluge  the  thiiety  fiekls  t  or  Jordan's  flood 

Mr.  pennie  is  the  author  of  an  ^^''M'^''^t^*^^''Cr'i^^^. 

epic  poem,  the  neglect  of  which  by  ^ek  m  U^ur  glo^r.-ftom  her  sta,-br«ht 

the  Reviewers  of  the  day,  appears  10  ,^  ^  of  science  and  mstmetkm  dart, 

have  opcratfd  painfully  on  a  sensitive  Blessing  the  mind  with  knowledga,  as  the 
miod,    coiiscmos  of  its   powers,   and  streams 

strugglina;  wiih  adverse  circumstances,  of  ^  g„.t  rf^er  visit  Egypt's  rsalms, 

We  would  comfort  him  if  we  could,  FUliag  the  Uad  with  plenty  1  as  the  lays 


440 


Review.— Afinerai  and  Mosaical  Geologies, 


[May, 


Of  tbe  warm  tun  on  Gihon's  vineyards  rest 
•In  the  glad  days  (if  vintage.     Not  the  first 
Of  men  who  lived  in  Eden's  happy  bowers, 
.  Could  reach  her  high  perfection ;  nor  the  last 
That  dwells  on  earth,  her  unknown  depths 

shall  fathom :  [sky, 

For  her  vast  thoughts  are  broader  than  the 
Wider  than  ocean,  deeper  thau  th'  abyss. 
Liike  a  small  rivulet  from  its  fountains  welled 
With  wild  meanders,  through  the  rose-clad 

fields 
Of  paradise,  o*er  sands  of  gold,  and  pearls. 
And  ruby  rocks,  and  amaranthine  flowers, 
I  roamed,  soft  music  murmuring  in  the  shades , 
And  watered  every  aromatic  grove 
And  towering  plant  of  beauty,  till  my  brook 
O'erflowed  its  margin,  and  became  a  fiood, — 
That  fiiood  outsweUiog  to  a  mighty  ocean ! 
For  as  the  mom  breaks  o'er  the  empurpled 

hills. 
Chasing  the  shadows,  so  from  me  shall  flow 
Divine  instruction  in  a  fiood  of  light ; 
And  I  my  blessmgs  on  the  earth  will  shower 
In  rich  variety ;  my  giflcs  bequeath 
E'en  to  all  generations !     He  who  seeks 
Of  me  shall  findy  and  flrom  my  hand  receive 
Kichet,  and  glory*  and  immortality !" 

106.  Remarks  on  certain  Parts  of  Mr,  Gran- 
.  ville  Penn's  Comparative  Estimate  of  the 
Mineral  and  Mosaical  Geologies,  and  on 
other  Geological  JVritings  of  the  present 
Day,  which  tiffeci  the  right  Interpretation 
qfthe  Text  of  Scripture.    8i».  pp.  74. 

WE  have  seen  the  Mosaic  Cosmo- 
gony excellently  illustrated  (particu- 
larly, in  our  opinion,  by  Whitehursi), 
and  shown  to  have  been  not  only  pos- 
sible, but  probable.  If,  therefore,  the 
account  of  Moses  contains  pheno- 
mena which  can  only  be  explained  by 
inodcrn  laws  of  natural  philosophy  and 
chexnistry,which  wereutterly  unknown 
to  Moses ;  we  think  that  its  capacity 
of  receiving  such  an  explanation  strong- 
ly infers  inspiration  and  prophetic  spi- 
rit. We  entertain,  however,  a  distrust 
of  all  theories,  because  we  know  not 
.what  were  the  positions  of  the  orbit  and 
axis  of  the  Earth  at  the  time  of  the 
Creation.  The  topic  before  us  is  the 
Noachic  Deluge.  Mr.  Granville  Penn 
has  attacked  the  text  of  Scripture.  Now 
the  editor  of  Blumenbach  says,  that 
whenever  the  works  of  God  and  the 
words  of  God  are  found  to  disagree, 
that  we  have  then  not  got  the  right 
interpretation  of  Scripture.  The  ob- 
jection of  Mr.  Penn  turns  upon  the 
fossil  proofs  of  extinct  genera,  and  the 
incapacity  of  the  Ark  to  contain  pairs 
of  every  kind.  The  plea  of  miracle 
will  not  determine  the  Question,  for  a 
miracle  only  implies  a  aeviation  from 


the  customary  laws  of  Nature,  not  a 
physical  impossibility.  It  may  be  that 
the  terms  whole  earth  and  whole  world, 
said  to  be  inundated,  mijght  be  used  in 
a  limited  sense,  applying  only  to  cer- 
tain parts,  as  when  St.  Luke  tells  us 
that  all  the  world  went  to  be  taxed,  he 
certainly  did  not  include  the  inhabit- 
ants of  China.  The  Concordance  will 
show  texts  without  end,  where  the 
whole  earth  and  the  whole  world  have 
this  definite  interpretation.  Mr.  Wil- 
ton, the  author  of  the  Defence,  has 
acted  very  properly  in  vindication  of 
Scripture,  writes  with  acumen  and 
temper,  adduces  curious  facts,  and  ap- 
pears in  a  very  respectable  light  as  a 
divine  and  a  scholar.  The  narration 
of  tKe  antediluvian  history  is  not  to  be 
interpreted  too  literally.  Proofs  of  this 
indispensable  latitude  are  not  only  to 
be  seen  in  the  preface  to  Moore's 
•*  Loves  of  the  Angels,"  but  in  Cle- 
mens Alexandrinus,  and  other  fathers. 
— ^The  ancient  seat  of  mankind  was  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  Caspian  and  the 
Euxine.  It  is  not  pretended  that  the 
moral  purpose  of  the  Deluge  was  any 
other  than  that  of  destroying  the  cor- 
rupt professors  of  idolatry,  certainly 
not  mere  birds,  and  beasts  and  reptiles; 
and  as  the  sole  rational  objection  to 
the  doctrine  of  the  Deluge  is  the  im- 
practicability o^  stowing  a  pair  of  every 
kind  of  living  creatures  in  the  ark,  anci 
provisioning  them,  we  think  that  the 
words  of  Scripture  on  the  subject  may 
be  general  phrases,  which  do  not  al>> 
sohitely  imply  such  an  extent  as  makes 
the  matter  of  fact  incredible.  With 
this  simple  exception,  every  pheno- 
menon connected  with  the  Deluge  is 
admirably  supported  by  discoveries. 

I07<  Report  on  the  Trade  in  Foreign  Cam 
and  the  j^griculture  of  the  North  of  Eu- 
rope. By  Wm.  Jacob,  Esq.  Ordered  to 
he  printed  l-y  the  House  if  Commons^ 
with  an  jfppenMx  of  Offieial  DoeuHaenis, 
copious  Tables,  Averages  of  Prices,  Sh^ 
menis,  and  Stocks  on  hand  in  the  various 
exporting  Ckmntries,    pp.  168. 

THIS  valuable  Report,  which  fonki- 
ed  the  ground-work  of  Mr.  Whitmore's 
speech,  on  his  motion  for  the  reneal  of 
the  Com  Laws,  has  been  distributed 
among  the  members  of  Parliament. 

Mr.  Jacob  was  commissioned  by  tbe 
British  Government  to  ascertain  with' 
precision  the  state  of  the  a^cultnnl 
districts  of  Europe;  and  particuiaiijin 
the  northern  couotries.    He  b^gini. 


1890;]  RivHnr.--iAfr.  JacobV  RepoH  cm  Com.  441 


•with  dctcribii^  bk  route  fi>r  Uiat  nnr*  mterblly  locraMe  i  an4  if  tht  du^ 
■potc  He  MC  out  on  the  S6ih  of/oDc  were  alike  on  ell  kinds  of  wheet*  none 
lest*  end  after  reaching  the  Cootiaeot*  woold  be  sent  here  at  meh  a  price  aod 
Muted  through  the  Netherlands,  the  with  toch  a  duty,  but  the  drieit, 
Fruisian  Provinces  on  the  Rhine,  end  heaviest,  and  whitest, 
(he  Doniains  of  the  King  of  Saxony  to  The  distress  of  the  agricuUorists 
JBerlin,  and  thence  br  wsyof  Stettin  throoghout  a  greit  part  of  Pdlend,  is 
to  Dantaic.  From  Dantaio,  he  pro-  represented  to  be  extreme;  the  cnlti- 
ceeded  throtigh  Poland,  visiting  the  vation  of  wheat  has  been  much  dimi- 
citiesofThorn,  Warsaw,  and  Cracow;  nished;  and  Mr.  Jacob  also  believes, 
and  returning  through  Gallitzia,  Mo-  that  by  the  forced  production  of  those 
ravia,  Austria,  Bavaria,  and  Wirtem-  years  when  enormous  prices  were  paid, 
berg,  to  Strasburgh,  he  once  more  and  generally  by  a  lon^  course  ot  ex- 
reached  England  by  way  of  P^ris.  porting,  wifnout  the  introduction  qf 
He  had  in  his  tour  ample  opportunities,  any  articles  capable  when  decompoted 
partly  by  actual  observation,  partly  by  of  becoming  manure,  the  laod  was 
inspection  of  local  records,  and  .partly  approaching  to  exhaustion, 
from  the  statements  of  respectable  in-  The  report  of  Mr.  Jacob  is  certainly 
dividuals,  of  collecting  information  on  calculatea  to  allay  the  fear  which  the 
the  subject  of  his  Mission,  and  he  has  farmers  have  entertained,  of  such  an 
availed  himself  of  these  opportunities  importation  of  corn,  consequent  upon 
with  singular  ability  ana  diligence,  the  opening  of  the  ports  with  a  oiity 
The  facts  ascertained  are  by  no  means  of  lOi.  or  1£#.  as  would  ruin  agricul- 
in  accordance  with  the  statements  of  tore. 

the  Agriculturists.  Itappean,  that  so  In  the  Appendix,  Mr.  Jacob  has 
far  from  there  being  immense  deposits  printed  a  Memoir,  circulated  amo^g 
of  grain  at  the  various  ports  from  which  the  land-owners  in  Brandenburg,  &c. 
we  have  been  accustomed  to  derive  from  which  the  following  is  an  ex- 
our  supplies,  ready  on  the  sli^i^htest  re-  tract.  At  this  particular  period,  the 
laxation  of  the  present  system,  to  be  facts  therein  stated  will  be  interest- 
poured  into  our  markets,  that  in  all  ing. 

cases  the  grain  in  store  is  very  trifling,        «  xht  qoutitiM  of  Com  remabing  with 

and  that  for  one  seasou,  at  least,   it  ti^a  fiurmera   art  but  inignlficvit.     Foc- 

cannot  be  materially  augmented,  as  the  nerly  the  stock  boudcd  up  bv  sho  com 

surplus  remaining  over  the  demand  for  tnders   mod   &nsen  ivw  Bsuob    graater, 

home  consumption   is   by  no  means  PJ'hi^  five-times  as  great  as  b  b  noir. 

large.  The  impoverished  conditioo  to  which  the 

Sir.   Jacob  estimates  that  556,330  once  great  Com-fitctors,  in  all  Uie  Northern 

quarters    could    be   ^tnt   to  England,  ^^^*    »"  reduced,    aod  the  scarcitv  of 

which  he  deems  equal  to  the  consump-  ^^7  •mongst  almost  all  the  £irmen,  have 

lion  of  10  days  only.     From  the  roari-  'fe<*««^  »»>«  accumulation  of  lar^e  qu». 

lime  provinces  of  Prussia  it  could  be  JT«,  i^^flK^Ti-    r  ^'  ^"^'  *"*! 

\' A    .  4o        r         .L.  r  bad  quahty  of  the  Gnun  for  some  years  past 

supplied  ai  43,. ;  from  the  provmce  of  y^  Jot  sjfowed  of  storing  b  up  ti  any  «- 

Mas^ovia,  in  Poland,  at  48f.;  from  the  ^^^^    u  b,  perhaps,  im>osdbki  to  sive  an 

neighbourhood  of  Cracow,  in  Poland,  accurate  estimate  of  the  stock  of  Com  on 

at  45i.  6d.     But   the  quanli^  which  hand  in  all  the  countries  of  Europe;  but, 

could  be  supplied  at  that  price  is  ex-  according  to  a  calculation,  which  seems  to 

iremely  liuiited.     The  whole  quantity  approach   the  truth,   b  appears   that  the 

of  wheat  that  Dantzic  has  exported  in  Grain    accumulated   in  Europe,  including 

MU)  years  is  not  equal  to  ihe  consump-  Wheat,  Rye,  Barley,  and  Oau,  amounts  to 

lion   of  this   kingdom   for  more  than  3,680,000  quarters,  viz. — 

fiftetii   or   sixteen    months.     On    the  ^   Germany  (exchiiive  of  the 

average  of  ihe  last  five  years,  iheexport  ,  ^^  dominion.)  -        681,000 

from   Danuic  and  KIbin-,  of  wfieat  }^  J^^  Pnw-n  dommions      -        776,000 

an<l  r..o.  has  nol  averapecl  more  than      !  ^"1*^!^*  *""''    "        "        fJi'^S 

1/xi  ^'tii  •  II       I    •        i_  *o  Uenraark  -        -         -         194.Q00 

101. 9I()  quarters  annually,  being  be-  i^  E^gUnd  -        -        -        MOMO 

tween  two  and  three  days    consum|)-  I „  the  Netherlands        -        -        383,000 

tion  of  this  kingdom.— >V  nil  a  pnce  i^  France,  Spain,  Portogal,  and 

or(X)5.  to  ()45.  in  Kngland,  and  a  duty        BUckSea         ...        691,000 

o(  IO5.  or  ISf.  he  doert  not  think  that  -i— — . 

the  avera{^  produce  of  Poland  would  Quarters  3,680,000 

Glnt.  Mag.  May,  1 83G. 

8 


44^ 


Kevibw. — Literature,  Arti,  4rc. 


[May, 


**  In  this  stctenvBnt)  the  Corn  %hich  lies 
under  bond  in  England^  amounting  to  about 
400,000  quarters,  is  includedt     However, 
all   th^se  quantities  are  insufficient  to  fill 
out  a  considerable  deficiency  in  the  crop  of 
one  single  great  country;   nor  is  it  even 
the  fourth  part  of  what  is  necessary  for  the 
subs'istence  of  such  a  country.     Moreover 
it  is  Improbable  that  the  surplus  here  enu- 
merated will  hereafter  be  increased  ;  for  the 
consumption,  both  by  men  and  cattle,  is 
annually  augmenting,  while  the  product  is 
retrograding.    The  com  at  present  under 
bond  in  England' will  scarcely  supply  the 
thirteenth  part  of  the  annual  cdnsuinption  : 
and  the  whole  surplus  quantity  of  Europe 
eould  not  supply  the  population  of  France 
with  bread  for  one  month." 


108.  Dr.  Highmore's  Authorities  in  sup- 
port qf  his  Remonstrances  against  the  In- 
justice of  the  Church.    FoUo  Sheet. 

WE  are  sorry  to  see  Dr.  Highmore 
again  before  us  upon  a  question  which 
is  not  literary,  and  with  which  we  can 
have  no  concern.  Dr.  Highmore  gra- 
duates, and  takes  holy  orders,  alter 
which  he  graduates  further  up  to  the 
degree  of  lL.D.  He  then  applies  for 
kdmisston  to  practise  as  an  advocate  at 
Doctors'  Commons,  and  is  rejected, 
because  the  admission  is  forbidden  by 
the  Canons,  where  the  claimant  is  in 
holy  orders.  Dr.  H.  upon  rejection, 
says,  that  this  is  a  hard  case,  and  that 
through  such  reiection  he  ought  to  be 
provided  for  in  the  Church.  Now,  if 
every  member  of  the  University  knew, 
that  by  taking  orders^  and  following  up 


graduation  to  the  degree  of  LL.D.  ht 
could  have  two  strings  to  his  bow,  or 
secure  a  living,  why  then  by  natural 
consequence,  tne  Bar,  and  permission 
to  practise  as  attorneys,  ought  also  to 
be  thrown  open,  secular  avocations  be 
no  longer  forbidden  to  the  Clergy,  and 
livings  be  certainly  obtained  by  taking 
the  degree  of  LL.D.  This  is  evidently 
a  question  of  legislation,  not  of  litera- 
ture. 

109*  Letters  to  Lord  John  Russell  upon  tht 
Notice  of  a  Motion  for  a  Reform  in  Par- 
liamenL    8vo,  pp.  69. 

THE  advocates  for  Parliamentary 
Reform  furnish  themselves  the  best 
arguments  against  their  own  system. 
They  show  that,  first,  by  deputation 
of  Members  in  the  time  of  Henry  IIL 
and  Edward  L;  secondly,  by  pack- 
ing returns  ;  and,  thirdly,  by  trans- 
ferring and  shifting  the  privily  of 
sending  Members  ^  now  impracticable 
it  was  for  the  Crown  to  conduct  pub- 
lic business  without  a  sufficient  influ- 
ence. A  happy  concurrence  of  cir- 
cumstances seems  to  liave  placed  things 
in  an  excellent  working  state,  but 
theory  is  restles^  and  discontented. — 
The  author  has  given  us  a  statement  of 
the  modes  of  Parliamentary  returns, 
from  Prynne,  Brady,  &c. ;  but  all  this 
is  not  to  the  purpose.  Can  public  bu- 
siness go  on  without  a  majority  in  the 
House  of  Commons  ou  the  side  of  the 
Ministers;  and  which  is  the  best  of 
two  masters  (for  one  there  roust  be)> 
Faction,  or  the  Crown  ? 


LITERATURE,   ARTS,   &c. 


A  Glance  at  Somerset  House. 

We  repaired  to  this  building  to  enjoy  our 
annual  treat,  and  have  returned  highly  gra- 
tified ;  but  it  must  be  acknowle<%ed  that 
the  display  of  art,  though  eminently  cre- 
ditable, is  inferior  to  that  of  the  last  year. 
Hilton,  who  so  decidedly  took  the  lead  in 
the  highest  style  of  piunting  on  that  occa- 
sion, has  contributed  nothing ;  nor  has 
Thompson ;  while  the  pencils  of  Wilkie 
and  Dighton  have  been  dormant,  we  under- 
stand, from  severe  illness :  the  absence  of 
four  such  artists  accounts,  therefore,  for  the 
deficiency,  and  cannot  but  be  seriously  felt 
by  the  exhibition. 

The  highly-gifted  President,  as  usual, 
stands  pre-eminent  in  his  department,  and 
besides  an  enchanting  portrait  of  a  Child, 
has  several  others,  beaming  with  life  in  the 
eye,  and  expression  in  every  feature.    Yet 


we  could  have  wished,  to  to  admirable  a 
head,  he  had  given  Canning  a  more  i^ypro- 
priate  attitude ;  and  to  the  Marchioness  of 
Lansdown  a  better  arm,  besides  wi|Mng  off 
the  ugly  shadow  on  the  throat.  The  breath- 
ing representation  of  Lady  Wallseomt  u 
also  accompanied  with  a  d^ective  haiuL 

Sir  WilliMn  Beechey  has  produced  several 
fine  specimens  in  this  style,  aa  have  ako 
Phillips  and  Shee :  but  little  can  be  said  in 
fiivour  of  such  huge  effigies  as  thoae  oi  ^ 
Kin^,  the  Marquis  of  Anglesea,  and  many 
of  the  whole-length  daubs  of  insignificant 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen  that  occu[^  so  much 
of  the  best  space  in  the  rooms,  equally  to 
the  disgrace  of  the  art,  and  the  dvgust  d 
the  public  eye* 

Mr.  Westall't  Entombing  of  Chrid  » 
amoDSst  the  most  prominent  of  the  histftrt- 
cal  pictures,  but  though  evidently  irawa 


1888.]  A  Qkmm  ai  Scmtrmi  HoMse.  44a 

with  ioiaili  mn,  iaifltbili^  tbt  talwti  tU  m«/  of  the  wiiwipd  olJMi  of  kls 

of  ft  BMMr,  h  k  aliajF  P«mUM,  «a  liM  1^  piotoo?    It  wodd,  iiidMd»  )iav«  beoi  • 

oold nnuiaMltd  «0mI.    AHofyFkmii^, bj  airaettloat  laathonit  tad  tho  ojo fiodi gi«st 

Mn.  P^rodl,  b  ft  work  of  gnat  BMrit,  boi  r«litf  m  toniiqgfiroin  itigliifie»  totliaieicne 


ihatUappiorttobo  oopM  fromlUpbfttl,  light  of  tht  intarior  of  AoMly»  CA4^4  bj 

or  ity  ftl  \mat,  aa  innitatioo  of  hit  a^ik  s  i.  Glover. 

this,  howoTtr,  m  wpinag  vaiy  nobly.    Tho  The  JBaiiU  if  Zuiflkm  it  an  ehhorata 

Adaniim  of  tha  Skipkirdi,  hj  the  lana  hot  ineompicheneibia  graoRv  though  it  it 

Udjf  b  well  executed,  hot  deficient  of  free-  certainly  spirited  and  weu  coloared.     La 

don.    The  InUniao  bHweoi  Fnmat  tk*  that  of  Boston  it  ie  iSfioalt  to  tay  which  it 

Fint  and  Cardmal  fiUtey,  it  well  drawa»  niott  bent  on  aporting  pecoliar  attitodei* 

bat  hard  and  liMete.  the  oream^oolooised  hone  or  hk  rider ;  and 

Mr.  Oaniell  baa  produced  eight  pietoiet*  tha  whole  ie  a  stiff  imitition  of  the  most 

and  the  snbjecto  depicted  by  hk  prolific  fiwlty  trsits  of  Reubens^  who  from  revelling 

pencil,  though  various,  aie  equally  taithfiil  in  uncontrolled  genius,  k  a  dai^erous  pro- 

and  interesting.    Amongst  these  we  were  totyoe  fior  artists. 

Boch  struck  with  the  singukrity  of  dia  too  FSU   Chtmfkrt    of  the   vetenm 

View  of  Poodumanum,  and  the  richness  of  Stothard,  and  the  Port  ff  Cb^pie  by  Tur- 

the  Aaamalee  Woods.    The  tone  of  honor,  ner,  are  alike  remarkable  fior  great  merit 

exhibited  in  No.  6,  by  the  lowering  sky,  the  and  palpabk  demerit.    To  those  who  have 

gulph^  waves,  and  the  ship  oo  fire,  k  raally  seen  that  sombre  brick  edifice,  the  Temple 

appalhng,  and  the  crowded  situation  of  the  of  Peace,  the  goigeous  cdlouring  of  the 

Cambrian  k  well  depicted.    We  recommend  Forum  Romanum,  in  the  grand  architec- 

thk  as  astudy  to  the  gentkosen of  Engknd,  tunU  piece  of  the  latter  artist,  will  appear 

<<  who  live  at  hoaie  at  ease."  very  outr^  even  though  it  k  painted,  aa 

The  HmUttigqfChemf  Ckaae^  by  Lsndseer,  the  catakcue  kindly  informs  us,  for  Mister 

k  a  nobk  specimen  of  finkbed  art;  the  Soane's  Museum. 

spirited  animak  are  in  the  most  energetic  The  JudgmaU  qf  Parity  by  Etty,  k  a 

styk  of  Snydert,  and  the  men  in  that  of  good  composition,  but  two  off  the  femalea 

Reubensi  an  eiliBCt  so  evkient,  that  it  may  are  so  little  fitvourcd  by  the  Graces,  that  it 

be  presumed  the  artkt  intended  it.    The  k  no  marvel  the  Phrygian  lad  diould  have 

picture  of  Zadig  and  Astarte,  by  Mr.  Grsen,  pvferred  Venus,  though,  b  truth,  he  seems 

firom  the  well-faiown  tak  of  Voltaire,  k  a  uttk  concened  about  the  matter)  even  the 

brilliant  production,  and  very  creditabk  to  rudeness  of  the  rejected  kdies,  in  turning 

the  taknu  of  the  artist.    The  surprize  and  their  backs  towards  him,  appears  to  be  un- 

pkasure  of  the  Lover,  dktingukhing  hk  noticed.    The  want  of  the  *<  beau  ideal,"  k 

name  in  the  sand,  are  well  expressed,  whik  a  grsat  delect  in  manr  of  the  fsmake  of  thk 

the  costume  U  minutely  correct,  and  boUUy  year's  exhibition ;  tnus^  in  the  yhuu  and 

drawn,  though  perhaps  the  dress  of  the  lady  Anckitest  by  Haydon,  the  affSwted  flirt,  in- 

k  rather  too  splendid.    The  view  of  Baby-  trodoced  as  a  goddess,  absolutely  spoik  the 
Ion  in  the  back-ground  Is  quite  a  repose  -  picture.    From  thk  fimlt,  however,  we  must 

compared  with  the  msss  of  confusion  called  acquit  Howard,  who  in  hk  classb  repre- 

Alexaader't  entrance  into  Babylon,  which  k  sentations  o{  Hylas  carried  off  bv  Nymphs, 

indeed  a  desperate  imitation  of  Martin,  but  and  Sabrina,  msinifests  that  he  nilly  under- 

without    his   imaginative  originality ;    and  stands  the  blending  of  femak  beauty  with 

really  gives  ao  idea,  at  the  first  glance,  of  a  delicacy  and  expression, 

turkey  carpet  spread  amongst  tomb-ttones.  Auld  Rotin  Gray,  by  Allan,  k  a  well-told 

Mr.  Leslk    has    afforded  an  admirabk  pleasbg  picture  i  but  the  one  next  it,  OthMo 

proof  of  hk  powers  of  taste  and  humour,  in  relating  his  Adventures,  has  its   hero  too 

the  dolorous  Knight  of  La  Maneha,  who,  coarse  and  heavy,    while  the  &ther  and 

notwithstandiog  his   wretched  and  **  sans  daughter  appear  to  be  rather  tired  than  in- 

culutte"    plight,    stands   forth    a   perfect  terested.    The  Cathaine  and  Petruchio  of 

gentleauui ;  as  to  hk  courtesy,  we  are  not  Stephanoff  is  humorous  and  natural,  and 

surprized,  for  what  cavalier  could  refuse  so  may  be  termed  a  production  of  superior 

beautiful  a  damsel  a  boon  ?    Newton's  Mao  merit.     Julia  discovered  by   Proteus    has 

hetUh  is  alto  a  picture  of  very  superior  merit,  good  conception,  but  k  deficknt  in  execution, 

in  a  similar  style,   and  though  on  a  low  Amongst  the  landscapes  k  a  Well   ai 

theme,    does    not    descend    to    vulgarity.  Gillingbam,  by  Constable,  of  good  exeou- 

Perhaps  Polly's  attire  is  rather  above  her  tion,  but  wanting  effect.    The  Avenue  at 

situatioo,  but  that  of  the  genteel  and  disso-  Mount  Stuart,  by  J.  Glover,  k  the  most 

lute  highwayoisn  k  adminU>le.  remarkable  in  thk  class,  ss  shewing  what 

Danby's  Christ  fVaUcing  on  the  Sea,  k  may  be  effected  by  genius  and  skill,  even 

an  effort  of  infinite  conception,  but  much  where  the  subject  would  otherwise  be  barren 

inforior  to  hk  kst  year's  production ;  can  and  cold. 

he  for  a  moment  unsgine  that  a  singk  Of  the  Sea-pieces,  those  of  Messrs.  Da- 

knthom  k  capable  of  affording  such  an  nkll    and    Calcott    taka   the   pnoedence, 

effulgence  of  light,  as  he  has  depicted,  to  though  we  could  have  widiad  wt  a  mom 


444 


InUUigtnce  relative  to  ihi  Fm  JlrU, 


[May; 


Mohrioal  propriety  m  tlie  largt  painting  by 
tilt  latter  artist ;  tht  mbshig  of  a  painter 
haa  certainly  created  more  confusion  t)»n  is 
ufoal  on  so  natural  an  accident.  The  Ship 
and  wave  of  Reinagle  are  alike  abominable. 
The  child's  £ftce,  in  the  Shipwreck^  by  Her- 
vieuy  is  too  expressive  not  to  excite  com- 
passion tor  the  little  urchin  that  was  teazed 
to  sit  for  it. 

Though  Shalcspeare  has  remarked  that 
When  two  men  sit  on  a  horse,  one  of  them 
roust  ride  before  the  other,  and  we  fully 
admit  that  all  the  artists  cannot  be  hung  in 
the  best  places,  we  io  really  pity  those  who 
are  condemned  to  the  rooms,  or  rather  ca- 
▼ems,  below.  Yet  here  win  be  found 
two  excellent  views  by  Parke,  a  collection 
of  very  elaborate  Architectural  drawings, 
and  the  enamels  by  Bone.  It  is  somewhat 
strange  that  the  Miniature  Paintings  should 
be  so  inconveniently  jumbled  together,  al- 
though that  branch  or  art  has  been  brought 
to  its  hiehest  perfection  in  this  country ; 
witness  toe  works  of  Mrs.  Green,  Mrs.Mee, 
Mrs.  Robertson,  Miss  Sharpe,  &c.  &c.  &c. 

Here  also  are  some  very  beautiful  Fruits 
and  Flowers,  evidently  copied  from  Nature, 
of  which  the  best  are  by  Mrs.  Dighton, 
EHne  Robin,  and  Madame  Comolene. 

In  the  Sculpture-room,  besides  the  sta- 
tues of  Washington  and  Grattan,  we  had  to 
admire  Eve's  Dream,  and  the  fine  group 
representing  Genius  expiring  amidst  the 
Muses.  There  are  also  some  well-executed 
busts. 

Before  taking  leave,  we  must  add,  that 
^lany  pictures  of  high  claims  to  attention, 
such  as  the  Fisherman,  by  Collins;  the 
P^ale  qf  Emeries,  by  Laporte ;  the  Origin 
qjf  a  PaiTiter,  by  Mnlready ;  the  Nutting 
iarty,  by  Clover;  the  Bliafid  Organist,  by 
il^amsay ;  Cape  fVxIl'etforce,  by  Westall ; 
the  Fisherman* s  FroHc,  by  Heaphy;  and 
the  Dreams  Expounded,  by  Wood,  have 
not  been  dwelt  upon  from  want  of  room. 
But  we  have  also  been  charitable  in  with- 
holding our  judgment  on  such  things  as  the 
Death  of  Lara,  by  Singleton;  Sheepshear- 
v^gf  ^7  Garrard ;  VAUegyo,  by  Broekedon, 
and  others  still  worse. 


Society  of  Painter*  in  Water  Colours. 

This  expedition  was  opened  to  the  public 
on  Monday  the  84th  of  April,  and  contained 
S84  pieces,  chiefly  from  the  pencils  of 
Messrs.  Fielding,  Varley,  Cox,  Cristall, 
Wild,,  and  Barrett.  Stephaooff's  painting 
of  Rubens  and  the  Alchymist,  aud  Richter  s 
Annette  and  Lubin,  form  the  roost  conspi- 
cuous subjects  in  the  coUection.  On  the 
whole  it  is  a  very  pleasing  and  fascinating 
.faihibition. 

National  Gallery. 

Since  the  Angerstein  Collection  of  Pic- 
tarei  was  purchased  by  Govrrnmciit,  to  form 
tht  ground-work   of   a   National   Gallery, 


twtiity-fiv<t  tMUtifil  picture*  haive  been 
added.  The  first  ifia  the  Holy  FamUy  t^ 
Cam>ggi9,  for  which  was  paid  S,BQQL  Thia 
exqubit^  little  piece  b  remarkable  for  that 
beauty  and  Colouring  which  he  so  gracefully 
gave  to  his  children,  saints,  and  madonnas ; 
wUeh  appear,  to  use  the  words  of  A.  Ca- 
racci,  **  to  live,  breathe,  and  smile  with  so 
much  sweetness  and  vivacity,  that  it  Is  in»- 
possibleto  refrain  from  partaking  in  their 
enjoyment."  The  next  is  the  *^  Spanish 
Peasant  Boy'*  of  Mnrillo,  presented  to  tlie 
pnblick  by  M.  Zachary,  Esq.  Tlie  arch 
smile,  and  the  brilliancy  and  freshness  of 
the  colouring,  are  very  fine.  The  third, 
*^*  Christ  appearing  to  St.  Peter  aficr  the 
Crucifixion,'  br  Annibale  Caraeci,  is  a  su- 
perb picture.  The  fourth  is  the  large  and 
splendid  picture  of  **  Bacchus  and  Ariadne," 
hj  Titian,  Bacchus  is  in  the  act  of  leap-^ 
ing  from  his  triumphal  car,  drawn  by 
leopards,  and  is  attended  by  &ntastic  women, 
fkuns,  and  satyrs,  &o.  Ariadne  appears  at 
the  verge  of  the  water  in  the  isle  of  Naxos  » 
and  Titian  has  introduced  his  name  on  s 
vase  in  the  foreground  netfr  Ariadne.  Thia 
fine  picture  was  painted  for  the  Duke  Al- 
fonso of  Ferrara.  The  fifih  is  a  <*  Baccha- 
nalian Scene,"  by  N.  Peusnn.  There  was 
in  the  Angerstein  Collection  a  Bacchanalian 
Scene  by  the  same  ardst,  to  which  thia 
fine  picture  forms  a  very  good  eompanion. 
For  the  three  last  the  Goveramexit  gave  tht 
sum  of  9,0002.,  the  Titian  alone  having 
been  valued  at  upwards  of  6,0002.  Twenty 
have  since  been  presented  by  Sir  George 
Beaumont,  among  which  it  m  fiat  Land* 
scape  by  Rubens. 

Mr.  MooRx'f  Ltrx  or  Shbrxdak. 

The  following  ia  an  extract  from  Mr. 
Moore's  intended  pre&ce  to  the  fifih  edition 
of  his  Life  qf  Sheridan : 

*'  Though  none  of  my  statements  have 
been  disproved,  I  have  been  accused  of 
some  omissions  and  inaccuracies,  of  which 
the  following  are  the  most  important : 

"  1.  I  have  stated  that,  in  the  latter 
years  of  Mr.  Sheridan's  llle,  the  Prince 
Regent  offered  to  bring  him  intt  Parliament, 
but  that  he  declined  the  offer.  On  this  the 
writers  of  articles  in  the  IVkstrmnster  and 
Quarterly  Reviews  remark,  that  I  ought  to 
have  known  and  added  the  sequel  of  this 
trausaction — namely,  that  the  Prince  Regent 
presented  to  Mr.  Sheridan  the  sun  (40002.) 
mtended  for  the  purchase  of  a  teat* 

"  3.  In  giving  an  aooonnt  of  the  impri- 
sonment of  Mr.  Shoridan,  £ot  debt,  in  the 
year  1814,  I  hate  said  that  *  arrangements 
were  made  for  his  reltast  by  Mr.  Whit- 
bread.'  In  contradiction  to  this,  the  Quar- 
terly Reviewer  asserts,  that  his  nbtratito 
was  effected  by  the  inttrpotition  of  tht 
Prince  Regent. 

«  3.  In  detailing  tht  particulars  of  tiit 
200/.  transmitted  through  Mr.  Vaughtn  to 


IMl] 


Mr.  Moimm  U$f4fi^<^  aimidaM. 


m 


SfamdM  m  hk  tellb-Mi  1  hum  mn^ 
thai  th»  gift  WM  mtfrnMHj  ifaJiiurf  by  tlwi 
fraily.  To  dm  Ih*  Q«urt«ly  RcvMvn 
•mwm,  tha  Om  giftwM  nol  dUotiiitd  bgr 
tb«  fiMiily ;  ftha*  U  wm  oa  tlit  coBtniy  m^ 
Mptid^  Mida  VM  o^  tad  ifttfwvidi,  <  on 
tiitpieioB*  and  prid*  btiag  MndsttMd,'  rtpid. 

*<  la  Mwweriaf  tlwta  thvM  ebwyn  I 
•ImU  dbtiua  firom  all  rtfawaoa  wbaitMt  to 
the  fivb  or  ttaipw  ia  «bi^  lh«|  hiwo  bMQ 
broogM  fbtwMd-^aager  iMHriac  litllo  to  dm 
with Um troth,  m  eitter side  oKtha^oMtioa, 

*'  Fintly,  thea— with  ramct  to  tho  gift 
of  the  4e(MM,— aoC  oolj  had  I  anrar  haaid 
it  atatad  that  tneh  waa  tha  mtfotX  of  tho 
twBiationt  bat  aow  that  it  if  to  ttatod* 
BMKt  bag  Wava  to  withliold  mj  baliaC:  aol 
ftoM  aay  doobt  of  tha  diapoaitioo  of  tha  H* 
laatrioiM  FeiMiaaaa  ia  qoaatioa  to  parfona 
aach  aa  act  of  Inndtiaai  towarda  Sbaridaat 
bat  bacaaia  tha  ttateiaaat»  at  variaaoa  aa  it 
ia  with  aiy  owa  iafenaatioay  raati  aolaly  oa 
tha  aai«rttoa  of  two  aaoa  jaioaa  writeiat  who 
difer  with  aaoh  other  aa  to  tha  Moat 
nd  poiata  of  tha  eate.  If,  howavar, 
writan  (aftar  firat  aettUog  thii 
batwoaa  thanwclfaa)  will  caabla  aMt  by  ra- 
fJBfaace  to  docomanti  or  any  txittiag  mT" 
soot,  to  autlienticate  tha  main  po'int  of  taair 
atatameat— the  gift  of  the  4000Z. — I  shall 
be  BMat  happy  to  eoneet  mj  owa  oiaissioa, 
aod  to  be  made  the  humble  iastnuneat  of 
raeofdiag  an  act  of  aoeh  ISiarality  hi  thaae 

To^  «««.*• -co-a  cb-^  la 
datailiag  the  partieakrB  of  Mr.  Sheridan's 
hapriaoameat  m  1814, 1  hata  givea  a  latter 
addressed  br  him  to  Mr.  Wlntbcead,  and 
dated  from  the  spungtDg-house>  in  which  he 
says,  *  I  enclosed  too  yesterday  three  dif- 
ferent securities,  which,  had  you  been  dis- 
posed to  have  acted  even  as  a  private  friend, 
would  have  made  it  certain  that  you  m%fat 
have  done  so  without  the  smallest  risk. 
These  Ton  discreetly  offered  to  put  into  the 
fire,  when  you  found  the  objeot  d  jmix 
humane  visit  satisfied  by  seeing  me  sam  in 
prison.* 

*'  In  the  very  face  of  this  authentie  do- 
cument, which  proves  that  Mr.  Whitbread 


lu^  <  iMa '  flhoUto  hi  tha  M^^te^hoMo. 
aod  lM»  a  diy  at  ti»o  •biffid  bfl^iaait  #§ 
visit  and  the  UbwUte  •!  SWi^n,  th| 
Qa«terly  RevMwpt  4oa«  tfoti  Wla^.  tia 
briqgfiifwafdhjs  owa  prorata  varsion  of  Uia 
cinnnaitanaa  aaialy,  tha»  «!!•,  Wl^ 
bnM  laft  tha  diaaar-tiibtot  aad  lanaJtadto 
tha  ipui^iag-honaa»  tiba  iMHaaM  Ske^ida^'f 
aota  WM  dafaveied  to  hMa«  lint  tWv  b^ftifp 
ha  oottbl  Mich  th«  plaaa  of  ooalbaiaai;^ 
tha  parsoa  of  Shandin  waa  tkmig  <t  libaa^ 
aa  aoMaqaaaof  of  tha  a^aalicilad  and  iiir 
stwitaaaoua  btflrftataoa  of  SM^aa'a  lof^ 


**  Saoh  aa  tha  niadoBi  maaper  ia  whi^ 
.Jil  writer  suoporta  hia  cHaifas  of  paoaiV' 
vaey*  and  sumi  tbf  ai^na  amftio«a  wUak 
tha  pabfio  ave  adled  vpoaa  ia  tha  ^raiy  tiacli 
of  doeoaaaatmry  aeadaaat,  to  Wiavau 

**  I  agiaak  hoF«*er,  witli  tha  Reviawav  hi 
hia  conjaetafa  tha  Mr.  Shariidaa  wfa^  oil 
aaothar  oeoaaiaa,  fot  a  sbioft  tli«a  ia  pria»» 
thongh  I  aevar  hate  been  aUf  to  asatitihi 
the  paitieolars  af  tha  traasaotioa.  Ifheaap 
pfota  thati  aa  that  oecaaimi,  tha  relaa^p 
waa  igegtad  by  voyal  imyrpoaitton,  I  baaa 
aaly  agam  to  a^y*  Uia  I  sliidl  moat  ra«d|^ 
ladord  tha  dienmtttiWii  m^  ^Wl  r^okm 
in  having  been  the  ma»ns  of  bringing  aaoi 
an  interesting  aaacdota  to  light. 

«  On  the  thfad  abbfe^tfi  oler  of  90<M. 
throngh  Mr.  Vaaghaa  the  Qaartarly  Re- 
viawer  b  aM>  lesa  aakaoby  m  hb JQmCs  thaa  ah 
the  aaooad.  Ha  aa  plaasad  to  aay^  that  I 
oi^ht  to  hata  appBed  to  aeitahi  aawshis 
reatleneB,  to  wham  ha  hfaaself  ia  hidabtid 
Sir  hia  1%hta  aa  tha  aakjaot.  1  waa,  how- 
ever, satisfied  with  the  aalharit|  al  tha  taib 


persons  betwaea  whoai  tha  tsaa 
ed*,  Mr.  Vaaghaa  aad  Diu  Bi^  Mf. 
Vaa^iaa  haa  been  soaM  tiaa  daadi  bat 
Dr.  fiaia  b  (hnpily  Im  hb  BMBiy  frieadi) 
stiH  alive,  aad  the  Mowhig  aola  firom  hba 
OB  the  snUect  will,  I  trust,  be  a  attflda^ 
answer  to  thb  accaratet  Rawawar  ^— • 

<«  *  ThomftmU  Hotdf  CaiwrnHtk 
tquartt  jiprU  90,  IMg. 
**  *  My  dear  9u^*The  stateaient  which 
you  have  given  in  your  Life  of  my  lata 
frbnd  Mr.  Sheridan,  that  tOOf.  was  tha 


*  *<  In  the  same  manner  my  account  of  the  early  love  and  marriage  of  Sheridan  (which 
has  alto  been  cavilled  at  by  thU  well-informed  Kevbwer,  on  the  aathority  of  a  dumsy 
forgery  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,)  was  noted  down,  in  every  partioolar,  from  the  Kba 
of  no  lets  competent  and  trustworthy  a  witness  than  the  surviving  sbter  of  Mr.  Sberidap, 
Mrs .  H .  Lefaou.  [We  received  the  communication  from  a  highly  respectabb  Correspondent, 
hng  I'tfnre  the  appearance  oj  Mr.  Moo>re*$  Work  ;  but  delicacy  than  prevented  our  pobtica- 
tion  of  it.  We  believed  the  Narrative  to  be  true ;  and  believe  so  still.  We  expected 
thanks  from  Mr.  Moore,  not  ungentlemanly  recrimination.    Editor  or  Quit.  Mao.] 

t  *<  Among  many  other  proou  of  tbb  accuracy ^  I  shall  select  but  the  following,  ta 
speaking  of  the  Translation  of  Aristssnetus,  1^  Sheridan  and  Halhed,  the  Revieasr 
gravely  accuses  me  of  *  having,  for  the  first  time,  printed  some  specamens  of  a  perfiwrmaade, 
which  its  juvenile  authors  could  set  no  bookseller  to  pubUsh.'  It  b  hardly  aeeaasary  to 
add,  (what  every  one  but  this  w^inforaMd  critic  knows,)  that  tha  Tmnslatiaa  of  Arut«- 
netus  tocu  pubUshcd  by  a  very  respactabla  bookaeUery  and  that  copiea  of  it  aia  by  ao  mcaiia 
rare," 


446 


LUerary  InUUigenee. 


[Majr, 


gum  proflRsred  to  me  by  Mr.  VaughftD,  and 
that  it  was  respectfblly  declined  bj  the  fa- 
fiuniiry  is  perfectly  correct. 
'    <  Relieve  me,  my  dear  Sir,  rery  fkithfally 
yours,  *  A.  Bain.' 

*  Themas  Moored  Esq,  Sloperion  Cottage.* 
'  ^*  Having  thus  disposed  of  objections, 
irhich,  had  I  been  gwded  hj  my  own  esti- 
mate of  their  importance,  I  should  hardly 
liftTc  thought  worthy  of  the  trouble  of  an 
answer,  I  am  happy  to  take  this  opportunity 
of  dedar^ne,  that  whatever  I  may  still  pre- 
•ume  to  thmk  of  the  conduct  pursued  to- 
wards Mr.  Sheridan,  I  have  never  meant  to 
impute  to  the  Illustrious  Personage  con- 
cerned in  these  transactions  any  general 
want  of  that  munificence  which  should  be- 
long to  his  high  station.  On  the  contrary, 
I  have  heard  more  than  one  instance  of  the 
t>rivate  generosity  of  that  Personage  (fiur 
-oetter  authenticated  than  any  that  these 
ftwkward  apologists  have  brought  forward) 
which  would  render  me  not  slow  in  believing 
•any  similar  acts  of  kindness  attributed  to 
him*  As  little  could  I  have  meant  to  doubt 
the  readiness  of  those  Whi^  friends  of  She- 
ridan, the  high  qualities  of  many  of  whom 
'little  need  my  testimony,  to  assist  him. 


while  he  made  one  of  thdr  eirde^  on  any 
occasions  when  hf  may  have  required  their 
aid  XT  though,  in  justice  to  him,  I  must 
repeat  that  such  appeals  were  fiur  from  fre- 
quent. The  strong  remarks  which  I  hazarded, 
and  which  have  produced — naturally  enough, 
perhaps— so  much  irritation,  apply  solely  to 
the  last  few  months  of  Sheridan's  life,  and 
to  the  neglect  with  which  he  was  lefi  to  die, 
in  the  hands  of  bailiffii,  by  those,  of  whose 
society  he  had  been,  through  life,  the  light 
and  ornament.  To  this  neglect— which, 
however  excusable  in  the  few  whom  his 
conduct  in  1812  had  injured,  can  be  hot 
little  defended  in  the  many  whom  that  con- 
duct but  remotely  affected,  and  admits  of  no 
▼indication  whatever  in  the  quarter  for 
which  that  sacrifice  of  party  and  character 
was  made — to  this  neglect  alone  my  remarks 
applied,  and  I  see  no  rfason  whatever  to 
retract  or  sofiben  them.  The  occasion  called 
for  a  strong  lesson  to  the  great  and  pros- 
perous, which  if  I  liad  shrunk  from  giving, 
through  either  fear  or  partiality,  though  i 
might  thereby  have  better  consulted  my 
ease  and  interest,  L  certainly  should  not 
have  been  upon  such  good  terms  with  my 
own  conscience  as  I  feel  at  present." 


Ready  fir  Publication. 

Recensio'  Synoptica  Annotationis  Sacrse, 
being  a  Critiod  Digest  and  Synoptical  Ar- 
cangement  of  the  most  important  Annota- 
tions on  the  New  Testament,  Exegetical, 
Philological,  and  Doctrinal.  By  the  Rev. 
S.  T.  Bloompuld,  M.A.  of  Sidney  College, 
Gamfaridse,  Vicar  of  Bisbrooke  in  Rutland. 

The  Ket.  C  F.  Noland  is  printing  at  his 

Private  presa,  Harmonical  Ghrammars  of  the 
riocipal  Ancient  and  Modem  Languages  ; 
tIz.  the  Greek,  Hebrew,  Chaldee,  Syriac, 
■  and  Samaritan ;  the  Italian,  Spanish,  Por- 
tttguese,  German,  and  Modem  Greek.  Also, 
The  Expectations  formed  by  the  Persians 
that  a  Great  Deliverer  would  appear  about 
the  time  of  Our  Lord's  Advent  demonstrated. 

Death-Bed  Scenes,  and  Pastoral  Conver- 
iations.  By  the  late  John  Warton,  D.  D. 
Edited  by  his  Sons. 

The  Book  of  Churches  and  Sects  ;  or  the 
Opinions  of  all  Denominations  of  Christians 
differing  from  the  Church  of  England,  traced 
to  their  Source  by  an  Exposition  of  the  va- 
rious Translations  and  Interpretations  of  the 
Sacred  Writings. 

Antistites  Religionis.  Observations  upon 
certain  Statements  made  before  the  House 
of  Parliament,  in  the  late  Session,  affecting 
the  Right  of  the  Clergy  to  oppose,  and  the 
Duty  of  the  King  under  the  Coronation 
Oath  to  refuse  the  Admission  of  the  Papists 
to  further  Political  Power.     By  the  Rev. 


George  -  Stonestreet  -  Griffut  Stone- 
street,  LL.B. 

An  Address  to  Landowners,  a  work,  en- 
titled Cora  and  Currency.  By  Sir  James 
Graham,  Bart. 

A  Letter  to  the  Merchants  and  Bankers 
of  London,  &C  with  Elementary  Proposi- 
tions on  the  Currency.  By  Henry  Drum- 
MOND,  Esq.  . 

Practical  Remarks  on  the  effect  of  the 
Usury  Laws  on  the  Landed  Interests,  in  a 
Letter  to  John  Calcraft,  Esq.  M.P.  By  a 
Solicitor. 

N0.XUI.  of  the  Progresses  of  King  James. 

No.  VIII.  of  the  Zoological  Journal, 
concluding  vol.  II.:  containing  papers  by 
Mr.  Yarrell,  F.L.S.,  the  Rev.  Lansdown 
GuUding,  F.L.S.,  Dr.  Leach,  F.R.S.,  Mr. 
Selby,  F.L.S.,  Mr.  Vigors,  F.R.S.,  Mr. 
Bell,  F.L.S.,  the  late  Professor  Peck,  Mr. 
«  S.  B.  Sowerby,  F.  L.  S.,  Mr;  Brayley,  jun. 
A.L.S.,  and  the  Rev.  W.  Kiri)y,  F.R.S. 

Also,  No.  II.  of  Supplementary  Plates  to 
the  Zoolo^cal  Journal. 

Letters  from  Cockney  Lands. 

Old  English  and  Hebrew  PlroveifM  ex- 
plained and  illustrated.  By  Wm.Carfenter. 

A  Review  of  the  Character  and  Writinn 
of  Lord  Byron ;  reprinted  from  the  NorUi 
American  Review. 

A  very  neat  edition  of  Watts's  Hymns, 
with  embellishments,  from  the  mess  of 
J.  Johnson,  Author  of  «  Typograpaia.** 


X  Mr.  Moore,  in  another  part  of  his  prefiux,  mentions  that  the  Duke  of  BeiMuwl  on 
one  occasion  lent  Sheridan  400/.     He  also  mentions,  in  extenuation  of  the 
of  those  who  crowded  to  the  funeral^  that  Mrs.  Sheridw  wrote  letters  to  aost  of 
requesting  their  attendaQCC-^Eo. 


MV.] 


Liittin  hitiHtiHfif; 


44r 


Dr.DiBDiii  if  Mool  tojMiblish  brn^ 
teriptiqa*  •  M»  •ditioB  of  Dmb  SlHibo|Mr« 
TnnilatioB  of  TbonM  i  KtmpU't  lakrtioa 


Statb  Pavba  Otnct.^ 


ofjMMChrbfc. 

Dr.  NoTTALL,  wbott  «c«lht  ofitloM 
of  VtrgiTt  Bocolica  uA  JuvwMTt  Satim 
imoridMalJy  tnatkltd}  hMO  been  to  gono- 
vaUy  apnTowod,  k  pfmring  imr  publieatioa 
ibt  oBtiro  WoftKf  of  HoiACB»  oo  fttimikr 
pUB»  with  a  TvMtase  on  Ljrno  VtisifiGatioBf 
•ad  ft  Scooning  TabU,  oxhibitiiigy  on  Musi- 
col  principlesj  all  (bo  varioot  Motfoo  of 
Honeo.  ^ 

Tbo  MoMic  Precepto  Elocidoud  and  Do- 
iandod.  By  Moses  Btir  Maimom  or  Mai- 
MomDBS.  Tfanslatod  from  (ht  **  MofO 
Ntvocbimr'  and  aecoiMiaiued  wiih  Notts 
and  Dissertatioas,  and  a  LSfc  of  Maimonidts. 
By  James  Townlbt,  D.D.  Author  of  **  Il- 
lustrations of  Biblical  Litaratnre,"  &c:  fico. 

Sk  Elton's  engraved  Spactmens  from  tho 
Armoury  of  Llewelyn  Meyrick»  Eso.  Ft.  II. 

A  Medical  Guide  for  the  Use  of  ClarsT- 
roen  and  Heads  of  Families,  comprising  tne 
Character,  Symptoms,  Canses,  Distinction, 
and  improved  Treatment  of  all  Diseases  in- 
cideat  to  the  Human  Frsme.  Bty  Dr. 
Graham,  of  Croydon. 

A  Metropolitan  Annual  Encyclopmdia. 

A  Dictionary  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology. 
By  H.  W.  Dbwhdrst. 

Sermons  on  the  Ten  Commaadmcnti. 
By  the  Rev.  Johm  Graham,  of  York. 

A  Series  of  entertaining  Stories,  Original 
and  Select,  entitled,  «<  Stanley  Tales."  In 
Monthly  parts. 

Napoleon;  or  the  Mysteries  of  the 
Hundred  Days,  a  Novel.  By  Mrs.  Pbcs, 
Author  of  the  «  Bard  of  the  West." 

The  Revolt  of  the  Bees,  a  Tale,  in  Proee. 

The  Aurora,  a  new  Literary  Annual  Mis- 
cellany. 

Sir  John  Chiverton,  a  Romance. 

Captain  Maitland,  who  commanded  his 
Mijesty's  ship  the  Bellerophon  when  Boo- 
naparte  surrendered  himself,  kept  a  Journal 
of  the  evenU  which  transuired  during  Na- 
poleon's residence  on  board  that  vessel,  be- 
tween the  94  th  of  May  and  the  8th  of  Aug. 
1816;  which,  from  various  causes,  it  hiui 
not  hitherto  been  deemed  advisable  to  give 
to  the  world.  Captain  Maitland  having 
previously  obtained  the  sanction  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's Government,  intends  laying  this  ex- 
trBordtnery  Journal  befors  the  public. 

The  unrolling,  deciphering,  and  printbg 
of  the  HercolMieuffi  MSS.  is  proceeding 
with  more  diligence  than  heretofore,  and 
tlie  following  are  in  the  press,  and  nearly 
ready  for  publication: — ^Two  treatises  on 
Rhetoric,  and  one  on  Ethics,  by  Phylode- 
mns ;  two  on  Nature,  by  Epicurus :  one  by 
Chrysippus,  on  Pr«»vidence.  These  will  bo 
succeeded  by  one  of  Camiscus,  one  of  PoUs- 
trattts,  and  one  of  Eptcums. 


Smna  OteiRiy 
irtred  amongst  tho  nam  of  laHlgeslsd  Bli^ 
Boscripis  in  tho  Stat*  Pliptr  Ofteo,  te 
which  Qoeea  EUtabeth,  and  te  htm  of 
SfneAfier  tno  *  noas.  and  ^^DafesneafWs  ims 
oeen^  oooeened.  Two  ourhMis  AddiwMM 
to  Qottn  EUiabedi,  at  the  palaea  of  Wood- 
stock, bjr  Lawrtnee  Hvanphnjt  Vioo-Chn- 
eellor  of  Oxford  I  the  one  k  the  year  157i» 
and  the  other  in  1575{  also  an  unkpM 
poem,  of  considersbia  sweetness,  in  ptslin 
of  Lord  WUlooghby,  tho  finronrite  of  Q. 
Eliiabedis  and  a  beaotlfiil  Bfissal,  with 
miniature  pahitlngs,  whieh  htlonged  to 
Mary  Qoeen  of  Soots»  and  was  gitan  hj 
her  to  one  of  bar  attendants  tho  nfght  bo* 
foto  bar  execoBOB. 

There  is  also  an  entive  tnailMioB  of  Bo^ 
thhis,  hy  Qoeen  Eliiabethi  tho  proee  k 
the  hand-writinc  of  her  Mijastj's  soerstiiyi 
and  the  whole  <3  tho  poetry  in  the  Qneen's 
own  antogranh.  Ptets  of  a  poetical  tnma* 
taticB  of  Hoiaee,  written  by  tho  Qoaen» 
have  likewise  been  fimnd.  What  is  £»< 
more  Important,  as  hreiafiis  tothohastofy 
of  that  pariod,  nearly  all  tho  docnmenlt 
ooonected  with  tho  evonts  jguil  oocurnd 
during  the  laign  of  Hevy  Vm.  MeehOly 
tho  King^s  vafkms  divotiea,  have  ukawiso 
been  brought  to  fight;  jparticidarly  the 
whole  case  of  Catharine  Howard.  It  ia 
faitended  to  submit  these  Utarary  and  histo- 
lioal  rrlios  to  his  Mijasty. 

RoMAMeoi  Lawooaob. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Bristol  Litaaiy  and 
Philosophical  S«^,  bald  April  t7,  n 
paper  was  read  by  the  Rov.  John  Eden,  oo 
the  History  and  Chafaoter  of  the  Romanseh 
Language,  as  it  is  spoken  in  the  country  of 
the  Orisons.  The  writer  detailed  th^  sub- 
stance of  a  conversation  which  he  had  en- 
Jored  with  two  Rhsetian  fcbokrs  on  the 
subject,  and  took  a  review  of  the  sentiments 
of  others  who  have  directed  their  attention 
to  the  enquiry,  particularly  Joseph  Plai^ 
and  two  learned  friends.  Members  of  the 
Institution,  who  had  fitvomed  him  with 
their  opinions  respecting  It.  At  the  dose 
of  his  paper  he  adverted  to  the  scanty  and 
imperrect  materials  which  Uie  Orisons  coun- 
try has  hitherto  afforded  ^  student,  who 
would  devote  a  portion  of  his  leisure  to  die 
language  of  this  interesting  region.  Ho 
had  learned,  however,  from  Matthew  Con- 
radi.  Minister  of  Andecr,  in  the  valley  of 
the  Hinter-Rbein,  and  auth^  of  a  Ro- 
manseh Grammar  and  Dictionary,  that 
there  are  in  the  country  other  sources  of 
improvement  if  they  were  more  aocemibla  to 
the  student.  Amooc  these  he  mentioned 
the  yet  unpublished  MSS.  of  the  daceesed 
lAiubmmann  Charles  Ulysses  Von  Sails 
Von  Marschlins,  which  consist  of  ibur 
paru :  the  first  of  theee  oontuns  the  his- 
tory of  tho  lengnagai  the  itpoBd  its  origm. 


lUft 


LUerary^  Intettigmce.—AnHqvariim  Researches. 


[M«3«. 


geoiust  uiA  lukfioo  -to-  oUler  laoguaget ; 
jbo  -third  treat!  of  thelitemtora  found  init ; 
jwd  the  fourth  and  laat  notioea  the  poetical 
^cmpta  which  have  been  made  in  this  laoi- 
^guage.    Besidea  these,  he  spoke  of  a  col- 
^Mction  <^  mannscript  remarks  and  sugget- 
■tions  wludh  had  been  transmitted  to  him  by 
.the  learned  linguist  Baron  Von  Hum1}oldt9 
.  in  which  are  introduced  the  etymologies  of 
many  Romansch  words,  the  derivation  of 
,  which  had  been  before  unnoticed.     He  re> 
.marked  of  both   theee  works^  that  they 
well  deserved  to .  be  printed  on  account  of 
Iheir  valuable  contents.     **  I  cannot  help 
,e3Cpressii^fthope,"  observed  the  writer  of 
the  memoir,  "  that  tliey  may  yet   make 
.iheir  appearance,  aa  they  teem  likely  to 
a^ord  far  greater  facilities  than  are  at  pre- 
.  sent  possessed,  for  the  cultivation  of  a  Ian- 
.guage  which  is  spoken  in  so  eraad  and  is- 
terestinc  a  portion  of  the  conredeimted  Can- 
tons of  Helvetia,— 4t  district  in  which  there 
.may,  perhaps,  be  lying  hid  many  composi- 
tions of  supdrior  merit,  and,  in  particular, 
!  BMoy  poetical  effusions,  deicribing,  with  the 
fuie  jmrenzy  of  inspiration,  the  sublimities 
of  its  noUe  soenery,  and  the  heroism  of  its 
patriot,  d^enders." 

Ventriloquism. 

M.  Alexandre,  after  hawing  for  about  15 

Mrs  exhibited  iu  moat  of  the  countries  of 

£iirope  his  astonishing  powers  of  ventri- 

.  loquism,  and  his  scarcely  leas  wonderful 

&cu]t|r  of  assuming  various  characters  at 

will,  has  retired  into  private  life.     He  took 

leave  of  the  publick  at  Drary-lane  Theatre, 

.  May  S3.    His  Alb»m,  of  which  he  is  Justly 

■  pnMid,  is  eariobed  with  testimoaials  of  admi- 


ration and  res])eet  from  mai^  f>f 'the  most 
loekfbtated  persons  for  rank  or  abilitiea,  in 
^e  different  countries  he  has  vbtted. 

Captain  Henry  Kater  states,  that  oo  Sun» 
day  evening,  the  4  th  February,  he  observed 
•  luminious  spot  in  the  dare  part  of  the 
rttoon,  which  he  ascribes  to  the  eruption  of 
■a  volcano.  Its  appearance  was  that  of  a 
small  nebula )  its  brightness  very  variable  ; 
a  luminous  point,  like  a  small  vCar  of  the 
sixth  or  seventh  magnitude,  ytoM  suddenly 
appear  m  its  centre,  and  as  juddaoly  disap- 
pear, and  these  changes  would  sometimes 
take  plaee  in  the  course  of  a  few  seconds. 
On  the  evening  of  the  6th  he  again  ob- 
served it ;  it  had  become  more  fiunt,  and  the 
star-like  appearance  less  frequent.  The  dis- 
tance of  tne  voleano  from  the  edge  of  ^ 
moon  was  about  one-tenth  of  her  diameter. 
In  a  map  of  the  moon,  published  by  Dr. 
Kitchener,  there  is  a  mountMu  sufficiently 
near  the  situation  of  the  volcano,  to  au- 
thorise the  sttppositi(m  that  they  may  be  iden- 
ticil.  On  the  7th  the  volcano  was  still  visible. 

At  a  sale  of  a  small  cabinet  of  Plemi^ 
and  Dutch  pictures,  by  Mr.  Christie,- the 
■  frilowing  were  the  prieee  given  :•— An  Inte- 
rior, by  Ostade,  545gs. ;  a  View  in  the  In- 
terior of  the  City  of  Cologne,  van  der 
Heyde,  4>16gs.;  a  Qeographer  porsmng  his 
studies  by  candle-Iignt,  Gward  Douw, 
SOOgs.;  a  Conversation  of  two  figures,  F. 
Van  Mieris,  S95g8.;  Landscape,  Botfae, 
9&0gs.;  small  Landsci^,  Wyaants,  255gs.;  a 
Lady  returning  firom  marliet,  Maas,  it5cs. 
Morning  Scene,  Berghem,  S76gs.|  a  Vil- 
lage Scene,  Isaac  Ostade,  646ga. 


ANTIQUARIAN  RESEARCHES. 


Society  op  Antiquaries. 

Jpril  6,  The  Earl  of  Aberdeen,  Presi- 
dent, in  the  chair. 

A  drawins  ttf  a  Sword  found  in  Bosworth- 
field,  was  exhibited  to  the  Society. 

Blr.  Ellis  exhibited  to  the  Society  the 
gold  medal  which  the  son  or  grandson  of 
John  Heme,  one  of  the  Counsel  for  Arch- 
bishop Laud  at  his  trial,  caused  to  be  struck 
from  some  gold  coin,  which  the  Archbishop 
gave  him,  with  his  blessing,  jiut  before  his 
decapitation.  Mr.  Heme  had  this  done,  in 
order  that  the  remembrance  of  the  way  in 
which  the  gold  came  into  his  fiunily  might 
not  be  lost,  nor  the  money  itself  expended. 
These  and  other  historical  particulars  re- 
lating to  tlic  medal,  were  detailed  in  a  letter 
firom  Mr.  Ellis  to  the  President,  which  was 
read  to  the  Society.  The  medal  came  into 
Mr.  £.*s  hands  from  a  person  who  offiered  it 
for  sale  at  the  British  Museum. 

Mr.  Ellis  also  communicated  transcripts 
firom  two  original  letters,  one  from  Sir  Wil- 
liam Cecil,  sfterwards  Lord  Burleigh,  to  the 
Vice  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Cam- 
bridge^  dated  Westminster,  April  i,  1 5tfO  j 


and  the  other  from  Queen  Elixabeth  to 
Cecil,  which  he  had  eodoaed  to  the  Vice- 
Chancellor  in  the  former,  and  requested  that 
it  might  be  returned  to  him.  Both  these 
letters  reUted  to  the  care  taken  by  liia 
Queen  and  her  Counsellors  to  recoaeile  the 
members  of  the  University  to  the  jmw  order 
of  things  with  which  her  feign  eommeneed. 
A  list  is  directed  to  be  kept  of  woithy  and 
deserving  scholars,  in  order  that  they  nay 
iecei%'e  preferment  from  the  Queen. 

jlpril  IS.  Henry  HaUam,  Eaq.  V4P.  in 
the  chair. 

J.  A.  Repton,  Esq.  commimicaled  a  pa- 
per, illustrated  with  drawii^a,  on  tks  dif- 
foent  fiMhions  of  wearing  tike  beard  suad 
mostachoes,  prevalent  at  diSarent  titws, 
chiefly  m  the  sixteenth  and  levfiUmnth 
centuries.  This  is  a  curiona  and  iiitnaetai^ 
paper;  ia  which  aiw  citad  mumy  paaaagr" 
from  old  pl^rs  and  other  aoarce  vorka*.  in 
expUnatiott  of  the  progreascra  variafeMMi  of 
the  fiuhioq,  and  of  the  tonm  of  apaech  de- 
rived fcon  it,  and  the  icgavd  in  whidh  llie 
beard  was  held  in  former  agaa. 

JpriliO.  The  Prcaklent  ia  tha  dvir. 


IStft] 


JiUuiuariim  famnhei. 


The  rMding  of  Mr.  lUptoo'i  jptptr  wm  rt- 
•omed  and  concluded* 

Mn  4.  HndsoB  Ckmtj,  Btq.  V.P.  n 
the  Chair. 

Meem.  RvmMI,  fiiidge*  ted  Wmdeil 
hj  the  bewb  of  Mr.  Bilk*  whilMMd  the 
heed  and  foot  of  a  Croiler,  taid  to  hftTe  be- 
longed to  a  BUhop  of  Chaftretf  who  lived 
aboat  the  year  940.  The  head  wae  ena* 
nielled  with  four  portloDS  of  tht  hbtoiy  of 
DavM;  aiid  the  Ibllowiog  words  were  1n- 
•cribed  underoeath  :  **  Frater  WUUdmui 
mefieUr  An  illusninated  dnwli^  of  tbeee 
reliqurt  wic  also  ekhthited. 

A  paper  wae  ifA^  On  the  plaoe  where 
Csrtar  hnntod  in  Britain;  \m  MfjorRenoell. 

Mr.  Ellis  coramunicated,  in  a  letur  to 
the  Prraident,  a  transoripl  of  a  plMi  Hfi 
estahUshinff  n  UnirerMtjr  in  Londen,  pre-' 
seoted  to  Queen  Elirabethy  by  Sir  Hupiphry 
Gilbert. 

EovrnAN  HiKnoGLYniicf. 

Professor  ^ejffarth,  editor  of  the  papers 
of  the  late  Professor  Spohn*  eonUuning  hie 
researches  into  the  aotient  Egyptian  inodee 
of  writing,  to  which  ha  was  led  by  the  Ro- 
sette Inscription,  has  extended  hie  re- 
seaithee  to  the  hieroglyphies,  properly  en 
called  4  and  proves  by  atohabet  and  ubie 
writing,  that  the  hier(M;lTphics  in  general 
are  nothing  more  than  wtters  omameotedf 
aecofding  to  a  principle  of  calligraphy,  and 
that  they  are  the  ornamental  hieniCic  letters  t 
and  it  further  ejppcan  fai  ^e  se^nd*  that  all 
theohamctefs,  both  demotic  (or  pepnUr)  and 
hieratic  (or  priestly]  originated  im  the  roost 
ancient  PheniriaA  alphabet.  Spojhft*  in- 
deed, in  decipheriug  tl)e  Rosetta  Inicrip- 
tion,  had  t«»  set  out  with  the  demotic  and 
lilcratir  letters,  whereas  hitherto  the  en- 
quirert  had  slMravs  taken  the  bull  by  the 
horn«,  and  begun  with  the  hieruglyphics. 
Champollinn's  mf>de  of  decipheriog  the 
hierogl)phics  cou*d  only  eupbin,  with  pro- 
bability, single  proper  names.  This  new 
mode  of  decipheriiig  must  excite  the  atten- 
tion of  all  tne  learned  In  Earope ;  and  is 
now  published  in  the  Latin  langnage,  with 
d6*  lithographic  plates. 

Old  Sarum  and  Stonihsnos. 

In  the  5tli  book  of  Diodorus,  the  Sici- 
lian (who  lived  in  the  time  uf  Julias  Caesar 
and  the  reign  of  Augustus,  and  about  sixty 
yrars  before  the  advent  of  our  Saviour), 
it  is  stated,  *'  amongst  tho&e  tliat  have 
written  stories,  much  like  Etbles,  are  Heca- 
topus  and  some  others,  who  say,  that  there 
is  an  inland  in  the  ocean,  over  against  Gaul, 
where  the  Ilyperbureaas  inhabit;  Latina 
was  bom  there,  and  therefore  they  worship 
Apollo  (the  sun)  above  all  other  gods, 
daily  tinging  praises  to  his  honor,  and 
hence  the  inhabitants  so  demean  themselves, 
as  if  they  were  Apollo's  priests.    They  have 

Girr.  Mao.  May,  1 8S0. 


449 

a  etntely  mve  ud  %  nmienei  TempU  ^  a 
dkretikrjbmt  iMafetiM  with  many  rioh 
gSfb.    TlMyh«vnc2so«  afy«eiiaief«taf  to 
ihiigod,  whose  eitiions  are  aioet  of  them 
harpers,  who  e^i^  lht  Moad  hymns  tm 
Apil)o9  i9  ihf  temper    l>pi4NH«ii»  to 
the  eloee  coMieei^  esistii^  baivaen  tDair 
mstoms  and  rellgiovii  ritea,  •»&  fbott  of 
Gaol,  IModoms  adds,  «<  Aara  am  fikewM 
among   them   phikeophan    and   dlvfaMit 
whom  they  ealled  Saromdet,  who  era  held  i^ 
great  vtoeralkm  tad  asteom,  thrm^  whoiii 
they  priient  their  di«nk-ofibrtii|^  to  ^ 
dei^i    thtm  DrvtdSr  or  Barii  ape  ohevafl 
both  hi  peaee  and  war."     Tbb  vdaal4i| 
fragment  of  antionhy  d&ieloeet  tbt  teleicM^ 
ing  fiMt  of  the  cziitaBeein  tfibblaad,  ibovi 
f  000  years  ago,  of  a  Oinular  Trajpir,  cf 
a  Cit^  dedieaUd  to  the  Simi  and  qmr  tbt 
immediate    snperintendeaoa   of  Bprda   ff 
Dmids,  ealled  Sanmidm,    Now  ShvoUm-  It 
a  Oreek  patroimnie, .  con^joeed  of  Sira^ 
and  Ides,  the  onpriag  of,  or  depeodaata  6^ 
Saroo,  which  latter  vnurd  b  thna  defiaa^hj^. 
Biyant:— ^<  ^ar.  Is  a  roek  or  prooMioCDryv 
on  whieh  temples  ware  ereetea,  and  daao* 
minated  9ar-On,  from  the  dai^  the  8aa» 
to  whom  svch  templas  were  sacred.     H^ 
groves,  or  rather  hillc,  of  aaeiaat  oaks  weM 
a'so  named  Saroo,  from  a  like  dadloatioa  to 
the  same  deinr.   Heaoa  Uie  Sanmianfiinr 
in  Greece."    Is  it  diffettk  thta  to  assign  t 
locality  to  these  coqjecturti  of  Hecauaov 
and  Diodoms  ?     A  cireular  tcmt^e  aerre^ 
by   priesta   denominated  StmB-ides,  firott 
some  sacred  hill  or  prowoatoiy  orillod  Sar- 
On,  a  name  derived  from  an.exdoaiva  dedU 
cation  to  Solar  worship,  wSH  meat  and  meet* 
alone  in   that  conaty  where  the    ancient 
Saron  still  presemes  ita  appelktion  under 
its  Latiu  termination  of   **  Sarum,"    aad 
hence  both  that  monnt  abd  the  perplejiiiig 
remnant    of  antiquity    a^oiolng     (Stdae- 
henge)  need  no  longer  oecuj^  the  etejac- 
ture  of  the  curious,  as  to  their  oljac^  age, 
or  ancient  use. 

Roman  AnTiftoiTwa. 

Letters  from  Rome  say,  thai  Messrs. 
Sabastido  del  Mato  and  F.  C^mmsl,  dealers 
in  antiquities,  having  undertaken  some  ex- 
cavations, thirty-four  miles  from  Rome,  on 
the  ina  Salaria,  had  fortunately  discovered 
some  statues  of  the  muses,  much  resembling 
those  found  at  the  close  of  the  elghteantn 
century,  in  the  Tiburtine  territon.  They 
arc  Melpomene  (the  head  of  Vrnich  wai 
found  last  year),  Polyhymnia,  Erato,  and,  it 
is  thought.  Calliope.  Among  them  was  a 
superb  serfii-colossal  head,  supposed  to  bo 
that  of  Sappho,  vrell-diaerving  to  be  in  such 
company.  Two  odier  stfitues  were  fboad, 
but  it  is  not  agreed  wl^  they  nppipsM^: 
one  may  be  Uranuu  GrMt  hopn^  pn  enter- 
tained of  finding  the.w|iid^p^^i||P^9/of 
Jupiter  aad  MneBXMja^. 

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U^tmak  ac  111,  'tu  an.  April  Hj^pearay  flfiaur 

F«r  she  hintiBi  fi«s  itf^  is.  die  mufas  «^  Jmtntt  Otmtim 


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Y(Ct  «{>riM<fti  ft^  c&i!  bum'*  mifs^f  aane : 


Vic  bwk  MBwriptQ^  q«ll  MM  (B*  aw-         Mr.  Uhik.  .4prai|. 

^mciafiT^  AMONO  oth.t  Will..,  wUoli,  «  hiiit- 

QdLB  otbna  n«tWM<n  n^^Cdiw  iapvit  I  qu»t>  I  conmibnisaud  to  Mr.  A.  WitWt 

-      — ■ fur  liu  L;i«t»nr  SoDTenil,  wi»  lliB  tiillowlttg. 

llr  UBiiUfd,  bowcvo,  the  fnldclla  tUnui 
■liji— I  muiuit  cooMln.        R.  Potwii*i.l. 

THE  OLD  OAK. 
"  QAK  ot  uUI  time  I  Tlij  )wu;  cr«t 
V««tri  qiu  Jabitk  Bmu'mt  nwlitiM.  Siill  ■»»•>  luruu  thii  dim  •)»]•— 

AarMdUS«lidiM|MDani,luMiutiipat*ddaB,      Su  lisctiim)  from  tb«  lainuan  WeH  ! 

Arma,  both  ittu*,  hispUIiiBqH  booiui.  llii*  liind  my  SiiM  Ui]'  (umnwr-tlud*  I 

V«a  ulBi  tbrtti.  quUnu  «t  Ttnu  Aaflii*  ,  Oft  lu.c  I  wMwd  th;  bruchni  U». 

tirtw,  'Hi;  >intrr  gloani,  tn  clwrlih  )(iisf  1 

Urt.  tipvoiai;  tu  (lie  Tirnsl  lir, 

YouDg  Jojr  ll*»  bright  from  leif  to  ld>(. 
*''"•  „      .  ,1  nucbl,  wliio  fini  I  dnw  nil  biiMh, 

Vg.,  <|i.ihu.MtoordiIUx,IW«|»«l«f,  rh^  i,^„  ^hUi-rlBg.  fco^  o.  hirb ! 

Nolit*.  wnbitia  pspd™  "'  *•■*  ■•  "™"  M«t  lh«  i*ni>  ini.rmura  •uutli  mt  <)uth, 

GiUia.  pro  liWadtripiuqiM  iQa.  AaJ  oiiDi-I. -ilh  my  tint  ligh!" 

Nm  ntnhH  M  quuqDun,  idao  nnyban,  , 

Qood  Bisu  ut  iptiu,  nilillaqii*  radii :      T^l>u  Utmanj  if IktRn.  J.  B-Buxar-Lf, 
TfM  intti  iMnici, — witMltcai  quatnr,  ntn  q^^ArrviiItiTy. 

IpHcgo  HdntM  TM,  b*bibM|DC  ikbo.          IVHEN  Blmewiv  dwd,  thi  «ku  uTVir- 
FfimiuB,  in  utKtw,  at  torn  docabo  twri ;        *  *           („,  ,1,^  [j«4d  j 
TliciM  piHiuui  tMn  ihaii  on  *D)l»lm  lb* 
-L  ofCtriaiii  ftniD  the  ^ood  uid 


liu,  Uati.  irgmiu,  lavaiog,  tod  ban  aMti 

ladH.  DidkiniagpiUiiMduoraiuaU 

•|Mi, — la  mf*  tuer*  t  If  ibudw*  DBifboUd,  ntnfia'd,' 

I  pariite,— lUU,— braa.  Whioh  ipolM  tb*  m)  UlDp  rf»  miod 

td  dennm  (pniu  aba-  Kuicb'd  ftom  Kttan  with  wA  noM 


Kuich'd  ftom  Natnti  with  ndi  |hiiiiim 


Et  quno  infunabo  cunqDa,  Gmliimt  ah. 
Nm  IMDcrt  bn:  dixi,  XK  hue  Kcwliu,  laatl, 

Et  ede*  k  Jbto  tn>  DunMrMc  gndin. 
A^nnii  tu,  toUi  u|rat,^ 

To  (U,— 'ot  Uteri  huic  cludiie  utnaqut  Bj  cglton  mta'aMfal  taowMp  wmuhli. 

PcrquUB  bme  egrept)   1  IbH  digtaouan  If  toU  imwtwitd  b  Moh  DOU*  phot, 

dnirmm                                       [nimi.  That  gnc*  tba  ChrtMits  (od  (ult  lb*  nu  j 

Suot  quanim  et  ilndiaiii  poacit,  et  lOse-  If  piaty  that  oobU  it*  ■aimtb  im(wt, 

PeniUuliacipitiideOM,  maacurdmnenfi,  And  teach  the  '  (nu  ileMpMi^ljhe  HhtI/ 

Et  fore  promilto  voa  aliquudo  dueee.  Cu  etiU  the  reteraue  nf  luo  daaund : 

Armaviroa  IbcicDt,  ToaBWt.iimul  armaga-  Blikiwit'i  fimi  chanctei  lUJi  enr  itMd 

ntii.  High  OD  thy  rscorde,  Salop  '.  and  bii  umi 

Sciibatia,  jubao,  protinaxtmi^rrei,-  Deiuod  from  tbaa  aCnwa  of  citSc  baeji 

Hlclega,utef>riclama^i,Rciniiaf;idamqiM  Yoiu  gratitiMla   ahiU  Dwk  Ua  wall-epal 

Tu  rapatai,  Suntiit  nuaiet,  utrtqua  inaau.  jm, 

"  " '""  AndlNtaloMapaiaiyofpMte. 

To  Edward  Hodou  Btitt,  Biq.  ILjt. 

n'rUlen  for    tht    HiSMOHiC   Soc«T*   in  On  liii  Group  at  llu  Exhihtitut, 

Eiettr.  TTHOM  Foetiy  Art  iupiratioa  drawi, 

TO  Apollo  and  Bacchiu,  we  raite  tb*  glad  Whiljt  Art  ftom  Po«cj  nmnaiidi  ip- 

*          eoBKl  Pl*«" 
To  Apollo  and  Bacchu  due  houonn  b 
Sicca  with  wine,  minh,  aad   miu 

Tn  the  Gode  of  the  feail  lat  oui 
WhcD  the  chuma  of  •■ 

h««S  ,     .  . _ 

The  rich  Juice  of  tha  grape  (hall  fmh  vigaot  •  See  our  Ofailuaij  for  April,  p,  aat. 

And  whcs  wine,  roay  wioa,  fille  with  gl«  .f.  |tfr.  B.'t  aiaidooue   att«alioni  on  tu 

erery  tout,                                   [bowL  praiaewoithy  ioititntiaDa,    «ifll  aod   acd*- 

Wa  aad  nutic  ehall  taften  and  bmUdw  tb*  fuatic. 

To  Apollo  u>d  Bacchu>,  &c.  J  Hiii*tittuMlB  tb«ffMo>7i>rSbr**i- 

Exttrr,  May  10.              £■  T.  PoMM.  bu^. 


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t    ««    1  [M.y. 

HISTORICAL  CHRONICLE. 
PROCEEDINGS   IN    PARLIAMENT. 

Horn  OF  Lords,  AprU^b,  to  him*  he  woulJ  %y^\j  it  bj  tncmsine  th« 

%  UpoD  the  moving  of  the  Order  of  the  represeotBtioos  of  the  cocrn:ies  and  lar^r 

"bvj  fat  the  committa]  of  the  M«njuis  of  towns.    The  principle   which    he   recom- 

LHudofm't  Small  Noti  Bill,    the  £arl  mended  hid  heeo  lupported  mzA  unctroneJ 

of  LixerpoU  exnresied  his  approbatioa  of  1>7  the  concnrrin;;anchOT>ities  of  Lord  Chub- 

Uie  principle  or  the  measure,  but  objected  *™>  ^^^-  ^^^U  aod  Mr.  Fox.     He  wnuld  re- 

to  the  6iml  adbpcioo   of  an  arrangement  JOumI  the  Ho3se  of  the  wor^  of  the  hsc, 

which  nnuty  more  or  less,  affect,  or  be  '°  ITS.i,  in  sopport  «f  the  measuie  whicS 

affected  by  the  scnte  f4  the  Corrency  of  ^  recommended.     .\t  that  period  Mr.  V^t. 

Seodaod   and  Ireland,  before  the  House  g>^  it  as  his  adrice,  that  they  should  not 

had  reeeircd  the  reports  of  the  Scottish  P°'l  down  the  fabric  of  their  constltat:oa  : 

and  Irish  Committees  appointed  to  ioves-  thev  thonid  examine  it  with  care  and  &t- 

tigate  the  subject.     He  concluded  by  mov-  tention ;  renewing  where  it  ought  to  be  rv- 

iag  as  an  amendment,  that  the  Bill  be  com-  Dewed,  and  repairing  where  it  oi^t  to  he 

nutted  in  three  mooths. — ^The  Marquis  of  Kpaired.    Hb  Lordship  went  orer  che  ssoal 

Larudown  acquiesced  in  the  reasonableness  ^"^  of  argument  on  this  subject,  and  eoa- 

of  the  ground  laid  for  the  amendment ;   aod  eluded  br  moving,  *'  that  the  present  state 

■Aer  a  few  words  firum  the  Earb  of  Lau-  ^  the  Heprcsentation  requires  the  serous 

SerdaU,  Limeriek,  and  Rmlyrat^  and  the  Lard  considermtion  of  the  House."  —  Mr.  Den- 

CkmteeUor,  it  was  carried  without  a  division.  ^Ufc"  strenuously  opposed  the  motioD.     He 

■  said  that  the  consistent  principles  upon  whicK 
In  the  Hooss  or  Commons,  the  same  the  Government  of  the  country  were  con- 
day,  Mr.  G.  Lamb  moved  for  leave  to  bring  ducted  should,  in  his  opinion,  be  referred  to 
m  m  Bill  to  allov  the  assistance  of  edunsel  the  constitution  of  thu  House.  He  was 
to  persons  charged  with  Fdony ;  the  mo-  D<>t  blind  to,  or  nnconsdous  t^,  certain  in- 
tion  gate  rise  to  a  debate  of  vcrv  great  consistencies.  He  was  not  Insensible  of 
length,  and  of  unusual  interest. — The  prin-  certain  incongruities  which  existed  at  pre- 
cipal  speakers  were,  beside  Mr.  Lajnt,  Mr.  "^ot,  but  he  much  feared  that  in  such  com- 
JeAa  ffVliamM^  Mr.  H.  Ttria,  Mr.  Scrn^  pHcated  machinery,  by  nmknig  an  effort  at 
ietty  Mr.  Dotman^  and  Mr.  Broughamf  who  miprorement,  he  should  destroy  that  which 
supported  the  motion.  The  Attorney  and  **•  ■bo*^  valuable.  He  marked,  with  the 
Solicitor  General,  and  Measn.  Tindalj  Peel,  oohle  Lord,  (Lord  J.  RuaseH}  the  :ncon- 
and  Cuming  opposed  it.  The  motion  was  ▼eniencies  of  the  present  system :  but  he 
rejected  upon  a  dtvision  by  a  mijority  of  ^^  o^^t  nrepared  to  come  up  to  the  same 
105  to  86.  resolts^he  was  not  prepare*!  with  hrm  to 

^  destroy  the  fabric  of  the  Constitution.  That 

u  ^  ^    •.  ^^  fobrie  was  constructed  with  maev  obiects. 

Hot-..  OF  CoMMOMS.  Apnl  96.  „j  ft,,  ^„^  ^p^^    ,,  ^  .i.  e^ 

Mr.  Hume  and  Mr.  Bright  pressed  for  with  the  single  design  of  rai^  viibmuty 

information  respectmg  the  Burmese   war,  —it  still  retamed  the  basM  of  its  oriiriimi 

which  the  latter  described   as   scandalous  nature  and  Gothic  origin.     He  sCiU  viewed 

and  unprovoked.— Mr.   C.  ff'ynn,   in   an-  it  with  adminitinn  and  vkh  we,  nd  wouM 

swer,  flUted  that  he  did  not  think  the  pre-  not  suffer  it  to  be  touched  bv  the  haack  of 

sent  a  fit  opportunity   for  discussing  the  Reform,  however  spectooa.  fCheenJ — Mr. 

menu  of  the  Burmese  war ;  but  that  an  Hothnuse    supported    the     motaon    in    a 

oecasion  would  present  itself  diiriar   the  speech    of   uncommon    afaificv. Load 

progress  of  the  Bill  for  defraymg  the  ex-  Gotver  said  he  would  &irly  avo«  hie  deter- 

pense  of  the  additional  Naval  force  to  be  mination  to  oppose  thn  psapiMaJ  ipadci  of 

employed.  reform,  because  he  was  inByhMtiTd^  if 

'  carried  into  operation  it  wnuU  eihefe  the  de-> 

April  f  7.     Lord  John  Russell  brought  struetion  of  the  bosC  vnluibln  i 

forward  a  motion  for  PsRLiAMENTiiiiY  Re-  of  the  country. — Mr.fK  ~ 

roBiff.    The   plan   which  he  proposed  for  could  wish  more  than  h 

consideration  at  present,  would  cot   differ  ledge  ftdvacce,  and  im 

lirom  that  to  whic:i,  upon  former  occasions,  but  he  consi^red  the  ni 

he  had  called  their  attention.     He  would  fol  in  iu  resulu,  as  to  .. 

take  a  liundred  Members   from  the  small  adopt  it  as  •  legaUvn    _  .^ 

Boroughs,  which  he  would  allow  to  return  House  divided:  "•Ayun  IU;  Binti  M7; 

but  one  each  ;  and  this  nxle  being  conceded  Majority  agaiasl  the  BotioB  U4. 


Tbc  BwK  Caurrui  AHiMMtiirr  Ki 

«U  MMft  iUrd  thN  (Mi  [lUM*. 

Tba  SpBtHs  Otni  BiLl,  ««t  loM  -     ' 


(nMTort 

tb-Jd  In 


45S 

iniiilpd  thit  Ola   nunepi   of  ttu 
idU  (onipMy  ihouM  be  prtriomlj 
rd    ti>    Psrriimniur^  niniinntioa. 
fir  tk*  third  n»ABg  bjr  ■  mijoillj      nir.  /f 'ynn,  in  wimr,  •taxed  tliM  ■  luml 
fiirif,  in  (id  nf  t)ie  tnlllUiy  uptniiDiu  tn 

luhti,  1»d  DOt  bmn  (rnutrmphtrd  in  llw 

;liuwti  Midi  lliei>- 

for  ngiilHing  tha 

Dietboil  la  which  (he  iipencu  of  tliit  ur- 

\kt  "tie  lo  lie  dcfnjed,  wu  twcoine  o*- 


Ap-ii  vs.   Mr.Hpniif  H'     , 
pMiiiuDi.  uns  can|il*iatng  of  th*  eksliuion      Ehi 
-uf  ih«  HoM*N  Cimotici  frcxn  oorpont*     ' 
«Ae«,  tnd  tlw  nltiar  ottht  •lalntton  aftlie 
I;  of  Uimrrifk,  >nMain|t  odIj  ihM  thf]' 
«  Ublr.  ud  menins  the 
»for  B  fulartncoulDB.'Mr.  Daw- 
mn,  u  >  ni]'  CMignid  ind  (rpinientakiH 
(MBch,   conieiHbd,  tliM  lh«  ftclwion  al 
Jlnws  Cttliolic*  •••<  B0(  ■  riolMioa  of  (li< 
«*Mj  of  LiBMriek.     Tlul  trntj  MlmilM«d 
riu(  ibflT  mn  M  Mint  ill  ih«  privikgH  of 
which   ■^  ..... 


riiieh  liitj  •CM  is  poHrHion  in  th«  rtlga      Kith  bli  uciutamtd  Mpiril)  of  th*  ■gricut 
<f  CWIhII.i  but  he  cduM  iihuv  tli*t  ibfj      tui^  inunit,  ud  UUibuUd  to  tlic  Cut 


Hnuii  or  L»iiiii,  Sfny  1. 

Lord  Kiif  prewnud  >  petlcl'iD  from  tli* 

rDKui  of  Minchdtcr.  pttjiog  An  *  repM> 

>F  ibe  Coiiu  Li't.     liif  Boblc  LukI  iiioIh 

:ril)  of  th*  ■gricut- 


did  Bit  "jnj  ihi-  piivi! 
Ht  lAac  ihr  Kniniuiu 
thouM   bo  adBiitted  M  ■ 


t4li«a  tha  n^ulu  u^hi.    And,  funhar,  IW 
■       ■  '      -JrltkK 


itier,  in  WU'-' :,  ■    i;.  ii.luuim      opli 

of  tba  Honv  of  <  .im^mmi  >>.>  i[^i:>uii)iftaat      fun 
to  ionlidM*  ■  Niltiua  mU]'.  «iul  llutt  lb*      ' 


«  nf  >  IT*!  in  Vu-  Ltai  tba  tKiitioe  diiCrciMi  in  tbt  nottberi 

■Jiinenl  that  comitlH. — Th«  Muqiiiii  of  Latwhim  intl- 

nuiF  nf  Cum-  aitied.  ibat  tha  Corn  !««  could  hax  but 

e  no  pinaru  ■  inull  ihua  in  ptodiwing  [ho  diilKu  1b 

who  bid  pot  tin  itumu&ciurlog  diitr'.cHt  nhich,  lie  iM, 


jld    h*    >ufficlcilllT    UCC 

moled  fur  hj  iIm 

>i-tndlni  or  tha  lul 

jw,  and  bj  tliB 

uum  Ukan  r.r    lh< 

rtnulmioo  uf  tb« 

I,  that  Puliamrnt  wu  bouad  ti>  *f- 

ni>  diiacl  paeuniirj  nrllaf  tu  tbc  •nf- 

-Tbt   Cut  uf  Liiirpaol  dejirtotttd 

lotitioo    uT  th*    nobU    Muqda, 

witbuut  piooadani  Id 


of  Mr.  OovKNt,  c 


Upoi 


I  them 


>>M0  mwU.  He  DKrcrrrd  to  ttlati  iha  di- 
RCl  nliaf  rai|uiied  h;  k  rnluolarj  lulacrip- 
tinn  ;  and,  lliuugh  be  ennfciiad  that  it  aw* 

iiuFnctimn  to  tit*  operation  of  tlw   Cora 
m  for  the  third  readiofC  of      l^vi,  nlM  u  ih<  ei&rt  of  thai*  Ian  vould 


Ihelarw.HAl.  Juinci  Bill,  Mr.  J.  Smi/A 
coptidrred  the  «j>i«m  oF  Fotico  in  London 
defectiie  in  not  hiring  a  Board  10  which 
the  indi'iduti  Magiitratei  might  report  their 
pmceedingi.  —  Mr.  Prti  laivartd,  that  it 
would  be  an  interpolation  between  them  ud 
the  Secietvj  of  State  far  the  Hime  Depart- 
meni  injurinui  tu  the  public  aerrice.  He 
thought,  hoverer*  tome  adraotage  might 
be  dcritcd  from  a  local  eateoiioa  of  tba 
Folicc. 
On  the  third  readini;  of  the  Cmalno- 


aggravate  diilraat,  be  iha>u{ht  Pir< 
ji.inrai  ought  nul  to  leparat*  without  gir- 
M^K  til  Miniilen  tha  power  to  •inpaod  ibam. 
—The  Earli  of  Malmnlvry,  Gntmnar,  and 
L'ljidrritate,  ^tBppnnrrd  of  tha  Ulempt  to 
if(.r»1  [l:e  Lorn    L>»t   lij  1  lide  -rnd;    lliey 

opinion  that  the  maauliietnm*  cuuld  gain 
bf  toy  meuurc  likelj'  to  depreu  tb«  agri- 
cultural Lnlereit.  and  the  lait  aicribed  with- 
out beilutiun  all  tha  diitreuai  sf  tba  coan* 


•uted,  that  the  Ciimmiiii 

liitentlj  with  the  iotemti  of  the  partia 
affected  hj  it.  Ht  had  cnmmuoicated  with 
the  Duke  of  Bedford  and  tha  Marqnii  of 
Eieter  on  th*  luhjecl  of  widening  tha  Strand 
oppoiite  Eieter  Change,  and  tliat  not  oalj 
thete  Noblemen,  but  all  other  prnun*  in- 
tereited  aa  proprieton,  itere  aaaioua  for  tbo 
attainment  of  lo  deiirahle  aa  object. 


Bill,  Mt.Jrtalhnot      unieaaooablj  taken  for  tb* 


uneBCf. — Tba  Earl  of  Lwajnol  n.- 
plaiacd,  that  what  he  thought  MinLitef* 
ought  to  itk  from  Parliamant,  in  the  pf»- 
tent  juncture,  ciiuld  bo  pcraiuioB  to  aUo» 
the  ulaof  com  alraadj  is  the  coonu;  nndat 
bond,  and  of  tha  impurtatioa  of  limiga 
giaiu,  upon  paymut  of  a  dat^  U  lbs  nH 
of  I  If.  Uie  (juartir. — Earl  Gro)  itronglf  r*- 
monatrated  againit  the  propoaad  aepajatioo 

of  tha  counttT-     Ha  dMiid  tlat  lb*  Com 
Lawi  had  proihicad  ibj  pan  of  tb*  public 


454  Proceedingt  in  the  present  Sesiion  of  Parliament. 


CMay, 


lie  distreis,  but  Imputed  great  mischief  to 
the  threat  thrown  out  by  Ministers,  with 
respect  to  those  laws,  which,  he  said,  had 
produced  a  most  pernicious  fluctuation  in 
the  price  of  provisions.  The  measures  now 
menaced  by  Lord  Liverpool,  would,  he  said, 
operate  more  injuriously  in  the  same  way. 

House  of  Commons,  May  3. 

Mr.  Canning  brought  forward  a  motion 
for  the  House  going  into  a  Committee  on 
the  subject  of  allowing  the  Corn  at  pre- 
sent in  bond  to  come  into  the  market.—* 
Sir  T.  Lethbridge  opposed  the  motion,  on 
the  ground  that  it  would  encourage  the  er- 
roneous idea  that  the  Corn  Laws  were  the 
cause  of  the  present  distress,  aod  recom- 
mended a  grant  by  Parliament  in  aid  of  the 
Poor-rates  as  the  preferable  mode  of  relief. 
He  also  urged  its  injurious  effect  upon  the 
agricultural  interest.  He  concluded  with 
moving  an  amendment,  *'  That  a  Select 
Committee  he  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
causes  of  the  distress  of  the  manufacturing 
districts." — Mr.  Canning  disowned  any  idea 
of  interfering  with  the  Corn  Laws,  and  re- 
presented the  proposed  measure  as  merely 
an  expedient  for  relieving  the  present  dis- 
tress.— Mr.  Httskisscn  urged  that  the  high 
price  of  Corn  was  an  aggravation  of  the 
present  distress,  and  that  the  proposed  mea- 
sure, by  preventing  a  further  rise,  must  ne- 
cessarily alleviate  it.  If  the  price  should  rise 
to  805.  the  sudden  inundation  of  foreign 
corn  would  be  attended  with  the  most  in- 
jurious consequences  to  the  agriculturists. 
— Mr.  IV.  U^hitmore  entered  into  a  compa- 
rative statement  of  the  quantity  and  price 
of  com  in  several  years,  in  order  to  show 
the  injurious  effect  of  the  Corn  Laws.  Se- 
veral other  members  having  delivered  their 
opinions  on  the  subject,  the  House  divided 
on  the  motion  for  going  into  a  Committee, 
which  was  carried  by  a  large  majority.  The 
first  resolution,  allowing  wheat  in  bond  to 
come  into  the  market,  on  payment  of  a  duty 
of  twelve  shillings,  was  then  agreed  to. 

House  of  Lords,  May  5. 

The  Bishop  of  Ferns  called  the  attention 
of  the  House  to  the  subject  of  the  Irish 
CifARTER  Schools  ;  and,  in  a  speech  of 
considerable  length  and  great  force,  repelled 
the  charges  made  against  the  constitution 
and  conduct  of  these  establishments,  made 
in  the  Reports  of  the  Irish  Education  Com- 
missioners. He  pointed  out  a  multitude  of 
inconsistencies,  omissions,  and  contradic- 
tions in  the  Report  in  question,  which  he 
charitably  ascribed  to  haste,  but  which  he 
showed  to  have  the  effect  of  the  most  inge- 
nious and  most  imfriendly  misrepresentation. 

The  House  <»f  Commons,  the  same  day, 
west  into  a  Committee  on  the  proposition 


of  Ministers,  for  admitting  Foreign  Corn. 
— Mr.  Canning^  in  a  speech  of  great  elo- 
quence, proposed  that  his  Majesty,  by  Order 
in  Council,  might  at  any  time,  between  the 
close  of  the  present  and  the  commencement 
of  the  next  Session  of  Parliament,  permit 
the  entry  for  home  consumption  of  any 
quantity  of  warehoused  foreign  wheat,  not 
exceedmg  500,000  quarters ;  but  such  Order 
in  Council  to  be  good  for  two  months  only. 
His  Majesty  might  impose  conditions  oa 
the  admission  to  home  consumption,  and 
particularly  fix  a  duty  not  higher  than  that 
imposed  by  the  Act  of  18i3. — A  debate  of 
some  length  foUovi'ed,  Sir  Thomas  Leth- 
bridge, Mr.  Holme  Sumner,  Mr.  Portman, 
Mr.  Bennett,  and  several  other  members 
opposing  the  motion,  and  Sir  John  Se- 
l>right,  Mr.  Cams  Wilson,  Mr.  Heathcote> 
Sir  W.  Wynn,  Lord  Milton,  Sir  Edward 
Knatchbull,  all  leading  members  of  what  U 
called  the  landed  interest,  supporting  it. 
Besides  these,  Mr.  Canning's  proposition 
was  seconded  by  Mr.  Secretary  Peel  in  a 
speech  of  extraordinary  ability,  and  by 
several  other  members ;  ultimately  the  mo- 
tion was  carried  without  a  division. 

House  of  Commons,  May  8. 

The  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  moved 
the  bringing  up  of  the  Report  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Corn  Laws. — ^Mr.  Bar- 
ing thought  that  the  present  cause  of  dis- 
tress was,  want  of  credit.  He  objected 
to  temporary  legislation  on  the  question  of 
Cora,  and  he  objected  much  more  to  grant 
the  I'equired  powers  to  the  King's  Govern- 
ment, to  persons  who  had  so  mismanaged 
all  these  questions  from  the  beginning  of 
the  Session. — Mr.  Huskisson  was  surpised 
that  Hon.  Members  should  countenance  an 
opinion  that  the  introduction  of  so  inconsi- 
derable a  quantity  as  300,000  quarts*  of 
corn  (which  was  all  that  was  now  in  bond) 
could  materially  depress  the  eank  markets. 
It  had  been  said  that  the  alarm  was  occa- 
sioned princi]>ally  by  the  IntrodoetioD  of  the 
500,000  qxiarters  which  might  Be  bronght 
into  the  country  in  the  coune  of  the  neat 
six  months  (Hear,  hear).  Bat  be  thought 
it  had  been  stated  as  fairly  and  as  clearly  as 
possible,  that  this  was  a  measure  of  ooafi- 
dence  to  be  acted  upon  according  to  the 
circumstances  of  the  country  durii^  the 
next  six  months,  and  not  a  measiire  which 
his  Majesty's  Government  was  bound  to 
carry  into  effect  imder  anv  rirmmitinccs. 
(VheersJ.  It  was  upon  ttat  nound  that 
his  Majesty's  Government  asked  the  power 
from  the  House. — Mr.  Camw^  defended 
the  conduct  of  Ministers,  contetadiiig  that 
the  existing  exigencyjustified  a  snspennon 
of  the  Cora  Laws,  llie  Right  Hon.  Gen- 
tleman said  the  points  fi>r  coasidenUnB 
were — Was  it  necessary  that  the  Goiem- 
sent  should  interfere  at  all?— >and  lim 


IMS  J  ProcM(Itii;>  m  tlu  proffi  Seuum  of  PiirHammt. 

Umj  isUtftnd  b  tU  proper  £ractiM  nd 
degTC*  f     On  Um  fitM  proMMilloD  1m  ibaw 

•<J  lliM  dwra  wi*  tut  >  diMMtInt  Tcidi  

ud  b<  BuJniaiBBi  (l»t  ihoM  who  npporud  In  the  Houii  or  CoMMom,  tba  luw 

iIh  fint  on  tin  gnHiwl  of  tl>«  nigaaCT,  (Uf,  tb*  CoaH  1mport*tiov  Bill,  for  id- 

oogbt  in  mtn  caiuHlciic<r  Co  luppon  Ih(  milting  fiOOiOOO  qiurlen  of  oora,  if  oac**- 

tMODd,  •hieh  ■•  UBI7  to  oon*  iBto  open-  017,  wu  d«b*l«d  rt>  gmt  bafth ;  tsd  on 

(too  if  tha  oigiDCj  •hDold  ooetina*  ot  is-  tha  qutatioo  of  the  laaDad  mdiag,  wm  ev- 

«tMW.  lied  bf  m  mijoritf  of  IM — (Ik*  Bamlxn 

On  iLillTiiion,  then  ippnrad— For  btio^  bd^  189  M  (>&. 

iog  op  the  Kpon  laSi  igaiiut  it  SB;  tm-  ♦■  - 

}ont]rl«T.  Hovii  nr  [^rm,  Mny  \a. 

♦  'ITiB  Ditbop  of  />™i  mnvfil  for  ■  niiralur 

HD.U  Ot  LonM. «.,  s.  ;'  """"■  •— r"""'!'!  ""J  p—n;-  »■ 

•n«  EbI  of  litnW.    i.  mnring  th.  f'>™'"""'  '"l^cliog  ih.  imoum  jn.1  c<r- 

Cii«ii..L  J.me.Aii»i>«i«r  BllJ  ob-  ■«"•■■■"  "'>!<■   piJFm  "'  U"  1™1. 


f  t\ie  parntbi*]  cleig;'  lo  lieluiil,  which) 


lUv  wu  not  to  imu  u  ,~...^u™  — -.tj  ■-  •.=. 

ioih.couct,7.     ■n.^llcioutionof^ou.  'r,  f '■  "'^  X  """*  "A*  T  f,  "" 

ciiin.  might  ba  tirl»  .Uribot^  to  .0  lu-  "'''.".'  "  "  •'",  '""»«  ■■f  '1"  B"lwp». 

p,or*l    .^  of   cirifL.«io«,    ud  the  id-  "1"'^  b«  .bow,d  f.on     b.  r«j.r«  bcfSro 

£«,„  of  crl™   En«»]lj,   which   U   co».  '*«  "T'"'  "J  *>7  "V  ^  llT';'^',*''-  ' 

Nqucotiy  iD  tha  ^ot  "f  ibe  ligbt«  of.  i"","'  "f  '^  "*  ".'  f.  '"h  Arcbbl.bop  .  or 

7^.  w»   .  r.«.l(   thM   n>igbl*b.  Hurl,  »"!"■(•  •  """""  ■"  ^''  •«  '»"•'•■  »«  •"  •«- 

■'    -   ■     ioput.tJth.iacr»;  c"'l"f™»«n.«T.««.ewI.p,r«™.«h. 

*^  j'rt  lo  •  aaductiDo  ot  at  IcMt  Hvin  b<in- 

<)Td  poundi  ■  Jaw,  on  ih«  faotio);  ot  diii- 

««,  1 1 .  The  EmI  of  Jfaimahm,  bnwght  I'"'""^  "^  .«i«in.     lUtum  „»).<«}. 
lorwud  II  «otioii.  "Tha  tb*  Houae,  al-  ,„  j^,  ,(„„„  „  Commo-».  tb*  Mma 

tbaufb  aiiiMrdr  m»iobi  to  coBWibuu  to  ,,„      ^,,  fl™,f  *«,  broOglit  ferwiM  a  m«- 

th.  Ci;«.t  aiteot  of  iu  power  to  tha  r.1*f  ,;  ,„  „„  ,(„  ,„hj„,  of  WuT  Unii  Si,a- 

of  tha  ■uffering  clawa,  ihoMht  it  oot  ax-  ,.,  ^,      ^^  e.Hmliwtad  >  nrj  low  ipMeh, 

pediant  to  pu*  inj  maunru  for  the  ■JUn-  .,j,,  niovide  >  raaolutioa  W  llw  allact,  that 

tioa  or  ««peD».on  of  tbe  eiutiog  ijitem  of  ,| ,,  ColnnlJ  l<|>i(btUTn  h»ing  oUtiakteU 

tb<  Com  L.WI  wiibom  a  pmioui  .oquirj  ^„;,^  ^j„  d»clar«l  wkbfl  of^Pafliamanl, 

ioto  tbe  illeged  ncC(Mitj  for  iDcb  an  alll-  ^„,(  ,,f  1,1,  M,if,(,-,  Oovcniinsnl     Pmlia- 

nlioo  or  luipeniloo,  Mid   ioto  the  *!Uet  ,,^,,,,  „,„,  ,  .  ,i„,  ,; .,^,,^  „f  vv'„,  lodi, 

which  Ibej  mieht  produte  00  tba  rdali.a  5,^,^^  j^(„  cooiide«tloo  aarlf  io  tba  iwM 

inter«ti  ot  I  le  Groweri  and  Cooiunm  of  s...mn.    After  .oma  diKUHioii,  tbe  motion 

Biltith  Com."     Til.   aoUe   Eari  pretced  „,  B«.ti»ed  br  a 

hii  motion  bj  a  ipeech,  in  which  ho  pledged  -j^^  Haat*  then 

hinuelf  tbmt  in  a  week,  and  bj  tba  eiamina-  ggt),, 

tion  of  onljr  ail  boneat  and  intelligeDt  nu-  

BuEutuieri,  ba  would  pro**  that  tba  Cora 

L»>  bad  nothing  wbateier  to  do  with  the  Houti  or  Loiidi,  Meg  i€. 

uieient  dittreu,  and  ih*t  the  diead  of  l  &-  The  Rojal  aiMnt  ■»•  gired  bj  Conmia- 

mine  price  dwiog  tbe    receu,  wu  loullj  uoo  to  no  leH  than  lit  BiUa. 

unfounded  and  uBJuiifiad.  — Evl  Bal^urU  

eppoted  ilie  Raiolution,  aa  mmbiguoui  and  In  the  Houit  or  CoMMom,  Lord  JoAn 

UDoecnui;  ;    and    conteniled    ibat    if   ao  Ruarll   braught    (brward    bii    ll«M>loliaBi 

■nqtiirj  wan    once    iuititnted,     iaiiaad    of  retjiectiDC  Bribery  and  Cormption  at  Elec- 

a    week,   it   would    occupj    mootbi    after  tiooi,    which   (■  circnnatanc*  that  nece*- 

mnothi,  and  yet  lead  to  no  aatufiLCtory  re-  uiil}  bappent  ttrf  raielr]  wu  onfr  curiad 

■ult.     Tbe  noble  Earl  then  lindicatcd  tbe  bj   llw  caating  toU  of  the  Spaattr,  dia 

cvune  fullowtd  by  hii  Majeily'i  Minlaten,  numben  being  CI  on  both  aidea. 
u  moat  coniHlent  with  tbeir  duty  and  tha  Mr.  Tiernfy  ipoln  at  grtnl  length  on  tb* 

CooititulioBi  andcoDciuded  that  UwHouM  Small  Note  ijuntion,  and  blamed  a«Mrriv 
ahould  BOW  adjourn.— After  a  diacuMiod  of  what  ba  daooniioaled  the  Ttciihtlaa  of  Hit 
eOBaiderabla  length,  in  which  the  Carl  of  Majntj'i  Miniiten  in  raapact  to  it.  A 
LiTerpoal  and  moil  of  the  Peeri  connactid  long  cooTaraadoa  fbllowed,  whieh,  tbtra 
KJlb  the  Agrieultotal  Intereil,  took  pMt,  being  no  motion  baG»*  iIw  Home,  gn. 
th*  HouM  divided,  when  the  proptned  Re-      dually  died  away. 

FOREIGN 


[     456     ] 


.    [May. 


FOREIGN   NEWS. 


MADRID. 

Letters  from  Madrid,  of  the  90th  of  April, 
repreftent  that  country  as  in  a  sad  and  fau- 
miHated  state;  the  cruisers  of  the  South 
American  Republics  are  so  daring  as  to  in- 
tercept the  communication  between  the 
porta,  land  on  the  coast  to  procure  pro- 
visions, and,  ia  short,  keep  the  coast  in  a 
state  of  blockade.  It  is  also  stated  from 
Coninna,  that  the  amugglers  of  Gallicia  are 
at  open  war  with  the  militia,  and  have  cap- 
tured SO  of  them,  six  oi  whom  they  shot. 

GREECE. 

Our  readers  will  peruse  with  deep  regret 
the  lamentable  account  of  the  fall  of  Mit- 
aolonghi — an  event  attended  with  the  loss  of 
maoy  lives,  and  with  the  captivity  of  a  still 
greater  number  of  unfortunate  Greek  wo- 
men and  children. — It  appears  that  the  gar- 
rison, having  become  desperate  from  the 
total  want  of  provisions,  and  the  failure  of 
the  Greek  fleet,  under  Admiral  Miaulis,  to 
throw  supplies  into  the  town,  determined 
on  the  82d  of  April  to  retire  from  the  place. 
A  sortie  was  accordingly  made  by  800  men, 
under  two  Chiefruns,  with  the  hope  to  gain 
possession  of  one  of  the  batteries  upon  the 
sea  shore,  which,  was  defended  by  a  large 
body  of  Arabs :  and  the  town,  at  the  same 
time,  was  partially  set  fire  to,  with  the  view 
of  diverting  the  attention  of  the  besiegers. — 
It  was  hoped,  that  by  this  attack,  a  way 
would  be  opened  for  the  remainder  of  the 
garrison ;  but  this  plan  had  been  foreseen 
by  the  Turks,  and  their  posts  so  strongly 
reinforced,  that  after  attem}^ug  in  vain  to 
force  a  passage,  by  carrying  the  battery,  the 
band,  led  by  the  two  Chieftains,  dispersed, 
and  endeavoured  to  save  themselves  by  gain- 
ing the  mountains.— The  alarm  creaited  by 
their  dispersion  was  quickly  communicated 
to  those  who  were  to  foUow  on  this  hazard- 
ous enterprise,  who   now  abandoned  their 
poste,  and  sought  shelter  in  small  numbers 
in  tlie  most  tenable  places  in  the  neighbour- 
hood o£  the  town. — in  the  midst  of  the  cun- 
fittion,  the  Toikish  troops  raahed  on  from 
the  aea  and  land  side,  and  took  possessum 
of  tKe  foftincatioos,  to  which,  as  a  s^ml 
of  victory,  they  set  fire. — ^They  then  powred 
into  the  town  and  put  to  the  sword,  or  nwiae 
prisoners,  all  who  opposed  them. — The  ioss 
sustained  by  the  Turks  on  tt.is  occassicMEi  is 
iKH  reported  ;  bet  the  obstinacy  of  the  cqb- 
Akt  may  be  estinrnted  by  the  £act,  that  al- 
tkov^b  between  ^  and  3.000  Greeks  pe- 
liahed  ia  the  towa^  and  at  the  ^>o(  cf  the 
emh    IcH)  are  lepoited  to  have 
takes  aBxe.    Ot  the  wv«Mnaad  chiM- 


ren,  a  considerable  number  are  said  to  have 
destroyed  themselves,  or  to  have  been  drown* 
ed ;  but  above  3,000  have  been  returned  as 
prisoners. 

On  the  9d  of  April,  the  two  Commanders» 
Ibrahim  Pacha  and  the  Seraskier,  had,  it 
appears,  sent  a  summons  to  the  town  with 
an  offer  of  terms,  and  a  promise  to  the  in- 
habitants that  their  lives  should  be  spared 
on  giving  up  their  arms;  and  that  they 
should  be  at  liberty  to  proceed  to  any  part 
of  the  Turkish  dominions,  but  these  pro- 
posals were  peremptorily  rejected. 

EAST  INDIES. 

A  despatch,  dated  January  17th,  1996, 
has  been  received  at  the  East  India  House 
frt>m  the  Secretary  to  the  Grovemment  at 
Fort  St.  Geoige,  enclosing  a  copy  of  a  des- 
pateh  from  Sr^^ier-General  Willoc^hbj 
Cotton  to  that  Government,  announcing 
the  Ratification  of  a  Treaty  of  Peace  be- 
tween the  British  and  Burmese  Nations. 
The  treaty  was  made  on  the  Sd  January,  at 
Patanaguh,  some  miles  in  advance  of  Mee- 
aday,  opposite  to  MaHoon,  up  to  which 

Kint  the  Burmese  had  been  pursued  by  the 
adras  force  under  Brigadier-€renenl  Cot- 
ton. The  terms  are,  **  the  cessation  of  the 
four  provinces  of  Arracan,  mad  thoae  of 
Mergui,  Tavoy,  and  Zea,  on  the  Tewaaaeria 
coast ;  and  payment  of  one  crave  «f  rapeet 
(about  a  nuUion  slerlii^)  by  ioitnlBaeiita  : 
the  provinoea  or  kii^iWaia  of  Muajfon, 
Aaaam,  Cadiar,  a^  Zaatnng,  to  be  plaead 
0  be  -  -      -     _ 


under  princes  to  6e  notninated  by  the  Eaet 

India  Company.    Residenta,  widi  an  aaum 

of  dO  roea,  to  be  at  eadi  Cooit ;  firiiisb 

ahipa  to  be  admitted  into  Bonaeae  porta,  to 

land  their  cavgoea  fitee  of  d«lj,  aot  to  «■- 

ship  their  raddersy  or  land  thor 

roeae  ahipa  to  have  the 

British  porta.     No  persean  to  W 

fur   their  opinions  or 

war."  TheSiaaeae  maAm  to  he 

the  peace. — Pieiiotts  to  the  above 

tMMi,  the  Bonnese  had  bec« 

fe«sed,  in  the  ne^bowhood  of 

See  p.  359. 

Advices  froai  Bhartpose,  to  As  ftdii  of 
I>eicinnber,   1$2&«  a,pp<aa  in  da 
GoneTaaseat  Gatette  of  the  Sd  «f 
lSitv.whkh  state  diat  this 
tersuiutwQ  of  the 


5f«<«ilate  on  Indka  pohtjea. 
ahoas  .tl  BMlrs  Notth  by  Weat 
h  inc  in  Ut.  f  r  de^.  1 7  Ui.  N 
i.s^;un.E. 


Ml 

undM  tl»   p«i«tion  of  ihr  V.Bf\M,  n. 
•  nntMDt.    ItwnjuD  SsdI,  lh<  pr«u«l  orct 

C'vT  ofiha  ihrime.  li  of  ih?  •I*<M  tribri  hr     nUrfl  lo  CuBMi}u(me*  »f  ihs  Dulcli  nutluiri- 
irtati  nil  uiurprr,  uid  th#ie  ■■  *  \mnj     lir«  h»ifing  BromiMd  the  nilivc  Prineei  pn>- 
wlthJB  th*  (nrlr*H  bvaunbU  to  iha  UHifil     Wnion  for  Uuir  (mtpeny  wxl  p'^nooi,  vhat- 
I'lmn  t!ii>  dlfiihn  of  ptniii  imimi;     ercr  iheir  pfttiout  condtwl  nnf  h»a  been. 


AI--HICA. 


the   bninrd.   llw    bHi^et*    build    (;teu 
tinptt.     On  the  Mhct  han't,  Ddoijiid  SmJ 

nlicionlh*  nnaitth  of  hi*  hniiraiiont,  Diipuchn  nceivwl  W  the  CoIonUI  OfEca 

■hicli  iniMcd  iha  ilrspcnte  iiuelii  of  Lurd  ■nnouncc  the  dmh  of  Muoi-GrDCtd  Sir 

Ulr  ia  I  SOS.   The  rttt,  Umrrtr.  It  •tdtly  Chirin  Tufnn.  Ouvtrnoi  eJ  Sl«n»  Leone, 

different  tt  tment ;  Lnrd  l^ke'i  ermr  w«  whu  eipiwd  oa  the  7th  uf  March.     Two  of 

ttntrtlj  a  third  of  LoH  Combunieta'a  in  the  kte  Gmemnr'i  n'Kce*   (til*  oalr  «ir- 

Dumbet  1  b*  hut  liiile  or  no  hein  artiller} ;  flth^  ntniben  ont  of  Kirra  of  hit  bully, 

■nd  the  pr*MiB|;  buatilliiM  of  nthei  powers  irhnin  he  took  not  with  him  e  rear  itnce.) 

leFl  him  little  tine  nr  meeM  fnr  redocing  hare  come  home  ie  the  Sir  William  Wal- 

nhanpore.     The  prtHDI  beetrgrrt  WMift  Ue*,   u   alio    Cvo   inralid   offieen.       Mr. 

of  tn.OM  hone,  ud  II  ng^ti  battaliona  M-Ctulay,   icnior  member  of  the  Council, 

of  inhstrfi   aod  it  ii   u"l  they  hete   100  «u  appoiniad  Govrmur/iro  Imparr, 

firm  of  fminaiice,     TUiiT  line,  which  ei-  The  (iaiette  nf  Mav  in  cootaini  aa  *o- 

lendt  1 8  mile*,  it  in  diapoMd  u  Beariy  ta  count  of  tome  auceeHfci  operalloni,  by  ihe 

eochcle  the  tnwa.     On  the  V4lh  «l  Deeen>  Ute  Majur-Genenl  Tiinier,  in  ihe  Sherbro' 

ber  the  fint  p*ia!l»1  wa*  coinpi»t*i!.   aad  counlrj.  agunit  alaie  dealen,  who  had  re- 

ihcj  wer*  to  open  their  ««  ihu  day  with  ■  ..^vad  In  te-eiUhlUh  that  trade,  end  who 

hallerj  of  [wo  Bi"ttM*,  and  lia   IH-isiun.!  ■'  ■»  all  raulattoe*,  dncendaaU  of  Euto- 

Eun>,  agalntt  the  Nurlli-eaal  angl*  of  th*  prtm,  untigen  to  the  loil.  and  men  gene- 

luitreaa.  nJtji  edaraWd  in  EnitlBiid."     One  coantrr 

[^fBM  wriUne  the  Hooot,  the  imporUnt  king,  t  tW-ett,  H  headmta,  and  IS  men. 

iBt*lligeoceha*be*nrec«i*edn(the  capture  sm  taken  pmnwM.     Alchswh  the  bar  of 

of  Bhurtpoie  by  •Inrm,  wben  the  l'iurt>er  (he  Oalllnaa  ri>er  [lajt  Gn.  Turner)  i>  an 

and  hit  ion  were  made  piaonen]  «liem*li   difficult  and    haiardoui   unjei- 
taklns,   I  think  that,  by  Uockading  them, 

nATAVIA.  and  nuking  a  alroog  ptrtj  there,   I   ihall 

I  wmmuniratirin,  It  l>  •laledt  cimplewt}   hredi  up   the  tl*™  uida,  and 

'""  *  atop  fur  attr,  froa  thoee  ahoret,  the  eipott 

glouRi*  aipecti  their  finance*  are  in  *  di>-  ofnev  .10,000  iUvti  annually  ;  •ubiiUuling 

tmud  ilale,  owing  lo  large  debt.,  aod  the  ^ieoUore,  tecurity  of  pcrvM  and  pioperlj, 

^at,  and  Utile  lil'tr  to  be  bad,  »  you  will  Uettingi  i-f  the  Chtitiiao  religuHi. 

iu}i]iaH,  when  iil'ei  guilden  range  in  (he  Inp.ltiS  w(  gsTeiome  inleiutiogparticu- 

leieral  diinuiii)  of  the  liland  al  from  3»  to  |ut  retnectiug  the  route  ofCtptwa  Oapwr- 

in  i  they  ate  bought  bj  ihia  Ootemment  at  tuDBudliltpwty  inlhainteriotof  Africa,  We 

SO  to  at,  to  pay  their  troop*.     The  poliey  haee  now  to  record  ih*  melwkcholy  Utelli- 

punucd  during  the  tail  five  yean  by  Go-  pncooflhe  dealli  ofCaptala  Pearce  andDr. 

eerameol  h»«  bron);ht  ihii  Dilony  to  the  MDrrnon   (rom  the  binrfiil    effecu  of  the 

verge  of  iu  ruJD  i  the  natire*  hare  diico-  dimaM.     Hiey  were  both  TatuaUe  membert 

ve red  the  weiloeti  of  the  Dutch,  and  are  of  lliii  impaitaat  uoden^iog.    Capl.  l'eai» 

uking  advantage  of  it  in  many  uf  their  poi-  ^aa  a  hi|;hlyE''M  oani  oBcer,  ud  mach 

leitioDi.     In  Java  the  naiivei,  interior  of  mpHted  by  all  the  »*r>ice.     A  initer  torn 

-   "^ L„.L-i-ij  .:.„    .....  j,^^   d,^   0,^     ^4,   ..ittau   by    Mr. 

Kouxon.^  lUlet  that  in  can»4ji>euce  of  Dr. 


Sam 

ar«>g.  U«  1 

lakenthe 

field  tioce  July, 

the  Go"min 

.enl  ackn. 

>wledsed  that  It 

ha. 

not  po»r.  to 

put  do.. 

Ulli 

.n.'^M«.y.. 

>rdi«r.ha. 

and 

with  no  o4o 

r  elleet  than  teaehing  the 

«  Mr.  HouMon  it  a  Brituh  merchant, 
who,  when  the  party  arri.cd  u  Brdagry,  no 
the  »9lh  ofNor.  not  only  ansogod  for  ibem 
i&  paiia^  oa  palBiM|uin*  ihrou)^  tt 
ig  of  Badi       ■     ■         ■  .    -      -     . 


King  of  Badagry'i  dominiooi,  but  agtted  to 
are  Daw  compelled  to  remain  inaetJ'e  in  aceDnpany  [hem  to  the  next  liingiloa,  Hio, 
their  •ever.I  £rveuH,  The  objact  of  the  or  Eyo,  about  five  day.'  joutnoy  of  twenty- 
leaden  of  the  iniufrectioo  it  to  Httbliab  the  five  ibilu  each,  and  then  to  leuli  a  paUnr 
native  power,  bdependcntly  of  European  with  the  king  of  that  country,  who  im  ia 
coairol.  ca&ilaai   couiiflUBieatJoa  with   JijS*,   (04 

AnooBb  of  a  mote  recent  dMe  than  the  other  parts  of  Houm. 

ClHT.  Mao.  May,  1 816. 

10 


45ft 


Arcign  Nau.'—Domeitu  Occurrences. 


[May, 


Morrifon'f  Mvert  bdiiposltlon,  and'tfter 
haviogadvAnoed  from  Jwuh  about  30  milef, 
ho  wat  uoder  the  necessity  of  being  sent  back 
to  the  coast,  but  that  the  others  were  reco- 
vering.    In  a  few  days  after  their  return  to 
Jeonah,  Dr.  Morrison  and  his  servant  both 
died.     On  the  lOthof  January  Mr.  Houston 
writes  to  his  agent  from  Chindo,  saying,  that 
he  found,    in  his  return  from  Jennah  to 
Engua,  that  Captain  Clapperton  had  been 
ill  with  fever,  and  his  servant  Richard  the 
aame,  but  that  both  were  convalescent,  and 
proceeding  to  their  destination;  and  con- 
cludes by  savine,   "  There  is  no  fear  for 
Qapperton's  heuthnow;  in  a  short  time  he 
will  have  accomplished  wbat  has  been  the 
object  of  other  nations, — that  of  travelling 
from  west  to  east  of  the  gr^  African  con* 
tineut.    During  the  last  five  days  we  have 
been  crossing  the  mountains  of  Kong,  which, 
through  the  whole  of  that  distance,  are  the 
most  romantic  and  beautiful  that  can  be 
imagined.    We  are  now,  1  suppose,  3,500 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  in  a  fine  at- 
mosphere, the  thermometer  89  to  90  deg. 
(we  have  had  it  98  deg.)  and  in  lat.  8  deg. 


38  min.  80  sec,  and  half-way  to  Katonea,  at 
which  place,  as  we  now  travel  so  much  mster, 
we  hope  to  arrive  in  twelve  days.  I  shall 
see  Clapperton  across  the  Niger,  and  return 
with  all  haste.  He  is  agun  quite  well,  and 
as  hard  as  a  Fellatuh.*'  By  a  letter  from 
Clapperton  to  Captain  Willes,  dated  CUigna, 
88th  of  December,  he  says,  *'  It  is  my  mis- 
fortune that  I  have  nothing  to  communicate 
but  the  worst  of  news,  roor  Pearce  died 
yesterday,  and  I  buried  him  to-day  as  respect- 
ably as  I  could,  all  the  people  of  the  town 
paying  the  greatest  attention  while  I  read  the 
funerid  service  over  his  remains." 

AMERICA. 

It  ajmears  that  the  commercial  nsvy  of 
the  United  States,  in  point  of  tonnage, 
is  approaching  rapidly  to  an  equality  with 
our  own,  being  stated  at  between  16  and 
1 ,700,000.  Our  own  amounts  to  somewhat 
above  3,500,000.  But  then  America,  in 
1789,  possessed  only  a  tonnage  of  279,588, 
scarcely  pne  sixth  of  the  present  amount, 
while  at  the  same  period  we  possetaed  two- 
thirds  of  our  present  tonnage. 


DOMESTIC    OCCURRENCES. 


RIOTS  AMD  DHTRKSSES  OP  THl  COUNTRY. 

Owing  to  the  miparalleled  stsgnation  of 
trade,  and  the  consequent  want  of  employ- 
ment in  the  manu&cturing  districts  of  Lon- 
eashire  and  Yorkshire,  the  greatest  distress 
has  for  some  time  prevailed,  and  apprehen- 
sions were  long  entertained  of  some  serious 
disturbance.  It  appears  that  on  the  rejec- 
tion of  Mr.  Whitmore's  Motion  for  re- 
pealing the  Com  Bill,  all  hopes  of  amelio- 
ration were  abandoned.  The  unemployed 
and  starving  workmen  were  driven  to  de- 
nmir,  and  they  broke  out  into  open  riot. 
Reports  of  an  intended  rising  had  been  pre- 
vious^ circulated  at  Blackburn ;  and,  on 
the  34th  of  April,  accounts  were  received 
from  Acerington,  and  its  vicinity,  that  a 
mob,  consisting  of  several  thousand  men, 
had  marched,  some  armed  with  pikes  and 
others  with  bludgeons,  and  a  part  even  with 
fire  arms,  into  the  village,  and  proceeded  to 
the  &ctory  of  Messrs.  Sykes.  A  party  of 
the  First  Dragoon  Gusids,  stationed  at 
Blackburn,  Irere  immediately  despatched; 
and  they  met  the  mob  proceeding  in  the 
direction  of  Bladcbum ;  but  having  no  <»e 
with  them  competent  to  give  die  necessary 
orders,  they  were  obliged  to  let  tbem  pass. 
On  arriving  at  the  place  of  their  destina- 
tion, they  found  the  mob  had  entered  the 
fikctory,  and  entirely  destroyed  all  the  power- 
looms,  but  had  not  injured  any  other  pro- 
perty. It  also  appears  that  they  went  to  the 
power-loom  mill  of  Mr.  Burey,  and  there  de- 
stroyed all  the  looms,  and  hid  repeated  ^e 
same  at  the  factory  of  Messrs.  Walmsley. 


The  mob  marched  into  Blackburn  about 
two  o'clock,  with  their  pikes,  &c.  on  their 
shoulders,  and  proceeded  directly  to  the 
fiustory  of  Messrs.  Eccles  and  Co.  the 
principalpower-loom  establishment  in  the 
town.  The  people  belonging  to  the  fac- 
tory \eh  their  employment,  and  the  doors 
were  fsstened.  The  mob  forced  the  door, 
and  a  great  number  of  them  went  in, 
and  destroyed  all  the  looms,  and  cast 
part  of  the  work  through  the  windows 
Meanwhile  the  remainder  of  the  military 
were  mustered,  and  went  to  fhit  spot,  ac- 
companied by  a  Magutrate,  who  read  the 
Riot  Act.  The  soldiers  thas  rode  into  the 
yard,  where  part  of  the  mob  were  with 
pikes  in  their  hands,  and  auceegded  in 
seizing  a  considerable  number  of  the  pikes, 
and  took  three  men  prisoneia.  Apart  of 
the  mob  pelted  the  soldiers  and  the  magis- 
trates with  stones,  on  whidi  the  aoldien 
fired  their  carbines,  which  were  only  loaded 
with  blank  cartridges.  About  diree  o*ciock 
a  party  of  soldiers  proceeded  to  GrhMhaw 
Park,  near  Blackhmn,  whesi  tkef*  is  an- 
other power-loom  wtablishnsent.  A  crowd 
gradually  collected,  and  about  fivu  o'dodE 
the  men  who  had  escaped  from  Eeelm  aud 
Co.*s  factoiy,  joined  them,  mid  hwB  to 
pelt  the  soldiers  with  stoaest  tad 
regular  attack  vpon  them,  arms 
The  ground  on  which  the  solfien  ««n»  &M 
very  much  exposed,  and  after  mifiil  at- 
tempts to  defnid  the  place,  thw  imm  at 
last  overpowered,  and  a  portiou  of  tim  mob 
entered  the  factoiy  and  demoCahed  fhe 
looms,    bhots  were  exdmaged  butwMli  tbt 


18M.] 


'«(» 


■oMien  nd  tht.  iiiob»  aad  t««jpaiMBt 
kflled,  and  ollien  woimdM.  TIm  toUieiBy 
howevtr,  toeoMded  in  taUnr  ■ont  of  ths 
ringlMdm  prbooert,  and  &bj  wen  em- 
minied  before  a  Magitlnu»  and  convajad  to 
the  HooM  of  ConeoUon,  at  PratUm,  et- 
corted  bj  a  party  of  toldicrt. 

The  town  cootinoad  in  the  moat  Civeriah 
•tata  of  alarm;  (be  Riot  Act  was  read  in 
Tariout  places,  and  parUca  of  the  military 
patrolled  the  streets.  The  men  who  con- 
ducted the  attack  on  the  lactoriea  were  all 
from  the  neighbooring  Tillacea. 

No  damage  waa  done  to  m  apinning  part 
of  any  of  the  fiutories,  nor  even  to  the 
windows*  the  sole  object  of  atlMk  being 
the  power  looms. 

Similar  dbtorbances,  attended  by  the  de- 
molition of  power-looms,  took  place  at 
Preston,  CHtheroe,  Rochdale,  8tc,  Some 
manifestations  of  riot  abo  appeared  at  Manr 
Chester;  but  teriout  consequences  were  pre- 
vented, by  the  promptitoide  of  the  police 
and  military. 

On  the  8d  of  Mar,  a  lamentable  riot,  at- 
tended with  bloodshed,  occurred  at  Brad' 
Jhrdt  in  Yorkshire.  A  mob,  of  about  1 000 
penons,  proceeded  to  the  mills  of  Messrs. 
Hors&ll,  and  commenced  breaking  the  win- 
dows. Colonel  Tempest,  accompanied  by  a 
number  of  constables,  read  the  Riot  Act, 
but  the  mob  continued  to  throw  stones  at 
the  windows  and  doors.  The  persons  in 
care  of  the  mill  then  fired  about  90  shots 
at  the  mob,  and  severely  wounded  eiffht  men 
and  two  bcnrs,  who  were  taken  to  the  Dis- 
pensary. Two  troops  of  the  Yorkshire  Hus- 
sar*, with  Lord  Grantham  and  Col.  York  at 
their  head,  proceeded  to  the  place,  when 
part  of  the  mob  retired,  the  remainder  havicg 
the  audacity  to  stop  and  throw  stones  at  the 
military,  who  charged  them,  and  forced  them 
to  disperse.  One  of  the  men  wounded  at 
Bradford,  of  the  name  of  Bairstow,  is  since 
dead. 

His  Majesty's  Government  adopted  the 
most  prompt  and  effective  measures  to  re- 
press this  formidable  spirit  of  insubordina* 
tion  and  riot.  Troops  were  immediately  sent 
from  London,  Dublin,  and  various  parts  of 
the  country,  to  the  disturbed  districts. 
Moreover,  the  munificent  donation  of  his 
Majesty,  and  the  subscriptions  of  the  pub- 
lic, to  alleviate  the  distresses  of  the  unem- 
ployed weavers,  toother  with  the  seasonable 
release  of  corn  in  bond,  all  powerfully  ope* 
rated  to  allay  the  storm ;  and  the  spirit  of 
discontent,  or  at  least  of  distnrbance,  has 
now  happily  subsided. 

On  toe  Sd  of  May  a  pnblie  meeting  waa 
convened  at  the  City  of  London  Tavern,  by 
the  Lord  Mayor,  to  conaider  the  best  meana 
of  affording  relief  to  the  many  working  ma- 
nu£u;torers  now  in  distress,  for  want  of  em- 
ployment. At  the  appointed  hour,  a  crowd, 
like  that  which  besieges  the  doors  of  a 
theatre  on  the  sight  of  some  novel  exhibi- 
tioo^  was  formed  by  the  numbers  pressing 


iBtoofftftfidr  monty  frr  itk  hiniralnl 
Durpoie.  Thtra  were  pttaiatf  4Stf  Loid 
MayoTt  wlio  took  dit  eludr  ■!  tvo  o*oloc]r| 
the  Arehbisbop  of  Canttrbnnrt  fSha  BIshopa 
of  London,  Chester,  and  Chiehetter}  Lord 
Harewood,  Sir  Thomaa  Aclaad,  Mr.  Peely 
Mr.  Smith,  Earls  of  Bridgenorth  and  Dun- 
ley,  &C.  The  snbaeription  waa  beaded  hj 
a  mmiifioent  donation  nrom  his  Majeaty  (hi 
addition  to  upwards  of  6000^  previously 
bestowed  on  simikr  obfeeta)  of  9000^ ;  the 
Marquis  of  Staffivrd,  the  muoifioent  donn- 
tion  of  lOOOt}  Sir  Robert  Peel  600/. ;  Mr. 
Rotheehild  600L  i  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and 
Lords  Liverpool  and  Harrowbr»  eaoh  %OOLi 
Mr.  Canning,  Lord  Bexlty,  the  Chancellor 
of  the  Excrnqner,  and  Mr.  Huskisaoby 
100/.  each,  &c.  &e.|  ao  iStm  die  coHectioa 
amounted  to  near  18,000/.  Thia  noble 
example  has  been  felknrad  by  a  pnblio  aob- 
scription,  which  already  exceeds  100,000/. 
The  same  benevolent  spirit  has  been  emn« 
lated  throughout  the  jcfngdon,  and  nearly 
everv  town  baa  contriboted  ita  quota  to- 
wards alleviating  the  miseriea  of  their  starr- 
ing fellow-creatures. 

TrrHB  CAV»%.~-Chodenmighr,jttbPttyand 
others.— In  the  Vice-ChanceOor's  Court, 
at  Westminster,  thu  cause  lately  came  on 
to  be  heard  before  his  HonoTf  on  a  question 
which  baa  been  in  controversy  lor  mora 
than  two  and  twen^  years.  The  rector 
sotvht  the  tithe  of  nay  In  Idnd  within  hia 
parish  of  Yate ;  which  the  ooeopiers  op- 
posed, by  setting  up  a  modna  or  costomary 
payment  of  two  pence  per  load  in  lien  (Sf 
titne  of  hay.  The  question^  it  appeared  on 
argument,  had  once  been  depending  be- 
tween the  parties  in  the  Court  of  £xcha- 
quer,  whence  an  issue  waa  framed  and  seni 
to  Gloucester,  and  a  verdict  waa  found  in 
£svour  of  the  defendants,  elaiming  the  mo- 
dus. Upon  this  decision  a  suit  was  brought 
by  plaintiff  in  the  Court  of  Chanoeiyy 
against  the  same  and  other  defendants,  to 
impeach  such  verdict ;  and  upon  a  hearing 
in  1 890,  the  Vice-Chanoellor  sent  a  case 
for  argument  before  the  Jodgea  of  the 
Court  of  King's  Bench ;  who,  on  hearing, 
certified  the  modus  to  be  bad  in  law,  and 
his  Honor,  on  further  dlrecUon,  ordered 
full  tithes  and  arrears  to  be  paid  the  rector, 
with  costs  of  suit.  To  these  decisions  and 
udgments  the  defendants  appealed  to  the 

>rd  Chancellor,  and  such  appeal  is  yet  de- 
peudinr ;  but  upon  a  refusal  on  the  part  of 
the  dmndanta  to  account  in  the  mean 
tiBM  for  tithe  of  hay  accruing  due  to  tho 
lector,  he  waa  obliged,  in  support  of  hia 
righta,  to  file  frosh  bills  againat  the 
ooeopiers  generally  to  account.  Upon 
whira  proceeding  (the  answer  and  ex»* 
mination  of  witnesses  being  had)  dig 
eaoae  came  on  for  argument,  aa  befiDft 
stated,  on  Saturdav  b^;  when  the  Vioe- 
Chancellor  was  pieaaed  to  confirm  kb 
former  vbw  and  judgment  of  the  case,  by 


^ 


[Mky. 


pnd  GO  i^  mam,  lieSsL  eoitt  of 
MCC;  anaiao  ooMft  «f  vfa^  ipeh.  waawut : 
ioii  h*  «■■  piciHiS  p«v«mil7  go  sshk  his 
viw  of  di*  OMv  b;  aaiiiong  «as  die  priii' 
cipiies  whieh  ffiwrnttt  bis  Ctnasr  w  «dl  w 
BK  lienrar,  in  nicvancy  ca  the  moiiiuaB 
Ipf  she  (trfiriiifMa,  aiui  oumc  deviy 
Kiimd  dw  aoecrtunC;  and  ambignicy  dF 

Tom  Bcir  Costow-Hoobs. — ^7^  Exni^ 


V,  aenry  rmu — ncaoufp  wrk  aeam.  la 
digCaigff  Eadigyrott  Wtrfawifaj  I7«fc. 
Biif  V  apmi  •.  booii  vhicb  had  been.  $t«€a 
ta  his  Mija^  by  tb*  Hfftwiwt,  aiodip- 
SmhIW  dus  a  BBV  CaacoviriioiiM  shmU 
Wbnittii  diocief  of  Loadoo,  aeeonfiaf^  to 

■id  ■MCi&SCHMH.-^TllO    ASr 

OK  dw  port  of  dio  Crawn, 
sC  0VoK  IcBClfa*  and  odlod  voriooo 
pnwi^  dioc  diooondionw  of 
ibe  bond  bad  aoC  bacn  fidfilkd,  ud  bi 
oonoKiBaiiec  of  d&e  nMMiuiE  fhwnrftMmdio 
V^nmifiy  bad  AAn  nto  nuno.  BCr.  Scar* 
ittty  woo  oao  ntfmtd  §bx  efao  drfendaafia 
mainciifMed  cbat  Mr.  PeCro  bad  compfiod  «id& 
tbe  <iircctiaa  of  Mr.  Laing,  the  forvejor 
wbo  bad  beea  appointed  by  die  ConuBi»- 
sooon  of  Coatoou  to  soperintend  the  build* 
bg;  T»  tfaia  it  waa  mdied  that  Mr. 
Loing  mw  not  inverted  vita  such  power  or 
authority  and  that  if  }Ar.  Laing  waa  ap* 
pointed  eoch  nureyor,  Mr.  Pteo  did  aoC 
oomply  with  the  dinc^ooa  civcn  bv  fiAr.  L. 
The  Crown  wait  on  to  cna^^  Mr.  Pcto 
and  Mr.  Laing  with  finmd  and  eoUnaioo, 
with  a  view  to  defraud  6o(vemment.< — After 
n  long  and  minute  bearinr  of  the  chaxgea 
and  ue  defence,  the  Chief  Baron  lununed 
op  the  erideaee :  he  waa  of  opinion  that 
Mr.  Peto  bad  iMde  oxijuetifiable  deviatione 
from  the  original  contract*  and  that  befive 
making  them  he  ought  to  have  coneoltcd 
the  Commieeiooen.  The  Chief  fiaron, 
howerer,  oheerrcd  that  there  waa  not  the 
•Hghtest  evidence  to  prove  that  any  e<^la' 
fion  had  exiated  between  the  defendant  and 
Mr.  L.  The  Jury,  after  eoosoJtii^  abont 
two  hours  and  a  hgUf,  retatned  a  verdict 
upon  eleven  of  the  isciiea,  with  diacrimiDat' 
totg  observations  upon  each«^ — ^The  effect  of 
the  verdict  is,  that  Mr,  Peto  is  completely 
exonerated  from  the  pavments  which  coold 
be  exacted  ooder  the  bond  given  to  the 
Commissiooerv  kA  Customs. 

May  4.  Tlie  first  stone  tA  the  new 
Chorch  of  St.  John,  Upper  Holloway  (near 
the  foot  of  Highgate-hilli,  was  laid,  with 
the  usual  folemnitie^,  by  tne  Archbishop  of 
Caoterhory.  His  Grace  was  attended  by 
the  Bishops  of  Chester  and  St.  Asaph ;  the 
fx>rd  Msjor  and  Ladv  Mayoresn ;  Messrs. 
Slieriffs  (.rowder  and  kellj  ;  Mestrs.  Byns( 
and  WhtU>rssd,  the  County  Meml>ers  ;  tlte 
Rev.  Dsai^l  VVilsf>n,  ti^ie  Vicar  of  Islingti/n ; 
and  a  v#ry  n\\tuMu\\%  assemMs((a  of  t^Ms 
AtvcMnd  M«mUrs  of  the  Corporation  of 


of  die  Ca^sy.    Thia 
of  Ghne  inteniird  b»  be  erecsect  xl  du 

of     TJiwgtacm-        Ik    ivill    bo     XL     "Sim 

poinnrrf  style  iif  ardbisecBue.  amt  ^iie 
adopted  ie«gii  af  Mr.  BaKry  !a  very  pieaa;- 
inir  and  chaaoa. 

THEATRICAL  REGISTER. 
KcTG'i  TaxAras. 
Apr^  1.    A  bailee,  ftnctJi^  La,  Siossana 
de  FhmSf  was   produced  widi    litfuu^oisiica 

the  excellence  of  die  pezsmnaacs  axctcd 
onivexaai  applanae,  and  the  iilmiii  li  sacs 
and  iavenfion  displayed  by  she  auttuir.  ML 
D'EgviUe,  eidtle  him  co  die  higfMnc 


DrCKT   L4/SS. 

jiprili9.  A  new  ope 
known  tale  of  the  AcabiBn  3fig!ita* 
tainmenrij  waa  bnm^it  ont^  «aUaa  Jlanairu. 
The  principal  attmcdaa  was  en*  3UUKr. 
by  fiahop;  indeed  it  appeals  gd  Je  a  sew 
adaptation  of  the  old  piece  of  -llaifaiin.  ^n 
order  to  form  a  rival  to  the  Obanm  <is  (.\i- 
vent-garden»  Miss  Stnhena  aa  \ia«inin, 
and  Snckur  as  the  Scfaah  oi  PosBia^  «ere  jt 
eoune  the  principal  chanetan  ;  aod  dictr 
vocal  powers  exdted  onivenai  applanae.  The 
piece,  thowgfa  rather  eqntvocai  cbn  disc 
nighty  baa  been  freiioentLy 


Cowarr  Gjuuusi. 

^pril  19.  A  maaical  opem, 
been  long  annonncedy  waa  bnmefat  airw«rflu 
called  06erwi,  or  The  Charmed  Ham^  suu- 
kr  in  plot  to  the  Faafm  pie—  uf  Dmry 
Lane,  being  replete  with  &iry  mie  magjc 
and  supemttnraL  imiihafi  The 
Weber,  the  eomsoaer  of  Dar 


muau:.  7* 


was    f nthnaiaitif iITt 

matie  part  ia  from  the  pen  of  Mr.  PI 


Maof  3.  A  new  fimse^  cmmiaciuig  odf  auca 
broad  hnmonr  mid  earicntBm,  waa  piafad|> 
called  TVee  Dtaep,  by  Mx,  Lamu  It  waa 
lacerved  with  moch 

May  M,    A  pl^  'm 
ffTMJtMloek,  Ibnnded  on  the: 

acted  for  seven  nighm  at  the 
tre.    The  dramatiat  lannnf    % 
claim  to  merit  or 


the   length  of 

for  the  piece  ia 

cient  qoandnr  ef  Sabgm 

the  noveltoffllnpfivaaotk 

of  that  originality  wfaieh  m  m 

connect  the  ineahmtaof  >  dmnm 

and  produce  stage  e&cl^    Tha 

mere   dull  s  ' 

without  the  _  . 

play,  however,  wm  wafl  actadL    CL  Kai 

performed  the  part  of 

vivacity!  Waide,  Gnmmmii 

rard  |  FarvtSy  Sir  Sbmnf.  i«e  : 

H^tUtrakc,     The 

repeiitioB 


C  «i   ] 

PROMOTIONS    AND    PREFERMENTS. 


GiUTTt  PkUMOTiONi.  Rer.  T.  aiautoo,  Fmdnl*;  R.  Salop. 

/Iptil  it.  Uid  Vo>b»  M  U  Hi^h  Cnn-  Kn.  £.  Gn.,  K>rb;iD.Kii>U<  V.  en.  York. 

B^i.  taibiGtMnlAuamliljDfllwChiirib  lUr.  H,  O.  looxl*!*,  HoltoD  b;  Bollukd  R. 

of  Jutland.  so.  Yolk. 

Mi.  MumI  AkKibui  Je  Puti,  CodiuI-  )U*.J.  HooIi,  SioimV,  m.  WoroHUr. 

On.  in  UhkIub  fm  itw  £n|»>ut  ot  Bntll.  R**.  B.  HtMa*.  Hiuld*Mfi>ld  R.  eo.  Ywh. 

Tlw  Duke  oT  Utimithira  lo  b>  AmbM-  K<i.  Anhd.  Oan,  Si.  Mu,',  R.  SdoD, 

Mdnr  fiilnnrdlMrjr  lo  tU«  Kn|wnit  of  Hu»-  Hn,  O.  PckocV,  WjnnKuold  V.  to.  Ldig. 

(ia,  01  hit  CnmiwiifiB.  1U>.  H.  S.PIumptn,  £ul  SunuhouM  P.C. 

Qwrn  Evi  <it  KfiDbmta  to  b«  Oo*(i>  l>««on. 

MFuftbciiludofUiwiiiH*-  R».  J.Rudall, 'IVmihillV,  CO.  HrrtfbfJ. 

Rtt.  K.  T.  HiohiKU,  FvNnftr.D  R.  H>nu. 

Rtr.  T.  Slmpoii,  Wa1«l}  R.  NotI*. 

Rh.  R.  W.  Smith.  St.  Lnurd  R,  Pevon. 

R*v.  J.  Thlelcan>,  Flllongln  V.  Wuw. 

H«T.  W.  ThompwB,  iULtock  P.  C.  Eum. 

EccLiiiKTicti.  PimuMti'Ti.  RcT.T.  Willluu.  i«iafu>a  R.  Hutu. 

Tbs  R»T,  r.  R-  SnoiDer,  D  D.  lo  iKo  Sa  R«>.  W.  Wiltiuniaii,  Slipton  V.  Nontaui) 

,J  l.UnH,II  »nd  nMBtfJ  nf  St.  P.nl'..  

Ht'-  J-  i>hu<nt»liMkLtf  AftJjJ.  wi*  CunivaU. 

IUt.  ArchdMeoB  Pou,  CbKtUonhip  mi  Curuim. 

Prdnodd  Sull  of  EuUr  Culwdnl.  lUr.  Dr.  F.  W.  BioaAma,  u  A«  Ki^ 

RcT.  Q  BwDoa,  SomoB  R.  co.  DnoB.  IW*.  B.  P.  Htwlsw,  m  Lard  Hood. 

Har.  T.  H.  Big*,  Whitbom.  R,  m.  »mL  

Bn.  J.  Archd.  BiiU,  L«nnl  R.  •*.  Commll. 

IU>.  S.  G.  CoBjD.  Roulhwi  V.  Norfolk.  CiTifc  FuMUium. 

Rm.  Di.  Cunl»>,  BUchnll  R.  eo.  Dnb;.  Rn.  O.  PmtM,  *wxarfHMw«fWwtm. 

R>t.  J.  Daim,  Athviek  P.  C.  SomnMik  R».  C.  Thu,  MrttiaKletl  HMd  MhUi 

Rct.  W.  Digbr,  WkhoJbrd  V.  so.  W m.  b(  Chrkt'i  HoiiM. 

BIRTHS, 

^^  ft.  In  WlodMi-cwtlo,  Bdb.  thi  Abbott  LelcU,  tkt  wlla  i/Ro^nfii^H, 

*ih  of  Wm.  Motutll,  ttn-  of*  MD. 18.     piq.  •  trm. S.  At  KtrrrfordvcMi  mn. 

la  GroiHDor-iUMt,  th*  w'lft  of  Psaltt  St.  Uojd  Phillipa,  of  Dale  Lutic,  PsioUfaknli. 

JohnMiWmty.wq-M.P.  of.  »d. S8.     .  ton. J.  la  SoraWMl-.t    P.,nin«..«|. 

At  Hiinpt<4d,  iha  -ife  of  J.  B.  Nicholi,  tb(  oift  ef  NIcMu   H>rrh  Nicobu,  ««]. 

«q.  of  PuiiuMBt-ilTMt,  a  HO. 30.  At  Ban iitei-Bt- LoK ,  F.  8.  A.  a  daik— ~S.  Ai 

HolmptuD,  Yorkthin,  tbt  •ills  of  R.  Lao^,  tbe  RKtorj  Hua«,  WuodalDok,  tht  hiy  of 

(H].  a  daughur.  ibn  Rii.  Dr.  Mavoi.adau. 10.  At  Rcad- 

Laltly.    At  Eabei,   tbs  -ilii  of  CifMia  mg,  tlic  .ifs  of  W.  Tilaj,  juo.  «>q.  a  H^ 

Ardlei|fl,t>OB. At  Montoa  Sa;,  Salop,     II,  Th<  Biraof  J.  T.  Jutkc,  e«|.  sf 

tba  w3e  of  Ret.  Chat.  CholntoDdck]'!  ■  iod.  9|»iiic-caiikiu.  a  loo. it;.  Tlie  wif*  of 

May  1.  At  Haisbraoli-hoiui,  atu  Bt!*-  1*.  CWlut,  ».[.  Pcrabtokar-houM,  ClifkoB, 

tol,  tns  >il*  of  Col.  BnrctoB,  a  dao. A(  a  <lau|huT. 


MARRIAGES. 

Marrh  I.  At  Malu,  T.  Ackert  Shooe,  dau.  to  tba  Hon.  Wik  Bn«faaa,   of  th* 

nq.  to  Marc.  AnliirTille,  cidnt  dau.  of  ilia      1.'iiit«<l  !ilal«  uf  Aiutkca. At  ('mpii~ 

late   G«o.    RoH,   lod  graod-dau.  of  Lnid  ifuii.,  Iitlaad.  Tliin.  Umi,  atq.  of  Rhono 

Aokmill*. Jpril  6.  At  Munich,  C,  H.  IMI.  cu.  Tjtout,  to  WUhtlmila,  dao.  of  Ar- 

H>ll,  nq.  ofhUMaJHlj'iUiatioDUthat  iW  I'.Ur,  »q.  lata  afUnnliin,  to.  Wa> 

Court,  and  lOD  of  lh.D»ui  of  Durham,  to      t-tfurd. «(>.  AtSt.  Marjf-.Cbowll.  Bfj- 

Maria  Lcopfldina,  Baroosi  de  Wrichi  a  k  »>ta»-Mu.n,  tharlaPe«i,  »q.<.f  Lh»l*. 

Olon,  aod  CanoMU  of  the  Roral  Order  of  li<uDrlt>o  lodce,  Uafoid.  lo  Mar^,  .Idatt 

St.  Anoe. IS.  At  r.iall,  Staffonhhile,  Ju>-  of  the  Uu    lUr.   RuImiI   Lomh,   of 

Capl.  Chicheitet,  COth  Rig.  U>  Miu  Coo-  Gnne    Hduh.   CKI.iri'k,   MUdlmi,    «) 

nab'e,  aldeit  dau.  ofihe  late  Sir  Thoa.  Cod-      K'"d-dau.    i.f    Bithop    Uwih. At   Sc. 

alahle.Bart. IT.  At  Parii,  LaMar>  <iFDrKa'i,   Haaixtti-xi.  J.  Maadoaald,  caq, 

quit  du  BlaiMl,  CbambetUin  to  tba  Em-  M.P.   {aim  Sii  Jamei  MaodooaU,  BartJ 

pitgf  of  Autriaf  to  Maria  MatiMi,  Moood  lu  Au*  tliarlMI*>  dau.  ol  R(r.  J.  8.  Ogl*, 


462  Marriages.  mv* 


of  Kirkler   Hall,    Northmnb.— — 94.    At  the  late  Junei  Vop  of  Tmcktnliaiii, 

Bridgnortn,  by  the  Rev.Tho8.Dethick»Al-  At  the  Rectory  Church,  St.  Marylebon^ 

dernutn  James  Shipman,  of  Bridgnorth,  to  Sir  Geo.  Smith  Gibbet,  M.  D.  of  Bath,  to 

Miss  Willis,  eldest  dan.  of  the  late  Mr.  Jos.  Mariamie,  eldest  dau.  of  tha  late  Capt.  T. 

Willis,  of  Oldbory,  Salop. In  Carlisle,  Chapman,  SSd  Reg. ^At  Chelsea,  Peter 

Sir  Gerald  Geo.  Aylmer,  hart,  of  Donodie  C.  Shadwell,  esq.  to  M«ria,  dau.  of  Capt. 
Castle,  CO.  Kildare,  to  Maria,  eldest  dau.  of  Henry  Cavendish,  late  R.  I.  A.— At 
the  late  Col.  James  Hodgson,  of  Carlisle.  Homsey  Church,  the  Aer.  Chauncy  Haro 
At  Bath,  Peter  Laing,  esq.  coroner  for  Townsend,  to  Eliza  Frances,  eldest  dau.  of 
Somenet,  to  Elizabeth  Dobson.— 25.  At  Col.  Norcott,  K.C.  B.— .^At  Kensington, 
York,  the  Rev.  John  Homer,  of  Kilbum,  Wm.  Hollamby  Hull,  esq.  to  Jane  Char- 
Rector  of  South  Reston,  Lincolnshire,  to  lotte,  dau.  of  the  late  Major  Torriaos.— — 
Sophia  Mary,  eldest  dau.  of  John  Hall,  esq.  At  New  Chivch,  Isle  of  Wight,  Major  J. 

of  Farlington. At  Ormskirk,  Mr.  Ellis,  T.  Merriset,  48th  Reg.  to  Emily,  eldest  dan. 

surgeon,  of  Liverpool,  to  Mary,  second  dau*  of  John  Vaux,  esq.  of  Ryde.— — 3.  At  St. 

of  Harvey  Wright,  esq.  of  Ormskirk.—-—  Margaret's,  Westminster,  Alex,  eldest  son 

At  St.  Giles's  Church,  James  Ram,  esq.  of  Alex.  Copland,  esq.  of  Gunnersbury  Park> 

harrister  at  law,  to  EUiz.  Jane,  only  dau.  of  Middlesex,  to  Maria  Ursula,  dau.  of  the  late 

the  late  Capt.  R.  W.  Adye,  R.A.— — At  Geo.   Garland,  esq.  of  Stone,  Wimbom» 

Westbury-upon-Trim,  Capt.  Edw.  Drew,  to  Dorset ;  and  sister  of  B.  L.   Lester,  esq. 

Sarah,  eldest  dau.  of  Mr.  Bird,  of  Kings-  M.  P.  for  Pooler 4.  AtKilmuton,  Hants, 

down.— At  Paris,  Henry  Harvey,  esq.  of  the  Rev.  Francis  North,  Preb.  of  Wincfaes- 

St.  Audries,  Somersetshire,  to  Agnes,  dau.  ter,  to  Harriet,  dan.  of  Sir  Henry  Warde,  of 

of  Alex.  Ramsay,  esq.-       86.  In  Harcourt-  Dean  House,  K.  C.  B.  Governor  of  Barba- 

street,  Dublin,  the  Hon.  William  Browne,  does,  &c.— At   Wareham,    Dorsetahire» 

brother  to  the  Earl  of  Kenmare,  to  Anne  Joseph   Vipan,  jun.   esq.  of  Sutton,  near 

Frances,  second  dau.  of  the  late  T.  Segrave,  Ely,  Cambridgeshire,  to  Miss  Cole,  niece  of 

esq. At  Edinburgh,  Capt.  Hope  John-  Major   Cole,    R.  M. At  Huddersfieldy 

stone,  R.N.  to  Ellen,  eldest  dau.  of  Sir  Wm.  TumbuU,  M.D.  to  Eliz.  Grace,  dan. 

Thos.  Kilpatrick,  bart.^— 37.  At  Colyton,  of  the  late  Thos.  Nelson,  esq. ^At  Stock- 

Thos.  John  Winter,  esq.  of  Taunton,  So-  Pp^t  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  Col.  Peers,  of 

merset,  to  Catherine,  only  dau.  of  the  late  rlasnewydd,  co.  Denbigh,  to  Caroline,  only 

Sam.    Sampson,    esq.   of    Colyton. At  dau.  of  the  late  Joseph  Beever,  of  Manches- 

Bridport,  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nantes,  Rector  ter,  esq. 9.  At  Walcot  Church,  Bath» 

of  Powderham,  to  Mary,  dau.  of  G.  Golding,  Capt.  Harington,  R.  N.  to  Jane  Anne,  dan. 

esq.  of  Bridport. ^At  Reading,  Francis  of  the  late  Kev.  Archd.  Thomas,  of  Bath. 

Hotchkin  Buckeridge,  esq.  son  of  the  late  .——At  W&tford  Church,  Herts,  Thomas 

Ldeut.-Col.  Buckeridge,  of  Binfield  Grove,  Truesdale  Clarke,  jun.  of  Swakeleys,  Mid- 

to  Mary  Ann,  dau.  of  the  late  John  Bockett,  dlesex,  esq.  to  JaneSelina,  eldest  dau.  of  th« 

esq.  of  Southcot  Lodge. 29.    At  Rich-  Hon.  and  Rev.  W.  Capel,  Vicar  of  Watford. 

mond,  H.  C.  Amiel,  esq.  sd  Inf.  to  Eliz. lo.  At  St.  George's,  Bloomsbury,  the 

dau.  of  the  late  Wm.  Collins,  esq. At  Chevalier  DePambour,Aid-de-Camp  to  Gen. 

St.  Pancras  New  Church,  Alex.  Glendining,  Vise.  Donnadieu,  to  Harriet,  dau.  of  John 

esq.  of  Manchester,  to  Sarah,  second  dau.  Falconer  Atlee,  esq.  of  West  Hill  House, 

of  Joseph  Heald,  esq.  of  Upper  Bedford-pI.  Wandsworth.«~At  St.  Mary-le-bone  Ch. 

——At  St.  Mark's,  Lambeth,  Lieut.  Chas.  Brice  Pearse,   esq.  to  Harriet  Georgiaoa, 

Farran,   14th  Reg.  N.L  Madras  army,   to  eldest  dau.  of  Sir  R.Williams,  bart.  M.P. 

Miss  Emily  Spence.  for  Carnarvonshire. At  BUenporth  Ch. 

Lately.  At  Torrington,  Captain  Colby,  Capt.  J.  Lewes,  to  Mary  Anne  Jane,  dau.  of 

R.  N.  to  Mary,  dau.  of  John  Palmer,  esq.  John  Vaughan,  esq.  of  Tyllwyd,  Cardigan* 

and  niece  to  Dean  of  Cashel. ^The  Rev.  shire. At  Rise,  the  Rev.  Chas.  Penny- 

C.  H.  Wybergh,   son  of  Thos.  Wybergh.  man  Worsley,  vicar  of  Hullavington,  Wilts, 

esq.  of  Isell   Hall,  Cumberland,  to  Anna  to  Caroline,  eldest  dau.  of  Peter  Acklom, 

Maria,  dau.  of  the  Ute  Rev.  Francis  Min-  esq.  of  Beverley. 11.  The  Rev.  Edwanl 

shull.  Rector  of  Nunney,  Somersetshire,  and  Leigh  Bennett,  of  Lechlade,  co.  6toncester» 

grand-dau.  of  the  Bishop  of  Carlisle. At  to  Ellinor,  dau.  of  the  late  W.  Codrington* 

St.  Peter's,  Liverpool,  Mr.  S.  W.  Ryley,  esq.  of  Wroughton,  Wilts. ^At  St.  Pan- 
author  of  the  **  Itinerant,"  to  Miss  Marg.  eras,  Hugh  Bugden  Peake,  esq.  son  of  Mr. 
Sophia  Brook,  both  of  Parkgate,  Cheshire.  Serg.  Peake,  to  Miss  Waring,  of  the  Gmvft. 

May  1.  At  Llangoedmore,  near  Cardigan,  House,  Denbigh. 18.  Lady  Eliz.  Grajy 

Capt.  Herbert  Vaughan,  34th  Reg.  to  Sarah,  dau.  of  Earl  Grey,  to  John  Bulteel,  esq. 

only  dau.  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Millingchamp,  16.  AtNewent,John,onlvsonof  JohnFlree<- 

Rector  of  Rushall,  Wilts,  and  Preb.  of  St.  man,  esq.  of  Gaines,  Hereford,  to  CoDStantii* 

David's. 2.  At  St.  Marylebone  Church,  sec.  dau.  of  Archd.  Onslow.         At.Stofca 

James  Phillipps,  esq.  of  Bryrgwyn,  Hereford,  Gifford,  Hen.  eldest  son  of  Sir  H.  Eren,  of 

to  Lucy  Mary  Ann,  eldest  dau.  of  Lieut.-  Eggington  House,  Dtrbysh.  Bart,  to  Ma 


Gen.  Burr,  of  Portland-place. Capt.  W.     C.  Talbot,  dau.  of  the  htte  Dean  of  Sali»hary» 

Aimsinck^  6*5th  Reg.  to  Caroline^  dau.  of     and  niece  to  the  Duke  of  Beaufort. 


ISM.) 


Iard  Ciuiilrii  BcxTmcx. 

J/Tit  SK.  At  hia  tiuuu,  In  North- 
TO*.  Park-Unc,  of  au  iiKuritm  ul  tb« 
IwMrli  Hgeil  4G>  th*  Rigbt  Honourable 
lioti  Charlvi  Btntinck,  Treasurer  of  ibe 
Klii{'>  llouiebota,  and  a  PriTy  Couu- 
•cllur.  Hit  Lonltblp  bad  bun  unwell 
for  tatae  lityt,  bul  mini  (u  real  at  bii 
■ecuiluRied  baur  ibo  prti«din(  mtning, 
■pparenily  veil.  About  balF-p*i(  T, 
a.  m.  bx  Lurdibip'a  fooiman  bcarinE  ■ 
(iranse  none  in  hi*  ilituing-rtHiiii,  en- 
Hrfdibeapartmrni.ttbea  be  Uiicovered 
hi)  nailer  Irilie  iluan  on  ibc  door, 
bavin):  dropped  dnon  deMi  wbikl  in  Ihn 
an  of  dreuitis  bimtelf.  It  i*  remark- 
able tbal,  jint  before  (be  falal  event 
lo«k  pUce,  b'<  Lordiliip'i  children  had 
been  wiib  him  in  the  apantacnt.  No 
time  waa  lull  in  tending  lur  mtilioal 
•id,  and  Sir  Henry  HiMucd  and  Mr. 
Warren  were  not  lone  <"  arriviiig  }  but 
tbeir  tkill  Hai  enliirly  uieleai,  at  lite 
hadHed. 

Hiatiordabip  waaihlrdaoiiof  Willian- 
Hanrj-Cavenditb,  ibird  and  late  Unka 
of  Portland,  K.G.  by  Ladj  Dorothy  Ca- 
*eiHl<tb,  only  dau(hier  of  William  4tb 
LhikcofDevonibite,  and  mm  bralberto 
(be  preacnt  Duke  ol  Portland.  He  waa 
fornierl]'  a  t.ietit.-eal.  in  iba  Amy,  and 
bad  a  Company  in  tbe  firal  Fool  Guarda. 
Hereceivcd  (be  appvintmenl  of  Treaiurcr 
tu  tbe  Royal  Houaefaold,  in  Auf.  IBI3| 
be  oflicialed  in  (bat  capacity  at  tbe  Co- 
ro.i.tion    of  hi.  pre.e,.t  Majea.y.  when 


a(er  Abbey,  and  altended  on  (be  Kin| 
in  Scotland,  in  IHSi. 

Lord  (.liirleiBenlinck  married,  Aral, 
Sept.  SI,  I80a,  Mill  Seymour,  and  bv 
ber,  »bu  died  Dec.  10,  igl3,  bad  no 
iitue  j  and  aecondJy,  July  t3,  1BI6, 
Aiinr,  dau|[h(rr  uf  Richard,  Marqueai 
Wclleilcy,  K.  G.  ttboae  former  marriafc 
with  Sir  WiJIiara  Ainly,  Hart,  bad  been 
ditiolTfd  by  Act  of  Parliament  (be  >>re- 
cedin;  ajtti  ft  June.  By  (hii  lady  he 
bad  cbiliiren,  a  lun,  born  Nov.  8,  IHIT, 
and  anotber,  May  ti,  1819. 

Sib  Thos.  Cooch,  Baar. 

4pH/T.  At  Bcnaere  Hall,  Suffolk, 
Xfra  80,  Sir  lliama*  Gooch,  fourtb  Ba- 
ronet of  that  place. 

He  waa  tbe  eldeit  ion  of  SirTbotoaa 
Gooch  (he  (bird  Baronet,  by  Anne, 
daughter  and   heiieaa  of  John  AihiknI, 

Eaq.  and  wkluK  of Batei,  Eaq.     Ha 

auccieded  (0  Ibe  title  on  bia  fatber'a 
death,  Sept.  10,  1781  j  and  larved  SheriC 


nf  Suffolk  in  ITBS.  He  married  Anne- 
Maria,  daaghter  of  Wm.  Hayward.  Eh). 
of  Surrey,  a  deicendanl  of  the  taiher  of 
W.  Patlen,  romiDoiily  alyled  William  of 
Waynflelp,  the  Founder  of  Magdalen 
Collrge,  Oxford.  By  Ibia  lady.  Sir  Tho- 
mai  bad  live  lona  and  lia  daughten. 
Tbe  ion*  Here:  Tbomta-aherlock,  M.P. 
for  Suffolk  («bo  hai  tucceeded  to  th« 
title)  i  Witliaoi,  and  Thorn  at,  both  for- 
merly Lieut  .-coll,  in  the  Army  r  the  Rev. 
Rwbard,  BeKor  of  Bcnacre  and  Protlen- 
den;  and  Haul.  The  daugbtert  were; 
Mary-Anne,  born  1768.  died  June  S4, 
1783  i  Eliaahtlb-Joaepha,  bom  ITTI* 
died  June  19  that  year ;  Calbenn*. 
born  tTS3,  died  April  6.  I7M6:  Eliia* 
belfa  1  Matilda  I  and  Sophia,  married  in 
March  1818  to  Caplain  G.  W.  Manby, 
Barrack -mxtcr  at  Varmouth. 

Joan-HaHHULt  Sirmii,  Bmq. 

Frt.  97.  At  hii  ical,  Kelbam  HaO* 
Norfolk,agm]  73,  Jobn-Maaiicn  Sanim, 
Eaq.  elder  brntbar  to  hla'Gran  tbe  AnA- 
bithopof  Canterbuiy,  and  to  Lord  Ma»- 
ncra,  and  uncle  to  tba  Speaker  »r  (Im 
Honae  of  Commoni. 

Mr.  SuMon  waa  bom  JdI;  89,  ITS9, 
the  aeeond  aon  of  Uird  George- Matmei* 
Suiton  [third  aon  of  John  3d  Dnkc  sT 
Rutland,  K.G.),  by  Diana,  daughter  of 
Thoma*  Chaplin,  of  Blankncy,  Udc 
Eiq.  On  tbe  death  of  bia  elder  brother, 
Geo.-Mannen  Sutton,  Eh).  M.P.  in  I BM, 
uuniarried,lhedeceaaed  became  tbe  bead 
of  the  family,  and  lucceeded  to  the  Lci- 
ington  eataiet,  for  which  bia  uncle  and 
faiber   aucceiaively    look   the   name   uf 


1'he   dei»aaed,   abeo   i 


company  in  tbe  Coldatre 
Guardi.  On  Iba  death  of  bia  father  in 
17B3,  be  lucceeded  bim  in  the  repreaen- 
taliuii  of  Newark,  lor  which  barou|[b  b« 
wai  alio  returned  at  (he  General  Elec- 
tion in  IT84,  but  at  tbat'of  1790  be  rc- 
algned  in  favour  of  bia  brother  Thomai 
(now  Lord  Mannera},  and  never  after- 
ward! tat  in  (he  Houae. 

He  married,  in  April  1778,  Anno 
Mannera,  natural  daughter  of  bia  uncle 
John  Man)ucaa  of  Granby,  tbe  eminent 
General.  By  tbia  lady  be  had  iaioai 
John,  who  died  unmarried  i  Robert^ 
who  died  in  IBIS  i  the  Rev.  Frederick, 
Rector  afTunatall,and  Vicar  of  Hardan, 
Kent  j  George,  a  Commaiidar  in  tbe 
Royal  Navyi  the  Rev.  Tbomai,  Chaplain 
to  tbe  Houaa  of  CommoM;  aad  Haiy^ 
Georgiana,  married  Hay  80,  1819,  to 
Rabert-Na«Ma,  Ibird  mo  of  Sir  Robwt 


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wuen  IK  noiaiiHft  ;ut  runi  u'  'Lun- 
BMiiiier  11  tut  Lavfi  aiuiri  u*  vm' 
v;uici  v*>a«ti  wo^  nut  ir  *.ut  n-|F;a'^*'r>  11 
tut  Itrri-ii  fi— :  11  tut  ra:iit  iif  Oiiii* 
til  Viuixu:  ?t»i,  .-.  'H"  ?Tiia  u*?' 
Ik  «af  rtfnu»v«:L  u*  ^i'  .foin  ii:u  '.ut 
batraiur  uc  Muuul.  i  biKiiiiii  L  ut^ut:*. 
laiLt!!  UI.  'ua:  uL";a»ii>i  ai  aiiMuiii> 
aeii:  tua'  iii«:  wi:i  -.ut  aiMiruua.iui  u* 
tiK  ^unii7al*«  111-  I'u-^'  euninii>»iui  u*^ 
lu;:  cDiifirnitfi  v}  :u*  buart  vi  tut  On 
of  tut  tolu««kiii;  nil 'It '.L 

il  iMUL-  Cap.ait  hrvwrfu  ^ai  k*ii*t';i^ 
b*  Sir  Luuer:  CaiiK*..  v'i:i  vuun  ut 
iiac  uefun  n^'rvvi  11  lut  Tii«»«u-..  u 
i^fpiMiMtif    u»  iiaf-auii    tut   l^iu»    u^ 


'V'aHw.  t  atfeoni'^Tait..  axa  u*  arcordiii*r« 
aecoDiuaiii-n.  tua:  ofiise-  u  tu*  ^ce: 
jiidfo  II  QiHs:  a  L  f-mici  Fouauroi.. 
jiiniuoKL  u  iiavt  ;ra]i*  tuilutr*  rr«in. 
lir^ni  on:  wuici  luftL  alirfm  11^  wur^. 
am  tjin-r*'!  iii»  AirJiwrraifjai.  Ht  iv- 
tUTiKL    II  I.ii;:iaiit    .'u:t*   il.     i»('J..  aiuL 

U     IlK   niUIIll     II      rlUfUC      full- 'M  1.1^.    1l-a;> 

apuuiiiit:!.  u  tiK  ^ir:u.-  rri^.iu.  li  viuir:.. 
UI  iiK  reusvia.  u  uufiiizih;:  i;  islL.  ik 
niaut  ievera  vaiuauK  'j^tPitrrea 

I'UTiu;^   tm    simniHr    o-     irC-^     tof 
Smut    wa^   anuuiyM.    u    waccitiiir    tut 
vnr:  o;    T'emi.  :   auL  u    Lu*   eiiconnir- 
if^tw*!^!    Sr    Kuuen    Caiui**  »   ti-»  ; 
wuicL  iut  wa^  atrasutn..  aiiL    tn-   con* 
DiiKL    aniuuiron:    a'   fraiict    aiu    7;il:» 
uai  i  nitii  iiilfttft..  aiiL  I  wouiuwt.      ^r.^ 
tan  frofTR  waF  atwrwani:  oiaecL.  ui.ur* 
tiK  urven  of  L.an  N«isoi..  am  wa-  (Mt: 
uf    tilt    las;    persuii-    miti    wudB     :aa- 
prea:  caniniaiUKr  trve:  coiivtrrHeu    Dt':!<r 
will  uio  ui   utjaiL  tut  '^'irior^  11;-  *'t\- 
ra     uuuT.-   prpTiour    u    tic    couuupue^ 
nwir  u-  tu^  bat  tit  of^raiaifa:.  au.  r- 
aiaiiiiii^  i\^   Ui:>  tiut   unii    hillu   ^lu^ 
auu:  u'  tin  «iieiDv'.-  ixm,. 

*rif.    ut;?«atfn    wa.'   nioieaufnir    en- 
fiiiiyvi   II    till  Aitniii^rraiMfai    uuaer  tut 
iiru*nv    !«'    LdLvn.    'LiiUiii^  CKM.     ti    uuufrf 
iavouraui*.  iiorist  ut  TciouiniBeniie«   cxh- 
frsl'    n;    uip-  exeruui    aiu.  zei.    a:    xaari- 
uccait'iiia-  uu*  pariicuAari-    n^   tn^    ^k- 
jaiii?7   fTuict?E    m    uio.    Apri    r.      I»i0t 
II  atxa2i;iii;  &.  v^  iomioaui-   nui..i.  o 
tut  euvmi  iif  tut  niciuti    o    tur  I'lm; 
■iiL  caiuw?liitif  tiK   I-rsiiu   Lojniauaor; 
ti  i>irrreiiue:      Tut   fustilk.    coriuste^    o 
uiK  &U11.,    turn   urisr*.  aiu   irw-    uear^ 
^ui.  v«jkM:ik|  niuuntiiip  ai   tur  wuuh  > 
iuuf  {EUiK.  auL  L*.  carraiiaoe-  M  p-  wmcj 
wtrrt  ttr  utiuiiutfr:*..  Tuett  vtfMei»   niiei 
a:iacik«L  u}  Captaii.  Prmftit    wrr^  iiiur 
tt  11  vuniuar-urnero;  oattK.  «i£hi]  tw. 
Ku^wst  u:  tut  muutt    o:   utt  nve:.  an. 
ii«ar    fe   uau«frauF    tuoa.      Tu:      aniu: 
WffM  cuaiiut;u«.'«'i  witoii    viKo    Bon-..  au: 
vuii'.iiiu^    wiiL    {Trea:  Tipoo'    ai     ni.:: 
bib*»     Iti*    -Wfi.    uuurb.     wiMi     tilt    fitir 
M-.ruci    IP-  Loiuur*.     i;  oeiii;:  ncMi  Jj  1    n. 
aiic  :u»  bi'iu-  niucL  cnpniec    nwioi:  1 
li*»    .1111  uir. Ill !•$«<-    ni    til*    watr*    bnviiL: 

trliHUMfl     tut     •flMfUU      tC      U4'.     tbPT-     ^Uli- 

•*m  '-u»  p-tia-iffr  tfft-c;  Captaii  Pnmt- 
wra-  |fr»-vfiiiifi,  itiin.  niruuiur  tbe  otbtT» 
J.  'jr^.-uuin«tii«.t  niuei.  resmiac.  *■■  hin» 
a^  -»'v»:rd  i^trrt  {rreatn  diftublMl  prrvmo. 
Ik  '.ii'Ti'  auetrrin;:  ofi.  atu.  bat.-  i:  ferv; 
(ui>-ii«:u:  9.u%itL  mac:  vrokabiy  tmvf 
suii-.'ri  '.Ut  fau  o'  tim-  iaader.  Tftc 
imit*  imiv«i  u  ue  i^BnTcrt.o:  18  loii; 
iw«iv.  uuuiifHns.  :  tnirrt-iHuinifer  wr^ 
niii.iu»..  MHC  :tjf  BMi. .  a  tvnnivkab** 
fim  vti»»t:.  cummanMC  ^  Clmvi 
IfuuivK..  h  Caiuiamt  at  TvefiitK.  r:«i»- 
miiuure  of  I'luiUib.  UL  Maoiter  of  iht 


ISK."]       0»iTUABT.— tieul.-jcn,  SklnHtr. — Col.  f>.  Barclay.            465 

Lt^an  o(  llonour.    Tli*  1m*  atuUlntd  Henry  Hraone,  of  bi«  Mi]ntr'>  87th 

by   (ha  S'niM  in  iliU   duhiiif   affur,  Fout.     Ilo  ■mrrccl  the  »tmy  u  Eiiilgn 

■inounKd  to  9  killvd  mid  -iO  wuundrd.  of  ibtl  rrtiBivlil  Juns  I!),  IHOO  )  wu 

Amoug  (be  former  WM  hrrComniandfr't  pruwntril  Lii-utnianl,  April  .10,    IHOli 

n«pW*,  Mr.  WlllUm   AUalr,  Muicr'a  Captain,  June  IK,   IBOft)  Major.  Aurll 

Ma((.    Fur  Captain' •   Prowaa'a   dtilln*  VJ>  11117  t  •"•■  Lltul.-col.  In  1*13.    Tb* 

Kuiibtd  oandust  do  tbla  oeculoii.  tb*  belt  inemaTlal  ibal  *•  can  fiv*  of  (hi* 

Comoiittre  uf   tb«   pHlri«ic  Fund    at  baluvad  and  T**p«clml  ulPstr,  are  1h« 

Lluyd'*  vuted  bim  a  aword  ur  vatr,  at  (Maniug  ndraoit  Trum  a  lallar  dattil 

hi*  opt  I  on,  value  lOOi.   The  turn  ufSHOI.  Calculla,  Jun*  ISi 

naa   at  the  lame  timi  directed  ta  b«  "  We  art  all  in  the  crealeat  alHlcllan 

■llMribuIeil  amuufil  bit  woundsU  uAcen  h«re,   (or   the   to»  of  that  Hub  letluw 

and  man.  Culontl  llriiry  Uruanc.    Hli  ilvatb  wa* 

In  the  iprinc  si  IfllO.  lb*  daetaMd  accM^oned  by  driving  a  younf  buna  in 

■aa   ippoinled  to   lb*  Tba»ua  uf  74  bli   buciy,    whan   tli*  animal  becams 

pjm  I   and   he  ^nnliuued  to  oommand  rtilivi,  and  Calonal  Browne  fearlDf  that 

that  ibip  In  ib*  North  Ma  durinic  the  ha  niiuhl  be  tnianitlrd  in  (b<  olndinf* 

remainder  of  the  war.    He  waa  nonl-  u'  ih*  Port,  and  truitint  to  hli  uxn  r«- 

naii-d  ■  Companlun  of  (he  Dalb,  June  markahle  af-lllly,  leaped  DU(.     The  in- 

4,  idlb  i  obtained  a  Culunelcy  ul  Ruyal  Juriei  he  recelvrd,  and  the  un&vuurabla 

'~  and  became  ■  InHuanca  of  (be  cllrtiat*,  proi'«d  fatal 
•i|bt  day!  aflvri  at  fln(,  nu  danfet  ha4 
been  apprehended,  and  hla  Iricntli  bad 

Lt.-oen.  p.  K.  SniN-iEn.  betn  (ani;uina  in  their  hop**  of  hi*  re* 

Apnll.  In  ReKenl-Xreet,  Lieul.-gcn.  coirry  i     relyinK   un    lb*   (enaral    (am- 

Philip  Kearney  skinner.  perance  uf  hit  bablii,  and  (ba  ■leallenoa 

Thii    ulBcar     «u    appointed    aeeond  of  Ilia  cunitUullon.     Tbrir  hopta    wera 
Lieulmant  In   (he  33d  Foot,  I>rc.  91, 
Mit.  and  i«mil  with  Ilia  rt|><n«itt  In 

America   until  that  oouMry  wi*  *r*>  .  adoiirad  by  ill  who  *a«r,  heluvad  by  al 

eua(ed  by  the  Britiih  Army.     In  l7Hi  vhe  knew  him.    On  lb*  neat,  be  waa  ■ 

be  ubtained  a  Lieuienaoey,  in  IT93  ■  lUelfu  oorpie.  The  Impraulun  priiJucad 

Ciimpany,  and  Srpt.  I.  1791.  aM%tnri*r>  ^  (<<<>  audden  cbanf*.   trum  li'«   and 

fie  aerted  in  (he  aipedillun  lo  Oticnd,  urentib,    and    manly   beauty,    tu    tlia 

and  «aa  (aken  priaomr.     On  I)ac-  II,  lilcnea  and  roldneai  ut  (he  fnit,  haa 

1799.  he  rereifed  a  Lieu  (.-CD  lone  ley  In  been  moit  awful  <   it  haa  eoiDbiued  wlih 


lb*  Sfitb  Fuot.     From  Feb.  I8U0,  to  Jan.  the  de*p  refral,  fell  even  br  ihuae  who 

)SDJ,  b*  wrted  tn  Ireland  |  and  on  ibe  mre  but  all(hil*  acc|ualnl«d  nlth  him, 

S4(h  of  April  In  the  laKerytar,  he  allied  <o  pluii|;o  ui  all  inlu  |li>um. 

for  the  F...(   li.di.i.     H.  obi.lnrd  ibe  ■'  A  v.rv  •hurl   lima   l.ef.jre  the  or- 

rank  of  Colonel,  Oc(.  35,  IS09 ;  Mi}ai^  eurrenee   of  thii  unfurtunata  aeddmt, 

fen.  Jan.  I,  I»ii4,  and  Lieut .-|en.  in  tb*  BTIb  had  been  raviewed  bytbt  Com- 

I8S5,     The  drceaird  aai  a  ncmber  of  mander-in-Cblef,  oho  relumed  hit  bnt 

the  CoDMlldaled  Board  of  (General  OB-  thaukt  lo  Colonel  Browne,  and  npraiaed 

cera.                        bli  unqualified  ipprobatioo  of  tilt  hiih 

Col.  DrLaNcey  BaicLav.  itaie  of  diaeipline  in  wblih  bt  found  (M 
/Harek  t9-    At  hit  bouie,  at  Tilling  rasiminC 
bourne,    near    Durhinc,    Calnrvel    Dc-  "  Colonel  Browne  Wat  an  tdmirabi* 
liiirey  Barclay,  C.  B.  of  ibe  Greniulitr  ofBcrr,  and  it  a  fraat  tot*  to  Ibt  icrflet, 
(■uarda,  and  Aide-de-camp  (o  the  Kii>c.  Hit  hich  character  for  worthed  honour. 
He  bicamt  Enii|cn  4l«t  Foot.  Jan.  11,  together  wiih  (be  delifbllul  bilarlly  of 
IKOO:  Cornet    IT  T>ra|t.  Auc- 39.   IbDI  >  hii   temper,    won    bim    the  eltteiD  not 
Lieutenant,  Joly  9,  1W)3 ;  Ca^nain  S(ith  only  uf  hit  brother  uOcen,  hut  uf  tbt 
foot,  April  S4,  ISn^i  H*)or  Royal  York  entire   reitlmeiit.     He   waa   idellted   by 
Rangert, AoC' 93,  lalOiLieu(.-ciil, Ruyal  hi*  loldiert,  who  looked  up  to  bim  •* 
(;oriiean  Ktvfrn,  Feb.  S8.   lEIISi  Cap-  ibetr  ihlc  cgramanJiof  officer,  and  con- 
tain  and    Lieut'col.    Itl    Foot   Cuardi,  fided    in    bim   at  their  conaidtrile  and 
linlereited  friend.    We  haft  lott  bim, 
•  bote  praite  erery  heart  waa  ferrent, 
d  efriy  tongue  tloquenti  tbc  adjutur 
•sme  yean  Aide-de  camp  U>  tke  Dak*  of  all  diaputaa  lad  ditteultlet ;  tbt  brari 
o(  York.  and   eipeiletMed  oflkctr— th*  kind  tad 
— —  lentraui    friend — tbt    <  fearlra,   frank, 
LiELT.-coi..  K.  Baowite.  and  frtt.' — In  a  word,  we  haet  lott  bim, 
Jwt  laSS.    Al    Fort  Wilhan,   Cal-  wbo  united  in  hi*  cbanetar  iba  toUi«r, 
ruKa.  in  tbt  prime  of  life,  LicaLcoL  (be paUcman,  Md  lb«  ChriMiu, 
GivT.  Mio.  Way,  IKC. 


July  S5,    HI4)   and 

1   bre*(t  Colonel  iu 

IB^S.     He  »er»ed   in 

1  Flanden,   wu  at 

the  bailie  of    Wai< 

rrluo,    and   wa*   for 

11 


4M    Obitvart.— LtcK^-eoI.  H.  Brotonf.— -6.  H.  Noehdek,  LL.D.  [fiaj, 

'  **  The  soldiers  of  the  Light  Company  quently  extolled  the  kindness  of  Mr. 
(to  which  Colonel  Browne  hud  formerly  Lawrence  and  of  his  whole  family,  in 
belonged)  could  not  be  kept  oat  of  bU  which  he  soon  became  domesticated, 
room,  and  they  persisted  in  taking  it  As  the  soni  of  Mr.  Lawrence  were  more 
by  turns  to  sit  up  with  him  during  bis  particularly  to  be  taught  the  principles 
illness.  The  Grenadiers  and  Light  of  the  German  language,  Noehden 
Company  were  appointed  to  carry  bis  quickly  discovered,  that  Wcndebora's 
remains  to  the  grave,  but  the  latter  Grammar  was  insufficient  for  bis  par- 
would  not  allow  the  Grenadiers  to  assist  pose  ;  he  accordingly  began  to  rooii- 
them  in  the  least,  insisting,  that  to  them  pose  one  of  his  own,  being  the  outlines 
Mone  belonged  the  privilege  of  paying  of  the  German  Grammar  for  the  use  of 
the  last  honours  to  one  who  had  so  long  Englishmen,  which,  in  the  sequel,  be 
served  with  and  commanded  them,  improved  to  such  a  degree  as  to  raise  it 
We  boried  him  with  heavy  hearts,  and  to  the  rank  of  his  best  literary  per- 
ftnns  reversed,  and  a  noble  tribute  of  formaiice,  and  of  which  be  just  lived  to 
love  and  respect  honoured  his  grave—-  seexht^fth  edition  through  the  press, 
die  tears  of  British  soldiers.*'  Conceiving  an  attachment  to  Englisb- 

—  men,  and  English  manners,  he  would 

/  *            G.  H.  Noehden,  LL.D.  willingly  have-  accompanied  If  r.  Law- 

Mareh  14.    At  his  apartments  in  the  rence  on  a  tour  through  Italy,  but  for 

British  Museum,  aged  56,  George-Henry  bis  master,  Heyne,  who  was  prejudiced 

Noehden,  Ph.D.;  LLJ).}  F.R.S.;  F.A.S.{  against  such  a  career,  preferring  to  sec 

M.A.S. ;  F.L.S.;  H.S.;  Cor.  Soc.  Scient.  him    settled    in    the    University.    Mr. 

Goettingen ;  Latin,  Jena  {  Min.  Jen.  Nat.  Lawrence  and  his  lady  returned  to  Eng- 

Lips.  E^rol.   &c.   Assistant   Keeper  of  land,  leaving  two  of  their  sons  under 

the  Antiquities  and  Coins  at  the  Bri-  Noehden's  care,  who  at  the  same  time, 

tisb  Museum.  bad  tbe  tuition  of  soaie  other  English 

Dr.  Noehden  was  bom  at  GY>ettingen,  gentlemen,  their  language  being  by  tbb 
in  the  Kingdom  of  Hanover,  Jan.  S3,  time  tolerably  familiar  to  bisa.  Mr. 
1770.  Mr.  Suchfort,  tbe  then  Head  Lawrence  happened  to  form  an  acquaint- 
Master  of  the  Grammar-school  of  that*  ance  at  Bognor  with  the  late  Sir  Wit- 
town,  a  man  eminent  for  classical  learn-  liam  Milner,  when  that  gentleman  was 
ing,  and  to  whom  even  Micbaelis  and  looking  out  for  a  private  tutor  to  send 
Heyne  intrusted  their  Sons,  instructed  to  Eton,  with  bis  eldest  son,  the  pre- 
kim  in  the  classics,  and  professed  a  great  sent  Baronet  of  tbe  name,  and  Mr.  Law- 
partiality  for  him.  Not  contented  with  rence  gladly  seised  this  opportunity  of 
tbe  acquisition  of  the  ancient,  Noehden  recommending  Noehden  for  this  aitua- 
cultivated  early  tbe  modern  htnguaged",  tion,  upon  which  he  entered  in  1793. 
and  bis  proficiency  in  Italian,  French,  When,  in  December  of  that  year,  he 
and  English,  was  rapid.  In  1788  he  reached  Nun-Appleton,  Sir  William 
was  entered  of  tbe  celebrated  University  Milner's  estate  in  Yorkshire,  be  fancied 
of  bis  native  place,  and  applied  particu-  himself,  as  he  often  used  to  relate, 
larly  to  classical  literature  and  antiqui*  transported  to  fairy  land.  Tbe  delight- 
ties  under  Heyne,  who,  becoming  bis  ful  scenery  of  Britain,  Sir  William's 
chief  master  and  patron,  employed  bim  most  amiable  family,  who  contended 
in  collating  several  Greek  MSS.  parti-  with  each  other  to  make  biro  welcome, 
cularly  that  of  tbe  Iliad,  in  tbe  posses-  tbe  comforts  and  elegance  of  an  English 
sion  of  the  late  Mr.  Townley,  for  bis  gentleman's  country  residence,  tbe  po- 
edition  of  Homer,  in  tbe  preface  to  lished  society  meeting  there  almoat  every 
which  he  t|luded  to  Noehden's  services,  day,  an  extensive  and  beautiful  park. 
In  a  manner  highly  honourable  to  bis  the  sports  of  tbe  field,  and  all  tbe  refined 
pupil.  amusements  supplied  by  the  ample  far- 

In  1791  Mr.  Richard-James  Lawrence,  tune  of  the  liberal  proprietor^  cotuld  not 
now  of  Crawfurd-street,  Marylebone,  a  fail  to  astonish  and  delight  a  yonnp 
gentleman  who  bad  acquired  consider-  scholar  new  from  tbe  seclusion  of  tea- 
able  property  in  the  West  Indies,  re-  demic  retirement.  No  less  sarprising 
paired  with  his  Lady,  and  two  of  bis  and  captivating  was  the  raannerlBwfaicli 
sons,  to  Goettingen,  for  tbe  education  Sir  William,  then  one  of  the  m^oibert 
of  the  latter.  Having  himself  been  for  Yorkshire,  lived  in  town.  Tbe 
brought  up  at  Eton  school,  he  had  a  splendid  hospitality  eserciacd  hy  that 
high  value  for  cla«sical  studies,  and  ap-  gentleman  afforded  Noehden  an  opptr* 


plied  to  Heyne  for  a  proper  tutor  in  that  tunity  of  being  introduced  to 

branch  of  learning.  Heytie  recommended  persons  of  rank  and  respeetabiliQrt  lUl 

Noehden,  who  conveyed  bis  instructions  advantage  of  the  bigbeat  iniportiaea  to 

first  in  tbe  French,  and  after  some  prac-  him.    In  1794  be  attended  lii#  ptf|^  to 

tice,  in  tbe  English  language.    He  fre-  Eton  College.    He  then  teamed  to  m^ 


Obituaxy.— G.  0.  Noehden,  LL.D. 


jmtrrlrd 


ilia  benfflti  of  Englith  (choot 
whlcb  ha  ever  >fiei*inl* 
0    ibo    iKW-liiUEleil    madea 


Wb*(  ceniTibu(«]  Id  rcDilrr  hii  mi- 
iIfiik  *i  Clun  ibe  more  *f  retablc,  wu 
Ihp  intruiluclioii,  by  Icltet  fran  Heyne, 
(s  lh(  lofncd  Jirob  Bryunt,  wbu  wu 
H>  lalun  oiib  ibi  snil<ahiiE  qualiiiti  of 
bii  young  Grrman  friend,  th«  two  day* 
■rtdom  paiicd  nllbiHit  ibe  inKrcbaiitr* 
i>{  a  *uil.  No>bilci>  mr  after  cheriihed 
tbp  hi|be(t  rnpfOt  ii>d  affertiim  for  tbe 
itirliiig  •onli  and  ptofoond  erudition  of 
Bryant,  d«li|:hl«i]  to  tpcak  of  him,  and 
hail  a  ihade  of  ihe  eccpnitic  'tft,  drann 
witb  hl4  cucktd  bat  nod  nalloiie  cuie, 
haogiiijc  over  hi*  nantlC'piece.  AU 
Bryanl'*  (tudiM  were,  be  frequently  ■•- 
•ured  Netbdini  directed  lo  (horaUbltib- 
iiig  the  Irulh  of  the  Cbtitiian  religion  i 
ibit  imptmanl  poinl  fornieit  a  daily  lopie 
dT  lb«r  eoDTcnation,  and  Bryani'a  ar- 
EHinanta  wrre  greatly  inairunienlal  in 
*Iren|;ibeiiin|i  ibe  bi((b  vitiirraliuu  lor 
our  holy  relifrlon,  ohich  Niwbden  never 
diuembled :  indeed  be  -M  a  notl  dili- 
l^ent  allendant  on  Ibe  perfumante  of 
divine  •mice  arcorditin  (u  Ih*  made  ol 
lta«  Mlabliabed  Chureb  of  Enxland. 

Noehdeii  alio  paid  xveial  vitiii  to  bia 
diiiin(u<thed  BDunlfyman  13r.  Menehti, 
al  Sloiieb.  At  Eloti  b*  ipeiil  *ilh  hi* 
pupil  iwu  yean  and  a  half,  e>e*pi>i>t 
'le  bulldayi,  «bi<^h  lliey  patted  at  Nun* 


Ah'I 


■4.  N»h- 
e  perm., 
nent  proviiion  in  Ma  naiive  (own,  but 
t'dy  Milner,  refilling  to  lixcn  lo  hit 
plan,  pretlTd  him  (o  undertakejikewiaa 
the  educMlon  of  berMCond  luft,  wbicb 
Nucbden,  boand  ai  be  waa  ia  (ralitoda 
to  to  tiollcDt  a  family,  and  enaMoured 
of  England,  could  not  d(«lin«.  In  tb* 
tatter  end  of  1796  Sir  William  HilMT 
inirodueed  bim  to  tbe  Earl  FilnailHan 
at  Wentwonb  Houae,  a  nobleman  oho 
erer  afierwarda  diatinguiibed  him  by 
bia  notice,  and  wboae  iccompliibed  aoa 
Lord  Milton  buaotirtd  kioi  wilb  hi*  car- 
lo October  of  that  year,  he  went  with 
Sir  WilliaiD'i  aeeond  aon  Charlti,  to 
Ci<etlin|;en.  Tbcre,  itill  under  Ibe  idea 
u(  one  day  b«CDmin|;  a  mimber  of  Mm* 
German  Oniveraily,  be  wrote  adiaterta- 
lioa  (dedicated  to  hit  venerabla  friend 
Bryant)  ••  De  Porpbyrii  Scboliia  in  Ho- 
menim,"  and  publicly  defended  it  in  tbe 
tnivenily,  May  97,  17PT,  to  qualiry  (or 
the  degree  u(  A.M.  which  oa*  thereafter 
conferred  upon  him.     Aa  bia  pupil  i 


a  tbe  c 

I    ipenil    tbe    i 


ill  179^.  be  acconipanied  bit  pupil  lo 
Eton  for  (he  uiual  perioil,  during  which 
lime  be  paid  and  received  tiiiia  to  and 
from  hit  friend  Bryanl,  at  before. 

In  1800  appeared  the  5(il  edition  of 
bia  excellent  German  Grammar,  adapted 
to  tbe  uieof  Gngliahmen.  From  a  with 
la  tee  hit  mother  and  brother,  and  to 
(itil  (omf  portioni  of  (be  Continent,  hs 
eroiaed  over,  in  July  IBOj,  and  after 
apendlag  a  few  montbi  wiib  bia  frienda, 
reiuroed  by  Piria  to  bia  duly  in  London, 
in  September,  •bence  he  again  louk  bia 
pupil  to  Elan.  Sir  Willian  and  Lady 
Milner  were  lo  lalitfied  with  bii  iiide- 
faligable  ciertiona,  ibal  (bey  commiKed 
lo  bia  care  alao  their  third  aon.  In  18(14 
ha  accompanied  Ibeic  acrond  ton, 
Cbarlea.  now  ■  Maior  in  the  Army,  to 
the  Utilvcruty  of  Edinburgh,  where  be 
MFat  pretenled  to  the  Ewl  of  Moira.  ■ 
gvnlH-maD  on  I  bat  general's  Half  having 
marrxd  one  of  Sir  Williaoi'i  daughten. 
He  alto  became  acquainted  there  with 
the  KtlrbniaU i>cboUrt,  Dugald Stewart, 
Tlalael,  Playfair,  Brewiler,  Sir  Walter 
Scott,  &e.  Thia  aujuum,  botMVer,  waa 
greatly  embiitereil  by  tbe  melancholy 
intelligence  be  received  of  Ibe  deceaie 
uf  Bryant,  and  of  hia  dear  brolbert 
Adolphua,  holb  on  the  tame  day. 

Upon  tbe  death  of  Lady  Milner,  be 

SirWillixiD  and  Ih*  wLole  family 'were 
too  mucb  fllt^cbed  to  10  a«erv.iig  an 
inm*«-,  to  ,»irt  »ilh  him  liefi^ic  be  bad 


hll  a  victim  to  an  invaterMa  livar  com- 
plaint :  be,  on  hit  deatb-bad,  tenn>> 
mended  the  care  of  hli  cbildrcn  to 
Noehdea,  wb»  in  bim  loat  hla  beat 
friend,  tboogh  tbe  pteient  Banact,  Ua 
ekleat  pupil,  on  that  occaitoD  avlnead 
the  lenae  he  entertained  of  what  be 
lacreailng  ona 


bIm  to  take  op  hia  reiideDM  u  Niia- 
Appleton. 

Yet  Noehden,  now  dnirotia  of  beiaf 
inaaier  of  fail  time  and  adloiw,  1b  tb« 
latter  end  of  the  aaotc  year  task  apail< 
mentt  in  tbe  Albany.  Tba  London 
bookaellera  applied  to  him  in  18 1  i  for  • 
pocket  dictionary  of  lb*  GemaB  lan- 
guage, then  a  great  deaidcratum.  Ha 
compilad  one  which  grew  into  rapMe, 
and  of  which  Mr.  H.  £.  Lloyd  in  lan 
puhlitbed  an  improved  edition. 

In  1814  and  I8t&  he  made  an  eMen- 
aive  lour  on  Ibe  ContbieBt,  and  in  ISIft 
accepted  an  iovilalioii  l«  WelMar,  (* 
aupatJutciid  Iba  edncalloo  af  (kaebtldnn 


4^ 


Obituakt.— 6,  H.  Noehden,  LL.D. 


[May; 


of  the  Hereditary  Grand  Duke  of  Saxe- 
Weiroar.  At  that  elegant  court,  justly 
styled  the  German  Atbeiii,  be  was  treated 
with  diitinction,  and  would  have  been 
content  to  end  bis  days  tbere,  bad  be 
not  previously  resided  so  long  in  tbis 
country.  England,  wbere  be  bad  en- 
Joyed  the  bappiest  hours  of  bis  life,  and 
met  with  so  many  sincere  friends,  was 
indelibly  impressed  on  his  memory,  and 
crer  uppermost  in  bis  thoughts.  He 
did  not  conceal  his  regret  to  bis  nu- 
merous correspondents  in  tbis  country. 
Accordingly,  a  situation  in  the  British 
Museum  having  become  vacant,  bis 
friends,  especially  General  Milner,  uncle 
to  bis  late  pupils,  and  Lord  Milton,  ex- 
erted themselves  so  strenuously  in  bis 
favour,  that  notwithstanding  a  compe- 
tition of  nearly  thirty  aspirants,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  place.  It  is  even  said, 
that  a  protegtf  of  her  late  Miyesty, 
Queen  Charlotte,  was  obliged  to  yield  to 
bis  superior  interest ;  a  circumstance, 
doubtless,  not  a  little  gratifying  to  the 
subject  of  tbis  memoir.  After  a  short 
residence,  be  quitted  Weimar  for  Italy, 
and  while  at  Rome,  received  these  happy 
tidings,  together  with  a  summons  of 
immediate  return  to  his  insular  friends. 

Thus,  in  18^,  he  at  last  found  him- 
self nominated  to  an  employment  con- 
genial to  bis  taste.  For  some  time  he 
bad  the  care  of  a  portion  of  the  library 
in  that  National  establishment  ;  but 
when,  in  18SI,  be  published  a  transla- 
tion of  Goethe's  Observations  on  Leo- 
nardo da  Vinci's  celebrated  picture  of 
the  Last  Supper,  with  an  Introduction 
and  Notes,  the  Trustees  of  the  British 
Museum  discerned,  that  he  would  be 
more  suitably  placed  in  the  department 
of  Antiquities  and  Coins,  of  which,  owing 
to  the  malady  under  which  the  gentle- 
man holding  that  situation  labours.  Dr. 
Noehden  soon  obtained  the  entire  su> 
ptrintendence.  That  to  the  study  of 
ancient  and  modem  art,  and  more  espe- 
cially to  Numismatology,  be  had  directed 
bis  particular  attention,  was  satisfac- 
torily demonstrated  by  the  publication 
of  his  "  Northwicic  Coins,"  which,  but 
for  an  unfortunate  circumstance  beyond 
bis  control,  would  have  extended  to  eight 
or  twelve  uurobers,  but  was  concluded 
about  a  fortnight  before  his  death,  with 
the  fourth  number.  In  1823,  when  the 
Asiatic  Society  was  instituted,  they 
chose  him  their  honorary  Secretary,  the 
functions  of  which  post  he  discharged 
with  bis  usual  punctuality. 

Dr.  Noehden  was  highly  esteemed  by 
ail  who  knew  him,  for  the  strict  recti- 
tude of  his  principles,  bis  rarious  and 
|Mt>foou<l  attaunments>  and  the  e»pti> 
vaiiag  suavity  of  his  manners.     It  is 


still  a  problem  to  some  of  his  most  inti- 
mate friends,  that  a  man  so  agreeable  in 
person,  so  respectable  in  character,  and 
so  much  liked  by  some  of  the  most  ele- 
gant and  estimable  females,  should  have, 
to  all  appearance,  remained  insensible  to 
the  charms  of  the  fair  sex,  and  never 
have  entered  the  marriage  state.  To 
the  irregularities  frequently  indulged  in 
by  unmarried  men,  be  was  an  utter 
stranger,  even  at  the  earlier  periods  of 
bis  life.  The  society  of  few,  particularly 
foreigners  resident  in  England,  has  ever 
been  courted  more  than  that  of  Dr. 
Noehden.  Among  his  multifarious  ac- 
complishments, was  that  of  being  able 
to  express  himself  in  English  not  only 
with  great  ease  and  propriety,  but  with- 
out any  foreign  accent.  Being  a  martyr 
to  the  gout,  his  impatience  of  that  un- 
pleasant visitor  sometimes  led  him  to 
make  use  of  a  strong  medicine.  Tbis 
dangerous  expedient  may  perhaps  have 
hastened  the  decay  of  a  frame  not  origi- 
nally robust.  The  first  symptom  of  his 
fatal  malady  was  mistaken  for  diabetes, 
which  however,  in  tbe  end,  appeared  to 
have  been  only  a  violent  effort  of  the 
system  for  ease.  -He  also  complained  of 
difficulty  of  breathing,  and  of  lethargy. 
He  expired  without  any  signs  of  violent 
pain.  On  opening  the  body,  the  mucous 
membrane  was  found  to  be  much  in- 
flamed, and  the  cartilaginous  parts  of 
tbe  ribs  ossified.  The  head  contained  a 
large  quantity  of  water. 

His  remains  were  interred  in  tlie 
Church  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  in  the 
Savoy.  Tbe  handsome  annuity  of  300f. 
allowed  him  by  the  Milner  family,  added 
to  tbe  profits  arising  from  his  publica* 
tions,  and  to  tbe  salary  annexed  to  his 
situation  at  tbe  British  Museum,  gave 
bim,  in  bis  latter  years,  a  comfortable 
income  of  about  9001.  per  annum- 
He  left  about  lOOOl.  in  the  4  per 
cents,  and  2001.  in  tbe  French  funids, 
which,  together  with  tbe  Talue  of  tbe 
copyright  of  his  publications^  and  tbe 
proceeds  of  his  library  and  faiUtnre, 
devolve  on  his  two  sisters.  Among  his 
papers  no  complete  maniiscfipta  were 
found  ready  for  tbe  press,  hot  only  frag- 
ments, consisting  of  I.  Aji  Introdttction 
to  NomismatoloQr  *  S.  a  Translation  of 
some  Chapters  of  Wincketasann's  **  His- 
tory of  Art,"  undertaken,  it  is  wider- 
stood,  at  the  instance  of  Lofd  Colches- 
ter; 3.  a  Translatioa  of  part  of  f  t  lilngli 
Laocoon  ;  4.  numerous  Jonmals  off  bis 
Travels. 

A  portrait  of  bim  liy  Mr.BscUer,  off 
Newmaa^treet,  and  in  tlm  pdneasiMi  off 
that  artist,  was  declared  by  bins  t*  be  a 
good  likeness.  A  cast  wan  ab 
after  bis  death,  ffMi  vbkli  Um 


1896.]   Obitvabi^— n«v.  it.  P.  OoodenMgh.—J.  T.  Llogd,  Etq.        469 

Society  U  unilfnlagd  to  hira  aniercd  a  ind  be  lunk  it  ImI  In  the  prime  nt  lifr, 

buit  fur  U>  loums.  ■([(r  >  t>*  ilayi  llloeia,  in  tL*  5lil  }cir 

u[  hit  no. 

l;.^    r,   r  r..  .,-,   >.;  ,.,i,  ^f,^.  Mr.C.  Uiucceededin  ihePrcbcudof 

,r                                                     -'  I'hilip  Culitle  by  hit  Toungrr  brotb«r.  Dr.  Ed* 

(.1..                    ''     V     I'l        I             '■'   lit-  inund    Goodeiiough,     Hcad-mMlcr     of 

li«ie,  uF  York,  sf  Ri|>pon,  aixl  of  Sonili-  WdtmiMtar  ScbooL 

uril,    Vicir    o[    Carlton    la    Lyndricli,  

Nottincbtoiihlr*,    Rector    o[    BaMbf,  3.  T.  Llovu,  Eig. 
[incolnihirc,  and  weond  ion  of  SsiDual  Mag  A.   In  London,  aged  3?,  John- 
Lord  Blibop  ofCarllita.  TboBaiUord,  Eiq  vf  (br  Stoiu:  Hniw, 

Mr.  G.wa*  brought  up  at  W«tmliuler  Shrewabnn.      He  wu  ilie  only  ion  oF 

Scbool,  and  Chriit  Church,  Oiford,  at  ThomH  Uo^l,  Eiq.  of  GliDcmnna  near 

ubieb  place*  of  education  hit  father  and  CarDarTon.  ami  married,  Uct.  5,   I81EI, 

undeEdiDUDU.afleriiard*  VicarofSwin-  Harriet,  leccnd   diuKhter  at  the  Ret. 

don,  Willi,    received   their    education,  Samuel  ButU  r,    U.  i).  Arc^bdeacoti   of 

At  the  Uiiivertity  he  had  lb«  food  (or-  Derby,  and  H^aJ  Matter  of  Sbrevibury 

luoe  10   b«   admitted   a  itudent   (t«nt  Sebuol,  by  wbuiu  be  hu  left  ton  luna 

Weitminiter,  in    1793,  in  the  time  of  and  three  daucDtcn. 

the  celebrated  and  ne'er  to  be  equalled  Tbe  death  of  thli  mnEfa-napeet«d  and 

Deao  Cyril  Jackwn,  and  b«  bad  for  hii  truly  amiable  nan,  «aeaiplai7  In  tbe 

contemporarieaiome  of  tbe  moit  eminent  perfarmance  of  all  hit  locia],  moral,  and 

acbolanotlbepreKnt  day,  amonciiboia  leligioui  du tin,  and  cut  off  la  the  prim* 

ara  to   be  numbered  Mr.  C.  Williaoia  o(  life  and  hope,  cicited  (raat  and  moat 

Wyiin,   Dr.  Pbillimore,   Lord   Kenyoa,  onntiuil  lympathy,  nat  only  amoni;  hi* 

Mr.  W.  E-  Taunton,  Hod.  W.  Uerben,  frienda  and  familv,  to  whom  be  «at  In- 

Dr.  Luihingtoo,  Ur.  Elmiley,  Mr.  Gaia-  eipreaaibly  dear,  but  amonftba  Inbabi- 

ford,  die  tanU  In  paeral  of  the  town  in  which  ha 

Under  the  onooura|ement  ohicb  Mr.  lived,  many  of  whom  «er«  dMifinn  to 
G.  in  cummon  with  all  other  young  men  teiiify  their  reapect  fur  hla  twamoiy  by 
of  lalenli  and  dilicence,  received  from  followinf  hii  rcBiaint  in  praeeHioa  to 
Dr.  C.Jackion,  he  wai  loon  diitlntaiih-  the  {rare.  But  tbi*  ilgnal  mark  of  ra- 
ed  aa  a  lound  and  (ood  leholar.  In  gard,  though  received  with  deep  fealinga 
liST.whileaBacbelorof  Artt,  besaincd  oT  gratitude,  w*«  declined  by  hia  af- 
Ibe  Univeniiy  prile  for  an  Eng liih  eiiay  flicted  family,  and  tbe  funeral  sa*  can- 
on "  Tbe  InBuenec  of  Climate  on  Na-  ducted  in  a  private  manner,  atlanded 
tional  Manner*  and  Character,"  and  for  only  by  hi>  naaraat  relative*  and  couim)- 
■ome  yean,  afler  he  had  taiten  hia  de-  tiooi.  Yet  notwlthitandlng  thi*  deci- 
gree  of  M.A.  be  officiated  aa  one  of  tha  aion  on  their  part,  tbe  general  feeling  of 
(lublic  tuton  of  tbe  College.  In  thia  refret  wat  la  itrong,  that  on  the  day  of 
department  he  at  once  pmerved  the  the  funeral  both  tbe  ibopa  and  pritata 
dignity  of  hi>  atalion,  and  tbe  affection!  houiei  were  abut  through  th*  whole  line 
of  bit  pupila,  and  like  a  true  diiciple  of  of  tbe  proctttiDn,  frotD  tbe  entranoa  ot 
tbe  Dean,  never  forgut  that  if  they  were  tbe  town  atLordHill'a  column,  ts  St. 
to  be  acbolan  whil«  at  Cbriit  Cfanrch,  Mary*a  Church,  a  dittance  of  about  a 
they  were  to  be  genlleiDen  through  life,  mile,  and  alao  from  tbe  Church  to  tha 
He  married  aflerwardi,  Cecilia,  tbe  reaidance  of  Archdeacon  Butler  at  the 
youngeat  daughter  u(  Dr.  William  Mark-  aehoola,  IhoDgb  out  ot  the  line.  The** 
ham,  Arcbhiahop  of  York,  by  whom  he  demanatratjona  uf  aympalhy  and  raapect 
bai  left  a  numeroua  family,  of  whom  for  the  virtuca  of  the  deceaaad,  will  not 
ane  waa  at  the  late  election  at  Weat-  be  loit  on  tbe  aorvirora,  and  are,  sa 
mintier  School,  choten  a  Student  of  hope,  well  calculated  to  aootbe  tba 
Chriti  Cburch.  affliction  uf  hia  family  aad  eoanectiona, 

Mr.G.  rcaided  principally  on  bia  living  and  afford  ibem  a  aacred  touree  of  eon- 
of  Carlton,  and  bai  left  behind  him  the  aolation  in  reflecting  on  ao  bonoarable  a 
chiricier  uf  an  riccUent  pariah  prieal,  testimony  of  putdic  Mtlmalion  and  ra- 
the   moat  valuable    member  of  aoeiety  gatd. 

band,  a  good  faiher,  a  dutiful  aon,  and  John  Pinkerton,  E»g. 

a  faitbrul  friend.     He  bad  long  laboured  lUareh  10.     At  Pari*,  aged  6T,  John 

under  a  meienleric  complaint,  and   in  Pinkerton,  Eaq.  F.S.A.  Perth,   a  wiIb- 

1895   received    much    benefit  from   tbe  minou  land  celebrated  Author  and  Editor, 

advice  of  London  Pbyaiciana  while  rrai-  Mr.  Pinkerton  claimed  detcent  tram 

dent  at  Caen  Wood,  the  aeat  of  hia  bro-  an  ancient  family  aaated  at  Pinkartoo 

tber-iii-law,  the  Earl  uf  HaniGeld.    But  pear    Dunbar.      Hia    grandfuber    naa 

bia  couititulion  wat  entirely  worn  out,  Walter,  s  wonby  kud  boMU  jessui  at 


470 


OBiTUART.F-Jo/b  Pinkerionf  E$q. 


pfcy* 


Dalterfy  wbo  bad  a  numerotu  family. 
At  presbyteriant  at  tbat  time  aboondeid 
in  tbe  West  of  England,  tbere  was  con- 
siderable intercoarse  between  tbem  and 
tbote  of  Scotland. 

Jaraca  Pinkerton,  a  son  of  Walter, 
settled  in  Somersetsbire,  where  baring 
acquired  a  moderate  property  as  a  dealer 
in  bair,  (an  article,  as  wigs  were  gene- 
rally worn,  tben  mach  in  request,)  be 
returned  to  his  native  country  about 
1755,  and  married  Mrs.  Bowie  (whose 
maiden  name  was  Heron),  tbe  widow  of 
a  respectable  merchant  at  Edinburgh, 
who  brought  him  an  increase  of  fortune, 
and  left  three  children.  James,  the 
eldest,  joined  the  army  as  a  volunteer, 
and  was  slain  at  the  battle  of  Minden^ 
his  brother  Robert  succeeding  to  an 
aitate  in  Lanarkshire,  left  by  their  father. 

John  PInkerton,  tbe  youngest  son, 
was  bom  in  Edinburgh,  Feb.  17,  1758. 
After  acquiring  tbe  rudiments  of  educa- 
tion, at  a  small  school,  kept  by  an  old 
woman  at  Grangegate  Side,  near  that 
city,  where  was  a  house  belonging  to 
his  mother,  be  was,  in  1764,  removed  to 
tbe  graipmar  school  at  Lanark,  kept  by 
Mr.  Thomson,  who  married  tbe  sister  oif 
tbe  poet  of  that  name. 

Inheriting  from  his  father  a  portion 
of  hypochondriacism,  young  Pinkerton 
was  always  a  diffident  boy,  and  be  neither 
entered  into  competition  with  his  school- 
fellowa  in  education,  nor  joined  in  their 
boisterous  but  heedthy  amusements. 
At  school  he  was  generally  the  second 
or  third  of  his  class;  but  nothing  re- 
markable distinguished  this  period,  ex- 
cept one  incident;  Mr.  Thomson  one 
day  ordered  the  boys  to  translate  a  part 
of  Livy  into  English ;  when  he  came  to 
young  Pinkerton^s  version,  be  read  it 
silently  to  himself,  then,  to  the  great 
surprise  of  tbe  boys,  walked  quickly  out 
of  the  school,  but  soon  returned  with  a 
volume  of  Hooke's  Roman  History,  in 
which  tbe  same  part  of  Livy  was  trans- 
lated. He  read  both  aloud,  and  gave 
hh  decided  opinion  in  favour  of  his  dis- 
eiple's  translation,  which  not  a  little 
flattered  boyish  vanity,  and  perhaps 
aowed  in  bim  the  first  seefk  of  author- 
ablp. 

After  being  six  years  at  school,  the 
last  year  of  which  only  was  dedicated  to 
tbe  Greek,  he  returned  to  tbe  bouse  of 
bis  family  near  Edinburgh.  His  father 
having  some  dislike  to  university  educa- 
tion, John  was  kept  in  a  kind  of  solitary 
confinement  at  home ;  and  this  parent, 
being  of  a  severe  and  morose  disposition, 
his  durance  little  tended  to  give  much 
firmness  to  his  nerves.  An  hour  or  two 
passed  every  day  in  attending  a  French 
teacher  j  and,  in  his  eagerness  to  attain 


this  language,  he  hid  ftotallj  lott  bic 
Greek,  and  nearly  bis  Latin  also?  bot 
soon  after,  meeting  with  Rollin*a  An- 
cient History,  and  observing  references 
to  the  original  authors,  he  bought  the 
History  of  Justinus,  Ac,  and  soon  re- 
covered his  Latin  so  as  to  write,  when 
be  was  about  thirteen  years  of  age» 
tolerable  fragments  in  that  laogaage. 
He  afterwards  studied  matbematica  two 
or  three  years,  under  Mr.  Ewing*  a» 
able  teacher  at  Edinburgh,  and  'pro- 
ceeded as  fiir  as  tbe  doctrine  of  infinitet. 

Intended  for  the  profession  of  the  l«w^ 
young  Pinkerton  was  articled  to  Mr. 
Wm.  Aytoun,  an  eminent  writer  to  tbe 
signet,  with  whom  he  served  ft  elerluhi^ 
of  five  years.  He  did  not,  however, 
neglect  tbe  cultivation  of  bia  mind,  aid 
having  feh  tbe  witchery  of  verse  by 
reading  Beattie's  Minstrel,  and  othop 
poems,  he  wrote  an  elegy,  called  Craig^ 
miliar  Castle,  which  he  dedicated  to  Xh'. 
Beat  tie.  This  production,  which  was 
published  in  1776,  was  followed  by  the 
composition  of  one  or  two  tragedies,  bat 
they  were  never  printed*. 

In  1780,  soon  after  tbe  expiration  of 
bis  clerkship,  bis  father  died }  end  being 
often  disappointed  in  procuring  ancom- 
mon  books  at  Edinburgh,  be  visited 
London,  where  tbe  size  and  extent  of 
the  booksellers'  catalogues  are  said,  to 
have  formed  his  sole  motive  for  wishing 
to  fix  bis  residence.  This  deteroriaa- 
tion  was  confirmed  by  tbe  hi^okruptey 
of  some  merchants  in  Glasgow,  who  held 
about  1,000/.  of  his  father's  mon^,  all 
which  was  lost.  He  accordingly  went  to 
Scotland  in  tbe  spring  of  1781,  took  op 
the  remaining  sums  lying  in  mereondle 
bands,  and,  returning  to  England,  settled 
in  the  neigbbourfaood  of  London  in  the 
winter  of  that  year. 

In  1781  Mr.  Pinkerton  publishedi  in 
8vo.  <*  Rimes,"  as  be  peculiarly  chose 
to  designate  some  minor  poems;  and 
*<  Hardyknute,  an  Heroic  Ballad*  now 
first  published  complete  [a  Second  Part 
being  added]  ;  with  the  other  more  ap- 
proved Scottish  Ballads,  and  some  not 
hitherto  made  public,  in  the  Tragie 
style.  To  which  were  prefixed^  TVo 
Dissertations:  1.  On^ the  Oral Tradithm 
of  Poetry.  9.  On  tbe  Tmgie  Ballad,'* 
small  8vo.  The  latter  work  is  reviewad 
in  vol.  LI.  p.  S79s  as  in  VoL  Lit.  p«  ISl', 
is  a  second  edition  of  the  **  RioMS^'*  mad 
his  <'Two  Dithyrambic  Odes:  K  On 
Enthusiasm.  2.  To  Laogbtery**  4to^ 
1783;  whilst  in  tbe  same  volnme,  pb  949» 
are  noticed  bis  '*  Tales  in  Verse/'  also 
published  in  tbat  year. 

From  his  boyish  days  Mr.  Pinkerton 
had  been  fond  of  coUeotln^^  medals^  'bbI- 
nerals,  and  other  curioiitiasi  nndhnv^ 


16«.] 


OBlTU*B«.->-Jofin  Pinknlan,  Eiq. 


ins  reeel*«l  fram  ■  laily  In  StoUmcI  • 
rin  coin  u(  CunMiuiiine,  on  hi*  Sarwa* 
tiui  Titior)',  which  'he  h«l  iikvii  «  ■ 
f«r'bln(,  b«  (ooii  Ulil  lb*  (DUiidiliuii  ot 
■  liiile  eolltciksn,  and  lucd  lo  rt*d  Ad- 
diwu't  Ulalocuca  on  MciUU  ■itb  inlU 
nil«  drl>|bl.  Thew  pumitu  led  him  lo 
•cF  the  difect*  of  euniaion  boi>k<  on  the 
■uliicct,  mkI  he  dnw  np  ■  manual  Mid 
t>bl«  for  hii  Dwn  u>r,  ithieh  kltrcnard* 
fnw  lo  ihc  ciciUeni  and  cumplcic 
"  £«<(]'  on  M«l*t«,"  the  Bnl  (dilimt  ot 
which  «*«  publlihcd  by  D«dile)r,  in  Ivu 
e>a.  TolDmri,  ITIt4.  He  ■■•  malerially 
iMuted  In  IM  eamptetion  by  ihe  Ula 
Mr.  Soulhcale  of  )he  Briliib  Moteum 
and  Mr.  Daure.  The  third  and  la*i 
edition  nat  edilril  by  Mr.  UarsMid. 

In  1T8&  Mr.  Ilnhertun  aui^ritrd  the 
liltrary  norld  wiih  ■  very  etlraordiniry 
pcrlormiiice,  inlitled,  '*  L«lten  of  Li- 
tentlure,"  onUei  Ibe  uaumed  name  of 
Robert  Krron.  In  <hW  lork  be  dtprt- 
cUicd  Ihe  incient  authon.  In  a  munner 
lahicb  calico  fanh  the  iiidiKaaiion  of 
the  poet  Cooper  I  and  criilciicd  (he 
bed  of  Ihe  modenii,  with  an  air  uf  u- 
aiiranee  that  oould  not  ba*e  been  mat- 
ranted  even  by  the  moat  conDimed  eb«- 
raeler  for  >a*le,  leamlnf ,  and  Judgmrtit^ 
He  had  alan  lb*  vanity  lu  reeonmeud  « 
De*  (yilcm  of  urlhusraphy.  Dire  fao- 
tutical  and  abaard,  if  puatible,  than 
■    -     Mch   hit    eouiitrjRian,    Mf.    El- 


,.1. 


>.  Unf»rtnnat>]r  too, 
it  hippanrd  (bat  Ihe  iidiua  o(  lb*  p*r> 
formauce  Kelually  difbted  nn  a  miiintry- 
raan  ol  b>i,  whole  name  wai  In  reality 
Rot,-.t  IUr.,n,  nnd  «ho  »■<  Jgil  (hex 
cominf;  before  the  publirk  aa  an  author*. 
IloK^er,  tbiabookobiKinedforMr.P.an 
iniroduclion  i<i  Horace  Waipole,  thronEh 
vboin  he  became  acquainted  wiib  Gib- 
bon the  hiiionan,  who  recommerKled 
him  Id  tbe  boukteiirn  at  a  Ht  penon  to 
trandate  the  '•  Englitb  Morikiih  Hiito- 
riani,"  a  work  which,  kad  the  pmpoiil 
met  with  encouragement,  roiKbt  bava 
tended  to  a  mon  |;ei>erally  diSuied 
knowledge  ol  the  hittury  of  the  niddie 
■(Ft.  On  Ihe  death  of  bit  patron,  the 
Earl  of  Orfonl,  Mr.  Pliikerion  »ld  ■ 
collctian  of  hit  Lordahip'a  remarka, 
wiKicitmi,  and  tellers,  10  the  (iroprielOTa 
of  ihr  Monthly  Mitgaiine,  in  which 
miicellanT  thej    apfieared    periodically, 

■  •■PoorHeronwaiamanofeilenliT* 
infarmaiiun  but  liille  judgment,  a  re- 
■peciable  parliamentary  reporter,  tnit  * 
bad  writer.  He  waa  reduced  chiefly  by 
im providence  to  great  diilreat,  and 
cloaed  bia  life  about  15  or  IG  yean  afo, 
within  the  walla  of  the  Fever  Inailtif 


471 

undar  ihe  title  of  Walpollat)*,  and  when 
eibaaaled,  tbe  whole  were  reprinted  in 
two  amall  volirBiet,  with  a  purtrait  of 
the  gifted  Nobleniaii. 

In  lIBli  our  lecond  Chalterton  Iitued 
two  tlvo.  volt,  entitled,  "  Ancient  Scot- 
liih  Poemi,  never  berore  In  Priiil  i  but 
now  pobliihed  from  the  [pretended]  Ma- 
naterlpt  Culleeliont  of  Sir  Richard  Mait- 
Und.  of  Leihlngion,  Knitht,  Lnrd  Privy 
Seal  or  Scotland,  and  •  Senator  of  the 
College  of  Juiliee.  Compriiing  fiecei 
written  from  about  1 490  till  1&H6.  Wiib 
large  Note*  and  a  Uloiaary."  Thia  pub- 
licaiiim  it  fully  reviewed  in  vol.  Lvi.  pp. 
I4T-IS0.  Tbe manuicripta  were  feigned 
Id  have  been  diicovered  in  the  Pepytian 
Library  at  Cambridge. 

In  i;b7  Mr.  Piokerlon  pubiitbed  in 
I  volt.  IVnu,  under  Ibe  feigned  name  of 
H.  Bonnet,  M.  A„  "  Tbe  Treaiury  of 
Wit;  bcint;  ■  meihodieal  Selectian  of 
about  Twelve  Hundred  of  the  beat 
Apoihegmt  and  Jetti ;  irotn  boukt  in 
leveral  Laiiguagei,"— a  cDmpiUtioii  pro- 
nounced to  be  much  luprriur  to  moit 
of  tbe  kind.  It  wai  accompanied  by 
■nany  ja*(  and  pertinent  •baervaiiunt, 
in  a  Diaeoune  on  wU  and  humour,  eon- 
aidered  under  the  lour  different  beadt  ; 
-Strioua  Wll,  Comic  Wit,  Seriou* 
H amour,  and  Comie  Hiimanr.  The 
tame  year  proituced  in  one  volume, 
8*0.  hii  well-known  "  Uineriaiion  on 
the  Origin  and  Progreii  ot  Ihe  ScjFihian* 
or  (iuihi,  bring  an  Inirodqction  lu  Ibe 
Anctent  and  Modern  H<tlory  of  Bu- 
ropei"    and   ibough    h«   Agured   after' 


valkt 


,  the  prejudiccg  embilmed  in  that 
eitraordtoary  production  eontlnned  to 
tbe  end  to  bold  almoal  the  undivided 
pouettian  of  hi*  mind.  He  Hriaoily 
believed  that  tba  Irltb,  tbe  SMtch  High- 
lander*, and  tbe  Wel*h,  Ibe  Bntoni, 
and  the  Spankh  Biieajani,  are  Ibe  onlj 
aurviviiig  deteendanti  of  the  original 
populalian  ol  Europe,  aiid  ibat  in  iheia, 
their  feature*,  iheir  mannrrt,  Iheir  bia- 
tnry,  every  pbiloaopbic  eye  may  irae* 
the  unimproved  and  unimpTovable  a»> 
vage,  tbe  Celt.  He  maintained  In  everjr 
company  that  he  wai  ready  to  drop  hi* 
theory  altogetber  the  moment  lUiy  one 
could  point  oat  to  him  a  itngle  penan 
of  intelleetnal  emineDee  tpninf  Itota  an 
unadulterated  nne  of  Celtfe  ancntiy. 
He  uied  to  appeal  boldly  to  tbe  Hiiiory 
of  Bulaw,  in  partieuUrt  atkitlg  what 
one    GRUT    Man    the    Celtic    racei    of 


it  mutt  be  owned  that  be  bad  ittMHed' 
family  geBaaloglei  ao  Indefatif^ilyi  Ihu' 
it  wai  DO  eaty  matter  to  i«ftttt  bin 
wllboot  pnpuiliflO.    Ufwtm  -""''' 


473 


Obituart.— J.  Pinkerton,  Etq.'^M.  David, 


CMay, 


Burke,  <  What,*  taid  he,  <  a  descendant 
of  De  Bours?  class  that  hi^h  Norman 
chivalry  with  the  riff-raflf  of  O's  and 
Mac's  ?  Show  me  a  great  O,  and  I  am 
done.'  He  delighted  to  prove  that  the 
Scotch  Highlanders  had  never  had  but  a 
few  great  captains — such  as  Montrose, 
Dundee,  the  first  Duke  of  Argyle— and 
these  were  all  Goths ;— the  two  first, 
Lowlanders ;  the  last  a  Norman,  a  de 
Campo  hello  I  The  aversion  he  had  for 
the  Celtic  name  extended  itself  to  every 
person  and  every  thing  that  had  any 
connection  with  the  Celtic .  countries. 
The  opinions  advanced  in  his  remark- 
able <*  Dissertation,"  were  ably  and  amply 
combated,  as  well  elsewhere,  as  in  our 
own  pages,  by  a  correspondent,  in  vol. 
Lvii.  pp.  203,  305 ;  and  again,  by  Mr. 
W.  Williams,  in  vol.  lx.  pp.  601-5. 

In  1789  the  deceased  author  published 
in  8vo.  a  collection  of  ancient  Latin 
Lives  of  the  Scottish  Saints,  a  work 
which  greatly  tended  to  illustrate  the 
early  history  of  his  native  country.  It 
is  reviewed  in  vol.  lvi.  p.  509f  vol.  Lix. 
p.  635,  and  is  now  a  scarce  volume, 
no  more  than  one  hundred  copies  of  it 
having  been  printed.  This  was  soon 
after  followed  by  a  new  and  greatly  en- 
larged edition  of  his  Essay  on  Medals 
(see  vol.  LIX.  p.  837) »  which  has  become 
the  standard  work  for  information  on 
that  interesting  and  useful  subject.  In 
the  same  fruitful  year  he  published  an 
edition  of  **  The  Bruce,  or  the  History 
of  Robert  King  of  Scotland,  written  in 
Scottish  verse,  by  John  Barbour,"  3 
vols.  8vo. 

In  1790  this  prolific  writer  again  put 
forth  some  of  his  numismatic  researches, 
in  '*  Tbe  Medallic  History  of  England 
to  the  Revolution,"  4to. ;  and  published 
*'  An  inquiry  into  the  History  of  Scot- 
land, preceding  the  reign  of  Malcolm 
III.  or  1056  ;  including  the  authentic 
History  of  that  Period,"  2  vols.  8vo. 
(republished  in  1795)  with  some  addi- 
tional observations,  containing  replies 
to  the  various  reviews,  &c.  (see  vol.  lxv. 
pp.  416,  506).  In  1792  be  edited  three 
octavo  volumes  of  '*  Scottish  Poems,  re- 
printed from  scarce  editions"  (see  vol. 
LXiii.  pp.  32,  446). 

In  1793  Mr.  Pinkerton  married  Miss 
Burgess,  of  Odiham,  Hants,  sister  to  the 
present  Bishop  of  Salisbury ;  but  the 
union  was  not  happy,  and  the  parties 
separated.  The  lady  has  been  dead 
some  years. 

Our  author's  next  important  literary 
labours  were  in  biography,  he  contri- 
buting tbe  lives  to  "  Iconograpbia  Sco- 
tica,  or  Portraits  of  Illustrious  Persona 
ojT  Scotland,  with  biographical  ^otes," 
3  vols.  8vo.   1795-1797   (see  vol.  lxv. 


1 100,  LXTi.  858,  Lxviii.  808)  I  and  to  the 
<•  Scottish  Gallery,  or  PbrtvuU  of  Emi- 
nent Persona  of  Scotland,  ■  with  thnr 
Charaoters,"  8vo.  1799* 

His  talents  were  then  directed  to  geo- 
graphy, and  they  produced  a  standard 
work  in  this  branch  of  science*  Tbe 
"  Modern  Geography,  digested  on  a 
new  plan,"  appeared  first  in- two  qoarto 
volumes,  in  1802;  a  second  edition  pub- 
lished in  1807f  consists  of  threes  and 
there  is  an  Abridgement  in  a  aingle 
octavo.  In  1806  Mr.  Pinkerton  tra- 
velled to  the  French  capital,  and  on  his 
return  published  his  observations,  under 
the  title  of  «  Recollections  of  Pttfis,"  S 
vols.  8vo.  Subsequently  be  was  em- 
ployed in  editing  a  '*  General  Collection 
of  Voyages  and  Travels,"  which  was  ex- 
tended to  nineteen  volumes,  quarto ;  and 
a  "  New  Modern  Atlas,"  in  parts,  both 
which  works  commenced  in  1809.  For 
a  short  time  the  Critical  Reriew,  with 
but  little  success,  was  under  his  super- 
intendance. 

Mr.  Pinkerton*s  last  original  work 
was  <<  Petralogy,  or  a  Treatise  onRpckt," 
2  vols.  8vo.  1811  {  but  in  1814,  still 
pursuing  his  attacks  on  the  Celts,  be 
republished  in  two  octavo  volumes,  bis 
'*  Inquiry  into  the  History  of  Scotland," 
together  with  his  "  Dissertation  on  the 
Origin  and  Progress  of  the  Scythians  or 
Goths." 

Mr.  Pinkerton  had  of  late  years. re- 
sided almost  entirely  in  Paris.  His  ap- 
pearance was  that  of  "  a  very  little  and 
very  thin  old  man,  with  a  very  smaH» 
sharp,  yellow  face,  thickly  pitted  by  tbe 
small  pox,  and  decked  with  a  pair  of 
green  spectacles." 

After  this  very  detailed  memoir,  any 
lengthened  character  were  needless.  It 
will  bave  been  perceived  that  Mr.  Pin- 
kerton was  an  eccentric,  but  highly  in- 
dustrious literary  workman,  and  that 
his  talents,  though  in  some  instapoes 
ill-directed,  were  commensurate'  with 
undertakings  of  no  ordinary  rank  in 
literature. 

M.  David. 

Dec.  29*    At  Brussels,  the  seat  of  bis 
exile  since  tbe  re-establishment  of  the  - 
Bourbons,  aged  76,  M.  David,  an  artist 
who  had  long  stood  at  the  head  of  tbe 
French  School  of  Painting. 

At  the  period  when  the  development 
of  his  powers  commenced,  the  genius  of 
the  French  painters  had  fallen  into  tbe  ■ 
worst  possible  direction.    Tbe  s^le  of 
the  Italian  school,  transmitted  hf  Bdos- 
sin  and  Lesueur,  had  been  abandoned  i 
and,  under  the  idea  of   retumlng  to ' 
Nature,  they  had  adopted  a  ^pettj  al-  •, 
fected  representation  of  hei>  whieh  pot- 


lais.] 


OsnaABT.— Jf. 


in 


iMklMr  tkt  frainftil^  mi  mhhdk 
thty  wfs  Ui  tfrnl^  not  Um  ideal  or 
Um  gnnd*  wkidi  tbagr  had  volmitarilgr 
wwactA.  Dtnid  fvpatrtd  to  Rohm  t 
tiMre  hit  mind  «n  tniocnetd  liy  tlic 
'tmo4M  ImpnuHom  mkMt  it  reatived 
§fam  tba  miaiercivi  grand  and  exact 
imidotCkNM  of  the  ItaUan  scboo!,  and 
froqft  the  ttatuea  of  the  ancienti  in 
«batte,  to  cnrrect,  to  timfly  beautiful. 
Thus  impretsed,  be  ttruek  info  a  new 
eourte^  and  produced  bit  pieinre  of 
Andromache,  wbieb  by  many  it  feprrdod 
at  one  of  bit  m«6tcr>pleeei.  Hit  painl- 
inf  bad  then  lometbing:  of  tbe  Italian 
fravity  and  ifmpiicHyi  and  bit  fare 
and  lofty  detifn,  like  that  of  fbe  an- 
eientt,  bad  not  attained  tbat  ideal 
perfection,  bordering  open  the  itSAieot 
of  itatuary,  wblcb  be  acquired  at  a  later 
petiod.  In  bi«  next  picture,  Betitatint, 
tlie  compotirion  it  simple  and  prand, 
tbe  detipn  cbatte,  tbe  eaprettion  true, 
tbe  colouring  sedate— the  entire  charac- 
ter of  the  production  bearing:  a  great 
retenbtance  to  Pwutiin,  with  more  eoi'- 
rectnesi  and  arrangement  than  tbat 
artiit  usually  displayr.  fn  tracing  bit 
eoorte  from  bit  Beli«afiot  to  bis  ftxpc  of 
tbe  Sabines,  tbe  influence  of  the  Italian 
tchool  will  be  teen  gradually  to  diminish, 
and  the  tatte  for  ancient  design  to  be- 
come stronger,  so  as  at  last  to  settle  into 
academic  correctness.  In  his  Horatii, 
which  may  perhaps  be  regarded  as  tbe 
production  tbat  marks  the  lenith  of  his 
talents,  there  it  tbe  tame  grandeur,  the 
same  seireHiy  of  composition  and  ex- 
pression, tbe  same  sobriety  in  the  exe- 
cution {  but,  without  yet  ceasing  to  be 
natural,  tbe  disposition  of  tbe  subject 
is  seen  to  incline  towards  the  sterility  of 
bas-relief.  In  tbe  Rape  of  tbe  Sabinet, 
one  amongst  the  most  admired  and 
most  deserring  of  admiration  of  M. 
David's  pictures,  it  is  seen  that  his 
drawing  has  became  altogether  academic, 
and  tbe  attitutles  betray  a  tuo  great 
fondness  fur  tbe  display  of  beautiful 
form*.  His  Socrates  is  grandly  con- 
ceived ;  bis  BrutuK  is  full  of  bcauxiful 
details  ;  hi«  Thermopyls,  aikd  the  many 
other  works  that  have  signalized  bis 
pencil,  are  marked  with  all  the  touches 
of  a  great  master  ;  but,  by  those  who 
love  tbe  simple  and  the  true,  and  are 
fearful  of  slyle,wben  it  becomes  syste- 
matic, the  first  works  of  M.  David  will 
be  esteemed  his  beat. 

David  was  a  great  favourite  of  Buona- 
parte. Tbe  conquerer  of  Autterlita  is 
aaid  to  have  advanced  two  steps  towards 
t-ha  artist  in  his  painting  room,  and 
taking  off  bis  bat,  to  have  exclaimed, 
**  S«r„l  salute  you  V  Under  the  protce- 

(iEHT,  hUo.  May^  1836. 


timi  of  M  fffini  JM«U,  IMd  mi 
aUdwodr  at  a  tpteialwarjr  of  dkH>otip», 
to  oeenpy  the  corwr  wiof  of  Ibo  old 
pnlaoe»  lirooi  which  ovory  man  of  iptnlna 
and  teienee  entitled  to  foaldo  tbtrtf  bad 
been  renoved*  Booaaparto  alnraya  eon* 
tolled  him  in  the  arrangoiaaBt  of  hit 
palntingt  and  ttatntt  t  and  all  the  9»> 
vernotent  eottuoMt  wore  fro»  hit  do» 
tigns.  DvrlA  had  many  popils»  md  wai 
not  witbont  adheientt :  but,  itmm  the 
tangninnry  part  which  he  had  tnko»  ia 
the  Revoliitiony  he  wat  thoonod  bgr  tho 
great  and  the  good,  and  totaed  to  lend 
the  life  of  a  pfotetibed  ezile»  In  the  veiy 
centre  of  the  gayett  eky  in  Entope; 

David  painted  the  Coronation  of  Bon* 
naparte,  in  conformity  with  the  inttma^ 
tiont  of  hit  matcor.  It  wat  not  that 
pictoffe,  however,  whioh  wit  enblbitod 
in  Pall  Mall  between  three  and  fonr 
yeart  agow  On  the  rtttoraCion  of  the 
Bourbons,  the  espnlrlaled  paiater  ia^ 
tired  to  Bruttelt  ;  and  theta  he  finiihod 
what  be  eontldered  an  improved  and 
heightened  oopy  of  the  original  paint- 
ing. That  painting  wat  ^LUbited  ill 
London,,  wheee,  fiom  varlooa  eiiooi' 
ttaoeety  it  naturally  atiraoted  mti^ 
notice,  and  excited  anchefftitliniiw  Bo4^ 
nnpaete^  Jetephine»  the  Cardinal  Cn* 
praray  and  two  or  three  other  flgufoi, 
were  onivertally  allowed  to  be  ftne  ;  hiic 
•tho  lomainiog  elntter  of  two  hvodfod 
and  ten  ^eofSe,  gave  the  painting  the 
air  of  a.  crowded  ttage^  on  which  the 
leading  aecort  eoooentrated  atlentkHiy 
whiitt  the  turroonding  nwtet  had  not 
grace  enough  to  be  even  naturally  af- 
fected. 

M.  Davidy  when  he  want  into  exile, 
announced  to  hit  pupils  that  he  wat 
about  to  change  bit  ttyle,  ind  that  he 
would  send  them  from  the  KeCbedttldt 
a  specimen  of  tbe  true  manner  of  cotoor- 
ing.  Critics  consider  him  to  have  fbl- 
filled  tbit  proattte  in  hit  Mart  and  VenOf » 
wHieb  has  been  exhibited  with  his  Beli- 
sariut,  Horatii,  Brutus,  Rape  of  tbe 
Sabines,  &c.  *'  Mart,  overeome  with 
fatigue,  is  stretched  on  a  couch  ;  Venot, 
who  has  risen  to  make  room  for  him, 
has  one  hand  retting  upon  him,  whilst 
with  tbe  other  the  is  pladng  a  crown 
on  bis  head,  which  the  it  to  bettow  on 
condition  that  he  quitt  the  pursuit  of 
arms.  Mart  contents,  and  pretentt  hit 
sword  at  a  token  of  bb  sincerity.  The 
Graces  are  hastening  to  ditencumber 
the  god  of  hit  armour  i  Love  it  unlooi* 
ing  bit  sandal ;  and  every  attempt  it 
making  to  reader  hit  return  to  the  iSdd 
impomiUe." 

M.  Odevaue,  one  of  M^  DtvldU  die- 
eiplet  nad  friends,  hae  pnUidiid  in  the 


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♦74 


Ckrgtf  Deceased, 


BrdMeb  Oraele»  a  pompooi  and  inflated 
eulogy  apon  the  deoeateil^  which  tbut 
concludes :  **  Let  Brutseli  be  proud  in 
retaining  the  ashes  of  David.  1  propose 
to  h9g  his  family  to  leave  the  remains 
Df  him  who  was  our  master  and  friend 
to  usy  to  open  immediately  a  subscription 
to  raise  a  monument  to  him  in  one  of 
our  principal  cburclies,  and  to  have  a 
funeral  procession.  Ttiere  shall  be  exe- 
cuted a  mass  and  requiem,  wiib  a  f^rand 
orchestra  ;  and,  in  order  to  render  this 
ceremony  worthy  of  its  object,  I  propose 
to  invite  hither  the  artists  and  the  friends 
of  the  arts,  from  all  parts  of  the  king- 
dom, and  from  the  neighbouring  coun- 
tries." A  subscription  was  accordingly 
opened,  and  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  regulate  the  funeral  ceremony,  and 
to  provide  for  the  erection  of  a  mauso- 
leum. •     • 

'    The  17th  April  was  the  day  of  the 
.  sale  at  Paris,  of  the  pictures,  drawings, 
and  sketches  left  by  David.    The  cata- 
logue, drawn  up  by  M.  P^rignon,  is  ex- 
tremely interesting;    it    mentions    the 
Mara  disarmed  by  Venus;   the  Andro- 
mache weeping  for  Hector ;  the  Apelles 
painting  Campaspe ;  the  Bonaparte  at 
Mount  St  Bernard,  with  several  other 
-pictures  of  the  principal  events  in  the 

•  life  of  Napoleon ;  and  numerous  sketches 
and  studies  made  during  the  artist's 
residence  in  Rome.    Among  the  modem 

-subjects,  we  femark  the  drawing  of  the 
Tennis-court,  several  portraits,  and  two 

•  pictures  of  the  members  of  the  Legis- 
lative Assembly,  and  of  the  Convention. 


CLERGY  DECEASED. 

Aged  60,  the  Rev.  ff^m,  Baines,  Rector  of 
West  Tanfield,  co.  York.  He  was  of  Trin. 
Coll.  Camb.  B.A.  1798,  and  was  presented 
to  his  Rectory  in  1800,  by  the  Marquis  of 
Aylesbury. 

Aged  62,  the  Rev.  Rob,  TfUUm^hhy  Carter ^ 
Rector  of  Quarrington,  Line,  and  for  SO 
years  Curate  of  Ickworth  and  Chedburgh, 
near  Bury.  He  was  of  Pembroke- Hall, 
'Camb.  B.A.  17929  and  was  formerly  RecCor 
of  Springthorp,  Line,  to  which  he  was  pre- 
sented by  the  King  in  1807.  To  Qaarriog- 
ton  he  was  presented  by  the  Earl  of  Bristol 
within  these  three  years. 

The  Rev.  Bice  Llewellyn,  Vicar  of  Tolles- 
bury,  Essex,  to  which  church  he  was  pre- 
sented, in  1805,  by  Sir  W.  B.  Rush,  Knt. 

Aged  69,  the  Kev.  t/ohn  Lot^h,  Vicar  of 

Sittingboum,  and  Perpetual  Curate  of  I  wade, 

Kent;  to  the  former  of  which  livings  he 

'Wis  presented  by  the  Archbp.  of  Canterbury 

i  n  1817,  and  to  the  hitter  by  the  Archdn.  of 

Canterbury  in  18.... 

At  PortkuMl  Castle,  aged  65,  the  Rev.  John 
Manning,  officiatbg  Minister  of  Portland. 


CMay, 


son  of  the  kfea  Ray.  Ovao  liaDdbfe 
F.R.S.  and  S.A.  Vicar  of  QodaUny,  8u^ 
rey,  the  excellent  Antiqoaiy  and  Topogi»- 
pher;  and  was  of  Queen's  CoUigey  Caoibw 
B.A.  1783,  M.A.  17B9. 

The  Rev.  James  Izod  RabtrU^  KeBtm  of 
Saintbory,  Glouc  He  wm  of  Tria.  jCoSU 
Oxf.  M.A.  laoo,  and  was  presented  to  bis 
Rectory  in  1801  by  James  Roberts,  eaa> 

On  a  visit  to  London,  aged  73,  the  nev. 
John  Thompson,  -  Vicar  of  -Kaston,  and  (^ 
Spaldwick  cum  Barham,  Hunta»  |umI  for 
nearly  50  years  Master  of  .^  Giammar 
School  at  Kimbolton.  He  had  heU  tlw 
small  Vicarage  of  Easton  for  40  yean,  but 
his  other  churches  since  1814  only;  w|ieB 
he  was  presented  to  them,  afber  having  re- 
gularly fulfilled  their  dnties  as  cmnta  for 
many  years,  on  a  very  limited  saJazr. 

Rev.  Joseph  Farejme,  D.D.  Ilcetor  of 
Staplehurst,  Kent,  to  which  ho  W9m  ^ce* 
sen  ted  by  St.  John's  College,  Camb.  in  1880. 

At  Warkton,  Northamptoosh.  the  Rev. 
Damd  ^rauchcpe,  D.D.  Rm^tdr  of  tbit  pa- 
rish, and  Vicar  of  SUpton.  Ho  wis  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxford,  M.A.  1801,  and 
was  presented  to  both  his  livings  in  1805 1 
to  Workton  by  the  late  Dochess  of  Hoc* 
clench,  and  to  Slipton  by  the  late  Doka  of 
Dorset. 

The  Rev.  Rob.  might,  Redor  of  Itebes 
Abbas,  and  Ovinffton,  Hants.  Ho  was  of 
Trin.  CoU.  Oxf.  M.A.  1809,  was  praaented 
to  Itchin  Abbas  by  John  Wrisht,  eecu  in 

1813,  and  toOruigton  ^1817/07^^*"^ 
Dr.  North,  Ute  Bp.  of  Winebeator. 

jipril  5.  In  Queen's-sqoars,  Bo^  ifed 
74,  the  Ven.  Chas.  San/B^/hrd,  Archdeacon 
of  Wells,  ChanceUor  of  Bath  and  Wdb, 
Vicar  of  Awre  cum  Blakener,  and  of  TUky, 
Glouc.  and  for  many  years  m'  tho  Coonaa- 
slon  of  the  Peace  for  that  connw.  Hit  lias 
successively  Fellow  of  Sidney  CtAlBgB  and 
Trinity  Hall,  Camb. ;  and  took  the-dHiw  ef 
B.A.  at  the  former  in  1773,  aodoMt  ef 
M.A.  at  the  latter  in  1776.  Ho  wasan* 
sented  to  Awre  by  the  HidMrdoahoia*  MB* 
pany  in  1780,  and  to  Tirley  by  tho  BW  la 
1788  ;  was  nominated  Chancellor  of  &tfa 
and  Wells  in  IBIS,  and  Archdeacon  in  1615. 
A  year  has  not  eliipsed  since  the  FariidiioBen 
of  Awre  met  together,  to  present*  to  diflir 
revered  Pastor  a  piece  of  plilte,  in  taatiaoay 
of  their  gratitude  for  the  long  and  impoitnt 
service  rendered  by  him  to  the  polish.  Thsy 
assembled  at  thres  o'dock,  aod  Bttundtil 
him,  preceded  by  a  band  of  muaie,  to  do 
Red  Hart  Inn,  at  Awre,  where  aa  ejoaUoat 
dinner  was  provided  for  the  occaaion.  AAsr 
dinner,  the  Rev.  Charles  P.  N[.  Wihon,  dis 
curate,  addressed  the  venevafale  and  wtttfay 
Vicar  in  an  appropriate  speech  t  aad^*  in  ^ 
name  and  on  behalf  of  the  f^iahioBan»  «t^ 
sented  him  with  a  silver  Salver,  b««iiii^  As 
following  inscriptioD  :-*«  To  tho  VooHriUi 
Charles  Sandifoid,  M.A.  AnhdeooM  ef 
Wells,  and  Inoombtat  of  Aiuf  ikik 


. 

UM.]                                     CUrgs  DBctated.                                          4TS 

i 

m  pn»>i,M  I7  Ih*  loluUiuW  of  iha  IV 

rUiofAim,  JiuHtSib,  1SB»,  M  ■gnwFnl 

fbixl,  •«!  olben. 

awmorUI  of  fall  unwMiud  Uten^on  M  (l»i( 

May  4.    Aged    79.    tlw   R«.   fn^arre 

wbkli  he  h»  CpfB  thtir  ral>l*ot  Viar. " 

CtfdiDcloD  iDd  of  KeTfoe.  IMi.     H*  » 
rmnetlj    fello-   of    Trlnltj    Cull.    Cub. 

iIhi  Kc*.  >rm.  TAiu.  .Vsv.  Vinr  of  Amnll 

■here  he  took  the  degma  of  B.  4.   1 770, 

evm  K.>;l<l>tJ<.ci.  and  ot  tUlitliun,  E»n. 

M.A.  I779i  he  wu proenled  to  boUi  hia 

H*  »u  of  Enunu*!  Collrn,  Ctmb.  Lt.  B. 

Vinnni  ht  thit  College  in  17!)':,  •mt  wa 

prefc.«d  to  the  Prebend  ,,f  MUwo  Mttgr 

bj  (he  E«r..lo.i  nf  J,  M.  0.  Dirt,  »q.j  uid 

k: 


jWay  S.    In  CltraaM-tlreei,    Llnnxwli 

j4j>nl  10.  AtBad-OnD.Meriaofthihlre,  wed   ao,   the   lUv.   Mm.  £U't/},   A.b.  of 

i^  7«,  lh«  Re..  Or<-m  Oirm,  M.A.  R«e-  Qumd'i  Coll.  Oaf.  uul  lus  Cunt*  of  St. 

IM  of  Luigyniu,  MDntgomei7>hirB.  Mark'*  Chiinh.  Liverpool. 

jtpril  I  A.  At  ElboHf  CoIBue,  nemr  War-  May  e.  Al  (he  Rsctorr  Huute,  Lougb- 

,     enter,  tlie  Re>.  JvAn  Pncr,  VIcv  of  Tib-  honnigh.  L«ic.  «g(d  SH,    do  K«.    Rieli. 

bntnn,  WorcMUr,  and  RfoCor  of  QuiiKaD,  Hvih/,  D,D.  for  «8  fiun  R«e(ar  of  libit 

OB.  Gimie.  to  both  ihicli  chaichei  be  *U  nriib.     Dr.  Hirdjr  wu  ■  utiie  nf  Enfield 

pfMented  br  the  Deui  and  Chajrtar  of  War-  in  Middletm,  aud  ion  <if  the  Ho.  San. 

enter  1  10  the  fDrioerin  IT94,aDdtbelaltir  Hud;,  M.  A.  ni*D)>  ^Mn  the  dillKentCunla 

Ik  IS03.  and  Lrtnirir  of  (hat  pariib.     Tlw  dtceoMd 

April  IM.  And74,th*Rc*.  Hoi.  AiUcr,  wai   famerl;  Fellow  and  Tgtor  of  Ena- 

Rtftot    of    IpIdco.     Berh.     U<    m     at  Duti  Coil.  Cainb.  «hcte  b>  took  the  deanm 

>r  Cull.  OaW,K.C.L.IT7n.  and  »»  of  BA.    ITx«.  M.A.   mn.  B.D.    t7e«, 

Bteil  ta  lalipcn,  ja  the  fame  jrar,  iff  D.D-  i'UW;  and  b;  which  Soeietj  he  ou, 

.  Butler,  eiq.  Id  llu  htwr  jrmt,  beiof;  than  the  Senior 

AprH   17.    Agid  83,  the  lUt.  Ifitlvm  P'lloic.  pmeDled  to  the  Rector;  of  Louab- 

Gray,  one  of  irw  PriMtt  Vican  of  LlnonlD  bcruugh.  ilia  mqal  Taluahla  baDefioa  either 

CWhedral,  R«tar  of  Si.   Mary  Migdaltn  ia  the  gift  of  iba  College,  or  In  the  Coiutf 

Md  VicM  iiT  St.  N'i«holai  Neajmrt  in  ihi(  of  Leiceiter.     Uj  hii  deatli  th*  Count;  baa 

«i(;,  Hcciftr  iif  Ptiithorpe  and  of  Snarfoid,  Imi  an  aclive  and  dewxed  nujiitrate,  hia 

Line     I'n  the  tliree  tint  rhuichei  lie  vaa  pariihionrli  a  inwt  kind  and  atucbid  mi~ 

{HnentHl  b;  the  Dean  and  Chaplor  uf  lia-  uiiter,  hit  funll;  a  trul)'  affictiunat*  hor- 

coin  ID  I  S<M,  I  Boe,  11111 1  S07>  aori  lu  Soar-  Utnd  and  parent,  aad  liii  friandi  llie  lociaijr 

Ard  in  I807  lij  the  KiaR.  and  cqdxiu  af  •  nian   eudowad  *Ith  th* 

itpnl  tr.  Al  hli  Rcfidentiarj  HouM,  in  liiKheit  and  inoii  nluable  qualitiiri  of  tb« 

Iha  Com  at  Eutar,   a^  77,    iha  Ven.  heart  and  niad. 

nWu,  Johnn,  Chaoreller,  and  uae  of  the  May  7-    1'hc    Rrr.     Jnmrl    Turner,    of 

aunit    of   Ihal  Chuich,   ArcbdaKos    at  Bruenon  CotL  Oif.M.A.  l79l,>ndViMr 

Btrnftapte,   Rcdor  of  Bnditane,  Deton,  of  Mottran,  Chnhirv,  to  which  cbucch  b* 

and  Leuat,  ConmlL     He  wai   of  Jetin  wu  pmeoteil  in  I7M,  bjDr.  Clasrar,  than 

Collere.  Oxf.  M.A.  ITBS;  wai  appamled  Bp.  of  Chetler. 

Archdeacon  of  Binu^ile  in  lS07,ir*i  pre-  May  9.  At  hi*  motber'i  houH,  al  Whii- 

KBted  to  Braditone  in  1813,  and  to  Lciaat  ton,  near  Iptwich,  ■^•d34,  th*  B«t.  Jtim 

in  IgIS,  h;  the  Hon.  Dr.  Pelham  (now  Bp.  Mtihua  Oiitan,  Curate  of  Henblinnon  and 

of  Lincoln),  whan  Bp.  of  EiMcri  and  «M  Wnodbaatick,  NoiC     Ha  wu  of  Ci^atini 

appoialed  Chancallor  of  the  Chuioh  and  Hall,  Camb.  B  A.  1BI7. 

Canno  Retidentiat;  in  I8IG.  May  IS.  At  Chid^m^aU,  Snrraj,  1^ 

April  17.  Suddenl;,  at  the  Lion  HnMl,  4S,   the    Rer.  Chni.  Skba,   CaaoB  Rnt. 


ii  4Sth  ;ear,  the  Rer.      dentiar;  of  Saliiborj,  and  Rector  of  Oiid' 
Vicar  of  Feckenham,      dbiEfbld  cum  Hulemeie.     Ha  waa  fbnM  ' 
which'chHrchhewa*  preaented  in      Fellow  of  King'i  Coll.  Camb.  B.A.  IM 


ISI3,  ti;  the  Rev.  E.Neil.  wai  preferred  is  that  ;ear  (o  th*  RoeMrr  of 

April  37.   In  London,  the  Rer.  Charia  Cbiddingfold,  bj  the  Daao  ud  OibiMt  of 

I>ewtil,  of  Malmtbury.     Ha  wu  of  Mag-  Saliiburj,  and  to  the  CaoowT  of  Coonb* 

daienHall.  O.f.  M.A.  17M9.     Ha  «u  ion  -^  "—•—      -  •^..  "-.•^-^-^ 
of  the  lile  T.  Dewell,  M.D.  of  Milnn- 

Apr\l  37.    At    Btowlwij,  Wore,    in   hii  B4,  the  R 

ead  tear,  the  Rer.  Jthn  Graham,  Rector  Rector  of  HaflaMon  and  Colilemrth,  L_ 

of  RromptOD  Brian,   Heref.  and  Vicar  of  He  wu  of  Trinitr  College,  Oifdrd,  M.A. 

Cople,  Bedi.     He  took  the  degree  ofM.A.  176(>,  aad  wu  prevented  to  both  hia  linDa 

at  Chiiit  Church,  Oif,  17S9,  ud  &D.  at  in  that  jtu  hj  the  PtebanWr  of  Sodh 

AIISobIi,  in  1908i  wu  preienled  CO  Cople  ^^-'^  — 
b]P   ihe   former   Colleee  in    1706,   and   to 


470 


Obituary. 


CMtay*; 


DEATHS. 

LOKDON  AND  ITS  ENflAOM. 

iMtts*  In  WeyiMmtly-ft.  PortlMid-pl«ot» 
aged  ^t  the  Hon.  Augustus  Fhipps,  FJLS. 
a  OmuiissloiMr  of  Exeiiet  *od  brocbcr  feo 
the  Earl  of  Mukprave.  He  was  bora  t^w, 
15»  1763,  the  nStki  and  yonxigest  ton  of 
Qnataoiine  first  Lord  Mulgrave,  by  liBpelU 
eldnt  dau.  of  Jelm  Lord  Hervey  of  Ick- 
WMtli  (eldest  son  of  John  6rst  Esjrl  of  Bris- 
tol) >  and  sister  of  GeoflgiB-William»  the  se- 
cond Earl  of  Bristol,  and  Lord  Lieutenant 
of  Ireland.  Mr.  Phipps  married,  Aug.  14, 
1 709,  Maria,  eldest  dau.  of  Peter  Thelltts<», 
esq.  of  Broadsworth  Park,  co.  York,  uncle 
to  the  present  Lord  Rendlesham. 

ApnL\%,  At  Kensington,  aged  76,  Mr. 
John  Hu^kes,  late  of  tM  Stamp-office. 

AffU  19.  At  the  Charter  House,  of  in- 
flawmstinn  of  the  lungs,  brought  qn  by 
measles,  aged  1 6,  Hugh-Athelstan,  youngest 
SOB  of  the  late  Rich.  Bataaan,  esq.  nephew 
of  the  late  Sir  Hugh  Bateman.  His  re- 
mains were  interred  in  the  £unily  Tault  at 
AH  Sabu'  Church,  Deihy. 

AprU  80.  In  Warren-st.  Fitzroy-sq.  Wm. 
Goodwyn,  esq.  Purser  of  the  Prince  Regent 
Yaoht. 

jiurd  83.  In  Salisbory-sq.  Fleet-st.  aged 
67,  James  Lance,  esq. 

In  Hertfbrd-st.  May-fidr,  ased  61,  Eliza- 
Rdbecca,  widow  of  Hugh  Biashopp,  esq. 

April  SLS,  In  Charter-honse-squaie,  N. 
Jannan,  esq. 

AfrU^.  In  OsnaboTgh-street,  Regent's 
Flark,  Rich.  Dixon  Roadfey,  esq.  only  son  of 
the  late  Richard  Roadley,  esq.  of  Scaihy 
House,  Lincolnshire. 

Afril  87.  In  Bromptott-row,  at  an  ad- 
vanced age,  the  relict  of  the  late  Rev. 
Joshua  Kyte,  D  J). 

April%9,  Suddenly, aged  54,  Mrs.  Rown- 
s6n,  of  Camberwell. 

Mcy  1.  At  Brixton,  aged  88,  Hannah, 
widow  of  the  late  Mr.  Wm.  Ho|^es,  brewer, 
of  Mitchaia. 

In  Colebrook-row,  Islington,  aged  75, 
John  Craig,  esq. 

In  Chapel-street,  May -fair,  aged  90, 
Ella.  Dowager  Viscountess  Sydney,  Xady  of 
the  Bedchamber  to  her  late  Majesty  Queen 
Charlotte.  She  was  the  eldest  dau.  and  co- 
heiress c^  Rich.  Powys,  esq.  of  Hintlesham 
Hall,  CO.  Su£FbIk,  by  Lsdy  Mary  Brudenell, 
sister  of  the  last  Duke  of  Montague,  and  of 
the  late  Earls  of  Gsnligan  and  Ailesburr ; 
was  married  May  1 9, 1 760,  to  Thos.  Towm- 
hend,  esq.  afterwards  created  Baron  and 
Vise.  Sydney ;  by  whom  she  was  the  mother 
of  the  present  Mscount,  the  late  Countess  ^ 
Chatham,  Lady  Dynevor,  the  late  Duchess 
•f  Boodeuch,  ike.  On  the  9th  her  remains 
vare  interred  near  those  of  the  late  Lord, 
nl  Chistlhurst  in  Kent> 

Mey  d.  In  York-place,  the  wife  of  H.  U. 
Rear,  esq.  of  KiUii^worth  House,  North- 
umberland, 


ofapoplaxyy  aged  €8,  CboiytDMni^  m^ 

sottettor. 

May  a.  Tho.  Dwrkl  Beawell,  taq. «  Jvt- 
tice  of  Peace  for  M«ddlt«Bx« 

Hay  9.  At  the  Manor  Houaa^  BcfaUwi, 
aged  68,  the  widow  of  William  Imabewi, 
esq.  formerly  of  Lodgate  Hill. 

In  King- street,  Covent-gaiidea*  need  7Q9 
Mrs.  Eliu  Harley,  mother  of  Mr.  Harley. 
of  the  Theatre  Royal,  Drury-laae. 

In  Percy-st.  aged  82,  Thoe.  Hattam,  caq.  - 

Afoy  19.  In  HoUes-streeC,  aged  70^  the 
relict  of  the  late  G.  Nelthorpe,  eaq. 

Aged  68,  John  Peancm,  esq.  F.  R.  S.  of 
Gokien-squaie,  an  eminent  surgeon,  and  hio- 
grapher  of  the  late  William  Hey,  es^.  -of 

AtKenniiu;ton,  lient.  John  Hobba,  RJK. 

May  Id.  In  Upper  Baker-street,  aged  66, 
the  relict  of  B.  Hudson,  esq.  late  of  Lambeth*  > 

May  14.  In  Montagu-square,  aged  15, 
Louisa,  twin  dan.  of  L«dy  Charlotte  Ooftoii. 

May  15.  In  Bedford-row,  Rich.  Tenapla, 
M.D.  Licentiate  of  the  Royal  College  of 
Physidans. 

In  Berkeley-st.  Mrs.  Elisabeth  Pbnly, 

Ifoy  16.  At  St.  John'f-square,  OMknr 
well,  aged  76,  Mr.  Rich.  Edwaidi. 

At  the  house  of  her  soii-«n-Iaw»  Joho 
Dimock,  esq.  of  North  Brixton,  Susannah, 
relict  of  the  late  John  ThonqiaoBi,  esq.  of 
Manor  House,  Chelsea. 

Ifoy  1 6.  At  Hammeiamith,  aged  86,  J. 
Ramsden,  esq. 

May  19.  In  Piccadilly,  and  14,  Lttdy 
Mary-Anne  Primrose,  seoond  danghfear  of 
Archibald-John  present  and  fourth  Bar!  of- 
Rosebery. 

Bucks.— Ifey  10.  At  Great  Mailov  Par- 
sonage, aged  78,  Mary,  nUct  of  tho  lata 
John  Deane,  esq. 

Cheshiri. — AprU  « 1.  At  her  aeat,  Mn. 
L.  W.  Boodie,  in  cooseqocnee  of  a  foil  bmm 
her  carriage. 

May  1.   At  Brook  Lodge, 
aged  46,  John  Baxter,  esq. 

May  6.  At  Aluincham,  hh 
and  where  he  had  only  arrived  a  few  ^^  ho* 
fore,  being  on  travel  for  die  benefit  of  his 
health,  aged  87,  Jonathan-Hannett  Rojfoy 
M.D.  of  NashriUe,  m  the  United  Ststea. 

DomsETSHiMt.  —  Af«3f  15.  Ajnd  84, 
Frances,  widow  of  the  Uto  Capt.  W.  Bfaft^ 
thews,  lUN.  and  eMeat  dan.  of  Jaa.  Bristewt^ 
esq.  of  Poole. 

Essex.  —  AprU  S.  At  Boreham,  near 
Chefaniford,  Charlotte,  wife  of  Robt.-Cleeia 
Haselfoot,  esq. 

AprU  44.  Aged  66,  John  C  Tdbor,  oa^ 
of  Colchester. 

May  10.  At  Saffron  W^alden,  in  hir  58tii 
year,  Mary,  wifo  of  Geo.  Walton,  oaq. 

May  1ft.  At  Walthsmitiw,  sfpid  M» 
Benj.  Uetkerii^toii,  eaq. 

May  14.  At  Witham,  uei  7t»  Hm. 
Mn.  Talbot. 


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Uloocwi tuHiM- — ^frti  II.  At  1V.!M-  ¥r—  Seitual  wtCitiAratjMvttiautatamglf 

hurj,  Bsn  Uriiau).  Walui  UruXH,  ciq.  t'tntj  ;«n. 

<4>nJ39.   Id  lMW<lt>tU-|)l«W|  CWuw-  SoHuuiHinii.— >^;Hit  II.     At  BuIi, 

LwWa.  Al  ClifuHi,  w(J  li,  Mut-Adh,  Uuebowr. 

atB.a(G«>.  Ilfde  WdUuUd,  BK).  (rfCkp-  Apnl  is.  At  Ilmili,  Jeuu  Miiia,  dcu. 

bmCuoiniM.  o'lliv  ItW  Rn.  J4nrt  RoUrta,  D.D.  lUt- 

iWajr  n.    At  I'fir  naiiUnM,  Ciwoii-MrcM,  ter  of  AUwjr  Don,  HunJuiililiiM. 

St.  J*»«Vi»i«T(,  BnaLal,  ngKl  ;»,  Mn.  JpnltH.    Age4   It,  Mta  Eridii  Uwd- 

CmII  WiUwn>.  *fll  l>Dn.n  M  U'>»K  kM>t  ri^a.  x/  S>tl.. 

K  mprrUble  lidin'  boudio;  mIk»I  ui  hi.  ^pni  ;iu.  Mo.  Wmdur,  o[  ilig  TLnui 

Ntn  RtdclifF,  fbr  up-atda  nf  ;iO  jttn.  R-y>i.  tilU. 

ILiini. — May  *.    Georga  I'arvia,  fiq.  of  ST»rn»u»lllni. — /ijmli.  MSuAi-af-at- 

fikckbruAllrniM.  MuFmhMB.  (Jvuira  Tnst,  (gwl  Al,  Aerw,  nliel  of  Air.  Fnnii 

of  til*  Pm«  lor  HwapaliiNk  EluU*»,  uiil  lnM  (urriiriiia  JaSf-IilM  of  th* 

May  n.     At  BnmJun,  kgtd  77.  Clirilt.  \t*e  K«ir.  W,  Anitjl,  of  cTuMHWtluH,  Stlm. 

Uodgo,  »(.  4vtJ  C4.  Ae>d  71,  Mk  WUIiui  Fok,  «f 

KtHi. — Apnl  in.     At  KfDual  Hsim*i  UiioiEtcr,  hIid  fnr  lidf  ■  csuury  lukl  aW 

Knt,  agid  74,  Sir  WiUiw  Ulchtnu.  far-  l>4J  uy  c<iU..quii>l  iitBMotnc  nittt  hi*  fcl- 

nwilf  ■!>   Alilu-DKn  of  Londaa.     H*  w«  luw-aortali,  tlthougli  ia  tli*  poiauiBa  of, 

■(•cMd  lo  thu  ol6c*  toi  BiUlngi^tii  Winl  hii   intcllectuil   &cultM    to  the   luL,  tiut 

la    1799,  KneJ    Shrriff  lo     igus,     Lonl  opable  uf  ihid^  tlx  atgui  of  tiMcU. 

Maysr  ia  laoti,  aiul  wu  koigbud  duting  Surrot.iL. — Fd-.  «.  At  BkoJci,  agad  gfi, 

hit  Chief  Mifi*tncj,   Maf  I,   tliat   jvac.  ElbiUth,  aiuec  of  Ucc  W.  Jeboaea,  gaiiU 

Afoy  I.  Agi!dH4,  Kobert  KaashMa,**^  relict  nf  Wa.  K(H,  of  Ivaliala,  gKii,  auJ 

LuctHiRE.— May  7.  Al  Mill-hill,  scai  tut  lurritlag  dw.  of  laU  R«.  Mania  il^ 

Blaokbura,  afnl  &9,  John  Turoei,  ewg.  lie,  A.M.  Rmor  of  IuImI*  and  WMnlliuk 

LaicuTtuiiiM.^/i^fl9.  AiOuivoo-  fW'.  fS.  Aged  as,  Sanh.  sUait  ilui.  «(, 

M-lha-Hill,  Johu  falme),  agvd  >)«,  wlw  Ra>.  Mr.  Uiantooe,  Uu  Vint «f  linfoi 

vaa  OB*  uf  the  ThinlUaruuclii  of  StaoUfutd  nuu  Soutbwold. 

Cnrt.  aodM  tha  Earl  of  llarbonnigli,   fui  Fit:  38.  At  Ejt.  tgti  SR,  Matj,  t«U« 

71  T«an.  of  Jnho  TmU,  i;aat.  niix  Fr»  Bamm 

LmcoLNUiiab— Z«tWy.    At  Laek,  EUx.  Tcf.  US.  .^cd  JlO,  Iiabal,  oaly  ^  «£ 

»,feorCha)lMf1rat,eK|.  «_  .rv     .x_     •_        ,„,„. 


A^'  SO.  TIwBiai  Sleala.  af 


CteialSlii.  awMwd  wiA  of  Uw  Ma  Eiir  Wn.  UuT.nat. 

EarhWilbr,  intUaroBMofDcMoaHaiwa.  At  Baockt,  "i    fiiHiitiU.  ^iHi   i< 

Slia  wai  du.  and  Hia  hair  of  Rob.  Copa,  J.  J.   Baddit^fiaU,  aq.  irf^  Ditdn^kani, 

CH).  of  SpoodoD,  Dcib.  aud  mimed  tint  NoribJk. 

lo  Tho*.    WUliaDHon,  «q.  ef  All'ingtOD  I  At  AUabBr^i^4t,  (1m  raliotef  Gao, 

aad  Kcandlj,  to  Sir  W.  E.  V/i\^,  bf  -hon  Auji.  Shamaa,  Mrjor  of  0*  EmMcB  Batt. 

(ha  had  fin  hdi  and  fire  daujttilan,  ami  of  Satfalk  Miliua. 

■bo  l*tt  b«i  a  widd-,  Nw.  6,  Ills.  JforiA  IS.  Agwl  flR,  Mr.  Ba^.  ColahM- 

iiay  1 1 .  At  Grimibj,  aged  70,  tba  itifc  t«,  of  St.  Pttar*!,  Ijiiwiih,  awat  aaa*  m. 

of  Wh.  Hanhall.  eaq.    Coljeoar  of  tha  coafidentid  Clark  in  da  Baak  af  Miti» 

Ciutoou  at  that  port,  aiwl  a  MagiatnM  hi  Aleundan. 

tha  diiiaioB  of  Ladtj.  Apni  t.    At  Dapdao,  ^H  41,  JaBM 

Afoy  It.   At  Caovick,  aaar  Liacolai  in  ^vantsoa,  nnt. 

bar  74th  nai,  Suaaaaah  Waldo  SLbthar}.,  ^pHilD.  AtMiUanlMU,  Chtrlaa-FariMr. 

rehct  oF  Col.  HnnphTCj  Waldo  Sibilmrp.  infant  ion  of  Sir  G.  Dtii;i,  halt. 

MiDDLUtx.  —  Jlpnl    18.      At    Harrow  Apntta.  In  hit  70th  jcar,  Joa.-Raadi'll 

School,  aged  13  jaari,  batog  unfortunalclT  Burcfa,ofBnndoa,  aa(|.  a  nagiHrata  ftr  (M 

droiTBed  ohila  balhlag,  Cha.  Willkm,  0017  cnuotj. 

aon  of  Sit.Cba.  LeBoa.  of  Caridcw,  Bart.  AfrU  94.  At  Blaknhaa)  MagM,  aAa  a 

ApnllA.     At  TMt«iih««,   tha   oLb   of  ihort  lllaMa,  John  Bridge,  gaab 

J.M.  Aabcrt,eH|.  April  %S.  At  StBwnarkal,  ^ad  ai,  tL« 

Apfit  iti.  Aged  &a>  John  Cherry,  a*q.  at  relict  of  Mi.  Daaial  Fnamao,  tiagMm. 

Dalitun.  AprU  47.  Aged  61,  Hr.  Jamei  Fhida,  at 

Meu  i.    At  TwickeDbaa,  Wm.  Fair&x,  Sprnaghlon. 
third  too  of  SwphcK  Tbo.  CoU,  atq.  Apnl  SO.  At  CordtU'*  HsafiHl,  ia  Hal- 
May  fl.     Agad   30,   Jane,    wife   of  Jm.  ford,  agad  &0,  Cbarlta  JiAn  Diaav,  abl 
Mootgoner;,  **q.  of  Breotford.  wii  auupoaad  to  ba  tha  aatunl  ••■  of  Qhi#> 

Siior.— Lote^.  AtWdlii>gtaa,ageJiaS,  Jobn  Dian,  gaot.  at  dw  plaaa,  vba  ma, 

Mn.  DeLsrab  Whoram.    Slia  ralaioed  bar  iahaaaalj  lurdtred  Jaa.ai,  1TS9. 

■TDtal  boultKi  Bitb  narlectioa  to  the  Ian.  At  Eje,  i^  al,  Hr.B 


■TDtal  iMulttei  Bitb  parlectua  to  tha  Ian.  At  Kje,  agad  al 

Laitly.  Mf.  Tho.  baalc,  MaMar  of  tba     of  ilia  Cmnma*  O 


4rfr 


OBITUARY, 


IMV' 


SnttMr^^jiprilli*  AlRklii&oiid,  Lieut. 
&B.  PmicocIc,  R.N. 

M^  !•  Aged  88»  Mrs.  Katherine  Bris- 
tol, of  Beddington. 

Mey  14.  At  Kingston,  aged  65,  Joseph 
Ffsdenck  Simon,  esq. 

Sussfcx. — April  W.  At  Brighton,  aged 
14,  Caroline  Mary  Seymour,  eldest  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  R.  Watpole,  of  Scole,  Norfolk. 

May  9.  At  Rye,  aged  73,  Dan.  Slade,  esq. 

May  14.  At  Brighton,  Georgiana  Grace, 
Wife  of  John  Chamier,  esq. 

Warwick. — May  13.  In  the  Close, 
Lichfield,  aged  71,  Wm.  Mott,  esq.  Senior 
Fkoctor,  and  Dep.  Registrar  of  that  Diocese. 

Wilts.— May  ...  At  Gorton,  in  her  69th 
year,  Rebecca,  wife  of  Mr.  W.  Church- 
hill,  sen. 

Mav  14.  In  his  S3d  year,  Robert,  second 
son  of  John  Wansboroogh,  esq.  of  Shrew- 
ton  Lodge. 

May  17.  At  Crowbridge  Lodge,  near 
Malmesbury,  aged  d7,  Mary,  wife  of  A.  H. . 
Young,  esq.  and  youngest  daughter  of  the 
late  W.  Price,  esq.  of  Gloucester. 

Worcestershire. — April  28.  At  Wrib- 
benhall  House,  Bewdley,  at  an  advanced 
age,  Susanna,  ftlict  of  Thomas  Sheward, 
esq.  of  Astley,  Worcestershire. 

Yorkshire. — April  7.  In  her  75th  year, 
Sarah,  wife  of  Lieut.  Col.  Smithson,  of 
Heath,  near  Wakefield. 

Afril  33.  At  Sherbum,  aged  68,  Geo. 
Bucoanan,  esq.  formerly  of  Jamaica. 

April  24.  At  Doncaster,  aged  51 ,  Mr.  Al- 
derman Thomas  Pearson,  attomey-at-Iaw. 

April  28.  Aged  79,  Francis  Atkinson, 
esq.  of  Kirby-moor-side. 

April  29.  Aged  65,  John  Robinson  Foulis, 
of  Buxton  and  Heslerton,  esq.  uncle  to  Sir 
Wm.  Foulis,  present  and  8th  baronet  of  In- 
gleby  Manor.  He  was  the  youngest  of  the 
two  sons  of  Sir  William,  the  6th  baronet,  by 
Hannah,  only  dau.  of  John  Robinson,  esq. 
of  Buckton;  he  married,  Nov.  16,  1795, 
Decima-Hester-Beatrix,  eldest  dau.  of  Sir 
Chris.  Sykes,  D.C.L.  2nd  baronet  of  Sled- 
mere,  and  had  issue  two  sons  and  four  daus. 
John-Roblnson,  Hannah,  Elizabeth,  Mark 
(named  after  his  uncle  the  late  Sir  Mark  M. 
Sykes),  Beatrix,  and  Lucy. 

Wales, — AprilZO.  At  Coed-Helen,  Carn. 
Mrs.  Thomas,  of  Trevor  Hall,  Denb.  widow 
of  late  Rice  Thomas,  esq.  of  Coed-Helen. 

Scotland. — April  22.  At  Conan  House, 
CO.  Ross,  Sir  Hector  Mackenzie,  Lord  Lieu- 
tenant of  Ross-shire,  and  one  of  the  oldest 
Scottish  Baronets  (of  the  date  of  1628). 

April  23.  At  Edinburgh,  aged  23,  the 
Hon.  Fred.  Forbes,  third  son  of  James- 
Ochancar,  present  and  17th  Lord  Forbes, 
and  Elizabeth,  eldest  dau.  of  Walter  HuDter, 
of  Polmood,  CO.  Peebles,  esq.  and  grand- 
daughter of  George  Earl  of  Cromartie. 

Ireland. — Lately,  On  his  paternal  estate 
of  Ardo,  Waterford,  Jeremiah  Coghlan,  esq. 
last  surviving  son  of  Mr.  Jeremiah  Coghlan, 


zbfioeriy  lo  ftninent  mMwiMil  in  Bntiol* 
By  thii  gentteiEtai's  d0Mh  tint  wat/ki^mA 
~e  fiuDily  baa  beeoBM'extiDOt. 
t  the  fiunily  seat,  Kilkenay,  aged  58/ 
Hon.  Somerset-Riehajrd  Butler,  brotharof 
the  Earl  of  Kilkenny,  and  heir  prMuhnptife 
to  his  Visoountcy  of  Mountgarret.  He  via 
the  second  son  of  Edmund,  1  Ith  end  lale 
Viscount,  by  Henriette-Butler,  Sd  dan*  of 
Somerset-Hamilton,  1  st  Eari  of  Cnridt } 
and  married  Mrs.  Kelly. 

April  iO,  At  Whaley  HouM,  StepbenV- 
^reen,  Dublin,  aged  nearly  58,  Lady  Amie 
Whaler,  aunt  of  Richard,  present  and  ^ird 
Earl  of  ClanwUliam.  She  was  bora  April  94, 
1768,  the  eldest  dau.  of  John  the  first  Eail, 
by  Theodosia,  only  dau.  and  heiress  <if  Ro- 
bert-Hawkins Magill  esq.  (grand-dabgihter 
of  John  first  Earl  of  Darnley)  ;  and  waa  mar- 
ried at  Dublin,  April  7,  1788,  to  Wiiraun 
2d  son  of  Richard-Chapel  Wbal^,  esq.  of 
Whaley  Abbey,  co.  Wicldow,  and  brncoer- ' 
in-law  to  John,  first  and  late  Earl  €>f  Clan, 
Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Ireland.  ' 

April  22.  At  Rathnure,  parish  of  Glen-*- 
more,  Kilkenny,  aged  100  years,  Mn.  Ken- 
nedy. 

April  28.  In  Dublm,  aged  85,.Bryaa 
Keating,  esq.  second  son  of  Migor^general 
Keating,  C.  B.  Mr.  K.  was  appointed  to  a 
Lieutenancy  in  the  56th  Regt.  but  siic-  days 
before  his  death.  He  was  a  yoang  mah  of 
much  promise,  and  his  kind  and  amiable  dif- 
position  had  greatly  endeared  him  to  his 
brother  officers,  and  to  all  to  whooo  he  was 
known. 

May  5.  Aged  75,  the  Hon.  Pierce-Botier 
Cooper,  uncle  to  Someiset-IUcbard,  tfaird 
and  present  Earl  of  Cairick.  -  He  was  the 
third  son  of  Somerset-Hamilton,  eagfath 
Vicount  Ikerrin,  and  first  Earl,  by  Jnliaoa 
Boyle,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  first  Earl 
of  Shannon;  and  was  born  Aug.  15,  1760, 
a  twin  brother  with  his  uster  Maigaiet, 
afterwards  countess  of  Belmore.  He  msrr 
riedDec.  24,  1774,  Catharine,  eMest  dan. 
of  Rich.  Roth,  esq. 

Abroad. — Oct,  13,  1825.  At  KannU, 
Bengal,  Lieut,  and  Adj.  W.  Heysham,  &8d 
Reg.  N.  I.  third  son  of  John  Hejrsban,  esq.^ 
of  Carlisle. 

Lately.  At  Paris,  Lady  Susan  Douglas, 
sister  of  the  present  Earl  of  DmuBors. 
Her  ladyship  was  the  third  dau.  of  John, 
4  th  and  late  Earl  of  Danmore,  by  Lady 
Charlotte  Stewart,  dau.  of  Alex.  Tth  Bad 
of  Galloway;  and  was  thrice  married,  firstly, 
July  7,  1788,  to  Joseph  Thorpe,  <i  Chip- 
penham, Camb.  esq.  by  whom  she  bad  a 
son,  who  inherited,  in  1804,  a  fbrtme  of 
6000^.  a  year  left  by  his  grand&ther,  Joha 
Thorpe,  esq.  of  Jamaica  (see  vol  uuur.  iL 
11 74 J ;  secondly,  to  John  Drew,  esq'i  and 
thirdly,  Aug.  28,  1809,  to  the  Rer.  AnAu 
Edw.  Douglas,  Rector  of  Carnalwaj,  'oo. 
Kildare,  and  Ongteragh,  co.  Tipp^raiyy  hf 
whom  she  has  len  an  only  dav^ter.. 


IS9«.]               Bilt  of  Mortality.— UarkeU,  Ac— CimI  Sharti.  479 

Jan.*,\Sie.     V*n,  td  wa  of  Litut^  ^fritl.    At  Touri,  ngMi  «ff,  Johu-Mat- 

(!>■>.  Sic   ItcaiT  Fuia,   G.C.  11.     Hs  ku  Oiaa  Fuetnlt,  «q.  Toungeil  icn  of  dia  lite 

OB*  nt  tht  •■■rurtaosta  tnm  ot  hit  Majco  Kci.  Sul.  Putnll,  oFHolbnwk,  nni  Whi- 

Vl't  ibip  Alntin*.  l<Ht  off  Hjdr*,  in  (he  union,     Hs  vu  od  ths  nguW  homa  «*- 

Umiui  Anfiiptlua.  ubIlihnieDt  of  the  E.  I.  C.  ud  Captain  in 

Jm.  9.    On  hu  r*Mni  fretn   •  tlill  M  tha  fint  Sonunat  Milllia. 

hli  tutiva  Giiali,  al  tlu  h«ai1  uf  iha  Sl)ri»  >^i  19.     A.t  ike  Uaine,  aged  SS,  Sam. 

Ixuna  livsr,  agad  89,  Opt.  Win.  Kau.  of  OcliMttonT  Waoa.  en).  aldMt  ion  of  CoL  S. 

Ilia   Rajral    AfiuKfl   C'orpi,    Aidc-ac-Cana  W<hh1,C.B.  of  iU-doa  Hcow,  Hodtlndon, 

and  |.fi.a[<>  Scirfaurj  10  Oan.  Turner  (lina  H.ru. 

LJDualf  ilcuiucd,  Mia  p.  4A7).  April  ao.     In  tlia  South  of  Fnnce,  aged 

Uanh  \e.    Al  Hane,  tlia  DclEbralcd  ori-  SS,  the  Han  Heni;  Duodu  Shan,  L>le  cor- 

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Millitidata,  a  Ilebreii  Gnmnwr,  a  Ruiiiaa  and  Chaiioiie,  00)^  daa.  of  Jamei  CAUniib, 

ditto,  Tablea  of  Eccleaiaitical  HiiMr;,  &c.  ef  Tgignmoutli,  »q. 


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THE 

GENTLEMAN8 


MAGAZINE. 


Il*rll>iii<i-.  BdIii 


JUNE,  1826-. 


I  CONTAINING 

tfriflinal  Cammnni cation^.  f  Vrtmu  MiiDuiBaiii*~-T»<k«bui7  Ab(M>...&«7i 

MiHOR  CoKnuraiiDiKCE 489  I  N«™l  Biognphy.— Going  too  Pu. !.,.m8J 

TbtElccUoBudPuliuKntiif  16U 4M      Huroiu't  Halim  Tain j«» 

'DetciiptkuDTNfHCmintu  WcinBiiuurtas      hmplilfU  on  ih*  Sim Tiwk S3I 

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Ob  Schmilinuten  taLins  Degrcn ......fl* 

,<)DlUli)!iin»Iiiqii:»,GI9.-KunDturPnHr3I3   I 

On  the  Earth  lviu):hDll»w .',...514  ■  .         ,.  .._ 

On  iha  Rnnti  of  the  Latin  Language if.  '  Priitnutiimi,  fLcbba— UirtlwuidMirritGu&eD 

MipitiUH  fur  Scaffnnlihita  iu  11147 bl»  '  OaiTUARV:  xitb  Mrnioinuf  ViifC.  Nt.illc, 

VV,J[  „r  Biihu|>  Bufingtoo il9  |       Sir  A.  Mafdunaldi  Gni.  Sir  C.  Turner 

lltmew   af   JAiID  VubllCiltianf,  |       ArclidncoDSandirnrili  Dr.CiiTniDMiiu 

tVahjule'i  Annilutu  uf  Piiotlu); &9I   I       Kc*.  J.  Graham  :  J.  P.CUrkt,  Kk).  ;  He  &61 

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ir  R.  C.  Huan't  Modrrd  Wiluhire ai4   I   MetMrotojiical  b'lar;.— Prieei  of  Suicki 

Eabelliihcd  wiihaViaw  ufScClEHiKT'i  ChurCb,  Sandwich : 

And  RepreHaiattuniof  ■BaNCiiKTCHiUNEY,  an  tNt ti NT  Swoau,  a  Saioh  Font, 

AsOLO-SlIClH   JiviL,   &c. 


By    SYLVANUS     URBAN,    Ge«t. 


t    48«    ] 


I  ■   '        • 


1 


MINOR   CORRESPONDENCE. 


NfFot  ben  to  oomct  a  statement  in 
the   biography   of  the   eminent    and   do- 
Ibbed  Courtier  Sir  Henry  Carey,  first  Vis- 
comt  Faulklaod,  in  which  the  best  authori- 
ties have  erred.     In  Douglas's  Peerage,  by 
Wood,  we  read:  <*In   1608  he  was  made 
one  of  the  Knights  of  the  Bath  at.  the  crea- 
tion of  Henry  Prioee  of  Wales;"  in  Mr. 
Clutterbnck's   Hertfordshire :   "  was  made 
one  of  the  Knights  of, the  Bath  at  the  crea- 
tion of  Henry  Prince  of  Wales  in  1616 ;"  in 
Pebrett's  Peerage:    «  K.  B.  1616,  at  the 
creation  of  Charles  Prince  of  Wales."     The 
creation  of  Prince  Henry  took    place  in 
1610,  and  that  of  Prince  Charles  in  1616, 
and  it  is  remarkable  that  on  both  these  oc- 
casions a  Sir  Henry  Carey  was  created  K.  B.; 
bnt  at  the  former  it  was  Lord  Honsdon's 
eldest  son,  afterwards  created  Earl  of  Do- 
ver )  and  at  the  latter,  Sir  Robert  Carey's 
eldest  son,  who  succeeded  his  fisher  as  se- 
cond Earl  of  Monmouth.     Sir  Henry  Carey 
Viscount  Faulkland  was,  before  his  eleva- 
tion to  the  Scottish  Peerage,  a  Knight  Ba- 
chelor only,  having  been  one  of  those  who 
received  that  honour  in  Ireland  (where  he 
was  afterwards  Lord  Deputy)  from  the  hands 
of  tJbo  Earl  of  Essex  in  1 599. 

C  W.  observes,  *'  our  Correspondent  Mr. 
Pilgrim  (p.  386)  thinks  that  Dr.  Lem* 
priere  was  mistaken  in  supposing  Astynome 
to  be  the  proper  name  of  the  dai^hter  of 
Chryses.  A  little  examination  would  have 
shewn  him  that  Oiryseis  is  only  a  patrony- 
mic, similar  to  Briseis,  the  daughter  c^ 
Brises,  whose  real  name  was  HippodamieTf 
probably  because  she  was  a  good  equestrian. 
And  thus  jistynome  might  have  received  the 
appellation,  from  the  care  which  she  be- 
stowed on  the  temple  or  city  over  which 
her  &ther  presided.  But  will  your  Corres- 
pondent reconcile  these  learned  contrarie- 
ties, jistynome  or  Ckryseis^  the  wife  of 
Eetion  (who  was  the  father  of  Andromache) 
is  reported  to  have  been  maile  a  captive,  to- 

E*ther  with  the  &ir  Briseisy  at  the  sack  of 
yrnessus  by  Achilles.  But  if  so,  why  Is 
b  that  Professor  Damm  tells  us  that  she 
was  taken  at  Chrysa?  His  words  are — 
*  Qiiiim  urbs  Chrysa  k  Grsecis  capta  fuerat, 
abdocta  fuerat  eo  tempore  fbrmosa  princi- 
pb  et  sacerdotis  bujus  filia  et  honoru  caus& 
AgaroemnonI  data.*  Thus  Damm;  bnt 
was  she  given  to  Agamemnon  or  Eetion  ?" 

The  best  advice  we  can  give  to  a  Reader, 
who  complains  of  being  very  near-sighted, 
and  of  the  difficulty  he  finds  in  obtaining 
glasses  that  suit  him,  b,  to  be  content 
with  glasses  that  eiiable  him  to  see  objects 
with  moderate  dbunctness,  and  not  with 
that  brilliancy  he  describes.  The  limita- 
tion of  the  adapting  powers  of  the  eve  to 
the  d^rence  of  distancea  in  very  short- 


siehted  persons,  incfiMes  the  difieidtj  «f 
anrording  them  assistance;  particnlnriy  in 
reading.  The  only  way  of  obriatiiig  this 
difficulty  is  by  a  combioAtion  of  glaacMy  In 
the  form  of  an  opera-glass,  which  is  troor 
blesome. 

J.C.  remarks:  <<What  R.  H.  (p.  899) 
says  respecting  the  expences  of 


and  jurors,  does  not  vaoXj  in  the  way  he 
intends  they  shonld.  If  he  can  show  thet 
the  two  regular  afuutei  are  in  fiiet  of  ahorter 
duration  in  consequence  of  the  edoptioii  oC 
the  third  assize,  bb  objections  will  m  soaie 
measure  apply;  but  a  great  majoii^  of  the 
cases  that  were  tried  aft  the  last  eaditionel 
Assize  for  Essex,  wonldt  in  case  there  hed 
been  no  such  Assize,  have  been  tried  at  the 
Quarter  Sessions,  iHiich  were  held  almoel 
immedbtely  afterwards;  and  if  they  had 
been  so  tried,  the  eapeuoea  of  witneeees 
would  have  been  as  much  lets  then  thay 
were  at  the  Assizes,  as  5  b  to  ?>  inwnch 
as  the  regulated  allowance  to  witneeaee  at 
the  Sessions  is  hs,  a  day,  and  at  the  Asttme 
Ts,  It  is  next  to  impossible  fiw  any 
dual,  however  observant  he  maybe,  to 
any  thing  like  an  exact  estimate  of  the  ck- 
pences  attending  the  additionsil  Aseiaey  but 
that  they  are  greatly  beyond  the  benefit  de- 
rived from  the  holding  of  soch  Aisiiee,  ie*  I 
believe,  beyond  ail  contradiction  and  de- 
pute ;  and  for  that  reason  they  oncht  to  be 
abandoned,  especially  if  a  moie  cuean  and 
expeditious  plan  for  obviating  the  evil  thiw 
were  intended  to  remedy  can  be  pointed  out. 

P.  H  will  feel  indebted  to  any  of  oar  Cor- 
respondents, who  will  give  him  in5omntiaa 
respecting  ^e  following  personss  who  aia 
mentioned  in  a  Form  of  Pirayer  rmapoeed 
during  the  minority  (^  Edwud  VI.  Tthith 
was  sold  by  auction  at  Evans's  hat  Blanh : 
John  Colman,  Elizabeth  hb  wife* 
Bele,  Alys  hb  wife,  Richard  Knepe» 
Warren,  John  Lyron.  They  were  ell 
ceased  at  the  above  period,'  and  Knepe 
been  formerly  rector  of  the  parish*  fiv 
the  prayer  was  drawn  up.  Any 
that  can  be  referred  to  mt  tnch  u 
will  be  thankfully  received. 

CoRRIGBNDa. 

Vol.  XCV.  ii.  p.  396,  a.  5,  rtad  Bitfayola;  tQt 
£s:on  {>cbc>r ;  37.  Ophir;  397,  a.  4S,  AfVaslab:  W 
41.  CvieDc;  403,  a«  SI,  Unyddoc;  Sft&m  M. 
fom,  T«n)«iara;  !».  3<,  Mablnogion ;  SS^  kb  11^ 
Rev.  C.  B.  Brace,  Redlingfield.  P.C  Soff.:  M; 
far  Norf.  Ttad  Soir. ;  577. ».  siine«lr-"^  -"  ' 
b.  ^^iVom  bottom^  irradiation ;  378»  a. 
ratioQS ;  56,  and  579.  >•  13,  ^br  Sowtli 
Nortli ;  570.  a.  14,/br  Noithero  n 

Vol.  XCVI.  i..  p.  iQw  b.  17,  ffTM. ......«.,  ..^ 

b.  31.  m^[«ist]nim :  36,  Beraardns;  ISS,  iw  flw 
Vcsui^iis  ;  ^7,  cgrcgic;  €8,  cxercnit;  IfC,  a.  If 
tm4 19,  Waiubroesh ;  I6,  Mr.  T.  Ofedn  SMMais 
187,  b.  Ci*  Lt^-col.  Soatt  dkd  at  ite  Tetk  H»>' 
tel,  Dover;  S05,  b  €0,reei{  portioa.  |. 


4 


THE 


GENTLEMAN'S     MAGAZINE. 


JUNE,   1826, 


ORIOINAI^   COMUUNZCATIOXniU 


Ths  Elkctiok  AMD  Parliamkht  or  l6l4. 


Mr,  Uebam»      Highbury,  May  84. 

THE  following  Original  Corret- 
pondence  relative  to  the  Pirliip 
ment  of  l6l4,  though  interesting  tt 
any  period,  will  receive  an  additional 
▼aloe  from  the  adventitious  circum- 
stances of  the  present  General  Elec- 
tion. It  is  selected  from  those  splen- 
did treasures  preserved  in  the  Bri- 
tish Museum,  which  have  never  hi- 
therto been  published.  The  cxiracU 
from  the  letters  of  Mr.  Chamberlain  to 
Sir  Dudley  Carlcton,  form  part  of  the 
numeious  interesting  passages  in  his 
lively  correspondence*,  which  1  am 
compelled  to  exclude  from  the  *•  Pro- 
gresses of  King  James  the  First,"  in 
order  to  keep  my  materials  within  the 
intended  bounds,  which,  though  ex- 
tending to  three  quarto  volumes,  con- 
fine roe  to  those  passMes  only  in  which 
the  King,  the  Royal  Family,  or  the 
principiJtavourites  and  courtiers,  who 
are  in  some  measure  identified  with  the 
Sovereign,  are  immediately  concerned. 
I  remain.  Mr.  Urban,  your  old  Friend 
and  Associate,  J.  N. 

The  Election  which  took  place 
212  years  ago,  was  attended  with  as 
much  manoeuvring  as  the  present.  At 
that  period,  when  those  titles  which 
give  a  place  in  the  Upper  House  were 
openly  and  unblushingly  put  up  for 
sale  by  the  Crown,  there  was  doubt- 
less but  little  hesitation  in  those  who 
bad  the  command  over  seats  in  the 
Lower  House.  There  was,  notwith- 
sunding,  an  independent  spirit  abroad ; 
and  on  the  IQth  of  Feb.  I6l3-14,  Sir 
Thomas  Lake,  one  of  the  Secretaries 
of  Sute,  thus  communicated,  by  the 
King's  command,  to  some  Nobleman 
unknown,  his  Majesty's  forebodings 
(afterwards,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  se- 
quel, too  exactly  fulfilled),  of  a  House 

>  Th«  hiMory  of  which  §«  in  Gent.  Mag. 
vol.  xcv.  Pan  ii.  p.  5il. 


of  Commons  at  once  ondannted  and 
inexorable.  Tlie Secretary  writes  **  from 
the  Court  at  Newmarket*:'* 

His  Mijesty  b  thb  mondDg  gone  to  a 
hmit«  of  Sir  NIchohs  Baeon's  to  hawk*, 
but,  befbr«  his  goiag  ftxth,  ealllitf  tot  asa 
to  receive  direction  to  ny  Lord  CEiaoellor 
for  passiac  the  Patent  for  Glass  which  his 
Lordship  bad  stayed,  be  commanded  me  to 
tigtti^  to  you  that,  now  he  hath  given  wtr- 
rmnt  ror  eelling  bis  FsrllMnent,  he  thinketk 
fit  to  aoqnaani  yoor  Lordship  with  hie  gnos- 
ticks  (that  WIS  his  phrase),  tbas  is,  tm  ha 
hath  iMen  enfiifasea  fram  soasa  af  his  Sar- 
vents  here,  who  have  laboured  ior  plaaasy 
that  they  have  received  answer  horn  the 
Ckntlemen  of  the  country  of  good  ooality, 
that  they  think  all  the  Shires  ere  disposed 
to  take  can  that  aoae  of  hU  M^esty's  8er- 
vanto  be  chosen.  If  this  be  trae,  and  ea 
prove  in  oshcr  plaeee,  his  Bideaty  on  tom^ 
see  the  socoess,  and  maeh  faattar  it  wen 
lor  him  to  put  it  off  than  to  see  an  aeeeas- 
bly  composed  of  asea,  who  before  hand  dis- 
cover their  disposition,  and  are  nos  wilHag 
to  have  his  Servants  in  their  company ;  for 
that  cannot  be  a  good  sign  for  hiaa.  Whara- 
fore  he  recommeodeth  to  your  Lordship's 
special  cars  to  do  vonr  endeavour  with  oinsr 
oIF  my  Lords  of  tiia  Council,  to  whom  (la 
his  N^iestie's  name)  yo«  Lordebipe  ara  to 
recommend  the  same  prondenee  in  plaees 
where  you  have  credit  or  power,  that  the 
House  be  finrnishad  of  men  of  good  dispo- 
sition, and  apt  to  have  doe  conaideration  of 
him  ud  his  estate,  or  else  his  Majesty  shall 
have  little  comfort  in  the  AssamUy ! 

That  the  Pri>7  Council  used  their 
utmost  endeavours  to  **  pleasure  hia 
Majesty,*'  the  next  document  oMy 
contribute  to  prove.  It  is  a  letter  from 
Sir  Robert  Mansell,  the  Treaaurer  of 
the  Navy,  to  the  King's  weU-known 
Favourite,  Car  ^ : 


*  The  original  aotograph  is  ia  the 
downMSS.4t7. 

s  Culford,  about  19  milea  from  Nei 
ket,  and  4  from  Bury  i  see  p»  896. 

*  From  the  origimd  ia  Colt.  M8S.  Titos, 
B.  Vll. 


484 


General  Election  of  1614< 


[Jane, 


To  ye  Right  Ho*ble  mp  very  singular  good 
Lord  ye  Earl  of  Somersett,  ^  Us  Ma*tye8 
most  ho'l'le'  Privye  Cownsayle. 

Right  Ho^'«,  May  y'  Lop  pleas  to  receaa* 
y^  tender  hereincloased  of  the  first  Barges 
place  to  serue  this  Parlement  for  y*  Cittye 
of  Rochester;  they  wer  forward  vpon  y"  first 
motion  to  present  y'  LoP  w*^  this  testimonye 
of  theyr  affections,  and  had  they  not  bin 
importuned  hy  seueral  Gentelmen  of  good 
quah*tye  y*  yet  stand  in  competition  for  y*' 
second  place,  y'  Lp  shold  haue  com*anded 
y*  nomination  of  boath.  My  expectation  of 
y*  like  respects  to  y'  LoP  from  an  other 
place  made  me  to  detayn  this  in  ray  hands 
thus  long.  I  hoap  at  y'  next  retom  hither 
y'  LoP  will  make  sum  tyroe  of  staye,  aswell 
to  reccaue  an  accompte  how  thinges  moue, 
as  to  yceld  y'  direction,  counsell,  and  cown- 
tenance,  in  cases  needful!  for  y^  aduancc- 
ment  of  this  great  work,  w«^  w^  y'  LoP  I 
cooiit  to  y*  great  Gods  merciful]  p*tecUon, 
and  rest,  Y'  LoP"  humble  &  faytnfull  ser- 
vant, Robert  Mansell. 

CItcatonRoe,  ye  iSdofFe:  1618. 

The  subseouent  extracts  are  all  from 
the  letters  o\  Mr.  Chamberlain  to  Sir 
Dudley  Carlelon*.  The  first,  which 
was  written  on  the  Sd  of  March,  be- 
gins with  what  may  form  a  v^ry  pro- 
])er  comment  on  the  preceding  Epistle: 

There  it  much  bustling  for  places  in  Par- 
liaoient ;  and  letters  fly  from  grave  person- 
ages extraordinarily,  wherein  methinks  they 
db  the  King  no  great  service,  seeing  the 
world  is  apt  to  conceive,  that  it  is  kmd  of 
partaking.  Upon  Tuesday  the  Citnr  chose 
Sir  Thomas  Low,  for  their  Knignt;  but 
will  in  no  wise  hitherto  Mr.  Recorder  [Sir 
Henry  Montagu] ,  alledging  only  that  he  is 
the  &ing*8  Sergeant.  Mr.  Fuller  is  their 
first  Burgess,  whose  choice  is  as  much  sub- 
ject to  interpretation,  as  the  refusal  of  the 
other.  There  is  much  canvassing  in  other 
places,  as  Kent,  where  Sir  Peter  Manwood 
is  almost  assured  to  be  first ;  and  Sir  Tho- 
mas Walsingham  means  to  justle  with  Sir 
Edwin  Sandys  for  the  second. 

Again,  March  17,  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain thus  wrote  to  Sir  Dudley : 

Upon  Thnrsday  last,  there  was  a  great 
concourse  at  Uxbridge  for  the  chusing  Sir 
Julius  Csesar  and  Sir  Thomas  Luke  Knights 
for  Middlesex.  Sir  Walter  Cope  stood  not; 
hut  Sir  Francis  Darcy  had  a  man  there,  who, 
getting  up  upon  a  table,  told  the  assembly, 
that  his  master  meant  to  have  stood,  but  was 
forbidden  by  the  King.  Whereupon  he  de- 
aired  all  his  well-wishers  to  give  their  voices 
for  Mr.  Chancellor^;  and,  for  the  second 
place,  to  do  as  God  should  put  in   their 

^  AH  from  Birch's  MSS.  4178. 

5  Of  the  Exchequer,  Sir  Julius  Caesar. 


minds.  For  thb  saney  part  he  it  it**-imitttilj 
and  hit  master  called  in  qmrtipn-  lar-  lua 
message.  I  liave  not  beard  of  ao  flBsdi  oqb" 
testation  for  placet  in  ParliaaBentt  as  fidb 
out  at  this  time.  Yet  Sir  Francis  Chidwin 
and  Sir  William  Borlase  have  canied  it 
quietly  for  Buckinghamshire ;  and  Sir  Ro- 
bert Rich  with  Sir  Rjchard  Weston  in  Es- 
sex ;  as  likewise  Sir  Thomas  Parry  and  Sir 
Henry  Neville  in  Berkthlre ;  though  I  hear 
Sir  Thomas  Parry  1)e  in  some  disfitvoiiry  and 
like  to  be  suspended  from  the  execution  f^ 
his  place  of  Chancellor  [of  the  Duchj  of 
Lancaster],  and  to  be  put  to  his^  pension. 
But  Sir  Henry  Rich,  going  (Mmfidently  Into 
Norfolk  with  my  Lord  ChamberlaSn's  war- 
rant and  letters,  missed  the  marky  hj  reason 
the  Sheriff  upon  lest  than  half  a  day's 
warning,  adjourned  the  Coun^  Court  fran 
Norwich,  where  it  it  usually  heldy  and  where 
Sir  Henry  had  more  than  4000  freeholders 
ready,  to  a  place  SO  miles  off,  and  more, 
where  Sir  Henry  Bediniield,  and  Sir  Ham- 
mond Lestrauge,  carried  awaj  the  goaL 
And  though  this  were  but  a  trick  of  the 
Sheriff,  yet  they  say  he  may  do  it  by  hiw, 
and  the  other  is  without  remedy. 

Sir  Thomas  Monton  hat  likewbe  frilod  in 
Lincolnshire,  where  Sir  George  Maaners 
and  Peregrine  Bertie  have  carried  it.  And 
it  is  observed,  that  Letters  of  rmiiitunsmn^ 
even  in  nearer  Borongfasy  prove  not  so 
powerful  as  was  imagined. 

The  canvat  in  Cambridgethire  Bes  he- 
tween  Sir  Thomst  Chicheley,  Touqc  Sir 
John  Cutts,  Sir  John  Cotton,  and  SkJohn 
Cage ;  and  in  Hampshire  betirixt  Sir  Rich. 
Tichbome,  Sir  Henry  Wallop,  and  Sir  Wil- 
liam Uvedale,  my  Lord  of  Somenwt'e  chief 
favourite,  which  will  be  decided  tlus  day. 
Sir  Edwin  Sandys  tinkt  in  hit  purwiit  fat 
Kent,  and  means  to  give  it  over,  seeing  fait 
chief  agents.  Sir  Robert  MaiMell  for  ^he 
Navy,  and  Sir  Dudley  Digget  for  the  Coun- 
ty, undertook  with  more  courage  than  iue- 
cess. 

But  the  ereatett  enconnter  is  like  tp-bs 
in  Somersetsnire,  betwixt  Sir  Maurice  Bedos- 
ley,  Mr.  Powlet,  and  Sir  Robert  Fhilipsy  fpt 
whom  his  father  says  he  will  tet  up  Im  lest, 
and  follows  the  matter  with  might  and  mahi. 

Ranulph  Crew7  is  already  designed  Spcafceri 
and  this  is  all  I  can  remember  for  the  pre- 
sent touching  Parliament  basinets,  iHuoi  is 
the  greatest  entertainment  we  have. 

On  the  31st  of  March,  Mr.  Cham- 
berlain wrote  as  follows : 

Our  Parliament  is  to  begin  on 


7  Knighted  after  the  Dissdntion  of  the 
Parliament,  June  8;  afterwaids  Chief  Jife- 
tice  of  the  King's  Bench,  and  aneefttor  ef 
the  present  Lord  Crew.  An  interesting  me* 
moir  of  him  is  given  by  Mr.  Omefod^  km 
History  of  Cheshire,  vol.  HL  p.  167. 


18t5.] 


OpeniMg  of  PmtUammt  m  1614. 


4M 


Mit,  wIm  the  Afddiitliop  of  Yofk*  it  to 
pf«Mh  bdom  tke  Kbg  tad  Finn  at  W«i^ 
miiirttr.  Dr.  Mortoa,  Dmb  of  Wiadiw 
tcrS  MakM  hif  Oaneio  mi  Clentm  tb«  aa( 
dftj,  Mtd  Dr.  Abbot  >•  u  aitpotattd  Prolo- 
cutor. 

Tbf re  it  niocb  boaiatM  about  chooMog 
Krightt.  Sir  Antony  Copt  and  youog  Sir 
John  Croke  are  for  Qxwnlshire}  Sir  Ri- 
chard Ticbbom  and  Sir  William  Uvedale  /or 
Haou;  fo  that  Sir  Henry  Wallop  hath 
miued  hit  mark,  which  pretendt  Terr  ftml 
play  from  the  SheriiF;  at  likewise  Sir  Ralph 
Gray  in  Northumberland,  and  divert  othen 
in  other  Shires  complain  of  their  indirect 
dealing :  which  it  like  to  breed  many  qaet- 
tioot  and  disputes.  Bat  the  greatest  differ- 
ence it,  and  will  be,  in  Somersetshire,  a- 
gainst  Monday  next ;  where  the  Master  of 
the  Rolls  tet  np  his  ton  [Sir  Robert  Phi- 
lipn]  agamtt  Sir  Maurice  Berkeley  and  Mr. 
Powlet,  and  complaint  and  mutmiet  with 
open  month  of  ill  meature  from  them  both. 

Agiin,  on  the  Jih  of  April: 

On  Tuesday  the  6th  of  the  present,  the 
King,  Prince,  and  Lords  rode  in  tbeir  robet 
to  the  Parliament.  There  were  many  rich 
foot-clotht,  tpecially  thote  of  the  King  and 
Prince;  but  the  day  proving  very  foni,  it 
marred  much  of  the  thew.  The  Duke  of 
Lenox  carried  the  Marshall't  Rod  or  Staff ; 
the  Earl  of  Shrewtbory  the  Cap  of  Main- 
tenance ;  and  the  Earl  of  Derby  tlie  Sword. 
The  Earl  of  Somertet  supplied  the  place  of 
Matter  of  the  Horse,  because  the  Earl  of 
Worcester  was  or  would  be  sick  ;  so  that  he 
hath  already  tlte  possession  of  that  office,  as 
it  were  by  aottcipatinn  ".  The  King  made 
a  long  and  excellent  Speech,  consisting  of 
three  principal  parts  ;  wherein  he  made  very 
fiiire  promises  to  continue  to  his  subjects 
Hna  animi,  hona  corporis,  et  Itma  /ortutuet 
hy  maintaining  Reli^on,  preserving  of 
peace,  and  seeking  their  prosperity  1^  in- 
creasing of  trades  and  tramck ;  and  that  he 
would  not  press  them  beyond  their  will.  In 
conclusion,  he  wished  they  might  not  be 
strangers,  but  that  titey  would  have  recourse 
to  him  in  all  their  business,  at  whose  hands 
they  should  always  find  easy  audience  and 

"  The  celebrated  Dr.  Tobias  Maubew. 

*  The  learned  Prelate  and  Controver- 
sialist, Thomas  Morton,  D.D.  afterwards 
Bishop  of  Durham. 

10  Robert  Abbot,  brother  of  the  Areh- 
bishop  of  Canterbury,  and  made  Bishop  of 
Salisbury  in  1615. 

11  The  Earl  of  Worcester  did  not  resign 
the  office  of  Master  of  the  Horse  at  this 
time,  Somemet'a  ambition  being  satisfied 
with  the  place  of  Lord  High  Chamberlain. 
He  did  in  January  1616-16,  when  he  rt- 
reived  in  stead  the  dormant  o6ice  of  Lord 
Privy  Scftl. 


»t  andM 


their  %*btrb  tvlMMtkigr  «•  „ 
Uiia  aftonMW,  aad  iht  mmim  ht 
■will  apeak  to  thai  a^aki  •*  iht 


RaMlph  Cww  WM  chotea  Hpwknr  witb" 
oat  any  oontmdietion,  being  ■nmiiiiHd  aad 
reeomaeBded  by  Mr.  Saewtngy  [Wiawood], 
who  mode  n  fit  Speech  lar  that  pffpoae, 
which  I  have  heard  waa  gtni tally  ««U  idl 
owed,  and  hit  aatarance  nnimmdnd    .ObIj 
the  manner  of  the  delivery  waa  tomefvfaat 
ttrange  t  being  in  a  kind  of  oeadeoiiaJ  Una. 
But  ht  ie  to  ba  exenaed,  haevinK  each  n  dia- 
advanlage  tliat  the  first  be  eeor  beaid  apeak 
m  that  place  waa  himself. 
•    The  Retumt  of  Knighta  ftom    dWtn 
thiret  prove  everyday  mora  Ittigioaa.    Sir 
Henry  WaUop  hath  hit  pvtiea  alMd|y  k 
the  Star  Chamber.    Yoow  Sb  John  Ortta 
and  Sir  Thomat  Chichaiey  havn  carried  it  m 
Cambridgethire,    hot    iHth  -  tneh  ebmoor 
and  complaint,  that  I  know  not  how  tkty 
withhold  it.    And  yesterday  eaoM  the  newt 
that  Sir  Maurice  Berkely  and  Mr.  Piowiit 
have  done  the  like  in  Sonenetthirty  eo»- 
trary  to  the  Matter  of  the  Rolb't  eipticte* 
tion.    Bot  there  be  to  sraat  thiMla,  that 
they  thall  not  go  away  with  it  ao,  and  that 
there  will  be  nnllitica  and  invalidity  tami 
in  tlie  proceeding. 

Again,  April  14: 

The  Speaker  waa  prceeated  on  Thondqrt 
and  made  A  very  orderly  and  oonirraiaat 
Speech.  Upon  the  motion  of  Sir  Jamaa 
Perrot,  Doooombe,  and  Mr.  Fuller,  It  ia  iv- 
tolved  the- whole  Houte  thall  roeave.tb* 
Commitfioo  together  on  Sunder  next.  Thn 
place  %rat  agreed  to  be  Wettouatter  Chureh« 
but  for  fear  of  copet  and  wafer-otkea,  and 
tuch  other  important  reatoot,  it  ia  now  al- 
tered to  St.  Maigaret't,  and  theae  three  ap- 
pointed Sextont  or  Overteert  to  note  who 
be  absent.  The  Houte  it  very  full  already^ 
and  thote  that  come  tardv»  can  hafdly  art 
room.  On  Saturday,  in  tne  affcwaooa,  we 
King  made  a  Speech  >*  to  the  whole  Ae- 
tembly,  in  the  great  Baa<|oet  Chaabery 
wherein  he  Uid  out  hw  wantt,  aad  detoended 
as  it  were  to  entreaty  to  be  relieved, 
that  they  would  shew  their  good 
toward  him  in  such  sort,  that  this 


IS  A  MS.  copy  of  thb  Speech  ia  b  tka 
Cotton  MSS.  Titos  C.  VH.  iatitled,  «<  Tka 
Flowres  of  Grace  ;  or  the  Speaebe  .of  oar 
Sovereign  Lord  King  James,  6  Aprilia  1«I4» 
at  the  Station  of  Parlement  then  beguana." 
A  tecond  it  in  tiie  Lanadowoe  M&..4t7» 
where  it  oocupiea  eleven  tides  of  fi>lio  foeb- 
cap.— It  it  remarkable  that  thit  Speech  ia 
not  regittered  m  the  Jounab  or  ekher 
Houte.  •■ 

IS  Which  it  alao  in  the  vohoBa  of  Lane* 
down  MSS.  above  nwlionad^  oetayjiag 
six  folio  sides. 


486 


Conduci  of  the  Parliament  of  }614. 


UlHMS 


neni  miffht  be  called  « The  Parliament  of 
Love.'  la  which  kind  to  begin  and  trace 
tbe»  the  way,  he  offered  them  certain 
l^aece  and  favoorf ,  not  in  the  way  of  ner* 
chandizing  (which  conrse  he  will  not  allow, 
Bor  cannot  abide  to  hear  of)^  hot  of  mere 
good  willy  and  moiu  proprio.  The  offer 
waa  made  in  thirteen  or  fourteen  articles, 
ceaaiiting  apecially  in  Exchequer  matters, 
aa  abolition  of  old  debtt ;  no  forfeitures  to  be 
taken  for  not  paying  the  King's  rent  at  a 
di^  I  no  fees  for  Under-sheriffs  and  Collec* 
tera'  Accounts ;  no  pleading  in  the  Ex- 
cbeqncry  when  they  can  shew  records ;  some 
ledress  ox  rrformation  about  respite  of 
homage;  as  like  some  points  touching  the 
Court  of  Wards,  cart-taking,  assart-lands,* 
■id  some  such  like,  which  I  understand 
M>t«  and  are  not  of  great  moment. 

Upon  Tuesday  Mr.  Secretary  [Winwood] 
brake  the  ice,  and  entered  into  the  matter 
of  subsidies ;  which,  though  it  were  some- 
what unseasonable,  being  yet  early  days,  yet 
he  went  through  withall  very  well.  And 
thia  Speech,  though  not  so  pleasing  for  the 
matter,  yet  better  allowed  of  for  the  man- 
BSTy  than  the  former.  But  the  conclusion 
wesy  after  some  speeches  to  and  fro,  to 
defer  this  cause  to  be  more  amply  debated 
the  Monday  af^r  Easter. 

On  the  2d  of  May : 

The  King  hath  a  great  deal  of  patience 
iridi  the  Parliament,  and  made  his  third 
Speech  to  them  the  last  week,  requiring 
raej  would  fall  in  hand  with  the  main  bu- 
sibess  of  his  wants.  And  indeed  I  could 
wish  they  would  not  stand  too  stiff,  but 
take  some  moderate  course  to  supply  him 
bj  ordinary  means,  lest  he  be  driven  to 
ways  of  worse  consequence,  wherein  he  shall 
not  want  colour  both  firom  law  and  pulpit. 

Again,  on  the  26th  of  May : 

It  was  notified  to  the  House  [of  Com- 
iftons]  (that  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  ^^  had 
«ren  acandaloua  speeches  of  them,  as  that 
tkej  were  a  fiictious,  mutinous,  seditious 
iaaenably  i  that  they  struck  at  the  very  root 
fll  the  King's  prerogative,  and  did  catch  at 
}u$  Crown ;  with  other  like  speeches  uttered 
against  them,  dissuading  the  Lords  from  a 
Cpofefence  with  him.  *  *  *  All  other  busi- 
ness set  aside,  they  consulted  whether  if 
were  fitter  to  demand  it  of  the  Lords,  or  to 
i^>peal  to  the  King ;  and  to  that  purpose 
made  a  Select  Committee.  To  further  the 
■wtter.  Sir  Walter  Chute  offered  them  his 
service  to  the  King,  which  might  second 
them  instead,  in  regard  he  is  so  near  the 

King,  that  he  cuts  all  the  meat  he  eats, 

*■  I     ■  t       ■  I      ■  ■     ■ 

14  J)r.  Richard  Neile,  who  was  Clerk  of 
thai  King's  Closet,  and  one  of  the  principal 
Cluneal  Conrtiem  of  the  age.  Laud  was  his 
ChM^iVand,  ^  htt  own  ruin^  foUowed  in 
his  Patron's  steps. 


and  hath  much  hitefoooiw  of  erwcflh  wiA 
him,  which  he  eomnoaly  aeta'  oowa  whet 
he  cones  home,  fot  fear  of  iDfgfttia;  i  and 
therein  heth  done  the  Honee  wmaw  good 
o£Eicefl,  which  he  wiH  eontiuo  eo  loiup  as 
lie  continues  his  place,  which  by  thia  eoovae 
methinks  should  not  be  vcfyldfei^t  nor  he 
very  fit  to  be  a  Prince's  Carver. 

On  the  1st  of  June^  as  foHowt: 

The  Bishop  of  Lincoln's  bosineaa  hath 
wholly  entertained  the  Parliament  thia  eevenr 
night ;  and,  for  aught  I  vndentnnd,  they 
are  as  near  an  end  as  they  were  oa  the  be^ 
ginninj|.    For,  having  on  Slinky  sent  Sir 
Edw.  Hoby  to  the  Lords  to  complain  of  thif 
wrong,  and  require  reparation,  gnawer  .npe 
returned  on  Monday  that,  aetting  aa  ^nj^t^ 
they  were  not  to  censure  any  man  upon  a 
public  f)Eime  without  due  pro<^y  and  *Mi«"W 
his  accusers.    The  next  day  the  Houae  re- 
plied by  Sir  Roger  Owen,  Uiat  tbeiir  Lord- 
ships knew  whether  it  were  true  or  fidaej 
and  according  to  their  asseveration,  either 
way,    they  would   proceed    ae    ahonld    be 
thought  fit.  A  plain  man  told  them  the  other 
day,  they  knew  who  '  looked  over  LineolDy^ 
and  now  Lincoln  looked  over  tbem,  and 
hindred  their  business. 

**  *  The  King  wa»  much  oflbndled  U 
first  that  they  should  take  upon  them,  aa  if 
were,  indicerejusiiiiamj  and  maJoa  a  oeaaa* 
tion,  which  were  impieter  upon  hia  author 
rity ;  and  wrote  them  a  lettier  on  Friday  to 
that  Durpose,  that  it  belonged  not  to  tbe«« 
to  call  or  dissolve  Assemblies.  Wheioiipoa 
the  Speaker,  with  40  of  the  Hoino>'weat 
on  Sunday  in  the  af^moon^  to  the  Coorty 
to  satisfy  him,  how  they  were  mifiepio- 
sented ;  and  that  they  had  no  anoh  meoi^ 
ing,  but  only  to  forbear  dealing  in  matten  ef 
moment,  as  being  unfit  men,  tiU  they  might 
clear  themselves  of  these  imnutalioQalMid 
on  them  by  the  Bia^op. 

Again,  on  the  gth  of  June : 

While  the  Parliament  were  eager  fai  nw 
suit  of  the  Bp.  of  Lincoln,  and  wooMnot 
be  satisfied  with  the  Lords*  answer,  nor  wHIi 
the  interpretation  of  hia  own  moenhir  mj 
retraction  of  his  words,  even  with  taata,  i^ 
the  Upper  House,  and  grew  every  diy  more 
fiery  and  violent  in  their  speechee,  the  JSag 
sent  them  a  letter  on  the  Sd  of  t|iia  -wn^^ 
whereby  he  signified  unto  them,  thafe  tat  di- 
vers reasons  and  respects  he  meant  to  dir^ 
solve  the  Parliament,  unless  in  the  mean 
time  they  fell  roundly  in  hand  to  eonalder 
and  provide  how  to  relieve  hia  waofii  «ai« 
ther  would  he  exoect  or  recMve  otibor  pB« 
swer  firom  them  than  the  speedy  oflbeliatf  of 
this  business.     This  peremptory  mekSge 
wrought  diversely  with   ifaem,  aadSU 
some  of  thetaa  put  water  into  their  #be^ 
seeing  the  time  of  their  re^  eo  i 
end.  But  the  greater  sort  grew  more  _ 
and  would  not  descend  te  so  loddctf  « 


1M<.] 


DkmkiiUM  pf  likt  Pmhammu  of  1614. 


Itttkmi  iMt  oftr  tU  Chrwii^ilitr  Nttilk ^ 
«  joungtr  ton  to  Um  Lord  AbtrgavMnyv 
WM  moa  noURi  for  •  cvriont  pretttdilBia 
d«cUaMlkMi»  mack  for  mndb  oUmt  tiiaa^ 
but  tboukl  bav«  been  lott  if  not  tpokaa 
wlitftiii  Mnoag  bmuix  other  MoUocct 


now, 


be  Mad»  thai  nunc  Prmdpet  ila  gramtntur^ 
mi  potiuM  lit  nwri  qukm  vU/ere ;  tod  •pered 
ttot  great  personaget  about  the  Coiirt»  call- 
ing tnem  arrisoret  and  anqtorei,  which  ht 
Englithed  spatiUU  to  the  Ktng,  and  tntvet  to 
tkr  People  f  with  much  other  like  atuff^  not 
w»rth  the  remembring.  Neither  were  others 
behind  at  glancing  at  principal  peers  and 
counsellors  I  and  Hoskyns>*  mnooth  most 
have  hb  oar  in  the  boat,  and  tell  tbem  that 
wise  princes  pot  aeraj  strangerSf  as  Cannlet 
when  he  meant  to  pUnt  b&nself  hers>  seat 
back  his  Danee;  and  the  Palserave  hid  lately 
dismissed  all  the  £nglith  uiat  was  about 
the  Ladv  Elizabeth ;  and  withal  (to  what 
purpose  be  knows  best)  put  them  in  mind 
of  yetperm  Sxeilianm.  Yoii  maj  Judge  of 
the  rest  bj  these  scantlings.  Whereupon 
it  was  thought  to  stay  the  Btlls :  and  the 
next  day  being  Saturday,  the  Speaker  wat 
sick,  and  so  the  House  sat  not;  and  by 
Monday  it  was  known  there  was  a  Commis- 
sion out  to  dissohre  the  Parliament.  Where- 
upon the  wiser  sort  propounded  means  to 
paeily,  and  some  way  to  satisfy  the  Ki^ct 
Imt  there  were  so  many  difficulties  on  toe 


«a  of 

had  nutboil^  to  tm&ofvnL  tu  PImmi^ 
^tm  and  so  they  did.  WiMnby  thib 
Meetbg  er  Assembly  to  to  bo  Ud  ^  bkok 
puTMiment,  or  iiwher  n  paileyf  not  hofinr 
eo  much  as  the  mam  of  o  Seoiloo,  bol  (oi 
the  words  west)  PsrlwiiisMfMi  soslitolmR. 
Pfosestly  upon  the  Dtonlllou  IPmmk 
vents  were  Mody  to  noro  difiie  to  bo  fbi 
nest  day  at  tfao  Couaeil  table,  ftoai  wheMir 
Christopher  Nenlto,  Sir  Walter  Choii^ 
Hoskioi,  cod  Wentworth,  vera  yueitidijr 
sent  to  the  Toweri  Sir  Joho  Sovflo  woh 
fioed  to  this  townJLoodoo]  for  n  itotoi 
Sir  Samuel  and  Sir  Bdoyn  Saii^  Sir  £>uJ> 

lev  Diggee,  Sir  Roger  Chron,  TlMito  Crevv 
Hiwkwell,  aod  aotoe  othen  llwt  hod  perti 
appointed  them  by  the  Houm  k  the  m^ 
tor  of  Impositfams,  were  fajoioid  to  faring 
in  their. ootm  end  popore  to  ho  kmt/L 
Sic  trtmU  Gioria  MvmMi 

Again,  on  the  30th  of  Jone : 

At  the  breekmg  up  of  the  htfUaasn^ 
their  Lordships  agreed  among  f^'mf  !«tr  to 
give  their  best  piece  of  jdato^  or  the  mlno 
of  it  in  present  of  money,  es  a  speedy  Bo^ 
nevolence  to  supply  the  KW •  vaats.  Hip 
Archbishop  of  Caaterhuiy  Mfui  with  bap 
sin  and  ewer,  end  redeemed  tt  with  Uot 
The  Bishop  of  Winchester  m  mneh;  By 
1902.  H  tU  de  etUru.    The  Noblemen  fel- 


matter,  and  the  time  so  short,  that  nothhig  '^^1  *?  fJ^P** »  ^  Lord  ChairtierW. 

HT'lTdoue,  and   withal  'they  HiH  S^, ifwSrSi>f^"thr^  tl 

malcontent,  ilui  their  conference  about  Im-  S^^^^^^T^ 

posiUon.  was  refos;^,  the  BUhops  protest-  ^^^^oS^  ti^lhTSl  Slffl 

ed  ijgainst  thsm,  and  now  to  be  so  peremp-  ^'iT^uSHsin^^  Sb  HetoT^ 

tonly  preyed,  ihu  be.ng  somewhat  out  of  J^^^,  ~  ,^^.  "^ »  ^  "^^  np- 
frame  before,  this  did  quite  distemper  them, 


and  made  them  careless  which  way  the  world 
wrot. 

Upon  Tuesday  they  sat  again,  but  nothing 
passed  worth  remembrance,  saving  that  Sir 
Henry  Wotton,  for  some  indiicreet  aod  un- 
decent  language  used  to  Sir  John  Savile, 
was  cried  dowo,  and  in  great  danger  to  be 
called  to  the  bar,  but  escaped  narrowly.  Be- 
fore they  rose,  Sir  Richard  Coningsby,  Gen- 
tleman Usher  of  the  Upper  House,  was  sent 
to  notify  unto  tbem,  that  the  Lords  had  a 
CoromlssioD,  by  virtue  whereof  they  requir- 
ed their  presence.  When  they  came,  the 
Commission  directed  to  the  two  Archbishops, 
the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  all  the  Privy  Coun- 


shaw  50/. ;  Sir  Christopher  Hattoo  as  mudi  i 
the  Lord  Coke  900/. )  but  the  rest  of  tho 
Judges  came  but  slowW  after;  for  I  haow 
where  some  presented  Iwt  tOL  whioh  «w 
refosed.  The  money  b  pakl  into  tho  Jesril- 
house.  Letters  shall  be  sent  to  all  the  Shirok 
to  see  how  they  will  follow  the  example.  I 
heard  London  made  an  offer  of  SOOO  tnatto^ 
which  was  not  accepted ;  and  upoo  SuimIb^ 
Mr.  Secretary  brought  a  Letter  ftom  tbo 
King  to  the  Lord  Mavor  and  Qty,  to  bor» 
row  100,000/.  hot  I  hear  not  yet  what  t«» 
solution  they  have  takan. 

Early  in  July  cor  indefatigable  Cork 
respondent  thus  addressed  Mn.A1ie6 
Carleton,  sister  to  Sir  Dudley: 


Charito  I* 
afl 


>&  Christopher  was  the  third  ton  of  Edward  seventh  Lord  Abernvenny }  be 
at  Newton  ot.  Low,  co.  Somerset,  and  was  made  K.B.  at  the  Goromnoo  of 
He  died  June  7,  1649.     From  this  Christopher  have  descended  the  twolfthy  aad 
ceeding  Barons,  the  present  Earl  being  the  seventeenth. 

>«  An  eminent  lawyer,  whose  abilities  the  King  thought  proper  allenatoly  I 
cute  and  conciliate.     In  1618  he  was  made  a  Welsh  Judge,  aod  his  Mi|}esty 
visited  htm  in  Herefordahire.    His  eoo  Bonnet,  foom  whoiB  tbo  pioseat  Sir  ' 
if  the  fifth  in  ciescent,  was  created  a  Baronet  in  1676.   Dofiag  hii 
Tower  (in  consequence  of  his  speech  abovo  mentiooed)  tba  foUowiag  Ifaw  was 
him :  "  Vincuk  da  linguae,  vel  tibi  lingua  debit."     Sw  aMtoOln  of  bin  hi 
Biog.  Diet,  sod  Brydges's  Peers  of  Jaaaes  1.  p.  847* 


bitbo 

o 
*a 


488 


Description  •/  the  New  Courts  at  fFe»tmlti$ter. 


IJUBft, 


We  ara  now  upon  a  new  strain,  and 
there  it  a  great  qneation,  whether  tlie  Parlia- 
ment be  &Mao\red  or  no.  The  reason  where- 
of it  that  the  naturalization  of  the  Prince 
Palatine  (wteing  both  Houses,  and  confirm- 
ed by  the  King,  and  sent  away  under  the 
Bioad  Seal»  argues  an  Act,  and  so  a  Ses- 
sion; in  which  case  many  former  acts  of 
great  tontequence  usually  made  to  continue 
;till  the  next  Session,  being  no  longer  au- 
.diorized,  should  &11  to  the  ground,  and 
there  b  no  other  way  to  solve  it,  the  case 
being  so,  hut  by  finding  error  in  the  Com- 
mission of  Dissolution.  Whether  this  will 
fidl  out  so  or  no,  I  know  not :  but  much 
•peech  there  is,  that  they  shall  assemble 
again  this  next  winter.  In  the  mean  time 
those  Bills  of  grace  propounded  in  Parlia- 
ment go  on;  and  the  King  is  willing  to 
grant  tham  by  proclamation,  which  -it  is 
thought,  will  draw  on  the  Benevolence, 
tho'  it  be  not  yet  generally  iuti  mated. 

The  City  hath  made  excuse  for  the  loan 
of  100,000/.  and  offered  10,000/. 

Od  the  3 1st  of  July: 
'  Imust  retract  somewhat  of  what  I  wrote 
lately  touching  the  Parliament,  as  if  the 
Dissolution  had  been  erroneous,  seeing  the 
liord  Chancellor  at  the  dosing  of  the  Term 
this  day  se'night,  in  the  Star  Chamber  dh- 
avowed  it,  and  so  put  to  silence  all  buzzes 
and  further  discourse  about  it. 

Spch  was  the  Parliament  of  l6i4, 
and  so  thoroughly  did  it  annoy  and 
enrage  the  King,  that  he  did  not  assem- 
ble another  for  seven  years, — the  next 
beins  summoned  in  January  162O-I. 

J.N. 

Mr.  Urban,  June  1. 

00  much  has  been  said  in  Purlia- 
1^  ment  and  in  other  places  about 
the  new  Law  Courts  at  fVestminster, 
that  I  think  something  like  a  fair  and 
correct  description  of  them  cannot  be 
uninteresting.  They  occupy  a  space  pa- 
lallel  with  and  extending;  the  whole 
length  of  the  West  side  of  Westminster 
Hall,  and  consist  of  seven  spacious 
courts,  with  passages,  staircases,  galle- 
ries, rooms  for  the  Judges,  Counsel,  and 
other  officers  attached  to  the  Courts 
during  their  respective  sittings.  Of 
the  adaption  of  these  different  offices 
to.  their  respective  destinations,  1  en- 
deavoured to  ascertain  the  opinions  of 
persons  who  appeared  to  be  familiar 
with  them  and  with  former  Courts. 
They  told  me  that  the  architect  had 
b^n  indefatigable  in  taking  measure- 
ments of  all  the  public  Courts  of  Lon- 
don,— in  consalting  (without  fees)  the 
'Judges,  chief  Counsel,  and  officers  of 
the  Court;  that  modeb  were  exhibited^ 


and  temporary  fiuiogB  up  provided; 
that  after  the  whole  had  oeea  far  ad- 
vanced, some  learned  gentleman  from 
the  House  of  Commons,  who  appeared 
to  know  more  by  a  cursory  glance, 
than  the  architect  after  nnootna  study, 
had  ordered  a   large  portion  of  the 
building  to  be  taken  aown«  whereby 
new  arrangements  and   nev^   desigus 
were  required  to  be  made.     They  fur- 
ther assert  that  each  and  all  of  the 
present  Courts  are  larger  every  way, 
much  more  lofty,  and  better  lighted, 
than  the  old  ones, — that  ihe^  are  pro-    I 
vided  with   every  de^pree  of'^comuMt,    I 
and   indeed  luxury,  in  warming  and  <! 
ventilation.   After  carefully  examining 
the  different  rooms,  their  combination, 
and  separate  appropriation,  I  saw  much 
to  admire,  but  little  to  censure.    The 
architect   appears  to    have  converted 
every  inch  ot  space  to  a  useful  purpose, 
and  even  to  have  sported  witn  obsu- 
cies.  The  immense  buttresses  of  West- 
minster Hall,  which  are  -fortunaUrly 
remaining  on  the  West  side,  are  now 
incorporated  in  the  main  walls  of  the 
Courts,    whereby  they  are  preserved 
from  mutilation,  and  constitute  sub- 
stantial portions  of  the  new  erections. 
The  ingenious  and  skilful  manner  iu 
which  the  Courts,  with  the  connect^ 
ing  passages  and  galleries,  are  lighted, 
manifeslb   much   architectural    know- 
ledge as  well  as  taste;  for  almost  eveiy 
lanihorn-light  and  aperture  is  render- 
ed ornamental.    The  designs,  propor- 
tions,  and  general  features   ot  every 
Court  vary  from  those  of  the  others, 
and  offer  novel  forms  and  novel  efiecu 
to  the  eye.    .That  of  the  King's  Bcocfa 
in  particular,  as  welt  as  the  Lord  Chan-       ' 
cellor's  Court,  is  peculiarly  beantifol. 
With  domed  ceilings,  and  rich  laol- 
horn  lights,  galleries  for  the  accooK 
niodation  of  visitors,  a  pleasing  wain- 
scot colour  over  the  whole,  the  eye  b 
pleased,   and   the  judgment   satisScd. 
Had  the  stained  glass  been  preserved, 
the  effects  would  nave  been  improved; 
but  un/brtunately  such  beauties  are  not 
appreciated,  and  indeed  have  been  n- 
crificed  to  prejudice.    On  the  whole, 
I  must  pronounce  the  Law  Courts  of 
Westminster  among  the  very  finest, 
and  certainly  the  most  original  speci* 
mens  of  modem  architectural  dcs%Q 
in  the  Metropolis,  and  will  Tentore  to 
predict,  that  the  erudite  critic  of  ano« 
ther  age  will  refer  to  them  as-  anccws- 
fui  efiortB  of  science  and  taste. 

Yours,  &C.  VlTRWIU8« 


'J 


18U.^ 


Aeumtt  t^  St.  CUmnfi  Omrtk.  SmiimUk. 


Mr.U»BA«,  ApTil4.  Opmiu  lo  i)m  bdfiy.iuin  i*  b  door 

THE  rollowina  htiiwy  and  docrip-  coiileDi^  of  ibe  mim  m  m  the  ottm 

lioa  of  Sl  CieiiMat'^  Sutdvlcb,  P*"*  0^ the  uxrcrt  uiru  remarkabb 

will,  doabilcN,  be  Mccpublc  to  yoat  "»'  *  "^7  nide  cmbiltlcd  mouldii^ 


In  l>.t  iV-itv-fifl!.  jtir  of  Knlg  EJ- 
wtf.1  ilic  Third,  the  Vicarflt;'  of  S(. 
Cleintiii  WDt  valovJ  u  tijrtit  nwiki 
ptT  aHnum,  »  apptsn  by  KUbufn'k 
Sumy  of  the  Ctmntv  in  dial  reign. 
]it  vatiisllon  ia  ihc  Kins'*  hankt  11 
14/.  prr  an»>.>*.  TAe  tlrciion  of  ilia 
Majm"  aiiiiciiih  wk  jJuw  in  tlii* 
Cliun-h,  (on  ibcMoooM  »fi«f  Si  Ao- 
drrw'i  day)  wlirre  a  he\\  wm  rang  for 
(hat  pur|ioi«.  On  iiccution  nf  loitt* 
rloii  and  diKirtl«»  htrc.  Chailci  II. 
by  (  inyol  (nnndate,  dmed  l6Si,  ordtt-  -    ■ 

«d  ih«  elecilori  10  inkc  place,  for  the  ^"aficel  rrni 
fulNie,  imh-CWri-liarit.  In  iho  lail  "n'<^'»  ""  ' 
crniiiry  ilie  Doich  raidenW  "^ 


rtmarkabb 

mouldiD^ 

■pace  briow  il  ■  aiiMll  ni%k 

'    **      And  oiticr  oraa- 

nuu Meting  iolO 


Ttic  t>ody  of  the  Church  i*  built 

principally  of  boWm  {"f  Ainu  with 

(he  aliglo  mftrn  a«-jy  by  friciioa  on 

Ihc  (horeji  muud  wtili  taiiclilnne  Onm 

IV^wdl  anr.»ti(i  Cjrn  sroiic,  from  the 

ruiiu  probably  of  the  iirisinjl  build- 

!'>{.    Uadcr  itic  EuM  window  ofiha 

Ctiureb  9|q)«ati  m  be  an  cnirnin'e  ta 

Tank,.    PijJn  b.iiif«.«  divide  tha 

B   ailes,  the  lalitf  of 

dale    antciior  lo  ifaa 

The  biiiitriici ; 


loKsd  to  iirifoim  divine  Mtvice  in  tbi*  *"  round  the  building  at  TCgalar  ta> 

Chutcb,  ut>oti  iraying  MU.  a-yrar.  and  *"^''*-   Tlie  Sunih  porch  it  extreioc^ 

Afierward*  u[Kin  beating  a  third  part  p'*'"-     The  |ini<iifd  doorway  i>  prav 

«f  all  ciiprnieii  ofropaii.  meiiwd  wiih  onlv  a  plain  cornice. 

The  Church,  (trr  PUle  I.)  ttanda  ,    1'"'  "•*'  '•  Tp'aled  from  the  aila 

•I  ibo   ewtlrn   pail  of    ihc   town  of  "7   P"'"'"'  *'chF«,    resting  on    (inall 

Sandwirh.    llruiiiist*  of  a  nste.rbln-  P'""".  "nd   i»  celled  with  ooker 


cet,  Riul  4>)t*,  with  0 


ntit  U'l* 


arrhed  branu,  1 


The  Wier,  by  fcr  ihe  olde.i  pntt  of    ^^'^^^  amteli  holding  ihielda  with  on»- 
-'-''-'--        ■'         '  nientiaf  rmn  and  folitni  thewhtdt 


the  fabt 


,  tiict  from  fouf  lernicircu* 
,  in  llie  ctRtrcj of  liiB  build. 
ina.  lupporled  on  ilrunj;  pirn,  caclt  of 
whidt  are  facol  in  th«  direelinn  of 
^leawh.wiib.adnuhlc  column,  Daiik- 
«d  OB  either  .ide  by  a  »indtc  ont)  ihe 
capital*  of  these  .ire  eiirioiiity  oiiii' 
mrnicd  iviih  tcmlli.  ftei>.  rolinn,  and 


i.ljo 


vtted  wiih'wbiicwaih. 

At  ihc  end  of  ilie  Norlh  aile  it  « 
platform,  inised  in-o  itepi  from  iIm 
conimnn  pavemenl  (which  ii  a  coo- 
fined  minture  nf  grave-iionei,  nidt 
inch  paving  lilei.  and  entninoii  bricki), 
from  wlu'iice,  ihrmigh  a  *faniii>g  open. 
j^  |n  the  wall,  ii  a  ruiii  of  ihe  altu. 
*  miliar  giove,  ibu 
of  the  *a«c  for 
the  holy  "iiicr.  Tlic  ("nni  fon'ifU  of 
Bj^a.,  .U-.  1J-.  ^p,Riu«)4  Kt'.ii  aiU™.  ■■"'.  ''^"'■'''-"'  '>';i.i-oii:a  Uj=uu  jud  itiaft. 
It  hid  formerly  a  twin  and'  baule-  '""«*'  ""  '  ■>*•*  "^  '**^  *>«p*;  •■■  of 
menu,  which  were  lakea  down  be>  '  *""*'■  ^'  ^''9^'  "^  <^  *'<*'^  <*  *0 
twectt  the  yean  I670  and  1673.  "«•>«•.  "nd  of  il»  capital  and  baion 
'^'-         .       -       .    ..  almost    19    more.     The   exwrior   dia- 

meter of  the  latter  ii  34  inche*.     The 

„„„  „  „„  ,^     ahaft  il    formed    by  eight  bultrcMM ; 

which  they  haft.  '^'^  ipacri  between  which  appear  to 
^^  hare  been  ornamented  with  itatoea, 
ri  knaitaj  «ii«.  A.  '"""  '''c  *>»*«»  ■nd  irefoil-erched  ce. 
Bopiet.  The  bate*  are  oinamenled 
with  foliage.  The  eight  facei  ar« 
charocd  with  ihieldt  and  roiei  alter- 
natejjr.  On  the  ahieldi  are,  1.  Franc« 
and  England.  S.  \  Merchant')  Mark. 
3.  Arm*  of  the  Cinque  Porta.  4.  Etlit. 
Above  ihcfc  tquarei,  at  the  eight  an- 
gln  of  the  moulding,  are  gtMcaqiM 
facn,  ncrpt  at  the  deatci  lide  of  tba 


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^rst  shield,  where  the  ornament  is  a 
hird  like  a  heron,  and  on  the  sinister 
side  is  a  coronet  with  balls  between 
spires,  terminated  with  fleurs-de-lis ; 
tne  whole  of  it  is  besides  much  deco- 
rated, and  ornamented  with  difl'erent 
devices,  leaves,  flowers,  fruiis,  satyrs, 
faces,  &c.  The  bason  is  perforated 
at  the  bottom  ;  its  interior  diameter 
is  24^  inches;  its  depth  nearly  10 
inches. 

In  the  chancel  are  the  remains  of 
some  ancient  wooden  stalls  with  seats 
for  some  religious  fraternity*.  In  this 
Church  were  the  Chapels  of  St.  James, 
St.  Margaret  the  Virgin,  and  St.  Tho- 
mas the  Martyr,  the  chantry  of  St. 
George,  and  Green's  chantry.  There 
was  also  a  brotherhood  established  for 
the  procession  of  St.  George,  when  his 
fijEure  was  yearly  borne  about  the  town. 
This  was  probably  the  fraternity  meant 
by  Harris.  The  Sepulchral  Memorials 
are  numerous.  Harris  found  memorials 
of  Richard  Spencer,  1383,  and  of  Geo. 
Howe,  1589;  and  there  is  one  in  me- 
mory of  Rear  Admiral  Wm.  Smith,  a 
bravedefenderof  his  country,  who  died 
in  Feb.  1756,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one. 

The  burial-ground  is  unusually  large, 
and  including  the  site  of  the  Cfhurch, 
contains  nearly  an  acre  and  three  quar- 
ters of  ground.  L.  S. 

Mr.  U  RBAN,  May  1 . 

IN  the  Edinburgh  Review  for 
February  last  there  appeared  an 
article  headed,  **  Thoughts  on  the 
Advancement  of  Academical  Educa- 
tion in  England."  This  is  evidently, 
like  many  other  lucubrations  in  that 
far-famed  Periodical,  an  original  Es- 
say, or  Pamphlet,  or,  as  it  is  the  fa- 
shion to  speak,  a  brochure ^  sent  into 
the  world  at  the  certain  price  of  so 
much  per  sheet  to  the  writer,  instead 
of  a  legitimate  review  of  another  writ- 
er's work.  Sometimes  the  authors  of 
such  lucubrations  take  the  trouble  to 
look  for  a  peg,  on  which  to  hang 
them ;  but  in  the  present  instance, 
the  harp  which  sounds  the  praises  of 
the  London  University,  and  announces 
the  destruction  of  all  others,  is  too 
magnificent  and  ponderous  to  be  placed 

*  Harris  in  his  History  of  Kent  says 
"there  are  twenty  stalls,  like  those  of 
Maidstone."  He  also  observes  that  it  was 
either  a  Collegiate  Church,  or  else  possessed 
of  some  fraternity  peculiar  to  it,  because  of 
these  stalls. 


on  any  peg  at  all.  Had  the  writer  con- 
fined nimself  to  the  simple  defence^  or 
panegyric,  of  the  New  Institution,  if 
ne  thought  it  necessary  so  to  do,  for 
the  purpose  of  recommending  the  plan 
of  it  to  the  i)eople  of  England,  the  au- 
thor of  these  pages  would  have  been 
spared  the  trouble  of  this  public  notiee 
of  an  ephemeral  tract.  But  the  caae 
is  far  otherwise.  The  pretended  rt* 
view  is  made  the  vehicle  of  the  most 
malignant  abuse  that  was  ever  levelled 
against  existing  institutions,  thouf^h 
with  the  obvious  intention  of  writ- 
ing up  a  new  concern ;  and  that  too, 
under  the  mask  of  candour.  From 
such  candour  heaven  defend  us !  The 
present  writer  will  not  condescend  to 
follow  the  example  of  such  nominal 
candour;  but  declaring  himself  in  the 
outset  a  friend  to  every  seminary  what- 
ever, of  sound,  religious,  and  useful 
learning,  (and  to  the  London  Univer- 
sity alsOf  if  it  be  of  that  description,  or 
to  the  fair  experiment  of  it  at  least,  of 
whatever  description  it  may  be,)  he 
will  endeavour  to  confine  nimself,  as 
strictly  as  possible,  to  the  defence  of 
those  "  ancient  Corporations,"  which, 
though  generally  founded  and  endow- 
ed by  munificent  individuals,  having 
been  at  all  times  considered  of  vita! 
importance  to  the  community  at  large^ 
have  been  fostered  by  the  government, 
venerated  by  the  people,  and  charter- 
ed by  the  state.  A  deliberate  and  un- 
provoked attack  on  Corporations  so 
constituted,  and  so  circumstanced, 
must  be  answered.  "Our  objections 
to  Oxford  and  Cambridge,"  says  the 
writer,  who  is  of  course  as  a  Reviewer 
"himself  a  host,"  or,  as  the  gramma- 
rians express  it,  a  noun  of  muUiiudet 
"  may  be  summed  up  in  two  words, 
their  Wealth  and  their  Privi- 
leges f." — Again,  a  little  below  it 
is  observed  as  a  new  discovery,  "Theif 
revenues  are  immense!*'  Hine  tike 
lacrymce !  It  is  a  sufficient  sroand, 
then,  for  objections,  to  be  legally  con- 
stituted Corporations,  in  the  opinion 
of  this  self-appointed  Judge,  whose 
summing-up,  though  brief,  is  thus  tre- 
mendous and  alarming,  that  they  have 
WEALTH — that  they  have  privilbobs 
— that  they  have  REVBNUBS4  "Their 
prosperity,**  he  asserts,  "  does  not  de- 
pend on  the  public  approbation.  It 
would  therefore  be  strange,**  he  ar- 
gues,  "if  they   deserved  ih^  pabli^ 

'    ■  ■  1  ■  ■  .1 II 

t  Edjnb.  Rev.  No.  lxxxvi.  p.  S9G, ' 


ism.)         IMmr^lm  ^f  Oi/ord  ^  CmfMdf  dtfmJUL  4§l 


appipbatiim."  Adninblc  logician ! 
How  du  tbif  argument  may  be  car- 
riedt  it  it  impotuble  to  form  a  oon- 
jcctore  I  but  if  ootbing  detenret  pob- 
Jio  a|^pfobaUon»  and  consequently  pub- 
lic topporty  save  only  those  low  and 
trade-scanty  concerns  which  are  en- 
tirely dependent  on  it^what  will  tooo 
be  the  fate  of  some  of  the  noblest  in- 
stitutions of  this  land  ?  Every  thing 
must  Quickly  fall  to  the  ground,  ex- 
cept tliose  precarious  and  couipara- 
lively  recent  establishments  of  different 
degrees  of  magnitude,  which  are  sup- 
ported by  puhiic  subscription  and  vo- 
luntary contributions.  Every  Corpo- 
ration, which  has  imdbi  endbmt  rb- 
VCNDB8,  noist  be  abolished.  But  let 
us  come  to  a  right  understanding  of 
terms.  What  is  the  true  uieaning  of 
this  modern  pbraseolosy  of  "public 
anprubaiion,'*  and  '*  public  opinion.^ 
No  harlequin  was  ever  seen  on  the 
•Uge  dressed  in  a  greater  variety  of 
colours,  or  assuming  a  more  rapid  suc- 
cession of  shapes  and  attitudes,  than 
that  same  motlev  creature  called  the 
Public.  "  Public  opinion,"  also,  ia 
«  term  equally  vague  and  undefined — 
"Public  approbation*'  means  nearly 
the  same  thmg.  What  some  approve, 
others  condemn;  and  the  Reviewer 
needs  not  to  be  reminded,  that  this 
state  of  things  constitutes  what  is  ge- 
nerally understood  by  a  "  difference  of 
opinion.''  This  difference  of  opinion 
has  always  existed  hithtrto,  amongst 
mrn  of  the  nio&t  exalted  minds;  not 
only  on  common  and  trivial  matters, 
but'  on  the  most  momentous  topics ; 
and  perhaps  ever  will  continue  to  ex- 
ist ;  unless  the  nature  of  man,  and  the 
capacity  of  the  human  mind,  should 
by  the  '*  march  of  intellect,'*  and  par- 
ticularly bv  the  "advancement  of  Aca- 
demical Exiucation  in  England,'*  be 
changed  from  finite  to  infinite,  be  led 
gradually  from  the  deductions  of  the- 
ory to  the  certainty  of  truth,  and  thus 
realize  universally  among  men,  what 
has  been  hitherto  considered  the  bold 
asbumpiion  of  a  particular  Church, 
the  privilege  of  Ik PALLIBILITT.  The 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge 
daiiii  no  such  privilege  as  this.  They 
pretend  not  to  any  exclusive  possession 
of  public  patronage  and  support.  De- 
fects there  must  be  in  all  human  in- 
stitutions, but  it  is  the  object  of  wis- 
dom and  experience  to  find  a  remedy 
for  such  defecta ;  not  to  destroy  the  in- 
stitutions themiclves,  as  long  as  they 


•re  foniid  beneficial  to  the  cooimimit|L 
Man  ia  not  a  perfect  bie^^  and  wui 
he  pretiune  to  destroy  every  thtog 
which  he  considen  imperfect  r  It  it 
a  sufficient  objection  to  be  a4yanGef 
imiinst  an  ancient  corporation,  thai 
there  are  defects  in  its  aominiatration^ 
Shall  every  structure  in  the  land,  ren- 
dered venerable  by  a^t,  and  aninu^ting 
us  m  a  rivalship  with  our  anceston 
bjr  every  generous  and  noble  associ- 
ation or  local  splendour,  be  levelled 
to  the  ground,  and  the  carved  wor^ 
thereof  to  be  broken  down  with  axef 
and  hammers ;  because  there  may  bf 
discerned  in  the  walls  certain  crackp 
and  fitsuresy  or  peradventure  they  may 
be  a  little  out  of  the  perpendicubf 
line;  or,  which  is  a  worse  motive, 
they  may  not  be  suitable  to  the  taste 
of  the  present  day  ?  Such  indeed  h^ 
been  too  frequently  the  practice  of  tbf 
Goths  of  a  refined  age,  and  it  reqnirea 
all  the  circumspection  and  cantion  of 
prudence  and  good  taste  lo  rettr^Mii 
them;  because  the  buiklert  of  neif 
works  have  an  inteieat  they  think  is 
destroying  the  old.  But  the  world  if 
wide ;  and  there  is  looai  for  both. 

To  return  to  the  leaflipg  objecttoii 
of  the  Reviewer.  There  is  one  lorf 
point,  in  which  the  Universitiea,  ia 
bis  decided  opinion,  are  not  defective. 
They  are  not  defective  in  Wbai,t|^. 
**TuBiR  Rbvbnubb  abb  lyicBBae.'^ 
Their  Prospbrity  is  undeniable.  Bot» 
according  to  the  assertion  of  the  Re> 
viewer,  this  prosperity  does  not  arise 
from  public  approbation ;  for  he  de* 
termines,  ex  caihedrd,  most  perempr 
lorily,  tiiat  it  does  not  depend  on  pub- 
lic approbation,  and  therefore  it  would 
be  stranj^  if  it  deserved  it  Whether 
any  particular  institution  dtitrttt  the 
public  approbation,  or  not,  may  be 
matter  oi  opinion ;  but  its  prosperity 
surely  must  be  considered  at  the  re- 
sult of  some  portion  of  public  appro* 
baiion,  and  therefore  indicative  ot  thai 
opinion.  Let  us  examine  the  facta  of 
the  case ;  and  see  how  we  atand  in  ibe 
public  estimation,  both  now  and  here- 
tofore. The  wealth  and  the  prospe- 
rity, the  revenues  and  the  riches  of 
our  English  Universities,  have  been 
derived  from  two  sources :  from  the 
laudable  and  patriotic  contribotioOf 
of  Founders  and  Benefactors  in  for- 
mer days,  or  from  the  |HibUc  patfoo- 
age  and  support  of  persons  now  living. 
The  liberal  provisions  hrretofiwe  OmSb 
by  many,  not  merely  for  the  eanca^ 


Unioeriitiei  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  defended,         t^OM. 


4dd 

lion  of  youth,  which  is  only  one,  and 
that  a  short-sighted  view  of  the  qaes- 
tion,  hut  for  the  perpetual  advancement 
of  every  science  and  profession,  might 
lead  us  to  conclude,  without  much  lo- 

§ical  argumentation,  or  historical  de- 
oction,  that  the  many  persons  who 
^ade  these  public-spirited  provisions 
from  their  own  private  funds  and  es- 
tates, were  thereby  consulting  the  pub- 
lic good,  and  anticipating,  as  "  the 
last  infirmity  of  noble  minds,'*  a  por- 
tion of  that  public  applause  and  ap- 
probation which  they  had  already  seen 
bestowed  on  similar  sacrifices  of  pri- 
vate wealth  to  public  advantage. 

A  slight  inspection  of  the  Annual 
University  Calendars  will  be  sufficient 
to  convince  any  unprejudiced  person, 
setting  aside  the  exaggerated  statements 
of  the  number  of  Students  in  early 
times,  which  rest  on  no  authentic  tes- 
timony, that  these  now  splendid  se- 
minaries have  been  progressively  in- 
creasins  in  the  public  estimation,  ex- 
cept when  a  temporary  check  has  in- 
tervened from  accidental  and  extrane- 
ous causes.  First,  we  have  houses, 
halls,  and  hotels,  in  which  individuals 
undertook  at  their  own  risk  to  lodge 
and  board  students,  who  had  the  ad- 
vantage, but  at  their  own  cost,  as  now 
at  Edinburgh  and  elsewhere,  of  hear- 
ing the  Lectures  of  the  different  pro- 
fessors or  teachers  in  the  schools. 
Then  came  the  establishment  of  soci- 
eties incorporated  under  the  name  of 
Colleges,  with  pecuniary  encourage- 
ment and  maintenance  for  poor  and 
decayed  scholars  under  the  denomina- 
tion of  bursarships,  pensions,  por- 
tions, exhibitions,  scholarships,  fel- 
lowships, &c.  This  second  system 
was  soon  found  so  beneficial,  that  so- 
vereigns, statesmen,  laymen,  and  ec- 
clesiastics, century  after  century,  seem 
to  have  rivalled  each  other  in  promot- 
ing the  advancement  of  academical 
education  and  learning  under  this 
form ;  which  is  a  strong;  presumptive 
proof  of  public  approbation.  The 
avaricious  myrmidons  of  Henry  the 
Eighth,  indeed,  contrived  to  persuade 
the  ignorant  population  of  the  Six- 
teenth Century,  that  these  were  mo- 
nastic establishments,  under  the  in- 
fluence of  the  Church  of  Rome ;  and 
therefore,  under  the  pretence  of  Ec- 
clesiastical Reformation,  having  ille- 
f^allv  merged  the  greater  part  of  them 
m  the  general  description  of  Relieiout 
Homes,  they  succeeded  in  demolish- 


ing them,  or,  which  wa»  tafficient  for 
their  purpose,  in  appropriating  their 
revenues  and  estates  to  tnemielvct  and 
their  friends.  Many  secutar  Deani 
and  Chapters  were  also  bribed  into  t 
support  of  such  oppressive  and  ui^jost 
measures  by  the  participation  of  t 
share  in  the  spoil.  This  ddinion, 
however,  was  only  temporary.  Tbt 
confusion,  poverty,  ana  ignorance, 
which  immediately  follovi^ed  this  vio> 
lent  transfer  of  property,  and  the  ^• 
neral  decay  of  sound  learning,  soon  m- 
duced  many  pious  and  illustrious  per* 
sons  to  restore  these  establishmeDts 
under  different  denominations,  to  en* 
dow  them  with  new  and  more  exten- 
sive revenues,  and  to  procure  for  them 
new  charters  of  incorporation.  The 
supposed  modern  corporations  of  Tri- 
nity, St.  John's,  Jesus,  Wadham, 
Pembroke,  Worcester,  in  Oxford,  as 
well  as  many  other  Colleges  aud 
Halls  in  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  were 
founded  on  the  site  of  more  ancient 
establishments. 

Benefactors  innumerable  have  since 
arisen,  who  from  time  to  time  have 
offered,  on  this  classical  altar  of  their 
country,  the  first  fruits  of  their  gene* 
rosity  and  munificence.  Even  in  our 
own  times  there  have  not  been  want- 
ing examples  of  splendid  donations 
and  bequi>sts  to  our  Universities,  not 
merely  for  the  promotion  of  "  pro* 
fessory  learning,'  as  this  short-sighted 
Reviewer  imagines  from  an  obsolete 
passage  of  Lord  Bacon  *,  but  for  the 
progressive  advancement  of  the  hu* 
man  mind  in  the  acquisition  of  every 
art  and  science,  and  the  gradual  en* 
largement  of  every  department  of  taite 
and  knowledge.  Since  the  time  of 
Lord  Bacon,  when  England  had  not 
recovered  from  the  decay  of  taste  and 
learning  consequent  upon  the  plunder 
of  the  universities,  with  the  exccp* 
tion  of  a  similar  check  during  the 
great  Rebellion,  *'  Princes  do  not  find 
a  solitude  in  respect  of  able  men  to 
serve  them  in  causes  of  state  ;  because 
there  is  no  education  collegiate  which 
is  not  FREE ;  where  such  as  are  so  dis* 
posed  may  give  themselves  to  histo- 
ries, modem  languages,  books  of  po* 
licy  and  civil  discourse,  and  other  like 
enablements  unto  causes  of  statef." 
The  Reviewer  argues,  somewhat  in* 
consequently,  that  an  "eviP*  noticed 
— •  .  ■  ^ 

*  AdvaacemeBt  of  Lesmiag»  Bool^n* 
t  S^s  Bmob,  ubi  supra. 


18M.]  UiUwerOiki  of  (kffMt  mid  tmiArUg^  )^  4M 


bj  Lord  Bacon  "  in  th«  Sixttenik  Geo- 
lory  mutt  be  a  moch  greater  ertt  in 
the  mneieemk  /**— 1  am  not  sore  that 
it  helpf  the  Reviewer's  argument,  to 
imagine  an  interral  of  ikree  ceniuriet 
inttead  of  iwa    but  certainly  Lord 
Bacou  did  not  become  a  subject  of 
James  the  FirM  till  the  Sevemietntk 
Century. '    Since    his  time,   without 
entering   too  much   into  particulars, 
surely  wc  may  be  allowed  to  say,  that 
considerable  improvements  have  taken 
place  in  every  department  of  science 
and    literature.     '*The   literature   of 
Greece  and  Rome,'*  undoubtedly,  **  is 
met  MOW  what  it  was  thbn  !*'    It  was 
then   in  iu  infancy ;    it  is  now  ad- 
vanced to  manhood.    "Books  of  po- 
licy and  civil  discourse*'  are    much 
more  abundant,  and  much  better  un- 
derstood ;  and  so  much  latitude  is  al- 
lowed to  freedom  of  discussion,  that 
even  the    malignant    poison   of  the 
Edinburgh   Review    is    permitted   to 
circulate  freely  amongst  the  members 
of  our  Collegiate  bodies.     So  far  is 
the  academical  learning  of  the  present 
age  from  being  merely  *'  professoiy,'* 
which  was  the  complaint  of  Lord  Ba- 
eon,  that  to  Civil  Law,  Physic,  and 
Divinity,  have  been  added  since  Lord 
Bacon*s  time.  Geometry   and  Astro- 
iKNny,   Anatomy,   Botany,   Common 
Law,  Natural  and  Experimental  Phi* 
losophy.  Chemistry,  Geology,  History, 
Ancient  and   Mooern,  Modern  Lan- 
guages, Moral  Philosophy,  and,  though 
last,  not  least.  Political  Economy  ! 
No  apology  is    here   necessary  for 
the  attention  paid  to  classical   litera- 
ture;   because   the  Reviewer  admits, 
that    '*  the    ignorant  violence,    with 
which  that  cause  has  sometimes  been 
assailed,  has  added  to  its  popularity." 
He  seems,  nevertheless,  to  suggest  that 
a  change  of  system  may  be  desirable ; 
and  if  there  be  any  meaning  in  the  te- 
dious and  hackneyed  comparison  of  the 
respective  merits  of  the  Greek  and  La- 
tin languages,  which  might  well  have 
been  spared,    it  is  the  object  of  the 
writer  to  recommend  a  greater  atten- 
tion 10  the  former  than  to  the  latter. 
The   Tutors   and    Public   Examiners 
are  much  obliged  to  him  for  this  sea- 
sonable admonition ;   of  which   they 
will  of  course  be  happy  to  avail  them- 
selves ;  and  it  is  also  to  be  hoped,  that 
the  many  Private  Tutors,  who  under- 
take to  prepare  yoimg  gentlemen  for 
the  Universities,  if  this  number  of  the 
Edinburgh    Review    should    by    any 


chanot  fall  into  their  handa,  wiH 
henceforth  habituate  their  papila  lo. 
the.mbre  freooent  perasal  of  the  pa§et 
of  those  '*  Greek  Dictiooariet,  ofer 
'  which  it  is  iropostible  to  gUnct  with- 
out delight*.**  If  this  were  now  tht 
case,  '*  we  should  not  ace.^o  many  kit 
who  have  a  imaiiering  of  Latin  aad 
Greek,  from  which  they  derive  no 
pleasure ;  and  which,  as  soon  as  they 
are  at  liberty,  they  make  all  possibra 
haste  to  forget  f.**  But  this  is  too  fre- 
quently the  fault  of  the  parenu  and 
^uardiaps ;  who  do  not  consider  that 
Ignorance  is  the  ofl&pring  of  indulgence 
and  extravagance.  What  Quintilian 
observed  of  the  immoralities  objected 
to  the  Roman  youth  educated  at  Uia 
Public  Schools,  may  be  applied  to  tha 
ignorance  and  idleness  sometimes  dis- 
played by  those  who  have  received  tha 
advantages  of  an  academical  education. 
•—''  Non  accipiunt  e  sclmlis  mala,  ted 
in  scholas  aflferunt.'* 

The  complaint  of  ignorance,  how- 
ever, in  some  -important  branches  of 
Education,  is  amply  refuted  by  tha 
Reviewer  himself.  '*  There  ia  among 
our  youth,"  he  observes,  in  his  elegant 
phraseology,  **a  g/ai/  of  Greek,  Latin, 
and  Mathimatics,**  Arc. 

That  there  should  bealready  ag/a/  of 
Maihemaiictf  in  a  few  years,  since  one 
at  least  of  the  Universities  was  sup* 
posed  to  be  aroused  from  its  lethargy 
in  this  respect,  b  indeed  extraordinary; 
and  still  more  extraordinary,  that  this 
should  be  made  a  subject  ofcomplaint 
by  an  Edinburgh  Reviewer!  The  mar- 
ket, it  seems,  as  at  old  Rome  in  the 
time  of  Juvenal,  is  overstocked  with 
Mathematicians  I 

**  Nemo  Mathematieiis  Gsniimi  Indamnatas 
habeblt." 

The  Reviewer  entertains  a  ground- 
less apprehension  of  "  intellectual  per- 
petuities.'* There  is  no  fear  of  such. 
No  science,  however  profound,  is  now 
used  except  as  an  *' occasional  tonic {.'* 

Our  favourite  studies  and  pursuits 
follow  and  supplant  each  other  as  ra- 
pidly as  the  last  new  novel  condemns 
the  preceding  one  to  the  dust  of  the 
shelr.  Adieu  then  to  Mathematics, 
and  the  gluP  of  Greek  and  Latin. 
Farewell !  ye  "  venerable  absurdities, 
and  ^ood  old  nuisances  §.*'  Welcome, 
Political  Economy,  and  the  London 
University!  J.  L 


•  EdbkRev.  p.3it.  .     t 
:  Ibid.  p.  Iff.  §Ib&d.ai6 


4(4                       JcoQunt  of  t/m4(^iemf  Cath^ol^  tjhmt 

A»  Account  of  thb  Cathbdrai^  raroTince  of  Ultter  on  tbm  eve  oi  tkf 

Church  of  LoNDoi^DfRRY.  Keforgi^tion. 

THE  Church  was  erected  in  the  I"  1^42,  Shane  Q'Bojrle,  Prior  of 

year  of  our  Lord  1 164,  by  Hath-  the  Dominican  Convent  m  Derry.  wtr 

bert  O'Brallaghan,   Abbot  of  Derry,  rendered  the  premises  of  it  iolo  tbf 

first  Bishop  of  this  See.    He  was  four-  hands  of  the  Kipg  of  England's  cm- 

teen  years  dccupied  in  soliciting  aid  missioners. 

through  Ireland  for  the  erection  of  this  On  the  24th  of  April.   1566,  the 

edifice ;  and  was  successful  enough  lo  tower  and  fort  of  Derry  were  blowa 


oxen,  trom  iviaunce  w  i-.augniin,  JMHK  ©-...«"•.   "-»  w^..^^^    m,  kuwi^uvu  ui^ 

of  Ireland;   and    four    hundred    and  place  at  a  time  when  Shane  O'Neill, 

twenty  ounces  of  pure  silver  from  the  the  rebellious  Earl  of  Tyrone,  had  t 

inhabilanis  of  the  territory  of  Ossory.  strong   army  m    the   neighbourhood. 

When  finished,  this  building  got  the  and  ^as  ready  to  avail   himself  of  the 

name  of  the  great  Church  of  Derry;  circumstance.     Captain  Philip  O'SuU 

and  sometimes  iC  was  called  the Cathe-  ^van,  in  his  Catholic  History  of  Irc- 

dral  of  St.  Columb  Kill.     In  six  years  J»nd,  makes  a  miracle  of  this  accident, 

after  its  completion,    it  narrowly  es-  saying  that  St.  Columb  Kill  had  be- 

caped  being  destroyed  by  a  conflaffra-  <^?n"e  impatient  of  tlie  profanation  of 

tion   which  reduced  the  surrounding  his  Church  by  heretics,  assumed  the 

city  to  ashes.  shape  of  a  wolf,  and   passing  by  ^. 

In  the  year  II96  it  was  plundered  of  smith's  forge,  took  a  mouthful  of  red 
several  silver  cups  by  one  M«Kenaght,  h^t  coals,  with  which  he  rap  to  tbf 
but  they  were  recovered,  and  the  rob-  powder  magazine  and  set  it  on  fire, 
ber  suffered  death  for  the  sacrilege.  l605,  June   13,  George    MonlgOf 
In  1918,  an  Abbey  for  Nuns  of  the  mery,  the  first  Protestant  Bishop  of 
Cistertian  order  was  founded  in  the  Derry,  was  appointed  to  that  See.     He 
ricintty  of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  found  the  Church  and  city  in  rains. 
Derry,  and  in  the  year  1230  a  convent  The  latter  was  soon  afterwards  re-edi- 
of  Dominican   friars  was  established  fied  by  the  Londoners,  to  whom  it  ami 
near  it,  which  latter,  although  dissolved  theCounty  of  Coleraine  had  been  grant- 
in  the  reien  of  Henry  VIII.  was  not  cdf  on  the  forfeitures  made  by  the  old 
finally  dislodged   from  their  convent  Irish  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Eli aabetb. 
until  the  spring  of  the  year  1688,  when  In  the  year  16O8  Sir  CaherO*Dogherty« 
the  city  was  besieged  by  King  James's  a  turbulent  Irish  chiefuin,  burnt  tba 
army.  newly-built  city  of  Londonderry. 

In  1426,  John  Swain,  Archbishoji  lOOQ,  July  30.   On   the   motion   of 

of  Armagh,  held  a  metropolitan  Tisi-  the  Earl  ot  Salisbury,  it  was  agreed 

tation    in    the  Cathedral   Church  of  upon  at  a  meeting  held  in  Sir  John 

Derry,  on  which  occasion  he  obliged  Jolles's  house,  London,  to  make  an 

Dooatus    or  Donald,  the   Bishop  of  Enalish  settlement  in  <*  the  late  roia** 

that  diocese,  to  submit  to  penance  for  ated  city  of  Derry,"  which  was  aeooid- 

incontinence  and  other  crimes  proved  ingly  done. 

against  him.     This  Prelate  died    in  i6l3.  The  Irish  Society  in  London 

three  years  afterwards.  was  incorporated  by  charter,  ender  the 

In  1441,  John  Bishop  of  Derry  was  style  of  '^The  Governors  and  Assist* 

cited  before  John  Trene,  Archbishop  anu  of  London  of  the  new  Plaoution 

of  Armagh,  for  homicide  and  other  of  Ulster  within  the  Realm  of  IrelaMJ.** 

crimes;  and  in  the  year   1469,  Lau-  1615.  Precepts  were  issued  by  the 

rence   O'Gallagher,    Bishop    of  the  Irish  Society  to  the  twelve  London 

neighbouring  diocese  of  Raphoe,  was  Companies,  requiring  them  to  refiair  . 

proceeded   against  for  lincontinence,  the  Cathedral  and  other  Churches  om 

and  other  enormous  crimes,  of  which  the  lands  in  their  possession ;  and  to 

the  following  record  appeared  in  the  furnish  each  of  tbem  with  a  Bible,  •' 

Registry  at  Armagh :  "  Quae  propter  Book  of  Comanon  Prayer,  and  a  Com* 

religionis     et    dignitatis    scandalum.  munion  cup. 

&c. '     He  submitted  to  |)£Dancc«  and  In  the  year  ld33,  thb  Cath^dcal  ivas 

was  absolved.     These  circumstances  finished,  oaving  been  entirely  rebeilt 

mark   the    state  of  morality  in    the  by  the  Loadonm.    A  s^one  with  the 


I§M.) 


iitoiml  0/  Lamkmilertjf  CaiktdrdL 


4W 


foHowIng  inicHptioii  on  it»  placed  oftt 
the  door  of  it,  tous  cominemonitcf  thb 
event: 

**A.D.  1683, 
Sir  John  VMigliMi  aralultct. 

If  •tones  cooM  tpeak,  then  London's  pnlM 

would  sound,  [muod.** 

Which  liuilt  this  Church  and  Otiemnn  the 

1630.  William  Mac  Fogarty,  who 
had  been  the  Romish  Dean  of  this 
Cathedral,  conformed  •  to  the  Protest- 
ant religion,  was  appointed  bv  the 
Lord  Deputy  to  the  parishes  or  Ter- 
moneny  or  Mullagherry,  and  Kilcro- 
naghan,  in  the  diocvse  of  Derry. 

|641.  When  almost  all  the  churches 
in  Ulster  were  bumtd  by  the  Irish  re- 
bels, this  Church  escaped,  and  the  city 
of  Londonderry  afforded  a  refuge  for 
the  persecuted  Protestants  of  this  pro- 
vince. The  London  Companies  had 
long  before  fortified  it,  and  furnished 
the  walls  with  artillery;  and  on  the 
breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  in  this 
year,  sent  over  twenty-four  pieces  of 
cannon  of  a  large  caliore  for  its  addi- 
tional  protection. 

Between  the  years  l68l  and  ifJgO, 
Etekiel  Hopkins,  the  eloquent  Bishop 
of  Derry,  furnished  his  Cathedral  with 
organsand  massive  p1ate,and  was  at  great 
expence  in  beautifying  and  adorning  it. 

This  Cathedral  suflered  heavily  in 
the  siege  which  the  city  of  London- 
derry stood  in  the  year  1689.  At  an 
early  period  of  its  investment,  the  citi- 
zens were  obliged  to  strip  the  spire  of 
the  lead  which  covered  it,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  making  balls  for  their  canrton, 
and  the  roof  of  the  body  of  the  build- 
ing was  in  a  great  degree  stripped  for 
the  same  purpose.  The  snire  was  en- 
tirely removed,  and  a  platform  erected 
on  tne  top  of  the  lofty  steeple,  on  which 
two  pieces  of  cannon  were  placed,  and 
frequently  discharged  to  the  ^at  dis- 
turbance of  the  enemy,  who  m  return 
fired  so  many  shots  at  the  building,  as 
to  drive  several  balls  through  the  win- 
dows of  it,  and  eventually  oblige  the 
besieged  to  remove  their  store  of  gun- 
powder from  its  vaults,  into  which  it 
had  been  btowed  for  security. 

After  the  relief  of  the  City,  the  cele- 
brated  Bishop  King  obtained  a  ^ant 
of  two  hundred  pounds  from  King 
William  and  Queen  Mary  for  the  re- 
pairs of  this  Cathedral,  and  the  sum  of 
three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  for  the 
re-edification  of  other  Churches  in  the 
diocese,  which  had  been  dilapidated  in 
the  war. 

In  the  year  1745,  Dr.  George  Stone 


succeeded  to  .tht  biahopric  of  Derry. 
On  hb  translation  to  tne  primacy,  bo 
made  a  present  to  this  Cattiedral  of  a 
splendid  organ.  Bishop  Barnard,  who 
(lied  in  17^»  finding  the  Ca^edrd 
inadequate  to  accommo^ste  the  in* 
creased  congregation,  bnilt  and  endow^ 
ed  a  Chapel  of  Ease  near  it.  The 
Earl  of  Bristol,,  with  the  aid  of  tii 
hundred  pounds  from  a  vote  of  Ves- 
try,  and  some  subscriptions,  rebuilt  the 
spire  ;  but  for  want  of  care  in  sinking 
tne  foundation,  it  soon  became  ruin- 
Otis;  and  at  the  accession  of  the  pre- 
sent Bishop,  the  Honourable  and  Right 
Reverend  Dr.  William  Knox,  it  waa 
with  the  whole  of  the  adjoining  build- 
ings in  a  state  of  dilanioation,  which 
for  some  time  kept  tne  congregation 
out  of  it.  The  Poorhoiae,  Infirmary, 
Gaol,  and  other  public  buildings,  were 
at  the  same  time  in  a  state  of  min. 
The  Bishop  expended  six  hondred 
pounds  towards  rebuilding  the  spire, 
and  ultimately  expended  a  ihoosand 
ponnds  on  it. 

In  1805,  the  Cathedral  waa  eom« 
pletely  repaired,  and  the  Lord  Primate 
wrote  a  letter  of  thanks  to  the  Bithcfi 
for  his  exertions  on  the  occasion. 

In  1814,  North  and  Sooth  galleries 
were  provided  in  it,  with  stoves,  to  the 
expence  of  which  the  Bishop  contri* 
buted,  not  considering  them  as  repairs 
which  should  be  executed  by  the  pa- 
rish. 

In  1822,  a  Vestry  Committee ,  and 
an  architect  examined  the  roof,  and 
found  it  to  be  ruinous  and  incapable 
of  repair,  and  recommended  a  new 
roof;  and  in  the  month  of  November 
in  this  year,  308/.  were  voted  at  vestry 
for  a  new  slate  roof.  In  October  18t3, 
estimate  was  made  that  the  completion 
of  the  repairs  of  the  Cathedral  woold 
amount  to  4034/.  The  Bishop  offered 
to  take  on  himself  the  expence  of 
erecting  a  spire,  amounting  to  863/. 
and  the  same  day  agreed  with  an  ar* 
chitect  for  building  it;  as  has  been 
since  done;  but  he  declined,  on  the 
principle  of  avoiding  an  injurious  pre- 
cedent, to  contribute  to  repairs  which 
the  law  required  to  be  jhine  at  the  ex- 
pence  of  the  parish  ;  and  he  has  since 
expended  nearly  three  thousand  pounds 
in  adorning  this  Cathedral,  wnich  is' 
now  perhaps  the  most  splendid  in  Ire- 
laud,  and  well  becoming  an  ecclesias- 
tical city,  which  on  more  than  cme  oc- 
casion has  proved  10  have  been  the  bol- 
wark  of  the  Piroiestant  R^^foo  hi  Ira-' 
lahd.  JoHvGaAHAM. 


i 


496 


Mr.  Wo^UioifM  on  Saxon  Coinage. 


tJ 


On  Saxow  Coikaob. 
VII.    NORTHUMBRIA. 

THE  Northumbrian  series  exhibits 
a  species  of  Coins  at  present  found 
in  no  other  oftheHepiarcnic  sequences. 
I  mean  the  styca^  a  small  copper  coin, 
the  current  value  of  which  was  half  a 
farthing  or  eight  to  a  penny. 

They  are  upon  the  whole  a  series 
less  interesting  than  the  pennies,  as 
they  furnish  ua  with  no  portrait,  and 
are  in  general  rudely  fabricated,  and 
with  almost  always  the  same  de%'ice  on 
the  reverse,  a  cross,  and  a  nearly  equal 
sterility  of  design  in  their  obverses.  At 
the  same  time,  however,  the  Latin 
adaf^,  "inesi  sua  gratia  partis"  is 
perfectly  applicable  to  them,  for  they 
are  found  of  Kings  and  Archbishops, 
of  whom  no  pennies  are  yet  known. 
They  seem  to  have  been  conBned  to 
the  Northumbrian  kingdom  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  skeattas  were  to 
the  Kentish  and  East  Anglian  mo- 
narchies. 

Eanred,  who  flourished  about  810, 
u  the  first  who  furnishes  us  with 
coins,  and  fortunately  they  occur  both 
in  silver  and  copper.  Of  the  silver,  an 
unique  penny  in  good  condition  is  pre- 
tened,  and  the  copper  skeattas  are 
common,  almost  to  abundance,  though 
it  must  be  said  that  the  types  are  al- 
most as  barren  as  the  coins  are  nume- 
rous, exhibiting  a  cross  or  small  circle 
with  oellets,  and  similar  reverses  with 
the  Minter*s  name,  as  in  the  penny 
series.  The  unique  penny  above  men- 
tioiied  has  Eanred's  portrait  on  the 
obverse ;  reverse,  a  cross,  one  limb  of 
which  is  terminated  fleury ;  legend, 
Des  Moneta.  This  penny  is  the  only 
one  belonging  to  the  Northumbrian 
series  that  has  the  portrait,  on  which 
account,  as  well  as  (or  its  extraordinary 
rarity,  it  is  of  considerable  value. 

Of  Ethelred  we  have  only  stycas, 
equally  common  with  those  of  Enared, 
and  as  tasteless  and  monotonous  in  de- 

The  workmanship  of  Eanred's  penny 
is  bold,  that  of  the  stycas  rude,  a  re- 
mark  which  applies  to  those  of  Ethel- 
red  ;  and  indeed  the  same  observation 
may  be  made  generally  as  to  the  stycas 
of  O^bercht  and  Redulf,  though  there 
arc  a  few  of  superior  design  and  work- 
manship in  the  series. 

With  Eardwulf  the  stycas  cease,  and 
the  pennies  re-commence  under  Re^- 
nald,  A.  D.  944,  bat  of  him  one  type 


only  is  yet  known,  and  this  without 

Sortrait.  The  obverse  hat  a  small  croM 
eury,  legend  Regnald  Cymngz  re- 
verse, a  plain  smaU  cross,  with  M int- 
er's name  as  usual.  The  brcrity  of 
Regnald*s  rei^  will  partly  account  for 
no  more  of  his  coins  beinc  discovered. 
The  coins  of  Anlaf  are  ofsingular  cu- 
riosity, and  decidedly  of  an  historical 
character,  or  at  least  having  an  inti« 
mate  connexion  with  history.  The 
obverse  benrs  a  representation  of  the 
famous  Danish  raven,  with  the  name 
Anlaf  Cyning;  reverse,  a  small  crosa. 
Another  type  has  a  singular  derice, 
and  what  it  is  intended  to  represent  b 
matter  of  dispute  amongst  collectors, 
though  for  my  own  part  I  conceive 
both  it  and  the  reverse  to  be  the  mere 
creations  of  fancy,  without  any  partU 
cular  meaning.  Others  read,  Oulaf  f. 
Onlaf,  from  whence  I  am  inclined  to 
think  the  A  in  these  words  has  tlie 
broad  sound  of  au.  These  hare  crosses 
oil  both  sides,  and  there  are  ochen 
with  a  legend  across  the  reverse  in  two 
lines. 

The  series  of  North umlsiin  Coins 
closes  with  Eric;  the  obverse  «n  vhose 
pennies  have  in  general  a  sward  across 
them,  with  Eric  above,  and  Rex  bdow 
iL  Reverse,  a  small  cross.  Oiheis 
have  on  the  obverse  a  small  cnMs, 
with  the  name  and  style  round  iu 
Reverse,  the  legend  in  two  lines  acioss 
the  field  of  the  coin.  The  workman- 
ship of  Regnald,  Anlaf,  and  Eric's 
coins  is  inferior  to  that  of  Eanred's 
penny,  though  wrought  a  centoij  after. 

Mr.  Urbax,  Jfcy  9. 

1BEG  to  inform  *«  G.  W.  !!.•"  (p. 
sgo)  that  about  seven  miles  South 
of  Lincoln  there  is  a  little  village  call- 
ed Auboum^  the  situation  very  rcduse, 
on  a  gentle  rising  hill,  the  river  wind- 
ing close  at  iis  foou  There  are  a  little 
Church  and  Manor-house,  several  com- 
fortable farms  and  cottagies,  old  iuclo- 
sures,  which  could  not,  I  think,  be 
the  place  in  Goldsmith's  eye  when  he 
wrote  his  beautiful  poeroo/  the  ^'De- 
serted Village;"  but  adjoining  to  and 
within  the  precincts  of  that  parish  and 
tvthing  is  a  small  hamlet  called  Had- 
<fington,  where  the  Manor-hoase  can 
only  be  traced  by  its  moated  area,  and 
no  Church  ;  at' present  'it  is  a  litila 
farming  daily  place--bat  bow  £ur  this 
place  «)  years  ajgo  m%ht  fit  Gokkmiih^ 
description  I  am  not  aUe  to  say.     C 


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UkKtiUmtrnt^  Amiiquiim. 


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I  SEND  you  a  sketch  (Piai€  II. 
fy.  u)  of  ihe  opper  pwl  of  t 
Chioiiicj-P*9cek  noir  wwfjging  m  t 
house  in  CM  >o#«.  wwcfjr^  an^.inii 
called  Ihe  King-t  Amit.  The  ardM 
in  the  firH  compartment  are  those  of 
Chidiock,  in  the  centre  of  Stourtpn, 
and  in  the  last  those  of  Berkeley  of 
Bevcrstone. 

This  Chimney  piece  was  probably 
removed  from  Stourion  Casile  when 
it  was  pulled  down,  and  had  been 'ori- 
ginally placed  there  by  John  third 
Lord  Stourton,  the  eldest  ion  of  Wil- 
liam the  second  Baron,  by  one  of  the 
daughters  and  coheiresses  of  Sir  John 
Chidiock,  of  Chidiock  in- Dorseuhire* 
which  John  Lord  Sioorton  the  ton 
married  the  daughter  of  Berkeley  of 
fievefstone.  John  succeeded  to  Che 
Barony  in  the  year  1478,  and  dying 
in  1484,  s.p.  was  siieeeedcd  hj  his 
brother  William.  C  B. 

The  aniieot  sword  (Jig.  S)  was 
fiHMKi  nore  than  40  vtara  aoo  Id 
elcansmg  part  of  the  River  Lark  be- 
tween Bury  St.  Kdmund*t  aud  Mil- 
denhall,  in  Suffolk,  and  it  in  the  pot- 
session  of  Sir  Thomas  Gery  Culhim, 
Bart.  It  is  two  feet  in  length,  want- 
ing half  an  inch. 

We  hare  been  kindly  informed  by 
the  great  oracle  in  these  matters.  Dr. 
Meyrick,  that  it  is  an  antient  BrittHh 
sword,  termed  Cleddyv.  It  is  foriiifd 
of  a  composition  of  topper  and  tin,  a 
fact  that  enables  us  to  assign  it  to  the 
Britons,  for  the  Roman  swords  and 
those  of  the  inhahitanu  of  the  ihores 
of  ilie  Baltic  at  the  periods'  of  their 
respective  invationtt  were  of  steeL  The 
old  Welsh  adage,'*  He  who  has  the 
born  (meaning  tlie  handle)  has  ihe 
blade,*'  shews  us  of  what  material  the 
hilt  was  originally  made,  and  the  three 
pins  seen  in  the  engraving  explain  in 
what  mode  the  two  pieces  were  fast- 
ened, one  on  each  side. 


Tbe  SaxoB  Ami  (fi^.  9.\  wmt  a  few 
years  since  dog  op^  la  vktmjmicm^ 
mm  under  tbe  floor  of  the  ChureH 
of  Severn  Sioke,  Woiccalitrthirt  i  nen 
she  fooi'«(4ii»-jpreMRiilbBt»  whiett 
kppmrs  iiobe  of  tha*.  tads  #f  Mth 
ccnlory.  TIm  woikmiBrfii|^  «tho4teii 
fudc^  IS  liigMy  aroanfenlalf  attd  ma 
derioo  of  twti^^sf  the  iwlffoy ding 
bosses*  seen  at  the  two  eitMOte  sid«| 
of  the  drawinfl^  bear  a  lematkablt 
similarity  to  the  aroMrial  oidin^i 
the  chevron.  * j 

Figs.  4  and  5  are  repretcotatioiif  of 
the  impressions  of  a  stone,  commanl* 
caied  oy  the  Rc¥.  John  Topham,  of 
Bromsgrove  School,  Worcestershire. 
The  explanation  of  its  design,  and  of 
|hc  intcriptions,  are  left  U>  tbe  inge> 
nuity  of mir  Goimpondents.  It  fauDf 
from  ** '  * 


Mr.  U  aBAV,  '  Jlby  8. 

AN  Anglo-SasoQ  jewel  tlfll^xitli; 
iiupfXMed  to  coouin  A  Mudahin 
of  St.  Neot,*and  to  commemoricrite 
veneration  in  which  he  wat  hflMjte 
King  Alfred.  It  wat  accidentally  MM 
in  l(3().1,  at  Newton  Pkirk,  some  dis- 
tance North  of  the  site  of  Aihelney 
Abbey  in  Somersetshire,  near  the 
junction  of  the  Parrot  and  theThone| 
the  spot  to  which  Alfred  retired  dur- 
ing tne  Danish  troubles^  and  wbera 
he  afterwards  founded  a  Idonasteij* 
In  10g8  it  was  in  the  possession  of 
Colonel  Nathaptel  Palmer,  of  Fairfield 
in  Somersetshire  I  and  in  1 71 8  it  wat 
depostte4  by  liit.son  Thomas  Palaiitfi 
rs^.  Ill  the  Athnolcaa  Museum^  ai 
Oxford,  arhait  U^it  now  preserved. 

f  he  htf»  ofikia  Jewel  (which  it  oor- 
re«tly>  dapietad  its  llie  loiwer  half  of 
Piai9  II.)  is  battledore4haped  i  f tt  df«* 
roeosidosare,  lefigthSi4fiielMt,  greatest 
breadth  1.83,  thioknaM  •49.  The  ob- 
verse is  faced  with  an  ofal  plate-  of 
rock'cryatal,  ^  of  an  ifielr  thick  r 
through  this  is  seen  the  mlnianire* 
formed  of  enamelled  mosaic,  the  com- 


1  A  looM  cle«criptioB,  bj  Dr.  Mosgrsw,  appearad  in  tfi98»  with  two'tgMVtt  (Phik^f.. 
Traot.  Dec.  1^*99,  No.  i47,  vol.  XX-  p*  44l.)-^U  wm  nptiofd  mora  at  larj^  byDrJ^i;^* 
ill  1700.  fPhUot.Tmos.  No.  160,  vuL  xxit.  p.  4^.]  ^  ;vary  drtailad  boSaoSqui^.tCf 
eur»t«  account  wat  givea  by  Dr.  Htekea,  in  1706,  wilb  aacnwiiws  of  tbt  ebverifB,  revfot^ 
and  tdf^t ;  the  firtt  6gure  Ming  from  a  drawbg  by  Sir  RuVsit  ttarlay»  (HickasM  I^MT* 
Vett.  Saptant.  Thcaaur.  torn.  i.  pp.  viii.  U3,  143.  Ox«m  ITij^}  U  vat  dasqrihf^^ 
Raarne,  in  1 7  U .  CHearnt't  Disaertatioa  on  the  wafd  BJslllijMnMBlir,  ^npr*  Jpfaia|i  ^ 
Ulaad'i  Itinerary,  vol.  vif.sait.OsQa.  17<».)  It  y ia  Maitftjiry Isltats  fttt^  ff^ 
gvavt,  (0  1716,  in  •  very  al^gaat  1>lweffUtioh,  accoSapaBbd  by  iMn  tiwraHafsl     (Mas* 

OawT.  Mao.  ynfte,  1  ttC.  •     • 


496  AM^io-Smxom  Jemtl,  repreaeMiimg  Si.  SmL 

yuXftiftitA  oci&z  iet  into  cclU  c?"  cojd :  wtih  rts^zd  so  /i^ 

the  f.jpre  if  taa:  of  i  ican,  ho'dinc  a  «ene.     Th*  eocra. 

fjenr-ct'tj*  :a  each    hand.    Tne   re-  H.Ci^n  u.:;^M»iT 

vme  c«  a  deuched  piste  of  gwi  '<r-°?  p  .c^  ble, — ihit  ft  was 

'tmmvi-iitly  o'^M  tlie  tack  ofth-t  mi-  p^n^nt  «Miie  jcn/. 

oiaio«e>,  oo  which  is  clrie^n:ly  traced  ir.:?nJ£:i,  it  woold  be 

a  i!«ur'^r-:Ti,  braochin;^    inu>   tsiree  dc:*r::..'u^  froai  tbe  ii 

fUix;«.     The  edze  is  here!**!  towards  fr-r*  i.lone;  tot  that  it' 

the   Trrmt,  aiw:   cnta'ns   the  Icz?'d,  c.n   scirrtlT    aCEcEi  of 

gg      SKLFRED      MEE      HEHT  ^.  ^sL:,  i.r.cc' r.  «cn  ic:>-nn»  as  thai  he 

EEVVRCXN;    that    is.    ©  AEL-  ^^-5    ;-r    reLiire,   and    the    SKricsal 

FRED  .ME    ORDERED  TO-BE-  counscl'.or  or  irse  K.dz.  and  that  he 

WROLGHT.— Tr.c  z^ro   ier.,Jna.«  ^?^   jeccniuJ    bj  Aifred   above   all 

<•  "  o'licr*  *a'n** 

in  a  'jLJhltViut  figure,  repre»en:::i7,  on  "  -      ...  -  -  .     -  -       -  - 

th*  iAAKfsi:,  Wii  head  of  wnc'sea-         -^^  ^'^  '-'  «»'  «<*  ^^^^^  ^'5  piece  of 

mon«rtr,    fjro?>dbIv    fsaTs    Or.    Mm*-  Jewelry  w-s  a;  pre p.-.v^,  opi cam  has 

'  beencMlti.     Dr.  Hickes.  Dr.  M 


fCTixt)  a  do!j*hi:j ;  on  ihc   rcrtrit.  t:.c 
(ower  jiw  it  want:nz»  its  place  beinz 


grj\c,   :;'id    the    bie   Mr.  Whiiaker^ 

supplied   bv  a   %caiy  flat  surface:  the  ini^Z:ncd  that  it  was  worn  by  a  chain 

mouthofifi  11  animal  embraces  a  small  r30Ku    the  neck  of  the   Kii^     Mr. 

tul^,  traversed  by  a  gold  pin,  apparently  Hearne  thcu^ht  it  probable  that  it  wat 

a  riret^  origin:tily  passed  through  some  att^;ched  to  the  end  of  a  cyliodcr,  upon 

wooden  stem  to  which   it  has  been  %vhich  a  MS.  was  roSied,' presented  bj 

fixed^  and  which  has  perished.  the  Kins;  to  kome  Monasterj.     \f r. 

Various  hare  been  the  conj^tures*  Wise  and  Dr.  Pegge  coooeired  that  it 


grairi«9  De  IcuDCula  quooduo  M.  Re^  .£lfiredi.  1715.; — The  opinknift  of  the  two: 
AotU|iiarie»  were  r*Mriewed  by  Mr.  WUe,  io  1722,  wbo«e  criuciMB  is  ■miiii|i>Binl  with  a 
figure  of  the  obverse  ocly.  'Wue,  io  .\ucr  de  Reb.  Gest.  .£!liredl,  App.  pp.  171,  172. 
Oxon.   1722.; — S-jme  criticHmt  hj  Dr.  Pe;;^e,  and    by  Dr.  Mills,  appeared  in  1765. 


^ArchieologU,  vol.  II.  pp.  73,  79., — Engraving  of  th'.s  gem  niay  be  ustu  in  Wcmim«p 
Libg.  Vctt.  Sept<;Dt.  Thesaur.  Coiispcctiis,  p.  IS,  edit.  1708;  Shelioa's  TiansUttoa  of 
Wottoot  with  DOte«,  p.  14,  edit.  17^5  ;  Marmora  Oslou.  P.  iii.  fig.  cxxxsii.  edit.  Chandler, 
176'.'}  ;  CJamdeo'*  Brit.  vol.  i.  p.  77»  e^lit.  Gibsoo,  1722  ;  and  vul.  i.  p.  59,  edic  Goi^h, 
17fff>. — jIU  these  figure*  of  this  Gem  seem  to  be  copied  fi-om  Hickes's  fJate,  wiUt  Utdm 
variation ;  they  are  much  too  Urge,  and  distorted  representauons. 

*  HickeSf  at  first,  suggested  that  it  was  a  figure  of  our  ."saviour,  the  Ifly-sceptre  in  each 
band  denoting  his  douUe  reign,  in  h«aten  and  in  earth  :  Musgrave  ultimately  adc^ifeed  tha 
same  opinion.  Hickes  thought  it,  ho*e\er,not  Improbable  that  it  might  be  intended  §at 
the  Pope ;  Imt,  at  la*t,  he  concluded  that  It  represents  some  Saiml ;  he  was  led  to  tlus 
opinion  from  the  inspection  of  a  miniature  of  St.  Luke,  in  an  antient  MS.  of  the  Goapdit 
drawn  in  a  neaHy  similar  manner,  holding  a  floweiy  crois  in  each  hand  (Ling.  VetL.  Sep- 
Mnt.  Tliesaur.  torn.  i.  p.  viii.  fig.  v;.  Wise  conceived  that  it  depicted  King  Alfrtd  hiaa- 
•elfy  on  accouut  of  the  helmet  and  miliury  vest,  in  uhicli  'as  he  supposed)  the  figoie  is 
represented. 

*  Olivious  as  this  cooclusion  is,  Mr.  Whitaker  was  the  first  to  notice  it.  (Whitak«r*s 
Life  of  St  Neot,  p.  973,  edit.  1806.)  Dr.  Hickes  conjectured  that  tbe  Holy  Man  in- 
tended wa»  St.  Cuthbert,  who  is  said  by  William  of  Malmsbury  (De  Gest.  Ker.  lib.  ii. 
cap.  At  io  Saville  Angl.  Script,  p.  48 j,  to  have  appeared  to  Alfited  during  his  sedosiun  in 
tlie  marslies  of  Athelney.  Malmsbury,  however,  is  the  only  hbtorian  who  mentioca  St. 
Cutliljert  with  relation  to  this  incident ;  all  tbe  other  Chronicles,  which  refer  to  it  agi— 
uig  tluu  it  was  St.  Neot,  who  was  ^een  by  Alfred  in  his  sleep,  both  at  Athdnej  and  on 
wtfier  occasions :  (see  Saxon  Homily  on  St.  N'eot,  MSS.  Cott.  Vesp.  D.  XIV.  in  Hist.  St. 
Neot's,  pp.  260,  ci. — Asserius  de  Reb.  Gpt.  £lfr.  in  an.  878.— Viu  SViNeoti,  MSS. 
Bodl.  535,  in  Whitaker's  Life  of  Neot.— Vita  SVi  Neoti,  MSS.  Cott.  CUod.  A.  V.  m  Ma- 
billon,  Acta  Ssnct.  Sec.  IV.  P.  II.  p.  834. — Chronicle  of  the  Conventual  Libr.  St.  Neot's» 
MSS.  Trin.  Coll.  Camh.  R.  7,  28,  in  Gale  Scnjit.  XX.  torn.  I.  p.  167.)  There  is  no|^ 
therefore,  a  bluulow  of  reason  for  supposing  that  tiie  Nurt!iumbrian  Bishop  was  the  uufivi^ 
«liial  designed  in  the  Jewel ;  ^while  many  consideratians  point  out  the  Cornish  Abbot  aa 
having  been  thus  superstitiously  honoured. 

^  *'  Hex  Alfredus,  Sanctorum  pedibus  aeclivis  et  subditis^  S.  Neotum  in  sustmd  Twera- 
tioae  habtibat.*'     Ingulphi  Hist.  Croyl.  (Fulman,  Seript.  p.  27.) 


IHA]  Jeeount  0/  Coph,  BtOfordthirt.  4M 

formrd  ihehcnd  of»  Siyle*,     Ptmilily  Jewel  to  I  he  Montiur^of  Aiheln«7, 

it  wnt  lununicd  upon  n  itundird  (ifier  in  iMlimony  or  hi>  pinua  gratitude  to 

the  monnrr  of  ibe  Hnmnn  r^^le),  or  St.Srot;  ••  there,  pnbMv,  it  temiiiii- 

W.1)  plrvnleil   upon  the  iiuintnit   of  «  ml  lill  thv  Rrfunnaiion;  thence  ii  wia 

tuir,  brina  carnri)  imo  battle,  for  ilie  taken  for  ploTider,  or  Tor  pmrrvaiion ; 

|iiir|KriF  of  iiiiinaiini(i1ie»>l<lict).  Tliii  and,  in  in  rrmnral,  wm  (ccidrnltlljp 

<«iijFi'iiirt  II  luLit'lfl  J>  BiTixiliiif  an  loti.  not  fat  from  ill  old  iJr|x»itnry.'' 
t»^y  ><>lii'i"i>i>niiculiuIt.ii>t>iiTr.tivci,         M  lliet*  patttculan  liii'e  come  M 

wiiic  li  it.uc  ilui  Si.  No'it,  afict  h'ln  lie-  Riy  kiiowM^c  tinee   ihe   pnlilinljon 

cc.»'-,  \t.rt  i)if  coii'.Miii  "  .niciiilaiii"  orilie  Supplemtnr  la  my  [liaiory  of 

an'l  ■-f.>tr-riiiiiict"»r  All'icili  il<at  he  .St.  Neoi'i,   I  hare  printed  a  few  ad- 

"  in-riiiiijuiiiinl"  ihe  King  in  hi*  en-  dilienal  leases,  willi    Ihe  engnvingi, 

gigcincNi  wiih  the  l)iine>  near  Chip-  fot  inHrlinii  in  iliat  Woik,  for  the  ac- 

pciilMni,  "led  on  Ihe  Lruop*,"  "pre-  cnnimo<tation   of  thote  who   may   be 

frdrdiliritaiidardi,"  "fuuithtiniiplen-  alrcaily  in  pcnseiiion  of  ir. 
diiur  Iwfore  ihe  army,"  and  "puincd  Yotin,  8fc.  G   C.  Gorham 

the  vicioiy"  for  ilic  Saxun*.     If  we  ^ 

make  tome  little  allowaoee  for    ihe  ~ 

Jur«idexpr«iioii»«  of  Monbj.li  Ch.o-         Mr.UBBAH,    Cajatrru-ell. May  i3. 

Jiidct    (tuprmUiau'ly   referring   ordi-  '  |  'HE  piciurnque  lilhec  of  CopU 
nary   ncciirTenect    to  the    miraculout       A     is  lituate  in  the  hundred  of  Wix- 

jiarncy  of  the  Sal  ill  *vho«tmeiiu  il  wh  hamlrce,  four  mile*  distunt  from  Bed- 

iheir  ohjrci  lu  enlol),  ihete  falilei  may  ford,  near  the  rnired  vilb^  of  Car- 

1>e  naiurally  imecd  10  ihc  liniple  fuel  dinginn,  for  Mme  time  ihr  place  of  ro- 

ihai  ilie  Kina  w.t)  acciuiouted  10  hai«  lidciice  of  the  phllanlrophtc  Honraid. 
iIiIb  image  uf  hii  (tuardian  laiiit  neat         1  cannnt  find  thai  it  I*  recnrdrd  in 

hi>  pcixiii,  and  ihui  he  conducird  hi*  lloincKlay  Book  :  It  apprat*.  howrtrr, 

army  iinilcr  iti  tnppmed   inirlary  in-  to  have  hrlonged  10  ihe  adjacent  Pri- 

*(iiT"-      A"  Mi'~'  ii"n  of  ihe  (igure,  cry  of  Chickwnd  at  a  »i'ry  remote  pe- 

}<■■•■■■      '<      ' ;  l.tuncbe*  in  hii  ti.nt.     In  1?  Eil.  I.   nienltun  it  made 

1j  I.  ^  ihc- wn^ulares.  of  mendow  and  wood. land  in  ihe  pa< 

I''  M  iil.iih  hiitoriant,  riih  of"Coupoll*,''  By  ilitMmenDme 

"  .\ .  I.  <i'        ',i,jii  .1  > ;'  while  the  iiip-  il  is  noticed  in  I  wo  In<|ui*itioni  taken 

I'liiiiiiii   ili:ii  1I11)  iiiiijte  wat  eleiaied  lowaidi  ihe  elnie  of  the  tame  rtiun'. 

»ii  »  tiiiliiMry  baiiiiei,  ■fl'or<lt  an  eaiy  In  3  Ed.  ]1.  William  dc  Uoui  appear* 

inicr[iii-tutlan  10  the  ippirenily  hyper-  10   hue   held   inler  alia  divert   leno- 

lx.l.,^.1  .Ftni.  (atappLed  loadtfro^ii  mem.  in  "Couptl."  an.l  in.  att.-»  of 

..Mill).    ■'  N«itni   HgaiftT  rt  ptetvnu  land   in  ihe  ailin.n  n     ]■  '-•'«  <  1   Kti. 

!ir- .  arit<-.i-dehiHeiiefeiluill."  din,|lon ",  or  (  .1  im 

Ml    \\'Iiiukei'«up|<o>es(vennlaa-  deNetillleRjIit      '  ■■:.■■'  1-, ^. 

tiliKi  iliji   jftrr  the  vicinry  or  Chip-  tirtlu  nxor  ejii5,'     in  ■  '    11    1  .'    II  'ii, 

ln-iili-iii,   Kt^s   Alfrv-i!  proi'piicd    tli'r*  II.  Iweiity  ki.iglu,'  igii  |iri;,niiiri^  m 

*  King  Alfred  Kut  a  cn|>y  of  hii  (nnili^DD  of  St.  OnKon'i  Putonl,  iBgHlier  aiik  am 
£STLE,  t-  each  Cathedral.  (See  Alfred'*  Pra&c*  to  St.  tlreg.  Pub  ia  Spcloao,  Vila 
XlfirA,.  p.  197.) 

'  Tfafl  (bllowiDg  art  (be  axprauiuu  in  which  thna  fililai  an  recorded.  "  Ic  (a 
eopipen  pipe."  [S«.  Hum.  ao  St.  New  MSS.  Cott.  Veip.  D.  XIV.  ia  Hiit.  St. 
Ntoii,  p.  am.)  "Tk,u.  Iiimque  ducam."  "Pf»dui  Kmper  eatiti  lum."  •' N.naa 
vWtii.,  I  onm  spltnihfrrum  oobi.  bellare  Nei.tum  ?"  ■'  Palmijicui  nui  Altotui."  (Viu 
sy\  Ne.,u.  MsS._l)odl.  S35,  iD  Whiukn'i  Si.  Neot.)— ■■  Me  (»e.  Neuto)  pr>Tia  pude- 

meo  cadeal  inimici."  ■*  GlDfimm  mftiu  Chriiti  NntM,  ngai/nr  tl  frmviia,  R^ii  uilc- 
nlni  ciFTciiuin  1  qutm  ndnu  R«  Ahrediu,  ComiDitiianei,  inquit,  duds*  tidelii  aun  qal 
poiirin  ciinterit  hpitei?  li  DOue  deiidcrMia.  ip*e  eil  proculduhio  Naotua.  Ctuitli  milaa 
iairii'tioiiDiH,  per  quern  hudie  pr«((o  nl  in  inaiutHj  tatliii  palma  tiiclmimi"  (Vila  Sd 
N»,>i.  ,MSS.  C»tt.  lUud.  A.  V.  ia  Mabillua,  .\i:U  Suet.  Sk.  IV.  P.  II-  pp  384.  au.) 
— "  P».«lam  aoie  leiilla  iul"  (ClirDairl*  of  the  Cuawlual  Libt.t/St.  NaM'aHSS. 
Tng.  (  „IL  Camb  R  7,  tS.'m  Gala  Script.  XX.  toai.  I.  p.  IE?.) 
'  Whiuk:r'i  Uh  of  St.  Neut,  p.  173,  edit.  I BM. 

'  r»h.  IT  Ed  1  No  S7  >  Ib.34Ed.l.&Ji.UT.  >*E*d;.3Ed.II.  IS. 

"  Kab.  Ia  Durh.7r>.,  thr  h»d  of  th*  BartMy  of  Nt>ni. 


«M 


Actbnni  of  C^pU,  BedfonUhhrt, 


tIttM, 


,T«ri6ut  maoora,  mostly  in  the  dountv 
of  Bedford,  among  wbioh  "Coupell^ 
isoientioned^.  The  name  occurs  again 
in  the  ttveuty-secdnd  ysear  of  the  same 
feign,  when  «t  appears  that  Thomas         The  family  of  Launcelyn  were  con'- 

!?1^:*1   X?/  J!!,i   fllj-T'i??,   !!!'     «»*J«rab^«  benefactors  to  the   buiUlinjg 

^j.  ^1^^  Church,  as  ap|>ear§  from  their 


"  Hie  jftcent  Johan'et  LMili«e)yn«  Arm}- 
ger,  qui  obiit  vii  dit  iu«imU  May  •xuttk  d*fu 
miirimo  ccccxxxvo,  et  Margareta  ux'  •!' 
quor*  a*i*b*8  p'p'ciet*  dcus.    AmeV 


vices  m  this  and  several  other  nia- 
Mors^.  They  are  again  noticed  in  an 
escheat  taken  tlie  following  year, 
wherein  the  name  is  written  *'  Cou- 
piU'*'.  It  IS  thus  recorded  in  the  va- 
jftiation  of  Benefices,  temp.  Hen.  Vlil.^ 

**  Cowpulli  Rcct'  imp'priat'  priuratai  de 
C^ickwond.  Adam  MuU worth  vlcarius  ib'm 
h*et  io  miout's  x"*^  et  al'  ad  vicar'  a'  p'tinen' 
p*«iui.  j^viij.  Id  sinod'  &  procur'  solut'arch'o 
B«dd'  p'  ano.  \\]s,  et  reinan'  ultra  vij/.  xvijs. 
Indo  (x°**)  ...  xv.«.  viijd.** 

The  Parish  Church,  engraved  in 
Fisher*s  Views  in  Bedfordshire,  has 
recently  undergone  extensive  repairs. 
Itcontains  (leveral  memorials  and  fune- 
ral moniMnents  of  mudi  interest*  Be* 
fore  ihe  altar  are  the  eliiKies  in  brass 
of  Nichol  Rouland  and  his  wife:  un- 
ilerwritten  is  in  black  letter : 

'*Niohol  Rolond  et  Peruel  sa  femme 
gUt  icy,  dieu  de  lour  almes  eit  mercy. 
Aneft." 

Oti  \kit  South  side  of  this  monu- 
ment is  another,  commemorating  one 
of^he  same  family  with  this  inscription, 
in  bbck  letter,  underneath  the  figure 
of  a  man  in  armour  : 

'  *<  Walter  Rolond  gist  icy,  dieu  de  ta 
alfnre  eit  mercy.     Am^n.*' 

Both  these  memorials  are  without 
date,,  but  may  be  referred  to  a  very 
remote  period.  A  manor  in  Cople, 
bearing  the  name  of  this  family,  in 
whom  it  was  formerly  vested,  is  mea- 
tioned  by  Mr.  Lysons^. 

On  the  North  side  of  Nichol  Ro- 
kmd's  tomb  are  brasses  representing 
a  man  in  complete  armour,  with  a 
lion  at  his  feet,  and  a  woman.  In 
black  letter: 


arms  10  being  cut  in  stone  on  oat  of 
the  pillars. 

On  the  South  side  of  the  chaocei 
is  an  altar-tomb,  inlaid  with  the  fi- 
gures of  a  man  in  armour,  and  his 
wife;  beneath  the  husband,  four  sods: 
and  nine  daughters  bdow  the  wife. 
At  the  corners  of  the  tomb  were  four 
escutcheons,  of  which  the  second  is 
lost.  The  first,  quarterly  1st  and 
AeihGray^K     2iid  and  3rd  Launcelyn, 

quartered  by a  water  bouget. 

The  third,  Gray.  4.  Launcelyn.  On 
its  North  side  are  the  arms  of  Laun- 
celyn and  Gray  on  separate  escut- 
cheons :  the  last  of  these  is  repeated 
once  on  its  West,  and  twice  on  its 
South  side.     In  black  letter : 

*«  What  can  myght,  pow'r,  or  aancye*  blooda 

avayll 
Or  els  riches  that  men  cownte  felieite  ? 
What  can  they  heipe  feMful  dethe  to  assajU? 
Certes  notbinge,  and  that  is  p'vyd  by  m« 
That  had  tbos'  giftis  rehersid  wt  all  pbnt* 
Neu'thelesse  yit  am  I  lejd  lowe  in  clay 
That  whyJom  was  tqiiyar  called  Tboa  G*ye. 

'<  Benet  my  wyf  eke  it  fro  this  worM  fiMt, 

Yit  we  trust  to  be  had  ia  memory 

A«  longe  as  the  parysfae  'of  Coople  shall  bst* 

For  our  benefitis  done  to  it  largely 

As  aritnasse  xx^i  powod  w^  other  giftis  many, 

Wherfor  all  eristao  men  that  goe  by  this 

wny 
P'y  for  ye  soules  of,Benet  and  Tfao'a  Qmy." 

Over  an  altar-tomb  at  the  East  «od 
of  the  North  aile,  are  the  figures  of  a 
man  and  woman  praying  at  a  fald- 
stool: behind  the  bosbaud  fire  aOM, 
and  four  daughters  behind  the  wife; 
the  inscription  is  in  black  letter: 


wMf^ 


7  lb.  1  Hea.  IV.  71 


«  Esch.  13  R.  II.  40.  «  Esch.  22  R.  11.  101. 

a  Val.  Eccl.  9  Mag.  Brit.  Bedfordshire. 

10  Gules,  a  fleur  de  lis  Argent ;  Argedt,  a  fleur  de  lis  Sable.     Both  these 
apprqpriated  by  Edmondson  to  the  Lamkoelyns  of  Bedfordshire. 

)*  On  the  pilkr  at  the  foot  of  this  toonb  are  these  arms  in  their  proper  tinetiiBBB 
Miiitefated  by  ^hi«ewaah.  Mr.  Geo.  Howard,  ia  hia  «  Lady  Jane  Gny  and  bar  TioMs/' 
#kes'  as  the  bearing  of  that  fismily  'Barry  of  six  Arg.  and  Azore,  Ja  .dhiaf  8 
%rmi9iie*  If  we  dispense  with  the  lokt  4»ord  ia  this  deacriptkm,  wiuc^  by  t)»  bgra 
Io  be  altogether  aa  interloper — the  arms  alluded  to  at  Copla  uTiU  :ba  ooiTact^^el 
They  mab»  some  figure  in  the  oM  poem,  called  **  the  Siege  of  Karlcverocky"  [titt  jp^i4t4, 
41 8  J  as  the  cognizance  oCHeari.deGiai : 

'<  Banier  avoit  e  par  droit  coote 
Df:  yipieds  la  vooa  mesur 
Barre  de  Argent,  e  de  jfmr^' 


IMS.] 


Aiiwl  ^etpU,  Stif^iMrp. 


•■Htn  Ifnh  NidialM  LuU,  «*s<7«. 
on*  oC  iht  Btmni  of  ih*  Buokcqun  U 
Wdtmiixt'r  ud  Cvcfl*  hU  wyft,  obi  of 
ih(  ibuehuft  tud  hiiTra  uf  Sr.  TlxiBa* 
W.«Ik.b.  Ko*»hi,  -hitli  NicKol«  dtwiijd 
lb*  mil  d.j  Mf  OcloUt  io  Ih.  •■»  of  out 
Loida  (rod  iBCCcccltiii.  Oo  oIioh  iiiuUi 
Jna  hi'*  merey." 

In  ilie  upper  cotnen  are  eieiit- 
cheon*.  Thefir.1. /,u**».  Theoihcr, 
janv  per  pnlc:  l«.  —  three  lions  rani- 
(.tiii  — .  «.  —  »ehe«ron.indexicrehier 
■n  jonulet— .  On  ihe  lomb  ate  iwo 
ejcmchrom.  Tlic  fir»l,  I.tike  imiifll- 
iiig  ITaullon.  The  seconU  WouHob 
linnlj,  The  lait  «orili  of  ibe  irucrip- 
ijoii,  >4  i>  Tcry  foijui^illly  tile  eatt, 
hare  bceu  mutilated. 

Oa  Ihe  NoTlh  lide  of  the  ehaneel 
over  *o  alur-tomb,  on  the  Soolh 
tide  of  which  i*  »o  etcuicheon  be»i- 
ing  the  arm*  of  Launcelgn,  are  ilie 
AJriiie»  of  ■  man  in  hi*  robei,  and  hit 


(ion,  whid) 
litcraifd. 

•<  Hen  Ijeth  5'  Witer  Luke,  lUnbt, 
OB*  of  the  JiulTce*  of  tb*  Plea  bdJea 
hefon  the  raoet  eieeHent  prjiice  Kim 
Henry  tbeeygUt,  ead  duo*  Abb*  K*  wy* 
Nocwb* '»  UBla  hi.  eejd  aat-tj  tad  of 
•f  tt*  dooghura  ead  bcyre  of  Jala  Lm- 
edjB,  E«|ur'.  ■hj'**  "7<l  Si'  *•''• 
dtoeuni  tlw  »itli  def  M  July  iB  the 
iiiiith  yer.  of  ihe  rejgn*  of  our  S<K- 
nygne  LunU,  lod  the  «jd  deme  Aon* 
deceuyd  the  ii  dey  at  SepteotlHr  is  the 
i»  jere  of  lh«  reyfio*  of  the  Hyd  nioet 
crBCyui  oireoca  lurd.     On  *hoe  soolk  Ihu 

Tlie  Loke  family  for  a  leric*  of 
year*  hfid  ihe  manon  of  Wood^end 
in  ihii  pariih,  which  hai  been,  con- 
founded wiih  a  place  of  the  lame 
name  in  ToJ.lington,  The  nameiof 
Nicholas  aiid  Sir  Walter  Loke  are  af- 
fiird  ta  aeveral  reiurna  in  ihe  Valor 
of  Henry  Vm.  The  wife  of  this  lait- 
named  grutleuian,  a*  will  be  >een  b; 
the  inicriptioii  gi*cn  aboir,  wai  nuiie 
loihat  monarcb.and  dauahier  ofJohu 
Lauiicclya.  Sir  Oliver  Luke  and  hii 
lOD  Sir  Samael  were  both  in  ihe  Mt- 
vice  of  Parliament  diiritig  the  Civil 
Wan:  ihe  Uiter  wa» oeow-maater  for 
Bedfordthiie,  buirey,  and  >aine  otbct 
counties.  Bur  what  ha;  dislingilished 
hint  mote  than  all  tits  virtuei.  ii  ibe 
portrait  of  him  drawn  by  the  inimit- 


able Butler  in  hit  "  Hudibrai,"  ■  naitia 
uiirHui vocally  applied  to  him  in  that 
uuiiii'apoem  "  orDuniMpte  ilnwtit." 
Liiile  reipecting  ihi«  orutihy  can  bt 
Bildrd  to  the  nolicrt  which  lixTe  al- 
ready apiieared  in  your  foimtr  fnluiim. 
The  family  remained  at  Wood>ciid, 
now  reduced  io  a  tingle  funn-lioute, 
uniil  I73S,  when  the  "lail  Luke" 
wa*  buried  in  the  porith  Church  :  ihert 
it  n  spot  in  the  Ticiniiv of  Copic  which 
ilill  bean  the  name  of  HuHibrai'-hoIr, 

On  ihe  [lavement,  South  aile,  are 
the  iiidenti  of  braiiei  repTCMntine  « 
man  and  bi>  wife,  with  labcli,  which 
ate  pona,  as  well  ai  ilie  "  Mnnct "  from 
ihe  lower  part  of  ihe  Mone.  The  cf- 
A^io  of  the  two  daughien  Mill  remain 
under  the  flaw,  in  which  the  wife't 
*'  piiurtraicluTe ''  b;i>  been  placed.  Tlie 
inBctijiticin  it  in  bbck  leiler. 

■<  tlttc  lyetli  Thomat  Speniri  of  ihii 
(oone.  jteal,  and  An»  liii  aiSi,  ria.  Io  Ro- 
bcil  Itulbcley,  tuioift,  -bicb  Tl.Hna.  d*> 
craitd  the  3id  of  Deeeniber  l»4T  and 
Aone  d(|iaru<l  tlie  IH  uf  January  ligo, 
liaiing  liad  balaieo  lliem  ton  •onati  aad 

Tlie  iiianur  of  Kolond*  wai  in  thi* 
fjiiiily  prerinut  to  the  year  1049. 

Iti  ilie  wall  of  the  ^uth  itk,  under 
dii  riculcheoD,  Hafjifiry  (|uarlt'iog 
—  —  *i|thl  luiriijcet,  3,  a,  3,^— -The 
imerlplion  it  iu  black  lelier. 

"  Hereunder     lyetb     Robert    Rnlktlry, 

—'    Job*    liii   wife    baayn^  be- 


-■I'  Rohm  <l(ce«.(l  [he  ivi,i  Hij  of  Ju= 
is  the  yen  of  nor  Lord*  Ood  uccccet. 
oo  vboM  Soolci  Jb(«B  haee  nercy.  Abmb." 
On  a  biasa  plalc,  in  arch,  orer 
which   it   intcribed,   "iiaBUiDi   bo- 

MUM   DDUtNUM    -f-    HABIWOI    BONDM 

left,  kneeling  at  a  fald-uotJ,  a  label 
from  hit  mouth  hat  the  word*  "  Detia 
miarrcatur  iiotiri."  Oppotite  ibe  huB- 
baud  it  a  woman  io  the  habit  of  ihe 
timet,  likewite  kneeling.  On  th« 
•croll  from  her  mouth  it  written,  in 
conliiiualion  of  her  huiband'i  pnyrr — 
"  Et  Benedicat  nohia.''  Id  the  cen- 
tre it  ihe  tame  ctcntcheon  at  on  the 
preceding  monunlaDl,  aurrounded  wiih 
manlliiig,  turmoiioled  by  a  creti,  and 
tubtcribcd  with  Uic  moito  "thvmk, 
aao  TuanK  aon."  Over  (be  fonr 
*ont,  who  are  ktK«ling  behind  their 
faihrr,  ar«  the  teiiert  t.  b.  c.  w.  pro- 
bably ibcir  initiala.    Over  tbe  tiaugh-. 


bugle-hotn 


-iBged  aad  (auelled  Or. 


;.e.  Nan*. 


BO% 


Anecdotes  of  the  Cornwailis..  Family. 


[June, 


tcrs,  A.  D.  M.  E**.    The  inscription,  in 
black  letter,  is  as  follows. 

**  Here  under  lyetli  buryd  ye  bqdyes  of 
Ilo!>ert  Bulkeley  esquier,  and  of  .'oane  his 
vryffe,  doughter  unto  Syr  William  Gascoyne, 
Kuy;;lit,  who  dep'tyd  this  lyffe  ye  yere  of 
our  Lord  God  1556',  on  wiios  soules  OLord 
Jetu  Crist  have  ra^cy." 

In  the  a)i<i(lle  aile  is  the  figure  of 
an   eccU'siasiic.        There   are,    hcsides 


Mary,  the  daughter  of  Mr.   Robert 

Cock,  of  Wherstead.  ^ 

He  deceased  on  the  llth  of  July, 
1731,  and  was  interred  in  the  chancel 
of  the  Church  of  Erwarion,  where, 
on  a  flat  stone,  now  jtlaced  in  the 
North  aile,  is  this  inscription  lo  his 
mtniory  : 

<<  Dejicimur,  sed  non  perimus.  Hie  jacel 
sepuUus Thomas  CoRNWALLis,  A.M.  hujus 


many  other    memorials    deserving   of     ecclcsiie  per  annus  45  Rector  fidelis,  assi 
notice   in    this  Church :    one   of  the 
bells  has  this  inscripiion,  in  a  mixedand 
apparently  very  ancient  character. 

<*  Hydelis  Mecuris  nomen  campana." 

Yours,  &c.  D.  A.  Briton. 


Biographical  Anecdotes  of  the 
CoRNWALLis  Family. 
f Concluded  from  p.  408  J 
HOMAS  CoRNWALLis,  the  secood 


duus,  pius,  feliciori  quidem  sede  non  indij^- 
nus  ;  qui  per  uxorem  suam  Mariam  filiam 
Rohcrti  Cock  de  Wherstead,  generosi,  rou> 
lierem  prudentissimam,  (cum  qud,  in  conou- 
bio  per  annos  44  amantissim^  vixit,)  pro- 
lem  habuit  numerosam,  quorum  omniom 
soliini  supersunt  61iu8  Gulielmus,  et  £liB 
Anna,  nupta  Joanni  Gaillard  de  Londino 
armigo.  Obijt  ll"*o  die  Julij,  Anno  Dom. 
17S1,  cetat.  70.  Hie  quoque  jacet  supra- 
dicta  Maria,  uxor  praefati  Thoma  Corn- 
WALLis  :  multis  laburibus  fessa,  quievit  28^ 


J     son,  was  hornon  the  IQlhof  April,  Martij,  Anno  Dom.  1742,  aetat.  76.     Abi, 

1662,  and  received  the  elementary  part  Lector,  etaemulare." 

of  his  education  at  the  Charter  House,  By  his  wife  he  had  issue  seven  sons, 

to  which  he  was  sent  on  the  2()ih  of  and  four  daughters;  viz.  1.  Philip,  who 

Oct.  1()72.    On  the  I5ihof  Dec.  l677,  was  oorn  on  the  10th  of  Augiist,  lt>«8, 

he  was  admiited  of  St.  Petcr*s  College,  and  who  married,  in  1 7 Id,  Elizabeth, 

Cambrid^e,  where  he  proceeded  to  the  the  relict  of  William  Pelham,  of  Buers, 

degree  of  A.  B.  on  the  20th  of  Jan.  in  Suffolk.     He  was  an  Alderman  of 

Id81.     On   the   iGih  of  July,    lC82,  the  borough  of  Harwick  ;  and,  dyin^ 

he  was  ordained  a  Deacon  by  the  Bi-  on  the  Sgih  of  June,  1729,  was  buried 

shop  of  Ek,  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  John's  in  the  chancel  of  the  Church  of  Er- 

Coilfge,  Cambridge.     On  the  6th  of  warton,  where,  on  a  flat  stone,  now 

March,    If)83,    he    embarked    in    the  placed   in   the  North  aile,  is  this  in- 

Cadiz  Merchantman, of  London,  James  scription: 

Clarke,  Con.mander,  and  returned  to  «  Here  lleth  y*  body  of  Phu-ip  Corw. 

Bristol,  m  the  Expedition,  of  Bristol,  wallis,  Chirurgeon  and  Alderman  of  Har- 

llobert    Alexander,    Commaoder,    on  with,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Cornwallis, 

the  24ih  of  Jan.    l684.     On  the  7th  Rector  of  this  parish,   by  Mary  hit  wife. 

of  July,   1085,  he  jiroceeded  to  the  de-  He  married  ELiZABtrii  the  widow  of  Wit- 

gree  of  A.M.     On  the  30ih  of  May,  liam  Pllham,  of  Bewers,  in  this  county, 

li)S(\  he  was  ordained  a  Priest  by  the  Gent,   by   whom  he    had  three  children, 

Bishop,  in  his  Cathedral  at  Norwich.  Mary,  Anne,  sod  Katherine  (a  posthumous 

On   the  following  day   he    was  insti-  daughter,  bom  two  deies  after  her  father's 

tuled  to  the  Reciorv  of  Erwarton,  co.  1>"7*",)     "««  ^l^parted  this  life  June  y* 

Suffolk.     Onthe  inhof  April,  1()87,  29th,  Anno  dom.  1729,  «Ut.  41. 

hevvasappointedChaplain  to  the  Right  His  relict  deceased  00  the  llth  of 

Hon.  the  I'larl  of  Warwick  and  Hoi-  May,  1788 ;  and  by  her  he  had  issue 

land;  on  the  27th   of  June,   in   that  three  daughters,  viz.   I.  Mary,  who  ia 

vear,  wus  instituted  to  the  Rectory  of  1 747  married  James  Hatley,  esq.  They 

Bradley  Parva,  co.  Suffolk ;  and  on  the  were  both  interred  in  the  church-yard 

25th  of  Sept.  foilowinsj,    h^  married  of  St.  Nicholas,  in  Ipswich,   where. 


^  Ciin  this  arrangement  of  the  letters  bear  any  allusion  to  the  sentence  inscribed  on  the 
arch  above  ?  From  the  circumsUnce  of  the  phrase  being  repeated,  I  do  not  think  it  «■- 
likely.  Such  a  conceit  I  imagine  to  be  quite  in  character  with  the  notions  of  our  anoestois 
in  the  Sixteenth  Century. 

**  Hahcmus  bonum  dominum  tecu' 
Habemus  bonum  dominum  ad  roe.' 
The  confusion  of  cases  and  other  triJUng  points  would  of  course  have  been  overlooked 
'  bringing  about  such  a  **  pleasaunte  "  consummation. 


for  the  sake  of ! 


iBSe.] 


on  a  nblc-Rionumcm, 

(inn  I'l  their  mfiiiDrii 

Mn.  Elitubtth  Pclhim,  iiid  ioCuh«- 

(in«,  llie  potlhutuou*  diughtcr  of  Mt< 

Philtp  Cornwallit : 

"  S&ercd  Cn  iht  nennr;>  of  JtuM  HiIT- 
lITi  Em|,  (il«(ceiuted  ftom  in  taclrni  li- 
nilf  of  tl»t  B»iur  It  Hultj.  in  l)«l&>nl- 
■Uif*,  ifMr**r<l>  of  EluDUn,  la  K«nt),  who 
ilirj  Augutt  I,  ITST.igiil  HHi  *dJ  MaXYi 
h.i  nJii  (diiUDdid  fruiB  SiiTilc 


jtataloUi  of  the  Carmcattii  Famity. 
thi)  imcrip- 


Thet  'juih  11«  istcntil  in 


1    M*i 


FlIUBITH     ftLHAM,     hIiU    dltd     Mif     II, 
1788,     aged     74)     and    ClTHtRlHI     CORH- 

wiLLil,  who  died  Julj  14,  1794,  iged  66  ; 
BUtrrultiiunoftliemlionMjIRvHiTLlv." 
Thrj  Itrt  i»ue  a  mn.  John,  and  a 
ilaugliler  Judill),  who  wai  iwice  niar- 
Tird,  lirii.  lo  Kolwri  Wolhtion,  £>q. 
oiidly,  lo Sit  Robett  Liiwi'        ' 


7.  Aiinr.whawaibornonilieSdof 
Dec.  iGrfU,  and  who  iiianicd  Jolni 
Gaillanl,  of  tendon,  Gvnt.  oli  t)tc 
laih  of  AnnI,  1713;  he  deeeaieil  on 
Ihe  3d  or  [)tc,  1747,  and  wa>  iriirrred 
in  ihc  clianrcl  of  ihc  Church  of  Si. 
Slephcn,  In  I|»wicli,  ivhrrr,  on  a  fli^ 

"  H«r«  I^ tnwrr'd JniiN  Giiiliid,  Eia. 
I*M  ef  llili  inilih,  >hu  drpinrd  ihii  111* 
tha  .Id  uf  DaninBr  17*7,  "gid  tUlj-fiTi 
J*"*" 

By  him  j|,c  had  ;»ue,  a  son,  Rich- 
Brd-JiiMn.  v.  li.j  wu.  born  on  Ihe  luih 
of  Ocl.  I72(i,  .ir,d  a  Jioghiw  Renju- 
miiij,  who  "4t  born  on  the  I3ih  of 
Sept.  173!,  .iiiil  who  wn»  iwicu  mar- 
ried, firsi,  lo  ihe  RcT,  Peier  Hinae»- 
lon,  Rmioi  ,-,1  C«|«!,  of  Sl  Ma»y, 
and  of  Weu!,a.„  I'jrva.  co.  Suffolt' 
He  died  on  ilio  letJi  (tf  July,  178(i, 
and  wo»  int.  ir.-l  in  ilie  chanril  of  ihe 
Church  of  <\i|/rl,  \\hcre,  on  a  Ublei 
agiinit  the  >uuih  wjll,  ii  ihit  iiiactij>- 


of 


Maiweiioi),    Datl.  a  General   in    iho     R««oi  of  tl.ii  |«ml),  i.liodi»d  ••  isih  of 
Army,  by  whom  ihe  had  no  issue.  Julj  ijte." 

And  le.  .■ndly,  10  ihe  Rev.  Willioin 

See,   Hc.r  iil'Sl.  Stephen,  in   Ip^ 

-'  ■'  of  WhcrtiFLid,  and  uf 

She  dec 


2. 'A.  iie,  who,  in  1763,  married  the 
Rev.  Cuihbrri  Uonihwaite,  Uecior  of 

Sl.  Mary  ai  Sinke,  in  Ipiwieh.     He  „\^i,  y,^j 

died  on  theSythofOec.  l7SI,»ndivu  Qe„||,y,  , 

inierred  in  the  chancel  of  thai  Church,  ihe  27th  ,, 

where,  on  a  murjl  tablet,  against  the  [,rred  in  1 

Norih  wall,  is  this  inscription:  j,,  ]u,„ic) 

'•  M.  S.  CutblMrll   Douih-iile,   A.  M.  mciit  in  t 

■D  Coll.   Mud.   auud  CuufarluiiDHi  olim  u^riminn  ' 
^i.  ,1  tuuiil. :   litiju.  «:cle.«^  Keetor  ia-         V.'j^  "j, 

c«Tr.'JdVp;i^'r"n.ll.eur«'il.°'0bii"t  '"  ^*P-'" 

J3  die  Dteembti..  A.D.  .781,  -u.i.  73."  f/,  "";*;, 

His  relict  deceased  on  the  3l9t  Jan.  ,-„(tr,  burii 

1701.  BiHj. 

Anit  3.  Catherine,  the  poslhunKMis  W.m.  I 

dauL-hlcr.  who  was  born  on  the  Itt  of  under 

24lh   of  of  til. 


JuU,   1729,  del 
Jol'v,  171)4. 

2.  Thomas,  who  W.-.S  born  on  t! 
IJih  of  .March,  KiHQ,  and  died  on  t' 
4th«f  April,  following. 

3.  Thnmav,  who  was  born  on  il 
37[hof  June,  l6f)l,  and  died  on  ll 
llih  of  July  following. 

4.  Mary,  who  was  born  on  the  21 
of  Scpi.  idcfi,  and  died  on  the  am 

SepL.  f.j|li 


Mjn-li.  170*.  und  w  _  ._ 
le  ('hurch  of  Sl,  Stepheu, 


D-tabIt, 
u>it«d  ill*  remuDi  of  Mjiar,  wife  of 
»,  Wm.  Gsi,  bulled  17th  February, 
AI>o,  of  Mn.  SuiANNi  White,  her 
buried  Jto.  30,  l79Si  lod  aUo  of 
liHA,  Hcnnd  rSta  of  the  ■baig  Ket. 
»,  buriad  97ll>  -Mircb,  1794.     And 


April, 


d  Bcdtly,   io  ibit 
llj   re.i«p>ed,   oa 


b.   Peneh 


who  « 


I  »r  Ucl.  'l<'()3.  .ind  died  ihji  day. 
e.  Kobett.whO  was  born  or.  the  28th 

of  Sept.  l6<j4,  anil  died  on  the  follow- 


8.  Wiliiam,  who  was  bom  on  the 
SHih  of  Sept.  1701,  and  died  on  the 
iSlh  of  April,  1702. 

9.  William,  who  wa*  bom  on  lh« 
91si  of  Nov.  170s,  and  died  on  tha 
12ih  of  Dec.  following;. 

10.  Mjry.whuwasboinontheSgih 
of  May,  1710,  and  who,  dying  on  the 
2[)ih  of  July,  1727,  was  buried  (al 
were  all  the   other   children;    in   iha 


S04  Ateouni  «/  the  CpmwaiUs  Family.  t^Wt^ 

chaocel  of  the  Church  of  Erwrarton,        2.  Frederic,  who  was  baptised  oo  tfae 

where,  on  a  flat  stone  in  the  North  IQth  of  Feb.  1753,  and  who  enleftd 

aile,  is  this  inscription  to  her  memory:  early  into  the  army,  under   ihe  pa- 

«  Her«  lieth  y^  body  of  Mary  Corv-  tronage   of  his   kinsman   the   galiaiit 

WALLis,  daughter  of  Thomas  Cornwallis,  Marquis  Cornwallis.     He  attained  the 

Rector  of  this  parish,  by  Mary  his  wife,  raiiic  of  Lieut.-colonel,  and  was  Major 

Sbee  departed  this  life,  Jiilyj«  29%  1727,  in  the  33d  reg.  of  font.    Hating  served 

aged  17  years  and  «  months.*  for  many  years   in  India,    he   retired 

And  II.  William  Cornwallis,  from    the    service,    and   married^    in 

whowas  born  on  the  12ih  of  Sept.  1708.  1797>   A.   L.   Harriott,   the  daughter 

He  received  his  academical  education  of  the  Rev.  William    Founereau,  oi 

at  Catharine  Hall,  Cambridge,  where  Christ  Church,   Ipswich.      He    was 

he  proceeded  to  the  degree  of  A. B.  in  in    18..,   elected  a  Portman   of  that 

1729;  and  to  that  of  A.M.  in  1741.  borough;  and  deceased  on  the  12th  of 

In  1732,  he  was  presented  to  the  Rec-  May  1811,  leaving  no  issue,  and  was 

tory  of  Wenham  Magna,  and  in  1738  interred  in  a  vault,  adjoining  thcchan- 

to  that  of  Chelmondiston,  both  in  the  eel  of  the  Church   of  Su  Margaret, 

county  of  Suffolk.  Ipswich. 

In  1763  he  was  licensed  to  the  per-        3.  James,  who  was  baptized  on. the 

petual  curacy  of  St.  Margaret,  in  the  4th  of  Dec.  1754.     He  was   bred  to  ' 

town  of  Ipswich,  where  he  deceased  the  Navy,  under  the  auspices  of  his 

on  the  18th  of  Nov.  1 786,  and  was  in-  relation,  the  late  Admiral  Cornwallis; 

terred  in  the  chancel  of  the  Church  of  and  haying  attained  the  rank  of  Pott 

Chelmondiston.     On  a  mural   tablet.  Captain,  deceased  on  the  3 1st  of  July, 

against  the  North  wall,  is  this  inscrip-  1798. 
tion  to  his  memory :  4.  Charles,  who  received  his  acadr- 

"  Near  this  place  are  interred  the  remains  "i«cal   education    at   Mcrtoa   College, 

of  the  Rev.  Willm.  Cornwallis,  A.M.  49  Oxford,  where  he  proceeded  to  the  de- 

^ears  Rector  of  this  parish,  and  54  of  Great  gree  of  B.A.    In  1786  he  was  licensed 

Wenham,  in  the  same  county,  who  died  the  to  the  perpetual  curacy  of  IJt.  Marga- 

11th  of  November,  1786,  aged  79.    Sarah,  ret,  in  the  town  of  Ipswich,  which  he 

edict  of  tlie  Rev.  Wm.  Cornwallis,  died  resigned  in   1804;  and  in  IP07,  was 

Oct.  «0,  1798,  aged  79."  presented  by  the  Crown  to  the  Uectoiy 

He  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  of  South  Cove,  Suffolk. 

—  Cobbol,  of ,  by  whom  he         Mr.  Cornwallis  is,  perhaps,  the  only 

had  issue  four  sons,  viz.  1.  William,  male  descendant  of  that  ancient  name, 

-who    was    baptized   on    the  26th   of  and  once  flourishing  family,  now  resi- 

March,  1751.     He  received  his  acade-  dent  in  the  county  of  Suffolk.    Hu 

mica  I   education   at  Merton  College,  descent  on  the  paternal  side  is,  as  has 

Oxford,  where  he   proceeded   to  Uie  been  already  shewn,  most  honourable. 

degree  of  M.A.  AnrtI  29,  1774,  and  But  on  the  maternal  side  it  is  still 

■was  elected  a  Fellow.     In    1778  he  more  so,  as  his  ancestors  were  neariy 

was  presented   by  his  Society  to  the  allied  to  the  last  reigning  sovereign  of 

Hectory  of  Elham;  and  in  the  same  the  most  illustrious   line  of  TuDOB. 

year,  by  his  relation  the  Hon.  Frederick  He  is  the  great-great-grandson  of  Sir 

Cornwallis,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  William  Cornwallis,  the  younger,  Knt, 

to  that  of  Wittersham,  both   in  the  the  uncle  of  the  first  Lord  Cornwallis, 

county  of  Kent.     He  married  in  1778,  by   Dame   Catherine    his    wile,    the 

Mary,   the  daughter  of  Harris,  daughter  of  Sir  Philip  Parker,  of  Er- 

the  accomplished   and   ingenious   au-  war  ton,  Knt.  (from  whom,  on  the  oia*- 

thoressof*'  Observations  Critical,  £x-  ternal  side,  are  descended  the  present 

planatory,  and  Practical,  on  the  Cano-  Earls  of  Egmont),  who  was  the  son  of 

nical  Scriptures,  1817,"  4  vols.  8vo.  (re-  S«r  Henry  Parker,  Knt.  Lord  Morief 

viewed  in  vol.  Lxxxviii.  i.  249 — 2;}1)  and  Monteagle^  by  Dame  £liiabeth» 

by  whom  he  had  issue  two  daughters :  his  wife,  the  daughter  and  sole  heir  of 

I.  Sarah,  who,  in  1802,  married  Mr.  Sir   Philip  Calthorpe,  of   Erwarton, 

James  Trimmer,  and  died  on  the  3d  Knt.  and  Amata,  the  daushuir  of  Sir 

of  April,  1803,  having  had   issue  an  William  Bolevn,   Knt.    toe  aont  ol 

only  son,  James-Cornwallis  Trimmer,  Queen  Anne  fioleyn,  consort  of  KtM 

who  died  on  the  27th  of  April,  1815,  Henry  tlie  Eighth,  and  the  mother  at 

aged  12  years  ;  2.  Caroline.  Queen  Elizabeth.  J.  F. 


i«w.i 


Oriptml  una:  rf  Dt,  ibAikm  Bolr. 


<M 


•  Mr.  Umaw,        motfar^ths, 

I  SEND  Ml  or^;iiiaI  Letter  of  Dr. 
Matthew  Hole,  a  learned  and  truly 
orthodox  di? ine,  who  waa  for  many 
yean  Rector  of  Exeter  College,  Ox- 
ford, and  oofODOsed  tome  excellent 
theological  worxf  early  in  the  last  cen- 
tnnr. 

Matthew  Hole  was  admitted  of  Exe- 
ter College,  Oct.  15,  1661,  proceeded 
B.  A.  June  14,  1664,  B.D.  Oct.  13, 
1674,  and  D.  D.  Oct.  13,  1716.  Ha 
was  Vicar  of  Stokegorsey,  Somerset, 
and  Rector  of  Exeter  College,  Oxford. 
He  published  sercn  Toluuies  on  the 
Liturgy,  Epistles,  and  Gospels;  two 
on  the  Church  Catechism ;  another  on 
Matrimony ;  another  on  Charity ;  Let^ 
lers  to  a  Nonconformist  Teacher  on 
the  gift  of  Prayer;  •* Our  Saviour's 
P^ion,  in  a  Sermon  on  Good  Friday, 
1  April,  1 070,  at  St.  Peter's  Cathe- 
dral  Church,  Exeter/'  on  Acts  ii.  83 ; 
and  a  Sermon  preached  at  Taunton  on 
the  Feast  of  Epiphany,  before  the 
forces  of  the  Militia  of  Somerset,  sent 
there  for  the  preserration  of  the  peace 
•f  the  town. 

1  with  it  weft  in  my  power  to  snp- 
pljr  any  further  paniciilafa  of  the  life 
or  a  truly  pioof  and  dilipesl  character, 
but  trust  stfeh  iDtbrmation  may  be  af* 
forded  by  ocbeia  of  your  Correspond- 
ents. 

THw,  ftrr  the  Reverend  Doctor  H'atker,  Mi- 
nitter  of  St.  Mary  Moor  [Mqjor]  in  Exon, 
Devon* 

RiVERtND  Si  a, 

I  receWd  your  very  good  Serrooo,  and 
retora  you  my  hearty  thankt  fur  1%.  I  have 
read  and  perus'd  it  over  with  a  due  jnteotion 
of  mind,  and  vpon  j*  whole  thinke  yoa 
have  tufficientlie  prord  that  y*  difficulties, 
abcurditiet,  eontradictioot,  and  pretended 
jmpoMibilitiet  in  y*  doctrine  of  y*  Trinity 
are  farr  more  and  greater  on  y*  heretical 
oppose  re  than  the  orthodox  auertort  of  it. 

both  of  them  teem  to  agree  tliat  reason 
rail  be  no  com|ietent  jiidg  in  this  •ubliroe 
and  mysterious  affair ;  fur  y*  one  side  de- 
clare it  to  be  above  reason,  and  y  other 
contrary  to  it.  Sa  that  j  think  reatcm 
ought  in  a  great  metaure  to  be  laid  aside, 
and  to  put  it  wholly  00  j*  foot  of  Revela- 
tion, which  none  that  own  y*  divine  autho- 
rity of  v«  Holy  Scripture  can  gainsay  or  re- 
sist. iCeaton  indeed  is  a  good  rule  and 
Jndg  on  things  that  are  within  its  reach ; 
but  is  not  to  be  extended  to  things  that  are 
out  of  its  sphere,  and  cannot  be  compre- 

GtiTT.  Mao.  June,  1836. 

4 


bsudsJ  by  It.    Aadsaah  this  mjmtj  mast 
Wmra'dtobe. 

Htiiee  ire  fiad  y«  Fathan  and  Schoolawn 
m  their  dlseoursts  on  this  sobjeet,  generally 
waveing  all  arguBMnts  tdna  from 


and  Buutelng  it  eatirtly  a  mattar  of  fkilk 
grooaded  apon  divine  ttavelatioa,  whidi  la 
the  truest  and  salWt  bottom  we  eaa  pat  It 
upon.  TertulHaa's  Credo  ^vts  est  jmpmi 
Mt,  is  a  reaiarkable  instance  heraoii  ha 
made  it  y«  olject  of  hb  £uth  vpon  y*  aat»> 
rity  of  Cfod's  word,  beeansa  it  seemed  Jm^ 
possible  to  his  reason. 

Aqoioas  and  j*  other  schoolssen  ia  their 
treatiies  of  Philosophy  and  Theology,  bfp* 
penioa  sometimes  00  y«  inexplicable  mysta- 
riee  m  Religton,  generally  say,  A^vc  iunt  de 
fidt^ — these  things  are  to  be  faialiev'd  vpon  y* 
credit  of  Divine  RevelatiOB,  and  admit  not 
any  exercise  of  reason  or  argamaat  aboat 
them. 

The  Apostles*  saying,  Wt  walk  hyJmUk 
and  noi  by  tighit  may  perhaps  look  soma* 
what  this  way ;  we  live  and  act  by  fidth  la 
Christ,  and  are  not  led  by  aav  worldly  or 
external  motives.  They  snboutted  Rsiaaon 
to  RavelatioD,  and  ware  gaidad  by  the  evi* 
deaos  of  things  not  seen,  wbieh  made  them 
despise  that  vain  nhiloe«>phy  aad  those  die* 
pulsrs  of  y«  world  that  rsasoa'd  too  maeh 


aboot  these  myater tons  troths.  Aad  Jadsad 
this  hath  dona  Christianity  maeh  hanB» 
aad  oecasion'd  amny  peetilent  aad  paraldMMs 
heresies  b  y«  X'tlaa  Cbaveh,  hj  seaaiag  y* 
deep  things  of  Qod  by  oar  shalknr  Tcasou, 
by  mng  to  farr  Into  vaiilfaoBmlile  deptlw» 
aad  searehing  Jnto  tliiBgs  vnssarehabie  and 
past  iiadiag  ont. 

I  am  told  that  Mr.  Piaree  aad  his  bta* 
thrsn  have  coropos'd  an  Arian  Catechism  t 
jf  yoa  coold  help  me  to  y*  sight  of  it»  J 
would  endeavour  to  take  oot  y*  poison  of  lt» 
and  write  an  antidote  io  prevent  y*  eoata- 
gion  and  spreading  of  it.  J  am  sorry  ye 
great  men  of  your  Chnrch  [the  Cathedral  of 
Exeter]  decline  y*  suppressing  of  this  he- 
resy, and  leave  y*  whole  burden  of  it  vpoo 
yonr  shoulders,  which  J  wish  yoa  well  to 
bear  off,  and  that  yon  may  be  a  pillar  of 
that  Church  which  yon  labour  so  nard  to 
support.  I  am,  S',  your  aifiectioaata  bro- 
ther and  fellow  labourer,  Matth.  HoLa. 
Exon,  CoU,  Oxon.  Nocem,  6th,  17t3. 


Mr.  Urban,        Oxford,  April  24, 

YOUR  Correspondent  from  Wood- 
street,  p.  SOO,  is  informed  that 
the  Act  of  13  and  14  Car.  II.  c.  4, 
will  give  him  ample  satisfaction  on 
the  subject  of  "  Lectures."  He  will 
there  find  that  the  License  of  the 
Archbishop  or  Diocesan  is  necemary 
to  constiiute  a  legal  Lecturer.  But 
the  power  of  the  Diocesan,  &c.  ex- 
tends only  to  the  qualification  and  fit* 


S06 


Leeiwren.^^^Bompton  Lidures. 


[June; 


ncBA  of  the  |)ersou,  abd'not  to  the  ex- 
istence or.  right  of  the   Lectureship 
itself;  though,  where  there  is  a  Rec- 
tor or  Vicar,  do  Lecturer  is  entitled 
to  the  use  of  the  Pulpit,  without  ihe 
consent  of  such  Rector,   &c.    unless 
immemorial    custom    can    be    shown, 
which   is  not  very  likely   to  be  the 
case ;  the  very  office  and  title  of  **  Lec- 
turer*' being  of  modern  growth,  as  far 
as  relates  to  the  present  usage  of  both* 
There  is  a  fashion  in  crvery  thing;  but 
partidularly  in  words;  and,  to  be  in 
the  fashion,  you  must  use  the  cant  and 
phraseology  of  the  circle  in  which  you 
move.     A  Lecture  has  now,  parti- 
cularly in  great  and  populous  parishes, 
greater  charms  than  a  Sermon.     In 
good   old    times   the   people  listened 
y^ith   plain  simplicity  to   the  autho- 
rized  Homilies  of  the  Church,   de- 
livered from  tl>e  steps  of  the  chancel, 
somewhat  in  the  manner  of  the  Dio- 
ensD  Charges  at  present,  delivered  by 
the  Bishops  and  A  xhdeacons.    Then 
eame  the  Catholic  Sermons,  <'Ser- 
Moincs  Catholic  I  ,*"  and  then,  from 
a  horror  of  Popery,  too  well  founded 
h  must  be  confessed,  we  had  sober  and 
temperate  "Discourses'*   from  the 
Pulpit.    But  no  wonder,  if  those, 
who  quarrelled  with  a  Surplice,  the 
emblem,  one  would  suppose,  of  purity 
und  holiness,  condemned  these  unpre- 
tending and  unambitious  compositions 
of  the  regular  Clergy,  and  considered 
the  pulpit  itself  as  a  remnant  of  Popery, 
and  the  rood-loft.    Then  came  a  host 
of  '*  Lecturers,*'  chosen  by  the  Ma- 
jesty of  the  People ;  that  is,  by  a  few 
busy  and  leadinc  members  of  a  Cor- 
poration or  Parisii,  who  had  their  own 
friends  and  relations  to  serve ;  for  it  is 
evident,  that  the  mass  of  the  people 
could  have  no  voice  in  the  appointment 
f^  these  Preachers.    One  of  the  ob- 
jects of  the  statute  above-mentioned, 
soon  after  the    Restoration,   was    to 
place  restrictions  in  the  way  of  these 
Lectuic  s;  restrictions,  which  perhaps 
hqve  nearly,  lost  their  effect  by  their 
penal   severity;    fbr,   if   acted    upon, 
the^  would  almost  amount  to  a  pro- 
hibition.    Hence  the  liberality  of  Bi- 
shops and  Rectors  towards  these  al- 
most self-constituted  Lecturers.  Hence 
well-meaning  persons  have  ever  pro- 
moted the  Lecture-mania.     We  have 
Lady  Moyer  Lectures,  Boyle  Lectures, 
-Warburton    Lectures,  Hampton  Lec- 
tures, Hulscan  Lectures.     But  in  the 
Will  of  Canon  Bampton  I  find  the 


oxpression,  "  Divinity  Lecture  S?r- 
mons"  is  constantly  used.  They  are, 
therefore,  strictly  "  Sermons,**  tnough 
the  term  "  Lectures  **  is  used  in  com- 
mon parlance,  as  the  lawyers  say. 

While  on  this  subject,  Mr.  tJ rben, 
being  now  an  old  member  of  the 
University,  and  having  a  veneration 
for  the  Old  School  Divinity,  I  may 
be  indulged  perhaps  iu  a  little  ver- 
bal criticism  on  the  recent  innovatioQ 
of  the  Oxford  Press  in  the  mode  of 
printing  the  Sermons  of  the  Bampton 
Lecturer.  The  good  old  practice  was, 
not  only  to  call  them  *' Sermons"  in 
the  Title-page ;  or,  as  some  few  have 
done,  **  Discourses,'*  &c.  ;  but  to 
number  them  likewise,  **  Sermon  L 
11.  IIL&c.  I  and  the  subject  of  each 
"  Sermon*'  was  very  conveniently  and 
usefully  placed  at  toe  head  of  the  re- 
spective pages,  as  a  "running-title.** 
But  now,  though  the  printer  deserves 
credit  for  the  superior  ekgance  of  his 
typography,  the  authors  have  inad- 
vertently suffered  the  fashionable  tern 
"  Lecture  '*  to  be  prefixed  to  each 
Sermon,  and  to  be  placed  also  at  a 
running-title  to  every  page ;  and  it  it 
remarkable,  that  in  the  title-page  of 
the  Sermons,  preached  by  the  late  cx« 
cellent  Mr.  Convbeare  in  1884,  we 
have,  I  believe,  for  the  first  time,  to- 
tidem  verbis,  "The  Bamptov  Lb€- 
turks  for  the  year  mdcccxxiy."  .Wo 
can  only  account  for  this  by  recurring 
to  -the  melancholy  fact,  that  the  title- 

{>age  was  printed  after  the  death  <ii  the 
amented  author,  which  happened  on 
Friday,  June  the  11th,  in  the  same 
year ;  otherwise  his  keen  sense  of  pro- 

t)riety  and  accuracy  would  have  ted 
lim  to  retain  the  form  adopted  by  most 
of  his  predecessors ;  and  which  is  more 
in  unison  with  the  expressions  contain* 
ed  in  the  Will  of  Canon  Bampton. 

To  this  dry  detail  of  matters,  which 
may  be  considered  by  some  aa  of 
inferior  importance,  Ibef^  -to  add  a 

auestion  for  the  elucidation  of  yoor 
iiographical  Correspondents.  What 
is  tne  History  of  Canon  Bampton, 
who  founded  the  premium  for  Seir- 
inons  at  this  Divinity  Lecture  f  I 
find  one  John  Bampton,  the  son  of 
Caspar  Bampton,  gentleman,  a  da- 
tive  of  Salisbury,  about  the  year  l680* 
He  was  admitted  a  Cominoner  of 
TamiTY  CoLLBGE,  Oxford,  March 
16,  1705^^,  then  at  the  age  of  1 7. 
None  of  the  extracu  from  CaiMi 
Bampton's  Will,  vrhich  1  hare  bcAre 


£e£ipMi  fltoMi  lAf  yfor -4001  B.tL  Ml 


■M,  oontiio  ally  date  %  bm  if  4aut  and  ^tiMtcd  with  iha  datMbmcnt 

ochcr    ctffcoiMttaott    oonetpond,    I  hb  eofnoiaml. 

should   be  ditpoaed  to  believe,  ibat  Now,  aceordiog  to  mf  ealcolatioM, 

the  Job*  BAicptON  beie  neotiooed  there  wai  a  lolar  eelipie  Wiible  m 

wai  the  Oxford  Benefi^lor.    The  R^  Gieeee»  on  the  8d  of-Oclaber»  4M 

E'ttert  of  Sanim,  in  particular,  moit  B.C. ;  the  year  in  whieh,  according  to 

I  coniulted  for  this  parpote  %   and  ohioooiogert,  these  events  took  plaeA 

some  of  your  readers,  Mr.  Urban,  in  Bot  there  was  no  eclipse  of  the  Smt 

that  city,  may  perhaps  give  some  in-  visible  in  that  part  of  the  world  for  at 

formaiioo  on  the  subjeot  in  a  fntuie  least  eighteen  months  after  the  eclipse 

Number.                                  J.  I.  which  happened  on  the  SOth  of  Aprils 

^  in  the  jrear  463. 

Mr.URB4ir,        EvmAom,  lfay4.  There  are  so  many  cirenmstanees 

O  INC£  I  common icated  to  you  the  mentiooed  bv  chronologers,  all  oon* 

0  article  on  the  Chronok^  of  Ho-  cnrring  to  fix  the  time  at  which 
rodotos,  in  yonr  Number  for  March,  Xerxes  made  his  famous  ex|ieditioo» 

1  have  computed  several  solar  eclipses  either  in  the  year  480  or  461  B.  C 
which  happened  about  the  year  489  that  I  do  not  conceive  it  possible  that 
before  the  Christian  era.  the  date  can  be  more  than  a  year  froei 

Thrre  was  certainly  no  eclipse  visi-  the  truth.    I  think,  therefore,  that  the 

ble  at  Sardis  in  the  spring  of  any  year  account  of  the  eclipse  happening  at 

near  tliis  time  at  all  like  the  very  re-  the  time  Xerxes  set  out  from  S^is, 

markable  one  mentioned  by  Herodo-  is  erroneous. 

tus  (Polyhymnia,  c.  37>)  to  have  hap-  Perhaps  JEIerodotiia   had    received 

pencd  in  that  season  .at  the  lime  Xerxea  some  uncertain  account  of  ao  eclipae 

was  on  the  point  of  setting  out  on  his  happeninx  near  that  timei  and  in  as* 

expedition  against  Greece.  signing  tne  precise  time  and  eircum- 

According   to  my  calculation,  the  stances  of  it,  proceeded  somewhat  in 

only  solar  eclipse  visible  in  that  part  the  same  manner  as  an  astronomer 

of  tne  world  during  the  spring,  within  would  have  done,  though  upon  rathef 

at  least  nine  years  of  the  time  at  which  different  data.    It  is  probable  that  he 

Xerxes  is  supposed  to  have  begun  his  believed  the  eclipse  to  be  connected 

expedition,   was  a  small  one  which  with  the  misfortunes  which  befol  the 

happened  on  the  igth  of  April,  in  the  Persian  army;   and  henoe,  ^rhapa« 

year  481.     In  this  instance,  the  Son  concluded  that  it  was  natural  enoqgh 

rose  eclipsed  at  about  half-past  five  to  expect  a  very  terrible  eclipse  at  tne 

o'clock,  and  ihe  eclipse  ended  at  about  ctMnmencement  of  such  a  series  of  ca* 

20  minutes  after  six.     The  greatest  lamities. 

obscuration  took  place  about  10  mi-  As  a  small  difference  in  the  Moon's 

notes  after  suii-rise,  and  was  equal  to  longitude  makes  a  considerable  differ? 

rather  more  than  three  digits.  ence  in  the  magnitude  of  an  eclipse 

On  the  dOih  of  April,  in  the  year  happening  near  the  eouinoxes»  it  may 

463  B.  C.  there  was  a  large  eclipse  of  be    satisfactory    to    the    astronomical 

the  Sun  Tisilkle  in  Greece  and  Natolia  \  reader  to  be  informed,  that  in  calcu^ 

but  I  have  not   made  any  pariicular  lating  these  eclipses,  I  made  use  of  the 

computation  of  it,  because  i  think  it  lunar  tables  of  Burckhardi,  and  com- 

impossible  that  this  can  have  been  the  {Nited  the  secular  equations  from  La- 

eclipte  in  question.    Since*  to  suppose  place's  Formulae, 

that    Xerxes   made   his  descent   into  Burckhardt's  ubles  are  adapted  to 

Greece  in  this  year,  would  not  only  be  the  meridiau  of  Greenwich  by  Mr. 

conirary  to  the  testimony  of  every  other  Whitins:,  and  given  in  bis  Astronomy, 

historian  and  chronologer,  but  would  now  in  the  course  of  publication^ — a 

introduce  another  discrepance  into  the  work  highly  deserving  of  encourage* 

account  of  Herodotus,  of  precisely  the  inent.  Every  role  in  it  is  demonstrated, 

same  nature  as  the  one  we  are  seeking  which  renders  it  ao  less  useful  to  the 

to  get  rid  of.     For  lie  informs  us  (Cal-  student  than  to  the  man  of  science, 

liopc,  c.  10),  that  there  happened  a  Yours,  &c.              JdhitTovbt^ 

solar  eclipse  just  at  the  time  Cleom-  ^ 

brotus  was  omrins sacrifice  to  discover  Mr.  UmBAN,                        Aprils. 

whether  it  would  be  fortimate  for  him  I N  vour  Number  for  March,  p.  90g^ 

to  attack  the  Persians ;  at  which  event  m.  I  find  an  article  by  Mr.  John  Tovey 

Cleom  brotus  was  so  alarmed,  that  he  on  the  Solar  Eclipse^  which  is  supposed 


*506        Solar  Eclips9  of  th€  fear  480  BC^County  Hxtiory.     X^iui^ 

.^o  have  happened  about  the  year  B.C.  M.  Larcher^  in  his  iiote»  upon  He- 
480,  and  return  him  thanks  for  the  rodotus,  affirms  that  there  was  a.TCiy 
.manner  in  which  he  points  out  my  considerable  Eclipse'  on  the  19th  of 
•error.  1  had  read  elsewhere  that  the  April,  48 1  B.  C.  as  he  had  heard  from 
eclipse  mentioned  by  Herodotus  had  M.Pingr^,  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences 
taken  place  in  the  year  480  before  in  France,  but  dates  the  departure  of 
Christ ;  and  findins  this  assertion  cor-  Xerxes  from  Sardis  in  the  year  480. 
roborated  by  my  calculations,  I  deem-  For  he  supposes  that  it  happened 
cd  it  unnecessary  to  continue  them  ;  about  the  time  of  the  departure  of  the 
nor  had  I  at  that  time  the  means ;  the  Persians  from  Susa ;  and  that  **  Hero- 
tables  I  had  used  being  those  in  Fer«  dotus,  who  had  heard  that  an  eclipse 
guson*s  Lectures-  I  nave,  however,  took  place  at  the  departure  of  Xerxes, 
recomputed  this  Eclipse,  and  find  that  imagmed  that  that  departure  was  from 
the  change  of  the  Moon  took  place  at  Sardis.''  If  M.  Pin^r^  is  right,  it  is 
midnight  on  that  day,  as  your  Corre*  much  more  rational,  m  my  opinion,  to 
spondent  affirms.  It,  however,  hap-  alter  the  ''artificial  chronology  of  the 
pened  on  the  8th,  and  not  on  the  7th  ancients,"  than  to  suppose  that  oar 
of  April,  as  he  has  it,  by  a  mistake  of  author  made  such  a  gross  blunder. 
|.he  press  Tsuppose.  Yours,  &c.        Septemdecimus. 

COMPENDIUM  OF  COUNTY  HISTORY.— YORKSHIRE. 

*'  For  when  the  Saxons  first  received  the  Christian  fiiith 
Paulinus  of  old  York,  the  tealous  Bishop  then. 
In  Swale's  abundant  stream,  christened  ten  thousand  men, 
With  women  and  their  babes,  a  number  more  besidey 
Upon  one  happy  day,  whereof  she  boasta  with  pride."->DRAYTON. 

HISTORY. 

5S0.    King  Arthur  gained  a  complete  victory  over  the  Saxons  at  Badon-hill. 

620.    Augustin  and  Paulinus  baptized  in  TopclifFe  river  10,000  persons. 

651.  Oswyn,  King  of  Deira,  basely  murthercd  by  Oswin  King  of  Eteraicia  at 
Gilling. 

664.  The  famous  synod  of  Whitby  was  held  at  Whitb3r  Abbey  doring  the  ab- 
bacy of  Lady  Hilda,  for  fixing  the  time  of  the  celebration  of  Easter  according 
to  the  Roman  custom. 

769.    The  tyrant  Eanred,  or  Beanred,  burnt  Catteric. 

800.  Mulgrave  Castle,  after  the  battle  of  Whalley,  fortified  by  the  Saxon  Duke 
Wada,  who  was  compelled  to  fly  thither  for  refuge. 

876.  Hinguar  and  Huuba,  having  collected  a  great  many  adventnren,  aet  tail 
for  England  with  a  numerous  fleet,  and  landed  in  two  divisions.  Habba  de- 
barked about  two  miles  westward  of  Whitby  %  and  erected  his  ttandard  on 
Raven-hill:  and  Hinguar  at  Peak,  about  seven  miles  East  of  Whitby. 

948.  In  the  Earl  of  Northumberland's  house,  at  Topctifle,  the  states  of  North- 
umbria  assembled  and  took  the  oaths  of  allegiance  to  Edrai  of  Wessez. 

1066.  Harold  Harfagar,  King  of  Norway,  joined  with  Tosti,  'EatX  of  North* 
umberland,  and  a  numerous  host,  sailed  along  the  coast  to  Scarboroiigh» 
which  they  plundered  and  burnt.  They  then  re-embarked,  and  with  500 
ships  entered  the  Hum  her,  but  were  nnally  defeated  at  Stamford  Bridge, 
Sept.  2b,  by  Harold  King  of  Eneland. 

1138.  At  Standard-Hill,  near  North  Cowton,  was  fought  the  bloody  Jbattle 
of  **  the  standard  *'  between  the  Scots  under  their  King  David,  and  theEnsliah 
commanded  by  Thurstan,  Archbishop  of  York,  and  other  powerful  ix»rtbem 
Barons ;  in  which  the  Scots  were  defeated. 

1275.  Edward  I.  kept  a  splendid  court  at  Scarborough,  attended  by  a  large 
train  of  nobles. 

1312.  Earl  of  Pembroke  besieged  Piers  de  Gaveston  in  Scarborough  Caadc^  bot 
several  of  his  assaults  were  repulsed  with  great  bravery,  and  it  was  the  want  of 
provisions  only  which  obliged  him,  after  a  noble  defen<^,  to  surre&dcr  himielf* 

1318.    Robert  Bruce,  King  of  Scotland,  reduced  Scarborough,  Skipton*  North* 
allerton.  Borough  bridge,  &c.  &c.  to  ashes,  and  returned  to  his  owq  ooostiy 
^ith  vast  plunder ;  arid  many  prisoners, 
asip.    The  Scots,  under  the  command  of  Randolph-Earl  of  Mumy,  aodSir 


.1M9J     C^im4inm  ^  OpmII^  HMoryw-M  JUAv  V  XWMWlc.    flop 

James  Dongas,  eotered  End>nd»  md  wailed  all  with  firv  and  twoid  till  tbqr 
came  to  the  very  g^tea  of  York*  Among  the  real  Kirk  Levtqgton  feU  a  pney 
to  their  rapacity.  They  destroyed  the  saborbs  of  the. city  4if  York;  after 
which  thev  drew  off  their  men  and  marched  hack  to  Scotland.  The  Arch- 
bUhop  of  York  assembled  ten  thonsand  men,  and  parsoed  the  eneniy  to  My- 
ton,  where  a  dreadful  engaflcment  ensued ;  the  Yorkists,  owinc  to  their  igno- 
rance, being  defeated*  ana  above  two  thonsand  of  the  En^ish^  with  the 
Mayor  of  York,  kilfcd. 

1377*  A  daring  Scottish  Freebooter*  of  the  name  of  Mercer,  committed  pri- 
soner to  Scarborough  Castle,  whereupon  his  son  entered  Scarborough  Har« 
boor,  and  carried  away  a  number  of  merchant  vessels  in  triumph. 

14G7.  Edward  IV.  coAfined  in  Middleham  Castle  by  the  Earl  of  Warwick* 
and  from  which  he  aftenfvards  escaped. 

1471*    The  bastard  Fauconbrid^  beheaded  in  Middleham  Castle. 

1485.  During  the  reign  of  Ric.  III.  he  twice  visited  Pickering  and  Scar- 
borough Castles,  and  made  the  latter  town  a  coanty  of  itself,  a  privilege  dis- 
continued very  soon  after. 

1489.  Henry,  fourth  Earl  of  Northumberland,  dragged  from  Topcliife  by  the  popu- 
lace, and  murdered  at  Thirsk.    Some  say  murdered  in  his  mansion  atTopclifle. 

1503.  Princess  Margaret  visited  Newbruugh  on  her  road  to  Scotland  to  be 
married  to  James  iV. 

1536.  Aske,  with  his  fanatical  army,  made  an  attack  on  Scarborough  Castia; 
but  was  obliged  to  abandon  the  enterprize  with  contusion  and  disgrace. 

1548.  At  Seamer,  Thomas  Dull  and  others  rose,  under  the  pretence  of  reform- 
ing the  abuses  of  religion,  but  were  soon  put  down. 

1553.  At  the  time  of  Wyat*s  rebellion,  Thomas  Sufibrd,  second  son  of  Lord 
Stafford,  obtained  ponession  of  Scarborough  Castle  by  stratagem ;  but  did  not 
hold  it  long,  being  dislodged  by  the  Earl  of  Westmoreland ;  and  waa  soon 
afterwards^decapiuted :  hence  the  origin  of  *' Scarborough  Warning,**  '*a 
word  and  a  blow,  and  a  blow  comes  first." 

15()8.    Mary  Queen  of  Scots  confined  in  Bolton  Castle. 

1569.  Thomas,  fifth  Earl  of  Northnmberiand,  took  op  arms  against  Elisabeth* 
and  was  nearly  taken  in  his  house  at  Topcliflle. 

1642.  The  Earl  of  Newcastle  forced  his  passage  across  the  Tees  with  6D00  troops. 
1642-3.    January  16,  Colonel  Slin^by  and  about  6OO  of  the  King's  troops  Je- 

feated  Sir  Hugh  Cholmley  at  Guisborough. 

1643.  Yarm,  garrisoned  by  four  hundred  Parliamentarians,  taken  by  the  Roy* 
alisu  under  tne  Earl  of  Newcastle. 

l64-t.  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax  besieged  Helmsley  Castle;  which  surrendered* 
Nov.  21,  and  was  dismantled.^-Scarborough  Castle  besieged  bv  the  Parlia- 
mentarians under  Sir  John  Meldrum,  who  took  the  town  and  church  by 
assault,  Feb.  18,  and  then  regularly  invested  the  castle  on  the  17th  of  May. 

1645.  They  made  a  general  assault,  but  were  repulsed  with  great  loss*  Sir 
John  himself  being  killed.  Sir  Matthew  Boynton  succeeded  him  in  the 
command,  and  prosecuted  the  sies^  with  such  vigour  that  the  Royalists* 
under  Sir  Hugh  Cholmley,  were  obliged  to  surrender,  with  honourable  terms* 
July  25,  1645. — Bolton  Castle,  after  being  attacked  by  the  Parliamentarians* 
surrendered  on  the  5th  of  November  on  hoixmrable  terms. 

1646.  The  Scotch  army  quartered  at  Topcliffe. 

l648.  Colonel  Boynton,  son  of  Sir  Matthew,  having  declared  for  the  King,  Scar- 
borough Castle  was  again  besieged  in  the  middle  of  September;  and,  when  the 
garrison  grew  mutinous,  surrendered  December  \g,  to  Colonel  Bethell. 

EMINENT  NATIVES. 

AscHAM,  Roota,  aothor  of  the  «« Toxophilos*'*  and  tutor  to  Queta  Elisabeth*  Kirkbf 

Wiike,  1515. 
Battoo,  Robert,  Carmelit*  Friar,  Hittoriu,  tod  Poet,  Scarboroogh  (oU  1896*). 
Btfnet,  Barnaby,  Mtbor  of  <«  The  DevU't  Charter,"  Yarm*  1&69. 
Bajoet,  John*  diatinguUbtd  lawrtr*  Middleham*  1758. 
Bromptou,  John  de.  Monkish  Hictorian*  Brompton. 
Brown,  Thomas,  the  Hero  of  Dettingeo*  KirUeatham*  1715*. 
Baroett,  Dr.  Thomai*  author  of  the  •'Theofj  of  the  Earth***  Croft*  IfSS. 

«  Grarer8C]eTelaiidtajil71t, 


'516     Compendium  of  County  Hi$i&nj^N.  Riding  of  YofUkh^     Pu^ 

-  Buihdl,  Capl.  ^foim,  in  aetife  roytliH)  tsoeptai  from  merey,  I«50« 
Calvflity  (laorgty  wise  and  prudent  nnt  Lofd  ljdtimor»»  Kipliag,  168t« 
Cedmon,  Sccred  Poel,  et  Whitbjr  Abbej  (ob.  079^. 
CItfkei  Rev.  John,  lewmed  8choolmMCer»  Kirkby  Afieperton,  1706* 
.Cholinley,  Sir  Hugh,  burt.  RoyalUt  general,  Roxby,  1600. 
CooK,Capt.  James,  the  celebrated  circumnavigator,  Marton,  1728. 
.Coverdale,  Miles,  Bp.  of  Exeter,  Coverdale,  1487. 
Coulson,  Christopher,  bene&ctor,  Newby. 
Cuitt,  Gkoree,  ingenious  artist,  Moultoo,  1748. 

Craven,  William,  D.D.  learned  Master  of  St.  John's,  Cambridge,  Gowthwaite  Hall,  I7S8, 
Dodstrorth  Roger,  eminent  Antiquary  and  inde&tigable  Collector^  Newton  Grange,  1686. 
Fothei^iU,  John,  Physician  and  Botanist,  Carr-end,  17 IS. 
<Ga!e,  Thomas,  learned  Dean  of  Yoric,  Scrnton,  1686'. 
Greathead,  Henry,  first  inventor  of  a  life-boat,  Richmond. 
Hickes,  Dr.  George,  Dean  of  Worcester,  author  of  the  "Tbctaums,"  Newaliun,  Kiihbf 

Wirke,ie40». 
Hickes,  John,  brother  to  the  above,  non-conformist,  executed  1685. 
Hilda,  Lady,  Abbess  of  Whitby  Abbey  and'Hackness  (ob.  680^. 
Hinderwell,  Thomas,  Historian  of  Scarborough,  Scarborough  (obw  1896}. 
Homsey,  John,  author  of  English  Grammar,  Scarborough  (ob.  1820). 
Hutchinson,  John,  celebrated  author  of  <<  Moses'  Principia,"  Spennynom,  1G74. 
Johnson,  Bartholomew,  Musician,  Wykeham  near  Scarboro'  (ob.  1814,  agvd  104)» 
JiNKiNS,  Henry,  bom  at  Ellerton  in  1500,  died  in  1670 ! 
Kettlewell,  John,  learned  and  pious  divine,  Northallerton,  1 653. 
Lascelles,  Peregrine,  distinguished  military  officer,  Whitby,  1684. 
Lawson,  Sir  Joon,  AdmiraJ,  Scarborough  (ob.  1665). 
Nicholson,  Francis,  Governor  of  North  Carolina,  Downholme. 
FaHiser,  Dr.  Abp.  of  Cashell,  Kirkby-^wiske. 
Perceval,  John,  Earl  of  Egmont,  Barton,  16SS. 

Robineon,  John,  distinguuhed  Statesman  and  Bp.  of  London,  Cleasby,  16&0U 
Roddam,.  Robert,  Admiral,  Richmond. 
Shaw,  Cuthbert,  ingenious  poet,  Ravensworth,  1788. 
Stonehouse,  Christopher,  undaunted  naval  officer,  Yarm  (livmg  1808). 
TViylor,  Thomas,  eminent  and  learned  puritan,  Richmond,  1576. 
Topham,  John,  learned  antiquary.  New  Malton  (ob.  1808). 
Travis,  John,  surgeon  and  icthyologist,  Scarborough  (ob.  1794). 
Tunstall,  James,  public  orator,  and  learned  divine,  Aysgarth,  1710. 
Walton,  Dr.  Brian,  editor  of  Polyglott  Bible,  Seamer  in  Cleveland,  1600  (db.  1601  )• 
WicKLiFPE,  JoHir,  morning  star  of  the  Reformation,  Hipawell,  1884. 
Wittie,  Robert,  medical  writer,  Scarborough  (flor.  1660). 

MISCELLANEOUS  REMARKS. 

*'  Mark  Guuboroueh's  gay  scite  where  Nature  seems  so  nice. 
As  in  the  same  she  marks  a  second  paradise. 
Whose  soil  embroider'd  is,  with  so  rare  sundry  flowers. 

Her  large  oaks  so  long  green,  as  summer  there  her  bowers  , 

Had  set  up  all  the  year,  her  air  for  health  refin'd. 
Her  earth  with  allom  veins  most  richly  Intermin'di — ^Drayton. 

At  Aldbt,  Edwin,  Earl  of  Northamberland,  was  nearly  assasii Dated. 

At  Atsoartb  Church  is  a  most  magnificent  rood-loft. 

At  Aytok  the  immortal  Cook  received  his  schooUeducation,  at  the  cspeiioe  of 
Thomas  Scottowe,  esq. 

At  Bellman-bank  alum  was  first  pFocured  in  Britain  about  1696* 

In  Bolton  Chapel,  a  handsome  pyramid  marks  the  grave  of  HeDry  JeDkansi 
who  died  aged  169.  This  extraordinary  individual  carried  arrows  to  the  bat- 
tle of  Fiodden- field,  and  was  the  only  one  who,  temp.  Charles  II.  sorviTed'to 
tell  the  tale  of  the  Dissolotion  of  Monasteries. 

Whitflker  says,  could  B«imham  be  transported  to  Salisbdvy  Ptain,  Ston^lMil^ 
itself  would  be  reduced  to  a  poor  and  pigmy  miniature. 

At  Castle  Howard  is  a  fine  collection  of  paintings,  statues,  anticMeboMi, 
&c.  In  the  park  is  a  stately  obelisk,  upward  of  tOO  feet  highy  in  Uie  eenm 
of  four  avenues.  The  magnificent  mausoleum  is  a  eireojfar  edifice  Citwytted 
with  a  dome,  and  surrounded  by  a  handsome  colonnade  of  Dotto  piUui* 
Over  the  vault  is  an  elegant  circular  chapel,  thirty-four  ^t  in  diameter. 

At  Catterick  was  discovered  some  Roman  remains,  supposed  to  have  been  j' 

place  where  sacrifices  were  made  to  the  infernal  gods.    A  brass  pot,  capable 

*  -  ,  - * 

*  Aecording  to  some  164f.  • 


IB'Sfl.]     Compendium  of  Counly  History.— N.  Riditig  of  YoTksliire.      511 

or  CDDtainiDg  about  tweiiiy-rourg^ioas  or  water,  was  founil  full  o(  Roman 

cop|ier  and  silvei  CQina. 
Al  CoTHKBaTON,  in  a  place  called  Chapel  Garth,  a  very  ancient  circular  font, 

engraved  in  Wtiilakfrs  Richmondihire,  waf  dug  up. 
At  OuNCOMBE  Parh  ii  a  line  piece  of  sculjiture,  called  the  Dog  of  Alcibiadel, 
said  10  be  the  work  of  Myron,  and  Tanked  among  the  five  dogs  of  aniiijiiiiy. 
Here  is  also  ihe  famous  Discobulus,  which  is  esteemed  lUe  first  statue  m 
England.  Among  the  snlendid  coUectioa  of  psiniings,  b  a  candle-light 
scene  (uld  woman  and  girl)  by  Rubens,  cost  1500  guineas. 
At  Kasby,  in  179'),  ^  '"^'y  singular  inscription  was  diKOveied,  bcjiutirully  wriU 
ten  in  English,  Hebrew,  Greek,  and  Latin,  to  ihcnieuioty  of  Uicliatd  Swale, 
153S.  It  was  found  pasted  between  two  boards,  which  were  tor  many  yean 
used  to  cut  the  sacramental  bread  upun.  Whitaker  suppusea  it  lo  have  been 
written  by  Miles  Covcidnle. 
AtGuiSBORouBH  the  first  alum  works  in  England  wereetected  by  SirT.  Cha- 
loner,  who  procured  workmen  from  the  Pope's  alum  works,  iciiip.  Eliz,  for 
which  the  Fo|ie  fuliiiinaied  a  dreadful  anaihcma  against  Sir  Thomas  and  his 
workmen. — lotbe  chapel  belonging  to  Turner's  Hospital  is  a  painted  windovr, 
esteemed  one  of  ihe  finest  ID  the  world,  re|ireseniing  the  offerings  of  the 
Magi  at  ilie  birth  of  Christ. — The  views  and  scenery  are  particularly  fine. 
The  full  of  Hamdbaw  in  the  great  Trust,  1739-40,  became  a  hollow  column  of 
ice,  a  iixed  and  stately  object,  during  which  the  uiifrozeo  current  was  dis- 
tinctly seen  to  precipitate  itself  through  a  tube  in  the  centre,  while  the  cDuo- 
try  people,  surprised  and  delighted  by  so  novel  an  appearance,  danced  around 
it. — Near  this  place  in  1B05  a  perfect  specimen  of  the  SwalUw-laiied  Falcon 
was  taken  alive  j  the  only  instance  of  this  •ipecies  being  seen  in  Great  Bri- 
tain; and  in  1807  was  shot  the  fia//ai  pusitiui,  a  bird  unknown  to  Linnaius. 

Al  KiROV-MooHsiDB  died  in  l687  the  profligiiie,  the  witty,  and  the  gay  Georga 
Villier^,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  In  entreme  want  and  tnisery.  See  an  inter- 
esting  account  of  his  dying  momeots  in  i^r.  Cole's  "  Scarborough  Album.*' 

AtOuNUPdied,  ill  176*.  George  Kirkton,  Esq.  of  EsnupHall,  used  184. 

RicuMOMii  Castle  presents  some  majettic  ruins;  the  shell  of  the  Keep  is  almod 
entire. — The  rich  Blalls  in  St.  Mary's  Choir  were  removed  from  St.  Ag'itha'a 

.  Abbey.  Here  are  some  very  laconic  ioscriptions  in  both  Latin  and  English 
verse ;  and  a  moaunient  to  Archdeacon  Blackburne. 

Robin  Hood's  Bay,  so  called  from  its  being  ihe  retreat  of  the  famous  outlaw: 
here  he  had  always  a  number  of  fishing  vessels,  on  board  of  which  lie  could 
take  refuge  if  pursued. 

At  RoKEDV  Piirk  is  some  of  the  finest  needle-wurk  in  the  kingdom;  and 
painting,  busts,  statues,  sculptures,  elegant  sepulchral  urns,  multitudes  of 
altars,  inscriptions,  &c.  are  in  this  collection. 

OfRaMAi,i>KiRKwererectorsWm.Knight,Bp.orBathaiid  Wells,  1641;  Joha 
Best,  Bp.  ofCarlisle,  ia60;  and  Rich. Barns,  who  died  Bp,  of  Durham  in  1570. 

At  Saltwick,  about  17C2,  the  petrified  skeleton  of  a  horse  was  found,  at  tlie 
depth  ol  thir/g  yards  below  the  surface  of  the  ground. 

AlScARBOHODOH  died,  in  1776,  William,  Governor  of  the  Spaw,  aged  103,  and 
in  181 1  a  jubilee  was  celebrated  to  commemorate  tlie  100th  year  of  Mr. 
Benjamin  Johnson. — Here  resided  tjie  gallant  Admiral  Sir  John  Lawson. 

At  ScRUTON  the  indefatigable  Dean  Thomas,  Gale,  and  his  son  Roger,  resided. 

StcBURY  supposed  to  have  been  a  palace  of  King  Oswin. 

Sk ELTON  Castle,  while  in  ihe  possession  of  John  Hall,  Esq.  author  of  the 
"  Craiy  Tales,''  &c.  was  frequently  visited  by  Stbhue. 

At  Staitues  Capt.  Cook  was  put  appeenlice  to  a  shop-keeper. 

At  SwiSTON  is  a  tine  collection  of  pictures,  ancient  and  modern. 

In  Tanfield  Church  are  several  tombs  and  eliigies  of  the  Marmlons. 

At  Wensley  are  many  fine  sepulchral  memorials  of  ihe  Scropes,  &c. 

Al  WiiiTBY,  in  the  early  part  of  die  last  century.  Dr.  Woodward  dug  up  the 
petrified  arm  and  bond  of  a  man,  in  which  all  the  bones  and  joints  were  vi- 
sible; about  17't3  the  Rev.  Mr.  Borwick  found  a  complete  petrified  skeleton, 
broken  into  several  pieces  by  digging  up ;  and  in  17S8  the  petrified  Ijones  of 
a  crocodile,  an  animal  never  known  in  this  part  of  the  world,  likewise  broken. 

Yarm  Church  has  a  beautiful  painted  wjtdow  of  Moses  iletivering  the  law 
from  Mount  Sinai.  S.T. 


^10    '  Compendium  of  County  BUi&n/^N,  Riding  of  Yorkihhri^     £Jane, 

*  BuiMI,  Capf.  ^Mim,  in  active  royaliH)  «xeeptoi  fironi  mercy,  1950. 
Calvarty  George,  wise  and  prudent  nraC  Lord  Baltimore^  Kipling,  158f  • 
GsdmoB,  Sacred  Poei,  al  Whttby  Abbey  (ob.  679^. 
Clarke,  Rev.  John,  learned  schoolmaaCer,  Kirkby  Af  iaperton,  1 706. 
.Cbolmley^  Sir  Hugh,  bart.  RoyaUst  general,  Roxby,  1600. 
€ooK,Capt.  James,  the  celebrated  circumnavigator,  Marton,  1728. 
.C^verdale,  Miles,  Bp.  o££xetcr,  Coverdale,  1487. 
Coufson,  Christopher,  bene&ctor,  Newby. 
Cuitt,  Gkoree,  ingenious  artist,  Moulton,  1743. 

Craven,  William,  D.D.  learned  Master  of  St.  John's,  Cambridge,  Gowthwaite  Hall,  1798« 
'  lOodsirorth  Roger,  eminent  Antiquary  and  inde&tigaMe  Collector,  Newton  Grange,  1585. 
FothergiU,  John,  Physician  and  Botanist,  Carr-end,  1712. 
<Gale,  Thomaa,  learned  Dean  of  York,  Scruton,  1686'. 
Greathead,  Henry,  first  inventor  of  a  life-boat,  Richmond. 
Hickes,  Dr.  George,  Dean  of  Worcester,  author  of  the  <<  Thesaurus,"  Ntwihamy  Kirkbv 

Wirke,ie40». 
Hicket,  John,  brother  to  the  above,  non-conformist,  executed  1685. 
Hilda,  Lady,  Abbess  of  Whitby  Abbey  and  Eiackness  (ob.  680). 
Hioderwell,  Thomas,  Historian  of  Scarborough,  Scarborough  (ob.  1896). 
Homsey,  John,  author  of  English  Grammar,  Scarborough  (ob.  1820^. 
dutchinson,  John,  celebrated  author  of  «  Moses'  Principia,"  Spennynom,  1674. 
Johnson,  Bartholomew,  Musician,  Wykeham  near  Scarboro'  (ob.  1814,  aged  104)» 
JiNKiNS,  Henry,  bom  at  Ellerton  in  1500,  died  in  1670  ! 
Kettlewell,  John,  learned  and  pious  divine,  Northallerton,  1653. 
Lascelles,  Pereerine,  distinpiished  military  officer,  Whitby,  1684. 
'LaWson,  Sir  Jonn,  Admiral,  Scarborough  (ob.  1665). 
Nicholson,  Francis,  Governor  of  North  Carolina,  Downholme. 
FaHiser,  Dr.  Abp.  of  Cashell,  Kirkby-wiske. 
Perceval,  John,  Earl  of  Egmont,  Barton,  1683. 

Kobinson,  John,  distinguished  Statesman  and  Bp.  of  London,  Cleasby,  1660* 
Roddam,.  Robert,  Admiral,  Richmond. 
Shaw,  Cuthbert,  ingenious  poet,  Ravensworth,  1 788. 
Stonehouse,  Christopher,  nndaunted  naval  officer,  Yarm  (living  1808). 
TViylor,  Thomas,  eminent  and  learned  puritan,  Richmond,  1676. 
Topham,  John,  learned  antiquary.  New  Malton  (ob.  1803). 
Travis,  John,  surgeon  and  iethyologist,  Scarborough  (ob.  1794). 
Tonstall,  James,  public  orator,  and  learned  divine,  Aysgarth,  1710. 
Walton,  Dr.  Brian,  editor  of  Polyglott  Bible,  Seamer  in  Cleveland,  1600  (ob.  I6Gt). 
WicKLiFPE,  JoHir,  morning  star  of  thd  Reformation,  Hipswell,  1384. 
Wittie,  Robert,  medical  writer,  Scarborough  (flor.  1660). 

MISCELLANEOUS  REMARKS. 

**  Mark  Guisborouffh's  gay  scite  where  Natore  seems  so  nice. 
As  in  the  same  she  marks  a  second  paradisCf 
Whose  soil  embroider'd  is,  with  so  rare  sundry  flowers. 
Her  large  oaks  so  long  green,  as  summer  there  her  bowers 
Had  set  up  all  the  year,  her  air  for  health  refin'd. 
Her  earth  with  allom  veins  most  richly  Intermin'di — ^Drayton. 

^t  Aldbt,  Edwin,  Earl  of  Northumberland,  was  nearly  assassinated. 

At  Atsoartb  Church  is  a  most  magnificent  rood-loft. 

At  Aytok  ihe  immortal  Cook  received  his  school-education,  at  the  expeoce  of 
Thomas  Scotlowe,  esq. 

At  Bellman-bank  alum  was  first  procured  in  Britain  about  1595. 

In. Bolton  Chapel,  a  handsome  pyramid  marks  the  grave  of  Henry  Jeokins, 
who  died  aged  i6g.  This  extraordinary  individual  carried  arrows  to  the  iMt- 
tle  of  Flodden- field,  and  was  the  only  one  who,  temp.  Charles  II.  surviTed'to 
tell  the  tale  of  the  Dissolotion  of  Monasteries. 

Whitaker  says,  could  B«imham  be  transported  to  Salisbury  Ptbin,  StenMiMge 
itself  would  be  reduced  to  a  poor  and  pigmy  miniature. 

At  Castle  Howard  is  a  fine  collection  of  paintings,  statues,  antiqtie  Imtts, 
&c.  In  the  park  is  a  stately  obelisk,  upward  of  100  feet  bigh,  in  tne  centm 
of  four  avenues.  The  magnificent  mausoleum  is  a  eircnfar  edifice  eitfWMd 
with  a  dome^  and  surrounded  bv  a  handsome  colonnade  of  Doric  pillars* 
Over  the  vault  is  an  elegant  circular  chapel,  thirty«four  feet  in  diameter. 

At  Catterick  was  discovered  some  Roman  remains,  supposed  to  have  been  g 
place  where  sacrifices  were  made  to  the  infernal  gods.     A  brass  pot,  capable 

'  ■ 

♦  According  to  some  1 64f . 


of  coqUihId^  about  twauf^oiir  pikm  of  waMi*  was  fooml  Gril  of  Booma 
copper  and  iilvcf  ooint.  « 

At  CoTBiR8TOV,  in  a  plaoe  called  Chapel  Garth*  a  fory  ooMiitobealar  foot, 
engraved  in  Whitake r  s  Richmondahire,  iraa  dog  op. 

At  DovcoMBE  Parle  is  a  fine  piece  of  iculptare,  called  the  D0g  of  Aldbiodii, 
■aid  to  be  the  work  of  Myron,  and  ranked  among  the  fire  degi  of  aiitif|aity« 
Here  is  also  the  famous  Uiscobultts,  which  is  estceaned  tba  firn  statue  i» 
England.  Among  the  splendid  collection  of  paintioga,  b  a  caudic-liglii 
scene  (old  woman  and  girl)  by  Rubens,  cost  1600  f^uioeas. 

At  KAaar,  in  179O,  a  very  singular  iDacripiion  was  discovered,  beautifully  wril« 
ten  in  English,  Hebrew,  Greek,  and  Latin,  to  the  lueniory  of  Richard  Swale^ 
1538.  it  was  found  pasted  between  two  boards,  which  were  for  maoy  yean 
u«cd  to  cut  the  sacramental  bread  upon.  Wbiiaker  supposes  it  tp  liavo  oues 
written  by  Miles  Co%'erdale. 

At  GuiaaOROUGU  the  first  alum  works  in  England  were  erected  by  Sir  T.  Cba- 
lone r,  who  procured  workmen  from  the  Pope's  akim  wrorka,  icmp*  Elis,  fb» 
which  the  Pope  fulminated  a  dreadful  anathema  against  Sir  HiQaiaa  and  hb 
workmen. — In  the  chapel  belonging  to  Turoer^s  Hospital  is  a  painted  window^ 
esteemed  one  of  the  finest  io  the  worU,  representing  the  ofierbagi  of  tho 
Mtfi  at  the  birth  of  Christ.— The  views  and  aceoery  are  panieolariy  fine. 

The  lall  of  Hardraw  in  the  great  fnist,  1739-40,  became  a  hollow  column  of 
ice,  a  fixed  and  stately  object,  durins  which  the  unfioxen  current  was  dia« 
tincily  seen  to  precipitate  itself  through  a  lube  in  the  centre,  while  the  oou»* 
try  people,  surprised  and  delighted  by  so  novel  an  appeafmoce,  daoced  aiomid 
it — Near  this  place  in  1805  a  perfect  spectmeo  of  ine  Swmiiom'^mkd  Fainm 
was  taken  alive  i  the  only  instance  of  uib  species  being  seea  in  Great  firt* 
tain;  and  in  1807  was  shot  the  RmUut  ^utUiup  a  bird  unknown  lo  JJnnaiM, 

At  KiKBY-MooRsiOB  died  in  l687  the  profligale,tli«wiU]r,aiid  thegay  Georga 
Villiers,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  in  extreme  want  and  misery.  See  an  inter* 
eating  account  of  his  dying  momeols  in  Mr.  Cole*s  **  Scarborough  Albon.^ 

AtOzuup  died,  in  1764,  George  Kirkton,  Esq.  of  Exnup-Hall,  and  184. 

RicHMOJiD  Castle  presents  some  ou^yastic  ruins ;  the  shell  of  the  £eep  is  almoift 
entire. — ^The  rich  sulls  in  St.  Marj*s  Chotr  were  removed  from  St.  Agatha'a 

.  Abbey.  Here  are  some  very  laconic  ioscriptiooa  in  boiJi  Latin  and  uglisk 
verse ;  and  a  monument  to  Archdeacon  Blackbume. 

RoBiu  Hood's  Bay,  so  called  from  its  being  the  retreat  of  the  famotis  outlaw: 
here  he  had  always  a  number  of  fishing  vesseb,  on  board  of  which  he  could 
take  refuge  if  pursued. 

At  RoicEBr  Park  b  some  of  the  finest  needle-work  in  the  kingdom ;  and 
painting,  busts,  statues,  sculptures*  elrgaiU  sepulchral  urns,  multitudes  of 
altars,  inscriptions,  &c.  are  in  this  collection. 

OfRoMALDiciaK  were  rectors  VVm.  Knight,  Bp.  of  Bath  and  Wells,  1641 ;  Johii 
Best,  Bp.  of  Carlisle,  1560;  and  Rich.  Barns,  who  died  Bp.  of  Durham  in  1670. 

At  Saltwick,  about  176S,  the  petrified  skeleton  of  a  horse  was  found,  at  tho 
depth  oi  thirty  yardt  below  the  surface  of  the  ground. 

AiScAaaoRouGHdied,  in  1775,William,  Govenx>rof  theSpaw,aged  103,  and 
in  1811  a  iubilee  was  celebrated  to  commemorate  the  lOOth  year  of  Mr. 
Benjamin  Johnson. — Here  resided  the  gallant  Admiral  Sir  John  Lawaon. 

At  ScRUTON  the  indefatigable  Dean  Thomas,  Gale,  and  bis  son  Roger,  resided. 

SkDBURY  supposed  to  have  been  a  palace  of  King  Oswin. 

SicELTON  Castle,  while  in  the  possession  of  John  Hall,  Esq.  author  of  the 
'*  Crazy  Tales,"  &c.  was  frequently  visited  by  Stbrub. 

At  Staithbs  Capt.  Cook  was  put  apprentice  to  a  shop-keeper. 

At  SwiNTOM  is  a  fine  collection  of  pictures,  ancient  and  modem. 

]n  Tanfibld  Church  are  several  tombs  and  effigies  of  the  Marmiona. 

At  Wersley  are  many  fine  sepulchral  memorials  of  the  Scropea,  &c. 

At  Whitby,  in  the  early  part  of  the  last  century.  Dr.  Woodward  dug  up  the 
petrified  arm  and  hand  of  a  man,  in  which  all  the  bones  and  joints  were  vi«L 
sible ;  about  1743  the  Rev.  Mr.  Berwick  found  a  complete  petrified  skeleton^ 
broken  into  several  pieces  by  diggio((  up;  and  in  1768  the  petrified  bones  of 
a  crocodile,  an  animal  never  known  in  this  part  of  the  world,  likewise  brokes. 

Yarm  Church  has  a  beautiful  painted  wiiMOir  of  Moaea  delivering  the  laur. 
from  Mount  Sinai.  S.T. 


AM 


On  tkfi  Emth  Ixing  hoUow. 


l*>mf. 


Ocy^MloBy  See. 


A.l>. 

1741.  November  fS. 

1749.  Novemlier  10. 

1743— >4.     January  9. 

1744.  April  11. 

1746.  (k-tolier  9. 

1757.  February  II. 

1 768.  February  1 7. — Aagn«t  ^0. 

1 759.  August  'l  9  — Octolter  9 1 . 

1760.  March  14. — October  13. 

1761.  July  96. 
1763  March  2. 
1782.  Mav96. 

1 806.  Nefsou's  Funeral. 

1807.  Forms  Precum. 


Mr.  Urbaw,       Biakmey,  April  6. 

IN  the  last  Number  ofyotir  valuable 
Masazine,  your  Currt^pondent, 
Colonel  \Iacdona1cl,  in  an  article  "on 
the  Earth  being  hollow/'  in  order  to 
gabscantiate  his  hypothesis  res|>e«iing 
its  holioioneut  adduces  several  instunct  s 
of  the  mode  of  rendering  the  original 
words  inn  inn,  iohu  vaboku,  trans- 
bted  in  ih^  Eng;li«»h  version,  *'  without 
form  and  void,'*  as  conBrniatory  of  his 
8i]p|N)sition.  1  bejg  leave,  however,  to 
obserre  that  he  labours  under  a  mis- 
take, With  regard  to  ihe  meanini;  to 
be  attached  to  these  words.  The  sa- 
bred historian  is  here  not  speaking  of 
the  interior  of  the  earth,  but  of  its  ex* 
i'ernal  surfaces  and  the  irue  critical 
tigniBcaiion  of  tiie  words  is,  according 
to  the  LXX,  oLo^xTo;  xa*  aKotraoTisv' 
mT90i, '-^invisibilis  et  incomposita ;  that 
is,  arcording  to  Theodoret,  •*  iof»Tof, 
invisiile,  on  account  of  the  water 
which  covered  it;  and  axaraTxtvaorof, 
unfurnished,  because  it  was  unadorned 
with  herbs  or  meadows,  or  gro%ei  or 
fields.*'  And  again,  **  io^aro?,  invisitie, 
because  darkness  was  o«er  the  abyss.*' 
Rost  nmuller,  speakin«;  of  the  he;i'then 
doctrine  of  a  chaos,  and  of  those  inter- 
preters who,  in  passing  from  the  works 
of  the  heathen  philosophers  to  the  ex- 
position of  sacred  Scripture,  imagine 
that  they  find  the  8«une  chaos  in  the 
Mosaic  history,  concludes  thus:  "  llab- 
bini,  qui  Hctionibus,  quod  banc  rem 
atiiner,  baud  prxuccu|)nti,  vim  et  po- 
tettatem  vocum  induu&runt,  inutio 
rectius,  e.  g.  Onckei.os,  Terra  erai 
deseria  ac  vacua. — JosrATiiAn,  Terra 
erai  deseria  a  Jiliis  hominis  ei  vacua 
ah  omni  jumenio.'*  —  Quocum  Tar^ 
gum  HiEROsoL.  consentit  —  et  rect^ 
eoiin   e|Wi   erat   vpcibuf  aA 


finzert  sigmficaiiones  guat  mum§m0m 
havueruni,  cum  in  libris  V.  T.  ipfit 
occurrant,  ut  non  difficile  sit  reperire 
veram  earum  |)Ote5tatem.  Si  iiaque 
usum  linens  sequimur,  phrasis  He- 
braica  hunc  habci  sensum,— /rrra  ykil 
rasta  ei  deseria,  vel,  ut  alii  malunt, 
inanii  el  vacua;  i.  e.  inculta^  nee  iis 
rehus  imiruc/a  erat,  ouibus  postea 
Crra:or  eam  ornavit.*'  Aniiquiss.  Teli. 
Hisi.  p.  19—23.  A  similar  interoreta- 
tion  is  given  bv  Joscphus  and  Philo. 
To  pass  over,  therefore,  an  examina- 
tion of  the  other  parts  of  Scripture 
quoted  by  your  Correspondent  as  bear- 
ing upon  this  subject,  1  think  th^t 
sufficient  has  been  advanced  to  sbow 
that  no  argument  can  be  deduced  from 
this  expression  in  the  second  verse  of 
the  1st  chapter  of  Genesis,  to  favour 
tbe  hypotliesis  of  the  earih  being  hoi- 
hW'  Yours,  &c. 

C.  Pleyoell  Nealb  WiltOjt. 


Ttemmris  on  **  The  Principal  Roofs  of 
ihe  fjotin  Language,  simplified  by  a 
Display  of  iheir  Incorporation  wUk 
tbe  English  Tongue ;  forming  petri 
of  Mr.  Hall*8  inielieciwai  Sysiam 
of  Education.** 

[^By  a  Correspondenf.1 

WE  have  always  felt  it  <mr  duty 
to  aflbrcl  our  encouragement  to 
all  who  should  make  any  craatioiis  and 
t-niperaie  efforts  to  simplify  and  im- 
prove the  method  of  eleoieniary  in- 
struction ;  convinced  cm  <me  hand  of 
the  great  importance  of  the  subject, 
and,  on  the  other,  knowing  from  rt« 
flection  and  experience,  that  the  me- 
thods hitherto  in  use  are  crude,  and 
cafKible  of  almost  iiiBniie  imprm-ement 
Few  will  be  inclined  to  dispute  this 
last  opinion,  if  they  reflect  upon  tlie 
immense  time  and  labour  devoted  by 
youth  to  the  study  of  the  dead  lan- 
guages, and  u|>on  the  want  of  ability 
and  almost  total  want  of  inclination  to 
recur  to  the  Classics  either  for  inatme- 
tion  or  amusement  in  the  adult  periods 
of  life.  That  this  obvious  truth  arises 
neither  from  any  dearth  of  merit  in 
the  classic  wriiers,  nor  from  any  phy- 
sical incapacity  of  the  mind  to  acquii^e 
a  knowle«lg^  of  their  language,  will 
be  a  generally  acceded  truth.  The 
only  reiiiaining  cause  to  which  the 
evil  can  be  traced,  is  the  ctrcuii 
«nd   prolix   method    ef  n 


Both  the  evil  and  ilt  offchi  wtft  Mf  be  able  to  tclahi  tin  number  hi  hh 

aeknowlfdged  bj  Dr.  Johiiioii,  aira  mind  with  one  tithe  of  the  trooble  of 

the  nece$tit]r  of  improvements  in  the  retaining  it  pmitirely  or  ahttFiHcdl^. 

method  of  initiatory  stiidiet,  elicited  The  a»sociaiing  of  iaeat  it  the  great 

fmm  him  the  acicnowledgment,  that  secret  of  niriiiory,  and  all  who  hate 

*<he  who  should  snifmth  and  shorten  taught  any  systems  of  technical  or  arti* 

the  iMths  of  eirinrntary  ac(|uirements,  ^tm  memtirv,  like  those  of  Vh.  Gray 

would  be  conferring  a  lasting  benefit  and    Feinagfe,    have  depended  solely 

on  his  fellow  creatures."  upon  this  general  principle.     Those 

It  is  obvious  that  in  the  grammars  wlio  have  pott/tee  mrmorief  to  any  de* 

of   the    dead    language^  which   have  gree  of  pcrfectinn,  seldom  |iossess  minds 

l>een  hitherto  in  use,  the  process  of  worthyof  mueh  cuhivatioii.  Theprin* 

philological    classification   has   hy  no  cijile  applirs  mokt  strictly  to  the  study 

means  been  carried  to  the  extent  of  ot  Inngnages.     To  teach  a  lioy  the 

which  the  science  admits,  whilst  in  meaning  of  snch  words  as  teribd,  4e» 

the  vocabularies  the  principle  of  eiy-  terito^  tuheribo,  aferibo,  rescribo  t  or 

mological    analysis    nas   been    totally  such  wnrils  as  munutdtlump  propugntl^ 

neglected.     In  this   latter  species  of  eHfttm,  Sic.  8tc.  as  they  oecor  in  hit 

works,  it  is  true  that  words  are  ar-  Ovid  or  Viigil,  is  an  almost  hopelew- 

ranged  according  to  the  divisions  of  task  ;  and  yet  snch  is  generally  tho 

the  parts  of  speech,  and  according  to  method  pursued :   to  teach   him   the 

their  conformity  or  nonconformity  with  effect  of  the  prepositive  and  termina- 

the  generic  laws  of  drclen»ion  and  con-  tional    priicles    a|)on    the    roots    of 

JBgatinn ;  but   the  equally   important  words,  abridges  the  labmir  at  least  by 

principle  of  clas^in:^  words  by  their  three* fourths.  It  is  this  principle  alone 

roms,  anil  by  ihe  generic  efircts  of  the  that  Mr.  Hall    avails  nimsclf  of  in 

prepositive  and  terminational  particles,  his  late  work,  and   it  only  remains 

nas,  until  very  lately,  been  totally  neg-  for  ns  to  examine  whether  he  has  ap« 

lected,  or  very  im|)erfectly  pursued.    It  plietl  the  principle  with  more  judg- 

is  with  reference  to  thist  principle  that  ment  and  intelligence  thon  hiscmem^ 

the  methods  of  instruction  are  capable  poraries.    The  principle  itself  indeed 

of  snch  vast  improvements.  is    laid  down    liy  Gassendi,    Locke, 

Elementary  Education  has  hitherto  Hume,  and  other  great  metaphykicians» 

been  made  dependent  >olely  u|)on  the  and  it  has  l>een  applied  in  the  teach* 

faculty  of  memory,  to  theeiiclu«>ion,  or  ing  of  Latm  in  particular  by  Dr.  Gil* 

nearly  to  the  exclusion,  of  all  the  ratio-  clirist    in     his    excellent    elementary 

cinative  attributes  of  the  mitid.     But  works. 

the  evil  docs  not  even  rest  here,  fur         It  is  essential  to  our  object  to  remark 

our  ancrstors  have  addressed  themselves  upon  the  extreme  dt^ciency  of  that 

almost  exciu>ively  to  what  the  meta-  I^atin  Grammar,  which,  in  England 

physicians  would  call  the  |)ositi%'e  uic-  at  Irast,  has  superseded  the  use  ol  all 

mory,  forgetiiii);  ihat  it  in  an  essential  others.     We  need  scarcely  state,  that 

quality  of  the  mind  to  reniember  and  we  allude  to  the  Eton.     ra»sing  over 

recollect  more  by  an  association  of  con-  the  numerous,  we  might  almost  say 

nected,  than  by  a  repetition  of  single  the  innunif  rable  errora  and  deficien- 

and    disconnected    or    ibolaied    ideap.  cici  of  its  etymological  chapters,  we 

Thus  he  who  had  to  retiirmher  the  run  little  risk  of  rational  contradictioa 

miiiiber  Q4^  positively,  could  eHeci  his  to  our  opinion,  that  it  would  be  almost 

ol)ject  only  by  an  exiremelv  frequent  iiii|)0!>Aible  to  compose  a  more  circuit* 

re|)eti(ion  of  the  figures.     This  would  oiis  and  complex  method  of  instructing 

be  uiertrly  ihe  exercise  of  the  faculty  youth  in  the  elements  ami  principlea 

of  lueiiiory,  in  its  strictest  senve.     But  of  the   language.     We  do  ihh  enter 

let  the  siu<ieni  call  in  aid  the  reflecti%e  into  the  comimm  and  hacknteil  objee* 

or  raiir>cinaiive  faculties;  let   him  re-  t ions  of  teaching  the  synux  and  pro* 

flrct  that   the  numiier  is  a  regular  se-  ^y  in   the  very  laniiuage  of  which 

ries,  ascending  arithmeiica'ly,  that  the  the  siu«lent  is  ignorant;  were  its  pee* 

thiid  figure  is  lo  the  second  as  the  se-  cr)>ts  free  from  ambiguity  and  forced' 

cond  is  to  the  first,  or  if  he  be  imh  in-  inwrsions,  weshould  be  inclined  tO' 

structed  in  science,  let  him  reflect  tltat  esteem  thisamoogsi  itsadvailtagt«|*lbV' 

the  first  and  second  figures  make  up  the  student,  by  means  of  the  tffatiUa* 

M  aroeoot  of  the  third,  and  be  will  lioa  at  the  end  of  the  volume^  migliei 


On  th§  RooU  of^  the  Latin  Language. 


516 

at  once  be  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  • 
the  grammatical  rules,  and  be  exer- 
cising himself  in  iheart  of  translating; 
but  the  division  of  the  words  is  al- 
most as  often   wrong  as  right, — the 
toul  want  of  accent  prevents  any  per- 
son acquiring  the  pronunciation  of  the 
language,  vvithoui  the  aid  of  a  master; 
and  what  is  still   worse,  the   higher 
branches  of  the  work  are  often  unin- 
telligible to  any  person  who  does  not 
bring  to  the  book  a  previous   know- 
ledge of  the  subject.     The  prosody  of 
the  Grammar   is  virtually  abandoned 
even  at  Eion  as  dejicienl, — the  Syntax 
contains  an   unnecessary  subdivision, 
and  a   useless   muhiplicitv  of   rules, 
many  of  which  are  stated  so  imper- 
fectly, and  with  such  a  confusion  of 
terms,  that  even  acute  grammarians 
can   scarcely  understand   them.     To 
sup|)ort  these  opi^iions,  it  will  be  ne- 
cessary, by  way  of  example,  to  refer 
the  reader  to  the  Propria  qucp  Muribus, 
the  As  in  prcesenti,  and,  above  all,  to 
the  Qua  genus.    Thus  in  the  Propria 
qucs  Maribus,  the  unfortunate  boy  has 
to  learn  no  less  than  6ve  involved  and 
very  bad  hexameter  lines,  in  a  language 
he  does  not  understand,  and  simply  for 
the  object  of  informing  him  (an  in- 
formation which  has  been  anticipated 
by  his  spelling-book  or  primer),  that 
the  names  of  gods  and  men  are  of  the 
masculine,  and  that  the  names  of  god- 
desses and  women  are  of  the  feminine 
gender.     To  a  rule  comprised  in  two 
lines,  the  **  nomen  non  crescens,*'  we 
have  1 1 6  words  as  exceptions.  We  have, 
moreover,  general  rules  for  exceptions, 
comprising  many  dozens  of  words; 
and  finally,  we  have  exceptions  to  ex- 
ceptions, or,  in  other  words,  a  rever- 
sion  to   the  rule  itself.    This   is  all 
taught  in  a  language  of  which  the  ig- 
norance of  the  scholar  is' implied  by 
his  very  study  if  the  rule;  and  whilst 
the  student  is  learning  this  long  rule, 
and  its  voluminous  modifications  and 
exceptions,  he  little  suspects  that  all 
the  time  he  is  learning  his  grammar  in 
poetry,  in  Latin  hexameters,  for  at  the 
prosody  he  has  not  yet  arrived.     But 
the  "Quae  genus,'*  if  possible,  exceeds 
all  that  s^oes  before  it  in  tortuous  pro- 
lixity.   Thus,  to  teach  a  boy  that  the 
nouns  Junus  and  sponsalia  are  seldom 
used    in  the  singular  number,  he  is 
made  to  learn  *'  Funus  jusia  petit,  pe- 
tii  et  sponsalia  t'iVgo,*'-^Anglic^^  **  A 
funeral  requires  solemnities,  and  a  vir- 


CJnner 


^D  requires  espousals.^  Waving  the 
impropriety  of  the  last  sentence  as  an 
information  conveyed  to  youth,  it  i» 
olfvious  that  the  boy  is  coaipelled  to 
learn  seven  words,  where  his  object  is 
only  to  recollect  two. 

\V here  a  system  of  instruction  is  so- 
extremely  absurd,  and  experience  has- 
proved  it  to  be  so  subversive  of  the  ob- 
ject it  is  designed  to  accon)plish,  we 
need  scarcely  observe,  that  in  an  age 
of  inquiry  like  the  present,  we  shall 
have  numerous  attempts  at  reform  and 
amendment.  Some  will  be  misguided 
by  half-learning  or  by  ignorance;. 
others  will  be  propelled  by  vanity  and 
conceit ;  whilst  a  still  greater  number 
will  set  forth  schemes  of  innovation, . 
in  the  hopes  of  profiting  by  the  cre-> 
dulity  and  impatience  arising  from  the 
desire  of  getting  rid  of  the  old  system. 

Mr.  Hall  informs  us,  that  by  liTs  me- 
thod of  instruction,  "  the  space  of  //rr«e 
months  is  suHBcient  to  commuiiicate  to 
adults  a  knowledge  of  Latin,  which 
would   enable  them  to  translate   anf 
Roman  author  with  ease;"  and   that 
the  knowledge  thus  commanicated  is- 
**  more  profound  and  permaneni*'  than  ' 
that  acquired  by  the  old  system.     Pre- 
tensions so  extremely  hi^h  as- these, 
create  suspicions  of  deceit,  and  chal- 
lenge a  severe  scrutiny.   Mr.  Hall  hav- 
ing professed  to  impart  to  an  adult  the 
power   of  translating  Latin   in  only 
three  months,  proceeds  at  a  tangent  to 
state,  that  he  qualified  a  person  pre-. 
viously  ignorant  of  Latin,  not  only  in 
translating^  but  also   in  parsing  and  j 
scanning  the  first  book  of  the  &neid . 
in  seven  days.    The  pupil  was  sub-; 
mitted  to  a  public  examination.    The 
fact,  if  true,  f  eaks  nothing  in  favour' 
of  a  system  wtiich  professes  to  require 
a  study  of  three  months ;  it  only  proves 
that  the  scholar  had  some  almost^mira- 
culous  faculties,  like  those  of  the  cal- 
culating boy,  or  of  the  infant.  harp« 
player.    But  the  public  examination 
increases  the  suspicion  of  the  whole 
story,  for  whatever  might  have  been 
the   proficiency  of  the  examined,   it 
proved  nothing,  as  the  examiners  were. 
Ignorant  both  of  his  period  of  study, 
and  of  the  state  of  his 'acquirements 
before  he  commenced  his  labours. 

But  notwithstanding  this  and  seve- 
ral other  instances  of  puff  in  Mr. 
Hall's  work,  we  shall  examine  its  con- 
tents without  prejudice  or  partiality. -. 

The  pupil  is  Xo  learn  from  the  com-; 


18t5.] 


On  ikt  Ro^U  of  ih§  lMiiM>  JdmgutigiB 


811^. 


mon  gramman  all  the  iDflectiont  of-   leanier*t  mind,  that  jc»t^e  meani .  ta 


tubtumives,  adjectives,  pronoant. 
verhs,  and  |)ailiciples,*-no  very  mean 
acquirement  in  seven  days  He  is 
then  to  proceed  to  Mr.  Hall*s  work. 
This  consists  of  three  vocahularies,  one 
of  sulMiantives,  another  of  sfljectives, 
and  a  third  of  verbs.  In  each  of  these 
the  Latin  word  is  placed  in  the  cen- 
tre, the  exact  English  word  on  its  left, 
with  a  derivative  iMiglish  word  on  its 
right.  The  pupil  having  first  learnt 
the  Latin  word  and  its  translation,  af- 
terwards recalls  them  both,  by  means 
of  the  derivative  English  word.  To 
write,  —  scril>o  —  inscription.  There 
are  afterwards  tables  of  sentence?,  com- 
prising the  words  previously  contained 
in  the  vocabularies.  This  plan  of  in- 
struction is  excellent;  but  it  is  tiot  the 
invention  of  Mr.  Hall,  neither  has  he 


wnte;  but  we  know  not  how'thA* 
words  a  paiera  can  mak^  him  recoU 
lect  that  the  Latin  word  patera  meani- 
its  literal  translation  pa/era,  more  thaO* 
the  learning  of  the  literal  iranslatioiv 
itself.  We  have  said  enough  to  corp* 
vince  our  readers  that  this  principle  of 
assisting  the  memory  by  an  assoctatioa 
of  kindretl  ideas,  is  applied  by  Mr. 
Hall  \cry  imiierfectly,  and  olten  with 
^rcat  errors  of  judgmeiH.  The  piais 
Itself  is  very  much  superior  to  that  of 
the  Eton  Nomeiiclaiura,  or  to  any  of 
the  old  plans  of  vocabularies. 

Mr.  Hall  has  one  division  of  hia 
work  of  a  nature  to  be  useful,  if  it  had 
been  carried  to  its  full  extent.  We 
allude  to  a  chapter  upon  the  effects  of 
the  prepositions,  and  of  terminational 
particles  when  added  to  the  roots  of 
words.    Thus  he  informs  the  pupilsi 


applied  the  principle  with  sagacity  or 

judgment.    The  whole  plan  has  been  that  the  pre|)osiiion  in  negatives' ad- 

intinitely  better    followed    by  others,  jeciives  and   vecbs,  and   that  sub  di« 

and  particularly  by  Dr^ Gilchrist.    For  minishes  them;  that  the  terminational 


example,  .Mr.  Hall,  from  the  word 
inscription,  would  recall  to  the  stu- 
dent's mind  that  the  word  scribo  meant 
io  write  f  but  Dr.  Gilchrist  would 
trace  the  word  through  all  its  usual 
derivatives,  such  as  scribe,  scribble, 
scripture,  manuscript,  &c.  &c.  a  plan 
infinitely  preferable  to  that  of  Mr. 
Hall,  out  thir  latter  gentleman's  ta- 
bles or  vocabularies  appear  to  us  to 
betray  an  unaccountable  want  of  judg- 
jnent.  Thus  we  find  the  derivative 
words  avcnaife,  from  aveiiu,  oats;  Lac- 
cated  from  iacca,  a  berry  j  halneation 


panicles  ula,  us,  uiut,  &c.  decreasea- 
the  signification  of  the  root  words ;  as> 

femmuia,  giobulus,  otiolum,  &c.  &c. 
hit  independently  that  this  chapter  it 
incomplete,  there  are  some  instances 
of  inaccuracy.  Thus,  the  preposition 
f'fi,  when  acided  to  root  words,  is  not 
always  a  negative;  it  is  frequently  a 

f>rivative;  and  what  is  a  most  singu** 
ar  inaccuracy  in  Mr.  Hall  is,  that  ir 
happens  always  to  be  a  pri%-ative  where 
he  calls  it  a  negative,  that  is  to  say,' 
where  it  is  prefixed  to  adjectives ;  for 
the  examples  he  gives  os,  such  as  in» 


from  balneum,  a  bath,  &c.  &c.     It  is    Justus  and   inpurus,  are   not  positive 
obvious  that  words  of  such  unfrequent     terms,  and  if  they  are  used  in  a  posi- 


occurrence  as  avenage,  &c.  must  be 
unknown  to  the  greater  nari  of  even 
well-informed  adult  pupils;  and  that 
they  can  be  of  no  use  in  recalling  the 
Latin  etymologies.  But  Mr.  Hall  is 
fond  of  ar^uinj;  in  a  circle,  and  has 
little  hesitation  of  coining  words,  in 
utter  contempt  of  euphony,  and  the 
necessities  of  the  case.  Thus  we  have 
the  words  **  patera,  patera,  a  patera  ; 
adult,  adullus,  adult  j  to  be  turgid,  tur* 
f^ro,  turgid,"  &c.  On  what  authority 
Mr.  Hall  can  use  the  word  patera  as 
an  Enji;li»h  word,  we  are  at  a  loss  to 
conceive,  and  where  the  literal  trans- 
lation is  the  same  as  the  derivative 
word,  it  is  obvious  that  they  cannot 
mutually  assist  each  other  in  the  re- 
rolleciion  of  the  siudent.  The  word 
t ascription    may    well    recall    to    the 


live  sense,  it  is  ont^  by  a  laxitv  of 
speech,  and  in  violation  of  etymology, 
in  the  same  manner  as.  we  use  such 
words  as  death,  darkness,  cold,  &c- 
as  positive  terms,  when  they  really 
imply  no  more  than  the  privation  of 
life,  light,  heat,  &c. 

We  have  written  at  this  lengthy 
from  the  extreme  importance  of  the 
subject,  and  from  the  absolute  neces- 
sity of  guarding  the  public  against  un- 
due pretensions  in  to  essential  a  mat- 
ter as  that  of  the  education  of  youth. 
The  cor|)oreal  punishment  inflicted 
upon  boys,  the  depression  of  their  spi* 
rits,  the  debasement  of  their  feelinss, 
the  prodigious  waste  of  time  in  tne 
fruitless  attempt  to  acqoire  the  das* 
sics;  the  absolute  loss  of  this  tim^, 
to  the  injury  of  philosophy,  the  arts/ 


518 


Magiiit&t€S  fir  Steffordsklre  in  1647. 


•etence,  and  eren  of  literatiire  ittelf, 
are  all  to  be  traced  principally  to  the 
errooeous  modes  of  iiistruciion  hither- 
to ill  u»e.  Men  are  now  acutely  sen- 
•ibie  o^  the  evil ;  but  an  extreme  sen- 
aibiliiy  of  evil  ofien  drites  men  to  the 
empiric  instead  of  to  the  regular  and 
experienced  physician,  and  innovation 
ii  often  mistak«>n  for  improvement. 

Whilst  we  wi»h  ardently  for  the 
introduction  of  a  system  of  educa- 
tion founded  upon  the  philosophical 
principles  of  the  mind,  we  arc  not 
less  anxious  to  guard  the  new  princi- 
ples from  those  prejudices  which  are 
likely  to  be  excited  against  iheni,  by 
the  failure  in  their  application  by  per- 
sons whose  want  of  success  may  arise 
either  from  their  ignorance,  or  from 
their  promising  more  than  it  is  possi- 
ble for  any  pri  nci  pies  to  ach  ieve.  When 
a  man  professes  to  teach  a  person,  pre- 
▼ioasly  ignorant  of  Latin,  to  translate^ 
jiarse,  and  scan  the  £neid  in  seven 
dmySf  we  may  safely  leave  his  preten- 
tions to  the  discernment  and  good 
of  the  public. 


Mrl  Urbak,    Birmitigiam,  June  9. 

THE  following  List  of  Magistrates* 
for  the  County  of  Siaffbrd  in  1647 
is  extracted  from  a  small  MS  book, 
oomniencing  A.  D.  I646,  in  the  hand- 
writing of  William  Bendy,  Clerk  of 
the  Peace  for  that  County,  to  which 
office  he  was  appointed  by  tlie  then 
Costos  Roiulorum,  the  Earl  of  Man- 
chester, in  the  last-mentioned  year. 

This  gentleman  was  of  Kings  Swin- 
ibrd  in  Siaflbnishire,  and  his  initials 
«G.  B."  (Gulielmtu  Bendy),  with  the 
date  "Jan.  1646,'*  are  written  inside 
the  cover  at  the  beginning  of  the  book. 
He  died  in  l684;  before  and  after 
which  time,  till  the  year  1723*  there 
are  some  entries  in  the  hand- writing  of 
William  Bendy  his  sou,  but  none  of 
later  date. 

The  entries  by  the  father  consist 
chiefly  of  various  official  and  legal  do- 
cuments, extracts  of  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment, &c.  many  of  them  appertaining 
to  his  office;  those  by  the  son  are  fa- 
mily memorandums,  for  the  most  part 
iclating  to  purchases  of  land. 

The  most  interesting  articles  relate 
to  military  transactions,  and  to  prt^- 
ocedings  of  the  Committee  for  plun- 
dered Ministers  within  the  Coootj, 
during    the    time  of  the  Comaxm- 


wealth ;  some  partiealans  of  wIMl  I 
purpose  sending  to  yon  at  a  fbtorc  o^ 
portunity,  if  acceptable*.    G.  Yates. 

Nomina  Justic*  Pacis  m  Com*  St 

Jprilie,  1647. 

Henr*  Comes  Kane*. 

Kd'r'os  Comes  Maochctter. 

Will'm  LeothAll,  Prolociitor. 

Ed'r'us  Atk'.os,  Barn  Scacc*. 

Joh'es  Wilde,  Senriens  ad  l^em. 

Will*  Breretno,  Urt. 

Rk'us  Skpfiogtoo,  Miles. 

Joh'es  H  irley.  Miles. 

OliTer*  St.  John,  SaUieb' 

Sun.  Brnwoe. 

Ed'us  Pri<feHix. 

Joh'es  Bowyer. 

Mich.  Noble. 

Simon  Rugeley. 

Leicester  Barboiir. 

Hd'r'us  Leigh. 

Geo.  Bowes. 

Hen.  Stone. 

Ric.  Houghton. 

Tho.  CromptoB. 

Mat.  M'ifetoB. 

Mich.  Biddulphde 

Joh'es  S»ynfi». 

£4*r'us  Maatrvingy  jiMS* 

Will'm  Jolly. 

Tho.  Kioneraly  de  Losky* 

Hen.  Goreing  dm  Kinston. 

Joh'es  Cketwood  de  Otakely. 

Tho.  Parkes  de  Willtop worth. 

Alexander  Wishtwick  de  Wightviehsu 

Ric  Fl jer  de  Hints. 

Ed'r'us  Brou^hton  de  Longdan. 

Joh'es  Whorwnod  de  Stoartoau 

Ric.  Pyott  de  Sucetliai. 

Roger  Hart. 

Antbo.  Rnddraid. 

Philip  Jacks<Ni. 

Sam.  Terrick. 


Will  or  Bishop  BAaaiiwtowL 

The  Will  of  the  late  Bbhop  of  DarKot 
with  two  codicils,  was  proved  ib  ike  IVer»> 
gative  Court  of  the  Arebbbhop  of  Cutter* 
bury  on  the  19th  of  April,  hy  bis  great- 
■epliews,  the  Hon.  Wn.  Kcppel  Btfifoii^ 
ton  and  the  Hon.  Ang.  BarriagtMi»  two  «£ 
the  executors,  to  whom  admiaiatialiow  wa» 
granted.  .The  pefsoaal  estate  awl  efliwte 
were  sworn  under  160^0001.  The  Will 
consisted  of  no  less  than  fortythree  ihotij 
and  commences  in  the  fnllowiae  tenas : 

'*  I,  Shnte  Barriogton,  Bishop  of  Dor- 
ham,  being  of  sound  healthy  both  of  body 
and  mind,  bat  not  fM^etful  of  the  woeer* 
tainty  of  file,  do  hereby  publish  ami  dKliiv 
this  to  be  ay  kit  wUI  awl  trstaoymi      Mf 


Ww  shaM  W  gM  to 


IB9S.2 


mU^  m$h^  Bonrngitm. 


I«Mraiill»dMtAfaiil8lttgrBtfawfro«i 

«Ik^  I  fVMi»W  H,  luMhhr  kcytag  tErt  ib 
vUl  oMictfullj  fiu^vn  all  ttit  timamdwtom 
«£  which  llMMwatMqr  tine  beta  giultyt  •ad 
ihM  Ht  will  dmgn  to  McefX  mj  inptriiBCt 
Mnriott  thro«^  (h«  aeriu  aad  iM(l*«tioo  of 
hi*  bktted  Son  Jmus  Christ,  ihe  truth  of 
whiiM  Gocpel  I  most  unfitigMdly  beli«v«y 
«ad  &»r  the  bcnefili  derived  to  maokbd'Irom 
whote  doctrines,  precefXi*  euinple»  efiet- 
cioua  deeth,  eftoemeBi,  eiid  iiiterce«sioo>  I 
entertain    Uie   Moet   devout  tod   gretefiil 


«M 


'*To  leliere  mj  executon  horn  mmf 
douHta  which  they  night  otherwise  hsM 
respectii^  the  dispusel  of  nj  remsias,  I  de- 
sise  that  they  may  he  interred,  with  the  ut- 
BMNt  simplicitv,  in  the  vault  of  Mongewell 
Church,  should  I  die  there*  or  at  Lfoadoa  j 
hot  if  I  die  st  Durham,  or  Aocklaad  Castle, 
thst  then  they  ney  be  deposited  in  the  cha- 
pel  at  the  last  of  those  two  places,  without 
any  vain  pomp  or  idle  parade.  Should  it 
ulesse  God  to  remove  me  out  of  this  w<wld 
oy  distemper,  attended  with  uncommoa 
symptoms,  the  cause  of  which,  it  is  sppre- 
headed  by  the  medicsl  persons  attending 
Bie,  may  be  discovered  by  dissection,  I  ex- 
pressly order  that  my  Imdy  may  be  opened, 
and  my  case  publishad  fur  the  benefit  o£  my 
lellow-crcatures." 

The  Bishop  gives  his  real  estates  at  and 
near  Bedlingtoo  in  Durham,  severally  pur- 
chased of  Sir  James  Riddell,  bart.  John  At- 
kinson, esq.  Nich.  Tamperley,  esq  and  Wm. 
Wstsjn,  esq.  and  taken  in  exchsnge  with 
Sir  M.  W.  Ridlev,  bert.  in  trust  for  hU 
great  nephew  the  Hon.  W.  Keppel  Barring- 
ton,  and  hii  heirs  io  tail  OMtle,  tlie  trustees 
being  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  PhilpotU,  Rector 
of  Msnht>pe,  co.  Durlwrn,  the  Kev.  James 
Beker.  Chaoceilor  of  thnt  diocese,  and  John 
Hurley,  of  Lincoln's  Ido,  gent.  And  the 
tenants  fur  life,  or  their  trustees,  are  em- 
powered to  grant  leases  for  9 1  years. 

"  And  whereas,'*  continues  his  Lordship, 
**  the  state  of  health  of  ray  great  nrphew, 
Ruseell  Barrington,  having  compelled  him 
to  pass  every  winter  io  a  warmer  climate  than 
his  owut  has  dettrmioed  him  to  relinquish 
all  thuufhts  of  taking  htily  orders,  the  pro- 
fession fur  wliich  he  had  prepared  himself, 
as  he  could  not  reconcile  his  mind  to  receive 
the  emnluroeots  of  a  profession  when  he 
could  not  coDScientiuutly  ditchsrge  its  du- 
ties," sn  annuity  of  SOO/.  for  him  is  charged 
on  the  above  estates. 

His  Lordship  devises  his  house  in  Cavan- 
dith-iqusre,  which  be  holds  for  a  long  term 
of  years  by  lease  under  the  Duke  of  Port- 
Is  nd,  to  trustees,  to  allow  George  Viscount 
Barrington  to  enjoy  the  same  for  life,  and 
afUr  his  decease  tor  such  persons  as  are  en-* 
titled  to  the  freehold  heceditamenta  at  Bad- 
linftgn  and  JEtat  Slaakbnm,  with  power  to 


tba  mma  Imt  laj  %OTB  «•« 

•/••».  . 

Tlw  manor  and  ndmmMMi  n«  MnnMwmif 
the.  advowsoo  of  Crowmaiah,  and  all  ntltai 
the  Oxfordshire  estates,  are  given  tn  Crueteaa 
to  the  use  c»f  his  great  nephew  Uvedale  Pricty 
only  Sim  of  h'ls  late  nephew  Dr.  Roliert  Prictt 
and  has  lieirs  in  tail  male ;  in  default  of  saeh 
issue,  to  trustees,  to  dispose  of  the  same  in 
the  most  eligible  manner,  the  produce  tn  bn 
laid  oat  m  uie  purchase  of  lands  and  bem- 
ditaments  in  fee  simple,  in  or  near  the  pa- 
rish of  Shrivenham,  or  elsawheia  In  Berk- 
shire, and  conveyed  to  the  same  usee  as  Ma 
estates  at  Bedliagton  and  East  Slaekbum. 

Hu  Lordship  then  states  that,  where^ 
he  has  lately  purchased  of  Joseph  Wm* 
Ogle,  of  Soiithamuton-street,  Bloomshurv» 
a  mansion  called  Warwick  Hoose,  at  Worth- 
lag,  Sussex,  with  coach-lioose,  stables,  li^* 
and  fixtures  and  furniture  belonging,  for  thn 
sum  of  19,000f.  he  gives  the  same  to  truf 
tees,  to  sllow  Anne  Elisabeth  Colbeiv,  nf 
Cavendish-square  (the  companion  <»  thn 
late  Mrs.  Barrington,  and  who  has  sinoa 
mided  with  the  Bishop),  to  enjoy  the  sama 
for  life,  for  her  sole  benefit^  not  subject  tn 
the  control  or  engagements  of  any  futura 
husband,  together  with  the  furniture  and  fig- 
tures ;  and  after  her  death  the  whole  to  bn 
sold  *,  and  the  produce  paid  to  his  executorpy 
to  he  applied  by  tlwm  in  like  manner  as  14* 
personal  estate  and  effects. 

The  Bishop  gives  his  own  portrait'!^ 
Robertson,  now  hung  op  In  the  dressiap* 
room  at  Moagewell,  and  the  use  of  tCt 
china  ia  the  said  dressing* rooni,  to  Miia 
Collierg,  during  h^r  lifii ;  and  all  other  hia 
pictures  and  drawings  in  the  said  dressing* 
room,  and  the  china  in  the  china* room  ai 
Mongewell  (and  also  his  fiortrait  by  Ro- 
bertson and  the  china  in  the  dressiii^-roois 
after  tlie  death  of  Miss  Colberg),  he  ba- 
queaths  to  trustees  for  preserving  cotttin;:e0l 
remainders  in  the  settlement  m  the  UmHf 
seat  at  Beckett,  to  permit  the  saosa  tn  go  aa 
heir-looms  with  the  &mily  estate  {  and  ha 
directs  that  such  pictures,  Ao.  shall  not  ha 
removed  from  Mongewell  until  the  mansion 
at  Beckett  be  ready  for  their  receution.  He 
bequeaths  to  trustees  for  preserving  contin- 
gent remainders  in  tlie  mansion  at  Moogn- 
well,  all  other  the  household  fiimiture,  linev* 
pictures,  and  other  effiects  in  and  about  the 
roan9ioo  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  io  trwHf 
to  permit  the  same  to  be  enjoyed  as  ha^ 
looms.  And  io  default  of  male  issue  of  Uva- 
dsle  Price,  whereby  the  mansion  of  Monge- 
well would  lie  saleable,  be  directs  that  auqh 
chattels  and  effects  should  be  likewise  soldy 
and  the  proceeds  applied  in  the  sama 


•  This  hoose  it  now,  by 
anaagepMnt  with  iha 
fiot  •ala.^SMBr. 


5S0 


fVill  of  Bishop  Barringlon. 


(June, 


Bcr  At  the  proceeds  of  the  estate,  provided 
that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  his  great  nephew 
Vvedale  Price  or  his  tiiistees  to  demise  the 
•ame  for  S 1  years. 

He  l)equeaths  to  trustees  1 0,000?.  to  he 
placed  in  stocks  immediately  after  his  de- 
cease»  to  pay  the  interest  of  the  same  to 
George  Viscount  Barrin«;ton  fi>r  his  life, 
after  his  decease  to  £lizal>eth  his  wife  dur- 
ing her  life,  and  after  the  decease  of  the 
survivor,  in  trust  to  their  children,  to  be 
paid  to  them  in  equal  shares. 

His  Lordship  then  states  that,  upon  the 
marriage  of  his  great  nephew,  Wm.  Keppel 
Barrington,  with  the  Hon.  Jane-Eliz.  Lid- 
del,  daughter  of  Thomas- Henry  Baron  Ra- 
vensworth,  the  Hundred  of  Shrinham  alias 
Shrivcnham  Stallpits,  and  divers  property 
in  Beikshire,  the  estates  of  his  said  nephew 
and  great  nephew,  were  assigned  and  limited 
to  uses  or  upon  trusts  in  strict  settlement, 
under  some  of  which  the  daughters  and 
jrounger  sons  of  his  said  great  nephew  by 
Jane- Eli zal)eth,  his  wife,  might  eventually 
he  iutitled  to  a  portion  or  portions  amount- 
ing to  20,000/.  30,000/.  or  40,000/.  as  the 
case  might  happen.  His  Lordship  now  be- 
queaths 15,000/.  to  be  invested  in  the  pub- 
lic funds  within  three  months  of  his  decease, 
there  to  accumulate  during  the  life  of  his 
said  great  nephew,,  or  to  the  full  term  of 
twenty  years,  and,  on  the  completion  of  the 
accumulation,  to  be  applied  to  discharge  of 
the  said  portions,  and  in  exoneration  of  the 
hereiKtaments  charged  therewith  ;  provided 
that,  if  that  before  the  expiration  of  the  pe- 
riod of  accumulation  the  accumulated  fund 
should  be  sufficient  for  the  purpose  intended, 
the  accumulation  should  immediately  cease. 

He  gives  to  George  and  Mary -Ann  Price, 
children  of  his  nephew  Barrington  Price, 
1000/.  each,  to  be  invested  and  paid  to  them 
on  comin<;  of  age ;  to  Ann  their  sister,  now 
wife  of  Johu  Lyon,  Esq.  1000/.  for  her  own 
use,  independent  of  her  husband  (and  the 
same  condition  to  apply  to  bequests  to  any 
other  married  womsn).  He  gives  4000/.  to 
be  laid  out  in  the  stocks,  in  trust  for  all  the 
children  of  Barrington  Price  (except  the  lie- 
fore  named  and  Frances  wife  of  Wm.  Hey- 
sham,  Esq.)  to  be  divided  in  equal  shares 
and  paid  on  their  coming  of  age,  accumu- 
lating in  the  mean  time.  To  his  nephew 
Robert  Price  1 000/. 

«*  And  I  give,**  says  his  Lordship,  *•  to 
my  niece  Frances,  widow  of  Christopher 
Bernard,  Esq.  to  whom  I  had  intended  to 
give  1000/.  but  as  her  circumstances  have 
•o  considerably  altered  as  to  make  even  such 
a  legacy  of  no  importance  to  her,  I  do 
herel^,  with  undiminished  affection,  and  as 
a  mark  of  my  sincere  regard,  give  her  1 00/. 
only."  To  his  great  niece  Sophia,  wife  of 
the  Hon.  Wm.  Jcrvis,  600/.  To  Thomas- 
Barrington  Tristram,  son  of  bis  niece  Louisa 
Cook,  by  her  late  husband  the  Rev.  Thot. 


Tristram,  1000/.;  the  other  two  loos  of  his 
said  niece  having  already  received  from  him 
a  like  sum  of  1000/.  each.  To  his  great 
oieCe  Louisa  Cook,  daughter  of  his  niece 
Ij<iuisa  Cook  by  her  present  husl)and,  1000/. 
To  Frances  Heysham  500/.  only,  he  having 
already  given  500/.  to  her  father  for  her  use 
on  her  marriage. 

He  gives  to  bis  much-valued  and  esteemed 
friends.  Dr.  Thomas  Burgess,  Bishop  of  Sa- 
lisbury, 100/.;  to  the  Rev.  David  Durell, 
M.A.  Rector  of  Monge well,  100/.;  toHeury 
Phillpots,  and  Rev.  Jas.  Baker,  500^  each, 
as  an  acknowledgment  for  their  trouble  in 
the  execution  of  the  trusts  of  his  will.  He 
gives -lohu  Burley  IOC/.;  to  the  Rev.  Geo. 
Townshcnd,  Prebendary  of  Durham,  and 
Rev.  Wm.  Stephen  Gtlly,  of  Tavistock- 
place,  TavistY)ck-square,  clerk,  100/.  each, 
as  a  mark  of  his  regard. 

He  gives  to  the  13ritish  Museum  his  Com- 
plutensian  Bible  aud  Aldus'  Greek  Septua- 
gint  and  New  Tesuroeut  bequeathed  to  him 
bv  his  most  valued  friend  the  Rev.  Clayton 
Mordaunt  Ciracherode.  He  liequeathed  to 
the  trustees  for  preserving  contingent  re- 
mainders 'in  the  settleinent  of  the  fiimilj 
estate  at  Beckett,  all  his  books  at  Monge- 
well,  Auckland  Castle,  and  elsewhere,  in 
trust  to  permit  the  same  to  be  enjoyed  as 
heirlooms,  empowering  ami  requesting  his 
nephew  the  Viscount,  but  not  laying  him 
under  any  obligation,  to  select  out  of  his 
books  at  Auckland  Cattle,  tQch  as  he  should 
think  would  be  of  use  to  Bishop  Cosin*s  Li- 
brary at  Durham,  and  present  the  same ;  and 
as  to  the  pictures  of  the  Comaro  faroilv.  of 
Bishops  Cosin  and  Crewe,  and  aU  w^ich 
should  be  at  Auckland  and  Durham  Castles 
at  his  decease,  he  gives  them  u  hetr-looras 
to  the  Siee  of  Durlmm. 

He  gives  to  Miss  Colherg  vmrioui  artidM 
of  plate  and  dinner  service,  such  ai  84  table 
spoons,  I  i  dessert  knives  and  forks,  ]  <  des- 
sert spoons,  S4  tea  spoons,  two  grwry  spcwas, 
one  soup  spoon,  two  sauce  ladles,  one  otnr- 
ing  knife  and  fork,  one  hrgB  tea-pot,  one 
small  tea-  pot,  one  pair  of  sugar-t«>iigs,  two 
pair  of  candlesticks  "used  by  me  in  read- 
ing," one  i>air  of  plain  higher  candlesticks, 
three  hand  candlesticks,  anid  my  late  wife's 
travelling  coiFee-pot,'knife,  fork,  and  spoon 
in  a  black  leather  case.  He  gives  all  'the 
remainder  of  his  plate  oppn  trust  to  be  hdd 
as  heir- looms.  , 

He  gives  to  Miss  Colberg  500L  to  lie 
paid  within  one  month  afier  his  decease. 
He  gives  to  his  grtst  niece  Jaoe,  wife  of 
the  Rev.  Octavius  Rem,  now-  resident  n^u 
W^ey mouth,  the  sum  of  1000/.  for  her  sepa- 
rate use  ;  and  bequeatlis  8000/.  upoa  trust, 
to  be  invested  in  3  per  cent  oobsoIs^  the  di- 
vidend to  be  paid  to  Jane  Piers*  duriog  her 
life,  and  to  be  afterwsvde  eqoell^  divided  be- 
tween her  chiidren. 

(To  bt  amtiuded  im  SiqifkmmitO 


ISM.} 


I    6«1    ] 


REVIEW  OF  NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 


no.  Walpol«'f  Antcdoiet  of  Paintmg  in 
EagUnd.  Edited  ty  the  Rev.  Jaaei  Dal- 
Isiraj. 

fContinued  from  p,  348  J 

VOLTAIRE  says  of  pictures,  "  Jc 
n'uimcrai  uti  tableau,  que  quaud 
je  croirai  voir  la  nature  rlle-in^ine,  il 
n'y  en  a  point  cic  cette  C8|)^ce.**  And 
again,  with  reference  to  his  bold  ut- 
terance of  such  and  similar  opinions, 
*<  Je  dis  ce  que  je  pense,  et  je  me 
soucie  fort  |ieu  que  les  autres  penscnt 
cotiinie  moi." 

We  liave  the  audacity  to  be  of  the 
same  opinion.  We  have  been  at  pic- 
ture galleries ;  found  them  Gorgon's 
heads,  anJ  been  i>c:rified  by  a  tran- 
sient stance ;  while  we  have  gazed  at 
the  prints  of  Hogarth,  the  landscapes 
of  Vvilson,  and  some  other  pictures, 
with  lingering  delight.  The  fact  is, 
Xhit,  jutting  bv  rffrcl,  we  think  that 
paintings,  liKe  landscaiie  gardens,  are 
without  effta  good  for  nothing. 
Ninety- nine  pictures  in  a  hundred 
are  often  C|uite  insipid,  and  yet  lauded 
to  the  skies.  Why?  because  the  art 
has  become  a  trade ;  and  not  the  pat' 
tern,  but  the  executibn  i%  praised.  We 
have  admired  the  }>ortrait  of  Christ  by 
Raphael,  but  we  see  nothing  in  the 
Cartoons  which  reminds  us  of  Apostles 
(persons  meek  and  holy)  in  their 
VI sapes  and  characters.  They  resemble 
Turks,  with  gipsy  countenances  and 
stern  aspects.  Again,  we  have  a  jargon 
in  painting, — hard  and  smooth,  and  we 
know  not  what,  all  smelling  of  shop 
language,  and  utterly  unintelligible 
to  persons  not  proficients  in  the  art. 
Historical  painting  would  derive  great 
l)encfit  from  the  drama,  where  noitiing 
insipid  i<  tolerated  ;  where  battle  pieces 
of  all  the  principal  performers,  huddled 
in  a  mob  at  a  corner,  and  the  only 
thing  of  inteiest,  the  lustle  of  the  bat- 
tir,  placed  in  the  back  ground,  out  of 
iight,  would  be  impracticable;  and  as 
to  portraits,  there  should  be  incidents 
relating  to  family  history  connected 
with  them.  But  then  such  incidents 
should  beofan  interesting  kind.  Surely 
nothing  can  be  more  tasteless  for  a 
subject,  than  the  Caracci  family  in  a 
butcher's  shop,   yet   the   execution   it 

GiVT.  Mao,  June,  1926. 

6 


admirable ;  and  so  is  that  of  a  fine 
performer  on  a  musical  inttriiment, 
though  mere  variations  will  weary. 
Ut  pictura,  poesis,  we  would  say ;  we 
consider  fine  execution  onlif  at  words 
without  ideas,  and  when  we  tee  dead 

fame,  fruit  pieces,  ifc,  hie,  we  mist  a 
logurth,  who  would  add  an  epicure 
dictating  to  a  cook  what  he  thould 
dress  of  them  in  the  foroier  case,  and 
in  the  latter,  the  delishted  face  of  a 
school- boy,  picking  and  eating.   Shak- 
tpeare  would  never  have  written  at 
painters  now  painty  would  never  have 
adopted  insipid  tubjeett ;  nor  in  thort* 
is  there  any  excuse  whatsoever,  minia- 
tures excepted,  for  disregwrding  effect. 
In  poetry,  in  music,  and  in  painting, 
effect  is  the  grand  tine  qud  non ;  oiher« 
wise  the  ait,  compared  with  nature,  it 
conversion  of  wine  into  water.     Liv- 
ing subjects  cannot  be  without  cha- 
racter, however  they  may  be  occupied, 
but  no  art  can  bestow  such  animation 
upon    canvas    or    marble.      Hogarth 
came  nearest  to  it,  and  it  it  hit  great 
perfection ;  but  could  we  tee  hit  cha- 
racters aVuse^  in  exact  likenett,  how 
much  would  they  he  improved?     At 
that  is  not  possible,  dramatic  aid  thould 
be  sought.     As  to  landscape-painting, 
the  errors  are  fewer,  because,  in  gene- 
ral, they  are  copies  from  Nature.    In 
short,  tiie  errors  of  modern  painting 
are,  in  our  judgment,  execution  with^ 
out  effect,  and  taste,  founded    upon 
shop-principles,  colouring,  lights,  and 
so  forth  ;  all  rule-and- measure  work, 
very  proper  in  upholstery  and  carpen- 
try, but  merely  mechanical,  body  with- 
out soul.     We  mean  no  offence.    We 
only  feel  with  Pygmalion,  that,  after 
we  had  made  a  fine  statue,  we  should 
like  to  sec  it  animated. 

Now  to  the  book  before  ut.  It  is 
fortunately  edited  by  a  eentleman  of 
high  taste,  and  adequate  learning.  Ho- 
race Walpole  was  a  man  of  gen  ins, 
elegance,  and  taste  t  finical  certainly, 
but  though,  as  such,  a  button-and- 
gaiter  man,  yet  he  had  the  hieh  uleoU 
of  a  General.  He  clothed  and  orestedup 
science  in  engaging  military  costume. 
He  was  a  man  who  could  have  gentle^ 
manized  Johnson  so  as  to  please  Ches* 
terfield  {  and  the  process  q(  the  tui^ 


rm, 


Rbvibw.-— Waipoie'a  Anecdotes  of  Pcdnting, 


CJi 


•  ioo  -voiiM  :nv*»  :orm<»fl  i  ^«ri«  rif 
'■>irtiir«  fOrl  -.Ua  o^u''^.  'inn v:i ilea  m 
ruimnur,  ''fill If  1  Mn.jririh  r\.-\\f   lep.u  :.he 

liur   .p:    IS    iHiir   vir    ;  j^ll.iwiy  .pin- 

'*  Mr.     -ViIodIh      vJ^^^-^^prl     1     fe'.'ininMn 
«ff.vt*>.      Up  ilwnt-s  ■} 1. 11,^5 if.    w«*.|i    Lnimatifn., 

wn%  i  •* I !-■:».« I r^- .-J    Miinrt    ind>  r  'In*   ^;r..i.ir.rf» 

Inml,  I  ,»:J  Iff!;  .n  ..>!  "W  r,  vra  .TP^tanly 
!i«Tr*»n  .»!  .t'plr',  .tp  :i:i«  i^nrtprcri  nttT'-^tingf 
to  commfin  ■•nouir«'r>,  iV  l.t-  .li.veliy  if  iha 
r«!niArlr*i,  .iml  .■alimMfl  to  *.Iip  lov«»ri  'if  ihe 
•ntinuirip^  '>f  th*ir  '>»vn  ■;«nntry,  iiy  au- 
th^ntir  in«moriiiU  of  tlip  Art*,  m  tlipy  tU^n 
mi^t^.  '      I*.  7  J. 

-*  riuw?  })nr*iiit^,  .vliirh  !i*fore  !ii^  time 
hwt  tx*pn  mo«ctly  ronhnPfi  "o  tlift  lAmfxire 
anH  plfvtflini^  inve^tis^tr,  liav'.OG;  Vr^n  ihiiA 
Mlnpc«>/1  by  .i  man  of  rank  ami  i:nn»irUrati(in, 
•njoypH  th^  jiroepction  of  fn«liinn  ;  anH,  ;i 
ciirirHity  liftvinjj  i>«pti  pTcoitPfl,  collection* 
w«r«  formert,  ami  inquiri<»«»  Ji^ru^wtH,  which 
hftvff  miifih  'infr^w*fA  t\\*-  hi  ml  of  inform*- 
tion.        r.  /■). 

For  tluH  the  naiiinn  o\v%  him  .a;Tnii- 
tiwlr ;    hiiV    wo.    \\\f.U    ilvit.   one    thinfl[ 
morn  h;iM   hrcn  .irldrfl  lo  if» — the  rnr- 
rrctlon  of  Hniliy  t;i«iii».    Oil|*iii,  w«3  be- 
lieve, nofiresihe error  of  .VI. irlona- Mon- 
ger!!,   I>er;ins»?  thiTr;  is  notiiin^  pirtii- 
rrsqiiff  in  .1  woman  with  ;)  chiUt  in  iier 
arnw  ;    ;in<l    ihut    won»;n»    herself*  not 
pnssiesninc^  the  Plns^liflh  chararteristirs 
of  lieaniy.     Then    the  ;^looni  of  dark 
Kirk-arronnHs,    when    mere   shndr    to 
fthow    the   ohjert    is    suHicient  ;    anrl 
furtlier,  ihar  Iwrk-p^roijnM  a  riirrnin  or 
wall,  ;!•»  if  it  W.11  a  rt:irl<ened  room  for 
a  cofjwe  to  lie  in  sttite.     TUr  foreif^n 
lamlsc.ipr«4    ir»o   ;ire   «*tifr  und   forrn.il  ; 
and  in  the  historir.il  pirinrr'*,  there  m 
nnihin$i^   whirh    fl<%siinilfitf!»   with    the 
habits  and  ide:i4  of  F.n^h<)hiiien.     A« 
iiudir.t  for  rxfCHfton,  there  i<  indeed 
mnrh    to    he     learned    fron»    forrij^ii 
pnintin;j(i«,  h^it  Tk^sfandarrisftJ  fa*fr,  wr 
«f^  nothins;  rle^ir.ihle;  and  ^hotdd    he 
heartily  Rlid,  if  in«tr.id  of  thii«  rncou- 
raf^iiifir  ,ifii'n<,   wr  rlid   not  iitarrr    our 
own  ^rh^l^.     Not  th.it  we  wouUI  rejert 
fine  5ij>frimen<,  for  they  .irr  insf nirtivr  ; 
but  we  would  no  more  irjiit  the  ni.irkf  t 
with  fr>rri^ii  |>:iintin}i(.<,  ih.in  wr  wfuihl 
fHtablish     lt.i|i.in    0|>rr.i^    in    i«ll    the 
marker  town^of  the  kin^lom      'rh«>re 
I*  a  rhrerfidne<«  nnrl  n  n.itnml  r nfie  in 
lh€   {''.nKlmh  wh<K»l,    whirh  wp  iirrrr 
nskw  in  «ny  others.     Wr  «f^  mi  inlr- 
rioriiy  in  We*t  on  Srriptnnil  <nlii^i«i 
non#    in   Ihr   l^tid^riipeA  t*(  WiUon  : 


inri  IS  '.o  :iiimnur  ina  ^tiaracter  ■▼e 
iinow  :in  enuai  :o  [-{oiiartn.  Tlie  :an- 
'^ntiires  if  tie  r'.isilsn  *jccecd  tio?e  »t 
nJuer  i.i^ons;  *iit.  .viinr*  tie'.r  MJoiir- 
II  i;  ^  ietir-.i.iii.r-.  \iiii  ne:r  irn.wi:iT 
■  on  >iseri  niTjt*r:t-rr,  :r.e:r  lesi'zna  itz 
.'fcn-.t^.iMlv  .i;i:i»jt.iJ.ie,  ■^ner::i,.v  '.i^e 
h<-;r   invfis     n   inir.e'-.in:  .rene^. 

•  Good     -v  ne      -.iv-^     Jorm      3v.:\) 
-.irrdi,   i;i  u:.;i,'Vir.(i    \  •'•:. ■*:■•.!    ii:!  .^riiie 

'lit-  .\;..T.i.i»is  :■}{  1' ::,:^,    lur    .lm-.: 

wo  f.vft  .in  .in.iiViis  -n    i  .vi.rs;    .v..  cri 
;iA*  'jeen  iO  .nnii    K'lVuit     tui     Jioiici:. 
At   one    ihin^T   -.vo    must   -.'Xiiress     mr 
iiirpnze.     In  ,i.  ii)  .\e  ia\L*  a  jreieriu- 
*'.:[  j)ir:nre  )t   ilctiry  V.  nui  .iis  :ain:iir 
.ind   Q'.ieen,    w}ik:1i   we   ^oiemniv    le- 
lir.vc    r:*jV-rs    ;o    Henry   VI f.    ip.u     lu 
Oi»e?n.     Mr.  VvA^mif.  otitnits  mat  :tie 
picture  is   in   thi:   >iyle  ■)!"  itiat  ret«jn. 
And  his  SI  lie  re.•i^■on  for  siinpnsin>;   .tiai 
it  referred  to  Henry  the  Fifth,  was  .ne 
very    inconclusive  one  of    .is    laviu^ 
been  an  .ilt:ir- piece  at  Sisene  pnory.  ^ 
if  Henry  VII.  could  not  'nave  preseutefi 
a   picture  relative  to   liiiiuett'  -'or   itie 
same  purpose.     In  ihe  iirsc  pJacr.   me 
iirinour  of  St.  George  has  the  -listin- 
ffuishiiir;  penuliarity  of  that  of  Henry 
VII.  himself:  viz.  the  lamtevsoT  inon 
petticoat  (sec  Meyrick,  ii.  pi.  Iri.  .ind 
p.    2'M)).     AM    to   this,    the    jrct^ea 
crowns  and  roses,   though   we  jdmit 
that  the  red  rose  was  first  assumed  by 
John  of  Ghent.    The  St.  (^jcor^,  a 
person ittrat ion  of  Henrv,  for  .ic  assi- 
milates I  he   figure  of  Henry,    in  Dr. 
Meyrirk's  plate,  has  pierced  a  dragon 
volant  with  a  spear.     A.  black  dra^n, 
armed  with  gold  daws,  was  one  of 
the.  badges  nt  Edw.  IV.  (see  Wille- 
ment*<*    Kegal  Heraldry,    p.  47),   and 
the  ineanin;^  seems  tu  he,  thai  Uenry, 
as  .St.  f  reorge,  the  patron  of  England , 
hnd  revriied  ihe  nation  from  the  diaeon 
of  York.     As  fo  the  figorea  kneeling 
hell  I  lid.  Henry  V.  had  only  one  infant 
«on.   mid   the  nppmpriationa  of  Mr. 
Wjiljjfde    are    quite    arfaitranr.     The 
Portcullis  also  occurs,  at  a  baiigiB  upon 
ihe  trnt.     Mr.  Walpole  further  soys* 
thrtt  two  of  the  female  figniea  are  re- 
pre^rntrd    with    long    flowing    hair* 
ft'hirh  in  fticturet  oftkml  Aaw  is  a  mark 

Thi*  denotation  we  presume  to  be 
inkrn  horn  ih'*  cognizance  of  Ricfaaid 
I'iirl  of  (-^rnhridge,  whieh  ii  a  &lcDn 
H'f/A  »  ntmdtn*»  head,  her  kair  abaiU 
Uf  thrnlUtrt.  Bat  this  ma^  be  only  « 
ilrcrM|ition  in  ihe  heraldic  ^He^  not  a 
rhsfuHriiviit  of  fivginity;.    Lon^  hnr 


1036.)    RtTuww— IMgpoii*s  ifccfUfU  o/  Qun9  Amft  Bomfp^        ^n 


certainly  does  appear  in  Slrutt,  pi. 
cxxr.  on  two  figures,  but  only  in  com- 
mon with  other  OMxIct  of  wearing  it ; 
and  Matliot  shows,  that  long  hair  was 
worn  by  women  about  the  16th  cen- 
tury (Costumes  des  Francois,  p.  1 89), 
but  not  by  virgins  only.  That  it  was 
a  costume  of  Queens  on  high  state  oc- 
casions, is  proved  by  Anne  Neville, 
wife  of  Rich.  111.  being  so  depicted  in 
stained  glass,  in  her  robes  of  state,  and 
Aime  Bolevn  goin^  to  be  crowned  in 
her  hair.  Anne,  wife  of  Charles  VIII. 
of  France,  is  also  represented  with 
long  hair,  in  Malliot,  pi.  xxxi.  Mr. 
Walpole  hiinseif  says,  that  in  a  MS. 
account  of  the  coronation  of  Eliza biih 
wife  of  Edw.  IV.  mention  is  made  of 
her  fair  yellow  hair  hanging  at  length 
upon  her  shoulders  (p.  94). 

We  cannot  forbear  giving  Mr.  Wal- 
pole's  account  of  our  Attorney  Kin^, 
as  one  of  the  most  felicitous  of  his 
illustrations: 

'*  Henrj  VII.  leeaif  never  to  Imve  Uid 
out  any  noocy  to  williogly,  u  on  what  he 
coald  never  enjoy, — hit  tomb ;  on  that  he 
wat  profuse,  but  the  very  lervice  for  which 
it  wu  intended,  probably  comforted  him 
with  the  thought,  that  it  would  ont  be  |i«id 
for  till  after  bit  death.  Being  neither 
ottentatiout  nor  liberal,  geniui  had  no  (avoor 
from  biro  :  he  reigned  as  an  Attorney  would 
have  reigned,  and  would  have  junferred  a 
Conveyancer  to  PrasHelet"     P.  8(J. 

The  conK*quences  were  these  : 

**  Tlioufh  painting,  in  bii  age,  had  at- 
tained its  nighett  f|M>cb,  no  taste  reached 
this  country.  Why  should  it  have  sought 
ua  ?  the  King  penurious,  the  Nobles 
humbled,  what  encouragement  was  there 
for  aliilities  ?  what  theme  for  the  aru? 
barbarous  rxecutious,  chicane  processca 
and  mercenary  treaties,  were  all  a  painter,  a 
poet,  or  a  statuary  had  to  record ;  accord- 
ingly not  one  that  deserved  the  title  (I 
mean  natives)  arose  in  that  reign.*'     P.  85. 

We  could  mention  many  curious 
things  in  this  work,  but  it  is  not  a 
new  one ;  and  we  shall  content  our- 
selves with  our  author's  account  of  the 
portraits  of  Jane  Shore,  from  which  it 
appears,  that  she  was  a  little  fat  round- 
faced  woman : 


tt 


A  portrait  said  to  be  of  his  [Edward 
the  Fourth's]  Queen,  in  the  Asnmolean 
Museum  [and  another  at  Queen's  College, 
Cambridge],  convey  no  idea  of  lovelineu. 
Almost  as  few  charms  can  he  discovered  in 
his  lavourite  Jane  Shore,  preserved  at  Eton, 
mnd  probably  an  original,  as  her  confirssor 
was  provost  of  that  College,  and  by  her  tn- 
lerceuion  recovered  tbeir  lands,  of  which 


tiMT  M  baea  dtspoilad,  u  hatiag  owed 
tbeir  foundation  to  Edward's  oompeUtor. 
In  this  picture  her  forehead  Is  remarlaUily 
large  ;  her  month  and  the  rest  of  her  fea- 
tures small ;  her  hair  of  the  admhred  colden 
colour.  A  lock  of  it  (if  we  may  bslieva 
tradition)  is  still  extant  in  the  eolleetiou  of 
the  Coantets  of  Cardigan,  and  it  aMurvellootlf 
beautiftil,  teeming  to  ba  powdered  with 
goUea  duu,  without  prejudioe  to  iu  silkea 
delicacy." 

The  Eton  picture  answen  to  a  much 
larger  mentioned  by  Sir  Thomas  More; 
who,  speaking  of  her,  says, 

*'  Her  stature  waa  mean ;  her  hair  of  a 
dark  yellow  y  her  face  round  and  full ;  bar 
eyes  grey;  delicate  harmony  bebig  betwixt 
each  part's  proportion,  and  each  propor- 
tion's colours  her  body  fist,  whSw,  and 
smooth ;  her  coonunanee  cheerful,  aod  like 
to  her  condition  {  tlie  picture  which  I  have 
seen  of  her  was  such  at  she  rote  out  of  bar 
bed  in  the  morning,  having  nothing  oa  bu| 
a  rich  mantle,  cast  nnder  oue  arfn,  and  over 
her  shoulder,  aad  sitting  b  a  chair  00  which 
one  arm  did  lie. — The  picture  at  Eton  i^ 
not  so  large*  and  seems  to  have  been  drawn 
earlier  than  that  which  Sir  Thomas  saw )  1^ 
has  not  to  mneh  aa  the  rich  OMDtb  evet 
one  shoulder.  There  it  another  portrait  of 
Jane  Shore,  to  below  the  breasu,  in  the 
Provost's  Lodge  at  King's  Colltite,  Cam- 
bridge ;  the  bodv  quite  naked,  'the  hair 
dressed  with  jewels  1  and  a  aeckbioa  of  maa^ 
sive  gold.  It  is  painted  oq  board,  and  firom 
the  meannett  of  the  execotion»  aaems  to  ba 
original."     Pp.  88,  83.  ' 

Of  this  picture  there  is  a  good  etch- 
ing by  Mr.  Tyson. 

Here  we  shall  leave  the  subject  for 
the  present,  and  in  oar  next  give  ap 
account  of  Mr.  Dallaway's  valuable 
additions. 

(To  be  coniinufiL) 

III.  An  Aceowttt  of  the  AugmaUatim  qf 
small  Livings,  by  the  G*»oermon  of  (A# 
bounty  0/ Queen  jinne,for  the  AugmenUt 
lion  of  the  Maintenance  qf  the  poor  Oergy» 
and  qf  Benefactions  by  Cotporaie  Bodm 
and  Jruhviduals,  to  the  end  rf  the  Year 
1 825  :  aiso,  the  Charters,  Rules,  and  Acts 
of  Parliament,  by  which  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Govemort  are  rtgulatei,  7b  ic&tdk 
are  prefixed.  Practical  Insimeiions,  for  the 
use  nf  Incumbents  and  Patront  ^  aug^ 
mettled  Livings  and  other  interesled  Parties, 
on  varumt  iubjeets  reloHng  to  Queen  Awanfs 
Bounty,  By  Christopher  Hodgpoa,  <Si- 
cretary,     Bvo.pp,  457*     Rivingtoas. 

THERE  may  be  meful  books,  to 
which,  comparatively  with  the  ad- 
vanti|^  of  the  infomMtioa  which  they 
conutn,  no  common  price  n  adequate. 


524          Rbvikw. — Hoare's  Modern  ffiltshire — f^ale  of  Avon.        [Juntf, 

If  we  bav^e  a  measure  to  take,  which  drawn  the  conclusion  stated  above, 
implies  legal  modes  of  proceedings,  he  that  it  was  at  first  a  British  post,  after- 
who  gives  us  that  information  for  the  wards  of  Saxon  occupation  ;  the  co- 
trifling  cost  of  an  octavo  volume*,  vered  way  being  characteristic  of  Bri- 
serves  us  as  much  as  a  friend  would,  tish  settlements.  The  causeway  was 
who,  if  we  were  necessitated  to  make  a  evidently  necessary  fcr  the  ingress  or 
journey  to  Edinburgh,  would  convey  egress  of  the  army  in  close  order. 
OS  there  for  a  few  shillings.  In  such  There  is  reason  to  think  that,  in 
a  lieht  the  work  before  us  is  to  be  re-  former  times,  persona]  valour  and  pro- 
garoed.  It  is  written  by  a  most  re-  ficiency  in  the  military  exercises  ofthe 
spectable  person,  the  Secretary  to  the  day,  was  the  chief  title  required  for 
Afchbishopof  Canterbury,  and  also  to  the  Order  of  the  Garter.  We  find, 
theGovernorsofQucen  Anne's  Bounty,  from  p.  8,  that  Sir  John  Astley,  who 
Of  course  Office  here  becomes  the  was  only  the  second  son  qf  a  Knighi, 
guarantee  of  correctness.  The  poor  *•  grevv  so  famous  for  his  valour,  that 
Clergy,  anxious  to  increase  their  scanty  he  was  elected  a  Knight  of  the  Garter.*' 
incomes,  can  ill  afford  to  pay  Lawyers,  At  this  place  (Everley)  "  an  old  inn 
but  it  is  more  than  probable  that  they  stood  in  a  field  at  the  Sonth  front  of 
must  do  so,  unless  they  have  recourse  the  manor-house  (p.  11).'*  We  ap- 
to  this  very  useful  book.  In  short,  prehend,  that  similar  conveniences  so 
we  can  only  say,  that  whoever  has  situated,  may  occur  at  other  places, 
any  necessity,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  for  the  accommodation  of  persons  vi- 
apply  for  the  aid  of  Queen  Anne's  siting  the  manor-house,  at  tmies  when 
^unty,  and  to  acquire  a  sufficient  numbers  were  assembled  there, 
knowledge  of  the  subject  so  as  to  un-  Sir  Richard  says : 
derstand  or  to  manage  the  business  re-  ,,  j„  ^„^er.ing  these  downs.  In  «  direci 
lativetoit,  willbcguiltyofunpardoii.  Ymt  towards  Chisenbury,  we  find  «  umM 
able  folly,  if  he  does  not  consult  this  earthen  work,  called  Chisaibury  Trauiie, 
book;  and  most  illiberal  injustice,  if  conuining  within  ite  area  about  five  acres ; 
he  does  not  hold  the  author  in  that  lu  circumference  is  five  hondred and  ninety- 
high  esteem  which  his  service  to  the  four  yards,  and  the  depth  of  its  rampart  is 
Clergy  so  incontrovertibly  merits.  sixteen  feet.    There  are  vestiges  still  re- 

A  maining  of  an  outwork,  on  which  side,  I 

«.    «   ^  _,     "T     „.           /.  ,,  ,  imagine,  there  was  an  entrance.    On  the 

llf .  Sir  R.  C.  Hoare  s  Htslary  of  Modem  ^^  ^^     ^f  ,,j„^  „j  ^  .  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^ 

Wiltshire,  ro/fo/ Avon.  ^^  ^Vest,  there  are  remains  of  another 

(Continued from  p.  438.)  work,  forming  the  segment  of  a  circle,  and 

IN  our  last  we  glanced  at  the  gene-  presenting  a  bolder  nmpark    At  the  ex- 

ral  contents  of  this  splendid  volume,  tremity  of  the  same  line  of  hill,  I  find  a 

We  will  now  descend  to  particulars.  confmuatlon  of  earthen  antiqnitiea,  and  stUl 

The   first   parish   which   occurs,   is  "?*»^  cons|derable  and  imaccounuWe  than 

tka»   ^f  T.''»«»L»     ,»K^r«  ;«   o    ^...:».,.  the  last.    They  consut  of  a  very  noW  en- 

tnat  ot  nvcrley,  where  is  a  curious     ^       ,        ^     '.  . .i.^-«iil-"  d  i^ 

c  n    I'  u       .  trenchment,  carried acroastbevniieT.     r.  16. 

specimen  of  British  castrametation,  in  -d  •    • 

a  camp  afterwards   occupied  by  the  I'  "  well  known  that  BriUin  was 

Anglo-Saxons.     Sir  Richard  says",  that  divided  into  numerous  petty  kingdoms, 

at  Chidbury,  the  camn  in  question,  and  that  the  several  tribes  were  always 

he  met  with  «' an  ancient  causeway,  quarrelling.    Caesar  mentions  the  cus- 

descending  to  a  presumed   i>al;.ce  of  tom  of  the  Britons  retreating  to  for- 

Ina.  and  that  he  had   never  seen  a  tresses,   provided  on  purpW  against 

similar  instance.'*     We  assure  tie  ho-  S"<^h  a  necessity;  and  earth-works  of 

nourahle  Baronet,  that  having  Mudied  t^e  irre^lar  kind  deieribed,  abound 

his  exccllentwork  of"  Ancient  Wilts,*'  »«  «^f  vicinity  of  Bnlish  seuleroents. 

we  recollect,  that  at  Bury  Blunsdon  ^^'^  *!«>  fin**  f">m  Cwart,  that  etch 

"  is  a   raised  causrwatf,    descending  district,  like  the  Scotch  clans,   wu 

from  the  camp"  (Ancient  Wilts,  ii.  marshalled  under  its  respective  Chief- 

3i)).     From  the  same  work  (i.  181)  tain,  and  that,  when  it  wis  called  oat 

we  find  that  two  old  banks  and  ditches  to  war,  it  took  np  its  disunct  position. 

adjacent,    lead   towards  an   extensive  An  entrenchment  thrown  across  a  val- 

Brit.sh  villajTc.     We  have,  therefore,  l<*y  can  have  no  other  meaning,  than 

-           to  obstruct  the  ptnage  of  iL     As  tar, 

*  IK  tho  Iil)rra!itT  of  the  (io«emori  of  therefore,  as  we  are  justified  by  ia- 

Que^a  Anoo'i»  IWmtv,  the  ^rir^sic  prii-e  of  ference   from  Cwir,   we  appreben^ 

ihf  y^^lume  has  licvn  t»tluc*tl  to  phoie  C04t|     ■ 

io  aid  it»  |:«nrral  ciraiUtioa.  t  Alio  Scnm  HeHaj  &e.  i.  p.  4^ 


1850.]         Review.— Hoftn'i  Afmbm  n'tUthu^—Valt  of  Avon.         53S 

(hal  the  Iwo  diititicicarlhwotkf  miaht  I"  bonm  ordioiifn ;  niii  •»  t«n»oh*  il 

be  lln-  pniiU  of  ihc  two  particular  dii-  ■'•'>  ">i'>  »iiruiul  1  Vnam'a*  <!<»  nnsi, 

iiicii  or  iribrt.  There  wrre  Iwo  reorfy-  1"'"°  "•  P""  »""'  ""•  •■"•■noenwi"  '  •I1« 

maiU  t»tam   .a\n^    neecMii*.      Hil  »<«■«  l'"««'le  is.  18."  »«i"  W  r'""*-" 

miicno  cum  d.iri...cnlo  tM..!."!  Galli,  <l'"'l""  ""  '"'"  ^  ""   "^  •■  H">^1- 

IV  B«;i.  Gall.  lib.  »ii.  €.  83.  p.  171.  ^^^«'.1"""."^»I 

«l.  I)rl|>li.  fl  la  ma 

AciiriDimrlicleofincicnl  rurnilliie  pluniurn,   quj  imi  jrrntrt.  mn;ii(  lur  hd 

is  mcnlioned  in  p.  43  ;  pa-ot.     glln  lont  brutei  fHHU-mighlJ  HllM 

"  We  -er.  itrnwo,  ia  tl.e  hoou  'of  Mr,  1"'""  '"  «  'i''-  'I"  "w'*'  T   <«•   '«   '*• 

ScBouftl.  icno.  »»7  ^od  .minrt  ™rv»d  '"•'qof  Mnl«mfBl   ifuclquH   uiun   qui  not 

■furV  in  bikkI,  rcpminilns  Hi.  <iimr«e  wd  ""  ■"'*'  .ppUoi,  «t  1  nn  K  tlkci*  it  toonm 

(he  Dr^o,  &o.  -hKih  -»  noM  UMd  u  ■  «  ""^  'J*  ««•'*«.  I"  il  Wt  f»ce  w»  n™. 

Wuii-biiii,  but  now  cOSTencd  into  a  bo-  •^•reii  »II»  qm  wot  touohi!*.,  op  tn  n- 

fn^"  iBirqut  uw.  k  1  rilrnnU'  i**  uttigatmeau 

,      ,  ,  ,  nr^    J  H'uuetti  qui  (It  cr<uti<o  CD  dcaii-iuhtroidt 

H   hm.   we  kirow.   been   airimied,  .„„  erwdedJii.Mir.*  10  iS«I..  « 

lb.t  there  wen- iml.«.«lSlm.ehenge,  ,,Tu„,uV     Ceue  fwae  e.t  .1  rem- 

and  that  mi  Imcci  of  the  exilieoccof  |if™q«l*oin.rf.l(teiiiide  cruireqiie/ert 

any   « re   to  be   found   bjr  nnvaiion.  i   dfwia  qna  ecite  coattiM  a  <nf  vn. 

Il  u]ipeir>  however,  ihel  in  the  parith  tiqoiie,  at  n^t  c»ue  P'wrw  tereit  d'JiMt 

of    Ameibury   [Ambreshtiry]   (where  poor  let  ucnlip*i."    P.  SO. 
Slonehenge  i*  tiuuled)   there   w«»  ■         j.^^,     Cin.brj    then    proceed.   M 

wnnd  •,  .IcKribed  .n  Dootn-Klaj.  u  b*-  „j,,e,  vhai  iheic  Hones  extend  in  line 

inj;  nine   milet   long,  and   >u  >ni1e»  ,^0,^  limn  700  toiieij  ami   thai  lb« 

broail;  inillhatfortfiKrlri  weicBlloiiM  jione*  are,  sri^at  and  ain»ll,  inore  thun 

annually  out  of  It  lo  Mary  the  Prl-  ^ojh,, 
«tej».    P.  47-  Mom.  Cambrf  fiirlher  adcis, 

Sir  Iticliard  next  proceed*  to  StonP.         .,  l»,  pi,„,  j,  c^,^  „f,„^^  ,.„p„, 

reiiiarLblf  Oiuii).r..lT.inr.!c  .'it   K.ir-  ,'.''„"!!  .Z"^/.,.".lul'"i'' h'''..™', 


Ill  : 

mucli  of  it  at  least  seftu)  to  have  been  "''■'   ""i   nolnitt.     iilllet 

compojcd    of    roclting  itonri,    for    the  dei  Umpi,  qn«  aot  raleuli  i 

tionei  are  larger  at  top  than  at  boltnm,  ■"  pfuufnt  ininniire. 
rest  as  on  a  pivot,  and  many  of  them         "  ''  "I'l  !■•'■.  tlien   fw; 

are   nili   moveable.     The   passage,  in  f™  '5"  L.u^^.mg  ,l^.c,,, 

italics,  for  we  .hall  give   liie  full  ac  " 

coiml  of  them,  will  justify  our  hypo- 
theiii.     The  extracl  ii  made  from  the 

„  j>   ,.■  -  11  J-,        I  lamj-iiifCT  Tcci,    nii.i  111..    ii.i.-^Fn.:i.iiLr  "ii- 

MonumfniCethyutic/Moiu.Camtry.  ^„„'  hitmttv    Mch    iton   *»;■■«  fronl 


rude  imliruri  ■ 
betwwn    tlir 


.     ffUeftle.ailieoeiE.S.W.  twelre   lo   fifteen   foel.       .     ,, 

de  ^onnrf,  et  3|  lieun  de  Aurin/.     Sar  k  fnini  the  plwn  uoeitd  to  bi*  vnrli,  that 

ciu,  lu  Slid  da  MorHluni,  tout  aupr^  dn  the  Snuth-ixit  ead  termiDUeit  in  ■  icmi 

bnurg  dr  Csrnnc,  •ontceipierm  ^nnnaotei  circle  of  rade  itonn,  ud  proriag,  bj  beiDg 

dont  lei  (DtiquiirM  oDt  tMt  pwl^.     Elln  ,H  unhcwa,  their  »erj  renotc  antiqiiity. 

occupcDt  la  terrrin  la  plu>  'le>^  an  bee  da  P,  so. 

•J?'!?'' "  '""'8  Jl*!"'"  **»  ■*•         Sir  Richard  qooleaCwar  in  the  foU 


pLeriTi  loot  de  gmatcnr  dif 


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nudia  ioMur.  coniidni 


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i.  p.  SI3.  foTiner  had  been  ihc  jdintical  «pot 


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iii*-iii    4|i|>rrti!ijriib;^    id    _^ 


Sir  Richard,  p.  57»  obierres,  **  that  tnd  tua  othert  were  worth  engnTiiig, 

th«  UinbreUa-ttonct  at  Malabar  re-  it  was  iiot  worth  wh jla  to  gire  a  craai6« 

semble  our  Cromlechs.'*  hii  reeoeta.    But»  in  oar  judgment, 

lop.  67,  we  find,  that  our  ancestors  this  is  not  the  correct  view  of  the  sub« 

annexed  a  hay-barn  to  their  stables;  ject.     Something  is  wanted;  a  fraipe 

"  the  longe  stable  with  the  hey  barne  ought  always  to  accompany  a  picture; 

adjoyniiig."  and  it  is  not  judicious  to  say,  that  be* 

In  p.  1  IS  we  have  some  notices  of  cause  it  has  been  framed  over  and  over 

that  admirable  divine  Richard  Hooker,  again,  it  does  not  want  that  accompa* 

author  of  the  Ecclcrsiastical  Polity.  niment.    Wc  have  not,  therefore,  beea 

Sir   Richard  says,   that  thirty- five  satisfied   with  our  Antiquarian  Alma 

years  after  his  death,  a  monument  was  Mater,  for  not  add ing some  pretty  storiea 

erected  over  his  srave  by  Will.  Cow-  to  her   fine   pictures.     We  ihereforo 

per,  esq.    Tliis  is  more  correct  than  gladly  hail  the  return  of  old  Letter* 

Fuller,  who  says  (Church  Hist.  B.  ix.  press.  Mr.  A  myot  has  brought  him  back 

SJ6),    **  I    am    informed    S'   Edwin  again ;  and  we  greet  his  return,  like 

Sandt  hath  erected  a  monument  over  that  of  the  prodigal  son,  who  had  gone 

him,  in  his  parish  Church.'*    Of  such  to  spend  his  [Antiquarian]  patrimony 

a  man  every  thing  is  interesting.    We  among  the  harlots  of  sixpenny  guides, 

add  what  butler  says:  where  the   morality  and   religion   01 

"  Mr.  HooKsa  Im  voice  WM  low,  ttatuie  Archaeology  is  just  what  the  writet 
little.  ge»iure  uone  «t  dl,  tundiog  stone  p'c*»«  «o  say,  ots.  that  modern  sash* 
•till  in  the  pulpit,  as  if  the  posture  of  hii  windows  formerly  prevailed  in  West- 
body  were  the  emblem  uf  his  roiode,  un-  minster  Abbey,  and  that  Alfred  smoked 
moveable  io  his  opioioos.     Where  his  eye  tobacco. 

was  left  fixed  at  the  beginning,  it  was  found        We  shall  here  annex  a  list  of  tha 

fined  at  the  end  of  his  sermon.    In  a  word,  plates    published   without   deufiptimu 

the  doctrine  he  delivered  had  nothing  but  Vol.   iv.   GUstonbury,   pi.  88   tO  38» 

itself  t<»  garnish  it.     His  stile  was  long  and  blawk.  — PI.   39    to   52,    only   TWO 

pjthy,  dnv,ng  on  a  whole  fiock  of  seveial  p^o,s.-Vol.  v.  pi.  i.  to  32,  BlillK. 
dau^  before  be  came  to  the  dose  of  a         yV^  ,^  sturdy*beg«rs  for  the  pro- 

•eoteoce.       rol.  il6.  _•    j  .   vriT^^  m       " 

^  ,         _         o.     «.  1      •    i_.  •  mised  account  of  the  Bayeux Tapestry. 
Oghury  Camp  Sir  Richard   thinks        Tewkesbury  is  a  fine  subject,  and. 

■7^7  ^V!y  ""^  ""''**•  handiwork  of  ^r.  Ainyot  has  given  us  a  succinct  and 

of  the  Britons  (p.  184),  because  it  has  valuable  compendium  of  the  Antiquii 

only  a  single  rampart,  without  a  fosse,  jj^s  of  the  Abbey,  as  far  as  probably 

Within  the  area  arc  evident  marks  of  y,\\\  |,e  ever  known.     There  is  sucb 

enclosures.     VVc  do  not  think  that  it  confusion  in  the  classification  of  the 

was  ever  a  military  work ;  only  a  Bri-  monuments,  that  ten-years'  hard  histo- 

tish  settlement.  jjc^l  enquiry  would   not  appropriate 

Here  we  shall  leave  the  present  vo.  them  correctly.     Mr.  A  myot  has  done 

lume    with  sincere  thanks  to  the  ho-  ,11  that  can  or  ought  to  be  done,  in 

nourahle  Baronet,  for  the  pleasure  and  regard  to  an  auihoriutive  publication, 

instruction   which   we   have    derived  There  are,  nevertheless.  atT^wkesbory, 

from  his  valuable  collections.  points  which    can    never    be   settled 

♦  without  excavating  the  whole  interior  of 

113.  Some  Account  of  the  Alley  o/Tewkes-  the  <:hurch  to  gratify  curiosity  only*. 

bury,  xraendett  to  iUuttr.te  the  Plans,  Ele-      .  ^  he  Plates  are  all  engraved  by  Ba? 

vationn,  and  Sectiun.%  of  that  Building,  en-  sire,    from    the   accurate   drawings  of 

graved  at  the  erpmee  qf  the  Society  t^f  Mr.  F.  Nash, and  consist of—1. Ground 

Anti'fuarirs.    [rctusta  Monumenta,  vol.  Plan  ;  2.  S.  elevation;  3.  E.  elevation; 

Kpl.xjxiii^jlvii]   5y  Thomas  Amyot,  4.  W.  front;  6.  Elevation  of  the  Choir } 

F.R.S.  Treasurer,  Soc,  Ant.  (j.  Elevation  of  the  Nave ;  7.  Longito- 

FOKMERLY  Letter-press  accounts  dinal  Section  t  8.  Transverse  Section  ; 

accompanied  the  valuable  Plates  of  the  9.  Details  ;  10.  Entrance  in  the  Clois- 

Vetusta  Monumenta.    Why  the  prac-  ter;  II,  12,  13.  Ceiling,  Plan,  Elevar 

tice  has  of  late  been  suspended,  we  do  tion,  and  Section  of  Countess  of  Wari 

not  know  ;   we  can  only  conjecture  wick*s  Chapel;   14.  Eleratioa  of  tiM 

that,  as  fine  subjects  were  best  known,  old  Stalls. 

*  Mr.  Fosbroke  is  the  latest  Antiquary  who  has  visited  Tewkcsbuiy.  and  hit  gtatral 
statement  is  this : 
•'  l^pon  entering  the  Omrth,  the  three  following  disttoctivt  ftfulisrititt  wiH  be  ii 


528 


Rbvibw. — Naval  Biography, — Going  too  Far, 


tfuofl^ 


114.  Royal  Naval  Biography,  or  Memoirs 
of  all  the  Flag  Officers,  d^c.  Illustrated  by 
a  Series  of  Historical  and  Explanatory 
Notes,  yd,  II.  By  John  Marshall 
CBJ,  Lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Navy. 
Longman  and  Co, 

WE  have  before  noticed  this  va- 
luable work,  which  pursofs  a  steady 
course  towards  a  6nal  completion. 
The  notes  in  the  Royal  Naval  Bio- 
gra|)hy  not  only  elucidate  the  dlfiercnt 
actions  related  in  the  Memoirs,  and 
thereby  render  a  reference  to  other 
Naval  Histories  unnecessary;  but  when 
completed,  will  serve  as  a  substitute 
for  any  other  general  history  of  mari- 
time aflfairs,  as  the  author  intends  to 
eive  ai  the  end  of  this  work  a  Chrono- 
logical Table  of  all  the  great  naval  ac- 
tions, sieges,  &c.  which  have  taken 
place  durmg  the  long  period  of  63 
years  ;  with  references  to  the  pages 
where  each  event  is  related.  This 
work  may,  with  propriety,  be  rccom- 


casions  wholly  un6t  for  its  introdao- 
tion,  that  we  fear  will  tend  to  abate 
our  reverence  for  that  holy  Book,  and 
substitute  a  puritanic  jargon  such  as 
was  in  use  in  the  army  of  the  Com- 
mon-wealth, a  practice  which  we 
know  was  followed  by  a  contempt  of 
things  sacred,  when  an  irruption  of 
profaneness  of  another  no  less  ofTensive 
style  succeeded  the  Shihholelh  of  the 
Puritans. 

The  design  of  the  volume  under 
consideration,  is  avowedly  to  disabuse 
the  world  of  a  very  common  error, 
that  it  is  possible  "  to  go  too  far''  in 
Religion.  The  mode  by  which  this 
delusion  is  to  be  correctedf,  seems  rather 
to  have  been  attempted  by  a  series  of 
conversations,  in  which  the  interlo- 
cutors advance  the  best  arguments  they 
can  summon,  than  by  the  ordinary 
method  of  example.  Nothing  can  be 
more  constrained  and  unnatural  than 
operations  so  conducted.    Events  occur 


mended  to  the  parents  and  friends  of  for  the  pur)>ose  of  raising  discussions 

young  gentlemen  about  to  embark  as  on   controverted   points — such   as  the 

midshipmen,  as  well  as  to  the  ward-  Theatre,   Balls,  ^c  and   by  making 

room  of  each  ship^  as  useful  for  re-  the  frequenters  of  these  amusements 

ference.  persons  of   slender  attainments,   and 

In  this  work  will  also  be  found  an  otherwise  ridiculous,  the  inference  is 

accountof  the  origin  of  many  establish-  to  be  drawn,  that  all'the  supporters  of 

ments,  and  a  great  variety  of  miscella-  theatres,   balls,  and   amusements,  are 


neous  information,  which  cannot  fail 
to  be  highly  useful  to  all  ranks  of  the 
Naval  profession. 


to  be  looked  upon  as  weak,  unendow- 
ed, and  irreligious.  We  beg,  how- 
ever, to  be  clearly  understood  as  offer- 
ing no  opinion  on  these  weighty  mat- 
_  ^  ^  ters,  but  we  conceive  that  the  author 

115.  Going  too  far;  a  Tale  for  all  Ages,     ^f  ^his  Tale  has  completely  missed  her 
In  2  voU.    Baldwin  and  Co.  ^^^^   ^^   attempting  sketches   of  real 

THIS  work  belongs  to  novels  of  the    life,   to  which  she  is  utterly  incooi- 
religious  class,  and  is  more  to  be  com-     petent.    The  weapon  of  her  reproof 


mended  for  its  design  than  for  its  exe- 
cution. It  is  well  to  inculcate  reli- 
gious truths,  and  to  enforce  on  all 
proper  occasions  religious  practice ; 
but  there  is  a  time  and  a  season  for  all 
things,  and  we  look  u|>on  such  attempts 
ais  that  before  us,  with  a  certain  por- 
tion of  respect  for  a  good  intention, 
but  as  a  lamentable  want  of  judgment 
and  good  taste,  not  to  speak  of  a  fami- 
liarity with  the  phraseology  of  Scrip- 
ture, little  short  of  profanation.  It  is  to  the  piety  and  (generally  s'peaking)  to 
this  lip  Theology,  and  this  interlard-  the  able  reasoning  by  which  itiscba- 
ing  our  common  discourse  with  the  racterizcd.  Of  our  author*!  good  in- 
solemn  language  of  the  Bible,  on  oc-     tention  we  have  no  doubt. 

diately  noticed ;  first,  a  nave  of  Norman  architecture,  but  utterly  ungmamentads  i*  e. 
without  mouldings  round  the  arches,  or  worked  capiuls,  except  in  the  Tri/orUi  teeondty, 
the  reticulation  of  the  groins  under  the  tower,  and  especially  over  the  altSTy  in  a  uattarn  of 
exquisite  beauty,  perhaps  superior  to  any  thing  of  the  kind  in  the  kingdom ;  tkmijff  %tm 
uncommon  elegance  of  the  shrines,  and  gorgeousness  of  the  ubemacle  work.**  A  Piebf 
resque  and  Topographical  Account  of  Cheltenham  and  iU  yidmtxf^  by  tkkRev.  T.  D.  Ai^ 
iroke,p.99,     ^e  our  Review,  p.  \ 49,  '"    ' 


falls  harmless,  for  it  is  directed  at 
shadows.  I  f  the  preteosion  lo  sketches 
of  Society  be  withdrawn,  and  we  may 
be  permitted  to  entitle  the  volumes 
**  Dramatic  Sermons/'  then  perhaps 
wc  may  concede  the  claim  to  a  soun4 
and  scriptural  theology,  and  find  the 
ample  quotations  from  holy  writ  judici- 
ous and  appropriate.  Wc  ineA  apply  an- 
other standard  of  criticism  to  the  work, 
and  offer  our  tribute  of  appiobatioi 


ISM.] 


Rbtibw.— Hurwkt*!  JMrtw  Tulm. 


lit.  HOnw  TtUtg  mkeUd  mti  frmjktatf 
,^0111  Ike  miim^  ff  l*e  AwamA  Hetnw 
Siiga  i  to  wkUk  is  fr^fixti^  «ji  £iMy  on 
ike  (hiiupimt  iMermiure  tf  the  Hetrewt, 
By  HjmMi  Hurwiu*  Auihorrf**  yindicue 
Hehndem,*'  H^c,  ^e.    pp.  ill. 

TH  E  object  of  the  translator  of  these 
Tales,  appears  to  be  twofold— his  prin- 
ci|>al  aim  has  been  obviously  moral 
iniprovemenc,  his  secondary  end  has 
been  to  \  indicate  Hebrew  Literature 
from  the  unmerited  attacks  of  many 
writers,  and  from  the  (|;eneral  neglect 
into  which  it  has  fallen.  We  are  not 
disposed  to  consider  the  mine  from 
which  these  specimens  are  given  as 
oflfering  much  either  for  edification  or 
amusement,  and  it  roust  be  admitted 
that  the  fanciful  reveries,  the  ignorant 
superstitions,  and  the  not  unfrequent 
perversions  of  Scriptural  truths,  by 
which  the  Taluiudic  writings  are 
marked,  have  rendered  a  selection  of 
their  contents  a  matter  of  some  caution 
and  delicacy. 

We  think,  however,  that  in  his  in- 
genious Essay  prefixed  to  the  Tales, 
the  Translator  has  most  ably  and  sue* 
cessfully  combated  theobiections  which 
prejudice  or  ignorance  nas  attempted 
to  fix  on  these  ancient  productions,  so 
far  at  least  as  to  have  satisfactorily 
proved  that  if,  like  all  other  works  of 
unaided  humanity,  the  Talmud  is  not 
free  from  mistakes,  it  yet  contains 
matter  of  which  the  piety  is  great,  the 
learning  sound,  and  the  morality  un- 
questionable. 

Afier  all,  we  have  one  volume  in 
the  Hebrew  tongue,  of  which  the  sons 
of  Israel  may  be  jiistly  proud  ;  and  as 
it  is  the  Book  nf  God,  so  is  it,  to  lue 
the  language  of  the  pious  Herbert,  the 
"  God  of  Books,"  and  we  a^ree  with 
the  author  of  this  Essay,  that  it  evinces 
no  small  degree  of  ingratitude  to  this 
oppressed  but  interesting  people,  to 
undervalue  the  literature  in  which 
thoic  sacred  writings  have  been  pre- 
served, which  arc  ihe  h*  pe  and  the 
consolation  of  millions  of  the  human 
race.  V^'c  select  from  this  Essav,  a 
s|)ecimen  of  the  able  manner  in  which 
Mr.  Hurwitz  illustrates  the  sacred  text 
from  a  labbinical  writer: 

«*  y/?irf  thou  thaU  grope  at  noon  day, 
n^DHa  nipn  WWD»  nWlO,  as  the  Mind 
ip^>pes  in  the  dark.**  (Ueut.  xxviii.  «9.) 
The  word  n^DMS .  in  ihe  darknetSf  appears 
redoodaas.  1'bis  Rabbi  Jose  remarked,  and 
aaid  (to  wt  his  own  words) — *  All  vj  days 

ftnrr.  Mao.  Jinw»  IBM. 


dM  I  CmI  paSn  at  aot  baii^.abia  U.an^ia 
thb  vtrse.  For  what  difieftnet  oaa  it  bs  to 
tht  Uiiid  maov  whether  be  walketh  b  the 
light,  or  io  the  dark  ?'  And  yat  tba  saersd 
penasan  would  oot  have  put  down  a  wovd 
unnecetsarily.  What  then  docs  it  mean  ? 
This  the  Rabbi  did  not  know  and  it  gave 
him  pain — '  Till  one  night,'  continues  the 
sage,  <  as  I  was  walking  m  the  road,  I  met  a 
blind  man  with  a  lighted  torch  in  hit  hand. 
Sou,  said  I,  why  dost  thou  carry  that  torch? 
Thou  canst  not  see  its  light  !*  <  Friend, 
replied  the  unfortunate  maa»  sma  it  »»  I 
cannot  see  it,  but  others  can :— as  long  as  I 
carry  thb  lighted  torch  in  my  hand,  tha 
sons  of  men  see  me,  take  compassion  of  ma, 
apprise  me  of  danger,  and  save  mm  hem  pit- 
fidt,  from  thorns  and  briars.'  The  Rabbi 
was  than  satbfied  that  tha  appaiaatly  super- 
fluous word  was  meant  to  depict  the  great- 
ness  of  the  calamities  that  were  to  benul  tha 
Jewish  nation.  Its  unfortunate  membeit 
were  not  only  to  grope  about  like  tha  blind 
— but  like  the  blind  in  the  darkness  !— 
Without  a  ray  of  light  to  exhibit  their  dis- 
tress, and  without  a  pitying  eye  to  taka 
compassion  of  tbim !" 

The  following  commentair  6n  the 
foregoing  illustration,  is  highly  beaoii- 
ful  and  pthetic, 

«  And  O,  thou  unfortunate  daughter  of 
Judah  !  How  truly,  alas !  has  thb  maledic- 
tion, denounced  against  thee  above  thrsa 
tlxiusand  Years  ago,  been  verified  during  thy 
eighteen  hundred  vaars  of  sad  pilgrimaga  t 
How  truly  is  it  still  verifying  in  maaj  ooon* 
tries  !  The  light  of  kaowledce  shines  with 
resplendent  lustre,  but  it  shines  not  for 
thee  ! — Loud,  and  sweetly  too,  does  hn- 
manitj  plead  the  cause  of  wretchedness  1 
but  it  pleads  not  for  thee.  The  banign  eya 
of  Benevolence  darts  its  vivi^ring  looks 
every  where,  but  it  regards  not  thee.  Thon 
alooe — thou  once  great  amoi^t  nations— 
thou  art  still  derided,  despised,  and  neg- 
lected !  For  thee  eloquence  is  dumb— 
compassion  deaf — and  pity  blind.  But 
despair  not,  Israel !  The  same  awfol  voice 
that  denounced  the  malediction,  did  also 
promise  thee  happier  dajs.  It  rests  with 
thee— with  thee  alone.  niWH)  *Vh  0)IZr 
niM^y  n  nOM  D3*^H,  <R«turu  unto 
me,  and  I  will  return  unto  you,  says  tha 
LordofHosU."     (Mal.iU.} 

Some  of  the  tales  in  the  present 
collection  partake  of  that  legendary 
character  which  distinguishes  the  fables 
of  the  Romanisu.  Indeed,  the  tales 
of  the  Talmud  ha«e  brought  upon  th« 
Jews  the  heavy  charge  of  debasing 
Scripture  by  their  traditions,  as  tb« 
superstitions  of  the  Romish  Chorch 
seem  to  have  overlaid  all  rital  Chrit- 


7 


5S0 


Review.— Hurwitz*s  Hebrew  Tales. 


[JuM, 


tianitj^  and  to  have  established  an  in« 
fluence  among  mankind  by  the  dis- 
semination of  a  superstitious  and  cre- 
dulous spirit.  We  would  not  be  un- 
derstood as  applying  any  part  of  the 
preceding  observations  to  this  selection, 
which  for  the  most  part  exhibits  a  high 
lone  of  moral  and  religious  feelmg — 
and  may  be  read  without  violence  to 
the  opinions  of  any  sect  or  party. 

We  have  selected  two  Tales,  which 
tnay  serve  as  specimens  of  the  work. 

To  insult  Poverty  or  natural  Defect,  no  i^enial 

crime. 

*'  Whoioever  mocketh  the  poor,  reproacheth 
hit  Maker.  Pro  v.  xvii.  4. 

**  Despise  not  the  poor ;  thou  knowest 
not  how  soon  if  may  be  thloe  own  lot. 

**  Despise  not  the  deformed ;  their  defects 
•re  not  of  their  own  seeking,  and  why 
•houldest  thou  add  insult  to  misfortune. 

'<  Despise  no  creature ;  the  most  insigni- 
ficant is  the  work  of  thy  Maker. 

<'  Rabbi  Eliezer,  returning  from  his  mas- 
ter's residence  to  his  native  place,  was 
highly  elated  with  the  great  knowledge  he 
had  acquired.  On  his  way,  he  overtook  a 
singularly  unshapely  and  misfeatured  person, 
who  was  travelling  to  the  same  town.  The 
stranger  saluted  him  by  saying, — *  Peace  be 
upon  thee.  Rabbi.' — Eliezer  proud  of  his 
kaming,  instead  of  returning  the  civility* 
noticed  only  the  Traveller's  deformity ;  and 
by  way  of  joke,  said  to  him, — *  Racca  *, 
«v«  the  inhabitants  of  thy  town  all  as  mis- 
ahapen  as  thou  art?' — ^The  stranger,  as- 
tonished at  Eliezer's  want  of  manners,  and 
provoked  by  the  insult»  replied  ~<  1  do  not 
know : — but  thou  liadst  better  make  these 
enquiries  of  the  great  Artist  that  made  me." 
The  Rabbi  perceived  his  error,  and  alight- 
ing from  the  animal  on  which  he  rode,  threw 
himself  at  the  stran^r's  feet,  and  entreated 
him  to  pardon  a  fault  committed  in  the 
wantonness  of  his  heart,  and  which  he  most 
sincerely  regretted.  <  No,'  said  the  stranger, 
*  gojlrst  to  the  Artist  that  made  me,  and  tell 
him.  Great  Artist,  O  /  what  an  ugly  vessel 
hast  thou  produced  /'  Eliezer  continued  his 
entreaties :  The  stranger  persisted  in  his 
refusal.  In  the  mean  time  they  arrived  at 
the  Rabbi's  native  city.  The  bhabitants 
being  apprized  of  his  arrival,  came  in  crowds 
to  meet  him ;  exclaiming — '  Peace  be  upon 
theet  Rabbi!  Welcome  our  Instructor!* 
«  Whom  do  ye  call  Rabbi?'  asked  the 
fltranger.  The  people  pointed  to  Eliezer. 
'  And  him  ye  honor  with  the  name  of 
Rabbi !'  continued  the  poor  man :  <  O ! 
may  Israel  not  produce  many  like  him  !* 
He  then  related  what  had  happened.  <  He 
has  done  wrong ;  he  is  aware  of  it,'  said  the 
people,  <  do  fbrgive  him  ;  for  he  is  a  great 

*  A  term  of  reproach. 


man,  well  versed  in  the  law.'  The  ttnidtfer 
then  forgave  him,  and  intimated  that  bis 
lung  refusal  had  no  other  object  than  that 
of  impressing  the  impropriety  on  the  Rabbi's 
mind.  The  learned  Eliezer  thanked  him ; 
and  whilst  he  held  out  his  own  conduct  as  a 
warning  to  the  people,  he  justified  that  of 
the  stranger,  by  saying — 'that  though  a 
person  ought  ever  to  be  as  flexible  as  ja  reed, 
and  not  as  stubborn  as  a  cedar,  yet  to  insult 
poverty  or  natural  defect  is  no  venial  crimto ; 
and  one  that  we  cannot  expect  to  be  readily 
pardoned."     T.  Taanitu. 

"  The  Athenian  and  his  one-eyed  Slave. 

**  An  Athenian  went  to  study  at  Jerusa- 
lem. After  remaining  there  three  years  and 
a  half,  and  6nding  he  made  no  great  pro- 

gress  in  his  studies,  he  resolved  to  return, 
eing  in  want  of  a  servant  to  accompany 
him  on  his  journey,  he  went  to  the  market- 
place and  purchased  one.  Having  paid  the 
money,  he  begm  to  examine  his  porehase 
more  closely,  and  found  to  his  sorprise  that 
the  purchased  servant  was  blind  of  one  eje. 
'  Thou  blockhead,'  said  he  to  hi^lflel^— 
*  see  the  charming  (ruits  of  thy  applicatioa. 
Here  have  1  studied  three  yean  and  a  half, 
and  at  last  acquired  sufficient  wisdom  to 
purchase  a  blind  slave  V — <  Be  comforted,' 
said  the  person  that  sold  the  slate ;  '  trust 
me,  though  he  is  blind  of  one  eye,  he  can 
see  much  better  than  persons  with  two.' 
The  Athenian  departed  with  his  servant. 
When  they  had  advanced  a  tittle  way,  the 
blind  slave  addressed  his  master — *  Master,* 
said  he,  <  let  us  quicken  our  pace,  we  shall 
overtake  a  traveller,  who  b  aome  distance 
before  us.'  '  I  can  see  no  traveller^'  said 
the  master. — '  Nor  I,'  replied  the  slave; 
'  yet  I  know  he  is  just  four  miles  distint 
from  us.' — '  Thou  art  mad,  slave  !  How 
shouldest  thou  know  what  passes  at  so  great 
a  distance,  when  thou  canst  fcarccly  see 
what  is  before  thee?' — *  I  am  not  mad/ 
replied  the  servant,  <  yet  it  is  as  I  said ; 
nay,  moreover,  the  traveller  is  aeeompanied 
by  a  she-ass,  who  like  myself  is  blind  of  one 
eye  :  she  is  big  with  two  yonng»  mkI  carries 
two  flasks,  one  containing  vinegary  the  otha 
wine.'  <  Cease  your  pratue,  kquaeUmifiol,* 
— exclaimed  the  Athenian.  «-^  I  see,  my 
purchase  improves  :  I  thoiislit  him  blind 
only ;  but  he  is  mad  in  &  bnrnin.'— 
<  Well,  master,'  said  the  slave,  'have  a 
little  patience,  and  thou  wilt  see  I  have  told 
thee  nothing  but  the  ttuth.'  Tbey  Jo«r> 
neyed  on,  awl  soon  overtook  the  tnveUsr ; 
when  the  Athenian,  to  hit  ntaosC  nstonish- 
ment,  found  every  thing  as  his  servant  had 
told  him  ;    and  begged   him   to   cspkun 


how  he  could  know  all  thia  widuwt  seeing 

Iw« 


either  the  animal  or  its  eondoeCor^ 
tell  thee,  master,'  repliedl  the  slave.  *  I 
looked  at  the  road,  and  observiif  the  al^ 
most  impcrcentible  itopestsleii  oTtito  ass's 
hoofs,  I  conclnded  that  ibit  wmtL  " 


l«M.] 


Bayuw<— On  tlu  8bm  IWutet 


881 


wfUm  diitntt  for  btjood  lliAt»  lh«  UnpiM- 
■iim  could  not  hav«  Iimq  vUilife.  I  m»  Um 
gmts  MUa  Mfftj  OB  OM  tidU  of  tbc  fMlh, 
•ad  aoc  on  Um  ochtrt  ftod  heoco  Judgtd 
th»  niNi  be  bliad  of  cm  aye.  A  liitlt 
funhcr  oa»  we  ptaeed  a  Modj  road,  aod  1^ 
(he  tapnaaioo  which  the  animal  left  oa  the 
aaod  where  the  rcated,  I  kaew  the  muat  be 
with  young.  Fanher,  I  obaenred  the  in- 
pfMaio  >•  which  the  liquid  had  made  oa  the 
aaad.  aod  found  some  of  them  appeared 
apuogy — whiUt  othera  were  full  of  imall 
bubUea,  cauied  by  fermentation,  and  thence 
judged  u(  the  nature  of  the  liquid.*  The 
Atbeaiaa  admired  the  aagacity  of  bit  aenrantt 
aad  (heaceforth  treated  him  with  greu  re- 

tpect.  "  MCDRAIH  £CH0R. 

•*  T.  SaiiHKORiii/' 

117.  Eaglaod  eiuUntd  by  her  cwn  SIsoe 
Cohmtt.  An  Addrtn  to  the  Eleeton  and 
People  rf  the  United  Kingdom,  By  Jamee 
Stephen,  B«i,     8oo.  pp.  91. 

118.  The  Toesiny  w  Siavery  the  Cwne  rf^ 
Chrittendom.  By  Saai.  RoberU.  «4fno. 
pp.  18. 

WE  are  placed  in  a  dilemma ;  the 
Sbve-trade  is  so  exhausted  a  subjfxt, 
iliat  we  can  say  nothing  new.  The 
difiicuky  between  the  dealing  with  the 
devii  (for  so  the  Slave-trade  may  justly 
be  denominated),  and  the  presenraiion 
of  West  India  property  is  so  great,  that 
the  adjustment  ot  it  is  like  the  Csesa« 
rean  operation^* perform  it,  and  you 
cannot  preserve  both  ;  the  mother  and 
the  child. 

At  present  Government  is  called 
upon  to  make  an  election  between 
moraiily  and  property,  both  of  which 
it  is  their  duly  to  preserve.  We  so- 
lemnly think,  that  West  India  work 
could  be  done  by  cattle  and  machinery ; 
for  what  can  it  consist  in,  but  plant- 
ing, or  sowing,  or  hoeing,  or  cuttins 
and  storing,  which  is  done  in  England 
by  four  or  five  men,  and  two  teams  of 
horses  and  bullocks.  We  object  to 
the  Slave-trade,  and  respect  the  abo- 
lition isu  as  much  as  they  can  wish, 
but  not  one  single  experiment  is  stated 
as  having  been  made  to  substitute 
cattle  and  machinery.  The  West  In- 
dia islands,  and  probably  the  lives  of 
the  colonists,  would  be  lost  by  rash 
measures.  A  rascal  seduces  the  dangh<- 
ter  of  an  abolitionist,  and  though  the 
act  in  certain  sutions  of  life  is,  in 
moral  guilt  and  civil  consequences 
scarcely  inferior  to  murder  (worse 
perhaps  in  protracted  suifering),  yet 
no  abolitionist  would  petition  Parria- 
.roent  for  a  law,  allowing  a  teducee  to 


•mofder  a  feubcir,  opoo  dMertion. 
The  West  India  pbmert  am  oafy 
ihoee  who  pay  people  for  comailttiiig 
rapes  and  abductioas;  and  it  nay  oa 
said,  the  receiver  is  as  bad  at  the  tnief. 
True,  but  what  becomes  of  the  bawd, 
the  African  Slave-merchant,  the  prioia 
author  of  the  mischief.  Suppose  that 
these  persons  were,  d  la  Sapoteom^ 
seized  and  hanged  the  moment  they 
appeared  with  their  cargo,  there  would 
he  no  more  herds  of  slaves  brought  to 
market.  English  legislation  hangi  all 
principals  and  acceatorict  to  murder, 
and  we  think  that  by  so  doing  it  may 
save,  at  the  price  of  one  worthleas  life, 
ten  other  innocent  ones.  But  we 
must  here  stop.  We  sincerely  respect 
Mr.  Stephen,  Mr.  Roberts,, and  the 
abolitionists ;  but,  in  conscienttous- 
ness,  we  avow,  that  we  think  ihcy 
have  neglected  adequate  measarcs. 

1 19.  ReeoOecHon't  qf  a  Ptdrntrimn.  By  fte 
Author  (f**Tht  Jovrml  qf  an  Bxik.^ 
8  voti,  cr.  800.    Saimdcrs  anif  CMey. 

IT  k  ever  an  ag^feeable  eonsidera- 
tion  when  the  opinton  of  the  Pablie 
confirms  tlie  decisioDS  of  the  Critirk  ; 
we  were  amona  the  first  to  hail  the 
•*  Coup  d'Essai^'  of  this  writer  as  a 
prelude  to  future  excellence.  And  thb 
second  production  sustains  throughout 
a  facility  of  composition,  with  some  few 
exceptions,  which  would  not  disgrace 
a  veteran  in  this  species  of  writing. 

The  scenes  detailed  in  the  two  first 
volumes  chiefly  relate  to  the  Freoeh 
Revolution,  and  the  events  of  the  lata 
war.  Many  of  these  descripUoos  appear 
to  be  related  by  persons  who  had  been 
actors  in  those  scenes  of  bloodshed  and 
terror,  and  from  this  cause  the  reader 
feels  interested  in  proportion  to  the  de- 
gree of  authenticity  which  he  supposes 
may  be  attached  to  the  narrative  of  the 
historian.  But  these  volumes  are  not 
entirely  occupied  with  warlike  scenes ; 
they  are  agreeably  intennersed  with 
local  descriptions,  and  weil-told  tales, 
and  we  select  the  following  accoiint 
of  a  city,  much  resorted  to  by  the  Eng- 
lish for  the  benefit  of  their  heakh : 

*<  It  waa  SmoUett  who  first  made  Nica 
to  popalar  among  the  Eos lith,  who  befera 
that  time  had  generally  treqoented  MooS- 
pellier.  That  the  latter  ahoold  have  ae- 
quired  the  reputation  it  has,  much  iurnrisss 
roe,  as  it  seeow  by  no  meant  calculated  for 
the  residence  of  a  consumptivsMrsoB.  Them 
are  at  present  a  wunber  of  Eagliih  at  thb 


Rbvi»w,— 2lecol/«c<ion5  of  a  Pedestrian, 


5S^ 

place,  tome  for  their  pleasure,  and  others 
upon  the  mournful  experiment  of  change  of 
■ir.  They  are  generally  of  a  much  better 
cast  than  those  which  are  found  cantoned 
all  through  France,  like  a  »econd  army  of  ob-- 
servation.  This  arises  from  the  circumstance 
of  Nice  being  far  too  expensive  a  residence 
for  families  who  are  pursuing  an  economical 
idan,  and  too  disunt  from  the  usual  places 
M  debarkation  from  England.  There  are 
likewise  several  Russians  here :  the  northern 

Seople  seeming  to  imitate  those  birds  who 
iy  from  winter  to  other  and  more  eenial 
climes.  I  am  a  little  acquainted  with  one 
of  these  Russians,  and  have  bad  occasion  to 
admire  the  perfection  with  which  he  and 
the  generality  of  his  countrymen  speak  the 
JFrench  language.  And  indeed,  I  think 
that  the  northern  nations  possess  a  much 
greater  facility  of  acquiring  foreign  lan- 
guages than  those  of  the  South. 

«  A  Frenchman,  a  Spaniard,  an  Italian, 
will  very  rarely,  unless  sent  when  children, 
make  themselves  masters  of  the  pronuncia- 
tion of  another  country.  But  the  Dutch- 
man, the  Russian,  the  German,  aye,  and 
even  the  Englishman,  will  often  become 
such  proficients  in  a  foreign  accent,  as  to 
be  mistaken  for  a  native  of  that  country  to 
which  they  are  aliens.  I  myself  can  vouch 
for  this,  ror  though  I  did  not  come  iuto 
France  till  I  was  one  and  twenty,  yet,  by 
constantly  mixing  with  the  natives,  I  have 
made  such  progress  as  to  have  been  fre- 
quently taken  for  a  Frenchman.  I  remem- 
ber, upon  one  occasion,  being  asked  if  I 
had  ever  been  in  England ;  upon  another, 
from  wliat  part  of  France  I  came ;  and  upon 
a  third,  being  appealed  to,  to  confirm  the 
praise  which  a  Frenchman  was  bestowing 
upon  a  fellow  countryman  of  my  own, 
*  Mais  il  parle  notre  langue  tr^  bien ;  n*est 
pas,  Monsieur?' 

"  The  climate  of  Nice  is,  as  I  have  al- 
ready hinted,  in  my  humble  opinion,  emi- 
nently calculated  fur  the  relief  of  pulmonary 
complaints.  There  is  a  lightness  and  clear- 
ness in  the  air,  which  must  be  soothing  and 
softening  to  the  lungs,  and  render  their  ac- 
tion regular  and  easy.  And  many  persons 
who  have  benefitted  by  it,  will  fa«ar  testi- 
mony to  its  merits. 

**  To  those  persons  who  are  in  health, 
and  seek  only  amusement,  a  residence  in  this 
place  does  not  hold  out  perhaps  such  in- 
ducements as  Naples ;  but  neither  is  it  de- 
ficient in  this  respect. 

**  There  is  a  Theatre,  larit  bien  que  tnal : 
the  Governor  gives  frequent  soir^s,  and 
the  officers  of  tne  royal  regiment  of  Savoy 
occasionally  furnish  balls.  There  was  one 
a  few  days  ago,  at  which  almost  all  the  Eng- 
lish attended.  It  was  given  in  a  garden,  a 
little  way  from  the  town,  alfresco,  and  this 
was  in  the  month  of  January.  The  lamps 
were  hung  amons  the  orange  trees,  and  tne 
tHect  wu  beautmil.    The  foreigners  pay  an 


[Joiie« 


enormous  rent  for  houses,  aod  the  mtifioi 
are  well  pleased  to  possess  so^  prodncthrt 
visitors.    The  old  town  is  quite  nnapproaeh- 
able  by  any  one  who  loves  air  and  clean- 
liness, resembling  the  most  andeot  pert  of 
Marseilles.     But  there  are  some  new  quar- 
ters which  are  wide  and  agreeable,  and  the 
terrace  where  I  am  now  writing  is,  1  think» 
the  best  situation  iu  the  place  for  a  penon 
in  health.     My  shutters  are  at  this  moment 
(Jan.  94)  closed,  to  protect  me  firom  the 
heat  of  the  sun,  which  is  darting  its  rays 
against  my  wiudows.     But  there  is  at  the 
same  time  one  thing  which  requires  consi- 
derable precaution  here.     One  part  of  the 
town  will,  perhaps,  be  as  warm,  as  aunny, 
as. ever  a  summer's  day  is  in  England,  and 
yet,  turn  but  round  a  comer,  and  you  will 
suddenly  plunge  into  Siberian  cold.     The 
invalid  should  therefore  confine  his  walks  to 
one  sheltered  and  moderately  shaded  spot, 
avoiding  all  exposure  to  this  dangerously 
sudden   change.    This  is  particnlarly  the 
case  too  at  Marseilles,  where  the  cheninte 
du  Roi  R^u^,  a  part  of  the  quay,  ao  called 
from  its  havmg  been  the  favourite  winter 
seat  of  the  good  old  proven^al  King,  is 
often  as  different  in  its  temperatare  fit>m 
one  of  the  narrow  streets  issuing  upon  it,  as 
a  room  with  a  fire  is  from  one  witooat  in  a 
hard  frost.    There  is  little  trade  at  Nice, 
being  incapable  of  containing  fatfge  Teasels. 
My  residence  at  this  place  is  now  drawing 
to  a  close ;  I  propose  embarkinfr  for  Celte  in 
a   sntall    coasting  vessel,    and  proceeding 
from  thence  to  Lyons,  so  that  my  next  ob- 
servations will  probably  be  written  there." 

Upon  the  whole,  the  Pedestrian's 
rccolleciions  will,  we  apprehend,  be 
found  as  successful  at  the  **  Journal  of 
an  Exile.'* 


1  so.  Histoire  du  Duehi  de  Nomaadie,  par 
I.  T.  C.  Goube,  ancien  Avooai  dit  Pnie^ 
merit,  ^c.  Avee  Caries  et  OnmreM,  8 
tmn,  8vo.  M^gard,  Rouen;  Thomine, 
Paris. 

THE  Emperor  Napoleon  ander- 
stood  little  ot  history,  if  he  ordered 
M.  Anquetil  to  com|)ose  a  work  which 
should  treat  of  national  events  only. 
In  order  to  comprehend  the  historr 
of  any  nation,  it  is  necessary  to  cul- 
tivate an  acquaintance  with  thai  of 
its  alliances  and  dependences.  How 
far  the  volumes  before  as  illustrate 
that  of  England,  it  is  our  object  to 
enquire. 

M.  Goube*s  work  commences  with 
what  he  appropriately  terms  the  eon- 
jcclurat  period  of  history,  and  termi- 
nates at  the  division  of  Normaucfy  into 
departments.      If  it   bearii   fRqnent 


i09e.i 


Rbtibw.— CkmWt  BkUff  tfN<oimm^. 


13t 


marks  of  compilation,  it  it  geoertlW 
ntionaly  a  quality  which  we  think 
preferable  to  doqiience.  The  hiiitorj 
of  a  province  it  different  from  that 
of  a  nation,  and  when  we  pronounce 
that  no  undue  expansion  ap|)cars  to 
have  been  used,  we  think  that  we 
have  said  enough  on  the  ioiportance 
of  the  subject,  and  the  execution  of 
the  work. 

I.  The  transactions  with  Bretagne,  it 
is  pleading  toobserve,  are  consistent  with 
Mr.  Turner's  researches.  The  Nortuan 
conquest,  of  course,  is  the  next  pe- 
riod that  engages  our  attention  ;  and 
here,  from  the  old  chroniclers,  a  good 
account  is  supplied  of  the  state  of  the 
Duchy  during  the  reign  of  William. 
The  battle  of  Tinchebray,  and  the  af- 
fairs  of  Henry  the  First  are  also  well 
related.  And  it  is  i^ratifving  to  ob- 
serve, that  in  describing  tne  condition 
of  England,  the  contesu  on  the  Welsh 
frontier,  are  allowed  their  due  import- 
ance. We  wish,  however,  that  to 
va^e  a  reference  as  '*  Hist.  (TAngie- 
ierre'*  had  not  been  given,  because 
few  histories  contain  these  notices. 
That  the  name  of  Plantagenet  (i.  359) 
was  so  dear  in  England,  we  were  not 
aware ;  that  it  was  a  watchword  of 
party,  we  can  fully  believe. 

Tlie  reign  of  Stephen  is  ably  done, 
and  his  character  more  favoorbly  drawn 
than  by  English  historians.  That 
Wales  rendered  itself  independent  un- 
der Henry  the  Second  (i.e.  before  it 
wan  subdued),  must  be  an  error,  unless 
the  successes  of  Owen  Gwynnedil  have 
misled  our  author.  This  reisn  is  well 
told,  with  the  exception  ofa  ballad 
history  of  Rosamond  Cliflbrd. 

Richard  the  First  is  the  favourite  of 
M.  Goube,  who  has  taken  consider- 
able pains  with  his  reign.  His  ac- 
count of  the  massacre  of  the  Jews  dif- 
fers from  Mr.  Turner's;  but,  with 
him,  he  judiciously  omits  the  story  of 
Blonde!  the  har|)er. 

The  circumstantial  relation  of  Prince 
Arthur's  death  is  boldly  but  fancifully 
made.  The  confiscation  of  John's  do- 
minions by  Philip  succeeded  ;  but  the 
reign  is  continued  to  its  close;  for, 
says  the  writer, 

"  Avant  de  raivrt  riofloenee  det  rob  de 
France  lur  U  Normandie,  il  est  lodispenaa- 
ble  de  Uiuer  rien  k  d^irer  s'lr  rhUtoire  det 
•oavrnuot  qui  oot  ti  long-temps  tigoi  va 
ellt."     P.  663. 

The  Second  Volume  contains  the 
influence    of  the   French   monarchy 


opoo  NormakMhr;  ftfter  its  tefNtfaiiott 
from  Endand.  The  domains  acqairwl 
by  the  Crown  in  that  province  are 
carefully  traced ;  but  we  no  longer  filld 
the  tame  copious  narratire,  for  obr 
vious  reasons.  The  reigns  of  Sl  Loais 
and  Philip  the  Boki  are  examples  of 
wluit  we  mean. 

The  English  invasions  of  France  are 
well  described,  but  M.  Goube  discre- 
dits the  devotion  of  the  Citizens  oC 
Calais,  and  even  terms  it  a  fable.  Mr. 
Turner  has  adduced  a  contemporary 
notice  of  this  disputed  event.  The 
wars  during  the  minority  of  Henry  the 
Sixth  are  ably  treated,  and  we  were 
gratified  by  an  amiable  character  of 
Bedford  trie  regent.  Mr.  Turner » 
whose  researches  were  deeper,  has 
produced,  from  the  Maiden's  historr, 
a  more  pleasing  narrative ;  the  Frencn 
account  of  her  captivity  is  more  cir- 
cumstantial, and  Charles  is  fully  excul- 
pated from  the  impniation  of  neglecL 

The  Religious  Ware  are  the  next 
epoch  that  Mmit  of  a  full  description. 
We  were  not  disappointed:  and  the 
age  of  Louis  the  Fourteenth  is  better 
estimated  perhaps  than  in  any  other 
work.  The  Appendix  contains  an  ac- 
count of  Norman  titles  which  have 
merged  into  the  crown,  and  various 
chartera.  We  regretted  to  fiixi  nothing 
on  Norman  literature. 

II.  The  faults  gathered  in  theconne 
of  perusal  will  not  detain  us  loiig.— 
The  dying  speech  of  William  the  Con- 
ouerorwas  surely  ne%'er  uttered  in  that 
form. — What  was  the  earldom  of  Wales 
(i.  334  and  442)  ?— The  Duke  of  Lan- 
caster was  not  the  third,  but  ihejourik 
son  of  Edward  the  Third  (ii.  124).-;- 
The  fetidal  nobility  of  England  are  in 
many  places  absurdly  called  Milord.^^ 
The  title  of  Prince  of  fFaiet  did  not  be- 
long  to  the  heir  apparent  under  Henry 
the  Third  (ii.  632). — Of  errors  obvi- 
ously or  probably  typographical,  we  do 
not  thinK  ourselves  bound  to  speak. 

HI.  The  Third  Volume  is  a  Topo- 
graphical  description  of  the  Duchy; 
rather  too  general  for  such  as  love 
our  County  Histories,  but  one  of  the 
most  delightful  storehouses  of  anec- 
dote we  ever  saw.  The  Statistical  ar- 
ticles, too,  are  good ;  and  the  Fd$t€$ 
de  Vancienne  nobiette  contain  some 
valuable  lisu. — And  thus  we  take  oijr 
leave  of  the  Notmans ;  according  to  a 
Parisian  adage,  their  chivalry  has  de- 
generated into  litipiousocssy  bat  that 
they  prcser^  the  virtues  of  hospilalHy 


5S4 


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[MMt 


we  can  witnesi  with  pleasarabU  re- 
collections. 

These  remarks,  in  all  probability, 
will  never  reach  the  Annalist  of  Nor- 
mandy:  if  they  should,  he  will  not  be 
displeased  to  learn  that  we  consider  his 
work  an  indispensable  requisite  in 
every  British  hisiorical  lihr  ry.  Con- 
cerning the  %'arious  /?^5um^5  which  have 
appeared  on  this  sabject,  we  have  no 
remarks  to  make. 


Itl.  'Bown  at  Home,     By  Mrs,  Gimwell- 
Baron  Wilson. 

FOR  those  who  can  value  virtuous 
emotions,  and  genile  feelings  arrayed 
in  harmonious  verse — for  those  who 
can  estimate  the  quiet  blessings  of  home 
—its  tranquil  pleasures  and  its  cheer- 
ful hearth— celebrated  in  noin&:lorious 
strains,  this  little  volume  will  have 
great  attractions.  It  is  the  ofl'spring 
of  a  reflecting,  cultivated,  and  some- 
what pensive  mind,  seeking  to  un- 
burthen  an  aflfectionate  heart  in  the 
language  of  nature  and  of  song ;  ex- 
posing perhaps  a  little  too  much  its 
sacred  and  more  private  thoughts,  and 
celebrating  perhaps  too  minutely  its 
own  domestic  joys  and  sorrows.  It  is 
easy  to  percei\e  that  if  this  lady  be- 
long to  a  school  in  poetry,  it  is  to  that 
of  ^hich  Mr.  A  lane  Watts  is  a  mas- 
ter ;  and  in  which  Barton,  amongst 
others,  is  a  true  disciple.  To  them 
belongs  no  dabbling  with  mighty  mys- 
teries, 10  them  is  given  no  apalling  re- 
velations of  the  depths  and  the  dark- 
ness of  human  passions,  and  the  fear- 
ful secrets  of  the  human  heart.  Ten- 
clerness,  delicacy,  and  truth,  are  their 
characteristics,  and  the  charities  of  life 
are  the  themes  of  their  pure  and  vir- 
tuous song.  Hence  there  is  a  want  of 
variety  as  well  as  of  powerful  excite- 
ment in  their  poetry,  ill-suited  to  that 
taste  which  the  Muse  of  the  Bvronian 
school  has  tended  so  successfully  to 
establish. 

The  ambition  of  Mrs.  Wilson  seems 
to  be  that  of  a  domestic  poet ;  and  we 
congratulate  her  on  having  brought  to 
her  work  the  essentials  which  can  alone 
redeem  her  themes  from  insipidity — a 
felicitous  arrangement  of  her  thoughts, 
and  a  chaste  and  elegant  expression  of 
them. 

We  select  at  random  a  little  poem 
addressed  to  a  Boy  pn  presenting  him 
with  a  pocket  Bible^  as  uniting  many 


of  the  fine  qualities  for  which  we  liave 
given  our  amiable  poeten  crcdic 

«  Accept,  dear  Boy  I  a  gift  nuwt  pare 
Though  worldlings  Itgntly  deem  its  ircMth; 

A  gift)  whose  value  will  endure 

While  Virtue  holdt  a  shrine  on  earth ! 


<<  I  do  not,  to  thine  infant  eyett 
Bring  tinsel'd  toys,  to  folly  dear ; 

ConVinc'd  in  time,  thou'li  better  prim 
Tlie  real  treasures  centred  hers. 

<'  All  seasons  suit  this  sacred  psige. 
This  holy  lamp  of  beaven-Iit  truth ; 

'Twill  cheer  the  tott*ring  steps  of  AflB* 
And  guide  the  erring  feet  ojf  YouTtt ! 

<<  When  the  warm  tear,  that  dims  thine  eye» 
Weeps  Friendship  loet,  or  IN  repaid*-— 

When  chill'd  Affection  wakes  to  aish 
O'er  hope  deceiv*d  or  love  betrvpc 


"  Then,  Henry !  torn  this  soothing  page*. 

And  find  a  solace  for  thy  care» 
That  can  Life's  darkest  ilb  assoage. 

And  calm  the  tortures  of  despair ! 

<<  And,  as  thou  feel'st  thy  bosom  glovy 
Thou'lt  own  its  healing  troths  were  nv'aift 

A  foretaste  of  those  joys  belowy 
Tliat  wUl  be  realized  m  Heav^i ! 

This  little  volume  is  altogether  one 
of  elegant  pretensions,  and  wdl-adapled 
for  the  cultivation  of  the  gentler  af* 
fections  in  the  softer  sex,  to  whom 
it  would  always  be  an  appropriate  oU 
fering. 

123.  Dartmoor.  A  DescripHoe  Ptiem^  fly 
N.  T.  Carrington,  Author  qf**  The  Bakkt 
o/*Tamar."  Hatchard  and  Son,  Ro^ 
Bvo.    pp,  204. 

IN  this  handsome  volume  we  aie 
presented  with  three- fold  attractioiu. 
Besides  the  poem,  which  may  vie  with 
the  descriptive  sketches  of  the  immor- 
tal  author  of  the  Seasons,  we  have 
some  highly  valuable  historical  and  il* 
lustrative  matter  contained  in  the  Pre- 
face and  notes  written  by  the  amrable 
Mr.  Burt,  Secretary  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Plymouth ;  and  some  bcNio- 
tiful  views  of  the  scenery,  drawn  and 
etched  by  P.  H.  Rogers,  esq.  of  Ply- 
mouth. 

Mrs.  Hemans,  a  few  years  sincie,  re- 
ceived the  prize  of  fiAy  euineas  for  the 
best  |)oemon  Dartmoor,  from  the  Rog^al 
Society  of  Literature ;  and  it  may  ha 
pro|Der  to  observe  that  Mr.  C^irring- 
lon's  poem  was  not  one  of  the  rejected 
on  that  occasion,  but  wa|  written  lit 
the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Burt. 

In  accordance  with  oor.iMQat  cot- 


) 


tom,  we  should  have  noUced  in  the  A«l  iJl  tht  iiiifieite  ofMMliMriildb 

fim  place  the  hiitortcal  and  topogra*  Roth  oa  hit  mgn  glaeet.    IWn  paw  the 

phical  part  of  this  volume ;  but  open-  (tovm 

ing  it  at  the  commencenieDt  of  the  Thel'^^weUtinliMhiniioiiioiM,  ittinks 


so  pleas^  with  the  '^^  ®"'*  ^  "^***'  worldi  j  but  chief  the  Uik 

melody  and  grandeur  of  ihe  verse,  as  F^«»  fc[«  J>'ig^t  •t«tioo  in  the  mUtwuy  air, 

to  be  led  imperceptibly  from  sweet  to  7^r!Sl  "**  ***«t"'"^  <»^  "»<>  P^"     . 

sweet,  and  flower  io flower,  till  we  had  A!!^*I^\*^.'  fe*    S&l^"*" 

oos..^  our^lves  of  all  iu  beauues  ?e«r'hiri:\«Kl5Lt^S^^^ 

Mr.  Carrington  displays  no  poyeriy  of  Amid  the  tjlran  reign,  with  virtuTwalk., 

ima!(ination  as   he  draws  to  a  close.  On  Nature  looks  with  imviah'd  ere,— m 
bui  finishes  in  increased  sirensth  and  live« 

beauty  with  a  rery  appropriate  descrip-  With  telfiih  aim,  contented  to  behoM 

tion  of  the  close  of  day  ;  indeed  this  is  Alone  her  charms  in  his  own  blushing  howar} 

the  most  successful  part  of  the  poem.  But  as  the  varying  scasooe  gently  roD, 

Considering  the  singular  diincnlties  ^'^  ^ot\u  of  pure  benevolenoe  emplm 

and  most  anxioos  fears  under  which  '^^  honn,  till  roond  hfan  ooa  vide  eireia 

this  poem  was  composed,  these  sketchei  ^^.      ••^P*  . 

(as  the  enlightened  author  of  the  Pre-  ^  '*™~"  l«pphi«ss.  jnlMging  stiD, 

face  justly  observes)  are  rendered  still  *^~"  ^*  blencentie  his  own  saer«l  hone.^ 
more    interesting.      Employed    from        The  apostrophe  to  Momioc,  with 

mornme  till  night  in  the  drudgery  of  the  introduction  of  the  Bee  and  Bai- 

a  school,  with  a  numerous  family  look-  terfly,  is  truly  poetical, 
ingup  to  him  for  support,  aflbrdedonlj  <cn    k    * 

by  a  very  scanty  income,  rendered  still  tT_    .u   o       u      u    *'..*?'  ^*. 

r'Ll^*^™^\Th*'""hrr^  ^-'^^.--^^^^^ 

his  school,  owmg  to   he  esublishment  Andiot  feel  gladness  ?  Hard  is  thaTBMi'a 
of  subscription  schools,  it  must  indeed  \^  ^^htm. 

have  been  an  arduous  task.  He  paihe-  Bleak  b  hit  Joamey  throagh  this  vdT^ 

tieally  alludes  to  his  own  situation  in  Whoee  heart  U  not  made  Ugbtar,  and  whoaa 
the  earlier  part  of  the  poem,  and  has  eye 

finely  contrasted  it  with  the  man.  Is  brighten'd  not  by  Morning's  i^orioos  ray» 


«  who  bkfs'd  with  heahh  Wide-glancwg  round.    The  mflaoesi  thii^ 

And  competence,  can  bid  the  bustling  worM  „  ,  .    ^?  *^    , 

At  happy  dUtaoce  keep !  who  rears  hie  cot  jm^JM  In  the  vtlcoaM  warmth,  and  ovna 

Deep  in  the  rural  thade,  and  wreathes  around  "«•  »«dloence  reviving. 

Hie  lattice  the  rath  woodbine !  On  his  ctwch  *  *  •  •  • 

The  piercing  eye  of  the  uprisen  Sun  Who  would  bless 

Ne'er  looks  reprovingly ;  but  when  the  lark  The  landscape,  if  upon  his  momug  walk 

Hails  the  bright  bursting  mom,  he  to  that  He  greeted  not  the  feathery  nations,  pereh'd 

voice  For  love  or  song  amid  the  dancing  leaves ; 

Responsive,  lifts  his  own  heart-easing  song  Or  wantoning  in  flight  from  bough  to  bough. 

Of  gratitude  and  joy.    The  bud,  emboss'd  From  6eld  to  fieM  ?  Ah !  who  wooM  bfaea 
Witn  geoM  that  never  sparkle  on  the  eye  thee,  June, 

Of  Imlolence, —  the  ireshen'd  field  —  the  If  silent,  sooglees  were  the  grofia,     wdieaf^ 

bloom  The  lark  in  heaven  ? — And  ht  who  mania 
That  scents  the  zephyr,  and  the  first  caress  the  bee 

Of  Mombg's  beam  to  fiowers,«— the  early  Rifling  the  bloom,  and  listless  hear  his  hum 

•     voice  [dawn,—  Incessant  ringing  through  the  glowing.dbyt 

Of  streams  clear  sounding  in  the  peaceful  Or  loves  not  the  gay  butterfly  which  awfans 

All,  all  are  his  ; — and  his  the  merry  lay  Before  him  in  the  ardent  noon,  am^d 

Of  the  unsluroberiog  woodlands.     Deepen-  In  crimson,  azure,  emerald,  and  gold ; 

ing  noon,  With  more  magnificence  upon  kM  wiw. 

Intensely  glowing  o'er  a  drooping  world.  His  little  wing,  than  ever  grac*d  tha  roCa 

He  shuns,  and  seeks  the  refuge  cool  of  Gorgeous  of  Royalty ; — U  like  the  khM 

groves ;  [sward  That  wanders  'mid  tha  flowen  which  gem 


Where  often  on   the   green  and  shadowy  the  meads 

Reclin'd,  thro*  all  the  silent  hour,  he  holds  Uneonseious  of  their  kswilj.** 

High  converse  with  the  Muse.     And  even-  » ^  .   «.««•     •.u^*                 -.     #   • 

»     J     ^  In  a  most  pathetic  accouDt  of  the 

With  aU  her  loveW  hues  and  sounds,  to  woo  «n«»ortunes  of  Aogusun,  a  Fnock 

The  wnnderer  to  the  breezy  brow  that  looks  pn»onw,  who,  tom 

Far  o'er  the  soften'd  hmdsoape.    Rivers,  « Fmn  har  ha  lot *d,  the 

'voods,  vitffy 


ss^ 


Rbtibw.— Cook  on  WhiU  Muiiard  Seed.' 


[Jtme. 


Wh  lent  with  mwaj  a  hapten  victim  mon 
To  combat  England  on  the  wave," 

Mr.  Carrington  has  introduced  these 
lines  glowing  with  the  warmth  of  pa- 
triotism and  of  song : 

«« Tlie  hawk 
Might  scare  the  eagle  from  his  cliff;  the 

wolf 
Might  bay  the  monarch  lion  in  his  den, 
As  soon  as  the  victuriuus  prows  of  Gaul 
Chase  Albion's  red-cross  from  the  sea,  and 

wrest 
The  trident  from  her  grasp.  Awhile  the  bark 
That  bore  Augustio  from  his  native  strand 
Successful  roam*d ;  but  'cross  her  ocean-path 
An  English  frigate  swept,  and  soon  the  flag 
Of  fierce  Democracy,  deep  humbled,  wav'd 
JBeneath  the  British  banner  I 

*  Farewellt  France  !* 
The  captive  sigh'd,  as,  for  the  gentle  breeze 
Of  balmy  Provence,  loudly  round  him  howl'd 
The  chill  moist  gale  of  Dartmoor !  Where 

are  now    ■ 
The  blushing  bowers,  the  groves  with  fniit- 

,  age  huDff 
Voluptuous, — tne  music  of  the  bough 
From  birds  that  love  bright  climes, — the 

perfum'd  morn, 
The  golden  day,  the  visionary  eve,— 
The  walk,  the  Interchange  of  aoul, — too 

well —  [more ; 

Too  well  rememher'd!  Exile,  think  no 
There's  madness  in  the  cup  that  memory 

holds 
To  thy  hiebriate  lip !" 

We  have  presented  specimens  suffi- 
cient to  display  the  beauties  of  Mr. 
Carrington*8  muse,  and  had  it  not 
been  for  the  adverse  circumstances 
mentioned  in  the  earlier  part  of  this 
notice,  the  powerful  energies  of  his 
mind  would  probably  have  soared 
above  all  contemporary  writers  in  the 
class  to  which  this  production  belongs. 
Of  the  plates  we  shall  only  say,  they 
are  executed  in  a  superior  style  of  hold 
etching,  and  are  highly  illustrative. 

Ij^.  Observations  on  the  Efficacy  oflVhite 
Mustard  Seed,  iCc,  &!c.  By  C.  T.  Cooke, 
Surgeon,  Cheltenham.     8vo, 

[Reviewed  by  a  Correspondent.'] 

WHEN  a  young  |)erson  is  first  in- 
troduced into  the  medical  profession, 
it  is  a  common  premonition,  that  he 
be  deeply  impressed  with  the  care  and 
caution  for  obvious  reasons  indispen- 
sably required  in  his  exercise  of  the 
healing  art.  For  this  reason,  rash  and 
premature  adoption  of  nostrums  is 
deemed  unprofessional ;  and  very  pro- 
perly 80,  because  dependance  upon 
tocn  nottrtims  may  excite  false  confix 


dence,  prevent  the  use  of  efficacioiM 
remedies,  and  cause  a  disregard  of  va- 
luable professional  advice. 

Knowing  from  Dr.  BailUe*s  post- 
humous work,  that  three  parts  of  chro- 
nic diseases  are  incurable,  we  were  as- 
tonished to  see  a  professional  man  ad- 
vocate the  extravagant,  we  may  add, 
absurd  pretensions  of  this  Mustard- 
Seed  nostrum,  and  our  astonishment 
was  increased  at  finding  Religion  in- 
troduced into  this  pamphlet.  Now  as 
we  consider  this  Mustard-Seed  nos- 
trum to  be  a  mere  jackdaw  in  pea- 
cock's feathers,  a  nostrum  got  up  for 
vendible  purfKises,  we  solemnly  pro- 
test against  this  forced  parish  marrtage 
between  Religion  and  Medicine,  1^ 
cause  it  is  only  making  of  the  former 
a  tool  of  trade,  or  hawker,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  vending  the  medicine,  by  in- 
fluencing a  pirty  of  religionists  on  the 
side  of  the  nostrum  or  its  advocate. 

Now  to  the  book.  The  whole  of 
the  pathological  part  is  taken  from  Dr. 
Johnson's  work  on  Airatid  Diet,  with- 
out acknowledgment.  As  to  the  dis- 
eases which  Mustard  Seed  is  presumed 
to  cure,  we  see  its  otialities  so  lauded, 
that  we  should  not  ne  surprised  to  find 
it  advertised  as  alone  sufficient,  with- 
out education  or  study,  to  qualify  a 
man  for  the  Senate,  the  Bar,  or  the 
Pulpit;  and  that  the  inventor  of  it, 
through  the  high  g^enius  acquired  by 
taking  it,  is  found  the  fittest  man  in 
the  kmgdom  for  the  arduous  situation 
of  Prime  Minister. 

We  shall  mention  a  few  of  the  dis- 
eases which  this  noitrum  is  presumed 
to  cure,  without  going  through  all, 
show  the  error  or  its  principle,  anc) 
point  out  the  only  and  very  limited 
benefit  which  is  to  be  expected  from  it. 

It  is  presumed  to  cure,  {.Erysipelas, 
This  is  absurd,  because  erysipelas  is  of 
two  kinds,  inflammatory  and  local ; 
and  therefore  requires  opposite  modes 
of  treatment.  2.  Epilepsy,  This  arises 
from  six  or  more  different  causes,  half 
of  which  are  structural ;  and  structiiral 
impediments  are  not. to  be  removed  by 
medicine.  3.  Determination  qf  blood 
to  the  head.  White  Mustard  Seed  is 
an  active  stimulant,  and  the  use  of  it 
in  the  case  alluded  to  would  resem- 
ble administering  brandy  in  apoplrxv* 
4.  Scanty  and  redundant  bile.  Ab- 
surd— hot  and  cold  with  the  nme 
breath, — the  Satyr  and  the  Tnvdlef . ' 

All  the  other  pretentions  have  no 
better  foiindatioD.  <      ^ 


mi.']        Rkviiw, — Nichob'i  Progrw  of  Jamtt  Iht  FinT. 


wr 


Thefaci  it,  ihai  lhi«  MuMard-ScHl  the  gentle  g«[t«itr)r  of  tlie  Court  revelf, 

mioia  it  otilj  ■  praaiicil  miTal  of  ihe  thcT«  the  (ni-ajiu  cotiUsli  t/{  Ihc  Tnwfr 

axplodf  J  gbaurdilin  uf  ihe  BriiiMiiian  iUFnigciy ;    (his  |»sMgc  tmti  of  riic 

t^tcni.     No  Iwo  eniMiiiDlion*  exaciljr  lUlely  auiiicnre  a(  ■  foreign  arabn^ 

■Mcnthlc  each  other  ( ind  mlmMt  every  iiitot,  thai  of  the  mad  diftnioni  of 

chronic  ititeiie,  at   to   the  extent   u>  the  iliuendiary  bufTooni;  heic  ar«  >«• 

which  it  ha«  grown,  the  pirU  tvhich.  I*<ed  'tie  miinic  corabau      '    ' 


it  allecti,  ihr  etuttt  which  li 

,  ai«I  the  liihilitT  U 


-    .   J  of  ibe  chi* 

Te  siTen  valrooi   till,   ihcre  the  lerioin  conte- 

,  FcuTrBri-  rjoences  of  tlie  too  fashionBhle  duel  | 

n  tlirdilTeTcntcnniiituliont.fDrnii  here  lh«  >iirn|iiuoi»  array  of  a  Caart 

an  itolalnl  raie  ID  aceriain  extent,  and  ntarrjage    or    christenins,    there    the 

therefore  thr  ume  remedy  cannot  ap-  ten|{ih«ned  enenioniei  ofa  numetmislj 

ply  tn  all.     Further,  where  (he  conMi-  adeniled  funeriil ;  here  (he  proruie  ex- 

imion  liB)  not  adet^ualc  ■Ireng(h,  the  prndllure   and    Inviib   liberality  of  a 

apphcation  of  medicine  is  merely  ma-  Monarch    ignorant    of   the   value    of 

nuting  »  sickly  tree,  and  raiting  a  few  money,  ailoniih  by  their  wanton  et> 

tearei,  when  the  rooti  an  destroyed  travagance  ;    (here    the   coniemptiUe 

and  the  trunk  decayed.  model  of  raising  luppliei,  in  the  ab- 

In  ihon.   White  Mustard   Keed   i»  wnce  of  Parliament!,  lurpriie  by  their 

onlypMd  in  cases  of  limple  want  of  cir(ui(ous    contrivances}    whilst    th« 

tone  in  iheitomach,  because  it  acts  by  principal   stibject   of  the   work, — tha 

■timiiUting  the  biliary  ditcu,  and  oc-  journiei  and  vititi  made  by  ihe  Boyal 

cationi  4  morB  free  flow  of  bile. — We  Family,  and   in  particular  the  Kinz'i 

*hall  in  coiiclasion  observe,  that   (he  greut  annual  Provresies, — reems  to  M 

nootrum  itself  wat  borrowed  from  iial-  pursued  to  lherullex(eiitarpraclicable 

mon'*  I'harmacopxia  Londineniis,  cd.  investigation.      From    almost   all   the 

5ih.  Uvo,  nigs,  p.  151,  no.  i:m,  art.  grrx  towns  *isiled   by   the   King  or 

Sinapfx-t — Mustan)  Seed;  and  is  there-  Queen.  Mr,  Nichnls  liai  obtained  e»- 


"M   t 


-nrds. 


of  Salmon,  with  exag)ceralioni. 
tnneh  fur  tht*  novelty,  and  ne  ri 
Bend  Honce's  adase  to  medical 
— Qaa/na  eommtnde$.  In.  Sk. 


\U.IiiCtiOL*'tPnfraKn^JiimalluFirH, 
(Caatimaijnm  f.  «.) 
OF  this  htghl*  curious  Collection  of 
tcarce  Tricts  and  original  Correspond- 
ence, (hit  very  entertaining  Chronicle 
of  the  Court  and  Domestic  nittory  of  a 
splendid  reign, — a  reign,  though  inac- 
tive in  foreign  politics,  by  ix>  meaDs 
deficientind«mc«ticintrres(,— fowtecn 
out  of  eighteen  Portions  have  now  re- 
gularly made  their  monthly  appearance. 
The  nature  of  the  work  we  have  al- 
ready described.  Compiled  from  either 
novel  or  unknown  and  widely-diipened 
materials,  it  poMea»es  a  s(riet  chrono- 
logical arrangement,  and  rarely  ■  week, 
scarcely  eter  a  month  is  paued  over, 
without  some  event  of  greater  or  less 
inierest  coming  under  notice.  Wiih 
a  continual  variety  of  subject,  one 
page  dctcribe*  the  splendid  pageantry 
of  aMaique,  the  next  the  King's  in- 
terference in  (be  trial  uf  heretics  or  the 
burning  of  witches ;  here  i*  di^ptnyrd 
OiNT.  Maa.yidK,  (tfC. 

8 


formation.  The  Royal  Visits  to  pri- 
vate maniintit  are  occasionally  dcacrib- 
ed  from  letters  or  family  NlSS.  j  but 
when  the  fact  of  the  Visit  havinji 
taken  place  is  all  that  ii  recorded,  air 
account  of  the  contemporary  and  pre- 
sent state  of  the  mat>sK>n,  with  a  snort 
memoir  ofthcfavourcd  boat  of  Royalty, 
ii  alwaya  tubjoined. 

la  "  King  Jaroet  his  Entertainmeal 
at  Theobdds,"  by  John  Savile,  l603, 
we  find  the  following  deacriptioti  of 
that  palace,  then  the  seal  of  Sir  Robert 
Cecil,  and  a  few  yean  after  ceded  by 
him  to  Ihc  King  in  exchange  kn  Hat. 
Reld.  The  jiaua|e  acquiinii  ua  with 
the  a«ual  situation  of  the  Citixena' 
couniry-residences  at  that  day : 

"  TbU  Hoose  it  dm  ^lamti  adjayning  to 
the  lilgbwty  ikti,  ai  imbm  HnnpMaat 
buildingv  or*  in  th»  eoaalria  and  tlMn> 
■booli,  bat  Mpedtlli*  batwena  this  pUea 
a>d  London,  ihu  moat  part  vbonKif  balaay 
to  the  Cittit  BareluBM  ;  bat  bath  a  atwt 
stawJin  -ill*,  Uam  tin  co.nuiun  iltHi-Haj, 
whenli^  pKKDgift  tnitilr  u|>  tu  tht  Pol- 
lace,  br  th*  tpus  of  uoa  furloBg  in  kogth, 
betel  aMiul  tither  lidr  viib  young  eJua  and 
■ibg  irrtt,  eonriuiNJlT  mill  nnt  far  tniither, 
frani  the  tiichirsy  to  (he  fini  cnun  belong- 
ioj  *■  (he  Hn  use,  eaDtdaiag  la  brtddl  three 


63&  Revibvit. — Nicli6l&*ji  Progreise$  of  James  the  Fv$U         [June, 


1^,  which  amouot  to  soom  fifteens  yards, 
ia  fiishloa  made  like  a  high  ridge  land,  or 
the  middle  street- way  without  Bishop- 
g»te." 

From  the.  same  pamphlet  we  may 
observe  that  the  dlDner-hour  w^s  then 
very  early,  for  the  King  set  off  from 
Broxbourae  to  Theobalds,  after  din- 
ner, at  i  an  hour  past  one  (p.  136), 
and  when  he  rode  up  to  the  first  court, 
four  noblemen  laid  their  hands  upon 
hit  steed,  two  before  and  two  behind, 
and  in  this  manner  he  came  to  the 
court-door  (p.  137).  After  his  arrival 
he  went  into  the  labyrinth- like  garden 
to  walk,  "  vvhere  hee  recreated  himselfe 
in  the  meander's  compact  of  bayes, 
roiemarie,  and  the  like,  overshadow- 
ing his  walke  to  defend  him  from  the 
heate  of  the  sunne,  till  supper  time." 
P.  137. 

In  p.  174,  we  find  that  noble  families 
left  their  houses  in  the  care  of  a  single 
servant,  but  locked  up  every  room  ex- 
cept the  hall.  The  instance  is  Wrest, 
the  seat  of  the  Earl  of  Kent'. 

In  p.  19(3,  we  have  Lady  Anne  Clif- 
ford (then  about  fifu'en)  relating  with 
great  simplicity  how  that  her  mother 
'*  being  extreme  angrie  with  me  for 
ridinge  before  wiih  Mr.  Meuerell,*' 
commanded,  by  way  of  punishment, 
tliat  she  ''should  lie  in  a  chamber 
alone,  which  I  could  not  endure ;  but 
my  Cozen  Fraunces  8;ot  the  key  of  my 
chamber  and  lay  wiili  me,  which  was 
ihe  first  lime  I  loved  hir  so  verie  %vell. 
The  next  day  Mr.  Meuerell,  as  he  went 
abroade,  fell  downe  suddenly  and  died, 
soe  as  most  thought  it  was  of  the 
Plague,  which  was  then  verie  riife.*' 

On  the  23d  of  July,  iGOJ,  two  davs 
before  his  Coronation,  the  King  dub- 
bed, in  the  Garden  of  Whitehall,  no 
less  than  300  Knights ;  of  whom  a  list 
is  ^iven  in  pp.  206—220.  Ail  who 
had  landed  estates  to  the  amount  of 
40/.  per  annum  were  summoned  to  re- 
ceive the  lionour,  or  compound  for  the 
exoneration.  On  the 24th sixty  Knizhts 
of  the  Bath  were  created.  The  Pro- 
cession to,  and  Ceremonial  of  the  Co- 
ronation, are  described  from  manu- 
scripts in  the  Harleian  collection ;  and 
the  scarce  poem  called  England's  Cae- 
sar, by  Henry  Pelowe,  is  then  intro- 
duced. 

On  the  5th  of  August,  it  was  order- 
ed that  the  day  should  be  strictly  ob- 
served for  the  King's  delivery  from  the 
Gowrie  Conspiracy.  This  was  reli- 
giously done  throughout  the  reign  of 


Jaiiies,  and  probably  Charles,  but  we 
are  not  aware  that  it  was  revived  after 
the  Restoration. 

In  pp.  305 — 310  is  reprinted  Da- 
niel's  .vision  of  the  Twelve  Goddesses, 
a  Masque  at  Hampton  Court  in  l603-4, 
from  the  first  edition  publish^  at 
the  time,  but  which  was  pirated.  It 
was  soon  after  succeeded  by  one  pub- 
lished by  the  Author,  with  a  dedica- 
tion to  Lucy  Countess  of  Bedford, 
complainine  of  *Mhe  unmannerly  pre- 
sumption ol  the  indiscreet  Printer  who 
without  warrant  divulged  the  late  Sne%v 
at  Court."  This  Dedication  is  not 
omitted  by  Mr.  Nichols. 

In  p.  320  we  have  the  details  of  a 
lion  and  dog-fight,  at  the  Tower,  in 
the  presence  of  the  King,  Queen, 
Prince  Henry,  and  four  or  five  Lords, 
from  %vhich  it  appears,  that  the  lions 
fought  in  the  same  manner  as  those  a 
few  months  ago  at  Warwick  ;  tearing 
the  dogs  with  their  paws,  and  grasp- 
ing them  in  their  mouths.  Upon  this 
it  ts  observed,  that  "  the  lion  hath  not 
any  peculiar  or  proper  kinde  of  fight, 
as  hathe  the  dog,  beare,  or  bull,  but 
only  a  ravermus  kind  of  surprising  for 
prey." 

From  the  ordinances  of  the  House- 
hold in  1664,  we  find  that  there  were 
me/i-landerers ;  that  Pages,  Porters, 
Scowerers,  and  Turnbrocbes,  were  not 
allowed,  to  marry;  and  that  the  old 
custom  of  gentlemen  placing  their 
sons  for  learning  and  preferment  un- 
der the  olBcers  of  the  bo&rd  of  Green 
Cloth  had  been  abused."     Pp.  444,  5. 

It  seems  that  the  Mastership  of  the 
Robes  required  that  officer,  though  a 
nobleman,  to  have  the  qtudifications 
of  a  real  taylor :  for  Sir  Robert  Carey, 
younger  son  of  Lord  Hunsdon,  and 
afterwards  Earl  of  Monmouth,  who 
filled  that  office  to  Prince  Henry,  sa^: 
*<  If  I  have  skill  in  any  thias,  I  think 
I  can  tell  how  to  make  goodcloaths,'* 
p.  463.  Itdoes  not,  however,  follow  that 
he  put  his  knowledge  inta  practtce. 

At  the  marriage  of  Sir  Philip  Her- 
bert, afterwards  l£arl  of  Monigomery, 
the  young  couple 

<*were  lodged  in  the  Coancil  Chamber, 
where  the  King  in  his  shirt  and  a%ht- 
gown  gave  them  a  rtviUe  matin  befon  they 
were  up,  and  spent  a  good  time  in  or  vp^n 
the  bed;  chuse  which  you  will  belitve.  No 
ceremoDjr  was  omitted  of  bride*calnt,  points, 
quarters,  and  gloves,  which  have  been  ever 
since  the  livery  of  the  Court  j  and  aS  a%hs 
there  was  sewbg  into  the  ^leet,  castiif  of 


IMlS.]          REvitw,— NicUoU'»  Progrenef  n/Jamti  llit  Fin'.  S39 

Uw  t>r;d«'>  IcMuiK,  iriih  owd;  olli«r  i>MtT  In  n.Alfi  i<  mi  acn>u>i1  of  anotli^t 

•orc«ri«."    F.  ;«-  lion  (ighii  one  linn  wat  a  complnc 

In  l6i)»-s  ihe  Spiniih  AmUmdor  ewiquwof,  and  «[wyl«!  nil  ihc  three 

nvt  a  RMK  fraH  to  ibr  co..rt.  ''"p.  ""  l*"'  rtj-ins '■«  n,'"  ^"J'.  . 

"Tb*  (ai'lM  >H  Kl  "ut  in  ill*  DuieH  When  Ihr  hing  rrailcd  Pnnce  M- 

nuscr,  xllh  Ixuacn  (iid  •tnimrn.   uid  ''oivict,  "afwf  cliiiiicr  they  tiw  lieari* 

(.(■•MiU  -tn  civcn  to  (ha  lt4ja  ot  Spa-  iuiliiig  nnd  biill-lMiiin^."    P.  SI?. 

ni(h  f;\<nn  ud  hu  i  Init  aftar  dinntt  lia  'I'hc  tlCXI  poini    ID  nhich  wp  illlll 

nmr  nni  in  u>  itilli  ■  plajr  ud  a  twnquat."  Xilven,  i*  the  rainoui  Gunpowder  I'lou 

V.^ii,  Wiih  r»(i:ird  lo  prindplei,  ne  beg  to 

The  followiiifl  i«M..2«  tetm  10  in-  "'■"f".  ihn  lecrm  cnttu.ied  lo  many 

.li«l(  il..t  all   Ihc  troSbIc  of  QutlM  ""  """  *>* '"^P'  i  ""-t 'hat  n.ne  plou 

the  Fim'.  reign  w«epreconeeri«J  by  J"'  "f  '"   ■"«  "«'  ^"^  h*<"7«l- 

iiTalconienW.  and  llic  itrltaling   .iwi  I' h«  !>«;"  prrtooieJ    thai  llio  Gun. 

luro  uken  by  lliem.  (of  «hic>.  there  po""""  P'"<  r"'  ''"'  »  ''«"*/''<■  f «• 

it    auch  a   clear    accoum   in    Hjle.'.  i*lenee.  ihui  it  wm  a  mere  tneuu.e  of 

Elenehu..)  loo« before  hoitililic*  con,-  «'««-cuft.  and  re.emUwl  the  a<»r<inn 

inenwcJ  wetn  to  prore  il.  ^"^  '■'*  "■•C"!?!'""  of  '"'  "'^"""V"' "i 

„v      ,         ,      ,    ,   ,                  ,1  London,  which  aiJtel  the  Fire  of  1660 

P              "^^ntlJ     L"*™    ^^'f      r  to  bave  originaied   wilh   ihe   Papi.w. 

I  «„«.,.  Bnd,r.u..d  nor  r,«hu«-.«.l«.  "I"'     ''<:  J«'"»  have  ■•fT«led,   and 

it  l«  tW  thej  »»<ild  have  .11  th<  l',i«  wbaUel.g.ooi  fanalicum  w>ll  altem|it. 

S..1..  .-;a  ID  [ibu  ranJe  of  laMinR  moiwr  '""^  •""*  dangeroiit  il  [•  in  any  fonn, 

.l[«rUp«|  ud  lUi  thfj-ouU  hi.torv   will   show,     lloweicr.    iheta 

iB«t"tinfili*aiiiiibthorouslil.  »  evidciiM  that  il  was  a   realiiy,  and 

'      '      -        .^wbaicolr.;  Fuller  (Clmrcb  Hid.  ».  X.  34}  who 

» iW  tham*  iivrd   in   ihc  age,   nbterrei,   that   iba 

•cina  dppiKiee  tluui  vai  iiu|«ciad,  and  ill*  trailon,  knowing  ihe  conieqiwncei  of 

llMhepathamwI'nat*  fiiaili  finortrdiAo  [be  people  riling  agpinil  lliem  in  ven* 

*igoroiul»  io  eaatiag  out  and  d.pri.inB  »  glance  »ui>ttnie.   had    »Im>   eonlrived 

"»"?  «n  r.|n.wd  nf  fbr  lift  and  learning,  „,„„»   fof  »a.ldliog  ihc  Purilani  with 

»nl7  Ihe  Ki*K  t>  eonnani  to  have  a II  con>.  ,he  offenrc.     But.  howe.-er.  Mr.  Ni- 

irri^^rr^-.-^-X-Clr,  d..a,lnig.b'e  eonve-^Honlf  .he  day 

b^hdf,  ».T.iLh  r»li.h  »<.pl»e«  of  dan-  «!"rh   he   hw  jodic-«..l-   ™nir...«l 

■      «.«..  uHi  grot  .I*«h  .re  b«r  of  a  -^ '''"b- ..mr,.U-™, 


......K'  «j>|'..l.i.^n  LkIv  at  B(i-ick  of  t«o 


■  of  Cecil  the  mijilitrr  himH-If. 
dubious.  Mr.  Nicbolideclinn 
-_  .  ...  investigation  of  ihe  plot,  a*  re- 
Religioos  frud<,''  la^s  Gibbon,  quirinR  a  large  volunie,  and  not  within 
,,i  implacable,''  and  ii  is  shown  in  hiiauhject  (p.  577).  WeahatI,  ther«-. 
ibe  rncycloprdia  of  Antiquities  (ij.  fore,  only  mention  two  ihingi. 
.'i.^T)  thai  piudigies  were  forged  for  Mr.  Lodge  uys(lllustrBtioni  of  Bri- 
sc'litiout  puriMMCs,  Tyranny  Beneratei  lith  Histoiv,  tol.  I.  p.  ^Ul),  that  Lord 
plots  1  and  ibe  Gunpowder  I'lol  soon  Monieagtc  a  Letter  "  was  not  the  only 
rolloweilthisconflagralionorPapiilical  intelligence  of  the  Gunpawder  Trea- 
boobs.  ton     which    was    commtmicated    ■- 


,,      ..-.   ■TW),   we   find  llial  Jainei;"   and  Collinson  adds  (Sotner* 

the   Court    wai   full  of  ihieTei,  who  set>hirc,  IIL  b),  that  the  Lord  Mon- 

i{n\f   the   clothes   and  money   of  the  teagle  had  the  manor  of  Martock  ia 

loyal  attendants.  Somerietihire  given  hini  in  fee,  as  a 

On  Laiter  Tuesday',  l6uS,  Mr.  Her-  reward  for  his  discovery  of  this  ploL 

lick,   one  of  the   King's   i^oldsniithi,  K  this  be  the  fact,  it  wat  of  coorse  by 

was  knighted  for  making  a  hole  in  ihe  his  instrumentality  that  the  plat  wtu 

;:reat  diamond  worn  by  the  King.     In  discovered,  whatever  may  Iiitc  beea 

](>0I  be  wat  M.I',  for  Leicester,  and  the  modes. 

"K»e  to  Ihc  town  in  kiudDCst  iweke         It  appears  from  p.  679  that  *■  the  l«t- > 

siliei  s|KMMH."    P.  904.  let  wuatcribed  to  MaiyhiriMr,  Lonl' 


«40 


Rev  IIS  w. — Butler's  Geography, 


[ittnc. 


Monteag1e*s  sister,  wife  of  Thomas 
HabipgtjOn,  and  the  co^inection  o^  that 
/amily  with  the  agents  of  the  plot  is 
given  at  large  in  Nash's  Worcester- 
shire. 

Here  we  shall  leave  the  first  volume 
of  this  valuable  work.  It  is  evident  that 
collectipns  of  original  and  curious  do- 
cuments, are  to  the  Antiquary,  in  re- 
gard to  history,  what  ruins  and  relics 
m  Museums  are  to  the  other  branch 
of  ArchsoloKy;  in  fact,  they  are  the 
Tcry  materials  of  the  science.  Of 
course,  books  of  such  a  kind  come 
under  the  important  class  of  standard 
historical  works.  What  pedigrees  and 
title-deeds  are  to  property  and  family, 
these  are  to  history,  and  manners,  and 
customs.  On  such  a  subject,  it  is, 
however,  useless  to  expatiate. 


1 95.  The.  Geography  qftJie  Gtohti  containing 
a  Description  of  its  several  Divisions  ojf 
Land  and  f Voter;  to  which  are  added. 
Problems  on  the  Terrestrial  and  Celestial 
Globes,  and  a  Series  of  Questions  for  Exa- 
mination :  designed Jor  the  Use  tf  Schools 
and  Private  Families.  By  John-OIdiog 
Butler,  Teacher  of  Writing,  Arithmetic, 
and  Geography,    Hanrey  ondDarton,  ^c. 

PHYSICAL  causes  and  political 
events  often  produce  important  changes 
in  the  surface  or  in  the  statistical  divi- 
sions of  ihe  globe :  hence  new  ele- 
mentary treatises  are  necessary  for  the 
Tnstruction  of  young  persons  in  Geo- 
graphy. The  work  now  before  us  has 
the  merit  of  presenting  the  world  to 
the  eye  of  youth  as  the  world  now  is ; 
and  Mr.  Butler,  following  the  plan  of 
his  father's  publications,  has  also  com- 
bined with  the  immediate  object  in 
view,  a  variety  of  information  derived 
from  History  and  Biography.  We 
subjoin  a  few  extracts,  indiscriminately 
taken,  as  specimens  of  the  general 
style  and  contents. 

**  SuRPACi  OP  Norway. — ^The  Norwe- 
gian coast  is  in  the  highest  style  of  rocky 
grandeur,  and,  being  continually  broken  by 
the  wavea  of  the  Northern  ocean,  is  much 
broken  and  indented  with  deep  Inlets  or 
fiords.  In  the  interior,  Norway  is  perhaps 
the  most  mountainous  country  in  the  world. 
It  combines,  however,  some  of  the  softer 
features  of  Nature.  A  Norwegian  land- 
scape exhibits  lofty  mountains  clothed  with 
tawerinff  forests  of  fir,  pine,  and  birch 
tveet ;  bold  rocks  and  abrupt  precipices, 
with  the  varying  scenes  of  green  pastures, 
cultivated  fields,  and  mountain  sides  spotted 
w{th  fiirms  and  fiurm-houses.    Norway  his 


many  lakes ;  the  largest  is  th»t  of  Enan,  ifi 
Lapland." 

"Florence.  Florence, delightfully  seated 
on  the  Amo,  and  in  a  plain  Tfnnriaot  with 
olive  trees  and  vineyards,  has,  firom  ita  pa- 
tronage of  Literature,  Arts,  aad  ScieDces, 
been  regarded  as  the  Athens  of  Italy.  U 
has  a  noble  gallery  of  Paintings  attA  An- 
tiques, the  glory  of  which  is  the  &nM>ut 
Venus  de  Medici,  '  the  bending  statue  that 
enchants  the  world,'  and  which  is  deemed  a 
personification  of  all  that  is  graceful,  elegant, 
and  beautiful.  In  the  female  form.  The 
Church  of  St.  Croce,  which  has  been  called 
the  Westminster  Abbey  of  Florence  on  ac- 
count of  its  monuments  to  the  illastrious 
dead,  contains,  among  others,  the  remains 
of  Galileo,  the  astronomer ;  of  Machiavelli, 
the  political  writer;  and  of  Midiael  Angelo, 
whose  comprehensive  genius  excelled  in 
painting,  sculpture,  and  poetry.  Yet,  among 
those  wlio  have  immortalized  Florence,  we 
look  in  vain  for  a  memorial  of  him  who  was 
her  highest  ornament,  and  perhaits  the 
most  exalted  genius  of  Italy — Dante. ' 

The  following  extract  is  an  example 
of  the  plan  generally  adopted  by  Mr. 
Butler,  of  m«'u<ingthe  scholar  acquaint- 
ed with  the  relative  political  and  com- 
mercial advantages  or  states;  a  branch 
of  knowledge  too  often  neglected  in 
school-books. 

<<  Political  and  Commebcial  ramk  op 
Mexico.  No  region  of  the  globe  has  in  a 
higher  degree  the  constituent  elenoients  of 
national  greatness  than  the  Mexican  states. 
Situated  midway  between  the  two  grand  di- 
visions of  America,  and  also  between  the 
two  great  oceans  of  the  world,  ihe  Rqiublic 
of  Mexico  can  with  ease  transport  ito  richca 
both  to  the  new  and  ancient  hemisphere. 
Its  position  in  the  former  is  favourable  for 
ax^  intercourse  with  the  United  Statea«  the 
West  India  Islands*  end  the  Rnpoblic  of 
Colombia,  in  South  America,  rnm  its 
eastern  coast  the  commerce  of  Mexico  n\ay 
be  wafted  across  the  Atlantic  to  the  opposite 
shores  of  Europe  and  Afirioa;  while  from 
its  magnificent  ports,  San  Ffancisco,  San 
Bias,  and  Acapulco,  on  the  west,  the  Mexi- 
can wealth  may  flow  alooff  the  Pacific  to 
Asiatic  realms.  In  the  political  sjstam  of 
North  America,  the  Repnbtie  or  Mexico 
will,  if  governed  wisely,  be  inferior  in  nok 
only  to  3ie  United  States." 

The  external  beauty  and  grandeur  of 
Constantinople  is  well  known.  The 
following  description  is  not  without 
interest : 

**  CoNSTAiiTiNOPLE,  the  aseleiit  JB^aeM- 
tium,  whose  modem  name  pefpataates  the 
glory  of  Constaatine  ita  fonadtr,  swrpaases 
all  the  European  capitals  in  beauty  and  the 
advantages  of  situation.  Qa  die  ik^bt  is 
the  sea  of  Marmoiay  and  oa  the  lift  llit 


mm 


KiviKw. — Warner't  Oltutontmrg. 


Ml 


JEbiIm  i  ■Lilf  llic  Inparikl  rilj  coniiUBdi 

from  bvr  leteo  bJlU  the  nppotiu  iborci  of 

Enrop*    uil   Ati*.     Wliao  kppioaiihtd  bjr 

■Mar,  lu  •ppfvuc*  It   nugnifiruitt   tad 

ttw  titnttoiw  pmeol  to  linpoting  niilure 

of  lOaerii  dnm«,  pdUni.  ud  nniqUH,  itw 

iriiole  iBtenpcrKil  itilh  rich  muMi  of  cf- 

BRH  ircf>.     Wiihia,  hovtnn,  CoiHlwti-  ,  ,.    .   ,      , 

M|>1*  l>u  UuU  u.  r.«.n.R.'iid  it  »»pt  til.     <'=■'•    "e"<  l">n<I'ni 

■BOMw  uf  SiDU  Sophia,  futmfrly  tlw  thtit-      ■  P"'*  ""■'  I""'*  Hi  vMi-mi . 

tiasCacliKlnl.  and  ntlwn  in  iIm  ui»  It}!*.  *' NonhwDod  Pirli*   cmiMjiieth   in   cir- 

■ith  the  Scnv;lin.     In  pnpuUuon  ihn  aitji     (oite  lilj   m;l».    lb«    palci   irell   npijiHl, 

rinlit  liid  ihini  (men;  Kiiropnn   cipiuJi,      i1icil>^e  vcitr  ^mnl  aad  i*Bl«,  nhgriin  m 

lll.oi,.',-'!*!   'l.r     '.   >.Jl)...-UUte  tlldn40O,00O  >><'L<      -U   I:       llV,   h  '  >  |    ',>,r„.   at-   uf  d(I«  of  MIBl- 


cheap,  and  ibis  nccounU  fot  llie  ijiMn- 
tily  of  it  uunt  iu  old  huildinga, 

'•  Alae  wltktii  tlw  now  park*  ih*i*  an 
ec  ob(i  ^H  liir  ivobar,  tmy  iA»  imaiuail 
lo  ba  wonh  iu."     Appcn.  Ini>. 

The  ilref  in  iMrki  were  diviited  into 
■'  ilwrf  of  Buiiiler"  »nd  "decre  of  rat- 
Mi,"  rittllt  liundrnl  being  the  jloek  of 


Mr.  Butlei  hai  Insrrlcd  in  hi*  work 
niany  ciirii>u> fLymologlcal  and  uaiiiit- 
cal  noles;  the  fomier,  bj  uaciog  the 
derivation  of  the  nnmc*  of  pbcc*  and 
countriei,  often  designate  their  litm- 
tion ;  aad  the  latter  enable  the  pupil  to 
form  a  tolerably  iutt  idea  of  national 
wcalih.  The  piobleina  which  ate  aub- 
joined,  though  few  in  number,  are 
well  telected,  and  in  (ome  inilancea 
lucidly  ortanRrd.  We  particulariy  al- 
lude to  problem  /•,  on  the  Celeaiial 
(flobe,  in  which  llie  grndusi  Bdrance 
to,  or  reccas  of  the  ^on  from  the  east 
and  west  pointa  of  llie  hcaTCna  it 
traced.  Aliosclher,  the  aytlemalic  ar- 
rangement of  the  tcTcral  diriiioni  of 
the  countriei;  the  valiufale  noia,  and 
the  general  niai*  of  information  con- 
tained in  ihi*  work,  enable  ui  to  re- 
commend it  lo  ihoaewho  areenintued 
with  the  education  of  the  young. 


THIS  Memoir,  which  originally 
appeared  in  ihcGentlenian'sManiine 
for  October  1822,  is  now  re-publi»bed 
ai  the  request  nficveral  of  the  Aulhor'i 
friend),  and  will  doubilea*  be  accept- 
able not  only  to  (he  piipila  of  the  de- 
ceaied,  but  lo  many  wlin,  ihoogh  not 
personally  acquainted  with  him,  have 
joilly  appreciated  hi«  uteful  workl. 


ItT.    WiiMIi'i  OluMnbaiT. 
fCvnebidtdjTjmK  p.  417 .) 

IN  the  Surrey  of  the  Temporaliliei 
of  (be  Abbey,  laken  after  ihe  Diatolu- 
tion,  are  lOmE  curioui  particulan. 

Some  wood  wai  cut  every  x»i  tean ; 
bu(  luch  wood  when  nx  years  ud  wm 
worth  only  xxi.  per  acre.  Coppice- 
wood,  consisting  of  oak,  ash,  and  ma- 
ple, CDt  every  14  jean,  was  worth  only 
ni.  sd.  per  acre  j  limber  was  eq(ully 


b..io^  •  hjie  |(rg* 
rhornf  u   coterad   villi 
itb  ilate,  alth  viii  Ujn 
jtupio  chifxlJ,  ullh  ■  kttcbia, 
pwitryti  ud  all  otbfr  Iuivm* 
,  nfcetury.     Fyiullj,  the  howM 
ia  fiu  for  ■  miD  of  Konblp."   Uii. 

TTirec  otcliarda.  and  a*  inany  large 
fishponds,  were  annexed  to  it' 

Upor  a  mere  five  nillea  in  circnit 
and  one  and  h  half  broad,  forty  couplca 
of  swan  iwete  kepi,  and  iiij  heron- 
sewe*  [fiir  hawking]  but  in  Ihe  woodt 
there  were  only  sixteen  pheaianli, 
(Ijtxv)  i  (nnie  woods  were  Sold  at  eigh- 
teen yean  ;;rowlh  llxxvi).  Wood*  ap- 
pear alvi  to  h.ivF  been  annexed  lo 
the  lenants  ; 


•■AIn  tlitrt-  uo  BppfrlajaiDi;  uoto  lb« 
wan  DunorHii  .0O.U,  oiled  BrodaOke 
CommoB ,  (vodiej  Moort  Commac,  and 
Blicknni  ^^'Dod.  tpd  Heatli  Moor*  Com* 
mtm,  wlieiin  ii  moclii  ttyn  tTmbrt,  and 
hatha  atUijet  uied  to  ba  (*lltd  and  taUs 
totha  lansuat!  ihcre,"  Uivii. 

The  Minor  of  Newtoa,  Pontt,  wa* 
a  HouK  fii  for  a  Knight : 

■ '  TKe  sJiidf  bou»  tuodetli  on  >  hlgha  UU, 
jujl  bj  .great  ri.nnynsij-.erio  the  valaj!  it 
J9  of  tliaocjen  biijldjng,  ponjy  and  Mraas, 
.bleand  meU  for  a  knight  Co  lye  in."  Iiii^. 

Seven  commons  l>e1onged  to  lh« 
Manor  of  Buckland,  in  all  rcciviii 
:icce« ;  among  ihem  three  wood*.  Ixxsv. 

The  (enanti  had  alio  common  quar- 
ries for  ihcir  repairs.  Il<id. 

Palchinn  bells  is  nevri  a  good  pra& 
lice  ;  bui  ihe  caution  of  our  ancestors 
ilia[  (hey  should  nol  lose  (heir  tone,  t« 
wot(hy  notice : 

".^ih  July  (3th  Eliabeth.  Baod  Aem 
Bd«rdMIuhtll  ofCoolltoa  (Collyion)  in 
tba  Counl;  of  Di-.oa,  •nitb,  t«  Iba  War- 
itM  a!  lb*  Lbuicb  of  St.  J(Aa  tha  B*f- 
titt,  in  tba  woalt^  of  41.  CaadilinHtl, 
tbM  ha  tboufd  donag  hi*  lib,  opga  pay- 


&49 


Review. — Warner's  Glastonbury. 


[June, 


nent  of  •  pension  of  3s.  a  year,  upon  eieht 
weeks  wacping  to  be  given  to  him  in  tnis 
behalfy  kepe  in  good  order  and  tuneable  the 
three  greater  belU  of  the  sayde  Church  of 
St.  Oohn  in  Glaston,  in  those  places,  onlie 
of  the  said  Wlls,  where  he  the  said  Ed- 
ward Mitchell  hath  sowdered  and  amended 
them  before  thenscalinge  of  these  presents. 

Sign'  Edw.  Mitchell. 
His  mark  is  In  the  form  of  a  bell.'*  p.  ci. 

An  error  in  these  accounts  is  to  be 
correcied  : 

«  Wm,  that  the  sayed  condyt  wardens 
do  kepe  in  alle  (sic)  for  the  comodetie  of 
the  condytt  in  the  sayd  towne,  to  be  kept 
about  the  tyme  of  Shroftyde.''     P.  ci. 

The  words  kepe  in  alle,  should  be 
•*  keep  an  ale,''  i.  e.  sell  ale  and  hold 
a  parish  festival,  the  profit  to  be-  ap- 
plied to  public  burdens,  whence  came 
Whitson-ales,  &c.  We  need  not  quote 
Brand's  Popular  Antiquities,  Lysons's 
Environs,  ic.  &c. 

The  obligations  of  Archaeologists  to 
Sir  R.  C.  Hoare  are  increased  by  plates 
tipon  important  subjects,  communicai- 
ed  by  him,  and  among  these  we  reckon 
an  excellent  coloured  plate  of  that  very 
curious  specimen  of  ancient  art.  Light- 
foot's  clock  at  Wells.  We  should  like 
to  see  more  of  such  things,  (where  they 
occur,— and  they  are  rare,)  in  the  form 
of  plates.  Conservative  representations 
of  objects,  are  naturally  part  and  parcel 
of  Topographical  Works,  but  Museum 
Plales  (if  we  may. so  call  them)  are 
often  more  valuable,  because  they  may 
be  unique  specimens,  which  Architec- 
tural objects  very  seldom  are.  Indeed 
the  importance  of  engraving  (we  wish 
we  could  say  modelling  of  such  things) 
is  shown  by  the  following  simple  fact, 
that  Strutt  was  obliged  to  compile  his 
"Manners  and  Customs''  from  illu- 
minations of  ancient  objects,  not  the 
things  themselves. 

In  Plate  XIV.  we  have  engravings 
of  the  chairs  of  the  Abbot  and  a  Monk 
of  Glastonbury.  The  chair  of  the  for- 
mer is. in  the  seat  a  triangle,  in  the 
upj)er  part  a  square ;  that  of  the  Monk 
is  letter  X,  the  Curule  fashion.  Both 
of  these  forms  must  have  been  in- 
convenient, but  the  fact  is,  embellish- 
ment, not  convenience,  was  the  object 
sought ;  and  the  taste  consisted  not,  as 
among  the  Greeks,  in  the  pattern,  but 
in  the  profusion  of  ornament. 

Abbot  Whiting's  watch  and  seal  in 
Plate  XVII.  is  a  third  very  curious 
rclick.  It  is  not  possible  to  describe 
it  by  words.     It  is  an  octagon,  with  u 


circular  dial  plate.  It  is  protected  on 
both  sides  by  a  metal  lid,  and  at  the 
end  of  the  chain  or  string  is  appended 
a  brass  seal. 

Many  other  things  might  be  made 
disquisitional  subjects  in  this  work ; 
but  there  is  an  ideniitj  of  character  iti 
all  remains  of  Ecclesiastical  and  Mlli* 
tary  Architecture  and  Customs,  which 
stops  novelty  of  discussion.  Glaston^ 
bury  has  an  historical  interest  of  the 
first  order,  but  it  has  nothing  remark- 
able. The  kitchen  and  the  well  are  cer- 
tainly curiosities  ;  but  of  all  the  rest, 
there  is  at  least  a  hundred  fac-similes. 
In  viewing  thechancel  of  such  aChurch 
as  Kilpeck  in  Hertfordshire,  a  visitor 
would  say,  /  never  saw  any  thing  like 
this  before;  when  the  choir  door  of 
I'ewkesbury  is  opened,  the  effect  is  ex- 
actly what  we  can  suppose  an  -ancient 
Church  was;  and  King's  College  Cha- 
pel is  probably  the  thing  itself.  Glas- 
tonbury was,  doubtless,  not  inferior, 
but  wide  is  the  difference  between  a 
whole  figure  of  the  Apollo  Belvidere, 
and  legs  and  toes.  WV  have  been  four 
times  at  Glastonbury,  but  it  was  the 
mere  disjecii  membra  po'ela.  There  is 
nothing  left  but  the  kitchen  and  well. 
All  the  rest  are  mere  pieces  of  wall. 
Hundreds  of  things  in  Great  Britain 
are  superior,  both  in  instruction  and 
interest;  and  these  are  either  unknown 
or  neglected. 

We  cannot  dismiss  this  work  with* 
out  expressing  our  reprehension^  of  a 
selfish  and  revolting  practice  mention- 
ed in  the  following  memorandum  on 
the  back  of  the  title  : 

*'A  PRIVATE  Impression  of  two  bondred 
and  fifty  copies  :  the  Plates  are  obliterated 
and  the  Wood-cuts  destroyed." 

We  have  no  patience  with  a  Corn- 
bill  introduced  into  Literature;  nor  do 
we  see  any  utility  in  a  warfare  against 
second-hand  clothes ;  nor  do  we  ad- 
mire the  feeling,  that  because  one  man 
has  bought  a  thing,  another  shall  not 
do  the  same,  unless  he  givte  twice  its 
worth.  Books  then  are  to  be  consider- 
ed as  dinners  once  eaten, — they  are  not 
to  be  eaten  again.  A  Copper-plate  has 
a  generative  power,  and  therefore  must 
be  mutilated.  The  innocent  pleasure  of 
haying  the  prints  shall  be  made  very 
expensive,  or  not  be  had  at  all.  Sucn 
stratagems  with  regard  to  popular 
works,  would  be  defeated  by  pirated. 
editions;  and  books,  necessarily  of 
a  very  limited  circulation,  will  only, 
rise  iu  value  a  century  lience.    We 


18t6.1 


Rsvitv.— jtfiMclloftraut  RevitKi. 


S4S 


JUvf  lhouj;li(  llt»t  book*  icrK  writlca 
luilifliitc  iiitiruciion  nnd  nli-uure,  and 
that  suibon  call  only  be  dtemtd  jiuli- 
lie  bencfactoti,  whtii  the)'  hate  tliii 
ot^tol,  ami  nal  that  of  uock-jobbfri, 
■pccuLiliiig  and  railing  ihingi  (at  be- 
yODil  ihtir  naiunl  raiue. 

lis.  Sniili'i  in;  Foekrl  OimpOfian  la  llit 
ffoMUo/EneliadciwlWiln.  EihUilwe, 
IH  a  SmH  ••/*»  rsgroifd  Plel".  Ihi  OaJi 
from  Lcindi>D  lo  nitry  rtmndrrnblt  Taa-n 
■n  EnffUwl  and  W*]«i,  omJ  thr  priidpai 

(.VSM  Kuld). 

THE  great  ■'IvnnUgc  of  this  Work 


forded  no  lolcratioii, 

curitv,  to  any  oiher  c  ,_., 

S.  10),  fr*inad  ihe  Cwonalioii  Oilh, 
(r  itie  prolrclioti  of  the  Prolniant 
Iteliltion  igainil  Poprry.  Thai  ihu 
wat  the  f*c(  ii  clearly  prnrcd  hjMr. 
Lane  in  the  following  luragiapb; 

■•  To  ba  ■  PnuHul  )•  not  all  ihal  ih* 
SftllemcDt  orieea  rtqulr**  bom  iheSo**- 
rtiea.  Hi  muit  io  tbe  bee  o(  hi>  p«pl* 
dMlara  bii  cuoitctiim  ttut  th«  Church  of 
Roow  ■•  ^  mpflntitluuf  and  iiktlautftui'  aad 
tbat.  ba  it  nliHrtcd,  at  tli*  uih  Utac,  and 
on  the  •aliniii  accsiian  (if  aaotbn  do  not 
fint  oeeur)  on  vhicb  ho  i>  to  pleilga  him- 
lUin  the  IVoletiaut  lUfucmnl 


coni»i«  of  ill  Isyint  doAII  ihe  prin-  Religion,  «tabli>lwd  bj  law.'  Th>  i\tmt 
cipal  Road*  liyanualMappinfi.  thereby  of  ">»  LaRiaiaiura  ar»  «^un  ■itonclr  ex- 
combininathemeaofRcMd  Booki  and  J«""d  lo  the  Act  o£  S«Ml«».ot.  Bythic 
Main.  Util  the  novftly  of  .lie  Plan  i.  A",!'**;'  <:<»fin=lBS  ibe  la-  for  »«fi,Jlng 
PapHli  from  tba  ThroDi )  it  ■■  enacted  I^ 
(vrtT  King  and  (jueeo  wfia  tliall  luveotd 


■  tna  ilial 


combinina 

Map*.     Ilvl  the  Mvetl^  ol 

pal  ao  niJinire»l.  u  by  a  refv 

our  Voliimra  *,  ii  wiU   be   hrci>  mai  ,    ,.       -,      .  .      .        .,..,, 

».  hii..  ji.ci.  m«l  .fih.  priMriixL  j!" '^'-Xr^'i'l'lit  Lf"'k 

ouua  frooi   London   m  e««lly  a  t\-  „,  ^^^  „  ,h«i.  reiHcii..  C«o«iion., 

w.latway.     However,  the  plan  .1  an  ,,«orfi„n  «  ih.  Act  for  Ml.bli.hlog  tb. 

r^celleni  one  j  ihc  enKia»ing»  are  veiy  c.,„„iio„  Oaili, and ihall  main,  Hl^cribe, 

neilly  encculeil ;  and  from  iU  portable  ud  r»j».t,  ih«  DteUn.iino  (agaiut  Ponerr) 

form,  ililt  Book  of  Hoadi  cuniiul  fail  h  ihi  Hillof  Righu,  meotioud  ariefrmd 


1  iha  minoFt  and  lijmi  thartby  pn- 
teribail.'  In  thai  euupliag  ib*  Carooalion 
Oath  ■itii  tb«  DeclaratruQ  a^iui  Popery, 
ii  it  powLble  lo  douht  tliat  thty  vara  ia- 

t.nilrJ  lo  •tfsr  I.,  llit   iiiua   objadi,  and 


I   become   gcneialiy  accejttitbic   g 
travelling  companion. 

119.  Stanley  Tmla,  nllritrd  ty  thr  lali 
Anbroie  Maiten,  £17.  <if  Siaotejr  Priory, 
iirar  T*"dili.  I'al.  I.  pari  i.  Morgan, 
DK,.:lrM.  Suk,,. 

CONSIDERING  the mperiotmnn- 

ner  in  which  ihis  inierctling  leleciian  .   .    

of  Tale*,  original  and  kIcci,  hai  been  Proteilant  Religion  aad  the  ciei)  free- 
iiioed  by  id  apirited  pubtiiher,  we  dom  of  the  Slate,  wai  cerUinljr  the 
ha|<e  that  it  will  be  ihe  precursor  of  lint  doctrine  in  record  of  the  Reroln- 
niany    more    beautiful    wotkt.      It  i*     tion,  "    ""  ""  ■ 

printed  in  the  larae  type  with  the  Li-     i)  an 
tciary  Souvenir,  and  ii  coibelliihed  by 
a  neat  engraved  ilile-pagr,  and  a  well-     ^^^ 
eieculed   illuilralive  plate.     The  ori-        Churckcf  St.  t 
gin  of  the  collection,  which  is  highly        Umdon,  Joiuiory  M.  iB«e,  btigg  ait 
enlerlaininir.  i*toldin  the  iiitroductoiy  OaymoinW  to  eomTormorait  tht  Aeee»- 

tale  entitled  Stanley  Priory.  nm  of  hU  moil  gradaiM  Maiaty  King 

-  George  IK      By  du  Rtv.  Jobs  Abbw, 

•  M.J.Rtctor.   8dd.  pp.  19. 

THIS  ii  a  tucceaafol  adeocacy  of 
loyahy,  and  moat  certainly  linalty  l«  a , 
diaiinguiihing  duty  of  Chrianana,  and, 
ai  Mr.  Abbiis  sltou-s  in  llie  following 
extract,  one  also  of  prudence: 

"  Ws  aia  riquiiEil  paiticolarlT  V>  pny  (or 
Kinga,  aad  ill  that  ate  Id  auuiarily  i  aad 
ttMi  pnetiee  nill  be  foand  lo  t*  on  Im  sut 
inlerait  tban  our  duly;  for  upoo  tbem.  on- 
der  ProeidtDce,  c'eaily  depend  tb*  netfim 
of  lb*  SlUr,  iihI  the  haniuaeu  and  peace 
Witt---- *^- 


130.  Tht  Cunmaliaa   OaA 
Rifrrma  la  Ihe  Fnnciplti  of  Iht  Revolit- 
/iuno/ll>89.    0v  Chatlei  TboBu  Laae, 
E$<,.-/,h.ln,^  Temple.     6co,  pp.  tii. 
IT  19  a  trite  maxini,  that  to  arTi*e  at 
Ihe   iriK   conilriiction    of  an   Act  of 
FarliamenI,  we  inml  refer  lo  the  pre- 
amble ;  upon  >o  doing   we  find   that 
our  anceiiors  thinking  that  Popery  af- 


544 


Rb7ik#.— JffMe2i«n<ott#  Refiau. 


IJm^, 


•mnol  trtktf^^gtfvenm^t  It  th*"  htbd  «f 
•ooietf  which  hMpi  tnditidaftb  together  for 
mutiiH  beiie6t»-^t  goarcb  and  presdnret 
peaoe  MBong  them,  and  gives  secartty  to 
their  persons  and  property*  It  is  evident, 
therefore,  how  much  every  one  is  interested 
to  pray  for  their  governors,  and  entreat  God 
to  bless  them  ;  to  give  them  an  understand- 
ing heart,  and  a  right  mind,  and  to  crown 
with  success  their  effurts  for  the  public 
^ood."     P.  U. 


13i.  j1  Sermon  preached  in  the  Parish 
.  Church  of  Sudbury  St.  Peler  in  Suffolk, 
on  behcUfoft?ie  Schools  in  conneorion  tcith 
the  National  Stciety,  By  Henry  Watts 
Wilkinson,  M,A.  Perpetual  Curate  of  St. 
Gregory's  and  St.  Peter's,  Sudbury,  and 
late  Fellctv  of  Worcester  College,  Oxford. 

EVER  If  body  knows  that  the  ob- 
ject of  the  National  Schools  is  to  instil 
sound  principles  as  well  as  the  rudi- 
ments of  learning;  for  by  the  latter 
only,  says  Mr.  Wilkinson,  "you  af- 
(ord  a  capacity  beyond  what  would  be 
otherwise  possessed  for  imbibing  the 
poison  of  libertinism  and  infidelity, — 
joa  put  a  two-edged  sword  into  tbe 
nands  of  the  young  and  inexperienced, 
of  which  they  win  make  a  bad  use." 
(p.  1(5.)— The  whole  discourse  is  judi- 
crous. 

183.  Essays  on  the  Universal  Analog  be- 
tween the  Natural  and  tJie  Spiritual  ffhrld. 
Bvo.  pp,S20, 

THE  only  sensible  thing  which  the 
author  has  done  with  regard  to  this 
work,  is  not  having  put  his  name  to 
it.  His  postulate  is,  that  every  thing 
in  the  natural  world  receives  its  appro- 
priate form  and  qualities,  in  order  to 
DC  in  some  way  or  other  a  type  of* 
Christianity ;  i.  e.  that  the  shape  of  a 
pig  or  a  caobage  has  a  symbolic  reli- 

f^ioos  meaning.  To  prove  this  postu- 
ate  in  a  clearer  form,  the  work  is 
written  dialogue- wise.  A.  a  man  of 
straw,  asks  questions  of  B.  an  oracle, 
who  gives  him  such  information  as  is 
shown  in  the  following  paragraph  : 

« Upon  the  whole,  it  appears  probable 
(I !  !)  that  tbe  planet  Saturn  may  be  a  type 
of  a  legal  hypocrite,  but  not  absolutely  self- 
righteous,  for  I  rather  suppose  Jupiter  to 
be  a  self'deceived  and  self-righteous  sinner ; 
and  Saturn  to  be  a  complete  hypocrite, — 
tisil  is  to  say,  hi  types."    P.  284. 

A.  however,  is  not  such  a  man  <Sf 
straw  as  to  be  unable  to  say  ho  to  this 
gpose,  for  when  B.  informs  him,  in 
p.  63y  that  the  "faculty  odmagimUion 


is  human  water,"  he  plucks  up  spirk 
and  acquaints  B.  rery  iminfiiliy,  that 
he  (A.)  cannot  conceive  how  B.  can 
make  that  out.  In  serioosoess,  we 
are  sorry  to  see  Religion  made  the  ve- 
hicle of  propagating  nonsense;  but 
possibly  it  is  only  an  "  Anguis  in 
herbd."     ' 


134.  My  Thought  Book,  J.  P.  Thomas.  8vo, 
pp,  393. 

"SUNT  bona,  sunt  qwedam  me- 
diocria,  sunt  mala** — we  will  not 
say  plura,  but  we  must  positively  pro- 
test against  whole  pages  being  written 
to  show,  that  if  tithes  were  taken  away 
the  farmer  would  be  benefited.  Every 
body,  one  would  think,  knew  the  story 
of  the  Devonshire  farmer.  "If  they 
took  away  the  tithes  from  the  j^rsous, 
where  would  they  go  to?  To  the 
landlords  to  be  sure,  who  would  raise 
the  rent  accordingly.  Why,  then,  let 
them  stay  where  tney  are,  for  I  can  al- 
ways make  a  better  l^argain  with  the« 
parson  than  the  landlord." — There 
are,  however,  numerous  good  things. 
Thus,  No.  664 : 

"  Of  all  the  many  arguments  against  un- 
qualified republicanism,  there  is  not  one 
more  oouclusive  than  that  fumbhed  by  the 
aaswer  of  Lycurgus  to  the  qoestioii,  why  he 
who  so  warmly  advocated  equal  rights  and 
equal  benefits,  preferred  an  oligarchical  to  a 
democratic  constitution  of  government  ? 
*  Try  the  system  of  democracy  in  your  own 
fiimily,'  said  he."     P.  334. 


135.  The  History  and  Antiquities  qfEctoa 
in  the  County  q/*Nprthaoipton.  By  JcAuk 
Cole,  Editor  of  "  Herveiana,'*  dTc.  8vo. 
pp.  67. 

THIS  is  a  sketch  of  parochial  his- 
tory. Nothing  nationally  canons  oc- 
curs in  the  parish,  except  its  being  the 
ancestral  residence  of  Benjamin  Fnnk- 
lin's  family,  industrious  blacksmiths; 
but  Vulcan  obtained  a  place  among 
the  heathen  gods ;  and  Franklin  among 
those  of  America.  He  was  a  elerer, 
prudent,  and  able  man,  and  deserred 
his  elevation,  so  far  as  regarded  philo- 
sophy and  the  country  whion  he 
served,  but  he  had  not  an  ieis  of 
John  Bull  in  his  character.  I^MOsfr 
ing  selfishness  d^rades  it;— ^oocm  of 
him.  The  families  of  Isced  and  Orle- 
bar  confer  credit  on  the  spoti  and  the 
connexion  of  Percy  Bishop  of  OfO- 
more  (whose  portrait  it  gibrtn  m  the 


IM6.2 


LiUrrnqf  M<KJf Mcc 


work),  with  ili«  Itud  fninily,  leads  ni 
lo  the  information  thai  the  origtofti 
MS.  of  hit  ancient  BalUdt  is  still  pie* 
scr\  cd  at  Isied  House.    Ther«  is  also 


a  uortraii  of  Mrs.  P^tfcy,  tho  Bishopls 
lady,  the  origiiul  of  "Oh I  Naniif. 
wilt  thou  gang  wiajb  mm.**  Saxon  cc^ 
hare  been  fowod  io  Mr.  Isted*^  gardm. 


LITERATURE,   ARTS,    &c. 


OiPORD,  May  97. 

The  Prizes  for  th«  year  1 B36  bsvs  btea 
•wardtd  to  the  following;  Gentlemeo  :— 
ChanceUor*t  Prites, 

Latiw  Vkhse.  —  «•  Mootet  PjrreiweL**— 
Francis  H.  Leightoo,  Dsny  m  Magdalen 
College. 

£t«oi.isH  Essay. — *'  Is  a  rode  or  a  re- 
fined A^e  more  fi»n>urahlt  to  the  produo- 
tion  of  VVoiks  of  Rction  ?** — George  Ma- 
berlv,  B.  A.  of  Baliol  College. 

•Sir  Rofer  Netcdigale*$  Prixe. 

English  ViasE.—  "  Trajan's  Pillar."— 
Wil  tain  Waller  Tireman,  Commoner  of 
Wadharo  College. 

/>r.  EUrrttm*s  Theological  Prhe. 

English  Es«ay.  —  **  Tlie  operation  of 
human  causes  only  will  not  sufficiently  ac* 
count  fur  the  IVopacation  of  Christianity.'* 
— -  Kev.  Tliumas  William  Carr,  B.  A.  of 
Brm«eao*e  College. 

Jttne  10.  Tlic  following  subjects  are  pro- 
pped for  the  Chaooellor's  Prices  for  the 
eutuing  yrar,  rrz. 

For  l.atiu  Versei,  AfenViim.  —  For  an 
En^linh  £>■*>»  The  injiuenee  of  the  Cnuades 
I/0ON  the  .-f I  fs  and  Literature  qf  Eurttpe, — 
I'lir  a  Latin  Essay,  Les  apud  Rftmanut 
.ipraria. 

Sir  l\oor.p  Nr.wDio'ATr.*!*  Prize forthe best 
CtiiTij>«iHii!«in  Id  Eutfli^h  Verse.  mA  limited  tc 
ffty  iinr^,  l»y  an  Under -Graduate  who  has 
not  exrerded  four  years  from  the  time  of  his 
matriculation,  PumpeiL 

TucuLor.icM.  Paizk,  instituted  June  S, 
18i5.~«<  Wlut  was  the  object  of  the  Ke- 
f  nners  in  maintaining  the  following  propo- 
-AitioQ,  and  by  what  arguments  did  tliey  esta- 
blish it  ?  IhJy  Scripture  is  the  only  sure 
Joitndatiim  of' any  Article  of  Faith.** 

Tli<i  atM««e  subject,  fur  an  English  Essay, 
a);pfiint^i  by  the  Judges,  is  proj>used  to 
Mm  Ijen  of  the  University  on  the  fullowing 
conrtio.s: — 1.  1lie  Candidate  must  have 
p'tusrd  his  examination  for  the  degree  of 
JJ.  A  or  H  C.  L.  i.  He  must  nut  on  this 
d*v  'June  5  •  have  exceeded  hi*  twentieth 
term.  .'{.  He  must  have  coirmcnced  his 
sixteenth  lerin  ei;;ht  weeks  previous  to  the 
day  ip;  uiniid  fur  S4'ntli:.g  in  his  Essay  to 
the  Registrar  of  the  University. 

Camssioge,  June  9. 

The  Chancellor's  gold  medal  for  the  betl 
Eogliih  Poem  by  a  resident  Under-Grada* 
•te,  is  adjudged  to  J.  8.  Broekhurst,  of  St. 
John's  College.     Subject  "  Venice.*' 

GawT.  Mao.  June,  I  S»«. 


Ready  fir  PuNieation, 

The  Banquet,  or  the  History  of  Anaeoasy 
hy  Father  Michael  Chamich}  translated 
ntHn  the  original  Armenian,  by  Johannes 
A¥OALL«  and  dedicated  to  the  Asiatic  S»> 
ciety  of  Beniral,  haa  been  pnblished  bv  sob- 
seription  at  Caleutta,  and  oopies  are  abortlj 
expected  in  England. 

Topomphival  and  Stotiatlenl  DMooary 
of  the  United  Kingdom,  by  Bknj.  Pitts 
CAma,  eso.  of  the  Offiee  of  hia  MsisM/s 
Secretary  of  State,  being  a  new  and  ealBr|«| 
edition. 

Public  Bnildicgt  of  Loodoa,  No.  XIV. 

Puffin  and  Le  Ketn's  Speeissent  of  iIm 
Architectural  Antkniitiea  of  Norasodr. 
Nb.  II.  ' 

A  venr  aingvlar  aatirs  opoa  the  Govera- 
ment  of  the  Bonrimns,  the  Frtneh  UltfiB» 
and  the  Holy  Alliance,  under  the  titk  of 
««  Napoleon  in  the  other  World." 

1'lie  MeiAoirs  of  a  Serjeeat  io  the  Freaeb 
Army.  Written  by  a  man  of  the  name  of 
Gttillemard,  who  was  drawn  at  a  eonaoripS 
in  1805,  and  seat  on  board  Admiral  Villa* 
neuve*s  fleet.  He  was  tlie  nan  who  shot 
Lord  Nelson  at  tl»e  Battle  of  Trafiilgar. 

Part  V.  of  SeroMMis,  and  Plans  of  dermoas 
on  important  Texu  of  Holy  Seripture.  By 
the  late  Rev.  Joscrn  Bbkson. 

Mr.  Britton's  Topographical  Sketebea 
of  N^S  Wiluhire,  contaimug  a  Map  and 
thirtf  engravings,  &u.  &e. 

The  History  of  tlie  Crusades  against  the 
Albigenses  in  the  Thirteenth  Century. 
Translated  from  the  French  of  J.  C.  L.  Sit 

MONOK  Ur.  SiSMONDI. 

An  Epitome  of  Universal  Chronology  aod 
Biographv  i  forming  a  companion  to  Irvin^f 
Stream  of  History.     By  C.  Hamilton. 

Specimens  of  the  German  Romance.  8e* 
Iccted  aud  translated  from  various  authors. 

Network,  or  Thought  in  Idleneee;  a  8a* 
ries  '»f  light  Essays. 

A  Picturesque  Tour  by  the  New  Road 
from  Chia>ennauver  the  Splugen,  and  alooji 
the  Kbine  to  Coira  in  the  Griaons.  lllua* 
trateil  by  12  Views. 

The  Sixth  Number  of  Mr.  WitxuMS*s 
Select  Views  in  Greece. 

Illustrations  of  Conchology,  according  to 
the  system  of  Lamarck,  in  a  aeries  of  tweatj 
Engravings.    lAfE.  A.  CaoocM. 

Reflection,  a  Tale.    By  Mrs.  Hoflama. 

The  Uttle  World  of  Knowle^e^  ar- 
ranged BOmerieBlly,  nad  dssigBod  ftr  «iar> 
lbs  nasnory,  and  as  an  ialr«daa«la« 


Mi 


Literary  InUlligenee. 


(June, 


%9  the  Arts  and  Sciencet»  &c.  Sec    By  C. 

M-  CuAfSK. 

Tiie  Sheflield  Anti-Slavery  Album,  or  the 
Ncg«'o*t  Friend. 

A  brief  Descriptive  History  of  Holland ; 
in  Letters  from  urandfatber  to  Marianne, 
during  an  excursion  in  tbe  summer  of  1819. 

Letters  on  Cockney  Land. 


Preparing  for  Publieation, 

The  eleventh  and  concludmg  Numbers  of 
JMr.  Britton'i  Chronological  Illustnations 
of  JEccle&iastical  Architecture. 

Historical  Antiquities  of  Hertfordshire, 
with  the  Original  of  Counties,  Hundreds  or 
WapentakeSyBoroughsyCorporationsjTowns, 
Parishes,  Villages,  and  Hamlets ;  tbe  Foun- 
dation and  Origin  of  Monasteries,  Churches, 
Advowsons,  Tithes,  Rectories,  Impropria- 
tions, and  Vicarages,  in  general ;  describing 
those  of  this  County  in  particular ;  &c.  &c. 
By  Sir  H.  Chauncy,  Kt.  a  new  edition  in  8  vo. 

A  second  Part  of  the  History  and  Apti- 
qnities  of  Lewes  and  tbe  surrounding  Dis- 
trict, including  a  circumference  of  50  miles. 
By  the  Rev.  T.  W.  HoRsrieLD,  F.  S.  A. 
Tne  first  part  of  this  Work,  embracing 
Lewes  and  its  immediate  neighbourhood, 
was  reviewed  by  us  in  vol.  xciv.'Part  ii. 

Dr.  £lliot80N  is  preparing  a  Transla- 
tion of  the  lasc  Latin  edition  of  the  Institu- 
tions of  Physiology,  by  J.  F.  Blumenbach, 
M.  D.  Professor  of  Medicine  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Gottingen. 

.  The  Geology  of  Scripture,  firom  the  ori- 
ginal Hebrew;  explaining  the  most  inte- 
resting appearances  in  the  position  of  the 
superior  strata  of  the  Earth :  and  presenting 
such  a  view  of  Scripture  as  to  satisfy  the  in- 
vestigator of  Nature ;  and  especially  to  re- 
move the  moat  popular  objections  to  Divine 
Revelation.  By  H.  Browne,  of  Amesbury, 
authir  of  '*  The  Illustration  of  Stooehenge 
and  Abury,"  of  "  The  Chart  of  Empires," 
&c.  &c. 

Anew  Vitruvius  Britannicus ;  comprehend- 
ing Plans  and  Elevations,  drawn  from  actual 
measurement,  and  accompanied  by  scenic 
Views  of  all  the  most  distinguished  Resi- 
dences in  the  United  Kingdom.  By  P.  F. 
Robinson,  Architect. 

Also,  by  the  same  Author,  A  Series  of 
Designs  for  Farm  Buildings,  with  a  view  to 
prove  that  tbe  simplest  I'onus  may  be  ren- 
dered pleasinc;  and  ornamental,  by  a  proper 
disposition  of  the  rudest  ntaterials. 

Mr.  AcKERMANN  will  speedily  pvbUah  a 
Spanish  Translation  of  the  History  of  An- 
cient Mexico,  originally  written  in  Italian 
by  the  Jesuit  Father  Clavigero,  and  traas- 
loted  by  J.  J.  Mora. 

Mr.  Perceval,  whose  **  History  of  lt«ly'* 
ia  before  tbe  Public,  has  hmn  for  some  tiae 
Murcestly  engaged  on  a  History  of  Franoe* 


which  is  designed  to  extend  firom  thfi  foun- 
dation of  the  French  Monarefay  to  tbe  ae- 
eond  Restoration  of  the  Bourbon  Dynasty 
to  the  Throne  of  that  kingdom. 

Spanish  Synonyms  explained  and  illus- 
trated by  copious  extracts  from  the  best 
Spanish  Poets.     By  Mr.  M*Henrt. 

Tlie  Hunterian  Oration,  delivered  at  tbo 
Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  on  the  natural 
history  of  the  Oyster.  By  Sir  Anthony 
Carlisle. 

A  concise  Historical  View  of  Galvanism* 
with  Observations  on  its  Chemical  Proper- 
ties, and  Medical  Efficacy  in  Chronic  Dis- 
eases.   By  M.  La  Beaumb,  F  L.S.  &c. 

Selections  from  au  Italian  Oratorio,  com- 
posed for  the  Grand  Duke  of  Tuscany,  at 
Florence.  By  the  late  F.  H.  Barthelb- 
MON,  Esq.  Music  Master  to  their  late  Royal 
Highnesses  the  Dukes  of  York,  Gloucester, 
and  Cumberland.  With  an  authentic  sketch 
of  the  Life  of  the  Composer. 

A  Selection  of  Sacred  Harmony.    By  J. 

COGOINS. 

Meukoirs  of  tbe  Life  of  M.  G.  Lewis,  esq. 
M.P.  author  of  the  Monk,  &c.  &c. 

The  Principles  of  L^ght  and  Shadow,  be- 
ing a  2d  Part  of  Practical  Hints  on  Compo- 
sition in  Painting,  illustrated  by  esmmplcs 
from  the  most  eminent  painters.  By  Johv 
Burnet 

The  Golden  Violet,  with  iu  Talcs  of  Ro- 
mance and  Chivalry,  and  other  Poema.  By 
L.  E.  L.  author  of  <*The  Improvisatrice, ' 
&c. 

The  Amulet,  or  Christian  and  Literary 
Remembrancer  for  the  year  1837,  containing 
a  large  collection  of  articles  in  prase  and 
verse,  from  the  pens  of  the  most  popolar 
authors  of  the  day. 

Leigh's  New  Pocket  Road  Book  of  Enr- 
land,  Wales,  and  part  of  Scotland,  on  the 
plan  of  Retchard  s  Itineraries. — Also  his 
New  Road  Map  of  England,  Wales,  and 
Scotland. 

The  New  French  Manual,  and  TraTellcr*a 
Companion.  By  G.  SARtMVB,  F.A.S.E. 
Also  a  new  jNronouncing  French  Primer. 

A  Glance  at  Sombssbt  Hoosb. 

CCorUinuedfromp,  444,  ^  "  E.  1.  C") 

However  charitable  it  might  be  to^^rith- 
hold  a  judgment  on  <*  such  things'  as  the 
Death  of  Lara,  and  some  others  in  the 
collection,  which  .deserved  a  severtr  fiue 
than  mere  oblivion,  I  think  the  *<  collec- 
tion of  elaborate  architectural  dnwiqgs" 
merited  a  more  decided  nocioe  than  to  be 
merely  passed  over  in  a  Inmpi  as  if  they 
were  entitled  to  no  more  attention  than  they 
receive  from  the  many  unsoientifle  visitors  or 
the  exhibitiOB,  who  eompoet  tht  gnalest 
martion  of  the  lookers  on  at  ihn.^otWM. 
For  my  mm  pait  J  am  grisMfl  Mty  tipna 
1  enter  4m  rpoms  of  the  AtmduKf  t9  wm 


1886.}  A  Gkam  «l  SofMmi  Bmuii.  MT 

dwigiM,  whieh  do  cnAt  to  Um  fa^tmrf^  by  «T.  A."  in  jwir  ImI N«bW»  p.  8t9, ' 

of  BMoj  aa   wehitoel   wfaoM   a«M  hot  mm  to  oonmnat  AntlMr  oa  iht  pita  of 

mrliopt  oaljr  como  to  iho  mnico  of  dio  pab-  bolMloK  triomphd  arehot  aeroM  o  Bwrav 

lie  fhrough  Uio  Catologot,  oad  brntiiiil  uafro^otod  nroety  whieh  but  hw  penoM 

▼ieiifl  of  the  nerer  to  m  enoech  ednifod  ever  eMer«  ead  that  oaly  whoae  boiioen  or 


loegh 

relict  (vf  Grecian   art,.  Allii»  op  a  tmall  mideooet  call   them  tfieie,  (aa  abaurdltjf 

uB0Oflifortal)le  room,  la  which  the  few  who  greater  thaa  I  cooid  have  tuppoeed  evra  the 

go  to  it   with  a  further  objed  thaa  ae  improvera  of  oor  Metropolit  would  haeo 

mere  i pcctaton,  are  teen  ttretching  oot  their  thought  el)  b  oaoeceMary.  I  do  not  charge 

neclu  and  ttrainiog  their  eye- balk  to  catch  thb  defiict  oo  the  Architect;  I  thiak  hia  de- 

a  partial  tight  of  as  architectural  drawing  tign  it  deterving  of  a  happier  titoatioa.    To 

elevated  at  the  top  of  a  fifteen  foot  wall  ia  watte  a  good  idra  apoa  tach  a  tile  at  that 

a  room  of  the  mott  coofioed  dimentioat,  telected,  would  be  worte  thaa  to  oaut  the 

incumbered  in  a  genera]  way   with  tablet  erection  of  the  archet  altogether, 
and  modelt.    How  ditpiriting  it  mutt  be  to         In  the  Pointed  ttyle   ttie   dttigna  ibr 

a  young  artist  to  find  a  detign  on  which  he  Cherchet  are  chiefly  dntiogonhed  by  tha 

had  expended  hit  time  and  exerted  hit  ta*  Jumble   of  pinnadet    aad  pointed    archet 

Watt  in  the  hope  of  gaiabg  notice  aad  pa-  which  marfct  the  modem  Go&ie.  The  moel 

tmoage  in  hit  profeMion,  ttock  in  a  recett,  interettiag  are  thrte  <loalfBt  ftir  the  retto- 

or  on  a  winctuw  jamb,  at  the  same  time  ration  of  the  nave  of  St.  iaviour't  Charohf 

that  the  drawings  of  a  proiettor  or  other  fa-  which  wert  aaide  at  the  time  whea  the  Vea- 

voured  individutl  solely  «>ccupy  every  inch  try  in  itt  profound  Judgmeat  determiaed  ea 

of  wall  which  admiu  of  a  hir  view  being  the  dettructloo-aad  rtbuUding  of  tbit  por- 

obtained.     Let  ut,  who  are  admirert  of  the  tioo  of  the  edifice. 

noble'  tcience  uf  Architecture,  hope  that  we        The  firtt  hi  theCatalogne  b  Mr.Tite't,  tha 

shall  toon   hart  aa  opportunity  of  teeing  fame  gentlemaa  who  b  buildiaa  a  meeting* 

architectural  subjecu  placed  in  tuch  a  titua-  houee  for  Mr.  Irving  i  thb  b  decidedly  tae- 

tioo  that  we  tliall  have  an  opportunity  of  worst  of  the  three.  The  Wett  freat,  which 

enjt^iog  a  tcieotifie  treat  witnout  patting  b  all  that  b  thewn  dbtiactly,  b  compotod 


through  the  utual  routine  of  gaudy  pie*  of  portiont  of  different  ana  of  the  Polatod 
turet  and  gaudy  company.  But  to  proceed  ttyle,  mbced  up  with  tOBM  tpeoimeat  of  tha 
to  tlie  tubject  of  thb  year*t  exhibitioa.  part  fcataetic  of  the  Wyatt  tchool,  aad  nel- 
Some  very  neat  architectural  drawingt  are  ther  attimilatee  with  the  eattem  portion  of 
lott  amidst  a  matt  of  uninteretting  por-  the  Church,  or  reaemblet  the  boildingt  of 
traitt,  in  that  room  which  b  alwayt  occu-  *°yfS^  of  £ng1bh  architeeUua. 
pbd  by  miowturet ;  and  in  the  Library,  (the  The  neat  fa^  Mr.  Gwih,  Jan.  b  the  plafai- 
room  proftttediy  appointed  to  architectu-  ett  of  the  three.  There  baaalnoatNormMi 
ral  subjecu,)  we  find  tome  portraitt  of  in-  tolidity  and  heavmett  ia  the  arehiteetare» 
dividuals  whose  obscurity  probably  doomed  but  the  detign  to  entirely  fbllowt  the  retto- 
them  to  fill  the  walls  of  this  neglected  room,  ration  of  tlie  Choir,  and  b  to  completely  ia 
reducing  the  confined  space  so  much  as  to  beeping  with  the  original  arehitecture  of 
accommiKlate  but  very  few  architectural  sub-  the  Church,  that  ao  oae  caa  fail  oi  award- 
jecu  in  this  scar's  exhibition.  Indeed  it  ap-  bg  to  it  the  merit  of  iu  beina  the  beat  de- 
pears  to  me  tluu  for  several  veart  thit  branch  tign.  The  parochial  Committee  hea  die* 
of  the  Exhibition  is  giettly  declinbg,  and  played  a  tuperior  tatte  aad  better  Jadgmeal 
if  an  Academy  dedicated  tolely  to  the  ttudy  than  itt  eouttituentt,  hj  awardbr  the  pre* 
of  Architecture  be  not  esublbhed,  afew  more  mium  of  one  hundred  guineat  to  Mr.  Gwih  | 
yeart  may  see,  in  all  likelihood,  the  archi-  and  it  b  much  to  the  credit  of  the  oMmbtn 
tectural  s'uhjecu  banished  entirely  from  the  of  thb  Committee,  that  when  they  Ibnad  dit 
walls  of  Somerset- house.  destruction  of  tlie  Nave  decided  apoa,  they 
Mr.  Soane,  as  usual,  hat  given  to  the  Ex-  thouid  adopt  a  detign  to  entirely  hanao- 
hibitiun  several  designs.  The  most  interest-  nixing  with  the  eettern  rettoratioaa.  Tha 
in^  is  that  for  the  arrangement  of  Downing-  lancet  windows  and  roiigh  athlarina  of  the 
place,  and  includes  the  much-ulked-of  tri-  walb,  the  heavy  huttrestet,  with  their  low 
umplial  archet :  the  onr  to  commemorate  angular  terminationt,  would  to  the  oatual 
our  miliury,  the  other  our  naval  succestet.  admirer  be  lett  attractive  thaa  the  latt  de- 
This  design  shews  less  of  the  exuberance  of  tign;  but  the  chatte  correctnett  of  detail 
oroamenul  deuil  which  marks  the  majority  which  formt  the  principal  feature  b  to  the 
ofMr.Soane's  works.  The  Corinthbn  order  scientific  admirer  of  oar  aatioaal  ttyle  of 
is  more  regularly  formed,  and  the  general  architecture,  the  higheat  merit  an  imita- 
character  more  in  accordance  with  the  old  tion  of  oor  anticnt  avehttectnre  caa  claiai. 


school  of  lulian  architecture  than  the  fis-  Mr.  Metd't  detiga  b  deterviag  of  greet 

9ade  of  the  Bank  :  but  itappeart  to  me  that  atteatioa ;  like  the  praoediag,  U  b  fenaed 

never  wat  a  site  more  unhappily  selected  for  apon  the  BKidel  of  the  eattera  portloa  of 

the  erection  of  such  suhjectt  than  Downing-  the  Church,  though  mnon  florid  aad  thewy 

_*^--..      uft...  t  -« t*''i_  .1  ^i!*^      aI TkM.  /I— ti*»-    •n._  ^_i •. e 


ttreet.    What  I  should  have  said  upon  thit     thaa  Mr.  OwiH't.  The  flyiag  hitflieetit  aia 
head  has  been  in  a  great  measure  anticipated     detigaed  from  thoieeibtiagat  the  Clioir>  bat 


546 


A  Glande  at  Somenet  House* 


[Jtine, 


it  must  he  rtcoUectcd  that  the  orlginalsy 
which  have  been  so  icrupulousl/  copied  by 
Mr.  Gwilt,  are  additions  of  a  later  period 
than  the  main  building,  and  though  the 
restorer  displayed  the  soundest  judgment 
m  retaining  them  in  his  work,  they  ought  not 
to  have  formed  part  of  an  entirely  new  design. 
The  lancet  windows  and  general  detail  of  the 
style,  though  far  from  incorrect  in  them- 
selves, are  not  copied  from  the  original 
work  of  the  Church,  but  are  of  an  age 
rather  later  than  that  in  which  the  east- 
em  end  was  built.  At  the  same  time  the  de* 
sign  is  highly  creditable  to  the  architect, 
•  and  is  only  surpassed  by  the  superior  cor- 
rectness and  scrupulous  attention  to  the  ori- 
ginal building*  which  marks  the  work  of  Mr. 
Gwitt,  and  which,  if  the  unfortunate  priory 
Church  is  to  l>e  levelled  with  the  earth  by  the 
dictates  of  a  junto  of  unenlightened  persons, 
whose  numl)ers  controul  and  counteract  the 
auperior  intelligence  of  their  opponents,  it 
will  in  some  degree  he  consolatory  to  see  Mr. 
Gwilc's  design  executed,  in  its  place. 

The  proposed  spire  for  Brighton  new 
Church  is  flimsy ;  the  architects  of  the  mo- 
dem Gothic  school  are  so  remarkably  fund 
of  piercing  through  every  |>ortion  of  their 
•tone-work,  that  they  give  their  buildings 
•o  great  an  air  of  insecurity,  that  al- 
most terrifies  the  spectator.  If  Mr.  Barry 
had  wanted  a  chaste  design,  the  diocesan 
cathedral  would  have  presented  him  with 
one  far  superior  to  that  he  has  formed> 
both  in  point  of  beauty  and  solidity. 

Mr.  Robinson  has  exhibited  at  different 
times  views  of  a  Norman  Church  erected  by 
him  at  Leamington,  whose  round  arches 
and  solid  tower  display  an  antique  and  sin- 
gular appearance.  To  form  a  correct  idea 
from  the  drawings  of  the  propriety  of  the 
detail  of  the  difficult  style  selected  is  not 
practicable,  from  the  smallness  of  the  size, 
but  it  appears  to  lie  correct ;  if  so,  it  is  to  an 
antiquary  an  interesting  design. 

Mr.  Fugin  has  given  a  design  in  the  same 
style,  which  is  entitled  in  the  Catalogue  as 
**  a  sepulchral  eha|>el  in  the  Norman  style, 
to  be  erected  in  the  centre  of  the  public 
cemetery*  of  the  City  of  London."  This 
building  is  polygonal,  and  looks  far  more 
like  a  summer-house  than  a  chapel.  Whe- 
ther it  merely  exists  on  paper,  or  whether 
White  Conduit-fields  are  actually  to  be 
turned  into  a  large  burying  -  ground,  is  a 
matter  which  I  apprehend  is  as  yet  unde- 
cided. 

The  two  models  of  Hulme  and  Oldham 
-Churches,  in  the  Pointed  style,  are  very  neatly 
and  ingeniously  constructed  in  plaster  of  Paris; 
one  of  the  sides  of  each  is  removed  to  shew 
the  internal  fittings  up.  The  designs  are 
very  similar,  and  are  not  in  the  best  s^le 
even  of  modern  Pointed  architecture.  The 
towers  of  both  are  square,  with  pinnacles  at 
.^e  angles,  but  there  is  that  air  of  lightness 
und  flim&Iness  in  the  detail,  which  forms  the 


characteristic  distinction  between  ancieut 
Pointed  architecture  and  modem  Gothic,  and 
serves  to  shew  that  modem  architects  hare  sti  U . 
much  to  leara  before  they  can  constracteven  a 
square  tower,  the  most  simple  of  all  eleva- 
tions. As  to  the  spires  of  antiquity,  it  will 
be  long,  very  long,  ere  we  can  expect  to  ace 
these  grand  and  imposiug  masonic  triumphs 
correctly  copied  in  modern  buildings. 

A  drawing  and  a  large  model  of  the 
tower  of  Waterloo,  is  in  the  Exhibition. 
Where  it  is  to  be  erected,  and  from  what 
source,  we  have  yet  to  learn.  The  design 
is  very  good,  and  (if  built)  will,  from  its 
height,  280  feet,  and  dimensions,  form  a 
grand  and  imposing  ornament  to  the  Me- 
tropolis. It  is  circular  in  form,  and  some- 
what resembles  the  leaning  tower  at  Pisa. 
A  double  peristyle  of  Corinthian  columns, 
elevated  on  a  flight  of  steps,  surrounds  the 
basement,  and  three  other  series  of  co- 
lumns and  autae  occiipy  the  height;  the 
whole  is  finished  with  a  dome,  sustaining 
a  colossal  female  statue.  The  lower  parts 
are  richly  ornamented  with  groups  of  sculp- 
ture, and  the  whole  design  possesses  an  air 
of  grandeur  worthy  the  object  for  which  it 
is  erected.  But  when,  I  would  ask,  is  this 
design  likely  to  be  realised  ?  We  have  heard 
firom  the  very  day  after  the  battle  that  a  mo- 
nument was  to  be  erected  to  commemorate 
the  event,  but  it  seemed,  until  this  design 
was  exhibited,  to  have  been  as  &r  off  com- 
pletion as  at  first. 

Mr.  Smith's  design  for  Tottenham  new 
Church  is  classical  and  elegant.  The  West 
front  is  Doric,  and  formed  after  the  model 
of  the  Choragic  monument  of  Thrasyllus. 
The  same  structure  has  been  applied  by  Mr. 
Smith  to  the  entrance  of  his  office  in  Fre- 
derick's-place.  Old  Jewry,  and  is  also  exhi- 
bited in  the  present  year.  It  is  to  be  re- 
gretted the  design  has  not  been  adopted, 
as  I  should  despair  of  seeing  a  better  one 
chosen.  This  architect  has  shewn  that  he 
is  fiilly  competent  to  build  a  good  Grecian 
Church.  -Why  then  should  he  waste  his  abili- 
ties in  producing  such  buildings  asMitcham 
Church,  which  has  already  been  under  your 
consideration?    (See  vol. xci.  ii. p  17.) 

Let  us  hope  that  as  an  encouragement  to 
the  noble  science  of  Architecture,  if  an  Aca- 
demy, dedicated  entirely  to  the  impraive- 
ment  and  encouragement  of  its  profeaaors, 
should  not  be  founded;  at  least  in  any  new 
buildiug  which  may  be  erected  for  the  Royal 
Academy,  we  shall  see  more  space  affir»nied 
for  the  drawings,  and  better  accommodation 
fur  the  visitors,  in  this  department  of  the 
Exhibition. 

Thb  King's  Picturbb. 
His  Majesty  has  sent  the  Cariton  Honae 
Pictures  to  tht  British  Institution  in  Pall 
Mall,  in  order  that  they  may  there  remain 
open  to  public  inspection,  while  his  pvetent 
town  residence  is  pulling  down,  and  Beck- 


1896.] 


Seimiijk  tniemgence. 


eMt 


inghan  ttouM  rabaiUuiff.  TImm  pSoturtt 
art  in  number  164,  aad,  with  ■caroclj  mi 
exception*  of  very  ttDcoromon  merit.  lo 
Rrmlirandtt  this  eollectioo  is  entirely  unri- 
iralied :  the  four  pieces  which  hang  Kigvther 
iu  the  principal  roiira  are,  perhaps,  the  four 
first  pictures,  iu  their  several   styles,  that 


citT  proAicedy  the  gre^ttt  the  vaciiam  in  th« 
eyniMer  on  opening  the  Talvt  commmiieat* 
inir  with  tAe  wel|. — ^The  saving  of  stowage 
will  be  very  considerable*  and  a  ton  of  qotcK- 
SiUer  will  be  sufficient  fur  propelling  a  veaset 
to  India  and  back  again  with  140  hunt 
power. 


R«mbraudt  ever  paioteil.     The  famous  Por-  ,  ■  « 

trsit  of  himsrif— the  head  of  the  old  Uabbi  >ATAW  l>RANKLm  s  Arctic  Land  Expe- 
—the  Kplendid  picture  of  the  Burgomaster 
att«n«!itig  his  wife's  toilette — and  the  Adora- 
tion of  the  Ma^i.  The  Vandykes  are  also 
numerous,  and  they  are  almost  all  of  the 
firtt  class.  The  famous  three  heads  of 
Charles  1.,  one  front  face  and  two  profiles* 
painted  ior  the  use  of  the  Konian  sculptor* 
who  was  to  do  his  bust,  is  amtmg  them :  as 
also  two  most  graceful  haif-len^hs  of 
Maria  Henrietta,  and  a  splendid  whole 
figure  of  Ga<ton  of  France.  Tlie  Cuyps* 
VanderveKles,  Wouvcrmaus,  Ostades,  Mie- 
rises,  Jan  S teens,  fkc.  of  the  collection  are 
also  numerous. 


Pneumatic  Ekoimc. 

Mr.  Browne's  newly  invented  pneumatic 
engine  for  propelling  a  carriage  against  the 
ascent  of  a  sharp  acclivity,  was  recently 
tried  upon  the  steepest  part  of  Shooter's- 
hill.  The  pUce  chmen  for  this  trial,  was 
where  the  SM^ent  gains  1.3  J  inches  in  l3 
feet,  and  where  the  sandjr  surface  of  the 
new  maiie  road,  by  alFordini;  a  yield.ng  and 
clo!;«;iu^  bed  for  coach  wheels,  presented 
everv  obstacle  to  the  success  of  such  an 
experiment.  Notwithstanding  these  local 
disadvantages,  Mr.  Browne's  engine,  which 
was  constructed  upon  a  four-wheeled  biidy* 
steud.ly  conquered  the  ascent,  and  esta- 
hlikhed  its  e&iraordlnarv  {.'ower  to  move  on* 
wards  upainst  ihe  im|>ediu)ent  of  a  precipi- 
tous surface.  A«  it  ascended  the  hill  seven 
jier^Mis  ftat  on  the  shafts,  without  making 
by  titeir  incuml>rance  any  perceptible  alter- 
ation in  its  motion. 

Stram  Navioatiox. 

One  of  the  prcutest  discoveries  vet  made 
in  na\i;;ition  ha»  transpired,  and  tiie  patent 
has  l)een  al>and(ined  in  consequence  of  the 
technicalities  of  the  Patent  l-dw«.  Three- 
ftmrtJjs  of  the  fuel  now  used  in  steam  navi- 
gstion  will  be  saved.  The  vajMtur  of  quick- 
ftilvrr  is  substituted  for  steam  with  similar 
machinery,  and  a  few  precautions  to  prevent 
anv  waste  of  the  metal  by  a  pipe  on  the 
sa^etv  valve.  The  Ixtttom  of  the  boiler, 
which  is  very  snmll  and  strong,  as  compared 
with  tliat  now  in  use  for  producin;;  steam, 
is  conical,  and  the  termination  of  the  cone 
is  in  contact  with  the  burning  coals  which 
surround  it.  Their  heat  is  communicated 
almost  instantaneously  to  the  quicLiilver  in 
the  boiler,  throw  in^  it  into  vapour,  at  the 
tem|>eralure  of  f>56'"  of  Fahrenheit.  Its 
elasticitv  and  power  cau  be  indefinitely  in- 
cea^ed  hy  heat,  and  the  greater  the  elasti- 


OITION. 

Dispatches  have  been  received  from  Capl. 
Franklin,  dated  at  Winter-quarters,  Fttft 
Franklin,  on  the  Great  Bear  Lake,  Sept.  tf, 
in  lat.  65.  11.  N.  long.  13.3.38.  W.  During 
the  summer*  three  expeditions  under  Capt. 
Franklin,  Lieut.  Bach,  and  Dr.  Ricbardson, 
were  made,  preparatory  to  the  great  objects 
to  be  undertaken  next  year.  The  expedi- 
tion under  Capt.  Fnmklin  went  to  th* 
mouth  of  Mackenzie  river*  which  he  found 
to  discharge  itself  iuto  an  open  sea ;  tbera 
is  one  island  near  its  mouth*  called  by  Capl. 
Franklin  Garry's  Island.  From  the  summil 
of  this  land  the  Captain  saw  tlie  sea  to  ihn 
northward  all  clear  of  ice  or  islands  ;  to  the 
westward  he  saw  the  coast  to  a  great  dis- 
tance, hia  view  terminating  at  very  luf^ 
mountains*  which  he  calculates  were  in  thn 
longitude  of  189  deg.  west.  The  expedi- 
tioo  waa  to  proceed  early  in  the  spring  on  ita 
ulterior  ol^ecta.  The  officers  and  men  were 
all  well  and  in  high  spiriu*  at  the  fkvourable 
circumstances  which  had  liitherto  attended 
their  proceedings. 

The  following  letter,  from  Capt  Franklin, 
dated  as  above*  is  of  a  gratifying  and  inter* 
esting  nature  :— 

*'  My  dear  Sir, — I  do  most  lieartily  con- 
gratulate voo  on  the  prospect  we  had  from 
Garry's  Island,  of  a  perfectly  open  sea, 
without  a  particle  of  ice,  aa  it  is  another 
stop  gained  in  confirmaticm  of  your  much 
contested  hypothesis.  We  saw  nothing  to 
stop  the  ships*  but,  on  the  contrary,  every 
thing  around  us  strengthened  my  ht>pe  of 
their  effecting  the  passage.  The  Indians* 
indeed,  have  a  report,  that  between  the 
Mackenzie  and  Copper  Mine  Rivers  there 
is  a  point  that  stretches  fisr  to  the  north- 
ward, which  is  generally  surrounded  with 
ice.  If  this  be  true,  the  ships  may  perhaps 
be  checked  in  their  progress  for  a  time,  but 
1  think  they  will  not  be  altogether  stop|)ed, 
providing  they  have  been  enabled  to  get  at 
the  main  shore  to  the  eastward  firum  Re- 
gent's  Inlet.  No  Indian,  however,  with 
whom  I  have  spoken  on  my  recent  visit  to 
the  sea,  can  speak  of  this  point,  or  of  the 
obstruction,  from  his  own  obaersation  ;  and 
the  reiMirt  seems,  like  many  others  current 
among  them,  to  have  passed  from  generation 
to  generation*  which  at  the  first  had  bot 
little  ground  to  stand  upon.  The  Indians, 
in  fact*  know  nothing  of  tlie  coast*  the 
knowledge  of  the  sea-shore  being  entirely 
confined  to  the  Eaqnimaox,  with  wboin  we 


55(r 


Seieniijk  Intelligence, 


fJune, 


bi^ve  not  m  yet  had  any  eommunicmtion. 
iTtey  are  eropioyecl  during  the  summer  in 
catch iog  wliaie»)  and  in  other  roariue  pur- 
auits,  to  che  eastward  of  the  Mackenzie,  to 
wliich,  I  believe,  they  return  in  the  winter. 
Their  neighbours,  the  Quarrellers  of  Mac- 
kenzie, or  the  Lancheose  uf  the  traders,  re- 
semble them  very  much  io  appearance, 
dr(»ss,  and  manner,  and  many  of  the  Esqui- 
maux words,  which  Augustus  understood, 
were  iu  use  among  them  ;  but,  as  it  is  too 
ofien  the  case  with  the  neighbouring  tribes 
of  these  Aborigines,  they  are  almost  always 
at  war  with  eacn  other.  Ft)rtunately  for  us, 
however,  terms  of  peace  were  settled  last 
summer  between  them  and  the  Esquimaux, 
which  we  shall,  of  course,  endeavour  to 
strengthen,  if  we  meet  them  altogether. 
T\\e  Quarrellers  were  quite  delighted  at  see- 
ing Augustus  with  us,  and  assured  us  there 
would  be  no  fear  of  the  Esquimaux  receiv- 
ing us  in  a  hostile  manner,  as  they  liad 
already  been  apprized  by  them  of  our  inten- 
tion to  visit  their  lands ;  and  the  reason  for 
our  doing  so  could  be  more  fully  explained 
by  him  than' they  could  do. 

"  We  saw  many  moose  and  rein  deer,  and 
]arge  flocks  of  geese  and  swans  at  the  mouth 
of  the  river,  which,  no  doubt,  are  to  be 
found  on  its  low  shores  during  the  whole  of 
the  warm  season ;  and  probably  the  animals 
retire  to  the  woods  in  the  winter,  which  are 
not  &r  distant  from  the  coast.  The  hmg 
tract  of  alluvial  ground  which  is  passed  in 
tha  descent  of  the  Mackeniie  is  well  co- 
vered with  pines,  even  as  high  aa  68^;  north, 
which  would  afford  good  shelter  for  any 
animals. 

**  The  Rocky  Mountain  range  is  seen 
through  nearly  the  whole  course  of  the 
river  after  passing  the  south  branch  of  Mac- 
kenzie, at  no  great  distance  from  its  banks, 
Tunning  in  about  W.N. W.  true  direction; 
but  they  do  not  appear  so  high  as  I  had 
been  led  to  expect  till  you  reach  the  sea, 
and  then  they  attain  an  immense  elevation, 
and  seem  to  form  the  sea  coast  to  the  west- 
ward. We  sliall  probably  |)ass  very  near 
them  the  next  summer,  and  be  able  to  give 
aome  account  of  them.  If  a  judgment 
mieht  be  formed  firom  a  very  distant  shape 
and  appearance,  I  should  suppose  these  to 
be  volcanic.  On  Garry's  Island  we  found 
plenty  of  coal  and  bitumen,  embodied  in  the 
black  earth  of  which  it  is  composed  ;  but  I 
find  Dr.  Richardson  has  given  you  a  cur- 
sory outline  of  the  geology  of  the  river  and 
this  lake;  my  irapei feet  information  on  this 
point  may  therefore  be  spared.  I  can  only 
assure  you  1  have  more  than  once  wished 
the  expedition  could  transport  some  of  the 
fine  limestone  cliffs  that  bound  the  river  to 
the  vicinity  of  the  Thames  ;  we  might  then 
toon  be  enriched  by  contracting  not  only  to 
supply  the  material  for  the  new  London 
Bridge,  but  also  to  satisfy  the  present  rage 
for  building  at  a  very  cheap  rate. 


*'  We  are  now  in  the  very  boatle  of  finbh- 
ing  our  own  buildings^  which,  bowevery  art 
not  of  stone,  aa  you  may  suppoee,  but   of 
wood.    The  house  is  situated  closely  to  the 
borders  of  the  lake,  for  the  convemcucc  of 
the  fishery,  which  is  to  l>e  our  uaain  support, 
though  we  hope  to  catch  a  few  reindeer  oa 
their  march  to  the  south  next  month.    Mj 
land  friends,    during    my    absence,    have 
named  the  house  Port  Franklin,  which,  at 
their  solicitation,  I  have  permitted  to  stand, 
or  I  intended  to  have  given  it  the  name  of 
Reliance. 

**  I  have  discharged  all  the  Canadian  voy- 
ageurs  that  Mr.Dease  could  spare,  in  order 
to  reduce  our  establishment  to  as  small  a 
number  as  possible ;  we  are  now,  therefore, 
nearly  a  British  party.  All  the  men  have 
conducted  themselves  extremely  well,  and 
they  quite  enjoy  the  service.  We  mutt 
endeavour  to  keep  them  as  merry  and  active 
as  we  can  durlug  the  winter. 

"  I  cannot  sufficiently  praise  the  oflBcersy 
who  have  been  constantly  on  the  alert,  and 
most  zealous  In  the  cause,  as  vou  will  sup- 
pose'from  our  having  done  what  we  have, 
and  got  seated  here  at  such  an  early  period, 
nearly  a  month  befoire  the  Company's  ser- 
vants get  to  their  winter  quarters.  We 
were  just  six  months  Arom  leaving  Liver- 
pool to  the  Arctic  Sea. 

"  John  Franklin.** 

« 

Shaksperian  Museum. 

Mr.  Bisset,  the  proprietor  of  the  Pictara 
Gallery  at  Leamington  Spa,  has  Axed  on  aa 
eligible  situation  at  Stratford-upoa-Avon, 
where  he  intends  to  build  a  Snaksperian 
Museum,  and  we  are  happy  to  find  that  tha 
design  is  approved  of  and  patronized  by  tha 
principal  Nobility,  Gentry,  and  Magistracy 
of  the  County. 

M.  Cornillot's  Balloon. 

June  S4.  Mons.  Comillot  made^  bis  pro- 
mised ascent  in  his  balloon  inflated  with 
hydrogen  gas,  from  the  gardens  of  die  Eyn 
Arms  Tavern,  a  place  opposite  St.  John's 
Wood  Farm.  The  gardens  were  but  thinly 
atteuded,  though  the  adjoining  roads  and 
eminences  were  crowded.  Mons.  Coraillot 
had  held  out  a  promise  that  he  would  at  any 
point  of  elevation,  and  for  any  length  of 
time,  sail  in  a  horizontal  direction.  This 
was  a  &ct  worth  attending  to,  as,  if  aeeom- 
plished,  it  would  prove  me  first  approach 
towards  the  government  of  ballooos,  and 
consequently  rendering  their  application  to 
anv  useful  purpose.  The  inflation  of  the 
balloon,  which  was  a  very  handsome  oiiey 
was  not  completed  until  six  o'clock,  wheon 
the  attendants  proceeded  to  imlooae  the 
moorings,  clear  th«  machine  of  incoB- 
brances,  and  affix  the  car.  The  aeronauts, 
Comillot  and  Jolliflfe,  took  their  seata,  wad 
the  balloon   rose    perpendicularly  for  th* 


1096.] 


AiuiquaHm  JteMrcM* 


551 


aptet  of  a  fcw  locoodi,  Ui*  two  gftlwitn 
vavtac  thoir  fla^,  whoa  it  look  a  Mnrthcrlj 
Anctioo.  This  wm  tlio  monaM  of  th» 
most  UitcBta  eseitamtnt,  and  ovary  ooa  ad- 
drttaad  bimtelf  to  aacaitain  wbathar  Mona. 
Coniillot  mada  good  hit  promita  of  pro- 
oacd)og  in  a  horiiosial  oounc  Ibr  aooia 
dbtaooa.  Tha  baUooa  at  thk  tioM  oar- 
laialy  laaflMd  to  lo  taU,  but  it  arai  difiedt 


Ibr  ^  ipaetatofa  IB  tha  pfdaM  to  mMy 
thaoMthwt  on  thia  pobt»  id  conayiaaee  of 
ihair  dif%etioa  Mdtr  tha  baUooa.  It  ap- 
paarad  to  maiataia  this  ooaraa,  ttUI  l»aafiag 
towards  tha  south,  Ibr  tha  spaea  of  lour  or 
fiva  mioutas,  whaa  ballast  was  obaanrcd  to 
fall,  and  imntadiatalj  tha  baUoos  aipandsfi 
rapidly,  and  was  soon  out  of  s^  ' 


ANTIQUARIAN  RESEARCHES. 


Society  op  AaTiQUAaiEs. 

June  1.  Hudsoo  CKimey,  £sq.  V.P.  in 
the  Cliair. 

A  paper  was  read,  On  tha  Origin  of  tha 
Pointed  Arch  in  Architecture,  as  indicated 
by  certain  butldin|;s  erected  in  Sicily  1^  Uia 
Saracens ;  by  Sidnf7  Smirlce,  Esq.  in  a  let- 
ter to  Mr.  Ellis.  In  this  paper  Mr.  Snirlce 
describes  the  Cooba  and  the  Ziza,  two  pa- 
laeas  of  the  Saracen  Emirs,  near  Palermo, 
arected  in  the  eleventh  centory.  The 
Ibrroer  it  now  a  barrack  for  Amtrian  ca- 
valrr,  and  the  latter  is  still  inhabited  by  a 
Bobw  Palermitan  fimsily.  These  buildings 
resemble  in  many  respects  the  6nast  remains 
of  oriental  architecture  in  Spain,  and  in  iha 
ainipilar  corbels  and  pendant  ornaments  tha 
Alhambra  in  particular.  Thay  have  on  tha 
exterior,  below  the  cornice,  inscriptions  ia 
the  Arabic  character,  forming  a  scMt  of 
Iriexe  extending  all  round  each  building  i 
and  this  characteristic  of  Eastern  edifices  is 
also  repeated  around  the  liaad  of  a  door- 
wav  in  one  of  them.  Both  contain  pointed 
arenas,  which  are  indohitably  portions  of 
the  original  structures ;  and  we  thus  have 
evidence  of  the  employment  of  that  style  of 
architecture  by  the  Saracens  themselves  a 
century  before  the  first  (  rusadet  and  Mr. 
Smirke  deeros  the  generally-received  opinion 
correct,  that  the  Crusaders  introduced  it 
into  European  practice.  He  obviates  an 
objection  of  the  Cooba  and  Zixa  having 
been  possibjy  built  by  the  Normans,  by  a 
comparison  of  them  with  some  undoubted 
Norman  structures  still  existing  at  Pslermo. 
He  also  inve«ti|;s(es  in  some  degree  tha 
history  of  those  Saracen  edifices,  and  enters 
into  an  enquiry  respecting  the  origin  of  the 
names  they  bear. 

June  8.  Henry  HalUm,  Esq.  V.P.  in  tha 
Chair. 

A  letter  from  Dr.  Mevrick,  F.  S.  A.  to 
Mr.  Kills,  was  read.  On  the  Cognizance  of 
tha  Feather.  Dr.  M.  shews,  in  this  oom- 
asuaioaaiua*  that  the  Ostrich  fsathers  borna 
in  later  tiroes  by  various  fiunllies,  in  badgaa* 
ateau,  &c.  ware  aocientlv  Falcon  or  EttriUft 
feathers,  derived  from  tlie  distiaotiva  mark 
of  nobiJtty  in  Ancient  Asia,  as  well  as  in 
Europe,  the  right  of  hawking.  The  term 
Estriuget  being  arronaowsly  written  EUrieht 
was  in  process  of  time  corrupted  into  Os- 
tnch,  and  thus  gave  rise  to  the  &lse  bear- 


ing of  Otirich  f»ther«,  ioalaad  of  thoaa  of 
the  Falcon.  Dr.  Meyriek  also  fanrastiga^ 
tha  origin  of  the  badga  of  tAia  Princaa  of 
Walea,  and  refutes  tha  sioriaa  of  its  orin 
to  whieh  Joahua  Bamtt  and  onr  ktar  ma- 
toriana  hava  given  cwaaney ;  proetag  tha^ 
it  was  borna  by  Edward  IlL  and  aU  hia 
other  sons  as  wall  as  tha  Black  Pk-bwo'i 
with  soma  conjeetures  rclativa  to  tha  mottoa 
•«  Houmont"  and  **  leh  dien.**  Dr.M.atataa 
that  feathers  were  not  worn  in  bahnets  tuitU 
tha  re'ign  of  Hennr  the  Fifth  t  and  that  tlU 
Black  Princa  could  uot  hava  baan  so  called 
from  the  hue  of  hb  amour,  being  alwaya 
rtprasantcd  in  bright  or  b  gilt  armour,  bat 
from  the  colour  of  tbe/nponna  wore  over  it. 

June  15.  Hudsoo  Ganay»  Esq.  V.P.  b 
the  Chair. 

N.  H.  Nieohtt,  Esq.  eonnnvBieatad  aa- 
veral  transcripts  of  ancient  BManaoripts  kk 
the  Harleian  and  other  collaetiooa  laisiiBg 
to  various  portioas  of  our  ■^rtiirrnl  history. 

AdjouriMd  to  Nov.  16, 

Tha  whole  of  tha  paws  in  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Plymouth  hava  baan  removed  for 
the  purpose  of  re-saating  and  improving  th^ 
interior.  A  beautifully  carved  oak  screas 
has  been  brought  to  light,  cxtaoding  quita 
across  the  centre,  dividing  the  nave  m>m 
the  chancel,  and  forming  at  the  southera 
end  of  the  building  a  smut  chapel  or  retreat. 
This  screen  is  supposed  to  be  coavat  with 
the  edifice,  which  waa  eractad  b  tha  Ifili 
century ;  and  ia  siaular  to  oaa  •^'*^ffg  in 
Plymstock  Church.  Sevetal  aneiaat  aaias 
have  bean  ftNind,  ooa  of  Edward  I. 

Old  Ekolish  Coinb. 
One  of  the  most  euiioos  artidas  ia  tha 
90th  volume  of  the  proceadings  of  tha  So* 
ciety  established  at  Copanhacan  for  the  joul- 
tivation  of  Scandinavian  Lifiaratore,  is  a 
paper  by  Professor  Ramus,  ia  which  ha 
sUtes  that,  in  18St,  a  peasant  of  tha  blaad 
of  ZeaUnd,  In  ploughing  bis  field,  turned 
up  above  tbirtaaa  buudred  pieces  of  silver^ 
Danish,  EagUsh,  and  Oarmaa,  aU  of  dw 
teath  and  eleveoth  caaturies.  AaMM^g 
them  are  aisety  English  pieces  of  tha  tfawi 
of  Ethalrad  tha  Second,  HaroU  HaNJbot» 
and  Edwaad  tha  Coafeaaor.  M.  Ilaaraa 
proosises  a  dariiied  ^CMriptkm  al  til  tiaaa 
coins  which  vm  at  pfatajpt  \m  tha  Kfa^t 
cabiaat. 


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{JUM, 


SELECT    POETRY. 


••  Inrael's  harp  of  heavenly  tone 
Was  ne'er  so  sweetly  swept. 
As  when  the  captives  sat  them  down 
By  Babylon,  and  wept.'* 

PLEASURE  may  strike  the  sounding  shell, 

Its  revel  sympathies  awaking, 
And  Joy,  in  frolic-mood,  may  dwell 
Upon  its  chords,  and  touch  them  well. 

Yet  wilder  music  making, 
But  sweeter  are  the  tones  they  borrow. 
When  trembling  in  the  hand  of  sorrow. 

Tho*  Mirth  should  roll  its  sounds  away. 

As  o'er  the  quivering  chord  he  lingers. 
With  dizzing  din,  and  wild  deray, 
I  care  not  when  he  checks  his  stay 

Or  stays  his  flying  fingers. 
Albeit  every  heart  be  bounding. 
What  time  his  minstrelsy  is  sounding. 

But  Griefs  sad  music  has  the  power 

To  move  the  heart  and  charm  the  feel- 
ing :— 
Tho'  sunless  skies  around  us  lour, 
'Tis  but  to  bring  the  genial  shower. 
New  light  and  life  revealing  ; 
And  sorrow  thus  ;  all  darkness  seeming. 
Induces  pleasure's  bright  and  beaming. 

D.  A.  Briton. 


ON  A  STRAW. 

By  William  Lievre. 

nPHOU  wither'd  stem  !  I  still  may  find, 

Tho*  gaz'd  on  by  none  ot-icr  eye. 
In  thee,  the  sport  of  ev'ry  wind. 

Some  admonition  from  fin  high ; 
An  atom  or  a  straw  may  tell, 
And  teach  to  man  his  duty  well. 

When  youth  and  beauty  bloom  no  more. 
Thro'  haggard  age,  and  dire  decay. 

When  life's  delusions  all  are  o'er, 
And  ev'ry  charm  has  pass'd  away. 

How  fit  this  faded  straw  to  be, 

Mute  emblem  of  mortality. 

Borne  by  a  breeze,  as  man  with  hope, 
When  thousands  were  thine  early  shield. 

Whilst  waving  in  thy  single  scoj)e. 
As  mortals  o'er  an  ampler  field. 

But  ah,  how  short  the  bloom,  the  date. 

Thy  golden  dyes  how  desolate  ! 

And  where  are  they  ?  and  where  art  thou  ? 

So  desolate  in  thy  decay. 
Thine  early  bloom,  thy  beauty  now. 

And  all  thy  pride  have  pass'd  away. 
And  nothing  In  thy  stem  it  seen. 
But  only  thit-^^Ao/  Ihmt  hast  been  / 


Yes,  to  the  gaudy  rohes  of  atate. 
Thy  silken  tresses  were  divine^ 

But  wither'd  is  thy  bloom  of  lata* 

And  their's  shall  be  the  fate  of  thm^ ; 

For  never  more  may'st  thou  discloao 

The  splendour  once  tluit  vied  with  thoaa. 

'TIS  past,  the  little  month,  the  hour. 
When  thou  wert  all  the  gazer's  iheme. 

As  transient  as  a  noon>day  ahower» 
As  baseless  as  a  midnight  dream  ; 

And  yet  1  blush  that  thou  can'st  tail. 

And  teach  to  me  my  duty  well. 
Leicester,  Feb,  10. 


SONNET, 

Written  Aug.  95,  1825,  to   Lard  Db  Duh- 
STANViLLE,  o»  Ai»  rclum  to   his  neUioe 

County, 

"piS  like  the  old  timet  conjur*d  back  again. 
Ring,  ring  the  bells  !  ling  metrily ! 

Renew 
Your  rivalry  of  Greece,  ye  wrestlers  !   Hurl, 
Hurlers  !  yonr  silver  ball  across  the  plain. 
To  Faith  atid  Fealty  where  Tehidy  true 
For  aj;es  did  her  crimson  fla^s  unfurl 
To  glory,  fn»m  her  crenellated  roof! 
Once  more  Dlnstanville  comes  !  in  man's 

behoof 

Prompt  to  put  forth  transcending  powers ! 

'  1  view 
The  fiestal  banners  float  and  flash  aloof ! 
And  lo  !  where  bounding  laughs  Bolerium's 

surge. 
Another  ancient  Worthy  to  our  shores. 
Whilst  democrats  their  flight  in  terror  urge, 
(Shall  I   St.  Aubvn  name  })    hia  patriot 

Love  restores  !  R.  Polwhili. 

On  the  late  Rev,  Charles  Symmons,  2>.Z). 
By  John  Taylor,  Esq, 

^GAIN,  dear  Symmons,  most  I  wafb  a  ugh 
To  the  cold  bed  where  thy  pale  reJiques 

lie; 
Again  pay  tribute  to  thy  honour'd  bier, 
A  heart- felt  tribute,  Friendship's  votiv^  tear. 
Alas  !  what  vari'ius  powers  were  lately.thine. 
Learning's  vast  stores,  touch'd  with  a  flama 

divine. 
Affection  spreading  from  thy  kindred  raoe» 
To  all  mankind,  whate'er  *  (heir  ateto   4ir 

place. 
Then  should  thy  friends  below  ntstwin 

grief, 
And  just  reflection  yield  them  anre  reliei^ 
For  now,  relsas'd  £rbin  ev'ij  faumaa  eaiai^ 
Thy  future  £ite  immortal  b&M  Iq  ahan. 


.1630.] 


Stlett  Poelrg. 


MmIudIu  I   M*  tbM  nub  tbi  Hot'aJj 

And  gam  thy  da*  nrard  lar  mwit  b«i« : 
ViHolL  race'iTM  ihM  with  ■  gnl4taS  smilt, 
Ai  thou  tudal  brought  hii  MnH  to  Vtat- 

doa'i  l«U, 
Wb«ra  thoD  htr  Tuiaiu  chum  m  mil  hiM 

Thu  Briuis'i  lugug«  teem*,  idiIkiI,  b« 
A  Uik  a'cD  mightr  Drjdeo  iitiuly  tir'd, 
Whfi  giTe  hcT  (trcagtli,  but  not  ber  gn£« 

SHjkXiriiiiE  ud  Mil. Ton  jnlntl;  atxt  ap- 

Tu    gntt   thir   preiciia    with    ■  ittlciHae 
And  veil  their  muto^  lion»g4  thou  intj'it 

Th«  Oumpioo  of  ibrir  worki  siid  monlfuM. 
TbtSTioyiiTC  wwiu  pIcM'dinlbMlDGBd 
l-he  Fiwt'i  fin  ud  Criclc't  ikUl  combiii-d. 
At  Itnglh  siih  Bu-di  1  ■•*  ibtc  tali*  th; 

pitn, 
RcDown'd  on  mtUi  foi  geoiiu,  judgmtnt. 


Yb  litUt  koow,  Ujcwd  tb'  Alkatk  wnm. 

Or  mm  onhupj,  exiled  fron  their  IkiiM( 
la  bondi  ud  fetten,  ud  uui  friendleu  num. 
Poor  lucili*w  '■  eoMpell'd  on  ladii'i  tuaat. 
To  >ritM  beanth  tb*  npprenor't  nuhlMI 

Aod  dru  tba  cbaio  of  Sbrerj  tt  hit  will,     . 
WliiU  ttun^hu  of  Iriaodi  tad  hatat  thair 


Uu-^lC.    ""'    "'  (.IWBglh; 

And    nihle    uur    burthnt    *>|iii]    to    our 
Bcfricutl  tlw    Negruei   in  tliiLi    ilapibt  of 

Aadeiii'  that  LK>B<!>Re,  whicli  li-liitl  nun 

Give  SU>>'i  ih-tt  frwdmn  '.  tud  tbj  likuiag 

.>i..l'  [end! 

Bj  Chi  >>t '^  KmtvriioH  ?  lei  jH-lSlavuit 

Cu*'-,../;^.  T.N. 


"  jf  fro^yotindHf  aniiBfUttJI.'anifcarnnf  M 
loitib  nicA  eircHmilanca  ufhomr,  nun!  (c 
oMitJin/."  WiLUiroliCE. 

"TWAS  thioa,  O  Fox  !  to  bid  oppmMoa 

*        CM«.  [P.«-l 

And    giie    ibe    Sign  Virtue^Freedom — 
¥m  iuu  the  wUliag  MuH  btr  thrcnc   ihall 

Aod  helplutt  oriJumi  cliiunt  jiour  outchleu 
For  jou  ih.!!  I^U  tbe  Negt»  wiHo-'i  Itu, 
While  >|K.ilen  b*Mih>ll>hrink  <>ltl>  cu-irj 


Tliau  iode&ligtble  I  aoUerriend! 
For  Libert]!  reioU'd  lb}  life  to  ipei 
On     FrudeiH-i    altar    lUudi     ihj 


LINES 

On  Ou  Dtatk  <ifa»  b^mt. 
flAST  thnn  e'er  wea  in  April  aon 

*■     ASnan-dropthtmrmglMkadai 
With  opeo  cup  wul  i>em  a'enprml. 
Ruling  it!  hrwilenni modeit  bwd; 
Whed  itnight  the  oloudi  ban  otarcHt, 
III  tvretnau  jieldiag  lo  (he  blait } 
Hut  tbou  the  opening  Rota-bud  aetD, 
Bur- ting  ill  moil]!  coat  of  greni. 
Rut  ere  iht  teader  lo'ci  no  blow, 
A  deidljr  canker  laji  it  law  i 
So  thou,  m;  ChiUl,  ny  apeaitig  Roat, 
My  Snowdrop  thai  do  longer  Uowt, 
Thy  fainted  ipirii  (|aickly  (Ud, 
No  cli3ud  tby  chrrub  tiire  o'enpread. 
Sate  when  thy  mni  lioplaring  tj* 
Etcited  oft  the  iirugglinc  aigh. 
Svret  babe,  upoa  thy  luckltM  biar 


Tbfl  «orld   ihrougboi 

.iou-.  kno-n, 
From  NoiaZeicbla  tn 


I    r«ound    thy      One  ilep  (long  the  road  i( 


r    DppTM-      That  lead!  ui 


•rOni. 


orid  Zone ! 
Fnedom    earn 

Their  Liberty  tecnie — whatnetdtbej  draad? 
tJidike  to  Armo'i  oppreiied  claa, 
niignce  to  Liberty— diigrite  to  man  I 
For  power  dejpoticreignitr^ompbant  there, 
And  bumblti  /etioia-men  to  low  dapair ! 
Ye  WD,  of  Albion,  who  li'e  trcure, 
L'neoniciaui  of  the  ilU  poor  Slam  endnrr, 

GlKT.  ^AO.Junt 


1.00k  forward  and  the  path  puraiie. 
And  ti  Dur  proipaelt  brighter  glow, 
.''purn  at  the  fleeting  jnyi  below  -, 
May  WF,  ai  TiDie  with  npid  flight 
Bean  ui  to  everlaiting  light. 
Like  tliee  in  Ueatb'i  embracea  iixile, 
Abaorb'd  Id  baiTtoly  tbem«t  tb*  while, 
Till  tirvaling  into  fib  we  Graa 
TtuMuiafherinortalit}-  & 


10 


18t6. 


[    554    ] 


Cltni^ 


HISTORICAL  CHRONICLE. 


PROCEEDINGS    IN    PARLIAMENT. 

May  81.  The  two  Home*  were  this  day 
prorogned.      The    Lord    Chaocellor,    the 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the  Marquis  of 
Conyneham,  the  Earl  of  Harrowby,  and  the 
Earl  Shaftesbury,  having  taken  their  seats  at 
Commissioners,  the  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Rod  was   directed  to   summon   the 
Commons.    The  Royal  assent  was  then  no- 
tified to  the  two  Corn  Bills,  and  to  fourteen 
other  public  and  private  Bills.    The  Lord 
Chaneeilor  then  read  the  following  speech: 
*•  My  Lords  and  Gentlemen, 
**  His  Majesty  commands  us  to  inform . 
you,  that  the  state  of  the  public  business 
enabling  his  Majesty  to  close  the  Session  at 
a  period  of  the  year  the  most  convenient  for 
a  General  Election,  it  is  his  Majesty's  in- 
tention to  dissolve,  without  delay,  the  pre- 
glrat  Parliament,  and  to  direct  the  issue  of 
Wika  for  the  calling  of  a  new  one.     His 
Majesty  cannot  take  leave  of  you  without 
commanding  us   to  express  his   Majesty's 
deep  sense  of   the  zeal  and  public   spirit 
which  you  have  constantly  displayed  in  the 
discharge  of  your  several  important  func- 
tions.     His    Majesty  particularly  acknow- 
ledges the  promptitude  and  discretion  with 
which  you  have  applied  yourselves  to  the 
objects  specially  recommended  to  you  by 
bis  Majesty  at  the  commencement  of  this 
Session ;  and  his  Majestpr  confidently  hopes 
that  the  good  effect  of  your  deliberations 
will  be  manifested  in  the  improved  stability 
of  public  and  private  credit.     His  Majesty 
has  the  satisfaction  to  inform  you,  that  the 
distinguished  skiU,   bravery,   and    success, 
with  which  the  operations  of  the  British 
arms,  ih  the  dominions  of  the  King  of  Ava, 
have  been  carried  on,  have  led  to  the  signa- 
ture«  upon  highly  honourable  terms,  of  a 
preliminary    treaty   with    that    Sovereign, 
which  his  Majesty  has  every  reason  to  ex- 
pect will  be  the  roundation  of  a  secure  and 
permanent   peace.       His    Majesty  further 
commands  us  to  repeat  to  you,  that  his  Ma- 
jesty's earnest  endeavours  have  continued  to 
be  unremittingly   exerted  to  prevent    the 
breaking  out  of  hostilities  among  nations, 
and  to  put  an  end  to  those  which  still  un- 
happily exist,   as  well    in  America    at  in 
Earope. 

*•  Gentlemen  of  the  House  qfCommonSf 
"  His  Majesty  commands  us  to  thank 
you  for  the  provision  which  you  have  made 
for  the  service  of  the  year.  His  Majesty's 
attention  will  be  constantly  directed  to  the 
reduction  of  the  public  expenditure  in  every 
degree  that  may  be  consistent  with  the  due 


»•** 


maintenance  of  the  security^  hi 
interests  of  his  kingdom. 

«  My  Lords  and  GeniUmeHf 
<<  We  are  specially  commapdcd  to 
you,  that  his  Majesty's  nattnal.  lniJ9g» 
have  been  deeply  aflfiected  oy  thii  dittrMaes 
which  have  prevailed  among  the  maimfiM- 
turing  classes  of  his  Majestj*a  rahjeetay  ind 
by  the  exemplary  patience  with  wmch  those 
distresses  have  been  generally  borne.  His 
Majesty  trusts  that  the  causes  out  of  which 
the  partial  stagnation  of  employsMiit  hes 
arisen,  are,  under  the  blessing  of  Provi* 
dence,  in  a  course  of  graduu  ebetemeBt. 
His  Majesty  is  confident  that  your  pre- 
sence  and  example,  in  your  several  Cooii- 
ties,  will  contribute  to  maintsin  end  en- 
courage the  loyal  and  orderly  spirit  which 
pervades  the  great  body  of  hu  people  i  and 
his  Majesty  relies  upon  your  liispoeitioiiy  to 
inculcate  that  harmony  and  matml  good 
will  among  the  sevenil  great  interests  of  the 
country,  upon  which  the  common  prosperity 
of  them  all  essentially  depends." 

Then  a  commission  for  jprorogniiig  the. 
Parliament  was  read.  .  After  which  ■  the 
Lord  Chancellor  said, 

«  My  Lords  and  GenUement 
**  By  virtue  of  his  Majesty's  commissloay 
under  the  great  seal,  to  us  uid  other  Lords 
directed,  and  now  read,  we  do,  in  hk  Ma- 
jesty's name,  and  in  obedience  to  his  com* 
mand,  prorncue  this  Parliament  to  Wcdaes* 
day,  the  14th  day  of  June  next,  to  be  then 
here  holden;  and  this  Parliament  it  ac* 
cordingly  prorogued  to  Wednesday  the  I4di 
day  of  June  next." 


The  Gazette  of  June  id  contained  a  Pifo* 
clamation  by  the  King  for  dissolving  the 
Parliament,  who  were  consequently  die* 
charged  from  tjieir  attendance  on  the  I4tk 
June.  The  Writs  were  made  retum|d>le  on 
the  25th  of  July.  Two  other  ProclomatioBs 
were  signed  by  the  King  at  the  sooke  tio^e } 
one  for  the  election  of  sixteen  Representa- 
tive Scotch  Peers,  which  is  to  take ,  idocp  at 
Holy  rood  House  on  the  15th  of  Jury ;  the 
other  for  the  election  .of  ,ltepresentatif<a 
Irish  Peers.  No  general  election  ;  fate - 
place  among  the.  Irish  Peers,  a«  the  Lay 
Representative  Peers  of  Ireland  hold  tt|#- 
trust  for  life,  and  the  Lords  SpiiitOfU  of  thfUl 
Kingdom  sit  each  for  a  Session  in  irotftjfm 
of  their  respective  Sees. 

The  Elections  in  different  parts,  of  ihe 
country  have  b^en  carried  oi|  with,  gryt 


*  ncMinp  ■■ 


ISH^  Porluniuilfcrjr  AwMtflMfi — nrtig*N«e$. 

■pirit.    tim  jmmAm*  «f  at*  maMUm  It  wen  et.)\ti  in,  ta  pmMct  Sir  Philip 

ih«H.Ywh1*l.  1  ■IIIMlllil.  Bn  hill  liT  vir;  Diijmpulir    irith    the  mob.  wli'i 

tMaaoMnw^Mti^prabKUrtaUMgnM  wem  tu  «)■,  iiidi*  lint  «« 

MpMM  Mm4iM*M0Di:r  (kAlaa.    Tlw  othm  w<>Diid)il.    Bui,  oa   (h 

iMratflu  hnw  bMri  elliel;  dw  fcawi  af  btlirv*  ihcn  h«  bnn   Itn  ri 

-     -'oa,       Bmm  «f  tb*  MOlnto  ba>*  ili*    loacr  orJcn,    and  non   gcDtlFRuDlv 

nBc)]ri«»«t«,  bbJ  tho*  ha**  baat  fHling  immg    the  owdMiWi  tnmdi  Hon 

•OB*  iHluwn  of  ilobiioo  IbA  aitnn*  OB  uilicr,  thin  •*■  evtt  nta*mbmA. 

tfa*  pKl   at  At   popoke^      Pmtna,    fo*  Wh*B  the  nturni  ■renniinliitnl.  »*  ilull 

hMUat*,  wlwra  Mr.  Cobbrtt  to  ft  CumII-  nm  (iiil  tn  gi.a  ■  pv&<ti  uid  snrrtM  Tiit  <lf 

dn*,  bw  btaa  ooc  einilBu*d  teao*  of  ta^  nil  ih«  Mtmhcri,  diitinKHithiBg  tkoM  Bba 

■attwna  nprdw.     AtCvHiU  Ai  ailitoj  1i»r  Veen  n»<il;  ntiirec'l.                              i 

FOREIGN    NEWS. 

FRANCE.  dinca  to  tlw  dmieh  in  giaml,  lad  ta  tlw 

Tm  JuuiTi. — TlMf*  ^tilcntial  bigoti  nuHioDuy  ntaaAan  is  parttonlw,  w*i  ikt 

«n  (nrj  dij  acijiuriDg  gtntWr  uc«iUac7,  fortli  with  ill  the  caninB  u4  oownga  nkht^ 

aad  in  apcalr  pUconiKd  by  iha  GoKrn-  bm  been  mde.  far  n  0MD7  jPMn,  tb*  aaa> 

BHDt.     Ttia    French   Mlnuun  han   pub"  vaunt  initraawnu  of  Rob*.     Tba  pnplK 

liclT  recogDiKd  tht  eiiiuoca  of  tha  Jciaiti  bovanr,  did  sot  lecn  tu  b*  qdu  pwpa^ 

in  Fitnn,  and  th«  tiitUnca  of  what  hai  In  throw  UicbimItm  into  tha  ana*  of  tb* 

bKD  called  the  Congrrgaliaa.     Tht  Biihop  pntle  and  •uffering  daMTsduita  of  LojmiIh 

of  Hennopolii,  tha  MiniilR  of  Ecdaiiat-  ud  oitb  a  •{urit  vhich  aniat  ba  adaiiiM,  ia 

tical  Affiin,  hu  allowed,  by  hit  ineech  in  a  Biomant  mad*  kaown  to  tb*  autharllka 

th*  Chamber  of  D^tiei,  that  tliare  ar*  4hat  thab  quartan  ware  likalj  to  ba  tatbar 

aann  collegn  und*r  tha  ttchuivt  dinction  too  hot  lii  hold  than.                                      > 

of  tbe  Jeiulti.     Ha  likawiie  nHde   kaowa  Tb*  ual  of  tbo  JaaaiU  ^a  Pranaa  ha*  be 

lb*  origio  and  prognH  of  tha  Congr^ation  I  cone  ao  great,  that  tbaj  exael  from  tb* 

bnt  be  decland,  M  th*  lam*  time,  that  ha  (bopkaapen  who  ■1^]'  tb*  Rojal  Haaa^r 

BCirar  siahed  to  baeoBte  a  mambii  of  in  hokl  a  proof  of  tbeit  roiog  (a  eoaflMtioai 

although  he  bad  been  often  ulicited  on  tli*  ludai  tb*  pea^^  of  loaii^  Ui  Ma)*aW* 

lubject.     Tbia  eoagtegalioa  it  ■  weiet  ao-  cwtom,      A    tbort   limt  tgi>  ooa   of  w* 

•ietj,  foroied  and  directed  bj  the  Jeauila.  tndeameB  of  the  Dacb**i  of  B*riy  raoaival 

Itt  atoatd  or  appanBt  objecti  an  the  aur-  aa  order  to  prvJaea  hia  conlhiaiiwal  liokaM 

eiaet  of  piety.     The  natim  vhich  iw  an*-  He  inB*diai*ljiutotb*aiiv«of  huptiidt, 

miet  aicTihe  to  it  art  ambilion,  and   the  but  the  latter,  b«fbr*  dalimiw  to  him  ibt 

deaire  of  direciiog  the  proceedingi  of  the  reqaiiiH  ceriifi<Me,   eiaeted   froai    hiia  a 

GiwemiDCDt.     We  lieai  la  the  luciatf  the  getieol  coaleuion.     Tht  indaaBaa,  wfaaea 

iwmei  o(  the  mrmbeia  of  whon  it  it  eoa-  balaDce-iheec  with  the  cbaroh  bad  not  haaa 

poacd,  under  thia  name  of  the  Jcnifci  rf>  tcruck  fur  a  loiu  tima,  aad  who  dldaacwiah 

Tole  Courlt ;  becauae    It  ii  laid   thay  only  to  loae  ibe  rnyal  cnalum,  laft  (ha  cati  tai 

differ  froiD  the  real  Jeiuita  by  their  eileraal  mnt  to  another  prieat,  whon  be  *«pn.nd 

■ppcuance.     Tlie  Miniate)  of  EccleiiBttical  to  find  lea*  aetere  1  but  h*  eonld  not  »*- 

nunhiji  hai  admitted  that  icnni  DMmbeii  c**d,  and  therafiire  waa  iMii  alio— d  tO  *a^ 

of  ihit   tecrel  lociet;   had    attained    bigh  ply  the  Dacbaea  any  loogar.                           > 
employnMoti,  and  that  ^''ey   had  nndered 

their  bnthreo  lignal  urrioet.     He  quoted  SPAIN. 

at  10  iaitasH  (he  late  Duke  of  Moouna.  Spain  b  tdll,  aad  probably  long  will  ba, 

rtncy,  the  Uo'craor   of  the  Uuke  of  B«r-  the   ihnlra  of  political  diatuifaanc**.     Aa 


le  Deputiel  hinted,  that  ai 

[nity  ihaa  ibe  Ni- 


Madiid,  the  6(h  inat.  of 


If  a  moat  anraeaM 
perpeBated  ia  (b* 
en  Jay,  ia  which  tb* 


■(reetaof  Madrid  IB     ,.        ,.    . 

In  (ha  Archbiihnprlcli  of  Ruu«o  rather  a  King,  to  the  Bioifnt  deatntetioa  of  0 

terrible  eiploaioo  hat  occnrted.      One  of  and  lubardiaatiaa,  baa  been  weali  anoagb. 

thote  crnia^ei  of  terror  and  inquiry,  which  to  pardoo  tlie  morderer. 

are  termed  "  Mixicui  "  ia  tha  Pa|.iableil,  Cadii  aad  Oibrahar  leMmnmUian,  that 

had    been  attempted  in  the  diitrict.     A  ca-  leTera]  guerilla  partin  are  new  roving  ahaal 

nicade  of  all  manner  of  pricati  and  digai-  the  mouataiaoua  dituriei  of  Andalufie,  bi^ 


w  (vol.  aod  1  ccseid  peoaoee,      drn^t  deGooee  10  (ha  local  BBtboritiat. 
pnchiag,  and  confeatlaoal,  waa  impoaod.     oftbem  lately  earned  off  fiO  honaa  h*Ii 
The  heretical  racuiinciet  of  (he  aga  wen      ing  to  tha  Preach  GBriaoa  ia  Caia,  «hi^ 


eery  foimallj  eipouaded,  aad  a  dnliM  obe-     were  at  patture  in   (b*  naigfabaarhood  el 


S56 


Foreign  Nevcg. 


lECtBie, 


ChicUna.  This  party  the  next  day  attacked 
the  Carthusian  Convent,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Xerex,  and  compelled  the  monks  to  give 
them  a  sum  of  money,  and  a  supply  of 
horses.  The  chief  rendezvous  of  these  par- 
tita is  the  Serrania  de  Ronda.  The  French 
$iem  to  take  no  notice  of  them.  One  party 
entered  the  small  town  of  Marchena,  and 
levied  a  contrihution  on  the  inhabitants. 

On  the  15th  and  17th  of  May  the  city  of 
Grenada  was  visited  by  repeated  and  severe 
■hocks  of  earthquakes,  attended  with  tre- 
mendons  subterraneous  rumblings. 

CORSICA. 

A.  letter  from  Ajaccio,  dated  May  8,  says, 
**  the  bandit  Theodore,  celebrated  for  so 
many  atrocious  crimes,  has  just  assassinated 
two  gendarmes  in  the  vicinity  of  Corte.  The 
history  of  this  man's  life  exhibits,  in  a  ter- 
TiMe  manner,  to  what  extraordinary  lencths 
the  Corsican  mountaineers  will  carry  their 
revenge.  About  two  years  ago  Theodore 
received  a  summons  to  repair  to  Ajaccio,  to 
have  his  name  inscribed  among  the  con- 
scripts for  the  army.  This  summons  he 
would  not  obey,  but  fled  to  the  mountains, 
having  previously  requested  the  Brigadier  of 
Gendarmes,  with  whom  he  was  acquainted, 
to  let  him  know,  in  case  orders  should 
come  to  have  him  arrested.  A  few  days 
after,  he  received  an  invitation  to  sup  with 
the  Brigadier,  who  said  that  no  orden  had 
yet  reached  him  respecting  his  arrest.  Wine 
was  supplied  in  abundance,  and  Theodore 
became  in  a  complete  state  of  intoxication  : 
he  was  then  bound  hand  and  foot,  and  con- 
veyed to  the  prison  of  Ajaccio.  He  escaped 
from  thence  without  much  difficulty,  and 
arming  himself  with  a  carbine  proceeded  to 
the  barracks  of  the  gendarmerie,  where  he 
■hot  the  Brigadier,  who  was  at  dinner  with 
his  Aimily. ,  He  then  retuined  to  his  village, 
assembled  the  inhabitants,  and  told  them 
what  he  had  done ;  he  swore  that  his  revenge 
was  not  in  any  degree  satisfied,  but  that  he 
would  murder  every  ^udarme  who  might 
come  in  his  way.  The  dreadful  oath  has 
been  cruelly  fulfilled,  and  although  heavy 
rewards  have  been  offered  for  his  appre- 
hension, all  is  in  vain  :  the  country  people 
will  give  no  information  respecting  him; 
and  when  an  opportimity  offers,  they  afford 
him  every  assistance.  He  wars  with  none 
but  gendarmes  ;  five  had  already  met  death 
by  his  hands  last  year.  Although  enduring 
the  most  horrid  privations,  and  subsisting 
only  on  the  game  and  wild  fruits  with  which 
the  isle  abounds,  his  bed  composed  of  leaves, 
his  habitation  a  cavern,  yet  this  outcast,  or 
bandit  of  novel  species,  has  never  been  ac- 
cused of  perpetrating  a  single  robbery.  Se- 
veral young  men  have  recently  joined  him  ; 
and  these  daring  bandits  strike  such  terror 
into  the  gendarmes,  that  they  dare  not  stir 
anleis  in  company. 


RUSSIA  AND  TUBKBY.  .•  • 
The  difEerenees  bcCwMB  BiMtW  amd  Tor- 
key,  which  vere  eapeeted  to  lildlto  a-tMi- 
guinary  conflloty  nnra  beea  umktUf  ad* 
justed,  the  Porte  baviqg  agcwhiit  Jimotit 
unconditionally,  to  the  demanda  aC  the 
former  power.  The  sudden  eoiDplinpt^iof 
the  Divan  with  the  conditions  insialad  oaU 
ascribed  to  the  complete  eo-opentioo  fpnmk 
to  exist  OQ  that  subject  hetinwn  the  great 
European  Powers.  All  of  them  auppcMted* 
through  their  Ambassadorsy  the  peremptory 
demands  of  the  English  Minuter  for  the 
fulfilment  of  the  treaty  of  Bucharest ;  and 
the  Porte  having  in  vun  attempted  to  create 
a  counter-interest  in  any  qoarter,  had  so 
alternative  left  but  submisfion. 

GREECE* 

-  A  letter  from  the  Greek  Ardlbishop  Igna^ 
tius  details  the  capture  of  Tripolixze  bj  the 
Greeks.  That  place  was  recovered  1^-  the 
gallant  Nicetas,  on  the  ISth  of  May,  three 
weeks  after  the  fall  of  Misaolonghi.  Ibi»- 
him  Pacha  made  repeated  effbrta  to  release 
and  save  Tripoli  zza,  but  they  were  ell  nne- 
vailing.  The  Greeks  had  this  time  taken 
care  to  occupy  all  the  passes^  and  defeOded 
them  so  bravely,  that  the  disciplined  'Efmft' 
ians  and  their  Christian  Chiefs  were  repmsed 
in  all  their  attempts  to  poietrate  into  the 
interior  of  the  Morea,  aiul  compelled  to  fiUl 
back  on  Patras,  after  havug  ezperieooad 
considerable  losses.  The  new  Government 
acted  with  much  energy.  Agreatnnmber 
of  intriguers,  both  native  and  fore^^  had 
received  orders  to  quit  the  Peloponnesas ; 
and  the  sailors  had  been  indaced  to  give 
their  services  for  six  months  gratia  to  mir 
country.  The  gratifying  intelligence  is  also 
conveyed  by  the  Archbishop,  that  700 
women  and  children  had  succe^led  in  effect- 
ing their  escape  with  the  portion  of -the 
garrison  of  Missolonghi  which  had  cut  its 
way  through  the  enemy ;  they  were  all  safely 
arrived  at  the  camp  at  Cravari.  The  coi- 
tives  sent  to  be  sold  at  Arta  and  Pirevesioid 
not  exceed  1,000. 

A  private  letter  firom  Zante,  dated  tbo 
15th  ult.  says,  «  The  details  of  the  sacking 
of  Missolonghi  are  but  imperfectly  known  ; 
but  we  know  that  Ibrahim  cut  off  6  or  6000 
heads,  some  of  which  were  sent  off  daily  to 
Constantinople.  The  body  of  Bishop  J  oaei^ 
was  salted  whole,  as  a  present  for  the  Sukan. 
The  women  and  young  girls  were  distribnted 
to  the  officers  and  privates,  to  be  diaposed 
of  as  each  thought  proper.  The  chnrehes 
were  all  destroyed,  except  one,  which  was 
converted  into  a  mosque.  Previous  to  fafeinr 
murdered,  the  people  found  at  Misaolongln 
were  put  to  the  torture,  for  the  poipoee  of 
extracting  from  them  whether  thne  waa  not 
treasure  hidden  in  the  fortress.— Upon' ^m, 
Christian  legations' at  Co^untinople- re- 
ceiving inteliigence  of  the.  fall  of  Mkio*  ' 


IBM.]                                   Fanignlfm.  EKf 

longhi,  dxf  MM  Atit  ittgoatam  to  aoar  ilripMob  i— On  tha  nonikif  of  tha  S-ltFi  of 

fruukM  lb*  Smitu,  ud  dun,  oa  mMia^  DcMmbsr  tli(  Uturisi  opc»d  i  and  io  the 

tb«  Pake*,  bid  to  paw  imidit  mphiaa- d  ■  cminc  of  [hit  di^  el^ht  IS-pnnndm  plijad 

bcadi,    wd   buooM  fbrMd   of  Mn  ud  on  >  |Mrt  of  il«  *„[k>  nJIcd  Ku,Uum<KuD- 

GERMANY.  tilled    Bul,U«   Sinrh't   mrden.       On   tba 

A  Untt  ftom  SehoWa,  dated  JdM  ».  "'d"  "f ''"'  ««'>  A'  wortm^  pu(i«  •.«• 

ntH  tba  followiiig  nMUocbolj  aoosoU  of  ■  K™"! '"»'  ■nonjed  bj  ihe  eo^nij'i  maich- 

io  that  Deighbnoi-haod.     On  tbaSid,  doriB;  '  'r"'"  S"'tli  of  ih.  En^nneen,  and  Entign 

an  iotolmabie  bcM,   nitli  a  pnfMt  caln,  '"''*  "'  '''•  ««*"  •tmenl,  *crt  Kontuhid. 

h*a«   thaiid.r-clo«lt     coming    from     lb*  "' tli"  «eth,  aDadr.ncedha.tCTj,  monwinf 

South,  collected  aboaL  (be  nmiBiii  nf  tb*  ""  «•""■  ""  enoipleted,  bcmen  iha  l-n 

Vogelbarf,  and  aboot  fit*  in  the  aftcraooa  '■•""■"  i'""!™'-     Se.cfal  of  the  defeAHi 

poured  do-n  a  tnaumioiu  drloga,  wUeh,  *•"*  ■"■"  df 't"ijcd.  uid  Hrrihle  Mwiilloa 

nuhinK  frnm  tba  uooauia,  euriod  imw  ""  ■'""'  *"  ""^  '"•"'■  ""'i;"  f^  '*"•  ••» 

enlito  fitUt,  and  pound  into  th*  nlln  a  ""  ^"  """»'  "i""'    O"  tt*  Bight  of  ihi. 

*hich  the   .illaKe  of  E-shuirnd.  and  fir*  ^'r  li"  "■tfl»B«ti«>'   ™    •■fn'lj   )("«''■ 

odien,   an   lititaud.      At  Eacheniod  (k*  "'*x  >"  ™  ^*'"'  k""*!  oi  the  brttfc  ela» 

whol*    colUcKd    into  ooa  tlnaB,   which  oM.ih.Wuoii  oonlfi.pd  ti.»ff,MtWir«c.pe 

pound  iu  detaining  »nne  to  tba  *iriif:e  :  f"""  '"«  »"""  "i"'  '■■•''  '•"'"!»'  i  »>>J  ■» 

tbii  vu  the  work  of  a  few  mlnutaaj  tba  ''""  "•^'•'g  '*  '»«  'I'y  »  •"»'l  P*"?  rf 

whole  road  which  paueithroogh  tba  rillan  ■"'^''''    'I"   »raj»d.       On   the  follnwlM 

-u  at  once  ihirtj  ieet  undrr  w«ut,  whieb  '■■  ^""K  •»»  "owofih*  w'alty  endmvoBwd 

r0te  in  ward  a.  high  aa  a  bouM,  •atiralr  '     '"'"■  '^*''  "T  t>>rou)!h  ixif  pitrkrta,  but 

dnini>ed   tba    t^unnj,    root*)    op    the  ";■''   "ppnwd,   »od_  •   ihaiv^^iwaaict   look 
tret*,   carried  off  timber,   immeii 


nl.vc,     in   wtiioh  CtpCain*  Chambcn    and 
I'almrr,  and  Ucut.  BrooU,  war*  wounded  i 


ofthe  b^inn  on  iheroad,  aadiweMawaT     •'"'"'  •"  »•>•  """"J.  hoitavar,  vnrt  killed 
*■■■■■■■-"•'      ■>•■'••■ —       n — mtSingh,  .--' 


tbw  maaner  91  pertou  periahed.  ''"  '•t'  li^j'^^- 

EAST  INDIES.  I"!""'"  "  til"  rijimiui  dm, 

1  DteUigeac*  haa  baen  raeetred  fnmi  Con-  AFRICA. 

nodore  Sir  Jamei  Btiibana,  ComBaadtr  of  AccoBoti  from  Cape  CoMt,  ditod  SOtb 

hii  MaJMtf'i  natal  forcca  on  the  Ent  India  April,  «l4t«  that  tbtit  i)  iTtrj  pmhaMIltf 

itatioot  announcing  that  in  conieqiiencn  of  of  lint  part  of  the  coait  being  inrolrMl  la 

the  perliilioui  eraiicoi  of  the  Burmeie  an-  war.     It  had  been  fur  tnma  tinM  romoBrerf 

thorititt,  in  regard  to  the  ratifintioa  of  the  that  the  AihanteM  wen  on  the  move.     In- 

treitj   or    price,    GenFni    Sir    Aicbibald  formatioa  bu  arriied  that  (he  King,  with 

Campbell  found  hlnKelfunder  the  neceuiijr  the  whole  of  hi>  armj,  hai  Feft  Commaaaec, 

of  leaewiog   hoitilitiei   with    that   power,  and  ii  now  neai  the  frontier;  but  it  U  net 

The  time  granted  Tor  the  raiiGcaiion  having  known  npnn  what  quarter  be  meditalei  an 

eiplred  on  tho  IBlh  of  Jaouaiy,  Sir  Archi-  attaek,    whether  Cape  Coait,  Aooamabuo, 

bald  Cunphell  put  liii  armj  in  motion  on  nr  Accra. — Trade  ii,  and  hai  been  few  a  long 

the  fulluwing  daj,  and  to  welt  planned  and  time,  eomplatelj  at  a  itajid. 

.Iporou.  -ere  hi.  o|>er.tion..  that  the  enem]r  AMFHirA 

-ere  unable  to  oppoie  efFecloal  retiitaoce  SOUIH  AMEKILA. 

in  anj  pijint.     Tlieir  liead-quarten  M  Mel-  The  Emperor  of  the  BratiU  baa  reu^nad 

loun  were  attacked  with  tuch  braverj  that  alt  claim  to  the  uivtreigritj  of  Porttigal.     It 

■he  whole  of  the  work*  were  .peedilv  cu-  ii  trmiRrmd  in  form  to  hli  ^oghtarDnnna 

ried   bj  itorm  ;   the  enemj,  defeated'  with  Maria,  but  in  re.litj  Co  hi.  brother,  th*  hi- 

great    loii,  fled  in  the  nimoit  ennFuiina,  tended  hniband  of  that  Prineen. 

having  our  c^l'ot  .rnj  in  poti.e9.iua  of  Priv.u  letter.  deKTibe  1^  Moekada  of 

Mflloun,    with   all    the    ordnanee,    bnau,  the   river   Plate    a.   baring  dcatrnjtd   th* 

■tore.,  and  .ooie  ireaiure:  and  it  ii  italed  ri.ing    commercial    prnpohr    of   Ba*naa 

that  Sir  A.  Campbell  hadiHoed  a  proclama-  Ajre.  .nd  it.  depeadcnciet.    The  high  road., 

tion,   in  which  thoK  province,  ceded,  or  in  that  country  are  the  rircr.,  and  theM  art 

placed  under  the  protretiop  of  Great  Bri-  complete!;  in  the  haoib  of  the  Bniiliao). 

tain  b;   the    treaty,    were   called  npna  to  The  communication  from  one  piece  to  ano- 

drclare  tbem»lve.  independent  of  the  Kio^  ther  i.  tKn.  cot  olf,  and  the  una]  .npp^  of 

of  Av(,  .nd  prnmiiing  them  the  .upport  oF  flour,   liquor,   ipirit.,  tobacco,    and   other 

Great  Britain  in  maintaining  them  *i  lepa-  foreign  produce,  ii  wholly  eicloded.     Tb* 

rate  itate.,  couMquenoa    ii,     that  fiireign  gmxta  hare 

In  p.4S7  we  noticed  the  capture  of  Ibe  riKn  to  three  or  four  tinn.  ihvir  foniter 

impnruot  fonreu  oF  Hhurtpore.     The  fnl-  valoe ;  and   living  i>  new  twicn  u  -itat  at 

lowing  particular,  are  taken  from  the  ofllctal  Bneioa  Ajrm  t.  at  London. 


t    S58    ]  [Jane, 

PROMOTIONS   AND    PREFERMENTS. 

Gazette  Promotions.  ff^r-Office,  June  9*  lAante(hmrdB,  C^pt, 

War-Officey  May  19*— 14th  regt.  foot,  Hanmer  to  be  Major  and  LieuVcol.  by  pur- 

brevet  Mwor  M.  Everard,  to  be  Major  i  c^wej  2d  Drag.  Capt.  WemyM  to  be  Ma- 

44th  ditto.  Brevet  Liexit.-col.  F.  S.  Tidy,  i^*  ^  pw«l»- »  8th  Capt.  EmI  of  WiUahire 

to  be  LieutHJol. ;   92d  ditto,  Qpt.  J.  U  *»  he  Major ;  Itt.  or  Oren.  Foot  QiMx^ 

Verity,  to  he  M«or.— Brevet :  Aretaa  Wm.  Uent-col.  Ellis,  from  the  half-pay,  co  be 

Toung,  «sq.  Utelieut.-col.  oo  the  half-pay  ^  "<*  Lieut.-col. ;   let.  m.  foot,  Cap^. 

rfad  Weit-India  wet.  to  have  the  mk  o|  Hopkins  to  be  Major  by  pyreh.;  ««th  ditto» 

Deut.-col.  in  the  West  Indies  only  i  Capt.  ^apttin  Hogarth,  fro«i  |lie  half^y,  to  be 

forhes  Champagne,  90th  foot,  to  be  Ma-  ^V^  '*  *9th  ditto,  Liea«.-yoI.  Simpwrn  to  be 

jor.— Unattached :  Major  John  Spink,  did  tkf^-col.  j  89d  ditto,  M^Gascoyne  to 

foot,  to  be  licut.-coI.  of  inf.  he  Major  i  87th  ditto,  Majpr  Manners,  eoth 

The  under-mentioned  officers  having  Bre-  foot,  to  be  Major ;  6ath  iitto.  Major  Ellis 

vet  rank  superior  to  tlieir  regimental  com-  ««  he  Major ;    e4th  ditto,  to  be  Majors* 

missions,   have  accepted    pomotion  upon  B»«v«t  lieut.-col.   Lord  C.  FStne^,  frort 

half-pay,  according  to  the  General  Order  of  half-pay  27th    foot;     67th  ditto,     Brevet 

«6th  of  April,   1826:    Brevet  Lieut.-cols.  Col.  Burslem,  14th  foot,  to  be  Lieut.-col. ; 

ColJn  Campbell,   1st  foot,  Adam  Peebles,  M*h  ditto.  Brevet  Col.  Neynoe,  4th  ftKit, 

9th,  and  Robert B.  M*Gregor,  88th  to  be  ••he  Lieut-col. ;  88th  ditto,  Major  Hailes 

Lieut.-col8.  of   inf.;     Brevet  Lieut.-cols.  to  be  Major;  9lstditto>  Capt.  Drewe,  78d 

John  M'Ra,   1st  foot,  Wm.  Irving,  29th,  foot,  to  be  Major ;  94th  ditto,  to  be  Lieut.- 

Wm.  Rowan,  H,  Geo.  Macleod,  69d,  T.  F,  cols..  Major  Craufiird,  8th  Light  Dra|r.  and 

Wade,49d,  Henry  Rainey,  Royal  African  Lieut.-dol.  Paty;  96th  dHto,  Capt.  CainH 

Colonial  Corps,  Geo.  L.  Goldie,  66th,  and  cto*«»  *<>  he  Major.— Royal  AfHom  Colonial 

James  Stewart,  46th  ;  Brevet  Majors  Jacob  Corps,  Major.-Gen.  Sir  N.  Campbell,  to  b« 

Watson,  1 4th,  J.  Murray  Belches,  29th,  Col.— Brevet  r    Brevet  Major  Jackson,  of 

John  Crowe,  82d,  Thomas  Huxley,  70th,  the  eth  Drag.  Guards,  to  be  Lieut.- col.  ii 

Patrick  Baird,  77th,  Hon.  F.  C.  Stanhope,  the  army.— Unattached :  to  be  Ueot.-cols: 

78th;    Abraham  Creighton,  9 1st,  Arthur  of  Inf.  by  purchase.  Brevet  UeuU-col.  I^rd 

Gore  95th,   John  Austen,    25th,   Daniel  Fitzroy,  64th  foot ;  Major  Bradshaw,  77th; 

Wright,  16th,  and  Peter  Dudgeon,  68ih,  Major  Mills,  2d  Drag.-,  Major  Glover,  1st 

to  be  Majors  of  int  ^t ;  Major  Hay,  91  st;  Major  Mansel,  96th; 

May  27.  Charles  Lord  Strathaven  to  Major  Dobin,  19th;  and  Capt.  Cuyler,  Cold- 
be  one  of  the  Lords  of  his  Mdesty't  Bed-  'tream  Foot  Guards.  To  be  Maiors  of  Inf. 
chamber.  Right  Hon.  William  Harry  Capt«-  Goldsmid,  34th  foot;  Bragge,  Sd 
Freeroantle  to  be  Treasurer  of  hU  Majesty's  L«g*»t  Dr^. ;  M'Arthur,  19th  foot ;  Reed, 
Household.  <J«d  foot,  Prosser,  7th  Drag.- Royal  Reg. 

June  3.     Gen.  Ward  to  be  Governor  of  of  Artillery,  Major  Lloyd  to  be  Lieut.-col ; 

Barbadoes;  Right  Hon.  C.  W.  W.  Wynn,  Capt.  and  Brevet  Major  Cleeve  to  be  Major. 
Earl  Bathurst,  the  Right  Hon.  G.  Canning,  ..._ 

the  Right  Hon.  R.  Peel,  the  Earl  of  Liver- 
pool, the  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  the  New  Peers. 
Duke  uf  Wellington,  the  Marquis  ofSalU-         The  King   has  granted  the   dignity  of 

bury,  Lord  Telgnroouth,  the  Right  Hon.  Peers  of  Great  Bf itain  and  Ireland  to  the 

J.  Sullivan,  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  G.  War-  following  persons : 

render.  Dr.  Phillimore,  and  W.  Y.  Peel,  esq.         Marquis  of  Thomond,  to  be  Baron  Tad- 

to  be  Commissioners  for  the  Affairs  of  India*  caster ;  Marquis  of  Clanricarde,  to  be  Baron 

June  5,  6,  7.     James  Fergusson,   esq.  Somerhill ;    Earl  of  Balcarras,  to  he  Baron 

advocate,  to  be  one  of  the  aix  ordinary  Clerks  Wigan ;  Vise  Nortliland,  tobie  Baron  Raa- 

ol  Session  in  Scotland ;    Chas.  Ross,  esq.  forly ;  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Charles  Long,  to  he 

advocate,  to  be  one  of  the  four  Commi»-  Baron  Famborough ;    Sir  J.  Fleming  Lei- 

aaries  of  Edinburgh ;  Hugh  Lumsden,  esq.  cester^  to  be  Baron  de  Tabley ;    J.  A.  S. 

advocate,  to  be  bheriff  Depute  of  the  shire  Wortley  Mackenzie,  eeq.  to  be  Baron  Whara- 

of  Sutherland. — ^Edward  Tichborne,  of  Snar-  cliffe;  Charles  Duncombe,  Esq.  to  be  Ba- 

ford-hail,  co.  Lincoln,  esq.  third  but  second  roo  Feversham  ;  Charles  Rose  EUia,  Esq.  to 

surviving  son  of  Sir  Henry  Tichboroe,  of  he  Baron  Seaford* 
Tichborne,  co.  Southampton,  Bart.  dec.  to  ._ 

take  the  name  of  Doughty  only,  instead  of 

that  of  Tichborne,  and  also  bear  the  arms  Ecclesiastical  Prewrmemts, 

of  Doughty  quarterly  with  those  of  Tich-  Rev.  W.  F.  Bayley,  Preliend  of  Canterbury, 

borne  (agKeably  to  the  will  of  the  late  M»s  Rev.  Archd.  Ball,  Preb.  of  Canterbury  Cath. 

Do«u|hty,  of  Bedford-row) . — John  Swinner-  Rev.  E.  G.  CM^  Prab.  of  Wcttaiaater. 

ton  CudliDp,  of  Birmingham,  Gent,  to  be  Rev.  M.  Marshy  Canon  of  Salisbury  CstJi, 

a  Master  Extraordinary  in  Chancery.  Rev.  T.  Carew,  Bickleigh  R.  Devon. 


1 996 J  Birllu  and'^llmTiaga. 


w.  E.  M.  Hau«>  IihuD  ivimtIoi  R.  co. 

NDrthwnptDB.  CnitTUIiii. 

lUr.  W.  HdIdm,  Lougboreogli  R.  n.  Leie.  Re*.  B.  MatMoek,  to  Doke  «f  RmlMHt. 

H«*.  W.  Llcnd,  Nubarth  R.  pFnbr<>knhir«.  Rct.  J.  ParUu,  is  BhI  Odlsnj, 

Ret.  R.  M.  Muur,  Bornb;  C.  eo.  Luc.  R<t.  D.  Lwit,  M  Mn.  tl  Q 

Rct.  U  t'.  Pu»Ti,  Piltda  K.  M.  North-  

Ikv.  Ci  Rc^oUi,  Honiaguft  R.  eo.  Nor-  Citu  PunRMiwrf. 

folk.  R».  J.  C.  AInhd,  MMMr  of  iIm  FlM 
R«T.  R.  Q.  Honn,  YBrliogtoa  R.  Sonwnat.  Gramoiar  School,  Bratoa,  Somanat 

R«T.  H.  M.  S|«ia,  Waal  HaiUoD  H.  co.  H*<.  D.  RcM,  Mm«  of  tba  Fim  GnmoMr 

NonhaDptoa.  Sohool,  Wichnar,  co.  QlouoiMu, 

BIRTHS. 

MtyM.   It"  wlfo  uf  the  Re>.  RiiUrt  Itcikclcj-iquan,  iha  viro  ofChas.  Dowilai 

Gok:h,R«clo(ofS«gi.va,  Ltlcwnbira,  ^  HalfoiJ,  «q.  a  dan. S«.  Ai  EJ.ingloB. 

dto^ lU.  AtihcHtcUitjHuuia,  Lacal.y,  Yuik,  the  wila  of  Rob.  Drniua.  a  lau  mai 

oaar  Umt  Grttnibj.  iIk  <rif*  uf  the  Km.  h«i(. «7.  At  ValeRottl, the  Right  H<in. 

-n.«.    ULud,  llu»   £■»  bo}i IT.    At  Ud.    Dclamcre,     a  <ui>. Al    Kc.No.Ub 

Btuud  faik,  Kent,  the  oifa  nF  Edmuod  Half.  Staff.v J,  the  ladf  of  Sh  OiitaltJ  Mua,- 

TurWD.nii.aaau. IB.  At  ManifrPlaM,  la;,  buc  a  dau. M.  Hia  lady  of  Lirul.- 

EdiBbufcli,  tlia  *if*  of  D(.  Hlbbart,  iiOB.  Col.  An*7[,  4th  rag.  adao. 90.  AtTaa- 

19.  At  York,  Iha  Ud;  of  Ski  WlllLoi  lar  nclory,   tba  wlfa   of  tha  &,,.  C.  A. 

FguKi,  Biri.  I  itiu. 31.  At  Redbuimw  WbaaUriaht,  a  dau. -Jmu  h.  At  IJllaj 

ll„„  .     fl.   t,  -'       .  r.  "fHolH-ttTliomua  raclorj,  il«!  -ifa  of  tin  R«.  Uf.  Bland,  » 

H,  .  ■  .■  -hil  hair. »J.  wi,. 7.  Tl.*  «f.  «f  p.  Hofr«k^  a.q, 

l:>  I  . .:'    "f  (.'apt.  Laiig-  nf  Peaounhao   Lndgt, 


ir^fa  of  SaiDual  i'tge,  atq.  of  Dolirich,  ■ 

■un 17.  AiMiHif  Park,  tha  wifsiifC. 

¥.  WIh,  c>q.  Hull  Lodge,  Fajnbua,  ■  dau. 

MARRIAGES. 

Jan.  9.  At  Calcutta,  tha  Van.  John  Hax      pUcc,  to  Mitganl,  aldnt  dau.  of  Iha  Rct. 
ta;D*,    Archd.  of  BDmbaj,    to    Margaret,      ).  W.  Alaitn'irr,  of  RayDe.  aaci. 17.  Ai 

eldeil  dan.  of  llw  Hnn.  Sir  John  Ftaaki,      St.  Mary'i  Church,  Maijlgbont,  Prai   '     ' 


>M   uf  tba  Judgea  of  the  Suprama      Monii.  n^.  lale  nf  the  Bayil  Laaeeri.  to 

Sophia,     '-"I     p-i*"    F-ii'n    T.    Milfurd   ejo.   of 

At  CJaiMi,  the  Re..  WillUni      Yuik-;  ' i  i.......  ,a  C.™.n>.a». 


HanriG>lftiduiManD,ofR..«deii,Che>blre,  ibiie.-  '   . .  ibe  He> 

to  Baih,..,  eldeit  dau.  of  Rich.  Spoouer,  Runei  .,.>.  of  the  latt 

etq.  of  Hili-kfield>,  Dear  Worceiter. 17.  Adm.  Buij.  of  Denslu^n,  DeMm. At 

Al.  reuD,  SufTuidihiie,  Tha.  Moii,  aun  of  KeBiiajttoD  Church,  Junea  Heo.  Chogh, 

W.  Phillipi,  of  (.  bciKjad  Houw,  co.  Salop,  eiq.  to  Mill  Stone,  of  Roljeiton  Puk.  Staf- 

e,c,.  to  Eileo  PenhouK,  dau.  ofW.  Tliaeker,  fbrdihire. At  St.  Panerai  Naw  Church, 

»(|.   of  Muchall  Hall,   CO.    Suffnrd,  cm).  Robert  Chrlitopbtr  Parker,  eeq.  of  Qrten- 

IS.  At  Yealmptno,  Sambourne Palmer,  urjih,  to  Hariolt  Majnard,  dau.  of  W.  Satt 

eiq.  la  Lncjr  PeDttaiie,  eldiil  dau.  uf  tba  Peckham,  eaq.of  MorDlngtoD-craaoot, 

Re..  Rich.  Laae,  of  Cuffleet,  co.  Dtroa.  Al  Whitbr,  Durham,  W.  Rlchan]»n,  tu. 

i3.  At  Chri.t  Church,  Si.  MtrjIeboM,  of  Yo.k,  la  Anoe,  unlT^childDf  MarauJuke 

W.  Eardte;  Hichardei,  eiq.  of  Brrneichen,  Neltoo,  eaa.  late  of  Biutingbam 31. 

CO.  Car^ao,  K>  Maiianna,  dan.  of  Hugh  At  Bedate,  York,  Joho  HiDcki,eaq.  to  Heo- 

Stcplieoi.  c»).  of  Duiiet-iquare. AC  !>t.  iletta,  dau.  of  Heury  Percf  JhiUeioe,  no.  of 

Pincru,  Kicb.   HarHiDge  Stewart,   eiq.  of  Cnkehall,  Yorkihire. 

Camden  Toon,  to  Caruliur,  dau.  of  th*  lata  Lateli/.  At.  St.  Marf'!,  MafjIaboM,  the 

John  Buichmao,  an.  o(  Surinam. (3.  Rei.  Jamea  Heniy  Cotura,  Prwentor  of  tha 

At  W.lcot  Church.  Winchetler,  Major  C.  -     -  - 

Gardiner,  In  Harriet,  oolj  child  of  Cbaa.  .  .  „ 

Pluiiket,   no. ti-    Al  Great  Stukelej,  and  aie«  of  the  lata  Right  Rer.  tb*  I«rd 

John  HejxKMl,  etq.  of  Famwoith  HooM,  Buhop  of  Sdiibotj. 

near  Bolton,  to  Eliu,  dan.  of  the  Rer.  John  Jime  1.    At  Walbrd,  co.  HeraTatd,  tba 

Bailej.  Tinr  of  the  former  place. 16.  Rat.  E.  B.  Bagahwra,   Reeaor  ot^mm, 

Jabo  Docwra  Dkluuon,  eaq.  of  Tuiatoek-  Dafbfdiin,  and  ihiriMa  crf'Sir  W^  C' 


560                                              Marriages.  ^'     [hmi 

Bagtbawe,  of  the  Oakt,  to  J«ne,  dim.  of  of  WhitUa^fiird,  to  Jnw  DwU^^  ^itoe  of 

the  late  Win.  Partridge,  etq.  of  Monmouth.  Matthew  Cnllej,  #•<{.  ot.  Fovb«nj. Tower. 

At  Warwick,  the  Rev.  £dw.WilIet,  to     ^At  Dover,    Pctwr  Bmkdth,  eeq.   of 

Laura,  dau.  of  S.  Steward,  esq.  of  Myton.  Roaaall  Hall,  Lancaehira,  to  £li«a  Dtoboo- 

^At  LeaouDetoo,  Nicholas  Lee  Torre,  naire,  only  dau.  of  the  late  Sir  Theo.  John 

esq.  son  of  the  late  James  Torre,  esq.  uf  Metcalfe,  hart,  of  Fernhilly  BpAa.         .At 

Snjdate  Hall,  Yorkshire,    to  £liza,  eldest  St.  George's,  Bloomsbuiy,  ^Edw.  S.  Haw- 

dau.  of  R.  W.  Elliston,  esq.  of  Stratford-  kins,  esq.  of  the.  Bengal  armj,  oldlN^  ton  of 

place,  London. ^At  Willesdon,  Edward  the  late  Col.  Thos.  Hawkins,  toAliqii^ia- 

Osborne,  third  son  of  the  late  John  de  la  beila,  third  dau.  of  the  late  J.  IiUiiudeBi„>C|q. 

Chambre  Smith,  esq.  of  Waterfurd,  'to Mary  —9.  At  Homsevy  Wm.  Henry  Foote^  esq. 

Ann,  youngest  dau.  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Fly,  M.D.  to  Sophia,  third  dau.  of  Jonah  Smith 

Vicar  of  the  former  place. In  London,  Wells,  esq.  of  Hichgate,         At  Tjdd  St 

Captain  Appleton,  from  Alexandria,  to  £liz.  Giles,  near  Wbbech,  Robert  Normally  esq. 

dau.  of  the  Rev.  J.  Wilkinson,  of  Upleatham.  to  Susan,  third  dan.  of  the  late  BenJ.  Car- 

At.  St.  Paucras  Church,  Hamerton  J.  rington,  esq.  of  Little  firomleY,  £ 


Williams,  esq.  to  Frances,  dau.  of  the  late      10.  At  West  Rounton*  Sir  Ino.  S.  Fnley, 
Thoe.  Mason,  esq.  of  John- street,  Bedford-     bart.  to  Jane  Matilda  Lillvy  eUeet  dw.  of 

row. At  St.  George's,  Hanover- square,     the  Rev.  Montague  John  Wynjud,  Sector     / 

Charles,  second  son  of  the  late  James  Bal-     of  West  Rounton  and  St  Mertia'a,  Midde- 

four,  esq.  to  Maria  Caroline,  dau.  of  Sir     gate,  York. 19.  At  Childwally   H.'  VL 

John    £dw.   Haringtoo,    bart. At  St.     Hughes,  esq.  of  Beach  Hall,   C^hflehiray  to 

Mary's    Church,    Bryanstone-square,   J  as.     Anne,  dau.  of  Tho.  Leiice>  eaq.  of  Water? 

Hamilton  Story,  esq.  to  Sarah  Thorpe,  only     tree,   Lancashire. 13.    At    Uek,  Mob- 

child  of  Henry  Waymouth,  esq.  of  Bryan-     mouthshire,  Charles,  son  of  the  Re*.  Heniy 

ttooe-sqtiare. At  New  Church,  St.  Mary-  Marsh,  of  Manuden,  Eatex,  to  Maty,  dau. 

lebone,  Capt.  Geo.  Probyn,  to  Alicia,  dau.     of  the  Rev.  Tho.  Addams  WiUieiiis.-.^18. 
of  Sir  Francis  Workman  Macnaghten,  of     At  Walcot  Church,  Bath,  the  Rev.  FimieB 

Roe  Park,  co.Derry. 3.  At  Broxboum,  Jackson  Blaady,  M.A.  to  Mmt,  dan.  d 

Herts,   John  Newman,  esq.  of  Kelvedon,      the  late  E.  Pote,  esq.  of  Eton^  Biioh 

Essex,   to  Eliza,  dau.  of  Dr.   Jordan,  of  At  St.  Mary's,  Bath,  Hugo  Mevejm  Chad- 

Hoddesdon,   Herts. 4.    At  Lord  Mac-  wick,  esq.  of  Leventhorpe  Houae,  Voifahin, 

donald's,  Wimpole-street,  the  Right  Hon.  only  son  of  Chas.  Chadwick»  eaq.  of  Hedcy,* 

the  Earl  of  Hopetoun,  to  the  Hon.  Louisa  Lanjcashire,    and   Redwaxe,    Steffbidthin, 

Bosville  Macdonald,  eldest  dau.  of  Major-  to  Eliza  Catherine,  tiater  of  Col.  ChepoMO, 

Gen.  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Macdonald. C.  B.  and    youngest  daughter  of  the  lale 

5.  At  Steveoton,  Hants,  Edw.  Knight,  esq.  General  Chapman,  of  Talnfielfl  H(npe»  So- 

of  Chawton  House,  Hants,  eldest  son  of  merset. 14.  Charles  GUbee^  ei^  eoB  of 

Edw.  Knight,  esq.  of  Godmersham  Park,  the  late  Dr.  Gilbee,  to  Maria  Jane,  oolv.iha, 

Kent,  to  Mary-Dorothea,  eldest  dau.  of  Sir  of  the  Rev.  Chas.  Williama,  Ajif.  EMtur 

Edw.  Knatchbull,  bart. Edw.  Foxhall,  of  Barby,   Nonhamptonthire. 14,    At 

esq.  of  Baker-street,  to  Mary,  dau.  of  the  St.  Michaers  Church,  Lieut.  W.  L.  Rm^ 

late  Vincent  Newton,  esq.  of  Iroham,  lin-  R*  N.  to  Mary,  third  dan.  of  Mr.  Q.  Po- 

colnsbire,  and  Percy-street,  Bedford-square,  cock,  Prpspect-place,  St.  MichaeTa  UIL— . 

At.  St.  George's  Camberwell,  Christ.  Richard  Wilcox  Fairlam,  esq.  to  Man-Aee, 

Arthur,   esq.   to    Miss   Sarah   Bassett,   of  only  dau.  of  Ralph  Shepheard»  eaq.  ot  AUm 

Claremont-place,  Kent-road,  London. Cottages. 15.  At  Wellsbouroej  AitCvf 

At  St.  Margaret's,  Westminster,  the  Rev.  only  son  of  Arthur  Battersby,  eeq.  of  Bar- 
Herbert  Oakeley,  third  son  of  Sir  Charles  rington-street,  Dublin,  to  Awij 


Oakeley,  bart.  and  Vicar  of  Ealiog,  Middle-     of  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Muckleaton^  QJ).  fteb.' 
sex,  to  Atholl-Keturah-Murray,  second  dau.     of    Lichfield  and  Wolverhainptoa.* 


of  the  late  Lord  Charles  Aynsley,  and  niece  Sittingbourne,  Kent,  A^  O.  W^  Sehakhy 

of  the  Duke    of  Atholl— 6.    At  New  esq.  K.  A.  eldest  son  of  the  late  Blider. 

Church,  Marylebone,  Wm.  Joseph  Coltman,  Schalch,  R.  A.  to  Ma^»  dau.  of  W\  V^ 

esq.  of  Gloucester- place,  to    Phikdelphia,  lance,  esq.     of  Sittj^^gfaonrnft    .     -At  SiL 

second  dau.  of  the  late  Rev.  Geo.  Worsley,  James's  Church,  Afatthew,    eldest.  aoB  of 

and  grand-dau.  of  late  Tho.  Worsley,  esq.  of  Matthew    Wilson/  esq.    ci  EahtOB  Hally 

Hovingham  Hall,  co.  York. At  Bath-  York,  to  Sophia'  Louisa  Enienuai,  dan.  of 

wick,  Geo.  Tito  Brice,  esq.  late  of  dd  Drag,  the  late  Sir  Wharton  Amcotts»    Iwrt.  of 

Guards,  to  Eleanor,  only  child  of  R.  A.  Kettlethorp  Park,  Lincolnahirew— At  St. 

Salisbury,   esq.  late  of   Chapel   Allerton,  Marylebone  Church,  Fred.  W.  Mfrantagae* 

Yorkshire. 8.   At  Fulham,  John  Cur-  esq*  only  son  of  W.  Moimtagiie»>4q.  of 

ling,  second  son  of  Latham  Osbom,  esq.  of  Dorset-square»  to  Fanny,    eldest   dau.  of 

Margate,  to  Eliza,  dau.  of  the  late  Christ.  Wm.  S^jako  CP^*  of  Yoik-teifVe»  AeM|t> 

Love,  esq.  of  Old  Bond-street.-*— -8.  .At  Fark.     '  .        '   '    ' 

Chatton,  Northuiijberljtfid^Cha.  Nash,- esq.  .       ]  ^       . 


ins.]  C  Ml  ] 

OBITUARY. 


Vucooirr  Nbviluu  bad  the  good  fiuiwit  to  via  tbt  afSie- 

Jffay  15*     At  BoaloiDo-tiir-Mtr,  in  ^oo*  o^  muIi  I^onUa  Ltriioii,  tlie  ddttt 

bit  40th  year,  tbo  Riffht  Hoo.  Ralph  <*«»fbter  of  Eari  Gowtr,   aflrtrwarda 

Viicount  NeWlle,  CaptT  R.  N.    He  was  elated  Maryilt  oj  Stafford.    Hit  «aiu 

bom  Dec  81,  1786,  the  lecond  too  of  "H*  with  «bit  Lady,  w^  father  wat 

Henry,  «d  and  present  Earl  of  Aherga-  »-^,  «»>?  ««» obled  by  bleb  rank,  hot 

Tenny,  and  Mary,  only  child  of  John  dlstinfuithed  by   hit  bigb  Mnnexiont 

Robinton,  esq.  of  Wylje  House,  Middle-  »?^„P?"^^  ^''•^JV?  ^  ^wndatioo 

aes.  Secretary  to  the  Treasury.    He  be-  «i  •»!  Mr.  Macdonald's  future  sueeett  in 

came  his  father^s  heir  apparent  in  1806,  \f^;    He  had  hitherto  aequired  but  rtrj 

on  the  death  of  his  elder  brother  Henry  "«?•  practice,  »nd  was  pottetted  of  no 

Viscount  Neville,  in  his  Slst  year  (see  •«inence  in  his  profession.     He  had 

vol  Lxxvi  p  389}  ^^^  ^^  twice  essayed  his  talents  in  Par- 

f  he  de^tsed  was  with  Lord  Nelson  W»«ent,  but  with  no  rmnarfcable  too- 

on  board  the  Victory  in  the  gloriout  ««••»  •;«*  on  a  tubseqoent  ooc»aion  he 

BatUe  of  Trafalgar,  and  in  1806  was  a  betrayed  a  deplorable  want  of  temper 

Lieutenant  on  board  Admiral  Lord  Col-  fSjJ"^*"^-  ,?«»  ***•  ^^»  S^,  ^» 
lingwood's  Flag  ship.  He  obtained  post  1779,  on  Lord  Upper  OwoiVt  Motion 
rank  in  181 1  respecting  the  state  of  Ireland,  Mr.  Mac- 
He  married,  Feb.  2, 1813,  Miss  Mary-  Donald  made  a  most  riolent  attack  on 
Anne-Bruce  Elcock,  of  Sloane  street,  Lord  North.  He  aceuted  him  of  being 
but  we  are  not  informed  whether  he  bat  **  **«y.  «ndoleot,  end  ineapable,  evat^Te, 
left  any  children.  shuffling,  cutting,  and  deoeptiout,  plan- 
'  _  tible,  artful,  mean,  insolent,  confident, 
_  ..  ^  .  .  -  .  „  cowardly,  and  a  poor,  pitiful,  tneaking, 
Rt.  Hoh.  Sim  A.  Macdonald,  Bart.  gnireUing,  abject  creature.**  Lord  North, 
Afiqr  18.  At  hit  hoote  in  Duke-street,  notwithstanding  his  usual  patience  and 
Westminster,  in  his  80th  year,  the  Right  good  humour,  was  somewhat  eiaspe- 
Hon.  Sir  Archibald  Macdiinald,  Knight,  rated  at  this  singular  accumulation  of 
first  Baronet  of  East  Sheen,  Surrey,  and  reproach,  and  obsenred,  **  that  the  at* 
a  Friry  Councillor ;  a  younger  brother  tack  was  the  more  eatraordinaiy,  at  if 
to  the  first,  and  uncle  to  the  late  and  hedetenred  tbemanytcurriloutepitbett 
present  Lords  Macdonald.  which  the  honourable  gentleman  had 
Descended  from  that  ancient  family,  been  pleased  to  bestow  on  him,  he  had 
formerly  Kinp  of  the  Isles,  Sir  Arehi-  been  biiherto  to  the  present  instance 
bald  was  bom  in  Scotland,  the  third  and  favoured  by  the  honourable  gentleman's 
posthumous  son  of  Sir  Alexander  Mac-  support  since  his  entering  into  Parlia- 
donald,  seventh  Baronet  of  Nova  Scotia,  ment.*'  This  quarrel  was  soon  appeased ; 
by  Margaret,  fourth  and  youngest  dau.  for  in  two  davs  afterwards,  Mr.  Macdo- 
of  Alexander,  9th  Earl  of  Eglinton.  Ar-  nald  and  Lord  North  exchanged  mutiul 
cbibald  was  brought  up  at  Westminster  apologies,  with  professions  of  great  re- 
Scbool,  where,  in  after-life  he  i»as  wont  spect  for  each  other,  Mr.  Macdonald 
humourously  to  observe  that,  if  he  bad  going  so  far  as  to  say,  "  that  his  hasty 
any  good,  it  was  all  whipped  into  htm.  expressions  on  the  6th  were  directly 
He  was  admitted  a  King's  scholar  in  contrary  to  his  real  opinion,  never  bav- 
1760,  and  in  1764  was  elected  a  student  ing  bad  any  reason  for  entertaining 
of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  it  being  the  such  sentiments  towards  the  noble  Lord, 
same  year  in  which  the  celebrated  Cyril  and  that  it  was  a  natural  infirmity,  which 
Jackson,  afterwards  Dean  of  Christ  suddenly  hurried  him  sometimes  to  go 
Church,  was  elected  to  Cambridge,  of  beyond  the  limits  of  his  Judgment." 
which  University,  however,  he  never  It  should  be  observed  in  explanation  of 
became  a  member,  being  induced  to  this  strange  scene,  that  Lord  Gower  had 
forego  all  the  advantages  of  Trinity  for  a  few  days  before  declared  against  Minis- 
a  studentship  of  Christ  Church.  Mr.  ters  in  the  House  of  Lords,  having  re- 
Macdoqald,  soon  after  his  admiuion  at  signed  the  Presidency  of  the  Council, 
the  University,  entered  himself  of  the  for  which  act  of  hostility  he  had  in  the 
Society  of  Lincoln's  Inn;  and  in  Mi-  debate  on  December  6,  received  some 
chselmas  Term,  1770,  was  called  to  the  bigh  complimenU  liom  Mr.  Fox.  The 
Bar.  In  1777  he  was  elected  M.P.  for  difference,  however,  between  Lord 
Hindon,  Wilts,  and  in  the  S4une  year  he  Cover  and  Lord  North  did  not  lead 
Ga«T.  Mao.  June,  1S39. 


11 


569  Obituary. — Right  Hon.  Sir  A.  Macdonald,  Bart,        [June, 

to  any  permanent  estranj^ement ;  and     in  February  1793,  wai  promoted  to  the 
Lord  Gower,  though  he  did  not  return     place  of  Chief  Baron  of  the  Court  of 
to  office,  supported  generally  the  mea«     Exchequer,  and    tworn    of   the    Priry 
•ores  of  Administration,  and  with  him     Council.    It  did  not,  therefore,  fall  to 
his  son-in-law  Mr.  Macdonald.     It  is  ob-     his  lot,  as  chief  law  officer  of  the  Crown, 
vious,  however,  that  an  eloquence  so     to  conduct  many  State  prosecutions,  but 
littl^  under  the  control  of  judj^ment,     in  the  few  which  the  necessities  of  the 
was  not  likely  to  be  very  serviceable  to     times  obliged  him  to  institute,  be  was 
its  owner ;  and  the  probability  is,  that     so  uniformly  successful,  that  he  is  mid 
if  Mr.  Macdonald  had   not  become  a     never  to  have  lost  a  verdict, 
member  of  the  powerful  family  of  Earl         Although,  from  the  high  rank  be  held 
Gower,  he  would  have  passed  through     at  the  Bar,  his  name  was  brought  for- 
life  without  the  distinction  of  high  of*     ward  to  the  notice  of  the  profession, 
fice  or  judicial  rank.    But,  backed  by     yet  Sir  Archibald  never  was  in   great 
this  high  alliance,  Mr.  Macdonald,  be-     business.     He  presented  in  the  Court  of 
fore  the   wedding-cake  was  consumed.     Chancery  the  singular  spectacle  of  an 
attained  the  first  high  step  in  his  pro-     Attorney  General  with  an  empty  ba|^, 
fession,  by  being  honoured  in  Hilary     generally  brief  less.    But,  notwitbstand- 
Term,  1778,  with  a  silk  gown,  and  the     ing  this.  Sir  Archibald  was  a  man  of 
rank  of  King's  Counsel.  talent.    Although  not  a  profound  or  ac- 

At  the  General  Election  in  1780,  he  curate  lawyer,  he  bad  a  quick  percep- 
was  chosen,  with  Richard  Vernon,  esq.  tion,  a  retentive  memory,  and  a  capacity 
brother-in-law  to  Earl  Gower,  to  serve  for  neat  and  lucid  arrangement.  The 
in  Parliament  for  Newcastle-under* Line,  consequence  was,  that  through  his  pro- 
a  borough  then  under  the  command  of  fessional  life  he  was  an  extraordinary 
the  Gower  influence  i  and  in  the  same  master  of  facts.  When  at  the  Bar,  no 
year  he  received  the  appointment  of  man  could  state  a  case  of  complexity 
one  of  the  Judges  on  the  Carmaithen  with  greater  perspicuity;  and  on  the 
Circuit.  Bench  he  was  remarkable  in  his  sum- 

On  the  dissolution  of  the  Coalition     ming  up  for  his  skill  in  disentangling 
Administration  in  December  1783,  when     intricate    and    contradictory  evidence, 
Mr.  Pitt  at  the  age  of  35  assumed  the     for  the  ease  with  which  he  delivered 
helm  of  Government  as  first  Lord  of    himielf,  and^the  marvellous  facility  with 
the  Treasury,  Earl  Gower  returned  to     which  he  made  himself  understood  by 
bis  old  office  of  President  of  the  Council,    juries.    He  was  pouessed  not  only  of 
and  Mr.  Macdonald  was  appointed  to     great  fluency  of  speech,  but  enjoyed  aa 
the  place  of  Solicitor  General ;  and  he     unlimited  command  over  the  vernacular 
succeeded  to  the  Attorney  Generalship     idioms  of  the  English  tongue,  for  which 
in  1788,  when  by  the  promotion  of  Sir     undoubtedly  be  was  Indebted  to  his  Eng- 
Richard  Pepper  Arden  to  the  Master-     lish  education.    Owing  to  his  cleamets 
ship  of  the  Rolls,  that  office  became  va-     of  head,  which  enabled  him  to  segregate 
cant.    He  was  then  knighted,  June  37,     that  which  was  material  from  that  which 
and  re-elected  for  Newcastle-under-Line     was  not  so,  and  to  discern  the  strong 
on  a  new  writ ;  as  he  was  again  at  the     points  of  the  case.  Sir  Archibald  was  an 
General  Election  of  1790.     During  the     excellent  criminal  Judge,  and  his  long 
period  that  Mr.  Macdonald  held  the  re-     course  of  attendance  in  the  Court  of 
sponsible  situations  of  Solicitor  and  At-     Chancery  gave  him  an  experience  which 
torney  General,  the  times  were  remark-     qualified  him  to  decide  matters  of  equity 
ably  quiet.     Mr.  Pitt,  by  the  loftiness  of    in  his  Court  with  tolerable  success.    He 
his  ambition,  the  splendour  of  his  ta-     presided  there  for  SO  years,  and  then,  in 
lents,  and  the  probity  of  his  conduct,     1813,  from  a  sense  of  approaching  infir- 
held  the  Nation  enchained  to  the  car  of     mities,  retired  into  the  bosom  of  private 
his  popularity.    The  infernal  curse  of    life  with  a  Baronetcy,  which  he  was  the 
Democracy  and  Atheism  had  not  at  yet     more  induced  to  accept,  in  consequence 
disturbed  the  peace  of  the  world;  all     of  the  old  one  having  merged  In  the 
was  content  and  satisfaction,  and  every     Irish  Peerage.     In  his  sphere  no  man 
man  knew   his  own  happiness  and  en-     of  bis  day  excelled  Sir  Archibald.    He 
joyed  it,  save  in  the  discomfited  squa-     was  the  life  and  soul  of  society*    With 
drons  of  the  Coalition  party.    It  was  just    an  inexhaustible  store  of  anecdote  and 
at  the  moment  when  this  delightrul  scene    humour,  and  prodigious  talent  for  eon- 
had  vanished,  and  was  exchanged  for  the     versation,  whieh  he  had  impridved  by 
gloom,  the  turbulence,  and  dissatisfac-     constant    exerdse,  he    enlivened    and 
tion,  whieh  the  shadow  of  the  French     amused  wherever  be  went.    He  was  a 
Revolution   scsttered   in    some  degree    staunch  Westminster  to  the  back-booe, 
even  among  the  ranks  of  the  people  of    and  never  missed  a  play,  an  election,  or 
England,  that  Sir  Archibald  Macdonaki^    an  annivtisaiy,  as  long  as  his  strei^h 


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5dl 


pcnnltted  bin  to  go  out,  and  partakt 
lo  tbit  iotereonrte  wUb  tbe  teeoct  of 
bit  earlier  yaari.  In  bU  domettie  rela- 
tiont  be  was  exemplanry  aniformiT  kind, 
affectionate,  and  food  bonoured;  and 
wHb  tome  exceptiont  aritlnf  from  tbe 
aivfol  ditpentationt  of  ProTid«noe  in  tbe 
lota  of  tome  cbildren,  eminently  bappy. 
His  tunrivin;  family  are  one  ton,  now 
Sir  Jamet  Macdonald, .  bart.  M.  P.  for 
Calne,  and  two  daugbtert,  Caroline- 
Margaret,  and  Caroline,  wife  of  tbe  Rev. 
Tbot.  Randolph,  Rector  uf  Hadbam, 
Hertt.  Two  other  tont  were  Francii, 
R.N.  who  died  June  S8,  1804,  and  Levi- 
aon,  who  died  in  Sept.  1799.  Lady  Louita 
Macdonald  turrivet  her  husband. 

Major-Gen.  Sia  Chas.  Turner,  C.B. 

March  7.  At  Sierra  Leonr,  after  an 
illuest  uf  four  day«,  M»jor-general  Sir 
Charl^  Turner,  C.B.  Cnptain-general 
And  Guvernor-in-Cbipf  of  that  Colony, 
and  Colonel  i>f  the  Royal  African  Colo- 
nial Corps.  He  had  been  making  a  vi- 
sit to  the  Sherbro'  country  for  the  pur- 
pose of  destroying  some  fresh  germina- 
tions of  the  Slave  Trade,  and  bit  hopet 
of  success  has  been  related  in  his  own 
words  in  p.  457*  He  returned  on  a 
Friday^  became  unwell,  and  died  on  the 
Tuesday  following.  He  had  latterly  en- 
dured more  than  an  ordinary  share  of 
fatigue,  for,  by  the  death  of  his  Aide- 
de-camp  and  private  secretary  Capt. 
Wm.  Rost,  a  short  time  previoutly  to 
his  own  decease,  he  bad  been  left  with- 
out any  assistant  competent  to  bear  a 
shure  in  tbe  labours  of  bis  station.  Nor 
had  death  and  disease  sp.^red  his  family 
more  than  bis  suite.  Not  two  years  had 
eh|>6ed  since  hi«  arrival  at  this  detest- 
able grave  of  Europeans,  and^  horrible 
to  relate,  of  a  fjimily  of  «even individuals, 
hto  nieces  only  have  escaped  from  the 
deadly  shore!  They  have  returned  to 
£n{;land  in  the  Sir  iVilbam  ff^llace, 
tbe  brig  which  brought  the  melancholy 
news,  mid  •*  two  invalided  oflRcers," — the 
defcripiion  of  freight  unhxpptly  most 
usual  and  abuntlant  with  vessels  bound 
thitherward ! 

M-*jor-general  Turner  entered  the 
Army  an  Ensign  in  the  2d  Foot,  Oct. 
SI,  1795  i  and  was  promoted  Lieutenant 
in  the  same  corpi  Oct.  18,  1797.  While 
serving  in  Ireland  in  that  capacity,  he 
took  the  notorious  Napper  Tandy  pri- 
soner, and  refusing  to  .iccept  the  re- 
ward offrred  for  \i\%  capture,  was  pre- 
tented  by  Government,  June  8,  1803, 
with  a  Company  in  the  Royal  African 
Corps.  He  obtained  a  M;«j<>rity  in  the 
Royal  Wect  India  R;ingers,  April  IH, 
IHOI;  and  the  Lieut,  culont-lcy  of  that 


rvgiBtat.  May  88,  180/.  Id  1819  bt 
lost  an  am  at  .tha  liM  of  Badijoa  i 
and  ha  retired  on  balrpair»  Dec  95» 
1818.  He  attained  tba  rank  of  Colonel 
in  the  Army,  June  4|  1814 )  and  tbat  of 
Major-general ,  July  1 9»  1 8S I  • 

In  1824  be  wat  again  tenpted  Into 
tervice,  and  appointed^  Jane  S4,  to  tuo- 
oeed  the  mastaerad  Sir  Cbarlet  M*Car- 
tby  as  Captain-General  and  Governor  in 
Chief  of  our  African  potaetsions;  auc- 
eeeding,  at  of  eoorte,  to  the  Colonelcy 
of  (be  Royal  African  Colonial  Corpi, 
July  I .  He  there  purtned  the  dutiet  of 
bit  ttation  with  seal  and  pertevcranee, 
to  bit  own  dettmetiott  and  tbe  advan- 
tage of  a  eolony  undetenrlng  of  tbe  ta- 
crifice  of  British  beroet. 

An  arrangement  bad  been  made  with 
tbe  Matter  of  tbe  J^  ff^Uam  ff^itUact, 
to  bring  Sir  Cbarlet't  renaina  to  Eng- 
land, but  the  pettiferout  climate  in- 
ducing rtpid  decompotition,  obliged  bit 
friends  to  abandon  their  intention. 

Mr.  Macau  ley,  of  the  bouse  of  Ma- 
cauley  and  Babington,  being  tbe  tenior 
member  of  tbe  Council,  wat  appointed 
Governor  pro  tempore  i  but  the  ofBce 
has  tince  been  filled  by  tbe  appointment 
of  Majur-gen.  Sir  Neil  Campbell. 

AacilDBACOH  SANINrORD. 

Tbe  late  Archdeacon  Sandiford,  of 
whote  life  a  brief  notice  wat  given  in 
p.  474.  was  son  of  the  Rev.  Rowland 
Sandifordi  M.A.  Viear  uf  Chritt  Church, 
London.  He  received  hit  education  at 
St.  Paul's  School,  under  tbat  very 
able  master  and  flistingoished  scholar, 
the  late  George  Thickneste,  etq.  From 
thence  he  was  removed  in  1*69  to  Sid- 
ney Sussex  College,  Cambridge,  where 
he  took  the  degree  of  B  A.  in  1773, 
ranking  high  at  a  mathematician,  be- 
ing the  third  wrangler  of  bit  veari  nor 
was  he  le«s  distinguished  for  bit  clasti- 
cal  attainmenit,  which  were  tutMe- 
quently  rewarded  with  a  Bacbelor't 
prize,  given  by  the  members  of  tbe  Uni- 
vertity,  for  the  best  Latin  prote  disser- 
tation. He  very  early  succeeded  to  a 
Fellowship  at  his  College,  which  he  af- 
terwards exchanged  for  one  at  Trinity 
Hall,  where  he  took  bit  M.  A.  degree  in 
1776,  anrt  be<*ame  Joint  tutor  with  the 
late  Dr.Jowett,  tbe  Regius  Professor  of 
Civil  Law. 

In  1780  he  was  pretented  by  tbe  Ha- 
berdashers' Company  in  London  to  Ibe 
Vicarage  of  Awre,  to  which  in  1785,  on 
the  death  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Aaot,  they 
added  the  Chaplaintbip  of  Blakeiiey,  *a 
populous  hamlet  irt  the  same  pariah.— 
In  1788  tbe  late  Bishop  Hallifax  gave 
him  a  signal  and  unsolicited  proof  of  his 


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[Jttiie> 


ref^ard  by  procuring  for  bun  from  the 
then  Lord  Chancellor  Thurlow,  the  Vi- 
oar|i{Ce  of  Tirley,  in  the  same  county. 
His  Lordship  also,  on  quitting  the  dio- 
cese of  Gloucester  fur  that  of  St.  Asaph, 
strongly  recommended  him  to  his  suc- 
cessor Bishop  Beadon,  who  immediately 
appointed  him  his  Chaplain,  in  which 
situation  he  continued  till  death  be- 
reaved him  of  his  truly  valuable  friend 
and  patron  in  1824.  The  preferments 
which  Bishop  Beadon  conferred  on  him 
successively  in  the  Church  of  Wells, 
were  the  Precentorship,  the  Cbancellur- 
ship  of  the  Church,  and  about  twelve 
years  since,  the  Archdeaconry  uf  Wells. 

If  "  Laudari  h  laudeUo  viro  ea  maxi- 
ma laus  est,"  the  patronage  and  friend- 
ship of  two  such  able  Prelates  as  Bishops 
Hallifax  and  Beadon  reflected  the  highest 
credit  on  Archdeacon  Sandiford.  In- 
deed, in  every  respect,  his  character  and 
conduct  fully  justified  the  very  favour- 
able opinion  they  had  formed  of  him. 

As  a  Parish  Priest,  he  was  most  exem- 
plary in  the  discharge  of  his  professional 
duties,  and  so  sensible  were  his  pa- 
rishioners of  his  unremitted  attention 
to  their  best  interests,  that  they  lately 
presented  him  with  an  elegant  piece  of 
plate  (see  p.  474) ;  and  on  the  Sunday 
after  his  interment,  all  the  principal 
parishioners  appeared  at  church  in 
mourning,  when  a  most  impressive  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  his  Curate,  the 
Rev.  C.  N.  P.  Wilton,  in  which  he  hap- 
pily pourtrayed  the  leading  traits  of  his 
character, —  his  conscientious  perform- 
ance of  his  sacred  duties, — his  humane 
attention  to  the  wants  and  distresses  of 
his  poorer  neighbours,  and  to  the  educa- 
tion of  their  children,  to  which  he  libe- 
rally contributed,  and  w  b  ich ,  w  bile  health 
permitted,  he  actively  superintended,— 
and  lastly,  his  judicious  and  liberal  exer- 
tions to  accommodate  the  numerous  in- 
habitants of  the  adjoining  Forest  of 
Dean,  by  enlarging  the  Chapel  of  Blake- 
ney,  which  he  lived  to  see  happily  ac- 
complished. Nor  were  his  exertions  con- 
fined to  his  parish ;  he  was  for  many 
years  in  the  Commission  of  the  Peace, 
and  discharged  its  important  duties  with 
ability  and  impartial  justice;  and  by  his 
advice  and  assistance  contributed  to  the 
establishment  and  support  of  numerous 
useful  and  charitable  institutions :  among 
these  the  share  which  he  had  with  the 
late  Sir  George  Paul  in  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Gloucester  Lunatic  Asylum, 
will  not  soon  be  forgotten. 

His  promotion  to  the  Archdeaconry  of 
Wells  enlarged  the  sphere  of  his  activity 
and  usefulness.  Considering  himself  as 
responsible  to  his  venerable  Diocesan  for 
the  correct  discharge  of  this  important 


trust,  be  carefully  inspected^  in  bis  fre- 
quent parochial  visitatioosythe  churche< 
of  his  extensive  district^  directing  their 
necessary  repairs,  and  providing,  at  f^r 
as  in  him  lay,  for  the  presenra^ra  of 
those  venerable  fabrics  which  the  ^ mu- 
nificence and  piety  of  our  ancestors  have 
erected  and  set  apart  for  public  wor&U^t 
nor  was  be  less  attentive  to  the  conve- 
nient and  comfortable  aceommodatioa 
of  their  respective  congregations. 

The  repeated  agitation  in  Parliament 
of  the  momentous  question  of  Popish 
Emancipation  called  him  forth,  in  con- 
junction with  his  reverend  brethren,  to 
express  their  decided  opinion  of  that  ob- 
noxious measure,  and  their  petitions  to 
the  Legislature,  couched  in  strong  but 
respectful  language,  fully  evinced  their 
conscientious  attachment  to  our  happy 
Constitution  in  Church  and  State. 

Archdeacon  Sandiford  was  indeed  a 
firm  and  conscientious  Minister  of  the 
Established  Church  ;  the  sound  religious 
principles  which  he  had  early  imbibed 
from  his  venerable  father,  and  which 
his  own  critical  enquiries  in  his  maturer 
years  had  strengthened  and  confirmed, 
he  steadily  adhered  to,  being  firmly  con- 
vinced that  the  Church  of  England  was 
in  its  doctrines  and  its  discipline  truly 
apostolic,  a  sound  branch  of  the  primi- 
tive Catholic  Church.  Hence  he  set  his 
face  against  every  innovation,  being 
equally  opposed  to  the  latitudinarian 
principles,  as  well  as  to  the  fanatical 
tenets,  of  the  present  day. 

Blessed  with  an  active  and  discerning 
mind,  he  was  always  employed ;  in  the 
intervals  of  professional  and  public  busi- 
ness, he  never  lost  sight  of  his  theologi- 
cal studies ;  he  read  and  examined  the 
Scriptures  with  a  sound  and  discriminat- 
ing judgment,  and  with  a  surprising, 
diligence,  considering  the  multiplicity 
of  objects  which  engaged  his  attention. 
But  amidst  these  constant  avocations 
he  was  not  a  recluse;  he  was  fond  of  so- 
cial intercourse  with  his  family  and 
friends,  and  his  conversation  was  lively 
and  instructive.  If  we  look  to  the  re- 
cesses of  his  private  life,  where  shall  we 
find  a  more  dutiful  son, — a  more  affec- 
tionate husband, — a  more  attached  rela- 
tive,— a  kinder  and  more  indulgent 
master? 

He  was  twice  married  $  first,  in  1781, 
to  Mrs.  Mason,  whose  congenial  and 
cheerful  disposition  essentially  contri-  ■ 
buted  to  his  domestic  happiness,  which 
was  only  interrupted  by  her  death  in 
1803;  and,  secondly,  in  1809,  to  his. 
cousin  Miss  Roberts,  daughter  of  the 
late  Peter  Roberu,  esq.  nemeasbraneer 
of  the  City  of  London, — a  partner  cToiy 
way  worthy  of  biiD|  with  whom  he  en- 


1836.}                 OfliTVABT^CAorto  Stmmotu,  D.D.  S85 

Joyeil  noinc  yein  of  ib«  moit  Hricct  cand  •dilion  in  voL  lx.  p.  49.    )n  l]89 

rcciproc^  ItTccIion  ;  be  unbappily  lad  ba  publiibnl  to  qukrtu,  "  A  Sirnian  for 

ber  aficr  i  (hort  illnui  in   1331,  at   a  (he  twiiefit  oF  decayed  Clrr^itiin  In  tbe 

liroe  abcti  ■  Mvore  paralytic  attack  bad  Uiaevia  of  St.  David'i  i  and    in    17»0, 

lUi^iaiNd    hit    contliluliuo,   wblch    ibe  "Tbe  Coriieiiuence  of  the  Cbanettt  of 

had   ■llnUtcd    bjr    brr    ui^«aiiiic  and  tbe    Indivlaual,    and    ibe    Influence   of 

oiuat  aSuctiuiiatt  altcntiaiii.    Fruu  Ibia  Eiliicaliiiii   In    (urmlog    i(,"    a   Sermon 

ailMk  the  ArcbdeacuD  in  a  g(«at  mea-  preached  iu  tbe   panifa   Chareh  of  6t, 

•ur«  tecaiered  )  fail  liculiiea  wtre  un-  Peler'i,  Carmarlben.   on  Sunday,  Oct. 

impaired,  but  U*  limba  did  not  refain  10,  1790.  (or  tbe  bcocRt  of  a  Sunday 

tbeit  tatmti  iKcuxlb,  and  be  wa«  du-  Seboul,  and  pul>li*bed  at  (be  requeit  ot 

ablfd  in  tome  decree  fruro  lakin|t  hia  the  raaiiagen  ot  Ibe  obatily  (rBviewnl 

uiual  eitrcite.     Hn  cuntliluiiun,  how  in  vol.  LXi.  p.  '^45). 

ever,  oalunliy  Mto^if,  did  niit  (ive  way  E»ly  in  tl)e  year  IT94,  when  he  «u 

till   very   Utely,  when  another   unilAr  abuul  lo  be  pretenltil  lu  th*  tteclnry  ot 

attack  pruved  lnlaL     In  ibe  lull  puuei-  LUmpcler  by  tb*  inlcretl  uf  bit  Iriend 

tinn  nf  hi)  (aculiiei,  and  Hlih  tcarcely  Mr.  Windbain,  be  imprudently  aiitt  c«r- 

any  auSerinf:,  he  literally  (ell  atlcep,  aod  talnly  unnereiiarily,  in  a  letaian  belure 

■  lib  Ibe  falibaDdreiipiaiionuraChrl(>  tJie  Univariiiy  dI  Canibrld^,  broached 

t Ian,  breathed  hU  lu(.    May  hia  |;ood  lone  Wbi;  feniimmti,  ithieh  at  Ihe 

deeda  K9  "V  'o'  ■  miiniirial  before  that  pnHcoI  day  mlfbt  have  been  preieUed 

Gud  and  Saviour,  in  whom  he  ttuaird,  wilh  utter  impunity  before  all  the  Mi- 

and  ou   whofe  merele*  alune  be  relied  uiilen,    being  lenlimenli   purely  ibeo- 

fur  acceptance  and  lalviliim  '■  relic  aod  ol  Ihe  old  Wbif  ichoul ;  but 

at  that  time,  panic*  running   bigb,  a 

CiMSLri  SvilM0NR,D.D.  bandia  wai  made  of  the  clrciumnaiioe 

/fynl  ir.     At  Hath,  ibe  Rev.  Chkrlci  by  lome  detignlii|:  penoni,  uneofwbom, 

Sytnmoni,  UD-  lieotar  of  Narberth  and  in  parlitular  havini  begged  fur  a  perutal 

Llimpeitr  Vellry,    and    PrcbenUary  of  uiMer  tbe  lolemn  promiie  of  mikine  no 

Clyday,  rrmbnikethlre,  iiDprupcr  u>e  of  11,  «a«  alronEly  lua- 

Tl>»  i^ntlenad  waa  the  younger  aon  pecteii  of  having  lent  up  garbled   ea- 

'  '  '  D  tiymniuiii,  M.P.  for  the  tuwn  of  iravi'iothe  Lord  Cbanctllur  and  oihen 


In  Adminiat  ration.     Sueb  e«tra.-la  cei^ 

unily  Here  in  their  hindt,  and  tbry  oe- 

Ufil  1  and  «ai  hem  in  ibc  year  1749. 

cai-oiied  Mr.  W.  coniiderable  difficully 

In  having  ibe  preaenlalion  made   out. 

Ot.  Smith,   and    diitinguithed    blmaelf 

<hich.  however,  at  l»t  hia  friendly  pet- 

much  by  hli  larly  allachmeni  lo  piwtry, 

biii.g  romarkiiblii  fur  the  Un-ih  and  {for 

with  thii  obtervBlion,  "  1  could  hAte  ob- 

a  l)..\  ■  ih(  *nrc-ilMirf  uf  "luil   "ff  iben- 

t«>i.*d  lur  amilivr  a  Dcaiicry  wiih   leu 

called  B>hle  CMrciaet.  ihuiiing  himaelf 

difficulty  tban  I  have  bad  to  get  lU« 

up  all  Sunday  lo  prvduce  a  long  copy  of  Welch  living  fur  you."     Finding  froM 

veriei  on  tbe  Monday  morning.     Fron  the  lame  cauM  obalade*  throirn  in  hi* 

WeiiminiicT  be  wai  lenl  lo  the  Uairar*  way  In  obtaining  a  further  degree,  ba 

•ily  of  Glaiguw,  vbere  he  contracted  >  ramoTcd  to  Oaford,  where,  on  the  S4th 

|:reat  liieiidihip  with  tbe  celebrated  Mr.  of  March,  1794,  ha  waa  iaeorporaiad 

Windham,  wbo  waa  much  attached  to  B.  D.  of  Jceu*  College,  and  on  the  Sfith 

bim,  and  to  wliMe  friendibip  be  owed  proceeded  D.  D. 

the  living  of  Llainpeier  at  a  lobiequent  In  179T  he  produced  "  loei,"  a  dra< 

period,  when  Mr.  W.  waa  colleague  in  malie  puem  j  and  In  IBOO  anotber,  caU. 

Adminittralion   wilb    Mr.  Pitt   in    the  ed  ■■  ConiUnlia."    In  1806  appeared  bi* 

war  of  ihe  French  Revolulioa,  and  who  "  Life  of  Hilton,"  preBied  to  an  edition 
Mould  doubtlrit  have  done  more  for  him 
in    Ibe    Church,    bad    not    tbe   public 
avowal  of  bi>  polilic'l    lentiniema  at 
Cambriilgr,     when     partiea     ran     high, 

thrown  difliculiiea  in  the    way  uf  that  menti  may  ba  diapleaiing  to  (ome,  yet 

M  iniiter'i  liiendly  inlcnlioot.  it  i«  generally  allowed  to  be  a  rery  in- 

Bul  ihii  It  to  anticipate.    From  Glae-  tereiiing  piece  of  biograpby,  and  moit 

gow   be   entered  at  Clare    Hall,  Cam-  be  recommended  to  all  by  the   diaplay 

bridge,   where   be   look   the  degree  of  of  characler,  Ihe  lineerily  of  prufeuion, 

U.  U.  in  1776.  and  wa>  preaentrd  to  the  and  tbe  glow  of  lentimcDt  diaeaTWibia 

Rectory  of  Narberth  by  tbe   King   in  throughout. — 

I77B.    Hiafint  publication  waa  in  IT7B,  ■nJe  fit  at  owia 

an  octavo  Tolume  of  Scrmoni,  which  ia         Voiivt  niaat  qawi  dtMripli  tebaU 
rctif  wed  in  *ol.  lviii.  p.  $3E,  and  a  le-         Vita  HA 


566                      OfiiTUARY.«— C/uir2e»  &ymmon$j  D.  D.  [June, 

In  1813  he  issued  an  octavo  volume  of  tures  of  bis  cbaracler ;  be  never  could 
Poems,  partly  bis  own,  but  partly  those  bear  of  distress  or  witness  eroelty  with- 
of  a  departed  daughter,  Caroline  Sym-  out  having  his  pity  exeited,  or  indtgna- 
mons,  a  young  lady  of  admirable  talents,  tion  roused  :  bis  love  of  doing  good  was 
as  her  little  poems  show,  written  in  all  of  such  a  nature,  that,  though  inactive 
the  playfulness  of  childhood,  and  poured  in  bis  own  affairs,  he  was  always  active 
out  almost  extempore  when  walking  out,  in  those  of  others,  sedulous  in  applying 
or  playing,  and  some  at  a  time  when  she  for  relief  for  the  distressed,  at  the  Lite- 
could  hardly  write  them  herself, — so  rary  Fund*,  and,  in  many  instmncet,  in 
much  in  her  bad  Nature  outrun  Art  and  other  quarters,  obtaining  situations  for 
Education.  Subsequently  he  amused  bis  individuals  which  have  made  their  pro- 
leisure  hours  with  writing  a  *'  Rhymed  visions  for  life. 

Translation  of  the  ^ueis,"  which  was  He  was  so  unworldly,  tfist  at  a  super- 
published  in  1817;  and  only  a  few  ficial  glance  he  was  likely  to  be,  and 
months  before  his  death  he  composed  a  probably  was,  misunderstood  by  the 
biographical  sketch  of  Sbakspeare's  Life,  world,  but  not  so  by  bis  fiamily,  bis 
of  which  he  made  a  present  to  Mr.  Whit-  friends,  and  his  neighbours;  they  saw 
tingham,  bis  neighbour  at  Chiswick,  and  the  nobleness,  simplicity,  mnd  Innocence 
it  has  been  recently  prefixed  by  that  of  bis  character.  Being  of  an  ardent 
well-known  Printer  to  a  12mo  edition  disposition,  he  felt  strongly,  and  ex- 
of  Sbakspeare's  Works.  (Reviewed  in  pressed  himself  frequently  In  terms  that 
p.  330.)  oy  no  means  corresponded  with  the  real 

Bom  of  an  old  family  of  provincial  gentleness  of  his  nature.    Allusion   is 

gentry,  which  may  be  traced  back  for  ^««  ™»<*e  ^o  ^o™*  expressions  of  aspe- 

four  centuries,  according  to  Mr.  Fenton  ^'^^f  "»«<*  *>y  him  in  bis  Ufe  of  Milton, 

the  historiographer  of  that  county,  and  B«t  in  truth  all  such  feeling  was  so  fo- 

in  the  hospitable  bouse  of  an  English  «>»«  «o  his  heart,  that  be  really  was 

gentleman  of  the  old  school,  at  a  time  unconscious  of  the  force  of  bU  expres- 

when  « classes  were  more  unmixed,  and  «io»»»»  *nd  did  not  consider  bow  asuch 

before  a  spirit  of  commerce  bad  blended  ^^^  ''o^W  weigh  with  those  who  too 

all  ranks  in  the  spirit  of  adventure  and  o^ten  cloak  real  malignity  in  the  guise 

enterprize,"  some  of  the  leading  traits  of  ot  urbanity;  and  the  error  resolves  it- 

his  character  may  be  traced  to  that  cir-  »«^f  into  «  f^^^^  of  style,  which  had  no- 

cumstance.    Though  never  perhaps  has  «hlng  to  do  with  the  heart.    The  same 

a  greater  change   taken  place  in   any  defence  might  be  made  for  I>r.  Symmons 

country  than  in  this  in  the  last  80  or  **>«*  Luther  made  for  himself  (as  dted 

40  years,  yet  be  retained  the  stamp  and  •>y  Milton  in  his  Apology  for  Smeetym- 

character  of  the  age  when  he  was  born,  "«>"•).  "  That  he  was  of  an  ardent  dis- 

and   appeared  more  to   belong  to   the  position,  and  could    not  write   a  imll 

earlier  limes  of  the  last  century,  than  style."    To  illustrate  the  truth  of  this: 

to  the  present.     Charitable,  humane,  the  late  Mr.  Boswell,  who  bad  more  rea- 

open-bearted,  unsuspicious,  and  confid-  •<>«  t^ian  any  other  to  complain  of  him, 

ing,  he  preserved  to  an  advanced  age  ^'^e  idol  of  whose  father.  Dr.  Johnson, 

the   raciness  of  a  youthful  character ;  and  whose  personal  friend  Mr.  Malooe 

his  defect  was,  that  he  was  to  a  fault  *>e  bad  treated,  to  say  the  least,  very 

inapt  for  business,  and  neglectful  of  bis  unceremoniously  in  bis  writings,  always 

worldly    interests;    indeed    the    whole  regarded  him  with  the  greatest  respect 

frame  of  his  character  was  unfitted  for  *nd  affection. 

the  common  competition  of  life.  He  His  politics  (for  every  Englishman  of 
was  a  votary  of  pleasure  in  the  insidious  ^*>e  oW  school  bad  bis  politics)  were 
shape  of  literary  leisure,  which  Euri-  wally  of  the  most  harmless  and  inoffen- 
pides  feelingly  calls  ^xoXt)  rifrvov  Mxoy.  s'^e  description^  more  belonging  to  the 
Naturally  timid  and  retiring,  he  never  period  of  bis  earlier  days,  than  to  the 
was  very  fond  of  general  society ;  but  times  we  live  in,  more  theoretical  than 
his  conversation  was,  with  those  who  practical,  and  exactly  such  as  he  pro- 
knew  him,  eminently  agreeable  and  in-  ^e**"  them,  of  the  school  of  Locke  and 
structive,  being  a  remarkably  well-in-  ofSomers.  But  whatever  they  were,  be 
formed  man,  and  well  read  in  history,  always  steadily  maintained  them,  and 
theology,  and  all  the  best  writers  and  sincerely  avowed  them,  without  any  re- 
divines.  As  a  Clergyman  of  the  Church  '^  Dr.  Symmons  was  one  of  the  Re- 
of  England,  he  was  sincerely  attached  gistrars,  and  a  sealous  supporter  of  that 
to  iu  doctrine,  and  practised  its  reli-  admirable  Institution  the  Uterary  Fttnd, 
giun  without  any  tincture  of  moroseness  promoted  its  interests  by  many  eficlent 
or  ostentation.  Being  naturally  of  a  services,  and  occasionally  favoured  it 
delicate  and  sensitive  fibre,  humanity  with  poetical  contributions  for  recital  at 
and  charitableness  formed  leading  fea-  the  Aiiniversary.«-EoiT. 


'^ 


J8S6.]  Obituary.— Aiv.  JoIm  Graham,  B.D.  5d7 

4 

ference  to  hit  own  inferttts.    But  Im  R£V.  John  Graham,  B.  D. 

fi«T«(^waf,  nor  nevnr  eonld  hvm  bcen^  ^^^^^*  Aged  63,  the  Rtv.  John  6rn- 
•n  aetiw  policidah  in  tho  real  lenie  of  han,  B.D.  Rector  of  Brampton  Brian» 
tlie  word ;  that  is,  a  man  trading  in  opl«  Herefofdthire,  Vicar  of  C^lt,  Bed- 
nlont,  and  struggling  for  advancement  i  fordsbire.  Chaplain  of  All  Soula  and 
hit  proper  sphere  was  in  retirement  and  Corpus  Chriiti  CoUeget,  and  of  the 
iho  bosom  of  his  family,  whare  be  was  a  Countr  Infirmary*  and  formerly  Chap- 
kind  and  affeetionate  hoshand  and  fa*  lain  oc  Christ  Chureh,  Oxford, 
tber,  and  a  most  indulgent  master.  Mr.  Graham  was  originally  of  humhlo 

In  hit  habits,  he  was  remarkable  for '  extraction,  and  began  bis  course  of  edu- 
the  regularity  of  his  hours,  his  move-    cation  at  Chrtit  Church  in  the  inferior 
roents  being  always  guided   by  a  *fa-    rank  of  a  Servitor.    This  dau  of  scho- 
vourite  cbronooMter,  and  he  invariably    lars  are  distinguished  during  their  un- 
rose  at  5  o'clock  in  the  morning,  winter    dergraduate  yean  by  a  peculiar  dress, 
and  summer.    He  had  enjoyed  from  hit  '  wearing  no  tassels  to  their  caps,  and 
temperate   habits  (being  a   Recbablta    plain  gowns  without  any  plaiting.  They 
with  regard  to  wine),  a  long  course  of    alto  bring  op  the  dishes  at  dinner,  and 
health,  and  maintained  a  hale  and  florid     wait  on  the  Scholars  of  higher  degree, 
look  to  a  late  period  of  life.    He  never    the  Students  and  Commoners,  like  eom- 
had  the  appearance,  nor  gave  himself    mon  menials.    How  far  this  usage,  it 
the  indulgencies  of  an  old  man;  but     consistent  with  the  liberal  ideas  which 
with  him,  old  age,  disease,  and  death,     prevail  in  the  present  day,  has  bees 
came   on  in  the   short  space  of  two    often  questioned.    It  may,  however,  ba 
months.    This  blessing  of  God,  a  long    observed  in  behalf  of  it,  that  it  la  tha 
and  uninterrupted  course  of  good  health,    continuation  of  an  ancient  usage,  ^hidi 
operated  fatally  towards  his  end,  as  he    in  former  times  was  not  considered  in 
hardly  could  be  prevailed  on  to  take  me-    tha  same  light  it  now  is,  and  that  mora* 
dicine,  and  no  entreaties  could  indnca    over  it  tends  necessarily  to  ensure  tha 
him  to  change  his  early  hahita  of  rising     benefit  of  an  University  education  to 
at  5  In  tha  morning,  ao  ineompatibla    youths  whose  parents  cannot  afford  tha 
with  his  declining  strength  and  medical    usual  expenca,  and  who,  navartheUiS, 
treatment,  till  within  one  fortnight  pre-     from  their  talents  and  applleationy  de- 
vious to  his  end  i  when  it  required  all    serve  to  be  brought  forward,  and  to 
the  authority  and  address  of  his  medical    have  afforded  to  them  opportunities  of 
attendanu  to  make  him  take  to  that     distinguishing   themselves.     Tha  venr 
bed*  from  which  he  nerer  osora  waa     degradation  also  is  not  without  its  wt- 
doomed  to  rise.  vantages.    In  consequence  of  the  drcsa 

To  sum  up.  He  waa  a  man  of  nature  and  occupations  allotted  to  this  clasa, 
more  than  of  art,  —  a  man  of  almost  they  for  a  time  are  cut  off  from  general 
romantic  integrity,  of  almost  culpable  society,  and  if  they  are  debarred  from 
disintereitedness,  and  of  impracticable  intercourse  with  their  superiors,  this 
sincerity;  he  had  faults,  hut  in  those  privation  ensures  to  them  immunity 
faults,  to  use  the  words  of  a  great  orator,  from  the  evils  which  too  unrestricted  a 
'*  there  was  no  mixture  of  pride,  of  by-  course  of  amusement  and  pleasure  some- 
pocrisy,  of  deceit,  of  complexional  des-  times  entails.  This  matter,  however*  it 
potism,  or  want  of  feeling  for  the  dis-  so  well  understood  at  Oxford,  that  the 
treues  of  mankind."  The  Romans  exclusion  affixes  no  permanent  stigma 
would  have  inscribed  on  his  tomb  the  on  the  objects  of  it.  The  probation  it- 
really  exalted  though  apparently  hum-  self  is  but  temporary.  As  soon  as  a  Ser- 
ble  epithet  of  *<  Immoeemt."  vitor  takes  his  degree  of  B.  A.  there  is 

In  the  year  1779,  he  married  Eliaa-  no  longer  any  difference  in  dress  or  ata- 
bctb,  daughter  of  J.  Foley,  esq.  of  Ridg-  tien  between  him  and  other  members, 
way,  CO.  Pembroke,  and  sitter  of  Admi-  He  is  admitted  at  once  to  a  full  commn- 
ral  Sir  Thomas  Foley,  G.C.  B.  by  whom  nion  in  all  rights  and  privileges,  and  by 
he  bad  issue  John  Symmons*  i  Fannia,  a  sort  of  postlimlnions  law  is  recognix^ 
married  to  Lieut.-col.  Mallet  of  the  89th  as  a  gentleman,  with  all  the  respect  and 
Regiment ;  Charles ;  Caroline ;  and  Ma-  courtesy  from  others,  as  if  the  character 
ria.  The  two  eldest,  and  his  widow,  never  bad  been  in  appearance  for  a  mo- 
only  survive  to  lament  bis  loss.  roent  suspended. 

— — •        These  observations  were  signally  ax- 

*  An  accomplished  Greek  Scholar,  emplified  in  Mr.  Graham.  As  soon  aa, 
and  well  known  to  the  literary  world  as  on  uking  his  degree,  he  was  emand- 
tlie  translator  of  the  Agamemnon  of  pated  from  the  servile  offices  of  his  on- 
JEschylut,  a  work  which  bas  been  much  dergraduate  years,  he  not  only  entered 
admired  for  its  fidelity  and  poetical  me-  and  waa  received  into  the  lellowsbip  of 
fit.    Edit.  hit  cqiials»  hot  be  qnickly  Ingratiated 


568 


Obituary.— J.  P.  Clarke,  Esq.— J.  Liptrap,  Eiq.        [June; 

ing  at  ftome  object  on  the  road*  threw  its 
rider,  who  was  taken  up  in  a  state  of 
insensibility,  from  which  he  never  reco- 
vered. By  dint  of  thrift  and  good  ma- 
hag^ement  during^  a  course  of  4p^  yearst 
and  from  the  advantage  of  a  ebtltiDaed 
residence  in  Colleg^e,  Mr.  G.  had' accu- 
mulated a  considerable  property,  %hiich 
devolves  on  a  sister  at  Leominster'  fn 
Herefordshire. 


himself  into  intimacy  with  young  men 
of  high  rank  and  great  expectations.  He 
became  the  constant  associate  of  Noble- 
men and  Gentlemen  Commoners,  and 
he  who  a  year  or  two  before  was  a  soli- 
tary beiiig>  with  all  the  emblems  of  an 
inferior  caste  about  biita,  was  seen  pa- 
trolling the  High-street,  arm  in  arm 
with  gold  tufts  and  silk  gowns.  This 
was  owing  to  the  higbly-gifted  endow- 
ments of  Mr.  Graham.  His  manners 
Were  remarkably  pleasant  and  insinuat- 
ing, his  address  and  demeanour  in  the 
highest  degree  gentlemanlike,  bis  per- 
son tali,  erect,  and  handsome,  bis  breed- 
ing in  all  companies  refined  and  elegant. 
To  these  exterior  attractions  he  joined  a 
smoothness  of  temper,  a  pliancy  of  dis- 
position, and  a  variety  of  conversation, 
which  rendered  bim  in  a  most  eminent 
degree  an  acceptable  companion.  Like 
Alcibiades  of  old,  he  could  accommodate 
himself  to  all  differences  of  age,  humour, 
profession,  or  rank.  He  could  talk  with 
G.  W.  Marriott  on  National  Schools  and 
the  Bartlett's  building^  Society,  on  the 
Stage  with  John  Dawkins,  on  Newmar- 
ket with  Lord  Oxford,  on  Greek  with 
Dr.  Cyril  Jackson  or  Mr.  Gaisford,  on 
law  with  the  Recorder  of  Oxford  or  Ser- 
jeant D*Oyley,  on  mathematics  with 
Professor  Robertson,  and  on  divinity 
with  the  Rector  of  Lincoln  ;  he  could 
dine  with  Jumper  Cox,  drink  wine  with 
the  Masters  in  the  common  room,  or 
tea  with  the  old  Ladies  in  St.  Giles. 

But  let  it  not  be  inferred  from  this, 
that  Mr.  Graham  ever  debased  himself 
by  unworthy  condescension,  or  mean 
compliance;  that  he  promoted  the  ex- 
cesses, or  pandered  to  the  debaucheries 
of  any.  His  habits  of  life  were  tempe- 
rate, his  conduct  prudent,  bis  morals 
pure,  and  his  honour  unsullied  through 
life.  He  conciliated  without  artifice, 
and  pleased  without  labour.  He  nei- 
ther propitiated  the  great,  nor  truckled 
to  the  proud.  In  the  higher  depart- 
ments of  literature  Mr.  Graham  was  not 
distinguished.  He  was  no  poet,  nor 
author.  But  he  was  a  fair  scholar,  nei- 
ther making  pretensions  to  merits  not 
bis  own,  nor  aiming  at  distinction  be- 
yond his  reach.  He  was  no  worshipper 
of  posthumous  fame,  and  no  candidate 
for  earthly  sempiternity ;  but  content 
with  popularity  among  his  contempo- 
raries, be  passed  through  life  without 
ambition  after  more. 

Mr.  Graham  never  presented  the  ap- 
pearance, or  felt  the  infirmities  of  de- 
clining years;  but  he  met  with  his  death 
prematurely  by  an  unfortunate  accident. 
He  bad  purchased  a  young  horse  in 
Herefordshire,  and  on  bis  return  to  Ox- 
ford, the  animal,  near  Broadway,  start- 


J.  P.  Clarke,  E&q. 

March  23.  At  bis  seat,  Welton-place, 
Northamptonshire,  after  a  few  hours  ill- 
ness, and  in  his  50ih  year,  John  Plomer 
Clarke,  esq.  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
that  County. 

It  is  pleasant  to  record  the  character 
of  him  who  died  in  peace  with  all  men, 
and  whose  memory  is  such  at  not  only 
to  excite  the  best  feelings  of  his  friends, 
but  to  stir  up  that  emulation  In  others 
which    engenders   virtue.— Mr^  Clarke 
was  a  man  of  this  description ;  possessed 
of  a  large  fortune,  he  disseminated  its 
fruits  not  merely  with  the  most  unspar- 
ing liberality  to  his  relatives  and  friends, 
but  diffused  them  generally  to  the  com- 
fort and  advantage  of  his  neighbour- 
hood; the  poor  were  never  forgotten, 
and  where  assistance  was  necessary,  or 
advice  was  valuable,  he  generously  and 
conscientiously  distributed  both  for  their 
benefit.    As  a  landlord  he  was  indulgent 
and  considerate  ;   as  a  husband,  nott 
attentive  and  affectionate ;  as  a  master, 
kind  and  lenient;  as  a  man,  most  up- 
right, honourable,  and  religious  j  as  a 
loyal  subject,  no  one  ever  wi^  ihore  eon- 
spicuous ;  and  as  a  magistrate,  he  ever 
distinguished  himself  1^  bis  patient  in- 
vestigation,  his   perseverance    io   the 
pursuit  of  troth,  and  his  activity  upon 
all  occasions ;  no  man  better  supported 
its  dignity,  nor,  while  he  firmly  adhered 
to  justice,  ever  mingled  with  it  more 
mercy;  though  inflexible  on  all  occa- 
sions where  conscience  formed  the  re- 
sult of  his  unbiassed  and  determined 
judgment. 

He  married,  in  180G,  Anna-Maria- 
Charlotte,  eldest  daogbter  of  the  late 
Sir  John  Nelchorpe,  seventh  Baronet  of 
that  name,  and  sister  to  Sir  Hemy,  the 
present  Baronet,  with  whom  be  lived 
in  unaffected  happiness,  and  by  her  is 
deeply  and  unequivocally  lamented. 
They  had  no  diildren.  N. 

John  Liptrap,  Esq. 

May  17.  At  his  lodgings,  Htgh-atmt, 
Canterbury,  aged  60,  John  Liptra|^  ete. 
F.R.S.  and  A.  S.  formerly  of  Mile  End. 
A  gentleman  who  for  hteraiy  aequire- 
ment,  gentlemanly  feelingy  and  feoefo- 


1M0.] 


OBiTVAtT.«— Ifr.  Otndif. — Mr.  Omykid. 


toiMr  of  heart,  wm  Infrrior  to  aooe.  Al 
tbe  Mrly  period  of  hit  Uf9t  oo«l  during 
moch  poliiical  diAcaKyy  bo  Ailed  oitb 
ceiicral  approbotioii  Mveral  ditiinguith- 
ed  irtiblie  lif  uations  and  mUed  in  tbote 
circlet  to  which  the  taleiiU  of  tome  of 
Ottf  .jcreatetc  o»cn  were  fpvcn  to  iofute 
amutrmf»nt  tnd  intinietiun.  For  tome 
>*aft  p«iii,  hi*  uiind  hat  been  wenkencd 
by  re|»eated  attiiekt  of  ptralytit,  but 
now  nuA  ihfii  a  fcleam  of  bit  former  uilf 
woulil  brrak  furib  that  ^tve  us  a  faint 
idea  of  «»hat  he  had  formerly  been.  By 
bi«  firoily  and  friends  he  h^s  dt«d  es- 
teemed and  reicrettvd,  and  their  only 
contuUtiun  it  that  he  it  r  lie v^  from 
the  Bufleringf  be  cootinotUy  underwent. 


Mr.  Jame»  Cundy. 

Mitijf  9.  In  consequence  of  tn  tcci- 
dcnt  eiKht  dayt  before,  M  r.  James  Cundy, 
sculptor.  Ue  was  hdinf  on  horseback 
in  RcKcnt'Si  reet  on  the  murninjc  <*f  the 
S4ih  of  April,  when  he  was  struck  by 
the  thtft  of  a  butcher's  ctrt,  which  was 
driven  tt  a  furiout  rate  from  Piccadilly, 
and  he  received  a  fai.il  compound  frac- 
ture of  the  le^.  The  driver  hat  been 
since  convicted  of  MajisUugbter  at  the 
Old  Baibry. 

As  a  Sculptor  and  Modeller  Mr.  Cundy 
pos«etted  an  uncommon  share  of  correct 
taste;  and  hit  abilitiiiS,  joined  to  bit 
amij*b!e  and  uiiassumin|p  manners,  r«- 
commendc«l  him  without  solicitation  to 
Messrs.  flundell  and  Bridce,  the  well- 
known  ^oliUniithn,  as  th<*fr  modeller; 
and  at  the  tinif  of  b:!i  d«aih«  be  w:i«  en- 
gaged in  tlie  deti^ii  of  one  of  the  larseU 
and  most  sumptuuui  vases  ever  iDade  in 
CnffUnd. 

Ilis  thorouf^h  knowleJ|;e  of  analomy 
tpp4'ared  in  the  icr^cefnl  character  and 
Ci>rre(*f  proportion  of  his  fipires;  and 
he  liAS  scarcely  left  Iii4  equal  in  that 
braiicli  of  bis  prufes«ion,  whirti  required 
an  intimate  a<-qua>ritanoe  with  the  clas- 
lioal  roodth  of  antiquity.  The  sepul- 
ciiral  monument*  he  ba%  Utrly  t-xecuted, 
attf  St  tbf*  truth  of  this  p.'mark  ;  and  *e- 
v-m1  beautiful  txampies  pruve  that  be 
bad  bestowetl  considerable  attention  to 
ibe  intertstini;  nioUeU  cf  Gothic  arrhi- 
teciurt*  in  bi«  own  country.  But  above 
all,  Mr.  Cundy  was  known  and  beloved 
fur  the  cxcellrncc  of  bis  understanding, 
the  kindness  of  bis  diipoKiitun,  and  ibc 
integrity  ol  bis  bearr.  Uis  unaffected 
good  humour  anil  bcnevtil^'nce  endeared 
him  to  lii4  family  and  friends;  and  the 
aticniion  and  anxiety  of  his  must  dis- 
ttncuisbed  patron^  durinj^  his  painfol 
illnou>  is  the  be«t  tribute  to  his  wunh 
aA  a  man  of  butiofse. 

Gtvrr.  Mao.  Jun€,  1838.  J 


Ma.  Jamis  CauuntLiH 
WboiC  doceaie  we  ntotioned  In  |M4(« 
S78.  wai  bom  in  the  Vine-yard»  Cltrkeii* 
well,  Feb.  II,  1764.  Hit  father  wat  a 
music-engraver,  and  he  intendpd  bit  sua 
Jamet  for  the  same  bu%intts,  hut  be . 
baviiifc  contracted  a  tcorhutle  affectjon 
in  hit  eyet,  which  rendered  the  sight 
eairemely  weak,  the  idea  was  relin- 
qaisbed.  \^  hen  about  eight  years  old, 
his  father  went  with  him  to  Camttridge 
for  the  benefit  of  hit  health ;  and  while 
there,  be  became  acquainted  with  Mr. 
Christopher  Sharpe,  the  Celebrated  print 
collector,  and  turner*.  This  gentleman 
ytna  to  driighted  with  the  enthusiasm  of 
his  young  friend,  with  refard  to  engrav- 
ings, that  be  took  every  paint  to  tatisfy 
his  enquiries  as  to  the  different  works  of 
art ;  and  at  hit  departure,  pretented  him 
with  the  sum  of  five  pounds,  and  a  col- 
lection of  printt,  amonf  them  heinf 
many  of  hit  own  ctcbingt.  Thit  laid 
tbe  foundation  of  youug  Caulfield't 
knowledge  and  love  of  engravings;— 
bii^bly  delighted  with  hit  new  treasures, 
be  appropriated  all  tbe  pocket-money 
which  hit  father  allowed  bia^  io  pur- 
cbatini;  additwnal  porlraitti  and  in  a 
short  time  he  p«>ttetted  a  tolemble  col* 
l**eiion»  principally  by  attendiiiK  Hut* 
cbins't  sale  room  in  King^troti,  Covent- 
garden,  and  purchasing  what  low-priced 
lots  could  be  had.  At  length,  in  1780, 
bis  father  opened  a  small  shop  for  bin 
in  Old  Round-court,  Strand  |  and  bera 
he  wat  honoured  with  the  patronage  of 
Ur  Johnson,  Mr.  Cotway'tbe  Royal 
Academician,  aiid  many  other  eoiineat 


u»<*n. 


About  thit  period,  the  elder  Mr.  Ash- 
ley (father  of  the  Messn.  Asbleyt,  tbe 
I  elt-i>rated  leaders  at  tbe  Oratorios),  be- 
ing in  want  of  a  great  quantity  of  musie 
engraved  for  the  performers  at  Wett- 
mintter  Abbey,  at  tbe  celebration  of 
Handel,  young  Caulfield  having  obtain- 
ed some  knowledge  of  the  art  of  music- 
engraving,  assisted  his  fatber  in  com^ 
plef  ing  tbe  work  he  had  in  baud  for  Mr. 
A«hlf*y  t  and  being  very  expert,  earned 
a  suffiriency  of  muuey  to  enable  him  to 
open  a  larger  shop  in  Castle-tireet,  Lei« 
Tester  square.  Here  he  published  the 
first  Numlier  of  hit  popular  work,  '*Tbo 
Live«  and  Portraits  of  Remarkable  Per* 
sons,"  which  at  intervals  he  completed 
in  9  volumes.  His  **  History 'of  tbe  Gun* 
powder  Pb>t  ;'*  '*  Life  of  Old  Parr,"  withi 
Plates  by  Van  Atsen }  and  *'  Tbe  Aubfcji 

•  There  is  a  portrait  of  -  this- feotl«) 
man,  etched  by  hin^lf  in  17 A,  aoA 
pretested  by  him  to  particular  (rioodt 

only.  .'..'# 


1? 


5)^6 


Obituary. — Mr*  Jetmei  Cauljtildm 


Lf^im 


Paperty'*  foUotied  next ;  but  of  this  Ut- 
ter bi(;Uly  iiiterebtinif  work,  only  two 
Mumbcrt  appeareil,  owinK  to  a  dispute 
b«tMeeii  Mr.  C.  and  Mr.  Edm.  M alone  ; 
which  ended  in  Caulfteld  |Miblishing  a 
severe  L*'tter  tu  Mr.  M. ;  the  whole  im- 
pression (230  copies)  beiiifc  so'-d,  and 
boncbt  lip  by  Malont*  in  one  day. 

He  next  editfd  *'A  Treatise  on  the 
Ditcnity  «»f  Trade,"  and  a  Rcri*-8  o*  **  Bur- 
ton's Fiecrs.**     H-6  **  liallcry  of  Bn!i«h 
Puftraits"    appcart-d  in    1809;  in   1810 
btf  edited  ''Croniwiliiana;*'  and  in  1814, 
in    conjnnctiun   witb   Mr.  Snieeion,   be 
piitli-bed  a  (piano  edition,  witb  plates 
and   notes,  «'f  **  Sir   Robert   Nanntoii's 
Fra<ruienta  Ke<!:alia;"  as  also,  *' Cbalco- 
graphiana,  or,  Tbe  Printseller's  Ciironi- 
cle  and  Col)t'ctor*s  Guide  to  tlie  know- 
ledge and  value  oi  engraved  liriiisb  Por- 
traits ;'*  tbiK  work  appealed  in  8vo  and 
folio,  and  every  copy  was  subscribt-d  for 
before  it  was  put*li*<bed. 

Thfie  various  woiks,  tofrether  with 
bis'knowlfdfse  dfergraved  British  por- 
traitii,  ([[aiiied  him  f  be  patronage  ol  the 
most  eminent  print*collectors ;  among 
whom  may  be  meiitioiipd.  Earl  Spen- 
cer, Mr.  Townley,  Mr.  Bindley,  tbe  Rev. 
Mr.  Cracherodc,  General  Dowdeswell, 
Sir  P.  Mu«grave,  Mr.  Suiberland,  &c. 

Mr.  Caulfield  was  generally  supposed 
the  autbor  of  a  satirical   work,   called 
*«Cbalcograpliiroania;"  of  at  least,  tbat 
be  gave  private  particulars  contained  in 
it:  but  tbi<«  was  not  tbe  cade;  for,  with 
all  his  failings,  be  never  '*  dipt  Ids  pen 
ill  gall  ;**— acriinony,  ill-nature,  or  ani- 
mosity,  formed  no  part  of  bis  composi- 
tion :  no  man  si>oiier  forgave  an  insult 
or  air  injury  tban  James  Caulfieid.    .it 
was  tbe  Ute  Mr.  Thomas  Coram,  wbo 
laid  I  be  foundation   of  tbe  work,  and 
supplied  tbe  slander;  and  the  preparer 
for  tbe  press  is  now  liviiig.  Tbe  MS.  was 
offered  to  tbe  writer  of  this  sketch  for 
publication,   who  instantly  refused  it  ; 
and  it  was  then  sold  to  Mr.  Kiiby*    Mr. 
Caul  field,  for  a  few  shillings,   while  m 
Banco  JiegiSt  did  certaiidy  read  over  the 
work,  and  added  tbe  note  {k)  in  p.  171* 
'   From  1814  to  T820,  be  prii.cipally  eni- 
ployecf   himself  in    buying   and  selling 
scarce  prints,  illustrating  various  woiks. 
and  making  bouksellers*  and  ptintsellerb* 
<:atalogues. 

In  1(^20,  his  «  High  Court  of  Justice*' 
appeiired  in  4to,  wiih  plates;  and  in 
ItfSd,  tbe  flrst  iiumt)er  of  ** Biographical 
Skifctcbcs  illustrative  of  Britisb  HHtory," 
ot  wbicb  only  three  nntubers  are  befoie 
C^fiublick )  tot  lie  has  left  matter  ftuffi- 
cfeiit  tu  niake  three  volumes. 

Mr.  C.  also  published  iiumerous^tniBor 
wfgkB :  he  wrott  <he  prin<:ipal  part  of 
ilicikiicrii^Uoits  io  the  |Jates  iu  *<  Wil- 


kinson's   Londina    IlliMtrafai** 
tbe  lasteditiony  in  6  Yoh.  df  GnngMr^i 
Biographical  flistoiy  I  and  faniiibrcl.tJM 
lives  to  the  reeeiit  edition  of  tliirrXit 
Khi  Club.     H«  al"0  prudueed,  li|c)  Jf& 
Walker,  a  new  series  of  bis  Roounjli^fbls^ 
People,  down  tu  the  reign  of'Gcorgill*- 
We  now  come  to  ihe  chise  of  tluiVilo 
of  this  bi};h)y-ciited  inan»  mhtH  «itb  a 
mind  well  stored  with  liisfurieKl  and  lnu> 
graphical  lore,  and  a  memory  Sscuiiifh* 
insly   retentive,    potisessed    uiiqu^tioi^ 
ably    the    greatest    kiiuwIedgH    uf    IBO 
rarity  and    value  of    engrmrifd  firilUli 
portraits  uf  any  roan  of  his   timet  :aiid 
no  person  was  mure  liberal  and  kind  ia 
honestly  giving  bis  opinion   relative  i6 
prints  tban  be  was;  but  this  generosity 
gamed  Itiiu  many  enemies  in  tlie  trade, 
\\b<»  itlamed  biin  in  being  too  explicit, 
wisbing  biin  to  keep  his  secrets  to  him- 
self.    In  tbe  earlier  part  uf  his  life,  Mr. 
C.  was  to  be  found  at  most'  pl^ecs  of 
amusement,  and  was   peculiarly  atten- 
tive to  ibe  neatness  of  lits'dreis;   birt  its 
bis  latter  days  he  became   iiegleetfali 
and  unfortunately  sacrificecl  too  off  en  at 
tbe  sbrineof  B^tccbus.     When  In  a  statr 
of  inebriation,  be  was  excessively  ti^ra* 
blesonie  ;  but  wben  sober,  a  more  mild, 
good-natured,  or  unassuming  fuan  never 
existed.    No  person  laboured  more  In* 
tensely  to  earn  money  tbaii^be  did,  and 
wben  in  possession  of  it,  no  one  la%iAhed 
it  more  tkongbtles'^ly.     But,  to  bir  ho^ 
nour  l>e  it  spoken,  he  was  the  chief  sap- 
port  uf  his  aged  parents  I  and  fur  tbe 
last  twelve  inontbs  of  bis  life,  out  of  t 
scanty  pittance  of  five  shillings  a  c^V; 
wbicb  be  earned  in  making  booksell^^ 
catalogue^,   and   while   op|>resKed  Whl^ 
illness  and  infirmities,  he  supported  bto 
youngest  daughter  and  her  family,  leav- 
ing bimself  very  often  |)ennyless^  ratiper 
tban  they  should  want. 

In  January  last,  he  bad  tbe  lAisfior* 
tune,  by  a  f^ll,  to  break  bis  knefpan^ 
and  was  instantly  conveyed  to  the  house 
of  bis  excellent  brother  Mr.  Joseph  Caul" 
field,  of  Camden  Town,  where  he  expe^ 
rienccd  every  attention  which  affecrtion 
could  devise.  Here  he  remained  six 
weeks,  and,  on  his  surgeon  intimaiiiigit  ' 
would  be  best  to  have  further  advice,  h*i^ 
deterndnied,  alt  bough  against  tlie  uiia* 
iiimous  wisb  of  bis  family,  oii'p»iii|p-to 
St.  Bartbolomew's  Hospital,  wbiilier  he 
was  conveved,  and  after  remaining  tfa#rd 
in  King  Henry  the  Eighth's  UMird  for 
ten  da}s,  he  breathed  bis  last,  on  tM 
SSd  ot  April,  18S<?,  in  the  63d  year'uf 
his  age.  He  was  buried  in  ibe  CamHy 
vaiik  ill  CleHteiiVFell  Churehj^oii  thaliot 
of  May  fiolluwiiig;  -  ' 

Mr.  C.  married  Mist  MaiyGriMKmei 
by  whom  (who  died  loi  leiiQ  ji«  Bad 


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Mr.  CaulfWIcl  h«d  tevvral  bnAbfn, 
aoMinit  »liom  wM  tbt  cclirbraiMl  Mr. 
IWirtM  C:aiiillrid,  th»  eumMftnii  aitil 
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CLERGY  DECBASED. 


At  Btlchford,  Lioctilofhirv,  Um  Rev. 
Amoi  BedJorU^  Rector  «if  that  i4eee.  He 
»M  of  Pemliruke  Col  cge*  CembrwlKe,  where 
be  proceeded  B.A.  I784»  M.A  l«tS.  Id 
1793  hit  Ute  Majesty  |>reeeoted  him  to  tbe 
■ectorj  of  BeloMurd. 

Rev.  NUholai  ConHliM,  of  Wiveabo^ 
i^ed  84  i  ooe  of  tbe  MagUtretet  of  £eMs. 

At  Puttun,  Bedfoffdebirey  e^  64,  ibe 
Rev.  Mr.  CouUhwrtt. 

At  LlaiKhivery,  tbe  Rev.  J'oAii  Dama, 
Vicer  of  that  place. 

Rev.  IVm,  Harper ,  M.  A.  84  yeara  Conite 
of  Grajfa  Thurrock  woA  Little  Thunrookf 
Saaex. 

Rev.  R,  Jamtit  for  85  yeen  Corete  of 
Carmdo,  Brrconshire. 

At  Dumfries,  eged  86,  the  Rev.  ^t2- 
liam  hfut. 

Aged  70,  the  Rev.  Edw.  Palmer^  up" 
verda  of  forty  yesrs  Perpetual  Curete  of 
Museley,  and  Vicar  of  Stoke  Coorcy,  So* 
Bierset.  He  was  presented  to  the  Vicarage 
of  Stoke  Courcy  in  1788  hy  Eton  Culle^. 

At  HamptcMi,  near  CanUff,  after  a  fr» 
days  illoeet,  the  Rav.  MrHalkint,  Minister 
of  that  Parish. 

At  Leightoii  Bozzard,  tbe  Rev.  J.  fTt/- 
iion.  Vicar  of  Welion  St.  Mary.  He  was 
presented  to  his  Vicaraf^e  in  1798  hy  tbe 
nve  Frelj«Dds  of  Weltuu  in  Linc<»lo  Ca- 
thedral. 

Kev.  Richard  Jrrighl,  Vicar  of  Wrancl-, 
Lincolnshire-  He  was  presented  to  the  Vi- 
carage of  Wrangle  in  1784  by  F.  Thirkill, 
gent. 

[The  Rev.  Robrrt  ffrifht.  Rector  of  Itchen 
Abbas,  Hants,  whose  death  we  were  led  by 
a  newspaper  to  auonunce  in  p.  474,  is,  we 
are  happy  to  say,  alive  and  well.  This  se- 
rious error  evidently  arose  from  the  actual 
death  of  the  alnive  Hev.  Richard  \Vrif;ht.] 

March  II.  At  the  Castle  Hill  Lodge, 
Readiu;:.  tlie  Rev  WilliuM  Romainft  D.D. 
•on  uf  the  very  eminent  Divine  of  that  name. 
He  was  of  Trinity  Oillege,  Osfonl,  M.A. 
)  7  SO,  B.  and  D.  D.  1 79 1 .  He  lias  left  two 
daughters,  but  ou  son. 

DEATHS. 
Loxrxm  and  its  Environs. 
^fay  9.  At  Islewurth,  Elii^.  second  dan. 
of  late  Edw.  Wilsitn,  esq  of  DJlacn  Tower, 
Westmoreland. 

Afay  9<.    Aged  56,  Harriet,  wife  of  A. 
K.  Newiuaa,  esq.  of  Leadenhall- street. 

In  Tbnrlow-place,  Hackoe7-road»aged8f» 
John  Edteard  Loogley,  esi|. 


Hktif  17.  la  BleaiilUmi  tqww,  •9ed4tt 
tbt  S^  Hon.  Udr  Cayfay-Amge^ 

oi  flevXtflMriei  lieiaoRf  eeonMS  mm  pNtMR 
Baronet  of  Carelew,  CornwalL  Hbe  wMttbi 
feortb  drfn.  of  Heory-Thooaae.  leoewl'aad 
lau  Earl  of  Ilebetter,  hy  MatyTbtreei^ 
dau  of  ii^tmdyti  Off«dy,  ef(|.  ef C^ipereirtlby 
e»  Limtrtek  t  «ae  BMrried  Dee;  ft.  18l«» 
Md  bed  mm  two  eoue  iad  e  dea,  (vbM»' 
dMth  was  recorded  ia  part  i.  p.  94). 

May  ft8.  Aged  98,  Sarah^Aaoev  #Hb  el 
E4er«Siiaoe  Stepbetteori,  etq.  of  G#m8 
Queen-street,  Weatralnstrr,  daa.  of  tbe  kuk 
T.  Wild,esq.ofSt.MartiA't  laae,UaBMi-st. 

IfeySO  Aioed  19,  Right  Hoa.  Lalv 
Louisa  Boyle,  iw.  of  the  Katl  of  Cufk  aad 
Orrery. 

Aced  68,  T.  Udag,  etq.  of  Oaplnua-roed. 

May  SI.  At  ibe  boiite  of  Divid  Keri 
esq.  M.  P.  at  Battersea,  aged  74,  Lady  Elis. 
Pratt,  da«.  of  tbe  lata  and  sister  to  tbe  pi«» 
tent  Lord  Carodea. 

Cbarles-Jensee  Siepbeneoa»  esq.  af  St. 
Swithin*s*lane.  ■ 

Jane  I.  In  Portman-street*  aged  17, 
Fraacee,  vouogeet  dau.  of  the  late  otr  Wvu 
Blackett,'Bart.  of  Matiea  HaH,  NartbnaH 
faerland. 

At.Peotouvilla,  a^  98»  Mr.  TkoMa 
Shartsood. 

^Miie  t.  Aged  48,  Jamee  Eeaaiy  esq.  ojf 
the  Adiciralty  OflBee. 

At  bis  soa-ia-Uw*t,  CrowB-^tieet,  Fiae« 
bunr,  in  hia  79d  year,  Mr.  Geitrge  Newtoai 
of  isiiogtoa.  He  was  of  an  rdd  Md  reefieet* 
able  family  at  Ashbourne,  co.  Derby,  aod  iha 
kst  of  his  name.  Btiro  Oct.  7$  1764 1  ra4 
tered  the  Eaeise  in  1777*  at  ttie  age  *4  tft* 
under  wliicb  R«iard  he  held  tlie  office  of  Sua* 
veyor  General  Examiner  at  bis  dtatb.  He 
was  a  man  of  persevering  iodustry  and  of 
un<1eviatinK  rectitude.  He  wee  buried  eritb 
his  wife,  Alary  Barker,  (whom  be  marriad 
in  1779,)  in  8t«  Luke'e,  Mkidlesex.  Ha 
has  left  several  grandchildren. 

At  her  fsth^'t  bouse,  aged  94»  Heleaao 
Mary,  doly  dau.  of  Mr.  Whitfocd,  af  Ma- 
Uedon-plaoe,  Burton-creeceet. 

Jnne.S,  In  York -street,  J.  T.  BUnd«  esq. 
of  Huthwjite-hitose,  near  Barnsley,.Yorkili. 

June  6.  In  Vet ulain  -  Iniihliojfs,  Jaiace 
Bradley,  esq.  of  Liocoln*s-ina 

June  8.  At  Kiiimm  Puorr,  Eliiabctbi  re- 
lict of  William  Wood,  esq.  late  of  Uangeiy 
hill,  Middlesex. 

In  Great  George-street,  Westaiinstery 
Luly  Pretyman  Tomiiae,  Lady  of  the  Bi- 
shop of  Winchester. 

June  9'  In  Baker-street,  aged  18,  Siaa»« 
Henrietu,  dau.  of  Capt.  Mangia,  R.  N. 

June  W.  In  Walnut-Uee-walk,  Lambetbp 
aged  (M,  Francis  Kalkaer,  esq. 

Jirie  13.  lu  BernHwdsey  street,  eged  $i^ 

Mr  J.Shaakt,  where  be  bad  resided  Kg  veart. 

lo  Faita-street,  Berkeley-eqiitfa»  A«ay- 

bella,  widow  of  CiHmtGea.J»ana  I  pnlibiBia 

aC  Ua  aad  Camaaitb.  $aetadl. .         \ 

Jtma  f4.  AgMI  l^t  Ifai;  Umaacf » Ike- 


499                                        Obituart.  fiMlfe# 

•merly  a  furgeon  at  Uxbrldge,  but  for  the  Junt  16.  At  tha  hmue-of  Unl«Ml/Slr 

-  last  thirty  years  a  resident  of  SouthaiDptoo-  Chas.  Dance^  xomx  Botbey^  aged  6ffy  Mrs. 

>buiIdiogn,  Chancery-lane.     He  was  eminent  M.  Moula. 

in  eases  of  apoplexy.  Kent. — May  17.    At  Cantcrimi^i^i^ 

«fune  17'  In  London-field,  Hackney,  aged  61,  John  Li ptrap,  esq  formerly  of  IHe-«d. 

79,  John  Higgiu,  esq.  May  24.  At  Greenwich,  aged  8l,^bnby 

t     Junt  18.  At  Highbury  terrace,  aged  65,  relict  of  the  late  Robert   Knincy  M.fi^^«it- 

Mit.   Wi<*an,  relict  of  Kdw.   Wigan,  esq.  raerly  Inspector  General  of  Army  Hw|^da. 

irany  years  Lt  -col.  of  the  Middlesex  Militia.  June  I .  At  SevencMtks»  aged  iz^  BrWIgi^ 

Juiit  19.  In  Berncrs-street,  aged  6*3,  £U-  Aooa,  wife  of  John  Gurdon,  eai).  nf  ftiikig 

zabeth,  wife  of  Henry  Bone*  esq.  R.A.  ton  Hall,  Suffolk. 

•  The  wife  of  J.  H.  R.  MoM,  esq.  of  Pall-  June%.  At  Margate,  after  faaviofftiiffml 
Mai  I .  for  some  years  under  oaaliicatioo  of  UM  hear^ 

Bedfordshire. — June  \\,  Mary,  wife  of  Mr.  William   Howell^    of  the  Hemitagft, 

the  Kev.  J.  Hull,  Rector  of  I  j)i)er  Stondon.  Wapprng. 

•  Berks. — JuneW.  At  Windsor,  aged  95,  June  16.  At  Sevenaakay  aged  82,  Wv. 
Mrs.  Lucy  Kennedy.  Dakins,  esq. 

Jvne  IS.  At  his  son's  house  at  Reading,  Lancashire. — May  12.- At  New  Lodbe*, 

aged  77,  Thomas  Cooper,  esq.  of  Maidstone,  near  Barnsley,  Frances,  wife  of  the  Rev.W. 

Cambridgeshire.- June  6.  AtEly,  £m-  Wordsworth,  late  of  Ardwick. 

ma,  eldest  dau.  of  the  late  Rev.  Robert  May  \*i.  At  Manchester,  from  a  eoneoi- 

Leach,  Vicar  of  Llansanffraid,  Montgomery,  sion  of  the  brain,  occasioned  by  a  fall  ia  etf- 

Cheshire. — In  his  76'th  year,  John  More,  deavouring  to  extricate  himself  from  acoadi, 

esq. /of  Sale.  aged  .S^,  J.  H.  Bradford,  esq.  of  Boaton,  it 

.    Devonshire. —  May  18.    At    Dawlish,  the  United  States. 

aged  22,   Mr.   Peter-Brett   Bull,   B.  A.  of  M<iv  13.  Aged  23. Cbaa.'RolMjrty  ym"*g^ 

Queen's  College,  son  of  William  Bull,  esq.  son  of  T.  Worthlugton,  esq.  of  Manchester. 

solicitor,  of  Aylesbury.  May  15.  Aged  24,  Miss  Weir,  only  to- 

.    Durham. — \jan.   18.    At  Durham,  aged  viving  child  of  Mr.  Juhu  Weir,  Adj.  to  the 

73,  Andrew  Philip  Skene,  esq.  of  Hallyards,  Manchester  Volunteer  Cavalry. 

Itife,  and  Kilmacoo,  Wicklow,  only  son  of  May  16.  AtTraffurd  Park,  Maria,  Ibtirdi 

the  late  Governor  Skere,   of  Addesey  and  dau.  of  Thos.-Josh.  Traffbrd,  esq. 

Hartwell,  Northamptonshire,  and  of  Skenes-  MayM.   hx.   Warrin^on,    in    hii  85th 

boro*   Settlement,  North   America.      This  year,  John  Bludwick,  a  member  of  the  So- 

genileroan  was  descended  from  an  uncle  of  ciety  of  Friends. 

the  patriot  William  Wallace.    The  deceased  In  her  28th  year,  Racbael,  wife  c^  Johe 

has  left  a  widow,  five  sons,  and  two  daughters.  M.  Astbury,  esq.  of  Strand  Lodi^. 

Essex. — May  26.    At  Hubbard's   Hall,  May  20.  In  his  9dd  year,  Giles  Bullod, 

aged  51,  William  Sims,  esq.  esq.  of  Blackburn.                                    ... 

June  1 7.  At  Woodford  Wells,  aged  6*9,  May  29.  Eliz.-Matilda,   wife  of  Richird 

Mr.  J.  E.  Nettlefold.  Marsh,  esq.  of  West  Leigh  Hall. 

June  19.  At  Wickham  Bishops,  aged  17,  May  30.  Edward  Milne,  esq.  of  Manehet- 

Emma,  eldest  dau.  of  the  Rev.  Thos.  Leigh,  ter  ;  and,. the  same  day,  his  brother,  Wm. 

rector  of  that  pariiih*  a  young  lady  whose  Milne,  esq. 

truly-amiable  disposition  renders  her  loss  a  Lately.    At  Warrington,    Daniel   Moa, 

subject  of  sincere  regret  far  beyond  the  cir-  M.  D.  a  medical  gentleman  of  conaideiaUi 

cle  of  her  more  immediate  relatives.  eminence  and  extensive  pracn^ice.     He  waia 

Gloucestershire. — May  7.  At  the  Hot-  favourite  pupil  of  the  celebrated  SheMoa*', 

wells,  aged  21,  Isabella,  second  dau.  of  Mr.  who  solicited  him  to  become  hit  anatomiol 

John  Kempster*  demonstrator.     For  a  number  of  yean  bt 

June  10.  At  Cheltenham,  the  Hon.  Mrs.  ranked  high  in  the  profession. 

Vavasour,  lady  of  the  Hon.  E.  M.  Vavasour  Lincolnshire. — Lately,  In  the  Minster- 

(Jute   Stourton)   of  Haslewood  Hall,    near  yard,  Lincoln,  aged  100,  Mrs.  Chialett,  wi- 

Tadcaster.  dow  of  Mr.  Chislett,  formerly  «  auiveonBt 

At  Cheltenham,  the  relict  of  John  Ayre,  Homcastle.     The  old  lady  had  the  mia&r^ 

esq.  of  Gaddesby,  near  Leicester.  tune  to  break  her  thigh  only  two  days  pre- 

June  II.  At  Dowry-square,  Bristol  Hot-  vious  to  her  death.  •                              "        » 

wells,  the  wife  of  Jaiiies  Fowler,  esq.  of  Fil-  Middlesex. — June  18.  At  Twipkeohav, 

ton  House,  Gloucestershire.  Robert  Burnett,  esq.  of  Orleans  Home,  and 

Hants  — May  16.  At  Southampton,  aged  of  Rock  House,  Brighton. 

72,  Geo.  Taylor,  esq.  formerly  of  Marlbro*.  Norfolk. — June  7.    At  the    Rectotr- 

June  10.  At  Burghclerc,  the  eldest  dau.  of  house,  Outwell,  in  her  S7th  year^  Blia.  irifr 

Rev.  T.  S.Escott,  ofHartrow,  Somerset.  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Hardwicke,  Rector,  aad 

Herts. — May  30.  Aged  32,  Geo.  New-  dau.  of  Tho.  Rawnsley,  esq.  of  Bourn. 

man  Caswall,  esq.  only  son  of  the  late  Geo.  North UMBBRLAiro.  — June  a.    At*  the 

Caswall,  esq.  of  Sacombe  Park.  Grange,  aged  88,  Ralph,  eldaat  aon  of  Ralph 

June  12.  At  her  son's,  Bennington  Rcc-  RiddelJ,  esq.                                                . 

tory,  aged  81 ,  Mrs.  FoUard.  ,  June  5.  At  Newcastle-iipoii-TyM, 


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Ogk,  CM).  Uto  Con«etor  of  ibii  CytlotM  at 
that  port.  Ht  kHt  M  Arm  ia  tht  Mriy  pwt 
of  tlit  Arocrieui  wtr. 

OxronDtHiRC^Afoy  80.  At  D^ddiny- 
toa,  JaiMt  wtfii  of  the  Rev.  Juho  HughM, 
Curace  of  that  parith. 

l^ifiy.  Su.ldeolv,  aged  41,  Mr.  Griffio, 
ewgtoo  and  ap«»th«t*ary,  of  Deddiogton.  It 
la  tvppoted  toe  tuddea  de}}rivauuD  of  life 
-vat  caused  from  over-exertion  in  hit  prac- 
tice»  which  vat  very  exteniive.  He  hat  left 
A  widow  and  four  children. 

SoMKRtKTtHiRK. — May  27.  At  Hath,  in 
her  7uUi  jear,  ilie  Kiglit  Hon.  Catherine 
Coontett  De  la  Warr,  widow  of  John  Ri- 
chard fourth  and  late  Earl  De  la  Warr,  and 
dan.  of  Henry  Lyell,  etq.  of  Bourn,  Camh. 
She  was  muther  uf  the  preteat  Earl,  and  of 
two  dan^tert,  one  of  whom  it  the  wife  of 
Lt.-coL  Darcy,  R.A.;  and  the  other  died  aa 
infant. 

MayS}.  Ased  67,  at  Westbury,  near 
WelUt  Tlio.  linrdwick,  etq. 

June  \  A,  lo  (lis  99 til  year,  Mr.  J. Sel way, 
•oiic'.tor,  of  B*th.  lie  wat  thro^.n  fiom 
his  horte  five  dayt  before,  retitruiog  from 
Wellt*  a»d  was  to  severely  injured  in  the 
head  at  to  caute  his  death.  Within  an 
liiiur  af^r  his  decease,  in  the  same  house, 
died  also,  Mr«.  Mary  Kobbins,  his  aunt,  aged 
5?,  who  had  been  an  invalid  fi>r  nearly  two 
years. 

Sltfolk. — April  17.  At  Elmtwell,  aged 
58,  «l.  J.  Uridjres,  esq.  of  Wood-street. 

June  3.  At  hU  seat,  Le'itton  Old  Abbry, 
Wm.  Tatntll,  etq. 

June  a.  In  h'.n  74th  year.  Woodward  Bid- 
well,  esq.  of  Horniop;»heath,  and  formerly  of 
Croxton*  near  Thetford  :  and,  on  the  11th, 
Elli'n,  wife  o^  Mr.  James  Hidwcll,  of  Dere- 
ham, his  cidot  son,}  and  eldest  dan.  of  the 
lilc  R»v.Mr. Shtdford,  of Tuddenhain,  Norf. 

SiuREY  — Lately .  At  Cli«llowes  Park, 
aged  82, 2VUr;i^rrt,  wife  of  Jas.  Donovan,  esq. 

June  b*.  At  Richmond,  aged  46,  Louisa- 
Isalielia,  wife  of  John  Payne,  esq.  and  eldest 
(lau.  uf  the  Ri;;ht  Hon.  Hugh  Elliot. 

*^tssEX. — Afayii,  Atbteyning,  aged 40, 
Ann,  only  surviving  dao.  of  the  Ilev.  Dr. 
Green,  Rector  of  liramher  with  Botolpht. 

In  Rcgeticysquare,  Brighton,  aged  64, 
Walter  Nlurr^y.  r^q.  of  Dund<^,  Jamaica. 

June  7.  At  the  Old  Ship  Hotel,  Briglitoo, 
aged  fi7,  Humphrify  Rowlry,  esq. 

At  Brighton,  the  relict  of  the  late  John 
Ariii^tron^,  esq.  uf  Pimlico. 

June  17'  At  Aldwick,  Sir  Tlios.  Brooke 
Prcliell,  Bart.  He  was  a  .Major-general  in 
tiie  army,  and  late  .M.  P.  for  Downton.  He 
WIS  born  in  .Ian.  17t'>>),  and  succeeded  his 
father  Sir  Paul  );)  Jan.  IbUO.  On  the  death 
of  hi«  mother,  in  the  same  year,  he  obtained 
hiji  Maj^ty's  licence  to  prefix  the  surname 
of  Brooke  to  that  of  Pechell,  agreeably  to 
hit  will.  He  married,  April  1783,  the  dao. 
of  Sir  John  Clavering,  and  had  ittoe  three 
^oos  and  two  daughters. 

WARWirx!iiiiRt — June  1.  At  Guy's  CHff, 


Mre.  BartiaOwirtitaJittifafifUiahca-— ^ 
Bertie,  ttq.  '      ■'    ' 

ilfaySI.  At  Kia^t  Ncvaham,  b  liar 
85th  year,  Elis.  relict  of  the  lata  Mr.  Edir. 
Eatt,  formerly  of  Coventry. 

WiLTtHiRK. — May  96.  At  tba  Maaar 
-Hnate,  Great  Durnford,  aged  7t,  Mn.  Lou* 
iaa-Margaret  Harrit,  dau.  of  tha  lata  ealt- 
brated  author  of  **  Herinea,**  titter  to  tha 
late,  and  aunt  to  the  present  Earl  of  Malmaa- 
bury. 

Afay  98.  At  hie  fitthar'e  hooae,  at  Nat- 
ton,  Mr.  Ambroea  Awdry>  oMlthipauut'ia 
the  Navy. 

ffune  1 .  At  Saead,  Peter  Awdry,  etq. 

Aged  78,  Mr.  Itichard  Webb,  of  Melk- 
tham,  for  nearly  half  a  oaotoiy  a  toigeon  in 
that  town. 

WoRCUTKttHiRB. — May  98,  AtBadtajr, 
aged  9f ,  J«iteph,  only  too  of  Jot.  ioiMt,<etq. 

YoRKtHiRB. — May  Itf.  At  Wetherfay» 
aged  40,  Tlioe.  Holfurd,  etq.  lata  of  Maa- 
Chester. 

May  19.  At  Northallerton,  Edw.  Smyth, 
esq.  M.  D.  son  of  the  late  Rev.  Jot.  Smyth, 
Vicar  of  Kirby  Moortide,  Yorkshire. 

May  99.  Aged  97,  Tho.  Rhodat»  etq.  of 
St.  .Anne't,  Burlev,  near  Leeds. 

May  94.  At  hit  teat  at  Martoa>  aaar 
Bridlington,  aged  80,  Ralph  Creyke,  etq.  a 
Deputy- lieutenant  of  the  Eatt  and  Wett 
Ridings  of  Yorkthire.  He  wat  tht  oldett 
magittrate  of  the  Eatt  Riding,  to  which  he 
wat  qualified  in  1 778 ;  and  many  yeart  Chair- 
roan  of  the  Eatt  Riding  Sestioot. 

i\fay  98.  At  aa  advaacad  age,  the  raliet 
of  the  Ute  Peter  Porlwa,  etq.  of  York. 

May  99.  Suddenly,  at  York,  ased  54,  tUa 
relict  of  the  late  Rev.  Geo.  Hutchintoa, 
Vicar  of  St.  Mary's,  Nottingham.  She  waa 
tbe  only  paternal  relative  of  the  late  Or. 
Cyril  Jacksun,  Dean  uf  Christ  Church. 

May  3 1 .  In  her  S6'th  year,  Hannah,  dau* 
of  the  late  Rev.  T.  Wattoo. 

JtmeS,  At  BraiFordt,  aged  ^,  Robert 
Osborne,  etq.  a  deputy-lieot.  aad  Juttioa  of 
the  oeace  fur  the  East  Riding  of  i  orkthirt. 
He  held  tie  office  of  recorder  ibr  the  towot 
of  Hull,  Beverley,  aad  Hedoa,  nearly  80 
years,  and  wat  also  dittributor  of  tCampt  t^t 
the  East  Riding. 

June  4.  At  Thirtk,  aged  68,  Mist  Buttar- 
wick,  only  surviving  sister  of  Matthew  B^ 
terwick,  esq. 

June  7.  At  York,  aged  74,  R.  Lund,  etq. 

June  9.  At  his  father's  ho«ise,  at  Norton- 
Grange,  near  Darlington,  aged  99,  after  a 
long  and  tedious  illoett,  Mr.  John  White, 
atturney-at-law. 

Scotland. — May  6.  Marcaret,  relict  of 
Alexander  Webaur,  etq.  of  Dundee,  and 
onlv  titter  to  Mr.Bitsct,  of  Leamington  Spa. 

Afmy  IS.  At  Cupar,  Fife,  CoL  DavU  Bot- 
well,  late  fSSd  Regiment. 

lacLANU. — May  17.  Near  Dublin,  and 
80,  Lehmd  Croathwaite,  atq.  H«  wat  Pra- 
sidaat  of  tha  Chaatbar  vi  Cooiroaroa,  aad 
frequently  Goremor  of  tht  Bank  of  Ireland. 


W4 


OfflTUART. 


IJamt, 


,  May  80.  At  KUdaUin  Oicbe,  ootmtj  Q$r 
vmn,  aged  94,  the  R«v.  George  Bereafor4» 
thtnV  •on  of  the  Bishop  of  Kilmore. 

Abhoao. — March  7.  At  the  Cape  of  G094 
Hope,  a};ed  42,  John  Digby,  etq.  of  thje 
BeDi;aI  Civil  Service. 

.  May  8.  Ac  Zurich,. aged  62,  Hans  Coil> 
nd  fvessoer,  the  meritorious  and  celebrated 
pajnttr,  eldest  son  of  Solotntm  Gestnery  the 
poet. 

May  15.  At  Paris,  Catherine,  wife  of  W. 
Webster,  esq-  and  relict  of  Thos.  Crathorne, 
eaq.  of  Crathorne,  in  Yorkshire. 

May  16*.  At  Paris,  Latly  Sidnpj  Smith, 
the  lady  of  Adm.  Sir  William  Sidney  Smith, 
K.  S.  C.  &  F. 

On*board  his  Majesty's  ship  Pyramus,  on 
his  return  from  Mexico,  aged  24,  Thos.  Le 
Mcsurier,  esq.  t.f  the  Home  Department, 
eldest  son  of  the  late  Rev.  T.  Le  Mesurier, 
Rector  of  Hough  ton- le-Ske  me,  Durham. 

May  19.  At  fioulogne-sur-Mer,  the  Rt- 
Hon.  Lord  Viscount  Neville,  eldest  son  of 
the  Earl  of  Abergavenny. 

May  26.  At  St.  Pctersburgh,  in  her  38th 
jear,  £llen  Viscountess  Strangford,  the  lady 
of  H.  M.  Ambassador  at  that  Court.  Her 
LaJyship  vras  the  youngest  daughter  of  the 
late   Sir  Thomas  Burke,   bart.   of  Marble 


UUI,  CO.  Galway,  titter  lo  tlw  Constaia  «f 
CUnricarde,  and  to  tb«  iwijr  of  Sir  Hvniij 
Tichborne,  bart.  and  aunt  tatlie  Murquirof 
■Cliinrictrde,  the  Marohioocii.^f  Slig^i^  *a<i 
the  Oiunteat  of  Howth  and  DtaacUtBhe  -was 

first  married  to Browie^  flM.fi'vad  ••- 

coodlj,  July  17,  1317,  to  Viae.  Biniiif^<krd«. 
Seven  children  (two  of  them  the  iaaiM  «f  ibcv 
Liadyship's  first  marriage)  afc  left  to  «( 
the  loss  of  a  most  exemplary  and  devoted 
ther. 

May  29.  At  Boulogne  •tnr-Mer»  aged  47^ 
John  Cole,  M.  D. 

May  3 1 .  At  VVaterioo,  .^..-  Da  Coster, 
the  celebrated  peatiant,  who  waa  oompellei 
to  act  as  guide  to  Buonaparte  in  the  battle 
of  June  18.  Some  interesting  anecdotes  of 
him,  and  of  the  events  of  that  memorable 
battle,  as  far  at  Da  Coster  was  concerned, 
from  the  lively  pen  of  Mrs.  C  Stothaid, 
(now  Bray.)  will  be  found  in  vol.  XCIIL 
part  i.  p.  251. 

Lately.  At  Bnmhnurg,  in  France*  aged 
21,  Catherine,  eldest  dau.  of  the  late  Lieut- 
general  -Desborough. 

June  6.  At  Jersey,  Rear-adm.  Aodxew  F. 
Evans. 

June  12.  Aged  69, .  Jacob  -  Frederick 
Wilckent,  esq.  of  Kingston,  Jamaica. 


ADDITIONS    TO    THE    OBITUARY. 


Vol.  xcv.  partii.  p.  563.  The  will  of  Adm. 
Sir  John  Sutton,  K.C.B.  was  proved  by  the 
Right  Hon.  Beaumont  Baron  Hotham,  the 
Hon.  and  Rev.  Frederick  Hotham,  clerk, 
and  the  Hon.  Sir  H.  Hotham,  K.C  B.  Vice 
Admiral  of  the  Blue,  three  of  the  executors: 
power  for  the  like  purpose  being  reserved 
to  the  Hon.  Dame  Frances  Sutton,  widow, 
the  relict,  who  is  also  appointed  to  that 
trust.  The  personals  were  sworn  under 
100,000Z.  The  will  is  dated  the  14th  of 
March,  1818.  Tlie  testator  bequeaths  to 
his  wife  500^  to  be  paid  to  her  immediately 
after  his  death,  and  all  his  furniture*  plate, 
'  household  property,  pictures,  books,  horses, 
and  carriages.  Also  such  an  annual  sum  as, 
together  with  any  other  settlements,  will 
makeup  to  her  1,300^  per  annum.  The 
maintenance  and  education  of  his  son  and 
two  daughters  are  next  provided  for,  as 
\i!e(l  as  that  of  any  other  children  he  might 
have.  The  overplus  of  his  pro))erty, 
during  their  minority,  to  be  for  the  use  of 
their  mother;  and  the  whole  principal  to 
the  children  at  twenty- one,  or  marriage, 
ulitli  benefit  of  survivorship  at  such  period. 
But  it  is  provided  that  in  case  of  his  having 
no  more  than  his  then  three  children,  that 
they  should  each  have  6,000/.  only,  at 
twenty-one,  or  marriage ;  and  his  daughters 
a  like  sum  at  their  mother's  death,  his  son, 
John  Thomas,  then  becoming  his  residuary 
legatee.  The  testator's  copyhold  house  at 
Ham-common,  is  devised  to  Lady  Sutton 


for  her  life,  and  after  her  decease,  absniottlj 
to  his  son. 

Vol.  XVI.  part  i.  p.  93.  George  Lye,  es^ 
was  one  of  the  Magistrates  of  the  Coijxira- 
tion  of  Warminster,  whither  his  remains 
were  conveyed  from  Bath,  Jan.  19,  for  in* 
terment  in  the  family  vault.  He  liad  been 
for  many  years  a  higfily  respected  baokar  ia 
the  town,  where  he  also  conducted  and  caff 
ried  on  a  very  extensive  business  as  a  car- 
rier, from  Bristol  to  Salisbury,  Southarop- 
t«m,  Portsmouth,  &c.  with  the  greatest  cre« 
dit  and  punctuality.  He  was  greatly  es- 
teemed by  all  for  his  amiable  disjiosition 
and  courteous  behaviour;  exempUurj  as  a 
husband,  father,  friend,  and  matter. 

P.  372.  Sir  Thomas  Vavasour  waa  bon 
about  1746.  He  was  originally  intended 
for  the  Leedft  business,  and  was  apprenticed 
with  one  of  the  most  respectable  houses  in 
in  that  town  ;  but  family  circumstances  pre.- 
ventetl  the  intention  from  being  carried  into 
effect,  and  previously  to  the  death  of  hb 
brother  he  lived  on  the  Continent.  The 
baronetcy,  granted  Oct.  24,  16^,  is  ex- 
tinct, and  the  only  male  branch  of  ttie 
fiimily  is  said  to  be  William  Vavasour,  Esq. 
of  Wistow-hall,  in  Wharfedale,  desoended 
from  a  younger  bmeher  of  Sir  Mauger  le 
Vavasour,  who  lived  in  the  begioniog  of  the 
14  th  centuiy. 

P.  379.  The  Rev.  Chat.  Jdia  n^ipf  y^ 
B.D.  Upper  Minister  of  St.  Peter's  MaBi> 
eroft>  was  omnhaotiBlj  fleeted  hj  the  far 


19fC] 


Bill  of  Moriam^.-^MmHU.  Ac— GuMi  Sham. 


57S 


rishioant  to  tUat  •liMtioa  io  l«04»  «•  cIm 
dcMh  of  the  fUv.  Jobs  F«fW»  iftti*  hMi^ 
liMB  12 After  Mlaiucr  for  tm%Vt%  mn.  R# 
wM  a  vtnr  tfieitDt  nembtr  of  tnt  Norfolk 
•ad  Nortrieb  HonNUl  WtekW  Boanl,  uid 
grMtly.«  thot  tMclltat  UutiUKkm  iailebted 
to  hili  for  hit  eoBttant  otttDtion  to  ht  bi- 
tfimla.  and  Mrtieularly  duriag  tbo  luo 
grand  Mutical  FestUaU  Ha  wm  tlia  Trot* 
surer  of  ttie  (  haricy  SchuoU ;  of  May's 
Trust  for  binding  out  poor  Apprentices; 
and  of  the  Friendly  Society  for  the  Relief  of 
poor  Women  in  sickness  and  old  a|(e;  and 
many  other  Societies  fur  cliaritahle  and 
omAiI  purposes  in  tliat  city  (of  which  he 
was  a  deoixen)  oipcrieneed  tlie  beneficial 


iftnaofhbaafaaad. 


nan  loMbad  Kb  Mloei^'U  ^   fim 


OiaAmar  SJiotd,  Nonrfeh,  nadar  tho  tal- 
tioa  of  the  liCa  Rev.  Dr.  Pbrr,  biriMpi 
whom  and  Mr.  C  die  greatest  astatn  aaid 
frieaddiip  afterwarli  suMstad,  which  eoati- 
aaad  amiumipted  to  Aa  period  of  dia 
death  of  that  profouad  solioler  aad  am'taaai 
divine.  His  kindness  of  beartt  loildaaii 
of  ditposiiiooy  urbanity  of  maoaeit ,  iaonr^ 
ruptible  integrity  of  coodoett  aad  oabtad^ 
log  h<»nesty  of  pfinciplei  inadt  him  pef|«- 
liarly  an  otject  of  high  respect  and  warm 
attachment  to  those  woo,  far  friendly  btfr- 
course  with  him,  had  the  napfMaasa  of  a 
mors  iatimate  knowledge  of  lib  worth. 


BILL  OF  MORTALITY,  from  May  84,  to  Juoa  ftO,  18t6. 


Christened. 
Males       -     79<? 
Females  -    779 


} 


1675 


Buried. 
Mdas  -  e7d 
Females  •     (»d8 


Whersof  have  died  under  two  years  old 
Salt  6#.  par  bushel}  1  {tf.  par  ponad. 


t  aad  6  198 
8  aad  10  68 
10  and  SO  78 
80  aad  80  115 
30  aad  40  118 
40  aad  50  187 


50aad  fO  89 
eoaad  70  lit 
70  aad  80'  87 
80  aad  00  84 
OOaadlOO   II 


Wheat. 

Barley. 

Oats. 

Rye. 

Beaas. 

«.     d. 

s.     </. 

s.     d. 

s.     rf. 

s.     d. 

67     5 

99     1 

83     7 

89.    6 

38     0 

AGGREGATE  AVERAGE  of  BRITISH  CORN  which  gosaras  lapofflatioa. 

from  the  Returns  ending  Juno  10» 

Paaa. 
f.     d. 

37    7 

PRICE  OF  FLOUR,  per  Sack,  Zona  83,  80s.  to  58«. 

PRICE  OF  HOPS,  June  88. 

KentBa^ 11/.     0«.  to  13/.  Os.  Famhsm(secoBds]...  18/.  Of.  la  15/:  Qs. 

Susses  Ditto 10/.     Oi.  to  18/.  Os.  Kent  Pockett 181.  Os.   to  14/.  Osw 

Essex 10/.  lOif.  to  19/.  19s.  Susses lliL  Of.   to  19/.  Iftic 

Farnham  (fine) lo7.    Os.  to  IS/.  Oi.  Essex.. 111.  lis.  to  18/.  I3i» 

AVERAGE  PRICE  of  SUGAR,  June  33,  31f.  lid.  per  ewt. 

PRICE  OF  HAY  AND  STRAW. 

6t.  James's,  Hay  5/.  ift  Straw  9/.  4s.   Clover  6/.  1 9s.~Whitechapel,  Hiy  4/.  lOf.    SifVW 
9/.  91.     Clover  8/.  Of.— Smithfield,  Hay  4/.  17s.  ed.    Clover  5/.  5f.  6dL     SUmw  %L 

SMITHFIELD,  Juae  93.    To  sink  the  Offd^-per  stona  of  3lhs. 


Beef 4s.  Or/,  to  5s. 

Mutton Ss.  lOd.  to  4s. 

Veal 41.  Ad,  to  6s. 

Purk 3i,  Sd.  to  6s. 


Od. 
6d, 
Ad, 
Ad, 


Lamb 5s.  Od.  to  5f.  8d. 

Head  of  Cattle  at  Market  Juat  83 : 

Beasts 395      Calves  44«- 

Sheep  11,450       Figs      lOO 

COAL  MARKET,  June  31,  96s.  Od.  to  36s.  Od. 

TALLOW,  per  Cwt.  Town  Tallow  37s.  Od.    Yellow  Russia  34s.  8dL 

SOAP,  Yellow  79s.  Mottled  SOS.  Od.  Curd  84s.— CANDLES,  7s.  per  Dox.  Moalds8s.«dl 


1  HE  rKICES  of  Canal  SMsau,  Sec.  m  June  1896,  at  the  Office  of  Mr.  M.  Rsiii^ 
A'jct««ieer,  Canal  and  Dock  Sltare,  and  Estate  Broker,  No.  95,  Threadnaadle-stret^ 
rsojuve  I  from  Great  Winchrstcr-street,  Loadun.— Grand  Juactton,  963/. — BirBiiaghaiB» 
98'>  .—  Warwick  and  Birmio;>haro,  940/.— Wopoester  aad  Birm'incliaai,  88/« — Ellas>iefa» 
100  .— 2:l««|«hjf«,  146/.— Huddersfield,  80/.— Swansea,  940/ — MoonMiuthshira,  800<.^ 
Old  CoMM,  90/.— Rochdale,  5)9/. -Regent's,  36^— West  India  Dock  Stock  ahut  af 
185t— Lm^oo  Dock  Stock,  83/.— Oloba  lasuraace,  1391.  lOf.— Atlia,  7/!^— Hope,  4/. 
to? 


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*-h"STt<>r   i'nri<:'H,pfotiV!n.K.  .V. 


SUPPLEMENT 


VOL.  XCVI.  PART 


Mi.L'uBAM,  Jmms. 

CAKBltOOK,  or  u  it  U^lt  in 
Uuiiievlay  anJ  nUicr  Miuini  re- 
cord), Ktrebock,  Cherebroc.Kwbrokc, 
Karbrock,  Carebroc,  and  Carbrbkc,  it 
•n  exitniive  pariih  in  Norfolk, .and  ii 
bounded  on  the  North  bj  Sbipdhim 
■nd  Cranwich ;  on  tlw  Ea^t  by  Sconi- 
Ion,  Rocklanl,  (dJ  .CMIon  i  on  (be 
Soolh  bj;  Grulon  ind  Wnton;  and  oa 
iha  We*t  bj  Watiim  aod  Ovimmn.' 
I(  ii  NiuatrcT  in  (he  liundicd  of  Way- 
liDd,  Archdeaconpr  of  Norwich, . Dca- 
nei;  of  BtKel«i,jmii  in  iba  haiiqur.^f 

There  were  formerly  two  pariibea 
and  two  churchrs,  known  by  the 
namci  of  Greut  and  LJIlle  Carbrook. 
In  1424,  John  Uiihoii  of  Norwich 
cantolidjleil  iliv  vic.iri>)||('>,  unJ  the 
Church  of  Little  Curbrook  wbi  then 
pulled  down.  Tlie  old  (.hurclij'ard  ii 
now  the  property  of    W.  Hobinion, 

n.  and  lie*  on  Ini:  road  to  Oi  ington, 
iiile  North  from  Mr.  UobinKHi's 
houK.  'i1ic  foumiuiiontior  ihc  Church 
may  yet  Iw  trjcvd. 

fli  the  C<»>rr.v.r'.  lime,  Alfcre,  a 
Saxiin  tVtcn.jii.  lu-ld  ihc  chief  mit 
of  ilii.  ^i.d  <>r  Liiilc,  or  a*  it  wjs 
ihen  calle.1,  \\\st  K.ril>roc.  After 
lheCoiu;LK-st,  Jolin.  iiei.hew  of  U'a- 
letJiii,  lielil  JL;  there  wa<  ^  Church, 
and  ai  acris  of  sl''l'f>  worih  'Jt.  It 
ifierwardj  passed  t.i  the  Kails  of  Clare, 
of  which  hrmniir  it  wn  held,  and  the  . 
advowsoni  of  both  the  Chutche*  Jx- 
lonttei<  lo  it,  ami  wrre  given  .with 'it 
by  Slaud,  Connleii  of  Clare,  to  the 
I'reeepiorvotCoiiinuiidrytn  thiilown. 
In  1543  Cl  nai  gr^nlnl  lo  Sir  Itic)>ard 
Creihaiii,  knt.  and  Sir  Richard  Soatli- 
weil,  and  their  heiri,  by  the  ivow  of 
the  Site  of  the  Pieceptoiy  of  Carbrook, 


Grethain,  and  hating  thit  loldy  hit 

111  liii  ntjlL',  (111  1  lio).  ftoiilhwell,  ctq. 
lOn  u>  Sir  Robl.  Suutliwell  of  Mere- 
worth,  ill  Kent,  hit  youngtr  ttroiber, 
»nd  it  ha*  been  ever  linee  \oiapi  to 
the  other  manor  of  WoDdtiiU,  m 
Woodgjtc,  in  Carbro«)lt»V<^  wafch 


Wood-|tM«,     : 


:  Lalyuii 


beih,  dju.  of  W'n. 
was  fuund  luiieil  of  i 
coiilinucd  in  the  Nerile  family  till 
IbU,  when  it  wat  lold  by  John  Ne-  . 
vile,  then  Lord  Lalynier,  tu  Sir  Rich. 
Southwell,  knU  It  afterwardi  eame 
lo  (he  Cranei,  aqd  Sir  Rich.  Crane 
by  his  will,  dated  HH*.  (ppoinied  ihat 
iiunor  of , Carbrook rahould  for  ever 
tund  bnimd  fbi  ihn  payment  of  200/. 
prr  ama.  to  the  ckapcl  of  St.  George 
of  VVinibor,  lo  maintain  fivt  poor 
kiiighlt  th^re,  aud.by.fitiue  of  a  com- 
aii»ioii  n^  Iha  Matule  of  4J  Elii. 
fur  chariuUe  nua,-  (ht  manon  of 
WuodriiiBg  and  Wealfield  were  found 
charged  loo ;  but  in  the  time  of  Wm. 
Crane,  eaq..  to  whom.  Sir  Richard't 
cilale  fell,  .S?  Jan.  iGsg,  it  wai  de- 
ciced.in  CbanceiT'ihat  the  manor  of 
Carbrook  only  moiild  for  ever  aland 
charged  with  2aa(.ftr  ann.  payable 
half-yearly,  2UU/.  of  which  ii  for  the 
inainienance  of  five  poor  knight),  and 


r.of  U»ir 


>>canB» 
erbcfd'a 


Ibcieio  hElongiog.  and:alw>'Hcrl 
Gro*e,Si.John'iW.i»I.RwiwW.«ou; 
and  a  wood  in  K»iw»  .r>dd;l(«.  ^r 
Richard  Southwell  changed  bi*  aiBiw> 
of  l£a<t  Walton  with  Sit  Richard 
U»!.r.  .M*o.  Suppl.  XCVI.  Pi«T  I. 


iheSOi.  a.yur  rorilM.MMr.o 
honin,  the  Chanetiloi  orwind 
the  time  being-  fa  leeeiTc  tji^  moBkr, 
itt.3at.ptram..\mag*ij^.n.  that 
tiiBO,  (mtMMjr'beniMc  the  manora  of 
Woodriiin^  and  Wai^cld  werefiiand 
liable  to  aaiMfr  for  buildiBg«i^4lM*'' 
inii  the  6m  tot^^te/^ —     -■ 

wife  Killed  tba  nuaonoT  Cafl 
the    prccepiorj  ot 


578                           Account  tf  Carhrook,  Norfolk,  [xcri. 

the  impropriate  rectory/  and  the  ad-  At  the  inclosure,   forty- four  acres 

Towson  ot  the  vicarage,  &c.  on  Robt.  were  allotted  to  purchase  fuel  for  the 

Clayton  *,  gent,  and  others,  whose  de-  poor,  which  are  now  let  at  70/.  1 1*.  id. 

scendant  Sir  Wm.  Clayton,  ban.  is  the  per  annum, 

present  lord,  impropriator,  and  patron.  In  1822  the  poor-rates  amounted  to 

In  the  41  Geo.  111.  (1801)  an  Act  1058/.  \d.  but  in  1824  had  decreased 

passed  for  **  inclosing  the  open  or  com-  to  ggo/.  95.  3id. 

nion  fields,  half-year  or  shack  lands,  A  dole  of  W.  is  given  away  in  bread 

latnmas  meadows,  fens,  commons,  and  to  the  poor  on  St.  Paul's  day ;    it  is 

waste  lands,"   in   the  parish   of  Car-  paid  out  of  a  part  of  Mr.  Birch's  pro- 

brooke;  at  which  time  the  Right  Hon.  nerty,   late   Mason's,  called   "  Breaky 

Katherine  Baroness  Dowager  Howard  Hills,"  adjoining  the  Carbrook  Fen  or 

de  Walden  and  Bray  brook  e  was  Lady  Turf- moor. 

of  the  several  manors  of  Carbrooke,  late  The  following  are  the  names  of  the 

of  the  Hospital  of  St.  John,  and  Car-  town  land  : 

brookeWoodhall,  and  was  seised  of  the  Upgate  pightle,    Gravelpitt  acre,   Too- 

Imnropriate    Rectory    of    Carbrooke,  ley's    pightle,    Homegrecne    close,    Half- 

andof  the  right  and  presentation  of  in  acre  in  Badley-field,  Camping  close, 

and   10  the  Church  and  Vicarage  of  The  last-named  field  was  nppropri- 

Carbrooke ;   and  George  Deane  was  ated  for  *<  the  youth  to  take  their  pas- 

thc  Incumbent  or  Vicar.    It  was  en-  time  in.*' 

acted  that  such  parts  of  the  said  com-  The  Church  land    consists   of    13 

inons,  &c.  as  should  be  equal  to  the  acres,  3  roods,  which,  in  1818,  was 

average  value  of  forty  acres  thereof  at  let  by  auction  at  44/.  l6s.  2d.  bat  in 

the  least,  should  be  allotted  onto  and  1825,  at  only  26/.  7'-  4<f. 

vested  in  the  Lady  of  the  Manors  afore-  By  the  return  to  Parliament  in  1 821, 

said,  and  the  Vicar,  Churchwardens,  Carbrook     contained     154     inhabited 

and  Overseers  of  the  poor  for  the  time  houses,  in  which  were  154  families, 

being,  as  trustees  for  the  poor  of  the  consisting    of   351     males,    and    420 

said  parish  for  ever ;  the  trustees,  or  females,    in   all  771 ;    of  whom   134 

the  major  part  of  them,  were  autho-  families    were   chiefly    employed    in 

rized  to  let  or  demise,  for  any  term  of  agriculture,  and  \6  in  trade,  manufao- 

years  not  exceeding  twenty-one  years,  tures,  and  handicraft, 

the  whole  or  any  part  of  such  allot-  The  Rectory  was  appropriated  to 

nients*)  and  such  part  or  parts  as  should  the  Prior  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  John 

not  be  so  let  and  demised,  might  be  of  Jerusalem,  and  is  an  exempt,  not 

appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  taking  visited  by  the  Archdeacon,  and  pays 

or  raising  fuel  for  firmg  for  the  use  of  neither  synodals  nor  procurations,  nei- 

the  poor  hereafter  described ;  and  the  ther  is  it  taxed,  though  the  Church 

rents  arising  from  the  allotments  de-  vvas  valued   at    55  marks,  with    the 

mised  or  let,  should  from  time  to  time  Church  of  Little  Carbrook  included, 

be  laid  out  in  purchasing  fuel  for  fir-  and  the  Vicarage  at  4Qs,  but  yet  the 

ing  for  the  poor,  and  such  fuel  to  be  parochial     and    spiritual   jurisdiction 

distributed  amongst  the  poor  inhabit-  over  the  parishioners  belongs  to  the 

ants  not  receiving  relief  of  the  parish.  Archdeacon,  who  always  inducts  the 

nor  occupying  lands  or  tenements  of  Vicar. 

more  than  the  yeariy  value  of  6/.  in  The  Vicarage  was  valued  at  7/. 

isuch  proportions  and    quantities,    at  ]2t.  6d,  and  being  sworn  of  the  clear 

such  times  in  every  year,  and  accord-  yearly  value  of  107.  1  \s.  IXd.  it  is  dis- 

ing  to  such  rules  aikl  orders  as  the  said  charged  of  first  fruits  and  tenths;  but 

trustees  or  the  major  part  of  them  shall  pays  35.  4d.  synodals.    Queen  Ann's 

appoint  and  prescribe  for  that  purpose,  bounty  was  procured  by'the  Rev.  John 

and  not  otherwise.''  Cater,  rector  of  Little  nliingham,  who 

.    The    parish    of  Carbook  contains  settled  part  of  the  ^preat  tithes  of  Great 

S959  acres,  3  roods,    15  perches;  of  ElJingham  upon  it  for  ever,  to  20/. 
which  one-fifth  is  grass  land,  and  about    per  ann,  value. 

20  acres  are  in  plantation.  The  Church  (dee  the  PiMte),  i«- 

— ■     ■  ■- — built  about  the  beginning  of  Henry 

•  Aftenrtrdf  Si*  Robert  Clayton,  knt.  «he  Sixth's  leign,  is  a  regular  pile, 
iiOid  Mayor  of  London.  He  wis  lord  of  and  consists  of  a  chancel,  nave, 
the -manor  of  Carybrook,  1686;  the  quit    north    and   south    ailes,    north    and 

tftiilsiben  valnsd  at  99/.  9s.  itd.  south  porches,  all  covered  with  lead. 


VAIT  I.] 

At  the  we 
high""''*"! 


S.  "  Hie  in  coocUt*  Gabrwl  duoc  pug* 
'" ._  "  No. canu»  Jo- 

^    •■  IDWIRD  TOOKl  UADl  Ml,  IfiTS." 

WotdwoTk  htin  date  "  AnnoDom. 
1627,  Hen.  Tilnry."  In  I79I.  ihe 
Toorof  tlic  lowpT  wauling  a  little  re- 
pairing, one  oT  the  Churchwanlens 
(whustr  Mn-in-law  irat  a  carpenter) 
proposed  that  a  weaden  ipire  iliould 
be  erected  10  cover  the  fault;  li-ad- 
wurk.  Hia  jiropoial  wai  accejiled,  and 
the  spire,  very  much  reseniblinga  pi- 
genn  cote,  wag  built  at  an  eipence  of 
83^  Bi.  its  reign,  however,  wu  of 
ihort  duration,  for  last  year  It  wat 
found  that  the  carprnier'*  wood-work 
wai  decayed,  and  il  wai  agreed.  It  the 
(Dg^ntion  of  It.  Dewing,  e«q.  who 
Kenerouily  coniribuied  lowardi  defray- 
ing the  expence,  to  lake  down  (he 
pigeon-cote,  and  repair  the  tower  in  a 
more  appropriate  manner,  and  with 
more  >olid  materials — lead  and  free- 
atone.  The  coit  of  which  was  iml. 
The  nave  ia  separated  from  the  ailea 
by  five   blunl  arches   upon  clustered 

[illliir*,  and  from  the  chancel  by  ■ 
oily  pointed  arch,  utidet  which  are 
the  Koval  arms,  "I7I!},"  the  Lord's 
prayer.  Decalogue,  and  Belief,  and  this 

"Cbt?  tfiat  ftnr  tit  Vgrtt  Uin  not 
mi4iiti4t  tn  uarb,  ibt?  ibat  Iet>(  bim 
Uitlt  h(tp  bit  (ommanbnunt^.' 

The  screen  hai  been  painted  and 
gilded,  and  in  one  corner  remains  this 

"  0Tatt  fta  brnifactdiib}." 
A  window  to  the  E^st  over  the  arch 
to  the  chancel.  Fire  clerestory  win* 
dows  on  each  lidr.  The  roof  is  beau- 
tifully carved,  painted  and  ornamented 
with  rotes  1  the  supporter)  rest  on  half- 
Irngth  fiaurea  with  clasped  hands.— 
Bioinefierd  sap :  "  the  roof  was  adorti- 
ed  with  the  images  of  our  Satiour  and 
his  Aposilet,  all  of  which  were  demo- 
lished in  the  lime  of  the  Usurpation." 
Ai  the  West  end  of  the  nare  atands 

*  Th«  fulloviog  ue  ilu  dimeuiou  of 
tha  Church  iuide:  Tardi. 

ChsDcal,  lan);ih 13^ 

■idih 7 

Navaaodulo,  Ifiif^b M 

N»c,  width  [iiKludiDg  ailci) IGj 


-Oil  0        Lord  «lth  uo^ntaait- 

ing,  174;. 

Many  of  the  tetit  are  open  benchea. 
On  ilabs  of  blaek  marble : 

'  In  memory  of  Robart  Alpt,  g«nC 


r  Lord  I 


IS,  IB  the  7Sd  yaar  o 


I.  "  In  Bwmoiy  of  EHaabalh,  wiIb  af 
Robert  AIpe,  gaot.  who  diad  iha  t7th  day 
ofOct.  ia  the  yml  of  mi  Lord  IBIO,  !■ 


jc»r  uf  her  ige. 

*.  ••  Id  lacmary  of  Marnni,  «<]  *ila  of 
EiwuA  Lincoln,  of  WUbj,  »Uo  died  Feb. 
.%,  177*.  »(J*il  ^7  jmtn." 

S.  "H»r.  Ii«h  Eliubvth  Enjjle,  roliot 
nf  IteDJimln  Englc,  of  Great  Yarmiiinli, 
merchiDt,  aha  Heputcd  thl*  Mt  iha  tulh 
Jair  uf  Fcbriuty,  1 741.  (gad  76  yatn." 

0.7.  Grey  stones  without  intcrip- 
liun,  biaas  gone. 

8.  Grey  atone,  inKriptioo  In  capi- 
tals nearly  defaced : 

"  Hera  Ijath  tb«  body  of  Sanfa,  the  wllb 
of  John  Fmayng,  gent,  aha  dind  Dee.  4, 

163B." 

g.  Small  black  marble:  ' 

"  Depotilum  Rieardi Dawlng,  HDCCCKXiu.V 

10.  Grey  slooe,  once  inlaid  with 
the  figure  of  a  man  in  the  attitude  of 
devotion,  at  hit  feet  three  thiehls,.llw 
bnuei  all  gooe. 

11.  Gr<'y  sione  nninscribfd. 

Nor  the  rvading-dcik  and  pulpit, 
which  are  piuceJ  in  the  Souih-eui 
corner,  lies  a  Urge  slab.  No.  [12]  for- 
mci\y  inliiid  with  a  figure,  kneeling 
at  3  desk,  and  having  a  label  issuing 
from  hi)  mouth;  two  shields  of  ainn. 
the  lirjsjes  all  gone  except  one  shield, 
oi)  which  are  the  arms  of  De  Gr» 
iiiiniling  Bavnard.  This  is  the  tonm 
of  Fulk  de  Grey,  gent.*  (one  of  the 
five  sons  of  Wat.  de  Grey,  of  MertoD, 
r!>(i.)t  who  was  buried  here  in  ifie 
pr.ne  of  Klizabeth  Drury-   his  wife. 

~-  ■-1..,v..   KK..l«tl>  Gray. -if.  rf  Folfc'n 
(;'.v,,,r,-    >.,    ■  .l....j^lw.iijlhd.ieofNo- 
•'lS60.  Fnlkidrty,  gaiLHabaitaMla 
r  dair  of  Jan."      Otrhraokt  Pariik  Rifutrr. 
t  SeeOanuMag.  forJoly,  ia»,p,  i>. 


5to                           Account  of  Carhrook,  Norfolk^  [xcvi. 

In  *'  1570,  George  Gray,  sonne  of  An-  stone  seats,  separated  by  a  round  pil- 

thony  Gray,  gent,  wai  buried  the  xiiii  lar,  which  forms  two  pointed  arches, 

date  of  February,*'  and  the  same  year  Black  marbles  on  the  floor : 

Anthony  Greye,  gent,  son  and  heir  of  ^    ,,  ,^  ^          ^^  Samuel,  son  of  Ro- 

Fulk  de  Grey,  aforesaid,  was  buried  tcrt  and  Eli^al>€th  Alf.e,  who  died  Jan.  19, 

also,  whose  son  Anthony  de  Grey,  of  ^304,  in  the  17th  year  of  his  age." 

Carbrooke,    was   living  in   I616,  and  g.  "  Sacrad  to  the    memory   of  Henry 

had  one  brother,  Thomas,  and  nine  Alpe,  who  died  Sept.  8,   I822,  aged  34 

sisters.  years." 

South  Aile.     One    window  to   the  3.  **  In   memory   of   Thomas    Feverall, 

West,  one  to  the  East,  and  four  win-  cent,  who  departed  this  life  the  1st  day  of 

dows  to  the  South,  all  uniform.     Se-  May,  1782,   in   the  73d  year  of  his  age. 

Yen  grey  slabs  stripped  of  their  brasses  Also  of  Jane  his  wife,  who  died  Jan.  31, 

and    inscriptions.      Blomefield    says  :  1796,  aged  79  years. 

"  there  are^everal  priests  buried  in-  4.  FeveralPs  arms.    Motto  :  Bonne  Es- 

der  Kravestones  here,  as  is  plain  from  P""^"^'''  "  ^"^  ''^^"^^T^  "/  ^f^''  ^.^^^^ 

.     B**/'^'*^""''''  '        *    c  u     *  •     .u     J  esq.   many  years  an   erament  mcrcliant  in 

the  badge  or  emblem  of  the  priesthood,  vvklbrook,  a  Governor  of  St.  Thomas's  Ho.- 

still  remaining  on  several  ol  them,  the  .^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^f  1^^^  Majesty's  CommUsioa- 

other  brasses  bemg  gone,  viz.  the  three  g„  ^f  Lieutenancy  for  the  City  of  London, 

chalices,  thereon  the  wafers  or  sacra-  ^ho  departed  this  life  the  9th  day  of  Jan. 

mental  bread.*'     At  the  East  end,  a  umo  domini  1765,  in  the  68th  year  of  liis 

chapel  of  the  Holy  Virgin,  whose  al-  »ge." 

tar  and  image  were  in  it.     The  ascent  5.  "  In  memory  of  Robert,  the  son  of 

to  the  altar  still  remains.     This   be-  Thomas  Fcverall,  of  this  parish,  gent,  and 

longed  to  the  Virgin's  gild,    and  had  Jane  his  wife,  born  the  8th  of  March,  1756, 

a  priest  maintained  by  them,  to  sing  died  the  1 4th  of  Feb.  1772.  His  truly  *mi- 

*wLf^  able  disposition  rendered  him  highly  esteem  d 

North    aile,    lighted    same  as    the  in  life,  and  lamented  in  death." 

South.  In  the  middle  of  the  chancel  lie  two 

1.  Grey  slab  uninscribed.  slabs  (like  the  lids  of  stone  coffins)  with 

2.  Grey  stone  once  inscribed  round  a  cross  paiee  on  each  ;  there  are  two 
the  edge,  but  the  inscription  is  nearly  imperfect  circumscriptions  on  them' in 
obliterated.  The  words  Hioiiertu^  et  capitals,  which  seem,"  says  Blomefield, 
Jiltor0aret9  now  remain.  "to  be  added  long  since  they  were  6rst 

3. 4.  6. 6.  all  deprived  of  their  brasses,  laid,  and  most  probably  when  ihcy  were 

At  the  East  end  of  this  aile  v^as  a  replaced,  after  the  re-building  of  the 

chapel  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Bap-  Church  :  I  take  that  most  North  to  be 

tist,  whose  alur  and  image  were  in  it.  the  sepulchre  of  Maud,  Countess  of 

This  belonoed  to  the  guild  of  St.  John  Clare,   foundress    of   the    Preceptory 

the  Baptist  m  this  town,  and  that  society  here,  and  the  other  on  her  right  hand, 

found  a  chaplain  constantly  to  sing  for  or  that  most  South,  to  be  one  of  her 

the  welfare  of  the  brothers  and  sisters  younger  sons,  that  might  probably  be 

of  the  guild  living,  and  the  souls  of  the  the  first  commander  of  this   house; 

brothers   departed.      In  1462,   Eliza-  but  to  say  positively  it  is  so,  I  do  not 

beth  Astle,  gentlewoman,  was  interred  pretend  ;  they  lie  exactly  in  the  place 

before  the  altar  of  this  chapel.  where  the  founders  of  religious  places 

In  the  East  wall,  a  door  to  the  rood-  were  generally  buried  ;  by  the  crosses, 

Joft.     Several  texts  of  Scripture,  paint-  they  were  of  the  order;  by  the  place 

ed  on  wood,  are  6xed  against  the  walls  of  interment,   persons  of  distinction  ; 

of, both  ailes;  they  were  formerly  hung  by   the   remains  of   the  inscriptions, 

against  the  pillarsT.    Over  the  North  mother  and  son,  and  also  of  the  Clare 

porch  is  a  room  in  which  lie  several  family;  now,  though  I  do  not  meet 

pieces  of  old  armour,  said  to  belong  with  their  names,  Vincent  on  Brook, 

to  the  Knights  Templars  buried  here.  fol.  120,  says,  that  she  had  by  Roger 

If  I  mistake  not,  this  is  the  armour  de  Clare,  her  husband,  Richard  Earl 

accounted   for  in  the  inventory  after-  of  Clare  and  Hertford,  and  others ;  and 

mentioned,  as  belondng  to  the  town.  Mr.  Du^dale,  telling  us  where  that  Eiarl 

The  Chancel  is  lighted    by    three  was  buried,  shows  plainly  it  was  not 

•large  pointed  windows  to  the  South,  his  sepulchre,  else  1  should  have  been 

two  to  the  North,  and  one  to  the  East,  induced  to  have  thought  so,  by  reason 

South  door.    In  the  South  wall,  two  of  his  confirmation  of  his  father  and 


Aeeount  of  Ouhrook,  Korfolk.  bei 

>  tioujc,     acrouiilM  Tor  iheTawne  of  Caibrooke, 
rtnr.    ]|      l6S7."  I  ulect  ihc  fallowing  memo- 


been   B 


l'i17<  "  Wr  liBv*  ntji  and  lnjil  <nic  In 
chiiEti  for  [bi  »va  luoDi  uiwirdt  tlia 
buildla^  uf  tin  liell-rnme  ud  othci  chirgei, 


1  ssw.  "  Qi' 

'to  br  Julia  Fitl,   III!  iodue 

ofJuwiFitl, 

•11.  vilji/.  Id  Ihe  inwM  otCu- 

brnnk  u  nut 

■p,>inn)  bj  hit  lul  will,  thi 

»i*  April,  to'l. 

t  p'm  to  ihe  piior*  t»»rlj». 

IMS,  "Till 

-.  [ih,  CliufohwMden.]  lijd 

om,  »  «jpi.Mi 

f  th   I7  tlicir  bjljt.  »De  ud 

d.«,n,Ai.. 

be  of  grcai  noic,   ni>  ngmi^  ocing  not. 
incnlionrd,  all  whicb  confirm*  cay  for- 
liier  conjcclurf." 
Blomclicld  readi  ihe  inscription  ihu) : 


The  lellirl  are  much  worn, 
far  ai  ]  am  able  10  Judge,  thi)  a| , 

10  be  ihe  reading:  1636.  "Thty  bncUjrd  oat  thi*  jw,  m 

"WATI«CL*R»M1.    aiHlm    aVOMlUT.  •Pl**"*''     h  J}">'     ""ilU,     •!lo««d    bj    ih. 

^i^^„j„  tnirnetiutii.     They  lepijtKd  th«  South  il«, 

ANOLIl  11  lACTlT  UlC  TVMVLIT"...  **"    '  ^''   "'[■                .       ,  .                      ,          ,      , 

_.                        ....           -    .              .  1639.  "Weree'  thi!  jtut  for  tbe  bn- 

There  n  no  division  of  the  words,  ^-^y  „,  s.r.li,  .1..  >  :■-.  ..i  .i-;,,,  I'.  ,.n>nst-.> 

Ihe  leiiers  bein^  clo»e  together.  „„■_  ;„  ,1,^  diuitli,  i;j.  «//, 

The   inicriplion    on    the  adjoining  -We  .r.'  .,f  Ityuid  KIuUIdoim  for 

itone  rum  ihui:  tLebun.iil  ..f  i.i.  .Ife  Id  tht  Church, Gi.M. 

7.  "  1.   fttiTmi*.   HtTVi.    UQViuciT.  "  ^'-  I'""'  I'UUghi  thii  }e*t«  k  houil  lur 

Mtrna.  MVMiTvi.  ()>•  nlcii-K'i,  i-um  1".  4i. 

UTHC.  FiniT.  roKTVM.  MioriirH.  Hvo-  1611    -iW  >'l  I'ntt  Gtingt  xnt.  u  » 

LVTTi.  iH.  oiTTM."  !'&■<=]'■  ^i"^"  ''*  MitIi'iII  OfO'ge  h»  £>- 

8.  Gre»  ilab.  figure  of  a  pricit.  Is-  'f'^t'-'t  ''"  "*'"""'  "'  ""  ''''""'' 
bel  from  rii»  mouth,  briM  and  interip-  '         'T"    -^    .   .     ■        = 

,-,„n          .                                              *^  Another  Book  begint   1683-4.   in 

9.  Grey  .tone  .eared  of  it.  br.».  "l"<^h  f  "=  «/=™l  .""i".  °^  ^?"^  '^ 
AtctM   to  the  altar  by  three  .lcp».  '•«"■?  '''"   from   Sir  Robert  CUydon. 

Within  Ihc  allar-raiU  two  .loiiei,  tfo.  •""'  '"  ^^^^  "  »'"'  "°'"'''  = 

10  and    11,   robbed   of  their   braiiei.         "'    "         "  ' ^' 

12.  Small  black  marble  to  the  South  : 

"  la  m«muTY  of  Anae,   tUuebtcr  of  the  ^-^      ■      ■        1     r . 

K...  0,..B,  fl.™..,  .«!  M.7  hi.  .».,  O"  ■'"  '"'  ■'•'  '■ 


d  M.J  30.   17S6.  «€d   I*  -Ml.."   '  "  A    i™    Dot.     Ud    iD»DU>fT  of   .11  th, 

Th.„   ..,c   .ivm,,   .,.11.    in     ,h,  •■'    •"  "-    -''■"—    ■- 


loDjEiDg  to  the  Church  of  CMbroolc, 


etlancft,  answering  lo  Ihe  numtwr  ol     „j  „i„  ,,    Ed«rd  Cutermll,  Midiiter, 
knighi*  resident  here.  „d   Michul  G.orn  ud  Wm.  Soot  hd. 

In  1630  Robert  Wallot,  gent,  of  thii      the  thirteeoih  day  of  tha  mauh  of  JtUM, 
town,  was  buried  in  ihe  Church.  Aaao  Dom.  ist... 

In    IfiiO  the   fi.IIowiog  arms  tvere  "Thehookti- 

in  Ihe  Churrii,  and  some  of  then>  re-         ..  i„p,i„i,_   ,   ,„„  „,u„,a  BibI*  of 
mained  m  Blon.elield's  lime,  but   in     Henrj  the  vLii  hi,  i.,-il»c'. 
mv  search  I  could  not  find  one.  ..  {^-^^  ,pui1,„  i„g,  .olumrf  Bible  of  Q. 

(tare.      Bi<:fld.     Brulhrnoii.     Mow-      Eliieb.  nuulacoD  of  ibt  gift  of  Eliubeth 

lirjy.    Nevil  ami  Lallmer.    And  these.      R widow,  Kinen  to  »•  Church  of  Ch- 

Ujrryof  ten,  Areem  and  Alure,  a  lion      htoiit,  and  jirioted  bj  Henrj  Denbam  and 

Linrnjul  Or.       liiriiiine,    a    lallier    en-      Ricl-ard  Watkio.,  Anod  1671. 

grilled  Gules,  uiid  ihe  same  two  coats 

Mii,i;d'--'l.     Thrfc    lioi.s   r-impant  in  a 

bordurr,  impaling  a  fcss  between  two 

chevrons.    England.    Fiance.   Argent 

ona  re»  Cures,  three  fleurs  de  lises  Or. 

Giilej,  six   cross  cros^leis  Or,  a  label 

of  three  Azuie.     Aiure,  iwo  luces  in- 

doncd,  beiwccD  crusuly  of  cross  or 

crosleii  Or.  „  _, „„  ^  ^ 

From  "  a  new  Booke  of  the  ynrlye     apoa  the  four  Euangcliiii. 


■  It-ra, 

auothi^r  EliuUth  Wn  Bibk, 

p.i. 

itedbT 

X'pofcrBaikcr.  Aunoisas. 

'  It'n., 

another  large  Bible  ofKioE  Jatnei 

hi. 

tr.p.1. 

>coo,    printed   b;   Robt.  Bvker, 

Am 

ElOlKI' 

•  h'ir.. 

three  buokes  of  com'oa  pn-JV,  ■ 

larger  and 

a  le.»r  .'otum.. 

•  I'tm, 

,-.orke>ofy<fiuiKn»>>adiobB 

Jewell,  Bi, 

AopofSarun. 

•  U'm, 

Eraamu.  hi.  pa'i^irua  Id  Eogliab 

»83 


Account  of  Corhrook,  Norfolk. 


I 


*'  It'm>  a  booke  of  y«  fonns  of  pnjer  and 
fiwticg,  set  forth  1635. 

<<]t*m,  another  of  the  same  subject  set 
forth  anno  1626'. 

^<  It'ni)  a  forme  of  thanskiging  for  y*  stay- 
ing of  the  pestilence,  set  forth  Anno  Dom. 
16ft5. 

"  It'm,  a  form  of  prayer  and  luting,  set 
forth  1628. 

"  It'm,  a  thaosgiving  for  the  v^^  of  August. 

**It*m,  a  form  of  prayer  for  March  y*  24. 

**  It'm,  a  form  of  thansgiving  for  the  5th 
of  Nouember,  1605. 

**  It*m,  the  booke  of  Homelies  at  large,  set 
forth  anno  1582. 

<*  It*m,  little  manuel  contening  the  homely 
of  wlUfuU  rebellion,  in  six  p'tes,  printed  by 
Richard  Jugge  and  John  Cawood. 

**It*m,  y®  canon  booke. 

**  It'm,  five  bookes  of  Articles. 

**  U*m,  the  Register  booke  of  Christnlngs, 
Mariages,  and  Burialls. 

'*  It'm,  a  p'clamacon  set  forth  by  Queen 
Elizabeth,  1 599>  for  fast  dayes  and  against 
ale  houses  and  rouges. 

"  It'm,  a  little  table  of  the  ten  coro'ande- 
m*» 


'*  It'm^  one  long  box  of  above  S  yds.  loag, 
and  a  little  round  old  poor-mau's  bon  in- 
viron'd  w**"  iron. 

'*  It'm,  an  old  beer  [bier]  and  two  forma 
standing  in  the  South  alley. 

'<  It*m,  two  flat  pieces  of  timber  by  tha 
bellfrey. 

«*  h'm,  a  rook-net." 

Many  of  the  books  mentioned  in 
the  above  inventory  are  still  iiT  exist- 
ence, and  kept  with  the  Registers  in  a 
strong  iron-bound  chest  in  the  chancel. 

The  Brst  Register  begins  thus  :  [in 
black  letter]  leaf  torn  : 

<*  Matrimoni 

Sepultorura  secund.., 
Preceptum  Domini 
Regis   Henrici   octavi 
dei   gracia  Anglie    et 
frauncie  fidei  defensor' 
et  domini  Hib'nie  ac  in 
tra  suprem'  capitis 
Anglie  Ecclie  tricesimo 
Annoq  dni  15S8." 

I  was  much  pleased  with  finding  on 


<«lt*m,  the  tithing  table,  and  a  toble  of     tlie  second  page  the  following  nieino*. 

degrees  of  mariage.  randum,  as  it  tells  us  at  what  time  the 

«It'm,  captein  John  Smithes  history  of    learned  Blomefield  visited  this  Church 

to  make  Collections  for  his  valuable 
History  of  Norfolk  :  •*  Sept.  26,  173a, 
Ext.  F.  B.*'     [Francis  Blomefield]. 
£dw.  Catherall  signs  minister,  \622. 

1565.  **S'  James  Robinson,  Clarke,  was 
buried  the  xix  daie  of  February,  anno  ut 
supra. 

1570.  <<  George  Gray,  sonne  of  Anthony 


y*  new  found  land. 

**  It'm,  a  book  of  instructions  from  king 
Charles  to  all  the  BB.  of  E'knd,  prmted 
1696. 

**  The  vestwf*  and  other  things, 

'*  Impr.  a  h\te  large  hnlland  surplice. 

"  It'm,  a  carpet  of  damask  for  y«  comu- 
nion  table. 

'*  It*  m,  a  silver  cup  and  couer  for  the  co- 


munion,  w^  a  linning  bag  for  to  put  them  in.     P^^  ««°'-  ^"  ''""•^  ***«  »^"j  ^^  <^  ^«- 
«« It'm,  a  course  damLke  hewe  cloth  for     '''"*'7.  *n«»o  ut  supra. 


tile  poore. 

**  It'm,  two  cushions,  and  a  green  cloth 
for  the  pulpit,  and  to  be  used  at  mariages. 

'*  It'm,  one  great  chest  to  lay  in  y*  bookes 
imd  a  comunion  table. 

<*It'm,  two  old  lectures  or  deskes. 

**  It'm,  eight  iron  bolts  taken  of  the  old 
bell  frames,  and  three  irons  taken  also  firom 
the  s<*  frames. 

'*  It'm,  four  great  iron  spits. 

"  It'm,  eleven  half-inch  boards  iny*  vestry. 

*'  It'm,  two  corslets  belonging  to  y*  town, 
w^^  two  swords  and  two  daggers  to  them  be- 
longinjx* 

<*  It'm,  three  pikes,  one  musket  furnisht. 

'*  It'm,  three  tables  of  scripture  hanging 

on  the  three  upper  pillars  on  the  South,  and 

aa  many  hanging  on  the  three  upper  pillers 

'  on  the  North  with  gilded  and  pictured  borders. 


1583.  *'  James  Simpson,  clerke,  was  ha- 
ried  the  xx^  dale  of  Aprill. 

1592.  «  Willm  Butterwoode,  clerke,  was 
buried  the  v  of  Maye. 

1597.  '*  Anthony  Gray,  geat.  was  buried 
the  xxii  of  December. 

1625.  « Interog,    Nata  mori  cur  es,  si- 
mul  orta  et  mortua  ?   Cur  heu ! 
Natal  is  funus  Venter  et  Uma  ftiit. 

<<Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  Catheral, 
minister  of  Carbrook,  and  Faith  Lis  wife, 
died  the  9th  of  August. 

**  Respons,    Mortua  nascor.  Ego  perijs- 
sem,  ni  perijssem ; 
Mt  Funus  Foenus,  Tumulus  Alvna  erit. 

'*  Bridget,  daughter  of  Thomas  Fancea, 
buried  October  decimo. 

Though  in  this  book  of  deatli  thou  be'st 
recorded,  [awarded.** 


€< 


**  It'm,  one  matUck  pick  and  a  peice  of  '^^7  P<^  i'    ^'  booke  of  lift  tbou  art 

anotherl  *<  Mary  (Hudrpn,  wife  of  Tbomaa  Gaud- 

**  It'm,  one  ould  tub,  two  pailes,  and  a  ron,  gent,  a  woman  rich  in  good  workea  and 

ladder  of  17  staves.  alroes-deedes  which  she.  dkU  to  the  great 

*'  It'm,  one  chest  w^^  iron  barres  in  the  greife   of  many  died  on  Sunday  at  night, 

vestry  for  the  keeping  of  the  evidences  of  Octob.  23,  and  was  solemnlie  buried  on 

the  town,  toesday,  Octobris  vicesimo  quinto. 


AeiitiHt  of  Carlirook  and  Gritton,  Norfolk. 


iHoflitvurHin 

And   it}  thfb*  bontn  tliou  iui^id 

filorj."     Apiv,  It.  It. 

"  Manni  toiiip»fu>t  Ecl«*nlii<  Oihanll 
MinbWii  nl  lllim  Mcmorw  cootttmtt,  tl 
Aicmii  (ul  >upc»i-Mn  THtinm  leliiqiuk 

I1I37.  "  An  unhapliiHl  ttllMiom*  [pfint 
wn«(P*ir'Suriell,  •>uburi«dM>kJaetk«0." 

1  Unntcribril  t1t»,  »  1  ili>l  not  ID p- 
pnic  11  ii>ii.il  in  icaiticr  ihc  Hfjiiht  of 
i...l..i|.ii.c.l  diiian-n,  I.UI  1  lijvc  foumi 
niiiiiy  init.iiici'i  in  llie  Reg i tier  book* 


leao.  "WlllUn  SadDngtoD 


^nl.  dlfd 
.   burled 


IK37,  "Hrnn  KidDn.  in  ■nLKDI  mto, 
<)>K«n<Ird  oflh*  Righl  Hnn"*  hi.uM  of  ih« 
Si'liirn.  Etili  itf  Litmn,  hni  mora  Hcn^a 
liv    hii  Daw  birib,   biiri«d   Mtrtii  dsciiDO 

Oil  iht  iMt  leaf: 

■■  FuMll. 

SI  q*  Doitl  nriui  iitii,  trcdlu,  •■  mmi, 
CuulMui,  ut  ul<u,  niHrMM  lulMitli.,.*." 

••  Thii  Funell."  *iv<  Btoinefldil.  "1 
(uppo<e,  uBt  one  of  ilie  Cathrdrsrs 
(fliolsri,  anil  traiitciiticil  the  rrgUier 
Cur  him." 

1'h;  firil  Rrgittrr  «nilf  t643. 

The  wrnnd  Rrgiiicr  brgini  I6j3, 
and  FiicU  17.I.S. 

Tlir  ihltd  ReglUer  brglni  1743,  and 

rndi 1 776. 

The  fouTlh  Regi.ter  begin.  ITTO. 
and  ends  181!,  when  the  new  Re- 
git! era  commence. 

A  Mamoge  Rcgiiler  begin.  1754, 
and  ends  17S8,  anuiher  Marriage  Re- 

10  the  beginning  of  new  Books. 

A  Regijlcr  of  Birih.  brgini  1776, 
and  inda  1813. 

Kor  a  till  of  Vicara  from  I33S  to 
1738,  lee  Blomefield'i  Hiilor;  of  Nor- 
folk 1  (ince  that  time  the  following  In- 
ciimbcnii  have  occurred. 

George  Thoaiai,  William  Cloogh. 
Robert  Phillipj,  Joseph  Lane,  George 
Deane. 

The  11".  William  Heighlon  i)  ihe 
prrsenl  Vicar,  and  alwRcclorofWhin- 
biirgh,  ill  Noifulk.  He  rciidci  at  East 
ncrebum,  and  oHiciaiet  at  Carbrook 
ever;  Sundjj,  aliernately  moining  and 

John  Rapcr  i)  the  preienl  Pariih 
Clerk,  and  hat  held  theottice  for  nearljr 


■  Blnrnefield  rtub  it  tbu) :  "  mC 
lonii,"  but  it  appMn  to  ne  to  be  ' 
hstn,"  the  tail  word  it  noo  ilUgihIa. 


S83 

There  ii  paid  bj  ib«  Churchwardens 
out  of  Bacon  and  Maltwood'a  Truttee> 
•hip  on  ihe  Sunday  after  Si.  Paul's- 
day  1/.  There  is  aim  on  (he  feau-dny 
of  Si.  John  ihe  Evangeliit  W.  given 
bylheW.llofMr.JuhnMoKin.  There 
sbuuldBlirf)  begttrn  by  the  L<irdof  lli« 
Manor  4>.  or  a  none  of  hemp  yearly 
tuw-irdi  mainiaiuing  the  bcll-ropei. 

Yoiin,  Sc.  M.  D,  [IttFrinLD. 


Mr.  Ukbah,  Aprils. 

IN  addition  to  ihe  detcri}»ion  of  ihe 
I'.iriih  oftiritinn,  which  appeared 
ill  ynu  Magaaines  (or  April  and  May, 
ISi?,  1  have  only  to  add  the  following. 
"  l«00.  «T  Jua.  4tEI•t.RegiD»d•t'Mu- 
tl^a  E'po  Elkn'  el  Smc'  •uit.  Intam  illun 
Recturiitm  de  Grittoa  hi  Com'  Norblk.  eS 
(iil(  Jucthui,  Membrii  at  Pertinenliis  ddIt'- 
<i> :  M  tDtDtfl  illiid  Honcfi  deainisle,  ae 
oei  Xkmw  Grano'in  et  Fneoi,  ae  tllaa  Xidm 
qiiuenq'  eidem  Rectoria  tpeeUn'.  (Jua 
R'c'orit  p'  P>rt<eulir*  iitd*  eiUDdltuT  ul- 
trft  Repriii.  ad  cliru  unuri  Kediium  tin 
Vslartm  S-lo-Op'an.  Et  dVi  Msrliui 
E'fia  p'  ae  et  luece.  niii  Ep^n  Elieuihai 
•  ■■  ■  R>7!inl  Hsradibn 


iMp. 


anainlaiii 


■   Ofi. 


pnatim  lolubilBm,  d<  Timport  la  Tempu 
p'ioliCDt,  acd'c'iRagisuD,  HirednetSue- 
eeiinm  aoot  iail*  eionarabiint  tt  aai|Diata» 
bust  ds  Temp'*  in  Tampua  iop'paraBB.     - 

"  Thli  RectoiT  and  Adiowaon  of  the  Vi- 
eange  itai  grut*d,  among  nihei  ntaut,  la 
aicbinga  far  Kierml  maaon  in  Canbridga- 
ahire,  arcDrdiDgto  Wiliii;  the  Biahop  In  pif 
the  Vicar  yearly  40f.  Bp.  Fltetiraod. 

6  Jm.  8  Oct.  Martin  Lord  Bp.  of  Ely 
rranta  a  leaie  of  the  Rectmy  of  GriiloB,  i> 
we  county  of  Norfolk,  brnMltr  betoogiag 
to  the  Priorj  of  Backinghani,  bat  aacepta 
and  retmt  to  himielf  and  hia  nceeuata 
the  Adicxrun  and  DanMion  nf  the  Viranga. 
Leoee  to  pay  an  anauil  pcDiiou  nf  40*.  to 
thi  Vicar  out  of  tha  R^Mory.    Reg.  IJeKs, 


£73,; 


I.  Preaeated  : 


I   Feb.  Robt.  Maa- 


"  1687-  IS  March,  Robt.  Haranttt. 

"  1694.  Jiihn  Bern,  ccat.  Haraoatt. 

••  1699.  II  Sept.  John  Ellia,  A.M.  oeat. 
Berry. 

"1713-  Sept.  19,  Wm.  Tannn  [oat,  la 
Com.  Wilta.  A°  IS89-   Bp.  Reg.  p.  8S.] 

"IT«3.  Mr.  Taoaer  migaeid  or  Toidad 
thia  LiTias  by  cawioD  (for  Toporaft)  smI 
Mi.  John  Borat  waa  peaaanUd  by  the  Lnfd 
Cbanoctlor  Id  the  TaeaiKT  of  the  9aa." 


584 


Anecdote-^ihe  Deserter  l-^Helmets  under  Effigies,         [xcvi. 


From  an  account  between  "  The 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Sherlock  and  Mr. 
Peter  Chester  on  the  one  part,  and 
Mr.  John  Muston  on  y*  other  part, 
for  Griston  Tythes  for  Michaelmas 
1726,  1726,  1727,"  it  appears  that  a 
year's  rent  for  the  Impropriation  was 
22/.  \bi.  hut  how  the  Bishop  of  Ban- 
g)r  [Dr.  Sherlock]  was  concerned  at 
Griston,  I  have  not  been  able  to  as- 
certain. 

According  to  the  census  taken  May 
28,  1821,  there  were  in  Griston  39 
houses,  all  inhabited,  9()  males,  102 
females,  total  number  of  inhabitants 

198.  RiCHMONDIENSlS. 

Mr.  Urban,  Sept.  5. 

1KNOW  not  whether  the  following 
-anecdote  has  ever  found  its  way 
into  print.  But,  however  that  may  be, 
you  may  rely  on  the  accuracy  of  my 
statement,  as  I  was  on  the  spot  at  the 
time  when  the  incident  occurred. 

About  the  year  1786  or  1787,  a 
Scotch  Highland  regiment  was  in  gar- 
rison at  Dublin :  and,  at  the  same 
time,  it  happened  that  an  Oran-Otang 
"was  there  exhibited  as  a  show,  under 
the  appellation  of  the  *'  Ethiopian  5a- 

That  exhibition  had  iiot  lon^  con- 
tinued, when  a  paragraph,  to  the  fol- 
lowing effect,  appeared  in  the  "Dub- 
lin Evening  Post,*'  of  which  a  Mr. 
Magee  was  the  proprietor : 

« Yesterday  morning,  as  the  keeper  of 
the  Ethiopian  Savage  had  him  out  for  an 
airing  on  the  North  Wall*,  he  was  accost- 
ed by  a  sergeant  of  the  Highland  corps, 
who  claimed  the  brute,  as  a  deserter  from 
■that  regiment.  In  vain  the  man  protested 
that  his  ward  had  never  enjoyed  the  honour 
■of  serving  his  Majesty  in  the  Scotch  or  any 
other  regiment — *  Nay,  nay,  Mon  f*  replied 
the  soldier,  *  Dirma  tell  me — I  ken  my  ain 
country  in  his  face." 

•  That  paragraph  excited  the  laughter 
of  Mr.  Magee*s  readers,  and  st)on  be- 
came a  town- talk.  But  mark  the  se- 
quel. 

In  a  day  or  two  afterward,  a  High- 
land officer  appeared  at  the  door  of 
Mr.  Magee's  shop  [or  office],  followed 
by  three  or  four  privates  of  his  corps, 
wearing  their  side-arms,  and  standing 
a  little  aside,  out  of  sight  froo)  those 
persons  within.  On  entering,  he  ask- 
ed to  see  Mr.  Magce,  who  then  hap- 
pened to  be  in  the  shop,  immediately 

*  A  very  lonesome  place  at  that  time, 
though  perhaps  otherwise  at  present. 


announced  himself  as  the  object  of  his 
inquiry. — Hereupon  the  officer  beck- 
oned to  the  soldiers;  on  whose  en- 
trance, he  said  aloud  in  a  terrific  tone, 
'* There  Donald!  Duncan!  Malcolm! 
that's  the  mon/'* — "Vara  wee!  !  "  Fara 
weeir*  responded  the  men,  fiercely 
eyin^  Mr.  Magee,  and  significantly 
nodding ;  and,  without  further  parley, 
the  unwelcome  visitants  quietly  retir- 
ed, leaving  Mr.  Magee  to  his  own  re- 
flexions. 

Those  reflexions  Us  may  naturally 
be  supposed)  were  far  from  pleasant. 
He  took  for  granted  that  the  officer 
had  come  for  the  purpose  of  identify- 
ing him,  and  pointing  him  out  to  his 
followers,  for  assassination.  And  so 
great  was  his  terror,  that  for  a  consi- 
derable length  of  time  he  was  afraid  to 
venture  out  of  his  house  after  dusk, 
lest  he  should  he  met  bv  some  High- 
lander thirsting  for  his  blood,  and  pre- 
f>ared  to  lodge  in  his  weem  the  full 
ength  of  his  dirk.  His  fear,  however, 
was  his  only  punishment ;  the  officer 
having  intended  nothing  more  than  to 
give  Maister  Magee  a  hearty  fright,  as 
a  jocular  recompense  for  his  ill-natured 
and  illiberal  pleasantry.     Hibbrnus. 

Mr.  Urban,  May  \, 

IN  your  Review  of  Nicolas's  Tes- 
.  tamenta  Vetusta,  p.  241,  it  is  re- 
marked that  "a  helmet,  under  the  head 
of  sepulchral  effigies,  seems  to  have  be- 
longed to  knighthood,  and  no  inferior 
rank."  I  am  afraid  that  the  truth  of 
this  observation  will  hardly  bear  the 
lest  of  experience,  it  will  be  found,  I 
think,  that  all  persons  who  iii  their 
life-tinges  were  accustomed  to  follow 
the  profession  of  aruis,  were  entitled  to 
have  the  head  of  their  sepulchral  effigy 
placed  on  a  helmet.  I  have  at  the  mo- 
ment but  few  books  of  reference;  and 
can  only  appeal  to  one,  and  that  is 
Cotman's  Suffolk  Brasses;  in'thatwork 
three  effigies  at  least  will  be  found 
where  the  figure  rests  its  head  on  a 
helmet,  and  the  parties  represented  had 
obtained  no  rank  superior  to  that  of 
esquire.     The  three  instances  are, 

John  VVingfield,  esq.  in  the  Church 
ofEaston.     He  died  1384. 

Alex.  Newton,  esq.  in  the  Church 
of  Brayes worth.     He  died  \b6Q, 

Henry  Everard,  esq.  in  Denston 
Church.     He  died  1524. 

More  instances  might,  no  doubt,  be 
referred  to,  had  I  sutficient  means  for 
that  purpose.  D.  A.Y. 


Wild  Bcll  avd  Cow>  Omvuiiiik  PtitiE,  Yoitxntm. 


1    guUr  Breed  of  Wild  C«(ile, 
iracitd  from  Dr.  Whiiikcr'i  "  Hiitrnv 
»r  Craven."   will  illustrite  th«  4boT« 
teprnentaiioos  of  ihe  Bull  and  Cow. 

"OniURNt  Pttk,  the  midnce  of  Lord 
Ribbhidile,  ia  ctiittj  mnukabla  far  *  btld 
nf  vHd  euth,  dMcaaAmU  sf  that  indln- 
noM  Mo*  skifh  Dura  paoplnl  the  gnmt  fr> 
rwMaf  LacMbin.  Afwr  thair  ntioMtos 
m  ■  wiM  MMt.trhich  w«  knov  did  m*  Mb* 


lh«re  It  toiar  error  Lit  the  numbrri-—  I  iM 
tlm  gautige  dludcil  bu  id  iheuli!  liiiluiLu." 

We  will  cnnclude  thU  extract  hy 
IJt,  VVIiii3ker'i  Blowing  dncription  al 
xhc  bFutiliei  orGishiirn  Park  : 

"The  llttlaloimof  Giibnni  ii  nttt,  mitj, 

■Dil  plruuit.     In  an  eleT«ted  liluiiiini  td 
iho   SoDih-mtt.   ii    Ae  antlent  home   of 


W  the  In-cr  ball  of  Glib 


«  \j  the  AbboU  of  (Vhallej  b) 
UN  iiORt  i  Parl^  ud  fell  into  the  hude  of 
the  Aatbnoiu.  who  ennired  pemeeiiop  of 
thu  ricli  doBUD  mod  aAer  tba  dlMnlntJoa. 
TliaM  ipec'Hi  diSw  from  thoM  of  LniB  id 
Chi^ihire,  aod  ChllliDeham  Caitle  '.a  Nonh- 
unbeikod.  (ibeie  alone  in  Smith  Britahi 
tbc^  are  now  pnterred,)  in  brinj  irilhoat 
honn.  The;'  are  ■bite,  lave  lb*  tipt  of 
their  ■OH*,  •hieh  ate  black,  rather  Hie* 
dniB  Ihait 
t  of  tbeir 

Tkej  breed  aitb  UOM  cattle  i  bmt  it  i*  to  ha 
hoped  (hat  reipect  for  10  aotient  and  lio' 
■uiar  a  family  vill  prtaerre  ihrm  from  aej 
foreign  adniiturei. 


;car  t7M,  1,900,000  a 
counted  number  of  oAtt  mn.  I  kno* 
not  a  mora  patriotlo  vorfc,  or  one  •UaK 
coold  better  enthle  Iti  ■ntbor  lb  the  tmnaj 
of  a  Taller  m  adonied  and  iaapumadi 

"The  bmiaa  with  mndi  HoplMt*  1m  i 
eeiY  eleoat  aod  pleniag  efioti  71m  ao- 
ble  ewaar  maf  eoapatabw  hteaeir  M  itw 
poaaeuioa  of  two  reaideacoa  adeaiiablvadu^ 
•d  to  tha  eariatiM  of  our  eliawte  i  br  Ifia 


bii  on  ehoica  in  Crm*«»(  ha  eoidd 
ilj  be  better  aocomiDodalad,  than  hy 

Jam  aod  ahellered  marcta  of  StocK^ 

hUrh  reporu  thai  they  wer,  f^^^^  „j  ,^^  ^^  inrlgoiatiM  alBMia^Mn 
GuLborougb  PriOT  after  the  ^t  Malmater,  m  their  proper  aewma.  Tta 
Thie  i>  ttreDglhened  by  the      „„  ^  „btle  alagmt  whieb  w<  ratptn 


E>r.  Whiinker  adds  in  t  note : 

"  Yet  mueb  atteation  ii  due  to  tba  la- 

Milv  tiwliti 
l^rought  fr. 
IKiutnliui 

founded  by  Kobtn  da  Bnii  in  1 1 90  i  and  it 
il  reiaied  by  Matthew  Peril,  that  oaa  of 
hii  deirepdaoti  ha^ini;  offended  King  John, 
purchaud  a  return  of  hirDur  by  pmentin^ 
faim  vitb  400  cowi  aod  a  bull,  all  parfeetly 
white.  The  dliproportlon  l>elwe«n  tb* 
numben  of  each  ttt  rtoden  it  likely  that 

CtTT.  M.C     S,.ppl.  XCVI.PlRT  I. 

B 


Tlgoraui  emrein,  b  a  Iman  of  tfae  paMet 
kind,  with  which  th*  inhaUlMt*  of  level 
omintriea  hare  no  acqaalMaaoe. 

■■  Id  tba  boDia  ia  a  aeiiaa'  of  >ood  pae^ 
traiti,  among  ^Icb  MT  b*  dietkifaiaW, 
one  attiibotad  to  Loed  Chiaf  JnMica  liMt*, 
temp.  Hid.  VIII,  i  Oaanal  Umtert,  f 


M6 


Mr,  Hardy  on  th§  Ptrsonification  of  Death. 


[XCTI. 


ptrently  an  original }  hit  ton,  an  excellent 
paintingi  by  himself;  and,  above  all,  Crom- 
welly  by  Sir  Peter  Lelj  This  gives  a  truer, 
that  is,  a  worse  idea  of  the  man  than  any 
portrait  of  him  which  I  have  seen.  It  is 
■aid  to  have  been  taken  by  his- own  order, 
with  all  the  warts  and  protuberances  which 
disfigured  his  countenance.  On  the  canvas 
is  painted  the  word  Now,  which  probably 
alludes  to  his  peremptory  mandate  for  the 
hnmediate  execution  of  the  King.  This 
was  brought  from  Calton  Hall,  and  seems 
to  have  been  his  own  present  to  Lambert." 

Mr.  Urban,        Leicester,  June  8. 

(HAVE  perused  with  attention  the 
Letter  of  Mr.  Lievre  (p.  226),  in 
reply  to  mine  on  the  personification  of 
Death.  Your  Correspondent  remarks, 
'<  that  I  have  arrayed  against  me  (with 
perhaps  one  or  two  eminent  excep- 
tions) the  paintings,  sculpture,  and 
poetry  of  all  a^es  and  nations ;"  and 
certamly,  if  this  assertion  be  correct, 
the  mamtenance  of  the  thesis  1  have 
ventured  to  introduce,  is  rather  a  for- 
midable task,  This  consideration, 
however,  will  not  deter  me  from  en- 
tering into  the  question,  and  I  shall 
therefore  proceed  to  do  so  in  as  brief  a 
mttfiner  as  it  will  allow  me.  The  pro- 
inricty  of  any  efforts  to  depict  sacred 
objects,  or  objects  the  precise  natures 
of  which  are  wisely  concealed  from 
the  limited  scope  of  terrestrial  vision, 
may  indeed  be  disputed  :  into  that  en- 

?uiry,  however,  I  do  not  enter,  and  all 
contend  for  is,  that  if  such  attempts 
be  made,  they  should  be  in  unison 
with  the  light  (be  it  great  or  small) 
which  has  been  thrown  upon  the  par- 
ticular subjects  by  Divine  Revelation. 

Nothing  appears  to  me  more  absurd 
than  the  personification  of  Death  as  a 
skeleton.  When  once  Death  has  struck 
the  body,  his  functions  are  at  an  end, 
and  he  cannot  have  the  slightest  con- 
nexion with  what  subsequently  hap- 
pens to  the  lifeless  corpse.  The  change 
of  the  corftee  to  a  skeleton  is  produced 
^  natural  causes  alone,  over  which 
Death  has  no  controul,  and  which 
take  effect  long  after  he  has  been  called 
into  action  upon  myriads  of  the  sur- 
viving inhabitants  of  this  ever-perish- 
iiig  world.  To  treat  the  question  more 
familiarly; — would  your  Coro^spond- 
ent,  if  asked  to  represent  an  execu' 
tioner,  give  us  the  picture  of  a  man 
hanging  upon  a  gibbet, — or  if  requested 
to  paint  us  a  Tyro  playing  on  the 
•*  \vry-neck'd    flute,'*   feast   our   eyes 


with  the  dignified  importance  of  a 
Drum  Major,  bearing  his  silver- 
mounted  staff  of  office,  and  preceding 
an  host  of  trum|)eters  and  blowers  oa 
the  bassoon  ?  Would  not  Mr.  Lievre't 
better  judgment  induce  him  to  put 
upon  canvas,  in  the  first  instance,  the 
representation  of  an  executioner  in  the 
very  last  act  of  his  official  duty,  and  in 
the  second,  a  youth  surrounded  by 
those  sylvan  beauties  which  the  ideas 
connected  with  his  occupation  would 
naturally  convey?  An  effect  can  never 
be  an  adequate  representation  of  a 
cause,  nor  (as  in  the  case  of  the  skele- 
ton) can  a  consequence  convey  to  ut 
the  idea  of  an  event,  necessarily  prece- 
dent to,  but  not  immediately  connected 
with,  the  consequence  itself. 

I  consider  the  paintine  of  "  Death 
on  the  pale  Horse,"  bv  tne  late  cele- 
brated and  respected  President  of  the 
Royal  Academy,  as  one  of  the  most 
powerful  efforts  of  the  human  pencil. 
It   should,   however,  be  recollected, 
that  this  admirable  production  of  art 
must  not  be  viewed  as  a  representation 
of  Death  in  general,  but  as  a  repre- 
sentation of  him  under  very  especial 
circumstances.      The  subject   of  the 
picture  is  limited  to  a  particular  de- 
scription of  Death  in  Holy  Writ,  as 
revealed  to  St.  John,  and  this  revela- 
tion was  confined  to  a  personification 
of  the  **  potent  conqueror,"  under  re- 
markable dispensations  of  famine,  bat- 
tle, and  pestilence.    Theological  his- 
torians have  generally  treated  the  pro- 
phecy as  commencing  with  the  sway 
of  the  Emperor  Maximin,  and  conti- 
nuing to  the  time  of  Dioclesian,  a  pe- 
riod of  about  fifty  years,  during  jvhich 
nothing  but  wars  and  morders,  inva- 
sions of  foreign  armies,  rebellions  of 
subject,  famine  and  pesttleoce,   ex- 
tended over  the  greater  part  of  the  Ro- 
man empire.  To  give  an  idea  of  Death 
under  such  circumstances,  Mr.  West 
has  represented   him  as  a  *'  King  of 
Terrors,"  but  no  one  can  survey  the 

{)icture,  and  not  perceive  that  the 
lighly-gified  artist  felt  the  absurdity 
of  representing  his  subject  as  a  skele' 
ton.  Out  of  compliment  (we  are  told) 
to  the  visionary  Death  of  Milton,  the 
painter  has  "  endowed  the  central  fi- 
gure with  the  appearance  of  super- 
human strenf^th  and  energy,  and  de- 
picted the  King  of  Terrors  with  the 
physiognomy  of  the  dead  in  a  chamel- 
nouse,  but  animated  almMt  to  tgnt/tM 
with  inexhaustible  rage;**  the  arms. 


fK%r  t.]            Mr,  Hard)!  '"  '^  Penonificatioit  •/  Dtalh.  ftSf 

howcrer,  are  muKiiUr,  and  wiili  p-  ounimiiy,  cinnot  the  Clinitinn  with 

nnlic  (oKt  are  hurlins  <larl<  iit  all  di-  »uch  on  Almiahijr  Leader  and  Guide  t 

rectioui.     Il  i»  ioipoMible  to  account  The  body  will  naiurall;  ihtink  at  ihc 

for  what  (ai  leaii  al  fitat  >iKhi)ap[ieart  direct  approach  of  the  victor,  but  the 

a contri)ilicii(in,rKcrptu|M>iillie ground  flutter  i*  momcnlary  tolbe  Chhillan, 

tlut  ihe  ariiil  Icll  llie  inipropiiel}'  of  ai  in  ihc  ytrj  instant  that  the  atuck  ta 

rtfireieniint;  (he  anriiliilatinjt  itiuniler*  made,  Elyiium  beams  upon  his  nicw, 

bulla  of  Ilic  "  |H)lenl  conqiierar.''  a*  — the  anlicipaiion  lUilams  hii  mental 

proceeding  Trom  a  lifelni  and  flethleu  energies,  and   peace,   hope,    and  jny, 

source, — alike  incajiable  nf  aeliun  or  ihtd  a  fclorious    lusire  mer  even   hii 

power  i  anil  thia  npinion  derirei  conii-  ilepirlin^i  vision  I     It  ii  only  bytaking 

dersble  lupport,  from  the  circutnttincrt  alt  ihealluiioni  made  in  the  Scripture* 

of  the  p.imter  having  "  clolhed  the  fi-  In  Death,  and  treating  lliem  as  a  con- 

gure  with  a  apacioui  robe  of  funereal  text,  that  an  accurate  idea  nf  the  lub- 

■tihle,"  and  bating  giren  bandugcs  in  jerl  can  be  formed.     The  Alnncmenl 

■be  feel.     One  of  the  principal  Jitfer-  waa  niade  in  rain  if  it  did  noi,  as  far 

cneei  I  could    have    wished    lo    have  as  it  was  intended,  Iranifurm    Death 

seen  in  the  nietnre  was,  ibat  inaiead  from  an  object  of  terror  into  an  har- 

of  ibe  finiire  Waring  the  phytiojinoiny  binget  of  joy,  if  il  did  not  enable  the 

oflhedcj.iin  achjrnel-ho,i«'(iluuiB(i  dylnR  Clur.ll.i.i    to   exull   in   the   proa- 

Whit  is  tbi>  »lj»orb<  dh  qaitat 

Mr.  Licvre's  remark,  as  to  a  akeleloo  Sttali  mj  hoks,  ihst*  nij  sl|Eb^ 

or  apcctre  conreying  an   idea   of  int*.  Drowns  Br  ipirita,  dram  my  hraarh, 

tiabfeneasi    nor    is    Death   insatiable,  T.ll  om.iotsouI,  oui  this  WDaatb.>" 

furlhet  than  the   Divine  Majesty  or-  Upon  this  latter  part  of  my  lubject, 

dains;    the   posiesior  of  his  "Iteyi**  loo,  I  feel  that  1  am  ia  aoine  nieaMr* 

can   limit   his   operationa.     Th«   per-  supported  by  the  great  artist  to  wb<M 

aonification  of  Ocaih  loo  by  an  object  I  naTC  before  alluded.     Althouih  hit 

of  Heih  and  blood,  doe*  not  and  can-  inestimable  picture,  a*  I  have  obier*> 

not  interfere  with  his  invincibleness,  ed,  is  confined  to  a  repreaeniatioD  of 

Eioeided  care  be  taken  to  to  depict  Death  under  very  appalling  circam- 
im,  as  lo  impress  <i|>on  ibe  iprciaior  atanees  of  terror  and  btoodshed,  and  ia 
the  uticT  impossibility  of  successful  not  in  the  least  aitplicable  lo  the  peace- 
conflict,  in  the  ordinary  acceptation  of  able  coucli  of  the  dying  believer,  Im 
the  lerm,  and  with  reference  tothe  in-  has  not  omided  to  convey  lo  tba 
feiior  objects  which  ought  to  surround  '*mind's  eye,"  a  glimpseoi  thai  glo- 
him,  rious  region,  in  which  ap|iear  '■  tba 
Yoitr  Correspondent  appears  sur-  souls  of  them  that  had  been  alain  for 
prised  al  the  assertion,  that  Death  can  the  Word  of  God,  and  for  the  tcati- 
ecir  dispense  "  happiness,''  and  cer-  niony  which  ihey  had  held,"  in  the 
laiuly  10  only  one  class  can  he  be  *aid  awful  ihnes  nf  persecution  lo  which 
lo  do  so ;  the  impropriety,  however,  of  the  subject  of  ihe  picture  relatea  |  ami 
alwayi  represeniing  him  as  an  object  thus  a  powerful  contrast  i*  formed  lo 
of  (error,  I  niHSi  assert.  It  ia  true  he  the  misery  and  deaolalion  which  meet 
puts  an  end    to  atonal  existence,  and  the  eye  in  every  other  direction. 


hly  vii 
ottd.  b 


■„  that  notwilhslandir 


*•?." 


ariably  usher  in  the  soul  lo  a  stale  of  nnity  displayed   by  your  Correapood. 

mitCTT.  As  the  agent  oftlie  Alinigbiy,  eni,  my  conviction  of  the  impropriety 

and    bound    lo   obey    his    command],  of  representing   Death  aa  a  skeleton 

De.ith  is  a/ane  the  King  of  Terrors  10  remains  unaltered  ;  and   1    must   also 

the  wicked, — the  righteous,  God  sus-  think,  lliai  in  any  attempt  at  a  geneivt 

tains  tbroiigh  ihe  very  portal,  and  de-  personification  of  ihe  sunjcci,  il  abould 

livers   them    from   all    "feat"   of  the  nol  be  forgotten,  that  although  Dealh 

conquering  hero,  by  taking  from  them  ia  an  exclusive   and  uncomproroisii^ 

that  "guitiof  sin,"  which  alone  makes  object  of  terror  to  the  wicked,  and  in- 

Dealh  terrible.    If  the  chieftain  in  ihe  vincible,  aa  far  as  rapcelt  all  morlal 

field  of  duty  cat)  ineet  Death  with  Btag-  oppoaiiioaonbehairofcillMr-^e  rigb- 


5M  Imprm>ementi  in  fVktminster,  [xcvii 

teoin  or  the  ^vickcd^  yet  that  he  is  the  ric  steeples  above  Corinthian  porticoes; 
immediate  precursor  of  a  crown  oflife  and  adorn  the  edifices  aporopriated  io 
to  the  former,  who  are  sustained  even  the  service  of  our  bloodless  religion 
in  the  hour  of  his  victory,  by  **  immor-  wiili  ox  heads,  axes,  &c.  6t ornaments, 
$a\  arms."  It  cannot,  therefore,  be  as  Mr.  Gwynne  calls  them,  "for  a 
correct,  to  represent  his  appearance  as  butcher's  snop  or  slaughter-house/' 
accompanied  with  the  same  <'^<?c/ upon  In  your  last  Number,  p.  388,  your 
both  tne  righteous  and  the  wicked.  I  valuable  Correspondent  **E.  I.C."  has 
had  entertained  hopes  that  an  abler  justly  reprobated  some  other  absurd 
pen  tliah  mine  would  have  undertaken  combinations  of  orders  and  parts, 
the  task  of  defending  the  thesis  which  equally  offensive. 
Mr.  Lievre  has  attacked,  for  to  sugges-  It  is  not  my  intention  to  enter 
tions  made  by  its  possessor,  I  feefin-  into  a  disquisition  upon  the  merits  or 
debted ;  that,  however,  not  having  demerits  of  Architects,  but  to  offer 
beco  the  case,  I  have  ventured  to  offer  some  observations  on  the  "  Improve- 
some  of  the  reasons  which  have  in-  ments  now  carrying  on,  or  suggested" 
duced  me  to  take  the  view  of  the  sub-  in  the  City  of  Westminster.  Per- 
J€ct  I  have  adopted.  roit  me  first  to  draw  your  attention, 

J.  Stockdalb  Hardy,     and  that  of  your  readerr,  to  a  most  ne- 
A  cessary  improvement,  and  one  that  I 

^,      ,       J--  am  surprised   has  never  before  been 

Mr.  Urban,  ^f^^ch'sLfreslmnsier,    mentioned.     It  is  a  national  disgrace, 

jtifieO.  while  the  Government  is  voting  ira- 

WITH  considerable  pleasure  I  per-  mense  sums  of  money  for  the  erection 
ceive  that  the  public  attention  of  new  offices  and  buildings,  to  suffer 
has  been  drawn  to  the  Fine  Arts,  and  the  invaluable  b\jou  at  Whiteliall  to 
that  every  individual  is  anxious  for  the  remain  in  its  present  dilapidated  state : 
improvement  of  the  Cities  of  London    the  festoons  and  heads  which  connect- 

{na  Westminster.    Let  us,  therefore,     ed  the  capitals  of  the  Corinthian  co- 
lope  that  reason  and  taste  will  triumph    lumns  in  the  third  story  of  the  West 
over  prejudice,  and  that  the  time  has    front  are  gone;  the  frieze  broken  to 
arrived  when  the  Citizens  instead  of    pieces;  the  architraves  of  the  windows 
blindly  opposing   every  thing  in  the    are  sadly  mutilated,  and   indeed   the 
•hape  of  improvement,  will  by  taking    whole  facade  presents  a  most  dilapi- 
every  opportunity  to  promote  the  pub-    dated  appearance.    Neither  is  the  East 
lie  good  and  magnificence  of  the  Me-     front  in  much  better  order,  the  fes- 
tropolis,  remove  the  stigma  which  was     toons  are  not  entirely  gone,  but  their 
•o  justly  cast  upon  their  fathers.    The    beauty  is  destroyed  by  the  discolour- 
Govcrnment  too  ought  to  take  advant-    ation  of  the  stone.,  This  fragment  of 
age  of  this,  possibly  temporary,  feeling,     a  Palace,  which,  had  it  been  com- 
and  produce  works  which  will  not  only    pleled,  would  have  done  honour  to  any 
ornament  the  City,  but  prove  thatEn^-    age,  and  have  stood  a  record  of  the  ca- 
( lish  genius  is  capable  of  excelling  in     paciiy  of  its  great  designer,  surely  de- 
cvery  branch  of  art.    To  effect  this,     serves  a  better  fate.    It  will  be  time 
onlv  men  of  approved  taste,  genius,  and    enough  to  permit  the  beautiful  produc- 
skill,  should  be  employed;  the  herd     tions  ofour  English  Palladio  to  moulder 
of  self-styled  Architects  being  scarcely    away,  when  we  possess  a  genius  capa- 
cai)able  of  adorning  a  shop-front  to  ad-    ble  of  excelling  him,  but  let  us  not  oe- 
vantage.    They  consider  that  sending    come  the  sconi  of  foreigners  by  suffer- 
an  apprenticeship  to  a  mason  or  car-    ing  buildings  of  acknowledged  merit 
penter,  and  acquiring  "  the  ^reat  art  of    to  crumble  into  dust,  while  we  admire 
scoringstraighttines,andsettingofftheir    almost  every  novel  and  tasteless  pro- 
proportions  by  scale  and  compass,*'  is     duction  of  tne  modern  schools. 
all  that  is  required  to  form  a  complete        Mr.  Gwynne,  amongst  his  other  im- 
Architect;    but   the   paltry  buildings    provemcnts  of  the  Metropolis,  suggest- 
which  are  daily  erecting  woefully  prove    ed  that  this  spot  should  be  improved 
that  taste  and  eenius  m  the  combina-    by  the  addition  of  anothe^  wing  exactly 
tion  of  the  different  orders  and  parts    similar  to  the  Banqueting  House,  and 
are  required  to  produce  grandeur  and    a  centre^  the  entrance  to  which  should 
elegance.    These  mere  mechanical  ar-    fall  directly  opposite  th«  Hoise  Guards. 
chitects  form  entrances  to  playhouses    The  inner  court  to  form  a  sqoara  of 
by  massy  Doric  porticoes;  erect  Do-     three  sides  next  Uie  Thamts^  the  North 


rAiT  1.]  SuggaUd  Imfrmtmmti  in  fftttmuuter.  U9 

Mtd  Soulli  lo  be  oroMnentrd  by  colon-     a  rmcentj  /aeinf  lltt  Al^rjf  Cknreh, 
■lid  ihc  Eul  open  to  ihe  river,     letdinj  lo  ihe  Houk*  of  Patltimrnt. 


This.  Mj»  the  mrae  writer,  woiiW  b« 
iht  mean)  of  iiiiroduting  ■  pulilic 
Moient  iiuly  »l»j,iiit  and  lueful. 
prcMDt  ihc  lUu  end  or  llit  Uanqaru 
ting  MouM,  anil  Uie  cUuical  iiiiti 
Jamcill.  by  Gibbont.  irvuuiii'o 

If  ihii 


n\Ati  ihat  ()k  plan  «f  ltl< 
brr  of  Parliament"  for  laying  nui  iliii 
|ilol  at  f;n>iiu(l  In  Im  far  tupfrior  in 
'  "  t  lo  anj  hiihctio  lugjrti- 
rontiuuF  Hef^ni-ttrvit  ■ 
ihoN  diilanrt  through  Pall  Mall,  and 
aiclii.  anil  alinoat  unknown.  II  inii  innilnaie  ibin  Anccoininumration  b«- 
pUn  wai  adupied,  ihe  inconRrooui  pile  iwecn  ihe  Park*  tn  a  hiiidtnme  cro- 
r>f  buildings  on  llie  banki  of  ihe  river  cent  0|iening  inio  St.  James'i  Pirk, 
nould  be  rccuurril,  and  ibne  beauti-  we  shall  make  l>oth  tadi  uniform, 
ful  •|Kciiiiciii  of  ail  tern  lo  adrantage  and  at  ihe  rr<iicenl  at  ihe  Itcgciii'i 
ftoni  tlie  water  i  and  if  the  centre  Park  end  ii  adnmtd  hj>  the  siaiue  of 
•quarc  ivaa  laid  out  in  walks  and  thrub-  ihe  Duke  of  Kent,  lliit  would  be  a 
betf,  the  wtiulc  wonid  pieienl  a  very  most  appropriate  lituation  for  (he  nn^ 
bcautifjl  appraranec,  poteJ  monument  to  hi*  roral  fainet. 

As,  however,  1  do  iiot  expect  that  executing  by  Mr.  Matth.  Wyall ;  or, 
ibis  noble  plan  will  be  unilertaken,  I  ai  the  "Member"  hai  pronoxd,  the 
aincciet^  hoix  thai  Sir  Charlei  l^ing't  Walttluo  Aluniinienl.  "  if  the  addma 
idea  of  iniulating  the  preaent  baildiog  of  the  Home  of  Commons,  to  which 
will  be  carried  into  effect  (for  what  can  Lord  Castle  reagh  i»)inmitlcd  iheCrowo 
be  more  absurd  ihaa  the  ipiiending  of  to  an  assenting  reply,"  should  eier  b« 
lUblci  either  to  a  Banqutting  Hmur  carried  into  effect.  The  making  a  road 
oi  ChaptiJ,  and  the  place  now  oceh-  across  the  Park  to  Story's  gale  would 
pied  by  the  slsblei  be  convened  into  a  necMaarilv  encroadi  upon  the  recre- 
nrtleo  encloaed  within  iron -rails*,  ilionsof  tbepoblick,  to  destroy  which. 
The  South  side  should  then  be  cased  it  h»  been  cmphaiicilly  tteelartd, 
,  and  adorned  with  appro-  witiidrUk  Ihe  value  ^  ikre*  eromu  / 
Iowa,   and   ante ;     and  to  which  hi*  preaent  Majesty  bu 


priate  pilastera,  windowi 
a*  it  is  at  pretent,  the  eye  is  offended  at 
the  sight  of  an  immense  red  brick  wall 
with  one  stone  window  let  in  near  iu 
entablature.  The  excrescence  on  the 
North  side  ahould  then  also  be  rcMOV- 
ed,  and  its  fiont  made  to  accord  with 
that  nu  the  South. 

All  wiiteis  upon  iheiubjectofWeat- 
m  i  ni  I  er  I  ni  prove  me  n  Hi  gre  e  as  to  1  he  ne- 
ceuityofaTriumpbal  Arch  on  the  verge 
ofSt.  Janics'l  Patli ;  the  only  difference, 
ihercfore,  i<,  which  would  be  the  moat 
elicible  site  for  such  a  national  monu- 
ment. Mr.  Gwynne  ptoposed  that  (he 
Haymaiktt  thould  be  continued  lo  Sl 


lich  hi*  present  Maje«ty  baa 
ignified  his  decided  aversion  t  aiMl 
nence  one  of  the  reaton*  which  pre- 
vailed in  preparing  Buckingham  Hoiise 
asapalace.  "T.  A."  has  very  teveKlj 
depKcaied  the  idea  of  stabling  so  rtear  - 
the  Abbey  i  but  when  it  it  known  that 
this  building  will  foftn  a  very  neat 
quadrangle  in  the  Doric  older,  and  not 
be  above  six  and  twenty  fret  highf, 
I  do  not  think  your  Correspondent 
would  at  all  improve  the  place  by 
erecting  an  CKteniive  crescent  of  Ita- 
lian houses,  which  every  man  of  taslo 
muit  well  know  cannot  harmoniia 
with  the  grandeur  and  soblimity  of 
I's  Park,  where  a  triumphal  arch  the  Pointed  style.  If  these  desiftns 
was  to  be  erected  as  a  termination  to  ihe  were  carried  into  executipn,  the  Ab- 
vieiv.aoJformnnolilefntranceintathe  bey  would,  ere  long,  be  entirely  snr- 
parks.  Your  Correspondent.  "  T.  A.''  rounded  by  such  absurdities  a*  would 
in  tlic  last  Number,  p.  3Sg,  proposes  go  far  lo  prove  that  the  present  age  it 
that  the  sile  of  Carlton  Houie  should     ■■  destitute  of  the  true  principles     ' 


be  occupied  by  a  range  of  houses  form- 
ing the  segment  of  a  circle  in  the  cen- 
tre of  which  should  be  the  triumphal 
arch ;  hence  a  direct  road  acrou  Ihe 
Park  lo  Siory'i  Gale,  and  then  arect 

«  Tu  tliia  1  would  tufgnt  the  nmnsl 
oftlie  tucuc  of  Jamei  II.  >bich  rcquirs*  to 
>M  UDK  putdic  la  iDake  it  bctur  kaowil  and 
■■•I*  gent  rail;  sdniivd. 


taste  as  that  of  the  Goth*  and  Vandal*. 
I  think,  Mr.  Urban,  I  have  com- 
pletelv  proved  ihe  futility  of  T.  A'a. 
plan  lor  the  improvement  of  the  City 
of  Weaiminster  j  it  now  remain*  to 
notice  his  objection*  to  what  he  dt- 
signate*  Sir  Charlea  Long;**  plan^  apd 


Boyal  Acad*«y  toi  lUs  ytat. 


S90                                      ISriumphal  Archa,  [xcti- 

which  will  be  carried  into  eflfect  under  represented  in  basso-relievo;  and  other 
the  direction  and  from  the  plans  of  Mr.  appropriate  sculpture.     On  his   Ma- 
Soaue.     What  site  could  be  selected-at  jesty*8  return  he  would  be  reminded  o. 
a  less  expence  I  am  at  a  loss  to  de-  the  invincible  valour  of  the  British 
termine  :    the   idea  of  pulling  down  arms  ;  by  viewing  the  East  facade,  to  be 
tome  hundred  houses  is  preposterous;  decorated  wiih  statues  of  his  own  Royal 
DO  such  demolition  was  ever  intended  person,  the  Dukes  of  York  and  WeU 
as  connected  with   this  plan,  though  lington,  with,  besides  other  appropriate 
it  is  true  Sir  Charles  Long  suggested  sculpture,  the  battle  of  Waterloo  in 
the  destruction  of  the  island  of  houses  basso-relievo.     And  his  Majesty  would 
between  Parliament  and  King-street;  be  no  longer  compelled  to  pass  under 
even  then  the  statement  is  exaggerat-  the  low  arches  and  gloomy  vaultings 
ed.     It  would  have  been  advisable  if  of  the  Horse-guards  f. 
••T.  A."  had  made  himself  acquaint-  I   am  sorry,  Mr.  Urban,  that  your 
ed  with  the  details  relative  to  the  erec-  Correspondent  should,  while  he  con- 
tion  of  the  Triumphal  Arch  at  Down-  siders  the  Navy  more  deserving  of  a 
ing-street  before  he  complained  of  the  triumphal  arch  than  the  Army,  make 
want  of  a  vista;  for  at  the  intended  such  an   invidious  and   contradictory 
site  the  medium  is  rather  happily  at-  distinction  as  that  of  erecting  a  new 
tained.     A  beautiful   range  of  build-  trophy  to  record  the  deeds  of  the  lat- 
ings^    is   carried    up  Down  ing-street  ter,  and  suffer  those  of  the  former  to 
on    the   North    side,   and    a   similar  be  perpetuated  by  patching  up  a  worth- 
one  is  intended  to  be  erected  on  the  less  piece  of  masonry,  that  ought  long 
South  side.    The  arch  of  Constantine  ago  to  have  been  sacrificed  to  public 
thrown  across  the  street  at  their  angles  advantage  and  good  taste.     If  we  are 
will  admirably  connect  these  public  to  have  distinct  monuments,  to  British 
offices.     Here  will  be  vista  enough  for  valour;  make  them  worthy  of  the  men 
those  who  pass  Whitehall,  and  Privy  whose  deeds  they  are  intended  to  trans- 
Gardens,  and  at  such  a  distance  as  mit  to  posterity,  and  show  how  hishly 
cannot  fail  of  not  only  attracting  the  we  esteem  and  appreciate  their  valour 
attention   of  every  passenger,  but  of  and  patriotism.     An  excellent  site  for 
producing   a    most   beautiful  appear-  the  erection  of  a  Naval  trophy  would 
ance  to  the  eye:  the  supposition,  that  be  at  the  entrance  into  the  |>ark  from 
the  arch  would  be  more  noticed   by  Great  George-street ;  this  would  have 
foreigners   arriving   into    town    if  it  a  noble  appearance  from  the  summit  of 
were   on   the  site  of  Carlton  Palace  Westminster-bridge  one  way,  while  it 
than  at  Downing  Street,  I  consider  to  would  command  the  whole  extent  of 
be  the  reverse  of  the  fact.  Westward  it  Bird   Cage- walk  on   the  other.     His 
will  open   to   St.  James's  Park,   and  Majesty  might  then  go  to  the  Houses 
^hat  finer   vista  could  be  required?  of  Parliament  through  that  at  Downing 
indeed  1  think  it  the  most  appropri-  Street,  and  return  by  the  arch  at  Storey's 
ate  site  on  the  verge  of  the  park  hi-  Gate.    If  this  were  carried  into  eflect, 
therto   named    for   the  much -'desired  we  should  indeed  be  making  amends 
triumphal    arch.     His  Majesty  in  his  for  the  apathy  of  our  Government  in 
passage  to  the  Houses  of  Parliament  doing  justice  to  British  valour,  as  it 
from  the   New    Palace   would    have  is  understood  that  the  entrance  into 
an   excellent   view  of   the  West  fa-  the  Court  of  the  Palace  at  Buckin^- 
5ade,  which   should    record  the  glo-  ham   House  is  to  be  through  a  tri- 
rious-   achievements    of    the    British  umphal  arch  commemorative  of  the 
Navy.     This  decorated  with  statues  of  military  triumphs  during  the  last  war. 
his  late  amiable  father,  the  illustrious  1  mustconfessi  cannot  see  any  thing 
Lords  Howard  of  Eflingham  and  Nel-  so  preposterous  in  Sir  Charles  Long*s 
son ;  with  the  defeat  of  the  Spanish  plan  for  pulling  down  the  houses  bc- 
Armada,  and  the  battle  of  Trafalgar  tween    Parliament- street    and   King- 

— -— : : : z — r j  street :  it  would  be  difficult  of  accom- 

•  A  perspective  vie^r   of   the  proposed  pHshment.  as  Sir  Charles  allows,  owing 

one  at  the  end  of  the  range  of  columns,  great    national   advantage    I   cerumly 

and  the  other  at  the  immediate  entrance  of  — — — — — ^ 

«he  Park ;  the  former,  however,  is  the  only  t  This  entrance  has  been  Jvitly  cbarac- 

one  I  believe  determined  on  ;  which  thould  terized  "  mean  and  pitiful/'  .far  H  single 

then  be  decorated  as  above  noticed.  trooper  can  hardly  get  in  or  out." 


i» 


■  goodcHMI,  aa  it  vafi«*  the  outline     part  of  tli<  Ciiy,  and  aflrrwinls  ToU 

of  the  common  itreet-hoiitc,  and  aira     loivcd  \>y  tht  plnclnz  of  Londoii  Sione 

tl  orgraiideui  to  what  niighioih«-     at   the  ilde  of  Si,  Swilhin')  Church. 


rAKT  I.}         ImpTovtrntnlt  in  H'ntmintler.—jlHHent  London.  691 

believe.     The  tidei  of  thi*  ipociout  m  h«  hath  done  in  many  place*,  and 

iireei  ilioulil  then  l>e  omamriilnl  upoo  will  make  a   thorouxh   paiiMc   q^uite 

the  lyilem  adopted  in    Re)p:nt-tlrrel ;  through  ilie  C'iiv,   ihrough  Caiinin;* 

"  that  uf  building  a  number  of  houte*  tlreel,  which  will  be  very  fine."     Trii* 

upon  an  uniform  plan,  forming  a  cen-  feeint   lo   protc    that   the  road   along 

tre  of  a  pedinieui  or  olhcrwiie,  and  Wailing<)[r«ct,    Cannon  -  itree I,  and 

ihiK  give  to  the  whole    n  paldce-likc  Ea*lc1ieap,  wa»  ihen  ihe  common  tho- 

'  '  '        produce  roughfare  lo   the   Tower   and  e 

-  -'"-  part  of  the  Ciiy,  and  afierwanl 

lowed  by  tht  placinz  of  London  Sione 

„  at   the  lide  of  Si,  Swithio'j  Church, 

le  appear  ineun  and  uniniemling."  !i  ii  alio  very  probable  that  thi*  Lotd 

To   (he  other  plan  of  Sir  Charle*  Mayor  availed  hiouelf  of  hi*  official 

Long  for  pulling  down  llie  island  of  iiaiion  to  intioiluce  other  litnilai  im- 

hnuKs   brlwetn    the    Narih    aide   of  provemenis ;    which,  though  the  fire 

Bridge-street  and  Weiliiiimler  Hall ;  in  iRtM  mieht  fur  aome  time  prevent, 

there  apjiear*  to  me  lo  be  irveral  ob-  yet  were  auerwardi  facllilaleu  by  the 

jeciion*.    New  PaUce-yard  being  con-  clearing  ihe  ground  and  creeling  in  the 

tiderahly    lower    than    Bridge- street i  reign  of  Queen  Anne  the  siupenduui 

ifwdr.wcr  the  latter  lo  the  Icvd  of  monument    of  ikill   and   honour,   St. 

the  fofmir,  the  deiceul  from  the  bridge  Paul'*  Cathedral,  which  luggeited  ihe 

would    conaequeoily   become  danger-  levelling  of  the  whole  way,  and  open- 

MX,    and    the    remaining    houaei   in  ing  the  road  to  in  preaent  height  and 

Biid^-ttrect  greatly    inconvenienced  widih  along  Cheamide,  Cornhitl,  and 

and    injuretl.      And    if  New    Palace-  ao  to  Whilechapcl.     Thtj  became  re- 

S.id  were  to  be  raiaed  lo  the  level  of  quiaile   by   the   increaaing   popuLiion 

ridge-atreet,  the   ptooortiona  of  the  which  rollowed  the  realoraiion  of  the 

Hall    would    be  conaiderably   injured,  monarchy  as  iti  naiural  coniequence. 

The  liouan  10  the  Baal  of  VVeatmtnaier  with  auch  other  tmprovemcnls  aa  would 

Hall  "  will  reniove  iheintelvei,  if  no  tpring  from  ruins  and  devnalationa  of 

human  aid  ii  applied  lo  their  removal;"  luch  a  conflagralion.     Ii  ii  computed 

and  upon  their  ipace  ahould  be  erected  that  the  carriage-way  in  many  place* 

■Dotber  wing,   the  arclitieciuial   cha-  haa  been  raised  more  than  15  feet,  in 

laclei  of  which  should  accord  with  ibe  nnler  to  prtaerve  a  corresponding  level 

Hall.      This   is  ahiioat   loo    much    lo  from  one  end  of  ihe  towu  to  iheoiher. 

hope  for,  seeing  how   paraimonioutly  The  teaitllaied  pavement  found  aome 

the  Commillec  of  Taste  have  acjed  in  yean  since  at  the  excavalion  made  foi 

ereciini(ilie  f^i^adi^ufiheU'etKlankof  the   sewer    in    Leadenhall  street,    and 

the  hall.  The  banks  of  ihe  river  might  now  depoaited  in  the  Britiah  Muaeun, 
(hen  be  improved  by  forming  a  tec-  lay  above  IS  feet  from  themtideni  mr* 
race  for  ihe  recreation  of  ihe  public,  face  of  the  street,  nearly  oppoaite  the 
or  enclosed  as  far  as  the  itaira  where  Eaat  India  House.  It  i«  acaicely  po«- 
the  civic  nroceasiona  land,  with  iron-  liblc  to  conceive  the  delight  which 
rails,  and  be  annexed  lo  the  Speaker's  niuat  hare  been  ciperienccd  by  the  in- 
garden,  which  ia  already  much  uw  habitantsof  London  at  the  time,  when 
confined  and  incommodious.  recollecting  the  undulations  of  Snow- 

I  will  not  now  tieipass  any  longer  hill,  Stocks  Market,  Ludoate-hill,  and 
npon  vour  pages,  but  shall  at  my  ear-  Fleet -diich,  ihej  couliT  then  travel 
liesl  leisure  recur  to  this  inlerestiog  upon  an  even  line  aa  far  aa  (be  ej« 
aubject,   and    furnish  you    with  aome     could  reach;  and  this  would  give  ^ 

addiilonal  obaervationa.  C  neral  prefere ' ■*■ '-'—  "'  -" 


1 


London.  Market  would  verytoon  be  inierceputf 

N  Lnid  Bravbrooke's  splendid  pub-  by  the  cusiomary  privilege  of  obatnio> 

_      lication  or  Samuel  Pepya'a  Diary,  lion*  accorded  to  ihoae  who  had  tfaf 

vol.  I.  p.  309;  >>  ■■  incidentally  men-  general  resort  to  thli  principal  iiurk«( 

tioned    that    Sir   J.    Kobinann,    Lord  in  the  Mctfoppliai  but  these  rfifria^ 

Mayor  in   A.  D.  i663,  whom  he  cha-  aome  to  a  vacant  apace  near  Hoaajl- 

racterim   wiih  aome  diires^i,    was  lane,  and    Qihera   |o  the  garden    pni 

■■  rtwdvedtodogreai  matters  10  pulling  arsd  ooort*  ailjaccnf  |o  the  dcaened  H- 

down  Iheahop*  quite  ihrougb  the  City,  lace  at  Le^i^ball.    Wbotrcr  will  |k 


599                  JnUeni  LondMj'^The  English  Language.  [icvi. 

fcr  to  a  map  of  London,  at  tht  period  Mr.  Urban,                       Ajnil  b. 
here  alluded  to,  will  have  the  iileasure  rpHE  English  Language,  coniiKHind- 
of  tracing  these  pkce^  and  of  folio wn-  1      ed  as  it  is  of  the  ancient  Saxon 
ing  my  steps  through  ihem  all ;  and  gnd  Norman   French,  together  with 
he  will  see  that  after  the  question  was  ^^^  foreign  words  which  have  been 
decided  as  to  fixmg  the  ground  for  the  occasionally  introduced   by  the  corn- 
area  of  the  Cathedral,  the  projectors  of  merce  and  mutual  intercourse  of  na- 
Chc  rcboildma  the  City,  preferred  the  ti^ns,  cannot  boast  much  regularity  or 
highest  ground  in  Pannier-alley  for  the  analogy  in  its   strofciure;   and   while 
grand   opening    of  the   central    way.  its  copious  abundance  in  words  would 
Every  obstacle  being  removed  but  the  r^ise  it  high  in  the  scale  of  beauty,  its 
Conduit  near  Wood-street,  which  ne-  manifold  inconsistencies  sink  it  far  be- 
eessity  in  afiertimes  obliged  the  Com-  j^^  ^hg  level  of  correctness, 
miesioners  to  witlidraw.  j  h^^e  y^^  particularly  struck  with 
The  water  of  this  Conduit  was  not  ^^^  expression  which  holds  a  place  not 
lost,  but  rather  found  its  way  to  other  ^,^1    j^  conversation,  but  in  the  com- 
places,  where  wells  have  been  sunk  in  positions  of  some  of  our  most  correct 
the  neighbourhood,  which  have  pccu-  authors,  and  is  of  such  very  frequem 
liafly  excellent  q"?*'^*?"'.  *  never-fail-  occurrence,  that  if  it  be  really  an  in- 
ing  spring,  and  all  within  20  feet  of  accuracy,  it  is  one  of  a  very  flagrant 
the  surface;   and  although  there  are  description.     When  we  would  express 
many  small  wells  in  almost  every  part  certainty  by  the  sentence,  "  1  have  no 
of  the  City,  yet  the  pnnci pal  ones  ^foubt,"  or  "  I  do  not  doubt,**  we  tack 
fefm,  as  it  were,  the  angles  of  the  se-  o,,  a  little  word  following,  which,  me- 
veral  diagonal  hnes  from   East   and  thinks,  materially  alters  the  intention 
West ;  as  from  the  Postern   well  on  ^  ^wi  of  the  expression.     Instead  of 
Tower.hiU  to  that  at  AWgate,  thence  •      «  j  h^^^  ^^  ^^y^^  ^y^^^  ^^^^  ^^ 


ID  Gtnldhall,  and  thence  to  Newgate-  ^^  joubt  lut  such  will  take  place,"  or 

market,  whence    the  line  crosses  to  u  j  jo  not  doubt  lut  ikai  such  will 

Harccourt  in  the  Temple,  &c.  happen.'* 

We  cannot  contemplate  these  pecu-  ^ow  I  should  moch  like  to  be  in- 

liavities  of  our  City  without  subjoining  formed  what  is  the  tnivaniage  at  least 

t»them  the  judicious  selection  of  its  of  this  little  conjunction,  even  suppos- 

site  by  the  founders  of  our  people  for  j^    j^  jjj  ^ot  weaken  the  expression : 

the  capital  of  our  ancient  and  prosper-  ^^  ^^^  signification  intended  to  be  im- 

ous  Empire,  upon  a  soil  so  amply  sup-  ij^j,  would  destroy  at  least  the  aim- 

plying  this  first  essential  of  human  pjicity  of  the  sentence, 

comfort  and  health,  and  on  the  banks  Dtyden  makes  use  of  this  expression 

of  the  River  Thames.   I  mean  on  such  •„  ^^le  following  line : 

a  part  of  it  as  is  deep  enough  for  all  ,,,,,.          ti 

the  purposes  of    inland   and    foreign  "  I  do  not  doubt  6u£  I  have  beaa  to  bhme. 

commerce,  aided  by  a  constant  tide.  And  Addison,  in  Uia  very  paper  in 

so  correct  as  to  admit  of  calculation  which  he  treats  of  the  EogTisb  lan- 

to ascertain  the  hour  and  the  minute  guaee.  Spectator,  No.  135»  says,   "I 

of  its  return ;  although  at  all  times  re-  shall  communicate  to  the  Bobfick  my 

ceiving  the  ofiscouring  of  all  that  is  speculations  on  the  English  language, 

vile,  yet  having  the  power  to  purify  not  doubting  hui  they  will  be  accept- 

itself;  and  wafting  in   its  course  the  able  to  all  my  curious  readert^*' 

pestilences  of  Metropolitan  corruption.  Now  this  word,  I  contend,  is  not 

and  calling  to  our  recollection  the  only  only  useless,  but  actually  negatives  the 

lines  of  Denham's  Cooper-hill  worth  meaning  intended  to  be  implied.     He 

remembering.  would  seem  to  say  that  hi  dl>ea  not 

€*  O  could  I  flow  like  thee,  and  make  thy  doubt  0-  e.  has  no  doubt)  but  (exc^t) 

^^j^foa  ^^^y  ^^^^  ^®  acceptable,  &c  t  and  so 

My  great  example,  as  it  it  my  theme ;  we  may  reasonably  conclude  that  he 

The'  deep,  yet  clear,  tho*  gentle,  yet  not  has  no  othe*  doubt,  exoepi  that  they 

dull,                                     [full-'*  will  be  acceptable,  &c  Conaeqiiently, 

Stnmg  without  rage,  without  o'erflowiog  he  doubts  that  they  will  be  acceptable, 

A.  H.  but  doubts  nothing  else. 


•./ 


PA  IT  I.] 


Ok  Sir  Isaac  Nnoion$  Chronology, 


693 


The  UM  of  this  expression,  t  am 
aware,  is  in  some  degree  justified  by 
Johnson,  who  defines  ihe  words  **  but 
Ihat,"  on<l  "  but,"  singly  to  have  the 
same  sif^nification  as  tlie  word  "  that.*' 
But  even  admitting  his  statement  to  lie 
correct,  1  am  equally  at  a  loss  to  dis- 
cover the  advantage  of  using  this  ex- 
pletive conjiinction  for  a  purpose  so  ut- 
terly at  variance  with  its  other  signifi- 
cations; and  being  a  warm  advocate 
for  simplicity  and  consistency  myn-lf, 
I  should  be  heartily  glad  to  see  this 
stranj^c  meaning  of  the  word  formally 
expelled  from  my  native  language. 

I  am  also  aware  that  thi^  peculiarity 
is  in  some  degree  visible  in  the  Latin 
tongue,  under  the  word  **iiuin,**  as  the 
following  quotation  shews, 

"  Nnn  dubium  est,   quin   uxorem  nolit 
filius.** — Ter.  act  /.  sc,  i.  L  1. 

I  may,  however,  perhaps  be  mistaken 
in  my  ideas  on  the  irregularity  of  this 
expression,  and  if  so,  should  fed  much 
obliged  to  any  of  your  Correspondents 
who  would  set  me  right.        Lalius. 

Rkmarks  on  Sir  Isaac  Newton's 
Chronology. 

CContinued  from  p.  4 1  Oj 

Mr.  Urban,  June  14. 

I  COME  now  to  the  consideration 
of  Mr.  Gibbon's  first  objection  to 
Newton's  grand  argument,  "  that,  in 
the  conrbC  of  nature,  it  is  im(>ossible 
for  anv  number  of  monarchs  in  sue- 
cession  lu  reign  more  than  IS  or  20 
years  on  an  a\crai;e,  a  piece.'* 
Mr.  Gibbon  argues  thus  : 

"If  there  was  question  about  a  succettion 
of  monarchs  in  any  but  these  remote  times, 
there  would  be  nothing  objectionable  in  this 
train  ofarpiroent;  but  the  case  is  in  reality 
different,"  &.c. 

I.  **  For  it*  we  may  pay  any  credit  to  the 
most  resi>ectable  monuments  of  antiquity, 
the  life  of  men,  and  consequently  the  len^h 
of  their  reigns,  was  considerably  longer  than 
it  is.  Accurdin;;  to  the  common  account, 
Fhoroneus  and  Jacub,  Cecro})s  and  Moses, 
and  Cadmus,  Danaus  and  Josiah,  were  con- 
t4*m}!oraries  ;  and  at  that  time  the  Hebrews 
commonly  attained,  and  often  exceeded,  the 
age  ijf  100,"  &c. 

'*  Homer  also  acknowledges,  by  the  ex- 
pression ooi  >tnr  0POTOI  1171  so  oft?n  repeated 
in  the  Iliad,  a  great  difference  l^etween  the 
heroes  at  the  Trojan  war,  and  hit  contem- 
poraries ;  and  althoagh  he  speaks  f>f  their 
bodily  strength,  it  is  very  credible  that 
nature  did  not  confine  its  operations  to  that 

(iiNT.  .Mao.  Suppl.  XC'VI.  Fart  I. 

c 


aloo*.  It  was  not  in  retlity  till  the  time  of 
Snion,  that  the  life  of  inaa  was  shortened 
to  70  yean." 

"  II.  Not  only  Nature,  batako  their  simple 
mode  of  life,  wouKl  have  prolon|i:e<l  their 
days.  The  30  Kings  of  France  (of  the  third 
race)  lived  in  all  1427  years,  or  47^  each. 
How  different  U  the  lot  of  their  subjects ! 
Take  the  80  learned  men  at  the  head  of 
Voltaire's  list,  in  hit  History  of  the  Ago  of 
Louit  XIV.  The  tnm  of  their  lives  it  (919 
years,  or  nearly  64  each.  Bat  the  mode  of 
life  amongst  the  Greek  priocet  was  rerr  dif- 
ferent from  that  of  ours ;  so  that  «re  should 
not  err  in  recktming  it  even  more  conducive 
to  longevity  than  that  of  our  learned  men. 
They  had  little  labour,  and  ttill  lett  loxurj. 
Thiu  mo&t  of  them  died  at  an  advanced  age ; 
and  in  the  Athenian  History  there  is  not  a 
single  instance  of  a  minority ;  and  only  two 
in  tliat  of  the  Laciedemontant." 

I  could  not,  with  justice,  examine 
this  olyection,  without  a  full  explana- 
tion of  it,  and  trust,  therefore,  that  my 
readers  will  excuse  the  length  of  the 
quotation. 

First,  then,  Mr.  Gibbon  has  re- 
course to  what  logicians  term  a  "  pe- 
titio  principiif"  for  he  argues  that  the 
old  system  of  chronology  is  correct; 
because  it  places  the  events,  which 
historians  record,  at  a  time  when  men 
did  live  longer  than  they  do  now ;  and 
consequently  does  not  depend  upon 
any  false  j)nnciplc.  To  ccuifute  such 
an  error,  it  is  suilicicnt  to  point  it  out ; 
if,  however,  my  readers  are  not  satis- 
fied, I  refer  them  to  Mr.  Hooke's  In- 
troduction to  his  History  of  Home. 

Secondly,  the  age  ol  man  was  re- 
duced to  the  present  standard  long  be- 
fore the  time  of  Solon  ;  nay  300  years 
before,  as  we  learn  from  the  royal 
David  (Psalm  xc.  r.  10);  an<i  the 
kingdom  of  Judah,  in  which  18  mo- 
narchs reigned  but  39O  years,  began 
B.  C'.  ()7a.  We  may,  therefore,  safely 
apply  Sir  Isnac*s  rule  to  all  times  pos- 
terior to  WM)  years  B.  C.  when  David 
nourished  ;  and  we  shall  find,  if  we 
reckon  backwards,  that  none  of  the 
mr)njrchs  mentioned  in  authentic  re- 
cords,  nourished  in  those  days  of  lon- 
gevity. Beside?,  we  must  recollect 
that  the  ancient  chronologers  never 
made  any  distinction  in  the  length  of 
the  reigns  they  record,  and  formed 
their  calculations  on  the  supposition 
that  a  reign  and  generation  of  men 
were  equipollent,  which  is  notoriously 
not  the  fact,  whether  we  speak  of  the 
present    or    past    times.      Thercfurei 


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[xcvi* 


whatever  the  length  of  a  generation 
may  have  been,  we  must  deduct  S  or 
at  least  2  sevenths  to  reduce  it  to  the 
length  of  a  reign.  It  may  not  perhaps 
be  deemed  nugatory  to  observe,  that 
Horace  (Od.  Lib.  i.  3)  speaking  of 
Prometheus,  and  the  miseries  his  crimes 
introduced  into  the  world,  says, 

"  Semotique  prius  tarda  necessitas 
Lethi  curripuit  gradum." 

This  Prometheus  was  represented  as 
having  been  confined  to  Mount  Cau- 
casus, but  after  30  years  to  have  been 
set  at  liberty  by  Hercules,  who  is  said 
to  have  died  about  40  years  before  the 
Trojan  war.  He  is  also  said  to  have 
been  the  grandfather  of  Hellen  and 
Amphictyon,  who  was  the  third  king 
of  Athens.  Whence  we  may  con- 
clude, that  iu  the  vulgar  opinion,  the 
days  of  longevity  had  ceased  at  least 
100  years  before  the  Trojan  war. 

Thirdly,  even  admitting  Homer*s 
assertion  to  be  true  in  its  full  extent, 
yet  it  by  no  means  follows  that  supe- 
riority of  strength  was  accompanied  by 
longevity.  For  in  the  present  age,  do 
we  not  often  find  that  unhealthy  and 
weak  persons  attain  a  very  advanced 
age;  and  very  commonly  outlive  their 
more  healthy  neighbours?  But  who 
will  believe  this  assertion  of  the  poet, 
except  those  croakers  against  the  pre- 
sent, who  wish  to  persuade  us  that 
every  succeeding  generation  is  more 
wicked,  and  less  spirited  than  the 
former?  Such  men  have  existed  in 
all  age,  and  probably  will  continue  to 
do  so  as  long  ns  the  world  lasts,  or 
until  man  has  dwindled  down  to  a 
race  of  pigmies.  Homer,  however  ad- 
mirable a  poet  he  confessedly  was,  is 
no  philosopher.  We  must  recollect 
also  that  he  lived  in  a  state  of  the 
greatest  poverty,  and  must  therefore 
naturally  have  been  discontented  with 
his  contemporaries,  who  refused  him 
those  honours  to  which  he  had  so  just 
a  claim.  Poets,  and  bards  amongst 
uncivilized  nations,  are  always  greatly 
esteemed;  as  is  universally  acknow- 
ledged by  historians.  Homer,  for  some 
reason  or  other  unknown  to  us,  did 
not  receive  this  treatment,  and  ex- 
presses his  indignation  by  this  asser- 
tion of  the  superiority  of  his  ancestors. 

But  we  must  recollect  that  we  are 
ignorant  of  the  true  ac;e  of  Homer,  as 
compared  with  the  Trojan  war.  He 
is  generally  represented  as  having  lived 
about  300  years  after  the  war ;  Pater- 


cuius  makes  the  interval  aboni  350 
years  ;  but  observes,  that  **  Homer 
lived  longer  after  ihe  Trojan  war,  than 
is  generally  supposed,  as  may  be  col- 
lected   from    his    expression*  oloi  n/r 

Q       _  »         •» 

If  this  be  the  case,  upon  what  au- 
thority does  Homer  assert  this  fact,  that 
can  entitle  it  to  the  notice  of  histo- 
rians ?  But  for  my  part,  so  far  am  I 
from  thinking  it  any  proof  of  the  len^h 
of  the  interval,  that  from  it  and  other 
internal  evidence  (which  shall  be  the 
subject  of  a  future  dissertation),  I  think 
we  may  satisfactorily  prove  the  con- 
trary. But  let  it  suffice  at  present  to 
remark,  that  Homer  puts  a  similar  ex- 
pression into  the  mouth  of  one  of  his 
aged  heroes,  who  is  speaking  of  those 
who  flourished  in  the  time  of  his  youth. 

II.  I  know  not  on  what  authority 
Mr.  Gibbon  asserts  that  the  mode  of 
life  amongst  the  early  Grecian  mo- 
narchs  was  less  luxurious  and  less  ex- 
posed to  danger  than  those  of  the  pre- 
sent age.  VVhen  Greece  was  confess- 
edly infested  with  pirates  and  robbers, 
and  contained  nearly  as  many  states  as 
cities,  could  any  peace  be  lasting?  If 
we  attend  to  the  history  of  the  hep- 
tarchy f  in  our  island,  or  that  of  any  of 
the  uncivilized  Indians,  do  we  not  find 
a  continued  series  of  wars,  tumults, 
assassinations,  and  usurpations?  and 
why  should  we  siippose  thai  human 
nature  varies  in  dincrent  parts  of  the 
world  ? 

Again,  even  supposing  that  they 
died  at  an  advanced  age,  if  as  I  have 
shown  the  life  of  man  was  no  longer 
than  at  present,  and  the  succession  was 
constantly  from  father  to  son,  as  is  as- 
serted, we  shall  find  it  difficult  to 
prove  that  the  son  always  survived  his 
father  40  years,  or  more ;  as  it  is  evi- 
dent that  in  proportion  as  the  latter 
reigned  longer,  the  other  would  reign 
a  shorter  time. 

For  instance,  suppose  A  ascends  the 
throne  at  the  age  of  30,  and  has  at  the 

♦  We  must  however,  remark,  that  these 
words  are  not  lo  the  tett :  but  aie  added 
from  conjecture  in  every  edittoa  of  tlia  au- 
thur,  since  that  of  Ursiaus. 

"f  Yet  there  wa&  no  more  Imnrj  thenj 
than  in  the  early  ages  of  Greeca :  but  we 
find,  from  autlientici  records,  that  18  iuigs 
of  Mercia  reigned  but  245  ydais;  1?  of 
Kent,  374  ;  14  of  Essex,  300;  17  of  Wes- 
sex,  309 ;  where  the  averagn  vt  respec- 
tively 13i  ;  22  J  21  Ji  and  18  feais. 


IPAIT  2.]  •  0»  SiF  iimte  Nemioift  Chftmohgjf.  W 

time  a  iob  B  about  6  jt&n  old.    If  A  K^nt  anarchy  and  confotloa  prerailed 

reigns  40  fears,  B  will  then  be  46 ;  ui  the  eountry  whilst  it  remained  on- 

•opposing  ne  reign  40  years,  and  have  der  the  government  of  the  Scythians ; 

a  son  C  at  the  age  of  S6  or  30,  C  would  is  it  not  probable  tlien»  that  the  kinft 

ascend  the  ihrone  at  the  age  of  56  or  of  Medea  then  reigning,  wai.aiurderel 

(k) ;  and  is  it  credible  that  he  could  during  this  time  of  confusion,  and  hit 

have  reigned  40  yeart}    But  such  it  infant  son  set  up  in  his  place  by  the 

the  assertion  of  the  artificial  chrono-  Scythians,  as  having  little  to  ibar  from 

logers;  the  ol^urdity  of  which  will  be  a  minor  ?    The  method  by  which  the 

siill  more  apparent  if  we  carry  on  this  Scythians  were  expelled,  that  i$,  the 

example  to  the  20th  generation ;  as  murder  of  their  chiefs  at  a  banquet, 

they  do.  seems  to  strengthen  this  coniecture. 

Again,  Mr.  Gibbon  asserts,  that  the  Thus,  then,  I  would  arrange  the  Me- 

learned,    and  subjects,  generally  live  dian  history: 

longer  than  monarchs.    The  fact  is        B.  C.  711,  the  Medes  revolt  from 

unquestionable,  but  what  then  ?  Surely  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria, 
he  does  not  suppose  that  the  ancient        B.  C.  JOQ,  Dejoces  elected  king. 
Greeks  were   |>hilosopher9  :    or    that        B.  C.  656,  Phraortes  his  sou  sue- 

their  mode  of  life  was  more  simple,  ceeds  him. 

And  bow  can  he  compare  30  members         B.  C.  639,  Phraortes  killed  in  an 

of  the  same  family,  with  30  individuals  unsuccessful  attempt  against  Nineveh, 

who  lived  in  diflereut  times  and  nloces.  Succeeded  by  Cyaxeres. 
and  were  in  no  wise  connected  with         B.  C.  635,  Scythians  overrun  Asia, 
one  another  ?  B.  C.  630,  Cfyaxeres  put  to  death : 

When  did  the  golden  age  exnt  since  his  infant  son  Astyages  sncceeds  him. 
the  fall,  but  in  the  imaginations  of  the        B.C.  6o6,  Astyages  expels  the  Scy^ 

|ioets?     When  was  there  a  time  when  thians  ;  and  a  tew  years  afker  takes 

men  abstained  from  rapine,  murder,  Nineveh. 

and  war?  L4ixury  certainly  could  not  B.C.  571,  Ajaxeres  (the  Astyages  of 
have  prevailed  tosuch  an  extent  ainongst  Herodotus)  ascends  the  throne, 
the  monarchs  in  question,  as  it  does  B.C.  536,  supplanted  by  Cyrus, 
uow;  but  neither  did  it  at  Rome  in  In  this  manner  I  think  we  may 
the  early  ages  o(  the  Republic,  nor  in  easily  account  for  Herodotus's  mbtake 
France,  nor  in  England;  and  yet  we  in  the  ruime  of  the  grandfather  of 
6nd  that  they  are  no  more  remarkable  Cyrus.  I  have  little  hesiution  in  re- 
fer longevity ;  nor  did  our  Saxon  mo-  jecting  the  story  about  Cyrtis's  birth, 
iiarchs  ever  exceed  the  average  of  S2  which  is  certainly  accompanied  by 
years.  many  fabulous  relations;  and  upon  the 

As  to  there  having  been  no  mi  no-  whole,  it  seems  much  more  probable 

ritics  at  Athens,  1  think  wc  niny  safely  that  Cyras  supplanted  his  son-in-law 

ascribe  it  to  their  uncertain  ideas  of  than  his grandiather;  besides,  we  must 

hcrcditarv  succession,  or  the  ambition  recollectthat  Herodotus  himself  (Lib.i.) 

of  the  elder  members  of  the  royal  fa-  relates  that  there  were  three  different 

uiily.  The  case  was  different  at  Sparta,  accounts  of  the  birth  of  Cjrrus,   of 

And  although   we   have  only  two  which  he  selected  the  least  flattering 

minoriiii-s  on  record,  it  is  very  possible  one.     It  is  hardly  credible  that  when 

that  there  may  have  been  more,  which  the  grandson  was  able  to  head  a  revolt, 

the  annalists  did  not  cart*  to  mention.  that   the   grandsire  should    be  young 

Moreover,    I    imagine    that   when  enough  to  command  his  own  army ;  as 

there  have  Iwen  several  minorities  in  hf  is  said  to  have  done.  A.  Z. 

any  succession  of  monarchs,  the  average  A 

i5  gcncnlly  c,eai«-«rtainly  .»t  l«f.  gr.  Giles*.  i»  th«  Field.. 

J  hu,  ihen  I  hope  I  have  Mjfficenlly  ^^^^        ;  ^      ^^^^  ^f 

vv.ll  l''oc«<   m  a  f"'"'^^.lf  P*' •»  ~"-  contri.t  tha? tJ^t  of  an,  othe,  In  the 

Mder  Mr.  Gibbon*  renaming  objec  ^j^„      y.  „  ,„^„,bs.  'in  an  exetl- 

tions.  ^  -■  - 


obser%'ations  to  their  notice.  •  By  John  Psrtoo,  <S4|.  fbrmerly  Veisry 

The  bi&toruins  universally  allow  that     Ckrk. 


596 


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[XCTI. 


the  reign  of  Henry  1 V.  the  whole  num* 
ber  of  house-holders  could  not  have 
amounted  to  200.  In  the  1st  year  of 
Edward  VI.  the  number  of  what  are 
termed  *' houselingjolk**  (supposed  to 
mean  communicants  at  the  parish 
church)  was  returned  at  303.  This 
number,  judging  from  the  small  in- 
crease of  buildings,  as  represented  in 
old  plans  and  views  of  London,  was 
probably  not  much  augmented  until 
the  encl  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign. 
The  increase  of  inhabitants  in  the 
next  two  reigns,  and  during  the  in- 
terregnum, was  only  moderate,  owing 
to  the  absurd  restrictions  against  build- 
ing in  the  out-parishes,  which  were 
only  taken  off  towards  the  close  of  the 
latter  period.  It  was  afterwards  as- 
tonishing, being  stated  in  an  account 
received  by  Vestry  from  the  Church- 
.  watdens  in  171 1  (and  which  was  taken 
pursuant  to  the  Act  of  Parliament  for 
building  Churches)  at  Sggg  house- 
keepers, whereof  there  were  269  gen- 
tlemen, 1923  tradesmen,  and  80?  poor 
housekeepers,  making,  upon  an  aver- 
age of  about  7  persons  to  each  house, 
21,000  inhabitants. 

At  the  end  of  the  reign  of  James  I. 
the  number  of  houses  mentioned  in 
the  rate-book  was  only  897*  At  the 
latter  end  of  the  reign  of  Charles  II. 
it  had  increased  to  more  than  2000. 
In  the  reign  of  Anne,  the  number  of 
houses  amounted  to  up\\*ard8  of  3000, 
although  the  Seven  Dials,  and  its 
neighbourhood,  was  then  unfinished. 
In  1801  the  number,  including  Blooms- 
bury,  was  S681  ;  in  1811  it  amounted 

to  4828;  and  in  1821,  to  The 

total  yearly  rent  of  the  houses  in  St. 
Giles  s  and  Bloomsbury,  as  charged 
to  the  poor's  rate  for  the  year,  amount- 
ed, in  1730,  to  58,26//.;  for  176O,  to 

6l,067/.;  for  179>»  to  107,939/-;  for 
1801,  to  128,068/.;  and  for  1811,  to 
213,260/. 

The  number  and  expenses  of  the 
poor  in  different  years,  is  only  to  be 
estimated  from  circumstances,  except 
in  occasional  instances.  In  the  year 
1642  the  whole  disbursement  for.  the 
poor  amounted  only  to  53/.  13^.  3d. ; 
the  total  of  money  received  on  account 
of  the  Church  and  Parish  was  82/.  2s. 
Sd. ;  the  disbursemeut  for  Church  and 
Parish  the  same  year  was  41/.  6s.  3d. 
making  the  whole  amount  of  money 
received  for  Church,  Parish,  and  Poor, 
123/.  16*.  7d.  The  total  disburse- 
ments for  the  same  were  96/.  19*.  6d. 
So  that  there  remained   in    the   ac- 


countant's hands  a  sur))lus  of  26/.  17«. 
id.  In  1649  there  was  laid  out  for 
the  poor  173/.  3*.  4c/.  In  1 676  there 
was  distributed  on  the  same  account 
by  the  Churchwardens  446/.  I2f.  ?</. 
and  by  the'  Overseers  1,320/.  making 
a  total  of  1.766/.  12f.  7d.  And  the 
following  year  the  whole  money  ex- 
pended in  supporting  the  Poor  was 
2,103/.  3s,  \0d.  Its  amount  for  the 
like  purpose  in  1817,  was  no  less  than 
the  enormous  sum  of  39>1 16/.  Qs. 

The  details  respecting  the  very  early 
state  of  the  parish  are  extremely  cu- 
rious. 

In  the  flourishing  periods  of  St. 
Giles's  Hospital,  tiearly  the  whole  of 
the  parishioners  were  the  tenants  of 
that  establishment,  which  then  own- 
ed most  of  the  land  in  the  parish,  to- 
gether with  the  manor  of  St.  Giles. 
They  are  stated  to  have  been  of  va- 
rious descriptions,  and  to  have  held 
greater  or  lesser  quantities  of  ground, 
according  to  their  conditions  and  cir- 
cumstances. Few  of  them,  however, 
possessed  more  than  two  acres  in  one 
situation,  and  more  generally  but  one, 
or  half  an  acre.  These  portions  of 
land  were  for  the  most  part  laid  out 
in  curtilages  or  gardens^  and  had 
dwellings  attached.    The  uncultivated 

f)arts  consisted  of  pasture  and  marsh 
and. 

The  whole  parish  was  divided,  as 
at  present,  into  North  and  South,  by 
the  ereat  thoroughfare  of  High-street 
and  Holborn.  The  former  was  called 
^y  different  names,  as  Sl  GileiV 
street,  the  King*s  high-way  leadine 
from  London  toTyburn,  &c.  It  haa 
a  common  spring  or  condoit  in  the 
the  middle  ot  it,  and  at  the  end,  op- 
posite Drury-lane,  a  stone-cross.  Be- 
yond ran  Holborn,  and  terminated 
with  the  parish  itself,  near  the  bars 
of  the  Old  Temple,  which  stood  on 
the  East  side  of  Chancery*lane.  This 
parish,  from  lying  on  the  outside  of 
these,  was  hence  denominated  St. 
Giles  without  the  Bars,  &c.  and  which 
addition  preceded  that  of  *'  in  the 
Fields,'*  by  which  name  it  was  after- 
wards distinguished.  The  other  great 
streets  were  Crown-street,  at  the  West 
end  of  the  Church,  which  was  then 
called  '*01d.street'*  (Eldestrate),  and 
which  led  entirely  throosh  fields  to 
Westminster  (uniting  at  its  termina- 
tion with  St.  MartinVlane),  "  Le 
Lane,*'  now  Monmouth -street,  and 
the  via  de  Aldewych,  or  present  Dmiy* 
lane.    The  minor  ways  or  paths,  of 


FART  I.] 


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which  there  were  several  intertectiog 
other  fiartsofthe  parish,  have  no  <Ii»-> 
tinguishin^  names  in  the  old  grants. 

The  principal  road  sides  were  not 
only  bordered  hy  ditches,  but  the  les- 
ser ways.  The  chief  of  them  was 
**  Blemund*S:dyke,"  called  in  after* 
times  *' Blotmisbury  -  ditch/'  and 
''Southampton-sewer/'  which  divid- 
ed the  two  manors  of  St.  Giles'  and 
Hioomsbury.  The  next  was  the 
"  Marshland-ditch/*  afterwards  "  Cock 
and  Fye-ditch,"  and  enclosed  the 
whole  of  the  present  Seven  Dials. 
**  Spencer's-ditch/*  the  other  princi- 
pl  one,  ran  behind  the  houses  on  the 
South  side  of  Hoi  born,  and  was  so 
called  from  its  contiguity  to  land  of  a 
great  family  of  the  name  of  Spencer 
or  Di&|)cnser,  formerly  parishioners. 
Each  of  these  ditches,  besides  others 
of  minor  consequence  which  sepa- 
rated the  grounds  of  the  different  in- 
habitants, are  to  be  traced  in  the  pre- 
sent coniuion  sewers. 

The  houses,  though  confined  to  par- 
ticular sfiots,  stood  princifuilly  on  the 
North  side  of  St.  GilesVsireet,  and 
the  South  side  of  Holborn.  They  are 
stated  in  the  leases  granted  of  them  by 
the  Hospital,  to  have  been,  for  the 
most  part,  shops;  and  the  nature  of 
the  trades  carried  ou  in  several  of  them 
may  be  guessed  at,  by  the  description 
of  persons  who  occur  as  |iarties  or  wit- 
nesses. Amonc;  them  are,  Reginald 
le  Tculleur,  William  le  Chandelier, 
C'crvasc  le  Lyngedrap,  Robert  Cordi- 
vac,  William  le  Mason,  and  others. 
The  next  best-inhabited  part  seems  to 
have  been  on  the  East  side  of  Drury- 
lane,  or  site  of  the  present  Lewkcnor's- 
lane,  Parker's-sireet,  &c.  The  prin- 
cit>ai  residences  were  the  mansion  of 
William  Blemund  or  Blemonte,  from 
whom  the  manor  of  "  Blemundes- 
bury,*'  or  Bloomsbury,  took  its  name, 
and  three  or  four  inns  or  houses  of 
entertainment.  Among  the  latter  were 
the  Broche  Hose,  the  Swan  on  the 
Hop,  and  the  Rose. 

Like  several  of  the  other  parishes  in 
the  suburbs,  the  greater  part  of^the 
soil  at  the  early  period  s|)oken  of  was 
marshy.  This  is  not  only  indicated 
by  the  ditches  which  it  was  intercepted 
with,  but  by  the  various  nlacet  in  its 
vicinity  which  terminate  tneir  names 
with  the  addition  of  bourne  or  brook, 
as  Ty-bourne,  We%i-bourne,  Mary-le- 
boume.  Old- Z-oume,  &c. ;  and  by  the 
mention  of  ponds  in  different  parts  of 


the  parish,  at  which  Tarioos  aceidentf 
are  stated  to  have  happened,  and  somQ 
of  which  existed  almost  within  me« 
mory.  Such  were  "  Marlyn's-pond,** 
"Capper's. pond,"  "  Smith's- pond, *» 
&c. ;  all  of  which  stood  iii  wnat  are 
now  the  most  populous  parts. 

To  the  foundation  of  St.  Giles's 
Hospital,  by  Matilda,  Queen  of  Henry 
I.  in  the  year  1101,  is  probably  to  be 
attributed  the  first  draining  of  the 
land,  and  the  formation  for  that  pur- 
pose of  the  various  ditches  mentioned. 
Before  this  period  a  small  chapel  or 
oratory  only  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
present  parish  Church,  of  which  one 
John,  bona  mcmorut,  is  said  in  the 
Charter  of  Henry  II.  to  have  been 
chaplain.  With  that  establishment 
the  district  was  erected  into  an  inde- 
pendent parish,  of  which  the  former 
had  the  advowson,  and  of  coarse  new. 
residents  were  attracted.  Accordingly, 
Fitz-Stephens  notices  this  portion  of 
the  suburbs  as  abounding  in  his  time 
with  gardens  and  residences  of  the  Ci- 
tizens of  London,  and  enlivened  with 
corn-fields,  water-mills,  and  other  ra* 
ral  appendages.  These  residences  and 
gardens,  as  appears  from  the  hospital 
grifnts,  kept  on  increasing  till  the 
whole,  about  the  reign  of  John,  and 
for  ages  afterwards,  presented  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  considerable  and  popn- 
ious  hamlet. 

Such  is  stated  to  have  been  the  very 
early  state  of  Sl  Giles's  parish.  Its 
lands,  for  the  most  part  pasture,  or 
covered  with  gardens  and  cottages,  di- 
vided by  ditches,  and  crossed  by  roads 
and  ways  of  a  character  completely 
rural.  Heighteninji;  these  features  of 
rusticity,  lay  its  high  street  bordered 
with  country  shops,  and  venerable 
from  its  ancient  stone  cross  and  hos- 

Kital ;  accoin pan i menu  which  must 
ave  given  to  the  whole  a  consider- 
able share  of  picturesque  effect,  and 
have  rendered  the  denomination  of 
"  Filla  Sancii  Egidii,'*  by  which  it 
is  generall/  recognised  in  old  writ- 
ings, strictly  appropriate. 

Of  iu  modern  slate,  from  the  dis- 
solution of  the  hospital  downwards, 
there  are  numeroos  interesting  details. 

I'he  first  alteration  in  the  appear- 
ance and  population  of  the  parish, 
seems  to  nave  taken  plaCe  sometime 
previously  to  the  dissolution  of  the 
hospital,  and  was  occasioned  princi- 
plly  by  the  extinction  of  the  small 
landholdert,  whose  eitAtet  had  become 


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t^n  Pialmody  in  Churchts, 


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Tested  m  that  foandation,  and  been 
let  out  in  large  plots  of  ground  to  par- 
ticular tenants.  A  large  inn,  which 
stood  at  the  corner  of  Drury-lane,  call- 
ed the  "  White  Hart,"  for  instance, 
enjoyed  near  that  time  most  of  the 
once-inhabited  site  of  Lewkenor's-lane, 
Parker's-street,  &c.  before-mentioned, 
mrbich  had  changed  its  name  from 
Aldewych  Close  to  White-hart  Close ; 
and  other  large  [lortions  of  ground 
were  occupied  by  a  few  individuals. 
So  that  in  the  grant  niade  of  the  hos- 
pital possessions  here  by  Henry  VIII. 
the  greater  jmrt  is  described  as  pasture 
and  marsh-land ;  verifying  the  lines  of 
Goldsmith, 

*'  One  only  master  grasps  the  wide  domain, 
And  half  a  tillage  stints  the  smiling  plain.'* 

This  paucity  of  dwellings  and  in- 
habitants contmued  till  late  in  the  reign 
of  Elizabeth,  as  may  be  seen  by  the 
plans  of  London  of  Kalph  Aggar,  and 
Hogenberg,  both  taken  near  tne  mid- 
dle of  that  reign.  In  these,  the  en- 
tire sites  of  Great  Queen-street,  and 
thence  Northwards  to  the  back  of 
Holborn,  LincoInVinn-fields,  Long- 
acre,  ^ven-dials,  and  nearly  the  whole 
of  Bloomsbury,  is  represented  as  fields. 
On  the  site  of  the  hospital  alone  there 
appears  a   new  cluster  of  buildings, 

Ktrily  encompassed  by  remains  of  the 
osnital  wall. 

From  this  period  Holborn  besan  to 
be  connected  with  St.  Giles's  by  build- 
ing ;  Drury-lane,  described  to  have  been 
mirvand  nearly  impassable  **  by  reason 
of  tue continual  rode  there,'*  was  paved, 
and  near  the  Church,  as  well  as  else- 
where, dwellings  began  fast  to  multi- 
ply. Their  amazing  increase  afterwards 
has  been  described. 

Mr.  Urban,  June  \2. 

AS  your  excellent  Magazine  is 
chiefly  taken  in  by  those  who 
are  the  best  friends  of  Church  and 
State,  permit  me  to  occupy  a  column 
of  it  in  calling  the  public  attention 
eenerally,  and  that  of  the  higher  or- 
ders of  our  Clergy  in  particular,  to  an 
innovation  in  the  service  of  the  Es- 
tablished Church,  which,  from  fa- 
shion it  may  be,  or  perhaps  from  the 
alleged  increase  of  knowledge  and  li- 
beral it  jr  in  these  times,  is  unfortunately 
iBcreasing,  and  ought  certainly  to  be 
dimiQished. 

The  innovation  I  allude  to  is  the 
BMiMter  of  selecting  aiKi  of  singing  the 


Psalms  and  Hymns  for  the  puri)oset 
of  Public  Worship.  This  is  done,  1 
am  sorry  to  observe,  to  'the  annoyance 
of  many  well-disposed  persons,  who 
admire  the  Psalms  of  David  as  set 
forth  by  authority,  and  who  would 
gladly  join  their  voices,  as  they  have 
been  accustomed  to  do,  if  the  tunes, 
as  heretofore,  were  at  all  fuuiiliar  to 
their  ear. 

But  the  fact.  Sir,,  is,  that  not  only 
are  these  Tunes  unknown  to  them, 
but  are  frequently  of  such  a  descrip- 
tion as  to  be  little  calculated  either 
to  administer  to  sober  meditation,  or 
to  beget  serious  impressions.  They 
are  many  of  them  of  a  cast  far  too 
lively  and  volatile  for  the  words  to 
which  they  are  joined,  and  for  the 
purposes  they  are  intended  to  serve; 
to  say  nothing  of  the  ordinary  source 
of  talent  from  which  they  occasionally 
emanate.  The  very  language  too  is 
in  some  cases  changed,  and  as  far  as 
it  departs  from  the  solemn  phraseology 
of  our  Prayer-book  versions  of  the 
Psalms,  I  feel  assured.  Sir,  you  will 
agree  with  me  that  it  is  not  changed 
for  the  better. 

In  these  innovations  our  Establish- 
ed Orthodox  Church  is  following,  but 
too  closely,  the  example  of  the  Me- 
thod istical  Chapels,  where,  among  the 
sectaries  of  various  denominations, 
sound  ofteii  supplies  the  place  of  sense, 
and  the  harmony  of  their  singing  al- 
lures to  the  fanaticism  of  their  preach- 
ing. In  these  places  of  worship  se- 
lections are  made  almost  at  pleasure, 
and  at  pleasure  are  changed,  the  de- 
\'otion  of  to-morrow  frequenUj  breath- 
ing a  very  different  spirit  from  that  of 
to-day  ;  and  in  their  Psalms  and  Hymns 
new  tunes  are  substituted,  which  only 
the  Clerk  and  Charity*ohildren,  who 
are  previously  taught,  can  vrith  the 
least  propriety  attempt  to  ting^. 

Who,  Mr.  Urban,  with  common 
patience  can  listen  to  the  Pbalmody 
now  set  up  in  many  of  our  Established 
Churches,  where  the  Old  Hundred, 
and  many  other  grand  tunes,  are  re- 
jected to  make  room  for  the  meagre 
compositions  of  some  pet^  performer. 
They  may  tell  ns  that  eren  Handel's 
music  has,  among  modem  amateurs, 
lost  much  of  its  earlier  inflococe.  It 
has  so ;  but  this  rather  pmves  the 
decay  of  taste  in  our  own  ttmes,  ihan 
any  defect  of  sublimity  i*  his  compo- 
sitions. They  will  stand  the  test  of 
judgment  and  reaaon  in.  all  ages.  His 


f AST  t.]                    Pialmodifj^Om  Pirmm^  Beauty.  Mo 

vrat  a  mighty  genias,  whioh  aitimi-  nitiv«1y  deMaiidt»  it  Wo«y  •HMMiallji 

lated  with  the  awfulnew  of  Holy  Wril  benefit  religiout  wonbip^  and  aaiiiiait 

a  commenturate  awfulnen  of  harnioay  many  wellHdUpottd  pcraoot*  who»  like 

in  cxprcatioD.    The  ineludiet  of  Scrip-  the  writer,  are  membtft  of  our  old 

tore,  as  thev  come  out  of  his  hands,  and  excellent  Established  Church, 

were  indeed  truly  divine.  Yours,  &c.                                  B. 

I   heard  a  ClergymaQ  once  say  he  ^     ■ 

was  about  to  publish  a  Geniiemonly  Mr.  IJRBAjir,                      JunelO, 

translation  of  the  Acts  of  tbe  Apostles  A  MONG  the  curreni  observatiooa 

and  St.  Paul's  speech.   I  suppose  upon  I\  on   the  living  maanefs  as  they 

such  a  ground  it  is  that  the  repeated  rise,  the  subject  of  Beauty  affbrdt  a 

alterations  I  allude  to  are  adventured  wide  extent,  which  secme  not  prone 

upon.    Any  comparisou,  however,  he-  to  decline,  at  least  in  thb  country, 

tween  these  new  and  our  old  version  Nature  has  certainly  given  the  palm 

of  the  Psalms  will  only  tend  to  shew  to  the  female  face  and  form,  and  wtih- 

"the  nakedness  of  the  land,*' and  how  in   the  last  century  much  more  hat 

hazardous  it  is  to  depart  from  a  faith-  been  done  to  secure  it  than  at  any  for- 

ful  expression  of  the  solemn  sense  of  mer  period.    The  ravages  of  the  small 

Scripture.     What  sliould  we  think  of  pox  are  now  unseen  on  any  face  in 

any  one  who  should  uropose  an  alte-  this  land,  except  it  be  on  those  of  tho 

ration  in  that  divine  abstract  of  Chris-  remains  of  a  former  day.    InocuUtioa, 

tian  devotion,  the  Lord's  Prayer?     If  and  subsequently  Vaccination,    have 

we  are  to  continue  the  reading  of  the  now  effected  what  our  ancestors  never 

old  sublime  Psalms  of  David,  which  suggested  in  this  respect,  and  thus  all 

no  person  of  taste  can  ever  wish  to  our    modern    women    have    become 

see  superseded,  it  ought  certainly  to  lovely.    But  it  it  not  so  with  the  men; 

be    accompanied    by   the   singing  of  the  time  has  gone  by  when  they  oscd 

either  the  new  or  the  old  version  of  to  be  proud  of  personal  dignity^  (^ 

the  same  Psalms.  tureSk  and  figure,  which  are  now  Ual 

I  see.  Sir,  by  the  Papers,  that  the  in  a  general  familiarity  of  deportment 
Bp.  of  VVinchester  has  declared  **  that  and  dress!  the  grave  and  dignified  baa 
in  the  absence  of  the  Vicar,  soch  given  way  to  the  affable,  the  courteous^ 
Psalms  should  be  sung  in  the  Church  and  condescending,-»all  very  agree* 
as  the  Curate  should  point  out,  that  able  it  is  true ;  but  it  has  reduced  that 
the  tckole  of  the  tervice  should  be  kh-  personal  power  which  once  gave  dig- 
ger the  direction  of  the  officiaiing  CUr-  nity  and  respect  to  the  figure  and  he*, 
gyman,  and  that  Clerks  and  Organists  haviour :  plain  and  usly  men  were 
are  not  to  direct  what  is  to  be  sun^,  then  much  more  rare  than  at  present^ 
but  to  follow  the  orders  of  the  Mi-  so  much  so,  that  they  were  mentioned 
nistcr.'*  as  rarities ;  it  is  now  rare  to  see  a  matt 

Such  being  the  case,  a  resident  Mi-  of  fine  figure  and  beautiful  features t 

nistcr  might  take  tli^  trouble  (tf  se-  and  indeed  we  respect  him  leas  for  hia 

lectin^  the   most  appropriate   Psalms  beauty,  but  more  tor  hb  merit, 

and  Hymns  upon  every  occasion  for  Peusson,  the  hbtoricM;rapher  to  the 

the  Clerk  to  give  out,  and  might  re-  King  and  Academy  of  France,  had  so 

comuiend  to  a  congregation  generally  unfavourable  a  countenance,  that  the 

to  join  in  them,  as  is  done  in  Mary-  Marchioness  of  Sevign^said,  that  '*  he 

le-bonc  Church.    This  would  have  a  assumed  too  much  of  men's  privilege 

much  more  solemn  effect  on  the  feel-  of  being  ugly.'*    The  French  womea 

ings    than   the  standing  to  hear   the  were  always  said  to  have  favoured  po- 

Children  of  National  Schools,  whose  lished   and   handsome   men,  and   by 

time  is  wasted  in  learning  to  sing  in  their    courteous   preference,   to   have 

parts,  and  where,  in  my  opinion,  all  rendered  them  vain.     When  a  pretty 

excitation  to  reli;;ious  fervour  is  abso-  Frenchman  in  his  early  travels  came 

lutely  annihilated.  to  England,  when  you  and  I,  dear  Ur- 

If,  Sir,  our  Bishops  and  Archdea-  ban,   were  upon  our  preferment,  he 

cons  (men  for  the  most  part  exceed-  was  so  much  leas  admired  here  thao 

ingly  "clear  in  their  f^rirat   office")  in  his  own  country,  that  he  complaia* 

would  in   their  respective  Visitations  ed  of  the  English  sicket6,  and  longed 

and  Charges  to  the  Clergy,  think  pro-  to  return  to  his  bebved  Paris.    Jt  ia 

per  to  give  such  directions  upon  this  now  observable,  almost  to  a  pres'crby 

subject  at  tho  imporuncc  of  u  impe-  that  tbe  pooltkstEiigtithwionioi  attach 


eoo 


On  Personal  Beautf. 


[xcrr. 


themselves  to  and  marry  the  ugliest  men ; 
and  there  is  scarcely  any  one  of  gene- 
ral acquaintance  who  does  not  remark 
this  in  his  own  circle.  Thus  the  wo- 
men do  nol  grow  jealous  of  their  hus- 
band's person,  and  the  husbands  arc 
flattered  with  the  compliment  of  pos- 
sessing a  beautiful  wife.  Perhaps  there 
is  scarcely  any  instance  of  youne  wo- 
men falhng  in  love  with  handsome 
men;  they  prefer  the  greater  manliness 
and  character  of  those  features  in  their 
husbands  which  are  quite  unadorned, 
except  when  alighted  at  the  altar  of 
iheir  beauty.  But  it  is  not  so  with 
women  in  advancing  life,  they  would 
not  hesitate  of  two  offers  to  lake  the 
handsomest  man,  though  with  less  for- 
tune, because  it  would  prove  that  iheic 
own  beauty  had  not  declined,  or  that 
they  had  sufficient  merit  to  attract  re- 
gard. 

Martina  was  in  the  wane  of  55 
y^ears, — she  had  in  early  life  refused  a 
very  fair  proposal  from  a  young  gen- 
tleman whose  manners  were  not  sufli- 
cienily  polished  for  her  society :  he 
married  another  lady,  who  took  the 
trouble  to  polish  him,  and  they  lived 
happily  until  death !  Martina  never 
forgave  her  own  improvident  refusal ; 
the  lived  lill  an  opportunity  offered, 
most  unexpectedly,  to  retrieve  the 
cause  of  her  regret,  but  it  was  almost 
too  late,  and  she*  who  had  of  late  years 
accustomed  herself  to  decry  matri- 
mony, and  to  cherish  causes  for  de- 
spising the  men,  now  found  herself 
almost  overwhelmed  in  difficulty,  whe- 
ther to  reject  the  present  opportunity. 
While  she  was  pondering  and  taking 
counsel  of  her  maiden  aunt  of  about 
ten  years  her  elder,  it  was  intimated 
that  another  friend,  if  encouraged, 
would  aspire  to  her  hand, — the  whole 
current  of  her  circulation  was  thereby 
so  quickened,  that  her  former  gravity 
and  discontent  were  suddenly  trans- 
formed into  gaiety  of  heart,  agreeable 
manners,  smarter  dress,  and  more 
lively  demeanour;  the  world,  which 
for  her  had  hitherto  worn  a  sable  hue, 
and  life  become  of  small  value,  was 
DOW  discovered  to  be  daily  illuminated 
by  the  Sun,  and  every  passing  day  so 
filled  with  cheerfulness,  that  death 
was  put  off  to  another  lustrum,  and 
the  boys  were  all  amiable,  and  the 
men  made  up  of  nothing  but  manly 
and  virtuous  qualities.  Her  daily  mir- 
ror, which  had  presented  the  truth, 
ftill    shewed     some     honest    defects 


which  truth  could  not  hide,  but  the 
eye  which  now  looked  upon  it  was 
loo  dim  to  discover  them ; — the  greater 
merit  shone  in  the  pleasing  but  diffi- 
cult power  of  disj)ensing  between  the 
two  aspirants  to  ner  favours, — but  the 
same  dimness  prevente<l  her  from  even 
discovering  in  herself  the  real  charm 
of  their  attraction ; — Martina  had  an 
excellent  fortune  in  land  and  Bank 
stock !  Her  lovers  had  neither,  but 
they  professed  that  all  they  had  was 
hers;  they  were  both  good  men,  and 
exercised  their  talents,  one  in  the 
Church,  and  the  other  in  physic.  The 
Churchman  had  attractions  and  merit, 
but  had  the  misfortune  to  be  far  re- 
moved from  all  chance  of  a  mitre,  and 
moreover  he  was  proverbially  plain  i 
the  Doctor  was  a  lively  man,  of  ten 
years  earlier  life,  and  had  a  sparkling 
eye,  florid  complexion,  and  was  much 
oftener  called  into  council  for  the  tot- 
tering body,  than  his  rival  was  for  the 
shattered  soul ;  besides,  he  seemed  to 
know  a  thing  or  two  which  the  parson 
had  never  attained.  She  turnea  away 
from  the  Churchman,  and  gave  her 
hand  to  the  Doctor.  She  was  proud 
of  her  choice,  and  every  congratula- 
tion to  her  husband  was  embellished 
in  her  own  ears  as  a  compliment  to 
herself.  They  lived  happily  while  her 
fortune  lasted,  and  in  ner  widowhood 
of  poverty  she  first  learnt  that  she  had 
been  mistaken  in  her  choice;  while  her 
friend  the  parson  in  his  old  age  admi- 
nistered to  her  the  cup  of  consolation ! 
She  had  not  known  until  then  the 
correctness  of  Des  Cartes*  maxim; 
**  never  to  decide  on  the  smallest  case 
before  it  is  clearly  and  distinctly 
known.''  Had  she  applied  it  to  her 
judgment  on  persons,  she  had  saved 
ner  fortune. 

The  female  reader  will  now  exercise 
her  j  udgmen  t,  whether  this  case  is  likely 
to  be  a  symbol  of  the  truth.    A.  H. 


I: 


Mr.  Urban,  June  13. 

TO  those  of  your  readers  who  may 
be  considerate  Landlords,  allow 
me  to  submit  the  following  questions, 
with  their  answers : 

1 .  Does  not  the  practice  of  letting 
land  in  large  farms,  coutribute  to  keep 
up  the  price  of  corn?. 

Yes;  by  placing  its  cultivation  in 
the  hands  ot  a  few  wealthy  men,  who 
can  a  fiord  to  store  it,  and  thus  in- 
fluence the  market. 

2.  Is  not  a  large  farmer  able  to  pro- 


PART  I J        On  thi  Disinm  mmMgH  Agrieulkarmi  Iriowrtri. 


001 


duce  a  gfctter  ipiantitj  of  corn  oo  a 
given  track  of  liuid»  tban  a  tmall  far- 
mer? 

No  I  he  may  prodacc  a  certain  ouan* 
tity  of  com  bv  a  more  economical  me- 
thod»  but  he  ooet  not  produce  a  greater 
quantity  of  com  on  a  given  track  of 
land. 

3.  Who  then  profits  by  the  improved 
process  uf  the  large  farmer  ? 

Himself  alone. 

4.  Does  not  the  system  of  hr^ 
farms  reduce  the  quantity  of  provi- 
sions of  various  sorts  raised  for  the 
country  markets  ? 

Yes;  the  raising  of  provisions  for 
the  market,  the  two  grand  articles  of 
cattle  and  corn  eacepted,  is  beneath 
the  attention  of  the  large  farmer. 

6.  Does  not  the  letting  of  land  in 
large  farms  give  the  farmer  too  great  a 
power  oyer  the  labourer  ? 

Yes ;  by  reducing  the  number  of 
those  who  have  employment  to  aive. 

6.  Does  not  a  given  track  of  land, 
portioned  out  into  small  farms,  main- 
tain a  greater  number  of  individuals 
than  when  cultivated  in  one  large 
farm? 

Yes ;  because  the  number  of  persona 
employed  on  a  farm  is  not  in  a  ratio 
with  iu  extent.  Let  us  suppose  a  track 
o(  land  cultivated  in  a  single  farm.  It 
supports  a  farmer  and,  independently 
of  labourers,  say  five  servants.  Let  us 
suppose  the  same  track  of  land  divided 
into  dvt  farms ;  here  are  five  farmers, 
each  of  whom,  inde|M:iulfntly  of  day 
labourers,  must  have  a  ct'riain  number 
of  servants,  say  three.  Here  are  80 
|>eople  maintained,  instead  of  six.  Add 
to  tnis,  that  the  large  farmer  will  em- 
ploy only  one  tailor,  one  shoemaker, 
and  so  on  ;  while  the  five  small  farmers 
^vill  employ  probably  five  tailors,  and 
five  shoemakers. 

7.  Does  not  the  system  of  letting 
land  in  large  farms  tend  to  lower  the 
moral  character  of  the  agricultural  la- 
bourers ? 

Yes ;  by  depriving  them  of  that 
great  stimulus  to  industr)*,  economy, 
and  good  conduct,  the  |>rospect  of 
ameliorating  their  condition.  When 
land  was  more  generally  divided  into 
small  farms  than  at  present,  a  farm 
servant  might  hope,  in  some  years  of 
lal>orious  service,  to  save  a  little  sum 
of  money  sufficient  to  stock  a  small 
farm.  This  prospect  elevated  his  cha- 
racter, saved  him  from  the  contagion 

Gknt.  Mag.  Sufpl.  XCVI.  Part  1, 

D 


of  manv  low  ncei,  and  |iarlkitlariy  in-, 
•piled  him  with  fesdotion  to  avoid 
that  bane  of  mttio  happtocn,  the  tiI- 
laM  ale-house. 

But  how  can  a  farm*tenrant  or  la« 
bonrer  hope  ever  to  be  able  to  stock  a 
larae  &rm?  He  finds  himself  tied 
for  life  to  his  condition.  Having  no 
powerful  motive  to  economy  and  good 
conduct,  he  naturally  seizes  what  pre* 
sent  gratifications  lie  within  his  reach, 
— >he  finds  a  momentary  solace  in  the 
ale-house,  and  hence  to  the  parish 
workhouse !  Tlie  transition  is  easy. 
Yours,  &c.  Zt 

Ok  risistivo  thi  EFrscra 

OP  FiRB. 

THE  public  attention  has  been  re» 
cently  directed  to  some  wonderful 
feats  of  a  Mons.  Chabert,  who,  about 
six  years  a^o,  exhibited  in  Pall  Mall, 
as  a  Russian.  Iii  the  art  of  resisting 
fire,  and  swallowing  boiling  liquids, 
active  poisons,  &c.  he  certainly  sur- 
passes all  the  charlatans  of  this  or  any 
preceding  age.  On  Saturday,  the  3d 
of  June,  M.  Chabert  made  the  expe- 
riment at  White  Conduit  House,  of 
entering  iiito  a  hot  oven,  tpgefhep 
with  a  quantity  of  meat,  sufficient, 
when  cooked,  to  regale  those  of  hi^ 
friends  who  were  specially  invited  tq 
witness  his  performance.  Mr.  C.  prer 
viotisly  ordered  three  l^rg^  faggots  of 
wood,  which  is  the  quantity  generally 
used  by  bakers,  to  be  thrown  into  the 
oven,  and  they  being  set  on  fire,  twelve 
more  faggots  of  the  same  si^  wer^ 
subsequently  added  to  them,  which 
being  all  consuriied  by  three  o'clock, 
Mr.  C.  entered  the  oven  with  a  dish 
of  raw  meat,  and  when  it  wu  suffi- 
ciently done,  he  handed  it  out,  took 
in  another,  and  remained  therein  un- 
til the  second  quantity  was  also  well 
cooked ;  he  then  came  out  of  the  oven, 
and  sat  down  to  partake,  with  a  re- 
spectable assembly  of  friends,  of  those 
viands  he  had  so  closely  attended  dur<r 
ing  the  culinary  process. 

The  power  of  resistiogthe  action  of 
heat  (says  the  Literary  t^kranicU)  baa 
been  claimed  or  poMcwed  by  indivi.v 
duals  in  all  a^es.  At  first  it  was  sop- 
posed  to  be  miraculous,  and  owing  lo 
the  immediate  interposition  of  the 
Deity.  It  has  eren  been  admitted,  in 
couru  of  justice,  as  a  conclusive  proof 
of  guilt  on  some  occasions,  apd  of  ith 


e(A                           On  resitting  the  Effects  of  Fire.                     [xcti. 

nocence  or  superior  sanctity  in  others,  plicios  suffered  by  the  ooottancy  of 
An  exceedingly  minute  and  interest-  bis  wife^s  affection,  and  it  was  ru- 
ing account  of  the  fire  ordeal  of  the  moured  that  the  Bishop  persisted  in 
Hindoos  was  given  in  the  Astatic  Re-  opposition  to  the  ecclesiastical  canons 
searches  by  the  celebrated  Governor  to  taste  of  the  sweets  of  matrimony ; 
Hastings  $  and  in  the  Antigone  of  So-  upon  which  his  wife,  in  the  presence 
phocles,  the  guards  accused  of  neglect  of  a  great  concourse  of  people,  took  up 
DY  Creon,  to  prove  their  innocence,  a  considerable  quantity  of  burning 
offered  to  handle  hot  iron  or  walk  coals,  which  she  held  in  her  clothes, 
through  fire ;  and  Virgil  tells  us,  that  and  applied  to  her  breasts,  without 
the  priests  of  Apollo,  who  attended  the  least  hurt  to  her  person  or  her  gar- 
the  temple  on  Mount  Soracte,  had  the  ments,  as  the  legend  says,  and  her  ex- 
faculty  of  walking  with  naked  feet  amole  bein^  followed  by  her  husband, 
over  burning  coals,  and  Varro  affirms,  with  the  like  success,  the  multitude 
that  they  were  rendered  insusceptible  admired  the  miracle,  and  proclaimed 
of  the  effects  of  fire  only  by  means  of  the  innocence  of  the  loving  pair.  A 
a  composition.  The  priests  of  the  similar  trick,  as  Mosheim  terms  it, 
temple  of  the  goddess  Feronia  were  was  played  by  St.  Brice  in  the  fifth 
were  not  less  dexterous ;  and  Strabo  century.  The  Empress  Maria  of  Ar- 
tells  us,  that  this  drew  every  year  a  ragon,  wife  of  Otho  III.  had  accused 
great  number  of  curious  people  to  visit  a  young  Italian  Count  of  having  en- 
and  enrich  the  temple.  The  city  of  deavoured  to  seduce  her,  and  he  was 
Thyane  had  a  temple  dedicated  to  put  to  death  ;  but  his  widow,  with  the 
Diana  Persica,  whose  priestesses  could  head  of  her  husband  in  her  hand,  de- 
also  tread  with  impunity  on  the  hottest  manded  to  be  admitted  to  the  fiery  or- 
coals.  In  more  modern  times,  Spain  deal  in  order  to  prove  his  innocence, 
had  its  Saludadores  or  SantiguacUnres,  and  holding,  as  long  as  was  thought 
who  were  nothing  but  impostors,  pre-  necessary,  a  red  hot  bar  of  iron  with- 
tending  that  they  were  descended  from  out  being  burnt,  this  miracle  was  ad- 
St.  Catherine.  To  prove  their  illus-  mitted  as  proof,  and  the  Empress  was 
trious  origin,  they  showed  on  their  condemned  to  be  burnt  alire.  If  the 
body  the  impression  of  a  wheel,  called  Monkish  historians  tell  the  truth,  our 
themselves  incombustible,  and  ma-  Queen  Emma,  mother  of  Edward  the 
nased  fire  with  great  address.  Leonard  Confessor,  passed  unhurt  over  nine 
Vair  reports,  that  one  of  them  having  burning  plough-shares, 
been' in  good  earnest  shut  up  in  too  Another  form  of  trial,  attended  with 
hot  an  oven,  was  found  burnt  to  a  greater  ceremony,  was  that  undergone 
cinder  when  it  was  opened.  by  Luitprand,  a  Milanese  priest,  who. 
The  trial  by  fiery  ordeal,  which,  for  in  1103,  offered  to  prove  the  U-uth  of 
a  long  time,  the  criminal  jurisprudence  an  accusation  against  his  Bishop,  by 
of  Europe  tolerated,  to  those  who  did  walking  through  a  biasing  pile  of 
not  carry  arms,  as  a  mode  of  appealing  wood.  He  entered,  it  is  saio^  through 
to  God,  was  performed  in  various  volumes  of  flame,  which  divided  be* 
ways.  The  first,  which  was  used  by  fore  him,  and  came  out  amid  the  ac- 
the  nobles,  priests,  and  other  free  per-  damations  of  the  people.  It  was  re- 
sons,  was  the  trial  by  red  hot  iron.  It  marked,  however,  thai  his  hand  had 
consisted  in  carrying  a  bar  of  iron  received  some  injury  from  the  fire, 
about  three  pounds  in  weight,  heated  when  throwing  holy  water  and  in- 
to a  greater  or  less  degree,  according  to  cense  into  the  pile,  and  that  bb  foot 
the  nature  of  the  accusation,  and  to  a  was    bruised.     However,    this   proof 

S eater  or  less  distance,  according  to  was  thought  insufficient  by  the  Pope, 

e  sentence;  or  in  putting  the  hand  who  acquitted   the  Archbishop,     in 

into  a  red  hot  gauntlet,  or  in  walking  truth,  says  Duclos,  who  has  inserted 

over  hot  iron   bars  or  plough-shares,  an  able  essay  on  Trial  by  Duel  and 

from  nine  to  twelve  in  number.  the  Elements,  in  the  fifteenth  volume 

The  earliest  instance  of  the  fire  or-  of   the   Memoirs    of  the    Acadamie 

deal  in  Christendom  occurred  in  the  Royale  des  Inscriptions,  if  we  ooosi- 

fourth  century.    Simplicius,  Bishop  of  der  the  whole  story,  diminish  the  tise 

Autun,  had  married  before  his  promo-  and  brightness  of  the  pile,  md  inereaae 

tion,  and  his  wife,  unwilling  to  auit  the  injury  done  to  the  band  and  foot, 

him  after  his  promotion,  continuea  to  and  regard  the  sentence  of  the  Pope  at 

live  with  him.    The  sanctity  of  Sim-  directed  against  a  fanatic^  the  wonder 


f  ART  I.] 


Om  rmUiiMt  ^  Ef(Ki$  qf  Are. 


eOB 


of  thit  picteiided  minde  will  oeiM. 
Aldobnodini,  a  Florentine  Mook»  in 
the  eleventh  oentory,  elto  walked 
through  the  fire,  to  prove  an  accun- 
tion  against  hit  Bishop,  and  hence 
got  the  name  of  Petros  Igneus.  All 
trials  of  this  kind  were  condemned  by 
Pope  Etienne  V.  as  false  and  supersti- 
tiouSf  and  Frederick  II.  prohibited 
them  as  absurd  and  ridiculous.  These 
facts  are  now  quoted  to  show  that,  by 
a  little  management,  the  handling  of 
fire  has  always  been  practised,  ana  we 
need  not  add,  that  it  was  done  by  na- 
tural means,  and  not  by  any  miracle. 

In  the  time  of  the  ridiculous  quar- 
rel between  the  Dominicans  and  Fran- 
ciscans, one  of  the  former  proposed  to 
prove  the  sanctity  of  Jerome  Savona- 
rola, by  walking  through  a  blazing 
fire,  and  a  Cordelier  made  the  same 
ofier  to  prove  the  contrary ;  but  at  the 
sight  of  the  flames  they  both  ran  off. 
C^rge  Logothetus  also  tells  us  of  a 
roan  who  refused  to  submit  to  the 
fiery  ordeal,  saying,  he  was  no  charla- 
tan, and  when  the  Archbishop  pressed 
him,  he  sagaciously  replied,  that  he 
would  have  no  ob|cciion  to  take  the 
burning  bar,  provided  he  receited  it 
from  the  hands  of  his  eminence. 

As  the  minds  of  men  became  more 
enlightened,  the  miracle  of  the  resist- 
ance of  fire  was  disputed,  and  it  was 
referred  either  to  imposition  or  natu- 
ral causes.  Jerome  speaks  of  an  im- 
postor, calling  himself  th<:  Messiah, 
who  held  in  his  mouth  straw  on  fire, 
and  vomited  forth  flames,  and  by  this 
means  excited  the  Jews  to  revolt.  He 
was  put  to  death  after  the  capture  of 
Bettas. 

Itinerants  have,  however,  from  time 
to  time,  appeired,  who  have  exhibited 
feats  with  fire,  which  have  attracted 
the  notice  not  merely  of  the  vulgar, 
but  of  the  scientific.  An  Engliihinan 
of  the  name  of  Richardson,  seems  to 
have  attracted  great  notice  in  Paris 
about  l677>  by  hb  feats  with  fire, 
which  obtained  for  him  the  title  of 
the  incombustible  man  and  the  fire- 
eater.  He  announced  in  his  bills  the 
following  performances:  —  '1st.  He 
chews  live  coals,  which  may  be  seen 
burning  in  his  mouth  for  a  lone  time. 
2d.  He  melts  sulphur,— makes  it  burn 
in  his  hand, — and  then  puts  it,  while 
in  flames,  on  the  point  of  his  tongue, 
when  he  finishes  by  swallowing  it. 
3rd.  He  puts  a  burning  coal  on  his 
tongue,  on  which  he  cooks  a  piece  of 


raw.flcth,  or  an  oyster,  and  allows  it 
to  be  blown  with  bellowt  for  half  a 
quarter  of  an  hoar.  ^  4th.  He  hdds  a 
red  hot  bar  of  iron  in  his  hands  for  a 
long  time,  without  its  leaving  any 
roanc.  He  places  it  on  a  smoothing 
iron,  and  then  takes  it  in  his  mouth, 
and,  with  hb  teeth,  throws  it  against 
the  chimney  (near  which  the  experi- 
ment was  made),  with  as  much  force 
u  another  could  throw  a  stone.  6th. 
Lastly,  he  swallows  melted  glass  and 
pitch,  sulphur  and  wax  melted  toge- 
ther, and  in  flames,  so  that  the  flame 
comes  out  of  his  mouth,  and  thb  mix- 
ture makes  as  much  noise  in  hb  throat 
u  if  a  hot  iron  were  plnnged  in  water/ 
Richardson  further  promised,  when 
the  vreather  became  less  severe,  to 
walk  barefoot  on  red-hot  iron  plates, 
and  to  perform  some  other  fiBs^  no 
less  surprbing;  and  there  can  be  no 
doubt  that  he  seemed  lo  do  all  that  he 
promised ;  for,  in  the  Joomal  de  S^a- 
vans  for  1677,  there  b  an  attempt,  and 
with  considerable  success,  by  M.  Do- 
dart,  an  academician,  to  explain  every 
thing  Richardson  did  upon  rational 
principles.  Dr.Peyer,ofSchaffhaosen, 
also  probably  alludes  to  the  same  indi- 
vidiial,  in  a  letter  to  Dr.  Harder  de 
Ignivomo  circumforaneo,  dated  Octo- 
ber 1677.  <  Last  month  I  saw,  at  Ge- 
neva, an  EnglishoMO,  who  handled 
and  eat  fire  in  various  forms.  He  pnt 
into  his  month  burning  coals,  some- 
times alone,  sometimes  sprinkled  with 
sulphur,  to  make  them  bum  brighter, 
and  cnewed  and  swallowed  %em. 
Also,  he  applied  very  rapidly  a  hot 
iron  to  hb  tongue,  without  injuring  it. 
Lastly,  he  swallowed  common  wax, 
pitch,  sulphur,  and  sealing  wax  mixed, 
melted,  and  on  fire,  the  smoke  and 
flames  issuing  out  of  hb  mouth.  So 
strange  a  phenomenon  appeared  to 
some  a  miracle  and  astonisning,  and 
some  even  openly  accused  him  of  be- 
inff  assisted  oy  the  Devil.  Some  as- 
crtoed  the  whole  to  a  particular  com- 
position, capable  of  protecting  the' 
ton^e  and  mouth  a^iut  fire,  but 
which  nobody  had  seen  or  knew  any 
thing  about.  The  more  cautious  witn 
myself,  instructed  by  Hippocrates, 
thought  a  great  deal  depended  upon 
habit.' 

About  1754,  a  Mr.  Powell  seems  to 
have  had  celebrity  u  a  fire-eater  in 
England,  and,  in  one  of  hb  printed 
bills,  he  sutes,  that  he  had  cxbibited 
not  only  before  most  of  the  crowned 


004 


On  resUting  the  Effects  of  Fire. 


[xcvi. 


heads  in  Europe^  but  even  before  the 
Ro^al  Society  of  London,  and  was  dig- 
tiined  with  a  curious  and  very  ample 
silver  medal  bestowed  on  him  by  that 
learned  body,  as  a  testimony  of  their 
approbation,  for  eating  what  nobody 
else  could  eat.  Indeed,  his  wonderful 
performances  in  the  fire-eating  way 
appear  to  have  been  surprising. 

The  last  remarkable  instance  of  an 
incombustible  man,  previous  to  Sig- 
nora  Giraldelli  and  Ki.  Chabert,  oc- 
curred in  a  Spaniard,  Senor  Lionetto, 
who  exhibited  in  Paris  about  1803. 
He  afterwards  went  to  Naples,  where 
he  attracted  the  particular  notice  of 
Dr.  Sementini,  professor  of  chemis- 
try, who  gave  an  account  and  expla- 
tiation  of  his  performances. — *I  ap- 
proached as  near  to  him  as  possible, 
that  I  might  observe  minutely  what- 
ever was  mOst  particular  in  his  expe- 
)riments — of  which  the  following  is  an 
account : — Signor  Lionetto  Commenc- 
ed the  proof  of  his, incombustibility  by 
putting  over  his  head  a  thin  pkte  of 
red  hot  iron,  which,  at  least  in  appear- 
ance, did  not  alter  his  hair.  The  iron 
had  scarcely  come  in  contact  with  it, 
when  a  considerable  quantity  of  dense 
white  vapour  was  seen  to  arise.  A  se- 
cond plate  of  red  hot  iron  was  likewise 
passed  over  the  whole  extent  of  his 
arm  and  leg.  With  another  red  hot 
iron  he  struck  his  heel  and  the  point 
of  the  foot  repeatedly;  in  this  experi- 
ment the  contact  of  the  fire  was  longer 
than  in  any  of  the  preceding.  From 
the  sole  of  his  foot  so  much  vapour 
was  disengaged,  that  being  very  near 
the  experimenter,  my  eyes  and  nose 
were  sensibly  affecteJ.  He  also  put 
between  his  teeth  a  heated  iron,  which, 
although  not  red  hot,  was  still  capable 
of  burning.* 

That  there  have  been,  at  different 
times,  itinerants  who  have  displayed 
very  singular  feats  with  fire,  cannot  be 
denied  ;  and,  although  many  explana- 
tions have  been  offered,  yet  they  are  by 
no  means  conclusive.  One  of  the  most 
common  is,  that  these  persons  are  in 
possession  of  a  secret  preparation,  with 
which  they  anoint  themselves.  Al- 
bertus  Magnus,  a  philosopher  of  the 
thirteenth  century,  in  his  works,  gives 
the  following  account  of  it : — *  A  won- 
derful experiment,  which  enables  a 
man  to  go  into  the  fire  without  being 
hurt,  or  carry  fire,  or  red  hot  iron,  in 
his  hand,  without  injury.  Take  juice 
of  marshmallow   and   white   of  egg, 


and  fleabane  seeds  and  lime ;  powder 
them,  and  mix  juice  of  radisn  with 
the  white  of  egg ;  mix  all  thoroughly, 
and  with  this  composition  anoint  your 
body  or  hand,  and  allow  it  to  dry,  and 
afterwards  anoint  again,  and  after  this 
you  may  boldly  take  up  iron  without 
hurt  This  would  form  an  antacid 
paste,  which,  however,  would  not 
serve  for. the  purposes  of  deception,  as 
it  would  be  abundantly  visible. 

M.  Panthot,  in  the  Journal  des  893- 
vans  for  1680,  communicates  to  the 
editor  what  he  calls  the  secret  of  fire- 
eating.  *  This  secret  was  revealed  by 
the  servant  of  Richardson,  who  was 
the  first  to  exhibit,  about  three  years 
ago,  this  wonderful  experiment,  which 
many  ascribed  to  his  dexterity  only. 
It  consists  .  merely  in  rubbing  with 
pure  spirit  of  sulphur,  the  hands  and 
other  parts  to  be  exposed  to  the  fire. 
This  spirit  does  not  act,  as  commonly 
believed,  in  checking  the  activity  of 
the  fire,  but  it  renders  the  person  on 
whom  it  is  applied  less  susceptible  of 
its  action,  because  it  burns  and  scorches 
the  scarf-skin  particularly,  which  it 
renders  as  hard  as  leather,  so  that,  for 
the  first  or  second  time,  the  experi- 
ment is  not  so  well  borne  as  after- 
wards, because,  the  more  it  is  tried, 
the  more  the  skin  becomes  hard  and 
callous,  as  happens  to  farriers  and 
blacksmiths,  whose  skins  become  so 
hard,  by  frequently  handling  hot  iron, 
that  they  are  often  seen  to  carry  it 
quite  red  from  one  anvil  to  another, 
without  being  burnt.  However,  if, 
after  several  repetitions  of  the  experi- 
ment with  this  spirit  of  sulphur,  the 
person  washes  with  warm  water  or 
wine,  the  scorched  epidermis  is  re- 
moved along  with  what  is  hardened, 
and  he  has  no  longer  the  tame  power 
of  handling  fire,  until  the  same  appli- 
cation has  again  scorched  and  bar* 
dened  the  skin.  To  this  secret  Ri- 
chardson added  some  slight-of-liand, 
which  could  never  be  discovered,  in 
respect  to  the  live  coals  which  he 
placed  on  his  tongue,  and  on  which  he 
dressed  a  bit  of  meat,  because  he  ap- 
plied immediately  next  his  toneue  an- 
other very  thin  slice  of  veal,  so  that  the 
coal,  which  was  between  two  layers  of 
meat,  could  not  burn  him  at  first,  and 
was  soon  extinguishad  by  the  mobture 
with  which  his  mouth  gradually  filled. 
Richardson's  servant  also  oonfessed 
that  the  remedy  might  be  ttreostilien- 
ed  by  mixing  eqiial  pan»  of  spirit  of 


rAXT  I.]  Oil  nMlMg  tk§  Bfid$  of  Fkf.  '006 

tulphur,   mI  aminoniae,    cMmce  of  lie  made  a  farther  dneofcryt—^Witli- 

rotemary,  and  onion  juice.    With  re-  ing  to  examine  if  washing  the  almost 

gard  to  the  effect  of  the  coals,  wax»  incombustible  part  would  make  it  lose 

sulphur,  and  other  suUiances  which  the  quality  it  had  acquired,  I  rubbed 

he  swallowed  so  often  upon  his  sto-  it  with  hard  soap,  washed  and  dried  it 

mach,  it  is  certain  that  he  would  not  with  a  cloth,  and  applied  the  same 

long  hare  had  the  trouble  of  making  plate  of  red-hot  iron.    I  then  disco- 

this  experiment  upon  substances  so  vered,  to  mj  surprise,  that  the  skin  of 

injurious  to  the  stomach,  if  he  had  not  that  part  not  onnr  presenred  the  same 

possessed  a  facility  of  romiting  these  insensibility  to  the  action  of  red-hot 

calcined    substances    by  the  help  of  iron,  but  nad  even  become  stronger 

warm  water  and  oil,  which  he  took  than  at  first.    I  a^in  rubbed  tlie  same 

immediately  after    retiring  from   the  part  with  soap,  without  wiping  it  with 

company.*  the  cloth,  and  passed  over  it  the  iron 

In  Hocus  Pocns,  which  has  been  very  red  hot,  without  feeling  any  pain- 
one  of  the  standard  ornaments  of  ful  sensation,  or  even  having  tne  hair 
book-stalls  for  half  a  century  at  least,  burned.  Remembering  the  crust 
we  are  told  that,  by  using  the  follow-  which  I  observed  on  Liooetto's 
ing  application,  we  may  walk  on  a  hot  tongue,  I  determined  to  rub  mine 
iron  liar  without  any  danger  of  bum-  with  the  same  soap ;  in  consequence 
ing  or  scalding : — '  Take  half  an  ounce  of  which  it  became  equally  insensible 
of  camphiie,  dissolve  it  in  two  ounces  to  the  action  of  fire.  I  oesan  with 
ofaquavitae;  add  to  it  one  of  quick-  pieces  of  iron  slightly  heated,  raising 
silver,  one  ounce  of  liquid  sioraz,  them  gradually  till  they  were  perfectly 
which  is  the  droppings  of  myrrh,  and  red  hot.  I  made  a  soft  paste  of  soap, 
hinders  the  camphtre  from  firing;  take  triturated  in  a  mortar,  ana  water  satu- 
also  two  ounces  of  hematitis,  which  rated  with  burnt  alum,  and,  spreading 
is  a  red  stone,  to  be  had  at  the  drug-  this  composition  on  my  tongue,  the 
gists,  and  when  you  buy  it,  let  them  experiment  succeeded  completely.  StUl 
beat  it  to  powder  in  their  great  mortar,  more  simple  I  found  the  process  of 
for,  being  very  hard,  it  cannot  well  be  first  bathing  the  tongue  with  sulphor- 
beat  in  a  small  one;  put  this  to  the  ous  acid,  and  afterwards  rubbing  it 
above-mentioned  composition,  and,  often  with  a  piece  of  soap.  Theex- 
when  you  intend  to  walk  on  the  bar,  periment  succeeded  still  better,  if,  af- 
anoint  well  your  feet  with  it,  and  you  ter  bathing  the  tongue  with  this  sicid, 
may  walk  over  without  danger  or  the  I  covered  it  with  a  thin  stratum  of  su- 
least  inconvenience.'  gar  reduced  to  impalpable  powder,  and 

Dr.  Sementini,  at\eT  reflecting  npon  rubbed  it  afterwards  with  the  soap  in 
the  phenomena  exhibited  by  Lionetto,  the  same  manner.  The  stigar,  in  this 
proceeded  to  try  various  means  which  case,  like  a  mordant,  made  a  greater 
he  conceived  mi^ht  benumb  the  skin,  quantity  of  soap  attach  to  the  tongue, 
and  cover  it  with  a  substance,  which  and  adhere  more  solidly.' 
was  a  non-conductor  of  caloric ;  and  Professor  Sementini  then  goes  on  to 
he  was  induced,  by  the  fharp  sensa-  show  that  he  could  repeat,  upon  his 
tiou  excited  by  the  vapour  disengaged  own  body,  almost  all  Lionetto's  expe- 
when  the  heat  was  applied  to  Lio-  riinents,  making  allowances  for  the 
netto*s  incombustible  skin,  to  try,  in  little  tricks  and  deceptions  with  which 
the  first  place,  acids  and  the  acidulous  they  were  accompanied.  I  am  still, 
salts,  and  he  found  that,  by  repeatedly  however,  inclined  to  ascribe  the  whole, 
rubbing  one  part  of  his  bod^  with  di-  with  Dr.  Peyer,  to  the  natural  powers 
lute  sulphurous  acid,  that  his  skin  be-  of  the  body,  increased  by  repetition 
c.ime  gradually  less  sensible  to  the  ac-  and  habit,  and  a  great  dexterity  in 
tion  ofcaloric,  and  that  he  was  at  last  making  the  experiments,  so  as  to  re- 
able  to  pass  a  plate  of  red-hot  iron  over  duce  the  heat  applied,  or  the  quantity 
it  without  injury^  He  afterwards  as-  of  the  material  employed,  wimout  its 
certained,  that  dilute  sulphuric,  nitric,  being  observed.  M.  Dodart,  more  than 
or  muriatic  acid,  produced  the  same  a  century  ago,  expressed  the  very  same 
effect,  though  less  quicklv  orceruinly;  opinion, '  What  Mr.  Richardson  does 
and,  lastly,  a  saturated  solution  of  in  public,  is  assuredly  very  sarprisiog ; 
burnt  alum,  repeatedly  applied,  was  but,  when  we  reflect  on  the  properties 
preferable  to  all  other  subsunces  he  of  the  sobstaooes  he  employs,  and  the 
nad  yet  tried.    By  accident,  however,  dexterity  with  which  be  uses  cheni,  I 


(M)5                              WiU  of  Bishop  Barrington.  [xgti. 

beliere  that  it  will  be  thought  that  the  Doctor  performed  the  diasectioa 

he  can  have  no  other  secret  than  natu-  without  any  proressiooal  witness,  the 

ral  power,  increased  by  habit.'  accuracy  of  his  statement   ^^a»   now 

I  have  never  seen  any  of  the  com-  called  m  question,  and,  in  defence  of 

mon  fire-eaters,  but  I  understand  that  his  character,  he  poured  melted  lead  in 

they  make  a  practice  of  putting  live  various  Quantities,  over  the  throats  of 

coaJs  in  their  mouth,  and  blowing  out  fowls  ana  dogs,  which  survived  several 

the  flames,-— of  holding  a  heated  bar  of  days,  and  were  at  last  killed  and  dis- 

iron  between  their  teeth,  &c.  &c.    In  sected  in  the  presence  of  Dr.  Hoxham, 

performing  these  experiments,  they  are  to  prove  that  the  lead  had  actually 

aaid  to  practise  a  great  deal  of  decep-  reached  the  stomach, 

tion,  and  to  be  rather  jugglers  than  ^ 

real  fire-eaters.  Will  op  Bishop  Babrinotov. 

The  melting  point  of  lead  is  60(f  CConcludedfromp.biOj 

Fahrenheit,  it  cloes   not  appear   that  Th«  following  beouetu  are  next  made  to 

there  is  anv  very  great  difficulty  in  im-  ^"^'"^  Charitie.  :-To  the  Society  for  the 


P^""^",T*llll'^°  plunge. their  hands  -,rOrp^'i:^:t  iT^OoC  "  t:  \Z. 

in  melted  lead  to  getout  pieces  of  iron  Brftish  Ld  Foreign  ^BiUe  Society.  600/. 

thrown   in   purposely.     Mr.  Tillochjs  To  theNAtionElScliool,Biadirin't&rdeiii, 

plumber  informed  him,  that  one  might  for  the  instruction  of  poor  chUdrtn  on  the 

draw  his  finger  through  meli^J  lead,  Madras  System,  1,000Z.    To  the  Mbuoo- 

and  bavins  in  his  hand  a  ladle  full  of  ary  Society  for  Africa  and  the  East,  500L 

melted  solder,  he  instantly  passed  his  To  the  Society  for  the  Deaf  and  Dvmb  ia 

finger  through  it.     He  added,  that  it  London,  6002.    To  the  School  for  theln- 

was  necessary  that  the  finger  should  be  digent  Blind  in  St.  Geoi^*s  Fields,  600^ 

perfectly  dry;  if  otherwise,  the  person  London    Fever    Institution,     600/.      St 

might  get  what  is  called  a  thtmble,  i.  e.  ^*°5Se*»  Hospital,   at   Hyde-p«k-comer, 

some  of  the  metal  would  stick  to  the  *^^^-     Middlesex  Hospital,  600/.     Intitu- 

fineer,  and  give  a  severe  burn.    Mr.  {J^S  **r'^i!^n   •^T'L  r^U-SSS^ 

Tifloch  evenfearned  from  a  genUeman,  ^^PT^^^hS,'^^^ 

.•    *  u                          r        11*            1.  •**  House,  tiackney-road,  600/.    Societv 

that  hesawan  iron-founder  skim  melt-  for  the  Suppre«iion  of  Vice,  500/.    Ph^ 

«1  iron  with  his  hand,  who  said  that  Janthropic  Society,   bOOL     Female  Peri- 

he  could  only  do  it  when  the  iron  was  tentiary,  600/.    Magdalen  Hotpita],  6001 

boilinff  hot;  if  of  a  lower  heat  it  would  Mendicity  Society,    600/.     His  Lordship 

burn    nim.     Of  all  the  experiments  gives  3,000/.  to  be  applied  by  his  ex«- 

which  Mr.  Richardson  performed,  M.  cutors  as  they  should  think  most  advisable, 

Dodart  found  that  of  swallowing  melt-  for   the  purpose  of  erecting  a  school  cr 

ed  glass  the  most  difficult  of  explana-  schools  for  the  instruction  of  poor  children 

tion.     M.  Dodart  thinks  that  it  may  °^*^  Diocese  of  Durbaoiaeoordii^  to  the 

be  done  by  dexterously  using  a  great  ^^^  System,  or  for  promoting  that  be- 

quantily  of  saliva,   and   accustoming  "evolent  purpose  in  any  mmiw they  should 

the  partt  to  bear  a  great  degree  of  heat  ^''"^  ,T'  ^'T'  ^^  ^"^2?  *^' 

qJL,.  «..«..:rv.«<>  ^2.^,\^J^k^  ^<.A^u,  **»  salutary  object — and  to  aid  and  assist 

Some  curious  exper  menu  made  by  institution ''in  the  diocasa  for  that  ob- 

Dr    Snrv,   of  Plymouth,   show,   that  jj^.    He  gives  to  the  Royal  Hois«ie  Sc 

melted  lead  is  not  always  fatal,  even  ciety  in  London,  600/.    To  the  Asylum  for 

when  It  reaches  the  stomach.     When  the  Recovery  of  Health,  in  the  Naw-road, 

the  Eddystone  Lighthouse  was  burnt  Pancras,  500/.     To  the  Soeiety  for  the 

down,  one  of  the  light-keepers,  in  at*  Conversion  and  Religious  Instmotion  and 

tempting  to  throw  a  bucket  of  water  Education  of  Negro  Slaves  in  the  British 

upon  the  burning  cupola,  was  covered  West  India  Islands,  1,000/.     His  Loidship 

with  a  torrent  of  melted  lead,  which  give*  3,333/.  6s.  8d.  three  jDer  eenL  Ccnaois, 

burnt  his  face  and  shoulders  severely.  «Poo  ^''^t,  to  pay  the  mteraet  half  ywdhrto 

He  also  asserted  that  some  of  it  had  jJi*  Society  for  the  beiMfit  of  iha  Poor 

gone  down  his  throat,  but  was  not  be-  Cler^of  the  Diocese  of  Duiham  and  H«- 

fieved,  as  he  was  not  very  ill  until  the  ^'^^  f.?,^!  ^^^ 

day  of  his  death,  which  took  place  on  Fo^i^  pll^^^ 

the  eleventh  after  the  accident.    The  fo,  ^^  ^^^  J^  Prntaatant.  ^fthe 

body  was  opened   bv   Dr.  Spry,  who  Vaudois  Churches  in  tha  valleys  of  Pled- 

found  a  mass  of  lead  in  the  stomach,  mont,  as  the  Society  shall  torn  tooa  la 

weighing  seven  ounces  and  a  half.    As  tine  direct. 


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ffoot  oferaili^spttpelMlfcBdytobttp-  loa,  ddfymakl  tlMn»  601.  i  8am.  L««lt^  bk 

plitd  towardt  Um  augBMvlatioB  of  aaall  hoclar,  1601.  and  aH  Ua  ii«ariBg-a|i|Mftl  if 

IWiagt  ia  Um  Diooaaa  of  Dorbaai,   and  Samoal  Lawb  shall  ba  liviag  in  kit  aanrieo 

diractt  his  oxoeotora,  aa  aooB  aftar  Ua  da-  al  hb  dccaaaa  \  Danid  Qraaty  hia  eooeh- 

caaae  aa  coovaaieiilly  ma  Im,  to  paithaaa  man,  1002. ;  aad  to  aoeli  ocliar  of  hia  aar* 

ia  tha  Joint  namaa  of  tha  Biahop  of  Dor*  vnnta  at  ahall  ba  liting  with  him  at  hia 

hnm,  tba  Arehdaacon  of  Dmham,  and  tha  daath,  if  thaj  ha:ve  b««n  five  yanra  in  hia  aar* 

Archdaacon  of  Northombtrland  ftir  tha  tiate  vioe,  60t  aaeh  \  if  threo  yanra  fiOt  i  if  ooo 

baing,  the  tnm  of  8,388l.  6<.  ^.  three  per  year  lOL;   and  niao  in  addition  to  all  tha 

cent.  Omaols,  in  traaty  to  aoenmnlato  tha  above  lagneiaa,  to  eaeh  of -hb  itnmata  Kving 

Mine ;  and  witen  tlm  dividend  and  tlm  no-  with  him  at  hb  death,  n  y9m^9  wagca.    Ho 

cumulationt,  or  any  addition  wlUdi  mqr  bo  givaa  Riehaid  QiHt  hb  woodman,  aa  aa- 

made  bv  any  peraona,  almll,  ia  the  opinion  of  nnity  of  fO/.  dnrtnc  lifc ;  to  Mary  King  aa 

the  BUbop  and  Arciubacmia,  aoBOunt  to  n  annuity  of  1 6/.  in  addition  to  her  lagaoy ;  to 

competent  tom  of  money  (or  the  purpoaea  hb  aervant  Jane  Branth,  an  aaanity  of  %U. 

after  mentioned,  they  are  to  aignlfy  the  He  diracta  fiOO/.  to  ba  ^atribotad  amoi^ 

aame  to  the  Govemon  of  Qoeen  Anne'a  the  poor  of  tlia  citv  of  Durham;    fOOf. 

Bounty,  and  re<|ueat  their  eoncvrrenoe  in  among  tboae  of  Aooluaadi  and  lOOl.  amoi^ 

aocmeoting,  from  the  aceumalatcd  fund,  thoae  of  MonceweU. 
and  by  a  eompetent  tom  from  the  fend*  un-         Hb  Lordalup  alatea,  that  br  eartaiB  la- 

der  their  dltpotition,  one  or  more  poor  lir-,  dentnrea  in  March  1817,  aad  Jan.  lOtlf 

ingt  in  the  Diocese  of  Durliaro,  in  the  man-  Wro.  K.  Barrington,  Ooolgo  BarriactoBy 

aer  prescribed  by  the  mles  for  the  retnila-  and  Rolwrt  Price  are  pots  eased  of  40  aharaa 

tion  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty ;  and  if  tha  in  tlie  Oxford  Caaal  in  trust  far  him,  ha 

Governors  of  tlut  Corporation  shall  eoncur  directs  tliese  to  be  sold,  aad  their  prodnco 

in  this  good  worii,  the  Bbbop  and  Arch-  apnlied  to  the  general  purpoaea  of  tha  wilL 
<leacons  shall  dispose  of  the  dividends  and        He  gives  40,000L  tturae  aerMRl.  CoBaob» 

the  accumulated  fund,  towards  effecting  the  upon  trust  to  pay  hb  eMaUtat  friaad  Mm. 

object  in  view,  but  if  the  Governors  dio  not  Ann  Kennieott,  of  Windsor,  widow  of  tlm 

concur,  then  the  Bbbop  is  to  dbpose  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  K.  the  annual  anm  of  lOOl.  darby 

liinds  as  ha  shall  think  proper  for  the  bene-  life  t  and  to  Ann  Fraaklia,  of  Haekaey,  who 

fit  of  such  incumbents  of  poor  livincs.  lived  in  hb  service  fifry-aix  yaan,  a  aimOar 

If  liy  the  aui^mentetion  of  all  uie  poor  annuitv ;  aad  **  I,  the  said  Shnte,  Bishop 

livings  in  the  Diooese  of  Durham,  or  fay  of  Duiiiam,  Justly  aanaibia  of  the  rnireasliiff 

any  other  means,  the  objaats  of  this  bene-  attention  and  unvarying  Idndnms  of  the  said 

frction  shall,  m  the  opinion  of  tlie  Bbbop  Ann  Elixabeth  G>lberg  to  my  late  dear  wifc 

of  Durham  for  the  time  being,  &il,  then  the  aad  mvself  dunnc  a  period  of  twanty-fiva 

Bbhop  is  to  apply  the  8,833t  6f  8<f .  as  he  years,  mel  and  acknowledge  it  to  ba  a  debt 

shall  think  proper  for  the  benefit  of  the  of  gratitude  which  I  caaaot  bighlv  pay  t  but 

objects  of  the  charity  for  the  relief  of  poor  to  give  suoh  proof  as  I  can  of  tao  high 

widows  and  children  of  the  Clergy,  com-  sense  which  I  entertab  of  her  virtoea  aad 

inonly  called  the  Corporation  of  the  Sons  of  her  merits,  I  most  gbdly  dlnet  the  truatam 

the  Clergy,  and  iu  exteoiion  of  that  branch  for  the  time  being,  to  pay  to  Ana  Elian* 

of  the   charity  called  Special  Cases.     He  beth  Colbeiv,    durinc   the  Joint  lives  of 

gives  6,000/.  three  per  cent.  Coosob,  upoa  herself  and  Ann  Kennieott  aad  Aaa  Fhmk- 

trust,  to  pay  the  dividends  to  the  same  lin,  the  annual  sum  of  1,0002.  i"  and  theb 

branch  of  the  said  charity.  He  gives  8,000A  annuities,  in  the  event  oif  thair  dying  first, 

three  per  emt.  Consols  to  the  Archdeacons  to  be  successively  added  to  her's. 
of  Durham  and  Northumberland,  to  apply         The  will  then  recites  an  indenture  of  May 

the  dividends  in  the  purchase  of  prayer-  81,   1814,   by  which   41,000/.    three  per 

books,  to  be  distributed  by  them  among  Cents,  was  granted  upon  certain  trusta.    Ho 

the  disuict  cities  of  the  Diocese  of  Dur-  revokes  all  those  trusts,  and  declarm  that 

ham.       He    gives   hu    secreUry  Thomas  the  whole  sum  and  the  dividends  shall,  ins. 

Heory  Faher,  Esa.    100/.;    hb    secretary  mediately  after  hb  decease,  be  traasferrad  to 

Thomas  Porteun,  Esq.  1 00/. ;  Rowland  and  trustees ;    but  inasmuch  as  the  power  of 

Frederick  Colberg,  nephews  of  Miss  Col-  eharging  it    with    10,000/.  for  building  n 

ber  J,  ftoo/.  each  at  the  sse  of  twenty-one  mansion  at  Beckett,  contained  in  the  indea- 

years;  T})omas  Davison,  his  land  agent  at  ture  of  May  81,  1814,  b  given  to  Georgn 

Sedgefielii,  in  Durham,  100/.;  Thos.Daw-  Viscount  Hsrrington  only,  in  tha  event  of 

son,  his  bailiff  at  Auckland  Castb,  50/. ;  his  surviving  the  testator,  aad  tha  Viscount 

Marv  King,  housekee|>er  at  Aucldand  and  may  depart  thb  life  without  OMonting  tho 

Durham  Castles,  100/.;   William  Manns,  same,  he  direcu  that  tho  10,000/.  immedl- 

eardener  at  Moogewell,    800/.  ;    Thomas  ately  after  hb  death  shall  bo  imiaad  oat  of 

Bbckmore,  porter  at  Auckland  Castle,  60/.;  the  48,000/.  and  paid  upon  tha  traata  aHar 

Thomas  Stibbald,    gardener    there,   60/. ;  mentiotied.    He  gives  t0,000/L  to  frmlias, 

James  Price,  100/. :  Wm.  Moss,  hbjiame-  as  a  foad,  ttmetber  wbb  tha  lOyOiOf.  fiir 

keeper  at  Moogwell,  1 00/. ;  Hannah  Gibbs,  erecting  aad  raraishiaf  tha  maaasoB  for  tha 


eos 


Will  of  Bishop  Barringlon, 


Ixcvi. 


Vitcount  Banringtoii  for  Um  time  being,  on 
the  estate  at  Beckett,  accordiue  to  the  plan 
delivered  by  Mr.  Atkinton,  architect.  And 
whereas  the  profetiional  duties  of  my  ne- 
phew George  Viscotmt  Barrington  are  such 
as  will  prevent  his  becoming  resident  in  the 
intended  mansion  at  Beckett,  he  directs 
that  the  building  and  finishing  of  it  shall  be 
under  the  direction  of  his  great  nephew 
William  K.  Barrington,  or  the  owner  of 
the  estate  for  the  time  being,  with  full 
power  to  add  to  or  alter  the  plan.  It  is  his 
wish,  that  the  china  now  deposited  at 
Mongewell  should  be  preserved  and  conti- 
nued as  heir-looms  to  his  fiunily,  and  that  a 
room  should  be  built  and  expressly  set  apart 
for  its  reception  at  Beckett.  That  mansion, 
with  out-houses,  stables,  &c.  to  be  com- 
pleted within  ten  years,  at  the  utmost,  of  his 
decease. 

The  residue  of  the  Bishop's  personal 
estate  is  divided  into  two  parts,  one  to 
George  Viscount  Barrington,  the  other  to 
the  same  trusU  as  the  10,000/. 

He  appoints  George  Viscount  Barring- 
ton,  Wm.  K.  Barrington,  and  Aug.  Bar- 
rington, his  executors.  He  declares  his 
will  to  be,  that  John  Burley  shall  be  enti- 
tled to  the  same  professional  charges  as  he 
would  be  if  he  were  not  one  of  the  trustees  ; 
and  that  the  legacy  of  lOOL  shall  not  be  in 
satisfiu:tion  of  money  due,  or  of  such  profes- 
sional charges ;  and  the  executors  to  be  ac- 
countable only  for  their  actual  receipts,  &c. 

The  will  was  signed  Dec.  10,  1825. 

'  ShuteDunelm. 


The  first  codicil  commences  by  stating, 
that  40,000/.  had  been,  by  the  bill,  be- 
queathed to  Wm.  K.  Barrington  and  Aug. 
Barrington,  upon  trust  to  pay  certain  an- 
nuities. 

He  now  directs  that  one  moiety  shall  be 
transferred,  after  the  determination  of  the 
annuities,  to  a  society  to  be  hereby  esta- 
blished, to  be  called  **  The  Barrington 
SociETV  for  promoting  R^igious  and 
Christian  Piety  in  the  Diocese  of  Durham." 
This  Socifity  is  to  consist  of  Life  and  An- 
nual Governors,  and  the  Bishop  of  Durham 
and  Archdeacons  of  Durham  and  Northum- 
berland for  the  time  being,  shall  be  Official 
Governors.  All  persons  making  a  donation 
of  fifty  guineas  or  upwards,  aud  executors  of 
persons  bequeathing  a  legacy  of  100/.  or 
upwards,  shall  be  Life  Governors ;  and  An- 
nual Subscribers  of  five  guineas  or  upwards, 
Aunual  Governors.  The  Bishop  of  Dur- 
ham for  the  time  l)eing  to  l>o  President. 
The  Governors  shall  assemble  in  the  city  of 
Durham,  and  a  General  Meeting  held  on  the 
first  Wednesday  in  September,  in  every 
year;  and  a  special  General  Meeting  shall 
be  called  at  any  time  on  the  requisition  of 
one  Official  Governor,  or  two  Life  or  An- 
nual Governors.  That  the  dividends  ^nd 
annual  subscriptions  shall  be  applied  as 


lows :— one  moiety  to  the  religious  educa- 
tion of  not  lest  than  five  sona  of  living  or 
deceased    Clergymen    of  the    £atabliahed 
Church,  resident,  or  at  the  tinae  of  their 
decease  resident,  in  the  Diocese  of  Durliom, 
not  possessing  or  not  having  lefi  aufficient 
means  to  give  such  sons  a  useful  and  proper 
education.  No  boy  to  be  admitted  till  he  aboU 
have  attained  the  age  of  14,  and  shall  have 
been  completely  instructed  in  the  rudiments 
of  the  Greek  and  Latin  languages,  such  com- 
petency to  be  determined  on  examination  by 
some  clergyman  nominated  bj  the  President 
or  one  of  the  Official  Governors.     That  the 
contributions  to  the  education  of  the  boys 
shall  be  by  annual  allowance,  or  by  defiraying 
all  or  any  part  of  the  expenoes  of  their  edu- 
cation ;   or  any  other  mode   that  may  be 
deemed  more  expedient.     That  no  boy  shall 
be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  these  provisions 
for  a  longer  period  than  three  years,  unless 
intended  for  holy  orders,  and  apparently  of 
a   character  and  disposition  fitted  for  the 
sacred  function ;    in  which  case  an  annual 
allowance,  in  the  nature  of  an  exhibition, 
may  be  made  to  him  for  four  yean  longer, 
provided  he  be  a  member  of,  and  resident 
in,  either  of  the  Unersities  of  Oxford  or 
Cambridge.    That  preference  shall  be  givea 
to  boys  of  the  greatest  talent  and  applica- 
tion, to  sons  of  clergymen  deceased,  and  to 
sons  of  parents  with  larf^e  fiunilies  and  com- 
iwratively  small  incomes.    That  in  case  any 
boy  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the  minority  of 
the   Governors,   misconduct   himself,    the 
Governors  shall  have  power  to  withdraw  his 
allowance. 

That  the  other  moiety  of  the  dividends, 
and  the  subscriptions,  shall  be  applied  in 
promoting  the  erection,  enla^ement,  and 
fitting  up  of  churches  and  chapels  in  ths 
Diocese  of  Durham,  in  such  mopner  is 
shall  best  tend  to  the  interests  of  pure  reli- 
gion and  the  Established  Church.  And  in 
case  there  shall,  at  any  time,  b^  no  proper 
objects  fur  the  application  at  this  moiety, 
the  unapplied  part  of  it  shall  be  apdied  to 
the  same  purposes  as  the  fimaer.  it  sludl 
be  lawful  f()r  the  Bishop  of  Dnriiam  to  make 
any  bye-laws  or  regulations  for  the  Society. 

The  other  moiety  of  the  40>(M>0<.  three  per 
Cents,  the  Bishop  gives  to  trusteee»  to  pay 
two-thirds  of  the  dividends  thereof  to  ths 
Perpetual  Curate  for  the  time  being  of  Bishop 
Auckland,  in  augmentation  of  that  Plerpctoal 
Curacy ;  and  to  pay  the  remaining  third  of 
the  dividends  to  the  charity  for  the  rdief  of 
Poor  Widows  and  Childrens  of  tbe  Qeigy, 
in  aid  of  that  branch  of  the  charity  caUed 
Special  Cases. 

This  codicil  u  dated,  as  well  as  the  will, 
Dec.  10,  1825. 


ana 
fol- 


The  second  codicil  enjoins  the  cooiple* 
tion  of  the  purchsse  of  the  estate  at  Wor- 
,  thing  noticed  in  the  will,  in  case  audi  pur- 
chase shall  not  be  completed   in  hit  liff 
time  ;  and  is  dated  Feb.  fb,  IS^S. 


FAEIPf.]  [      «09      ] 

REVIEW  OF  NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

IB6.  ne  Piftyteamd  Annual  Report  rf  ikt  trolable,  or  they  are  not  lawf  of  Proti- 
Royal  Humane  Society ,  instituted  1774,  dence,   only  results  of  circumttancea. 
to  eolUet  and  eircuiaie  the  tnott  approved  War,  famine,  or  disease,  do  not  neces- 
and  effectual  Methods  for  Recovering  Per*  garily  augment   with   populaiion ;  for 
sons  apparently  Drwmed  or  Dead.    To  that  of  Ireland  has  encreased  under  all 
suggest  and  provide  suitabie  Apparatus  fur,  j^^  miseries  of  want  aod  overstocking. 
and  bestow  Rewards  on  those  who  asnst  in,  rj.^^  ^^^  diseases  prevail  in  a  popula- 
te Preservation  and  Rntoratwn  oj  L\fe.  ^ j^^  ^^  ^ ^^^  ^^  ^^,^  hundred ;  and  though 
1896.    %vo,    pp,  137.  jj^g  danger  is  of  course  greater  where 
IF  we  suppose  that  the  life  of  one  th,.  subjects  are  more  numerous,  yet 
man  is  essential  to  the  support  of  seve-  Providence  creates  no  new  diseases  in 
ral  others,  the  life  of  that  man  is  evi-  consequence  of  superior  nnmbers,  or 
dently  an  esute,  or  rather  an  annuity,  increases  the  asperity  of  old  ones.     It 
upon  which  those  others  live.     Let  us  ^^ermits  civilization  to  cure  much  of 
further  suppose,  that  there  were  neither  these  evils;  in  case  of  war  it  prompts 
medical  practitioners  or  dru^s  known  ;  t||g   invention  of  gunpowder,  and  a 
it  is  evident,  that  the  numbers  of  in-  separate  profession  of  armed  men,  in 
efficient  members  of  society  would  be  ^jjjer  to  prevent  all  the  adults  of  a  na« 
alarmingly  increased  ;   that  survivors  i\q^  going  to  war,  as  among  barba- 
would,  in  a  manner,  have  double  fa-  rians;  in  case  of  famine  it  prompts 
milies  to  maintain,  and  that  the  |)er-  emigration,    superior   culture   of  the 
manencyof  a  state  of  civilization  would  joj]^  and  e\en  new  articles  of  food,  as 
l)e  seriously  affected  ;  for  a  state  of  war-  poutocs ;  and  as  to  disease,  it  excites 
fare  only  concerns  a  few,  but  the  state  ii,e  prevention  of  their  effecu,  by  nie- 
of  things  sup|K>ses  the  whole  commu-  jjeal  improvements,  %'accinatioD,  qua- 
nity.  The  portion  oflabour  and  service,  raniines,  &c.  &c.    In  short,  we  vea- 
which  a  man  who  dies  at  twenty-one  tyre  to  affirm,  that  the  increase  of  po- 
years  of  age  can  have  rendered  to  society,  pulation  has  been  attended  not  with 
IS  but  small ;  but  that  of  him  wtio  increased  wars,  famines,  or  diseases, 
lives  to  old  age  considerable.    Take  a  [jyt  with  augmented  means  of  preser%> 
weaver  for  instance ;  the  young  man  jng  life.    Of  course,  if  more  people 
can,  we  suppose,  have  woven  only  one  are  born,  more  people  must  die,  hu| 
thousand  yards,   and   the  old  man   a  according  to  the  positions  of  Mr.  MaU 
hundred  inousand.     By  so  much  the  thus,  here  should,  under  Prot^'Jence,  be 
more    has   the   latter  augmented    the  no  increase ;  but  where  one  now  dies 
wealth  of  society,  and  it  tlie  cost  of  jn  a  population  of  one  hundred,  not 
his  maintenance  has  been  greater,  that  /j^*©  but  jTour  should  die  prematurely  in 
cost  has  been  a  customer  to  stimulate  a  population  of  two  hundred;  but  the 
the  exertions  of  others,  to  provide  for  tables  of  )»opulation  support  no  such 
his   wants,    and   an   even   balance    is  theory.    Providence  throws  the  heaviest 
struck  upon  making  up  the  accounts,  burden  of  disease  upon  infancy,  as  if  it 
because  it  is  a  truism,  that  the  more  thought,  that    those  who  render  no 
one  man  does  produce,  the  more  others  ser\  ice  to  sdcieiy,  shouhl  be  taken  from 
must  produce  also.     We  give  a  very  it  in  preference  to  adults.     The  sum 
superficial  sketch;  for  we  only  mean  to  of  all   is,    that   Provideucc   seems  to 
show  the  value  of  life  —  only  to  say,  make   superior   population  a  stimulus 
that  if  mankind  died  prematurely,  the  to  su|>erior  civilization,  the  improve^ 
existing  state  of  things  could   not  be  mcnt  of  arts,  &c. 
supported  ;  and   to  talk  of  any  other  For    this   reason,   setting  aside   the 
Slate  of  things,  is  to  suppose  an  altera-  di\ine  benevolence  of  the  institution 
lion  by  Providence.  of  hospitals  (which  do  reasonable  man 
The   doctrine  of   Malihus  is   only  disputes),  and  which  in  common  with 
sound  in  one  view;  for  certainly  it  is  all  thin;^  of  the  kind,  applies  to  the 
not  an  intention  of  Providence,  that  Royal  Humane  Society,  we  see  other 
war,    famine,    or   disease,    should    be  prospective   benefits  of  the  first  mo- 
uuniihmentsformuhiplyingihespecies.  nienL     We  see,  that  dissolution  is  so 
Laws  of  Providence  must  be  incoi)-    f;\t  from  being  an  instantaneoos  pro* 
Gent.  Mao.  St/ppi.  XtVI.  Part  J. 

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610 


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cess,  that  in  some  cases,  we  doubt  not 
but  animation  may  exist  for  a  consider- 
able time.  In  p.  21,  we  find  a  man 
recovered,  who  had  been  more  than 
half  an  hour  under  water ;  and  in  p. 
94,  we  find  a  boy  lyine  at  the  bottom 
of  a  river  apparently  dead,  but  who, 
when  a  person  dived  after  him,  caught 
him  by  both  his  ancles.  So  little  are 
appearances  to  be  credited. 

The  following  account  of  the  causes 
of  death  by  hanging  may  be  interest- 
ing. 

**  The  cord  compresses  the  velos  of  the 
neck,  and  prevents  the  blood  from  the  head 
returning  to  the  heart ;  but  while  respira- 
tion continues,  blood  is  sent  to  the  head« 
Great  fulness  of  vessels,  amounting  In  some 
cases  to  apoplexy,  is  the  consequence ;  but 
although  the  circulation  is  first  impeded, 
the  cause  of  death  is  the  suspension  of  res- 
piration."    P.  79. 

From  the  importance  of- the  subject, 
every  Report  of  this  Society,  drawn  up 
as  it  is  under  scientific  authority,  must 
be  Valuable.  The  present  volume  con- 
tains a  great  accession  of  information 
and  interest.  It  includes  three  new 
sections: — 1.  On  the  treatment  after 
Oxalic  Acid  (p.  75);  2>  After  poisonous 
Vegetables  (ibid) ;  3.  After  Laudanum 

(p.  76). 

'    The  narrative  of   the  loss  of   the 

Kent,  written  by  Major  (now  Colonel) 
Macgregor,  is  more  interesting  than 
any  Romance.  The  fact  is,  that  to 
produce  pathos,  the  best  mode  is  to 
narrate  the  afflicting  circumstances  mi- 
nutely;  for  Nature  is  so  terrible  in  such 
situations,  that  any  idea  of  improving 
the  effect  by  art,  would  be  to  deem  the 
explosion  of  a  fire- work  superior  to  an 
eruption  of  Vesuvius. 

The  following  account  by  an  eye-wit- 
pess  of  the  interesting  scene  which  at- 
tended the  delivery  ofthe  medals  by  his 
Grace  the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  to 
Colonels  Fearon  and  Mac  Gre^or,  and 
Captain  Cobb,  is  extremely  interest- 
ing* (see  p.  36)  : 

A  finer  display  of  touching  oratory 
was  never  displayed  than  by  these  gal- 
lant officers.  In  returning  thanks,  each 
modestly  ascribed  the  merit  and  suc- 
cess of  his  efforts  to  his  comrades. 
Colonel  Fearon  spoke  first,  and  set  as 
noble  an  example  of  humility  before 
an  admiring  ana  crowded  auditory,  as 

*  Their  exertions  in  saving  the  crew  of 
the*  Kent  were  admirable.  They  were  truly 
heroic.     Rbv. 


he  had  done  of  officer-like  courage  in 
the  hour  of  peril.  B(;it  Major  Mac- 
gregor so  put  the  services  of  his  brave 
commander  Col.  Fearon  in  their  true 
light,  ascribing  to  himself  merit  only 
as  one  of  the  many  other  officers  who 
strove  to  imitate  their  gallant  com- 
mander, that  his  speech  touched  a  cor- 
responding chord  in  the  hearts  of  his 
auditors,  and  many  a  tear  of  true  de- 
light and  admiration  surted  in  the 
eyes  of  the  company.  It  was  a  most 
beautiful  exemplification  ofthe  heroism 
and  humility  of  the  British  soldier. 
Nor  were  the  thanks  of  the  two  Cap- 
tains Cobb  and  Bibby,  less  hearty  or 
less  modest. 

137.   Report  oj  the  Society  fir  promoting 
Christian  Knowledge^  8fc,     8t*o.  pp.  83 1 . 

THE  RepoYt  of  this  Society  shows, 
that  its  success  is  progressive,  and  we 
are  satisfied  that  this  is  owing  to  the 
excellence  of  its  principles,  and  the 
wisdom  of  its  measures.  To  us  the 
quietness  of  its  proceedines  is  a  strong 
attestation  of  both  the  characteristics 
mentioned.  Their  modes  of  proceed- 
ing are  however  too  well  known  to 
need  recapitulation ;  but  their  prospe- 
rity in  India  roust  far  exceed  the  ex- 
pectation of  many.  It  appears  that 
there  is  a  continually  increasing  num- 
ber of  schools  (p.  63),  and  that 

«  Parents  are  every  wb«re  perceptibly 
laying  aside  their  prejudices,  and  growing 
more  and  more  anxioas  to  hav»  their  chil- 
dren educated.  Nor  Is  it  a  small  triomj^ 
for  the  Society  to  be  enabled  to  say  that 
the  morality  of  the  Gospel  is  now  tt  lengdi 
recularly  inculcated  in  the  muds  of  ne 
scholars,  who  read  with  the  petuMkm  and 
concurrence  of  their  parents  vai  rsfajotts 
guides,  as  their  daily  task,  sekllioM  mm 
the  New  Testament,  translalsd  lM6  their 
own  tongue.  The  full  benefit  of  s«eh  a 
system  of  instruction  can  hanUy  Va  appre- 
ciated in  the  course  of  a  single  geasratioa ; 
but  in  the  children,  who  freyMnt  thcae 
schools,  a  mora]  and  intellectual  iaSpnyvs- 
ment  is  already  discernible — the  ragwari^ 
of  their  attendance — their  readineia  in  ac- 
quiring knowledge,  their  hand-writinga  and 
the  accuracy  with  which  they  are  enaEfed  to 
answer  aritnmetical  and  other  questions, 
exhibit  a  proficiency  such  as  few  parodiial 
schools  in  England  have,  in  a  similar  space 
of  time,  exceeded."     P.  63. 

Every  one  knows  that  we  hoM  oar 
supremacy  in  India  only  by  the  sope- 
riority  of  our  laws  and  lOStitaUons, 
which  renders  the  natives  much  more 
happy  under  our  Government,  than 


r AMT  I.)       RiTisww— £ir  W.  Adam  am  l/kt  Mati^m  Mkm.  €\  I 

that  of  the  oaiive  Priooct.  Thediffi-  of  the  current  mediam  hu  a  had  effm 
cult^jr*  hoire?cr»  u  to  secure  thb  great  upon  the  public  lenricc.*  We  shall 
empuc.  Bishop  Middleton  always  now  instance  only  in  one  point;  a 
maintained^  **  that  as  true  religion  was  soldier  in  England  receites  It.  per 
the  best  support  of  Government,  the  day.  J  t  appears,  from  p.  85,  that  thirty 
Inculcation  of  Christian  principles  on  thousand  men  form  the  total  of  the 
the  natives  would  be  the  only  safe  and  Mexican  army,  and  that  the  ezpence 
certain  measure  of  securing  to  Britons  .  of  that  army  is  nine  millions  nine 
their  orienul  possessions.  This  opi*  hundred  ana  twenty- two  thousand, 
nion  of  the  first  prelate  of  the  eastern  seven  hundred  and  eigh^-two  dollars, 
diocese  appears  indetd  to  be  regarded  seven  shillings  and  foorpence.  There- 
with increasing  attention  and  approba-  fore  the  cost  per  head  of  every  man, 
tion ;  its  policy  is  less  doubted,  and  iu  reckoning  the  ddlbr  at  4#.  6d.  is  74/.  bs» 
expediency  more  and  more  acknow-  fer  annum  g  and  this,  notwithsttmding 
ledeed."    P.  58.  beef  is  only  id,  per  pound,  mutton  and 

One  method  practised  by  the  French  bread  equally  cheap  (see  p.  41).  That 
for  the  pur|>ose  of  retaining  foreijgn  the  coffers  of  the  Bank  of  England 
dominion,  is  inculcation  of  their  native  should  be  well  stored  with  bullion- 
tongue.  We  see  from  p.  66,  tliat  a  an  undeniable  convenience*  because  it 
few  children  of  the  Native  Schools  may  prevent  exorbitant  charges  for  in^ 
have  been  examined  in  EngHth  t  and  evitable  foreign  purchases ;  and  that 
we  consider  it  an  act  of  great  policy  to  the  Cornish  mode  of  mining  may  be 
diffuse  the  knowledge  of  our  native  a  great  improvement  at  Mexico,  and 
tongue.  individuals  (under  the  fovourable  cir* 

Trie  Societ]|[,  we  are  happy  to  say,  eumstanoes  anticipated)  be 'greatly  en* 


recommends  itMlf.    Praise  it  super*    riched,  is,  we  own,  pouibU.   SirWil 

liam  Adams  will  have  it»  fmiwprolmbit, 


He  has  made  out  a  caae  in  an  elabo* 

18S.  TkemOmttiSimU^theMwMkmMimti,  rate  form,  mixed  with  much  tiMftroc* 

anrf  thi  nammoHe  ExpeeUUiam  9f  tki  tion  and  entertainment    But  as  we 

Shareholders  ^  the  An^o-Mexican  Mtiw  have  no  shares,  and  know  that  cheap* 

Auoeiatkn.    By   Sir   WiUiaiii  Adami.  oess  of  money  only  raises  the  prioe  of 

Svo,  pp.  87.  oomroodities,  we  do  not  fed  quite  so 

WE  have  always  found  iu  History,  sanguine  as  he  does  upon  the  great 

that  an  excess  or  the  precious  metals  uublic  advanta^  of  an  excessive  in- 

senes  foreigners  more  than  the  natives,  nux  of  the  precious  metals.    We  con* 

Every  body  knows  the  diamond  and  sider  that  it  may  have  the  same  opera* 

golden    splendour  of  the  Princes  of  tion,  as  an  excessive  •  issue  of  paper, 

India,  but  it  has  done  the  country  no  which,  whendemandceaaes, introduces 

good  i  nor  is  South  America  the  first  ruinous    fluctuations.     Sir    William, 

among  civilized  nations,  not  withstand*  however,  forms  a  very  different  con* 

ing  the  following  enormous  amount  of  elusion ;  via.  a  vast  demand  for  our 

its  mines.  manufactures— and  aoch  an  increase  of 

«« Within  thi.  period  (oumIj,  bttwMD  '^'^poH  and  export  duties,  "  as  will 

U9f  ud  1803)  Memiwhad  paid  duty  upon  cjiuse^  a  diminution  of  internal  uxa- 

the  enonnoiu  amount  of  one  thousand  ud  tion'*  (p.  50).     jimen  say  we  to  this, 

thirtv-nine  millions,  five  hundred  end  forty-  as  well  as  the  next  of  his  coticlusious, 

two  tnousand,  six  hundred  and  ninety  pounds  that  the  finances  of  Great  Britain  will 

»(errm^(iod9,542,6*9oZ.),butwh;ck  amount,  thus  become  to  prosperous,  that  she 

it  is  e»tiinate<lt  <lid  not  much  exceed  one  will  lie  able  at  all  times  to  make  the 

lialf,  or  at  the  utmost  two-thirds  of  the  Holy  Alliance  eat  humble  pie.    As  to 

actuai  producer     P.  f  1 .  ^hj,^  ^^  thi„|j  ^j^^  ^  fl^^  £„  ^^^  q^^^ 

Nuw  Endand,  with  a  currency  of  danelles,  and  the  occupatioo  of  Con- 
only  27  niiilions,  has  contrived  to  spend  stantinople,  will  be  more  than  sufli* 
(as  appears  by  the  National  Debt)  fully  cient  to  check  Russia}  and  as  to  the 
as  much,  if  not  more  than  the  above  others,  they  have  nothing  to  expect 
amount,  by  means  of  accumulation,  but  mischief  and  sacrifices,  by  going  |o 
banking,  and  commerce,  and  at  the  war  with  us  at  all,  because,  (Hanonrer 
same  time  (except  during  the  late  war,  excepted)  they  have  no  taiigibie  ooint 
when  the  vast  loans  circulated  excess  of  attack.  However,  North  and  South 
of  money),  without  unnaturally  raising  America  docs  now  eomomt  aeveotcen 
the  price  of  commodities ;  that  excess  mUlions  worth  of  our  goods ;  and  Sir 


61^ 


Review. — Fennert  Sermon  for  ihi  Humane  SocUly.       [xcvr. 


William  is  justified  in  prognosticatinsc 
a  furiher  increase;  and  this  is  gold, 
though  it  does  not  glitter. 

139*  A  Sermon  for  the  Benefil  of  the  Royal 
Humane  Society,  preached  in  the  Parish 
Citurch  o/Romford,  Essex.  By  the  Rev, 
Rob.  Fennel.     Bvo.  pp.  35. 

IT  is  evident  that,  through  the  pro* 
longation  of  life  by  temperance  and 
the  art  of  medicine,  Providence  deters 
us  from  the  waste  of  that  first  quality 
of  animal  existence.  It  is  also  evi- 
dent, that  many  modes  of  death  are 
not  sudden;  and  that  physicians,  if 
such  there  were  professionally,  who 
undertook  exclusively  the  art  which 
the  Royal  Humane  bociety  make  the 
basis  of  their  institution,  would,  if 
successful,  be  men  who  had  brought 
theTherapeutick  science  to  the  utmost 
practicable  point  of  perfection.  For 
there  is'  a  wide  difference  between  re- 
storing a  person  where  life  is  onlj 
struggling  with  disease,  and  where  it  n 
coniDating  with  death  itself.  The 
Royal  Humane  Society  has,  therefore, 
a  very  high  claim  in  a  scientific  view. 
It  has  succeeded  in  a  most  diiFicult  at- 
tempt. And  moreover,  the  value  of 
life — it  may  be  incalculable,  where 
there  is  dependence.  Mr.  Fennel  elo- 
quently says, 

"  While  blessed  with  the  comforts  of  a 
hsppj  home,  we  may  meditate  on  the  visi- 
tationt  which  may  deprive  us  of  its  enjoy- 
ments, and  picture  to  ourselves  the  woes  of 
connubial  bereavement ;  but  those  only 
who  have  felt  it  in  all  iu  reality,  can  form  a 
just  estimate  of  its  dire  affliction.  To  wit* 
ness  the  partner  of  our  home,  the  stay  and 
support  of  a  family,  perhaps,  who  hod  been 
wont  to  share  with  us  in  pleasures  which 
the  world  could  not  understand,  and  to 
solace  us  amid  griefs  which  they  would  not 
pity — to  sec  him  glide  from  our  gaze  amid 
the  fond  attentions  of  surrounding  friends — 
to  see  the  vacant  seat  at  tbe  family  board, 
with  all  its  concomitant  recollections,  me- 
mory, ever  cruelly  retentive  on  such  occa- 
sions, pointing  each  shaf^  of  sorrow — these 
in  themselves  are  woes,  which   it  may  re- 

Juirt  all  our  Christian  fortitude  to  sustain.*' 
'.  19. 

It  is  utterly  unnecessary  to  prove 
self-evident  things — to  prove  the  value 
of  the  medical  art,  and  its  superior  va- 
lue, when  directed  to  its  most  |)erfect 
exemplification.  It  appears,  that  the 
processes  of  the  Society  have  been  suc- 
cessfully extended  tosiill-born  infants; 
•'  fifteen  children  in  one  hospital  alone, 


were,  during  the  last  year,  restored, 
after  having  come  into  the  world  to 
all  appearance  dead'*  (p.  24).  Thus, 
as  Mr.  Fennel  says, 

<<  In  each  branch  of  its  system,  the  poa- 
sibility  of  deriving  good  from  this  society  is 
brought  to  the  home  of  every  individuaL" 
P.  25. 

140.  The  Christian  Hearer:  designed  ta 
shew  the  importance  rf  hearing  the  fFbrd, 
and  to  assist  Christians  in  hearing  with. 
profit.  By  the  Rev,  Edw.  Bickersteth, 
Assistant  Minister  of  Wheler  Chapel, 
Mmo.pp.  833. 

«  THE  Author  was  led  to  the  subject  of 
the  following  Treatise  la  the  discharge  of 
his  ministerial  duty,  by  ooosidcriag  howr 
very  few  in  this  vast  Metropolis,  and 
throughout  this  fitvoured  country,  habitually 
hear  tlie  word,  though  preached  in  the  very 
midst  of  them,  in  comparison  of  those  who 
greatly  or  altogether  neglect  that  doty — 
and  how  very  few  even  of  habitual  hearers, 
fully  improve  what  thev  hear  to  their  spiri- 
tual edification."    Premce. 

*<  Nor  is  this  state  of  thbgs  coofiaed 
merely  to  the  Metropolis ;  it  is  in  a  great 
measure  true  of  most  parts  of  the  eountry, 
that  but  a  small  proportion  sttead  the  mi- 
ni itry  uf  the  word.'-'     Id.  vii. 

This  utter  neglect  of  religion  and 
morals  is  a  very  serious  charge;  and 
we  shall  examine  it  philosophically. 
To  be^in  with  the  LoDdoners.  Set- 
ting aside  certain  parts  of  the  popula- 
tion, who  live  by  guilty  means,  an 
evil  inseparable  from  large  aggregates 
of  people,  there  is  no  part  of  tne  king- 
dom where  morality  ismore  respected 
than  in  the  Metropolis.  Housekeepers, 
with  families,  preserve  a  constant  at- 
tention to  propriety.  Tbeie  is  leu 
cheating  and  extortion  practised  in 
their  shops.  The  children  Are  sent  to 
school,  and  taught  their  catechism. 
The  mothers  attend  to  their  babiu, 
check  swearing  and  vicious  propen- 
sities; and  they  will  not  soflfer  their 
female  servants  to  have  followers,  and 
by  consequence,  bastards.  Noi<r  the 
very  converse  of  this  takes  place  (the 
gentry  excepted)  in  the  country,  among 
the  tradesmen  and  farmers.  Sotting 
at  alehouses  is  universal.  Hard-work 
is  the  only  thing  regarded;  luic  the 
smallest  attention  is  paid  to  the  man- 
ners of  the  young,  and  bastardy aboanda. 
Below  a  certain  rank  of  life,  acaroely  a 
female  goes  to  the  altar  who  k  not  io 
a  state  of  pregnancv ;  yet  tlM  oottntrf 
Churches  are  not  dewrted.    T\m  mm* 


txtt  1.]     Review. — Bickersteth'g  Chriilian  Hearer. — Epitaphia.      Uli 

id   iherc;     case.    A.  is  the  minisler  of  one  parish, 
,  because     who  fills  hia  Church  .it  ihe  expence  of 


hey  are  uncivilized.  his  reverend  hreihreLi'j  rongregaiioiis, 

111  large  ciiies  the   inducements  10     by   eiilhusiasiical   pteoching.     B.    ""' 

r  lar  grcafer  than  in  ihe  conn-     clerical  neighbour,  sees  thai  the  n 


try.     One   ahominiible    nrsclice   pre-  of  children  are  utterly  neglected,  and 

vails,  and  \vc  are  glad  of  an  opportu-  that  as  soon  ils  thej  are  of  sufficient 

nily  to  exjjose   it.     In   many  trades,  age,  they  are,  like  colls,  puc  to  work, 

ihe  payment  of  the  men  upon  Sator-  He  ndopls   warmly  ihe  expedient   of 

day  night  is  consigned  to  the  foreman,  Nmional   or  Suaday-achoob,  in  order 

who,  under  pretence  of  not  being  able  to  civiliia  them,  and  iuL'ulcale  religiout 

to  obtain  change  elsewhere,  lakes  them  princiiilea.     We  think,  that  the  good 

to  a  public-house.     The  consttjuences  done  by  the  loiter  is  far  greater  than 

need  not  be  mentioned.   But  the  Lon-  that  done  by  the  former,  because  edu- 

doners  in  general  nrglect  the  Sabbath,  calicru  la  a  much  belter  mode  of  leach- 

II  is  a  great  oil,  but  it  is  uot  founded  ing  a  thing  than   mere  exhortation   lo 

unon  indifference  lo  religion  or  morals,  practice  it;  and  because,  when  people 

The  unremiiting   confinement  of  sin  have  got  habitual  principles  of  drvo' 

days  out  of  seven  to  business,  naluially  tion,  ihey  are  more  likely  lo  con^der 

prompts  a  holiday  upon   the  sovenlh.  neglect  of  worship  a  ain. 

This  ought  not  lo  he;   but   ihere  ii  In  short,   we  ihink,   thai  in   large 

«uch  an  appetency  for  gelling  money,  commercial   countries    there    is    and 

and     enjoying     expensive     pleasures,  mustbea  great preponderonceof  world- 

ihroughout    the   whole    nation,    thai  liness.     How   it   may  be   successfully 

England  has  become  over  all  Europe  controled  by  systematic  education,  in 

proverbial   fnr  worldliness,  and  so  will  moral  and  religions  principles,  is  shown 

every  thickly  penpled  country  become,  in  that  philosophical  and  benevolent 

where  living  is  expensive  and  difficult,  seel  the  Quaker*.     If,  therefore,   in- 

Now  neipject  of  the   Sabbath   is  a  siead  of  recommeodinz  persons  lo  go 

serious   evil.     There   can   be  no  pre-  to  preacher  A.  or  preacher  B.  and  turn 

lervalion    of   principle  or   happiness,  enthusiasis,    all   preachbrs   would 

where  there  is  not  a  love  of  God.     A  direct  their  energies  to  falhers  and  mo- 

right-tnindcd  man  goes  to  Church  to  ihers,  upon   the  subject  of  educating 

say  hia  pruyers,  and  be  edified  by  a  their  children  reliaiously  and  morally, 

sensible  sermon  ;   and  he  wishes   ihe  we  believe  that  a  better  attendance  at 

sublime  Liturgy  lo  be  well  read,  and  Church  would  be  one  ceruin  result; 

the  scrmrin  to  be  made  impressive  by  and  many  others  of  the  first  moment 

good  elocution ;  but  he  by  no  means  be  gained  besides, 

wishes  for  eiithusiastica]  preachers,  be-  ^ 

cause   he  well  knows  that  Ihey  lorn  ,4i_  EniTA*IA,  or  a  CMfotim -^ Ms- 

his    altenlion    from    devotion    to    the  monah,  insl:ril^rd  lo  the  Meinory  of  goad 

man,  and  that  cnlhusisstical  preachers  and  failhful    Servajils.     Cupial  on    the 

will  only  he  followed  by  enlbusiaflical  Spal,  in  narioui  Cemtteries,     ]imo,    Bm. 

congregations;    and   he   also   knows,  pp.312. 

that  in  a  country  where  wealth   and  THE  complaints  about  servants  are 

knowledge   abound,  ihe   mass  of  the  perpetual;    but   ihete   are  only  three 

people  will  neucr  become  re//giouj  en-  modes  of  making  dependants  of  any 

t/iuiiasls.  kind  do  their  duly.     One  mode  is  tie- 

The  remedy  for  neglect  of  the  Sab-  cessity,  as  among  soldiers  j  the  second, 

baih,  proposed  by  Mr.  Bickersielh,  h  interest,  in  hope  of  promotion  or  ad* 

E reaching;  but  the  difficulty  does  not  vantage;  the  third,  affection.    To  pro- 

e  in  want  of  preachers,  but  ofbearers;  dtice  this,  there  must  be   kind  treat- 

and  the  more  of  these  one  preacher  ment,  and  liberality  with  regard  to  im- 

gains,  another  loses  ;   for  we  do  not  perfection.     Addison  has  an  excellent 

suppose  that  irreligionists  will,  under  paper  on  the  subject  in  the  Spectator, 

any  circumstances,  be  regular  Church-  which  all  persons  should  read,  and  he 

?:oers.     Civil  penalties  cannot  be  en-  there  shows  the  absurd''.,'  of  expecting 

arced,    and    the    remedy   which   we  perfection  or  impossibilities  from  aer- 

should  propose  is  religious  and  moral  vants.     It   is  assumed  by  many  that 

education,  a  measure  which  nearly  all  they  should  neither  have   feelings  or 

mothers    .and     mnny    fathers    would  passions,    nor    divided    interests,    noi 

warmly  palroniic.     We  would  put  a  thoughli  beyond  their  worli,  not  views 


cu 


RbvibW.-— Esfoy  ai»  3#tJi<i.— 'Colquitt  &n  Astronomff        [xcvt. 


qf  bettering  themselves,  nor  any  incli- 
nation for  pleasure;  in  short,  that  they 
should  be  .what  human  beings  never 
yet  were,  nor  ever  will  be.  The  only 
practicable  mode  of  obtaining  the  best 
possible  service  from  them  is  to  cause 
them  to  like  their  places,  and  make  it 
worth  their  while  to  continue  in  them. 
The  division  of  labour  should  also  be 
recollected.  Servants  who  have  mis- 
cellaneous work  will  never  be  so  per- 
fect as  those  who  have  only  distmct 
duties.  Add  to  this,  if  people  look 
into  their  work  being  done,  it  will  be 
done;  but  the  necessity  of  constant  iu- 
sjtection  is  not  to  be  superseded.  Even 
a  machine  must  be  constantly  over- 
looked. If  all  fails,  it  should  be  re- 
membered that  there  are  many  whom 
nothing  but  adversity  can  reform, 
among  masters  as  well  as  servants; 
and  that  they  who  are  always  chang- 
ing their  servants,  know  nothing  of 
the  art  of  government.  A  faithful  and 
useful  domestic  is  a  great  blessing; 
and  as  this  acquisition  cannot  be  a 
thing  of  trifling  moment,  we  are  glad 
of  books  of  this  kind.  They  may  do 
good  by  turning  the  attention  of  the 
wise  to  an  object  productive  of  much 
benefit,  and  likely  to  set  an  excellent 
example  of  imitation. 

142.  An  Etsay  on  Mind,  with  other  Poems, 
1 8>ito«    Duncan. 

THIS  Essay  is  an  imitation  of  the 
style  of  Pope,  and  contains  some  beau- 
tiful similes.  The  poetry  is  of  a  supe- 
rior description ;  and  the  characters  in- 
troduced are  well  drawn.  We  make 
one  extract : 

*'  Man !  man !  thou  poor  antithesis  of  power ! 
Child  of  all  time !  yet  creature  of  an  hour! 
By  turns  camelion  of  a  thousand  forms. 
The  lord  of  empires  and  the  food  of  worms  ! 
The  little  conqueror  of  a  petty  space. 
The  more  than  mighty,  or  the  worse  than 

base! 
Thou  ruin'rl  landmark  in  the  deaert  way, 
Betwixt  the  all  of  glory  and  decay  ! 
Fair  beams  the  torch  of  Science  in  thine 

hand,  [ing  land ; 

And  sheds  its  brightness  o*er  the  glimmer- 
While  in  thy  native  grandeur  bold  and  firee. 
Thou  bid'st  the  wilds  of  Nature  smile  for 

thee. 
And  treadest  Ocean's  paths  full  royally ! 
Karth  yields  her  treasures  up— celestik]  air 
Recelvet  thy  globe  of  life,  when  journeying 

there. 
It  bounds  from  dost,  and  bends  iti  coarse 

on  high,  [iog  sky. 

Aod  walks  in  beauty  through  the  wand«r- 


And  yet,  proud  clay !  thine  empire  is  a  span. 
Nor  all  thy  greatness  makes  thee  more  ihaa 


While  Knowledge,  Science,  only  terwe  t*  im- 
part 

The  god  thou  wouleCst  be,  and  the  thing 
thou  art  /" 


14S.  Essays  on  Geology  and  Astronomy;  the 
physical  Formation  of  the  Planets,  the 
Process  whereby  Magneiitm  and  Motkm 
keep  them  in  their  Orbits,  with  the  ffTty 
to  find  the  Distances  qf  the  Planets  from 
the  Sun,  as  deducedjnm  the  Earth*s  Dis- 
tance, By  William  G>lqaitt,  B,A.  9vo, 
pp.  202. 

THIS  is  the  work  of  a  man  of  some 
^nius,  well  acquainted  with  a  par- 
ticular subject,  writing  under  the  de- 
lirium of  high  fever,  and  observing 
neither  grammar  nor  reason, but  utter- 
ing singular  hypotheses.  When  the 
author  has  taken  physic,  we  should 
be  glad  to  see  a  work  from  him  as  tem- 
perate and  satisfactory  as  Parkes*  Che- 
mical Catechism,  but  not  one  making 
a  god  of  the  Sun.  He  should  recol- 
lect that  the  essence  of  absurdity  is 
impossibility;  for  no  material  body  can 
per  se  be  cogitative,  active,  &c. ;  and  if 
it  cannot,  wen  it  derives  its  powers 
from  an  imparting  cause. 

Our  author's  tiypotheses  are  very 
curious,  and  though  we  do  not  sanc- 
tion them,  we  see  in  parts  muck  which 
is  far  from  meriting  aisrespect. 

The  Sun,  Celestial  li^hi  is  the  only 
immortal  substance  which  man  can 
behold ;  the  Sun  is  a  solid  globe  in- 
vested with  this,  and  the  spots  are  only 
the  parts  of  the  nucleus  appearing 
through  a  rarefaction  of  l^t  on  that 

Brt,  and  condensation  oo  another, 
'his  may  be  nectssary  to  produce  ex- 
traordinary heat  in  sodie  summers  and 
countries,  without  which  the  Uws  of 
Providence  mi|^t  be  impeded.  Rev,"] 

Planets,  Every  pknet  which  has 
an  atmosphere,  and  is  daily  turned  to- 
wards the  San,  must  be  inhabited-. 
P.  101. 

Venus,  The  inhabitants  of  Venus 
must  be  more  numerous  than  those  of 
our  Earth  (if  we  leave  out  fish),  be- 
cause three-fifths  of  the  Earth's  snrfiice 
is  covered  with  water,  whik  the  sur- 
face of  Venus  appears  to  coniist  more 
of  land  than  water.    P.  104. 

Earth,  Without  an  atooaphere  we 
could  never  look  upon  theSon  tfhrou^ 
the  brightness  of  hu  preseaee.   P.  1  jo. 

Idootu    «*  I  QalGll]m^  b«r  e4d  to  ha  ft&* 


PAKT  I.]       IUnswj--ColqiUtt  om  Getlogy  wd  Mrmiomy,              615 

gmtcr  thaa  the  eoM  at  the  North  Pole.  JfooM  qfSMtmm.  As  these  Moons 
Therefore  not  •  Uaile  of  gfaei»  not  e  plaB^  of  Satarn,  like  those  of  Jopiter,  are  in. 
tree,  or  eahod,  eoold  grow  or  exitt  upon  tended  for  the  sole  purpose  of  eivinc 
her  •ur&oe,  which  for  the  »oetDert  ooo-  ^n,e  light  to  every  part  of  his ^odyT 
rrLlT^^^JT^PS^  end  other  useful  n?r^^ 
ewlLrMdiMTt!^^  e^SoilSJt  "  n»»n»fc»t  t^t  *«r  surfaces  are  of  a 
Some  if  thesTp^idicel  rocki  mTL  Tohy  l^^  J°*^  5*'''"%  «"*»«*?«^'  "«»»»- 
M  any  mounteint  op  the  face  of  the  eerth»  '*'  \  ^°**  ^  ^'  Moon,  without  at- 
bj  which  they  remain  looser  UlnroinUed  mofphere,  or  any  thing  to  diminish 
than  the  low  vdleYi,  and  which  extend  the  ^^t\r  lustre ;  their  cold  exceeds  all  hu- 
light  much  more  ttuin  if  she  had  a  smooth  man  comprehension.  There  is  no  de- 
surface.  The  unmixed  air  which  givee  Tent  (tc%  in  nature,  in  their  not  being  inha- 
to  the  volcanic  eruption  b  tufficient  for  that  hi  ted,  any  more  than  there  is  in  our 
purpose  alone.  I  have  obeenred  the  volcano,  polar  regions,  hut  an  advantage  for 
which  appears  like  a  red  star  upon  a  bright  their  respective  uses.  P.  138. 
yellow  surfcce.  The  Moon  has  no  atmot-  Qmeis.  Solid  bodies  invetted  with 
phere.      P.  1 18.  impenetrable  and  luminous  sabsUnce. 

A  poet  may  here  step  out  of  the  (P-  l66)  The  use  of  them  is  to  clear 
flower  garden  for  ideas.  Mounuins  *way  the  dense  and  congregated  parti- 
composed  of  one  solid  diamond,  illu-  cles  of  terrestrial  and  aqueous  matter, 
minated  by  a  volcano,  show  gas-light,  which  abounds  in  the  orbits  of  the 
cut-glass,  and  mirrors,  to  be  babyisms,  planets,  and  that,  by  the  timely  in- 

Mart.  The  surface  of  this  planet  terventions  and  intersections  of  a  co- 
is  divided  into  plains  and  mountains  of  met,  the  planets  may  have  a  free  cir- 
strange  figures,  issuing  volcanic  fire,  culation  in  their  respective  orbiu,  and 
Apparently  it  is  not  yet  formed  into  bj;  this  means  prevent  deluses,  whirl- 
an  inhabited  world,  but  is  what  our  winds,  and  earthquakes,  from  over- 
Earth  once  was.    P.  126.  flowing  and  harming  the  pUneU.— 


JupUrr.      <*As    Jupiter    always    shines 


P.  iGq. 


with  a  round  bright  fcce,  with  an  atmos-  ^*^  *»  *«'»^  «»d  JupUer.    "  I  coo- 

phere  adapted  thereto,  always  of  the  same  ^^^^  ™t  the  inhabitants  of  these  gieec 

temperature,  without  torrid  or  frigid  zones,  pl»n«ts,   partienlarly  Jupiter,  towards  hb 

and  extreme  heat  or  extreme  cold,  he  most  cent™!  parts,  most  receive  ae  much  heat  m 

of  course  be  well  inhabited  with  remarkably  ;*>»*  *«  nce'w  between  50»  North,  and  60» 

strong  and  very  long-lived  inhabitanU  ;  so  South  latitude,  and  their  stature  and  strength 

that  a  young  roan  here  of  only  21  years  old  ^^  ^^«  *»">••  grater  than  the  strongest 

in  Jupiter  would  be  «52  years  of  age,  and  "»°  °"  *^  face  of  the  earth  p.  e.  between 

the   lands   productive   of '  rich    vegetables  **  *°d30  feet  hirfi]  j  and  their  ages  in  ge- 

adapted  for  their  susUnaace."     P.  131 .  "*'•'  ^""°  twelve  hundred  to  fifVeen  hundred 

/*s^  r .  A  VT«  t^tA,  ^  y**" '  **"*  *^*  inhabitanU  of  the  planet  So. 

(bee  GiAKTS  postea.)  ju„^  y^  „„^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^ 


Saturn.     In  consequence  of  the  po-  the  Sun,  must  be  of  prodigious  strangth  m 

sition  of  the  axis,  his  inhabitants  must  well  as  stature,  and  cannot  be  moS  lees 

enjoyalmostconstantday-light.(p.135.)  ^han  double  the  ages  of  those  of  Jupiter, 

May  not  Jupiter  and   Saturn,   which  f"<*  adapted  with  constitutions  correspond- 

have  no  change  of  seasons,  no  storms  *°«  *'^°  ^**«»'  respective  climates.    Is  it 

and  tempests,  produce  animals  of  the  'f"^-™'  to  suppose  that  the  inhabiianu  of 

same  fraine  and  shape  as  man,  invest-  *****?  «^  P^  are  upright,  and  not 

ed  with  hair  or  plumage,  like  a  leo-  S"!u^^l^;.jrSi^lSr*  ^^ 

.         I                   u           »          I    *i.  •  •<»  •^th  stroni^  hair,  yellow  or  white,  beau- 

nard,   zebra,   or  pheasant     and   their  ^ifully  and  tastefully  spotted  or  strii^d  like 

lives    prolonged    from    1500   to    2000  .  leopard  or  a  xebri" ^^78.    "^^^ ''"'• 

years  >     P.  1 39.  Here  we  shall  uke  our  leave  of  Mr. 

Ring  of  Saturn.    « Herschel  assured  me  Colquitt's   wonders.      An    admirable 

that  this  Ring^consists  of  solid  circles.   My  pantomime    might  be    made  out  of 

auswerwas,*  Doctor,  there  can  be  no  doubt  of  them, 

that,'  and  accordingly  1  informed  him  of  the  a 

composition,  necessity,  and  uses  of  him,  to  ^    rv     • 

which  he  agreed.    I  deem  this  Ring  to  be  a  '^^;  /*"  Ouiktu  Sktieh  qf  a  new  Theory 

coinpmition  of  siliceous  matter  crystallized,  v" '*'  '^•^  "^  *"  htkabUatUs.    By  a 

of  similar  substance  to  that  which  hU  satel-  Chtuhan  Phtiotopher,  8vo.  pp.  4€. 

lites  consist  of,  and  those  of  Jupiter  and  our  UPON  qnestions  of  principle  we  do 

Moon,  —  unmixed  with  any  calcareous  or  not  feel  ourselves  at  liberty  to  exercise 

petrifactive  substance."    P.  137.  coortesy.    1  f  sanction  be  gjvtn  to  tl)e 


6i(S  Rbvibw. — On  Educatwn  among  the  Working  Ckmes.    •  [xcte. 

monstrous  theories  every  day  published  ins  population  is  trouUeiome.  Setting 
upon  religious  subjects,  it  would  be  aside  times  of  distress,  we  ascribe  the 
subornation  of  crime.  Many  words  main  cause  of  alienation  from  Govem- 
are,  however,  unnecessary.  The  au-  meut  to  seditious  newspapers.  We 
thor  has  himself  murdered  his  own  mean  no  such  absurd  notion  as  a pprov- 
literary  babe,  his  "  New  Theory,''  ing  any  censorship  of  the  press,  or  de- 
and  itie  proofs  of  the  infanticide  arc  nying  the  public  benefit  of  newspapers 
these. — 1  he  Scriptures  tend  to  show  in  a  general  view;  we  only  mean,  that 
that  Man  and  the  Devil  are  one  and  all  influence  of  the  public  mind,  except 
the  same  (p.  32),  and  we  and  all  of  us  where  discussions  are  settled  by  the 
are  only  the  old  devils  and  their  oif-  wisdom  of  Parliament,  rests  with  M^m ; 
spring  in  another  form  (p.  33  seq.  by  and  that  as  many  of  them  thrive  by 
inference).  A  belief  prevailed  in  our  faction,  they  promote  it;  for  politics 
Saviour's  time,  that  the  dead  came  to  are  not  studied  where  newspapers  are 
life  aeain,  and  re-animated  oiher  peo^  not  read.  In  country  parisnes,  purely 
p/e*i  bodies,  (p.  35.)  The  temptation  agricultural,  the  peasantry  seldom,  if 
presented  to  our  first  parents  was  the  ever,  see  a  newspaper,  and  never  think 
intercourse  between  the  sexes,  and  of  politics  ;  in  the  manufacturing  dis- 
•"  the  devil,  i.  e.  Ihe  devilish  nature,  tricts,  the  violent  Sunday  papers,  all  of 
still  unpurged  from  the  transgressing  whom,  except  one  or  two,  are  in  op- 
angels,  proved  too  powerful  for  Eve."  position  to  Government,  are  ereedUy 
P.  38.  perused.  The  French  Revolution  was 
•  This  planet  was,  it  seems,  also  the  not  a  consequence  of  knowledge  as 
abode  ot  the  devil  and  his  angels,  be-  knowledge,  but  of  irreligious  and  fac- 
fore  they  rebelled.  tious  politics  disseminated  under  the 
-  "As  before  this  world  was  contumed  by  Provocation  of  an  unconstitutional  and 
•fire,  it  appears  to  have  been  the  abode  of  aespoiic  tyranny.  Commerce  and  li- 
Uessed  angelic  beings,  who  forfeited  their  terature  have  a  pacific  tendency;  but 
happiness  bv  disobedience,  so  does  it  seem  the  furious  party  papers  perpetually  ex- 
probable,  tiiat  wh)en,  through  the  obe-  cite  an  opposite  spirit,  and  the  mis- 
dience  of  the  word,  who  was  made  flesh,  chief  which  they  might  effect  under  a 
they  shall  be  reinsuted  in  bliss,  this  world  ma^istraeyand  laws  less  efficient,  would 
will  be  again  their  blessed  babitotion."  P.40.  be  mcaluable,  were  it  not  that  every 

We  know  not  whether  this  pam-  ™*n  almost  has  something  to  lose,  has 

phlet  and  that  of  the  "Analogy  be-  *  ^^^^  ^\  his  own,  or  one  furnished, 

twixtthe  Natural  and  Spiritual  World,"  ^'  ^^^^V  »«  the  funds,  or  estates,  or 

emanate  from  the  Jr-reverend  M r.  Tay-  ^«^^'e»  or  corn-ricks,  or  stock  of  gpods, 

lor»s  school  for  smuggling  infidelity  in-  ^^  a  dependence  upon  those  who  have, 

to  the  world,  and  evading  the  law ;  but  «o  ^^^^  |^"  interest  operates  m  support 

this  we  know,  that  either  the  authors  o'  '"«  Jf^s.    If  a  not  happens  in  a 

are  "  as  mad  as  March  hares,"  or  have  *<^wn»  ^"^  rcspectoblc  inhabitants  be- 

bad  intentions,  viz.  those  of  destroying  ^^^^  special  constables  immediately, 

Christianity  by  poison.  ^nd   these  and  a  haqdfol  of  irooiw, 

^  quash  projected  rebellion.    A  regular 

^  army,  and  time  and  money,  can  alone 

14S.  The  Consequences  qf  a  Scientific  Edw  overthrow    established    Gfovernments. 

cation  to   the  JVwHng  aasses  of  this  A  bo<ly  of  men  that  have  neither  can- 

Cmn^  pointed  out  i  and  the  Theones  qf  p^n,    musquets,    food,   militory  disci- 
Mr.  Brougham  on  Mfl/  Sulrject  confuted i        y        ^^  ^  „^^  ^.^^  tO  prtiure 

p  «  ^/««-/o  '^^J2r  «C^  7^°'  ^hem,  cannot  compete  with  a  regular 

By  a  Country  Gentleman.    Svo,  pp.  7..  ^^,,^y  ^   .^^  weekTand  what  in  Eng- 

The  question  thrown  out  by  this  land  is  to  ne  got  by  rebellion  ?  Corn- 
gentleman  for  critical  discussion  is  one  merce  and  manufactures  are  stopped, — 
of  great  difiiculty,  and  one,  in  our  opi-  credit  is  suspended, — Bank  of  England 
nion,  utterly  distinct  from  revolu-  notes  will  not  circulate,  nor  any  other 
tionary  politics.  The  Scotch  are  a  paper  money, — taxes  cannot  be  collect- 
well-educated  people,  and  are  nut  in-  ed,  and  dividends  cannot  be  paid,— 
surreciionary ;  the  Irish  are  very  igno-  neither  markets  can  be  supplied^  nor 
rant,  and  very  turbulent.  On  the  property  or  life  be  secured; — and  un- 
other  hand,  the  agricultural  peasantry  der  these  apprehensions  people  open 
of  England  are  ignorant,  and  quite  their  eyes  and  shut  their  ears.  The 
peaceable;  the  informed  manufactur-  greatest  danger  which  tbreatcmtd  the 


rAftT  1.]        RETuw«-»Bofworth*t  Agh'StaBom  Qrtmmmt.  '          Slf 

couotrj  was  the  oioUaj  tooM  yean  plete  and  tooieliiiiet  abmnl.  We  will 
back  of  tlie  tailon  at  Sbeernen^  bat  ezplaui  oonelTei. 
the  people  rote  against  them,  and  it  Mr.  Boaworth  (p.  13)  ghret  os  m- 
fCKNi  cemd.  As  to  the  mechanics  (or  ablative  in  the  Ang^O'Sta^oo,  whereas 
operatives,  a  silly  word)  choosing  to  both  Hickes  (Grammar^  p.  11)  and 
acquire  scientific  instruction,  who  u  io  Insram  (Pr»f.  Chron.  Sax.)  retain  it, 
prevent  them  f  and  such  ah  attempt  and  certainly  with  correetneti,  for  si- 
would  be  an  unjnstifiable  infringement  milarity  of  termination  can  never  ren- 
upon  the  liberties  of  an  Englishman,  der  datives  and  ablatives  the  same. 
Who  would  dare  to  affirm  that  a  poor  The  sign  to  implies  one  case,  £y,  wi^ 
man  has  iint  a  right  to  read  as  well  as  andia,  another,  and  from  distinction 
a  rich  one?  It  might  as  well  be  said,  from  all  of  the  preceding.  In  the 
he  has  no  right  to  see  or  to  hear*  No  philosophy  of  Grammar,  therefore, 
doubt  inconveniences  and  follies  may  there  are  as  many  distinct  cases  aa 
grow  out  of  the  new  fashion, — bun-  there  are  dutinct  senses  in  the  acts  de-- 
dreds  may  become  coxcombs,  and  scho-  noted  by  the  signs.  Make  woae  signs 
lars  be  bearded  by  sciolists ;  but  the  prepositions,  and  annihilate  the  termi- 
general  result  may,  under  Providence,  nation,  then  matters  settle  in  their 
be  superior  moral  and  intellectual  cha-  proper  places.  Inflection,  though  it 
racter  in  the  people  at  large. ^  Here  .may  have  iuuse  and  beautv,  is  an  un-- 
we  shall  stop;  and  hope  that  in  thus  natural  discreiMncy ;  and  tne  northern' 
avowing  a  conscientious  difference  of  nations,  by  tneir  juxta>col]ocation8  of 
opinion  from  the  %-ery  respectable  au-  the^  words  of  a  sentence,  and  snbsti-' 
thor  of  this  pamphlet,  we  uo  not  ques-  tuting  prepositions  and  anailtary  verbs 
tion  in  any  form  his  character  or  his  for  terminations,  only  restored  language - 
talents.                                               .  to  its  proper  and  natural  eonformatioo. 

A  Mr.  Bos  worth  further  tells  ii«  (p. 

.^     ^^         ..      ^              c»t.  w%^  33),  that  there  is  no  passive  voice  in  the 

146.  A  (>mjmidumM  Gran^  ff  the  Pn-  Anglo-Saxon,  whereas  there.aitf#/  be  a 

T^i::^l^LJj^!Z^'^'  P^'^'  ^^'^  '"  «^  languages,  whether 

fIAhI  t:ic.  ^J:S: ef  •  ^-  «Vbe  formed  by  -xiliary  verb,  or  ter- 

THEelaboraTeGrammarff  Hickes,  "^"^    H.ckes  i«ys  (p.  79), 

and  Mrs.  Elstob's  more  easy  conii)en-  "  Vcrbum  PaMimm  fbrnuar  apixl  A.  S. 

dium,  are.  we  believe,  very  icarce.     A  P«' /•'!»;«    suUtMitmiin   tt  pjrti«pio«- 

work  like  Mr.  Bosworth's  was  there-  C^.S^^iTwiSSi'^Tfe'^- 

r                .    ,           1            CI           r    I.  tcnto  tempore  fodicatin  tocu  scthrae,  niti 

fore  waiutrd  ;  and   we  find  .no  fauU  ^  .j^  dicrin,i»i.  e>T>a. pt«um<»e potfi- 

wuh  It.  exc«,i  ,n  It.  Frenchified  con-  ^,„  .^.ntam  je ;  .ic .  lutobe  oLbim 

striiction.    Our   Gallick    ueishboiirs,  ^       \       ^    ^    T           •• 

conceiving  that  no  man  can  tell  the  ^*  jelufOb-eb-ub  amitus. 

hour  of  the  day,  unless  he  is  previously  This  operation  of  the  prefix  je 
acquainted  with  the  interior  construe-  should  be  placed  in  a  conspicuous 
tioii  of  a  clock,  encumber  the  Tyro  form,  by  a  single  paragraph,  and  not 
with  superfluous  explanations  and  fan-  be  suffocated  as  it  is  by  other  matter  in 
tastic  rcfineiiiciits,  ^hich  in  nine  in-  Mr.  Bosworth.  P.  35. 
stances  out  of  ten  are  utterly  without  We  assure  Mr.  Bosworth  that  we  do 
foundation.  The  luminous  work  of  not  hold  in  disrespect  his  gseful  work. 
John  Home  Tooke  (the ETfallTffCfrra)  We  wish  only  in  future  editions  for  no 
is  the  only  book  which  explains  the  such  French  pleonasms  as  the  follow- 
rral  theory  of  Grammar,  and  all  that  ing  pas sanrs imply :  "The  neuter gen- 
ihv  Fr.-nch  have  done  is  merely  to  der  signines  objects  which  are  neither 
dress  it  ii|)  ill  flounces,  furbelows,  and  male  nor  female  (p.  11);*'  ''The 
unliinery.  The  consequence  is,  that  change  a  verb  undergoes  is  called  a 
things,  which  ought  in  their  very  na-  mood  (p.  34).*'  Surely  a  stpdent  of 
tore  to  he  as  simple  and  easy  as  pos-  An»!o-Saxon  will  not  want  to  be  told 
bible,  are  made  hard  and  intricate.  It  what  a  child  knows.  The  "  Gram- 
is  very  true,  that  there  are  parts  of  matica  Ani^lo-Saxonica  et  Mcso-Go- 
fjii'ech  ;  and  that  there  must  l>e  discri-  thica*'  of  Hickes, occopies  ll4closely- 
luinatioMs  and  clashes;  but  Birch  in  printed  pages  of  matter  strictly  con* 
his  Aribtarchus  will  show  that  the  de-  fined  to  the  subject,  and  he  presupposes' 
finiiions  of  them  are  always  incom-  that  his  reader  is  alrakly  aoqtifintad 
Okrt.  Mao.  Suppi.  XCVI.  Part  I.  with  the  A  B  C  of  giimmar.    Ih  tha' 

F 


618 


RE^iww.'^SuggeiHons  for  improving  Benefit  CkiU.        Ixovu 


new  impressionsr  therefore  of  this  book, 
we  would  recommend  substitution  of 
matter  to  the  purpose,  in  the  room  of 
the  common  place  alluded  to. 

We  cannot  speak  in  too  high  terms 
of  the  Preface,  it  is  an  excellent  dis- 
sertation upon  the  origin  of  the  Saxons 
and  their  langua^.  We  recommend 
Mr.  Bosworih,  in  order  to  render  it 
perfect,  to  consult  Tyrwhitt's  "Essay 
on  the  Language  and  Versification  of 
Chaucer,'*  annexed  lo  the  fourth  vo- 
lume of  his  *•  Canterbury  Tales."  He 
will  there  see  the  alterations  of  the  an- 
cient Anglo-Saxon,  made  by  their  pos- 
terity, in  the  process  of  convening  it 
into'  modern  English ;  though  many 
vuls^arisms  of  the  present  peasantry,  as 
thilk,  woil  for  toil/,  &c.  &c.  are^nuine 
Saxon.  The  most  curious  fact  is,  that 
the  French  words  imported  were  im- 
mediately or  by  degrees  made  subject 
to  the  Saxon  idiom. 

If  a  French  adverb  ended  in  meni 
(e.  g.  certainmenl),  our  ancestors  am- 
putated the  ment,  and  wooden-legged 
the  stump  wiih  the  Anglo-Saxon  /ick 
or  ly,  instead.  Because  the  English 
adjective  has  neither  case,  gender,  or 
number,  all  the  French  adjectives,  upon 
tlieir  naturalization  here,  were  dismem- 
bered of  these  limbs.  By  the  same 
merciless  mutilation,  the  French  verbs 
were  obliged  to  relinquish  all  their 
differences  of  conjugation.  Accorder, 
iouffrer,  recevoir,  descendre,  were  regu- 
larly changed  into  accorden,  suffren, 
receiven,  descenden.  We  omit  other 
curious  facts,  exhibited  by  that  admi- 
rable scholar  Mr.  Tyrwhitt. 


147.  Some  Suggestions  for  the  Improvement 
qf  Befirfit  CUibs,  atid  Assurances  for  the 
Lower  Classes  ;  also  Suggestions  for  a  Mo- 
dification qf  the  Poor  Laws,  with  Remarks 
en  the  eomparative  Situation  qf  the  Land- 
owner and  the  Fundholder,  and  on  other 
Sul^ects.     Svo,  pp.  30. 

WE  are  not  (^oing  to  expatiate  upon 
the  utility  of  Friendly  Societies  and 
Life  Insurance.  We  shall  therefore 
give  such  positions  of  our  author  as 
may  be  worthy  consideration.  Con- 
cerning Benefit  Clubs,  he  very  pro- 
))erly  Ktates,  that  |>ayments  shoula  be 
luacie  by  the  members,  in  sums  pro- 
portioned to  their  ages.  He  observes, 
that  to  secure  5/.  for  funeral  ex))ences, 
a  ))erson  of  eight  years  of  age  ought  to 
pay  If.  lOi.  per  ann,,  but  a  person  of 
sixty,  ()«  4d.    To  secure  an  annuity  ok 


15/.  lis,  after  60,  he  proposes  a  pay-* 
ment  for  fourteen  years,  as  follows  : 

Age  Payment. 

10  -  -  -  OL  17s.  6d, 

«0  -  -  -  14     0 

30  -  -  -  9     10     4 

40  -  -  -  4       ft     0 

Now,  whether  by  means  of  life-in- 
surance it  might  not  be  possible  to 
diminish  the  poors'  rates  very  consi- 
derably, we  will  not  affirm.  We  will 
only  put  a  case.  A  parish  offers  to  a 
poor  man,  married  but  not  chareeable, 
a  certain  sum  per  aitrt.  if  he  will  add 
another  contribution  to  it,  to  buy  with 
the  joint  proceeds  a  policy  of  insurance 
for  an  annuity  after  he  has  attained 
the  age  of  sixty,  the  condition  being 
that  he  shall  not  become  chargeable  in 
the  interim. 

Our  author  says: 

'*  Those  persoos  who  expect  a  provision 
during  old  a/^,  would  be  more  likely  to  bear 
up  against  difficulties,  and  to  dispense  with 
parish  aid,  than  those  who  have  no  tuck 
prospect."     P.  10. 

Another  suggestion  is,  to  grant  an- 
nuities for  a  hundred  years,  instead  of 
the  Sinking  Fund. 

«  Had  that  idea  been  acted  upon  from  the 
commencement  of  the  borrowing  system, 
the  money  raised  in  the  reign  of  Geo.  II. 
would  now  have  been  redeemed.  The  dif- 
ference of  the  value  of  a  perpetual  annuity 
and  an  annuity  for  a  hundred  years,  is  only 
about  thirty  shillings,  at  5  per  cenL'* 

Our  author  thinks,  that  machinery 
might  be  employed  in  husbandry  work 
to  lessen  the  number  of  horses  kept. 

He  proposes  to  prevent  ships  sink- 
ing at  sea,  through  leaks,  by  this  mode : 

<<Le(  the  vessel  be  divUed  by  water- 
proof partitions,  into  three  or  ^mu>  compart- 
ments. The  water  from  the  leak  then 
would  be  limited  to  one  eompaitment.** 

This,  by  the  way,  is  only  an  idea, 
taken  from  the  well  of  fishing-smacks. 

«  Owen's  plan.  The  mode  oF  employ 
meut  proposed  by  Mr.  Owen  is  leu  produc- 
tive than  that  which  we  have.  C^  land  of 
little  value,  we  now  feed  ontttlfas  and  our 
cattle,  and  pay  rent,  which  b  in  fiwt  ftediag 
the  landloid  and  those  who  depend  imoo 
him.  On  such  land,  by  snide  nmhanniyj 
labourers  couldnot  do  any  suuithiiig/'  P.M. 

/une^holders  are  suppoted  to  have 
more  advantage  than  Zoftiholders, 
because  they  do  not  pay  dtiect  taxes. 

Our  author  says,  that 

**  The  fiindliolders  are  loien  to  am  fan- 


^▲ET  l]         MMrimw^^D^moB  ^f  IA«.  DpAt  ^  Ymk^  «e» 


if  «•  comUot  tiM  aifcwc 
■itMtioBs  ia  wbWb  the  pahlio  cwdBtwi 
wovld  aov  haw  baiSy  bad  tliaj  piifoh«Md 
kad  Ml  the  year  17889  with  tha  148  mUUoM 
thaa  owing  to  tban ;  land  lianng»  taaea 
that  ttma»  in  man/  uutanoet  quadniplad  iu 
value."    P.  se. 

Now  oar  opinion  is,  that  such  a 
Urge  capital  thrown  upon  land  would 
hare  occasioned  so  great  an  angmenta- 
tion  of  iis  price,  that  it  woold  not 
have  returned  1  per  ceni,  interest  per 
ann,  i  and  that  the  chief  cause  why 
money  has  been  able  to  return  ^|Ooa 
interest,  is  the  power  of  vesting  it  in 
good  security,  distinct  from  land. 

In  p.  13,  the  author  pursues  thu 
subject.    He  says, 

'*Tha  capitalist,  wbaa  bt  bays  land, 
buys  at  a  certain  rate,  at  compared  with 
funded  property.  Upon  the  tuppoeitioa 
that  be  bought  land  forty  years  aeo»  bis  ra- 
turns  will  be  greater  tban  he  would  now  ra- 
ceive,  if  ha  bad  at  that  time  invested  bis 
money  in  the  funds ;  or  if  the  actual  rent  of 
the  present  dsy  b  compared  with  what  was 
paid  when  poor  rates  wars  at  tha  lowest, 
the  landowner  it  still  a  gainer.  The  Land- 
lord, therefore,  cannot  be  said  to  be  affected 
by  poor  rstet." 

No  position  is  more  self-evident, 
than  if  provisions  rise,  renii  rise,  and 
poor  rates  rise ;  hut  then  the  mode  tf 
a$set$memt  by  paruhet  is  most  inequit- 
able. A  man  in  the  parish  of  A.  who 
pays  \9s,  per  pound  poor  rates,  can 
sell  his  com  for  no  more  than  another, 
who  pays  only  U.  in  the  pound,  and 
therefore  the  former  pays  eleven  times 
the  amount  of  the  latter  in  a  iiA- 
TiONAL  tax. 

149.  ji  Dffrnee  <ff  H,  R,  H,  the  Duke  of 
York,  and  of  the  Sentiments  delioered  ty 
him  in  the  Hotise  of  Lords  on  the  Question 
of  the  Catkotie  CiaimSf  with  Strictures  of 
the  Conduct  qfthe  Body  eaiUng  themscives 
the  Catholic  Associationf  and  if  the  h^rish 
Oergy  of  Ireland.  J9y  an  irishman^  a 
Memltr  of  the  Bar  <2/*£ngland.  800,  j^, 
90. 

1 F  the  Duke  of  York  be  a  Peer  of 
Parliament,  it  docs  not  follow,  because 
he  is  also  a  Prince  of  the  blood,  that 
he  has  not  the  privilege  of  uttering  hb 
semi  menu  in  the  Upper  House.  Our 
warm-hearted  neighboure,  the  Irish, 
however,  mix  passion  with  eveij  thing, 
nor  could  they  excite  the  enthusiasm 
necessary  for  attaching  a  strong  party 
to  themselves,  without  inflammatory 
language  and  coarse  allusions,  because 
their  auditors  art  of  a  rank  in  iifii  to 


€19 

whom  4em]ptfat«  addfeiim  would  be 
otelesa.    The  Catholics  treat  the  eoo- 
•eienccf  of  Protettoota,  m  Mahometana 
treat  females;  and  because  thor  cannot 
make  them  yield  to  their  pleasiires, 
cry  out  that  they  (the  Catholics)  are 
deprived  of  their  political  privileges. 
The  Catholic  ouestioa  has,  however, 
been  roasted,  boiled,   hashed,  fried, 
and  stewed  so  much,  that  we  know  no 
further  mode  of  cookenr  which  can  be 
applied  to  it.    We  shaft  therefore  only 
observe,  that  the  pamphlet  before  na 
ia  aigumenutive  and   wdl  written; 
and  exposes  the  vulgarity  and  violeiioe 
€>(  the  chief  Catholic  dssmeniaes;  for 
so  in  religious  sobiectB  (however  iood 
and  amiable  in  dval  life)  we  hold  tbem 
to  be  who  write  in  the  manner  repro- 
bated. '^ 

149.  Remarks  on  the  Harm  SabbaOem 
of  Godfrey  Higgins,  £19.  By  Henry 
Standisb,  Gent,  %vo.    pp.  6%. 

WE  have  often  heard  it  observed, 
"  that  a  thins  is  as  plain  as  the  nose  on 
one's  face,**  but  should  it  be  affirmed 
that  Nature  has  made  no  provision  in 
the  conformation  of  our  visages  for  tbe 
adjunct  of  a  nose,  we  should  not  think 
the  force  of  the  allusion  dcatr^red,  b^ 
cause  we  solemnly  believe  that  Nature 
tiid  intend  the  human  face  to  have  a 
nose.  The  preceding  illustration  ap- 
plies,  we  think,  to  the  case  before  ui. 
vV'e  hold  it  to  be  as  plain  m  the  said 
nose  on  one's  face,  that  the  New  Tea* ' 
tament  does  enjoin  public  worship; 
but  Mr.  Higgins,  as  quoted  in  p.  SO, 
stales,  '« tluit  in  the  Gospel  public 
worship  is  diseowagedt  if  not  proAtii- 
biiedt  and  consequently  persons  ta% 
justified  for  its  noii-obaervance.'* 

When  chimnies  are  full  of  soot, 
and  sewers  full  of  filth,  it  is  necessary 
to  sweep  the  one,  and  cleanse  the 
other ;  but  no  one,  for  all  that,  likes 
to  be  either  a  chimney-sweep  or  a  sca- 
ven^r ;  and  no  office. can  be  more  dis- 
gustmg,  though  it  may  be  useful,  than 
to  clear  away  the  soot  and  rubbish  of 
mischievous  anthers.  Wo  shall,  there- 
fore, merely  say,  in  jnstiee  to  Mr. 
Standisb,  that  he  writea  with  logical 
precision  and  ^tlcmaolv.  temper; 
though  the  poaitioos  whiefi  he  com- 
bats, deserved  only  serious  rebuke. 


lAO.  ^tf»opHall,Ut  X^eandTUuK.    By 
the  Rev.  John  Joaae,  Ptrpehmi  OunOi  <^ 
Cradley,  Wareestarshbv.    %oo.  pp.£m. 
Ml.    Saday.  '   .      "^. 


030 


RBViBW.—JBtf/^op  Hall's  iSaiiref.-—^«nc^  fltttorier.       [slcti. 


151.  Satiret,  hy  J<M«ph  HalU  afterwards 
Bishop  of  Exeter  md  Norwich,  ff^h 
the  Iliustrations  of  the  late  Rev.  ThomM 
Warton,  and  addUiomd  Notes  by  Samuel 
Weller  Singer.  12mo.  pp,  civ,  182. 
't'riphook. 

THE  first  of  these  works  is  an  im- 
partial and  judicious  piece  of  biogra- 
phy, and  one  of  the  best  modern  eccle- 
siastical works  relating  to  that  turbu- 
lent period.  It  contains  some  ioele- 
gancies,  and  typographical  errors,  and 
controversial  terms  are  sometimes  used 
anachronically.  These,  however,  are 
faults  which  may  be  amended  in  a  se- 
cond edition,  which  we  have  no  doubt 
that  the  work  will  reach.  The  cita- 
tions are  not  always  from  the  best  au- 
thors, specially  those  from  Wellwood, 
who  lived  after  the  time  referred  to. 
It  is  a  greater  objection  to  say  that  too 
much  matter  is  admitted  into  the  text 
which  belonfl;ed  to  the  Appendix,  and 
thus  the  uniformity  of  style,  which  is 
really  a  principal  beauty,  destroyed. 
The  Appendix  is  copious,  and  contains, 
among  other  things,  some  of  Hall's 
unpublished  Letters,  bis  Sermon  be- 
fore the  Synod  of  Dort,  and  Ali bone's 
Latin  Satire  on  the  Oxford  Visitation. 
.  The  second  volume  is  edited  with 
Mr.  Singer's  usual  care,  a  compliment 
which  our  readers  will  think  suffi- 
cient. An  honest  list  of''  terms  want- 
ing explanation,*'  is  ^iven  at  the  end, 
in  which  this  phrase  is  omitted : 

'*  St.  George's  torrel,  or  his  cross  of  blood, 
Arthur's  round  board,  or  Caledonian  wood,** 

.   P.  168. 

This  expression,  we  believe,  relates 
to  the  younger  Merlin,  who  took  re- 
fuge in  a  Caledonian  wood.  His  his- 
tory is  given  in  Mr. Turner's  Vindica- 
tion of  the  Welsh  Bards,  and  in  the 
History  of  A  nglo-Saxons,  first  edition. 

162.  French  Histories,  I,  Risume  de  Vhis- 
toire  du  Danemack,  par  P.  Lami.  2.  De 
la  HolJande,  jMzr  Arnold  Scheffer.  S.  De 
Suisse,  par  Philar^te  Chasles.  4.  Des 
Etablissemens  Europeans  dans  les  Irides 
Orientates f  par  A.  J.  M^rault.  5.  Des 
Traditions  Morales  el  Religieuses,  chez  les 
divers  peuples,  par  de  S —  Cquery  de  S^- 
vancour).  6.  Des  Juifs  Anciens,  par 
L^on  Halevy.  7.  />u  Mexique, /Mzr  £u- 
c^ne  de  Monglave.  12  mo.  Lecointe  et 
jJurey,  Paris.  8.  Tableau  Historique  des 
Progres  de  la  Civilisation  en  France,  par 
C.  Desmarais.  1 2mo.  Masson  Jils  aini, 
Paris. 

AS  we  have  formerly  spoken  ^t 


large  of  this  series  of  Histories,  we 
shall  confine  ourselves  at  present 
chiefly  to  such  remarks  as  may  affect 
a  second  edition,  should  they  reach  the 
editors. 

1.  Denmark.  Stamford  in  Lin- 
colnshire is  called  Standford.  (p.  38.) 
Rome  is  too  affectedly  called  les  sept 
montagnes,  (p.  133.)  George  III.  of 
England  could  not  be  properly  termed 
restaurateur  en  France  de  la  monarchic 
Ugitime  in  1814  (p.  297),  as  he  was 
not  then  activelv  reigning.  A  vulgar 
spirit  of  abuse  or  the  nobledand  clergy 
pervades  this  volume,  as  if  any  other 
class  would  not  have  equally  disgraced 
its  ascendancy.  The  foUow'infs  sen- 
tence, spoken  of  the  Count  of  Olden* 
burg,  in  1536,  deserves  to  be  cited  : 

**  L'histoire,  qui  rescontre  trop  souvent 
des  li^ros  de  cette  esp^,  ne  les  fl^trit  point 
assez ;  00  dirait  qn'i  I'exemple  des  peuples, 
elle  craiot,  respecte,  adore  ceux  qiu  ensan- 
glantent  touteis  set  pages."    P.  184. 

^  Holland.  The  missionary  WiU 
lebrod  is  called  Witlebrord.  (p.  17.) 
The  English,  as  usual,  are  abused  in 
the  war  of  independence,  while  the 
story  of  Sidney  is  omitted.  Seymourj 
is  a  name  unknown  in  England.  War- 
ren Hastings  is  termed  a  lord  (p.  217), 
and  Orange  is  misspelt  Organe.  The 
introduction  to  the  ]3tli  chapter  we 
declare  to  be  a  falsehood, — *' cette  per^ 
fidicy  et  cette  mauvaise  Joi  qui  n*a  trop 
souvent  caract6ris6  la  diplomatie  Jng- 
laise.  (p.  2(}S.) 

The  following  passage  is  imporUnt 
at  this  time : 

"he  pioc^s  de  lord  Hutings, goarerDeur 
des  Grandea-Indee,  rhittoiie  de  Saint-Do- 
mingue,  et  ce  qui  vient  de  se  paster  sous 
DOS  jeux  aux  Antilles,  proavcBt  qtae  des  ap^ 
culateurs  Europ^as  ne  penvsat  #tre  des  ad- 
ministrateurs  ^uitables^  et  que  rhomme 
qui  cherche  la  fortune  daas  lea  climaCs 
Strangers  ne  connait  pas  que  nminent  lea 
sentimens  philanthropiquei.'*    P.  817-18. 

3.  SwissBRLAND.  This  is  One  of 
the  best.  It  wants  dates,  and  omio 
to  say,  that  by  the  treaty  Of  Vienna  in 
1815,  Geneva  was  for  the  first  time 
constituted  a  canton  of  ihe  Helvetic 
league. 

4.  India.  This  work,  designed  to  be 
followed  by  a  history  of  lodia,  ts  a 
judicious  amalsimation  of  many  to- 
pics. Char  nock,  the  founder"  of  Cal- 
cutta, is  called  Ckenock  (p.  187);  nor 
is  Nizam^ul-mulsick  (p.  dOf  )  a  proper 
name,  but  a  title,  signifying  oriMtJiitffi/ 
(if  Kings.    His  name  was  GntkiUcliy 


with  the  osimI  addition  of  Khan.  Hol- 
wdl  is  called  HotreL  (p.  MO.)  Shah 
Allum  was  not  expelled  by  his  ton, 
bat  bv  his  son's  controller  AbdalUh 
the  Afghan,  (p.  946.)  By  an  error  of 
the  pre9s»  the  peace  of  Amiens  (p.  S78) 
is  dated  in  I8O7. 

5.  The  volume  on  All  Rblioiovb 
is  very  unsatisfactory ;  is  it  uncharita- 
ble to  say,  that  to  write  on  different 
religiond,  a  man  should  be  influenced 
by  one  of  them  ?  Besides,  it  is  absurd 
to  treat  ihem  all  as  different:  if  there 
be  a  religion,  it  must  be  primitive,  and 
the  others  merely  corruptions  of  it. 
We  have  not  room  to  notice  the  nu- 
merous errors  of  this  book. 

6.  Jews.  This  is  the  production  of 
an  Humanitarian,  who  has  contrived 
to  omit  the  ulagues  of  E^pt,  and  re- 
presenu  the  Israelites  as  winding  along 
the  bay  of  the  Red  Sea  at  low  water. 
In  other  respects,  the  book  may  claim 
some  praise. 

7.  Mexico.  This  is  carefully  com- 
piled. It  reaches  to  the  present  time, 
and  gives  the  Constitutional  Act  of 
Federation.  The  sutistical  accounu 
are  also  well  selected.  The  author 
would  do  well  to  expunge  the  passages 
in  p.  78 — ^79.  Mr.  Bullock  u  more 
than  once  called  Beulloek, 

8.  The  Civilixation  of  France, 
though  p«iblished  by  another  firm,  is 
a  good  accompaniment  to  these  vo- 
lumes; and  is  written  in  a  spirit 
which  their  authors  must  blush  at 
when  they  peruse  it.  Its  errors  may 
be  easily  recti  Bed :  Roger  Bacon  was 
not  contemporary  with  St.  Louis 
(p.  130);  there  never  was  a  Due  de 
dalles  (p.  159);  the  Northern  finan- 
cier was  not  called  I^awj,  a  mistake  in 
the  final  letter,  which  we  have  ob- 
served in  many  English  names,  in 
French  writers  (p.  32.i) ;  Belisarius 
never  was  a  beggar,  (p. :i79)  L*^  "• 
quote  the  following  passn^e,  as  a  spe- 
cimen of  real  good  sense;  in  speaking 
of  Napoleon,  the  author  says  : 

'*  Jamais  le  detpotlsrae  n*avait  dtMimaU 
sa  fipire  hideoM  tout  des  formes  austi  i^- 
diuMDtet:  la  tyrannie  »e  parait  de  fleurs. 
Quaod  on  lui  reprochait  I'arbrltraire,  elle 
vout  r^pondait  par  la  gloire.  Otait'Oa  lui 
dire  qu'  eile  perdait  la  France,  elle  r^pon- 
dait:  Je  I'ai  saur^.  Le  r<^ime  imperial 
mit  en  oaage  un  autre  moyen  de  corruption  : 
apr^  aviiir  ^'cart^  par  la  lonf^e  hiitotre  da 
set  triomphes  let  ioterpellationi  du  g^nie 
de  la  liberty,  il  finit  par  lui  oppoter  le  spec- 
tacle de  la  prosperity  poblique.  Le  malfieur 
des  natioiu  vaincuet  nous  procursit  I'aboii- 


dad^pooillfli, 

sansioBS  pisqM  eatia  pioM,  una 

d^voff^,  U  Be  BOOS  naltsait  poor  Tav*- 

nir  c|D0  U  baiae  da  rfiwopaaskpoidsdriuie 

gloire  qui  nous  accableialt."    P.  8t  1  -t. 


158.  lUMttrtOimM  ^Pilay't  NtiMnH  Th»- 
lagtff  wUk  dtaeripiiue  LtUet'fmu,  By 
James  Puton,  Mumber  ^ike  Btaytd  Od- 
Uge  of  Sumom,  London,  Bvo.  XXXFI 
PUUes,    Vincent,  Oxford. 

IT  is  a  trite  obsenration,  that  an  ap- 
peal to  the  eye  is  more  forcible  than 
'one  to  the  eir,  and  of  this  Paley  ap- 
pears to  have  been  sensible,  when  ne 
remarked,  that  **  of  mtiscolar  actions, 
even  of  those  well  understood,  some  of 
the  most  curions  are  incapable  of  po- 
pular explanation,  withooi  the  aid  of 
plates  and  figures."  (Nat.Theol.  c.ix.) 
We  are  surprised  that  twenty-three 
years  should  have  elapsed  before  the 
experiment  was  made,  but  we' should 
be  ungrateful  not  to  acknowledge  its 
utility,  however  late  the  attempt. 

The.  designs  of  the  plates  are  origin 
nal,  and  obtained  from  the  most  au- 
thentic sources,  among  which  we  per- 
ceive the  Ashmolean  and  Christ  Church 
collections,  the  former  of  which  is  so 
much  indebted  to  Messrs.  Doocao, 
and  the  latter  to  Dr.  Kidd*  We  have 
not  space  to  enter  into  the  merits  of 
each  engraving  separately,  but  in  plate 
xxxvi.  (Dionm  Jauscipuia,  or  Venus's 
fly-trap)  ^  the  subject  is  illustrated  by 
shewing  the  action  of  the  lobes  upon 
an  insect.  Plate  xxviii.  which  repre- 
sents the  temporary  and  permanent 
teeth,  should  be  examined  with  atten- 
tion by  all  who  have  Uie  care  of  youth. 
On  the  whole,  this  work  reflects  con- 
siderable praise  upon  the  author,  the 
engraver,  and  indeed  on  the  publisher, 
for  his  spirit.  It  has  only  one  disad- 
vantage, that  of  beinic  published  at 
Oxford;  for  that  city,  though  no 
mean  rival  in  this  department  to  the 
Metropolis,  is  loo  isolated  to  command 
an  immediate  circulation  of  her  pro- 
ductions. As  a  proof  of  the  popularity 
of  this  volume,  we  mav  observe,  that 
the  plates  were  designefl  at  first  to  ao* 
company  a  new  edition  of  Paley'a 
work ;  out  in  consequence  of  theif 
success,  lithographic  duplicates  have 
been  executed,  in  order  to  supply  the 
increased  demand. 

Mr.  Paxton  pursues  his  piofessional 
duties  at  Oxford ;  we  trust  that  we  are 
not  now  bidding  him  farewell. 


6M 


Rbvuw.-— Bo<dntcal  Theologff.'-^The  Sabhaik,  4re.        [xcn. 


154.  Botamcml  Tktthgyf  or  Svidtnen  ff 
the  Existence  and  Atkibutee  rf  the  Deity, 
collected  from  the  Afpearancei  of  Nature. 
By  John  Shute  Duncan,  M.A.  FeUow  of 
New  College,  id  Editiatu  8vo.  pp,  90. 
Plates  4.    Vincent,  Oxford. 

NATURAL  Theology  has  seldom 
found  more  able  advocates  than  it  at 
present  possesses  in  the  University  of 
Oxford.  In  medicine.  Dr.  Kidd ;  in 
geoloffv,  Mr.  Buckland ;  and  in  bo- 
tany. Dr.  Williams  and  Mr.  Duncan ; 
are  names  of  which  she  may  justly  be 
proud. 

The  Tract  before  us  is  founded  on 
Keith's  System  of  Physiological  Bo- 
tany, and  supplies  a  link  in  the  chain 
on  which  Paley  touched  but  slightly  in 
his  celebrated  work.  It  is  adapted  to 
flpeneral  readers,  without  being  slovenly 
m  its  descriptions,  and  may  be  regartf- 
ed  as  a  valuable  contribution,  from  one 
whose  profession  is  not  Theology. 

155.  The  Sabbath,  being  a  familiar  Exposi' 
tioH  of  it$  Duties,  and  the  Autharittes  by 
which  they  are  enforced.  By  the  Rev, 
R.  C  Packman,  Priest  in  Ordinary  of  his 
M(yesty*s  Chapels  Royal,  and  Rector  qf 
Langdon  Hills,  Sussex,  livno*  pp,  87. 

Mr.  packman  says,  that  he  hat 
compiled  this  little  work  *<  with  a  view 
to  counteract  some  speculative  notions 
respectinz  the  observance  of  the  Sab- 
batn,  which  have  lately  obtained, 
calculated,  as  they  seem,  to  be  highly 
injurious  among  certain  classes  of  the 
people."  (Prcf.  vi.  vii.)  It  is  certain 
that,  although  hydrophobia  may  be 
checked  by  shooung  mad  dogs,  other 
diseases  of  the  most  fatal  kind  may  be 
communicated  with  ease  and  impu- 
nity ;  that  although  the  law  may  check 
open  blasphemy  and  profaneness,  per- 
versions of  doctrine  may  nullify  vital 
principles,  and  reduce  Christianity  to 
a  state  of  paralysis.  As  the  Jesuits 
upheld  Popeiy  by  sl^  arts,  so  the  ene- 
mies of  sound  relision  practise  the 
same  stratagems.  We  can,  however, 
communicate  no  information  to  our 
readers,  by  dilating  upon  such  fauiiliar 
topics ;  and  therefore  have  only  to  re- 
mark, that  Mr.  Packman's  compila- 
tion is  copious,  useful,  and  judicious. 
It  is  a  work  of  edification. 


156.  An  Epitome  of  the  Old  and  New  Tea- 
laments,  ISmo.  pp,  S97.  Vincent,  Ox- 
ford. 

1 57.  Questions  on  the  Bible  and  the  Articles 


qfthe  Church  ^EngknA  ISmo.  pp,  79. 
Ibid, 

THE  first  of  these  Tolomes  is  ime 
of  the  most  comprehensive  for  its  size 
that  we  have  ever  seen.  The  nume- 
rous introductions  which  profess  to  fa- 
miliarize youthful  minds  with  the 
Scriptures,  have  few  merits  beyond 
their  brevity;  but  this  epitome,  while 
it  meets  all  the  minute  difficulties  of 
the  types  and  prophecies,  includes  also 
a  harmony  of  the  two  Testaments, 
which  every  one  should  consult,  as  it 
is  now  unincumbered  with  the  pon- 
derous remarks  of  commentators. 

The  Questions  will  prove  tlieir  uti- 
lity in  refreshing  the  mind  on  many 
points  which  are  apt  to  escape  in  a 
course  of  reading  i  for  such  as  have 
the  use  of  annotators,  or  the  wish  to 
consult  them,  numerous  references  are 
subjoined.  It  is  fair  to  add,  that  the 
unassuming  exterior  of  these  volumes 
corresponds  with  their  real  excellence. 

158.  The  Bond,  a  DramaHe  Poem,  By 
Mrs,  Charles  Qore,  8vo,  pp,  100.  Mur- 
ray. 

IT  is  a  palpable  absurdity  to  sup- 
pose that  the  physical  laws  of  being  m 
any  shape  can  be  modified  to  the  will 
of  extraneous  agency,  without  making 
God  the  Author  of  evil  and  confusion; 
A  thing  must  be,  before  it  can  be  any 
thing  else,  and  on  the  primary  must 
depend  all  subsequent  being.  Rebel- 
lion against  God  by  physical  means^ 
must  therefore  be  utterly  impossible, 
because  the  existence  rebelling  is 
merely  dependent.  Archbishop  Til- 
lotson  observes,  that  "  nothing  can  be 
admitted  to  be  a  revelation  from  God, 
which  plainly  contradicts  his  essential 
perfection ;"  and  if  man  ooald  be  sub* 
jected  to  such  action,  at  ii  supposed 
b)r  Monk  Lewis,  Lord  %ron,  and  his 
fair  imitatrix  before  os,  the  Almighty 
is  made  to  counteract  his  own  work  of 
redemption,  and  man  b  only  a  passive, 
not  an  accountable  creature.  BiU  the 
Devils  of  Scripture  are  more  execu- 
tioners and  police  agents,  who  are 
permitted  to  inflict  punishment  for 
the  sake  of  reform,  not  for  that  of 
making  prize  of  the  soul.  So  at  least 
says  St.  Paul(l  Corinth,  ch.  r.  rer.  5), 
"Deliver  such  an  one  unto  Satan  for 
the  destruction  of  the  flesfau  ikai  ike 
spirit  may  he  saved  in  ikt  (Uy  qf  itui 
Lord  Jesus,"  where  destmctioii  of  tho 
flesh  merely  implies  the  infliction  ot 


PAIT  t.] 


RiTiBWd— Lomfcm  im  ihi  (Mem  Thit. 


MS 


difcate  (tee  Hammond't  elaborate  note 
on  the  paisage,  p.  ASa).  Now  it  tt 
certain  that  we  know  nothing  about 
Derilt,  but  from  Scripture;  and  that 
they  have  by  no  meant  the  power  at- 
cribed  to  them  by  the  Medieval  an- 
cient»»  and  the  partiet  before  named. 
The  quettion  tnen  is,  are  they  fair 
subiecis  of  poetry?  The  Devil  is  MiU 
ton^s  hero,  but  the  Devil  it  a  man, 
and  so  are  all  Devils  in  every  poet 
which  we  have  seen  ;  and  the  effect  it 
purely  owing  to  the  deception  of  see- 
mg  a  human  being  endowed  with  su- 
pernatural nualities.  According  to 
fact,  it  would  be  as  reasonable  to  make 
Vickcry,  lavender,  and  the  Bow-street 
oHicers,  the  conductors  of  the  machi- 
nery of  an  epic  poem,  us  Satan  and  his 
coadjutors. 

However,  poets  make  of  diabolism 
something  terrific  and  interesting,  and 
we  are  willing  to  give  our  authoress 
due  credit  for  her  lago-like  spirit 
Meinhard,  and  his  entrapment  of  the 
noble  Oiliello-like  Falkenstiern.  The 
poetry  is  strong  and  energetic,  and  our 
readers  shall  judge  for  themselves  by 
the  concluding  lines  in  Falkenttiern's 
speech,  after  his  sentence  of  exile : 

«  0*er  the  desert  Earth 
I  MB  a  lost  and  eharter*d  wanderer ! 
And  like  a  lolitary  vessel,  braving 
Upon  the  Ocean's  dread  immensity. 
Tempest  and  thunder-cloud,  my  lonely  heart 
Must  wrestle  with  the  storms  of  late. 

The  world 
Is  all  before  me  :  with  this  sword  and  Hope, 
Hujte  !   whose  bright  arch  of  promise  still 

o'erhan^s 
The  clouds  of  >lemory,  I  will  on|x>se 
Tlie  ills  of  life,— the  wrath  of  Destiny.*' 

Here  are  two  good  figures;  and,  as 
another  prt  is  to  appear,  we  beg  to 
leuiiud  our  fair  authoress,  that  we 
shall  be  glad  of  more  of  these  neces- 
sary accompaniments  of  |M)etical  dic- 
tion. 

159.  London  m  the  Olden  Time;  or  Tales 
intended  to  illustrate  the  Manners  and  Su' 
perslitioiu  of'  its  Inluihtants,  from  the 
Twelfth  to  the  Sixteenth  Century,  %vo, 
pp.  \MA. 

BOOKS  of  this  kind  j)artake  of  the 
nature  of  mo<lern  Gothic.  They  may 
be  fair  imitations,  but  they  never  im- 
pose on  the  real  Antiquary.  It  is  im- 
possible, for  the  whole  must  be  in  cor- 
rect keeping,  and  no  modern  can  ef- 
fect thia,  let  his  learning  be  what  it 
lujy.     He  may  catch  a  few  broad  fea- 


tttrety  bot  all  the  rctt  tie  modem,  and 
matt  eirer  be  to,  unlesi  the  author 
lived  in  an  age  precitely  timilar.  Froit- 
tart  and  Chaucer  are  the  beat  studiet 
of  mediaeval  roannert.— But  there  it 
one  thing  with  which  we  ha?e  been 
highly  gratified,  vis.  the  description 
of  Ancient  London.  Whoever  oonti- 
ders  how  much  the  oretervation  of  the 
old  buildings  at  Oxford  conttitutet  the 
beauty  of  that  elegant  city,  will  think' 
that  London  has  sustained  irreparable 
injury  by  the  dilaptdationt  of  Henry 
Vlir.  The  Theatre  might  be  made 
very  instructive  by  scenery,  adapted  to 
show  London  with  the  walls,  and 
coming  do«vn  to  the  time  of  EliiabetK 
in  succession.  A  little  imi^i nation 
mi^ht  be  pardoned  in  copies  mun  de- 
scription, if  the  general  style  wat  kept 
u[).  But  to  return.  It  would  be  un- 
fair to  look  upon  works  of  this  kind, 
without  references  and  extracts,  as 
scholars'  books;  and  a  man  who 
should  edite  the  discrepancies  of  an- 
cient and  modem  histories  of  Tom 
Thumb  with  variorum  notes  and  learn- 
ed postils,  would  render  no  terrice  to 
the  literary  world,  becante  the  matter 
is  mere  re|)etition  of  nonsense,  and  no 
information  or  instraction  can  be  ac- 
quired. 

The  Tales  l>efore  us  are  amusing, 
and  in  a  broad  view  are  unobjection- 
able. They  fjive  ut  a  clear  conception 
of  the  pre-eminent  folliet  of  our  ancet- 
tors,  and  show  us  the  inestimable  va- 
lue of  Science  and  Protestantism. 

xao.  The  Doctrine  rfthe  Church  ^GleQeva, 
illustrated  by  a  Series  of  Sermons,  preach- 
ed by  the  modem  Dioina  rf  that  C\ty, 
Edited  by  the  Rev,  J.  S.  Pons,  one  of  his 
Majesty  s  Chaplains  at  the  Dutch  Chapel, 
St.  James's  Palace,  Sfc,  Bvo,  pp.  866. 

GENEVA  is,  we  believe,  famous 
for  watchmakers,  and  they  exercise,  it 
seems,  the  principle  of  tfieir  trade  in 
forming  their  clergy  into  the  shape  of 
chronometers,  i.  e.  mere  automata. 

A  Gencvese  Clergyman,  says  our 
author, 

**  Lives  under  the  most  vigilant  and  ri- 
gorous surveillance  of  the  body  to  which  he 
belongs ;  and  knows  to  a  certainty  that  not 
a  single  act  either  of  his  public  or  private 
life  |)asses  unobserved  or  uncontrouJed  by 
the  tribunal  of  his  peers.  The  public  bene- 
fit which  accrues  from  the  operation  of  raeh 
a  system  of  so(»erintemieBce  Is  inealcolable.*' 

P.  XXV. 

No  doubt  the  good  wat  inealculable. 


C24  Review. — Doctrine  of  the  Church  of  Geneva,  Ac.  S(c.       [xcvi. 


of  the  interference  of  the  Scotch  Sy- 
nod with  the  affairs  of  Mr.  Fletcher 
and  Miss  Dick ;  and  no  doubt  also» 
living  under  constant  espionage,  and 
of  course,  subjection  to  cruelty,  mis- 
construction, vulgarity,  and  private 
malice,  is  another  incalculable  good. 
The  fact  is,  that  the  system  is  silly.  In 
England  every  man*s  errors  go  in  abate- 
ment of  character,  and  of  course  of  ad- 
vantage, and  a  man  lives  a  man,  with- 
out the  trammels  of  a  school- boy.  To 
these  trammels  the  Genevese  system 
adds  a  moderate  income  i  and  {/11  this 
is  lauded  as  the  blessed  system  of  Cal- 
vin. Penetrating  observers  see  in  it 
nothing  but  the  wretched  espionage  of 
confession,  and  the  useless  vegetable 
and  6sh  eating  of  the  Romish  Church 
in  another  form. 

.  The  beauty  of  the  clerical  character 
consists  in  active  philanthropy,  utter 
absence  of  angry  feeling,  sublime  (not 
canting)  holiness,  and  unimpeachable 
morals.  A  Monk  may  be  created  by 
discipline,  but  not  a  Clergyman,  the 
eleve  alone  of  divine  churity.  Cold- 
ness of  heart  is  an  inevitable  result  of 
extreme  caution,  and  the  misery  of 
dependance  looks  only  for  compensa- 
tion in  escape  or  promotion. 

A  moral  Excise  of  this  kind  was  in- 
troduced here  by  the  Court  Leets  of 
Alfred,  and  we  could  specify  curious 
instances  of  its  operation,  viz.  separat- 
ing  wives   from    husbands,    children- 
from  parents,  and  violation  of  all  the 
ties  of  nature  and  feeling,  founded  en- 
tirely upon  unjustifiable  infringements 
of  the  indefeasible  privileges  of  man- 
kind.    The  Lord  defend  us  from  the 
legislation  of  Republican  watchmakers, 
from  being  wound  up  and  regulated, 
as  if  we  were  springs  and  wheels,  fit 
only  to  point  our  hours  and  minutes! 
Give  us  men  of  soul, — the  electrical 
sparks  which  rouse  sympathies, — 1\\€ 
dignity  of  liberty,  and  the  high  reason, 
which   says,   that   virtue,   efibcted    by 
slavery,  is  extortion  and  not  volition. 
Who  would    prefer  a   windlass   to   a 
Sampson  ? 

The  Sermons  of  the  continental 
writers  are  addressed  to  the  feelings, 
and  constructed  upon  principles  of 
eloquence  and  poetry.  These  before 
us  are  in  the  manner  of  Sanrin,  and 
certainly  we  should  be  unjust,  if  we 
did  not  say  that  there  is  a  degree  of 
heart  in  the  sentiment  of  them,  which 
does  honour  to  the  writers.  Our  extra 
religious  books  abound  only  (we  regret 
to  use  the  term)  with  a  conventional 


slang,  made  up  of  Scriptural  phraseo- 
logy,^  and    incapable    of   impression. 
Saurin    knew    nothing  of  these  ple- 
onasms, fit  only  for  mechanicks,  void 
of  ideas.     He  was  a  man  of  fine  ima- 
gination, and  he  applied  it  to  an  ex- 
cellent    purpose.      These     Sermons, 
formed  on  the  same  model,  are  direct- 
et!  to  promote  the  love  of  Christ,  as- 
suredly an  excellent  affection.     Celle- 
rier  we  like  most;    but   we   respect 
them  all  as  men  and  as  clergymen, 
and  wish  that  they  had  the  happiness 
of  living  under  King  and  Bishops,  in- 
stead  of  oppressive  Republicans,   al- 
ways Factionists. 

161.  We  have  been  gratified  in  noticing 
that  Mr.  Kendall's  very  interesting  work 
for  young  people,  Ktepeft  Travds  in  search 
of  his  Master,  has  already  passed  into  the 
fourteenth  edition  ;  this  last  edition  is  much 
enlarged  by  the  Author. 

169.  We  can  only  add  our  warmest  com- 
mendations   of   Mr.   MoRKAo's   Tables  qf 
British  and  Irish  Produce  and  Mam^fac- 
lures,  to  those  of  all  our  critical  bretluen. 

168.  Mr.  W.  H.  Bond's  Omxxse  Fiew  of 
Ancient  Geography,  unth  Biographical, 
Chronological,  and  Historical  Notes,  and 
seven  neat  illustrative  Maps,  is  designed  as 
an  easy  introduction  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  But- 
ler's "  Sketch  of  Ancient  Geography."  It 
is  an  unassuming,  but  very  useful  little 
work,  containing  a  clear  and  comprehensive 
summary  of  ancient  and  moderq  Geography. 
We  say  modern,  as  the  modem  names  are 
always  given  with  the  ancient.  The  accen- 
tuation of  the  words  will  secure  a  right  pro- 
nunciation. The  plan  of  the  Index  is  new 
and  ingenious,  for  it  has  the  advantage  of 
referring,  at  the  same'time,  to  the  situation 
of  the  places  on  the  map,  aodtheor  descrip- 
tion in  the  book. 

164.  Maps  and  Plans  ilbutnUveofLivy, 
are  an  accompaniment  to  thoae  which  we 
have  formerly  noticed.  A  alight  typogra- 
phical error  is  the  only  fault  which  we  have 
discovered  ;  and  this,  our  readers  willpro- 
bably  agree  with  u«,  is  no  mean  praise.  These 
Illustrations  embrace  the  three  entire  decades. 
The  graver  of  Mr.  Neele  has  been  exerted 
with  his  usual  success. 

165.  Mr.  Le  Vert,  in  his  Essay  on  tiu 
manner  of  teachif^  Languages,  propoees  to 
improve  the  means. of  tuition  by  (as  fiur  as 
we  understand  him}  elucidating  tne  "»— ninr 
of  lessons,  and  comparing  the  i(fiomt^» 
different  languages,  in  the  expraaaion  of  the 
same  things.  Of  course,  the  better  people 
understand  what  they  are  to  ■  know,  'yfm* 
greater  is  their  acquisition. 


MBTi.]  MisceU&mom  Jtiviapf.— Itlcrory  inteUigmce. 


ns 


160.  Mr.  JoYCi't  Fnetietd  Ckemiod  Mi" 

ntrakgft  U  ft  veiy  MMful  eompunoo  to  the 
demtBtary  vorics  on  CboBistiry,  aod  miii« 
mmiealM  iB«ch  vahiable 


97)  Ibr  wiMng  yuipum,  w  wumij  Meofti- 
»md>  tt  Itfc  ia  ml  ttdw. 


167.  The  Magiek  Rutgt  a  Novell  tnme- 
ktcd  firom  the  Gtnaan,  abooadt  with  the 
MDtonimictl  estmvegtnt  cfaiBget  and  dSe- 
Uerief  which  characterlxe  twir  natioad 
works  of  fiction.  Then  are  tome  iateretl- 
ing  traits  of  character,  and  pleating  imita- 
tiooty  which  remind  at  of  the  maaaer  of 

'  Froitsartt  and  the  aeatimeat  of  the  middle 
age,  to  finely  exhibited  by  Chancer. 

168.  The  ReM,  a  Novel,  i$  a  pleating 
ttory,  aad  hat  exceUeat  ditcrinioirtions  of 
character,  well  tupported  throaghoat. 

169.  Mr.TocK's  Privote  Brtfctr*$  GmA, 
11  a  ateful  atody,  espeddly  for  the  trade 
aad  country  Tictutllers.  Tnoogh  drinking 
adulterated  beer  once  or  twice  onlj  may  he 
recoverable,  yet  a  continuation  of  auch  a 
beverage  may  lay  the  foundation  of  seriooa 
diaeaaea  not  to  be  removed  durins  life.  We 
have  aeea  thia  exhibited  in  oetaiL  Mr. 
Tack  (p.  106)  deniea  that  thia  aboae  pre- 
vaila  to  aay  extent,  at  leaat  ia  Loadoa.  We 
refer  him  to  South  Shietda  alone,  for  a  full 
character  of  the  extent  to  which  the  abaae 
wai  carried,  previoua  to  the  inatitutioa  of 
the  Subacription  Brewery*.  We  coaM 
nanae  other  plaeea,  where  Sailora  aav  they 
can  get  draok  for  a  shilKag^a  worth  of  beer, 
bat  meat  pay  more  where  the  ingrefienta 
aia  purer.  ■    " 

170.  Mr.  BuDoa'a  PmeHtal  Miner^s 
Ouidi,  appeara  to  be  a  very  uaefiil  book. 
The  rcmarka  ooaceraiag  onrdage  (pp.  96, 


171.  The  Pamphlet  of 
potion  ealmbf  consider td,  ia  a  good  aonuuary 
of  the  argumonta  agaioat  the  Emaadpatian. 
Aad  the  TVue  Ht^ry  qf  the  ProtetUmt  Re- 
firmaHen  in  EnglanS  and  Irdandf  hi  lady 
to  Cobbett,  u  a  aound  eonfotatlon  of  that 
politioal  Chameleon. 

179.  The  Fintner^tt  Brewer^t,  ^pirU 
Merehanfs,  and  Licented  FietuaUei't  Gmie, 
iaatructa  aa  how  to  aava  oar  health  aad  oar 
BKMwy.  It  u,  therefore,  one  of  thoee 
hooka  which  everv  body  should  have,  as  it 
will  aooB  pay  for  itself,  with  a  ihoosand  per 
eeni,  iatereaU 

178.  CapC.  O^ONOOHUB,  in  hla  GroA^ 
tude,  a  Poem,  &c.  ahowa  himself  to  be  a 
sprightly  and  elegant  gentlemaa-poet,  who 
writea  vcTBca  in  good  taate,  aad  diatiibntea 
them  by  way  of  bouqueu  to  pretty  apbateis. 

174.  M.  SuRimfx's^ctofVvRdkJfamM/, 
wilt  be  found  a  very  aaefol  pocket  eompaaion 
for  continental  Travellers.  Hie  Grammar  ^ 
French  RheieriCt  ia  alao  vary  iastractiva,  aad 
the  able  author  ahowa  giaat  taele  in  his  appo- 
aiteandaphritedquotatioaa.  ThaTformaUttk 
collection  of  the  Beauties  of  Aench  Poets. 
It  seems,  that  the  French  coofiaethe  meaa- 
ing  of  Topogn^thy  to  a  mere  description  of 
rooBu,  ttsd  txuih  pliCM  (see  p.  938)  i  for  as 
aa  exemplifieatiota  of  Tbpogn^ihy  b  de- 
scribed a  garret,  with  a  gutter, 

«  Oti  IVmiverait^  dea  chau, 
A  mioiut,  en  robeJwifTetf 
Vieattenirsetbmyanstftafia."  GaitfiT. 


LITERARY    INTELLIGENCE. 


Royal  Socikty  op  Litexature. 

From  the  Report  of  the  Royal  Society  of 
Literatare  juat  iaaued,  we  extract  a  Synopaia 
of  the  contenta  of  the  Papera  read  during 
the  laat  year : 

I. — Cht  the  Measure  of  the  CondUicns  ne- 
cessary to  the  Supply  of  Commodities.  By 
the  Rev.T.  R.  MALTHUt,  R.A.R.S.L.  The 
principle  which  Mr.  Malthua  propoaea  in 
this  Paper  to  estabtiith,  and  which  ne  illua* 
tratei  by  a  variety  of  cases,  from  the  moat 
simple  to  the  most  complex,  is,  that  the 
quantity  of  common  labour  which  a  commo- 
dity will  ordinarily  command,  repreaenta  and 
measures  the  natural  and  neceaaary  condi- 
tions of  its  supply. — Read  May  4/A,  1895. 

II. — On  the  Prometheus  of  Esehylus,  an 
Essay  preparatory  to  a  Series  rf"  Dis^pdei" 
tions  respecting  the  Bgyptian^  in  coimcxton 

*  We  have  drank,  throxigh  Mr.  Bridg- 
wood,  a  most  respectable  agent  of  that 
bffvwery,  truly  inimitable  beer. 

Gemt.  Mao.  Suj^  XCVl.  Pakt  I. 

G 


with  4he  Sacerdotal  TVoicgy ,  and  m  amtroMt 
wilk  the  Mysteries  <^  Anaent  Greece,  By 
S.  T.  CoLiRiDOB,  £aq.  R.A.II.S.L.  in 
thia  Eaaay,  which  ia  introductory  to  the  die- 
cuaaion  of  the  general  aabject  ehoaea  by  the 
writer  upon  his  i^pointment  aa  a  RoyaJ  As- 
aociate,  his  object  ia,  from  the  inatance  of 
the  Prometheua,  by  an  expoaition  of  (what 
he  believea  to  be)  the  intention  of  the  poet 
and  the  mythic  import  of  the  Work,  to 

Srove  the  fiict  of  a  conaexion  betweea  the 
^rama,  the  Religioa,  and  Myateriea  of  Aa- 
cient  Greece. — Read  May  18M,  1895. 

III. — Remarks,  on  four  leaoeSt  exhUnting 
Specimens  qf  Anaent  Arabian  Caligrap^, 
Bv  Sir  William  Ousiley,  R.A.R.S.L 
These  Specimena  coaaiat  of  firagmenta  of 
aeveral  beiaatiful  copiea  of  the  Koran,  written 
on  parchment.  The  charactera  are  Cafioy 
of  tne  form  in  uae  before  the  improvemeata 
introduced  in  the  tenth  ceatoiy.— /{eodf 
June  \st,  18f5. 
IV.— Or   the 


,'G%6                              Royal  Society  of  Literature.                        [xcvi. 

.  Character  qf  the  Passions,    By  John  Mason  *  <  O  fortunatam,  nato  me  cooia]e»  Ronuun.*' 

Gooo^  M.D.  M.R.S.L.    In  this  genealogy  Read  Jan,  \8lh,  1826. 

and  classification  of  the  passions,  they  are  X. — On  certain  Coins  qf  Zandtf  in  Sicily, 

all  deduced  from  the  four  sources  of  Desire,  Bv  James  Millingen,  Esq.  R.A.R.S.L. 

Aversion,  Joy,  and  Sorrow ;  or,  rather,  as  These  Coins  are  six  in  number ;  and  their 

^version  and  Sorrow  are  only  the  opposites  combined  evidence  determines  a  mudi*dis- 

oi  Desire  and  Joy,  from  the  two  latter,  as  puterl  question  m  the  chronology  of  Ancieat 

the  parent  stock  of  the  whole.    Read  June  History,  viz. — the  precise  era  when  the  an- 

I5th,  1825.  c'lent  Zancle  was  taken,  its  inhabitants  ex- 

V. — On  the  Ternary  Number.     By   the  pelled,  and  the  name  of  the  city  changed  to 

Rev.  John  Jamieson,  R.A.R.S.L.     Dr.  Messaniu-^Read  Feb.  Ist,  ISiG, 

Jamieson  shows,  firom  a  great  variety  of  in-  XI. — On  an  Edict  of  Diocletian^  firing  a 

stances,  that,  while  all  odd  numbers  were  Maximum  of  Prices  throughout  the  Roman 

anciently  thought  to  possess  peculiar  sacred-  Empire.   By  W.  M.  Liakk,  Esq.  M.R.S.L. 

ness,  the  belief  of  a  more  powerful  mystic  This  document,  in  the  Latin  language,  and 

virtue  resident  in  the  number  Three,  more  in  ancial  letters,  is  engraved  on  the  exter- 

especially  in  connexion  with  religious  so-  nal  wall  of  a  marble  edifice  at  Eskihisair, 

lemnitles,  has  prevailed  in  many  ages  and  the  ancient  Stratoniceiay  in  Asia  Minor, 

nations,  and   is   still  partially  recognised.  It  has  never  been  published.    The  inscrip- 

Nine,  also,  being  the  multiple  of  three,  tion  consisU  of  two  paiti;  the  Edict  itself^ 

was,  on  that  account,  held  sacred  by  the  fixing  the  maximum  of  prices  for  a  great 

Greeksand Romans. — Read  Nov.  1 6th,  1 825.  variety  of  objects ;  and  a  wt  of  commoditiea 

VI.— By  Sharon  Turner,  Esq.  R.A.  wanexed.^Read  March  1st,  IB26, 

R.S.L.    A  further  elucidation  of  the  prin-  XII. — On  the  Services  rendered  to  general 

ciples  advanced  by  the  writer  in  several  pre-  Literature  by  jirchbishep   Laud,     By  the 

vious  Papers,  respecting  the  Character  and  Rev.  H.  J.  Todd,  R.A.R.SX1.    Land  was  a 

Origin  (f  various  affinities,  SCc,  observable  in  munificent  benefitctor  to  the  University  of 

the  Languages  qf  distant  Nations.    These  Oxford.     He  presented  to  the  Bodleian  Li- 

phenoroena  are  traced,  in  the  present  paper,  >rary,  at  different  times,  abovt  1 280  voJomea 

m  words  used  in  a  variety  of^  languages  to  of  MSS.  in  various  langnagea,  betides  a  fine 

express  the  elements  u^ter  undjire,  in  ap-  and  most    extensive  colSction  of  Greek 

pellations  for  the  word  name,  and  in  the  coins.     He  was  likewise  the  means  of  ure- 

several  moods  and  tenses  of  the  substantive  senting  240  Greek  MSS.  firom  Lord  rem- 

verts.—Read  Dec,  7th,  1 825.  broke,  26  firom  Sir  Thomaa  Roe,  and  238 

VII.— Part  of  Memoirs  relating  to  the  in-  from  Sir  Kenebn  Digby.  Oxford  u  also  in- 
troduction  of  Greek  Literature  into  England  debted  to  Laud  for  Uie  annexatioo  of  a  Ca- 
after  the  dark  Ages.  By  P.  F.  Tytler,  Esq.  nonry  of  Christ  Church  to  the  Re^na  Pro- 
H.A.RJS.L.  In  this  portion  are  comprised  fessorship  of  Hebrew,  and  aBotfaer  to  the 
notices  of  Humphrey,  Duke  of  Gloucester;  office  of  Public  Orator;  fivr  the  establiah- 
who,  by  his  patronise  of  learned  men,  by  ment  of  <<  A  Learned  Presa;"  for  the  en- 
encouraging  translations  of  the  Greek  Clas-  dowment  of  a  Professorship  of  Arabic ;  for 
sics,  &€.,  but  especially  by  the  donation  of  improving  the  discipline  of  the  Universi^ ; 
600  vols,  of  valuable  MSS.  to  the  Univer-  and  for  the  addition  of  a  ooadnngle  to  St. 
sity  of  Oxford^  distinguished  himself  as  a  John's  College.  Among  toe  eminent  cba- 
restorer  of  Greek  Letters;  and  also  of  the  racters  who  enjoyed  his  patraotfe,  were 
lives  of  Tiptoft  and  Free,  who  studied  Greek  Juxon,  Sanderson,  Seldea,  Whitlocke, 
in  Italy  under  Guarini  about  the  middle  of  Heylin,  Twyne,  Pocock,  ChilKittwortb,  and 
the  fif^nth  century;  and  brought  back  Hales,  in  England;  BramUn/Bedell,  and 
with  them  many  MSS.  and  introduced  seve-  Jeremy  Taylor,  in  Irelaad ;  and  -m  foreign 
ral  learned  foreigners  into  this  country. —  countries,  Vossius,  and  the  joongcr  Can- 
Read  December  ilst,  1 825.  saubon.— /2«ad  March  1 5th,  ami  JfHl  4th, 

VIII. — A  continuation  of  the  same  Paper,  1 826. 


detailing  the  lives  and  studies  of  Fleming,  XIII. — On  the  Religion  and  DvutnaHan  of 

Dean  of  Lincoln  ;  Grey,  Bishop  of  Ely  ;  Socrates.   By  the  Rev.  ARCHDEACOir  Nams, 

and  John  Gundorp,  Keeper  of  the  Seal  to  V.P.R.SX.     It  was  Uie  opinion  of  Socrates 

King  Edward  the  Fourth,  fellow  pupils  of  that,  in  matters  of  difficdty  and  unportaBoe, 

the  preceding ;   and  of  William  de  Tilly,  the  Gods  would  not  refuse  to  give  iatanui- 

Prior  of  Christchurch,  one  of  the  pupils  of  tions,  if  properly  consulted.    Boty  altlkNigh 

Politian. — Read  Jan.  1 8^,  1 826.  he  did  not  object  to  the  common  modea  of 

l\,^yindici4gTullian^.    By  Granville  divination  then  in  use,  regaidiag  die  birds 

Penn,  Esq.  M.R.SX.    The  object  of  the  and  other  objects  employed  in  it  ■•  vneon- 

writer  is,  to  vindicate  the  metrical  repute-  tcious  instrumenta  only,  he  ipefci  of  the 

tion  of  Cicero,  by  proving  that,  instead  of  Divinity  as  giving  the  intimatioBy  imder  the 

the  cacophonous  verse,—  name  of  To  A«u/Mvjoy ;  whidif  though  is- 

«  O  fortimatam  natam  me  consule  Romam,"  ^°'*f*  ^  «Jf«»  ^^^.  P']!?*  ^^  S*^ 

rally*  ss  synonhnons  with  *0  0Mr,  *0»  ^»i, 

BOW  eitnt  as  lus,  the  orator  wrote  and  To  6ti9f,  hit  enemiet  ehoM  to  atet- 


PAIT  I.] 


pramty  tt  If  1m  had  mwal  llnl  fooh  iati- 
OMtiont  ««T0  firttk  to  him  hf  a  <bitj  paeu- 
liMT  to  hinwel^  It  appeart  moat  probable^ 
that  Socratat  contidtrad  tha  oamat  of  tha 
Gods  wonliippad  la  Greecay  as  to  many 
penontficationt  of  tha  saveral  eoergiat  and 
attributes  of  tha  Oaa  sapreroe  Being ;  and 
iu  that  light  performed  a  sincere  adoration 
to  them  according  to  tho  establishad  rites  of 
his  country. — Raid  April  18fA,  \%%B, 

Mr.  Mathus,  one  of  the  Royal  Asso- 
ciATEs»  who  had  not,  at  the  period  of  the 
last  General  AnniYenary  Meetii^t  made 
knoim  the  subject  upon  which  he  proposes 
to  communicate  with  the  Society*  has  since 
notified  his  selection  <^  JtaHan  LUeraiun 
for  that  purpose. 

The  MtOALS  for  tha  present  year  were 
adjudged,  on  Wednesday,  19th  instant,  to 
PaoFEssoa  JoHH  ScuwBioHJtusia,  titSirat' 
hiTgkf  for  the  services  rendered  to  Litera- 
ture by  his  Editions  of  Appian,  Polybios, 
Atheueus,  Herodotus,  Sec. — where,  by  tha 
sober  exercise  of  extraordinary  critical 
powers,  he  has  introdnoed  into  the  text  of 
each  of  the  above  Authors  numerous  judi* 
cious  improvements ;  and,  by  tha  eom- 
mandiog  knowledge  which  he  possesses  of 
Classical  Literature,  has,  iu  copious  notes, 
illustrated,  beyond  former  Editors,  their  re* 
snactiva  writings ;  and  to  Dugald  Stiwart, 
F.R.S.S.L.  and  £.  formerly  Professor  of 
Moral  Philosophy  in  the  University  uf  Edin- 
burgh, for  his  Essay  on  the  Philosophy  of 
tba  Human  Mind,  Philosophical  Essays, 
Lives  of  Adam  Smith  and  Dr.JKobertson,  &c. 
From  the  nature  of  the  papers  which 
have  been  read  to  the  Society,  the  Trans- 
actions necessarily  occupy  a  considerable 
time  in  printing ;  the  First  Part  is,  how- 
ever, now  nearly  through  the  press. 

At  tbe  General  Anuiversary  Meeting, 
April  97,  the  Right  Rev.  the  Bishop  of 
Salisuury,  President,  took  the  chair.  His 
Lordship  read  an  Address  to  the  Meetmg ; 
in  which,  after  adrerting  to  the  impromi 
state  of  the  Society's  Funds,  and  to  other 
subjecu  connected  with  its  increased  means 
and  stabilitv ;  to  the  Publications  contem- 
plated by  the  Society,  &c.,  his  Lordship 
demonstrated  the  importance  of  its  objects, 
by  a  view  of  the  services  lately  rendered  to 
Literature  by  persons  engaged  in  pursuits 
sinalar  to  those  cunteroplated  by  the  So- 
ciety in  tliat  part  of  its  plan  relating  to  lite- 
rary discovery  ;  enlarging,  more  particu- 
larly, upon  the  discoveries  made  in  the  State 
Paper  OflEice,  of  tbe  Manuscripts  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  viz.  Translations  of  Boethius  de 
Co/isolatiune  PhilosophuB^  of  Plutarch  de  Cu- 
riosttate,  and  of  Horace's  Art  of  Poetry,  and 
upon  tho  authenticity  of  the  Treatise  de 
Doctrind  Chriitiand,  imputed  to  Milton. 

Royal  College  of  Physicians. 

The   opening  of  tha  Royal  College  of 
Physicians  u  to  be  celcbfitcd  annually.  Tba 


EdwxUion  in  ike  Highkmi$. 


W» 


first  aBBivanary,  which  wm  ih»  f  ftth  Jane, 
CUliag  OB  a  Sondayy  tha  calabf^^Son  took 
plaoa  oo  Monday,  (a  tha  Cdlaga,  at  which 
Sir  Henry  Halrard  praskled,  in  his  full 
robes,  attended  by  tha  Maoa-hearers  and 
tha  other  Officers  of  tha  CoUegt ;  tha 
Dactors  who  have  certain  hoaonrs  wearing 
their  scarlet  robes,  &C  Dr.  Wairan  deli- 
vered an  bratioo  in  Latin*  oo  tha  rise  and 
progress  of  Medicine  in  this  covotry, 
which  commenced  at  twenty  minntas  past 
four  o'clock,  and  continued  neariy  an  hour- 
and  a  half.  Among  the  Doctors  present 
were,  Maton,  Maekinnoo,  Latham,  Heber- 
den,  Brea,  Paris,  M*Gregor,  Babinetoo, 
Granville ;  also  Sir  A.  Cooper  (the  Viea- 
PresideDt  of  the  Royal  Collm  of  Sotgaons), 
Sir  Thomas  Lawrence  (the  Prasidaat  of  tha 
Royal  Academy),  tha  Bishops  of  Chaster 
and  St.  Asaph,  Earl  of  Wastmorakod,  Lord 
Carrington,  &c.  &e. 

State  of  Education  in  the  Hiohlinos. 

Throughout   tha  whole    extant    of  tha 
counties  of  Arsyle,  Inverness,  Nairn,  Ross, 
Cromartv,  Sutherland,  Caithness,  Orkney, 
and  ZetJand,  and   the  Gaelic  districU  of 
Moray  and  Perth,  oomprahending  171  pa- 
rishes, and  a  population,  by  tha  oensos  of 
1821,  of  above  4 10,000  persons,  it  was  pro- 
posed to  ascertain    by  actual    inquiry  in 
every  fiunily — 1st.  Tha  nnmber  of  persona 
above  eight  years,  unable  to  read,  separating 
those  above  twenty  years  from  those  under 
that  age.     2d.  The  distance  of  each  £unily 
from  the  nearest  school.    Sd.  Tha  propor- 
tion of  fiunilies  possessing  oopias  of-  tba 
Scriptures.    4th.  Tha  rekuva  piavalenee  of 
the  English  and  Gaelic  Unguagas.    Tha  fol- 
lowing are  tlie  resulu  as  to  this  interesting 
inquiry  : — 1st.  ^«  to  Education,   Half  of  all 
the  population  are  unablt  to  read ;    or  in 
detail,  taking  all  ages  above  eight  years, 
those  who  cannot  read  are  nearly  in  tlie  fol- 
lowing proportions:— In  the  Hebridasy  and 
other  Western  parts  of  Inverness  and  Ross, 
70  in  tbe  100  cannot  read.     In  tha  remain- 
ing paits  of  Inverness  and  Ross,  in  Nairn, 
the  Highlands  of  Moray,  Cromartv,  Suther- 
land, and  the  inland  parts  of  Caitnness,  40 
in  the  100.     In  Orkney  and  Zetland,  18  in 
the  1 00.     Above  one-third  of  the  whole  po- 
pulation are  more  than  two  miles,  and  many 
thousands  more  than  five  miles,  distant  from 
the  nearest  schools.— 9d.  Diffiinon  of  tht 
Scriptures,     In  the  Western  parts  of  Inver- 
ness and  Ross,  all  the  Scriptures  found  ex- 
isting are  in  the  proportion  of  one  copy  of 
the  Bible  for  every  eight  persons  abova 
the  age  of  eight  vears ;  and  in  the  other 
paru  of  the  Highlands  and  Islands,  inclod- 
mg   Orkney  and  ZeUand,  where   reading 
is  very  general,  only  one  copy  for  every 
three  persons.    One-fborth  part  of  all  tha 
fiunilies  iu  these  districts,  or  100,000  par- 
sons, are  still  wholly  without  Bihlas ;  and 
then  are  in  this  nombar  savanl  thousaad 


ets 


LUerary  InielUgeRce* — ^^fnit^iMtrioii  Ruearckes. 


[XCYI. 


fiuBiKc*  ia  which  there  ub  penont  who  can 
TCftd  the  Scriptures. — Sd.  Language,  Geetic 
it  the  Ungnege  of  300,000  of  the  people, 
that  is,  of  three-fourths  of  ell  the  popula- 
tion of  the  districts  included  in  this  enquiry. 
It  is  almost  exclusively  of  the  Hebrides  and 
of  the  Western  and  ixUand  parts  of  Argyle, 
Inverness,  Ross,  and  Sutherland.  It  is  also 
the  more  prevailing  language  throughout 
the  other  parts  of  these  counties.  In  Ork- 
ney, Zetland,  and  the  coast  of  Caithness, 
English  u  spoken  exclusively. 

Cambridge,  Jime  SO. 

Sir  William  Browne's  gold  medals  for  the 
Cvreek  Ode,  Latin  Ode,  and  Epigrams,  for 
the  preeent  year,  were  all  adjudged  to  Mr. 
W.  Selwyn,  of  St.  John's  CoUege.  The 
following  are  the  subjects : — 

Cfreek  Ode — ^Delphi. 

Latin  Ode — Iris.  Phanus  deseribUur 
Areas, — Hor. 

Greek  Epigram — *^jun  ec**om  71  Ov/Am, 

Latin  Epigram — Eloquiumve  oeuli,  out 
Jaeunda  silentia  UngU4B, 

The  Porson  prize  was  adjudged  to  Mr. 
B.  H.  Kennedy,  of  St.  John's  College. — 
Subject,  Shakspeare,  King  John,  Act  3, 
Scene  3,  beginning  with  **  Come  hither f 
Huberty"  and  ending  with  <<  /  think  thou 
Umest  me  toelL^'^A.  second  prize  was  ad- 
judged by  the  examiners  to  Mr.  John 
Wordsworth,  Scholar  of  Trinity  College. 

Diorama. 

A  new  Diorama  has  been  opened  at  Paris, 
the  subjeet  of  which  is  the  Monastery  of  St. 
VaudriUe,  near  Rouea.  The  painter  and 
mechanist  have  supposed  the  prevalence  of 
a  north-west  wind,  which  altematelv  covers 
the  skies  with  clouds,  and  carries  them  off. 
A  great  effort  has  been  made  to  remove 
from  painting  the  reproach  of  immobility. 
Every  thing  is  alive ;  the  lea? es  are  agitated, 
the  bttDches,  the  ivy,  and  the  other  climb- 
ing plants  which  surround  the  columns  are 


in  motion ;  the  ptejedaoa  ef  shadows  faj 
the  fleeting  clouds  isdistinct ;  a  door  placad 
at  the  end  of  the  rieht-haad  gsUeiy  opeae 
and  shuts ;  finally,  the  son,  whidi  Was  been 
momentarily  eclipsed,  darts  Ins  nys  over 
the  whole  countoy.  In  the  middk  of  tho 
right-hand  gallery  are  seen  eome  Vioards, 
supporting  a  stone  statue  which  has  been 
taken  down  from  its  pedestal,  and  which  ia 
represented  with  surprising  troth. 

LOKGBYITY. 

In  a  curious  essay,  contained  ia  a  French 
Medical  Journal,  is  an  artide  whidi  shews 
that  a  mode  of  life  unruffled  1^  tmnultnous 
passions  singularly  coatributes  to  longevity. 
According  to  the  author's  statement,  the 
lives  of  152  hermits,  tiksa  in  all  ages  and 
under  every  cTimate,  prodooe  a  sum  total  of 
11,589  years,  and  oonseqaently  an  avera£^ 
of  76  years  and  a  little  more  than  three 
months  for  each.  The  lives  of  the  same 
number  of  academicians,  one  half  belonging 
to  the  Academy  of  Scieaees,  and  the  other 
half  to  that  dr  Belles  Lettres,  amount  to 
10,511  years,  or  to  69  years  and  a  little 
more  than  two  months  for  each  life.  It  is, 
therefore,  not  improbablet  that  in  patri- 
archal ages  of  society  150  or  SOD  years  were 
much  more  commonly  attained  than  in  our 
times,  as  the  ancients  affim  of  diffsrenfe 
tribes  of  India  and  Greece. 


Mr.  Western,  M.  P.  for  Esses,  has  pnb- 
lished  a  letter  to  Lord  Lhperponl,  on  the 
cause  of  the  embarraaameata  of  die  com- 
mercial world.  The  work  sacmti  to  esta- 
blish this  feet— that  pnUic  ^Brtrcaa  has 
always  accompanied  any  attempt  to  retom 
to  a  metallic  cnrreney;  that»  eoaaeqaently, 
the  measures  taken  pieparatorr  to  the  in- 
tended return,  are  the  caase  of  ttie  distress  ; 
and  hence  it  is  inferrad,  that  the  remedy 
should  be  an  assured  paper-enmnMnr.  The 
pamphlet  contains  a  iununafj  of  tne 
of  distress  and  abnndaaoa. 


ANTIQUARIAN  RESEARCHES. 


Vault  in  Tewkesbury  Abbey  Church. 

The  following  account  of  the  Vault  of  the 
Duke  and  Duchess  of  Clarence,  in  the 
Abbey  Church  at  Tewkesbury  (allusions  to 
which  have  been  made  in  the  public  jour- 
nals] ,  will  gratify  our  Antiquarian  readers. 

At  the  back  of  the  high  altar,  beneath  a 
large  flat  blue  stone,  bearing  evident  marks 
of  once  having  been  inlaid  with  brass  or 
other  similar  metal,  b  a  flight  of  eight  stone 
steps,  which  leads  to  a  fine  arched  vault, 
wherein  the  remains  of  Isabel  Duchess  of 
Clarence,  eldest  daughter  of  Richard  Earl  of 
Warwick,  were  deposited  in  1477  ;  and 
where,  also,  her  illustrious  husband,  George 
Duke  of  Clarence,  brother  to  King  Edward 


the  Fourth,  most  probably^  after  hit  ayate- 
rious  death  in  the  Tower,  found  iAmX  lepoae 
which  was  denied  to  him  ia  hia  lifetune. 

The  Chronicles  of  the  Abbey  give  the 
following  minute  account  of  the  horial  of 
the  Duchess :  «  She  died  in  ehild-Wd  on 
the  92d  of  December,  147^,  aged  95,  at 
Warwick,  and  her  body  was  bfoi|rht  to 
Tewkesbury  on  the  4th  day  of  Jaanary  fol- 
lowing :  the  lord  John  Streaahaaiy  abbot  <^ 
Tewkesbury,  with  other  ahbola  ia  their 
habiu,  and  the  whole  eoaveat,  raoeifad  her 
body  in  the  middle  of  the  choify  and  the 
funeral  service  was  performed 'by  the  loid 
abbot  and  the  rest  <^  Uie  abhoCa,  widi  ^ 
whole  eonvent>  in  nine 


rtKT  I.)     Jnliiuarian  Rtitatcktt. — Tewknlvry  Jbbeg  Church. 


iha  fuMnl  nSea 
ftnguit  of  llic  buho|ii  of  WoKcnnc  nvi 
iMiitSt,  Uil  \ij  Uie  linn  uul  chiplnai  of 
tli>  dukti  uiil  ihe  tlj;i1>  were  oburred  by 
tlic  duLa'i  ovm  fwoilt  '(ill  (!>■  D«t  il>1, 
wbish  na  tlu  •itfil  •/  lU  Euipluoi.  Tb* 
tufflvan  of  Ui4  bitluip  of  LucUffa  »U- 
hnttJitw  Ant  IM«  <if  Si.  MuT,  ia  Si. 
Marj't  chu*!  i  llw  Htond  mu*  at  ihn  Tri- 
n>l;f  *u  celibcMfd  bj  the  lord  >bbet,  t(  tha 
>lUf  1  tha  luffranu  vf  tha  bi>hop  ef  Wor- 
traitcr  ealalinttii  (bt  ^rd  dimi  of  aicrul 
tail,  al  *h>cU  Patci  Welti,  D.D.  tod  of  iha 
oidai  uf  tha  iDiDon  at  WntcaiUi,  praachnl 
■  laiman  in  tha  choii,  bafora  tha  ptalaMa  : 
and  mtia  Uiog  (oded,  the  body  vaa  left 
uadat  the  hern,  in  the  middle  of  the  clioir, 
fill  tlrin}'£>a  dayi .  and  thoaa  (Dlcina  ob- 
Mquiea  veie  daily  parRinotd,  duHu  that 
tiowi  in  the  Mmrrnt.  Haf  body  ns  buriad 
ia  a  uult,  behind  the  high  altar,  befon  tlia 
doo(  uf  the  Viiflln  Mary'i  ebtpo),  and  oppo- 
tila  ibe  dvot  of  St.  £dmiuid  tbe  Martyc'a 

N»tKithiUi>d>D|;  the  pradw  apot  of  tha 
nult  ii  ihin  accuruely  palettd  out,  no 
panna  hIui  hai  ■littan  an  the  lubjeai  teema 
to  hant  bnco  at  all  aoara  uf  <t>  cuitenca  at 
theprgaautdiy.  Tlie  Rei.  Robart  Knight, 
in  hia  "  JDiaqBiiitwa  on  tlia  CaniaBtoat 
Oiuich  of  Tewtaahory,"  awiuim,  "  among 
iba  RMny  nohlea  and  chicftuu  iotairad  ia 
tbia  ehoKli,  wban  are  we  to  look  for  'Jalir, 
JIttliuit  ferjarid  Clarence,'  and  laalnl  bia 
DiKhaei,  who  aia  Kportad  to  hare  hate 
foaad  a  petind  to  (bait  auffotinga,  *bathei 
ariaji^  fraia  tbaii  Buafortunai  at  (heir 
nimatiln  thatabbalbof  tba  gave?"  Aod 
after  datrtibing  tha  ponp  diaiilared  al  the 
funeral  oftlie  I)uchm,  Iw  teiouU,  ••  lucb 
»e«  the  fe*L-  .l.,-,a  tUr  liir.mr,  .lurms  ''" 


tha  taalt  pnclndad  tha  iaapeotloa  of  nora 
tlun  ■  tnwl  pottioD  of  tha  vaiirgaled  pam- 


two  lEuUi,  and  other  bonH.  of  a  nan  aad 
woinaa  i  b«t  ther*  wai  ootbiaij;  bj  which 
theae  rrlici  could  be  ideotified  ai  belonging 
to  tha  lufonuaaia  Dulie  and  Duoheas  S 
Clanace,  though  there  it  much  greater 
probability  'ax  the  idea,  tbaa  Id  •onui  Ineoriee 
of  antiqwiei  wbieb  have  gained  uDiierul 
belief.  That  the  Ducbaii  wat  buried  iheMin> 
not  a  ihadow  of  doubt  can  remtiui  and  the 
lhltty-ti>a  daft  ia  whiab  ibg  lay  ia  itata  in 
the  choir,  might  bave  beta  occupied  is 
eompletiDg  the  Tault.  uoleti  it  ihould  be 
thought  that  lonia  of  her  ancetion  had 
pnTiouaJy  bean  depoaited  there  i  for  ai  aha 
died  at  ao  early  an  aer.  and  lO  waeapecteHly, 
it  ia  not  probable  that  a  [eeeptade  for  her 
lemaioi  had  been  prepared  during  her  life- 
time. Whathor  die  Duke  wai  intenad  hero 
or  eUowbere,  will  never  pcrhapa  be  aatiafac 
totily  determined  :  Kapin  aud  othart  affirm 
^al  he  waa  i  aud  ll  ii  fair  to  praaume,  that 
hii  peiieeuton  cared  liltl*  about  hia  body 

obaiacla  wonld  have  been  tbrowB  in  tha 
way,  if  lb  remnvtl  to  TawVobury  wa.  da^ 
liiad  liy  any  failbful  BiIheieDl.  Tbeclreum- 
atann  of  the  bona>  of  a  male  and  femala 
being  diacovned,  wuuld  add  aomeihing  to 
the  probability  of  hia  being  buried  iu  eba 
eame  e>a*e  with  hia  Duchau  ;  and  the  fact 
of  iD  Being  uniMticed  in  the  Abbey  Hvpa- 
ter,  might  have  aiiiea  loUly  from  an 
asaiety  in  the  Abbot  not  to  ^ive  offence  to 
the  ruliog  powen,  tn  rtcnid.og  the  inlet- 
menl  nf  ooe  who  bwl  taUen  a  victim  to  their 
raaentBest.     The  vaolt  waa  probably  ran- 


apot  with   a  atona   where   ihii    nbi 
braacb  of  royalty    finally 
with  the  worm." 

Thi)  rau)t  wai  opened  oo  tha  91M  of 
April,  1836,  in  tbe  praaeoce  of  the  Rn. 
Charin  White,  Vicai  i  the  Rev.  Robert 
Hepwurth.  Cnrate ;  Meun.  Beaoett  and 
Packer,  Church-ardena ;  and  Jamea  Hol- 
land, Eaa.  P.S.A.  Solicitor- General  of  Aua- 
iralia.     It  wBi  in  the  moat  parbat  itate, 

bru«l,  and  about  aii  feet  aoiT  a  half  high. 
I'he  arched  roo^  which,  as  well  aa  the  w  Jli, 
wu  of  fine  Paiuwick  fiee-itone,  mujt  have 
been  hewn  from  immenie  maitei  of  aolid 
maMrial ;  and  the  floor  wat  paved  with  bard 
thin  tquara  brieki,  a  coniiderable  number 
of  which  ware  decorated  with  raiiou  da- 
vicea,  similar  to  othera  which  nay  bt  fbwd 
in  many  parte  of  tha  church,  but  plaoed 
with  little  order,  and  appaientlr  antbout  agy 
other  design  than  mart  omaoitnt;  but  tba 
inctcachmtnta  which  bad  baaa  iiAiad  bt 


cUimed  kiadtad      bacaoae  they  oould   i 


•of  tb 


aepulchra,  onlf 


This  raeaptada  Kit  r^  dnat  waa 
daatiiwd  again  to  be  iBatuibad  in  1109, 
1719,  and  ma,  to  admit  the  bodiaa  of  Sa- 
muel Hawling,  hia  wife,  and  hia  aoo :  tha 
two  rormer  Re  ineloaed  by  a  briek-wall  at 
the  south  end  of  the  Tank,  apd  that  of  John 
Hawling  i)  placed  to  tba  northward  af  bk 
parents,  and  caaad  is  anotktr  brick-wall. 
It  is  quite  impotsiblc  to  ooncciTa  by  what 
authority  the  fiunily  of  tba  Hawliin  ob- 
tained permiiiion  to  bnry  In  ibii  a^rodid 
tomb,  occnpyine  neatly  twvthirdt  tbaieo^ 
and  Hjueaiing  tha  ban  of  ita  foiMei  poa- 
aeaaon  into  a  nook.  SaBMwl  Hawlinc  waa 
bailiff  of  tha  borough  in  ie77,  and  John. 
Hawling  teraad  tha  aaax  otEca  five  timaa  t 
but  could  not  theae  "  pairtwig-fntad  lUar- 
men"  find  aome  othat  apoti  irittun  dUt. 
Btarad  lampla,  wbarvlbeir  benaa  mifju  net 
■>  paaot,  Mthn*  ilwhiiiii  w  Mawj>|d» 
tlw  with  ihow  allaMmk.  tffct  Ji&- 


<»k> 


Antiquarian  ResearcheSs 


fxCTI. 


Silshed  for  their  ftnk  and  their  misfortmiet  ? 
oles  were  necessarily  perforated  in  the 
brick-walls,  before  the  extent  of  the  vault 
could  be  ascertained ;  and  two  of  the  thigh- 
bones In  that  portion  of  it  occupied  by  the 
elder  Hawlioe,  were  of  the  great  length  of 
nineteen  inches  and  three-quarters.  Dur- 
ing the  few  hours  that  it  remained  open,  it 
was  visited  by  many  hundred  persons ;  and 
when  it  was  closed  up,  every  thing  was  left 
in  nearly  the  same  position  as  it  was  found. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  Exeter. 

A  curious  discovery  has  been  made  in  the 
church  of  St.  Stephen,  now  under  repair,  in 
Exeter.    In  digging  at  the  East  end,  for  the 
foundation  of  a  new  pillar,  the  labourers 
came  upon  some  solid  work,  and  on  clearing 
away  the  rubbish,  part  of  a  crypt  or  subter- 
nneous  chapel  appeared  to  view.    Two  cir- 
cular columns  of  free-stone,  and  of  the  latest 
Saxon  period,  about  five  feet  and  a  half  in 
height,  and  distant  about  three  feet  and  a 
half  firom  each  other,  were  found  in  excel- 
lent preservation.      The   capitals    differed 
considerably  :  one  was  enriched  with  scroll 
work:    the  other,   which  was  nearly  four 
inches  higher,  was  comparatively  plainer ; 
but  had  a  cornice  ornamented  with  a  species 
of  dentiles  or  rather  billets.    At  the  time  of 
the  Conquest^  as  Domesday  proves,  there 
was  a  church  of  St.  Stephen  in  that  city. 
The  present  &bric  was  erected  on  its  site, 
and  probably  was  enlaj^d  soon  after  the 
restoration  of  King  Charles  the  Second.   No 
documents  exist,   in  the  parish  chest,  to 
thrpw  any  light  on  the  ancient  fabric;  but 
it  is  known  that  the  Churchwardens,  on  the 
11th  Aug.  1657>  were   ordered  to   bring 
forthwith  to  the  then  Mayor  of  Exeter,  a 
true  inventory  of  all  the  bells,  goods,  uten- 
sils,   and    implements,    belonging    to  the 
church,  and  to  give  up  possession  of  the 
whole  to  the  said  Mayor.     Shortly  after, 
the  church  was  sold  to  a  Mr.  Toby  Allen, 
with  a  cellar,  which  probably  may  be  the 
crypt  now  discovered. 


Babylokian  Chuuctcm. 
The  Babylonian  characters,  which  haw 
divided  with  the  hieroglyf^cs  the  attention 
of  the  learned,  had  eloded  all  satisfactory 
explanation ;  for  in  that  light  the  attempts 
of  Dr.  Grotefend  did  not  appear,  when  Mr. 
Price  announced  in   his  Journal,    that   a 
MS.  had  fitllen  into  his  hands   in  Persia, 
containing  the  alphabetical  characters  to 
which  the  arrow-headed  ones  were  eqmva- 
lent.     Some  time  has  elapsed  since  this 
discovery,  and  as  this  learnt  orientalist  has 
continued  his  researches,  the  second  edition 
of  his  Journal  contains  much  novel  informa- 
tion :  he  has  succeeded  in  deciphering  se- 
veral of  the  Persepolitan  inscriptions ;  and, 
when  it  is  considered  what  rapid  changes  the 
European  languages  undei^o  in  the  course 
of  a  few  centuries,  it  will  occasion  some 
surprise  to  £nd  that  the  proper  names  he 
has  met  with  correspond  very  nearly  to  such 
as  exist  in  Persia  at  the  present  day  ;  thus, 
for  example,  Kacha  has  been  modified  into 
Khqjeh,  Keibed  into  Kobadf  &c.     Respect- 
ing the  clay  cylinder,  so  much  the  object 
of  antiquarian  research,  it  is  observed,  that 
**  impressing  them  seems  to  have  been  the 
ancient  mode  of  printing  public  documents 
that  required  a  great  number  of  copies," 
and  the  following  is  a  characteristic  extract 
from  the  first  translation  of  one  which  has 
appeared  in  any  European  language.  *'  Hap- 
py the  man  who  can  show  hu  heart  {UteraUy 
grape-stone)  in  this  inn,  oncorroded  with 
evil  :    for  sins  committed  here,    must   be 
accounted  for  at  the  grand  inn  (of  heaven). 
Truth  and   sincerity  are  cor  support ;  and  f 
should  we,  as  occupiers  of  a  state-chamber 
that  revolves  in  death,  not  be  accused  of 
corruption  for  the  slightest  imprudence? 
OGod,  in  the  time  of  dissolution  protect  us 
from  thy  wrath.    As  the  supplication  of  the 
tyrant  avuls  not  in  death,  will  he  not  be 
answerable  for  his  crimes?"     It  u  to  be 
hoped,  that  the  prosecution  of  researches  so 
interesting  to  the  literaiy  worid,  may  not  be 
left  to  the  imassisted  exertions  of  a  private 
individual. 


SELECT    POETRY. 


NO 


PHILANTHROPY. 

jfn  OdCy  on  the  present  distressed  State  of  the 
Manufacturers, 

longer  let  the  wretched  lie 
In  Famine's  grasp  to  droop  and  die, 
In  this  our  Christian  land  ! 
Bid  the  Hydra  ffant  depart : 
Come,  Charity  !  melt  ev'ry  heart 
To  lend  a  helping  hand. 

Our  Monarch's  *  heart  with  pity  glows> 
To  alleviate  his  subjects'  woes ; 
All  his  compassion  share  ! 

*  It  will  be  remembered  that  His  Ma- 
jesty contributed  Jive  thousand  ttco  hundred 
pounds  for  the  relief  of  the  different  Manu- 
facturers. 


To  ev'ry  'plaint  he  sends  relief 
And  strives  to  sooth  his  people's  grief. 
And  save  them  firom  despair ! 

God  save,  and  long  preserve  our  King! 
Who  to  the  wretched  joy  will  bring 

With  Christian  heart  and  hand. 
Hence  Britons  ever  must  revere 
Great  George,  who  dries  up  sorrow's  tear; 

Oh  laud  him  all  the  land ! 

Come  aid !  and  grief  shall  qnidclj  fly  t 
Content  and  sweet  serenity 

Shall  banish  sorrow  hence ! 
Hope  shall  make  strong  the  hand  of  toil» 
And  Gratitude  shall  shed  her  smils 

O'er  our  munificence ! 

Camlridge,  May  1886.  T.  N* 


YABT  I.] 


StUHPoihj. 


631 


THE  WISH. 


fyritUnmiteingaiteuti/ulBtbe^^ibouim 
maUh  old  ;  mtd  pntmied  io  Mn.  LiioH- 

TON,  ofShrtwshtry. 

QWEET,  lorelj  Iiifkat»  in  whose  siniling 

face 
Thy  Parenti*  mioiatare  we  plainly  trace. 
When  Reason  shall  expand,  O  may  we  find 
The  perfect  picture  of  each  Parent's  mind ! 
May  Sense,  Good-nature,   Modesty,  and 

Truth, 
With  filUl  Doty  join'd,  emhelllsh  Youth  ! 
May  spotless  Rectitude,  Experience  sage. 
And  Piety  adorn  matnrer  Age ! 
May  Fortune  never  on  thy  efforts  frown ; 
But  Friendship,  Peace,  and  Lofe,  thy  la- 
boars  crown* 
And  when  the  flower  of  lifii  shall  droop 

and  frtde. 
May  it  awhile  in  kindred  earth  be  laid ; 
Then  be  transplanted  to  a  brighter  sphere- 
Again  to  bloom-«-and  bloom  for  ever  there ! 

JOSIPU  WUTOH. 

Solikul,  June  26, 1 805. 


STANZAS  ON  EXISTENCE. 

*YES,  I  will  string  the  harp  to  grief, 
^      With  Sorrow's  voice  wiU  wake  the 

strain  ; 
The  notes  of  woe  may  bring  relief 

When  other  notes  would  sound  in  Tain. 

And  why  this  endless  waste  of  life, 
Thb  ceaseless  tide  of  roUbg  years  ? 

These  warring  thoughts,  thb  anxious  strife^ 
Unmeaning  joys,  and  causeless  fears  ? 

Did  we,  when  Life's  sweet  op'ning  mom 
Its  fairy  charms  difFus'd  around, 

Then  feel  the  touch  of  Mis'ry's  thorn, 
That  gives  a  cureless,  hopeless  wound  ? 

How  chaog'd  our  infiuit  thoughts  would 
seem, 

Our  promis'd  hours  how  cold  and  drear; 
How  would  fsir  Fancy's  furest  gleam 

The  darkness  of  the  grave  i^>pear ! 

Yet  all  have  felt,  and  all  must  feel, 
Tlie  blight  of  Life's  progressive  way ; 

Sad,  trembling  Hope  shall  scarce  reveal 
llie  promise  of  a  brighter  day. 

Thus  shines  the  sun — in  beauty's  bloom 
The  (;roTe9,  the  meadows  smile  around— 

Now  fade  his  ravs  :  a  sadd'ning  gloom, 
A  darker  night  does  all  surround  ! 

1  too  must  join  the  mournful  band, 
That  scan  with  Memory's  tearful  eye 

The  scathed  page  !     No  soothings  blandy 
No  feigned  joys  can  Hope  supply. 

But  Ruin,  o'er  the  waste  of  years, 
With  restrospcctive  look  spp^ls ; 


Her  band  th'  aftlgkttd  Inwoib  mmb. 
Thy  ohwish'd  idol,  Fney»  &Usl 

Yes,  I  win  string  the  harp'to  srief. 

With  Sorrow's  voice  wUl  wM  the  stram. 

The  notes  of  woe  shall  bring  relief. 
When  other  notes  would  sound  in  vain. 

Did  Passion's  .child,  the  wild  Roosaeauy 
Or  Byron,  in  his  hour  of  grief. 

Ne'er  find  in  words  abalm  fiw  woe. 
No  solac'd  anguish,  or  relief? 

Enquirer,  cease ;  nnfcding  pleasnree. 

Abound  not  in  a  world  like  this ; 
Too  frail,  aba  1  all  earthly  treasures* 

But  sure  b  Heaven's  undying  bliss ! 

CWuiD. 


SONNET. 

I^ARIA,  tho'  the  Summer  honn  an  fled. 
Yet  as  in  S|wing  our  love  remains  the 


For  it  was  nnrs'd  by  honest  Friendship's 
flaoM, 
Who  round  our  hearts  hb  glowing  ndjaooe 

shed. 
Can  I  furget  those  heavenly  words,  ^*  I  wiU.** 
What  reptore  to  my  aehiag  biMit  thej 

brought ; 
What  joy  was  mine !  and,  oh  1  tnmspoit- 
ing  thought, 
Methinks  upon  mine  ear  I  have  them  still  1 
Can  I  those  dear  consenting  eyee  frMrget, 
That  with  Affection's  softest  tean  were  wet  ? 
Let  no  vain  fean  thy  tender  mind  engage. 
That  fleeting  Time  my  memory  may  in- 
vade. 
For  in  the  storehonse  of  the  heart  are  bid 
Love's  fondest  hopes — ^which  still  increase 
by  sge.  Etoxansis. 


BACCHANAUAN  SONG. 

PHILOSOPHY  sure  b  a  folly. 

That  teaches  us  water  to  drink ; 
A  hophead  would  not  make  us  jolly, 
Whatever  old  Thales  may  think. 

The  books  which  the  learned  have  writ. 

Go  off  by  degrees  in  a  fix. 
But  wine  is  the  standard  of  wit. 

And  shews  us  mankind  as  it  is. 

Far  hence  water-drinkers  depart, 
Tis  a  cloak  to  dissemble  your  vice. 

For  wine  is  the  kev  of  the  heart. 
Unlocking  our  molts  in  a  trice. 

Then  Bacchus  with  thee  let  me  live, 
I  '11  spurn  from  thb  moment  all  books  i 

My  vows  unto  thee  I  will  give, 
Seeking  pleasure  alooe  in  thy  looks. 

ETominit. 


[    632    ]  [xcvi. 


HISTORICAL  CHRONICLE. 


FOREIGN   NEWS- 
FRANCE  AND  SPAIN.  on  the  capital  punuhment  being  commuted. 

According  to  the  French  papen,  actite  *^«y  •^°^ll'^  •«'*'  ^  ^f  ^i»*"5  &*^*™" 

negociations  are  earning  on  between  the  m«nto  of  Siberia  to  labonr  m  the  mmea. 

Paris,   London,  and  Madrid  Cabinets,  re-  GREECE    &c 

ipectingthe  recognition  of  the  independence  .  ^        .,         /.,*,.., 

of  the  once  Spanish  part  of  St.  Domingo.         A  letter  from  Alexandria,  dated  AprU  1 1 , 

Both  England  and  France,  we  are  told,  are  »i»t«»»  *^»t  the  whole  coast  is  mfested  with 

anxious  that  this  recognition  should  take  Greek   pirates.       "  Erery    day   (says    the 

place,  but  each  wishes  to  turn  it  to  her  own  writer)  we  hear  of  the  most  shameful  acU  of 

advantage.     France  proposes  it   on  condi-  Pillage,  and  they  are  40  bold  as  to  come 

tions  which  may  serve  to  repay  her  In  part  »«*>•  enough  to  the  city  to  be  seen  with  the 

for  the  expences. which  she  incurred  in  the  ^^^^^  «ye.      We  hear  that  47  European 

war  against   the  Cortes ;    whUst  Enghmd  •^»P»  ^^e  been  carried  by  the  Greeks  into 

contends  that  her  debt  is  itouch  oldet  and  Napoli.    The  insoWoce  of  the  little  pri- 

4nore  sacred  than    that    volunurily    con-  ^t**"  go««  »<>  ^'t  »»*  "^T  attempt  to 

tracted  by  the   French   Government,  and  »earch  merchantmen  saihng  under  convoy, 

that  she  is  entitled  to  receive  the  first  pay-  But  we  also  hear  that  other  nations  take 

ment  from  Spain,  in  whatever  shape  it  may  P»»"^  *»"  the  robberies,  ondet  cover  of  the 

be  made.      Ferdinand  and  his  Ministers,  ^^^^^  ^^•*' 

however,  have  as  yet  come  to  no  decision.         Tl^e  Ionian  Government  has  adopted  the 

Meanwhile^   the  disturbances  which    had  ™o»t  energetic  measnies  to  anppnss  these 

broken  out  in  various  parts  of  Spain  remain  dw»°g  piracies  in  the  Archipelago,    Vice- 

iinsuppressed,  notwithstanding  the  assem-  .Admiral  Sir  HanyNede  latoly trammitted 

^ng  and  marching  of  troope.    Two  rcgi-  *<>  J-  W.  Croker,  Esq.  a  letter  from  Captain 

ments  of  the  Guard  had  just  been  sent  to  HamUton,  of  H.  M.S.  Cambrian,  indosii^ 

Valladolid,  where  the  focus  of  public  disaa-  a  ijeport  from  Capt  G.  H.  Johnstone,  of  the 

tis&ction  seemed  to  be  situated.  Alacrity,  of  the  destruction  of  four  piratical 

nrkD'TTTn  AT  vessels,  on  the  9th  and  lOoi  of  April  last, 

PORTUGAL.  ^j^,  jhe  Gn»k  Uhmda  of  Ipma  and  An- 

Sevtral  official  Decrees  have  been  issued  ^^^s.    The  boats  of  the  AlMsrity  went  in 

at  Rio  Janeiro  by  the  Emperor  of  Brazil,  chase  of  the  pbttes,  under  the  ordftrt  of 

for  the.govemment  of  the  Kingdom  of  Por-  Lieut.  TrUcott ;  after  poUii^  mon  than  18 

tugal.    The  first  creates  a  House  of  Peers.  „nes,  forced  them  to  gronnd  their  Teatels, 

A  list  of  the  new  Peers  is  given  ;    they  ^nd  to  fly  on  shore,  where  they  took  up  a 

amount  already  to  75.     A  second  Decree  petition  in  front  of  some  ruined  houses, 

orders  the  immediate  election  of  the  Depu-  ^^  Lieutenant,  with  his  oflioers  and  men, 

ties,  «  according  to  the  5th  chapter  of  the  ^hen  leu>ed  on  shore,  and  iIm  piMteafl«i  to 

ConstthUional  Chmrter"  bestowed    by  the  ^he   hills.     Two  seamen  end  one  marine 

Emperor  on  Portugal.     This  Charter  is  the  ,^e  wounded  ;  an  ezpioikm  mfbrtimately 


only  document  of  importance  which  is  still  ^ook  pUce,  by  which  'LaMlnant  Wheatley 

withholden  from  the  public ;  but  its  nature  yf^  severely  hurt. 

is  revealed  by  the  preceding  Decrees.  There         1^,^  Cochrane  has  vnderteken  an  expe- 

wiU  be  two  Chambers  as  in  France  and  Bra-  ji^ion  to  support  the  Greeks,  which  we  be- 

zU,  and  the  order  of  the  clergy,  instead  of  lieve  is  to  be  assisted  by  vdlmitary  contri- 

standing  apart  as  it  did  m  the  ancient  Lusi-  butions   throughout  Enrope.    The  steam- 

tanian  Constitution,  will  be  fused,  as  in  our  boat  under  his  command  win  dlrry  long  68 

country,  with  the  upper  branch  of  the  Le-  pounders,  cast  for  the  parpoee,  end  some  of 

gislature.     This  intelligence  is  said  to  have  jbe  bravest  men  wUl  sail  under  hia  orders. 

filled  Lisbon  and  the  nation  in  general  with  a  large  quantity  of  stoies,  arms,  and  am- 

j^y*  nTTQQfA  munition  is  at  Napoli  di  Romaaie,  waiting 

RUSSIA.  bis  arrival.     In  consequence  of  the  Orders 

The  Emperor  Nicholas  has  made  an  im-  in  Council  of  the  Britisii  GoremiMiit,  they 

portant  alteration   in   the   criminal  law  of  were,  in  the  first  instance,  ehnpped'  for  New 

Finland,  having  abolished  the  punishment  York,  and  then  trans-shippeo  for  Napoli. 

of'  death  In  all  cases  except  that  of  treason.  His  Lordship  hai  lately  addtesied  a  letter  to 

It  is,  however,  thought  advisable,  that  per-  the  Pacha  of  Egypt,  remomtntioff  against 

sons  sentenced  to  perpetual  imprisonment  his  cruelties  and  oppressicni,  which,  if  ge- 


and  labour  in  lieu  of  death,  should  not  be     nuine,  is  a  curious  document.  ''It  is 
detained  in  the  interior  of  Finland,  but  that,     frd  (says  he)  to  permit  yoor  preient  pioeeed- 


FAIT  I.] 


Foreign  Nevts. 


0SS 


iogs,  and  rfattanUy  to  iMve  the  iinfi*eIiog 
•putUte  toni  of  neutral  and  Chr'utian  na- 
tions unoppotedf  aiding  to  perpetuate  bar- 
Uarisra  for  horrid  gain,  drairn  from  the  price 
of  Christians  torn  from  thiir  homes,  and 
sold  as  slaves  in  foreijpi  lands.  Against 
these  atrocious  men,  my  com|ianions  and 
mysrlf  cast  the  gauntlet  down,  and  will  con- 
tend, in  die  ho|ie,  tliat  you  and  they  may 
)>erceive  your  true  interests,  and  your  great 
errcir,  and  pursue  a  different  course  before  it 
shall  lie  too  late.  Quit  the  classic  sacred 
soil  of  Greece.  I^t  the  flay iugs  and  burn- 
ings, and  imiNiliogs  of  this  people  cease ; 
and,  oh  !  shocking  to  humanity  !  the  rip- 
ping up  of  pregnant  females,  and  the  hewing 
ID  pieces  of  tneir  infant  liabes,  and  other 
act«  yet  worse  than  these,  too  horrid  to  re- 
late !  Release  the  Christian  slaves — pursue 
an  honourable  and  enlightened  path,  and  we 
become  friends  to  aid  you  in  your  pursuits. 
Hut  should  the  present  course  be  continued, 
let  the  bands  or  croel  assassins  in  your  em- 
ploy count  on  our  opposition ;  count,  too, 
on  our  neutralizing  tne  effect  of  every  vessel 
procured  or  brought  from  Christian  States.*' 

EAST  INDIES. 

Burmese,  Munipoor,  Jan,  25.  "  We  are 
liappy  to  be  able  to  state,  that  the  Burmese 
have  been  compelled  to  abandon  tlie  coun- 
try,  and  retreat  across  the  Niogti,  by  a 
series  of  gallant  and  judicious  operations 
conducted  by  Rajah  Gurolihir  Sing,  with 
the  assistance  (»f  Cant.  Grant  and  Lieut. 
Pemberton.  The  detachments  sent  to 
Kubboo  Pergunah,  as  noticed  in  our  letter 
«»f  the  9b'th  of  Dtcerober,  found  tha  north - 
em  portion  evacuated,  and  the  Burmese 
force  under  the  Sunjoo  Raja,  and  the  Rajah 
of  TumnHto,  to  the  numl>cr  of  700  men, 
strongly  stockaded  at  the  latter  place. 
]3«iog  too  weak  to  attack  the  pf>st,  the 
Commander  of  the  detachment  sent  for 
rcinfurcenivots,  and  Gumlihir  Sing  and 
Captain  Grant  immediately  marched  to  his 
assistance  with  the  rest  nf  the  levy,  across 
the  Meering  hill4nto  the  Burman  territory, 
in  which  route  they  passed  several  stockades 
thst  had  been  commenced  in  the  defile,  but 
alianiloned  oa  their  expected  advance  :  they 
joined  the  deiAchment  on  the  18th.  On 
roconntiitrin^  the  stockade,  it  was  found  to 
)ie  of  consideraV>le  strength  and  extent ;  the 
party  were  uii|>ro\ided  with  artillery,  and  an 
attempt  to  carry  it  by  cscnla<Ie  miHt  have 
lieeii  attended  with  serious  loss.  It  was  as- 
certained, however,  that  the  water  of  the 
stockade  was  provided  from  a  nullah  about 
so  pncrsdi-itaot,  au'I  advantage  was  promptly 
taken  of  this  circumstance  to  cut  off  the 
Hnrnie»e  from  their  suj.plirs.  (>n  the  1.9th 
the  Munui|ioor  troops  effected  their  ad- 
vance, through  n  thick  jungle,  and  were  not 
di»cuvcrt-d  till  they  hrul  obtained  the  com- 
mand  of  the  spots    where  access    to   the 

Gent.  Mag.  i>'///>/;/.  XCVI.  Paht  I. 

II 


■tr«am  from  tiM  itookadt  wat  practicable  ; 
the  enemy  perceiving  them  opened  a  heavy 
fire,  but  tlie  meo,  being  sneltered  by  the 
thickets,  suffered  little.  The  Burmese 
made  several  spirited  sorties*  but  they  ware 
received  with  great  spirit ;  and  in  a  despe- 
rate and  final  attempt*  in  the  night  of  the 
91st,  being  repulse<l  with  severe  loss,  they 
commenced  their  retreat.  The  stockades 
were  cleared  by  the  night  of  the  99d,  and 
taken  possession  of  by  the  Rajah.  Lieut.  Pem- 
berton  joined  the  force  on  the  90th,  and 
immediately  after  the  success  a  detachment 
of  300  men  was  sent  forward,  who  succeed- 
ed in  capturing  a  stockade  on  tlie  right  hank 
of  tlie  Ningti  river.  Upwards  of  900  peo- 
ple were  liberated.  A  reinforcement  of  500 
had  been  ordered  to  join  this  advance ;  and 
the  rest  of  the  levy  was  to  follow  to  the 
banks  of  the  Ningti,  where  it  was  expected 
that  favourable  opportunities  would  otter  ot 
carrying  the  war  into  the  enemjr**  country. 
Tlie  road  from  tha  river  to  Umerapoora  is 
said  to  present  no  difficulties  to  the  advance 
of  an  army." 

Java. — The  Dutch  Government  has 
adopted  the  most  vigorous  and  decisive  roea  • 
sures  to  secure  the  valuable  island  of  Java, 
which  would  otherwise  Iiave  pasaed  from 
European  authority.  Tlie  Commissioner- 
General,  with  the  extensive  powers*  to  give 
laws,  and  take  any  s(eps  he  mi^ht  think 
proper,  witli  regard  to  the  Duten  Islands, 
iiad  arrived  at  Batavla.  Reform  is  the 
order  of  the  dav.  All  the  Officers  of  the 
Government,  who  were  directly  or  indirectly 
engaged  in  plunging  Java  in  the  late  misgo- 
vernment,  are  discharged.  Any  person 
guilty  of  excesses,  whether  he  be  a  civil  or 
military  authority,  is  immediately  dismissed 
by  the  sweeping  authority  of  this  Commis- 
sioner-Genersl.  Some  of  the  insurgents 
still  continued  in  arms  on  the  east  coast* 
but  there  had  been  no  fighting. 

Bombay,  Jem,  91.  A  private  letter  men- 
tions that  a  cloud  of  locusts,  which  had 
been  hovering  for  nearly  two  months  over 
different  parts  of  the  province  of  Guzcratt, 
passed  over  that  city  on  the  93d  ult.  llie 
writer  gives  a  most  appalling  account  of  the 
probable  numljers  of  this  host  of  ilestroyers  ; 
for,  after  averaging  their  apparent  rate  of 
flight,  the  period  they  occupied  in  passings 
and  the  estimated  breadth,  as  gathered 
from  different  observers  at  opposite  situa- 
tions, he  calculates  that  the  cloud  roust 
have  covered  ten  square  miles,  which  allow- 
ing only  one  locust  for  a  square  inch* 
would  give  more  tlian  40,000  millions!— « 
number  which,  however  startling  it  may 
aeem  when  written  down,  the  writer  con- 
ceives to  be  very  much  below,  rather  than 
al>ovc,  the  truth  ;  and  he  grounds  that  opi- 
nion on  the  almost  perfect  and  unbroken 
shadow  the  insects  cast  on  the  ground*  and 
the   lurid  darkness    they-  occasioned*    aii4 


«84 


Mkfrdgn  NMOi. 


[XCTI. 


Iron  obaerviog  tlmn  ■•  thty  pttaeti  *  very 
tell  flag-iu£p9  wher«»  to  fiur  m  the  btwil* 
dered  eye  was  ctpeble  of  judging,  they  m>- 
peared  to  be  equally  thick  50  feet  above  the 
groundy  as  they  were  at  12  or  90.  The 
iniecta  are  said  to  have  done  little  or  no 
iniury  at  Baroda,  but  to  have  passed  onward 
with  a  steady  flight,  their  course  being  from 
the  south-east,  and  towards  the  north-east 
diverging  from  the  right  line  of  their  route 
on  reaching  the  city,  the  smoke  and  uproar 
of  which  may  probably  explain  the  change. 
Before  their  approach,  and  after  their  de- 
parture, their  appearance  was  precisely  that 
of  immense  and  heavy  clouds  of  dense  smoke 
•11  along  the  horizon. 

VAN  DIEMEN'S  LAND. 

**  The  Island  (says  a  private  letter)  from 
one  end  to  the  other,  consists  of  hills  and 
Tallies,  for  the  most  part  thinly  wooded,  with 
large  plains  here  and  there  perfectly  clear. 
The  soil,  even  on  the  very  top  of  the  high- 
eat  hills,  is  of  a  very  good  quality,  and  capa- 
ble of  producing  any  kind  of  grain  as  well  as 
tome  of  the  low  lands.  The  climate  of  Van 
Piemen's  Land  is  much  finer  than  I  expect- 
ed;  I  do  not  recollect  to  have  seen  a  single 
day  that  would  in  the  least  prevent  out- 
door work.  June,  Julv,  and  August  are 
the  three  winter  months.  The  spring  is 
beautiful  beyond  imagination ;  the  trees 
•re  all  evergreens,  and  ny  the  beginning  of 
spring  begm  to  put  forth  their  blossoms. 
There  is  not  a  single  indigenous  fruit-tree  in 
the  colony,  but  the  fruit-trees  imported 
thrive  uncommonly  well,  and  bear  large 
crops.  The  quadrupeds  are  the  kangaroo, 
which  is  excellent  food.  Amongst  the  birds 
are  the  large  mountun-duck ;  the  beautiful 
musk-duck,  so  very  valuable  for  its  skin ; 
and  hens  much  like  the  common  hens  at 
home.  The  only  reptiles  are  the  black  and 
yellow  snake,  the  bite  of  which  is  instant 
death,  unless  the  piece  is  cut  out  the  mo- 
ment it  happens.  Many  farmers  cultivate 
tobacco  with  great  success.  The  Merino 
sheep  have  come  to  great  perfection,  and 
nany  of  the  stockholders  of  tnis  island  have 
4ocks  BOW  equally  fine  with  those  of  New 
South  Wales.  I  consider  Van  Diemen*s 
Land  to  be  one  of  the  best  places  in  the 
world  for  a  man  of  family — 1  mean  a  farmer 
with  a  numerous  fiunily  of  sons  and  daugh- 
ters, who  could  bring  two  or  three  thousand 
pounds  with  him.  I  never  would  advise 
•ny  person  to  come  to  this  country  with  less 
than  SOOi.  unless  he  be  a  working  man  ;  if 
•O9  he  can  do  very  well,  should  he  not  bring 
•  fkrthing  with  him.  Iron  and  silver  ore  are 
Ibnnd  in  many  places  in  this  country,  the 
former  in  great  abundance.  Freestone  and 
marble  are  also  everywliere  to  be  found,  and 
ooals  in  abundance;  but  as  yet  wood  is 
burned  fur  fire :  the  wood  is  much  better 
adapted  for  fire  than  many  of  the  wood  at 
Kwnij  ••  it  ia  dnryaad  makss  a  dear  fire.*' 


AFRICA. 


Intelligence  has  been  received  of  the  safe 
arrival  of  that  undaunted  and  indefatigable 
traveller,  Capuin  Clapperton  (see  p.  457,) 
at  Loccatoo,  the  residence  of  his  old  friend, 
the  Sultan  Bellu.  This  information  is 
firom  Mr.  James,  who  is  resident  at  W by dah, 
and  a  sort  of  agent  to  the  mission,  who 
dates  the  90th  of  April.  This  is  a  grand 
point  gained.  Mr.  Dickson,  who  pursued  a 
different  route  through  the  kingdom  of  Da- 
homy,  was  at  a  place  called  Cha,  from 
whence  he  expected  to  reach  Youri  in  a  few 
days. 

The  following  details  will  be  found  inter- 
esting. They  are  extracted  firom  the  private 
letter  of  a  Medical  Officer  in  his  Majesty's 
Forces  sutioned  at  Gibraltar,  who  had,  on  a 
recent  occasion,  been  appointed  on  a  mission 
to  the  coast  of  Afirica,  to  examine  and  re- 
port the  nature  of  the  disease  raging  in  the 
Barbery  and  other  States  :— 

**  Gibraltar,  May  9,  1896.     I  am  just 
returned  from  a  most  dangerous,  disagree- 
able, and  harassing  mission  to  Africa,  tp 
accomplish  which  I  have  been  absent  about 
a  month.     The  public  papers,  whilst  I  was 
in  England,  spoke,  as  voo  may  recollect,  of 
the  miserable  state  of  the  people  on  die 
Barbery  Coast  from  the  fever,  and  that  they 
were  dying  in  the  streets,    llie  great  inter- 
course between  Gibraltar  and  Uie  Barbery 
States  made  it  necessair  that  the  nature  df 
the  disease  should  be  known,  in  order  to 
guard  against  its  importatimt  into  this  garri- 
son.   Accordingly  I  was  the  person  fixed 
upon  for  the  mission.    The  instructions  I 
received  on  tlie  1st  of  April,  and  arrived  at 
Tangier  on  the  4th  April.    The  day  being 
£sr  advanced,  1  landed  immediately,  but  was 
not  allowed  to  enter  the  town  until  an  order 
should  arrive  from  the  Beahaw  for  my  ad- 
mission.    The  evening  closing  in,  the  gates 
of  the  garrison  were  shuty  and  no  order 
respecting  me  came  down.    Finding  my- 
self left  alone  in  this  unpleasant  state  of 
suspense,  and  amongst  savages,  I  apfmMched 
the  gates,  when  two  of  tM  Moorish  gnard 
drew  their  swords  upon  Be,  ordering  me 
back  instantly  to  the  vessel,  vet  and  com» 
fortless  as  I  was  by  the  sorf,  that  breaks 
heavily  00  the  shore,  wsshiag  over  the  boat 
in  attempting  to  land.    Havk^  sot  a-shore 
the  next  mornine,  I  waited,  with  an  inter- 
preter, upon  the  Bashaw,  and  opened  to  him 
the  subject  of  my  mission.    Ho  received  am 
with  great  politeness  and  style>  being  seated 
on  a  velvet  cushion,  omaaieBted  and  em- 
broidered with  gold,  sittiag  after  their  man- 
ner upon  his  heels,  with  his  lege  beat  nndcr 
him,  smoking,  with  two  black  beys,  one 
on  one  side  supporting  hb  pipe,  toe  other 
with  a  small  silk  bag,  oontiJniqg  any  little 
thing  for  present  use.     We  had  •  loag  conr 
versation,  he  spesJd^  Aiabiei  '  After  f^'" 
I  set  aboat examiniag  the  wt^n oftbti 


1.1 


Jbrf{gM 


«M^ 


five  yoo  toMt  mm  of  iIm  whairin  «idtr 

foltttvmtdMtwithiBtlM  iMlfivtnooiU 
tktii  lUtrt  di«4  Id  iIm  Emptror  of  Mo- 
raeoo'i  dowiaioai  ao  Iom  than  tOO»000 
tottb  from  fcptooapddiHMt.  lo  F»i  alooo» 
tboro  htvo  beoB  thim-oklit  thomuid 
cUatht.  Thoir  crops  havow  ailod  fur  tbtio 
last  tbfM  jMfB  from  draogEt,  all  tbo  riven 
■ad  tpriogt  being  dried  np  {  oettU  died  of 
eouTM  from  weal  of  hcrbege*  aad  the  mi* 
■ecable  Aieht  flocked  down  in  tbonaeiide  to 
the  porta  oa  the  Barbery  coa»tt  ia  the  hope 
of  obcaiaiug  •oeteaaaoey  briogiagwith  them 
daeeaae  aad  ttarvatioa.  It  has  heea  wj  bi 
to  tee  ahaoet  evctj' horrible  t^ht  ia  aatara» 
but  all  I  have  eeea,  pat  t(^gether»  it  aoihfa^ 
to  what  I  have  witaceeed  withia  this  last 
BMath.  Famiae  ist  of  all  other  cabmitief 
that  caa  afilict  apeooby  the  moet  deplor^ile 
•hocking.      Tiie   Aaatomie    Vivaate 


would  be,  amoagit  these  uolbrtnaate 
wretches,  passed  b j  as  ao  curiosity*  for  I 
saw  thoosaads  every  day.    Sooh  is  their  es- 

misery,  that  I  eoastaatly  witaessed 
wooftcay  aad  ehildreo,  dying  ia  the 

;  aad  in  the  open  fields  the  skeletons 
of  men  are  to  be  seea.  You  see  persoos 
emaciated^  totteriag,  aad  worn  oat,  at 
length  lying  down  and  expiring.  They  are 
sosn  devouring  deed  animalst  as  horses, 
dogs,  cats,  &C.  and  even  to  pick  com  from 
the  excrement  of  aaiattls.  ^Childrea  are 
seea  in  the  stoopiog  poeition  gathering  np 
single  grains  of  com :  others  turning  over 
a  doagMll  b  search  of  the  stalks  of  vege- 
tahlea  aad  bones,  which  last  they  break  be- 
tweea  twostooes  for  the  sake  of  the  marrow 
oontainrd  therein.      Added    to    this,  the 


M-tha 
ooa  fofei%  of  iHiieh  I 
gMe  tha  aa 
tigoiag  aadeitakinfB.  Bol  Fam  bappjia 
say  I  bam  letaned  without  ••?  Mfiooi  h^ 
jury." 

BRAZILS. 

Thefre^  of  the  Coaetitatioo  of  tha 
Empire  of  Brasil  has  heea  pobliahed.    Tha 

Kvsrameat  is  declared  to  be  BMoarohiedU 
reditary,  coastttutioaal,  repiesentathra. 
The  dyaas^  rvgaaat  is  that  of  Don  Pedro 
I.,  actual  Emperor  aad  Defoader  of  Bmxik 
The  Cathdie,  Apostolic,  Romaa  feUgioa  is 
to  coatinae  the  rel^gioa  of  the  Stale.  All 
other  reunions  are  permittad  la  housee  set 
apart  for  the  purpoee,  hot  aot  beoriag  tha 
exterior  form  or  churches.  Tha  Ammbli 
GemraU,  or  Parliaoieat,  is  to  be  oomposod» 
like  oor  owa,  of  two  houses  a  Chamber  of 
Deputies  or  Conunons,  and  a  Swiata  or 
Chamber  of  Peers.  Eaoh  Pbrliameat  is  ta 
cootiaoe  for  four  years,  aad  each  stasioa  for. 
fonr  BKmths  j  the  sessions  to  commeaee  aa*. 
anally,  on  the  f d  of  May.  The  Depatiee 
are  to  be  elective  aad  temporary,  aad  to  ba. 
elected  by  the  Provmoes.,  The  Members  of 
the  Seairte  are  also  elective,  but  their  elee- 
tiou  is  for  lile.  They  must  be  above  forty, 
years  of  age,  aadpossess  aa  aaaaal  iacooM 
ofSOOmilreas.  Tne  aumber  of  Seaatort  is. 
to  be  one-half  of  the  number  of  Depatiee,. 
aad  botli  Depnties  and  Senators  aia  to  re* 
ceive  ao  annual  sakry — that  of  tha  Senators 
being  one-half  larger  thaa  that  of  the  De-. 
puties.  Laws  may  be  propoeed  ia  either 
Chamber,  aad  the  Miaisters  of  the  Crowa 
have  the  initiative. 


DOMESTIC    OCCURRENCES. 


IRELAND. 
CoKTUTiD  Elictiohs.— The  contested 
Elections  have  presented  the  most  disgnoe- 
ful  and  outrageous  scenes.  Riot,  bloiKl- 
shed,  and  murder  have  been  the  order  of 
the  day.  Priestcraft  in  numerous  instances 
has  unfortunately  prevailed  over  coromou 
sense,  and,  regardless  of  the  means,  lias 
eifected  iu  object,  even  at  the  cost  of 
human  liic  and  the  destroctioa  of  private 
property.  Indeed  noihing  could  exceed  the 
wild  enthusiasm,  or  rather  Panel  forv  that 
has  laged  in  Irebod.  Weterfbrd,  Dublin 
(county),  Westmeath,  ArmsAh,  Limerick, 
Galway,  Kerry,  Louth,  &c.  have  been  se- 
verely contested.  At  each  of  these  the 
priesto  have  taken  the  whole  business  of  no- 
mination and  election  into  their  own  hands, 
with  a  focility  which  no  man  can  imagine 
who  hsa  not  seen  the  ahjeot  prostration  of 
the  mmd  aad  will,  with  which  the  unhappy 


peasaatnr  worship  these  refewad  despola. 
It  is,  therefoia,  ia  the  verv  waatoanees  of 
berbariu  and  impiety  that  these  holy  denta* 
gogues  have  driven  on  their  wretched  dupes 
to  bloodshed  and  violence,  qmle  naaeoessary 
to  ensure  the  success  of  their  caadidates  i 
and  that  they  have  driven  them  by  the  nmel 
revolting  blasphemies^    In  all  the  contests,  . 
that  for  the  County  of  Dublmaloae  except- 
ed, blood  has  beeo  shed ;  in  some  cases  to  i 
the  extent  of  seven  or  eiffht  deaths;   and 
Dublin    has  been  saved  from  dotmctioa 
solely  by  the  preseace  of  a  stmog  military 
fcirce.    In  Dame-street  (the  Chariog-cross 
of  Dublin^  there  was  rMured,  within  a  few 
yards  of  the  seat  of  Governmeat,  a  laros.  . 
CRUciris,  to  which  every  peseenger  was 
compelled  to  bow»  oa  paia  <n  a  summary 
execution  bv  the  mob.    Ia  the  oauatr  of 
Watarfoid,  Mr.  Stuarty  tha  noauaaa  of  tha 
priestsy  has  heea  ntunied  tgr  (ha.atia  eibct 


(^6  Dom9iik  Occurrences.  "  [xcvi. 

of  inthniclRtion,  to  which  the  almost  ufii-  In  Kerry  the  election  has  been  stained  with 

versal  defection  of  the  Roman  Catholic  te-  a  no  less  frightful  massacre, 
nantry  of  Lord  G.  Beresford  scarcely  crm-         A    private  letter    from  Dundalk,   dated 

tributed  any  help.     Mr.  Stuart's  mobs  were  Jane  26,  thus  describes  the  county  of  Louth 

regimented,  distinguished  by  colours  (in  di-  election,   where   Messrs.  Dawson,   Foster, 

rect  contravention   of    the   Irish    election  and  Fortescue,  were  candidates,  *<  It  would 

laws),   and   in   spme   cases   armed.      Lord  not  be  an  easy  task  to  give  you  a  descrip- 

George  Beresford's    voters   were   therefore  tion   of  the  state  of  this  town  and  county, 

excluded  from   the  Poll   by  an  organized  in  consequence  of  the  Greneral  Election, 

force.    A  placard  was  issued  by  the  priests —  The  Priests  are  urging  all  the  tenantry  to 

"  Vote  for  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  not  for  the  vote  against  their  landlords,  and  have  so  finr 

Lord  Beresford.*'  prevailed  over  them,  by  threats  of  excom- 

In  the  county  of  Galway,  for  which  Daly,  munication  and  eternal  misery,  that  very 
lambert,  and  Martin  were  candidates,  few  have  gone  with  their  landlords.  Per- 
some  of  the  moct  abominable  outrages  have  sons  have  lieen  stationed  at  the  different 
occurred.  A  number  of  the  freel.oiders  of  outlets  of  the  town^to  meet  the  freeholders 
Mr.  D'Arcy,  of  Clifdeu  Castle  (a  friend  of  as  they  come  in.  Such  as  are  in  Mr.  Fos- 
Mr.  Lambert's^  after  having  been  twice  ter*s  or  Mr.  Fortescue's  interest  are  most 
beaten  back,  when  coming  through  Cunne-  cruelly  beaten  ;  so  much  so  that  Mr.  Fos- 
mora,  arrived  at  Gralway,  by  sea.  About  ter's  tenants  have  been  escorted  in  and  out 
950  of  these  persons  were  in  a  house  in  the  by  the  military.  This  morning  an  attack 
•quare,  where  they  were  lodged  to  prevent  was  made  by  the  mob,  whom  the  Priests 
their  coming  in  collision  with  the  town  mob,  have  so  excited,  that  their  fury  knows  no 
who  sided  with  Mr.  Martin.  Several  at«  bounds,  on  the  house  of  M'Gusty,  the 
.tempts  were  made  to  break  open  the  doors.  Postmaster ;  his  windows  were  all  broken, 
and  this  fiuling,  the  house  (which  was  a  and  his  house  would  have  been  destroyed 
thatched  one)  was  set  on  fire.  The  per-  for  openbg  his  gates  to  shelter  Mr.  Fos- 
flona  within,  as  soon  as  they  perceived  the  ter's  voters,  who,  though  guarded  in  by  the 
fire,  of  course  rushed  out,  and  were  attacked  military,  were  attacked  by  the  mob  before 
by  the  party  outside,  who  were  led  by  per-  they  could  get  to  the  Sessions  house ;  the 
tons  known  to  be  in  Mr.  Martin's  employ-  troops,  however,  were  brouglit  back  iu  time 
ment,  and  who  had  banners  inscribed  with  to  prevent  the  gates  being  forced.  There 
**  Martin  and  O'Hara  for  ever,  and  no  trca-  are  just  come  in  900  voters,  tenants  of  the 
chery."  In  the  conflict  several  persons  were  Count  de  Salis,  escorted  from  Donleer  by 
desperately  wounded,  of  whom  two  died,  the  military,  and  for  safety  they  have  been 
There  have  been  riots  and  disorders  in  other  lodged  in  the  gaol;  Mr.  M'Neal's  tenants 
quarters ;  but  the  fury  of  demons  (says  a  were  all  accompanied  back  to  their  resi- 
corrcspondent)  and  the  blood-thirstiness  of  dences,  after  having  voted  for  Mr.  Fortes- 
cannibals,  is  what  we  witness  here.  Even  cue,  by  the  military.  This  county  is  com- 
when  fires  are  lighted  for  human  sacrifices,  pletely  in  the  hands  of  the  Priests ;  there 
the  mob  are  stimulated  by  harangues  to  are  upwards  of  fifty  of  them  in  the  town, 
new  acts  of  diabolism.  Surely  the  Govern-  and  they  have  broken  all  ties  between  land- 
raent  must  be  kept  in  ignorance  of  these  lord  and  tenant.  All  Lord  Roden'a  tenants 
horrible  doings,  abetted  and  fomented  as  have  voted  against  him,  together  with  thoM 
thev  are  by  persons  acting  under  their  own  of  many  other  landed  proprietors.  The 
authori^.  Such  a  scene  never  was  known  Priests  endeavour  to  impreH  oo  die  minds 
among  frantic  Indians  as  we  bad  here.  of  the  poor  ignorant  people,  that  all  who 

In  fVfstmeath,  a  person  was  excommuni-  vote  for  Fortescue  or  Foster  in  perjured.** 
cated  publicly  for  carrying  a  message  to  ^ 

bring  up  Mr.  Smith  (the  Protestant  candi-  ^ 

dates)  voters  ;  and  as  the  judgments  of  the  LONDON  AND  VARIOUS  PARTS  OF 
Priests  are  always  prompdy  executed,   he  THE  COUNTRY. 

was  waylaid  and  murdered  the  same  night.  The  Weatrbh. 

In  Armagh,  and  iu  Cavan,  outrages  have         During  the  Utter  part  of  the  month  of 

been  committed.     The  county  of  A/aj/o  also  June,   the   weather   was    mora  iatoleiably 

presented  the    most  remarkable  scenes   of  hot  than   we  have  experienced  fr>r  many 

disorder  and  violence ;  nearly  all  the  electors  years.     Tlie  thermometer  ranged  from  80 

were  Roman  Catholics,  and  all  the  candi-  to    90    degrees  in  the  ahade.     Tlie  want 

dates,  of  course,  vehement  liberalists ;  ne-  of  rain   too    unfbrtunatelj  canted  a  vni- 

vertheless,   the  Priests   of  Mayo  thought  versa!  drought,  which  may  be  graatly  pnju- 

proper  to  interfere,  and  having  turned  out  dicial  to  all  kinds  of  prvxiuce.     la  die  mean 

one  of  their  former  members,  they  orga-  time  the  metropolb  and  diilarait  parts  of 


nised  a  mob  to  murder  the  other,  who,  with  the  country  have  been  visited  ty  tromcpJum 

some  of  his  friends,  was  set  upon  by  night,  thunder-storms,  which  in  thcii  efliicti  loinu 

and   narrowly  escaped  with  his  life.     One  what  resembled  those  of  the  •oothern  cli- 

person,  at  least,  was  killed  in  this  affray. —  mates,  —  spreading     ruin   ^and    detolalMNi 


•romid.    Oa  WtdoMdnyt  lb*  9tib»  a  toflu-  towtr  wm  »iieli  dtaifftod  b^.Uw  power  of 

pttt  raged  over  pert  of  the  oMtropoIisy  ft»r  the  eleetrie  flaldt  whieh,  hi  iti  jprogieie  to 

•boot  mJf  en  hoar— end  hi  thet  short  epect  tjbe  groond,  tore  op  the.  ttein  of  the  tower^ 

of  time  eoDtiderable  denege  wm  effected.^  and  removed  icverml  ttooet  of  neet  weight* 

The  hftil-fttonet  which  eccompeuied  it  were^  It  then  hortt  into  the  bodj  ot  the  charehj 

of  an  enormous  size.    The  following  ae-  and  after  having  dashed  the  coaunanion- 

coont  of  the  injonr  sustained  in  one  partScn-  table  to  pieces»  rebonnded  from  the  east 

Isr  neighbourhood  will  impart  some  idea  of  wall,  and  terribly  battered  the  whole  of  the 

iu  destructive  ravages : — At  the  eomer  of  edifice.    The  upper  part  of  the  tower,  and 

Hull-place,  Circus-road,  St.  John's  Wood,  all  the  eastern  side  of  the  church  must  be 

two  hundred  panes  of  glass  were  broken ;  at  rebuilt. 
Anderson's  green-houses,  in  the  same  neigh-  w  r«  •    n 

bourhood,    nearly   thirty    thousand    smaU  M.  Corniiliot  •  Balloon. 

squares    of  glass   are  sdd  to  have  been         M.  Comcillot  lias  communicated  the  fol- 

broken ;  the  green-house  of  Mr.  Faithful^  lowing  particulars  of  his  ascent,  which  was 

Elm  Tree-road,  was  entirely  destroyed ;  Mr.  noticed  in  p.  550 : 

Bill,  late  of  Oxford-street,  nad  two  thousand         **  In  a  snort  time  after  Quitting  the  earth« 

panes  of  glass  destroyed  in  his  green-honse  about  15  minutes,  the  balloon  reached  the 

in  Grove-eod-road }   Mr.  Bow£n,  of  Elm  clouds ;  the  barometer  then  marked  8  and  §  . 

Lodge,  had  two  elm  trees  in  front  of  his  inches,  an  elevation  of  1 000  feet,  or  a  qnar- 

house  completely  stripped,  and  about  ten  ter  of  a  mile.     At  that  point,  the  animals 

pounds  worth  of  fruit  in  his  garden  destroy-  exposed  to  galvanic  lu:tion  showed  greater 

ed  i  Mr.  Atkinson,  of  Qrove-end-road,  had  symptoms  of  sensibility  to  its  effect,  than 

ten  thousand  squares  of  glass  broken  ;  Mr.  when  we  readied  the  height  indicated  by 

Jenkins,  of  the  Portman  Nursery,  New-  80  inches  of  the  barometer,  10,500  feet,  or 

road,  has  suffered  about  six  hundred  poun&  two  miles.    This  latter  elevation  was  attain-  ^ 

damage ;  Mrs.  Hogg,  of  Wellington-road,  ed    in    six    adcUtional    minutes.     Nothing 

liad  between  three  and  four  thousand  panes  could  be  more  majestio  than  the  onruUing 

of  glass  broken.     At  Camden  and  Kentish  at  our  feet  of  that  mountainous  mass  m 

towns  considerable  damage  was  also  done ;  oloads  which  seemed  to  sustain  us.    The 

at  the  latter  the  George  tiie  Fourth  public-  harmonioa|ly  balanced  osdilations  hy  which 

house  had  every  pane  of  glass  in  front  broken,  their  course  appeared  to  be  regulated,  their 

In  some  parts  of  the  country  the  storms  wavy  forms  and  velvet  sur&ce,  which  the 

were  attended  with  fatal  consequences.  **  At  brigiitness  of  the  sun  turned  into  a  silver 

Oldham  (says  the  Manchester  Cburier),  the  gray  almost  metallic,  the  purity  of  the  air, 

thunder  storm  of  the  87th  was  tremendoiu.  every  thing  doubled  the  powen  of  life,  and 

The  electric  fluid  entered  the  Friendship  excited  a  degree  of  ravisnment  superior  to 

Tavern,  descended  through  the  floon,  and  all  earthly  sensations.    At  the  height  of 

struck  two  females,  who  were  very  seriously  two  miles,  the  birds  which  we  had  With  us 

injured  ;  one  of  them,  we  understand,  hsa  displayed  no  alteration  in  the  system  of  their 

lost  the  use  of  one  side  of  her  body.    The  animu.economy,  except  that  their  eyes  Ap- 

ivbule  of  the  windows  in  the  house  were  peered  more  prominent,  and  the  motion  €$ 

broken,  the  bell  wires  were  melted,  and  the  the  heart  more  rapid ;  and  ae  Messn.  Ro» 

mantle-piece  in  the  parlour  split  by  the  bertson  and  Sacaloff  ingeniously  but  truJy^ 

liffhtoing.     At  Mr.  Seville's  foundry.  Lower  expressed  it,  *<  the  wings  of  birds  cannot 

Moor,  a  man  who  was  grinding  spindles  at  a  land  in  those  regions."    £ven  at  the  elera- 

large  stone,  was  struck  dead  on  the  spot,  tion  of  the  clouds,  pigeons  themselves  are- 

the  stone  being  shivered  to  atoms.     At  without  wings,  or  at  least  cannot  use  them» 

Heyside,  a  hctorj  was  set  on  fire  by  the  notwiths^nding  all  the  efforts  which  they 

ligbtning,n>ut  was  soon  extinguished.     At  make  for  that  purpose." 
Cumpstall,  too,  the  s(orm  was  severely  felt,         Mr.   Thomas   Jolliffie,    of  Ammerdown 

and  several  windows   were   broken   by  the  Park,  co.  Somerset,  who  accompanied  Mr. 

hail-stones  which  fell  in  great  abundance."—  Comeillot,  has  given  the  following  aeoount: 

Th«  city  and  neighbourhood  of  Exeter  was  «  Our  progress,  during  the  first  quarter  of 

the  scene  of  a  tremendous  tempest.     At  the  a  mile,  was  so  gently  gradual  as  to  be  neerij 

village  of  Alphington,  a  thunder-bolt  struck  imperceptible  ;  but,  on  discharging  a  smaU 

the  tower  of  the  church,  jvhile  four  men  portion  only  of  the  ballast,  the  balloon  ae- 

and  a  bov,  who  had  just  been  ringing  in  cended  with  a  rapidity,  which  in  a  very  few 

bonour  ot  the  eleeUon,  were  standing  within  minutes  buried  us  in  the  vaponn  oi  a  deoee 

the  portal  of  the  church,  beneath  the  tower,  mass  of  clouds.    The  temperature  of  the  air 

They  were  all  prostrated  to  the  earth }  the  was  here  cokl«  and  raw,  such  ae  I  have  felt  il 

boy,  named  John  Coles,  having  an  iron  on  a  mountain's  top  when  enveloped  with 


iMmimcr  in  hb  lumd,  was  killed  on  the  spot;  the  fogs  of  autumn.    We  loitered  for 

one  of  the  men  was  hurled  many  yards  into  time  in  these  gloomy  regions,  the  ■larhine 

tlie  church,     k  is  remarkable  that  the  shoee  alternately  rising  and  faUing,  as  we  eaccee- 

tt(  three*,  and  the  coat  of  one  man  was  sively  .applied  to  the  valvi.or  tlw  halleel.. 

severed  in  entire  shreds.    Tlie  vane  of  this  At  length  we  appeared  to  soar^  with  ao  on- 


CM 


Domeitic  Oecurrencei^'^Promokont,  3rc« 


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f ootroulable  Telocitjy  aad  biint>  almoct  fod- 
denljTy  from  out  of  our  dark  barrier  into  the 
pure  realmt  of  light  and  radiance.  Every 
idea  which  the  imagination  ma j  prefigure  to 
itself  of  the  splendour  unfolded  by  such  a 
fpectacley  roust  be  infinitely  short  of  the 
leality ;  all  Yerbal  description  is  inadequate 
—•language  sinks  before  contemplation  so 
exalted !  The  stratum  of  clouds,  from  which 
we  had  emerged,  seemed  depressed  to  a  vast 
distance  below  our  feet,  involved  in  radiant 
folds,  which  completely  shut  out  all  view  of 
the  earth— thus  concealing  the  full  extent 
of  the  chasm  which  yawned  beneath  us.  It 
is  to  this  circumstance,  probably,  that  we 
are,  in  some  degree,  indebted  for  being  able 
to  survey  the  glorious  spectacle  unfolded 
around  us,  with  an  unshrinking  eye.  For  it 
is  in  these  elevated  regions,  as  Mr.  Oamerin 
has  very  justly  asserted,  that  the  existence 
of  the  aeronaut  is  really  committed.  He 
must  there  preserve  his  coolness  and  exert 
his  courage,  not  only  to  brave  the  aspect  of 
the  immense  abyss,  but  to  surmount  the  in- 
disposition which  he  will  there  encounter. 
Hb  ears  tingle,  the  circulation  of  his  blood 
becomes  more  rapid,  and  his  arteries  are 
swelled.  The  distension  of  the  balloon,  and 
the  noise  made  by  the  air  in  escaping,  seem 
to  announce  to  him  the  destruction  of  his 
being,  and  of  the  machine  which  has  brought 
him  to  the  place  of  peril.  He  knows  too, 
or  should  know,  that  he  is  in  the  recion 
where  the  most  subtle  meteors  are  kindled, 
and  that  the  contact  of  one  electric  spark 
may  set  fire  to  his  frail  vehicle,  and  annihi- 


late it  like  a  stroke  of  thunder.  It  was  not 
till  after  many  repeated  applications  to  the 
ralve,  that  we  were  able  to  commence  de- 
scending. In  less  than  seven  minutes  we 
recrossed  the  clouds,  and  once  more  came  in 
sight  of  the  earth,  which  soon  became  suffi- 
ciently distinct,  but  dwindled  to  the  propor- 
tions of  a  miniature  landscape.  Shortly 
afterwards  we  met  a  more  lively  current, 
which  wafted  us  forward  in  a  south  easterly 
direction ;  and  finally  conducted  us  within 
view  of  the  splendid  residence  of  Mr.  Man- 
ning, at  Comb  Bank,  in  Kent.  I  cannot 
speak  in  terms  sufficiently  emphatic,  to  ex- 
press my  sense  of  the  attentive  and  elegant 
nospiulity  extended  to  roe  and  my  friend  by 
Mr.  Manning,  jun.  and  by  all  those  branches 
of  his  family  who  happened  to  be  on  the 
spot.  Without  attemptbg  to  enlarge  on 
tne  practical  utility,  to  which  I  am  still 
sanguine  enough  to  think  that  the  science 
of  aerostation  may  eventually  be  conducted, 
I  will  merely  allude  to  it  at  present,  as  a 
source  of  recreation ;  and  I  think  that  I 
may  assert,  with  confidence,  that  a  balloon 
may,  without  difficulty,  be  impelled  in  an 
horizontal  direction,  at  any  required  pobt 
of  elevation ;  at  a  distance,  for  example,  of 
two  or  three  hundred  yards  from  the  earth's 
surface — and  that  any  person  wishing  to 
take  <  a  sail  in  the  air,'  may  gratify  his  in- 
clination (if  confined  within  the  limits  just 
mentionedj,  without  incurring  any  greater 
risk  than  that  to  which  he  would  be  sub- 
jected should  he  choose  to  *  swim  in  a  gon- 
dola'." 


PROMOTIONS    AND    PREFERMENTS. 


Gazitti  Promotions. 

W^'Offiee,  The  under-mentioned  Offi- 
ens,  having  Brevet  rank  superior  to  their 
regimental  commissions,  have  accepted  pro- 
motion upon  half-  pay  according  to  the  Ge- 
neral Order  of  the  36th  April,  1826  : 

To  be  Lient.-co)8.  of  Infantry : — J.  Ha- 
verfield,  from  unattached  full  pay.  J.  Hicks, 
atdFoot.  S.  King,  lOth.  J.  Austin,  97th. 
R.  Pltfke,  d9th.  J.  Macdonald,  64th.  J. 
Dunn,  98th.  W.  Dunbar,  37th.  J.  B. 
Glegg,  49th.  G.  Miller,  Rifie  Brigade. 
M.  Clifford,  89th  Foot.  A.  Kelly,  54th. 
J.  Maxwell,  15th.  £.  K.  Williams,  4th. 
W.  Balvaiod,  99th.  J.  R.  Colleton,  Royal 
StalF  Corps.    D.  Macdonald,  19th  Foot. 

To  be  Majors  of  Infantry : — R.  Erskine, 
4tliFoot.  T.Campbell,  8th.  S.  Fox,dOth. 
R.  Mnrrsy,  68th.  W.  Riddall,  63d.  G. 
Nicholls,  66th.  W.  Burke,  66th.  C.  Har- 
rison, 63d.  W.  H.  Newton,  75th.  G.  J. 
Rogers,  18th.  T.  Dent,  10th.  P.  Ed- 
wards, 75th.  J.  Grosse,  d6th.  D.  K. 
Faweett,  60th.  W.  PiUrington,  92d.  D. 
Denham,  17th.  R.  Howard,  SOth.  G. 
Wolseley,  35th.  W.  Locker,  d4th.  H. 
EllMd,  65th.    M.  M'Fherson,   49d.    T« 


Hogarth,  d4th.  £.  Whitty,  t6tli.  W. 
€hrav,  94  th.  S.  Cuppage,  89th.  T.  Falls, 
90th.  A.  Bowen,  Sd.  H.  EUit,  99d.  T. 
Weare,  85th.  J.  B.  Lioeh,  asth.  W.  K. 
Rains,  38th.  J.  Rowan,  1st.  J.  Mitchell, 
79th.  J.  Jenkin,  84th.  A.  Lystar,  8th. 
W.  P.  Cotter,  8th.  S.  D'Arcey  Kdly,  10th. 
D.  Goodsman,  61st.  A.  Bernard,  84th. 
D.Digby,66th.  W.BeiKieit,69th.  W.P. 
Yale,  48th.     D.  Baby,  84tlk 

War-Office^  June  6.— Tfth  Fo^  Capt. 
£.  Stevenson,  to  be  M^or.— Unattaehed : 
Major  T.  Vilet,  76th  Foot,  «d  be  lieofc.- 
col.  of  In£ ;  Capt.  Hem.  C.  Napitr,  88th 
Foot,  to  be  Major  of  Ind-^To  be  lieot.- 
cols,  of  Inf:  Brevet  Lieotenaati-oot.  F. 
Jones,  96th  Foot,  and  C.  Maoaleafeer,  Mth. 
— ^To  be  Majors  of  Inf.  e  Brevet  Lieat.-col« 
N.  Thorn,  »5th  Foot;  Major  A.  CampbeH* 
33d  ;  and  Brevet  Lient.-eol.  J.  Miaab,  86th* 

War-Office,  June  83.— lit  veg.  F#ot* 
Major  I^Farqnharson,  to  be  Major;  jHb 
ditto,  Brevet  Lieut.-col.  H.  Hanljy  to  b* 
Major ;  10th  ditto.  Major  W.  Arwry  ti»  b* 
Mi^or;  15th  ditto.  Major  J.  Bdta,  to  hm 
Major ;  49th  ditto.  Major  R.  BasMhanp, 
to  be  Mafori  64tli  dittos  Nij«r  it.  I«q- 


FABT  I.] 


Bhrihi  uMd  MlKrr\agt$. 


«S9 


Ity,  tobeMijort  89Ui  ditto,  M^or  W.  S. 
Forbes,  to  bo  Mijori  97th  ditto,  Broftt 
LiMt.-col.  P.  WodehooM,  to  be  Mijor; 
98th  ditto.  Major  J.  RiKbdell,  8d  Ceylon 
mp.  to  be  Mftjor;  99th  ditto,  fireret  Li«tit.« 
eoT.  W.  Riddall,  to  be  Mejor.^Rifle  Bri- 
gade, Major  W.  Hewitt,  to  be  Major. 

Fbrei^'OffUtt  June  88.  Francb  Weny, 
etq.  (late  Contul  of  the  Leraut  Company  at 
SrojToa),  to  be  hit  Majesty's  Consul  at 
Smyrna.— John  Barker,  esq.  (late  Consul  of 
the  Levant  Company  at  Aleppo^,  to  he  his 
Msjesty's  Consul  at  Alexanclria. — Henry 
Thomas  liddell,  esq.  (late  Auistant  Secre- 
tary to  the  Levant  Company),  to  be  hb  Ma- 
jesty's Consul  at  Gottenburgh.— Wm.  Wil- 
ton Barker,  esq.  (Vice-Consol  at  Messina), 
to  be  ConsuL— Wm.  Hamilton,  esq.  (Vico- 
Consol  at  Boulogne),  to  be  Consul.--James 


VigtitHanrey,t8q.(VlM-CoiitttlaBijonBe)9 
to  be  ConsuL— WiUiam  OgUby,  w^  (Viot- 
Consul  at  Caen),  to  be  Consul  for  the  de- 
partments of  Calrados,  La  Maache,  and 
isle  of  Vilaine. 


ECCLBSIASTICAL  PREntRMtlCTt. 

Rev.  W.  Dow,  Church  and  Ptoish  of  Tong- 
land,  Presbytery  of  Kircudbright. 

Rev.  T.  W.  Hombackle,  StaplohurstR.  Kent. 

Rev.  W.  Johnson,  Mottram  in-Longdendale 
V.  Cheshire. 

Rev.  W.  Morgan,  Lampeter  R.  Pembrdceth. 

Rev.  J.  Trebeck,  Cople  V.  Bedfordshire. 

Rev.  J.  Walker,  Church  and  Parish  of  Mo- 
thill,  Presbyteryof Auohterardor,  co.  Perth. 

Rev.  H.  T.  Woodington,  Hampton-in-Aideii 
V.  CO.  Warwick. 


BIR 

March  1 1 .  At  Dtbenham  Vicarage,  Suf- 
folk, Mrs.  Snulley,  a  dau. 

May  80.  At  Brook  House,  Cheshunt, 
Herts,  the  wife  of  D.  C.  Rogers  Harrison, 
esq.  a  dau. 

June  b.  In  London,  the  lady  of  the  Hon. 
J.  Thornton-Leslie  Melville,  a  son.——  17* 
At  the  Rectory,  Buriton,  Wiluhire,  the 
wife  of  the  Rev.  Brownlow  Poolter,  a  son. 

fil.    At  Wiuchfield  Parsonace,    near 

Odiham,  the  wifSs  of  the  Rev.  H.  &lmon,  a 


THS. 

son. 99.  At  Surrey-square,  the  vile  of 

the  Rev.  Gilbert  Elliot,  a  dau. At  Den- 
mark-hill, Surrey,  Frances,  the  wiCs  of  tl^ 
Rev.  J.  Geo.  Wrench,  Rector  of  Stowting, 
Kent,  a  son.— —In  Upper  Seymour-streety 
the  wife  of  Donat.  Henchr  O'Brien,  esq. 
Capt.  R.N.  a  son  and  htir.— *^t  Bath, 
the  wife  of  Wm.  Ludlow,  esq.  a  son.— SIT. 
In  Wimpole-str.  the  wifii  of  John  MitchtU, 
esq.  a  dra. 


MARRIAGES. 


June  8.  At  Louth,  the  Rev.  Edm. Smyth, 
Vicar  of  South  Elkington,  to  Anne,  eldest 
dau.  of  the  late  Rich.  Beliwood,  esq. 
At  Doocaster,  Mr.  W.  Thompson,  surgeon, 
to  Aone,  dau.  of  Mr.  Jones,  and  niece  to 

Sir  James  Jelf,  knt 9.  Matthew,  eldest 

son  of  Matthew  Wilson,  esq.  of  Eshton 
HaJI»  Yorkshire,  to  Sophia- Louisa  Emerson, 
only  dan.  of  the  late  Sir  Wharton  Amcotts, 
ban.  of  Kettlethorpe   Park,   Lincolnshire. 

14.    At   Su>ke    Church,    Devonshire, 

Rich.  Biiu,  esq.  of  Nailswortb,  Gloucester- 
shire, to  Jane,  dau.  of  the  late  Mr.  Wm. 

Brookholdiog,  of  Bewdley. 15.  At  the 

Consular  Chapel,  Boulogne-sur-Mer,  Harry 
Edm.  Walter,  esq.  of  Farmington-lodge,  co. 
Gloucester,  to  Carnlina-Eliz.  dau.  of  John 

Larking,  esq. At  Walton,  Surrey,  Sir 

Joha-Powlett  Orde,  bart.  to  Eliza,  dau.  of 
the  late  Peter  Campbell,  esq.  of  Kilmorey, 

A  rjjvle. 1 7.  At  Stoneleigh  ('hurch,  John 

Wightwick  Knightley,  esq.  of  Offchurch 
Bury,  Warwickshire,  to  Jane,  dd  dau.  of  the 
late  Rev.  Wm.  Shippen  WilJes,  of  Astrop 

House,  Northamptonshire. ^At  Lee,  in 

Kent,  Sam.  Lancaster,  jun.  esq.  of  St.  Marv- 
hitl,  to  Mary- Frances,  second  dau.  of  fat. 
Aid.  Lucas.  I9«  At  Chiswick,  Lord 
Brudenell,  to  Elix.  Jane  Henrietta,  eldest 
dau.  of  Admiral  and  Lady  Elix.  ToQemache. 
—^90.  At  Speldhursty  in  Kent,  the  Rev. 


Chas.  C.  Barton,  to  Emilia-Amie,  oMe^ 
dau.  of  the  late  Heatings  Nath.  Middleton, 

esq. At  Scslby,   l^kshire,  the  Ret. 

Tho.  Turner  Roe,  Rector  of  Beningteo, 
Lincolnshire,  to  Susanna-Caroline,  mlimt 
dau.  of  the  Rev.  H.  Howard,  of  Throxenby 
Hall,  near  Searbomugh.^— The  Rev.  John 
Williams,  Vicar  of  Probus,  co.  Comwail,  to 
Anne,  dau.  of  the  late  Sir  W.  Elias  Tanik- 
ton,  of  Grand  Pont,  near  Oxon.— -^Sl.  At 
Hemel  Hempsted,  Charles  Ormerod,  esq.  to 
Sarah,  dau.  of  E.  J.  Collett,  eu.  M.P.  <£ 

Lockers  House,  Herts, At  FuatiMtoa, 

in  Sussex,  Major  W.  Hewitt,  9dsonotGeo. 
Sir  Geo.  Hewitt,  bart.  to  Sarah,  9d  dan.  of 

Gen.  Sir  Jas.  Duff. 99.  At  St.  George's, 

Hanover-square,  Sackville  Fox,  esq.  to  tht 
Right  Hon.  Lady  Charlotte  Osborne,  dan. 

of  the  Duke  of  Leeds, ^The  Rev.  Henry 

Clissold,  CO.  Gloucester,  to  Marianne,  eldatl 
dau.  of  the  Hon.  Mr.  Justice  Bayley.     ■  i 
94.  At  St.  George's,  Hanover-equare,  Mr. 
Dutton,  to  Lady  Elix.  Howard,  dsu.  of  tl|i 

Earl  of  Suffolk. 99.  At  St.  George'^ 

Hanover-square,  the  Hon.  Mr.  Moretoo,  um 
of  Lord  Ducie,  to  Miss  Dutton,  dau.  of  X^ 

Sherborne. At  St.  Margaret's,   Weatr 

minster,  Chas.  8d  son  of  the  lata  J.  Mar- 
ryat,  esq.  M.P.  to  Caroline,  dm.  of  Charles 
Short,  eeq.  of  Gnat  Oeorgt-itwt»  West- 
minster. 


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OBITUARY. 


Thb  Empress  of  Russia. 

JMbf  16.  At  Beleff,  in  the  Govern- 
.ment  of  Tver,  on  her  way  from  Tagan- 
rok  to  Kaluga,  af^ed  47f  her  Majesty  the 
£mpress  Elizabeth  Alexiowna,  relict  of 
Alexander,  Emperor  of  all  the  Rustias. 
Her  Imperial  Majesty  bad  never  reco- 
vered from  the  shock  which  she  sue- 
taioed  on  the  death  of  the  Emperor, 
.upon  whom,  during  his  last  illness,  she 
attended  with  unremitting  and  devuted 
.affection.  A  proclamation  issued  on  the 
occasion  of  her  death  affirms,  that  « this 
distressing  event  took  place  after  a  long 
sickness  both  of  mind  and  body." 

Her  Majesty,  before  her  marriage,  was 
.  the  Princess  Louisa-Maria- Augusta,  se- 
cond daughter  of  Charles-Louis,  Here- 
ditary Prince  of  Bifden,  who  died  in  1 801 . 
She  was  burn  in  1779,  and  married  in 
1793.  The  circumstances  of  her  mar- 
riage have  been  related  in  the  memoir 
of  her  Imperial  consort,  p.  83.  She  as- 
lumed  the  name  of  Elizabeth-Alexiowna 
on  becoming  of  the  Greek  religion.  Her 
life  was  short,  but  it  was  the  life  of  an 
angel,  filled  with  acts  of  beneficence, 
adorned  with  all  the  virtues  that  can 
dignify  woman  s  she  would  have  been 
worthy  of  the  roost  splendid  throne  had 
not  fate  placed  her  upon  it.  Her  Ma- 
.jcity's  eldest  sister  is  the  Queen  Dow- 
ager of  Bavaria ;  her  younger  sisters  are 
Frederica,  late  Queen  of  Sweden,  and 
the  Hereditary  Grand  Duchess  of  Hesse 
Darmstadt. 

Rear-Admiral  Ryves. 

May  20.  At  his  seat.  Shrowtun  House, 
Dorset,  aged  67>  George  Frederick 
Ryves,  esq.  Rear-Admiral  of  the  Blue. 

This  officer  was  the  representative  of 
an  ancient  family  in  Dorsetshire ;  of 
.which  was  Sir  William  Ryves,  Attorney 
General  and  Judge  in  Ireland,  and 
Speaker  of  the  Irhh  Huuse  of  Lord^  ; 
Sir  Thomas,  one  of  the  Masters  in 
Chancery,  and  Judge  of  the  Faculty  and 
of  the  Prerogative  Court  in  Ireland,  an 
eminent  partisan  of  Charles  the  First ; 
and  Dr.  Bruno  Ryves,  Chaplain  to  Charles 
the  Second,  and  Dean  of  Windsor. 

Rear-Admiral  Ryves  was  born  Sept.  8, 
1758,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Ryves, 
esq«  by  bis  second  wife  Anna-Maria, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Graham,  esq.  He 
was  educated  at  Harrow  school,  and 
entered  the  naval  service  as  a  midship- 
man on  board  the  Kent^  of  74  pms, 
commanded  by  the  Hon,  Charles  Field- 


ing, and  stationed  as  a  guard-ship  at 
Plymouth,  Feb.  15, 1774.  In  the  month 
of  July  following,  the  Kent  was  urdereti 
on  a  six  weeks  cruise  |  and  when  work- 
ing out  of  the  Sound  to  join  the  oihei 
ships  of  the  squadron,  had  1 1  men 
killed  and  45  wounded  by  the  explosion 
of  nearly  400  pounds  of  gunpowder, 
whicb  had  been  placed  in  a  chest  on  the 
larboard  side  of  the  poop.  This  melan- 
choly accident  took  place  at  a  moment 
when  the  Kent  was  saluting  the  Admi- 
raPs  flag,  and  Mr.  Ryves  walking  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  same  deck ;  bis  pre- 
servation may  therefore  be  justly  deemed 
miraculous — but  that  of  a  marine  drum- 
mer still  more  extraordinary.  The  lat- 
ter was  sitting  upon  the  chest  In  ques- 
tion when  its  contents  ignited,  and  was 
blown  into  the  sea,  from  whence  he  was 
taken  on  board  without  having  received 
the  slightest  injury. 

In  1775  the  deceased  was  removed 
into  the  Portland  of  50  guns,  bearing 
the  flag  of  Vice-Adm.  James  Young, 
father  of  the  late  Sir  Wm.  Young,  Vice- 
Adm.  of  Great  Britain,  who  was  then  the 
junior  Lieutenant  of  that  ship.  At  the 
commencement  of  the  American  war  we 
And  Mr.  Ryves  in  the  West  Indies,  where 
he  was  selected  from  a  numerous  quar- 
ter-deck to  command  one  of  the  Port- 
land's tenders,  the  Tartar,  of  8  guns 
and  33  men,  including^  himself,  another 
midshipman,  and  a  surgeon's  mate.  In 
this  small  vessel  he  had  the  good  fortune 
to  capture  upwards  of  fifty  prizes,  some 
of  which  were  privateers  of  force  supe- 
rior to  his  own  ;  and  it  ooce  happened, 
that,  with  his  crew  reduced  to  IS  men, 
he  had  no  less  than  40  prisoners  on 
board. 

Mr.  Ryves  returned  to  England  in  the 
Portland f  and  May  I,  I779f  sailed  for 
New  York  in  the  Ewr^  .64,  bearing 
the  flag  of  Vice-Adm.  Arbuthnof,  by 
whom  be  was  made  a  Lieutenant  during 
the  passage,  into  the  Padfie  store-ship. 
In  thiR  vessel  he  saw  much  bard  service, 
and  had  nearly  suffered  shipwreck  when 
passing  through  Hell  Gates,  on  bis  way 
to  Huntingdon  Bay,  Long  Island,  for 
the  purpose  of  affording  protection  to 
the  troops  employed  cutting  wood  for 
the  use  of  the  army.  The  Paeifh  was 
thus  employed  for  a  period  of  nineteen 
months,  and  during  that  titoe  expe- 
rienced one  of  the  severeit  winters  ever 
known,  the  glass  being  fVtquently  15 
below  0,  and  the  ice  so  solid  that  the 


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OBITPUlTd      ttitm  iltllliwi  l^fMfc 


Ml 


Amerletai  HieAtaltd  Iwr  taptof«  li)r 
marebinf^  a  bodj  ef  troop*  owr  k  to 
attack  her.  TMr  lebeme,  bowdfer, 
wat  providentially  frustrated  bf  iba  kf 
Cervffition  of  a  f now  tiomiy  which'  cook 
pletely  ditperted  them. 

Previo«i«  to  her  departare  froni  Hon* 
tinf^don  Bay*  tho  cook  of  the  Pmei/ht 
a  man  with  only  one  aroiy  fell  orer* 
board,  and  would  inevitably  have  pe* 
ri«bed,  but  for  the  generous  exertions  of 
Lieutenant  Ryves,  who  leaped  afteryiind 
iuccerded  in  reseuing  him..  A  similar 
act  of  bunanity  bad  be«*n  performed  by 
our  officer  when  commanding  the  Part* 
fafMTt  tender :  a  seaman  having  lost  bis 
bat  overboard.  Jumped  after  and  reached 
it,  but  not  before  hit  strength  bad  failed 
him.  This  being  observed  by  Mr.  Ry  ves, 
he  immedtatehr  swam  to  bis  atsistanee, 
and  was  fortunate  enough  to  bring  him 
back  in  safety  to  the  vessel.  ' 

Lieutenant  Ryves  continued  in  the 
PadJICf  himself  and  tbe  master  cun- 
stahtly  at  watch  and  watch,  until  tbe 
latter  end  of  1780,  when  be  Joined  the 
Ar  frigate  a«  First  Lieutenant  t  in 
wbieh  capaeity  we  Hud  bim  serving  en 
the  Jamaica  station,  from  whence  he 
returned  to  England  with  tbe  Hon.Capt. 
Windsor,  in  tbe  Ijtwetifffk  of  88  guns, 
towards  the  conclusion  of  the  war. 
Whiht  at  Jamaica,  Lieutenant  R>ves 
was  tbe  happy  instrument  of  saving  a 
marine  sentinel  who  fell  overboard  fnim 
bis  post  on  the  forecastle,  and  having 
struck  against  the  anchor,  was  com* 
pleiely  stunned  thereby.  This  bap* 
pened  on  tlie  evening  of  a  Christmas* 
day,  and  when  all  tbe  crew  were  brlow 
rfgaling  themselves.  Providentially, 
Lieut.  Ryves  happened  to  be  on  deck, 
and  hearing  the  n<»i4«*  occasioned  by  the 
man^s  musket  striking  against  the 
anchor,  immediately  sus|iecied  tbe  cause, 
flew  to  the  poor  fellow's  relief,  and 
)unpiiig  oflT  the  gunwale  with  a  rope  in 
bi«  bands,  caught  biro  by  tbe  head  with 
bis  feet,  when  in  tbe  act  of  sinking.  In 
peJUjapning  this  generous  act  the  Lien* 
tenant's  bands  were  verv  much  burnt, 
owing  to  the  shortness  of  tbe  rope, 
which  brought  him  up  before  bis  body 
reached  the  water. 

Mr.  Ryvcs's  next  appointment  was  as 
First  Lieutenant  of  the  Craftmt  74, 
Captain  Sir  John  Hamilton,  which  ship 
being  in  tbe  Bay  of  Biscay,  on  bet 
passage  to  the  East  Indies,  rolled  all 
her  roasts  away,  and  was  cosMeqoently 
obliged  to  put  baek. 

A  general  Peace  having  taken  place, 
and  tbe  CrafUm  being  put  out  of  com- 
mission, Lieut.  Rvves  made  a  tour  on 
foot  over  part  of  France,  Switaerland, 
Alsace,  the  Ducby  of  Luxembourg,  and 

Gurr.  Mao.  SvffL  XCVl.  Part  L 


flmiisif.  In  178i  ha  am  upH«<8d 
First  Ututauaat  of  tha  Jbtrmm  irigai«  i 
and  in  Pek  I79S  t«  the  JmUums  vhick 
latter  ship  formed  part  of  the  fUiet  sent 
to  Qutberon  Bay  for  tbe  purpose  af  au» 
operating  with  the  French  royalist% 
and  was  subsequently  employed  cmiiiag 
mi  the  const  of  France. 

In  Oct.  1795  our  officer  was  proosotcd 
to  the  rank  of  Commander,  and  nf» 
pointed  to  the  BmU-^f  sloop  of  war^ 
then  in  the  West  Indies,  to  wbieh  statkai 
he  proceeded  aa  a  passenger  in  the  Cp^ 
lostuM  74,  one  of  the  fleet  commanded 
by  Rear-Adm.  Christian,  and  destined 
fi>r  the  reduction  of  tbe  French  eolottiea. 
On  his  arrival  at  St.  Lud%'  the  Bmlh 
d9g  being  absent.  Captain  Ryvaa  landed 
with  a  body  of  seamen  \  and  duHngtht 
ensuing  operations  in  tbe  islnud  -was 
employed  in  assisting  the  truofis,makinfr 
roads,  and  transporting  gusisi»  one  A 
which,  a  S4-pounder,  to  the  surprise  af 
the  artillery-men  of  the  army,  wbo  eon- 
sidered  it  impossible  to  be  acoompUsbcd^ 
was  mounted  upon  one  of  the  bigbaat 
billsy  and  from  thence  threw  tbe  only 
point*blank  shot  which  fell  into  the 
Mome  Fortoi.de.  After  the  eoaqoasc  of 
the  Islaod,  Captain  Rgrres  tremalnnd  on 
shore  with  400  acamen,  to  remove  tbn 
cannon  from  the  British  advanced  bat- 
teries into  the  Morne,*— a  service  of  e>* 
tremeCitigue,  tbe  rainy  season  having 
set  in,  and  the  detachment  having  no* 
thing  but  tbe  bare  earth  to  lie  on. 

From  this  period  Captain  Rjrves  was 
employed  cruising  off  the  Virgin  Islands 
until  Sept.  1797,  wliea  he  convoyed  the 
trade  to  England,  and  on  his  arrival  was 
put  out  of  commission. 

In  April  1798  he  was  again  appointed 
to  the  Bulldog;  and  on  the  S9th  af 
the  lollowing  month  advanced  to  post 
rank  in  the  Medea  frigate.  His  next 
appointment  was  in  April  1800  to  the 
Aginccurt  of  64  guns,  bearing  the  flag  of 
Sir  Charles  Mo  rice  Pole,  with  whom  ha 
had  before  sailed  in  tbe  CsMttar.  TIm 
Jgineturt  i»as  at  Newfoundland  during 
the  ensuing  summer  $  and  on  her  ntum 
from  tbence  at  tbe  close  of  the  season* 
Captain  Ryves  received  orders  to  )oin 
tbe  armament  preparing  for  the  Baltic. 
These,  hvwever,  were  countermanded  t 
and,  after  serving  for  some  time  in  the 
North  Sea  under  Adm.  Dickson,  we  find 
bim  conveying  Gen.  Graham  (now  Lord 
Lynedocb)  and  tbe  S6th  reg.  to  Egypt. 

The  harmony  that  prevailed  between 
tbe  Jginc0urf%  crew  and  tbe  trcwps  has 
never  been  surpassed,  not  onecomphunt 
having  been  made  on  either  side  daring 
the  passage  to  Ahoukir  Bay,  where  the 
whole  regiment,  with  the  exeeption  of 
one  man,  waa  lauded  In  purftaat  hcahh. 


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Obitv kViY.^^lUar'^dtmiral  Ryvei, 


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The  tame  corpi  wat  subsequently  taken 
back  to -Malta  b/  Captain  Ryves,-who 
appears  to  have  suffered  greatly  in  a  pe- 
cuniary point  of  view,  as,  in  conse- 
quence of  th^  jigmcourt  not  being  fitted 
up  for  the  reception  of  troop«,  he  was 
obliged  to  entertain  no  less  than  ten 
officers,  exclusive  of  the  General,  at  his 
own  expence,  without  receiving  the  least 
eoonpetisation  from  Government.  Pre- 
Tious  to  bis  quitting  the  shore  of  Egypt, 
he  was  presented  by  the  Grand  Seignior 
with  the  gold  medal  of  the  Order  of 
the  Crescent. 

We  next  find  Captain  Ryves  entrusted 
with  the  command  of  a  small  squadron, 
consisting  of  the  jigincourt,  Sotehay^ 
Champion f  and  Salamine,  sent  by  Lurd 
Keith  to  take  possession  of  Corfu,  where 
he  remained  till  July  4,  1803,  on  which 
day  he  was  honoured  with  the  thanks  of 
the  Government  and  Corps  Representa* 
tire  of  that  Island. 

Some  time  after  his  departure  from 
Corfu,  Captain  Ryves  was  ordered  by  Sir 
Rich.  Bickerton  to  proceed  to  the  Made- 
lena  Islands,  and,  if  possible  to  do^so 
without  using  force,  to  prevent  the 
French  taking  possession  of  them,  which, 
according  to  intelligence  recently  re- 
ceived, they  were  about  to  do,  notwith- 
standing the  treaty  of'Amiens,  by  which 
all  hostilities  had  long  since  ceased  in 
Europe.  At  this  period  there  did  not 
exist  a  chart  of  those  islands,  nor  had 
any  ship  of  war  ever  anchored  among 
them.  The  Agincourt  was  nearly  lost 
in  doing  so.  No  Frenchmen  appearing, 
Capt.  Ryves  spent  the  week  he  was  di- 
rected to  remain  there  in  making  a  sur- 
vey of  the  Islands,  which  he  performed 
alone,  there  not  being  a  single  person 
on  board  able  to  assist  him. 

In  May  1803  the  ship^s  company  of 
the  Gibraltar  evinced  symptoms  of  mu- 
tiny, in  consequence  of  their  being  kept 
abroad  after  ho^ilities  had  ceased;  and, 
her  commander  having  been  dismissed 
by  the  seiltence  of  a  court  martial,  Capt. 
Ryves  was  appointed  to  that  ship,  and 
tent  to  Naples  to  attend  upon  the  King. 
He  continued  on  that  service  about  eight 
months,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  com^ 
pletely  rsetoring  subordination  among 
bis  men,  50  of  whom  were  frequently 
allowed  to  go  on  shore  at  one  time, 
without  ever  giving  cause  for  the  least 
complaint  from  the  inhabitants  uf  that 
city ;  their  general  conduci  on  board 
being  equally  exempl.iry,  punishment 
was  seldom  necessary.  VVbe'n  abaut  to 
quit  that  station  the  King  presented 
Capt.  Ryves  with  a  superb  diamond  ring ; 
whilst  from  the  King  of  Sardinia  he 
received  a  handsome  gold  simlT  box,  in 
return  for  the  attention  he  had  paid  to 


his  royal  brother  when  on  board  the 
Gibraltar  for  a  passage  to  Cagliara. 

On  the  arrival  of  Lord  Nelson  to  as- 
sume the  chief  command  in  the  Medi- 
terranean at  the  renewal  of  the  war, 
Capt.  Ryves  presented  his  lordship  with 
a  manuscript  chart  of  the  Madelena  and 
Barelino  islands.  Its  correctness  and 
utility  are  proved  by  the  following  pas- 
sage from  a  letter  of  Lord  Nelson,  dated 
Fictory^  N..v.  2,  1803: 

*'  My  dear  Sir, — We  anchored  in  Agin- 
court Sound  yesterday  evening;  and  I 
assure  you  that  1  individually  feel  all 
the  obligation  due  to  you  for  your  most 
correct  chart  and  directions  for  these 
islands.  We  worked  the  Victory  every 
foot  of  the  way  from  Asinana  to  this 
anchorage,  the  wind  blowing  from  Largo 
Sarde,  under  double-reefed  top-sails.  I 
shall  write  to  the  Admiralty,  stating  how 
much  they  ought  to  feel  obliged  to  your 
very  great  skill  and  attention  in  making 
this  survey.  This  is  absolutely  one  of 
the  finest  harbours  1  have  ever  seen." 

In  June  1804,  the  Gibraltar  having 
been  upwards  of  twelve  years  in  com- 
mission, and  in  great  want  of  repair,  was 
ordered  to  proceed  home, .  calling  at 
Cadiz  for  the  trade  bound  to  England, 
with  which  she  arrived  at  the  Mother- 
bank  on  the  14tb  of  the  following  month. 

The  Gibraltar  was  paid  off  July  30, 
1804,  and  Capt.  Ryves  did  not  obtain 
another  appointment  until  March  1810, 
at  which  period  he  was  commissioned  to 
the  Africa  of  64  guni,  and  ordered  to 
the  Baltic  station,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  avariety  of  baxardous  services, 
particularly  that  of  blockading  Copen- 
hagen, keeping  in  check  the  numerous 
gun  boats  by  which  he  waa  constantly 
surrounded,  and  in  conducting  two  hun- 
dred sail  of  merchantmen  through  tfae 
Great  Belt,  during  the  prevalence  of  a 
heavy  gale  of  wind,  without  the  loti  of 
a  single  vessel.  The  manner  in  which 
this  latter  service  was  conducted  excited 
the  surprixe  of  officers  who  had  been 
several  years  on  the  itation.  According 
to  the  orders  received  by  Captain  Ryves 
on  quitting  the  Baltic  with  the  above 
fleet,  he  was  to  part  company  with  bis 
valuable  charge  off  Yarmouth,  and  from 
thence  proceed  to  Portsmouth.  On  hit 
passage  thither  he  experienced  a  severe 
gale  of  wind  from  the  southward,  with 
very  thick  weather;  and  fearing  lest  the 
Africa  should  be  driven  back  into  the 
North  Sea,  he  immediately  resolved  to 
bring  her  up,  although  in  deep  water, 
and  against  the  advice  of  the  pilots, 
who  considered  such  a  step  unsafe*  and 
relinquished  all  charge  of  the  ibip.  The 
ev.  lit  answered  Capt.  Ryves'a  expecta- 
tions :  the  Africa  ruide  very  comfortable- 


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fur  four  dayt»  at  thm  end  of  vbkb  list 
tba  f  •!•  abated^  and  sIm  was  found  to 
be  exactly  in  tha  faaie  plae«  wbara  tba 
ancbor  was  let  |co.  Had  tueb  a  meatura 
been  adopted  by  tbe  SV.  Gtorge^  Htf^ 
and  MinMmWf  they  would  in  all  proba- 
bility bave  avoided  tbe  melaiieboly  fate 
wbich  befel  them  about  that  time. 

Tlie  Africa  beiii^  required  for  tbe  flag 
of  Vice- Ad m.  Sawyer  on  tbe  Hali£iix 
ttation,  Capt.  Ryvet  was  tuperteded  aoon 
after  bis  arrival  in  England ;  since  which 
be  remained  un  half- pay.  He  obtained 
tbe  rank  of  Re«r>Adm.  in  1885. 

Rear-Adm.  Ryves  was  twice  married; 
and,  at  bit  father,  bad  a  family  by  both 
wives.  He  was  first  allied,  at  Berwick 
Si.  John,  Wilts^Jan.  3,  179?,  to  Cathe- 
rine-Eliinbeth,  third  and  youngest  dau. 
of  the  Hon.  James  Everard  Arundel,  of 
Ashcombe,  Wilts,  sistvr  to  tbe  late,  and 
aunt  to  tbe  present  Lord  Arundel  of 
W ardour.  This  Lady  had  four  children  : 
I.  George-Frederick,  Commander  R.N. 
%  Harriet,  who  died  an  infiint  \  3.  Henry- 
Wyndham,  of  tbe  RovhI  Artillery  {  4.Ca- 
therine*Elixabetb.  The  death  of  Mrs. 
Ryves  occurred  in  1804,  when  the  Cap- 
tain was  at  Naples}  and  on  ibis  occa- 
sion Lord  Nelson,  ever  delighting  in 
administering  consolation,  wrote  to  him 
as  follows : 

'*  yki9rp,Matlai€M,F9bA09 1804. 
.  "  My  dear  Sir, — It  is  with  the  siu- 
eerest  sorrow  that  I  am  to  be  tbe  mes- 
senger of  such  news  as  will  distress  >ou 
very  much:  but  for  tbe  sake  of  your 
drar  children  you  mutt  bear  up  against 
this  heavy  nii$fortune.  To  attempt  con- 
solation at  Kuch  a  moment  i<,  I  know, 
out  of  tbe  question ;  therefore  I  can 
only  assure  you  of  my  sincere  con- 
dolence, and  that  I  am  your  must  faithful 
Krinnd,  Neuon  &  Bkontr." 

Rrar-Adro.  Rvve»'a  second  marriage 
was  in  IHU6*,  to  Emma,  dau.  of  Richard- 
Robert  Graham,  esq.  of  Chelsea  Hos- 
pital ;  by  whom  he  had  five  children  ; 
CharWt-Graharo,  Walter-  Robert,  £d- 
ward-Aiigusiu<,  Herberi-Tlionias,  and 
Mary-Emma. 

Colonel  J.  W.  Morrison. 

Frh.Xo,  died  ai  tea,  on  board  the  Cum 
Urea  Castle,  on  the  passage  from  Cal- 
culi s,  Colonel  Joseph  Wanton  Morri- 
6un,  C.B.  of  his  Majesty's  44tb  Reg.  of 
Infantry,  late  Brigadier- General  com- 
manding the  south-eastern  division  of 
tbe  army  acting  against  the  Burmese. 

This  distinguished  officer  was  bom  at 
New  York,  May  4,  1783,  and  was  tbe 
only  son  of  John  Morrison,  esq.  at  that 
time  Deputy  Commissary  General .  in 
America,    He  entered  tbe  army  Id  1793, 


•i  an  Easlga  io  tht  SScd  nf»  «ad  was 
promotad  to  a  UeutanaiMgr.iaitbe  84tb 
rtp  io  1794.    Ha  did  not  Join  altbar^of 
the  above  oorps,  being  rtaoved  to  aa 
independent  company,-  and  jilaead  on 
half-pay.    In  1799  be  was  appointed .  to 
tbe  17th  rag.  and  served  with  tba  secoad 
battalion  during  tbe  campaign  in  Hol- 
land of   that  3rear,    and.  waa  savaialj 
wounded  at  tbe  dose  o|  tbe  lection  ol 
tbe  Sd  October.    In  1800  be  obtainad 
a  company  in  the  same  regiment*  wi(b 
which  be  served  in  tbe  Mediterranean 
till  the  peace  of  1809,  when,  having  pur- 
chased a  Majority,  be  was  placed  on 
half- pay.    In  1804  be  was  appointed  an 
Inspecting  Fi^ld  Officer  of  Yeomanry ;on 
the  Staff  in  IreUnd }  and  in  1805  ax« 
changed  to  tbe  89ib  reg.  and  served  with 
the  second  batulion  till  1809*  when  ba 
was  promoted  to  a  Lieut.-Cokmelcy  in 
the  1st  West  India  rfg.  wbich  ba  imnif. 
diately  joined  at  Trinidad.    In  1811  ba 
was  removed  to  bis  former  regtnicnt»  tba 
89th,  and  the  following  year  embarked 
with  the  second  battalion  for  Halifax. 
In  the  spring  of  1813  tba  battalion  pro- 
ceeded to  Upper  Canada  I  and  in  Nav. 
of  that  year  Col.  Morrison  was  entrusted 
with  tba  command  of  a  corps  of  observa* 
tiou  to  follow   tbe  movements,  of  tlia 
American  army   under  Maj.-Geu.  Wil- 
kinsouy  descending  the  River  St.Law- 
renecy  and  which  having  landed  on  tba 
Canadian  territory,  below  Fort  Weiliug- 
ton,  a  division  of  that  force  under  Qrig.- 
Gen.  Boyd,  amounting  to  between  8  and 
4000  men,  was  on  the  I  Itb  defeated  hy 
tbe  corps  of  observation  *  at  Cbrystler's 
Farm,   Williamsburgh  ;    and  after   tba 
action  the  Americairs   retired  to   their 
own  shores.    Tbe  details  of  this  npoit 
gallant  affair  are  given  in  the  Royal  Mi- 
litary Calendar,  vol.  iv.  pp.  873,  et  seq. 
On  this  occasion  Col.  M.  was  honored 
with  a  medrfl.    He  likewise  received  a 
vote  of  thanks  from  the  House  of  As- 
sembly of  Lower  Canada,   and  was  pre^ 
tented  with  a  sword  by  the  merchants 
of  Liverpool.    , 

In  July  1814,  during  tbe  engagement 
at  Lundy's  Lane,  near  the  Falls  of  Nia- 
gara, he  was  so  severely  wounded,  that 
in  1815  he  returned  with  bis  battalion 
to  England ;  and  being  unable,  from  tba 
state  ol  hit  wounds  in  1816,  to  Join  the 
first  battalion  of  the  regiment,  then  in 
India,  he  was  once  more,  placed  on  half- 

*  This  corps  consisted,  according  to  tba 
official  dispatch  of  Sir  George  Prevosty 
of  the  remains  of  the  49tb  regiment*  tba 
3d  battalion  of  the  89th,  and  three  com- 
panies of  Voltlgeurs  (comprising  io  tba 
whole  not  more  than  800  rank  and  file), 
with  a  division  of  gun*boats. 


644'                       0«iTT7ABT.~Co<.  J.  W.  Marruom.                    [xcti. 

pay.    On  tbe  ISih  Au|;.  1819  he  nceived  enetimber  tbenielves  of  «U  tmnmomumrf 
the  brevet  of  Colonel.  bapj^a^y  audi  to  ieAT»  tbeir-boraca  h^* 
It  was  not  until  tbe  bef inning  of  tbe  bind  them,  ayounip  wibakcni  writet  to 
year  ld3!  that  bis  wounds  were  tuffl  bit  friends-— **  You  iMiy   i«iagiim  how 
ciently  healed  to  permit  bis  return  to  severe  (his  order  appeared  to  bo  in  « 
tbe  duties  of  active  semce,  when  he  was  -country  like  this,  where,  in  addilloii  to 
imftoediately  appointed    Lieut. -Col.    uf  the  oppressive  heat  of  the  cliniftiet  w« 
tbe'444b  reg.  at  that  time  quartered  in  have  to  scramble  our  way  over  traekloM 
Irelartd.     In  June   1823   be  embarked  rocks,  and  through   thick   and  almost 
with  bis  reg.  for  India,  and  arrived  at  impenetrable    jungles )    but   wbea    tbo 
Calcutta  in   Nov.  following.      In  July  General  condescended  to  explain  to  ut 
1883  the  reg.  was  sent  up  the  country  to  his  reasons,  and   the  necessity   of  tb« 
Dinapore,  from  whence  it  returned  to  measure,  we  wiere  all  so  delif^hted  with 
Calcutta  in  1824;  and  in  July  of  that  him  that  not  a  murmur  was  beard,  and 
year  Col.  Morrison  was  appointed  to  the  there  is  not  amongst  us  one  who  would 
command  of  the  south-eastern  division  not  go  with  him  to  the  world's  end." 
of  tbe  army,  with  the  local  rank  of  Bri-  This  anecdote  will  shew  tbe  estimation 
gadier-General.    To  an  ardent  and  de-  in  which  this  amiable  man  was  held  by 
voted  attachment  to  his  profession,  were  those  serving  under  him. 
united   great  military  talent   and  pru-  It  would   extend  this  article   to  too 
denee,  cool  determiued  courage,  anxious  great  length  to  enter  into  the  details  of 
attention  to  the  troops  under  his  cum-  the  operations  of  this  dilution ,  of  tbe 
mand,  and  firm  religious  principle,  the  army)  they  are  recorded  in  the  offieial 
best  stimulus  to  the  discharge  of  the  despatches  published  in  tbe  Gaaette.    It 
dutiesof  the  soldier,  the  sure  consolation  may  suffice  to  notice,  that  the  country 
in  times  of  difficulty,  peril,  and  sit  kness.  through  which  it  passed  was  sometimes 
Thus  he  was  eminently  qualified  for  the  mountainous  and  rocky,  only  to.be  pene^ 
arduous  and  important  trust  which  had  trated  by  passages  formed  by  |^at  la- 
been  confided  to  him*  and  tbe  following  hour  and  perseverance,  at  an  advance  of 
order,   which   he  issued  to  tbe    troops  a   few  short  miles  per  day ;  at  others^ 
previous  to  the  commencement  of  the  through  deep  swamps,  amidst   noxious 
campaign    against    the   Burmese,    will  and  pestilential  exhalations.    At  lengthy 
afford  the  best  exemplification   of  the  after  having  undergone  severe  and  al- 
feelings  and  temper  with  which  he  con-  most  incessant  fatigue  for  several  months, 
ducted  the  army  through  a  country  beset  an  opportunity   occurred  to  brin|p  the 
with  natural  obstacles  and  dangers,  bar-  Burmese  to  action,  and  after  three  dayrs' 
rassed  by  a  cruel  and  relentless  foe:—  continued   fighting,    the    British  amy 
*<  The  Brigadier-General,  in  promul-  entered    victorious  into  Arracan.      No 
gating  the   first   arrangements  fur   of-  sooner,     however,    was    this    conquest 
fiinsive  operations,  takes  tbe  opportunity  achieved,  than  the  rainy  season  set  in  | 
to   express   his  unbounded  confidence,  and   it  was   necessary  to  make  Imme- 
that  every  honorable  achievement  which  diate  provision  for  the  cantonment  of 
zeal,  discipline,  and  valour  can  effect,  the  troops.    This  was  no  easy  taski  for 
will  be  accomplished ;  and  he  humbly  the  city  being  situate  in  a  marsh,  snr» 
hopes  that  the  Giver  of  all  Victory  will  rounded  on  three  sides  with  stupendous 
bless  the  united  efforts  of  the  division,  hills,  was  of  all  others  a  most  onbealihj 
to  tbe  glory   of  the  British  name,  and  spot  for  Europeans.    Thus,  in   a  short 
tbe  character  of  the  Indian  army.     He  time.  Gen.  Morrison  had  the  distress  to 
at  tbe  same  time  begs  tbe  troops,  when  see  bis  gallant  followers  drooping  with 
flushed  with  success,  to  remember  that  malignant   sickness,   and    the  arm  ■  of 
a  vanquished  foe  ceases  to  be  an  enemy,  death  spreading  desolation  aionod  him  s 
and  that  mercy  shewn,  though  in  sume  His  own  health,  too,  injured  by  conti- 
Instances  it  may  be  abused  (particularly  nual  anxiety  and  exertion.    Nevenhe- 
by    a  half- barbarous  people),    yet  can  less,  in  the  midst  of  this  heart-rending 
never  fail  of  the  best  reward ;  while  tbe  scene,  not  inaptly  termed  **  The  Wal- 
example  set  must  be  productive  of  ulti-  cheren   of  India,"  it  was  bis  eonstant 
mate  good."  practice  to  visit  the  hospitals,  to  cheer 
The  difficulties  which  the  army  had  to  the  languishing  sufferer,  and  to  adosi* 
entK>unter  on  its  march  towards  Arracan  nister    religious    consolation    to    those 
eommeneed  soon  after  quitting  Chhta-  whose  hope  of  continuance  in  this  world 
gong,  and  were  of  a  nature  only  to  be  was  gone.    Thus  did  be   at  the  wtLwam 
surmounted  by  the  consummate  skill  of  moment  shew  himself  the  vietorious  Ge- 
tbe  commander,  tbe  steadiness,  bravery,  neral,  tbe   kind  Commander,'  and  -the 
and  patience  of  the  troops  under  hard-  Christian  Friend  (  but  neither  his  ami* 
ihipE  and  privations.    On  one  occasion,  ous  care,  or    the  best   medieal   sldll, 
when  tbe  officers  were  directed  to  dis-  could  stay  the  pcKiUaet,  and. 


PART  I.]  Obituabt, —  Gentriil  Hotl. — Clergy  Deceased.  CAfi 

wx*  deilinei]  lo  be  the  grave  at  n  lar^a  rti<1,  ui|UHinI«d  »ilh  all  Ihe  faiitneaHS 

purtioii  of  ibe  Hootr  of  tlie  Britiih  army,  in    bit   nnlive   muuntami,  er<  cieil   bli 

AEier  luni;   fimlendiiig  ngniiitl   the  iii'  ciandflrd   on    llirir   Bummit.     Hje    6ni 

fluetice  of  (be  climsie.  Gen.  M:    luuiid  atlacid  on  the  smboriliis  were  uf  such 

his  cuiialituiiuii  bu  much  iaipulred,  that,  a  nature,  ibxt,  tunj;  nfier  Ihe  exiiiicliail 

he   WHS   cumprlleJ    to   reiinii   bis   eoni-  of  rebelHun,  slid  when  ibe  couinry  itil 

inAnd,  and  rfiuru  lu  Calcuita,  nbere  be  Blu»ly  returning  to  a  stale  of  calm,  b« 

soun  arier  embarked  fur  England,  in  ihe  ronlinued  lo  be   the  terrur,   ng  well  U 

bupe  I  bat  tbe  spa  voyage  might  oontri-  theubject  of  pursuit,  to  ibe  loeal  auiho- 

hiiie    to   tbe  reEtuMiiun   oT   bis    beslili.  riliei.       Ditai'j'oinled  in    rre.|uent    al- 

hedestruye^l!  bui  bi)  faiib  in  ihe  eim-  in;;  tile  furce  uf  bis  lumiDary  veiigennce, 
tuUli.ins  of  religion  never  {^noi.k  him  }  the  Government  aceedett  to  bis  uffen  of 
and  in  humble  uoiiBdence  in  tbe  mediN-  surreiiilcr,  on  candilion  oJ  his  expatri- 
lion  and  atonement  of  bit  Saviour,  he  mine  bimseif.  Hie  conduct  while  in 
h  Walei,  wbiilier  he  nas  ex- 
iled, was  so  exemplary,  Ibal  lie  obtained 


eotnpalible   Oilh   Ihe  ^ 

■rior,    and    ihai    the  CLERGY  DECEASED, 

jiory  best  adorns  tbe  May  7.    At  BOdrjdd»n,  in  his  81 


conclude  Ih 

s  nx-moir  th 

n  in  tbe 

of  Ihe  Ri;l 

Hon.  lb 

Governor  Gb 

LnnI  Amhr 

[91.  who 

in 

adilresiin 

Morrison  ji 

eviuut  lo 

bis 

depart  ur 

India,  wa^ 

rleasea  I 

"'. 

May  7.  Ac  BAdryddin,  in  his  Slit  year, 
the  Very  Rev.  IVm.  Dafla  Shif/ley,  M.A. 
Dean  of^St.  A»^li,  Rtctui  of  Sketiog,  and 
ViuuoFWnixbaiD.  In  1770  he  w< 
lented  to  gkevlog  Rectory,  nod  ia  I 
Wrexham  Vrcarajja  by  tbe  Bishop 
Auph,  Id  1774  U  was  ekctstl 
Deaaecy  of  St.  Asaph.— The  Dean  ». 


770  he  w«t  pre' 

gkev log  Rectory,  nod  ia  I77I  ta 

■        ■      "■  '         of  St. 

.    _    .a.   ekctsJ  ■ 

.«ph.- 

tesied  of  llie  higliesC  powers  01  uooerSMua- 

Ing,  of  exemplaiy   charity,  active  and  be^ 

SFir:  "  II   a  a   meinnuuuiy   hAim^ruuii      nevulent  in  cvetj  relative  duty  of  life,  and 

whetlier  mosi  to  approve  of  and  admire     cicty  has,  by  this  event,  sustained  an  irre-. 
the  sui-iessFul  nperaliuiis  l>y  wliieli  you     pjirahU  kus.— We  tball  ha  greatly  iadeLlad 

Ihe  enemy,  or  Ihe  forlilude  niih  which  uenioir  of  this  distiaguidied  divine. 

you    suppDr;ed    ihu   dtsttuetinn   of  oiir  Mayli.   Rev.  SydaiJitna  Teail  IVf/lde^ 

future  hippes,  by   a  ilisptiisaliun  beyond  Reciot  of  Ubley,  Perpttuai  Cunile  of  BuCr 

our  control.'*  riugtoti,   co.  Somerset,   Chaplnia  to  Lord 

Col.MiirrisuiiHiisniarrietlontheSath  Viicounl  Melville,  and  oue  of  the  oldest 

April  1809,  10  Elizflbetb-HtstiT,  dnu.  of  and  inoit  aelivo  Magiittaies  of  the  county 

the  late  lUndolpb  Marriott,  eiq.  of  the  of  Somerset.     He  was  of  Peiobrote  Col- 

Cullege  Green,  Worcester,  by  whom  be  Ifge,  Oxford,  M.A.  Nov.   H,    1789  (  and 

has  lelt  110  issue.  was  presented  to  the  Rectory  of  Ubley  io 

I  SOa  by  the  King. 

Cenfril  Holt.  MaylG.     At  Lichfield,  in  his  7I«  year, 

La/elfi.     At    bis   residence,  in  Klnpi-  the  Bev.  (f^.Rtmingltni,  A.M.  for  S3ye«r» 

to»n,    Ireland,    ibe    celebrated  General  the  leiious  and  failbful  Minister  of  St.  Mi- 

Holi      Previous  to  ihe  rebellion  of  1798  chael's,  Liohfield.     Ho  »M  of  St.  John'* 

be  filled   tbe  siiuaiion    of  Barony  Con-  College.Cambridge.B.A.  1777(  M.A.17aO. 

stable  in  tbe  County  of  Wicklow,   and  The  Coracy  of  St.  Michael  la  a  Chapelry  ta 

«ai  of  the  BBtabliBhed  religion.    In  some  St.  Mary  ia  Foro. 

of  the  excesses  «hich  di.ti.iguished  the  M-y  18.     Deeply  ament*d,  at  h,s  Rec- 

conduct  iit  the  military  stationed  at  ihe  tory  of  Iving'a  Worthy,  near  Wmchester, 

disturbed    districn  at  that  period,   the  af«r  many  monthi  of  severe  bodily  suBer- 

residence    of   Holt    w:xa   burned   lo    the  ing.  •i'^  63.  the  Rsv.  H'm.  Short,  D.D 

irround,  mid   all  bis  uruperty  destroyed.  Archdeacon   of  Cornwall  iPrebendBi7    of 

Stimulated  by  a  desire  of  venseanee.  be  Wcblmiastef  and  Exeter;  Rector  of  King  a 

took  up  arms,  placed  himself  at  Ibe  head  Wo.tbji    and  formerly   Sub-Preceptor  to 

Of  a  numeroiM  hand  of  the  dwitfccled,  (h«  Uf  PiuweM  Charlotte,  U  »bcli  ho  "m 


046 


Obituary. 


^pointed  in  1810,  mod  wbich  h«  retained 
to  the  pe/^od  of  her  marriage.  He  was  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxford,  where  he  proceeded 
M.A.  Feb.  3,  1785,  B.  and  DJ).  Grand 
Compounder  May  9»  1811.  Ue  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Re(;tory  of  King's  Worthy 
in  I S05  by  the  Duke  of  Bedford ;  and  the 
lame  year  was  elected  one  of  the  Preben- 
daries of  £xeter.  In  1 807  he  was  preferred 
to  tlie  Archdeaconry  -of  Cornwall ;  and  in 
1816  to  one  of  the  Stalls  in  the  Abbey 
Church  of  Westminster. 

May  1 9.  After  a  few  days'  illness,  aged 
67,  the  Rev.  Robt.  Bumside. 

May  22.  Aged  7 1 ,  the  Rev.  John  Mayor, 
Vicar  of  Shawbury,  co.  Salop ;  elder  bro- 
ther of  Mrs.  Hall,  of  St.  Mary-le-port 
Street,  Bristol.  He  was  presented  to  the 
Vicarage  of  Shawbury  in  1781  by  R.  Hill, 
esq. 

June  15.  At  the  Vicarage  Htmse,  Bi- 
shop's Tawton,  the  Rev.  Joseph-Lane  Yeo- 
tnans,  M.A.  Vicar  of  the  Parishes  of  Bis- 
•hop's  Tawton  cum  Lankey  C.  and  Braun- 
ton  In  the  North  of  Devon.  He  was  formerly 
Fellow  of  Worcester  College,  Oxford,  where 
he  took  his  degree,  July  9,  1799.  In  1802 
he  was  preferred  to  the  Rectory  of  Tawton, 
and  in  1 807  to  Braunton  by  the  Deau  of 
Exeter.' 

Ju7ie  1 6.  At  Braywick  Grove,  near  Mai- 
denhead, aged  25,  the  Rev,  George- Augus- 
tus Legget  B.A.  late  Student  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  and  Vicar  of  Bray.  He 
was  the  eldest  son  of  the  Hon.  Rev.  Augus- 
tus-George Legge,  M.A.  Chancellor  of  the 
diocese  of  Winchester,  by  Honora,  dau.  of 
the  Rev.  Walter  Bagot. 

Lately.  At  Kildallin  Glebe,  co.  Cavan,  aged 
S4,  the  Rev.  Geo,  Beresjbrd,  third  son  of 
the  Rt.  Rev.  George-de-la-Poer  Beresford, 
Lord  Bishop  of  Kilmore,  bv  Frances,  dau. 
of  Jervis-Parker  Bushe,  of  Kilfane,  esq. 

At  Witton,  near  Northwich,  oged  27,  the 
Rev.  Joel  Broadhurst,  M.A.  of  Wadham 
College,  Oxford,  late  Curate  of  Luton,  Beds. 
At  Mount  House,  Braintree,  Essex,  aged 
41,  the  Rev.  D.  Copsey,  of  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Cambridge. 

In  Pulteney-street,  Bath,  aged  64,  the 
Rev.  Roger  Franklandy  Canon  Residentiary 
of  Wells.  He  was  of  Christ  Church,  Ox- 
ford, M.A.  Nov.  3,  1790.  He  was  present- 
ed to  the  Rectory  of  Yarlington  in  1 797  by 
John  Rogers,  esq  ;  in  1799  to  that  of  Dul- 
verton  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Wells  ; 
and  in  1811  was  elected  Canon  Residentiary 
of  Wells. 

Aged  32,   the  Rev.  Joseph  Hodgson,  of 
Kirby  Hall,  near  Boroughbrldge,  co.  York. 
At  Pentonville  Terrace,   aged  62,   the 
Rev.  John  Latchford, 

Suddenly,  the  Rev»  R,  LiUington,  Vicar 
of  Hampton-in-Arden,  to  which  he  was  pre- 
sented m  1792  by  the  Trustees  of  Warwick 
Hospital. 

At  Oxon,  near  Shrewsbury,  the  Rev.  Ri- 
chard Spearman,  M.A.  Curate  of  Preston- 


'  [XCTI. 

on-the-Moor,  SliroMhira»  mad  HaddnihuB, 
Cambridgeshire.  He  wm  inttituted  to  the 
Ciiraey  of  Preston  io  1 795  on  the  presen- 
tation of  the  Earl  of  Monteitkt  end  to  that 
of  Haddenham  in  1803,  on  (he  preaentatioa 
of  the  Archdeacon  of  £Ij. 

DEATHS. 

London  and  its  Environi. 

March  3.   At  hu  residence  »t  Lewishem, 
aged  78,  Mr.  John  Catling.     He  filled  the 
Office  of  Verger  of  the  Collegiate  Church  of 
St.  Peter,   Westminster;  to  the  duties  of 
which  he  paid  a  faithful  and  undivided  at- 
tention for  near  60  yearsy  highly  and  nni- 
versaily  respected  for  his  integrity,  urbanity 
of  manners,  and  kindness  of  diapoaitioo. — 
Mr.  Catling  has  left  a  widow  aud  one  daugh- 
ter (who  is  married]  to  lament  tlie  loss  of 
an  affectionate  husband  and  tender  &thrr. 

May  14.  Richard  Temple,  M.D.  of  Bed- 
ford-row, Ldcentiata  of  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicUns.  In  1792  he  published  «•  The  Pi«^ 
tice  of  Physic,"  8vo. 

May  24.  Aged  24,  EIiz.  dau.  of  Zachary 
Langton,  esq.  of  Bedford-row. 

Ju}ie  20.  At  London-placey  Hackney, 
from  the  effecta  of  the  Arracan  fever,  Lieut. 
Jas.  Sinclair,  of  the  1 0th  Native  Ii^.  sixth 
son  of  the  Rt.  Hon,  Sir  John  Sinclair,  baru 
June  21.  In  Stratford-place,  Major-gen. 
Robt.  Haldane,  C.B.  in  the  service  of  the 
East  India  Company. 

Aged  27,  Cluurlotte-Prederica  Mary,  eld- 
est dau.  of  Sir  Robt.  Wilson,  M.P. 

At  Stepney-green,  aged  83,  Rich.  IVil- 
Hams,  esq. 

J^une  22.  At  Bayswater,  in  his  46th  year, 
W.  Evans,  esq.  of  Baker-street,  Portman- 
square,  and  Superintendant  of  the  Baggage 
Department,  East  India-house. 

Anna-Maria,  wife  of  Wm.  Railton,  esq. 
of  Caroline- street,  Bedford-square. 

June  23.    At  Maida  Vale,  aged  57,  John 
Helm,  esq.  formerly  of  the  Stock  Exchange. 
In  Hatton-garden,  aged  81,  A.  SammeU, 
esq. 

June  24.  At  Islington,  aged  78,  Mr.  W. 
Woodham. 

June  25.     At  Kensington,  aged  81,  Mrs. 

Mattocks,  late  of  Covent  Garden  Theatre. 

At  Mitcham-grove,  the  Countess  MinuzzL 

June  26.     In  Harley-street,  in  his  46th 

year,  Wm.  Parry,  esq.  Montagu-square,  and 

of  Walton  Hall,  co.  of  Suffolk. 

At  his  mother's  residence,  Bamshury-pl. 
Islington,  Mr.  John  Grey. 

Aged  73,  the  relict  of  John-Hubert  Foot, 
esq.  of  the  Exchequer  Office,  Temple. 
At  Clapham,  aged  88,  Mr.  Jas.  Fanruoker* 
At  Homerton,  aged  72,  Anne-BIagimvey 
relict  of  Mr.  Harry  Sedgwick. 

June  26.  In  Bolton-street,  Piccadilly, 
Lady  Georgina  Grenfell,  eldest  dan.  of  th« 
Earl  and  Countess  of  Seflton.  r- 

Jwne  29.  .  At  Chdsea,  Msfy-Eliz*  wile  of 
John  Smithy  esq.  Paymiuiter  <»  the  Navy. 


i 


PAKTI.]  XhnvkMT.  047 

Laieljf,    At  Hollowi7»  u^td  49»  Stanh,  widov  of  the  kte  Gto.  G1111I9  «it|i  of  Ri»- 

midow  of  Dr.  Leaiham.  An  mqoMl  nfcorMd  ael-pL  and'  dan.  of  Ala.  'GtiNuiie>  esq.'  of 

a  verdiet  of  apoplexy.  Grtat  Jamat-ttraet,  Bedlbid-row. 

Bmks. — June  95.  Aged  68»  John  Win-        Yorkshirb  — Vtme  U.  AtMiddlethorpe, 

torbotlomy  M.D.  «)f  Newbury.  Christopher-Spencer  Brearey>  e»q.  htiB  Capt. 

Cmuhirb.— t/iine  IS.    At  Nantwich,  In  in  the  4th  res.  of  foot. 
&Ut  year,  Mra.  Hawket>  wifo  of  Rev.  J.        June  \6,  Aged  46,  Mra*  Watlnnaon,  wl£i 

Hairket.  of  the  Rev.  S.  Watlrioson,  of  Selby. 

June  21 .  Of  a  decline.  Mitt  Cottingham,         June  94.    In  hif  88th  year  Thoe.  Rhodes, 

dau.  of  the  late  Thoe.  Cottbgham,  esq.  of  esq.  of  St.  Anne's,  Burley,  near  Leeds. 
Little  Neston.  June  94.  At  Boystone,  near  Ramsley,  in 

June  93.    At  Parlcgate,  in  her  75th  year,  his  83d  year.  Rich.  Rayldon,  esq.     He  was 

Dorothy,  relict  of  the  late  Rev.  Rich.  Per-  brother  in  law  to  the  late  Baron  Wood, 
rrn,  Rector  of  Standish,  Lancashire.  Scotland. — June  1 9.  .At  Montrose,  sud- 

Derbyshiri.— t/une  97.  In  the  FriarV  d^ilv,  Mrs.  Glen,  sister  of  Mr.  Hume,  while 

gate,  Derby,  a^ed  84,  Susanna,  relict  of  reading  a  letter  from  her  brother.  The  cause 

the  late  John  Meynell,  esq.  of  Langley.  of  her  death  is  supposed  to  have  been  the 

DivoKSHiRB. — May  19.    At  Plyroooth,  bursting  of  a  blood-vessel  in  the  brain. 
Lt. -col.  Palms  Westropp,  of  the  Plymouth         Ireland.— ./une  IS.  At  Mount  Shannon, 

Division  of  Royal  Nlarines.     He  was  ap-  whilst  on  detachment  of  his  regiment,  Lieut, 

pointed  First  Lieutenant   April  18,  1793,  John-Forster  Mills,  of  his  Majesty's  98d, 

Captain    March  3,    1797  ;    Brevet  Major,  fifth  son  of  the  Rev.  H.  F.  Mills*  Chancel- 

Oct.  95,    1809;    Lt.-col.  June   4,   1814;  lor  of  York  Minster. 

and  lost  his  left  arm  on  board  the  AchiUe         Abroad. — /Vbv.  19.  At  Bombay,  aged  4S, 

at  the  battle  of  Trafalgar.  Capt.  Geo.  Challen,  of  £.  I.  C's  service, 

Maij  1&.  At  East  Worlington,  aged  90,  Comnumdantofthe  Native  reg.  of  Pioneers ; 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  the  celebrated  John  brother  of  Rev.  Dr.  Challen,  of  Sherman- 
Phillips,  who,  about  the  middle  of  the  last  bury  Park,  Sussex.     He  was  a  moat  lealooa 
century,  waa  one  of  the  first  wrestlers  in  the  and  meritorious  officer, 
county.  Dee,  IS.  At  Calcutta,  Wm.  Jackson,  esq. 

Durham. — May  98.  At  Sedgefieid,  aged  Solicitor,  nephew  of  Randle  Jackson,  esq. 

7 1 ,  Mr.  John  Reed.  He  was  a  man  of  moat  He  waa  a  gentleman  of  great  promise  in  hu 

eccentric  habits ;  and  afier  hia  death  were  profession,  which  circumstance,  added  to  his 

found  deposited  in  his  house,  in  old  pockets,  worthy  and  excellent  character,  luul  induced 

skins  of  oladders,  tea-poU,  and  earthen  jars,  the  Hon.  Court  of  Directors  to  appoint  him 

considerable  sums  of  gold,  silver,  &fi,  Hav-  to  succeed  on  the  vacancy,  aa  Company's  at- 

ing  died  intestate,  numerous  relations  claimed  torney  in  Bengal, 
the  treasure.  Dec.  90.  At  Anantpoor,  in  his  96th  year, 

Norfolk. — Afay  7.  Aged  77,  Chas.-La-  Geo.-Robert  Gorling,  esq.  Head  Assistant 

ton,  esq.  of  Drayton,  near  Norwich,  late  to  the  Collector  and  Magistrate  of  the  Zil- 

Lieut.-col.  Commandant  of  the  Sd  reg.  of  lah  of  Bellary,  in  the  Presidency  of  Madras, 

Norfolk  Yeomanry  Cavalry,  and  Justice   of  and  second  son  of  John  Gosling,  esq.  of 

the  Peace  for  that  county.  Gloucester-pl.  New-road,  St.  Manr-le-bone. 

June  7.  At  the  Rectory  House,  Outwell,         May  6,  At  Caen,  in  France,  Henrietta, 

aged  37 ,  Elizalieth,  wifis  of  Rev.  Wm.  Hard-  wife  of John-Falkncr  Ambrose,  esq.  of  Mount 

wicke,  Rector  of  Outwell,  and  dau.  of  Thos.  Ambrose,  co.  Dublin,  and  youteast  dau.  of 

Rawnsley ,  esq.  of  Bourn.  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thompson,  late  of  Long  Stowe 

SurroLK. — June  14.    At  Helmslev,  aged  Hall,  Cambridgeshire. 
45,  Mrs.  Fawcett,    of  Bnckworth  Lodge,         June  1.     On  board  H.  M.  ship  Aurora, 

Huntingdon.  off  Plymouth,  Ca|it.  John  Maxwell,  R.N. 

Northumberland.  —  itfay  98.     At  his  younger  brother  of  Capt.  Murray  Maxwell, 

house  in   Newcastle,  after  a  weeks  severe  and  of  the  late  Capt.  Keith  Maxwell,  who 

illness,   aged   34,  Thomas  Davidson,   esq.  died  April  99,  1893;  and  nephew  of  the  late 

only  son  of  the  late  1  hos.  Davidson,  esq.  Sir  Wm.  Maxwell,  of  Monteith,  N.B.  hart. 
Clerk  of  the   Peace   for  Northumberland.         Lately.    At  Abbeville,  Charlotte,  fourth 

His  remains  were  interred  on  Monday  the  dau.  of  the  late  Capt.  Wainwright,  RN.  and 

5  th  ipst.  in  the  family  vault  at  All  Saints'  a  few  days  afVer,   Lieut.  George-Montagu 

Church,  Newcastle.  Wainwright,  R.N.  second  son  of  the  above. 

June  1 1.  Aged  68,  Geo.-Dalston  Shafto,         On  board  the  Sairah,  Tucker,  from  Bom- 

esq.  of  Baviiigton  Hall.  bsy,  Thos.  Riddoch,  esq.  of  that  pUce,  after 

Somerset. — June  97.  AtPrince's-build-  a  residence  of  40  years  in  India. 
iQg«,  Clifton,  Hester,  relict  of  Edw.  Cand-         At  Baleek  Island,  aged  1 13,  Sam.  Robb. 

ler  Brown,  of  Bath,  esq.  

Surrly. — June  97.    At  the  Marsh-gate,  Additiows  to  Obituary. 

Richmond,  aged  76»  Joe.  Harris,  esq.  Vol.  xcv.  ii.  p.  644.    Capt.  J.  Doadaa 

Sussex. — June  15.     At  Brighton,  aged  Cochrane,  the  enterpriiing  traveller,  died 

63,  the  widow  of  late  John  Armstrong,  esq.  at  Valencia  in  Columbia,  00  the  19th  of 

June  39.  At  Hastings,  aged  94,  Sophia,  August. 


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INDEX 
To  Essays^  Dissertations,  and  Historical  Passaobs. 


^»*  Tk4yrmdp«a  Mamain  of  tha  Obituary  ant 

Iht  *'  Im4€X  to  the  Euo^m:* 


•mUniim 


Occident  by  tbe  falling  in  of  a  cavern  io 

Nutttncham  865 
Mam^  John,  memoir  of  177 
Jdamty  Capi,  C  memoir  of  88 
jffriea^  intelligence  from  73»  S64,  45^9 
557 »  634.  survey  of  tbe  louth-eattem 
eo«tt  73.    progrets  of  tbe  expedition 
in  tbe  interiory  365,  457*    mitfion  to 
tbe  toutbem  coast,  634 
jf/mcci9,  visit  to  44 
Jibufera,  Duke  qf,  memoir  of  S69 
jiUxander,  Emperor,  memoir  of  81 
JlitiUt  bill  for  regulating  357 
JUentf  of  Westminster,  family  of  890 
jilmanac,  printed  in  1569.  188 
Jlpe,  passage  of  Hannibal  over  1 18 
jiilars,  ancient,  account  of  196 
Jmeriea^  intelligence  from  76,  173, 174, 
863,  359*  458,  557*  635.    increaaSng 
populaiioB  of  76.     revenue  of   178. 
antiquities  found  near  tba  Ohio  358. 
navy  of  458 
Jneeiote,  tb^  deserter  584 
Angle  Siixem,  Englisb  language  derived 

from  1 1 1 
— —  Repal  PtUaee^  In  London, 

described  893,  398 
jtmwuUe,  on  cruelty  to  403 
Anneslept  Earl  of,  memoir  of  177.  death 

contradicted  386 
Jntiquariet,   Socieljf  of,  proceeding!  of 

164,800,448,  551 
jintiquiticM  from  Mexico  76.    in  Somer* 
setsbire3I3.     of  Egypt  350,  35 1 .    of 
America'  358.     miscellaneous  497 
Architecture,  of  London,  historical  no- 
tices of  383.    remarks  on  386 
Arctic    Jjand  Expedition,    intelligence 

from  549 
Aristophanes,  Plutus  of,  translated  35 
>npitii(ic#,  anecdotes  of  50.    passage  in 

bis  works  corrected  98 
Arms,  on  quartering  413 
Arms  and  Armour,  Skelton's  Work  on 

318 
Ascension  Island,  improving  state  of  864 
Assize,  Addiiiomal,  on  tbe  expenses  of  6, 

392,  483 
Assyria,  ancient  chronology  30,  108, 409 
Astronomy,  remarks  on  615,  616 
Astynome,  query  respecting  886,  488 
Atcheson,  Natk,  death  and  character  91 
^/A«Maii'#/^a/ace,London,  described398 
Athol,  Ctess,  monument  of,  noticed  8 
Aubrey,  Sir  John,  memoir  of  878 
GsNT.  Mao.  5iypt  XCVL  Part  I. 

K 


Auiump  where  situated  890,  496 
BabylomioH  Chmaciers,   diaeovefy 

specting  630 
Bacon  Family,  biographical  notieet  894 
Bacon,  SirNath,  memoirs  of  the  two  89S 
Baillie,  Gen,  memoir  of  88 
Baker,  Sir  R.  memoir  of  878 
Balloon,  ascent  of  550,  637 
Bem^pien  Lecturoe,  notices  of  506 
Banking,  new  system  of  170,  178, 860, 
861, 356.    approved  by  the  Bank  Di- 
rectors 174.  summary  of  the  bill  866« 
debate  on  458 
Banks,  cante  of  the  dlstretaet  of  489 
Barclay,  Col,  J),  memoir  of  466 
Bards  of  Wales,  notices  of  54 
Barrimgton,  Bp.  memoir  of  897*    will 

of  518,  606 
Barrows,  notices  of  586 
Batavia,  distressed  state  of  457 
Bmtk,  MareVm,  death  of  86 
Baynard  FkmUy,  genealogy  of  418 
Beauty,  observations  on  599 
Belgm,  notices  of  314 
BeU  Tomer  of  St.  Stephen*s,  Westoiin<» 

•ter,  described  814 
Bens^t  College,  Cambridge,  notices  398 
BenOnek,  Lord  C,  memoir  of  463 
Bergen,  miueum  established  at  858 
Berwick,  Lord,  sale  of  his  pictures  350 
Bkmrtpore  invested  by  Lord  Comber- 
mere    358.      siege    and   capture   of 
457,  557 
Bishep^s  Palace,  Lincoln,  account  of  1 13 
Biskope,  Protestant,  on  tbe  Continent 

816 
Blakeway,  Rev,  J.  B.  memoir  of  877»  369 
Blundeville,  J,  marriage  of,  noticed  386 
Boecage,  Ckev,  death  of  184 
Bonaparte,  anecdote  of  44 
Books,  on  the  sale  of  18 
Bo{/Uld,  Mrs,  memoir  of  185 
Boscohel,  notice  of  808 
Bourne's  Poems,  remarks  on  895.  .epi- 
logue to  Terence's  Eonuchus  450 
Boyd,  Arch,  death  and  character  184 
BrandUng,  C.  J,  memoir  of  366 
Brazils,  declaration  of  war  against  the 
provinces  of  the  river  Plate  174.   new 
constitution  of  635 
Brenan,  CardinalJokn,  notice  of 386 
Bristol  Literary   Society,    proceedings 

of  165 
Briiton's  **  JBeauties  of  Wilu,*'  inaccura- 
cies in  888.    explained  896 


C&O 


lnd§x  $0  Euajfi,  9ic, 


Bromhead,  T,  A,  death  of  186 
Brougham   Castie,  '«  ayreg   that  were 

sung  at/'  wanted  194 
Browne^  Col.  H.  memoir  of  465 
Brownlotu    Family,    pedigree    of,    S6y 

9B,  216 
Brydges,  Lords  Cbandos,  Family  of  107 
Brydges,  4Sir  J?,  vindicated  18.     descent 

of  28,  98.     arms  of  386 
Bryer,  Robert^  memoir  of  186 
Budget,  yfnnualy  brought  forward  263 
Buenos  Jyres,  commercial  distress  of  557 
Bull    and    Cow,    fVild,    in    Gisburne 

Park  586 
Bullohar,  Dr,  John,  notice  of  386 
Buonurotti,  genius  of  323 
Burmese,  armistice   with  263.     idol  oF, 

presented  to  the  University  of  Cam- 
bridge   349.      hostilities    with    359. 

treaty  of  peace  with  456.     renewal  of 

hostilities  with  557.    defeat  of  633 
Bye,  DeodatHS,  memoir  of  181 
ByroHi  Lord,  descent  of  98.    arms  386 
Caldicot  Castle,  notice  of  429 
Cambridge  University,  priie  essays  65, 

161,  257,  348,  545,    628.     defence 
'   of  490.   number  of  members  257 
Canada,  political  relations  of  151 
Canal  Shares,  prices  of  95,   19 1 »  287, 

383,  479.  575 
Canute's   Palace,     London^    described 

293,  392 
Carbrooh,  Norfolk,  account  of  577 
Carew's  Poems,  observations  on  39 
Carey,  Sir  Henry,  notices  of  482 
Carisbrohe  Castle ,  notices  of  429 
Carleton,  Viscount,  memoir  of  270 

Sir  Dudley,  letters  to  484,485 

Carlyon,  Rev,  T.  death  and  character 

106.     memoir  of  369 
Camac,  In  Britany,  Uruidical  Temple 

at  525 
Carriage,  self  impelling  one  68 
Carringlon*s  transition  of  the  Plutus 

of  Aristophanes,  observations  on  34 
Cartwright,  Charles,  memoir  of  369 
Castles  of  England  and  Wales,  historical 

notices  of  428 
Cathedrals,  improper  customs  in  210 
Ca/Ao/u?f  of  Ireland,  petition  from  355. 

debate  on  their  petitions  453 
Caulfield,  James,  death  of  378.   memoir 

of  569 
Celtis,  notices  of  3 1 3 
Cenotaph  of  the  Princess  Charlotte  de- 
scribed 3.50 
Chabert,  M,  wonderful  power  of  resisting^ 

the  effects  of  fire  601 
Chafy,  Rev,  W,  memoir  of  181 
Chamberlain,  Mr,  letters  to  Sir  Dudley 

Carleto!!  484 
Chandos,  Lord,  Family  of  107 
Chapman,  Rev.  C.  J,  memoir  of  575 
Chappe  L'aini's  History   of  the  Tele- 

grapb  315 
Charing  Cross,  proposed  improvement 


in  the  neighbonrhood    of  1^.     iiB- 

provement  bill  read  453 
Charles  IL  escape  from  Worcester  136. 

lampoon  alluding  to  208 
Charlotte,  Pfincess,  cenotaph  of  3$0 
Charter  Schools  in  Ireland  454 
Chatham,  Lord,  Anecdotes  of  63 
Chelsea,  derivation  of  111,   434.     new 

church  at,  described  201 
Chelsea  Botanic  Gardens,  remarks  on  391 
CAtf/^tfyiAam,  notices  of  149 
Chemistry,  innovations  in  118  ' 
Chiltem  Hundreds,  notices  of  194,  484 
Chimney  piece,  ancient,  from   Stouiton 

castle  497 
Chisenbury  Trendle,  description  of  594 
Chronology,  researches  in  29*   109.  311, 

430,  593.     of  Herodotus  909.     New- 

ton's  System  of  408 
Church,  wealth  of  in  Spain  358 
Church  of  England,  innovations  in  the 

service  of,  598 
Church,  National,  recommended  on  a 

grand  scale  388 
Church  Benefices,  rights  of  103 
Church  Property  in  Ireland,  remarks 

on  455 
Church  Rates  in  Ireland,  debate  on  357 
Churches,  on  wearing  hats  in  810 
Churches,  New,  St.  Luke's,  Chelsea  801 
Grcuit,  Spring  174 
Ovil  List,  debate  on  355 
Clarence,  Thomas  Duk§  of,  arms  of,  at 

Barnstaple  17 
Clarence,  Duke  and  Duchess  of,  Tault 

of,  described  628 
Clarhe,  J,  P,  memoir  of  568 
Cleddyv,  an  ancient  British  sword,  de« 

scribed  497 
Oergy,  on  the  rights  of  7>  103.  bardaliips 

of  the  poorer  orders  33.    wealth  of  in 

Spain  358 
Clerical  Vestments,  remarks  on  16 
CHnton    Family,    papers   concemiog, 

wanted  290 
Qive,  TV.  memoir  of  88 
Cobbett,  fV  letter  to  Mr.  Polwhele  344 
Cochrane,  Lord,  declaration  against  the 

Turks  633 
Coins;  old  English,  discovery  of  55 1 
Constantinople,  descriptive  notice  of  540 
Cooper,  Mr,  murder  of  368 
Cople,  CO,  Bedford,  account  of  499 
Corfe  Castle,  notice  of  429 
Corn  Imws,  debate  on  356.    motion  lor 

their  repeal  lost  857.  petition  against 

453.    debates  on  the  motion  for  fa* 

leasing  com  in  bond,  &c.  454,  455 
Com  Trade,  report  on  441 
Comeillofs  Bailoon,  ascent  of  550,  637 
Comwaitts  FasnUl^,  biographical  nodoaa 

of  407,  508 
Qnpus  ChrisH  OsUegi,  Cambffidgn,  da* 

scribed  393 
Corsica,  sketches  of  44, 45 
County  iHdory,  eonp«ndiuni  •!  41 4, 508 


est 


Crimimal  Jmtiiet  BUU  delMilet  453, 461 
€3fcodUef  Buoiny  of  351 
Crwmw^itM  Mtmtift  scarcity  of  8 1  b* 
Cufu/f/,  Jamsi,  death  and  clmracter  66$ 
Curremcp,  nfw  syttcni  of  170 
Out0m  Hmue,  action  brouflit  againtt 

the  builder  460 
Ou4er*s  Historical  Arputnent  89 
Daniel,  Alex,  biographical  notices  of  130. 

extracts  from  the  Journal  of  ISl 
DmrHnfiom,  cutlom  of  ffivktg  wint  to  the 

Binisters  at  413 
Davids  M.  menoir  of  478 
Dtqfand  Dumb,  successful  treat asent 

of  69 
Death,  on  the  personification  of  886, 586 
DebrHt'e  Peerage,  defence  «xf  87 
DegreeSt  on  schoolmasters  taking  518 
Delagoa,  present  state  of  75 
Demetriadet,  Centtamtme^  anecdotes  of 

14 
Dememaeiam  of  the  papal  ages  308, 419 
DevU,  popith  lef^endt  respecting  419 
Diorama  in  Paris  688 
Dieireee  in   LAttcashire  and  Yorkshire 

458.    subscriptions  for  the  relief  of 

459-       caused    by    withdrawing   the 

paper  currency  688 
Demimge,  on  the  recognition  of  Che  In- 
dependence of  688 
Dewnet,  Lerd,  memoir  of  870 
Deglep,  Sir  Cope,  tumb  of  8 
Drimkii^  Caf,  British^  description  of  8 1 7 
Drmdi,  ancient  history  of,  449*    temple 

of,  at  Camac,  in  Britanny,  585 
DuHlep  CoMtle,  notices  of  489 
Dundat^  Sir  D.  memoir  of  177 
/}yer  J.  S.  notices  of  194 
Earth,  on  its  being  hollow  818,  514 
East  Anglee,  coiiiaire  of  1 14,  818,  508 
East  India  Naval  F^ce  BUI  read  453 
East  Indies,  intellicence  from  173,863, 

358.  456,  557,  633 
Ecclesiastical  Ahnis,  remarks  on  408 
Eclipses  of  the  sun  about  480  B.  C.  507 
Edncatian,  Mr.  Hall's  system  of  514. 

among  the  working  classes  616.  state 

of  in  the  Highlands  687 
Bgypit  ancient  chronology  of  30,  31 1 
Egyptian  Aniiquiiies  described  350,  351 
—  hieregfyphice  explained  449 

manuscripis,  catalogue  of  849 

Elections.    See  Parhament, 
Elephant  at  Exeter  Change  killed  866 
England,  historical  sketches  of  145,834 
English  language,  innovations  in  40, 

598.    Saxon   origin  of  110.    corrup- 
tions in  136 
Erskine,  of  Pun,  letter  to  the  Regent  of 

Srotland  wanted  386 
Esehenrod,    unaccountable    inundation 

at  557 
EuTopa  Island,  surrey  of  75 
Everard,  Baronetcy  of,  noticed  386 


JEMlUr,  vault  dieMvtmd  te  St  6t«lilM% 
obare|i630 

fkrep,  John,  memoir  of  377 

FhrmSf  Large,  erils  of  601 

Mtutktandf  Pise,  notices  of  488 

Fees,  explanation  of  41 1 

Fire,  on  resisting  the  effects  of  601-606. 

ordeal  by  608 
Fires,  Shot  Manufactory,  Lemheth  77* 

Old  South  Sea  House  368.    Royalty 

Theatre  t5. 
Fhrth,  derivation  wanted  890 
Florence,  descriptive  notices  of  640 
Fig  Leaves,  No.  XXIX.  Care#'s  Poeow 

39.     No.  XXX.  Charles  I.  BoM!ohtl 

808.     No.  XXXI.  PSeodo-Sbakapean 

48 1 .     Duke  of  Suffolk  483 
Fhni,  Saxon,  found   in  Sevara   Stoka 

church  497 
Fonihili  Abheg,  notices  of  ItS.    iwflM« 

tions  on  its  ruins  484 
Food,  consumption  of,  in  London  78    . 
Fhote,  Samuel,  anecdotes  of  137 
Fimns  of  Pragtr,  list  of,  wanted  618 
Forster,  T,  F  library  of  349 
jFosftl  HowuUns  found  near  Montpellltr 

358 
Footer,  Rgn.  T.  memoir  of  91 
Ftp,  Generai,  memoir  of  87 
F)rame,   intelligence    hmm    I78»   857» 

555,  638 

Prances  Marg,  sbipwrack  of  864 
FrankHm^   Ciipi.  Arctic  Land   ExpadI- 

tion  549 
Finest,  severity  of  78,  136 
Gaol  DeHveriet,  oeMstlty  of  being  note 

frequent  87 
Gardner  Peerage,  restoration  of  850 
Garrichf  D.  aneedotes  of  63 
Carrow's    '*  History    of    Lymiogton," 

errun  in  897 
Gatehouse  Prison,  at  Westminster,  Ul- 

quiry  after  8 
Gee  Familg,  monamental  inseriptlom 

of  503 
Genova,  clergy  of  684 
Gentlewum,  on  the  rank  of  8, 188 
Geograpkg,  cultivation  of  in  Russia  67 
Germany,  intelligence  from  557 
Gig,  adapted  for  preventing  accident  69 
Guhume  Parh,  Yorkshire  586 
Glastonburg  Abftegf  historical  notices  of 

486,  54 1 
Goldsmith,  O.  anecdotes  of  887 
Cooch,  Sir  Thomas,  memoir  of  463 
Goodenoughi  Rev,  R,  P,  memoir  of  460 
Gospel,  on  the  propagation  of  147 
Grag,  Dr.  John,  death  and  character 

of  369 
Greaihoad,  Bertie,  memoir  of  367 
Grecian  Antiquities,  chemical  examina- 
tion of  166 
Greece,  intelligence  from  173,  358, 456, 

556,  638.    on  the  andent  bistoiy  of 
89.    sketches  of  57 

Greeh  CftmrA,  taMU  of  886 


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Index  to  Etsaytf  ^r« 


<jreehtt  piracfos  eommitted  by  633 

Gresham,  Sir  T.  law  suit  with  Sir  T. 
Ramsey  219 

Gritton,  Norfolk,  account  of  583 

Guilford  Cattle;  notices  of  429 

Crtim,  Daniel,  genius  and  secluded  habits 
of  345 

Httduiy  notices  of  314 

HalCs  intellectual    system    of  educa- 
tion 514 
,  Jiambleden  Church,  monuments  In  8 

Hannibal* t  passafi^e  over  the  Alps  118 

HatHngt,  Marg.  royal  descent  of  1 10 

ffaileyt  James,  epitaph  on  503 

Hebrew  Tales  530 

Helmets  on  sepulchral  effigies,  remarks 
on  584 

Henry f  Prince  of  ffhles,  biographical 
notices  of  330 

Heraldie  Terms,  remarks  on  4 10 

Herodotus,  cbronology  of  809,  507 

Heslop,  Archd,  memoir  of  89.    notices 
of  386 

Hieroglyphies,  Egyptian,  discoveries  in 

449 
Hierenymo  Pacino,  inquiry  after  318 
Highlands,  state  of  education  in  687 
Hindosian,  on  the  history  of  83.    chro- 
nology of  85 
History,    ancient,    researches    in    89, 

108,311,  430,  593 
Hodges,  Dr,  Thos.  family  of  891 
Hole,  Jh',  M.  original  letter  of  505 
Holloway   Church,    foundation    stone 

laid  460 
Holt,  Gem.  memoir  of  645 
Hooke,  Sir  T,  arms  of  98,  380 
Humane  Society,  benefits  of  609 
Hurd,  Bp*  anecdotes  of  64,  837 
Incense  Cups,  description  of  818 
Ineledon,  Charles^  memoir  of  375 
India i  on  the  ancient  history  of  89, 31 
Ing^'am^  Adm.  N.  memoir  of  874 
Innovations  in  the  libernl  sciences  118 
Ireland,  statistical  inquiries  relative  to 
3,  99f  101,  303.   revenue  of  77*    edu- 
cation in  ^2,    church  rates  178,  357. 
charter  schools  454.   church  property 
455.    contested  elections  635 
Isehalis,  on  the  site  of  314 
Italian  Antiquitits,  discovery  of  166 
James  I.  anecdotes  of  47 
Java,  inKurrection  in  75,  173>  S59>  633 
Jenyns,  Soame^  on  cruelty  to  animals  403 
JesuUs,  influence  of,  in  France  555 
Jewel,  Anglo-Saxon,    representing   St. 

Neot  497 
John,v.  7>  discovery  respecting  135 
Johnson,  Dr.  anecdotes  of  837 
Johnstone.  Gen,  memoir  of  180,  874 
Joltiffe,  T.  S.  epitaph  on  400 
Jupiter,  philosophical  opinions  respect- 
ing 61  i 
Kartaveroch,  Roll  of.'  98 
Ksnt,  S^xon  coins  of  1 1.    on  the  arms 
aDd  motto  of  the  county  138 


Knighi,  Edward,  memoir  of  37^ 
Kyme  Tower,  Lincolnshire,  account  305 
Kyrle  Pedigree,  notice  of  290 
language,  English,  innovations  in  40 
Latin  Language,  on  the  roots  of  5 1 5 
■  versifUalion,  on  the  method    of 
reading  167,  853 
Law   Courts  at  Westminster,  remarks 

on  488 
Lead,  melted,  on  resisting  the  effects 

of  606 
Leadenhali  Street,  old  house  in,    de- 
scribed 809 
Lecturers,  origin  and  duties  of  800,  380. 

506 
Le/anu,  Joseph,  memoir  of  368 
Lempriere*s  Classical  Dictionary,  error 

in  386,  488 
Lethbridge,  Mrs,  death  and  character  374 
Lewis,    invention  of  the  machine,  for 

raising  stones  815 
Ley,  James,  Earl  of  Marlborough,  por- 
trait of,  wanted  890 
Liberal  Sciences,  innovations  in  1 18 
Lincoln,  Bishop's  Palace  at  1 13 
lAnquUi,  Chev,  G,  Af.  memoir  of  98 
Liptrap,  John,  death  and  character  568 
lAterature,  Royal  Society  of,  proceed- 
ings of,  349.     report  625 
Liverpool,  improvements  in  28 
Lloyd,  J.  T.  memoir  of  469 
Locusts,  extraordinary  flight  of  633 
London,  consumption  of  food  in,  78.  ex* 
tract  from  the  city  records  189.    pro- 
posed  improvements  in  143,  I98,  385, 
387»  389»  588.     various  institutions 
established  325.    architecture  of  386. 
on  the  proposed  triumphal    arch  iq 
389,  589.    ancient  state  of  591 
London  Pageants  wanted  1 94 
Londonderry  Cathedrai,  account  of  494 
Lengespee,  Ifm,  descendants  of  8 
Longevity,  causes  of  688 
Looms,  destruction  of  458 
Ludlow,  History  of,  inquiiy  after  8 ' 
Luscombe,  Bp.  on  his  appointment  815 
Lydian  Empire,  chronology  of  108 
Lye,  George,  character  of  574 
«*  l4fmington.  History  of**  errors  in  88T 
Lytonis  •«  Environs,*'  notice  of  8 
M*Carrol,  John,  death  of  377 
Macdonald,  Sir  A.  memoir  of  561 
Maenamara^  Adm,  memoir  of  178 
Madagascar,  insurrection  in  73 
Magee,  Mr,  anecdote  of  584 
Magistrates  for  Staffordshire  in  1647  518 
Magnetic  Needle,  variations  in  81 1 
Malone,  Mr.E.  on  t he  tt ate  of  1  reland  3 
Mansetl,  H,  Letter  to  the  Barl  of  So* 

merset  484,  485 
Mantis,  L  horrible  murders  by  S58 
Manufacturers,  distresses  of  960 
Markets,  prices  of  95,   I91»  887^  383» 

479.  575 
Martyn,  Profeuor,  original  letter  ftooi 
891 


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e5S 


AKMMh  tbe  poet,  vUit  f o  843 
Matkemmaei,  innorationt  in  1 18 
JUntthtmit  •Mm,  oieiBoir  of  868 
iMtttMt  anelont  coinage  of  306 
Mercier^  M,  anecdote  of  44 
MHmpkf^iiett  innovations  in  118 
MeUmr9hgieal  Diary,  96»  I9S,  881,  384, 

480,  576 
Mttr^ppUi,    See  LomJmi, 
JUjne09  intelligence  from  76L    antiqui- 
ties from  76.    political  and  commer- 
cial rank  of  540.   on  the  mines  of  611 
Meptr,  Jam€tt  memoir  of  374 
MHUit  CkaHei^  memoir  of  366 
Mmet,  of  Mexico,  observations  on  61 1 
Minia,  Ccclesiattical,  remarks  on  403 
Jliiraeii$  of  the  papal  ages  308,  419 
Mis99l9Hghi^  defrnce  of  173.  fall  of  456. 

sacking  of  556 
JUtmita^  Jacob,  death  of  184 
Mamr;  Jitkn,  death  of  184 
MmUmoretiqft  Jhtke  tU,  memoir  of  365 
MooHf  volcanu  in  448.    properties  of  615 
JVeere*!  Lift  rf  StUridan,  justiBcatiou 

of  445 
JUortiiom^  Cbl.  memoir  of  567,  643 
MortalUy^  bill  of  95,  191>  887>  383,  479, 

575 
Mmt  Ro$et  remarks  on  898 
Mardtrti  by  a  maniac  358.    in  Mar3r-le- 
bone  368.    at  tbe  Irish  Elections  636 
ffmrrof^  iJMdUjft  memoir  of  188 
Mmsiard  Sefd,  of  the   Scriptures,   ex- 
plained 69 
Naiwmai  GaiUtqf,  paintings  in  444 
Aaiaral  Pk»i9t€pkjf,  innovations  in  1 18 
JVavf/t  on  the  improved  structure  of  Bri- 
tish ships  78,  848.  increase  of  in  Ame- 
rica 458 
J^aty  Treamrer,  salary  proposed  to  355 
Negro  Slavery.     S*rt  Slavery, 
Aeuhoff\  Theodore  de,  notices  of  46 
Neville,  yiseountf  memoir  of  561 
New  South  ff^ales,  improving  state  of  864 
"Sewtons  Chronology ^  remarks  on  318, 

408, 593 
Niagara,  Falls  of,  visit  to  336 
Noehden^Dr.  memoir  of  466 
Norrit  Pautily,  inquiry  after  8 
NorriSf   John,    biographical    notices  of 

890,  Sr)5 
Northey,  fV.  memoir  of  177 
Northumbrian  nncient  coinage  of  496 
Norway t  descriptive  notices  of  540 
Nottingham,  dreadful  catastrophe  at  865 
Notceii,  Dean,  anecdotes  of  880.    family 

of  881 
Ochteriony,  Gen.  Sir  D.  memoir  of  875 
()pie,  anecdotes  of  139 
Ordeal,  by  fire,  account  of  608 
Over  At/M,  account  wanted  195 
Oxford  [/ntvertiiy,  defence  of  490.  Prite 

Essay  545 
Paget,  Lord,  memoir  of  177 
Patniingt,  at  tbe  Somerset  House  Exhi- 
bition 448, 547.    in  the  National  Oal- 


kf7444.    of  Carlton  Roma  540.  Mk 
of  448.    anacdotes  of  588,  588 
jPoloce,  Jngh  Sa*m  emd  DmmUk,  Ui 

London,  described  893,  898 
Panama,  congrett  to  bo  held  at  859 
Pandoxaier,  explanation  of  189, 194 
Pe^i  Agat,  demoDiaeisro  of  303,  419 
Parish  CUrh,  origin  of  tbe  oflico  181 
Porkti,  S,  memoir  of  183 
ParHameni,  proceedings    in    169t  860, 
355,  458, 554.  Motion  for  Reform  458. 
prorogation  and  diuoluticm  of  554. 
elections  555.  elections  in  Ireland  635 
ParHameni  ^  1614,  election  of   488. 
opening  of  488.    conduct  of  486.   dis- 
solution of  487 
Phrenology»  fallacy  of  77 
Phyticians,  Royai  CbUggt  of,  airaiverMnr 

of  687 
Pinherton,  John,  memoir  of  470 
Ptmneff,  committed  by  the  Greeks  639 
Planttary  Syttem,  remarks  on  615,616 
Phaus  ^' AriMtaphamto,  translation  of  38 
Pneumaiie  Enginet,  newly  invented  549 
PotwheU,  Bov.  R,  anecdotes  of  140,  843 
Port  Dauphin,  survey  of  74 
Port  Natai,  survey  of  75 
Portugal,  iutelligeiica  from  638.    con- 
stitution for  638 
*^^  IGmg  rf,  n»emoir  of  365 
Power  Loenu,  destruction  of  458 
Pratt,  S.  J.  original  letter  from  891 
Prayer,  Formt  of,  list  wanted  5J3 
Prnieeiimatien,  remarks  on  344 
Price,  R.  L.  memoir  of  368 
Primogeniture,  law  of  in  Franca  357 
Promiuory  Note*  BUI,  debate  on  860 
Prewte,  Jdm.  memoir  of  464 
Pialmody  of  tbe  EsUblisbed  Chtuvb,  in- 
novations in  598 
Paeudo-Shahtpeare,  observations  on  401 
Pythagorais  Sacrifice,  notices  of  401 
Quariering  jirms,  remarks  on  413 
QmchtUver,  used  fur  steam  navigation 

549 
Rath,  Edm.  letter  from  140 
RaU  Reads,  advantages  of  186 
Ramsey,  Sir  T,   law-suit  with  Sir  T.- 

Gresbam819 
Rntx,  explanation  of  98,  194 
Rebels,  \n  Lancashire  in  1715,  charges 

for  executing  195 
Reform,  Parliamentary,  debate  on  453 
Retigiems  Inquiry,  remarks  on  518 
Revenue,  in  Ireland  77>    parliamentary 

review  of  868 
Richler,J.P.  E  memoir  of  185 
iUmmti^^iofi,  Gen.  S,  memoir  of  874 
Riots,  in  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  458 
Roman  Antiquities,  discovered  in  Seot- 

Und  165.    in  Italy  449 
Rsmansch  Lemguage,  hiatoiy  and  cha* 

racter  of  447 
Romanxoff,  Count,  memoir  of  871 
Rosamend^s  Labyrinth,  notices  of  434 
iZeie,  Cr.  £•  memoir  of  368 


«54 


hdatiofiiiaffifh:. 


llMsmort,  Laijf,  deith  ahd  cbai%cter86 
Botlopehin,  (jmnii  memoir  of  273 
Royal  Society  of  LUtreUttre^  proceeding 

or  349.     report  uf  625 
Royalty  Theatre^  burnt  362 
Russia,  intelligence  from   72,  172,  263, 
556,  632.    literature  of  66,  67.    pe- 
riodical  publications    in   6d.    grand 
Duke  Nicholas  ascends  the  throve  72. 
insurrection  in  72.  various  classes  and 
population  of  173 
—  jflexander,  £mp*  ^,  memoir  of  81 
— r—  Empress  if,  memoir  of  640 
Ryves,  Adm.  memoir  of  640 
Sailors,  characteristic  anecdotes  of  246 
SL  Andreyfs  Church,  Plymouth,  repairs 

in  0^1 
Si.  Augustine  Bay,  Survey  of  75 
Si»  Barbe,  Charles,  death  and  character 

of  186 
iSif.  Clement's  (^urch.  Sandwich,  accouiit 

of  489 
St*  Giles's^  London,  account  of  595 
St.  Hidulphus,  miracles  of  419 
St.  John*s  Church,   Westminster,    im- 
provements in  19 
St.  Juan  <r  Ulloa,  capture  of  76 
Si>  Katharine's  Church,  near  theTowe^ 

account  of  105 
St.  Katharine* s  Dochs,  account  of  9.  ad- 
vantages of  10 
St.  JAike*s  Church,  Chelsea,  account  of 

201 
St.  Magdalen  Priory,  foundations  of 

opened  17 
Si.  Neat,  Anglo  Saxon  jewel  represent- 
ing 497 
Si.  Saviour^s  Church,  resolutions  for  tfae 
•  restoration  of  2.    appeal  on  behalf  of 
31.    architecture  of  and  alterations 
in  32 
St.  Stephen's  Chapel,  Westminster,  no- 
tices of  123.     bell  and  tower  of  214 
St.  Stephen's  Churdh,  Exeter,  crypt  dis- 
covered in  630 
Salt  DeWt  phenomenon  of  104 
Sandiford,  Archd.  memoir  of  474, 563 
Sandwich  Church,  account  of  489 
Sandwich  Islands,  visit  to  264 
Saronides,  etymology  of  392,  449 
Sarum,  0(<f,  ancient  history  of  449 
iSiahim,  description  of  155.    philosophi- 
cal opinions  respecting  615 
Saxon  Coinage,  account  of  1 1, 1 14,  212, 

306,308,402,496 
Saxon  Literature,  remarks  on  433 
Schalck,  A/a;or,  memoir  of  180 
Schoolmasters,  on  t  bei  r  t  aki  ng  degrees  5 12 
Scotch   Highland    Regiment,    anecdote 

of  584 
Scriptures,  alterations  in  deprecated  120 
Sepulchral  Effigies,  helmets  on  584 
Serpentine  River,  carriage  driven  over 

the  ice  78 
Semss,  •/.  T.  memoir  of  SdO 
Seymour  Family,  noticei  of  897 


Shakspearidn  Museum,  propositi   fur  ' 
building  550 

Shelton,  Ijody  Mary,  notices  of  386 

Sheridan^  R,  J7.  Moore's  Life  of  justified 
445 

Sheridan,  T.  epitaph  on  noticed  16 

Sheriff's,  list  of  174 

Ships,  built  on  improved  principles  78. 
on  the  structure  of  in  England  248 

Shirley  Family,  biographical  notices 
400 

Shoemakers,  of  literary  eminence  345 

Shot  Manufactory,  Lambeth,  burnt  77 

Shrewsbury,  Earl  ^,  Irish  dignities  of  2 

Silk  Trade,  remarks  on  159.  debate 
on  260 

Skelton's  fVork,  on  Arms  and  Armour, 
observations  on  318 

Skinner,  Gen.  P.  K,  memoir  of  465 

Slave  Trade,  abolished  in  Sweden  73^ 
on  the  suppression  of  399, 457 

Slavery,  in  the  West  Indies,  extent  and 
evils  of  1»,  221,  229.  petitions  for 
abolishing  261.  address  in  justi Reac- 
tion of  317**  motions  respecting 
357,455 

Slaves,  regulations  for  in  Demerara76 

Sleaford,  notices  of  53 

Solar  System,  remarks  on  615,  616 

Somerset  Hmssc  ExhihUien,  critiques  on 
442,  546,  547 

Somersetshire^  antiquities  of  313 

Spain,  intelligence  from  72,  263,  357^ 
456,555,632.  wealth  of  the  Church  358 

Spence  Family,  on  the  pedigrees  of  205 

Spiif^  Circuits  174 

Ste^ordshire,mn^\sirSiieB  for  in  1647  5 1 8 

Stapleton,  Gen.  memoir  of  368 

Star  Bank,  survey  of  the  74 

StaU  Paper  Office,  literary  treasures 
in  447 

Statute  Laws,  bill  for  consolidating  261 

Steam-gun,  destructive  powers  of  78 

Steam  Navigation,  vapour  of  quicksilver 
used  for  549 

Steam  Vessels,  dial  plate  invented  for  re- 
gulating the  motion  of  68 

Slocks,  prices  of  96,  192,  288, 384,  480, 
576 

Stone,  ancient,  representation  of  497 

Stone  Circles,  explanation  of  526 

Stonehenge,  remarks  on  124,  320.  on 
the  origin  of  392.  ancient  history  449 

Strype,  John,  notice  of  290 

Suffolk,  Charles  Brandon  Duke  of,  no- 
tice of  423 

Sugar,  from  the  East  Indies,  recom- 
mended 230 

Sutton,  Adm.  Sir  J.  will  of  574 

Sutton,  J.  M.  memoir  of  463 

Sweden,  intelligence  from  7^.  Slav% 
Trade  abolished  73 

Swift,  Dean,  original  letter  of  3 

Swimming,  treatise  on  250 

Sword,  ancient  British,  fbuad  in  tbt 
RtTCT  Ufk  497 


-lA.iBM^pl^ltti 


CttMMir  of  161.   uk 
«qrliMtto4M,5aS 
4iMb  MWfejr  of  74 

r'««*8cbtiiM  9t  Sffiptoni  Divuilt 

'ittqairy  after  386 

fW0ikh  UMOTkdl  MCicM  of  31ft 

If  AmtTs  Lincolotliifty  aMu  of  361 

m*§  Mutmektts,  epilo^e  lo  456 

Htay  ^*y  Obirdk,    notieet  of 

«   VMili  of  the  Utilw  ami  DiboImm 

3«i«DCo  in  628 

fimi  RfgiHtr  79,  666, 460 

Imv,  tbo  baiMtit  of  Coniea,  aeeounl 

i56 

^fy,  ianovationt  ia  1 18 

I9  trial  for  456 

V«Mh  JLer*.  faaUy  of?  860 

tkmif  Rm.  •/•  nooMlr  of  676 

r,  dittmotd  state  of  666 

ilM  GBiCI««  notice  of  466 

Ifuh  capt«fed  by  the  Greeks  6&6 

ytol  Arthf  ia  London »  reoMrkt 

B86>    on  the  ^te  of  589 

,  Wmit€r^  death  and  charaeter  60 

r,  Prinecse  If ary*  desccndanU  froes 

66,397 

ir»  intellifence  from  556 

^9  G0U  Sir  Cdeath  of  457«    bm* 

it  of  663 

wi^f  IseyioTcd  one  v9 

Hided460 

BtUiik,  deferi|flion  of  617.   Cwnd 

Dofseuhire  356 

Dkmmm'M  Ltrnd^  prosperous  state 

rs4 

» Qaolith  and  BritUh,  described  6 17 
Mir,  Sn^  T.  mtmtAt  of  976»  574 
tfifififai,  powers  of  448 
|«ni  and  RoMfenOf  tra^dy  of  466 
inrfen,  J9>.  anecdotes  of  64,  637 


0ia€r  Oimn^  toituj^gi  |Mlsta»lB44A 
fTmaktr,  eatremo  «raeril]ii  of  76.   mmm 

tive  heat  636 
W^itafu^  JfartMw,  newly  totented  66 
ff^kamdMimm/wu  rffolatloiisferl6 
M>Qrle4  Feffty,  aotioss  of  5A 
^F%fl  ikdiif,  Intelligenee  from  76.  state 
of  Slavery  in  !*•  661,  869»  661,  81T^ 
XF^&u«M^coina9aof406         * 
ff^etimintUrt  alterations  In  St.  John's 
Cbuveb    %$•    architeetnral  ioproveB 
ments  in  143, 168. 568.  courts  of  law 
at  488 
WntwrintUr  JUtnf,  pariiamentary  do* 
.  bat»on  ndaritsioo  lees  359-  setusu 
of  the  l>ean  and  Chapter  respectinf 
admission  ires  361.  notion  for  a  eopS 
of  Qoeen  Eli«abet h's  charter  s5. 
J91kUmkgr,  Dr.  letteis  from  645,  354 
^^iUlffhnd;  iM%  meuKdr  of  680 
fFtiUam  di  Newbmrgh^  blugrapUepl  no- 
tices of  631.    faa>ilyof636 
9^illf,  historical  noiiees  of  46r  641,  346 
fFibm,  Aim,  O.  memoir  of  873 
••  JTiftf^  B9aMii€9  •//'  Inaecuraelee  la 

888.    €xplaiued866 
fFUUkbrw,  £mei^,  anns  and  nodifiun 

of  130 
0Uim  Gmfir,  Durham,  account  of  401 
HFWcif,  Dr.  anecdote  off  136 
^•Iteffen,  Bmh  Dr.  memoir  of  677 
Wuodwlmk  Palime^  notices  of  435 
WtoUitmt  Rift.  3K  on  Saxon  Ooinago 

11.114,818,306,306,408,496 
XF^Amf  GCMMff,on  education  amonf  616 
XPren,  ^Ir  C  desccndanU  of  34  . 
t^ptkUi^  Cornwall,  account  of  164 
IWilfJUrr,  Compendium  of  History  414, 

508 
Zonarims,  eiplanation  of  169, 194 


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r,  Rev.  J.  Sermon  by  543 

Wf  Sir  PK  State  of  the  Mesioan 

ies6ll 

M,  C.«A  on  Punctuation  156 

Mfrr,  Emperpr,  Life  of  849 

iMsCf,  Lives  or  381 

imu.  Worlds  of  49 

cmif  jirm^mr,  illustrations  of  389 
If,  T,  Account  of  Tewkesbury  At»- 

587 

nmp,  Cnmpmrafivep  Lecture  on  854 
Heu,  a  tale  856 
fSarmt  Grmmmmr  617 
ecniy.  Essays  on  614 
r,  MM,  H.  Anf  elioa  856 
iig  and  Cpmmcrec,  principles  of  438 
y.  Rev,  J.  Sermons  656 


Beiufii  Cluht,  6ic.  on  the  improYcments 

of6l8 
Bemvn^M  Sketches  of  Corsica  44 
BetiJkiemti4m$2^ 
Beiheli,  J9>.  Sermon  by  146 
Bibhy  Questions  on  688 
J9ur4;«r«r«fa'«  Christian  Hearer  618 
Bideambe  HUl^  a  poem  436 
Bi9grt^kjf^  annual,  for  1886, 60 
Blaekwelfs  Messiah  53 
^^nif.  The,  a  poem  688 
BomTt  View  of  Ancient  Qeocraphy  664 
BommrtVi  Ang k>  Saxon  Gmmmar  61^1 
Beiamieai  TUcolmy  698 
itato,  ilfv.  ^  £.  Lessons  on  CritMifli 

838 
Bifrf,  H.  S.  potmsby  156 


1156 


y 


Index  to  Rwiews^ 


J9rady*i  Variettet  of  Literature  S5 

Brmmbletye  Home  333 

Bray^  Mrs.  De  Fois  339 

Brewer* 8  Guide  625 

BrUish  and  IrUh  Produce^  Tables  of  634 

BrittorCs  Picture  of  London  334 

Brougkion,  W.  G,  on  the  Icon  Basilike 
347 

Budge*s  Miner's  Guide  635 

^ti/u'^*«  Autumn  in  Greece  57 

Burke,  proved  to  be  Junius  355 

Butler,  J,  J,  Geography  of  540.  Memoir 
of  Mr.  W.  Butler  541 

CarringtorCt  Dartmoor  534 

Castles,  Ancient,  Views  of  437 

Catholic  Emancipation,  caimW  consider- 
ed 633 

Cheltenham,  Account  of  149 

Chemical  Mineralogp  635 

Christian  Hearer  613 

Qiristian  Knowledge,  Report  of  the  So* 
ciety  for  promoting  610 

Cole,  J,  History  of  Ecton  544 

ColquUtf  ty,  on  Geology  and  Astronomy 
614  - 

Comic  Tales  355 

Cooke,  C.  7'.  on  Mustard  Seed  536 

Com  Trade,  Report  on  440 

Cn-onation  Oath,  considered  543 

Corsica,  Sketches  of  44 

Courtneys,  Rev.  Mr,  Sermon  by  356 

Qadock's  Literary  Memoirs  63, 336 

Craven  Blossoms  354 

Creasey*s  History  of  Sleaford  53 

Cresy^Mrs,  Milizia's  Lives  of  Architects 
321 

Creutet  J,  on  Naval  Architecture  248 

Criticism,  Lessons  in  338 

CuKwngham*s  Songs  in  Scotland  334 

Curtis,  J.  British  Entomology  153 

Dartmoor,  a  poem  534 

De  Foil  339 

De  StaeVs  Letters  on  England  144 

Dibdin's,  C.  Comic  Tales  355 
Doddridge,  Dr,  Rise  and  Progress  354 
Duncan's  Botanical  Theology  633 
England,  History  of  356 
Earth  and  its  Inhabitants,  new  Theory 

of  615 
Ecton,  History  of  544 
Education  among  the  Working  Classes, 

consequences  of  616 
Edwards,  J,  Greek  Epigrams  157 
England,  Letters  on   144.    History  of 

333 
English  in  Italy  157 
Englishman's  JJbrary  1 60 
Entomology,  British  153 
EpUaphia6\3 

Essays,  Religious,  Moral,  &c.  849 
Evans,  Dr.  J.  Tracts  of  337 
Eyes,  on  the  economy  of  155 
Evans,  Lieut.  •/.  on  Geographical  Terms 

155 
EsUe,  Thoughts  on  an  156 
Ftmey's  Sketch  348 


Fennel,  Rev,  R.  Sermon  by  tf  If 

Fosbroke,  Rev.  T.  D,  Tourist's  Grammar 
140.    Account  of  Cheltenham  140 

flench  HistorieSf  630 

French  Manual  635 

French  Rhetoric,  Grammar  of  635 

Friendship,  Blessings  of  355 

Galloway,  Legends  of  160 

Geneva,  Doctrine  of  the  Church  of  633 

Geogtaphieal  Terms,  Revision  of  155 

Geography  of  the  Globe  ^40,  655 

Geography,  Ancient,  concise  view  of  634 

Geologies,  Mineral  and  Mosaical,  com- 
pared 440 

Geology  and  Astronomy,  Essays  on  61 4 

Glastonbury,  History  of  343,  435, 541 

Going  too  far,  a  tale  588 

Gore,  Mrs.  C  The  Bond  633 

Gospel,  Society  for  propagating  the,  ad- 
dress for  14^ 

Goube's  History  of  Normandy  533 

Gratitude,  a  poem  635 

Greece,  Autumn  in  57 

Greek  Epigrams  167 

Greek  Isles,  Maid  of  the  160 

Hall,  Bp.  Life  and  Times  630.  Satires  t^. 

Hebrew  Tales,  539 

Herodotus,  Questions  on  160 
Higgins*s  Horee  Sabhatiea,  remarks  619 

Highmore,  Dr.  Remonstrances  of  449 

Histories,  French  630 

Hoare,  Sir  R,   C.  Modem    Wiltshire 

437,  534 
Hodgson,  C,  on  Queen  Aniie's  Bounty 

533 
Hopkinson*s  Essays  349 
Hora  Sabbatica,  remarks  on  619 
Hours  at  Home  534 
Humane  Society,  Report  of  609*  Sermon 

for  618 
Hurwitz*s  Hebrew  Tales  539 
Icon  Basilike,  tracts  on  347 
Ireland,  Letters  on  151.    on  a  Survey 

of  160 
Italy ^  English  in  1 57 
JacoVs  Report  on  the  Cora  Trade  441 
James  Fhrbes,  a  npvel  856 
James  I,  Progresses  of  A7,  5S7 
Janus  158 
Jones,  Rev,  J,   Life  of  Bp»  Hall  619. 

Scripture  Antiquities  855 
«/byce*#  Chemical  Mineralogy  685 
Junius  proved  to  be  Burke  855 
Keeper*s  Travels  in  Search  of  bis  Mas- 
ter 634 
Kendall,  Mr,  Keeper's  Travels  6t4 
Kendall* s  Letters  on  Ireland  151 
Kidd,  Dr.  on  Comparative  Anatomy  854 
Kitchiner,  Dr,  on  the  Eyes  155 
Lane,  C.  T.  on  the  Coronation  Oatb  543 
Law,  Bp.  Visiution  Charge  S38 
Laws  of  England,  on  consolidating  438 
Literary  and  MUeeUaneomt  Mtmoirs  68, 

836 
Literature,  Varieties  of  55 
IMfy,  Maps  and  Plans  illustrative  of  084 


JjidSev  Id. JtcvlBiPf. 


t&7 


XIunT*  Life  of  the  Emperor  Alexander 

jLmhIni,  on  InproTepents  in  143.    Pir- 
lure  uf  334L    on  the  Olden  Time  6S3 
JIPHenrjf'M  Blrtsinf^'t  of  Friendihip  355 
Afo^  Rihg^  a  novel  6S5 
MartkatCs  Naval  Biography  528 
MtoMHt  M.  on  a  Survey  of  Irvlaiid  160 
JHetnak,  The  53 

MHr^fpUSi  on  Improvements  in  149 
Mfxieam  Minet^  it  ate  of  61 1 
MUizia's  Lives  of  ArcbitecU  3SI 
Afintf,  Essay  on  614 
JWiier'f  C^Kfife  635 
AMetwortk,  Ret/,  J,  on  Sacrifice  433 
Mtnttu,  C  on  (he  Silk  Trade  1 59.    Ta- 
bles uf  British  and  Iri«h  Pmduce  634 
Marfan,  f9^.  on  Naval  Architecture  348 
JlforiM*!  Poems  160 
Mksimrd  Seed,  effiracy  of  534 
Nmiurai  tmd  Spiritual  ff^orld,  analogy 

between  544 
NmftU  jirckiiecturff,  papers  on  348 
Naval  Biography  t  538 
Naval  SkeUh  Book,  345 
Niagara,  Visit  to  the  Falls  of  336 
NickaU,  James,  Works  of  Arminius  49 
Niekolt,  John,  Progresses  of  James  L 

47,  537 
NitokuTi  TestamenU  Vetu8ta4 1,340,346 
Nmrmatul^,  History  of  533 
NuitaU,  Dr.  Vinprs  Bucolics  353 
Okiimmy,  Annual,  for  1836,  63 
i/Dmtoghue,  Capi,  Gratitude  635 
Paekmam,  Rev.  R.  C.Tbe  Sabbath  633 
PoMMtingi,  Anecdotes  of  347»  53 1 
PalestiMe,  Scenes  in  439 
Paley's  Natural  Theology  illustrated  631 
Panic,  The  431 

Parliamenlary  Reform,  Letters  on  443 
Paatton,  illustration  of  Paley's  Natural 

Thfology  62 1 » 
Pedestrian,  Recollections  of  a  531 
Pennie*s  Scenes  in  Palestine  439 
Phantasmagoria  154 
JPac<ic  Hours  354 
Poetical  Trifles  160 
Political  Economy,  principles  of  356 
Po/irAWe'f  Traditions  and  Recollections 

137,342.343 
Pons,  Rev.  J.  S.  Doctrine  of  the  Church 

of  Geneva  628 
Portland,  Lines  written  for  the  Inhabit- 
ants of  355 
Progresses  cf  James  I.  47,  537 
Prospect,  a  poem   10*0 
Punc/uo/ion,  System  of  156 
Queen  Anne*s  Bounty,  account  of  533 
i6rM,  The348,  625 
Reform  in  Parliament,  Letters  on  443 
Resumes  Historiques,  Defr-nse  de«  1 53 
Revel,Miu,\S\i\\eT  Evening  Pastimes  346 
Richardson's  Poetic  Hours  354 
Road  Book  of  England  and  Wales  543 
Roberts,  S.  on  the  Slave  Trade  531 
GiNT.  Mao.  Si^.  XCVLPart  I. 


Romasi  Nigkis  158 

Sab^tk,  The  633 

Sacrifice,  on  the  origin  of,433 

Sarenme*s  French  Manual  635.  Grammar 

of  French  Rhetotic  635 
Scarboroug  k  jilbum  1 43 
Scotland,  Songs  of  534 
Scripture  jtntiquUies  355 
Scurry's  Narrative  356 
Sermons  by  Bp.  Bethell  146.  Bayley  85^. 

Courtney  356.    Evans  337.    Stewart 

337.     Abbiss   543.    Wilkinsoo    544. 

Fennel  613 
Skakspeare*t  Dramatic  Works  330 
Silk  Trade,  Rise  and  Progress  of  159 
Singer,  S.  W.  Works  of  Sbakspeare  330. 

Bp  Hall's  Satires  630 
Skelton's  Antient  Arms  and  Armour  339 
Skurrofi^s  Bidcombe  Hill  43(8 
Slave  Trade,  tracts  on  150,  531 
Sleafot^,  H  istory  of  58 
SmUh*s  Road  Book  M3  ^ 

Standisk,  H.  on  the  Hors  Sabbaticm  619 
Stanley  Tales,  543 

Stepken,  J.  on  the  Slave  Trade  150, 531 
Stewart,  Rev.  J.  Sermons  1^  337 
Sunday  Evenings,  Sermons  for  160 
Testamenta  Petusta  41,  840, 346 
Tettamtents,  Oldaad  New.epitomt  of  68ft 
Tewkesbury  Abbey,  Account  of  587 
T^eiiNw'i  Thought  Book  544    . 
Tkougkt  Book,  My  544 
Tkrusi,  Copt,  on  the  Evils  of  War  )57 
Todd,  Rev.H.J.  on  the  Icon  BMiliko847 
Tetiru^i  Craw  war  140 
Tracts,  Sermons,  &c.  337 
Traditions  and  Reeollectiam  1  J7»  243,343 
Tuck's  Brewer's  Guide  685 
Turner's  History  of  England  833 
Twiss,  Horace,  Letter  to  433 
yerre's  Roman  Knights  153 
yert,  Mr.  Le,  on  teaching  Languages  684 
Vetusta  Monumenta,  vol.  V.  537 
yniage  Pastor  148 
Vintnet's  Guides  685 
FirgiCs  Bucolics,  Translation  of  853 
VisUatien  Ckarge  838 
f^alpole's  Anecdotes  of  Paint  ing  347, 581 

/f2w,£vilsof  157 

fydmer's  History  of  Glastonbuty  343, 

435   541 
IVarton,  Rev.  T.  Bp.  Hall's  Satires  680 
h'estey.  Rev,  J.  Wesley  ana  56 
fVest  Indies,  Sia  5lontbs  in  431 
rruhinson.  Rev.  H.  iF.  Sermon  by  544 
fViUon,  Atrs.  Hours  at  Home  534 
fFiitshire,  Modem,  History  of  437,  584 
fainter  Evening  PasHmus  856 
IVoodstock,  a  tale  434 
f^oolnoth's  Ancient  Castles  437 
fforking  Ctassee,  on  Education  among 

616 
York,  Duke  ^,  Speech  In  the  House  of 

Lonls  defended  619 
Zonk  and  other  Poems  1 60 


C    058    ] 


INDEX  TO  BOOKS  ANNOUNCED. 


jilfbiss,  Rev.  J.  kermon  by  161 

Jlia  GiomtUa,  a  nuvel  349 

Jmulet,  The  546 

Architecture^  Sculpture,  and  Painting, 

union  of  161 
jhpland^t  Sermons,  SQ 
Aurora,  The  447 
taker's  Northamptonshire  S57 
banking  and  Commerce,  principles  of 

S48 
£ (irctoy  on  Slarery  161 
^arrtf^^<ofi*i  Memoirs  of  Ireland  65 
Barrp,  JDr,  on  Atmospheric  Pressure 

348 
JSarihelemon*8  Italian  Oratorio  546 
Barton's  Missionary's  Memorial  348 
Beaume^s  View  of  GaWanism  546 
Beltz,  S,  on  Cubic  Equations  357 
Benger's  Memoirs  of  Henry  IV.  66 
Benton,  Rev.  J.  Sermons  by  161,  545 
Betham'e  Irish  Antiquarian  Researches 

348 
Biikep't  Christian  Memorials  348 
Bloomfleld,  Rev.  S.  T.  on  the  New  Tes- 
tament 446 
Bhre^s  Monumental  Antiquities  66 
BlumenbacKi  Institutions  of  Physiology 

546 
Bradfield^t  Waterloo  161 
Brady's  Derivations  of  Towns,  &c.  161 
Bristol,  Bp,  on  Ecclesiastical  Hist.  Sb8 
Britton'Sf  J,  Cathedrals  161.    on  Eccle- 
siastical Architecture  546 
BrUton's  North  Wiltshire  545 
Browne'* s  Geology  of  Scripture  546 
Buckler's  Description  of  Eaton  Hall  S57 
Burgess^  Worthies  of  Christ's  Hospi- 
tal 348 
Burkes  Peerage  257 
Bumet,  J,  on  Light  and  Shade  546 
Bperlej^s  Life  of  Napoleon  66 
Byron,  l/trd.  Character  and  Writings  of 

446 
Canets  Collection  of  Engravings  $58 
Capper's  Topographical  Dictionary  545 
Carlisle's  Hunterian  Oration  546 
Camels  Letters  from  the  East  161 
Carpenter,    ff.    Introduction    to    the 

Scriptures  34.9.    on  Proverbs  446 
Casanova,  J,  J.  Memoirs  of  258 
Casti's  Tr^  Giuli  S57 
CkanUch's  Hist  of  Armenia  545 
Chasse's  World  of  Knowledge  545 
Chauncy's  Antiquities  of  Hertfordshire 

546 
Od4tvenna,  picturesque  Tour  from  545 
Churches  and  Sects,  Book  of  446 
Clark's,  J,  Portable  Diorama  66 
Clavigero*s  History  of  Mexico  546 
CUse,  Rev,  F.on  Genesis  161 
Cockney  Land,  Letten  from  446 


Coggins's  Sacred  Harmony,  546 

Cdle,  Memoirs  of  Rev.  T.  Hinderwell 

349 
Continental  Adventures  S57 
Conybeare,  Rev,  J. «/.  on  Saxon  Poetry 

348 
Crouch's  Illustrations  of  Conchology  546 
Davy,  Sir  H.  Portrait  of  «57 
DewhursCs  Diet,  of  Anatomy  447 
Dibdin,  Dr,  Thomas  IL  Kempis's  Imita- 
tion of  Jesus  Christ  447 
Drummoiuf i  -  Propositioa  on  the  Cur- 
rency 446 
DugdcUe,  Sir  W.  life  and 'Correspond* 

ence  66 
Dwarf  oi  Weirterboufg  357 
ElHs,  Mr,  Tour  through  Owhyhee  357 
Ellis,  H.  Historical  Letters  66 
JFbrm  Buildings,  Detifiis  for  546 
Foyster,  Rev.  J.  G,  Sermons  by  857 
Frer^s  View  of  the  Prophecies  349 
German  Romance,  specunens  of  545 
Godwin's    History    of   the    Common- 
wealth 161 
Golden  Violet  h\Q 
Goode's  Book  of  Nature  66 
Graham's,  Dr.  Medical  Guide  447 

■  Rev.  •/.  Sermon  by  ib. 
— ^— —  Sir  J.  Address  to  Landownert 

446 
Hamilton's  Universal  Chronology  545 
Henderson's  Biblical  Researches  958 
Henry  VUL  Court  of  66 
Herculaneum  MSS.  447 
Hervey's  Sketches  66 
HinderwelFs,  Rev.  T.  Fugitive  Pieces  66. 

Memoirs  of  349 
Hoare's,  SirR,  C  Modem  WilUhine  357 
Hoffland,  Mrs.  Reflections,  545 
Holland,  History  of  546 
HorsfieUts  History  of  Lewes  546 
Ireland,  History  of  I6l,  SS» ' 
Irish  Chronicles,  358 
Is  this  Religion  r  161 
James  I.  Progresses  of  857t  848,  446 
Jay's  Lectures  on  Christiani^  349 
•7(ejwitii^«*i  Omithologia  161 
Lawson's  Flowers  gathered  in  Saile  848 
Leicester's  British  Ichthyology  858 
Leigh's  Road  Book  546 
Lewis,  M.  G.  Memoirs  of  ib. 
Lodge's  Illustrations  of  History  66 
London,  public  Edifices  of  161, 545 
Lowndes,  W.  T,  on  English  Lltentvre 

357 
M*  Henry's  Spanish  Synooyms  546 
MaUland,  CegjU.  Journal  of  447 
Metropolitan  Eneyclepstdim  447 
MtHzia's  Lives  of  Architects  65 
Miller's  BiegrapUcal  Sketches  161 
Morus,  858 


ludiX  iO  SooAf  MMMMCi^  CRa  thMifffm 


t» 


jf  J.  on  tb«  Silk  Worm  848 
Nttflmm  \%  tbe  other  Wortd  545 
Nmml  SktUk  Book  65 
NHmork^iiS 

Noet^  tUo,  G.  Strmons  by  161 
NokuuTi  Haraonieal  GrminBi«rt446 
Nofrmaadf^  Arehitoctural  AQtii|oitiM  of 

I6I»545 
Nvrik^  Hmi.  TL  Lives  of  848 
NmUaiU  Dr.  Works  of  Hormee  447 
Oiom,  Dr.  J,  Works  of  349 
Pabmor't  Greece  Vindicated  161 
Pmit,  Dr.  on  Diet  348 
Pm$tmiew^MoraiiaU% 
Poek's  Napoleon*  a  novel  447 
PtdetMam^  Recollections  of  a  161 
PoHoevaTi  Laboars  of  Idleness  ih, 
Porcovafi  History  of  France  546 
PAt/l^f  State  Trials  161 
PorUr,  A/istt  Tales  of,  161 
PropkeU  amd  JpootUt  conpared  S6 
RtulcHffeU,  Afra.  Goiton  de  BlonderiUe 

858 
JUvoli  rftXo  BetM^  a  Tale  447 
Mifleman^  Adventures  of  a  65 
Roberit^  Mi$$f  Memoirs  of  the  Houses  of 

York  and  Lancaster  66 
As»msMi'«\itruvius  Britannicos  546 
Roboom*$  Picturefque  Views  349 
Boh^t  History  of  Tamwortb  857 
RooOf  Rev.  U.  J.  on  tbe  ProtesUnt  Reli- 
gion in  Germany  66 
Roitput,  Rev.  J.  on  CaWinisro  858 
RomMhnm't  French  Grammar  66 


Sarmm^o  FMneh  If imiil  §4$ 

Seoii.  Rom.  i7.t>D  tbe  Seriplvnl  Hmnn^ 

nlty  of  Christ  348 
Serfotmlp  Memoirs  of  a  848 
Sk^fUid  AHU-Skmorp  JOmmbie 
Sim/mn's  Metrical  Praxis  €6 
Smgor's  HUtory  of  Riebaid  lU.  69 
Sir  Jokd  Okhforiom,  a  romanee^  447 
SinmrndCi  History  of  the  Albisenics  545 
Sleireis'f  Ancient  Arms  and  £raioQr65, 

447 

Antiquities  of  Bristol  66»958 

Smiihf  Dr.  on  Dootor^s  Degrees  66 
Souikmarkt  History  of  348 
S^ririit  ofthM  OUon  Time  857 
Stamlep  Taloo  447 
SiepoothkuCs  VilUfei^s  Pastime  849 
StomeOroott  Antistites  Religionis  446 
TajfleT*t,  J.  Tour  in  Spain,  Ite.  66 
ToumUjft  D.  Mosdc  Precepa  elncMated 

447 
TVavollert,  Tbe,  66 
Utury  Lawt^  EffecU  of  446 
ffartmCt  Death-bed  Scenes  il. 
Ff^aiwumihU  Hist,  of  Methodism  857 
Wattom^  R.  The  Labyrinth  857 
^F2tf««*i  Hymns  446 
ff^haiiom't  Lancastrenses  Ittnstret  857 
fFiffon's  Spanish  Anthok>gy  65 
ff'iggim/  HorsB  Sabbatios  <*. 
truiUams't  Views  in  Greece  545 
ff^iiooHf  R  on  Divine  Sovereignty  349 

m:  R.  Travels  of  161 

Zool^fieaiJoturmai446 


INDEX  TO  POETRY. 


Alieo  and  Jane,  a  village  Legend  167 
Anaereoniic  Sianxat,  451 
Bacchanatktn  Sang  631 
Sailp,  E.  H.  lines  to,  on  bis  group  at 

tbe  Exhibition  451 
Blakeway,  Rev.J,B.\\iit%  to  tbe  memory 

of  451 
Bourne t  A.  y.  epilogue   to   Terence's 

Euiiuchut  450 
Brad/Uld,  H.  J.  Woman's  Love  859 
Bray,  Mr$.  P4ge*t  song  353 
Briton,  D.  A.  Pleasure  and  Grief  558 
tatamUies  of  Human  Ltfe,  stanxas  on 

71 
Canzone  354 

Carie  of  Kelliebum  Braes  387 
Canington^  N.  T.  lines  from  his  Dart- 
moor 535 
Charles  L  Commons*  Address  to  808 
CheUea  Boianie  Gardens^  lines  on  391 
Children,  Threo,  tboughu  at  the  grave  of 
168 


Cuntiimgham^  Attem^  song  of  887 
Damanut  Popo,  Hymn  on  St.  Agatha's 

day  167 
Death  of  am  Infimi,  lines  on  558 
Depariwne,  The  70 

Dirge  on  Elia.  Duchess  of  Rutland  70 
Dislroue*  ff  the  Mam%faeiMror»t  ode  on 

630 
Dove,  cantooe  to  the  354 
Duneombe,  Rev.  J,  on  the  Death  of  Bliss 

Lance  ib. 
DunstanvUle,  Lord^  sonnet  to  558 
Epitaph  on  Dr.  Symmons  450 
Exhibition  ^  PaiMtmgs^  lines  on  a  group 

at  451 
Existence,  stanias  on  631 
jRime,  lines  on  450 
FloworOf  stansas  7 1 
fbotOf  AHu^  improBptn  at  tbe  benefit 

of  450 
Crakamt  Bo».  J.  Gratilnde,  a  stoiy »  858 
ChaHtrndo^  a  trae  story  t  ih. 


^. 


Ind^  tQ,Poetrp,  and  Noma, 


Grave  of  tbrte  children,  Jines  on  168 

Harmonic  Society  of  Exeter,  aniacreon- 
tic  fttaiiZAS  tor  451 

Human  Lifct  Calamities  of  7 1 

Idylow  Nef^ru  Slavery  553 

Independence,  blessings  of  535 

Infant,  on  the  death  of  553.  lines  ad- 
dressed to  6*31 

Jones,  Rev.  •/.  stanias  in  praise  of  Sir 
Griffith  ab  Nicholas  354 

Killiebum  Braes,  the  Carle  of  327 

Kirhy  Afporside,  stanzas  on  71 

Ijady  and  MerUn  16B 

Ixtnce,  Mitt,  on  the  death  of  354 

Lievre^  ^on  a  straw  552 

M* Henry,  J,  stanzas  written  at  sta  255 

Maria,  suunet  to  63 1 

Morning,  apostrophe  to  the  535 

Muse,  stanzas  addressed  to  353 

Negro's  Humble  Prayer  il, 

Nicholets,  Sir  Griffith  ab,  stanzas  in 
praiJ^e  of  354 

Nuttalt,  Dr.  Hymn  to  St.  Agatha  167 

Ocean,  address  t,o  1 54 

**  Of  all  Ikefowert  that  sweetly  Mow*'  7 1 

Old  Oak,  address  to  451 

Page*s  song  in  Mrs.  Bray*8  **  Dc  Foix" 
953 

Pennie,  J.  K  Solomon's  Judgment  439 

Philanthropy,  ode  on  630 

Pilgrim,  E,  T.  Calamities  of  Human 
Life  71*    Anacreontic  stanzas  by  451 


Pleasure  and  Grief  hh^ 

Polwhele,  Rev,  R  address  to  his  son  io 

ill  India  345.     to  an  old  Oak  451 
Pratt,  S.  J.  un  Chelsea  Botanic  Gardens 

391 

Primrose,  stanzas  to  the  353 

Resignation,  Hymn  to  354 

Rutland,  Duchess  of,  stansas  on  70 

St.  Jgatha's  Day,  167 

St.  Katharine*s  Church,  Tower>  on  the 
destruction  of  353 

Sea,  stanzas  written  at  255 

Sktffington,  Sir  Lumley,  dirge  on  the 
Dui'hfss  of  Rutland  70.  impromptu 
at  the  benefit  of  Miss  Fuote  450 

Slavery,  lines  in  lamentation  of  168,  553 

Solomon's  Judgment,  lines  on  439 

Song,  *'  And  is  my  lover  then  untrue" 
70.     Bacchanalian  631 

Sonnet  to  Lord  de  Dunstanville  552.  to 
Maria.  631 

Straw,  stanzas  on  a  552 

Symmons,  Dr.  epitaph  on  450.  tribu- 
tary lines  to  552 

Taylor,  J.  epitaph  on  Dr.  Symmons 
450.  tributary  lines  to  Dr.  Symmons 
552 

Terentii  Eiunuchum,  epilogue  to  450 

Ward,  C,  stanzas  on  Existence  631 

Weston,  J,  lines  to  an  infant  H, 

Wish,  The  63 1 

Woman's  Love  259 


INDEX  TO  NAMES. 


*i(.*  The  Names  of  Persons  noticed  under  Gentlemen*  t  Seats,  in  the  **  Compendium 
of  County  History,"  are  not  included  in  this  Index, 


Abbot  386, 484.   R. 

485 
Abbott,  Jus.  174.  W. 

282 
Abell,  F.  284 
Abercromby      860, 

363 
Aberdeen,  200 

— Eari  448 

Abergavenny,  Lord 

487 
Abington,  C.  176 
Acklom,  C.  462 
Adand,  SirT.  459 
Ad»m<(  359 
Adderley,  C.  B.  382 
Addis,  E.  B.  268 
Adnutt,  T.  282 
Adye,  E.J.  462 
Aimsinek,  Capt.  W. 

462 
Akins  518 
Aldersey,  S.  267 
Alderson,  Sir  G.  380 


Alexander,  C.  380. 

M.  559 
Alexandre  448 
Algee,  J.  175 
Allen,  64,  290,  512, 

630.  Miss  187.  J. 

94.   J.  267 
Alletz,  P.  E  364 
Allies,  T.  175 
Allison,  W.  G.  176 
Allway  459 
Alpe  579 
Alrahal,  J.C.  559 
Althorp,  Lord  172 
Ambler,  M.  268 
Ambrose,  H.  647 
Amcutts,    S.  L.    E. 

560,  639 
Amiel,  H.  C.  462 
Amyot  200,  527.  T. 

164 
Ancaster,  Lady  26 
Anc^erson,  J.' 365. 

R.  C.  359 


Andrew,  W.  268 
Andrewes  62 
Annesley  386 
Anquetil  532 
Anson,  H.  267 
Antrobus,   Sir    Ed. 

187 
Anwyl,  Col.  5.59 
Applebee,  J.91 
Appletnn,  Capt.  560. 

M.  1 89 
Arbuthnot  198,453. 

C.  162.    Sir  R.  80 
Arden  63 

Ardleigh,  Capt  461 
Armagh,  Abp.  262 
Armiger  227 
Armstrong  647.    J. 

573.    M.  368,  380 
Arnold  79.     R-  363. 

MaJ.  G.  80 
Arthur,  C.  560 
Arundel,  C.  E.  643 
Arundell  363 


Ascham,  R.  5O9 
Ashlin,  W.  187 
Asbunt  362 
Ash  wood,  D.  381 
Askew,  Dr.  236 
Astbury,  R.  578 
Astleys  437 
Aston,  A.  175,  836 
AtbolS 
Atkinson  637.     P. 

478.    S.  190 
Atlay,  H.  79 
At  lee,  H.  468 
Atwood,  A.  463 
Aubert,  J.  D.  477 
Aufrere,  A.  890 
Austin  638.  H.  176. 

J.  558.     J.  E.388 
Awdry,  A.  573 
Aylmer,Sir  0.0468 
Ayre,  S78 
Babington  687.    R. 

£.886 
Baby,  D.  638 


BMlc,LiMiLS4»  B«|tt»A.46S      •  Berwick* Lofd 8S0    BoiNMetl.    J.9S 

llMklMMiM,  A*  8t  Bathic,  M.  A.  868  B«tt»   Justiot    174.  BMieo,A.C8iL    R. 

Bacon,    393,   433,  Batbartt  &&8  S.  364                         389 

383.     M«\}.  363.  Battenby,  A.  560  Belts,  T.  D.  968         Bower, F.C.  9%^  189. 

Sir  E.  I7S«     If.  Batty,  S.  885  Heiley,  Lord  459           H.  C.  968 

190.    R*69l  BavmKarat  968  Bickham,  Dr.  64        Bo«e^G.3l8 


Lord  499        Baxter,  J.  100,  476  Bicknvll  369.  C  79  Bowlet  939.  W.  175 

Baffbri  994               Bayldon,  R.  647  Bidwell,  W.  573  Bewyer  993.  J.  518 

Bagfhawe,  E.  175.  Bayley,  Jiutice  639.  BiKft,  T.  H.  461             Lady  194 

E.a559                     W.F.558  Bifcod,  581  Boyd  381 

BaKwell,  iL378          Baynard  48, 395  Bill  637  Buyle  506.    A.  996 

Biiley,  Juttiee  174.    Bayntoii,  T.  176  BiIUib,  J.  94  — «  Lady  L.  571 

Er  559.  J.  79          Beach,  Col.  R  176  Bingbam.  a  a  388.  Boynton,  Sir  M.  509 

Baines,  R.  E.  378.  Beam,  E.  173  M.  M.461  Boya,J.B.381 

W.474                    Beard,  H.i6.  Birch  578.    E.968.  Bradford,  J.  H.  579 

Baird,  P.  658              Beatty  194  W.  175  Bradley,  J,  571 

Baker  905.    J.519.  Beaurbanp,  R.  638  Bird,  J.  984.  S  461  Bradtbaw,  ICij.  559 

R.  364.    8.  38L  Beaoclerk  897  Birkbeck,  Dr.  395  Braggeik 

W.L.967               Bebbtiigton,  T.  380  Bttset  556  Bragtliaw»lfn.l89i 

Balcarraf,  Earl  558  Becker,  S.  M.  868  BUthopp,  E  R.  470  J.ik, 

BaMwin    987.      G.  BeckforJ,  Aid.  183  BUckbume  364.  F.  Brander»   Capl.   J. 

983                          B«ckett,  M.A.469  3&I  363.    J.IC«968 

Bal'our,  C.  560          Beckwitb,  E  G.  A.  Blackden,&G.  176  Bray brooke  591 

Ball  65.    Areb.  558       363  Blacker,  E.  364  Bravley  79, 489 

Balraine»  W.  638       Beddioirfield  477  Blackett,  F.  57 1  Brearey,  C  8.  647 

BaaiptoD  506             Bede  135  Blackmure,  T.  607  Bree  697 

BalMtoa»  R.  80         Bi^dford,  E.  80.    F.  Blackstone  8  Brenaa  386 

Bandinel,  Dr.  300          &71.    H.  176  Black  well  55  Brennan,  J.  380 

Bangor,  J.  99              Duke  453  BUgg,  J.  M.  176  Brereion  St8.    CoL 

Banke,  A.  187             Beetton,  J.  B.  379  Blaitel,  Marquif  du  461 

Banket,  G.  867.  H.  Beet  bam,  W.  363  461  Brawftor,  Dr.  800 

175.    W.349          BeeTor,  C.  468  Blake  419.    R.  175.  Brice,  E.  C.  93.   O. 

Lady  F.  80     Belcher,  J.  M.  558  T.  389  T.560 

Baokhead,  C  79        Bell,  A.  300.    J.  94.  Bland,  Dr.  559.  J.T.  Briekdalo,  E  977 

Bannlater,  E.  99            M.  A.  968.     T.  571.    M.363  Bridge  991.  J.  477 

Barber,  A.  38 1               489  Blandy,  F.  J.  560  Bridgenorth,    Earl 

Barbot,B.99             Bellasis,  Col.G.986  Blaquiere,  G.  379  459 

Barboor,  U  518          Bellott,  T.  189  Bligb,  J.  363  Bridget,  J.  J.  573; 

Barclay  9.    Col.  D.  Bellwood,  R.  639  Bliss,  R.  639  W.  107 

388                          BeUon,  M.  187  Blomberg,F.W.461  Bright  4581    R461 

Bardgett,  W.C.  188   Belt,  R.  383  Blome6eld  581  Bringhurtt,  S.  80 

Baring    170,    860,  Bendy  518  Blount,  £.  187,  305.  Brisbane  557 

355,454.    F.  175   Benett  183  J.  93  Briscoe,  M.  985 

Batker,  B.867.    J.   Bengongb  98  Bludwich,  J.  578  Bristol,  Bn.  918 

639.    M.  571.   P.  Beningfield,  Sir  H.  Bluet  130  Bristol^  C.  478.  T. 

H.  885.    W.  W.       395  Blum,  Dr.  67  F.  187 

639                          Bennet,  Dr.  64  Rlundevill,  J.  386  Britton    193»    184, 

Barlow,  W.  175           Bennett  454,   699.  Boaden,  J.  481  996,    390,    387« 

Barnard,  Bp.  495    .       E.  L.  468.     W.  Boate  806  430 

Bamardifton  868           638  Bodenharo,C.S.381  Broadbortt,  J.  646 

Bamet  509.   G.  461.  Benson,  J.  R    380.  Boleyn  504  Brockbont,  J.8.545 

J.  551                          M.  G.  364  Bolton,  C.  190  Brombead.  J.  379 

Barrett  68                   B»-ntham  163  Bone  396.    E  578  Brompton  509 

Barrington  38,  516,   Bentiiick,  Lord  867  Bonini,  Mad.  79  Breoenky  67 

607                          Benton,  J.  93  Boodie,  L.  W.  476  Brook,  M.  S.  469 

Barron,  P.  H.  286        Beresford,   G.  574,  Booth,  E  A.  374  Brooke,  Capt.  557. 

Barter,  G.  383                 646  Boriase  484  E99.    J.  C.303 

Bftrton,  534.     C.  C. Ld.G.636  Borr^daile,  G.  968  Brookhakling,    W 

639.    SirW.  ie.9      Reriew,C    188  Borret  583  639 

Basket t,  A.  383.    S.   Berkeley  484.     Sir  Boswell,  D.  573.  T.  Brotberton  581,15. 

91                                M.485  D.  476  Brougban395>357! 

Basset  888.  Sir  R.55    Bernard  398.  A.638.  Boswortb  1 10,  483  458,  455 

Bassets  386                    H.  W.   363.     F.  Boulter  309.  Dr.H.  Broo^on  948,518 

Bassett,  S.  560               530  808  H.  E  985.      M* 

Baston,R.  509            Bertie  484  Bourdieu,  C.  884  17(» 

Bateman,  H.  A.  476   Bertius,  P.  50  Bourse  895  Brown  390,  8C9k  C- 


Biiaeto  Namm. 


983.   R  M.  80. 

H.C.647.  T.188. 
T.  A.  36$.  Sir  W. 

Browne    134,   336, 

296,  549,  574.  C. 

Lf.   364.     H.   R. 

647.    J.  H.  176. 

M.A.  868.  S.518. 

W.46S,476.    Sir 

W.  161 
Brownlow  98,  110. 

Sir  J.  85 
Brownrifi^ll^,  T.  882 
Bruce  836 
Brudenell,  Lord  639 
Brunton,  R.  363 
Brydges   395.     Sir 

£.18,85,98,636. 

M.  98 
Brydone  28 
Bucanan  350 
Buchanan, J.  D.  364 
Buck,  S.  W.  174 
Buckby,  J.  98 
Bucke,  Lieut  886 
Buckeridge,  F.  H. 

468 
Buckingham,  Duke 

858 
Buckland  622.     A. 

380,381 
Buckler  123 
Bucknall  283 
BuiMon,  W.  175 
Bulkcley,    CoL  W. 

285,501.   T.291 

, Vise,  285 

Bull,  Dr.  79.  J.  461. 

P.  B.  578 
Bulley,  M.  883 
Bullock,  G.  578 
Bullokar,  D.  G.  386 
Bulman,  J.  J.  268 
Bulteel,  J.  468 
Burch,  J.R.477 
Burder,  J.  80 
Burdeit,  Sir  F.  367 
Burdon,  R.  366 
Burey  458 
Burgess    300,  472. 

Op.  134.  Dr.  530 
Burgh,  W.  B.  363 
Burke  57,  62,  226, 

855.    W.  638 
Burley,  J.  520 
Born,  R.  189 
Burnet,  H.  177 
Burnett  509.  R.572 
Burnside,  R.  645 
Burr,  L.  M.  468 
Barrel  176 
Burren,J.  G.  364 
Burrough,  Jus.  103^ 

174.    C.364 
Burrows,  £.  92 


Bartlen,  CoL  558 
Burt  534 
Burton,  D.  326 
Bury,  P.  559 
Bust^,  E.  28 
Buscb,  Dr.  67 
Buschman,  C.  559 
Buih,  W.  363 
Busbell  510 
Bute  88 
Butler  55,  300,301, 

539.     R.475.    S. 

R.  478 
Butterfield,  H.  79 
Butters,  A.  477 
Butterwick,     Miss 

573 
Butterwoode,      W. 

582 
Butterworth  355 
Buxton,   Mrs.   176. 

C.  174.     F.261 
Byng  460 
Byron  98,  240,630. 

Adro.  274 
Lord,  47,  263, 

622 
Ca^e  484 
Cailland  351 
Caimcross,      Capt. 

558 
Calcraft  355 
Caltborpe  Ji04 

Lord  356 

Caltman,  W.  J.  560 
Calvert,  G.  510.  N. 

R.364 
Cambry  525 
Camden  128 
Cameron,  Maj.  363. 

A  187 
Campbell  325,  329. 

A.  638.  Sir  A.  263. 

Gen.  Sir  A.  359, 

657.    C.  558.    E. 

639.  N.  558.  Sir 

N.563.    T.638 
Candler,  P.  79 
Canel,  M.  258 
Canning    69,    170, 

260,    261,    319. 

355,  452,  454  bis, 

459,  557,  568 
Canterbury,     Abp. 

459, 554 
Capel,  J.  S.  462 
Capes,  A.  285 
Capon  213.  W.  164 
Capransi  449 
Cardigan.C'tessSSl 
Carew  558.     Sir  G. 

111.    J.  W.  378. 

T.  38 
Carey,  Dr.  112.   Sir 

U.  482.  Sir  R.  338 
Carleton  179>483 


Carlisle,  Lord  69, 

98 
Carlton,  T.  106 
Carlyon,  T.  175 
Carmichael,  Maj.  79 
Caniamm,     C*tess 

187 
Carr,  S.  176.  T.  91. 

T.W.545 
Carrington  34.     S. 

560 

Lord  627 

Carter,  B.C.  283.  J. 

163,   187.    M.C. 

272.    R.  W.  474. 

W.79 
Carus,  R.  285 
Ca«e,  J.  269,  284 
Casbel,  Abp.  268 
Cassan  898 
Cassun,  H.886.  W. 

175 
Caswall,  J.N.  578 
Catbcart,  D.  363 
Catberal,  M.  588 
Catling,  J.  646 
Cator,  Maj.  364 
Cattermole  168 
Catton,  SirJ.  484 
Cayendish,  M.  468. 

D.  463 
Caulfield  286,  386 
Cautley,  W.  888 
Cawston,  E.  868 
Cazalet  885 
Cedman  510 
Cbabert  601,  604 
Chad  wick,    H,   M. 

560 
Chaf^e,  M.  179 
Challen,  G.  648 
Chalmers  428 
Chamberlain  433 
Chambers  )Capt.  357 
Chamier,  G.  G.  478 
Champagne,  Capt. 

F.  558 
ChampoUion  349 
Chandos,  Lord  26 
Cbaplin,  D.  463.  E. 

189 
Chapman  187.  C.J. 

379,  575.    E.  C. 

560.    J.  381.   M. 

462 
Chappe311 
Charlton,  E.  380.  J. 

93 
Charriere,  C.  92 
Chateaubriand,  Vis. 

88 
Chatham,  Lord  63, 

452 
Chaucer  623 
Cheese,  J.  189 
Cherry,  J.  477 


Chctter584 
Bp.459>4eo, 

687 
Cbetwood  518 
Chetwynd,  Vm.  80 
Cbichelj484,485 
Chichester,  Bp.  459 
Capt.  461. 

Sir  A.  101 
Chidcock  497 
Child,  C  679 
Cbiklen,  L.  W.  190 
Cbisholm,  G.  881 
Chislett  578 
Chitty,T.868 
Cholmeley,  Sir  M. 

364 
Cholmly  510 
Cbolmondeley,    C. 

461 
Christie  448 
CharehiU,  R.  478 
Charton  SI9 
Chute  486 
Claton,  G.  190 
ClanricardeyMarcb. 

867.    Marq.  558 
Clapperton,    Capt. 

864,  457,  634 
Clare,  Earl  364 
Clarence,  Duke  688 
Clarke  110,510.  C. 

94.  J. 378.  SirJ. 

R.  588.    N.  868. 

T.  T.  462 
Clarkson  883 
Clay,  C.  868 
Claydon  581 
Clayton,  Sir  W.  578. 

W.R.  363.  Mai. 

W.  R.  175 
Cleaver,  H.  C.  175 
Cleeve  558.  Mai. 

a. 

Clerk,  Sir  G.  355. 

E.G.558 
Gierke,  F.  36S 
Clewes  376 
Clifford,  M.  638.  R. 

894 

Lady  A.  538 

Clinton,  98, 89a  C 

J.  F.  868 
Cliuuld.  H.  639 
Clive  836 
Clough583.    J.  93. 

J.  H.  559 
Cobb,  T.  190 
Cobbett  344,  555 
Cohbol  504 
Cockaine,  J.  888 
Cochrane,  Capt.  J. 

D.  647 

Lord  638 

Cockbum,  SirG.8d 
Cocks,  J.  S.  363